DFI LanParty UT nF3 250 Gd User Manual Download

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Hardware Installation

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 recognized
and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.

BIOS Setting

Enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the
Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for
more information.

Summary of Contents for LanParty UT nF3 250 Gd

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Page 2: ...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 and AthlonTM are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc nVIDIA is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation VIA is...

Page 3: ... interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference 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 rec...

Page 4: ...on about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Warranty to the product does not cover 1 Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product inability to use the product unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications 2 The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physical ab...

Page 5: ...System Board Layout 2 2 System Memory 2 3 CPU 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 2 NVRAID BIOS 3 3 Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 4 2 Installation Notes 7 10 15 16 17 20 26 29 40 54 99 100 102 110 ...

Page 6: ...Introduction 1 6 Appendix A System Error Messages A 1 POST Beep A 2 Error Messages Appendix B Troubleshooting B 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 111 111 113 ...

Page 7: ...emory when using DDR400 Supports PC2700 DDR333 and PC3200 DDR400 DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports x8 x16 non ECC up to 512Mb DDR devices Supports unbuffered DIMM BIOS Award BIOS CPU DRAM AGP overclocking CPU DRAM Chipset overvoltage 4Mbit flash memory AMD Cool n QuietTM technology Energy Efficient Design Suppor ts ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management Supports ACPI STR Suspend to RAM function...

Page 8: ... Interface with NVIDIA RAID Two IDE connectors support four UltraDMA 133Mbps hard drives NVIDIA RAID supports spanning across Serial ATA and Parallel ATA RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 0 1 and JBOD Serial ATA Interface with NVIDIA RAID Four Serial ATA interfaces with speed up to 1 5Gbps Two Serial ATA ports supported by nForce3 250Gb chip Two Serial ATA ports supported by Marvell SATA PHY NVIDIA RAID supports...

Page 9: ... additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 port Optional 1 front audio connector for external line out and mic in jacks 1 CD in internal audio connector 1 S PDIF connector for optical cable connection 1 IrDA connector 4 Serial ATA connectors 2 IDE connectors 1 floppy connector 1 20 pin ATX power connector 1 4 pin ATX 12V power connector 1 front panel connector 3 fa...

Page 10: ... processor You can select the memory timing in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu DRAM Configuration section of the BIOS AMD Cool n QuietTM Technology The AMD Cool n QuietTM technology allows the system to detect the CPU s tasks and utilization status When the CPU s task slows down the system effectively lowers power consumption by lowering its CPU speed and voltage subsequently decreasing its noise l...

Page 11: ...ers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the 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 s...

Page 12: ... a distance of 1 meter USB Ports The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB 1 1 ports USB 1 1 supports 12Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By...

Page 13: ...rt or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important The 5VSB power ...

Page 14: ...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 session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where...

Page 15: ...stem board A user s manual Two IDE round cables One floppy round cable Two Serial ATA data cables One Serial ATA power cable One nVRAID Driver diskette 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 16: ...udio Codec 1 IrDA 1 S PDIF 1 Front audio 1 CD in Standby Power LED 1 Chassis fan BIOS 1 System beep select JP5 1 1 USB 5 6 USB 7 8 nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb Socket 754 1 CPU fan 1 1 SATA 3 SATA 4 DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 Marvell 88SR3020 Battery 1 Clear CMOS JP2 DRAM Power LED 1 1 ATX power FDD 1 SEC IDE 1 PRI IDE AGP PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 1 HD LEDRESET SPEAKER PWR LED ATX SW 1 1 SATA 1 SATA 2 Center ...

Page 17: ...station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable 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...

Page 18: ...seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Pin 1 Notch Key Tab Tab Maximum system memory Supports up to 3GB memory when using DDR333 Supports up to 2GB memory when using DDR400 Note If you are installing more than one double rank DDR400 the maximum DRAM speed will automatically be limited to the speed of a DDR333 However the BIOS provides the option of manually adjusting the speed to DDR400 by se...

Page 19: ...e rank double rank double rank empty empty single rank empty empty double rank empty empty single rank double rank empty empty single rank double rank single rank double rank single rank double rank single rank double rank single rank double rank single rank double rank single rank double rank DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR400 DDR333 DDR400 DDR333 DDR333 ...

Page 20: ...mount 754 pin CPU socket This socket is exclusively designed for installing an AMD CPU 2 3 2 Installing 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 the 754 pin CPU socket on the system board X ...

Page 21: ...socket refer to the enlarged view shown below Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins 4 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90o angle Make sure the lever is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly Lever Gold mark ...

Page 22: ... 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 7 Once the CPU is in place push down the lever to lock the socket The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket Side tab ...

