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FX816ELV 

 

 
 
 
 

User’s Manual 

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Summary of Contents for Advanced Socket 370

Page 1: ...Advanced Socket 370 Motherboard FX816ELV User s Manual http www bcmcom com ...

Page 2: ...r expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product s fitness for any particular purpose In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business or indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this ma...

Page 3: ...isions of the 1994 Regulations FCC Compliance FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission This product complies with FCC Rules Part 15 and has been tested and complied with the EMI rules by a certified body In normal operation there shall be no harmful interference caused by this device nor shall this device accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired oper...

Page 4: ...electricity stored in your body before unpacking your motherboard For details please refer to Precaution section in Chapter 3 Install the CPU by correctly aligning the CPU with the socket 370 as noted in the motherboard diagram Once aligned press down on the CPU gently but firmly and lock it Next install the 3 3 volt un buffered SDRAM into the 168 pin DIMM slots Please see Sec 3 4 Plug in any peri...

Page 5: ... 4 System Memory DRAM 14 3 5 Expansion Slots 15 3 6 Connectors Headers and Ports 16 4 BIOS Setup 21 4 1 BIOS Setup 21 4 2 Main Setup Menu 22 4 3 General Configuration Menu 23 4 4 Advanced Configuration Menu 25 4 5 System Specific Setup 27 4 6 Primary IDE Drives 28 4 7 Secondary IDE Drives 29 4 8 Peripherals Setup Menu 30 4 9 Power Management Setup Menu 31 4 10 PCI PnP Configurations Menu 34 4 11 H...

Page 6: ... Easy Installation Page and refer to the section number following each step if you require more detailed instructions USER MANUAL 1 2 Check Your Device Items The standard package should contain the following items If you find any of these items be missing or damaged please contact your retailer 1 FX816ELV motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable 80 pin for ATA100 1 floppy ribbon cable 1 CD with drivers for ...

Page 7: ...A Celeron or Intel Flip Chip PGA Pentium III Tualatin Processor Supports 100 133 MHz FSB Core Logic Chipset Intel 815E Chipset includes GMCH Graphics and Memory Controller Hub Rev B Chipset ICH2 I O Controller Hub and FWH Firm Ware Hub System Memory Two 168 pin DIMM sockets up to 512MB Supports up to 2 double sided DIMMs Graphics Support 230MHz RAMDAC Integrated Hardware Motion Compensation 30 fra...

Page 8: ...Plug n Play compatible Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface and APM Advanced Power Management Supports to boot from CD ROM SCSI IDE FDD ZIP and LS 120 Green Features Power Management APM version 1 2 Intelligent Power Management fully supported by Windows 2000 with On Now and supports all wake up states S1 thru S5 WOL Wake On LAN and WOR Wake On Ring Sound System AC97 Revision v...

Page 9: ...therboard Layout Main Parts Printer COM 1 VGA LAN USB Keyboard Mouse 1394 Mic In Line Out ATX Power Secondary IDE Primary IDE Front Panel Connector Front USB PCI Slot System Fan Floppy COM 2 Front 1394 WOR CPU Socket CPU Fan DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DVO Pin Header LAN LED ...

Page 10: ...Sec 3 6 5 Keyboard Mouse Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 USB LAN Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Printer VGA Serial Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Sound Ports Refer to Sec 3 6 6 IEEE 1394 Port 1 Refer to Sec 3 6 6 Connectors and Header Primary IDE Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 1 Secondary IDE Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 2 Floppy Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 3 Power Connector Refer to Sec 3 6 4 CD In CD ROM Connector Refer ...

Page 11: ...ed anti static surface component side up Immediately inspect the board for damage Due to shifting during shipping it is suggested that the installer press down on the entire socket ICs to ensure they are properly seated Do this only with the board placed on a firm flat surface 4 During configuration and installation touch a grounded surface frequently to discharge any static electrical charge that...

