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Installing the AHCI Driver During Windows Vista Installation

The AHCI driver must be installed during Windows

®

 Vista  installation.

This is required in order to install the operating system onto a hard
drive when in AHCI mode.

1.

Star t Windows  Setup
by booting from the
installation CD. Follow
the steps on the screen.

When the screen on
the right appears, click
Custom (advanced).

2.

Select Load Driver.

3.

Inser t the provided
floppy diskette then
click OK.

Summary of Contents for NP900-B16C

Page 1: ...NP900 B16C COM Express Board User s Manual 935 NP9001 000G A07800843 ...

Page 2: ...ess or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par ticular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer re serves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or en tity of such revisions or changes 2008 All Rights Reserved Tra...

Page 3: ...rticular 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 meas ures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an...

Page 4: ...Layout Mechanical Diagram System Memory Jumper Settings Connectors LEDs SPI Flash ROM Socket Cooling Options Installing NP900 B16C onto a Carrier Board Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares Drivers for Windows Vista System Drivers for Windows XP System Appendix A Watchdog Timer 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 10 11 11 12 13 16 17 22 24 25 31 36 36 73 75 76 98 ...

Page 5: ...s and product specifica tions 2 The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi cal abuse improper installation modification accidents or unau thorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjust ments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be returned t...

Page 6: ...hing the pins or contacts on all modules and connec tors Hold modules or connectors by their ends Important Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade in struction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it ...

Page 7: ...ce The system board A user s manual One heat sink One Main Board Utility CD One QR Quick Reference The board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative ...

Page 8: ...Supports 400MHz and 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM SPI interface BIOS 8Mbit 133 166MHz internal graphics core render frequency at 1 05V core voltage One SDVO port Port B SDVO slot reversal not supported Supports 18 bit dual channel LVDS Supports CRT resolutions up to SXGA DMI lane width x2 only DMI lane reversal not supported One Realtek RTL8111C PCI Express Gigabit controller Supports 10Mbps 100Mbps and 1Gbps...

Page 9: ...e using I O space or an AHCI mode using memory space SATA and PATA can be used in a combined function mode When SATA is used with PATA AHCI mode is not supported Bus Master IDE PATA controller Supports up to two IDE devices Ultra ATA 100 66 33 Operating 0o C to 60o C Operating 10 to 90 Input 12V 5VSB VCC_RTC EMC CE FCC Part 15 Class B Dimensions COM Express basic form factor 9 5cm 3 74 x 12 5cm 4 ...

Page 10: ...nd and beyond That is twice the speed of the conven tional DDR without increasing its power consumption DDR2 SDRAM modules work at 1 8V supply compared to 2 6V memory voltage for DDR modules DDR2 also incorporates new innovations such as the On Die Termination ODT as well as larger 4 bit pre fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle The integrated graphics delivers exceptional 3D grap...

Page 11: ...11 2 Hardware Installation Chapter 2 Hardware Installation System Board Layout ...

Page 12: ...17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH 33 31 30 32 27 29 28 23 25 26 24 21 20 22 17 19 18 15 14 16 11 13 12 9 8 10 5 7 6 1 2 3 4 A B C D E F G H J K L M N P R T U V W Y AA AB AC AD AE AF AG AH AJ AK AL AM AN NP900 0 00 0 00 2 00 14 00 4 00 4 00 12 50 70 20 76 00 117 00 121 00 4 00 0 00 87 00 121 00 91 00 117 00 87 00 0 00 91 00 4 00 ...

Page 13: ...13 2 Hardware Installation SODIMM BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS System Memory ...

Page 14: ...s been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the SODIMM socket on the board 4 Note the key on the socket The keying mechanism ensures the module can be plugged into the socket in only one way 5 Grasping the module by its edges insert the module into the socket at an approximately 30 degrees angle Note that the socket and module are both keyed which means the module can be p...

Page 15: ...t fingers on the edge of the module will almost completely disappear inside the socket 7 Push down the module until the clips at each side of the socket lock into position You will hear a distinctive click indicating the module is correctly locked into position Clip Clip 8 To remove the module simultaneously push the retaining clips outward to unlock the module ...

