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Mainboard User’s Manual 

I/O Ports 

1.2. I/O Ports 

PS/2

mouse

PS/2

keyboard

USB

ports

Parallel port (LPT1)

Serial

port

Line-out

Microphone

Game port

Line-in

VGA

port

 

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

 

1.4. Jumpers 

Short: 

Disable Codec (AD1881) 

JP2 

Open: 

Enable Codec (AD1881) 

1-2:

 Enable BIOS flash protect 

JP17 

2-3:

 Disable BIOS flash protect

 

1-2:

 Normal Mode 

JP19 

2-3:

 Clear CMOS RAM

 

1-2: 

Disable o nboard speaker

 

JP24 

2-3: 

Enable o nboard speaker 

Summary of Contents for P6F125

Page 1: ...P6F125 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: ...rd Layout 8 2 4 Microprocessor 10 2 5 CPU Packaging 10 2 6 Chipset 10 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 11 3 1 Unpacking 11 3 2 Installation 12 3 3 Safety Measures 12 3 4 Connector Jumper Location 13 3 5 Attaching Connectors 14 3 5 1 Front Panel Connectors 14 3 5 2 Infrared IR Connectors 15 3 5 3 CD ROM Connectors 15 3 5 4 Wake on LAN 16 3 5 5 Floppy Drive Connector 16 3 5 6 IDE Connectors 17 3 5 7 Back Pan...

Page 6: ...ls 41 4 6 Power Management Setup 45 4 7 PnP PCI Configurations 49 4 8 PC Health Status Option 51 4 9 Frequency Voltage Control 53 4 10 Load Optimized Defaults Option 55 4 11 Set Supervisor User Password 55 4 12 Save Exit Setup 56 4 13 Exit Without Saving 56 5 DRIVER AND UTILITY 57 5 1 Flash Utility 57 5 2 Intel 81x Installation Utility 58 5 3 Intel 81x AGP Installation 59 5 4 AD1881 Audio Driver 5...

Page 7: ...ctor COM2 2 ATX power connector PW 3 CPU fan connector CPU FAN 4 LCD DVI connector J4 optional 5 PGA370 CPU socket PGA370 6 DIMM module sockets DIMM1 3 7 Suspend to RAM LED LED1 8 Floppy drive connector FDC 9 IDE connectors IDE1 2 10 TV out connector JP4 optional 11 TV audio out connector JP1 optional 12 Accelerated Graphics Port slot AGP 13 Infrared connector IR 14 PCI expansion slots PCI1 6 15 C...

Page 8: ...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 1 4 Jumpers Short Disable Codec AD1881 JP2 Open Enable Codec AD1881 1 2 Enable BIOS flash protect JP17 2 3 Disable BIOS flash protect 1 2 Normal Mode JP19 2 3 Clear CMOS RA...

Page 9: ...er is used to connect a TV lineout optional IR Infrared IR Connector This 5 pin header is used to connect an infrared IR port for use of IR devices CD1 2 CD Connectors These 4 pin headers are used for con necting the CD ROM audio input to the sound card AUX Auxiliary Connector This 4 pin header is an auxiliary input connector WOL Wake On LAN Connector This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up o...

Page 10: ...Installing DIMM modules that exceed these specifications re quires that the BIOS down shifts the SDRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a two wire interface of the system clock genera tor 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...

Page 11: ...rrent 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 ...

Page 12: ... 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 66 100 drives Supports Iomega ZIP or LS 120 removable drives Enhanced I O One floppy disk controller One Standard EPP ECP parallel port connector Two...

Page 13: ...ch x 12 0 inch 2 2 2 Software BIOS AWARD AGP PCI BIOS 4M bit Flash BIOS with ESCD Extended System Configuration Data block Supports APM Plug and Play Multi Boot DMI and EIDE devices Supports ACPI Supports high capacity LS 120 and ZIP removable media drive Driver and Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver Flash utility for BIOS upgrade System Environment Monitoring Utility Optional ES1373 audio...

Page 14: ...Mainboard Layout 2 3 Mainboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 11 16 18 19 22 13 15 10 12 17 20 7 27 26 24 23 25 21 Note Because of optional items and design changes your mainboard may not be identical to the one shown in the illus tration ...

Page 15: ...ot 11 82801BA 82801BA I O controller 12 Award BIOS Award BIOS controller 13 JP27 Front case panel connectors 14 JP28 Secondary case fan connector 15 BT RTC battery 16 USB optional Front panel USB connectors 17 USB Front panel USB connectors 18 PCI1 6 32 bit PCI expansion slots 19 CNR Communications Networking Riser 20 WOL Wake On LAN WOL connector 21 AUX Auxiliary connector 22 CD1 2 CD ROM audio s...

