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Chapter1

Motherboard Description

1-26

1.8 DIMM Installation

1.8.1 DIMM

DRAM Access Time: 3.3V Unbuffered SDRAM PC100/133 Type required.
DRAM Type: 8MB/ 16MB/ 32MB/ 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB DIMM Module
(168pin)

Total Bank

Bank

Memory Size (MB)

DIMM1

DIMM2

8 M

8M x 1pc

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16 M

16M x 1 pc

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32 M

32M x 1 pc

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64 M

64M x 1 pc

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128 M

128M x 1 pc

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256 M

256M x 1 pc

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16 M

8M x 1pc

24 M

16M x 1 pc

8M x 1pc

40 M

32M x 1 pc

8M x 1pc

72 M

64M x 1 pc

8M x 1pc

136 M

128M x 1 pc

8M x 1pc

264 M

256M x 1 pc

8M x 1pc

24 M

8M x 1pc

16M x 1 pc

32 M

16M x 1 pc

48 M

32M x 1 pc

16M x 1 pc

80 M

64M x 1 pc

16M x 1 pc

144 M

128M x 1 pc

16M x 1 pc

272 M

256M x 1 pc

16M x 1 pc

Summary of Contents for M6TWO

Page 1: ...and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio commun...

Page 2: ...ows ME Windows XP and Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp with its ownership of trademark and are distributed by the Vendor under a license agreement All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners Copyright 2001 All Rights Reserved Canadian D O C Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital appara...

Page 3: ...1 1 9 1 3 2 ATX 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWR1 1 11 1 3 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 1 12 1 3 4 Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 1 12 1 4 Back Panel Connectors 1 13 1 4 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors JKBMS1 1 13 1 4 2 USB LAN Connector JRJ45USB1 1 14 1 4 2 1 Stacked USB Connector 1 14 1 4 2 2 Stacked LAN Connector 1 14 1 4 2 3 Front USB Connector JUSB2 1 15 1 4 3 Monitor Connector JVGA1 1 16 1 5 ...

Page 4: ... 8 1 DIMM 1 26 1 9 Audio Subsystem 1 28 1 9 1 CD Audio In Header JCDIN1 JCDIN2 Optional 1 28 1 9 2 Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 Optional 1 29 1 9 3 Auxiliary Audio Header JAUX1 Optional 1 29 1 9 4 Front Audio Connector JAUDIO1 1 29 2 BIOS Setup 2 1 2 1 Main Menu 2 3 2 2 Standard CMOS Features 2 6 2 3 Advanced BIOS Features 2 9 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features 2 13 2 5 Integrated Peripherals 2 17 2 6 ...

Page 5: ...Contents iii 2 9 Frequency Control 2 32 3 Trouble Shooting 3 1 ...

Page 6: ...CI Bus IDE interface into one board that provides a total PC solution The motherboard based PC Micro ATX system PCI Local Bus to support upgrades to your system performance On Board sound subsystem to support high 3D sound quality the AMR slot to support the solution of high performance 6 channel audio codec low cost modem It is ideal for multi tasking and fully supports MS DOS Windows 3x Windows ...

Page 7: ...CI Bus speed DRAM Memory Supports two 16 32 64 128 256MB DIMM module sockets Supports Synchronous DRAM 3 3V 100MHz Bus frequency Supports up to 2 double sided or 2 single sided DIMMs at 100 MHz system memory bus Shadow RAM Supports shadowing of system BIOS into RAM for faster performance DIMM memory bus frequency always run 100 MHz if you use SDRAM PC133 type Green PC Power Management Functionalit...

Page 8: ...ted by BIOS AC 97 Sound Codec Onboard Single chip audio CODEC with high S N ratio 90 dB 18 bit ADC ans DAC resolution Compliant with AC 97 2 2 specification 18 bit stereo full duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate 3D stereo Enhancement External Amplifier power down capability LPC I O Built in Onboard LPC Interface PC98 PC99 Compliant Game Port Interface MPU 401 MDI Support Intel...