Page 16: ...t 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 Now plug the power cord and power on the system 1 2 On Normal default X JP1 2 3 On Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data 3 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 17: ...ess board to a carrier board Connect the COM Express connectors lcoated on the solder side of the board to the COM Express connectors on the carrier board Refer to the Installing NP900 B16C onto a Carrier Board section for more information COM Express connectors Refer to the following pages for the pin functions of these connec tors ...

Page 18: ...S_VDD_EN 23 SATA2_TX 78 N C 24 SUS_S5 79 N C 25 SATA2_RX 80 GND 26 SATA2_RX 81 LVDS_A_CK 27 BATLOW 82 LVDS_A_CK 28 ATA_ACT 83 LVDS_I2C_CK 29 AC_SYNC 84 LVDS_I2C_DAT 30 AC_RST 85 GPIO15 31 GND 86 KBD_RST 32 AC_BITCLK 87 KBD_A20GATE 33 AC_SDOUT 88 PCIE0_CK_REF 34 BIOS_DISABLE 89 PCIE0_CK_REF 35 THRMTRIP 90 GND 36 USB6 91 N C 37 USB6 92 N C 38 USB_6_7_OC 93 GPIO6 39 USB4 94 N C 40 USB4 95 N C 41 GND ...

Page 19: ...TX 78 N C 24 PWR_OK 79 LVDS_BKLT_EN 25 SATA3_RX 80 GND 26 SATA3_RX 81 LVDS_B_CK 27 WDT 82 LVDS_B_CK 28 AC_SDIN2 83 LVDS_BKLT_CTRL 29 AC_SDIN1 84 VCC_5V_SBY 30 AC_SDIN0 85 VCC_5V_SBY 31 GND 86 VCC_5V_SBY 32 SPKR 87 VCC_5V_SBY 33 SMLINK0 88 N C 34 SMLINK1 89 VGA_RED 35 THRM 90 GND 36 USB7 91 VGA_GRN 37 USB7 92 VGA_BLU 38 USB_4_5_OC 93 VGA_HSYNC 39 USB5 94 VGA_VSYNC 40 USB5 95 VGA_I2C_CK 41 GND 96 VG...

Page 20: ...ET 78 N C 24 PCI_AD0 79 N C 25 PCI_AD2 80 GND 26 PCI_AD4 81 N C 27 PCI_AD6 82 N C 28 PCI_AD8 83 N C 29 PCI_AD10 84 GND 30 PCI_AD12 85 N C 31 GND 86 N C 32 PCI_AD14 87 GND 33 PCI_C BE1 88 N C 34 PCI_PERR 89 N C 35 PCI_LOCK 90 GND 36 PCI_DEVSEL 91 N C 37 PCI_IRDY 92 N C 38 PCI_C BE2 93 GND 39 PCI_AD17 94 N C 40 PCI_AD19 95 N C 41 GND 96 GND 42 PCI_AD21 97 N C 43 PCI_AD23 98 N C 44 PCI_C BE3 99 N C 4...

Page 21: ...3 PCI_AD3 78 N C 24 PCI_AD5 79 N C 25 PCI_AD7 80 GND 26 PCI_C BE0 81 N C 27 PCI_AD9 82 N C 28 PCI_AD11 83 N C 29 PCI_AD13 84 GND 30 PCI_AD15 85 N C 31 GND 86 N C 32 PCI_PAR 87 GND 33 PCI_SERR 88 N C 34 PCI_STOP 89 N C 35 PCI_TRDY 90 GND 36 PCI_FRAME 91 N C 37 PCI_AD16 92 N C 38 PCI_AD18 93 GND 39 PCI_AD20 94 N C 40 PCI_AD22 95 N C 41 GND 96 GND 42 PCI_AD24 97 N C 43 PCI_AD26 98 N C 44 PCI_AD28 99 ...

Page 22: ...ED will light when the system is in the standby mode Important If the DRAM Power LED or Standby Power LED is lighted you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Standby Power LED DRAM Power LED DRAM Standby Power LED ...

Page 23: ...olled by the BIOS is performed whenever you power on the system POST will detect the status of the system and its components Each code displayed on the LED corresponds to a certain system status Note These LEDs are available only during the sample stage LEDs 5 8 are located behind LEDs 1 4 Diagnostic LEDs ...

