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Hardware Installation

1. The system board comes with the retention module base already

installed.

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2. Position the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly

on the CPU, then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the

retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base.

Note:

You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the

fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not

fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base.

Unsnapped

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and retention

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Summary of Contents for PS82-BC/BL

Page 1: ...PS82 BC BL PS83 BC BL PS85 BC BL Rev B System Board User s Manual 70360412 ...

Page 2: ...s the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2003 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a regi...

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

Page 4: ...ert 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 System Board This user s manual is for the PS82 BC BL PS83 BC BL and PS85 BC BL system boards The differences between these boards are shown below Chipset CPU FSB Memory Onboard Graphics Onboard LAN Intel 865P 400 533MHz DDR266 DDR333 None BL only Intel 865PE 4...

Page 5: ...y 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations 3 1 7 PC Health Status 3 1 8 CPU Frequency Control 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password 3 1 12 Set User Password 3 1 13 Save Exit Se...

Page 6: ...re Applications 4 3 3D Audio Configuration 4 4 Installation Notes Appendix A Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology A 1 Enabling the Hyper ThreadingTechnology Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 109 112 123 126 127 130 130 132 ...

Page 7: ... 865G Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH Intel 82801EB I O Controller Hub ICH5 Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors Intel Pentium 4 Prescott and Northwood processor up to 3 2GHz Intel Hyper Threading Technology FSB 533MHz and 800MHz Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus Note PS82 BC BL supports 400MHz and 533MHz F...

Page 8: ...ry frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU PS83 BC BL and PS85 BC BL only Use PC2100 PC2700 DDR266 DDR333 with 533MHz FSB CPU Use PC2100 DDR266 with 400MHz FSB CPU Supports non ECC x64 DIMM using 128Mb 256Mb or 512Mb Supports unbuffered DIMMs Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot and 5 PCI slots AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Supports AGP 3 0 AGP 4x and 8x and AGP 2 0 AGP 1x ...

Page 9: ...up to 2048x1536 60Hz refresh 3D setup and render engine Discrete Triangles Strips and fans Per pixel perspective corrected texture mapping Software DVD at 30fps full screen 2D graphics features Optimized 256 bit BLT engine 32 bit alpha blended cursor Programmable 3 color transparent cursor 3D graphics features 200 megapixels sec fill rate Maximum 3D resolution 1600x1200x32 85Hz Flat and Gouraud sh...

Page 10: ...onnector 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 surround connector which supports four audio output signals center channel subwoofer rear right channel and rear left channel together with the line in and mic in jacks at the rear panel support 6 channel audio output Onboar...

Page 11: ...ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP IrDA Interface The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at 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...

Page 12: ...nd PS85 BL only 1 DB 9 serial port PS85 BC BL only or 2 DB 9 serial ports PS82 BC BL and PS83 BC BL only 1 DB 15 VGA port PS85 BC BL only 1 DB 25 parallel port 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port 1 game MIDI port 3 audio jacks line out line in and mic in I O Connectors 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 connector for 1 external serial port PS85 BC B...

Page 13: ...ter 4 for more information 1 1 3 Intelligence Automatic Chassis Second Fan Off The chassis fan and second fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWR BTTN 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 t...

Page 14: ... This function allows you to use the 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 Keyboard This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply ...

Page 15: ...aving to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications 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 you left off the next time you power on the system Important The 5VSB power source of yo...

Page 16: ...tion about enabling the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology For more information on Hyper Threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading 1 3 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items þ The system board þ A user s manual þ One Serial ATA cable þ One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives þ One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One card...

Page 17: ... CPU fan Second fan 1 ATX power DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 CPU FSB 1 I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865P 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF BIOS WOL 1 1 Chassis fan 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 USB 3 4 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 1 Front Panel Battery Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED Line out Game Line in Mic in 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 18: ...DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 Realtek RTL8101L I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865P 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF BIOS WOL 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 1 Battery Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED CPU FSB 1 1 Chassis fan USB 3 4 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 Front Panel Line out Game Line in Mic in 12V power 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 19: ...DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 CPU FSB 1 I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865PE 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF WOL 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED BIOS 1 Battery 1 Chassis fan USB 3 4 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 Front Panel Line out Game Line in Mic in 12V power 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 20: ...DDR 1 DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 CPU FSB 1 Realtek RTL8101L I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865PE 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF WOL 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED BIOS 1 Battery 1 Chassis fan USB 3 4 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 Front Panel Line out Game Line in Mic in 12V power 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 21: ... DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 CPU FSB 1 I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865G 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF 1 COM 2 WOL 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED BIOS 1 Battery 1 Chassis fan USB 3 4 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 Front Panel Line out Game Line in Mic in 12V power 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 22: ... DDR 2 DDR 3 DDR 4 FDD 1 CPU FSB 1 Realtek RTL8101L I O chip IrDA 1 Front audio 1 Intel 865G 1 CD in Audio Codec 1 1 Surr_con S PDIF 1 COM 2 WOL 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS SATA2 SATA1 1 1 IDE 2 IDE 1 Intel ICH5 AGP PCI 1 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 5 PCI 4 DIMM LED BIOS 1 Battery 1 Chassis fan USB 3 4 1 USB 7 8 USB 5 6 Front Panel Line out Game Line in Mic in 12V power 1 Chassis open 1 ...