Page 16: ...125 supports the Intel 815E 815EP chipset The 815E 815EP chipset is designed for desktops and workstations that provide inter nal or external graphics and provides ATA 100 4xAGP and SDRAM support The 82801BA I O controller hub makes a direct connection between the graphics system the IDE controller and the PCI bus It uses ac celerated hub architecture to effectively double the bandwidth between th...

Page 17: ... 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 P6F125 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 One dual port USB bracket q User s ma...

Page 18: ...of 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 stalli...

Page 19: ... Connector Jumper Location 13 3 4 Connector Jumper Location 3V COM2 CD1 CD2 IR WOL CNR PCI5 PCI6 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 AGP AUX J4 CPU FAN JP4 JP27 JP19 JP17 JP24 JP28 BAT PW DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 IDE1 IDE2 FDC L O C K F R E E JP2 ...

Page 20: ...ecase mountedPowerbutton Reset This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch and is used to reboot the system STB LED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted STB LED to indicate a standby status The LED remains lit even when the system is off to indicate that AC power is available When the system enters standby mode the LED starts blinking HDD LED This 2 pin connector co...

Page 21: ... if you attach an infrared module to this connector Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details Infrared Connector Pin 1 IR Transmitte r IR Receiver 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 Right audio channel Ground Ground Ground Ground Left audio channel L...

Page 22: ...f 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 connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corres...

Page 23: ...tions 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 Back Panel Connectors The back panel provides external access to PS 2 style keyboard and mouse connectors one serial port one VGA port one parallel port dual USB ports a game port and audio ports which are integrated on the mainboard The figures bel...

Page 24: ...oard mouse joystick scanner printer and telephony devices and also support MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 digital video The USB ports have a maximum bandwidth of 12 Mbits sec equivalent to 1 5 Mbytes sec and up to 127 devices can be a t tached Fast devices can use the full bandwidth while lower speed ones can transfer data using a 1 5 Mbits sec sub channel Parallel Port Connect a printer or other parallel devi...

Page 25: ...er 4 for details Serial Port Note Serial printers must be connected to the serial port VGA Port Connect an external monitor to the blue 15 pin VGA port You can set the VGA port IRQs in BIOS Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details VGA Port Game Port You can connect a joystick game pad or other game device to the gold 15 pin game port You can also connect a MIDI device for play ing ...

Page 26: ...Microphone 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 G...

Page 27: ... 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 82801BA chip providing the fan comes with a tachometer output You can monitor the fans RPM with the Hardware Doctor utility Refer to Error Reference source not found in Chapter 5 for details CPU FAN SYSTEM FAN CPU System Fan Power Connectors Ground 12V Speed RPM...

Page 28: ...ce 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 Socket 370 and the cooling fan power supply connector CPU FAN C P UF A N CPU Fan Power Supply CPU SOCKET370 2 Push the CPU socket lev...

Page 29: ...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 assembled com puter 3 6 3 Removing ...

Page 30: ... SDRAM DIMM memory modules There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is auto matically detected by the BIOS DIMM1 DIMM2 D IMM3 Memory Modules Lock Lock 88 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 Reserv...

Page 31: ... 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 64 128 256 512...

Page 32: ...rd Settings BIOS Flash Protect Settings Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 1 Pin 1 Codec AD1881 Jumper Use this jumper to select either the onboard Codec AD1881 or an add on audio card to handle your system audio Clear CMOS Password Jumper You may need to clear the CMOS if your system cannot boot up be cause you forgot your password the CPU clock setup is incorrect or the CMOS settings need to be reset to defa...

Page 33: ... 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 few times or press INSERT when booting up to have the system boot up with standard parameters BIOS Flash Protect Jumper Use this jumper to protect the system BIOS from being accidentally flashed updated Onboard Spea...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...g 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 di...

Page 36: ...Setup 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 mi...

Page 37: ...ry 31744K Total Memory 32768K 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 S...

Page 38: ... automatically 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...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...are 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 41: ... 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 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and ...

Page 42: ...em at start up time The default settings are Floppy HDD 0 LS120 and Disabled respectively Swap Floppy Drive If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system this item allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A The default setting is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled it checks the geometry of the floppy disk driv...

Page 43: ...ttings 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 system memory size is greater than 64 MB and the operating system is OS 2 The de fault setting is Non OS2 HDD...

Page 44: ... Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Figure 4 4 Chipset features setup This screen controls the settings for the board s chipset All entries related to the DRAM timing on the screen are automatically config ured Do not make any changes unless you are familiar with the chipset SDRAM CAS Latency Time Enables you to selec...

