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BIOS Setup

Reset Configuration Data

Enabling it to reset the system Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD)

when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the

system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat-

ing system can not boot. The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

PNP OS Installed

If your operating system is a Plug-and-Play one, such as Windows NT,

Windows 95, select Yes. The options are: No, Yes.

PnP/PCI Configurations

Resources Controlled By

If set at Auto, the BIOS arranges all system resources. If there exists con-

flict, select Manual. The options are: Auto (ESCD), Manual.

The manual options of

IRQ- / DMA

- assigned to are: PCI/ISA PnP, Legacy

ISA.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Set this feature to be enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the

system requires the VGA palette snoop function.

The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

Summary of Contents for 1stMainboard AM37

Page 1: ...AM37 MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No M02502 Rev A1 Date 9 2002 Part No 25 12154 01 ...

Page 2: ...er components n Wear a static wrist strap which fits around your wrist and is connected to a natural earth ground n Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a water pipe n Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the expansion slot It is best to handle system components by their mounting brack...

Page 3: ...ese SC 1 Chapter 2 Installation Procedures Quick Reference from Page 2 2 to 2 4 2 2 Mainboard Layout 2 2 1 Clear CMOS Clear Password FSB Speed Select 2 3 2 Front Panel Block Cable Connection 2 3 3 CPU Fan Installation 2 4 1 Set System Jumpers 2 4 ClearCMOS CLR 2 4 Clear Password CLP 2 5 FSB Frequency Select FSB 2 6 2 Install Memory Modules 2 6 3 Install the CPU 2 7 4 Install Expansion Cards 2 8 5 ...

Page 4: ...ks 2 17 Video Graphics Accelerator Connector 2 17 LAN Connector mfg optional 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 3 11 Power Management Setup 3 15 PnP PCI Configurations 3 19 PC Health Status 3 20 Frequency Voltage Control 3 21 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 22 Load Optimized Defaults 3 2...

Page 5: ...AC97 Codec that embedded in VT8235 ensures high quality video and audio effect The mainboard features onboard audio with either 2 channel or 5 1 channel The mainboard also comes equipped with the newNOVUS range of innova tive features that assist in the installation and maintenance The features in clude Easy Key which provides instant keyboard access to the BIOS for adjustments to Clock and Defaul...

Page 6: ...eeds Press OK button to go through the whole instal lation procedure in a very straight forward and easy way It also provides you with a custom way to select wanted patch files and software drivers that for onboard chips use The top menu of the CD lists all the functions that allowed by this board IMPORTANT AMD CPU HEAT SINK INSTALLATION Be ware finish heat sink install Before you boot system plea...

Page 7: ...1 3 Overview The AM37 Mainboard ...

Page 8: ...rformance Memory Controller Through two DDR SDRAM sockets accepts up to 2 GB totally with sup portDDR266 200SDRAM Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Controller with UltraDMA 33 66 100 133 Support Integrated Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE controller features two dual channel connectors that up to four Enhanced IDE devices including CD ROM and Tape Backup Drives as well as Hard Disk Drives supporting the new ...

Page 9: ...ntegrated Plug and Play multi I O chipset features two high speed UART 16550 compatible serial ports one EPP ECPcapable parallel port one IR port and one FDD connector Onboard Accelerated Graphics Port AGP The motherboard is installed one 32 bit AGP 4X bus with a dedicated 66MHz 133MHz path from the graphics card to the system memory offer ing much greater bandwidth than the 32 bit PCI bus does AG...

Page 10: ...s enabled WARNING BIOSGuardian must be disabled before reflash BIOS NOTE Please read Page 3 7 for detail information Easy Key Instead of completing the multi layered BIOS setup process these 3 Easy Key functions provide direct access to Sub Menu when completing BIOS settings adjustments Easy Keys are as follows Ctrl c To enter clock settings menu Ctrl p To load Performance Default settings and res...

Page 11: ...p 7 Install supporting software tools WARNING Excessive torque may damage the mainboard When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5 0 8 0kg cm Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To prevent static electricity from harming any of the sensitive components you should follow the following precau tio...

Page 12: ...2 2 AM37 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference from Page 2 2 to 2 4 Mainboard Layout When link to Line_Out jack please use a speaker that with amplifier ...

Page 13: ...2 3 Installation Procedures 1 Clear CMOS Clear Password FSB Speed Select 2 Front Panel Block Cable Connection ...

Page 14: ...ter the BIOS Setup to re enter user preferences save it and exit 3 CPU Fan Installation Without sufficient air circulation the CPU may overheat resulting in damage to both the CPU and the mainboard Damage may occur to the mainboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are used incorrectly These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins CAUTION 1 The heatsink and fan you installed must b...

Page 15: ...is jumper by placing a jumper cap on it 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down the Delete key during boot and enter BIOS Setup to clear password 5 Save the password setting and exit 5 Turn off your computer 6 Remove the jumper cap 7 Turn on your computer for the new password to take effect ...