Page 9: ...lay Cache Hardware Monitor Subsystem The hardware monitor subsystem provides low cost instrumentation capabilities The features of the hardware monitor subsystem include Management Level 4 functionality Microprocessor System Hardware Monitor Integrated temperature and voltage monitoring to detect levels above or below acceptable values 12V 5V 3 3V VTT 1 5V VCCORE CPU Voltage When suggested ratings...

Page 10: ... 48MHz USB The two ports USB may located front panel Dimension Micro ATX form factor 20 cm X 24 4 cm W x L LAN Only for V1 1 and above Optional 10 Mb s and 100 Mb s operation Supports 10 100 Mb s N way Auto negotiation operation Supports Wake On LAN function and remote wake up Supports Full Duplex Flow Control IEEE 802 3X ...

Page 11: ... Ratio Operating Systems Offers the highest performance for MS DOS OS 2 Windows 3x Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 9x Windows ME Windows XP LINUX Novell UNIX SCO UNIX etc 1 1 3 Attachments HDD Cable FDD Cable Rear I O Panel for Micro ATX Case Optional COM2 Cable Optional CD for sound VGA IDE drivers and modem driver utilities Front USB cable Optional ...

Page 12: ... M6TWO JPRNT1 JCOM1 JVGA1 JKBMS1 JSPKR1 SP OUT JMIC1 MIC IN JLIN1 LINE IN JMIC1 JGAME1 GAME Port JRJ45USB1 JWOL1 JSFAN1 JCOM2 JAUDIO1 JCDIN2JCDIN1JTAD1 JAUX1 AMR1 PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 JUSB2 JCMOS1 JPANEL1 BAT1 FDD1 IDE2 IDE1 JATXPWR1 JCFAN1 DIMM1 DIMM2 Intel 810E Intel 82801BA Winbond I O FWH BIOS LAN RTL8100 ...

Page 13: ...nnector JCOM2 O DIMMs Sockets DIMM1 2 F System Fan Header JSFAN1 P Auxiliary Audio Header JAUX1 G Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Q Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 H Clear CMOS Header JCMOS1 R CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 I Front USB Header JUSB2 S CD ROM Audio Header JCDIN1 J Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 T CD ROM Audio Header JCDIN2 NOTE The mark represent the function is optional DIMM1 DIMM2 Intel 810E Intel 82...

Page 14: ...round Sleep Button 5 Ground 6 NA 7 5V Speaker Connector 8 Power LED 9 HDD LED 10 Power LED 11 HDD LED Hard Drive LED 12 Power LED POWER LED 13 Ground 14 Power Button 15 Reset Control Reset Button 16 Ground POWER Button 17 NA 18 KEY 19 NA 20 KEY 21 5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX IrDA Connector 24 IRRX IrDA Connector SPK POW LED ON OFF K E Y HLED IR SLP NA RST 2 1 24 23 NA ...

Page 15: ...ly open When the switch is closed the motherboard resets and runs the POST IrDA Infrared Connector After the IrDA interface is configured files can be transferred from or to portable devices such as laptops PDAs and printers using application software Power LED Connector This connector can be connected to an LED that will light when the computer is powered on Power On Button This connector can be ...

Page 16: ...d again or the keyboard or mouse must be used 1 3 2 ATX 20 pin Power Connector JATXPWR1 This connector supports the power button on board Using the Micro ATX power supply functions such as Modem Ring 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...

Page 17: ...ed IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive on IDE1 to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive The configuration is similar to IDE1 The second drive on this controller must be...

Page 18: ...ment 1 Data 2 No connect 3 Ground 4 5 V fused 5 Clock 6 No connect PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB VGA1 Parallel Game Port Speaker out Line in Mic in JPRNT1 COM1 JCOM1 JVGA1 JGAME1 LAN JKBMS1 Pin 1 KBD DATA Pin 3 GND Pin 5 KBD Clock Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Pin 2 NC Pin 4 VCC Pin 6 NC Pin 2 NC Pin 4 VCC Pin 6 NC Pin 1 Mouse DATA Pin 3 GND Pin 5 Mouse Clock ...