Page 24: ... the location of the SPI flash ROM socket 2 If you need to replace the ROM open the left cover first then the right cover of the socket Open left cover Open right cover 3 Take out the ROM and replace it with a new one Close the right cover first then the left cover SPI Flash ROM ...

Page 25: ...ottom View of the Heatspreader 1 to 5 denote the locations of the thermal pads designed to contact the corresponding compo nents that are on NP900 B16C Remove the plastic covering from the thermal pads prior to mounting the heatspreader onto NP900 B16C Cooling Options 3 4 5 1 2 ...

Page 26: ...on Dimensions Top View 8 00 5 5 00 Ø 5 22 0 05 5 09 0 05 5 74 0 05 6 50 0 05 B C D A 3 00 5 12 0 05 E Side View 4 00 87 00 95 00 76 00 4 00 117 00 125 00 5 Ø2 70 7 00 66 50 21 50 47 50 2 M2 5 R1 50 45 50 40 00 79 80 5 70 4 50 ...

Page 27: ...e mounting posts These mounting posts are used to mount the heatspreader and NP900 B16C assembly onto a carrier board Use M2 5 screws with minimum length of 16 mm Bottom View 29 75 64 80 96 80 102 85 11 60 41 70 39 10 40 50 26 00 12 00 12 00 26 00 12 00 14 00 5 10 A B C D 12 00 63 78 7 00 7 00 85 15 E F G H I J ...

Page 28: ...ew Bottom View of the Passive Heat Sink 1 to 5 denote the locations of the thermal pads designed to contact the corresponding compo nents that are on NP900 B16C Remove the plastic covering from the thermal pads prior to mounting the heat sink onto NP900 B16C 3 4 5 1 2 ...

Page 29: ...nstallation Dimensions 4 00 87 00 95 00 76 00 4 00 117 00 125 00 5 Ø 2 70 7 00 66 50 21 50 R 1 5 0 79 80 5 70 4 50 Top View 6 50 2 50 25 00 5 5 00 Ø 3 72 0 05 3 59 0 05 4 24 0 05 5 00 0 05 B C D A 3 62 0 05 Side View ...

Page 30: ...00 5 10 A B C D 12 00 63 78 7 00 7 00 85 15 E F G H I J A to E Denotes the locations of the thermal pads F to J Denotes the locations of the mounting posts These mounting posts are used to mount the heat sink and NP900 B16C assembly onto a car rier board Use M2 5 screws with minimum length of 12 mm Bottom View ...

Page 31: ...g NP900 B16C onto a Carrier Board 1 The photo below shows the locations of the mounting holes 2 Insert the provided mounting screws into the mounting holes from the bottom through the top of the carrier board Mounting hole Mounting Screws ...

Page 32: ...32 2 Hardware Installation 3 While holding the mounting screw at the bottom from the top side of the board fasten the bolt into the screw Bolts ...

Page 33: ...nstallation 4 The photo below shows the solder side of the board with the screws already fixed in place Mounting screw 5 The photo below shows the component side of the board with the bolts already fixed in place Bolt ...

Page 34: ... carrier board This will also align the COM Express connectors of the two boards to each other Press NP900 B16C down firmly until it is completely seated on the COM Express connectors of the carrier board COM Express Connectors on the Solder Side of the NP900 B16C Board COM Express Connectors on the Carrier Board NP900 B16C Installed on the Carrier Board ...

Page 35: ...k on top of NP900 B16C with the heat sink s mounting holes aligned with the mounting holes of NP900 B16C Use the provided long screws to secure the heat sink to the board Mounting Screws Heat sink 8 The photo below shows a properly installed heat sink ...

Page 36: ... 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 press ing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without ...

Page 37: ...ly Your version may not be identical to this one Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press Enter A screen similar to the one below will appear Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss X IDE Channel 0 Master X IDE Channel 0 Slave X IDE Channel 1 Master X IDE Channel 1 Slave Drive A Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup U...

Page 38: ... your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE Channel 0 Master and IDE Channel 1 Slave To configure the IDE drives move the cursor to a field then press Enter The following screen will appear IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Channel 0 Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp...

Page 39: ...rite timing 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 Drive A This field identifies 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 capacity ...

Page 40: ...ed 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 errors Al...

Page 41: ...41 3 BIOS Setup Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 42: ...d Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate A20 Option Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM 64MB Small Logo EPA Show Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level X Select Removable Boot Device Priority Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail ...

