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Onboard I/O Ports

 

The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors: 

 

Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard 

 

One serial port 

 

One VGA port 

 

One parallel port 

 

Six USB2.0 ports (four back-panel ports, onboard USB 
connector USB1 providing two extra ports) 

 

Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out 

 
Built-in Ethernet LAN (optional) 

 

10Base-T/100Base-TX Physical Layer Solution 

 

 

Dual Speed – 100/10 Mbps 

 

MII Interface to Ethernet Controller/Configuration & Status 

 

Auto Negotiation: 10/100, Full/Half Duplex  

 

Meet 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 Specification Revision 0.95 

 

Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface  
Specification Revision 1.1 

 

PCI multi-function device consists of two 

UHCI Host  

Controller

 cores for full-/low-speed signaling and one  

EHCI Host Controller

 core for high-speed signaling 

 

Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with  
integrated physical layer transceivers shared by 

UHCI

 and  

EHCI

 Host Controller 

 

Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface  
Specification release 1.1 

 

Legacy support for all downstream facing ports 

 

Summary of Contents for M791 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: ...ecting Optional Devices 13 Install Other Devices 15 Expansion Slots 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 18 Introduction 18 Running the Setup Utility 19 Standard CMOS Features Page 20 Advanced Setup Page 2...

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

Page 4: ...ready tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 200...

Page 5: ...0 95 The mainboard supports the built in AC97 Codec two 32 bit PCI slots one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional This mainboard in...

Page 6: ...6MHz 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 configura...

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: ...Meet 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 Specifi...

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: ...drive ribbon cable The Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard The Extended USB module The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Note You...

Page 11: ...mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connectors on the mainboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to connectors on the mainboa...

Page 12: ...8 Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on the mainboard I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard optional...

Page 13: ...Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices 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...

Page 14: ...4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Install the cooling fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and secure them all onto the socket base 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU fan connector CP...

Page 15: ...to the following to install the memory module 1 Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can insta...

Page 16: ...power cables from the mainboard 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 t...

Page 17: ...ower connector on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 connector 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_SW_P 7 R...

Page 18: ...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 mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBP...

Page 19: ...other devices in the system following the steps below Floppy Disk Drive The mainboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capac...

Page 20: ...nnector IDE1 on the mainboard If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard If...

Page 21: ...em chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with...

Page 22: ...configuration 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 sto...

Page 23: ...ard 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 T...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...yboard Power On Wake up key Wake up password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power O...

Page 29: ...e 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 applicat...

Page 30: ...e 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 FEATURES SETUP C...

Page 31: ...ns 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 enables or disables either or both of t...

Page 32: ...ms on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Ration Selection 3 0x SDRAM Frequency Auto ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shif...

Page 33: ...faults 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 measur...

Page 34: ...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 35: ...n 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 manual...

Page 36: ...s 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 int...

Page 37: ...t the 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...

Page 38: ...n 2 Find out your mainboard 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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