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Chapter 2   

 

 

 

 

 

                            BIOS Setup 

2-16

 

 

2.5 Integrated Peripherals 

 

Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals 

 

On-Chip IDE Control 

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. 
Select “Enabled” to activate the first and / or second IDE interface. Select 
“Disabled” to deactivate an interface, if you install a primary and / or secondary 
add-in IDE interface. If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Onchip 
IDE Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with 
the following options: 
 
 

       

OnChip IDE Channel0/1 

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. 

 

 

 

 
 

Summary of Contents for M6VLQ Grand

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: ...dows 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 appar...

Page 3: ...0 1 3 CPU Installation 1 11 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket 370 1 11 1 3 2 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 1 12 1 3 3 System Fan Header JSFAN1 1 12 1 4 RAM Module Installation 1 13 1 4 1 DIMM 1 13 1 4 2 How to install a DIMM Module 1 14 1 5 Slots 1 15 1 5 1 AMR Audio Modem Riser Slot 1 16 Only support slave card 1 16 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 1 16 1 5 3 ISA Industry Standard ...

Page 4: ... 22 1 6 10 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 1 22 1 7 Peripheral Port 1 23 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 1 23 1 7 2 USB LAN Connector JUSBLAN1 1 24 1 7 2 1 Stacked USB Connectors 1 24 1 7 2 2 Stacked LAN Connector 1 24 1 7 3 Monitor Connector JVGA1 1 25 1 7 4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports 1 26 1 7 4 1 The Serial Interface JCOM1 1 26 1 7 4 2 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 1 28 1 7 5 Game ...

Page 5: ...IOS 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 16 2 6 Power Management Setup 2 21 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations 2 26 2 8 PC Health Status 2 29 2 9 Frequency Control 2 30 3 Trouble Shooting 3 1 ...

Page 6: ...s this motherboard continues a commitment to reliability and performance and strives for full compliance and compatibility with industry software and hardware standards M6VLQ Highlights 8 Contains on board I O facilities which include one serial port a parallel port a monitor port a PS 2 mouse port a PS 2 keyboard port audio ports USB ports and a game port 8 Contains on board IDE facilities for ID...

Page 7: ...l 2 for high end workstations and servers CPU Socket 370 Speed Runing at 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus frequency Supports up to 1 2 GHz CPU core speeds The 33 MHz 32 bit PCI 2 2 compliant Chipset Chipset VIA 8601T 82C686B LAN Chip RTL8100 DRAM Memory Supports two 64 128 256 512 MB DIMM module sockets Supports Synchronous DRAM 3 3V Supports a maximum memory size of 512 MB with SDRAM 100 133Mhz Bus ...

Page 8: ...table LRU replacement scheme Independent GART lookup control for host AGP PCI master accesses Windows 95 OSR 2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 NT5 miniport driver support Sophisticated Power Management Features Independent clock stop controls for CPU SDRAM Internal AGP and PCI bus PCI and AGP bus clock run and clock generator control Low leakage I O pads General Graphic Capabilities 64 bit Single Cy...

Page 9: ...ncluding edge scene and super sampling OpenGL compliant blending for fog and depth cueing 16 bit Z buffer 8 16 32 bit per pixel color formats Texturing Engine 1 2 4 8 bits per pixel quality non palletized textures 16 32 bits per pixel quality non palletized textures Pallet formats in ARGB 565 1555 or 444 Tri linear bi linear and point sampled filtering Mip mapping with multiple Level Of Detail LOD...

Page 10: ... one multi mode Parallel Port 1 Standard Bidirection Parallel Port SPP 2 Enhanced Parallel Port EPP 3 Extended Capabilities Port ECP Supports one serial port 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 Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller Dual ...

Page 11: ...ted FM synthesis for legacy compatibility Direct two game ports and one MIDI port interface Complete software driver support for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows ME Power Management Supports both ACPI Advanced and Configuration and Power Interface and legacy APM power management ACPI v1 0 Compliant APM v1 2 Compliant S3 suspend to RAM support Dimensions Micro AT...

Page 12: ... functions Operating Systems Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows 95 98 Windows ME Windows XP Novell LINUX Red hat 7 0 SCO UNIT 1 1 3 Attachments HDD Cable FDD Cable USB2 Cable Optional Rear I O Panel for Micro ATX Case Optional CD for sound VGA IDE drivers utilities ...

Page 13: ...TA CNTL CNTL CNTL ADDR DATA ADDR DATA CONN USB USB FLOPPY CPU MEMORY SOCKET 370 ISA BUS MOUSE FLASH CONN HOST BUS CONTROL CO NN LPT S ER KEYBOARD PCI CONN USB IAS CONN BIOS CLOCK ADD PCI BUS IDE IDE HOST BUS DATA USB AMR SLOT AC 97 CODEC W93194BR 39B LAN VT8601T PLE T VT82C686B PCI CONN PCI CONN M6VLQ ...

