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Contents

Introduction ................................................................................ 1-1

1 Motherboard Description ....................................................... 1-2

1.1 Features ...................................................................................................1-2

1.1.1 Hardware .........................................................................................1-2

1.1.2 BIOS................................................................................................1-6

1.1.3 Software ..........................................................................................1-6

1.1.4 Accessories......................................................................................1-6

1.2 Motherboard Installation.........................................................................1-7

1.2.1 System Block Diagram....................................................................1-7

1.2.2 Layout of Motherboard ...................................................................1-8

1.2.3 Quick Reference ..............................................................................1-9

1.3 CPU Installation....................................................................................... 10

1.3.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket 370 .......................................1-10

1.3.2 CPU & System FAN .....................................................................1-11

1.3.2.1 CPU FAN Header: JCFAN1 ............................................................. 1-11

1.3.2.2 System Fan Header: JSFAN1 ............................................................ 1-11

1.4 RAM Module Installation .....................................................................1-12

1.4.1 DIMM ...........................................................................................1-12

1.4.2 How to install a DIMM Module ....................................................1-14

1.5 Slots ......................................................................................................1-15

1.5.1 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot..........................................1-16

1.5.2 AMR (Audio Modem Riser) Slot ..................................................1-16

Summary of Contents for M6VCT

Page 1: ...onsibility of the user to provide and use these accessories properly This equipment has been tested 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 i...

Page 2: ...t obtaining the vendor s approval in writing Trademarks and Remarks MS DOS Windows NT Windows 9X Windows ME 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 ...

Page 3: ... 2 2 Layout of Motherboard 1 8 1 2 3 Quick Reference 1 9 1 3 CPU Installation 10 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket 370 1 10 1 3 2 CPU System FAN 1 11 1 3 2 1 CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 1 11 1 3 2 2 System Fan Header JSFAN1 1 11 1 4 RAM Module Installation 1 12 1 4 1 DIMM 1 12 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Module 1 14 1 5 Slots 1 15 1 5 1 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 1 16 1 5 2 AMR Audio Modem...

Page 4: ...OL1 1 21 1 6 6 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 1 22 1 6 7 Front USB Header JUSB2 1 22 1 7 Peripheral Port Connectors 1 23 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 1 23 1 7 2 USB Connector JUSB1 1 24 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports 1 25 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface COM1 COM2 1 25 1 7 3 2 Connectivity 1 26 1 7 3 3 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 1 27 1 7 4 Game Joystick Port Connector JGAME1 1 2...

Page 5: ... Features 2 9 2 4 Advanced Chipset Features 2 13 2 5 Integrated Peripherals 2 16 2 6 Power Management Setup 2 21 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations 2 27 2 8 PC Health Status 2 31 2 9 Frequency Control 2 33 2 10 Load Optimized Defaults 2 34 2 11 Set Supervisor User Password 2 35 2 12 Save Exit Setup 2 37 2 13 Exit Without Saving 2 38 3 Trouble Shooting 3 1 ...

Page 6: ...IA VT82C686B serial chipset ISA AGP and PCI IDE into one board that provides a total PC solution The motherboard a CeleronTM Pentium TualatinTM processor based PC ATX system supports 128kbyte or 256kbyte or 512kbyte cache on CPU 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 perform...

Page 7: ...ers Provides Socket 370 Speed Running at 66 100 or 133MHz Front Side Bus frequency Supports up to 1 2 GHz CPU core speeds Supports 33MHz PCI Bus speed DRAM Memory Supports three 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB DIMM modules Supports synchronous DRAM 3 3V Supports a maximum memory size of 1 5GB with SDRAM 133MHz Bus frequency Green Function Supports power management operation via BIOS Power down timer from...

Page 8: ...P disk Super I O Built in onboard Support one multi mode Parallel Port 1 Standard Bidirection Parallel Port SPP 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP Supports two serial ports 16550 UART with 16 byte FIFO UART data rates up to 1 5 Mbaud Supports one Infrared transmission IR port Supports PS 2 Mouse Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk drives Direct Sound...

Page 9: ...e system suspend types power on suspends with flexible CPU PCI bus reset options and suspend to disk soft off all with hardware automatic wake up Multiple suspend power plane controls and suspend status indicators One idle timer one peripheral timer and one general purpose timer plus 24 32 bit ACPI compliant timer Normal doze sleep suspend and conserve modes Global and local device power control S...

