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Hardware Installation

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2.7.16 PCI Standby Power LED

The PCI Standby Power LED will turn red when the system is in the

power-on, Soft-Off or Suspend state.

Important:

Lighted LEDs (red) serve as a reminder that you must power-

off the system then turn off the power supplys switch or

unplug the power cord prior to installing any add-in cards.

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Summary of Contents for CA63-SC

Page 1: ...CA63 SC Rev A System Board User s Manual 43900027...

Page 2: ...o revise this 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 D...

Page 3: ...ticular installation If 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 cor...

Page 4: ...tings for the Onboard Audio Codec 2 7 Ports and Connectors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 1 2 BIOS Features Setup 3 1 3 Chipset Featur...

Page 5: ...ardware Monitor 4 3 VIA Service Pack 4 4 Audio Drivers and Software Application 4 5 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Appendix A System Error Messages A 1 POST Beep A 2 Error Messages Appendix...

Page 6: ...system will use the processor s factory default ratio Selecting an external bus clock other than 66MHz 100MHz or 133MHz may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to...

Page 7: ...0A 533MHz processor Future VIA CyrixIII processor System Memory 16MB to 768MB using VCM Virtual Channel Memory or PC SDRAM DIMM unbuffered or registered Three 168 pin DIMM sockets Uses x64 or x72 PC S...

Page 8: ...audio modem riser card that is compliant to the AMR specification Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D AC 97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con vert...

Page 9: ...ector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices It supports peripheral devices that meet the HPSIR and ASKIR standard USB Ports The system board supports 4 USB ports Two o...

Page 10: ...f monitoring the following system health conditions Monitors CPU system temperature and overheat alarm Monitors VCORE 3 3V 5V 12V 2 5V voltages and failure alarm Monitors CPU chassis fan speed and fai...

Page 11: ...Resume On Alarm in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your...

Page 12: ...Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive 1 2 Package Checklist The system bo...

Page 13: ...2 Hardware Installation 13 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation...

Page 14: ...rts the ECC Error Checking 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 sup...

Page 15: ...the 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 Install...

Page 16: ...table switch Make sure SW1 is set correctly before applying power otherwise you will not be able to power on the system Example Switch 1 Off Switch 2 Off Switch 3 On Switch 4 On 4x 4 5x 333MHz 5x Proc...

Page 17: ...than 8x has been locked by the manufacturer and will no longer have the flexibility of using extended ratios Therefore the system will use the processor s factory default ratio At the time this docume...

Page 18: ...tically run according to the FSB of the processor Warning Some processors when overclocked may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system perform...

Page 19: ...2 Set JP7 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP7 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is d...

Page 20: ...dio Codec Onboard Audio Codec Settings Jumper JP6 The default setting is 1 2 On the onboard audio codec enabled If you are not using the onboard audio codec set this jumper pins 2 and 3 to On Disabled...

Page 21: ...ter prior to connecting 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 p...

Page 22: ...drives To prevent improper 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...

Page 23: ...stall the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header J10 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the seconda...

Page 24: ...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 manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manuf...

Page 25: ...double deck ports of the board The J20 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...

Page 26: ...em board Set UART 2 Mode 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...

Page 27: ...e the system enters the Suspend mode 2 7 9 Chassis Fan Connector If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J22 on the system board The fan will pro...

Page 28: ...er to the add in card s manual for instructions on installing the fan Pin 1 2 3 Function Ground 12V N C 2 7 11 Game MIDI Port The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or g...

Page 29: ...is jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Line in Jack J8 Light Blue This jack can be connected to any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM F...

Page 30: ...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 connect one end of the cable that came with th...

Page 31: ...nction you must enable the Resume on LAN Ring 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...

Page 32: ...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 J15 on the system board You must also enable the Resume on LAN Ring fi...

Page 33: ...y Power LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend state Important Lighted LEDs red serve as a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supply...

Page 34: ...er 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 35: ...stem to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup chapter 3 G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode RESET Rese...

Page 36: ...r 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 Pin Assignment HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED G LED Green LED ATX SW ATX power switch G SW Green switch RESET R...

Page 37: ...ears before you respond restart your 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...

Page 38: ...nter improper information for this field You can use Type User to define your own drive type manually This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select...

Page 39: ...d Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono...

Page 40: ...640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located abov...

Page 41: ...remove the problem before any damage is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we...

Page 42: ...transmits the serial number online making it possible to track your online activity The field provides you the option of disabling this function Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On...

Page 43: ...SDRAM DIMMs which are DIMMs that support the ECC Error Checking and Correction function set this field to Enabled It will allow the system to recover from memory failure It detects single bit and mult...

Page 44: ...an 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 work with PCI VGA OS Select for DRAM 64MB This fie...

Page 45: ...CAS access time by 1 clock tick SDRAM Cycle Length This field is used to set the clock cycle for the CAS latency ROM PCI ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ESC F1 F5 F6 F7 Quit Help Ol...

Page 46: ...CPU issues a write command the write data will be stored in the memory controller s buffer The next time the CPU needs the data the memory controller can provide them without accessing the SDRAM Conc...

Page 47: ...AGP Master 1 WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video perfor...

Page 48: ...ave 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 for selecting the external system...

Page 49: ...2 System Health Monitor Current CPU Temperature Current System Temperature Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed These fields show the current temperature of the CPU internal temperature...

Page 50: ...ettings PU PD Shift F2 Select Item Modify Color PM Events IRQ3 COM 2 IRQ4 COM 1 IRQ5 LPT 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ10 Reserved IRQ11 Reserved IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ...

Page 51: ...rn 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 Initializes display power man...

Page 52: ...r failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns HDD Power Down After the set time of system...

Page 53: ...only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 for more information Resume On Alarm Enabled When Enabled Date...

Page 54: ...y as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Setup PM Events Access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake...

Page 55: ...F1 F5 F6 F7 Quit Help Old Values Load Fail Safe Settings Load Optimal Settings PU PD Shift F2 Select Item Modify Color Assign IRQ for USB Assign IRQ for VGA PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ PCI...

Page 56: ...Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 98 s Device Manager Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when u...

Page 57: ...is option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load BIOS Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 7 Load Setup Def...

Page 58: ...Auto Standard Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type Onboard Legacy Audio Sound Blaster SB I O Base Address SB IRQ Select SB DMA Select MPU 401 MPU 401 I...

Page 59: ...0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors Primary Master Slave UDMA and Secondary Master Slave UDMA These...

Page 60: ...e COM 2 serial port J6 at the same time If you are using the COM 2 serial port make sure this field is set to Standard To use the IrDA function follow the steps below 1 Connect your IrDA cable to conn...

Page 61: ...al mode and at a speed 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 is used to select...

Page 62: ...is field is used to select the sound blaster s DMA The options 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...

Page 63: ...n a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Supervisor Password and press Enter instead of typing in a new password...

Page 64: ...ISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 853 827 32 0 1653 63 LBA 1 853 1654 16 65535...

Page 65: ...tics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done 3 1 13 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the...

Page 66: ...umbers 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 whi...

Page 67: ...r 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 edit...

Page 68: ...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 wo...

Page 69: ...2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating 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...

Page 70: ...eps below 1 Insert the CD that came 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 Cli...

Page 71: ...ain Board Utility CD screen 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 l...

Page 72: ...e consists of a single long beep A 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 A...

Page 73: ...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 74: ...st the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion sl...

Page 75: ...ing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the...

Page 76: ...a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure tha...

Page 77: ...nfigured 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 resting on the keyboard and that no k...

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