Page 23: ... 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 data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation ...

Page 24: ... Virtual Single Channel Dual Channel DC Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate BIOS Setting Memory Frequency For in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly DIMMs are on the same channel DIMMs in a channel can be identical or completely different Not all slots need to be populated DIMMs of different memory configur...

Page 25: ...nel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Dual channel Dual channel Dual channel DDR 1 E P P E E E E E E E P P p P P P E P 1 3 P 1 3 DDR 2 E E P P E E E P P P E E E P P P P 2 4 E P 2 4 DDR 3 E E E E P P E E P P E P P E P P E P 1 3 P 1 3 DDR 4 E E E E E P P P E P P E P P E P P ...

Page 26: ...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 27: ... is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor 2 3 2 Installing the CPU 1 Locate Socket 478 on the system board 2 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 properly Lever ...

Page 28: ...et Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins Gold mark 4 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 Pin 1 ...

Page 29: ...nk the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installation guide If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package If you are installing a non boxed processo...

Page 30: ...eat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base Note You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base Unsnapped Fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly Sna...

Page 31: ...lever 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be able to push the lever down if the direction is incorrect 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board ...

Page 32: ...you can reconfigure 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 2 Set JP3 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP3 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Now power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processo...

Page 33: ...nd press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the CPU Frequency 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 34: ...1 2 u JP2 JP1 JP2 JP1 JP2 JP1 1 2 On 2 3 On All Off CPU Auto 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz JP1 1 2 On 2 3 On All Off All Off 2 3 On JP2 1 2 On 2 3 On 2 3 On All Off All Off denotes default setting PS83 BC BL and PS85 BC BL CPU Auto 100MHz 133MHz JP1 1 2 On 2 3 On All Off denotes default setting PS82 BC BL ...

Page 35: ...y the manufacturer overclocking will have no effect Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking make sure to set these jumpers back to their default settings 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 Mouse RJ45 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI PS 2 K B USB 2 1 COM 1 VGA Line out Line in...

Page 36: ...tion PS82 BL and PS83 BL PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B RJ45 LAN USB 2 1 COM 1 Parallel GAME MIDI Line out Line in Mic in COM 2 PS 2 Mouse USB 2 GAME MIDI Parallel PS 2 K B USB 1 COM 1 COM 2 Line out Line in Mic in PS82 BC and PS83 BC ...

Page 37: ...re to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board Wake On Keyboard Mouse The Wake On Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or mouse to power on the system To use this function BIOS Setting Keyboard Mouse Power On PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set acc...

Page 38: ... location CN7 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 Onboard Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the LAN Drivers contained in the provided CD into your system Refer to chapter 4 for more in...

Page 39: ... you to connect 6 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The additional USB ports which are mounted on card edge brackets will be provided as options If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J9 J10 and or J14 BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals su...

Page 40: ...e On USB Keyboard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB pow...

Page 41: ...Refer to chapter 3 for more information 2 5 4 1 PS85 BC BL t t 1 9 2 CD TD RD DTR SG RTS DSR CTS RI The PS85 BC BL system board is equipped with an onboard serial port CN6 Teal Turquoise for COM 1 and a 9 pin connector at location J7 for COM 2 One card edge bracket mounted with a serial port cable is provided with the system board If you want to use the COM 2 serial port connect the serial port ca...

Page 42: ...rdware Installation COM 1 COM 2 The PS82 BC BL and PS83 BC BL system boards are each equipped with onboard serial ports COM 1 CN6 and COM 2 CN5 both in Teal Turquoise color 2 5 4 2 PS82 BC BL and PS83 BC BL t ...

Page 43: ...ubmenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Parallel t Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port PntMode 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 po...

Page 44: ...r 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 Enable or disable the onboard VGA in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more i...

Page 45: ... Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector Gold at location CN9 of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick BIOS Setting Configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information t ...

Page 46: ...t Jack Lime CN2 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 function Surr_con t t Line out Line in Mic in t 1 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out GND AuD_Vcc Key 2 10 9 AuD_R_Return AuD_L_Return SL Ground SR Ground Ground JS Center out Center Out Return LFE Out LFE Out Return Key 1 9 2 ...

