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1: Introduction

Package Contents

Attention:

 This mainboard series consists of two models, 

M841LR (LAN Ready) and M841 (without LAN).
Please contact your local supplier for more information about your 
purchased model. Each model supports different specification 
listed as below:

Model

Specification

M841LR

Onboard LAN PHY(U15) and LAN (RJ45) 
connector

M841

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Your mainboard package ships with the following items:

The mainboard

This User’s Guide

1 UDMA/66 IDE cable 

1 Floppy disk drive cable

Support software on CD-ROM disk

Optional Accessories

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this 
mainboard.

Extended USB module 

AMR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card

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Summary of Contents for M841

Page 1: ...ut the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD is registered trademark of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Intel Pentium II III IV Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows NT 95 98 ME 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...

Page 2: ...soft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation II ...

Page 3: ...onal Extension Brackets 14 Install Other Devices 15 Expansion Slots 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 25 Load Optimal Settings 26 Load Best Performance Settings 26 Features Setup Page 26 CPU PnP Setup Page 28 Hardware Monitor Page 29 Change Pa...

Page 4: ...Mainboard User s Manual IV ...

Page 5: ...0BaseTX Network Interface This mainboard has the embedded 256 bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 64MB frame buffer supporting AGP 4X 266MHz mode up to 2GB s bandwidth which provides a direct connection between the graphics sub system and memory so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus In addition this mainboard has an extended set of ATX I ...

Page 6: ...ory bus Maximum installed memory is 2GB Notice You can NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously VGA Embeded 256 bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 64MB frame buffer Supports AGP 4X 266 MHz mode up to 2GB s bandwidth Supports 333MHz true colorm RAMDAC resolution up to 2048 x 1536 x 16 bpp NI Supports AGP Rev 2 0 Spec Compliant Expansion Slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem riser card Three 32...

Page 7: ...thernet MAC and PHY compliant with IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX 10BASE T and ANSI X3 263 TP PMD standards Compliant with ACPI 1 0 and the Network Device Class Power Management 1 0 High Performance provided by 100Mbps clock generator and data recovery circuit for 100Mbps receiver Onboard I O Ports Built in Multi threaded IO Link Delivering 1 2GB s Provides PC99 Color Connectors for easy peripheral device ...

Page 8: ...ic virus protection under Windows 95 98 NT 2000 MediaRing Talk provides PC to PC or PC to Phone internet phone communication 3Deep delivers the precise imagery and displays accurate color in your monitor WinDVD2000 is a DVD playback application optional Recovery Genius 21st V5 0 provides the function to recover reserve and transfer hard disk data CD Ghost is the software stimulating a real CD ROM ...

Page 9: ...orts different specification listed as below Model Specification M841LR Onboard LAN PHY U15 and LAN RJ45 connector M841 Your mainboard package ships with the following items The mainboard This User s Guide 1 UDMA 66 IDE cable 1 Floppy disk drive cable Support software on CD ROM disk Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Extended USB module AMR ...

Page 10: ...sible If you 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 absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect this mainboard whether there ar...

Page 11: ...ctly Install the mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP1 and the setting options 2 Never conn...

Page 12: ...d User s Manual Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on the mainboard Note Any jumper on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above is for testing only 8 ...

Page 13: ...hat your processor has a heatsink cooling fan assembly Do not try to install a Socket 370 Socket 7 processor in the Socket 462 A Socket 370 Socket 7 processor such as the PPGA Celeron FCPGA Pentium III Pentium MMX or the AMD K5 K6 does not fit in the Socket 462 The following list indicates these processors are currently supported by this mainboard Athlon XP 1500 1900 FSB 266 MHz Athlon Duron 500M ...

Page 14: ...nsert the processor into the socket No force is required and the processor should drop into place freely 5 Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the catch on the side of the socket This secures the CPU in the socket 6 All processors should be installed with a combination heatsink cooling fan connect the cable from the fan to the CPU fan power connector CPUFAN Install Memory The mainboard ...

