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Summary of Contents for P6F212

Page 1: ...P6F212 MOTHER BOARD USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...this user s manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the content 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 IN ...

Page 3: ...roduction a checklist of the items that ship with this mainboard and a summary of the principal features and compo nents 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 periph eral items Chapter 4 BIOS Configuration This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility that is s...

Page 4: ... Specifications and Features 6 2 2 1 Hardware 6 2 2 2 Software 8 2 3 Mainboard Layout 9 2 4 Microprocessor 11 2 5 Chipset 11 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 JP3 15 3 5 2 Audio CD In Connector JP7 16 3 5 3 LAN Modem Wake up Connector JP8 16 3 5 4 Video Con...

Page 5: ... On 29 4 BIOS CONFIGURATION 30 4 1 Entering Setup 31 4 2 Standard CMOS Features 33 4 3 Advanced BIOS Features 36 4 4 Advanced Chipset Features 39 4 5 Integrated Peripherals 44 4 6 Power Management Setup 51 4 7 PnP PCI Configurations 57 4 8 PC Health Status Option 59 4 9 Frequency Voltage Control 60 4 10 Load Optimized Defaults Option 61 4 11 Set Supervisor User Password 61 4 12 Save Exit Setup 62 ...

Page 6: ...5 2 1 VIA 4 In 1 Driver 65 5 2 2 VIA ProSavage display driver 65 5 2 3 AC97 Audio Driver 66 5 2 4 LANDriver 66 5 3 Online Services 67 v ...

Page 7: ...Wake up on Modem J8 15 CD ROM Line in J7 16 S P DIF Output RCA Video Output Select J11 17 FAN Connector FAN1 FAN2 18 USB Port 2 3 Connector J9 19 CIR Module Connector J6 Mainboard Layout 1 PCI ATX POWER CN8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C IDE2 IDE1 V t 6 103 0139C D TA I WA N 12E 000000 UK1 20 38 0 01 26 95 050 3A F FAN1 FAN2 J13 Host Frequency Select J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Module Connector J6 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyb...

Page 8: ...t Parallel port VGA port S Video port LAN port USB ports COMport Line Out Line in Mic In RCA Video or S P DIF LED cathode Speaker out Ground Ground 5V Non LED anode Keyboard Ground LED cathode LED anode LED cathode LED anode Reset Single Power on off Ground Pin 1 PW ON POWER SWITCH PWRLED KEYLOCK POWER LED KEYLOCK SPEAKER SPKR RST RESET BUTTON GLED Green LED IDELED HDD LED Ground EPMI ...

Page 9: ...ng DIMM modules that exceed these specifications requires that the BIOS down shifts the SDRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a two wire interface of the system clock generator 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 Total 8 MB to 1024 MB Jumpers P6F212 Quick Reference J10 1 2 Normal Mode 2 3 Clear CMOS J11 1 2 RCA Video Outpu...

Page 10: ... J5 FIR Module Connector This 5 pin header is used for connecting a FIR port for use of FIR divice J12 Video in Connector This 16 pin header is used for connecting an Video port for use of video devices J6 CIR Module Connector This 10 pin header is used for connecting a CIR device J9 USB Port 2 3 Connector This 8 pin header is used for connecting a USB port for use of USB device CN2 COM Port Conne...

Page 11: ...hieves the highest reliability by supporting ECC Error Checking and Correction memory protection enabling the mainboard to achieve superior data integrity and fault tolerance with respect to memory errors while running applications High Performance 64 bit 2D GUI Highly Integrated RAMDACTM Clock Synthesizer Full Feature High Performance 3D Engine Video Processor Video Capture and DVD Versatile Fram...

Page 12: ...Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives Supports two Bus Mastering Ultra DMA ATA 33 66 100drives Supports Iomega ZIP or LS 120 removable drives One floppy disk controller One Standard EPP ECP parallel port connector Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors Two USB Universal Serial Bus ports on board two front USB ports by cable One line out mic in LAN vga on board One connector for front panel...

Page 13: ...larm Fan off in sleep mode CPU temperature warning and system tempera ture detection CPU and system voltage detection CPU and secondary fan RPM detection Switching regulator CPU voltage auto detection FATX form factor 17 cm x 17 cm 6 7 x 6 7 inch Mainboard Specification and Features Power Management System Management Voltage Regulator Form Factor Introduction ...

