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Hardware Installation

4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main

menu of the BIOS.

5. Select the Frequency/Voltage Control submenu and press <En-

ter>.

6. Set the “CPU Host/AGP/PCI Clock” field to its default setting or

an appropriate bus clock. Refer to the Frequency/Voltage
Control section in chapter 3 for more information.

7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup

utility. Select “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

8. Type <Y> and press <Enter>.

Summary of Contents for KM266Pro-MLV

Page 1: ...KM266Pro MLV Rev A System Board User s Manual 80500409 ...

Page 2: ... make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2004 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD AthlonTM XP and AthlonTM are regis tered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a regis tered tradem...

Page 3: ... interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that inter ference will not occur in a particular 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 correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the re...

Page 4: ...n in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should al ways be regarded as the most updated 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 Mainboard Utility CD will appear Click the TOOLS icon then click Manual on the main menu ...

Page 5: ...emory 2 3 CPU 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 4 3 6 Channel Audio Output via Software 4 4 Installation Notes 7 14 45 83 15 16 18 22 26 36 85 88 96 98 ...

Page 6: ...ppendix 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 Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 103 103 99 105 ...

Page 7: ... FSB AMD DuronTM 200 266MHz FSB Important To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to replacing the CPU System Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports up to 2GB memory using PC2100 DDR266 and PC2700 DDR333 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type Chapter 1 Introduction DIMMs 2MBx64 4MBx6...

Page 8: ...tter graphics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features Integrated S3 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 8MB to 64MB of the system memory Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA High quality DVD video playback 3D rendering features 32 bit true color rendering MPEG 2 video textures 2D hardware acceleration features Motion video architecture Software drivers Windows 98 2000 ME XP Onboard LAN Features Phy fa...

Page 9: ... audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device The S PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders 6 channel Audio The 6 channel audio output function is supported by ...

Page 10: ...I The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems ea...

Page 11: ...ic shutdown upon system overheat Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to ca...

Page 12: ...se This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA Wake On USB This function allows you to use a USB device to wake up the sys tem Important If you are using the Wake On USB function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1 5A If you are using the Wake On ...

Page 13: ...e 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 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applica tions and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating ses sion into RAM Ran...

Page 14: ...ollowing items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 66 100 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One I O shield One Mainboard Utility CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 15: ...Mic in 1 ATX power Socket A 1 CPU fan VIA KM266Pro DDR 2 DDR 1 LAN Phy I O chip VIA VT8235 BIOS 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 Front audio 1 1 1 USB 5 6 1 IDE 1 1 IDE 2 Battery 1 HD LED RESET SPEAKER PWR LED ATX SW AGP slot PCI slot 1 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 FDD 1 USB 1 4 power select JP2 1 1 S PDIF out System fan 1 Clear CMOS JP1 USB 5 6 power select JP3 1 CPU FSB JP16 ...

Page 16: ...le establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer...

Page 17: ...e must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket 1 Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key 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 ...

Page 18: ...talling the CPU 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate Socket A on the system board 4 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90o angle Make sure the socket is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in prop erly Lever ...

Page 19: ...et Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins 6 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU Gold mark Pin 1 ...

Page 20: ...U fan with heat sink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board 1 Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste which is usually supplied together with the CPU looks somewhat similar to the one shown below Do not spread the paste all over the surface Whe...

Page 21: ...U fan s cable connector to the CPU fan con nector on the system board 2 After placing the fan heat sink on top of the CPU latch the retaining clip on one side of the fan heat sink onto the protrud ing tab on the side of the socket Retaining clip Tab Do not apply the paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste then place the ...

Page 22: ...gure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1 Power off the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP1 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP1 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 due to in...

Page 23: ...e Control submenu and press En ter 6 Set the CPU Host AGP PCI Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information 7 Press Esc to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter 8 Type Y and press Enter ...

Page 24: ...ed to select the power of the USB ports Selecting 5VDUL will allow you to use a USB device to wake up a system from the S1 state 2 4 2 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power 2 3 On VCC 1 2 On 5VDUL default 3 1 2 3 1 2 JP3 JP2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 On 5VDUL default 2 3 On VCC ...

Page 25: ... On 100MHz Off Auto default This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU in stalled on the system board The default setting is Auto The system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board You can also set the FSB fixed at 100MHz by setting JP16 to On ...