Page 10: ... 6 cm W x L Full Featured Accerated Graphics Port AGP Controller Synchronous and pseudo synchronous with the CPU bus with optimal skew control AGP v2 0 compliant Supports SideBand Addressing SBA mode non multiplexed address data Supports 266 MHZ 4x mode for AD and SBA signaling Pipelined split transaction long burst transfers up to 1GB sec Eight level read request queue Four level posted write req...

Page 11: ...T2000 WINNT miniport driver support 1 1 2 BIOS BIOS AWARD legal user friendly BIOS Supports PnP functions 1 1 3 Software Operating Systems Offers the highest performance for Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 31 95 98 ME Novell UNIX SCO UNIT LINUX and others 1 1 4 Accessories HDD Cable FDD Cable USB2 Cable Optional CD for IDE VGA Chip Driver BIOS flash writer utility Audio Driver ...

Page 12: ...ST BUS PCI BUS FLASH BIOS ISA BUS HOST BUS VT82C686B 3 DIMM US B US B VT82C694X T AC 97 CODEC AMR Serial Port X2 Parallel Port X1 Game Port X1 AGP 2X 4X M6VCT ATX SUPPORTS 3 DIMMS SUPPORTS 1 4X AGP 5 PCI 1 AMR 1 ISA SUPPORTS FRONT USB 2 SUPPORTS STR FUNCTION SOCKET 370 PCI ISA USB USB PCI PCI PCI PCI IDE IDE ...

Page 13: ...LOT AGP SLOT AMR SLOT AMR1 AGP1 JATXPWR1 JCFAN1 VIA VT82C694X T VT82C686B U2 FDD1 IDE2 IDE1 FLOPPY DISK CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN ROM1 U1 BAT1 JAUDIO1 1 2 9 JWOL1 JTAD1 JCDIN1 JCDIN2 1 1 1 1 Ac97 1 JSFAN1 JCMOS1 JPANEL1 JUSB2 1 1 2 9 2 23 24 1 1 Clock Gen JKBMS1 KB Mouse JUSB1 USB JGAME1 JCOM1 COM1 Parallel Port COM2 JPRNT1 Speaker Out Line In MIC In Game Port JCOM2 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM...

Page 14: ...dio In Header JCDIN2 M Floppy Disk Connector FDD1 E Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 N IDE Ports IDE1 2 F CD Audio In Header JCDIN1 O AGP BUS Slot AGP1 G PCI BUS Slots PCI1 5 P Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 H Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Q Front USB Header JUSB2 I ISA BUS Slot ISA1 R System Fan Header JSFAN1 S Clear CMOS Function JCMOS1 Note The mark represent the function is optional A B C D E F G H I J ...

Page 15: ...70 1 Pull 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 16: ...Motherboard Description 1 11 1 3 2 CPU System FAN 1 3 2 1 CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 3 2 2 System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense JCFAN1 1 JSFAN1 1 ...

Page 17: ... x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 40 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 72 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 136 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 264 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 520 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 1032 M 512M x 1 pc 512M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 32 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 48 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 80 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 144 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 16M x 1 p...

Page 18: ...pc 256M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 1152 M 512M x 1 pc 512M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 272 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 288 M 16M x 1 pc 16M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 320 M 32M x 1 pc 32M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 384 M 64M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 512 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 768 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 1280 M 512M x 1 pc 512M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 528 M 8M x 1 pc 8M x 1 pc 512M x 1 pc 544 M 1...

Page 19: ...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 so that it will fit 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 20: ...he system bus Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard s features and capabilities With these efficient facilities you can increase the motherboard s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system AMR Slot AGP Slot PCI Slots ISA Slot AMR Slot AGP Slot PCI Slots ISA Slot ...

Page 21: ...motherboard 1 5 2 AMR Audio Modem Riser Slot The AMR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and that defines a hardware scalable riser card interface which supports audio and modem only 1 5 3 ISA Industry Standard Architecture Slot The motherboard is equipped with one standard ISA slot ISA stands for Industry Standard Architecture and was designed as a bus standard for expansion c...

