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External Connector Color Coding

Many connectors now use standard colors as shown in the table below.

Connector

Color

Audio line-in

Light blue

Audio line-out

Lime

Digital monitor/flat panel

White

IEEE 1394

Grey

Microphone Pink

MIDI/game Gold

Parallel Burgundy

PS/2-compatible keyboard

Purple

PS/2-compatible mouse

Green

Serial Teal

or

Turquoise

Speaker out/subwoofer

Orange

Right-to-left speaker

Brown

USB Black

Video out

Yellow

SCSI, network, telephone, modem

None

This concludes Chapter 2. The next chapter covers the BIOS.

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Summary of Contents for L7VTA2

Page 1: ...ested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digi tal device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in...

Page 2: ...erence causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilieur du Canada About the Manual The manual consists of the f...

Page 3: ...8 Setting Jumpers 8 Checking Jumper Settings 9 Jumper Settings 9 Connecting Case Components 10 Front Panel Connector 12 Installing Hardware 13 Installing the Processor 13 Installing Memory Modules 15...

Page 4: ...Status 47 Frequency Voltage Control 48 Load Fail Safe Defaults 49 Load Optimized Defaults 49 Set Supervisor User Password 49 Save Exit Setup 50 Exit Without Saving 50 CHAPTER 4 51 Using the Mainboard...

Page 5: ...ipelined grants The VT8235 Southbridge supports standard intelligent peripheral controllers such as USB v2 0 1 1 and Universal HCI v2 0 1 1 compliant real time clock with 256 byte extended CMOS integr...

Page 6: ...flexible configuration Integrated Fast Ethernet Controller with 1 10 100 Mbit capability Dual channel UltraDMA 33 66 100 133 master mode EIDE controller Transfer rate up to 133MB sec to cover PIO mod...

Page 7: ...er 1394a optional VT6307 PCI 1394a integrated host controller Compliant with 1394 open HCI specifications v1 0 and v1 1 Supports provisions of IEEE 1394 1995 standard for high performance serial bus a...

Page 8: ...Ensure that your case supports all the features required The mainboard can support one or two floppy diskette drives and four enhanced IDE drives Ensure that your case has sufficient power and space...

Page 9: ...M Ma ai in nb bo oa ar rd d C Co om mp po on ne en nt ts s 5...

Page 10: ...for CPU DIM1 DIM3 Three 184 pin DDR SDRAM FDD1 Floppy disk drive connector IDE 1 Primary IDE channel IDE 2 Secondary IDE channel IR1 Infrared port JP1 Clear CMOS jumper JP8 JP9 CPU Frequency jumper L...

Page 11: ...edges Do not bend circuit boards Q Qu ui ic ck k G Gu ui id de e This Quick Guide suggests the steps you can take to assemble your system with the mainboards The following table provides a reference...

Page 12: ...appropriate 1 Place the mainboard over the mounting brackets Ensure that your case has an I O template that supports the I O ports and expansion slots on your mainboard C Ch he ec ck ki in ng g J Ju u...

Page 13: ...U Frequency select jumper See table on following page for settings JP9 1 JP8 1 JP1 Clear CMOS Jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if t...

Page 14: ...onnect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN1 2 Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN1 3 Connect the case speaker cable to SPEAKER1 4 Connect the case LED cable to SJ1 5 Connect the case swit...

Page 15: ...Intrusion Detect optional This connector allows the user to detect unauthorized intrusion to the case It will alert the user with a warning message when the case is turned on Pin Signal Name Function...

Page 16: ...DE drive should be connected to the onboard IDE inter face The LED will also show activity for devices connected to the SCSI hard drive activity LED connector Power Sleep Message Waiting LED Connectin...

Page 17: ...ing the Processor This mainboard automatically determines the CPU clock frequency and sys tem bus frequency for the processor You may be able to change these settings by making changes to jumpers on t...

Page 18: ...tch the corner on the CPU marked with an arrow with pin A 1 on the CPU socket the corner with the pinhole noticeably missing Insert the processor into the socket Do not use force 3 Swing the locking l...

Page 19: ...ouble Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM doubles the rate to 1 6 GBps and 2 1 GBps DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 pin DIMM modules rather than the 168 pin DIMMs used by SDRAM...

Page 20: ...Two single sided DIMMs Note We do not guarantee that all DDR 400 memory modules will work prop erly with your mainboard Installing a Hard Disk Drive CD ROM This section describes how to install IDE de...

Page 21: ...tor into the hard disk drive IDE connector B It doesn t matter which connector on the cable you use 4 Plug a power cable from the case power supply into the power connector on the hard disk drive C Wh...

Page 22: ...kette drive ribbon cable that supports one or two floppy diskette drives You can install a 5 25 inch drive and a 3 5 inch drive with various capacities The floppy diskette drive cable has one type of...

Page 23: ...tem PCI Slots PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32 bit PCI interface AGP Slot The AGP slot is use to install graphics adapter that supports the 1 5V 8x AGP card which is also...

