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Mainboard User’s Manual

BIOS Firmware

This mainboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure 
many system features including the following:

Power management

Wake-up alarms

CPU parameters and memory timing

CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different 
processor clock speeds. 

Built-in Ethernet LAN 

Built-in 

10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet LAN

VT8233 integrates Fast Ethernet MAC and VT6013 LAN 
PHY in compliance with IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX, 
10BASE-T and ANSI X3.263 TP-PMD standards

In compliance with ACPI 1.0 and the Network Device 
Class Power Management 1.0

High Performance achieved by 100Mbps clock generator 
and data recovery circuit for 100Mbps receiver

Bundled Software 

PC-Cillin 2000

 provides automatic virus protection under 

Windows 95/98/NT/2000

MediaRing Talk

 provides PC to PC or PC to Phone 

internet phone communication 

3Deep

 delivers the precise imagery and displays accurate 

color in your monitor

Recovery Genius 21

st

 V5.0 

provides the function to 

recover, reserve and transfer hard disk data.

CD Ghost

 is the software stimulating a real CD-ROM to 

perform equivalent function.

Language Genius

 

21

st

 is the software to provides learning 

tools of language and singing.

PC DJ 

is a dual-MP3 player that enables users to actually 

mix music right on their own personal computers. 

Adobe Acrobat Reader V5.0 

is the software to help users 

read .PDF files.

  

   

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Summary of Contents for M920 Series

Page 1: ...ght to revise and change this publication from time to time without the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 95 98 NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...

Page 2: ...soft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation II ...

Page 3: ...es Installation 17 Expansion Slots Installation 18 Connecting Optional Devices 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 23 Introduction 23 Running the Setup Utility 24 Standard CMOS Setup Page 25 Advanced Setup Page 26 Power Management Setup Page 29 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 32 Load Optimal Settings 33 Load Best Performance Settings 33 Features Setup Page 34 CPU PnP Setup Page 36 Hardware Monitor Page 3...

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Page 5: ... 4xAGP slot one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional In addition this mainboard has a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard two serial ports one parallel port one MIDI game port and six USB ports two backpanel ports onboard USB headers providing four extra ports By means of the Extended USB Module c...

Page 6: ...rovides the bandwidth up to 266 MB s and performance necessary for even the most demanding Internet and 3D graphics Support for an 4xAGP interface providing vivid 3D graphics and video performance An ATA 100 interface on the chipset which helps boost system performance by providing a high speed connection to ATA 100 Hard Disk Drives delivering maximum sustained data transfer rates of 100 MB sec Ad...

Page 7: ... as well as 18 bit stereo full duplex codec with independent and variable sampling rates Further features include support for four analog line level stereo inputs Expansion Options The mainboard comes with the following expansion options Four 32 bit PCI slots capable of Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 33 66 100 MB sec An 4xAGP slot A CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot Onbo...

Page 8: ...High Performance achieved by 100Mbps clock generator and data recovery circuit for 100Mbps receiver Bundled Software PC Cillin 2000 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 95 98 NT 2000 MediaRing Talk provides PC to PC or PC to Phone internet phone communication 3Deep delivers the precise imagery and displays accurate color in your monitor Recovery Genius 21st V5 0 provides the function ...

Page 9: ... different specification listed as below Model Specification M920LR Onboard LAN PHY chip U15 USB RJ 45 LAN connector M920 USB connector only Your mainboard package contains the following items The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable One IDE drive ribbon cable Software support CD Module Retention damp Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories f...

Page 10: ... a wrist strap you can discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely necessary During installation put the mainboard on top of the static protection packaging that comes in with the component side facing up Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect the mainboard whether t...

Page 11: ...ly Install the mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JBAT1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JBAT1 and the setting options 2 Never co...

Page 12: ...inboard User s Manual Mainboard Components Identify major components on the mainboard via this diagram underneath Note Those jumpers of mainboard not appearing in this illustration are for testing only 8 ...

Page 13: ...d 3 Use the USB ports to connect USB devices 4 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications devices 5 Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3 COM2 is identified by the system as COM2 4 6 Use the game port to connect a joystick or a MIDI device 7 Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The left sid...

Page 14: ...nstall the CPU 1 Unhook the CPU socket s locking lever by pulling it away from socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin 1 corner of CPU socket to the one of processor and insert the processor into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Lower the CPU fan heatsink ...

Page 15: ... MHz system bus You must install at least one memory module in order to use the mainboard and you can only use one of the both SDRAM and DDR SDRAM at the same time DDR SDRAM provides 800 MBps or 1 GBps data transfer depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz It doubles the rate to 1 6 GBps and 2 1 GBps by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses ad...

Page 16: ...each side of the DIMM slot down 2 Align the memory module with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 3 Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector match the notches in the DIMM slot 4 Install the DIMM module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly The slot latches are lev...

Page 17: ...rating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 JP1A1 JP1B1 CPU Clock This jumper enables to select CPU frequency CPU Clock JP1A1 JP1B1 100M Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 133M Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 13 JP4 JP1A1 JP1B...

Page 18: ...B C D pins DIMM1 DIMM2 Open all J2A B C D and J3A B C D pins JP2 Wake on Keyboard USB activity This jumper enables any USB keyboard activity to power up a system previously in a standby or sleep state Function Jumper Setting 5V Short Pins 1 2 5VSB Short Pins 2 3 J13 Flash ROM Voltage VCC This jumper enables to select voltage of flash ROM Function Jumper Setting 5V Short Pins 1 2 3 3V Short Pins 2 ...