Page 14: ...OS Windows 3 x 9x ME XP 2000 NT OS 2 Novell NetWare UnixWare 1 1 and SCO Unix 4 2 Driver and Utility Operating System Mainboard Specification and Features 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 ACPI Supports high capacity LS 120 and ZIP remov able media drive ...

Page 15: ...K1 203 80 012 6 950 50 3AF FAN1 FAN2 J13 Host Frequency Select J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Module Connector J6 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Ports J12 Video in Connector LAN USB Ports RCA Video or S P DIF Battory Cr2032 CRT Connector LPT Connector S Video Ports Mic In Line In Line Out COM Ports AC97 Codec LAN VT6103 J10 Clear CMOS J5 FIR Module Connector J4 J3 PCI Slot Clock Generator J8 Wake up on Modem J11...

Page 16: ...Front Panel connector 6 PCI1 32 bit PCI Slot 7 J7 CD ROM Line in header 8 J10 Clear CMOS 9 J8 Wake up on Modem connector 10 J4 DOC BIOS header 11 J5 FIR Module connector 12 FAN1 CPU fan connector 13 FAN2 Secondary case fan connector 14 J13 Host Frequency header 15 J11 S P DIF Output RCA Video Output select 16 J6 CIR Module connector 17 U4 Flash BIOS 18 BAT1 RTC battery 19 J9 USB Port 2 3 connector...

Page 17: ...nd provides ATA 100 and SDRAM support The VT8231 I O controller hub makes a direct connection between the graphics system the IDE controller and the PCI bus It uses accelerated hub architecture to effectively double the bandwidth between these components enabling more lifelike audio and video The VT8231 I O controller hub includes an integrated audio codec controller that lets the processor more e...

Page 18: ...e 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 P6F212 mainboard package contains the following items One mainboard One IDE 66 100 40 pin ribbon cable One floppy 34 pin ribbon cable Driver and utility CD User s manual reference After...

Page 19: ...mputers 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 installing the mainboard or working inside t...

Page 20: ...AF FAN1 FAN2 J13 Host Frequency Select J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Module Connector J6 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Ports J12 Video in Connector LAN USB Ports RCA Video or S P DIF Battory Cr2032 CRT Connector LPT Connector S Video Ports Mic In Line In Line Out COM Ports AC97 Codec LAN VT6103 J10 Clear CMOS J5 FIR Module Connector J4 J3 PCI Slot Clock Generator J8 Wake up on Modem J11 1 2 RCA Video 3 4 S P D...

Page 21: ...he case mounted keylock switch and the power LED The keylock switch is used to lock the keyboard for security purposes EPMI This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted EPMI The EPMI switch is used to into power saving and resume SPKR This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker LED cathode Speaker out Ground Ground 5V Non LED anode Keyboard Ground LED cathode LED anode LED catho...

Page 22: ...J7 CD ROMLine in CIR Modul e Connector J6 J9 J12 V ideoi nConnector Battory Cr2032 AC97Codec LAN V T6103 J10 Clear CMOS J5 FIR ModuleConnectoor P CI S lot Clock Generator J8 Wakeup on Modem J11 1 2 RC A Video 3 4 S PDIF TV Out Pin 1 5V_SB Ground Wake up on Modem CD_L Ground Ground CD_R Pin 1 P CI A T XP O W E R C N8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C ID E 2 ID E 1 V t 61 03 0 13 9C D T A I W A N 1 2E 0 0 00 00 I S L...

Page 23: ...o r J 6 J 9 J 1 2 V id e o in C o n n e c to r B a tto ry C r 2 0 3 2 A C 97 C o d e c L A N VT 6 1 0 3 J 1 0 C le a r C M O S J 5 F IR M o d u le C o n n e c to o r P C I S l o t C lo c k G e n e ra to r J8 W a k e u p o n M o d e m J 1 1 1 2 R CA V id e o 3 4 S P D IF T V O u t Pin 1 3V IRRX IRRX2 Ground IRTX Hardware Installation P CI A T XP O W E R C N8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C ID E 2 ID E 1 V t 61 03 ...

Page 24: ...umper locations and settings You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corresponds to pin 1 of the I O port connector Attaching Connectors P CI A T XP O W ER C N8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C IDE 2 IDE 1 V t 61 03 0 13 9C D TA I W A N 1 2E 0 0 00 00 I S L6524C B P O 131A G JB UK 1 20 3 80 01 2 6 95 0 50 3 AF FAN1 FAN2 J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Module Connector J6 J9 J12 Vi deoin...