Page 22: ...ies such as power supply front panel signal revelation IDE hard disk connection floppy disk connection Wake On LAN function and USB connection Noticeably a jumper has two or more pins that can be covered by a plastic jumper cap allowing you to select different system options JCFAN1 1 JATXPWR1 FDD1 IDE1 2 JCMOS1 JPANEL1 JUSB2 1 2 9 1 JWOL1 1 1 2 23 24 ...

Page 23: ... 13 Ground Reset 14 Power Button Power on 15 Reset Control Button 16 Ground Button 17 NA 18 KEY 19 NA IrDA 20 KEY IrDA 21 5V Connector 22 Ground Connector 23 IRTX 24 IRRX SPK Speaker Connector An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing option An offboard speaker can be connected to the motherboard at the front panel connector The speaker onboard or offboard provides...

Page 24: ...to attach to an infrared sensing device After the IrDA interface is configured connectionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops PDAs is possible SLP Sleep Green Button This connector is used to conserve energy by powering down the monitor and the hard disk when not in use To configure this option you need to connect a button from the front panel to this connector Depressin...

Page 25: ... IDE1 IDE2 The motherboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 Ultra DMA 100 functionality It has two HDD connectors IDE1 primary and IDE2 secondary You can connect up to four hard disk drives a CD ROM a 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2 These connectors support the IDE hard disk cable p...

Page 26: ...FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector FDC that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables 1 6 5 Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 Pin No Assignment 1 5V SB 2 Ground 3 Wake up ...

Page 27: ...lt 1 3 2 3 Closed Clear CMOS Data 1 6 7 Front USB Header JUSB2 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 5V fused 2 5V fused 3 USB1 Data 4 USB2 Data 5 USB1 Data 6 USB2 Data 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NA Remove AC power line Wait five seconds JCMOS1 1 2 closed AC power on Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data JCMOS1 2 3 closed ...

Page 28: ...andard PS 2 mouse Keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse Keyboard directly into this connector The connector location and pin definition are shown below PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB COM1 Parallel Game Port Front Speaker Out Line In Mic In JPRNT1 JGAME1 JCOM2 JCOM1 JKBMS1 JUSB1 JSPKR1 JLIN1 JMIC1 COM2 ...

Page 29: ...nector JUSB1 The motherboard provides a OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus Roots for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector Stacked USB Connectors Pin Assignment 1 5 V fused 2 USBP0 USBP1 3 USBP0 USBP1 4 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 ...

Page 30: ...rinters 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 connectors Some older computer systems and peripherals u...

Page 31: ...n of each 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 ports 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 In...

Page 32: ...ort the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers The parallel port on your 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 Grou...

Page 33: ...t professional music by connecting MIDI devices 1 7 5 Audio MIDI Port Connectors Front Speaker Out is used to connect speakers or headphones for audio output Line In can be connected to the external CD player Tape player or other audio devices for audio input Mic In is used to connect a microphone which allows you to input sounds and voices Game Joystick MIDI Front Speaker Out Line In Mic In ...

Page 34: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 29 1 7 6 Audio Subsystem JAUDIO1 1 2 9 JTAD1 JCDIN1 JCDIN2 1 1 1 ...

Page 35: ...und 4 Left Channel Input 1 7 6 2 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN2 Pin No Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground 1 7 6 3 Front Audio Header JAUDIO1 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment No No 1 Mic In 2 Ground 3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 LFT Line Out 10 LFT Line Out ...

Page 36: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 31 1 7 6 4 Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 PHONE_IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO_OUT ...

Page 37: ...nt has customized 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 E...

Page 38: ...sing the keyboard Keystroke 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 Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase 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...

Page 39: ...RNING 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 Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Se...

Page 40: ...ower 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 fan speed Frequency Control This setup page includes the CPU Host frequency control Load Optimized Defaults These settings are more likely to configure a workable computer when something is wrong If you cannot ...

Page 41: ...or 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 prompted Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 42: ...1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Thu Aug 6 2001 Item Help Time hh mm ss 11 37 30 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day month IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None year and century IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory XXXX Exten...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...k 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 de tected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected duting boot up Total Memory N A Display the total memory available in the system ...

Page 45: ...ctor Third Boot Device CDROM proctection If this Boot Other Dvice Enabled function is enabled Swap Floopy Drive Disabled and someone attempt to Boot Up Numlock Status On write data into this Gate A20 Option Fast area BIOS will show a Security Option Setup warning message on OS Select For DRAM 64 MB Non OS2 screen and alarm beep Report No FDD For WIN 95 No Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shad...

