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2. Hardware Installation

M815-MX Series User’s Manual

No.

Location

Function

K/B & MS (Upper)

PS/2 Mouse port

K/B & MS (Lower)

PS/2 Keyboard port

USB1

USB ports

LPT1 (Upper)

Parallel port

COM1

Serial port

VGA1

VGA display port

GAME_AUDIO (Upper)

Game/MIDI port

GAME_AUDIO (Lower)

Three audio jacks, (Line-out, Line-in, Microphone)

J2, 3 (CD-IN)

Analog audio connector for sound output from
CD-ROM/DVD drives

10 JP2

Jumper to set AMR or DVI/TV-OUT function

11 AMR1

One AMR (Audio Modem Riser) slot

12 AGP1

One AGP slot for AGP(2X/4X) graphics adapter

Motherboard Layout Map

Use the following illustration and key to identify the major components on the
motherboard.

Summary of Contents for M815-MX Series

Page 1: ... Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III Celeron and Slot1 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation All other product names mentioned herein are used for identification pur poses only and may be the trademarks of their respective companies Technical Support If you need technical assistance our technical support engineers will be glad to assist you with all technical difficulties you can reach t...

Page 2: ...ipset Features 38 Integrated Peripherals 41 Power Management Setup 45 PnP PCI Configurations 48 PC Health Status 49 Frequency Control 50 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 51 Set Supervisor User Password 52 Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving 53 4 Installing the Utilities 55 DELTA HardWare Doctor 3 60 For Win9X Installation 56 Intel 815 E VGA Installation 57 Intel 815 E INF Installation 58 Intel 81...

Page 3: ... damaged If you find any component missing or damaged contact your retailer immediately M815 MX series Motherboard FDD Ribbon Cable Assembly IDE Ribbon Cable Assembly The 80 Pin ribbon cable is designed with 40 Pin connector for UltraDMA33 66 IDE device Auxiliary Serial Cable Assembly with Bracket User s Manual Driver and Utility CD ROM DVI TV OUT Riser Card Optional Auxiliary USB Cable Assembly w...

Page 4: ... PCI Bus for PCI Interface 66MHz AGP Bus for AGP Interface either via a connector or a slot on the motherboard 100MHz PC 100 133MHz PC 133 SDRAM Bus for Memory Interface Memory 64 bit Advanced Memory Controller supporting PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM memory types Support 3 DIMMs socket 168 Pin 3 3V unbuffered for up to 512MB of DRAM 128MB DRAM technology Integrated Local Graphics Memory Controller supporti...

Page 5: ... DB 15 analog VGA port One game MIDI port and three audio jacks Line out Line in Microphone BIOS Support Award Plug and Play flash BIOS Soft power down and Suspend to DRAM PCI v2 2 APM v1 1 DMI v2 0 SM v2 3 ACPI compliant Smart BIOS ROM protect function Power recovery after interrupt feature Extend Feature Support Hardware monitoring temperature supply voltages and fan speed System power on by PS ...

Page 6: ... CD ROM Drives and Ribbon Cables Install Add on Card Connect Panel Wires and Power Supply Connect PS 2 USB Serial Parallel and Others Devices Setup the BIOS Configuration and Utility Software You are now ready to install your system the first thing you should do is ready this user s manual It contains important information which will make configuration and setup much easier Here are some precautio...

Page 7: ...E_AUDIO Lower Three audio jacks Line out Line in Microphone 9 J2 3 CD IN Analog audio connector for sound output from CD ROM DVD drives 10 JP2 Jumper to set AMR or DVI TV OUT function 11 AMR1 One AMR Audio Modem Riser slot 12 AGP1 One AGP slot for AGP 2X 4X graphics adapter 1 2 3 14 23 4 5 6 8 7 9 10 11 12 13 17 16 18 19 20 25 24 26 27 29 28 30 22 15 21 Motherboard Layout Map Use the following ill...

Page 8: ...M1 2 3 DIMM socket for SDRAM memory module 28 J1 CPU FAN Fan connector for CPU cooling fan 29 PGA370 CPU socket for PGA370 processors 30 JP1 Jumper to set keyboard or mouse power on Infrared function are optional at the time of purchase that you can ignore it Ground yourself properly before removing your any devices from the anti static bag To protect them against damage from static electricity Un...