Page 43: ...fore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheat ing to ensure a safe computing environment Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems If you are using an operating system other than Windows this problem may occur To avoid this problem en...

Page 44: ...sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the 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...

Page 45: ...d Third Boot Device fields re spectively 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 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive in stalled is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish be tween 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types ...

Page 46: ...et the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select...

Page 47: ...is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most sta ble condition for the system The CAS Latency Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable x CAS Latency Time x DRAM RAS to CAS Delay x DRAM RAS Precharge x Precharge Delay tRAS x System Memory Frequency SLP_S4 Assert...

Page 48: ...RAM active command and the read write command DRAM RAS Precharge This field is used to select the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM Precharge Delay tRAS The options are Auto and 4 to15 System Memory Frequency This field is used to select the frequency of the system memory SLP_S4 Assertion Width The options are 1 to 2 Sec 2 to 3 Sec 3 to 4 Sec and 4 to 5 Sec System BIOS Cach...

Page 49: ...ssumes the 15 16MB address range actually contains DRAM memory If more than 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory PCI Express Root Port Func The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func PCI Express Port 1 PCI Express Port 2 ...

Page 50: ... use when the system boots CRT Select this option if you want the system to boot the CRT display LFP Select this option if you want the system to boot the LCD flat panel display CRT LFP Select this option if you want the system to boot both the CRT and LCD flat panel display EFP Select this option if you want the system to boot the EFP display CRT EFP Select this option if you want the system to b...

Page 51: ...Defaults X OnChip IDE Device X Onboard Device X Super IO Device Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter IDE HDD Block Mode IDE DMA Transfer Access On Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On Chip Serial ATA Setting x SATA Mode On Chip Serial ATA x PATA IDE Mode SATA Port Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 Gen...

Page 52: ...nable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for yo...

Page 53: ...llows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 4 drives 1 IDE Master 1 IDE Slave and 2 SATA SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives to Primary Master mode Since the SATA drives are in Master mode you cannot set the IDE drive to Master mode PATA IDE Mode and SATA Port This field is used to select the function mode for the IDE connector and its relation to the SATA ...

Page 54: ...ing screen will appear Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN Onboard PXE ROM Control Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the Shift and F10 keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will b...

Page 55: ...ail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB 1 0 Controller USB 2 0 Controller USB Operation Mode USB Keyboard Function USB Mouse Function USB Storage Function USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting Enabled Enabled High Speed Enabled Enabled Enabled USB 1 0 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the Universal Host Controller Interface USB 1 0 USB 2 0 Controller This field is used to enabl...

Page 56: ... DOS mode or run any program under DOS set this field to Enabled USB Mouse Function Due to the limited space of the BIOS ROM the support for legacy USB mouse in DOS mode is by default set to Disabled With more BIOS ROM space available it will be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices If a PS 2 mouse is not available and you n...

Page 57: ...e to power on the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system Super IO 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 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Item Help Menu Level XX Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exi...

Page 58: ...en power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power 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 Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard Serial Port 3 and Onboard...

Page 59: ... Use IRQ These fields are used to select an IRQ for the onboard serial port 1 2 3 or 4 W83627HF HG WDT Time This field is used to select the time interval of the Watchdog timer If the system hangs or fails to function it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate ...

Page 60: ...t the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Soft Off By PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI Card Wa...

Page 61: ...ton Push and release again in less than 4 sec 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 Wake Up By PCI Card 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 ...

Page 62: ...u would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network Resume On Ring LAN prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month Alarm 0 The...

Page 63: ...ed 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 Alarm field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu ...

Page 64: ...tomatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Def...

Page 65: ... Size This field is used to select the maximum TLP payload size of the PCI Express devices The unit is byte The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Item Help Menu Level XX Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Def...

Page 66: ...n are used to monitor the Carrier board Case Open Warning Set this field to Enabled to allow the system to alert you of a chas sis intrusion event Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Menu Level X Module Board H W Monitor Current F75387 VT1 Tempe V CORE DDRII 1 8V V1 5V V3 3V F75387 T1 OVT High Limit Carrier Board H W Monitor Case Open Warning Current FAN1 Speed Current ...

