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User's Manual Version 1.0

4PX400

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Page 1: ...hout notice Trademarks and or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners User s Manual Version 1 0 4PX400 1 IBM PC AT and PC XT are trademarks of Interna tionalBusinessMachinesCorporation Socket478is a trademark of Intel CorporationAWARDis a registered trademark of Phoenix Software Inc MS DOS and WINDOWS NT are registered trademarks ofMicrosoftCorporation ...

Page 2: ...1 5 Joystick Midi Connector 1 9 1 7 1 6 Audio Port Connectors 1 9 1 7 2 ATX 4 20 pin Power Conn ATX1 ATX2 1 10 1 7 3 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 1 11 1 7 4 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 1 11 1 7 5 Fan Connectors FAN1 3 1 11 1 7 6 CD Audio IN Connectors CDIN1 CDIN2 1 12 1 7 7 Wake On LAN Modem Connectors WOL WOM 1 13 1 7 8 Front Panel Connector PANEL1 1 13 1 7 9 CMOS Function Selection JBAT1 1 14 1...

Page 3: ...et Features 2 14 2 5 Integrated Peripherals 2 19 2 6 Power Management Setup 2 25 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations 2 30 2 8 PC Health Status 2 33 2 9 Frequency Voltage Control 2 35 2 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults 2 36 2 11 Load Optimized Defaults 2 37 2 12 Set Supervisor user Password 2 38 2 13 Save Exit Setup 2 40 2 14 Exit Without Saving 2 41 3 Driver Installation 3 1 AutoRun Menu 3 1 3 2 Installing VIA 4...

Page 4: ...rs PC 1600 PC 2100 PC2700 PC3200 only 2 Dimms supported DDR SDRAM The 4PX400motherboardoffersUltra ATA100 133toprovidespeedier HDDperformance It is ideal for multi tasking and fully supporting MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows ME Windows 2000 Novell OS 2 Windows95 98 Windows 98SE Windows XP UNIX Liunx SCO UNIX etc This manual also explains how to install the mainboard for operation and how to setu...

Page 5: ...orts 64 128 256 512 MB DDR module socket Supports Synchronous DRAM 2 5V Supports a maximum memory size of 3GB with DDR SDRAM Bus Slots Provide one AGP slot Only support 1 5V connector Six 32 bit PCI bus Universal Serial Bus Supports two back Universal Serial Bus USB Ports and four front Universal serial Bus USB Ports For USB Controller USB V1 1 V2 0 Support 400MHz and 533MHz System Interface speed...

Page 6: ...r 10 100 Mbps The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically BIOS support CD ROM SCSI LAN BOOT Tempera ture sensor LAN Modem Alarm Bus CLK setup with BIOS The mainboard provides a Desktop Management In ter face DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Supports four IDE devices Supports PIO Mode 5 Master...

Page 7: ... in COM1 COM2 Printer ATX Power Supply connector ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 1 Back Panel I O Connectors Mouse Keyboard USB1 COM1 COM2 Printer MIC in Line in Speaker out Game stick LAN Optional 2 ATX Power Connectors ATX1 ATX2 3 CPU Processor Socket 478 4 DDR SDRAM Sockets DDR1 ...

Page 8: ... In Connectors CDIN1 CDIN2 12 Wake On LAN Connector WOL 13 Wake On Modem Connector WOM 14 Front Panel Connector PANEL1 15 Front USB Port Connectors USB2 USB3 SP J8 16 CMOS Function Selection JBAT1 17 CPU Clock Frequency Setting JP4 18 AC 97 CODEC Selection JP5 19 Host Clock Frequency JP6 20 USB Power Select J1 21 IR Connector 22 Smart Panel Function SP J2 SP J5 SP J6 SP J7 SP J8 optional ...

Page 9: ...3 1 Vj1 Vj5 The motherboard operates with Socket 478 for Intel P4TM processor The CPU should always has a Heat Sink and cool ing fan attached to prevent overheating CPU Installation Procedures Socket 478 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever to a 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU Match Pin 1 with the white d...