Page 19: ...attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector 1 4 2 1 Stacked USB Connector Pin Assignment 1 5 V fused 2 USBP0 USBP1 3 USBP0 USBP1 4 Ground 1 4 2 2 Stacked LAN Connector Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 TDP 7 NC 2 TDN 8 NC 3 RDP 9 VCC3 SBY 4 NC 10 TX RX 5 NC 11 VCC3 SBY 6 RDN 12 10 100 USB LAN ...

Page 20: ...1 15 1 4 2 3 Front USB Connector JUSB2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USB1 Data 4 USB2 Data 5 USB1 Data 6 USB2 Data 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NA DIMM1 DIMM2 Intel 810E Intel 82801BA Winbond I O FWH BIOS LAN RTL8100 JUSB2 1 ...

Page 21: ... motherboard has built in video facilities Your monitor will attach directly to JVGA1 connector on the motherboard Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 5V 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 5V 12 DDC Data 13 HS NC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC CLK JVGA1 ...

Page 22: ...ters modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port The serial port can also be used to connect your computer with another computer system If you wish to transfer the contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each machine s serial port The serial ports on this system have two 9 pin connector Some older computer systems and peripherals used ...

Page 23: ...ach pin on the 9 pin connector and some of the 25 pin connector This information can be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial port Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8 RX Receive Data 2 3 TX Transmit Data 3 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20 GND Signal Ground 5 7 DSR Data Set Ready 6 6 RTS Request to Send 7 4 CTS Clear to Send 8 5 RI Ring Indicator...

Page 24: ...s called DCE Data Communications Equipment If a modem is connected to a computer for example the modem is called the DCE and the computer is called the DTE In situations such as this the pins on the serial ports can be connected straight through In instances when there are two DTE devices connected together such as a computer and a printer a special adapter called a Null Modem is needed to make co...

Page 25: ...rt Each peripheral must have its own COM port NOTE Four serial ports may be installed on the computer However no more than two ports can be used simultaneously If you have installed an internal modem be careful not to assign a COM port number that has already been assigned to another device This error is common When installing a device that is going to require the use of a serial port use a diagno...

Page 26: ...t the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers The parallel port on you system has a 25 pin DB25 connector see picture below The pin out for the parallel port are shown in the table below Signal Pin Strobe 1 Data 0 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 4 Data 3 5 Data 4 6 Data 5 7 Data 6 8 Data 7 9 Ack 10 Busy 11 Paper Empty 12 Select 13 Auto FDXT 14 Error 15 Init 16 SLCTN 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground ...

Page 27: ...ull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin A in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU Match Pin A with the white dot cut edge then insert the CPU 3 Press the lever down to complete the installation S o c k e t 3 7 0 ...

Page 28: ...l notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction 2 Push the tabs out Insert the DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically to fit the modules into place 3 The mounting holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and hold the DIMM memory modules in place Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM ...

Page 29: ...or more pins that can be covered by a plastic jumper cap enabling you to select different system options 1 7 1 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense DIMM1 DIMM2 Intel 810E Intel 82801BA Winbond I O FWH BIOS LAN RTL8100 JCMOS1 1 1 JWOL1 JSFAN1 1 1 JCFAN1 ...

Page 30: ...an Header JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 7 3 Clear CMOS Header JCMOS1 JCOMS1 Assignment 3 1 1 2 Closed Normal Operation default 3 1 2 3 Closed Clear CMOS Data 1 7 4 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up ...