Page 12: ... 1 Connector J7 USB Lan Connector Act LED Green 100Mb orange J8 Mic In Line In Pin Header J9 Line Out Pin Header J10 CD In Connector J11 Parallel Port Connector J12 1394 Pin Header front site J13 COM 2 Pin Header key pin 10 J14 LANLED 3 Pin Header J15 N A J16 PCI slot J17 Floppy Connector J18 CPU socket J19 Front Side USB J20 Front side Panel J21 WOR Pin Header J22 CPU Fan Header J23 DIMM 1 socket...

Page 13: ... upward to the other end to loosen the socket s openings Step 2 Place the CPU on the middle of the socket orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket s beveled corner Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the socket openings Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Press the handling bar downward to fasten the CPU to the socket Warning It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan b...

Page 14: ...ule does not line up with pin 1 of the socket the DIMM module will not be inserted correctly into the socket Be careful not to misfit the DIMM into DIMM socket in wrong direction This module can be inserted into the socket only one way To release the memory module push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward 3 4 3 DIMM Combinations Each D...

Page 15: ...nstallation 3 5 Expansion Slot This motherboard contains 1 32 bit PCI expansion slot PCI Expansion Slot PCI expansion slot accept PCI bus master cards and are fully supported by the PCI 2 2 specification ...

Page 16: ...n block The FDC sub system can control three types of floppy drives 1 2 1 44 and 2 88 MB and or compatible tape drives The floppy disk interface includes 48mA current support and inputs on the drive interface 3 6 4 ATX Power Connector J26 20 pin block This connector supports one standard ATX power supply When connecting make sure the lock key matches the hook attached on a power supply cable The p...

Page 17: ...nector Pins 14 16 18 and 20 For external system speaker connection 3 6 6 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports J3 The motherboard offers 1 PS 2 Keyboard Port and 1 PS 2 Mouse Port USB Universal Serial Bus Ports and LAN Local Area Network Port J7 The motherboard has two USB ports and a LAN port optional USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data trans...

Page 18: ...t USB Connector J19 10 pin The motherboard offers you to hook up front USB ports via chassis It is always enabled Clear Password Header JP1 3 pin Clear CMOS By closing JP1 pins 1 and 2 will clear the CMOS By closing JP1 pins 2 and 3 will clear password Under the normal operation leave JP1 all pin open WOR Wake On Ring Connector J21 2 pin This connector is used for resuming from either the APM slee...

Page 19: ...utput BIOS Lock Header JP2 4 pin When 1 2 close boot block protection enable 3 4 close all block protection enable Default is 2 3 for all un protect IEEE 1394 Header J12 6 pins A second IEEE 1394 pin header for 1394 cable connection DVO Pin Header J29 J30 2x14 pins Optional Pin connection for optional DVO 12bit to TTL TFT LCD Interface Module ...

Page 20: ...ystem case 3 Connect the power supply cord into an outlet of power supply 4 Connect Monitor signal cable to the system VGA port and the monitor power cord to power outlet 5 Now turn on the monitor and system power After Power On the power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The system will then d...

Page 21: ... start Setup press the F2 key during boot up before or while a message similar to this appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Press F2 key if you want to enter SETUP If the above message disappears before you have responded and you still wish to enter Setup reboot the system to try again by pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pre...

Page 22: ...ginal PC AT compatible BIOS Advanced Configuration Options specific to system onboard chipset and devices System Specific Setup Select PCI and DIMM clock Signals Primary IDE Drivers Setup IDE Device Hard Disk Geometry Data Secondary IDE Drives Setup IDE Device Hard Disk Geometry Data Peripherals Enable or Disable On board peripherals devices Power Management Setup Display the fan speed and voltage...

Page 23: ...he time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field 4 3 3 Drive A B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1...

Page 24: ...mLock Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled on the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations 4 3 9 Select Primary VGA Select Primary display type 4 3 10 Boot Sector Protection When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition...

Page 25: ...st Select enable allow system to skip extensive memory test during POST 4 4 4 Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the Video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result 4 4 5 C800 CFFF Shadow These options specify how the ROM at C000h copy to RAM enable will allow the ROM area from C800 CFFF copy to RAM 4 4...

Page 26: ...hen the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second 4 4 14 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds 4 4 15 Onboard LAN Controller E...