Page 10: ...en the system 1 6DDRSDRAMInstallation The DDR socket has a Plastic Safety Tab and the DDR memory module has an asymmetrical notch therefore the DDR memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction Push the tabs out Insert the DDR memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically to fit onto place The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and ...

Page 11: ... of the USB connectors The connector allows the motherboard to connect to a Local Area Network LAN through a net work hub Please no tice that on board LAN is an optional function PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Serial Port COM1 COM2 SPEAKER MIC LINE IN PS 2 Mouse Optional LAN USB1 Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female MIDI GAME Port 15 pin Female 1 2 3 4 RJ 45 10 100M LAN Port optional Pin Signal 1 5V_SB...

Page 12: ...ing Wake Up and Soft Power Off are supported on this motherboard This power connector supports instant power on functionality which means that the system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board Sometimes called a Centronics port the parallel port is almost exclu sively used with printers The parallel port on your system has a 25 pin DB 25connector The serial interf...

Page 13: ...nstalling is OK Power supply setting is OK AGP card for 2X 4X or 8X device is OK Pin ATX2 Signal Pin ATX2 Signal 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 PS ON 5 GND 15 GND 6 5V 16 GND 7 GND 17 GND 8 PW OK 18 5V 9 5V_SB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V PinATX1 Signal PinATX1 Signal 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V 2 3 1 4 1 1 10 20 1 ...

Page 14: ... connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives 1 7 4 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its j...

Page 15: ... 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 1 7 6 CD Audio In Connectors CDIN1 CDIN2 CDIN1 2 are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CDIN1 CDIN2 These connectors support cooling fans of 1Amp or less Orien tate the fans so that the heatsink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots De pending on the fan manufacturer the wi...

Page 16: ...P6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 GAME1 VIA VIA FAN2 1 S O N Y IDE2 IDE1 IDE USB2 1 1 Ir1 1 JBAT1 SP J6 2 1 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 PCI6 FDD1 FDD I O CHIP SP J5 61 2 5 1 J4 FAN3 1 T Mouse B KB PCI1 PCI2 PCI Slot AGP SLOT AGP Slot CdIN2 CdIN1 1 ATX1 Power FAN1 1 T LAN Optional B USB1 Speak out Line in MIC in COM1 COM2 Printer ATX Power Supply connector ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2...

Page 17: ...nce will switch the system ON Thespeaker onboardoroffboard provideserrorbeepcode information during the Power Self Test when the computer cannot use the video interface The speaker is not con nected to the audio subsystem and does not receive out put from the audio subsystem The connector can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is normally open When the switch is closed the motherboa...

Page 18: ...ower Supply connector ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 1 7 9 CMOS Function Selection JBAT1 A battery is used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM JBAT1 Pin JBAT1 Definition 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS NOTE Please follow the procedure below to clear CMOS data Remove...

Page 19: ...r ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1Vj1 Vj5 1 7 10 CPU Clock Frequency Setting JP4 NOTE Intel CPU doesn t support overclock and over Vcore we don t rec ommend users use these functions for possible CPU damaged JP4 Pin 1 2 3 4 CPU MHz PCI MHz ON OFF ON 100 33 3 OFF OFF 133 33 3 OFF Overclocking...

Page 20: ... FAN1 1 T LAN Optional B USB1 Speak out Line in MIC in COM1 COM2 Printer ATX Power Supply connector ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 1 7 12 AC 97 CODEC Selection JP5 JP6 1 7 11 Host Clock Frequency JP6 Pin JP5 Definition On Short on board sound Disabled Off Open on board code is usin...

Page 21: ...2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 1 7 14 IR infrared module IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function J1 IR1 Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 CIRRX 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Pin ...