Page 23: ...uide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package 1 Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly Do not spread the paste all over the surface When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU the compound will disper...

Page 24: ... Now hook one side of the retention clip onto the retention module base by fitting the holes on the retention clip into the retaining tabs of the retention module base Retention clip Retention module base Retaining tabs Retaining tabs Side View Top View Retaining tab ...

Page 25: ...le to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if it did not fit properly onto the retention module base Retention lever 6 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connec tor on the system board 5 Move the retention lever to its opposite side then push it down to lock the fan and heat sink assembly to the retention module base Note Make sure there is sufficient air circulation ac...

Page 26: ...es 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 JP2 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP2 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 incorrect setting of the processor s cl...

Page 27: ...Setting submenu and press Enter 6 Set the processor s clock ratio to its default setting or an appro priate bus clock or ratio Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting 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 28: ...stallation 2 4 2 System Beep Select 2 3 On Line out Front R L 1 2 On PC Speaker 3 1 2 3 1 2 X JP5 JP5 is used to select the system s beep messages and warnings to come from the line out front R L jack or the PC speaker ...

Page 29: ... in jack S PDIF out jack COM port IEEE 1394_1 port optional USB ports LAN port Line in jack Line out Front right left jack Mic in jack Center subwoofer jack Rear right left jack Side right left jack PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B COM S PDIF in S PDIF out USB 1 2 USB 3 4 IEEE 1394_1 RJ45 LAN Parallel Mic in Line in Line out Front R L Side R L Center Subwoofer Rear R L ...

Page 30: ...re to 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 PS 2 keyboard mouse wake up function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of ...

Page 31: ... port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 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 bidirectional parallel...

Page 32: ...ellow at locations CN5 and CN7 respectively The S PDIF connector at location J3 is for optical S PDIF cable con nection Connect the optical audio cable connector of your S PDIF module to J3 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J3 DO NOT use RCA S PDIF and optical S PDIF at the same time W J3 1 5 5V Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in ...

Page 33: ...on J1 The serial port is an RS 232C asynchronous communication port with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with a modem serial printer remote display terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial port s I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information W ...

Page 34: ...mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the 1394 port cable to J8 Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of the J8 BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard 1394 in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 5 5 IEEE 1394 Optional 1394_1 W W 1394...

Page 35: ...t location CN4 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 Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information W ...

Page 36: ...4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The USB ports may be mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J17 or J18 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information W USB 7 8 USB 5 6 W USB 2 USB 1 1 VCC Data Data Ground K...

Page 37: ...ed 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 a USB 2 0 device install the USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information ...

Page 38: ...ront Right Left Jack Lime This jack is used to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system Mic in Jack Pink This jack is used to connect an external microphone Center Subwoofer Jack Orange This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speakers of the audio system W Mic in Front R L Line in Center Subwoofer Side R L Rear R L W 1 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_...

Page 39: ...t speakers of the audio system Side Right Left Jack Gray This jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speakers of the audio system Front Audio The front audio connector J2 allows you to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system Using this connector will disable the rear audio s line out and mic in func tions Remove the jumper caps from pins...

Page 40: ...nstallation 2 6 1 CD in Internal Audio Connector The CD in J4 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card W 2 6 I O Connectors 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground ...

Page 41: ...ligned 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 J23 on the system board and the other end most connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A If you are connecting another drive Drive B install the middle connector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbo...

Page 42: ... configuring RAID across Serial ATA drives and Parallel ATA drives It supports RAID 0 RAID 1 0 1 and JBOD The following must be set accordingly 1 Set the IDE RAID field to Enabled Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE Function Setup section of the Award BIOS 2 Configure the Ext Phy SATA 1 RAID to Ext Phy SATA 4 RAID fields appropriately Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE Function Setup section of the...

Page 43: ...diskette The driver must be installed if you are in the process of installing Windows XP or Windows 2000 on RAID configured Serial ATA drives 5 Install the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers For steps 1 to 3 refer to chapter 3 for more information For steps 4 and 5 refer to chapter 4 for more information ...

Page 44: ...d Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE Function Setup section of the Award BIOS 2 Configure the Primary IDE Master RAID to Secondary IDE Slave RAID fields appropriately Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE Function Setup section of the Award BIOS 3 Run the NVIDIA RAID BIOS utility by pressing the F10 key after the system powers up The utility is used to configure and manage RAID on both Serial ATA and...

Page 45: ...cable is for the Slave drive Install one end of the IDE cable into the Primary IDE header J25 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device use another IDE cable and install one end of the cable into the Secondary IDE header J22 on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices Note Refer to your disk drive user s manua...