Page 9: ...a chassis it s convenient to install the CPU install the memory modules and set all the jumpers to correct settings Jumpers Setting Explain This motherboard has jumpers that need to be set correctly You can use a jumper cap to connect two adjacent pins When a jumper cap connects two pins we say that the pin are SHORT If you remove a jumper cap from two pins or placed on just a single pin we say th...

Page 10: ...he motherboard then move the jumper cap to short Pins 2 3 of JP3 for 3 5 seconds Return the jumper cap to Pins 1 2 normal setting of JP3 Reconnect the power supply cable and turn on your system power Then access BIOS setup please refer to the BIOS configuration application JP1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Power On Jumper System power can be turned on by a PS 2 keyboard or a PS 2 mouse To enable the Power O...

Page 11: ...n ATX power supply unit with at least 720mA 5V standby power BAT1 Lithium CR2032 Battery It is a coin cell style Lithium CR2032 battery is used to provide power to the Realtime Clock and CMOS memory for keep the data inviolate and effective The Realtime Clock which provides the data and time to the system The CMOS memory is used for keeping the information of the system configuration so the system...

Page 12: ... J10 Infrared Connector Optional This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system chassis that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART Mode Select in chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals to select whether UART is directed for use with IrDA or ASKIR See chapter 3 for more information Co...

Page 13: ... Locate the USB2 connector on the motherboard In the system case remove the blanking plate for the opening in the case adjacent to the slot you are going to use keep the removed blanking plate for future use Insert the cable assembly and drive a screw through the metal bracket on the edge of the cable assembly to secure it in place Plug the connector of the cable assembly into the USB2 connector o...

Page 14: ...rive a screw through the metal bracket on the edge of the cable assembly to secure it in place Plug the connector of the cable assembly into the COM2 connector on the motherboard Serial cable connector is usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the connector To Install the CPU and Cooling Fan This motherboard designed for Intel PPGA FC PGA Celeron and FC PGA Pentium III proce...

Page 15: ...perates on different FSB Otherwise may cause mal functions or failures of the system Follow the procedure below to install the PGA370 type CPUs On the motherboard locate Pin 1 on the CPU is denoted by a small dot on one of the corners and Pin 1 on the PGA370 socket is denoted by an angled corner Then open the locking lever when the CPU is insert into the PGA370 socket Push down lightly on the CPU ...

Page 16: ...combination Consult with your retailer for other cooling options See the figure below to install the heatsink fan Locate the cooling fan connector J1 on the motherboard Plug the CPU s cooling fan cable into the cooling fan connector on the motherboard There will be a plastic clip assembly that will force you to connect the fan cable correctly ...

Page 17: ...e incorrectly used To Install the SDRAM Memory Module This motherboard uses a 64 bit data path from memory to CPU and can accommodate up to 512MB of SDRAM The 168 Pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Modules must be of the 3 3V unbuffered variety The position of the notch in the SDRAM key position will tell you whether or not a SDRAM is unbuffered see the figure below also to prevent the wrong type from ...

Page 18: ...lso at least one unbuffered SDRAM memory module must be installed for the system to POST Follow the procedure below to install the SDRAM memory module On the motherboard locate the DIMM socket Open the plastic clips on both end of a desired DIMM socket To install your SDRAM memory module align your module up so that the pins fit into the socket There is only one way that your memory module can fit...

Page 19: ...ll the four expansion slots that are available on this motherboard Make sure that the system case has a two tier I O template on the rear side that matches the two tier I O portarry on this motherboard This motherboard can support two floppy disk drives and four IDE devices so you might want to choose a case that allows you to install a full component of six devices Follow the instructions given w...

Page 20: ...itch on your cases front panel provides you with the hardware reset function which is the same as power on off The system will do a cold start after the reset button is pushed HD LED IDE Device Activity LED Pins 7 8 This connector supplies power to the cabinet IDE devices or IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE ports will cause the LED to li...

Page 21: ...ations The 32 bit AGP channel directly links the graphics controller to the main memory While the channel run at only 66MHz it supports data transmission during both the rising and falling end of the clock cycle yielding an effective speed of 133MHz PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect PCI is a 32 bit local bus data pathway which is faster than the ISA bus Local buses are those which o...