Page 22: ...OM1 COM2 Printer ATX Power Supply connector ATX2 1 PANEL1 SP J7 2 1 Jp5 1 J1 DDR2 DDR1 DDR DDR3 Socket 478 SP J2 2 1 WOM WOL SP J8 1 JP4 2 4 1 3 JP2 2 4 1 3 JP G1 2 4 1 3 JP6 2 4 1 3 1 Vj1 Vj5 The Smart Panel provides the following panel connectors 1 7 15 Smart Panel Function SP J2 SP J6 SP J5 SP J7 SP J8 optional SP J2 SP J5 SP J6 SP J8 Note The motherboard provides the pin leads for Smart Panel ...

Page 23: ...6 Assignment Pin SP J6 Assignment 1 ERD4 2 ERD0 3 ERD5 4 ERD1 5 ERD6 6 ERD2 7 ERD7 8 ERD3 9 GND 10 NC Pin SP J2 Assignment Pin SP J2 Assignment 1 XDD0 2 5V 3 XDD1 4 XAA0 5 XDD2 6 XAA1 7 XDD3 8 XAA2 9 XDD4 10 XAA3 11 XDD5 12 XAA4 13 XDD6 14 XAA5 15 XDD7 16 XAA6 17 NC 18 DISABLE 19 ROMCS 20 XAA7 21 MEMR 22 XAA8 23 MEMW 24 XAA9 25 SA18J 26 XAA10 27 XAA17 28 XAA11 29 XAA16 30 XAA12 31 XAA15 32 XAA13 3...

Page 24: ...nment 1 VCC 2 GND 3 P2 4 GND 5 P2 6 P3 7 GND 8 P3 9 GND 10 VCC 1 7 15 3 AUX Line Connector SP J5 For Smart Panel connector SP J5 to M B SP J5 Pin SP J5 Assignment Pin SP J5 Assignment 1 LINE_OUT_L 2 LINE_OUT_R 3 LINE_IN_L 4 LINE_IN_R 5 MIC_IN_L 6 MIC_IN_R 1 7 15 4 Front COM2 Port Connector SP J7 For Smart Panel connector SP J7 to M B SP J7 Pin SP J7 Assignment Pin SP J7 Assignment 1 DCD 2 RX 3 TX ...

Page 25: ...ned off The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel P4 Processor The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup ...

Page 26: ...p and Suspend power management modes are supported Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard ...

Page 27: ...crease the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc Key Main menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 Key General help on Setup navigation keys F5 Key Load previous v...

Page 28: ...AWARD BIOS CMOS Set up Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup function Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set...

Page 29: ...ems of the Chipset special enhanced features This selection page includes all the items of the IDE hard drive and Programmed Input Output features This setup page includes all the items of the power manage ment features This setup page includes the user defined or default IRQ Setting This page shows the hardware Monitor information of the system This setup page controls the CPU s clock and frequen...

Page 30: ...to diagnose the problem after the computer boots These settings do not provide optional performance Change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup You can specify both a User and a Supervisor password When you select either password option you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Enter the password and then retype the password when prompt...

Page 31: ...ort Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 65472K Total 1024K Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 2 Standard CMOS Features This item in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu is divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arr...

Page 32: ...d IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Master menu of detailed IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Slave menu of detailed Drive A None Select the type of floppy disk drive Drive B 360K 5 25in installed in your system 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in Floppy 3 Disabled Select this item for using ZIP or Mode Drive A ot...

Page 33: ...nt of conventional Memory memory detected during boot up Total N A Displays the total memory Memory available in the system Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 0 MB Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 LandingZone 0 Sector 0 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 ...

Page 34: ...ion Setup MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled VideoBIOSShadow Enabled EPA H W Monitor Show H W Monitor Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot ...

Page 35: ...le BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enabled quick POST Disabled NormalPOST This BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items TheChoices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN Disabled If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive na...

Page 36: ...the system and Setup or just to Setup System Setup default The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered in prompt The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered in prompt Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Determi...

Page 37: ...eral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and external cache It also coordinates communications of the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should...

Page 38: ...RecoveryTime 3T Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM Clock following the CPU host clock TheChoices BySPD default 100 133 166 200 DRAM Timing The DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM Timing Registers The Timings programmed into this register are dependent ing on the system...