Page 14: ... JCDIN1 JCDIN2 JTAD1 JWOL1 JWOM1 JAUDIO1 AMR1 BAT1 JCMOS1 JATXPWR1 JPRNT1 JCOM1 JVGA1 JKBMS1 JUSBLAN1 JCFAN1 CPU1 DIMM1 DIMM2 FDD1 IDE1 IDE2 JSFAN1 JPANEL1 ROM1 ISA1 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 1 2 JSPKR1 SP OUT JMIC1 MIC IN JLIN1 LINE IN JMIC1 JGAME1 GAME Port FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN JKBV1 JUSBV1 JUSBV2 ...

Page 15: ...PCI1 3 Q DIMM Sockets DIMM1 2 F Telephony Audio JTAD1 R Clear CMOS Header JCMOS1 G CD ROM Audio Header JCDIN2 S CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 H CD ROM Audio Header JCDIN1 T ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 I 5V 5VSB Selection for USB U 5V 5VSB Selection for USB JUSBV2 JUSBV1 J Front USB Header JUSB2 V 5V 5VSB Selection for KB JKBV1 K ISA Slot ISA1 W Front Audio Header JAUDIO1 NOTE The mark represent the funct...

Page 16: ...cket 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 4 Put the fan on the CPU and buckle it and put the fan s power port into the JCFAN1 then to complete the installation S o c k e t 3 7 0 ...

Page 17: ... 1 12 CPU Installation Layout 1 3 2 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 3 3 System Fan Header JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN 8100 DIMM1 DIMM2 JCFAN1 JSFAN1 1 1 ...

Page 18: ...c 512 M 512M 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 576 M 512M x 1 pc 64M x 1 pc 192 M 64M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 256 M 128M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 384 M 256M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 640 M 512M x 1 pc 128M x 1 pc 320 M 64M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 384 M 128M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 512 M 256M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 768 M 512M x 1 pc 256M x 1 pc 576 M 64M x 1 pc 512M x 1 p...

Page 19: ...has an asymmetrical 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 ...

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 VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN 8100 DIMM1 DIMM2 AMR Slot PCI Slots ISA Slot ...

Page 21: ...andard PCI slots PCI stands for peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion cards with has for the most part supplanted the older ISA bus standard This PCI slot is designated as 32 bit 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 exp...

Page 22: ...nt panel signal revelation IDE hard disk connection floppy disk connection Wake On LAN function and Front 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 VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN 8100 DIMM1 DIMM2 JWOL1 JWOM1 JUSB2 JPANEL1 JCMOS1 IDE1 IDE2 FDD1 1 1 1 1 1 JUSBV2 JUSBV1 1 JKBV1 1 ...

Page 23: ... NA 18 KEY 19 NA 20 KEY 21 5V 22 Ground 23 IRTX IrDA Connector 24 IRRX IrDA Connector 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 error beep code information during the Power On Self Test when the computer cannot use t...

Page 24: ...tionless data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops PDAs is possible Sleep Button 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 Depressing the button will power down the monitor and hard drives until the system is invok...

Page 25: ...he 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 provided IDE1...

Page 26: ...nd 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 1 6 6 Wake On MODEM Header JWOM1 Optional Pin No Assignment 1 5V_SB 2 Ground 3 Wake Up 1 6 7 5V 5VSB Selection for USB JUSBV1 JUSBV2 Optional JUSBV1 JUSBV2 Assignment 1 3 1 2 Closed 5V 1 3 2 3 Closed 5V_SB ...

Page 27: ...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 1 6 10 Clear CMOS Jumper JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Assignment 1 3 1 2 Closed Normal Operation default 1 3 2 3 Closed Clear CMOS Data 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: ...connector The connector location and pin definition are shown below PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connectors Pin Assignment 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 ...

Page 29: ...such as keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector 1 7 2 1 Stacked USB Connectors Pin Assignment 1 5 V 2 USBP0 USBP1 3 USBP0 USBP1 4 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 1 7 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 LED 5 NC 11 VCC3 SBY 6 RDN 12 RX LED USB LAN ...

Page 30: ...therboard has built in video facilities Your monitor will attach directly to JVGA1 connector on the motherboard Pin No Assignment Pin No 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 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC CLK JVGA1 ...

Page 31: ...nters 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 one 9 pin connectors Some older computer systems and peripherals use...

Page 32: ... 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 Indica...

Page 33: ...port 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 pinout 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 34: ...it professional music by connecting MIDI devices 1 7 6 Audio Port Connectors JSPKR1 JLIN1 JMIC1 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 Speaker Out Line In Mic In ...