Page 27: ...BIOS Setup 4 5 System Specific Setup 4 5 1 Auto DIMM and PCI Clock Enable will disconnect clock signals that go to unused DIMMs and PCI slots ...

Page 28: ...to BIOS detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters Mode Auto BIOS check if the drive supports LBA mode if so LBA mode is enable and used otherwise CHS mode is use CHS Enter drive Cylinder Head Sector manually UDMA Configure PIO or UDMA modes of the IDE device 4 6 2 Primary Slave Select Auto BIOS will detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters If Manual is select CHS paramet...

Page 29: ...uto BIOS detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters Mode Auto BIOS check if the drive supports LBA mode if so LBA mode is enable and used otherwise CHS mode is use CHS Enter drive Cylinder Head Sector manually UDMA Configure PIO or UDMA modes of the IDE device 4 7 2 Secondary Slave Select Auto BIOS will detects if a drive is installed and its CHS parameters If Manual is select CHS para...

Page 30: ...ndary IDE channel on the motherboard 4 8 4 Serial Port 1 This option allows to set serial port configuration Auto Automatic configuration COM1 Set to I O address 3F8 IRQ4 COM2 Set to I O address 2F8 IRQ3 COM3 Set to I O address 3E8 IRQ4 COM4 Set to I O address 2E8 IRQ3 4 8 5 Serial Port 2 This option allows to set serial port configuration Auto Automatic configuration COM1 Set to I O address 3F8 I...

Page 31: ...P specification ECP uses the DMA protocol to achieve data transfer rates up to 2 5 megabits per second ECP provides symmetric bi directional communication DMA This option is only available if the setting for the parallel port option is ECP This option sets the DMA channel used by the parallel port option available are 1 or 3 4 8 7 Onboard USB Controller This option allows enabling Rear USB Font US...

Page 32: ...I Allows operating system to use either APM or ACPI mode for power management 4 9 2 Suspend Type Set ACPI Suspend type to S1 or S3 The choices are S1 POS and S3 STR 4 9 3 S3 Video Init Perform S3 initialization during S3 STR resume 4 9 4 Stand by Timer Set system inactivity time period before BIOS enters the system into stand by state in APM mode 4 9 5 Suspend Timer Set system inactivity time peri...

Page 33: ...f allows the power button to shut down the system instantly by the push of the button Delay 4 Sec allows the power button to shut down the system after holding the button for 4 seconds 4 9 9 MODEM Uses IRQ Determines which IRQ the MODEM can use The choices are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 and N A 4 9 10 PWRON After PWR Fail Sets PWRON After PWR Fail as Last State on or off ...

Page 34: ...reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot 4 10 3 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA card such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors This setting can correct this problem once you set it to enable To default setting leaves at Disabled 4 10 4 Reserved ISA Memory Device Select Yes will enab...

Page 35: ...Volt Display current 3 3 volt 4 11 4 5 0 Volt Display current 5 volt 4 11 5 12 Volt Display current 12 volt 4 11 6 12 Volt Display current 12 volt 4 11 7 CPU FAN Rotation Display current CPU FAN speed on Rotations per minutes RPM 4 11 8 CPU Temperature Display current CPU temperature 4 11 9 System Temperature Display current system temperature ...

Page 36: ...cover the optimum settings for the original manufacture configuration 4 11 2 Restore Fail Safe Settings Load Fail Safe settings when you can not boot the system to operating system after change add remove hardware parts or peripherals 4 13 Exit Options are Save CMOS and Exit Discard Change and Exit Back to Setup ...

Page 37: ...sult your vendor f Some problems and or conflict can be resolved as simple as by flashing the BIOS with the latest version downloadable from our website 2 Is there any conflict with hardware and or drivers a Make sure your BIOS setup is in default settings b Make sure the drivers for the installed peripherals that you have are the latest version c Windows may have some old lingering drivers from a...

Page 38: ...ture and the board is PAST BCM s warranty period If your reseller is out of business or no longer in service then the BCM s warranty policy applies Please also note that if the reseller is still in the business BCM will IGNORE ALL RMA requests associated with this reseller First To determine how old your board is Look for the label matches to this 14 digits barcode The break up of 14 digits barcod...

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