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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............................................................................................................ 1-6

1.1.3 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....................................................................................1-10

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

1.3.2 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1...............................................................1-11

1.3.3 CPU Fan Connector: JCFAN1 .....................................................................1-12

1.3.4 System Fan Connector: JSFAN1..................................................................1-12

1.4 RAM Module Installation .....................................................................1-13

1.4.1 DDR SDRAM................................................................................................1-13

1.4.2 SDRAM..........................................................................................................1-14

1.4.3 How to install DDR/SDRAM DIMM Module ...........................................1-15

1.5 Slots ......................................................................................................1-17

1.5.1 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot.........................................................1-18

1.5.2 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots..........................................1-18

1.5.3 CNR (Communication Network Riser) Slot................................................1-18

Summary of Contents for M7VIG Pro-D

Page 1: ...to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and radiates radio frequency energy and if you did not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference in the radio communications There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does ca...

Page 2: ...by the vendor under a license agreement All trademarks used in this manual are 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 apparatus to set out of the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications Cet appareil numérique n...

Page 3: ...U Installation 1 10 1 3 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket A 1 10 1 3 2 CPU FrequencySelection JCLK1 1 11 1 3 3 CPU Fan Connector JCFAN1 1 12 1 3 4 System Fan Connector JSFAN1 1 12 1 4 RAM Module Installation 1 13 1 4 1 DDR SDRAM 1 13 1 4 2 SDRAM 1 14 1 4 3 How to install DDR SDRAM DIMM Module 1 15 1 5 Slots 1 17 1 5 1 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 1 18 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interco...

Page 4: ... 1 24 1 7 Peripheral Port Connectors 1 25 1 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 1 25 1 7 2 USB LAN Port Connectors JLAN 1 26 1 7 2 1 USB Connectors 1 26 1 7 2 2 LAN Port Connector 1 27 1 7 3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video Graphics Port 1 28 1 7 3 1 The Serial Interface port COM1 1 28 1 7 3 2 Video Graphics Adapter Port JVGA1 1 30 1 7 3 3 Parallel Interface Port JPRNT1 1 31 1 7 ...

Page 5: ...ain 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 18 2 6 Power Management Setup 2 23 2 7 PnP PCI Configurations 2 28 2 8 PC Health Status 2 31 2 9 Frequency Control 2 32 3 Trouble Shooting 3 1 ...

Page 6: ...d hardware standards M7VIG Highlights 8 Contains on board I O facilities which include a serial port a parallel port a mouse port a VGA port a keyboard port audio ports USB ports a LAN port and a game port 8 Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD ROM Drives 8 Supports the AMD processor a leading edge processor which brings to you the latest technology in microar...

Page 7: ...l Speed Supports up to AMD Athlon TM XP 2100 CPU core speeds DRAM Memory Supports 100MHz or 133MHz SDRAM devices Supports 200MHz 266MHz DDR SDRAM devices Supports 64Mb 128Mb 256Mb 512Mb and 1GMb technologies for x8 and 16 devices Max of 2 Double Sided DIMMs SDRAM or DDR SDRAM with unbuffered The largest memory capacity is 2 GB Shadow RAM A memory controller provide shadow RAM and supports for ROM ...

Page 8: ... Serial Bus for DDC Monitor Communications 2D Hardware Acceleration Features ROP3 Ternary Raster Operation BitBLTs 8 16 and 32 bpp mode acceleration Integrated Savage4 2D 3D Graphics Controller and Video Accelerator Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA 16 32 MB frame buffer using system memory Floating point triangle setup engine Single circle 128 bit 3D architecture 8M triangles second setup ...

Page 9: ... Built in On Board Supports four IDE hard disk drives Supports PIO Mode 4 Master Mode and high performance hard disk drives Supports Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 Bus Master Mode Supports IDE interface with CD ROM Supports high capacity hard disk drives Supports LBA mode Stereo AC 97 Digital Audio Codec AC 97 2 1 interface 16 channels of high quality sample rate conversion 16x8 channel digital mixer Ste...

Page 10: ... PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard Supports 360KB 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB and 2 88MB floppy disk drivers Universal Serial Bus Supports two back Universal Serial Bus USB Ports and two front Universal serial Bus USB Ports Optional Supports 48 MHz USB Hardware Monitor Function CPU Fan and System Fan Speed Monitor CPU Temperature Monitor System Voltage Monitor Dimensions Micro ATX 24 4 cm X 24 4 cm W x L ...