Page 15: ... DIMMs used by SDRAM For this mainboard the maximum memory size is 2GB The edge connectors on the memory modules have cut outs which coincide with spacers in the DIMM sockets so that memory module can only be installed in the correct orientation To install a module push the retaining latches at either end of the socket outwards Position the memory module correctly and insert it into the DIMM socke...

Page 16: ...ap is removed from two pins the pins are OPEN Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory This jumper can clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few se...

Page 17: ...ctor on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the SW1 header If there are a headphone jack or and a microphone jack on the front panel connect the cables ...

Page 18: ...e a red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the cable Extended USB Module This module bracket has two USB ports for more USB devices USB port 3 4 1 Locate the USB2 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2 header 3 In the system chassis remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the opening Use the screw that held the slot cover to secure ...

Page 19: ...board ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the sy...

Page 20: ...D ROM drives have different kinds of audio cable connectors Connect the cable to the appropriate connector Infrared Port You can connect an infrared port to the mainboard You can purchase this option from third party vendors 1 Locate the infrared port IR1 header on the mainboard 2 If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IR1 header and then secure the port t...

Page 21: ...lot press down firmly inside until fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis with the screw that held the slot cover AMR Slot The AMR Audio Modem Riser slot is an industry standard slot that allows for the installation of a special audio modem riser card Different territories have different regulations regarding the specifications of a modem card You can purchase an ...

Page 22: ...Mainboard User s Manual 18 ...

Page 23: ...all coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause system s malfunction It can even keep your computer from booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory that has stored the configuration information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration You might need to do this ...

Page 24: ...e 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 To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these page...

Page 25: ...ive B Not 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 Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a h...

Page 26: ...ice IDE 0 2nd Boot Device Floppy 3rd Boot Device CDROM Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Password Check Setup Boot To OS 2 No System BIOS Cacheable Enabled DRAM Timing Configuration Normal Mode SDR DDR CAS Latency 3T Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Clk Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving CB AGP Aperture Size 64MB Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled CLK Gen Spread Spe...

Page 27: ...f the password is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed System BIOS Cacheable If you enable this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution DRAM Timing Confi...

Page 28: ...if you are using an O S that supports ACPI function such as Windows 98 ME 2000 Power Management Use this item to select a power management scheme Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Hard Disk Time Out This sets the timeout to power...

Page 29: ...SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware O S Yes Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Plug and Play Aware O S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 98 ME ...

Page 30: ...These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly 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 FEATURES SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 OnBoar...

Page 31: ...3 BIOS Setup Utility 27 ...

Page 32: ... IRQ Use this item to assign either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Game port OnBoard MIDI Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ Use this item to assign an IRQ to th...

Page 33: ...equency 133 MHz ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU Brand Type Core Voltage Ratio Frequency These items show the kind core voltage ratio and frequency of CPU that has installed in your system CPU Speed Use this item to set the CPU speed that has installed in your system DRAM Frequency Use this item to set...

Page 34: ...OS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Voltage Measurements FAN Speeds These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letter...

Page 35: ...t dialog 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 exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 31 ...

Page 36: ...Software The software on the support CD ROM is for Windows 95 NT 2000 and Windows 98 The installation procedure differs depending on which Operating System you have but the automatic installation is now for Win98 WinME Win2000 Installing under Windows 95 NT To install support software for Windows 95 NT follow this general procedure 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive The system mi...

Page 37: ...er and audio application here D SOUND Driver SiS650_740 Network Adapter Driver Find the network adapter driver here D LAN SiS900 AMR Modem Driver Find the driver here D Modem Driver AMR SiS650_740 D Modem SuperVoice Telecom management software D Modem MediaRingTalk USB Driver The USB Driver allows the system to recognize the USB ports on the mainboard You need to install this driver if you are run...

Page 38: ... file on the mainboard to a newer version You can download the latest version of the BIOS setup available for your mainboard from the website D UTILITY AMINFxxx EXE PC Cillin Software The PC cillin software program provides anti virus protection for your system Find this program here D PC CILLIN 34 ...

Page 39: ...are installation program will run and you can select what kind of installation you want to do as explained later in this section The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to examine the contents of the disc using the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click on A...

Page 40: ...l automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in sequence You will need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as is needed to complete installing whatever software you selected to install When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and working There ...

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