Page 35: ...ption 1 30 1 7 6 Audio Subsystem 1 7 6 1 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Channel Input VT 8602 VT 82C686B BIOS LAN 8100 DIMM1 DIMM2 JAUDIO1 JTAD1 JCDIN2 JCDIN1 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 36: ...round 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground 1 7 6 3 Front Audio Header JAUDIO1 Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 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 1 7 6 4 Telephony Audio Header JTAD1 Pin No Assignment 1 MONO_IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO_OUT ...

Page 37: ...d 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 C...

Page 38: ...ion 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 the numeric value or make change...

Page 39: ...ng the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu Figure 1 Main Menu Standard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS 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 ...

Page 40: ...f your system Frequency Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU PCI clock However this function is strongly recommended not to use Not properly change the voltage and clock may cause CPU or M B damage Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems particularly with the boot sequence These configurations are factor...

Page 41: ...t and the User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding ...

Page 42: ...in 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 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 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None...

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 detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 45: ...nd Third Boot Device The Choices Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Disabled Boot Other Device The Choices Enabled default Disabled Shadow Control If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Shadow Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM fo...

Page 46: ...rd Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated CPU Internal Cache These fields allow you to Enabled or Disable the CPU Internal Cache Caching allow better performance Enabled default Enable ...

Page 47: ...bling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after power on On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin ...

Page 48: ...stem to boot and is also required to access the Setup Utility Setup default A password is required to access the Setup Utility only This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu APIC Mode Selecting Enabeld enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system The Choices Enabeld default Disabled MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports versions 1 1 and 1...

Page 49: ...cache It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup Bank Interleave DRAM Clock When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing T...

Page 50: ...me buffer size The Choices 8M default 4M 2M AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The Choices 64M default 32M 16M 8M 4M 128M OnChip USB This should be enabled if your ...

Page 51: ...s an onboard sound chip for audio output There is no need to buy and insert a sound card If sound card is installed disable this item The Choices Auto default Disabled OnChip Modem This item allows you to control the onboard MC97 Modem controller The Choices Auto default Disabled ...

Page 52: ...ed to deactivate an interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onchip IDE Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options OnChip IDE Channel0 1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate ...

Page 53: ...UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports Mode 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Disabled Muti Media setting The multimedia setting submenu is used to configure various multimedia peripherals such as audio and game equipment If you hig...

Page 54: ...ows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The Choices PCI Slot default AGP IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If you IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection...

Page 55: ... delay The Choices Half default Full TX RX inverting enable This item allows you to determine the active of Rx Tx The Choices No Yes default No No Yes No Yes Yes IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay The Choices Enabled default Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port Full duplex mode permits simultane...

Page 56: ...g Parallel Port as Extended Capabilities Port ECP EPP default Using Parallel Port as ECP EPP mode Normal Supports EPP or ECP mode ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA Channel for the port The Choices 3 default 1 Parallel Port EPP Type This option allows you to select a DMA Channel for the parallel port The Choices EPP1 9 default EPP1 7 ...

Page 57: ...ment Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which have fixed mode ...

Page 58: ...Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the suspend type under ACPI operating system S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM PM Control by APM No System BIOS will ignore APM when Power Management is on Yes default System BIOS will wait for ROM s prompt before it enters any PM mode Video Off Option This determines the m...

Page 59: ...stem to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default 37 5 25 12 5 State After Power Failure This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power...

Page 60: ...When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices On default Off PCI MASTER When set to On any event occurring at PCI will awaken a system which has been powered down The Choices Off default On PowerOn by PCI Card The Choices Disabled default Enabled Wake Up On LAN Ring To use this function you need a LAN add on card w...

Page 61: ...nd LPT ports above can When an I P device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the services As above the choices are On and Off Off is the default When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awa...

Page 62: ...ome 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 PNP OS Installed When set to Yes BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating systems like WindowsTM 95 When set to No BIOS will initialized all the...

Page 63: ...o PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is chosen for the resources controlled by function Legacy is the term which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non PnP ISA add on cards PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on...

Page 64: ...he proper colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus ...

Page 65: ...alth status during POST stage The item offers several delay time to select you want The Choices 3 sec default 2 sec 1 sec None Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current SYSFAN speed Current CPUFAN Speed This field displays the current CPUFAN speed CPU Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V V 5V 12V V 5V 12V V 5V 12V Detect the system s voltage status automatically ...

Page 66: ...equency Control Figure 9 FrequencyControl Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto Detect DIMM PCI Clock The Choices Enabled default Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock The item allows you select CPU Host PCI clock ...

Page 67: ...e 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 inoperative Keyboard lights are on power indicator lights are lit hard drive is spinning PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Memory DIMM is p...

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: ... installed 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: ...rive 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 manufactu...

Page 72: ...g operating system on hard drive PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS 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 ...

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