Page 46: ...t in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information ...

Page 47: ...ard Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information W...

Page 48: ...o connect additional cooling fans The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2nd fan X X Chassis fan 1 3 Ground Power Sense 1 3 Ground Power Sense 3 1 Ground Power Sense...

Page 49: ...ation 2 6 7 DRAM Power LED and Standby Power LED DRAM Power LED This LED will light when the system s power is on Standby Power LED This LED will light when the system is in the standby mode DRAM Power LED Standby Power LED ...

Page 50: ...wer 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 X X 12V 11 1 10 3 3V 3 3V Gro...

Page 51: ...m thus prolonging the 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 PBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 X J14 1 2 19 ...

Page 52: ...n it may indicate 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...

Page 53: ...the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide convenience in powering on and or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board before it is installed into the system chassis Power Switch Reset Switch ...

Page 54: ...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 55: ... 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 minutes 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 Features...

Page 56: ... 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 Primary IDE Master Prima...

Page 57: ... 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 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 capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in AT type high density drive 1 2M...

Page 58: ...tected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected 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 error...

Page 59: ...59 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 60: ...nabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this on...

Page 61: ... boot sequence of the removable devices Move the cursor to this field then press Enter Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 62: ...he boot sequence of the hard drives Move the cursor to this field then press Enter Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 63: ... boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the 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 atte...

Page 64: ...ing 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 8 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this field is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You ...

Page 65: ... chipset controls Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 3 1 2 12 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your 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 depresse...

Page 66: ... setting 3 1 2 17 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 18 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 19 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a...

Page 67: ... logo to appear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot up Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 21 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up ...

Page 68: ...eing lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 AGP Aperture Size MB This field is used to select the size of the system RAM that can be allocated to the AGP for graphics purposes Aperture refers to a portion of the PCI memory address range that is dedicated for the graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation 3 1 3 2 AGP 3 0 Spee...

Page 69: ...rding to the mode of the AGP card installed on the system board Disabled Disables AGP 3 0 mode 3 1 3 6 CPU Thermal Throttling Thermal throttling regulates the thermal environment by alternating between running the processor at full speed and placing the processor in a sleep state whenever the upper limits of the thermal envelop are reached 3 1 3 7 Special I O for PCI Card Set this field to Enabled...

Page 70: ...ll the fields available in the Integrated Peripherals submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 71: ...his field to Enabled to configure RAID on the primary IDE s master and slave channels Secondary IDE Master RAID and Secondary IDE Slave RAID Set this field to Enabled to configure RAID on the secondary IDE s master and slave channels Ext Phy SATA 1 RAID Ext Phy SATA 2 RAID Ext Phy SATA 3 RAID and Ext Phy SATA 4 RAID Set this field to Enabled to configure RAID on SATA drives ...

Page 72: ...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 according to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 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 3 1 4 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA and Secondary Master Slave UDMA...

Page 73: ...orage devices set this field to Enabled 3 1 4 9 USB Mouse Support If you are using a USB mouse set this field to Enabled 3 1 4 10 IDE DMA Transfer Access This field is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of an IDE hard drive 3 1 4 11 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 tr...

Page 74: ... Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible keyboard to power on the system 3 1 4 15 KB Power On Password Move the cursor to this field and press Enter Enter your pass word You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press Enter The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this fi...

Page 75: ...ithin a 30o angle and within a distance of 1 meter 3 1 4 21 UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously 3 1 4 22 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port 3 1 4 23 Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP EC...

Page 76: ...Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel of the parallel port 3 1 4 25 PWRON After PWR Fail 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 On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on ...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...his determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn 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 Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it 3 1 5 5 HDD Power Down This...

Page 79: ... to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 8 WOL PME From Soft Off Set this field to Enabled to wake up the system via the onboard LAN or via a LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to ...

Page 80: ...d the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default 3 1 5 11 Day of Month Alarm 0 The system will power on everyday according to the time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field 1 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field 3 1 5 12 T...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...EG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press Enter This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 83: ...he CPU fan to rotate at full speed 3 1 7 3 CPUFan Turn Off If CPUTemp This field is used to select the CPU temperature that will allow the CPU fan to rotate at a start speed which is the slowest speed Note 1 If the CPU temperature runs between the highest set in the CPUFan Fully On If CPUTemp field and lowest set in the CPUFan Turn Off If CPUTemp field temperature the system will automatically adj...