Page 25: ... FIR Modul e Connectoor P CI Slot Clock Generat or J8 Wakeup on Modem J11 1 2 RCAVideo 3 4 S P D IF TV Out Pin 1 Pin 1 CPU FAN FAN1 SYS FAN FAN2 GND Speed RPM 12V GND Speed RPM 12V Attaching Connectors 3 5 8 USB Port 2 3 Connector J9 The mainboard has an onboard USB connector that enables you to connect front panel USB ports PCI ATXPO W ER CN8 D I M M 1 D IM M 2 M C IDE2 IDE1 V t 6 103 0 13 9C D T...

Page 26: ...dPorts Connect a PS 2 mouse to the green 6 pin mini DIN connector The system will automatically assign IRQ 12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is connected 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 Parallel Port Connect a printer or other parallel device to the burgundy colored 25 pin parallel port Y...

Page 27: ... Connectors S Video port S VideoPort You can connect S Video devices to S Video port on the back panel COM port RCA Video or S P DIF RCAVideoORS PDIFPort You can connect RCA Video devices to RCA Video port TV Out or S P DIF Audio on the back panel VGA port Hardware Installation ...

Page 28: ... to the turquoise 9 pin serial port You can set the serial port IRQs in BIOS Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details Note Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Attaching Connectors LANPort Connect a device to the LAN port on the back panel COM port LAN port ...

Page 29: ...bits sec equivalent to 1 5 Mbytes sec and up to 127 devices can be attached Fast devices can use the full bandwidth while lower speed ones can transfer data using a 1 5 Mbits sec sub channel USB ports Line Out Line in Mic In AudioLine OutPortConnectors You can connect various audio devices to this audio jacks Connect headphones or powered speakers to the lime colored lineout connector AudioMic InP...

Page 30: ...r extra adopter P CI A T XP O W ER C N8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C IDE 2 IDE 1 V t 61 03 0 13 9C D TA I W A N 1 2E 0 0 00 00 I S L6524C B P O 131A G J B U K 12 0 38 0 0 1 26 9 5 050 3 A F FAN1 FAN2 J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Modul e Connector J6 J9 J12 Vi deoin Connector Battory Cr2032 AC97C odec LAN VT6103 J10 ClearCMOS J5 FI R ModuleC o nnectoor PCI Slot Clock Generator J8 Wake up on Modem J11 1 2RCA Vi deo 3 4...

Page 31: ...0 1 26 9 5 05 0 3AF FAN1 FAN2 J7 CD ROM Line in CIR Module Connector J6 J9 J12 Vi deoinConnec tor Battory Cr2032 AC97Codec LAN VT6103 J10 ClearCMOS J5 FI R ModuleConnectoor PCI S l ot Clock Generator J8 Wakeup on Modem J11 1 2RCA V ideo 3 4S P DIF TV Out Pin 1 CN8 12V 5V Standby Power Good GND 5V GND 5V GND 3 3V 3 3V 5V 5V NC GND GND GND Power Supply On GND 12V 3 3V Warning Incorrect installation ...

Page 32: ...tall the 168 pin SDRAM modules in any combination as follows Installing System Memory DRAM key position Voltage key position RFU 5 0V Unbuffered Reserved Buffered 3 3V 168 pin DIMM P CI A T XP O W E R C N8 DIMM1 DIMM2 M C ID E 2 ID E 1 V t 61 03 0 13 9C D T A I W A N 1 2E 0 0 00 00 I S L6524C B P O 131A G JB UK 1 20 3 80 01 2 6 95 0 50 3 AF FAN1 FAN2 J7 CD ROMLi ne in CIR Module Connector J6 J9 J1...

Page 33: ...CIR Module Connector J6 J9 J12 V ideoinConn ector Battory Cr2032 AC97Codec LAN V T6103 J10 Clear CMOS J5 FIR Modul e Connectoor PCI Slot Clock Generat or J8 Wakeup on Modem J11 1 2 RCAVideo 3 4 S P D IF TV Out Enable Disable Pin 1 Pin 1 J13 J4 RCA Video Output S P DIF Output Pin 1 J11 Normal Clear CMOS Pin 1 J10 Bank 0 DIMM1 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Bank 1 DIMM2 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 MB Total Sy...