Page 16: ... Install the DDR SDRAM module straight down into the slot using both hands 3 The clip on both ends of the slot will close up to hold the memory module in place when the module reaches the slot bottom FSB Frequency Select FSB This jumper allows you to select the front side bus frequency of the board ...

Page 17: ...k and fan on the board 3 The heat sink must be contact with the CPU top tightly 4 Never run the processor without the heat sink properly and firmly attached PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT 3 Install the CPU The AMD CPU module resides in the socket on the board Please follow the steps introduced below to complete the CPU installation Press the clips with both hands to remove the memory module ...

Page 18: ...em For example expansion cards can provide video and sound capabilities The mainboard features one AGP 4X and three PCI bus expansion slots To install the CPU do the following 1 Lift the lever on the side of the CPU socket 2 Handle the chip by its edges and try not to touch any of the pins 3 Place the CPU in the socket The chip has two notches to correctly locate the chip Align two notches of the ...

Page 19: ...ly seated inside the expansion slot To install an expansion card follow the steps below 1 Remove the chassis cover and select an empty expansion slot 2 Remove the corresponding slot cover from the computer chassis Unscrew the mounting screw that secures the slot cover and pull the slot cover out from the computer chassis Keep the slot cover mounting screw nearby 3 Holding the edge of the periphera...

Page 20: ...sert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IDE Device Connectors The two connectors PRIMARY and SECONDARY are used for your IDE hard disk drives CD drives LS 120 drives or IDE ZIP drives The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1 ...

Page 21: ...the CPU tempera ture The CHIP_FAN connector can be used by North Bridge cooling fan The SYS_FAN connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case to lower the system temperature SPDIF_OUT Connector The mainboard equipped a 1x3 pinhead It is used for audio output that with SPDIF spec ...

Page 22: ...odem card which outputs a WOR singal the system can be turned on from the power off status by a remote phone call via the modem card Wake On Lan Connector This 3 pin connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL ...

Page 23: ...ed as a port for audio input from CD drive The AUX_IN privided users with one extra audio input port from CD drive SIRQ Connector The 2 pin connector provides with a connection for some add on cards that require a serial IRQ linkage to the mainboard for the system operation use ...

Page 24: ... 3 Power SleepLED 2 Pin 3 Pin Please refer to the tables below for the representations of LED states 1 Reset Switch is connected to the reset button Push this switch to reboot the system instead of turning the power button off and on 2 HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator This LED will blink when the hard disk drives are activated IR is a pinheader that is used for linking with your ID...

Page 25: ...COM2 9 pin male connector allow you to connect with your devices that use serial ports such as a serial mouse or an external modem PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector These two 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard is purple color and PS 2 mouse is green color connectors are used for your PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse ...

Page 26: ... linking with USB 2 0 peripheral devices This board also provides one USB pinheader two extra USB 2 0 ports for either linking with some system cases Please note that your operating system must support USB features The figure below is the pin assignment of the USB4 5 pinheader NOTE The CD in the board package supports Windows XP 2000 For a user who installs Windows 98 ME please go to VIA site to d...

Page 27: ...ected for audio input Video Graphics Accelerator Connector This 15 pin female D sub blue connector is connected to your display monitor The front audio pin definitions are shown below NOTE When the front headphone is plugged in the rear audio output will be disabled If you do not use the front audio pinheader please keep the pinpair 5 6 9 10 short as default NOTE If your mainboard has 5 1 channel ...

Page 28: ...2 18 AM37 Mainboard Manual LAN Connector mfg optional The optional RJ45 LAN jack is used for the LAN cable plug ...

Page 29: ...ion error and asks the user to run the Setup program Use the arrow keys to select and press Enter to run the selected program The mainboard comes with the chip that Award BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information of your system This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the mainboard components This section ex plains the information contained in the Setup program and...

Page 30: ...ssary Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current time Follow the hour minut...

Page 31: ...er at which the disk drive changes the write current LandingZone The cylinder number that the disk drive heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked Sector The sector number of each track defined on the hard disk Drive A Drive B This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corre sponding fi...

Page 32: ...rts CPU L2 cache This feature allows you to disable the cache function when the system performance is unstable to run some software The options are Enabled Disabled Hard Disk Boot Priority This feature will auto detect all hard disks of bootable device on the sys tem It also allows users to select hard disk device booting priority Processor Number Feature If a Pentium III processor is installed on...

Page 33: ...ests by issuing the time consuming seek commands The options are Enabled Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status When set to On allows the BIOS to automatically enable the Num Lock Function when the system boots up The options are On Off Gate A20 Option When set at Fast allows a faster access response of address Line No 20 The options are Fast Normal Typematic Rate Setting The term typematic means that wh...

Page 34: ...r Spec version control for OS when logo test ex ecutes The options are 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB If your operating system OS is OS 2 select the option OS2 Otherwise stay with the default setting Non OS2 The options are Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technol ogy which allows your hard disk drive to report any read write errors ...