Page 31: ...MB DIMM1 DIMM2 8 M 8M x 1pc 16 M 16M x 1 pc 32 M 32M x 1 pc 64 M 64M x 1 pc 128 M 128M x 1 pc 256 M 256M x 1 pc 16 M 8M x 1pc 8M x 1pc 24 M 16M x 1 pc 8M x 1pc 40 M 32M x 1 pc 8M x 1pc 72 M 64M x 1 pc 8M x 1pc 136 M 128M x 1 pc 8M x 1pc 264 M 256M x 1 pc 8M x 1pc 24 M 8M x 1pc 16M x 1 pc 32 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 48 M 32M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 80 M 64M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 144 M 128M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 2...

Page 32: ...c 32M x 1 pc 288 M 256M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 72 M 8M x 1pc 64M x 1 pc 80 M 16M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 96 M 32M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 128 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 192 M 128M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 320 M 256M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 256 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 512 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc Notes 1 Don t stuff or remove the DIMM memory if the LED1 is lighting 2 DIMM memory bus frequency always run 100Mhz if you use SRAM P...

Page 33: ...ptional Pin No of JCDIN1 Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input Pin No of JCDIN2 Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground DIMM1 DIMM2 Intel 810E Intel 82801BA Winbond I O FWH BIOS LAN RTL8100 JAUDIO1 JCDIN2 JCDIN1 JTAD1 JAUX1 1 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 34: ...ound 4 MONO_in 1 9 3 Auxiliary Audio Header JAUX1 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 Right Channel Aux in 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Left Channel Aux in 1 9 4 Front Audio Connector JAUDIO1 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Mic_ In 2 Ground 3 Mic_Power 4 Audio_Power 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reserred 8 Key 9 LFT Line Out 10 LFT Line Out ...

Page 35: ... the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1 0A specification ESCD Extended System Co...

Page 36: ...oke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left menu bar Right arrow Move to the item on the right menu bar Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes Submenus Exit Current page to the next higher level menu Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value ...

Page 37: ...d two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu WARNING The information about BIOS defaults on manual Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board for update information Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS ...

Page 38: ...ems of power management features PnP PCI Configurations This setup page includes IRQ Setting by user define or default PC Healte Status This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature voltage and fan speed Freqcuency Control This submenu allows you to specify your setting for frequency control Load Optimized Defaults These settings are more likely to configure a workable computer when someth...

Page 39: ... a User and a Supervisor password When you select either password option you are prompted for a 1 8 character password Enter the password and then retype the password when prompted Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup Update BIOS This submenu allows you to update bios ...

Page 40: ...n Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup ...

Page 41: ...ed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in...

Page 42: ... Key Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected duting boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 43: ...into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled default No warning message appears when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table CPU Internal External Cache These ...

Page 44: ...nable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enabled quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Other Boot Device These BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choices Floppy HDD 0 LS120 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Enabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drive...

Page 45: ...Setting Keystroke repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The Choices Enabled Disabled default Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down The Choices 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down befo...

Page 46: ...he security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode Selecting Enabled enables APIC device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabled default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports versions 1 1 and 1 4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification Select the version supported by the operation system running on this computer ...

Page 47: ... the conventional PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DR...

Page 48: ...AS Precharge Time If an insufficient number of cycle is allowed for RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choices Auto default 2 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allow...

Page 49: ...ion 2 1 The Choices Enabled default Disabled On Chip Video Windows Size Select the On Chip video window size for VGA drive use The Choices 64MB default Disabled Local Memory Frequency This item selects Display Cache Enabled or Disabled The Choices 100Mhz default 133Mhz Onboard Display Cache Setting CAS Latency Select the local memory clock periods The Choices 2 3 default Paging Mode Control Select...

Page 50: ...s item controls RAS active to Protegra and refresh to RAS active delay in local memory clock The Choices Fast default Slow RAS Precharge Timing This item controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks The Choices Fast default Slow ...

Page 51: ...ces Enabled default Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM function The Choices Enabled default Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 52: ...OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and system software both support Ultra DMA 33 DMA 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choices Auto default Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The Choices Enabled default Disabled USB Keyboard Support The default value is Disabled Enable...

Page 53: ...first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Normal default ASKIR IrDA RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function of onboard I O chip The Choices Hi Lo default Hi Hi Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay Th...

