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Introduction

Motion video architecture

Software drivers

- Windows

95/98/2000/ME

- Windows NT

4.0

Onboard Audio Features

Supports Microsoft

DirectSound

Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC'97 codec

AC97 supported with full duplex, independent sample rate

converter for audio recording and playback

Downloadable sound (DLS) level-1

Supports 1W audio amplifier on line-out jack

ATX Double Deck Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors)

Two USB ports

One NS16C550A-compatible DB-9 serial port

One DB-15 VGA port

One SPP/ECP/EPP DB-25 parallel port

One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

One game/MIDI port

Three audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in

Connectors

One connector for 2 additional external USB ports

One 9-pin connector for 1 external serial port

One connector for IrDA interface

Two IDE connectors

One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2.88MB floppy

drives

One ATX power supply connector

One Wake-On-LAN connector

One Wake-On-Ring connector

CPU and chassis fan connectors

Two internal audio connectors (AUX-in and CD-in)

One connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks

Summary of Contents for AM36-EC

Page 1: ...AM36 EC AM36 TC Rev D System Board User s Manual 49210136...

Page 2: ...s to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 Windows 98 Window...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in...

Page 4: ...ted version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User...

Page 5: ...nd Connectors 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 Peripheral...

Page 6: ...re Application 4 5 Graphics Drivers 4 6 Microsoft DirectX 7 0 Driver 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A 1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function App...

Page 7: ...MHz 1GHz 1 2GHz or future processors AM36 TC AMD AthlonTM DuronTM 200 266MHz FSB processor 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950MHz 1GHz 1 1GHz 1 2GHz or future processors AMD AthlonTM XP processor 1500 160...

Page 8: ...g modem phone line based networking or 10 100 Ethernet based networking riser board Onboard Graphics Features Integrated Savage4 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 2MB to 32MB of the system memory Optimiz...

Page 9: ...le DB 9 serial port One DB 15 VGA port One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One game MIDI port Three audio jacks line out line in and mi...

Page 10: ...m 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 USB allows data exchange between your c...

Page 11: ...rotection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once it has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the CPU temperature limit defined in the BIOS t...

Page 12: ...in chapter 3 for more 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 ins...

Page 13: ...you to use the Suspend 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 98 200...

Page 14: ...following items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing o...

Page 15: ...Hardware Installation 15 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation AM36 EC Uses VT8365 and VT82C686B chipset...

Page 16: ...16 Hardware Installation AM36 TC Uses VT8365A and VT82C686B chipset...

Page 17: ...intain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board is equipped with two 168 pin DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support VCM or PC S...

Page 18: ...he module aligned with 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 Installi...

Page 19: ...user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processor s bus clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the RO...

Page 20: ...m press Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock...

Page 21: ...On Disable the Onboard Audio Codec Onboard Audio Codec Settings Jumper JP2 The default setting is 1 2 On the onboard audio codec enabled If you are not using the onboard audio codec set pins 2 and 3...

Page 22: ...s for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus AM36 TC 1 2 1 2 Off 133MHz 266MHz FSB CPU On 100MHz 200MHz FSB CPU default CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP11 This jumper is used to select the front side b...

Page 23: ...23 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 3 2 1 3 2 1 Power Select for USB 1 and USB 2 Jumper JP9 This jumper is used to select the power of the USB device conne...

Page 24: ...24 Hardware Installation 2 7 Ports and Connectors 2 7 1 Serial Ports COM 2 J5 COM 1 Serial Port...

Page 25: ...m board is equipped with an onboard serial port J3 Teal Turquoise for COM 1 primary serial port located at the ATX double deck ports of the board It is also equipped with a 9 pin connector at location...

Page 26: ...ports both at location J1 of the ATX double deck ports The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards Warning Make sure...

Page 27: ...idirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed The system board has a standard parallel port J4 Burgundy locate...

Page 28: ...in 1 of the header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 1 Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy...

Page 29: ...nboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable 1 If you are connecting two IDE disk drives install the 40 pin connecto...

Page 30: ...2 ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used tog...

Page 31: ...Hardware Installation 31 2 7 6 Universal Serial Bus Ports J28 for USB 3 and USB 4 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function VCC D2 D2 GND N C Function GND GND D3 D3 VCC Pin 6 7 8 9 10 USB 2 USB 1...

Page 32: ...d USB ports J2 Black are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board The J28 connector on the system board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which...