Page 11: ...orts USB Function Supports ACPI Operating System Offers the highest performance for MS DOS Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows XP SCO UNIX etc 1 1 3 Accessories HDD Cable FDD Cable Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update USB2 Cable Optional Rear I O Panel for Micro ATX Case Optional Fully Setup Driver CD ...

Page 12: ... ICW312 02 14 318MHZ I DE I D E AC 97 CODEC LAN CONN KEYBOARD MOUSE ADD CONTROL PROCESSOR AGP AMD K7 VIA KM 266 4 USB CONN US B US B W255H 100 133MHZ CLOCK V L I N K WINBOND W83697HF BIOS L P C LPT SER FLOPPY SER CONN CONN CONN CONN CNR SLOT DATA PCI CONN PCI CONN PCI CONN M7VIG Micro ATX FSB 133 100MHz SUPPORTS 4 DIMMS SUPPORT 1 AGP SLOT SUPPORTS 3 PCI SLOTS SUPPORT TELEPHONY SUPPORT 1 CNR SLOT ...

Page 13: ...JSPKR1 SP OUT JMIC1 MIC IN JLIN1 LINE IN JMIC1 GAME Port PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 KM 266 JCFAN1 JCMOS1 BAT1 JSFAN1 1 JPANEL1 1 2 23 24 FDD1 FLOPPY DISK CONN IDE1 IDE2 PRIMARY IDE CONN 1 JDIMMVOLT 1 2 7 8 JATXPWR1 JUSB2 2 9 10 1 JWOL1 1 J10 1 1 1 JTAD1 1 1 2 9 10 LAN CHIP Winbond W83697HF 1 VT 8233A SECONDARY IDE CONN SDR2 SDR1 DDR2 DDR1 ...

Page 14: ...1 F Telephony Header JTAD1 P IDE Connectors IDE1 2 G Cd Audio In Header JCDIN2 Q CMOS Clear Function JCMOS1 H CNR Codec Primary Secondary R SDR DIMMs SDR1 2 Select J10 Optional S DDR DIMMs DDR1 2 I CNR Slot CNR1 T ATX Power Connector JATXPWR1 J Front USB Header JUSB2 U CPU FAN Header JCFAN1 K Wake On LAN Header JWOL1 V Frequency Selection JCLK1 KM 266 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 BAT1 FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIM...

Page 15: ...ocket 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 by buckling it and then put the fan s powerport into the JCFAN1 then the installation will be completed CPU ...

Page 16: ... 3 2 CPU Frequency Selection JCLK1 200MHz 266MHz JCKL1 Close Open NOTES The mark indicate primitive value KM 266 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 BAT1 FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN VT8233A LAN CHIP Winbond 83679HF JSFAN1 1 JCFAN1 1 ...

Page 17: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 12 1 3 3 CPU Fan Connector JCFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense 1 3 4 System Fan Connector JSFAN1 Pin No Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 Sense ...

Page 18: ...emory Size with unbuffer DIMMs Only for reference Total Memory Size MB DIMM 1 DIMM 2 128 M 128 M 256 M 256 M 512 M 512 M 1 G 1 G 256 M 128 M 128 M 384 M 256 M 128 M 640 M 512 M 128 M 1128 M 1 G 128 M 384 M 128 M 256 M 512 M 256 M 256 M 768 M 512 M 256 M 1256 M 1 G 256 M 640 M 128 M 512 M 768 M 256 M 512 M 1024 M 512 M 512 M 1512 M 1 G 512 M 1128 M 128 M 1 G 1256 M 256 M 1 G 1512 M 512 M 1 G 2 G 1 ...

Page 19: ...MB DIMM Module 168 pin Total Memory Size with unbuffer DIMMs Only for reference Total Memory Size MB DIMM 1 DIMM 2 128 M 128 M 256 M 256 M 512 M 512 M 256 M 128 M 128 M 384 M 256 M 128 M 640 M 512 M 128 M 384 M 128 M 256 M 512 M 256 M 256 M 768 M 512 M 256 M 640 M 128 M 512 M 768 M 256 M 512 M 1024 M 512 M 512 M 2 G 1 G 1 G ...

Page 20: ...trical notch so the DDR DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction 2 Push the tabs out Insert the DDR DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place 3 The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and hold the DDR DIMM memory modules in place Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM ...