Page 24: ...edge connector of the add on card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge con nector is correctly seated in the slot 3 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system case with a screw Note F...

Page 25: ...IC Front Panel Microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Ground used by Analog Audio Circuits 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS Microphone Power 4 AUD_VCC Filtered 5 V used by Analog Audio Circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right Channel A...

Page 26: ...ont Panel USB Power 2 VREG_FP_USBPWR0 Front Panel USB Power 3 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Negative Signal 4 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1 Negative Signal 5 USB_FP_P0 USB Port 0 Positive Signal 6 USB_FP_P1 USB Port 1...

Page 27: ...PT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications devices COM1 2 COM2 optional Use the COM ports to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3...

Page 28: ...Digital monitor flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS 2 compatible keyboard Purple PS 2 compatible mouse Green Serial Teal or Turquoise Speaker out subwoo...

Page 29: ...rives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect how the c...

Page 30: ...the screen during POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON...

Page 31: ...ced BIOS features disable it Firmware Write Protect prevents BIOS from being overwritten 3 Create a bootable system disk Refer to Windows online help for infor mation on creating a bootable system dis...

Page 32: ...r the option Use the cursor arrow keys to scroll through the items in the submenu In this manual default values are enclosed in parenthesis Submenu items are denoted by a triangle Standard CMOS Featur...

Page 33: ...k drive that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Leave this item at Auto to enable...

Page 34: ...T BIOS Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Setup Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Processor Number Feature Enabled Quick Pow...

Page 35: ...o select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start up time Boot Other Device Enabled When enabled the system searches all other possible location...

Page 36: ...and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise leave this item at the default HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled The S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system is a di...

Page 37: ...Current DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing Auto by SPD DRAM CAS Latency 2 5 Bank Interleave Disabled Precharge to Active Trp 3T Active to Precharge Tras 6T Active to CMD Trcd 3T DRAM Burst L...

Page 38: ...ices on the module DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to de termine the number of...

Page 39: ...allows you to enable or disable the caching of display data for the processor video memory Enabling AGP 4X Mode can greatly improve the display speed Disable this item if your graphics display card d...

Page 40: ...tates pro viding faster data transfer PCI 1 2 Post Write Enabled When enabled writes from the CPU to PCU bus are buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and PCI bus When disab...

Page 41: ...OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device Item Help OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1...

Page 42: ...rder to use an UltraDMA device Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen VIA OnChip PCI Device Scroll to this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Se...

Page 43: ...errupt request IRQ for the onboard serial port 1 COM1 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 This option is used to assign the I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard serial port 2 COM2 UART Mod...

Page 44: ...em sets the I O address for the Midi function Midi Port IRQ 10 This item sets the interrupt request for the Midi function Press Esc to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen Init Display First PC...

Page 45: ...ad and writes per sector that the drive can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices PWRON After PWR Fail Off This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its l...

Page 46: ...Management Option User Define HDD Power Down Disable Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend Off Video Off Method DPMS Support MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off IRQ Event Activity D...

Page 47: ...Suspend Off This option defines if the video is powered down when the system is put into suspend mode Video Off Method DPMS Support This item defines how the video is powered down to save power This i...

Page 48: ...sabled Enables you to allow keyboard activity to awaken the system from power sav ing mode PS2KB Wakeup Select Hot key Enables you to choose either to press a keyboard hot key or be prompted for a pas...

Page 49: ...o this item and press Enter to view the following screen Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Item Help Primary INTR ON IRQ 3 COM2 Enabled IRQ 4 COM1 Enabled IRQ 5 LPT2 Enable...

Page 50: ...it F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PNP OS Installed No Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS instead of BIOS to assign the system resources such a...

Page 51: ...ed IRQ always awakens the system PC Health Status On mainboards that support hardware monitoring this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages critical temperatures and fan speeds Ph...

Page 52: ...k Enabled When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots Spread Spectrum Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magn...

Page 53: ...ption select and display that option and then press F7 Set Supervisor User Password When this function is selected the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a...

Page 54: ...and press Enter to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility When the Exit Without Sav ing dialog box appears press Y to discard changes and exit or press...

Page 55: ...something similar These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual A Au ut to o i in ns st ta al ll li in ng g u un nd de er r W Wi in nd do ow ws s 9 98 8 M ME E 2 2...

Page 56: ...Some software is installed in separate folders for different oper ating systems such as DOS WIN NT or WIN98 95 Always go to the correct folder for the kind of OS you are using To install the software...

Page 57: ...box next to the items you want to install The default options are recommended 4 Click Next run the Installation Wizard An item installation screen appears 5 Follow the instructions on the screen to in...

Page 58: ...change at anytime without prior notice Please refer to the support CD for available software AWARD Flash Memory Utility This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on th...

Page 59: ...oftware To install the Super Voice voice fax data communication application for use with the built in fax modem go the directory UTILITY SUPER_VOICE then run PICSHELL EXE to install the application so...

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