Page 67: ...er The default settings will be loaded Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Passwo...

Page 68: ... load the Setup default values Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Optimized Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save ...

Page 69: ...ill 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 again To delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press En ter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility...

Page 70: ... 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 again To delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set User Password and press Enter in stead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu P...

Page 71: ...dditional changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Del simultaneously after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Save Data to CMOS X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized...

Page 72: ... setup press Ctrl Alt Del simul taneously after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Abandon All Data X Standard CMOS Features X Advanced BIOS Features X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor...

Page 73: ...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 Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...e 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 Chapter 4 Supported Software ...

Page 76: ...t Software Installation Utility is used for updating Windows INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next Drivers for Windows Vista System ...

Page 77: ...tware 3 Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next 4 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 5 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 78: ...rted Software Intel Graphics Drivers To install the utility click Intel Graphics Drivers on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the graphics driver Click Next 2 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 79: ...system requirements and installation tips then click Next 4 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 5 Click Yes I want to restar t this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 80: ...Software Audio Drivers To install the utility click Audio Drivers on the main menu 1 Click Next to start the installation 2 Setup is preparing to install the driver 3 Setup is configuring the new software installation ...

Page 81: ...ation to take effect Important The warning message appeared because Windows Vista does not sup port AC 97 Vista only supports High Definition audio In the event that AC 97 is currently used on the system board click Install this driver software anyway to continue installing the audio driver 4 Click Install this driver software anyway to continue ...

Page 82: ...82 4 Supported Software LAN Drivers To install the driver click LAN Drivers on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the driver Click Next 2 Click Install to begin installation ...

Page 83: ...83 4 Supported Software 3 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 84: ...uard Hardware Monitor To install the utility click MyGuard Hardware Monitor on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Click Install to begin installation 3 Setup is currently installing the utility ...

Page 85: ...85 4 Supported Software 4 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 86: ...tems being monitored If the settings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal set ting that would keep the system in good working condition To install the utility click Hardware Monitor for Windows on the main me...

Page 87: ...4 Supported Software 5 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup 4 Click Next to add the program icon to the Program Folder 3 Click Next to install or click Browse to select another folder ...

Page 88: ...ed Software 6 Click Yes if you want to create a Hardware Doctor shortcut at your desktop 7 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the utility to take effect ...

Page 89: ...un the utility which is usually done by double clicking the Hardware Doctor shor tcut an error message will appear 2 To solve this problem right click the Hardware Doctor shortcut then select Properties 3 Select the Compatibility tab click Run this pro gram as an administra tor then click OK ...

Page 90: ...90 4 Supported Software 4 You can now access the utility ...

Page 91: ...r the storage subsystem Note This utility is supported only when the SATA Mode field is set to AHCI The SATA Mode field is in the OnChip IDE Device section Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS utility To install the utility click Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Read the Warning infor mation carefully then click Ne...

Page 92: ... then click Yes 4 Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next 5 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 93: ... Vista installation This is required in order to install the operating system onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode 1 Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD Follow the steps on the screen When the screen on the right appears click Custom advanced 2 Select Load Driver 3 Inser t the provided floppy diskette then click OK ...

Page 94: ...94 4 Supported Software 4 The screen on the right will appear Select the driver ...

Page 95: ...nue 2 Setup is now ready to install Click Next Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 0 English Version To install click Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 0 English Version on the main menu 3 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder ...

Page 96: ...96 4 Supported Software 5 Click Finish to exit installaion 4 Click Install to begin installation ...

Page 97: ...llation If in any case you lost the diskette you can create another one by following the steps below 1 Insert the provided CD into a CD ROM drive 2 The execution files are located in drive AHCI_RAID F6FLOPPY 3 Run f6flpy32 exe for 32 bit system or f6flpy64 exe for 64 bit system 4 Insert a blank floppy diskette then click OK 5 The system will format and write the necessary driver files into the dis...

Page 98: ...are 1 Click I accept the agree ment then click Next Microsoft DirectX 9 0C Driver To install the utility click Microsoft DirectX 9 0C Driver on the main menu Drivers for Windows XP System 2 To start installation click Next ...

Page 99: ...9 9 4 Supported Software 3 Click Finish Reboot the system for DirectX to take effect ...

