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Load Optimized Defaults 

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are settings for optimal performances 
system operations.

  

Load Standard Defaults 

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for the stable 
performance system operation. 

Set Supervisor/User Password 

Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords. 

Save & Exit Setup 

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup. 

Exit Without Saving 

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup. 
 

3-4  Standard CMOS Features 

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories.  Each category 
includes no, one or more than one setup items.  Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and 
then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. 

CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright(C) 1984-2003 Award Software 

Standard CMOS Features 

 

Item Help 

 

    Date (mm:dd:yy)             Mon, Oct, 20 2003 
    Time (hh:mm:ss)             11 : 02 : 35 

  > IDE Primary Master          Press Enter None  
  > IDE Primary Slave           Press Enter None 
  > IDE Secondary Master        Press Enter None 
  > IDE Secondary Slave         Press Enter None 

    Drive A                     1.44M, 3.5 in.  
    Drive B                     None             

    Video                       EGA/VGA 
    Halt On                     All,But Keyboard 

    Base Memory                     640K 
    Extended Memory               56320K 
    Total Memory                  57344K 
 

 
  Menu Level > 
 
  Change the day, month, 
  year and century 
 

↑↓→←

 Move Enter:/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit  F1:General Help 

F5:Previous Values   F6:Optimized Defaults    F7:Standard Defaults 

 

Date 

The date format is <day><month><date><year>.  

Day

 

  Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. 

Month

   The month from Jan. through Dec. 

Date  

 

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys. 

Year

    The year depends on the year of the BIOS.     

Summary of Contents for S755MAX

Page 1: ... G03 S755MAX Rev 1 0 Release date Oct 2003 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer ...

Page 2: ... BIOS FEATURES 22 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 24 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 25 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 26 3 7 1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION 26 3 7 2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION 27 3 7 3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 28 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 29 3 8 1 PM TIMER RELOAD EVENTS 30 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 30 3 9 1 IRQ RESOURCES 31 3 10 PC HEALTH STATUS 32 3 11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL 32 3 12 LOAD STANDA...

Page 3: ...board utilities Cable for USB Port 3 4 Option 5 Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port 5 SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT Adaptor 5 S755MAX User s Manual AMD K8 Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems Maintaining the proper computing environment...

Page 4: ...n greater graphic performance an AGP slot is included on the board For 1 5V AGP card only No for 3 3V or Universal AGP card This AGP slot will support either a 4X 8X VGA card compliant to AGP specification 2 0 3 0 The motherboard including Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY chip support 10Mb s 100Mb s Base transfer rate The motherboard also has an integrated PCI 6 channel Audio chip on board support 6 chan...

Page 5: ...controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 100 133 MB s Serial ATA IDE SiS 180 Serial ATA Controller provide two Serial ATA ports support 150Mb s data transfer rate and one Parallel ATA133 port support 133Mb s data transfer rate Support Ultra Mode Function Support RAID 0 or 1 RAID 0 1 function LAN On Board Inte...

Page 6: ... SDRAM x1 Winbond VGA Card ATi 9700 Pro 1024x768x32bit Color Hard Disk Driver IBM IC35L040AVVN07 0 ATA 100 7200RPM BIOS Award Optimal default OS Win XP Professional Service Pack 1 200 200MHz 3D Mark 2001SE 17751 Win Mark 2003 5144 PC Mark 2002 CPU Memory HDD 6555 8739 1259 Business Winstone 2002 41 8 SISOFT Sandra 2003 Dhrystone ALU MIPS 7225 Whetstone FPU iSEE2 MFLOPS 3038 4059 RAM Int Buffered i...

Page 7: ...tor CN1 Front Panel Audio SPDIF Connector USB Port USB3 IR Connector AGP 8X Slot Floppy Connector SiS 755 Chipset Front Panel Connector ATA 100 IDE Connector Clear CMOS JP9 CPU FAN CPU Socket DDR DIMMx2 SYSFAN SiS 963L Chip Speak Connector SiS 180 Serial ATA Controller ATA 133 IDE Connector Serial ATA Connector SATA1 2 Power LED Connector GAME Port Connector CD Audio ITE 8705 I O Chip PCI Slot Wak...