Page 26: ... rear panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM port VGA port USB ports LAN port Mic in jack Line in jack Line out jack PS 2 K B PS 2 Mouse Parallel LAN USB 3 4 COM VGA Line out Line in Mic in USB 1 USB 2 ...

Page 27: ...turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function BIOS Setting Configure the KB mouse wake up function in the Power Man agement Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity ...

Page 28: ... the system board It is a RS 232C asynchronous communication port with 16C550A compatible UART that can be used with a modem serial printer remote dis play terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial port s I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information ...

Page 29: ...n the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Parallel Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Function Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bid...

Page 30: ... or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIOS Setting Select the VGA s share memory size in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu AGP and P2P Bridge Control section of the...

Page 31: ...ssis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J6 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information If you are using...

Page 32: ...USB device to wake up the system Important If you are using the Wake On USB function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1 5A If you are using the Wake On USB function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A ...

Page 33: ...6 of the system board It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VIA LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion ...

Page 34: ...ht Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Using this jack disables the front audio s line out func...

Page 35: ...nctions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of J1 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J1 If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations Driver Installation Install the Realtek Audio Drivers An audio software application program will at the sa...

Page 36: ...llation System fan 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector The CD in J2 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground 2 6 I O Connectors ...

Page 37: ... is used to connect external S PDIF port The S PDIF out port may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J3 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J3 5V Key SPDIF out GND 1 4 ...

Page 38: ...ced into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J5 on the system board and the other end most connector to the floppy drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin 1 of J5 BIOS Setting Enable or disab...

Page 39: ...cable to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the IDE cable into the I...

Page 40: ...s 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 together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be reco...

Page 41: ... the CPU fan connector J4 on the system board The system fan connector J8 is used to connect an additional cooling fan The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components CPU fan System fan 3 1 Ground Power N C 3 1 Ground Power N C ...

Page 42: ...ly The 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply 4 3 1 2 12...

Page 43: ...he life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis 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 PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 PWR LED Power Standby LED J10 ...

Page 44: ...cate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 3 5 14 16 8 10 18 20 7 9 13 15 17 19 2 4 6 HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED Reserved ATX SW ATX power switch Reserved RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector PWR LED Power Standby LED Pin Assignment HDD LED Power HDD N C N C PWRBT PWRBT N C N C Ground H...

Page 45: ...pter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del ke...

Page 46: ... displays the date from 1 to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is hour minute second The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays min utes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Feature...

Page 47: ...o detect the HDD CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE ...

Page 48: ...ing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 Drive A This field is used to select the type of floppy disk drive installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in AT type high density drive 1 2MB ca...

Page 49: ...tected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors de tected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other erro...

Page 50: ...50 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 51: ...e system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and 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 recommend that you first disable this field Also disabl...

Page 52: ... second and third in the First Boot Device Second 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 from another device 3 1 2 6 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the B...

Page 53: ... keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay ...

Page 54: ... at the prompt 3 1 2 13 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 14 OS Select for DRAM 64MB Select the OS2 option only if the system that is running an OS 2 operating system has greater than 64MB RAM 3 1 2 15 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system boot up Enabled T...

Page 55: ...e they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be i...

Page 56: ... the most stable condition for the system 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 166 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 332MHz DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is sele...

Page 57: ... according to the settings in these fields DRAM CAS Latency This field is used to select the clock cycle of the SDRAM CAS latency time The option selected specifies the time before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Bank Interleave The options are Enabled and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp The options are 2T 3T 4T and 5T Tras Non DDR400 DDR400 The options are 5T 6T 8T 12T 6T 8T and 7...

Page 58: ...erformance with high bandwidth speeds 1X provides data transfer rate of up to 264MB sec 2X provides data transfer rate of up to 528MB sec 4X provides data transfer rate of up to 1066MB sec AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field AGP Driving Value This field is...

Page 59: ...clock tick to AGP read opera tions AGP 3 0 Calibration Cycle Set this field to Enabled to support the AGP 3 0 calibration cycle operations VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA 3 1 3 3 CPU PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference only Your v...

Page 60: ... PCI masters during the PCI to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made 3 1 3 4 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM ad dressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM ...

Page 61: ...are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 62: ...om the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system accord ing to your hard ...

Page 63: ... the onboard USB The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will d...