Page 22: ...below to install the add on card Locate the expansions slots on the motherboard Select which slot you plan to use according to the kind of add on card you are going to install In the system case remove the blanking plate from the opening in the case adjacent to the slot you are going to use Hold the edge connector of the add on card directly over the slot that you are going to use The metal bracke...

Page 23: ...D panel and TV set to add optional feature to your system You can only install one riser card however so you must choose what kind of riser card for application JP2 AMR or DVI TV OUT Function Jumper If you have installed an AMR card or a DVI TV OUT card you should check the setting of jumpers JP2 Use the illustration below to make the correct connections Jumper setting Function SHORT Line AB Suppo...

Page 24: ...device as MASTER and one device as SLAVE before you begin In order to achieve higher data transfer you must be used a special 80 Pin ribbon cable is designed with 40 Pin connector which has additional grounding wire The cable is included and is required when using ATA 66 drives this cable will also support all legacy IDE devices Follow the procedure below to install the IDE devices Install the IDE...

Page 25: ...mbled system an IDE hard disk drive on the Primary IDE channel is in dentified as drive C A second IDE drive on the Primary IDE channel is in dentified as drive D CD_IN J2 J3 Audio Connector You can connect the audio output from your CD ROM or DVD drive into the audio input connectors either J2 or J3 on the motherboard Install the FDD Drive The motherboard has floppy disk drive interface that will...

Page 26: ...py disk drive will be identified as drive A If you have installed two drives on the cable they will be identified as drives A and B Connecting the Power Supply Most cases include a power supply unit it requires an ATX power supply for system application Follow the procedure below to connect the power supply Locate the power connector ATX1 on the motherboard and devices Plug the main power supply c...

Page 27: ... is jostled or moved Connecting PS 2 USB Serial Parallel VGA and Audio MIDI Devices After you have installed the motherboard make the connections to the external ports The motherboard rear I O panel provides external access to PS 2 style keyboard and mouse port two USB ports a parallel port a serial port a VGA display port a game MIDI port and three audio jacks which are integrated on the motherbo...

Page 28: ...eal Turquoise 9 pin Serial Port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices VGA1 Blue 15 pin VGA display port you can use this port to connect the display unit GAME_AUDIO is a game MIDI port and three audio jacks GAME_AUDIO Gold 15 pin Game MIDI Port you can use this port to connect a joystick or pad for playing games or connect a MIDI device for playing or editing professional audio GAME_AUDIO L...

Page 29: ...ly functioning system System case with ATX power supply unit PGA370 Processor Intel Celeron Pentium III and one SDRAM memory module One IDE HDD drive one CD ROM drive and one FDD drive One PS 2 mouse one PS 2 keyboard and one display monitor Of course you can use the system I O ports and expansion slots to add many more PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Device with the USBinterface Device with theserial in...

Page 30: ...ling may cause mal functions or failures of the system POST Powering on the system starts POST and displays its check results If the logo is displayed press the ESC key After a few seconds the following message appears at bottom left on the screen Press DEL to enter SETUP When the error message appears the POST displays the result upon completion and the system waits for a key entry Press the DEL ...

Page 31: ...stem you should immediately run the setup utility to configure the new hardware that you have used to build your system Thereafter you may not need to attend the setup utility again unless you make changes to the hardware configuration of the system If you are not sure how to configure the Setup utility we suggest that you select Load Optimized Defaults on the Main Menu screen then exit saving cha...

Page 32: ...BIOS setup Esc Jumps to the EXIT menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or Keypad arrow Selects the menu item to the left or right or Keypad arrow Moves the highlight up or down between fields Minus key Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted field Plus key Scrollsforwardthroughthevaluesforthehighlightedfield Enter Bringsupaselectionmenuforthehighlightedfield Home or PgUp...

Page 33: ... drives A screen with a list of drive parameters appears IDE Device Configuration The BIOS can automatically detect IDE drive select Auto Otherwise you may select Manual for the drive type you can enter the charac teristics of the drive in the columns marked Capacity Cylinder Head etc Here is a brief explanation of drive specification Acess Mode Auto CHS Large LBA Auto The BIOS automatically deter...

Page 34: ... in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters The available options for Video are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On During the power on self test POST the system stops if the BIOS detects a hard ware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process Th...

Page 35: ... total memory available in the system After you have made your selection s in the Standard CMOS Features press the Esc key to go back to main program screen Advanced BIOS Features Selecting Advanced BIOS Features on the main program screen display this menu The screen allows you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system feature according to your preference Some entries are r...