Page 39: ...efault 2X 1X AGPDrivingControl AGPFastWrite The Choices Disabled default Enabled Select the size of the Accelerated Graphic Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycle that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation TheChoices 64M default 256M 128M 32M 16M 8M 4M By choosing Auto the ...

Page 40: ...sabled default Enabled When Enabled write data to the AGP Accelerated Graphic Port that will be executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled When Enabled read data to the AGP Accelerated Graphic Port that will be executed with one wait states The Choices Disabled default Enabled When this field is Enabled write from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to compensate for the sp...

Page 41: ...s Disabled default 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable When enabled the access to the system BIOS ROM address at F0000H FFFFFFH is cached The Choices Disabled default Enabled VideoRAMCacheable Enabled Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled default Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Delay Prior to Thermal The Choices 16 min default 4M 8Min 32Min NBPowerManagement TheChoices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 42: ...e Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDEDMAtransfer access TheChoices Enabled default Disabled On ChipIDEChannel0 Enabled default Enabled onboard 1st channel IDE port Disabled Disabled onboard 1st channel IDE port VIA Onchip IDE Device Press Enter VIA Onchip PCI Device Press Enter Super IO Device Press Enter Ini...

Page 43: ...sing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode SecondaryMasterPIO Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode SecondarySlavePIO Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode The onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive ac...

Page 44: ...ally detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Disabled Disabled VIA 3058AC97Audio Auto VIA 3068MC97Modem Auto Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Disabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIAOnchip PCIDevice VIA 3058AC97Audio The default setting of ...

Page 45: ... Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults OnboardFDCController Enabled default Enabled onboard FDC Controller Disabled Disabled onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and sec...

Page 46: ...s Extended Capabilites Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port asECP EPP mode Normal Using Parallel port asNormal mode ECPModeUseDMA The Choices 3 default 1 GamePortAddress 201 default Set onboard game port to 201 209 Set onboard game port to 209 Disabled Disabled Midi PortAddress Disabled Disabled 290 Set Midi Port address to 290 300 Set Midi Port address to 300 330 default Set Midi Port address to 330 ...

Page 47: ...upport The Choices Enabled default Disabled USBKeyboardSupport IDEHDDBlockMode TheChoices Enabled default Disabled This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed Remember if you add a controller in higher performance you will need to disable this feature TheChoices Enabled default Disabled Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB ke...

Page 48: ...Enabled default Disabled ACPISuspendType The item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM S1 S3 PowerManagementOption 2 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Figur...

Page 49: ...Min 5Min 6Min 7Min 8Min 9Min 10Min 11Min 12Min 13Min 14Min 15Min The Suspend Mode fields set the Period of time after each of these modes activates At Max Saving these modes activate sequentially in the given order after one minute at Min Saving after one hour The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour This field determines when to activate the video off fe...

Page 50: ...ed Date of Month 0 ResumeTime hh mm ss 0 0 0 IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Instant Off default Delay 4 Sec This option will determine...

Page 51: ...The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On By USB The Choices Disabled default Enabled PowerOnByPME The Choices Disabled default Enabled Power On By WOL Ring The Choices Disabled default Enabled To switch on this item any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive will wake a system up which has been powered down The Choices On default OFF To switch on this item any event occurring at a PCI port...

Page 52: ...Alarm Resume IRQs EventActivityMonitoring When Enabled you can set the date and time at the RTC real time clock Alarm to wake the system up from Suspend mode The Choices Disabled default Enabled To switch on default this item any event occurring at Primary INTR will wake a system up which has been powered down The following is a list of IRQ Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ...

Page 53: ...alues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only...

Page 54: ... to record which resource is assigned and proceeds resources from confliction Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved at the system BIOS If Disabled Default is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration var...

Page 55: ...ipheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA and I O port conflicts TheChoices Auto ESCD default Manual Choose Disabled or Enabled Some graphic controllers which are not VGA compatible take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility The Choices Disabled...