Page 45: ... your system memory This option is de signed for some OS with special add in cards which need 15 16 MB memory space The default setting is Disabled CPU Latency Timer This item sets a timing parameter for CPU ac cess Since the CPU timing is determined by the system hardware leave this item at the default value Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support del...

Page 46: ...le and disable page open mode If set to Enabled the GMCH memory controller tends to leave the page open RAS to CAS Override This item sets the timing parameters for the system memory such as the CAS Column Address Strobe and RAS Row Address Strobe We recommend that you set RAS to CAS to byCAS LT default so that the memory timing is automatically detected RAS Timing Sets the Row Address Strobe RAS ...

Page 47: ...udio Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password Enter Hot Key Power ON Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled 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 On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE These options enable or disable the primary a...

Page 48: ...ult AC97 Audio Set these items to Auto when you are using the on board AC 97 audio chip If you are using an audio add in card you should disable this item IDE HDD Block Mode Enable this field if your IDE hard drive 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 POW...

Page 49: ...12 Onboard FDC 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 serial ports They can be assigned as follows 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled disables the onboard serial port UART Mode Select Enables you to select the infrared...

Page 50: ... 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 Parallel Port Mode There are four options the default setting SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port and ECP EPP Change the mode from SPP to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral de vice can support...

Page 51: ...ecting Power Management Setup on the main program screen displays this menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR Power Management User Define Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant...

Page 52: ...down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory Power Management This setting controls the System Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode Timer features There are four options User Define allows you to customize all power saving timer features Max Saving recommended setting for general use Min Saving sets power saving at minimum values Video Off Method This setting controls the v...

Page 53: ...ur and Disable The default is Disable 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 Soft Off by PWRBTN When set to Instant Off default pressing the power button will turn off the system power When set to Delay 4 Sec you have to press the power button and hold it for more t...

Page 54: ...fied time Reload Global Timer Events Global Timer power management events are I O events whose oc currence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything that occurs to a device that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary Secondary IDE 0 1 When enabled any acti...

Page 55: ...vel 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 OS cannot boot 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 7 PNP PCI configuration Reset C...

Page 56: ...es an IRQ or a DMA set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to Legacy ISA otherwise you should set this field to PCI ISA PnP PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome some problems that can be caused by some non standard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled INT Pin 1 2 3 4 Assignment Names the interrup...

Page 57: ...bled Currently System Temp Currently CPU Temp CPU FAN speed System FAN Speed Vccp Vcc3 5 V 12 V 12 V 5 V VBAT V 5VSB V Shutdown Temperature 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 Figure 4 8 PC Health Status configuration CPU Warning Temperature This feature enables you to set the warning temp...

Page 58: ...d in RPMs System FAN speed in RPMs Vccp CPU Core voltage Vcc3 onboard 3 3 volt 5 power supply s 5 volt 12V power supply s 12 volt 12V power supply s 12 volt 5V power supply s 5 volt VBAT V 5VSB V Shutdown Temperature Enables you to set the maximum tempera ture the system can reach before powering down Options are Disabled default 60ºC 140ºF 65ºC 149ºF 70ºC 158ºF 75ºC 167ºF After you have made your...

Page 59: ... Help Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock Default CPU Clock Ratio X 3 Menu Level MoveEnter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When set to Enabled the system will automatically turn off the PCI and DIMM clock when not in use to reduce electromagnetic int...

Page 60: ...k Ratio Use this item to select a multiplier for the system frontside bus FSB frequency The value of the multiplier must be set so that Multiplier x Front Side Bus Frequency CPU Clock Speed For example if you have a processor that is rated to run at 450 MHz and the system is running a front side bus frequency of 100 MHz you should select a multiplier of 4 5 so that 4 5 Multiplier x 100 MHz front s...

Page 61: ...sor User Password utilities set the passwords 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...

Page 62: ... 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 63: ...s in the FLASH directory FLASH EXE Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade README TXT Text file of instructions The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software running in the system In order to make sure no memory manager software is running boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette which does not contain CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files If you are using MS DOS 6 x you can pr...

Page 64: ...nium 2000 98 95 NT The Installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer s CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Click Driver Install 3 Scroll to and click the Install Intel 81x Installation utility to start the installation 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the instal lation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer ...

Page 65: ...er for WIN2000 9X NT40 or OS2 to start the installation 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the instal lation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 4 AD1881 Audio Driver Software and drivers are provided for the AD1881 codec sound sys tem that is integrated on this mainboard The AD1881 codec allows the system to generate optimal sound effects Drivers are provi...

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