Page 19: ...nect the cables to the PANEL1 on the mainboard Device Pins Line Out L 9 10 Line Out R 5 6 MIC In 1 2 PANEL2 This panel connector provides a set of switch and LED connectors found on ATX case Refer to the table below for information Device Pins Empty 10 N C 9 Power ON OFF 6 8 Reset Switch 5 7 Green LED Indicator 2 4 HDD LED 1 3 15 ...

Page 20: ... LAN LED Indicator This connector is attached to LAN device that needs a LED indicator Device Pins Link LED 1 2 ACT LED 3 4 Note The plus sign indicates a pin which must be connected to a positive voltage 16 1 4 LINK LED ACT LED ...

Page 21: ...mary and secondary IDE channel interface IDE1 and IDE2 An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the mainboard If you want to install more than two IDE devices get a second IDE cable and you can add two more devices to the secondary IDE channel IDE devices have jumpers or switches to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE When installing two IDE devices on one cable ensure that...

Page 22: ...l a graphics adapter that supports the 4xAGP specification and has a 4xAGP edge connector CNR Slot The Communications Networking Riser CNR slot can be used to insert a CNR card 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use 2 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in ...

Page 23: ...2 Mainboard Installation Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices 19 SPK1 CD2 CD1 USB1 USB2 J12 1 ...

Page 24: ... cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connectors USB2 and USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0 WOL1 WOM1 Wake On LAN Wake On Modem If you have install...

Page 25: ... See Chapter 3 for more information CD1 2 CD ROM DVD Audio Input Connector If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors CD1 and CD2 There are two kinds of connector because different brands of CD ROM drive have different kinds of audio cable connectors Connect the cable to th...

Page 26: ...rial Infrared SIR1 data port Infrared ports allow the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX 22 ...

Page 27: ...all coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause system s malfunction It can even keep your computer from booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory that has stored the configuration information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration You might need to do this ...

Page 28: ...e hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these page...

Page 29: ...ear 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set up system date and time IDE Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk ch...

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Page 31: ...RAM Timing by SPD Disables SDRAM Frequency 100MHz SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 SDRAM Bank Interleave Disabled AGP Mode 4X AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving CB AGP Aperture Size 64MB Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled CLK Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Quick Boot If you enable this ...

Page 32: ...use a PS 2 mouse Password Check If you have entered a password for the system use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L1 L2 Cache Leave these items en...

Page 33: ...em to signal driving current on AGP cards to auto or manual Some AGP cards need stronger than normal driving current in order to operate We recommend that you set this item to the default Manual AGP Comp Driving When AGP Driving is set to Manual use this item to set the AGP current driving value AGP Mode This item provides the OnBoard VGA mode with three options of 1 2 4 multiplied frequency AGP A...

Page 34: ...ower Down Mode Suspend Hard Disk Power Down Mode Standby Standby Time Out Minute Disabled Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled PowerOn by LAN Ring Disabled PowerOn by Onchip LAN Disabled PowerOn by KBC Disabled Wake up key Any key Wake up password N A PowerOn by RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date 15 RTC Alarm Hour 12 RTC Alarm Minute 30 RTC Alarm Second 30 ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 O...

Page 35: ...ive s You can force the hard disk to power down in Stand By or Suspend modes or you can disable the powerdown Standby Time Out Minute This sets the timeout for Standby mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Standby mode Suspend Time Out Minute This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without ...

Page 36: ... On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PowerOn by RTC Alarm Date Hour Minute Second The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order ...

Page 37: ...PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Plug and Play Aware O S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default AGP setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second...

Page 38: ... and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips...

Page 39: ...Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA N A OnBoard Game Port 201h OnBoard MIDI Port 300h MIDI Port IRQ 10 OnBoard IDE Both OnChip LAN Enabled OnBoard AC 97 Audio Enabled OnBoard MC 97 Modem Auto USB Controller All USB Port USB Device Legacy Support Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable ...

Page 40: ...ard Game Port This item enables or disables the I O address for the game port OnBoard MIDI Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ Use this item to assign IRQ 7 to the parallel port OnBoard IDE Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE channel OnChip LAN Use this item to enable or disable the OnChip LAN OnBoard AC 97 Audio T...

Page 41: ...erican Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU BRAND INTEL CPU Type Pentium 4 CPU Speed 800 MHz CPU Ratio Selection 8 0x CPU Frequency 100 MHz ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU BRAND Type Core Voltage Ratio Frequency These items show the type core voltage ratio and frequency of CPU installed in your syst...

Page 42: ...V 12V 11 968V 12V 0 907V SB5V 5 053V VBAT 3 488V SYSTEM Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU Fan Speed 5400 RPM Power Temperature 33 C 91 F SYSTEM Temperature 40 C 104 F CPU Temperature 35 C 95 F ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measuremen...

Page 43: ...u to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly Then the password is required for the access to the Setup Utility or for it at start up depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save an...

Page 44: ...le located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows ...

Page 45: ...button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup ic...

Page 46: ...on 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to co...

Page 47: ...th at the bottom of the screen to find out the PATH HTML too 2 Find out your mainboard model name from the PATH HTML Click the model name and obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Cli...

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