Page 34: ...ower cable 2 Place a shunt to short pin 1 and pin 2 of J10 for five seconds 3 Place the shunt back to pin 2 and pin 3 of J10 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 automatically boot up using standard parameters 2 As the system boots enter BIOS and se...

Page 35: ...are Installation After losing AC power the system will not turn on automatically when the power comes back unless you set the options in BIOS This concludes Chapter 3 Chapter 4 covers the BIOS setup program 3 8 Auto Power On ...

Page 36: ...ration utility that displays the system s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters 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 configured with the values found in CMOS Using easy to use pull down menus you can configure such item...

Page 37: ...y CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM whenever 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 diagnostic checks if an error is encountered the error will be reported...

Page 38: ...e screen Key Function Esc Escape key Exits the current menu Cursor keys Scroll through the items on a menu PU PD Plus minus Page Up and Page Down keys Modify the selected field s values F10 F10 key Saves the current configuration and exits setup F1 F1 key Displays a screen that explains all key functions F5 F5 key Loads previously saved values to CMOS F6 F6 key Loads a minimum configuration for tr...

Page 39: ... 30 p m As 16 30 IDE Devices Your computer has two IDE channels Primary and Secondary and each channel can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel Press Enter to display the IDE sub menu IDD HDD Auto Detection Press Enter while this item is high lighted if you want the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure a ha...

Page 40: ... Slave If you leave this item at Auto the system will automatically detect and configure any IDE devices it finds If it fails to find a hard disk change the value to Manual and then manually configure the drive by entering the characteristics of the drive in the items below Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp etc Refer to your drive s documentation or look on the drive if you need to obtain this inform...

Page 41: ...EGA VGA option The options are EGA VGA default MONO CGA40 CGA80 Halt On This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt during bootup The options are All Errors default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Extended TotalMemory These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time These are display only fields You cannot make c...

Page 42: ...enabled any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear If this happens you can use an anti virus utility on a virus free bootable floppy diskette to reboot and clean your system The default setting is Disabled CPU Internal Cache This Setting enables the CPU internal cache The default setting is Enabled External Cache This setti...

Page 43: ...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 drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have an old diskette drive with 360K capacity The default setting is Disabled Boot Up Num...

Page 44: ...m 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 default setting is Non OS2 VideoBIOSShadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed The default setting is Enabled XX000 XXFFF Shadow These categories determine wheth...

Page 45: ...splays a table of items that define critical timing parameters of the mainboard You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are ery familiar with the technical specification of your system hardware If you change the values incorrectly you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system BIOS Configuration ...

Page 46: ...PD to Enabled the system to automatically set the SDRAM timing by SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is an EEPROM chip on the DIMM module that stores information about the memory chips it contains including size speed voltage row and column addressed and manufcturer If you disable this item you can use the following two items to manually set the timing parameters for the system memory The default sett...

Page 47: ... used by the system provid ing greater stability The default setting is Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing greater stability The default setting is Disabled Init Display First This item sets whether the PCI Slot or AGP is activated first The default setting is PCI Slot Frame Buffer Size...

Page 48: ... The default setting is Enabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions do not The default setting is Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The default setting is Enabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embe...

Page 49: ...r to improve performance some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards The default setting is Disabled System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the System BIOS will be cached for faster execution The default setting is Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program is written to this memory area a sy...

Page 50: ...Integrated Peripherals 4 5 Integrated Peripherals 4 5 Integrated Peripherals 4 5 Integrated Peripherals 4 5 Integrated Peripherals Selecting Integrated Peripherals on the main program screen displays this menu Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 51: ...t this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching The default setting is Enabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Each IDE channel supports a master device and a salve device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE devices Choose select a PIO mode from 0 4 The default setting is Auto Primary SecondaryMaster SlaveUDMA Each IDE ...

Page 52: ...rd modem Disable this item if you are going to install an external modem The default setting is Disabled VIA 3043 OnChip LAN Auto and disabled the onboard LAN Disable this item if you are going to install an Onchip LAN The default setting is Enabled Onboard Legacy Audio Enables the onboard legacy audio function If this item is enabled the following items become available The default setting is Ena...