Page 33: ...s of the board If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 15 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VG...

Page 34: ...your IrDA cable to connector J26 on the system board Set UART2 Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the pro...

Page 35: ...ity of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect t...

Page 36: ...is damaged When you boot up the system and the CPU fan did not rotate it may indicate that the fan is damaged Replace it with a new fan 2 The CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system boot up or...

Page 37: ...the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J25 on the system board The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable...

Page 38: ...that of a standard PC game adapter or game I O port Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector J9 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board This port works well with...

Page 39: ...Audio Jacks Onboard Audio Jacks Line out Line in Mic in Additional Line out Mic in JP10 Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Function Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Function Ground AuD_Vcc Avcc AuD_R_Return GND Key...

Page 40: ...al amplifier speakers Line in Jack 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 a stereo cable from the lin...

Page 41: ...ation 41 2 7 13 Internal Audio Connectors Pin 1 2 3 4 Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel The AUX in and CD in connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tun...

Page 42: ...Ring 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 loc...

Page 43: ...odem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J11 on the system board You must also enable Resu...

Page 44: ...RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM s...

Page 45: ...s a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Off Non PCI 2 2 spec 1 2 1 2 On...

Page 46: ...wer connector is shown 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...

Page 47: ...ATX SW ATX Power Switch 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 PW...

Page 48: ...y indicate that the CPU or memory 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 2...

Page 49: ...t the system or press 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 Feat...

Page 50: ...ndary Slave field then 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...

Page 51: ...rating system s manual 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 s...

Page 52: ...But Diskette The system 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 err...

Page 53: ...disable this field Also disable this 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 Copyri...

Page 54: ...ond Boot Device and Third 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 f...

Page 55: ...o accelerate cursor movements 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...

Page 56: ...s SMART Self Monitoring 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...

Page 57: ...ory size memory speed etc When this 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...

Page 58: ...RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function leave this field in its default setting Disabled Frame Buffer Size The options are 8M...

Page 59: ...eripheral make sure to set this field to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function On...

Page 60: ...the screen are for reference only 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 Sa...

Page 61: ...n Auto is selected the 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 detec...

Page 62: ...make sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below 1 Connect your IrDA cable to connector J26 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of I...

Page 63: ...faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Mode Use DMA This field shows that the DMA channel used fo...

Page 64: ...tions are DMA 0 DMA 1 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 3...

Page 65: ...ve the cursor to this field 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 pow...

Page 66: ...2 of full speed while 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 a...

Page 67: ...Select this if your video 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 yo...

Page 68: ...r returns If the system s power is on when AC 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 ap...

Page 69: ...or in chapter 2 for more information Resume By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time...

Page 70: ...Q For USB No Disabled Auto ESCD Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Item Help Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit...

Page 71: ...field and press Enter The IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either Legacy ISA or PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP For devices compliant with the PCI bus architecture Legacy ISA F...

Page 72: ...previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled the system automa...

Page 73: ...rning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the VIA Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the VIA Hardware Mo...

Page 74: ...el in order to enter the main menu of the BIOS If you did not press Del the system will automatically power off after the 5 warning beeps You may either 1 Press Del then enter a new CPU temperature li...

Page 75: ...Exit Spread Spectrum Modulated Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options...

Page 76: ...option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optim...

Page 77: ...n exactly the same password 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 pr...

Page 78: ...and press Enter The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to...

Page 79: ...mbers of hardware installed 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 whic...

Page 80: ...arrow keys then press 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 edite...

Page 81: ...or arrow keys to select 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 wou...

Page 82: ...orking condition Note Use this utility only in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive T...

Page 83: ...talling the VIA Service Pack To install the VIA Service pack please follow the steps below 1 Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Uti...

Page 84: ...ith the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click VIA VGA Driver 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the s...

Page 85: ...the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support download1 asp for th...

Page 86: ...supported drive setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information The settings on the scree...

Page 87: ...sor to Settings then click 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 t...

Page 88: ...g box Double click the 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...

Page 89: ...rating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply t...

Page 90: ...consists of a single long 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 Aw...

Page 91: ...fixed disk Hard Disk s 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...

Page 92: ...ed on 5 The display s brightness 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 s...

Page 93: ...ertical sync 2 Move away 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 moni...

Page 94: ...ble first hard drive is configured 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...

Page 95: ...s setting 4 Make sure the 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 su...

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