Page 36: ... the system to carry out cache memory error checking if the cache memory chips support ECC Error Checking and Correction The available options for CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking are Enabled Disabled Processor Number Feature The Pentium III processors are installed with a unique processor identification number If you Disabled this item the number will be suppressed so that it cannot be read by other sys...

Page 37: ...ions for Boot Up Floppy Seek are Disabled Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status This item defines if the keyboard NumLock key is active when your system is bootup The available options for Boot Up NumLock Status are On Off Typematic Rate Setting Rate Chars Sec Delay Msec When Disabled the two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard co...

Page 38: ...default Non OS2 The available options for OS Select For DRAM 64MB are Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Set this option to Enabled to permit Award BIOS to use the SMART System Man agement and Reporting Technologies protocol for reporting server system infor mation over a network Enabling this feature allows you to back up your data when your hard disk is about to fail The available options for ...

Page 39: ...m mand is sampled by DRAM and the Whitney Sample reads data from SDRAM The available options for SDRAM CAS Latency Time are 2 3 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc This option specifies the length of the DRAM cycle time in SCLKs The available options for SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc are 6 8 5 7 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This option specifies the length of the delay inserted between the RAS and CAS signals of the ...

Page 40: ...rred immediately after receiving another ADS signal The available options for CPU Latency Timer are Enabled Disabled Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transac tions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The available options for Delayed Transaction are Enabled Disabled On Chip Video Window Size The o...

Page 41: ...Local Memory Frequency for display cache The available options for Local Memory Frequency are 100MHz 133MHz After you have made your selection s in the Advanced BIOS Features press the Esc key to go back to the main program screen Integrated Peripherals Selecting Integrated Peripherals on the main program screen display this menu The screen allows you to set parameters for some of the peripheral i...

Page 42: ...er protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate off 66 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device The available options for IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA are Auto Disabled USB Controller The chipset contains an integrated ...

Page 43: ...ogical COM port address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The second serial port offers infrared options in the next field The available options for Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 are 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Disabled UART Mode Select This option specifies the operating mode for serial port 2 This option will not appear if the Onboard Serial Port 2 opt...

Page 44: ...ts per second ECP provides symmetric bidirectional communication The available options for Parallel Port Mode are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP POWER After PWR Fail AtraditionalATX system should remain at power off stage whenAC power resumes from power failure This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS that needs to keep power on This option is used to solve this problem ...

Page 45: ...ment Setup Selecting Power Management Setup on the main program screen display this menu This screen allows you to set parameters for the system power management operation ACPI Function Enabled or Disabled Advanced Configuration Power Interface The available op tions for ACPI Function are Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This option allows you to set ACPI suspend type of system S1 POS No system ...

Page 46: ...d The Blank Screen option will let the system BIOS blank the screen when disabling video V H SYNC Blank will allow the system BIOS to turn off the V SYNC and H SYNC signals running from the VGA interface to monitor V H SYNC Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blank to the video buffer Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Suppor...

Page 47: ...ivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off The available options for Suspend Mode are 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN When you select Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec turning the system off with the on off button places the system in a very low power usage state either immediately or after 4 seconds with only enough circuitry rec...

Page 48: ...our minute and second to turn on your system When you set 0 zero for the day of the month the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time The available options for Resume by Alarm are Disabled Enabled Reload Global Timer Events A power managment PM event awakens the system from or resets activity timer for suspend mode You can disable monitoring of common interrupt request so t...

Page 49: ...n Data are Disabled Enabled Resources Controlled By The Plug and Play EliteBIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear because the BIOS automatically assigns them The availaable options for Resource Controlled By are Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlle...

Page 50: ... C 1510 F 700 C 1580 F After you have made your selection in the PC Health Status press the Esc key to back to the main program screen Frequency Control Selecting Frequency Control on the main program screen display this menu This section allows you to set the CPU and system bus clock for your system also system clock will automatically be modulated which help reducing electromagnetic interference...

Page 51: ...Yes 144MHz Off No 146MHz Off No 150MHz Off Yes 157MHz Off No 160MHz Off No 166MHz Off No CPU Clock Ratio Use this option to select a multiplier for the system front side bus frequency The value of the multiplier must be set to that Multiplier x Front Side Bus Frequency CPU Clock speed For example if you have a processor that is rated to run at 550MHz and the system is running a front side bus freq...