Page 56: ...0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 2 8PCHealthStatus ItemHelp Menu Level CPUWarningTemperature o C Disabled default Disabled 50o C 122o F Monitor CPU Temp at 50o C 122o F 53o C 127o F Monitor CPU Temp at 53o C 127o F 56o C 133o F Monitor CPU Temp at 56o C 133o F 60o C 140o F Monitor CPU Temp at 60o C 140o F 63o C 145o F Monitor CPU Temp a...

Page 57: ...hutdownTemperature Disabled default Disabled 60o C 140o F Monitor CPU Temp at 60o C 140o F 65o C 149o F Monitor CPU Temp at 65o C 149o F 70o C 158o F Monitor CPU Temp at 70o C 158o F 75o C 167o F Monitor CPU Temp at 75o C 167o F ...

Page 58: ...C Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults AutoDetectPCICLK SpreadSpectrum This function is designed for the EMI test only The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU Clock 2 9 Frequency Voltage Control This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI CLOCK TheChoices Enabled default Disabled This item allows you to select the CPU Host Clock CPU P...

Page 59: ...ad Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Load Fail SafeDefault Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory se...

Page 60: ...ad Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Load OptimizedDefault Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory se...

Page 61: ...er Password When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Enter Password Type a password up to eight characters and press Enter The password you type now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press ES...

Page 62: ...ty Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time when the system is rebooted or any time when you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at the Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup ...

Page 63: ... Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save ExitSetup Time Date Hard Disk Type Save to CMOS and Exit Y N Y 2 13Save ExitSetup Typing Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS RAM Typing N will ret...

Page 64: ...s Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Quit Without Saving Y N N 2 14ExitWithoutSaving Typing Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOSRAM Typing N will ...

Page 65: ... installation you have to install your operatimg system first such as windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system installation guide You can use the auto run menu of this CD disc and choose the utility or driver and select model name 3 Chapter Note Please follow recommended procedures after installing Windows 98 ME XP 2000 3 1 Auto run Menu ...

Page 66: ...3 Click VIA Service Pack Item You can install the VIA 4 in 1 driver IDE Bus master For Windows NT use VIAATAPI Vendor Support Driver VIA AGP IRQ Routing Driver For Windows 98 use VIA Registry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 3 2 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver ...

Page 67: ...3 3 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 4 Click Next 5 Click Yes 6 Click Yes ...

Page 68: ...3 4 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 7 Tick all four items and Click Next 8 The Setup Program will install all items until the Restart screen appears Click OK to restart system ...

Page 69: ...dio Item 3 Click ALC650 Item This motherboard comes with an AC97 CODEC and the sound controller is in VIA South Bridge chipset You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 3 3 Installing Audio Driver 1 Click Driver Item ...

Page 70: ...3 6 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 5 Click Finish to restart your system after the automatic installation 4 Click Next ...

Page 71: ...3 7 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 1 Click Driver Item 2 Click USB Item Compliant with Universal Serial Bus USB specification revision 1 1 2 0 3 4 Installing USB 2 0 Driver 3 Click USB2 0 Item ...

Page 72: ...3 8 Chapter 3 Driver Installation 4 Tick Install USB Driver and click the Next Item 5 Click Finish Item to restart system 3 Click Next Item ...

Page 73: ... 6 Channel Speaker Configuration 1 Connect Speakers to Audio Connectors Rear Speakers to Light Blue Connector Front Speakers to Light GreenConnector Center SubwooferSpeakers toPinkConnector 2 Enter the Sound Effect Manager Windows XP is taken as illustration herewith In the Windows System click on the Sound Effect Manager icon to enter the 6 channel Speaker Configuration Sound Manager Icon ...

Page 74: ...ker output and Synchronize the phonejack switch with the speakers settings and click on OK button to finish configuration 5 Choose Speaker Test for verifying speakers You can also choose Speaker Test bar to test the speakers sound 3 Choose Speaker Configuration On the AC 97 Audio Configuration screen click o n t h e S p e a k e r Configuration bar ...

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