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Hardware Installation

2.6 Jumper Settings for the Onboard PCI Audio -

Creative ES1373 (AK74-SU only)

Onboard PCI Audio Select - Jumper JP2

The AK74-SU system board uses the

Creative ES1373 PCI audio chip. This

jumper is used to enable or disable the

PCI audio chip. By default, the PCI

audio chip is enabled. If you wish to

install an audio add-in card, please set

this jumper to 2-3 On - disabled.

2-3 On:

Disable the Onboard

PCI Audio

1-2 On:

Enable the Onboard

PCI Audio

(default)

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Page 1: ...AK74 SC AK74 SU Rev A System Board User s Manual 43810032 All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m...

Page 2: ...s publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2000 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM...

Page 3: ...this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference b...

Page 4: ...ors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Po...

Page 5: ...e Application 4 5 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A 1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error M...

Page 6: ...er core voltage that is supplied to the CPU Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing d...

Page 7: ...of your power supply must support 720mA If you are using the Suspend to RAM function the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1A Drivers Make sure to reboot the system after each driver...

Page 8: ...VCM Virtual Channel Memory or PC SDRAM DIMM unbuffered or registered Three 168 pin DIMM sockets Uses x64 or x72 PC SDRAM 3 3V PC 100 SDRAM DIMM for 100MHz memory bus PC 133 SDRAM DIMM for 133MHz memo...

Page 9: ...t is compliant to the AMR specification Onboard Audio Features AK74 SC only Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con verter for audio...

Page 10: ...IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP IrDA Interface The system board is equipped with an IrDA connect...

Page 11: ...ely networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility 1 1 2 System Health Monitor...

Page 12: ...function allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable curre...

Page 13: ...information Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 720mA RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the system b...

Page 14: ...to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 without having to go...

Page 15: ...he system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 or ATA 66 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact y...

Page 16: ...2 16 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation AK74 SC All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m...

Page 17: ...2 Hardware Installation 17 AK74 SU All manuals and user guides at all guides com...

Page 18: ...ing and Correction function To use this function you must install DIMM that supports parity Refer to chapter 1 System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system bo...

Page 19: ...the keys on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Pin 1 Notch Key Tab Tab 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DI...

Page 20: ...and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP8 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for c...

Page 21: ...audio codec set this jumper pins 2 and 3 to On Disabled 2 3 On Clear CMOS Data 1 2 On Normal default 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 On Enable the Onboard Audio Codec default 2 3 On Disable the Onboard Audio Codec 1...

Page 22: ...or Selecting the USB Power USB Power Select for USB 1 and USB 2 Jumper JP3 This jumper is used to select the power of the USB device connected to USB 1 or USB 2 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 1 2 3 1 2...

Page 23: ...ses the Creative ES1373 PCI audio chip This jumper is used to enable or disable the PCI audio chip By default the PCI audio chip is enabled If you wish to install an audio add in card please set this...

Page 24: ...or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board 2 7 Ports and Connectors 2 7 1 Serial Ports The system board is equipped with onboard serial ports COM 1 J3 and COM 2...

Page 25: ...roper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned...

Page 26: ...ng two IDE disk drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header J21 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other I...

Page 27: ...anufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 or ATA 66 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manuf...

Page 28: ...e board The J19 connector on the system board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option I...

Page 29: ...lect in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use this connector R...

Page 30: ...Before you power on the system make sure the heatsink and CPU fan are correctly installed onto the CPU The system is capable of monitoring the CPU fan therefore you must use a fan with sense pin to s...

Page 31: ...n rotated check whether the heatsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU then restart the system If the same problem occurs you must replace it with a good quality fan one that will rotate immed...

Page 32: ...on the system board The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the chassis fan...

Page 33: ...ector J9 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick 2 7 10 Second Fan Connector If you are...

Page 34: ...is used to connect external amplifier speakers Line in Jack J7 Light Blue This jack can be connected to any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect...

