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1. P6F117 Quick Reference

This section is for users to get started using the mainboard straight away.

1.1. Mainboard Layout

WOL

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

PCI4

PCI5

ISA

B

A

T

IDE2

IDE1

D

IM

M

1

D

IM

M

2

D

IM

M

3

CPU
FAN

S

Y

S

T

E

M

F

A

N

C

D

2

C

D

1

JP19

JP3

WOM

JP4

A

M

R

A

G

P

J 1

USB2

F

D

C

POWER1

Parallel

and

serial

ports

USB

ports

PS/2

mouse/keyboard

ports

Game

and

audio

ports

1.

PGA370 CPU socket (PGA370)

2.

ATX power connector (POWER)

3.

DIMM module sockets (DIMM1~3)

4.

Floppy drive connector (FDC)

5.

CPU fan connector (CPU FAN)

6.

Audio Modem Riser slot (AMR)

7.

Accelerated Graphics Port slot (AGP)

8.

IDE connector (IDE1)

9.

IDE connector (IDE2)

10.  Wake on Modem (WOM) connector
11.  Wake on LAN (WOL) connector
12.  Infrared (IR) connector (JP4)
13.  PCI expansion slots (PCI1~5)
14.  RTC battery
15.  Flash BIOS
16.  Front panel connectors (PANEL1)
17.  ISA expansion slot (ISA)
18.  Secondary fan connector (SYSTEM FAN)

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Summary of Contents for P6F117

Page 1: ...P6F117 Mainboard Manual Friday March 02 2001 ...

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Page 3: ... this user s manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the con tent without obligation to notify any person or organization of the revision or change IN NO EVENT WILL THE VENDOR BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES I...

Page 4: ...es an introduction a checklist of the items that ship with this mainboard and a summary of the principal features and components Chapter 3 Hardware Installation This chapter explains how to prepare your mainboard for use and how to make the various connections to other computer components and peripheral items Chapter 4 BIOS Configuration This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility th...

Page 5: ...or 10 2 5 CPU Packaging 10 2 6 Chipset 10 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 12 3 1 Unpacking 12 3 2 Installation 13 3 3 Safety Measures 13 3 4 Connector Jumper Location 14 3 5 Attaching Connectors 15 3 5 1 Front Panel Connectors 15 3 5 2 Infrared IR Connectors 16 3 5 3 CD ROM Connectors 16 3 5 4 Wake on LAN Modem Connectors 17 3 5 5 Floppy Drive Connector 17 3 5 6 IDE Connectors 18 3 5 7 CPU Speed Settings ...

Page 6: ...guration 52 4 8 PC Health Status Option 54 4 9 Frequency Voltage Control 55 4 10 Load Optimized Defaults Option 57 4 11 Supervisor User Password 57 4 12 Save Exit Setup 58 4 13 Exit Without Saving 58 5 DRIVER AND UTILITY 59 5 1 Flash Utility 59 5 2 VIA 4 in 1 Driver 59 5 3 System Environment Monitor 60 5 3 1 Hardware Monitor System Setup 60 5 3 2 Setting the Threshold 61 5 4 ATA66 100 Controller O...

Page 7: ...rd ports Game and audio ports 1 PGA370 CPU socket PGA370 2 ATX power connector POWER 3 DIMM module sockets DIMM1 3 4 Floppy drive connector FDC 5 CPU fan connector CPU FAN 6 Audio Modem Riser slot AMR 7 Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP 8 IDE connector IDE1 9 IDE connector IDE2 10 Wake on Modem WOM connector 11 Wake on LAN WOL connector 12 Infrared IR connector JP4 13 PCI expansion slots PCI1 5 1...

Page 8: ...t Line in Serial port COM 2 1 3 Panel Connector The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin as signments HDD LED STANDBY LED SPEAKER Ground Ground LED cathode LED cathode LED cathode LED anode LED anode LED anode Keylock Non Ground Ground Power on off Reset Single 5V 5V Speaker out POWER LED KEYLOCK RESET BUTTON POWER SWITCH Pin 1 ...

Page 9: ...4 5X 5 6 7 8 CPU ratio 5X J1 7 8 CPU ratio 5 5X Short System detects FSB speed J17 Open 133 FSB speed only 1 5 PCI and AGP Frequency Settings The PCI a nd AGP frequency settings are automatically set by the system 1 6 Connectors WOL Wake On LAN Connector This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network card WOM Wake On Modem Connector This 3 pin header is used for rem...