Page 100: ...lity is used for updating Windows INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 101: ... system requirements and installation tips then click Next 4 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 5 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 102: ...el Graphics Drivers To install the utility click Intel Graphics Drivers on the main menu 2 Setup is now ready to install the graphics driver Click Next 1 To start installation click Next 3 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 103: ...omputer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect 4 Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next 5 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to continue ...

Page 104: ...tup is now ready to install the audio driver Click Next 2 Follow the remainder of the steps that appeared on the screen clicking next each time you finish a step 3 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 105: ...105 4 Supported Software LAN Drivers To install the driver click LAN Drivers on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the driver Click Next 2 Click Install to begin installation ...

Page 106: ...106 4 Supported Software 3 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 107: ...uard Hardware Monitor To install the utility click MyGuard Hardware Monitor on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Click Install to begin installation 3 Setup is currently installing the utility ...

Page 108: ...108 4 Supported Software 4 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 109: ...set a range Highest and Lowest Limit to the items being monitored If the settings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal set ting that would keep the system in good working condition To install the utility clic...

Page 110: ...ported Software 3 Click Next to add the program icon to the Program Folder 4 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup 5 Click Yes if you want to create a Hardware Doctor shortcut at your desktop ...

Page 111: ...111 4 Supported Software 6 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the driver to take effect ...

Page 112: ...lity that allows you to monitor the current status of the SATA drives It enables enhanced performance and power management for the storage subsystem Note This utility is supported only when the SATA Mode field is set to AHCI The SATA Mode field is in the OnChip IDE Device section Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS utility To install the utility click Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility on...

Page 113: ...t then click Yes 4 Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next 5 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect ...

Page 114: ...d This will allow you to install the operating system onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode Click AHCI for F6 During Windows Setup Floppy Driver on the main menu 1 Insert a blank floppy diskette then click OK 2 Make sure you have a backup of the data in the disk Clicking Yes will erase all data 3 The system is currently formatting and writing the necessary driver files into the diskette ...

Page 115: ...inue 2 Setup is now ready to install Click Next Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 0 English Version To install click Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 0 English Version on the main menu 3 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder ...

Page 116: ...116 4 Supported Software 5 Click Finish to exit installaion 4 Click Install to begin installation ...

Page 117: ...dditional Device 4 At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the AHCI driver Insert the provided floppy diskette 5 Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select AHCI controller that corresponds to your BIOS setup Press Enter to confirm You have successfully installed the driver However you must continue installing the OS Leave the floppy disk in the f...

Page 118: ... to function it will also reset according to the time interval so that your system will continue to operate model small 386 Port defination SuperIo_CFG_Port EQU 2Eh Super I O Config port 2Eh 4Eh SuperIo_DAT_Port EQU SuperIo_CFG_Port 1 WDT_Counter EQU 10 1 to 255 Sec Min 0 means disabled mSuperio_Enter_Config Macro mov dx SuperIo_CFG_Port mov al 87h out dx al NEWIODELAY out dx al endM mSuperio_Exit...

Page 119: ... al OrValue out dx al NEWIODELAY endM mSuperio_Get_Reg Macro RegIndex mov dx SuperIo_CFG_Port mov al RegIndex out dx al NEWIODELAY mov dx SuperIo_DAT_Port in al dx NEWIODELAY endM mSuperio_LDN_Select Macro LDN mSuperio_Set_Reg07h LDN endM mSuperio_Set_Reg Macro RegIndex SetValue mov dx SuperIo_CFG_Port mov al RegIndex out dx al NEWIODELAY mov dx SuperIo_DAT_Port mov al SetValue out dx al NEWIODELA...

Page 120: ... counting CRF7 6 RW 0 1 Disable Enable Keyboard interrupt reset WDTO counting CRF7 5 WO 1 Force WDTO time out Auto clear CRF7 4 RW 0 1 WDTO time status TimeOut Counting CRF7 3 0 RW 0 7 Low IRQ for WDTO Typical is 2 means SMI mSuperio_Enter_Config mSuperio_LDN_Select 08h PLED mode register WDTO time unit as second Keyboard reset when WDTO time out mSuperio_GetSet_Reg 0F5h 11110111b 00000100b Disabl...

Page 121: ...121 A Watchdog Timer mSuperio_Exit_Config ret W83627Hx_WDT endP end start ...

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