Page 21: ... notch so the SDRAM DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction 2 Push the tabs out Insert the SDRAM DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place 3 The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and hold the SDRAM DIMM memory modules in place ...

Page 22: ... mean 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 PCI Slot KM 266 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 BAT1 FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN VT8233A LAN CHIP Winbond 83679HF CNR Slot AGP Slot ...

Page 23: ...ort AGP An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance especially with 3D graphics 1 5 2 PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards supplanted the older ISA bus standard in most parts This PCI slot is ...

Page 24: ...rd disk connection floppy disk connection Wake On LAN function and USB connection Noticeably a jumper has two or more pins covered by a plastic jumper cap allowing the user to select a different system options KM 266 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 BAT1 JPANEL1 FDD1 FLOPPY DISK CONN IDE 1 2 PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN JATXPWR1 VT8233A LAN CHIP Winbond 83679HF J10 1 JUSB2 2 9 10 1 JWOL1 1 JDIMMVOLT 1 2...

Page 25: ...nd 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 It 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 th...

Page 26: ...less data transfer to and from portable devices such as laptops making PDA possible SLP Sleep Green Button This connector is used to conserve energy by powering down the monitor and the hard disk when is not in use To configure this option you need to connect a button from the front panel to this sleep button Depressing the button will power down the monitor and the hard drives until the system is...

Page 27: ... 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 28: ... 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 1 6 7 Front USB Headers JUSB2 Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBP2 4 USBP3 5 USBP2 6 USBP3 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NA ...

Page 29: ... 1 6 8 DDR DIMM Voltage JDIMMVOLT Pin DDR DIMM Voltage 1 2 2 5V Default 3 4 2 6V 5 6 2 7V 7 8 2 8V 1 6 9 CNR Codec Primary Secondary Select J10 Optional J10 Assignment 1 2 On board primary Codec is used Default 2 3 CNR primary Codec is used ...

Page 30: ...vides a standard 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 Speaker Out Line In Mic In JPRNT1 AUD_GAME1 JVGA1 JCOM1 JKBMS1 VGA1 JLAN LAN ...

Page 31: ...JLAN 1 7 2 1 USB Connectors 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 5 V fused 2 6 USBP0 USBP1 3 7 USBP0 USBP1 4 8 Ground Signal names in brackets are for USB Port 1 ...

Page 32: ...rt Connector This connector allows you to connect to the Internet through a Local Area Network LAN You can set up the connection by entering an account information provided by your ISP LAN Port Connector Pin Assignment 9 VCC 10 TD 11 TD 12 RD 13 RD 14 NC ...

Page 33: ...mmunication port Mice printers modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port where it 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 port on this system has a 9 pin connector Some older computer systems and pe...

Page 34: ... 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 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 Indicat...

Page 35: ...otherboard 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 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 5V 10 Ground 11 NC 12 DDC Data 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC CLK JVGA1 1 11 15 5 ...

Page 36: ... 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 Gro...

Page 37: ...ck or a game pad for playing computer games Also you may play or edit professional music by connecting MIDI devices Audio Port Connector 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 that allows you to input sounds and voices Game Joy...

Page 38: ...Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1 33 1 7 5 Audio Subsystem KM 266 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 BAT1 FLOPPY DISK CONN PRIMARY IDE CONN SECONDARY IDE CONN VT8233A LAN CHIP Winbond 83679HF 1 2 9 10 JTAD1 1 1 1 ...

Page 39: ...onnector JCDIN2 Pin No Assignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Channel Input 4 Ground 1 7 5 3 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUDIO1 Pin No Assignment Pin No Assignment 1 Mic In 2 Ground 3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power 5 AUD FPOUT R 6 AUD RET R 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 AUD FPOUT L 10 AUD RET L 1 7 5 4 Telephony Audio Connector JTAD1 Pin No Assignment 1 PHONE_IN 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO_OUT ...

Page 40: ...mized the Award BIOS but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controls the entire system The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system by using Setup Plug and Play Support These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play specification Version 1 0A complicant ESCD Ex...

Page 41: ...ke 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 o...

Page 42: ...ong 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 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on board f...

Page 43: ... PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system Frequency Control This page shows the hardware Monitor information of the system 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 settings optimized for this system A confirmation message will be...

