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V266A 

   USER'S 

MANUAL 

M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NO. G03-V266AR1A

 

Release date:  December 2001 

 

 

 

 

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. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for V266A

Page 1: ...G03 V266AR1A Release date December 2001 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: ...NSION CARD INSTALLATION 12 2 5 2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD 12 2 5 3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD 13 2 5 4 AGP SLOT 13 2 6 CONNECTORS HEADERS 14 2 6 1 CONNECTORS 14 2 6 2 HEADERS 16 2 7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER 20 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS 3 1 ENTERING SETUP 21 3 2 GETTING HELP 22 3 3 THE MAIN MENU 22 3 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 23 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 25 3 6 ADVANCED ...

Page 3: ...S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER NO PART OF THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE V266A MOTHER BOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER S REQUIREMENT ...

Page 4: ...s induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans In addition interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink For optimum heat transfer AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor When selecting a thermal solution for your system ple...

Page 5: ...rformance This motherboard also has an integrated AC 97 2 1 CODEC on board which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility For those wanting even greater graphic performance an AGP 4X slot is included on the board With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 6 USB function ports the V266A meet future USB demand This motherboard int...

Page 6: ...pport PC100 PC133 SDRAM Expandable to 2 0GB Expansion Slot Headers AGP slot x1 support AGP 2 0 4X mode 32 bit PCI slot x5 CNR slot x1 Integrate IDE Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 100 MB s Audio AC 97 Digital Audio controller integrated AC 97 Audio CODEC on board Audio driver and utility i...

Page 7: ...h 99 V1 2 900 900 900 900 3D Winbench 2000 94 8 95 1 93 8 94 6 Final Reality 6 49 6 53 6 54 6 87 Winstone 99 V1 3 34 9 35 8 32 2 33 1 Content Creation Winstone 2000 42 5 43 2 37 8 39 6 Content Creation Winstone 2001 50 4 51 1 43 8 45 2 Business Winstone 2001 43 5 45 4 36 7 37 6 Winbench 99 CPU Mark 99 107 108 77 4 80 6 FPU Winmark 99 6580 6580 6000 6000 Business Disk Winmark99 8140 8540 7700 8370 ...

Page 8: ...r ON Jumper JP1 FAN2 IR Connector CNR Slot Front Panel Audio CD Audio PCI Slot CPU F S B Clock Jumper JP4 Floppy Connector VIA KT266A Chip Front Panel Connector ATA 100 IDE Connector Clear CMOS JBAT ATX Power Connector USB Port CPU FAN 2MBit Flash ROM BIOS CPU Socket PC1600 PC2100 DDR DIMM X2 VIA VT8233 Chip Wake On Modem Wake On LAN FAN1 PC133 DIMMX2 PS 2 MOUSE PS 2 Keyboard AGP Slot ...

Page 9: ...ame Description Page AUDIO Line In Out MIC header 9 pin Block P 16 USB1 USB2 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 17 IDE LED IDE activity LED 2 pin Block P 17 TB LED Turbo LED switch 2 pin Block P 17 RESET Reset switch lead 2 pin Block P 17 SPEAKER Speaker connector 4 pin Block P 17 PWR LED Power LED 2 pin Block P 17 PW BN Power switch 2 pin Block P 17 WOL WOM Wake On LAN Modem Headers 3 pin Block P 18 ...

Page 10: ...herboard s Jumper Setting 1 CPU Ratio Selector 10 pin SW1 Ratio 1 2 3 4 5 Ratio 1 2 3 4 5 5 0x ON ON ON OFF ON 9 0x ON ON ON OFF OFF 5 5x ON OFF ON OFF ON 9 5x ON OFF ON OFF OFF 6 0x ON ON OFF OFF ON 10 0x ON ON OFF OFF OFF 6 5x ON OFF OFF OFF ON 10 5x ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 7 0X ON ON ON ON OFF 11 0x ON ON ON ON ON 7 5x ON OFF ON ON OFF 11 5x ON OFF ON ON ON 8 0x ON ON OFF ON OFF 12 0x ON ON OFF ON O...