Page 35: ... Go to Advanced BIOS Features submenu 3 Set the feature BIOS Guardian at Disabled 4 Save the setting and exit The system restarts 5 POST screen holds A message about BIOS Guardian shows 6 Press Space bar 7 Reflash BIOS Restart the system after complete it 8 POST screen holds A message about BIOS Guardian shows 9 Press G key The feature BIOS Guardian will be enabled again BIOS Guardian and Reflash ...

Page 36: ...e The options are 2 5 2 Bank Interleave This item allows users to select the bank interleave function of DRAM when the feature DRAM Timing By SPD set at Disabled The options are Disabled 2 Bank 4 Bank DRAM Clock The feature allows users to select the DRAM clock The options are 100 MHz 133 MHz By SPD Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequency Current DRAM Frequency Thi...

Page 37: ...e Depth This item allows users to set DRAM queue depth The options are 2 level 4 level 3 level DRAM Command Rate This item allows users to set Address Time After command The options are 2T Command l T Command AGP P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size It allows you to select the main memory frame size for AGP use The options are 256M 128M 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M AGP Mode This feature allows users to selec...

Page 38: ...ter cycle and to accept the new PCI master request it reaccepts the original PCI master and returns the PCI data phase to the original PCI master The options are Disabled Enabled CPU PCI Bus Control PCI1 2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled allows a zero wait state cycle delay when the PCI1 2 mas ter drive writes data to DRAM The options are Enabled Disabled PCI1 2 Post Write When enabled allows the C...

Page 39: ...bled Disabled OnChip IDE Channel1 When enabled allows you to use the onboard secondary PCI IDE If a hard disk controller card is used set at Disabled The options are Enabled Disabled VGA Share Memory Size It allows user to select the frame buffer size of VGA share memory The options are Disabled 8M 16M 32M Video RAM Cacheable When enabled allows the video RAM area to be cacheable The options are E...

Page 40: ...s are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Slave PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard disk slave mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Secondary Master PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI secondary IDE hard disk master mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Prefetch Mode Wh...

Page 41: ...e 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 If the serial port 2 uses the onboard I O controller you can modify your serial port parameters If an I O card needs to be installed COM3 and COM4 may be needed The options are 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 Disabled UART Mode Select Allows you to select the IR modes if the serial port 2 is used as an IR port Set at Standard...

Page 42: ...o select Direct Memory Access DMA channel if the ECP mode selected The options are 1 3 Init Display First When you install a PCI VGA card on the board this feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from PCI or onboard AGP The options are PCI Slot AGP OnChip USB Controller Disable this option if you are not using the onboard USB feature The options are All Disabled Al...

Page 43: ...enable or disable the onboard Lan boot ROM to boot system The options are Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI suspend types The options are S1 POS S3 STR S1 S3 ACPI function This item allows you to disable the ACPI function The options are Enabled Disabled ...

Page 44: ... are Disable 1 Min 15 Min Power Management This item allows you to adjust the power management features Select User Define for configuring your own power management features Min Saving initiates all predefined timers in their minimum values Max Saving on the other hand initiates maximum values The options are User Define Min Saving Max Saving Suspend Mode When disabled the system will not enter Su...

Page 45: ...o after a power failure If set at Off the system will not boot after a power failure If set On the system will restart after power failure The settings are Auto On Off Soft Off by PWR BTTN The selection Delay 4 Sec will allow the system shut down after 4 seconds after the power button is pressed The selection Instant Off will allow the system shut down immediately once the power button is pressed ...

Page 46: ...m will be turned on from the system power off status The options are Enabled Disabled Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The options are Enabled Disabled Resume Time hh mm ss If an ATX power supply is installed and when RTC Alarm Resume is En abled this feature allows you to se...

Page 47: ... If your operating system is a Plug and Play one such as Windows NT Windows 95 select Yes The options are No Yes PnP PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By If set at Auto the BIOS arranges all system resources If there exists con flict select Manual The options are Auto ESCD Manual The manual options of IRQ DMA assigned to are PCI ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Set this feature to be...

Page 48: ... Disabled Assign IRQ For USB If your USB devices do not need an IRQ select Disabled therefore an IRQ can be released for the system use The options are Enabled Disabled INT Pin 1 2 3 4 Assignment This feature allows you to assign the PCI IRQ numbers for PCI slots Selecting the default Auto allows the PCI controller to automatically allo cate the IRQ numbers The options are Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 ...

Page 49: ... BIOS will auto disable its clock The options are Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This feature is used to select the spread Spectrum range or disable it The options are Disabled and all allowed ranges in percentage CPU Host AGP PCI Clock This feature allows you to select the combinations of CPU AGP bus and PCI clock frequency The default setting Default will detect your CPU AGP PCI Clock frequenc...

Page 50: ... computer will not boot These settings do not give optimal performance Under the BIOS Feature Setup if Setup is selected under the Security Option field and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be prompted password every time you try to enter the CMOS Setup Utility If System is selected and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be requested to enter the Password every time w...

Page 51: ...Addendum 25 12154 10 USB 2 0 Driver for Windows ME 98 System Please go to VIA web site to download the latest USB 2 0 driver if under Windows ME 98 system ...

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