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Key Features 

The key features of this motherboard include: 

 
CPU Type  

 

Supports the 

VIA C3 CPU onboard

 

 

Supports 

133 MHz

 Front-Side Bus 

 

Chipset  

There are 

VIA CLE266 Northbridge

 and 

8235 Southbridge 

in 

this chipset in accordance with an innovative and scalable 
architecture with proven reliability and performance. A few of the 
chipset’s advanced features are:              

 

High bandwidth 266MB/sec 8-bit-Link Host Controller 
supports 66MHz V-Link Host interface with total 
bandwidth of 266MB/sec 

 

Advanced high-performance DDR/SDR DRAM Controller 
supports DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU 
(133/100 MHz) for most flexible configuration  

 

Integrated Graphics/Video Accelerator supports the 128-
bit 3D/2D graphics engine, high quality DVD video 
playback, and Motion Compensation MPEG-2/1 Video 
Decoder  

 
Memory Support 

 

Two DIMM sockets for DDR memory modules 

 

Supports 200/266MHz DDR memory bus  

 

Maximum installed memory is 2GB 

 

Expansion Slots 

 

One CNR slot  

 

Two 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface 

 

Summary of Contents for M789 Series

Page 1: ...ar purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any perso...

Page 2: ...ore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pops out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest a...

Page 3: ...al Devices 13 Install Other Devices 16 Expansion Slots 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Features Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Manag...

Page 4: ...IV...

Page 5: ...in AC 97 Codec two 32 bit PCI slots one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional This motherboard integrates a 128 bit 3D 2D graphics e...

Page 6: ...Controller supports 66MHz V Link Host interface with total bandwidth of 266MB sec Advanced high performance DDR SDR DRAM Controller supports DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU 133 100 MHz for m...

Page 7: ...parate 128 bit data paths between north bridge and graphics core for pixel data flow and texture command access Graphics engine clocks up to 133MHz decoupled from memory clock High quality DVD video p...

Page 8: ...t All Applicable IEEE802 3 10Base T and 100Base TX Standards USB 2 0 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 Compliant with Intel s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specificat...

Page 9: ...s diskette drives and peripherals Power management CPU parameters and memory timing Hardware monitoring parameters The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds...

Page 10: ...N RJ45 connector M789CU Your motherboard package ships with the following items The motherboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable and bracket optional One IDE drive ribbon cable and br...

Page 11: ...don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolut...

Page 12: ...rboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the motherboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the motherboard connecti...

Page 13: ...below to identify the major components on the motherboard Note Any jumpers on your motherboard not appearing in this illustration are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side vie...

Page 14: ...t is shared with the J5 connector Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jac...

Page 15: ...the socket The DIMM sockets are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 3 Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector match th...

Page 16: ...and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Operation Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Memory Short Pins 2 3 Install the Motherboard Install the moth...

Page 17: ...FAN1 fan power connector on the motherboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HD_LED_P 2 FP PWR SLP 3 HD_LED_N 4 FP PWR SLP 5 RESET_SW_N 6 POWER...

Page 18: ...ases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connector USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR...

Page 19: ...ndor won t be responsible for any incidental or consequential damage arising from the usage or misusage of the purchased product SIR1 Infrared Port The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of in...

Page 20: ...devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The motherboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect t...

Page 21: ...be Slave Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system When you first start up your system the BIO...

Page 22: ...ard 1 Locate the CNR or PCI slots on the motherboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge co...

Page 23: ...onfiguration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stor...

Page 24: ...hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key...

Page 25: ...t Installed Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec...

Page 26: ...k Interleave Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64MB Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Clock Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Def...

Page 27: ...erating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory System...

Page 28: ...Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled LAN Ring Power On Disabled Keyboard Power On Disabled Wake Up Key Any Key Wake Up Password N A PowerOn by RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm...

Page 29: ...yboard Power On Wake up key Wake up password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing any keys on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power O...

Page 30: ...this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display applicati...

Page 31: ...ly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOS SETUP FEATU...

Page 32: ...Parallel Port IRQ This item assigns either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA This item assigns a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard IDE This item enable...

Page 33: ...and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved SDRAM Frequency Auto ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modi...

Page 34: ...efaults FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measu...

Page 35: ...box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and e...

Page 36: ...d in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manu...

Page 37: ...the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing inte...

Page 38: ...items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation proce...

Page 39: ...2 Find out your motherboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Information All...

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