Page 54: ...Choices 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode The default value is SPP SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode Normal EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The Choices EPP 1 7 default EPP1 9 ECP Mode ...

Page 55: ...Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2 21 Midi Port Address Midi Port Base I O Address 330 default 300 290 Disabled Midi Port IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use The Choices 5 10 default ...

Page 56: ...2 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use Figure 6 Power Management Setup ...

Page 57: ... is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 m...

Page 58: ... Suspend Type The Choices PwrOn Suspend Stop Grant default MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The Choices NA default 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choices Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min and 1Hour HDD Power Down When enabled and after th...

Page 59: ...intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power On instructions the motherboard battery 3V the Power Supply 5VSB and the Power Supply 3 3V While AC is not supplying power the motherboard uses the motherboard battery 3V If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually ...

Page 60: ...rm You can choose shat hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work Reload Global Timer Events Reload Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effec...

Page 61: ...onnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations ...

Page 62: ... default Enabled Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto ESCD default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ and I O port conflicts IRQ 3 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 4 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assigned to PCI Device I...

Page 63: ...0 Reserved Memory Length The default Value is 64K PCI VGA Palette Snoop 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 Disabled default Disables the function Enabled Enables the function ...

Page 64: ...will prevent CPU from overheating The Choices Disabled default 50O C 122O F 53 O C 127 O F 56 O C 133 O F 60 O C 140 O F 63 O C 145 O F 66 O C 151 O F 70 O C 158 O F Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current CPU temperature Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current speed of SYSFAN ...

Page 65: ...his item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled default 60O C 140O F 65O C 149O F 70O C 158O F 75O C 167O F Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices None 1 2 3 default ...

Page 66: ...ces Default default 66 100 33 Mhz 0 6 68 102 34 Mhz No 117 117 39 Mhz No 127 127 42 Mhz No 129 129 43 Mhz No 133 100 33 Mhz 6 140 105 35 Mhz No 144 108 36 Mhz No 147 110 37 Mhz No 150 113 38 Mhz No 157 118 39 Mhz No 160 120 40 Mhz No CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio The Choices X3 default X3 5 X4 X4 5 X5 X5 5 X6 X6 5 X7 X7 5 X8 ...

Page 67: ...ble and wall socket are OK but system is still dead Contact technical support Faulty wall outlet circuit Breaker or fuse blown Plug in device known to work in socket and test Use different socket repair outlet reset circuit breaker or replace fuse PROBLEM System is inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit hard drive is spinning PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory DIMM...

Page 68: ...at hard disk if unable to do so the hard disk may be defective Contact technical support Hard disk directory or FAT is scrambled Run the FDISK program format the hard drive Copy data that was backed up onto hard drive Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time PROBLEM System only boots from CD ROM Hard disk can be read and applications ...

Page 69: ...ard drive Re install all saved data when completed PROBLEM Screen message says Invalid Configuration or CMOS Failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Incorrect information entered into the configuration setup program Check the configuration program Replace any incorrect information Review system s equipment Make sure correct information is in setup PROBLEM Screen is blank PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS...

Page 70: ...alled in correct sockets Computer virus Use anti virus programs to detect and clean viruses PROBLEM Screen goes blank periodically PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Screen saver is enabled Disable screen saver PROBLEM Keyboard failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keyboard is disconnected Reconnect keyboard Check keys again if no improvement replace keyboard ...

Page 71: ...drive failure PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard drive cable not connected properly Check hard drive cable PROBLEM Cannot boot system after installing second hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Master slave jumpers not set correctly Set master slave jumpers correctly Hard drives not compatible different manufacturers Run SETUP program and select correct drive types Call drive manufact...

Page 72: ... SOLUTION CMOS setup has been changed Run setup and select correct drive type PROBLEM Certain keys do not function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keys jammed or defective Replace keyboard PROBLEM Keyboard is locked no keys function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keyboard is locked Unlock keyboard ...

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