Page 10: ...ion 168 Pin DIMM SDRAM Memory Configuration Bank 0 DIMM1 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Bank 1 DIMM2 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Bank 2 DIMM3 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Total 8 MB to 1 5 GB This concludes Chapter 1 Chapter 2 covers the mainboard s specifi cations and features ...

Page 11: ...PCI bus The mainboard accommodates SDRAM Synchronous DRAM memory and sup ports ATA33 66 100 The mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting ECC Error Checking and Correction memory protection enabling the mainboard to achieve superior data integrity and fault tolerance in re spect to memory errors while running applications In addition to superior hardware capabilities features like b...

Page 12: ...6K 512K 1MB 2MB DRAM Three 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports 8 MB to 1 5 GB memory Supports FP EDO SDRAM ESDRAM and VCM SDRAM memory types EIDE Controller Supports four IDE devices in two channels Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives Supports Bus Mastering Ultra DMA 33 drives Supports Iomega ZIP or LS 120 removable drives Enhanced I O One floppy disk contr...

Page 13: ...CPU and secondary fan RPM detection Voltage Regulator Switching regulator CPU voltage auto detection Form Factor ATX form factor 20 cm x 30 5 cm 7 9 inch x 12 0 inch 2 2 2 Software BIOS AWARD AGP PCI BIOS 2M bit Flash BIOS with ESCD Extended System Configuration Data block Supports APM Plug and Play Multi Boot DMI and EIDE devices Supports high capacity LS 120 and ZIP removable media drive Driver ...

Page 14: ...ation 0 to 500 Hz DC Voltage 4 9V to 5 2V DC Voltage 1 3V to 3 50V DC Voltage 5V 12V 12V 5VSB 5 tolerance 2 3 Mainboard Layout WOL PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 ISA BAT IDE2 IDE1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 CPU FAN SYSTEM FAN CD2 CD1 JP19 JP3 WOM JP4 AMR AGP J1 USB2 FDC POWER1 Parallel and serial ports USB ports PS 2 mouse keyboard ports Game and audio ports ...

Page 15: ...Floppy drive connector 5 CPU FAN CPU cooling fan connector 6 AMR Audio Modem Riser AMR slot 7 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port AGP slot 8 IDE1 IDE 1 connector white 9 IDE2 IDE 2 connector black 10 WOM Wake ON Modem WOM connector 11 WOL Wake On LAN WOL connector 12 JP4 IrDA compliant Infrared IR connector 13 PCI1 5 32 bit PCI expansion slots 14 BAT RTC battery 15 Flash BIOS 16 PANEL1 Front case panel ...

Page 16: ...s to the switching voltage regulator The switch ing regulator generates the correct voltage for the processor 2 5 CPU Packaging PGA370 CPUs are packaged in a PPGA Integrated Circuit Plastic Pin Grid Array configuration 2 6 Chipset The P6F117 supports the VIA 82C694X Apollo Pro 133A chipset The chipset comes in pairs the North Bridge chip and the South Bridge chip North Bridge CPU interface control...

Page 17: ...ontroller EIDE controller ATA33 66 100 Seven DMA channels One timer counter Two 8 channel interrupt controllers NMI logic and SMI interrupt logic PCI ISA bus arbitrator SMBus interface Power management Logic Realtime clock RTC ACPI controller This concludes Chapter 2 Chapter 3 covers hardware installation ...

Page 18: ... 2 mouse One PS 2 keyboard One set of loudspeakers Of course you can use the system I O ports and expansion slots to add many more features and components to your system than the items listed above 3 1 Unpacking The P6F117 mainboard package contains the following items q One mainboard q One IDE 40 pin ribbon cable q One floppy 34 pin ribbon cable q Driver and utility CD q User s manual After remov...

Page 19: ...f static electricity Working on computers that are still connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous Follow the simple guidelines below to avoid damaging your computer Always disconnect the mainboard from the ATX power supply and disconnect the computer from the power outlet whenever you are working inside the computer case If possible wear a grounded wrist strap when you are in stallin...

Page 20: ...d User s Manual 14 Connector Jumper Location 3 4 Connector Jumper Location WOL PCI1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 ISA BAT IDE2 IDE1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 CPU FAN SYSTEM FAN CD2 CD1 JP19 JP3 WOM JP4 AMR AGP J1 USB2 FDC POWER1 ...