Page 46: ...se two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache Extermal Cache These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU s Level 2 secondary cache Caching allows better performance Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC check...

Page 47: ...pad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast default Lets chipset control GateA20 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password...

Page 48: ...FDD for Win 98 or not The Choices Yes No default Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled C8000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 DFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled Optional ROM is shadowed Disabled default Optional ROM is not...

Page 49: ... making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled X DRAM Clock Host CLK Item Help AGP Aperture Size 64M Menu Level AGP 4X Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto X AGP Driving Value EC OnChip USB Enabled OnChip USB2...

Page 50: ...es 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 Enabled default Disabled AGP Driving Control The option determines the AGP Output Buffer Drive Strength The Choi...

Page 51: ...area a system error may result The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip Modem Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Auto default Disabled Memory ECC Check You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cache...

Page 52: ...ve UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard X IR Function Duplex Half X TX RX inverting enable Hi LO Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal X ECP Mode Use DMA 3 X Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Sound Blaster Disabled SB I...

Page 53: ...ices Enabled default Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 Pr...

Page 54: ...sk controller FDD installed on the system board while you using it If install and FDD or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled UART 2 Mode This item allows y...

Page 55: ...t Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode The Choices Normal default ECP ECP EPP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choice 3 default Parallel Port EPP type Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices EPP1 9 default EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio Select an operating mode for the second serial port The choices Enabled defaul...

Page 56: ... Select Change the SoundBlaster Pro direct memory access setting MPU 401 Enable or Disable MPU 401 option MPU 401 I O Address Change the SoundBlaster Pro MPU 401 I O address Game Port 200 207H Change the joystick connects port address ...

Page 57: ...agement Press Enter ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Item Help PM Control by APM Yes Video Off Option Suspend Off Menu Level Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off State After Power Failure Off HDD Power Down Disabled Doze Mode Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled PowerOn by PCI Card Disabled Wake Up On LAN Ring Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled X Date of Month 0 X Resum...

Page 58: ...ent Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined default Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 ...

Page 59: ...ng All modes the monitor will be turned off Always On During Always mode the monitor will be turned on Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank default This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Blank ...

Page 60: ...r is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on 5VSB from the Power Supply is used When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3 3V from the Power Supply will be used There are 3 options Auto On Off Auto Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC power is lost On Means always set CMOS to the On status when AC power is lost Off default Means always set CMOS to the Off status when A...

Page 61: ...n order after one minute at Min Saving after one hour Disabled default 1Min 2Min 4Min 6Min 8Min 10Min 20Min 30Min 40Min 1Hour PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state The Choices Disabled default Enabled Wake Up On LAN Ring When you select Enabled a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state The Choice Enabled Disa...

Page 62: ...set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode Disabled default Date of Month Time hh mm ss You could set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring at will awaken a system witch has been powered down ...

Page 63: ...fault settings Figure 7 PnP PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed NO Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level X IRQ Resources Press Enter X DMA Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled using a Plug and Play Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled capable...

Page 64: ...t the system BIOS If Disabled default is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If Enabled is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10...

Page 65: ...ontrollers 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 However the color information coming from the VGA controller is drawn from the palette table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller ...

Page 66: ...p 2 30 Assign IRQ For VGA Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA The Choices Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ For USB Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for USB The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 67: ...lect PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Show H W Monitor in Post If you computer contain a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want 3 sec default Current CPU Temp This field displays the current temperature of CPU CPU FAN Speed These fields displa...

Page 68: ...S Setup 2 32 System FAN Speed These fields display the current speed of up to CPU and System fans if your computer contains a monitoring system Current Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V Detects System Voltage automatically ...

Page 69: ...uency Clock Control CPU Vcore Select Default CPU Host PCI Clock 66 Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CPU Vcore Select This item allows you to select CPU s Vcore CPU Host PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host PCI Clock ...

Page 70: ...Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Load Optimized Defaults Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most st...

Page 71: ...e Set Disable 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 the 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 ...

Page 72: ...e Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Feature Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup ...

Page 73: ...ults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving PC Health Status Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Save Data to CMOS Type Y will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS RAM Type N will return to Setup Utility SAVE to CMOS ...

Page 74: ...efaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Abandon all Datas Type Y will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS RAM Type N will return to Setup Utility Quit Wi...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...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 78: ...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 79: ...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 80: ... 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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