Page 52: ...ng Y key to load the default values that are factory setting for optimal performance system operations Set Supervisor User Password You can set either Supervisor or User Password or both of them The differences between are Supervisor Password Can enter and change the options of the setup menus User Password Just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When...

Page 53: ...n enter setup freely When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unanthorzed use of your system You determine...

Page 54: ...next time you boot your system the BIOS configures your system according to the setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Selecting Exit Without Saving on the main program screen and press Enter key on this option You get a confirmation dialog box with a message display the menu This allow you to exit setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous...

Page 55: ...installation program that runs automatically when you insert the CD ROM into your CD ROM drive If the program doesn t run open the Windows run Command from the Start menu and browse to the file Autorun on the CD ROM The drivers menu displays two items as shown below Figure 1 for your par ticular motherboard When you click on Drivers from the opening screen of the Driver Install program the Drives ...

Page 56: ...ssage will pop up on the screen when the monitored parameters is out of the preset range This software have to installed under Windows OS Click DELTA HardWare Doctor 3 60 For Win9X on the Figure 2 the screen will appear Figure 3 for HardWare Doctor 360 Setup Click on the OK button the screen will appear Figure 4 Then type in C Program Files HWDoctor assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D The i...

Page 57: ...speed by click ing the option item to increase decrease setting Figure 5 Figure 6 Intel 815 E VGA Installation This folder has the software and drivers for graphics system built into the 815 chipset Click Intel 815 E VGA Install on the Figure 2 the screen will appear Figure 7 Install the VGA driver from sub folders for Windows 95 98 NT4 0 and 2000 Click VGA For Win98 on the Figure 7 the screen wil...

Page 58: ... Plug Play INF support for Intel R chipset components Click Intel 815 E INF Install on the Figure 2 the screen will appear Figure 11 The Intel R INF installation program will now guide you through the rest of the install process When completed you will be prompted to reboot Select Finish button to reboot and complete the installation View device through the Device Manager under Windows 98 Click St...

Page 59: ... will appear Figure 14 The installation program will now guide you through the rest of the install process Figure 13 Figure 14 When completed you will be prompted to reboot Select Finish button to reboot and complete the installation View device through the Device Manager under Windows 98 Click Start Point to Setting Click Control Panel the screen will appear Figure 9 Double Click System Click Dev...

Page 60: ... Click Audio Driver For Win98 on the Figure 16 the screen will appear Figure 17 The installation program will now guide you through the rest of the install process When complete the screen will back to Figure 16 Figure 16 Figure 17 View device through the Device Manager under Windows 98 Click Start Point to Setting Click Control Panel the screen will appear Figure 9 Double Click System Click Devic...

Page 61: ... the shut down dialog box If you are running Windows NT shut down your system and boot from a DOS diskette temporarily in order to run the flash memory utility You can easily flash a BIOS by following the step below After downloading the appropriate BIOS file from website extract it to a bootable DOS 6 X or Windows 98 diskette If you are using DOS 6 X reboot your system with the bootable diskette ...

Page 62: ... Yes to program the BIOS After the update process has completed you will be prompted to power off or reset your system Once the system reboots verify that the new BIOS version appear on the screen After reprogramming the BIOS you may need to enter BIOS setup and reset your settings Make a backup copy of each provided drivers and utility CD ROM if any store the original disk as the master disk in a...

Page 63: ...ON Address 4405 CUSHING PARKWAY FREMONT CA 94538 U S A Contact Person Title Executive Vice President Frank Hsiung Telephone 1 510 668 5100 Fax 1 510 668 0680 EUT Certification Summary Standard FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B ANSI C63 4 1992 Product MOTHER BOARD Model No M815 MX Tested by SPORTON INTERNATIONAL INC The Mother Board was tested to conform to the applicable FCC Rule and regulations The m...

Page 64: ...inaccordancewiththeattachedmanu facturing drawings which form part of this declaration Assessment of compliance of the product with the requirements relating to electromag netic compatibility was based on the following standards EN 50081 1 1992 EN55022 EN 50082 1 1997 EN61000 4 2 3 8 EN 50204 Identificationofregulations standards This declaration is the responsibility of the manufacturer importer ...

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