Page 64: ...oard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port Disabled Disables the onboard serial port OnChip EHCI Controller If you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default ...

Page 65: ... in bidirectional 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 If you selected EPP the EPP Mode Select field is configurable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA field is configurable If you selected ECP EPP both EPP Mode Select and ECP Mode Use DMA are configurable ECP Mode Use DMA...

Page 66: ...s this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the HDD Power Down field If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the field below 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function The sett...

Page 67: ... 4 HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 3 1 5 5 Suspend Mode This is configurable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the power ...

Page 68: ...for the modem installed in your system 3 1 5 9 Soft Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case...

Page 69: ... Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on 3 1 5 12 IRQ Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference ...

Page 70: ... off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data by setting JP1 pins 2 and 3 to On PS2KB Wakeup from S1 S3 The options in this field will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S1 or S3 state PS2MS Wakeup from S1 S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the S1 or S3 state VGA When set to On the system will respond ...

Page 71: ... or DMA interrupt Resume on PCI Event Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information Disabled The system will not wake up despite access to the PCI c...

Page 72: ...ct a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mm ss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday 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 Feature...

Page 73: ...guration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specif...

Page 74: ...eed an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this function and a new device requires an IRQ you can set this field to Disabled The IRQ 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 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press Enter This ...

Page 75: ...cupied by the USB device will be available for the ISA slot Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager 3 1 6 7 PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up yo...

Page 76: ...ernal system bus clock of the processor The AGP clock and PCI clock will at the same time appear next to the external bus clock selected For example if you selected 100 66 33MHz 100 is the external bus clock 66 is the AGP clock and 33 is the PCI clock The default setting is Default Under this setting the system will run according to the processor s clock frequency Important Overclocking may result...

Page 77: ...values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded ...

Page 78: ... The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter Type Y and press Enter to load the Setup default values ...

Page 79: ...e prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press Enter Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password agai...

Page 80: ...cess only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press Enter Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be pr...

Page 81: ...s Enter Type Y and press Enter The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics 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 ...

Page 82: ...ou have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press Enter 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 make any changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simulta neously or Del after memory testing is done ...

Page 83: ... the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AWDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press Enter Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Pho...

Page 84: ...IOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press N 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press Y to flash the new BIOS ...

Page 85: ...n numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4...

Page 86: ...e or 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 in formation 4 Press F10 to update the edited information into the flash ROM Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort Exit Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File ...

Page 87: ... 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 would like to load and press Enter 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type Y All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM S...

Page 88: ...to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup VIA KM400 chipset Chipset Drivers VIA Service Pack ...

Page 89: ...all VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click VIA Service Pack on the main screen The following screen will appear 3 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect ...

Page 90: ...s However this may not be the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you i...

Page 91: ...he driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click S3 VGA Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 92: ... the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Realtek Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 93: ...stall the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 94: ...will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet con troller it will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location o...

Page 95: ...e follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main screen The screen below will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system ...

Page 96: ...into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Install the audio driver Refer to the Realtek Audio Drivers section in this chapter 3 After installing the audio driver the SoundEffect icon will ap pear on the taskbar 4 Click the SoundEffect icon The AC97 Audio Configuration screen will appear 5 Click the Speaker Configuration tab then select 6 channels mode for 5 1 speak...

Page 97: ... channel mode supported using software both the line in and mic jacks at the rear panel will instead function as line out Therefore you can connect your speakers to these jacks line out line in and mic in for 6 channel audio output Under such circumstance line in will not be supported Mic in on the other hand is supported by using the Front Audio connector on the system board ...

Page 98: ...utomatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support1 download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or soft...

Page 99: ... Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function 4 Press Esc to return to the main menu 5 Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter Type Y and press Enter 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to up grade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft ...

Page 100: ...ursor 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 type click System devices 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab ...

Page 101: ...log box Double click the Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When I press the power but ton on my computer field select Standby 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer ...

Page 102: ...ating 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 the settings without re starting You must restart the computer Important If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 20...

Page 103: ... explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manu facturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak bat tery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY ...

Page 104: ... locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error Syste...

Page 105: ...est 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 prop erly 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 correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 M...

Page 106: ...thing 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 back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access ...

Page 107: ...inter doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly 4 Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured corre...

Page 108: ... there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are prop erly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated secure...

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