Page 8: ...eader Name Description Page COM2 Serial Port COM2 Headers 9 pin Block P 14 AUDIO Line Out MIC Headers 9 pin Block P 14 USB3 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 15 SPEAK Speaker connector 4 pin Block P 15 FP Power LED Reset IDE LED Power Button Front Panel Header including Power LED IDE activity LED Reset switch Power On Button lead 9 pin Block P 15 WOL Wake On LAN Headers 3 pin Block P 16 SYSFAN CPUFAN...

Page 9: ...ard configuration in CMOS RAM short 2 3 pins of JP9 to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector 3 Locate JP9 and short pins 1 2 for a few seconds 4 Return JP9 to its normal setting by shorting pins 2 3 5 Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector Note When should clear C...

Page 10: ...odems runs at approx 8MHz Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cameras Sound interface the interface between the sound card or ...

Page 11: ...n it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below The notched corner should point toward the end of the level Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket Colden Arrow Socket 754 When you put the CPU into the ...

Page 12: ...ff your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 2 5 1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer s cover and the brack...

Page 13: ... below INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Onboard LAN Onboard USB 1 Onboard USB 2 Onboard USB 3 Sound IMPORTANT If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers support Shared IRQ or that the cards don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 AGP S...

Page 14: ... Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2 pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board PIN ROW2 ROW1 1 3...

Page 15: ...or more detail information 7 Audio Line In Lin Out MIC Connector CN1 This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC Line out Audio output to speaker Line in Audio input to sound chip MIC Microphone Connector 8 Serial Port COM1 COM1 COM1 is the 9 pin D Subminiature mail connector The On board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS S...

Page 16: ...ure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector Pin 1 IDE1 Pin 1 IDE2 Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master and the second HDD is referred to as the Slave For performance issues we strongly suggest you don t install a CD ROM or DVD ROM drive on th...

Page 17: ...ATA2 SATA1 2 6 2 Headers 1 Serial Port2 COM2 Header 9 pin COM2 CO M2 Pin1 Note Orient the read marking on the COM1 COM2 ribbon cable to pin 1 Serial Port COM2 Header 2 Line Out MIC Header 9 pin AUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Line out MIC connector with cable Line Out MIC Headers AUDIO Pin1 AUD MIC AUD FPO UT L AUD MIC BIAS AUD FPO UT R HP O N AUD G ND AUD R ET L AUD RET R AUD VC C 2 9 10...

Page 18: ...ur computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system s power supply See the figure below 6 Speaker connector SPEAK This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below 7 Power LED PWR LED The Power LED is light on while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case t...

Page 19: ...ort cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector FAN Headers CPUFAN 1 3 SYSFAN 1 3 11 IR infrared module Headers 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting an...

Page 20: ...io Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers C DIN 1 4 13 Game Port Header GAME Pin 1 GAME Port Headers 14 Optical In Out Header SPDIF Optical In Out Header SPDIF Pin1 SPDIF O UT NC G ND G ND 2 10 9 12V NC SPDIF IN2 SPDIF IN1 NC ...

Page 21: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 22: ...ight to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 23: ...t User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system ...

Page 24: ...or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Mon Oct 20 2003 Time hh mm ss 11 02 35 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On A...

Page 25: ...M the selection shall be None Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disabled Cooling Sprite Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabl...

Page 26: ...able quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The settings are Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 3 SCSI CDROM LAD and Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS w...

Page 27: ...atures Item Help DRAM Timing Settings Press Enter AGP Aperture Size 64MB AGP Fast Write Support Disabled AGP Data Transfer Rate Auto AGP Auto Calibration Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults DRAM Timing Settings Please refer to se...

Page 28: ...5T Note Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset RAS to CAS Delay This field let s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The settings are 2T 3T and 4T 1T 1 ...

Page 29: ...Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software OnChip IDE Function Item Help Internal PCI IDE Both IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary Master UltraDMA Auto Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled IDE Burst Mode Enab...

Page 30: ...pport The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 2 OnChip Device Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software OnChip Device Function Item Help AC97 Audio Device Enabled Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ 10 AC97 Modem Device Enabled USB Device Function Enabled USB Keyboard Legacy Support Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled ETHERNET Address ID Input Press Enter ...

Page 31: ...arallel Port There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that Provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following option Disabled 3BCH IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278H IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378H IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP To operate the onboard par...