Page 21: ... to the case mounted speaker Power LED Keylock This 5 pin connector connects to the case mounted key lock switch and the power LED The keylock switch is used to lock the keyboard for security purposes HDD LED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted HDD LED to indicate hard disk activity STB LED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted STB LED to indicate a standby status The LED...

Page 22: ...port if you attach an infrared module to this connector Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details Infrared Connector Pin 1 IR Tra nsmitter IR Rece ive r Ground IRM_IR 5V 3 5 3 CD ROM Connectors These connectors enable you to connect a CD ROM to the main board and receive stereo audio input Pin 1 CD2 CD1 CD ROM Connectors Rightaudiochannel Ground Ground Ground Ground Leftaudiochannel...

Page 23: ...ke On LAN Wake On Modem features in the BIOS setup if you use this feature Refer to the Power Management section in Chapter 4 for details 3 5 5 Floppy Drive Connector A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to support two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B You must orient the cable connec...

Page 24: ...and settings You must orient the cable connec tor so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corresponds to pin 1 of the I O port connector 3 5 7 CPU Speed Settings Refer to the following table to set the CPU speed for your processor by shorting placing a shunt over the pins indicated J1 pin settings CPU ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2X 1 2 3 4 7 8 2 5X 1 2 5 6 7 8 3X 1 2 7 8 3 5X 3 4 5 6 7 8 4X 3 4 7 8 4 ...

Page 25: ...nected PS 2 mouse PS 2 keyboard Connect a PS 2 keyboard to the purple 6 pin mini DIN connector If you want to connect a standard AT size large DIN connector you must use an adapter Universal Serial Bus Ports You can connect two USB devices or USB hubs to the USB ports USB Ports The USB ports provide a hardware interface for low speed peripher als such as the keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer...

Page 26: ...ls Parallel Port Serial Ports Connect a serial device such as a mouse or modem to the turquoise 9 pin serial ports You can set the serial port IRQs in BIOS Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Note Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Game Port You can connect a joystick game pad or other game device to the gold 15 pin game port You c...

Page 27: ...icrophone Line in Power Supply Connector The ATX power supply has a single lead connector with a clip on one side of the plastic housing There is only one way to plug the lead into the ATX power connector Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and secures the lead onto the connector Power connector 3 3V 12V 12V Ground Ground Ground Ground Power good Ground Power Supply On Gr...

Page 28: ...nto sleep state fans should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption You can monitor the fan speed by way of the VT82C686A chip providing the fan comes with a tachometer output You can monitor the fans RPM with the Hardware Doctor utility Refer to System Environment Monitor in Chapter 5 for details CPU FAN SYSTEM FAN CPU System Fan Power Connectors Ground 12V Speed RPM ...

Page 29: ...lace the mainboard on a workbench not in a chassis Be sure that the mainboard is empty that is no DIMMs ca bles or cards are installed and that the holes for the fan or heat sink support pegs are empty 3 6 2 Installation Procedure 1 On the motherboard identify the CPU PGA370 and the cooling fan power supply connector CPU FAN CPU FAN CPU Fan Power Supply CPU SOCKET370 2 Push the CPU socket lever sl...

Page 30: ...n to lock the processor in place and latch the lever under the catch on the side of the socket 7 Plug the cable from the heat sink cooling fan assembly into the processor cooling fan power supply CPU FAN 8 Configuration of the processor is carried out using the sys tem setup utility as described in Chapter 4 Configure the processor the first time you turn on the assemb led com puter 3 6 3 Removing...

Page 31: ...RAM DIMM memory modules There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is auto matically detected by the BIOS DIMM 1 D IM M2 D IM M3 Memory Modules Lock Lock 80 pins 60 pins 20 pins You must use 3 3V unbuffered DIMMs in the mainboard To deter mine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs 168 pin DIMM DRAM key position Voltage key position Buffered 3 3V Unbuffered Reser...

Page 32: ...4 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 32Mx64 EDO Extended Data Output SDRAM Synchronous DRAM Requirements DRAM Speed 60 ns or faster RAS Access Time 60 ns or faster CAS Access Time 20 ns or faster DIMM module 3 3V unbuffered Speed Grade 66 6 MHz or faster CAS latency 3 or faster Install the 168 pin SDRAM modules in any combination as follows BANK 0 DIMM1 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB BANK 1 DIMM2 8 16 32 64 128 256 51...