Page 84: ... Note If the system temperature runs between the highest set in the ChaFan Fully On If SYSTemp field and lowest set in the ChaFan Turn Off If SYSTemp field temperature the system will automatically adjust the chassis fan s speed according to the temperature 3 1 7 6 ATX 3 3V Voltage ATX 5 0V Voltage ATX 12V Voltage AGP Slot Voltage ATX 5VSB Voltage Battery Voltage CPU Temperature SYS Temperature 1 ...

Page 85: ...are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 8 1 DRAM Configuration 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 86: ... DRAM refreshes both rows and columns are addressed separately This field is used to select the delay time from RAS Row Address Strobe to CAS Column Address Strobe when reading and writing to the same bank The lesser the clock cycle the faster the DRAM s performance Min RAS Active Time Tras This field is used to select the minimum time RAS takes to read from and write to a memory cell Row Precharg...

Page 87: ... write to read delay time This is measured from the rising edge of the last non masked data strobe to the rising edge of the next read command Read to Write Delay Trwt This field is used to select the read to write delay time Although this is not a DRAM specified timing parameter it is related to the routing latencies on the clock forwarded bus This is measured from the first address bus slot whic...

Page 88: ...ter This field is used to enable the dynamic idle cycle counter R W Queue Bypass This field is used to select the number of times the first operation in the DCI read write queue can be bypassed before the arbiter is overridden and the first operation is chosen Bypass Max This field is used to select the number of times the first entry in DCQ can be bypassed in arbitration before the arbiter choice...

Page 89: ...is field is used to select the AGP clock 3 1 8 4 Clock Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 5 LDT Downstream Width This field is used to select the LDT downstream width The options are Auto and 8 bit 3 1 8 6 LDT Upstream Width This field is used to select the LDT upstream width The options are Auto and 8...

Page 90: ...field will show the chipset s current voltage 3 1 8 12 DRAM 2 5V Voltage This field will show the DRAM s current voltage 3 1 8 13 CPU VID Control This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you want to use the CPU s default core voltage leave this field in its default setting The CPU s Vcore will be generated according to the CPU VID configurati...

Page 91: ... voltage leave this field in its default setting Important 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 damage 3 1 8 17 SATA 1 SATA 2 Control This field is used to enable or disable SATA 1 and or SATA 2 3 1 8 18 SATA 3 SATA 4 Control This field is used to enable or disable SATA 3 and or SA...

Page 92: ...ace The options are MII RGMII and Pin Strap 3 1 8 23 Machine MAC NV Address Enable this field to enter the MAC NV Address in the field below 3 1 8 24 MAC NV Address Input Move the cursor to this field and press Enter then enter the MAC address ...

Page 93: ...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 94: ... 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 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...ility make sure the RAID function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE Function Setup section of the Award BIOS is configured properly After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected the NVRAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the F10 key to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on SATA drives and Parallel ATA drives ...

Page 100: ... 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 101: ...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 102: ...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 nVidia nF3 250Gb chipset Chipset Drivers nVidia Drivers Important You must first install Microsoft DirectX 9 prior to installing the nVidia nF3...

Page 103: ... On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 9 on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Click I accept the agreement then click Next 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 104: ...IA GART Driver NVIDIA SMBus Driver NVIDIA Ethernet Driver NVIDIA IDE Driver NVIDIA Audio Driver To install NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click nVidia nF3 250Gb Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear Click Next ...

Page 105: ...he drivers will be installed automatically Make sure you have selected NVIDIA IDE Driver because this driver will replace Windows ATA drivers enabling the processor and other system level hardware to be more productive and efficient Click Next to continue 4 The following screen will appear Click Next ...

Page 106: ...re 6 The following screen will appear Click Yes to activate Firewall 7 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 When prompted about installing NVIDIA Firewall and ForceWare Network Access Manager click Yes ...

Page 107: ...ed icon is automatically created on your desktop Double click this icon to launch the NVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager utility The utility allows you to configure the Ethernet interface features and personal Firewall for optimized security This prevents unauthorized access to your system s software or data ...

Page 108: ... process of installing Windows XP or Windows 2000 on RAID configured Serial ATA drives 5 Install the NVIDIA Windows nForce Drivers The steps below will instruct you on installing the RAID driver while in the process of installing Windows XP or Windows 2000 on RAID configured Serial ATA drives Installing the RAID Driver 1 Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD 2 Press F6 when promp...

Page 109: ...e follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click WinFlash on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system To flash the BIOS click Start on your Windows desktop point to Programs then click WinFlash to run the WinFlash utility ...

Page 110: ...cally 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 software ap...

Page 111: ...de 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 Awards BIOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalen...

Page 112: ...te 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 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...

Page 113: ...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 114: ...hing 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 t...

Page 115: ...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 116: ... 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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