Page 32: ...CPI The settings are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select ACPI Suspend Type The setting are S1 POS S3 STR Video Off Option This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice are Always Off Video will off and Always On Video always On Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked DPMS default Initial display power man...

Page 33: ... up Set to 0 to boot every day Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose what hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work 3 9 PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which all...

Page 34: ...s this field a sub menu is preceded by a The settings are Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Please refer to section 3 9 1 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 9 1 IRQ Resources CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award So...

Page 35: ...ther Enabled or Disabled Shutdown Temperature This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature when CPU temperature over this setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU Current CPU Temperature Current System Temp Current FAN1 FAN2 Speed Vcore Vdd 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V This will show the CPU FAN System voltage chart and FAN Speed 3 11 Miscellaneous Control This section is ...

Page 36: ...ting AGP VddQ Select This item allows you to select 1 5V of the AGP VGA card The choice are Default 1 5V 1 6V 1 7V 1 8V VDIMM Select This item allows you to select DRAM Voltage The choice are 2 50V 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V 3 12 Load Standard Optimized Defaults Load Standard Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Standard Defaults Y N N Press...

Page 37: ...rompted to enter the password A message will confirm that the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a pas...

Page 38: ...OM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 11 selections 1 AGPVXD install AGPVXD file when use External AGP card 2 IDE install SiS MINI IDE driver 3 SOUND install ALC Audio driver 4 LAN install LAN controller driver 5 USB2 0 install USB 2 0 driver 6 RAID install SIS 180 RAID driver and Utility 7 DIRECTX9 install Microsoft...

Page 39: ...ETUP EXE For WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME 2000 XP 1 Click AGPVXD when Magic Install MENU appears 2 Click Next when SiS Acceleration Graphic Port appears 3 Click NEXT or choose BROWSE to change the path For the file to be stored 4 After Setup complete please select restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup 4 2 IDE Install SiS MINI IDE Driver ...

Page 40: ...IDE Driver Setup window appear 3 Select components and Click Next 4 Click FINISH and Restart Computer 4 3 SOUND Install ALC Audio Codec Driver 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Then auto detect operation system language edition click OK start to install DRIVER ...

Page 41: ...Note The path of the file For WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE 4 4 LAN install LAN controller driver The path of the file for WINDOWS 9X 2000 is X SIS755 LANDRV SETUP EXE Including WINDOWS 95 98 98SE 98ME 2000 for WINDOWS NT4 0 is X SIS755 LANDRV NT40 WINDOWS 95 98 98SE 98ME 2000 Setup 1 Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click NEXT when SiS PCI LAN Driver Setup appears ...

Page 42: ...ompletely Click NEXT when SiS PCI LAN Driver Setup appears 4 5 PC HEALTH installs SMART GUARDIAN software for hardware monitoring device 1 Click PC HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click Install when SMART GUARDIAN INSTALL appears 3 Click OK after the software is installed 4 SMART GUARDIAN Utility NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X SIS755 HEALTH SETUP EXE This driver supports ...

Page 43: ...k NEXT when Install Shield Wizard For PC CILLIN 2002 2 Click Open Manual you can learn PC CILLIN 2002 how to use 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Information Click NEXT or choose Change to change the path for the file to be stored 5 Click INSTALL Start to install the software 6 Setup Complete and click FINISH ...

Page 44: ...ngine code and virus code Note Please install ACROBAT READER Before you read PC CILLIN 2002 User Manual the path at X acrobat ar500eng exe 4 7 USB2 0 Install SIS USB2 0 DEVICE DRIVER 1 Click USB2 0 when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appear 2 When SIS USB Enhanced Host Controller Setup appears Click YES 3 When Finish SIS USB Enhanced Host Controller Setup appears Click YES and restart computer 4 Check device ...

Page 45: ...ppear 2 When RAID application windows appear please click NEXT 3 When the license agreement windows appear please choose I accept the terms of the license agreement and click NEXT then click INSTALL start install SIS180 RAID Controller Driver 4 Please click FINISH and restart your computer ...

Page 46: ...ay make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest BIOS for S755MAX from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your boot disc into A start the computer type Awdflash A S755MAXAxxx BIN SN PY CC R S755MAXAxxx BIN is the file name of latest BIOS ...

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