Page 47: ... Using this line out jack disables the rear audio s line out function Use the C Media application software to select between using the mic in jack and the rear audio s mic in jack 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 sur...

Page 48: ...iver Installation Install the Audio Drivers contained in the provided CD The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system The application program will allow you to configure 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects Refer to chapter 4 for more information...

Page 49: ...e Installation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 Internal Audio Connectors The CD in J5 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 t ...

Page 50: ...nnector One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF ports is provided with the system board 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 1 5 VCC Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in t ...

Page 51: ...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 J20 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 ribbon cable shou...

Page 52: ... Connect one end of the cable to J18 SATA 2 or J19 SATA 1 and the other end to your serial ATA device BIOS Setting Configure the onboard Serial ATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 1 7 GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP 1 7 GND SATA 2 SATA 1 u ...

Page 53: ...n 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...

Page 54: ...es 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 rec...

Page 55: ...ct the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Set UART2 Mode Select Super IO Device field in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device 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 ...

Page 56: ...Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J13 of the system board The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the CPU fan Refer to chapter 3 for more information u 1 3 Ground Power Sense ...

Page 57: ... prevent overheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of these cooling fans These fans will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode 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 1 3 On Off Power Sense Chassis fan ...

Page 58: ...work will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA BIOS Setting To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable the Resume On LAN PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BI...

Page 59: ... disable this function place a jumper cap over J2 Hardware Monitor Setting Install the Hardware Monitor utility contained in the provided CD By default the chassis intrusion detection function is disabled When enabled a warning message will appear when the chassis is open The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound when the chassis is open Refer to the Hardware Monitor se...

Page 60: ... in the Suspend state Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state Important If the DIMM 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 DIMM Standby Power LED ...

Page 61: ... 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 u u 12V 11 1 10 ...

Page 62: ...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 PWR BTTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 u J17 1 2 1...

Page 63: ...light after it was powered on 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...

Page 64: ...stem 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 keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 ...

Page 65: ... 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 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to th...

Page 66: ... The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto 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 ...

Page 67: ... 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 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 dri...

Page 68: ...r is detected 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 othe...

Page 69: ...69 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 70: ...able 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 attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recomm...

Page 71: ...skip some check items during POST To attain the shortest POST time select Enabled 3 1 2 5 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first 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 Ot...

Page 72: ...the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 3 1 2 9 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 depressed repeatedly For example you woul...

Page 73: ... this field in its default setting 3 1 2 14 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 15 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 3 1 2 16 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability ...

Page 74: ...ticular 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 18 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 75: ...tibility or that data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 DRAM Timing Selectable This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEP...

Page 76: ... 3 1 3 6 Memory Frequency For This field is used to select the memory clock speed of the DIMM PS83 BC BL and PS85 BC BL support DDR266 DDR333 or DDR400 when using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU Under such circumstance make sure this field is set to Auto or DDR320 Refer to chapter 1 System Memory section for detailed specification of the memo...

Page 77: ...han 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory 3 1 3 10 Delay Prior To Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50 duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment 3 1 3 11 AGP Aperture Size ...

Page 78: ...3 13 On Chip VGA Setting PS85 BC BL only On Chip VGA This field is used to enable or disable the onboardVGA On Chip Frame Buffer Size This field is used to select the onboard VGA s frame buffer size that is shared from the system memory ...

Page 79: ...e screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 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 80: ...k 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 according to your hard disk drive ...

Page 81: ... fields Serial ATA Port0 Mode and Serial ATA Port1 Mode These fields are used to select the master slave mode of the serial ATA drives When you select Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master or Secondary Slave make sure they do not conflict with the settings of the IDE hard drives When Logical Primary is selected the other port will automatically be set to Logical Secondary and vice versa Lo...

Page 82: ... USB Controller All Enabled Enables all USB ports USB 2 0 Disabled USB 2 0 is disabled USB 1 1 is enabled All Disabled Disables all USB ports USB Keyboard Support If you are using a USB keyboard under DOS set this field to Enabled This field can be configured only if the USB Controller field is enabled AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this optio...

Page 83: ...hing of the BIOS When enabled it secures the BIOS therefore any updates to the BIOS will not take effect Disabled Disables the BIOS flash lock function allowing you to update or flash the BIOS any time needed Onboard LAN Control PS82 BL PS83 BL and PS85 BL only This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller ...

Page 84: ... your keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial p...

Page 85: ...st be within a 30o angle and within a distance of 1 meter 3 Set the RxD TxD Active and IR Transmission Delay fields appropriately RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay If this field is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Se...