Page 33: ...P3 ClearCMOS PasswordSettings Pin1 Suspend to RAM STR Jumper Use this jumper to enable the system s suspend to RAM function in which the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory Open applications are retained in the RAM OnChip Sound Jumper Use this jumper to select the either an onboard audio codec or an add on audio card to handle your system audio Frontside ...

Page 34: ...nt back to pin 1 and pin 2 of JP3 4 Power on the system Solution B If the CPU clock setup is incorrect you may not be able to boot up In this case follow these instructions 1 Turn the system off then on again The CPU will auto matically boot up using standard parameters 2 As the system boots enter BIOS and set up the CPU clock Note If you are unable to enter BIOS setup turn the system on and off a...

Page 35: ...on utility that displays the system s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system pa rameters These parameters are stored in non volatile battery backed up CMOS RAM that saves this information even when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is config ured with the values found in CMOS Using easy to use pull down menus you can configure such items ...

Page 36: ...ing the password or making other changes to the security setup Normally CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM when ever the CMOS RAM has lost power or the system features need to be changed 4 1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test POST routines These routines perform various ...

Page 37: ...up Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 4 1 Setup utility main screen These screens provide access to the utility s various functions Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen Key Function Esc Escape key Exits the current menu Cursor keys Scroll through the items on a menu PU PD Plus minus...

Page 38: ...4512K Total Memory 65536K Menu Level Change the day month year and century Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 2 Standard CMOS setup screen The Standard CMOS Setup utility is similar for all three chipsets and is used to configure the following features Date Month Day Year Time Hour Minute and Secon...

Page 39: ...omatically detect and configure a hard disk drive on the IDE channel If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this utility to de tect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically If the auto detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should be used for your hard drive do not accept them Press the N key to reject the values and enter the correct one...

Page 40: ... Mode This item defines some special ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA Large Block Addressing Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive Press Esc to close the IDE device sub menu and return to the Standard CMOS Features page Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B Options for these fields are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M...

Page 41: ...All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard default All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Extended Total Memory These items are automatically de tected by the system at start up time These are display only fields You cannot make changes to these fields After you have made your selections in the Standard CMOS Setup screen press ESC to go back to the main screen ...

Page 42: ...Status On Gate A20 Option Normal Typematic Rate Setting Disabled x Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 x Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and a...

Page 43: ...se three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start up time The default settings are Floppy HDD 0 and LS120 respectively Boot Other Device If you enable this item the system will search all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first second and third boot devi...

Page 44: ...the password feature The op tions are Setup and System Selecting Setup will protect the configuration settings from being tampered with Select System if you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up The default setting is Setup You can create your password by us ing the SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility in the main program screen OS Select For DRAM 64MB Set to OS2 if the syste...

Page 45: ...le Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4x Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto X AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled OnChip USB Enabled X USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip Sound Auto OnChip Modem Disable CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimiz...

Page 46: ... when the system memory size is equal to or greater than 16M bytes the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be passed to PCI or ISA and there will be a 1 MB hole in your system memory This option is designed for some OS with special add in cards which need 15 16 MB memory space The default setting is Disabled P2C C2P Concurrency When disabled the CPU bus is occupied during the entire PCI o...

Page 47: ...our system has a USB in stalled on the system board and you wish to use it The default is Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enables function when the USB keyboard is being used Disabled default when an AT keyboard is used OnChip Sound When set to Disable the onboard audio chip is turned off The default is Enable OnChip Modem This should be enabled if your system has a m o dem installed on the system bo...

Page 48: ...tates are used by the system allowing for greater stability The default is Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability The default is Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check Enable this item to allow BIOS to perform a parity ECC check to the POST memory tests Enable only if the sy...

Page 49: ... Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard IR Function Duplex Half TX RX inverting enable No Yes Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 5 Integrated peripherals OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 This option enables or disables the on board IDE controller The default setting is Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Th...

Page 50: ...ive supports block mode Block mode enables BIOS to automatically de tect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support The default setting is Enabled Onboard FDD Controller This option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller The default setting is Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These options are used to assign the I O addresses for the two onboard seri...

Page 51: ...lt Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign the I O address for the onboard parallel port The options are 378 IRQ7 default 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled disables the onboard parallel port Onboard Parallel Mode There are four options Normal de fault EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port and ECP EPP Change the mode from Nor mal to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral...

Page 52: ...A 0 DMA 1 default DMA 2 DMA 3 MPU 401 Use this item to enable or disable the MPU 401 function for the game port The default is Disabled MPU 401 I O Address Use this item to set the I O address for the game port There are four options 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Note To use the MPU 401 standard on the game port you need to use a MIDI adapter Game Port 200 207H This item shows the I ...