Page 11: ... 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 JBAT and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector Note When should clear CMOS 1 Troubleshooting 2 Forget password 3 After over...

Page 12: ...2X 133MHz or 4X 266MHz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz ISA Industry Standard Architecture a relatively low speed interface primarily used for sound cards and modems runs at approx 8MHz Serial Port a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed inte...

Page 13: ...ld have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN if necessar...

Page 14: ...m Memory Max 2GB 64MB 2GB Generally installing SDRAM DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 184 Pin PC1600 PC2100 DDR SDRAM module looks like DDR 2 BANK2 BANK3 DDR 1 BANK0 BANK1 SDR 2 BANK2 BANK3 SDR 1 BANK0 BANK1 DDR1 DDR2 SDR1 SDR2 NOTE When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module...

Page 15: ...oftware driver for your expansion card 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 N A System Timer 1 N A Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 8 ...

Page 16: ...rd USB Shared Onboard USB 1 Shared Onboard USB 2 Shared 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 Slot This motherboard provides an AGP Slot support the 1X 2X 4X AGP VGA card AG PSLO T 2 6 Conn...

Page 17: ...tors for PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Mouse 3 USB Port connector J3 The connectors are 4 pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board 4 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female PARALLEL Parallel Port connector is a 25 pin D Subminiature Receptacle connector The On board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more...

Page 18: ...r supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single plug end to motherboard connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings Primary IDE Connector Pin 1 9 Secondary IDE Connect...

Page 19: ...e 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 the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel may drop 2 6 2 Headers 1 Line In Out MIC Header 9 pin AUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Line In Li...

Page 20: ...e system power is on You may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead See the figure below 5 Reset switch lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your 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 Spe...

Page 21: ...LAN Modem card NOTE This feature requires that Wake On LAN or Ring In Wake up is enabled Wake On Modem Headers WOM 1 3 5VSB G ND WO M Wake On LAN Headers WOL 1 3 5VSB G ND WO N 10 FAN Speed Headers 3 pin FAN1 FAN2 CPUFAN These connectors support 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 bla...

Page 22: ...S setup to use the IR function IR R X G ND IR TX VC C Infrared Module Headers IR C IR C IR R X IO VSB NC NC NC IR Pin1 Pin5 for Standard IR CIR Pin6 Pin10 for Consumer IR 6 1 10 5 12 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN1 CDIN2 CD_IN1 and CDIN2 are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers 4 1 C DIN1 C DIN2 1 4 ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ...n the following pages of this chapter but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup Press up down left right 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 wh...

Page 25: ...e items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Miscellaneous Control Load optimized Defaults Load Standard Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exi...

Page 26: ...re factory settings for optimal performances system operations Load Standard Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal 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 Sta...

Page 27: ...ends on the year of the BIOS Time The time format is hour minute second Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or list...

Page 28: ...neral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Anti Virus Protection Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled default No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the...

Page 29: ... by keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast default The A20 signal is controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The settings are Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when...

Page 30: ...1 AGP Timing Settings Please refer to section 3 6 2 PCI Timing Settings Please refer to section 3 6 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The settings are Enabled and Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching ...

Page 31: ...wed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date 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 and 3T CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the...

Page 32: ...pecification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled and Disabled 3 7 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help OnChip IDE Function Press Enter OnChip Device Function Press Enter Onboard Super IO Function Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous V...

Page 33: ...ter Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra...

Page 34: ...enable disable the KT266A chipset family to support AC97 Modem The settings are Auto Disabled USB Host Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The settings are E...

Page 35: ...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 parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EP...

Page 36: ... Management ACPI The settings are Enabled and Disabled Video Off Option This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice are Suspend off All Modes Off and Always On Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked DPMS default Initial display power management signaling Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer V H SYNC Blank Thi...

Page 37: ...ng Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem During Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem Wake Up on RTC Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled choose the Date and Time Alarm Date of month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boo...

