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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 Software............................................................................................................ 1-7

1.1.3 Attachments...................................................................................................... 1-7

1.2 Motherboard Installation .........................................................................1-8

1.2.1 System Block Diagram.................................................................................... 1-8

1.2.2 Layout of Motherboard.................................................................................... 1-9

1.2.3 Quick Reference.............................................................................................1-10

1.3 CPU Installation ....................................................................................1-11

1.3.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket 370 ..........................................................11

1.3.2 CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1...........................................................................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

1.5.2 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots..........................................1-16

1.5.3 ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) Slot ...................................................1-16

1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers ...........................................................1-17

1.6.1 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 ...............................................................1-18

1.6.2 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JATXPWR1..............................................1-20

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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: ...out obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor s approval in writing Trademarks and Remarks MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows 9X Windows 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 trad...

Page 3: ...nstallation 1 11 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket 370 11 1 3 2 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 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 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots 1 16 1 5 3 ISA Industry Standard Architecture Slot 1 16 1 6 Connectors Headers Jumpers 1 17 1 6 1 Front Panel C...

Page 4: ...AN Connector Optional 1 23 1 7 3 Monitor Connector JVGA1 1 24 1 7 4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports 1 25 1 7 4 1 The Serial Interface JCOM1 1 25 1 7 4 2 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 1 27 1 7 5 Game Joystick MIDI Port Connector JGAME1 1 28 1 7 6 Audio Port Connectors JSPKR1 JLIN1 JMIC1 1 28 1 7 7 Audio Subsystem 1 29 1 7 7 1 CD ROM Audio In Header JCDIN1 1 29 2 BIOS Setup 2 1 2 1 Main Menu 2 ...

Page 5: ...Contents iii 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 M6VLR Highlights 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 Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE de...

Page 7: ...or 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 RTL8100B optional 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...

Page 8: ...en entry fully associative page table LRU replacement scheme Independent GART lookup control for host AGP PCI master accesses 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 Cycle 2D 3D Graphics Engine Supports 2 to 8 M...

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: ...pport 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 ...

Page 11: ...is for legacy compatibility Direct two game ports and one MIDI port interface Complete software driver support for Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows ME Dimensions Micro ATX form factor 24 38cm x 20cm WxL Power Management Supports both ACPI Advanced and Configuration and Power Interface and legacy APM power management ACPI v1 0 Compliant APM v1 2 Compliant STR Function Avail...

Page 12: ...nP functions Operating Systems Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows 98 Windows NT Windows 2000 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 SE R 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 M6VLR ...

Page 14: ...VT 82C686B BIOS LAN CHIP JCDIN1 JWOL1 AMR1 BAT1 JCMOS1 JATXPWR1 JPRNT1 JCOM1 JVGA1 JKBMS1 JUSBLAN1 JCFAN1 CPU1 DIMM1 DIMM2 FDD1 IDE1 IDE2 JPANEL1 ROM1 ISA1 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 1 2 JGAME1 JSPKR1 SP OUT JMIC1 MIC IN JLIN1 LINE IN JMIC1 GAME Port FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN ...

Page 15: ...ry IDE Connector IDE1 C Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 J FDD Connector FDD1 D PCI Slots PCI1 3 K DIMM Sockets DIMM1 2 E CD ROM Audio Header JCDIN1 L Clear CMOS Header JCMOS1 F ISA Slot ISA1 M CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 G Front Panel Connector JPANEL1 N ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN CHIP DIMM1 DIMM2 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N ...

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: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 12 CPU Installation Layout 1 3 2 CPU Fan Header JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN CHIP DIMM1 DIMM2 JCFAN1 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 CHIP 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: ...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 VT 8601T VT 82C686B BIOS LAN CHIP DIMM1 DIMM2 JWOL1 JPANEL1 IDE1 IDE2 FDD1 1 JCMOS1 1 JATXPWR1 ...

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: ...es 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 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 27: ...ector 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 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 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse USB VGA1 Parallel Game Port Speaker out L...

Page 28: ...eyboard 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 Optional 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 Optional ...

Page 29: ...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 30: ...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 31: ... 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 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...rboard Description 1 29 1 7 7 Audio Subsystem 1 7 7 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 CHIP DIMM1 DIMM2 JCDIN1 1 ...

Page 35: ...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 36: ... Setup program by using 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 c...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...ware of 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 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 factory sett...

Page 39: ...s 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 Update BIOS This submenu allow...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...the sub menu of detailed 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 ...

Page 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 Virus protection is disabled Enabled default 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 45: ...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 46: ...Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility System A password is required for the system 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 OS Select For DRAM 64MB A...

Page 47: ...us 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 This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature The Choices Disabled default 2Bank 4Bank DRAM Clock When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of ...

Page 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 IDE Prefetch The onboard IDE drive interfaces sup...

Page 51: ...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 highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Muti Media setting label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard ...

Page 52: ... 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 of the optimal number of block read write per sector t...

Page 53: ...he Choices Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled default UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infrared IR function onboard I O chip The Choices HPSIR default ASKIR IR Function Duplex This item allows you to decide to active IR transmission 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 d...

Page 54: ... ECP EPP Using Parallel Port as ECP EPP mode Normal default 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 55: ...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 Power Management 2 HDD Power Down 3 Doze Mode 4 Suspend Mode There are four options of Power Management three of which ha...

Page 56: ...er Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operation system The Choices 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 dete...

Page 57: ...ystem to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off default 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 On instruct...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...Q Inter ReQuest which can be exempted much as the COM ports and 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 preve...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...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 62: ...roller 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 if the PCI VGA controller responds to...

Page 63: ...itoring system it will show PC health 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 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 64: ...Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 30 2 9 Frequency Control Figure 9 FrequencyControl CPU Host PCI Clock The item allows you select CPU Host PCI clock ...

Page 65: ...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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ... 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 69: ...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 70: ...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 ...

Page 71: ...03 04 2002 ...

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