Page 86: ...urable 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 EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel of the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address Midi Port Address This field is used to select ...

Page 87: ...ed only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP supports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields 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 o...

Page 88: ... 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 Video Off In Suspend This field is used to activate the video off feature when the system enters the Suspend mode 3 1 5 6 Suspen...

Page 89: ...n 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 9 PWR Lost 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 L...

Page 90: ... 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 card Resume On Ring When this field is set to Enabled the system will power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 10 PM Wake Up Events Move th...

Page 91: ...d only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR Resume By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month 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 p...

Page 92: ...power on the system in the KB Power On Hot Key field Mouse Left When this option is selected double click the left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this option is selected double click the right button of the mouse to power on the system Any Key Press any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatibl...

Page 93: ...93 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility KB Power On Hot Key This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power on the system ...

Page 94: ...m Configuration 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...

Page 95: ...th PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 PCI IRQ Assignment 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 you will see NA for the device t...

Page 96: ...nt Chassis Fan Speed Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Second Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the chassis CPU and second fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 3 1 7 2 CPU V This field shows the voltage of the processor 3 1 7 3 1 5V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of th...

Page 97: ...tion will work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer t...

Page 98: ...rocessor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician The settings on the scree...

Page 99: ...to its default setting Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting JP3 to 2 3 On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Method 2 Press the Insert key and power button simultaneously then release the power button first Keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen appears This will allow the system to boot according to the FSB of the processor Now p...

Page 100: ... 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 7 DDR DIMM Voltage Adjust This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM If you wish to use the DRAM s default voltage leave this field in its default setting which is Default Important Although this function i...

Page 101: ...default 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 102: ...Defaults 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 103: ...l not be 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 passwo...

Page 104: ...r to access 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 wil...

Page 105: ...and press 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 106: ...hanges you 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 simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done ...

Page 107: ... Reboot 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 15...

Page 108: ...sting BIOS 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 109: ... numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals 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...

Page 110: ...he 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 information 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 111: ...e 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 ...

Page 112: ...ormance 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 Intel 865G chipset Chipset Drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility PS85 BC BL ...

Page 113: ...113 4 Supported Software Intel 865P PE chipset Chipset Drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility PS82 BC BL and PS83 BC BL ...

Page 114: ...ntel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the utility to take effect ...

Page 115: ...ver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click Intel Graphics Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 116: ...ng systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear Click Install Device Driver ...

Page 117: ...lete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system Refer to the 3D Audio Configuration section in this chapter for more information ...

Page 118: ...ow 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click Intel USB 2 0 Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Important If you are using Windows XP you must install the Windows Service Pack 1 USB 2 0 driver which comes available after you have installed the ...

Page 119: ...ide of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 2 Click LAN Drivers on the main menu The following screen 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 Windows NT 4 0 system has detected the Realtek RTL8100 fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to i...

Page 120: ... 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 setting that would keep the system in good working condition To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Hardware Monitor on the main me...

Page 121: ...e your computer is safe because it automatically scans for viruses and checks for virus updates so that PC protection stays up to date To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click McAfee VirusScan Online on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installat...

Page 122: ...eps below 1 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 Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 123: ...hannel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects After installing the audio driver and rebooting the system you can run 3D Audio Configuration either from the taskbar or from the Control Panel a Right click the 3D Audio Configuration icon which you will find in the taskbar at the lower right corner of the desktop screen b On your Windows desktop click Start point to Settings...

Page 124: ...ere you will configure analog output settings to speakers S PDIF This panel is used to configure S PDIF output which provides a low distortion digital data transfer between audio devices Volume Control This panel provides digital volume control for all 6 channels You can regulate each volume to the speaker when playing digital sound sources ...

Page 125: ...logy for 2 channel virtual surround adjustable multi channel sound field innovative listening mode amazing sound effects and 3D positional audio It has 3 functional blocks Virtual Speaker Shifter Sound Effect and Multi channel Music Demo u A complete version of the 3D Audio Configuration manual is provided in the CD ...

Page 126: ...tically 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 ...

Page 127: ... install cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor 3 The CPU Hyper Threading field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS setup will appear Make sure this field is set to Enabled 4 Currently only Windows XP supports the Hyper Threading Technology If this OS has been previously installed you must REINSTALL it 5 Aft...

Page 128: ...ology d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below c Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below ...

Page 129: ...ading Technology 129 e Lastly press the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resemble the one shown below ...

Page 130: ...ode consists of a single long beep B 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all 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 equivale...

Page 131: ...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 132: ...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 properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Ma...

Page 133: ...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 134: ... a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure 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 set...

Page 135: ... configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Mainboard 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 po...

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