Page 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...oot sector BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep The Choices Disabled default Virus protection is disabled Enabled Virus protection is activated Boot Seq Floppy Setup This item allows you to setup boot seq Floppy First Second Third Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The Choic...

Page 49: ...option The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache External Cache This option you to enable or disable Level 2 secondary cache on the CPU which may improve performance The Choices Enabled default Enable cache Disabled Disable cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Disabled Enabled default Quick Power On Self ...

Page 50: ...hich a keystroke is repeated 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 before it begins to repeat the keystroke The Choices 250 default 500 750 1000 Security Option This option will enable only individuals with passwords to bring the system online and or to use the CMOS Setup Utility The Choices System A...

Page 51: ...OS Select For DRAM 64MB A choice other than Non OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB The Choices Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution The Choices Enabled default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Summary Screen Show This item allows you to enable disable the summary screen Summa...

Page 52: ...ngs that came with your system have been optimized and therefore it should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Setup DRAM Clock Drive Control To control the Clock Drive If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the DRAM Clock Drive Control label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the fol...

Page 53: ...tivate command The Choices 2T 3T default Active to Precharge Trcd This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time The Choices 6T default 5T Active to CMD Trcd Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted The Choices 2T 3T default DRAM Burst Length The Choices 4 default 8 DRAM Queue Depth This item permits to pla...

Page 54: ...you to select the AGP Mode The Choices 4X default 2X 1X AGP Driving Control By choosing Auto the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card By choosing Manual it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual The Choices Auto default Manual AGP Driving Value While AGP driving control item set to Manual it allows user to set AGP driving The Choice...

Page 55: ...re allowed to post on the AGP bus The Choices Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification The Choices Enabled default Disabled Memory Hole When enabled you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it ca...

Page 56: ... the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choices Enabled Disabled default VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size The Choices 32M default 16M 8M Disabled ...

Page 57: ... the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip The Choices Enabled default Disabled OnChip 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 If you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate an interface If you highlight the literal Press Enter next to the Onchip ...

Page 58: ...d performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The Choices Auto default Mode0 Mode1 Mode2 Mode3 Mode4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 functionality can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system As well your operating environment requires a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master dri...

Page 59: ...ghlight the literal Press Enter next to the Super IO Device label and then press the enter key it will take you a submenu with the following options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If install and FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The Choices Enabled default D...

Page 60: ...mits simultaneous two direction transmission Half duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time The Choices Half default Full Use IR Pins Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals The Choices IR Rx2Tx2 default RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with whic...

Page 61: ... use The Choices 5 10 default Init Display First With systems that have multiple video cards this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot The Choices PCI Slot default AGP OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller The ...

Page 62: ...ower up power down features Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choices Enabled default Disabled ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system The Choices S1 POS default Power on Suspend S3 STR Suspend to RAM ...

Page 63: ...D 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 Allow 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 min and disable HDD Power Down When enabled the hard disk ...

Page 64: ...ermines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank The Choices 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 Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be appl...

Page 65: ... Press Enter next to the Wake Up Power On Control label and then press enter key it will take you to a submenu with the following options Power On 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 An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem...

Page 66: ...tem from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode VGA off default on LPT COM LPT COM default COM LTP None HDD COM On default off PCI Master Off default on ...

Page 67: ...s 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 PNP OS Installed When set to YES BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window 95 When set to NO BIOS will initialize...

Page 68: ...Q 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP The above settings will be shown on the screen only if Manual is ch...

Page 69: ...at 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 the Write In this case...

Page 70: ...ays the current speed of CPU fan Current SYSFAN Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan CPU Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V Detect the system s voltage status automatically Show H W Monitor in POST If your computer contains a monitoring system it will show PC health status during POST stage The item offers several delay time for you to choose The Choices Enabled default Disabled ...

Page 71: ... PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock CPU PCI If unfortunately the system s frequency that you are selected is not functioning there are two methods of booting up the system Method 1 Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 2 3 closed as ON status All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting Method 2 Press the Insert key and Power button simultaneously after that keep o...

Page 72: ...Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2 33 It s strongly recommended to set CPU Vcore and clock in default setting If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting it may cause CPU or M B damage ...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...hard 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 DIAGNOSI...

Page 76: ... 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 77: ...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 78: ...OLUTION 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 and no keys function PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Keyboard is locked Unlock keyboard ...

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