Page 35: ...rom a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card TAD TAD is a connector for telephony audio devices such as voice modem cards By installing a PCI voice modem card that is also equipped with a TAD connector co...

Page 36: ...Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to location...

Page 37: ...the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J12 on the system board You must also enable Resume on LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power...

Page 38: ...is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM state 3 3VSB Standby for PCI Jumper JP1 The default setting of jumper JP1 is On It provides 3 3VSB Standby power to the PCI sl...

Page 39: ...below Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Function 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V Important Th...

Page 40: ...itch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power M...

Page 41: ...module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 HD LED Primary Secondary I...

Page 42: ...the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow key...

Page 43: ...press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not...

Page 44: ...or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB ca...

Page 45: ...m boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displa...

Page 46: ...is field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 95 98 2000 or the operating system may not install nor work CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Adv...

Page 47: ...ird Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device Swa...

Page 48: ...vements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows...

Page 49: ...g Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data p...

Page 50: ...is field is enabled the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Disabled It allows you to configure the 2 fields that follow SDRAM Cycle Length and DRAM Clock The system will run ac...

Page 51: ...in its default setting Disabled AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting which is 64M AGP...

Page 52: ...able this function OnChip Sound By default this field is set to Auto the onboard sound controller enabled If you are using an audio add in card set this field to Disabled OnChip Modem By default this...

Page 53: ...Your version may not be identical to this one X X CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level Move F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults...

Page 54: ...BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories Ini...

Page 55: ...is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below 1 Connect your IrDA cable to connector J22 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of IrDA standard supported...

Page 56: ...annel for the parallel port The options are 1 and 3 Default setting 3 EPP Mode Select The options are EPP1 9 and EPP1 7 Default setting EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio AK74 SC only This field will appear...

Page 57: ...DMA 2 and DMA 3 MPU 401 This field is used to enable or disable MPU 401 MPU 401 I O Address This field is used to select MPU 401 s I O address The options are 330 333H 300 303H 310 313H and 320 323H G...

Page 58: ...eld and press Enter The Power Management HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields will appear Power Management This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing th...

Page 59: ...e all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the powe...

Page 60: ...deo board supports it MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 for the modem installed in your system Soft Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method...

Page 61: ...C power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns Wake Up Events Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear USB Resume from S3 This field when enab...

Page 62: ...Time hh mm ss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or net...

Page 63: ...trolled By IRQ Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB Disabled Auto ESCD Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Item Help Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to...

Page 64: ...determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not w...

Page 65: ...nected to your system However if you are not using USB devices and an ISA slot requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the ISA sl...

Page 66: ...ust install the VIA Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to VIA Hardware Monitor in chapter 4 for more information The settings on the scre...

Page 67: ...CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate Set this field to Disabled if you are not using this function Refer to C...

Page 68: ...elp Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit CPUVcore Select This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you wish to use the C...

Page 69: ...s standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Type Y and press Enter to load the Setup default va...

Page 70: ...sword If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press Enter instead of t...

Page 71: ...press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory...

Page 72: ...alled etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatic...

Page 73: ...Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the edited information into the...

Page 74: ...t the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and pr...

Page 75: ...ing system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the VIA Hardware Monitor button to install the utility Refer to its readm...

Page 76: ...with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click VIA Service Pack 3 The Welcome screen will appear Click Next Please read the VIA Service...

Page 77: ...reen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Autorun 2 Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support download1 asp for the latest version of the dr...

Page 78: ...ows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to t...

Page 79: ...ick Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System device...

Page 80: ...Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When I press the power button on my computer field select Standby 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile o...

Page 81: ...s the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds However the power button will not function if a keyboard password has...

Page 82: ...ong beep B 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BIOSes CMOS BATTER...

Page 83: ...fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initiali...

Page 84: ...rightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up cor...

Page 85: ...ay any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display 3 Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems t...

Page 86: ...as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period 1 If your hard drive takes an excessively lon...

Page 87: ...he COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects...

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