Page 53: ...nt Off Fan Off In Suspend Off Wake Up Events Press Enter Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 6 Power management setup ACPI Function When set to Enabled turns on the ACPI Func tion The default setting is Disabled Note ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a power management spe...

Page 54: ...er a short timeout If this item is set to Min Saving power saving modes occur after a longer time out If the item is set to User Define you can insert your own timeouts for the power saving modes HDD Power Down The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable The default is Disable Doze Mode The system speed will...

Page 55: ...Other op tions are DPMS and Blank Screen The DPMS option allows the BIOS to control the video card if it has the DPMS Display Power Management System feature The Blank Screen option is used when you do not have a Green monitor MODEM Use IRQ If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a power saving mode use this item to specify the interrupt request line IRQ tha...

Page 56: ...s VGA When set to On the system power will resume the system from a power saving mode if there is any VGA activity Default is Off LPT COM When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the serial ports or the parallel port HDD FDD When set to On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system PC...

Page 57: ... Disabled IRQ 10 Reserved Disabled IRQ 11 Reserved Disabled IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ 13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ 14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ 15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Set Primary INTR to ON to allow you to enable or disable IRQ 3 through IRQ 15 activity monitoring Se...

Page 58: ...esources Controlled by Auto ESCD x IRQ Resources Press Enter x DMA Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the O...

Page 59: ...n is Auto which will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQs and DMAs for each peripheral IRQ and DMA Assigned to These fields only become available if the Resources Controlled By field is set to Manual If there is a legacy ISA device which uses an IRQ or a DMA set the correspond ing IRQ or DMA to Legacy ISA otherwise you should set this field to PCI ISA PnP PCI VGA ...

Page 60: ...n program screen displays this menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Item Help Current CPU Temp 34ºC 93ºF Current System Temp 33ºC 91ºF Current CPU FAN speed 0 RPM Current POWER FAN speed 0 RPM Vccp 1 51V 2 5V 2 52V Vcc3 3 31V 5V 5 09V 12V 11 94V Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Default...

Page 61: ... made your selections in the PC Health Status Setup press the ESC key to go back to the main program screen 4 9 Frequency Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control...

Page 62: ...he system bus frequency for the installed processor The options are 67 33 MHz 75 38 MHz 83 42 MHz 100 33 MHz 105 35 MHz 112 37 MHz 116 38 MHz 120 40 MHz 133 33 MHz 135 34 MHz 138 34 MHz 140 35 MHz 142 35 MHz 150 38 MHz 155 39 MHz Method In Linear Funct The default is Increase CPU HOST By Linear Funct The default is 0 After you have made your selections in the Frequency Voltage Con trol Setup press...

Page 63: ...User Password utility sets the password The mainboard is shipped with the password disabled If you want to change the password you must first enter the current password then at the prompt enter your new password The password is case sensi tive You can use up to eight alphanumeric characters Press Enter after entering the password At the next prompt confirm the new password by retyping it and press...

Page 64: ... information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process 4 13 Exit Without Saving Selecting this option and pressing Enter will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones This concludes Chapter 4 Chapter 5 describes the drivers and utility programs that are packaged with the mainboard ...

Page 65: ...ble floppy diskette which does not contain CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files If you are using MS DOS 6 x you can press the F5 function key when the Starting MS DOS message appears on the screen to by pass the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT 5 2 VIA 4 in 1 Driver A 4 in 1 driver has been designed for the VIA Apollo Pro chipset You can install AGP IRQ ACPI and IDE drivers together from the manufacturer ...

Page 66: ... pop up on the screen when the monitored parameters move out of the preset range This software must be installed under Windows 9x However the feature version may run on different operating systems such as Windows NT 5 3 1 Hardware Monitor System Setup The Installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer s CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Install Hardware Monitor System from the directory Monitor Setup ...

Page 67: ...r and Utility System Environment Monitor 61 4 Click on the VIA Hardware Monitor System icon to ac cess the program 5 3 2 Setting the Threshold Set the threshold for system temperature voltages and fan speeds ...

Page 68: ...t Boot Sequence This option allows users to choose the boot sequence for the hard disk s No options will be shown if there is a bootable disk on default IDE channels 5 5 VIA AC 97 Audio Codec This folder has software and drivers for the VIA codec sound system that is integrated on this mainboard The VIA codec allows the sys tem to generate optimal sound effects Drivers are provided for DOS and Win...

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