Page 38: ...erconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Item Help P...

Page 39: ...he 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 2001 Award Software IRQ Resources Item Help IRQ3 assign...

Page 40: ... V 5 02V Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults 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 Show PC Health in Post During Enabled it displays information list below The choice is eithe...

Page 41: ...uto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock Spread Spectrum This item allows you to set the CPU Host PCI clock and Spread Spectrum The settings are Enabled Disabled Host Clock at next Boot is This item allows you to select CPU frequency step by step increasing The choice are 100MHz 133MHz 133MHz 166MHz DRAM Clock at next Boot is This field displays the...

Page 42: ...nter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm that the password will be disabled Once the password ...

Page 43: ...INSTALL Supports WINDOWS 95 98 98SE NT4 0 2000 Insert CD into your CD ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below If the menu does not appear double click MY COMPUTER double click CD ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 8 selections 1 VIA 4 IN 1 install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 driver 2 SOUND install...

Page 44: ... AGPVXD VIA AGPVXD DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED IF YOU ARE USING AN AGP VGA CARD VIAGART VXD WILL PROVIDE SERVICE ROUTINES TO YOUR VGA DRIVER AND INTERFACE DIRECTLY TO HARDWARE PROVIDING FAST GRAPHIC ACCESS IRQ ROUTING VIA PCI IRQ MINIPORT DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WIN98 ONLY IT WILL FIX PCI IRQ ROUTING SEQUENCE INF VIA REGISTRY DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WINDOWS THE DRIVER WILL ENABLE VIA...

Page 45: ...te click Yes 4 Click NEXT to choose all driver 5 Click NEXT to Install ATAPI Vender Support Driver 6 Click NEXT to choose enabled DMA Mode 7 Click NEXT to Install VIA AGP VXD Driver 8 Click NEXT to Install VIA IRQ Routing Mini port Driver ...

Page 46: ...er and the program Install for editing playback 1 Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Then auto detect operation system language edition click OK start to install DRIVER 3 When ask Remove old device driver Click OK 4 Click Finish and Restart Windows ...

Page 47: ...ware The path of the file is X VIA HEALTH W SETUP EXE Only support WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME In Windows 95 98 Winbond Hardware Doctor Monitoring Software needs some system files to copy in Utility that s why it needs install PC HEALTH twice to complete setup 1 Click PC Health when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click OK when Winbond Hardware Doctor Setup Window appears ...

Page 48: ...r the Winbond Hardware Doctor will appears You can remove the Utility in Control Panel Add Remove Program icon 2 After executing Winbond Hardware Doctor it supports system voltage Fan speed and CPU SYSTEM Temperature Because this is a On time Monitoring program therefore the value will change after it detected if the value is over default setting the system will have warning picture and beeps 4 4 ...

Page 49: ...ou will have a Magic BIOS icon in your screen 4 Double click the Magic BIOS icon you will have this picture choose from internet you can upgrade BIOS On line 5 When On line update BIOS the program will auto check your BIOS version 6 Click Next if you need update BIOS after upgrade BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically restart ...

Page 50: ... 9 When choose From Local Driver to update BIOS you must have the correct BIOS file in your Local Driver 10 Choose the correct BIOS file to update BIOS 4 5 PC CILLIN Install PC CILLIN 2000 Anti virus program 1 Click PC CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appears 2 Click NEXT when PC CILIN 2000 SETUP APPEARS Then click YES when the announcement of copyright appears Software is starting to detect HD for ...

Page 51: ... For the file to be stored 4 Click NEXT and Choose all Internet Protection 5 Click OK and If You Have Proxy Server Enter Your Setting 6 Click NEXT when Start Copy Files Start to install the software 7 If you want to make a rescue disc insert a 1 44 MB disc 8 Setup Complete and click Finish ...

Page 52: ...efer page 38 Method 1 Use Magic BIOS update BIOS in Windows 98 refer page 46 Method 2 In DOS Mode STEP 1 Prepare a boot disc you may 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 V266A from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your...

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