Page 53: ...upt Request IRQ for the Sound Blaster card There are four options IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 The default setting is IRQ5 SB DMA Select This item lets you set the DMA for the Sound Blaster card There are four options DMA0 DMA1 DMA2 DMA3 The default setting is DMA1 MPU 401 Use this item to enable or disable the MPU 401 function for the game port The default setting is Disabled Integrated Peripherals BIOS ...

Page 54: ... 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 The default setting is 330 333H Game Port 200 207H Use this item to set the I O address for the game port The default setting is Enabled ...

Page 55: ...loppy disk drive controller The default setting is Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 These option 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 Disabled disables the onboard serial port The default setting is Auto Integrated Peripherals BIOS Configuration ...

Page 56: ...made your selections in the Advanced Chipset Features press the ESC key to go back to the main program screen OnChip USB Enables the OnChip USB Leave this at the default En abled if you want to connect USB devices to your computer USBKeyboardSupport Enables USB keyboard support for legacy operating systems The default setting is Disabled USB Mouse Support Enables USB Mouse support for legacy opera...

Page 57: ... default setting is Enabled Note ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a power management specification that makes hardware status informa tion available to the operating system ACPIenables a PC to turn its peripheralson and offfor improved powermanagement It also allowsthe PC to be turned on and offby external devices so that mouse orkeyboard activity wakesup the computer Power Manag...

Page 58: ...ng recommended setting for general use Min Saving sets power saving at minimum values 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 setting is Disabled Doze Mode The system speed will change from turbo to slow if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time Full po...

Page 59: ...define if the video is powered down when the system is put into suspend mode Video Off Method This setting controls the video off method in power saving mode The DPMS option allows the BIOS to control the video card if it has the DPMS Display Power Management System feature Other options are V H SYNC Blank default and Blank Screen The V H SYNC Blank which disables V H SYNC signals and blanks the s...

Page 60: ...urn off the system power Otherwise the system just goes into suspend mode Theoptions are Instant Off and Delay 4 Sec State After Power Failure This item to set the ATX power supply status when powerresume after unexpected powerfail When off isselected power supply will maintain on soft off status when power isresume When on is selected powersupply willturn on and when Auto is selected powersupply ...

Page 61: ...ays On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system The default is ON PCI Master When PCI Master stays On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Power On by PCI Card This item enables disables the power on function of PCI Card The default is Disabled Wake Up On LAN Ring This item determines the system will resume by ac...

Page 62: ...nterrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When On mode exist activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power managemen...

Page 63: ...e resources assigned to each peripheral have to be recorded to prevent them from conflicting The location to store the assigned resources is called ESCD Extended System Configuration Data which is located in the system flash EEPROM If this option is set to Disabled the ESCD will update automatically when the new configuration varies from the last one If set to Enable the ESCD will be cleared and u...

Page 64: ...ecific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP default Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture 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 disa...

Page 65: ...s menu System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields The following information is displayed 12V Power supply s 5V Power supply s 2 5V onboard2 5V Internal Vcc onboard 5V After you have made your selections in the PC Health Status Setup press the ESC key to go back to the main program scr...

Page 66: ... PCI and DIMM clock when not in use to reduce electromagnetic interference Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electronic Magnetic Interference generated by the system The default setting is Disabled CPU PCI Spectrum Clock This item appears if you have set the CPU Internal Core Speed to Manual Use the CPU PCI Clock to set the system bus frequency for t...

Page 67: ... 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 sensitive 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 pressing Enter again To disable the password pres...

Page 68: ...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 Save Exit Setup ...

Page 69: ...H 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 press the F5 fu...

Page 70: ...CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear duble click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D The P6F212 CD include 1 Install Mainboard Software VIA 2 Install display device driver Trident 3 Install Audio Device Software AC97 4 InstallLANDriver KLE PLE CDDriverOverview ...

Page 71: ...er setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 2 2 VIA Trident display driver This folder has the software and drivers for the graphics system built into the VIA Apollo PLE133 The Installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer s CD ROM into your PC s CD ROM drive 2 Click Driver Install 3 Select the folderDriver Via Video KLE PLEdriverforWIN2000 9X NT40 ME or LINUX to start the installation...

Page 72: ... instructions on the screen to complete the installation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 2 4 LAN Driver Software and drivers are provided for the VT6103 controller that is integrated on this mainboard The VT6103 controller allows the system to generate transmit effects Drivers are provided for Windows NT 2000 98 95 ME SE The Installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer ...

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