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V6FP/V6FU 

USER'S MANUAL

 

M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor  

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

NO. G03-V6FPR3A

 

Release date: June 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.

Summary of Contents for V6FP

Page 1: ...r NO G03 V6FPR3A Release date June 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: ...IPSET FEATURES 23 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 24 3 6 2 AGP FUNCTION SETTING 25 3 6 3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS 25 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 26 3 7 1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION 26 3 7 2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION 27 3 7 3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION 28 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 29 3 8 1 WAKE UP EVENTS 30 3 8 1 1 IRQS ACTIVITIES 31 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 31 3 9 1 IRQ RESOURCES 32 3 10 PC HEALTH STATUS 32 3 1...

Page 3: ...es Cable for USB Port 3 4 Option 5 V6FP V6FU User s Manual AMD Athlon Duron Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable long term system operation The overall goal in providing the proper thermal e...

Page 4: ...it graphic display interface and provides powerful hardware decoding DVD accelerator to improve the DVD playback performance On board VGA memory support 8MB 32MB share memory This motherboard provides AC 97 compliant interface that comprises digital audio engine with 3D hardware accelerator on chip sample rate converter This motherboard also provides USB 2 0 host controller with six USB Ports that...

Page 5: ...port PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM 184 pin DDR DIMM socket x2 support DDR200 DDR266 SDRAM Expandable to 2GB Expansion Slot AGP slot x1 support AGP 2 0 4X mode 32 bit PCI slot x3 Integrate VGA Savage Pro 3D graphic acceleration VGA Memory share 8MB 32MB from system memory Integrate IDE Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data t...

Page 6: ...5655 2295 1160 5738 2550 1145 Content Creation Winstone 2001 64 7 69 9 Content Creation Winstone 2002 24 3 24 7 Business Winstone 2001 64 3 64 3 Winbench 99 V1 2 Business Disk Winmark99 13000 17900 Hi end Disk Winmark99 29300 37900 Business Graphic Winmark 513 500 Hi end Graphic Winmark 1670 1670 SYS Mark 2000 2001 SISMark 2000 2001 Rating Internet Content Creation Office Productivity SISMark 2000...

Page 7: ...lot AGP Slot K B Power ON Jumper JP1 FAN1 Floppy Connector VIA KM266 VT8375 Chip Front Panel Connector ATA 133 IDE Connector Clear CMOS JBAT ATX Power Connector USB Port CPU FAN 2MBit Flash ROM BIOS CPU Socket DDR Socket X2 VIA VT8235 Chip Wake On LAN FAN2 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Jumper JP5 PS2 KB Mouse Port USB Port USB1 USB2 SDR Socket X2 COM2 Connector LAN ...

Page 8: ...ers Header Name Description Page AUDIO Line In Out MIC header 9 pin Block P 14 COM2 Serial Port COM2 header 9 pin Block P 14 USB1 USB2 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 14 IDE LED IDE activity LED 2 pin Block P 14 TB LED Turbo LED switch 2 pin Block P 14 RESET Reset switch lead 2 pin Block P 15 SPEAK Speaker connector 4 pin Block P 15 PWR LED Power LED 2 pin Block P 15 PWR BTN Power switch 2 pin Bloc...

Page 9: ...CPU Front Side Bus Frequency also can setting step by step in BIOS SETUP please refer page 33 Miscellaneous Control in Host Clock at Next 2 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JBAT A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1 2 pins of JBAT 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 cab...

Page 10: ...ed Graphics Port a high speed interface for video cards runs at 1X 66MHz 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 ty...

Page 11: ... 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 necessary WARNING Due to this motherboard provides new function of protecting CPU you must connect the CPU FAN connector on CPUFAN location in order to obtain t...

Page 12: ...h DDR Module and SDR Module at same time it will have risk to damage your Memory and Motherboard NOTE Make sure the total installed memory does not exceeds 2 0GB otherwise the system may hang during startup Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 184 Pin DDR200 DDR266 DDR SDRAM module looks like DDR 2 BANK 2 BANK3 DDR 1 BANK...

Page 13: ...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 14: ...lot This motherboard provides an AGP Slot support the 1X 2X 4X AGP VGA card AG PSLO T 2 6 Connectors Headers 2 6 1 Connectors 1 Power Connector 20 pin block ATXPOW ATX Power Supply connector This is a new defined 20 pins connector that usually comes with ATX case The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2 pins Power On jumper pol...

Page 15: ...nd Game Connector AUD_GAME This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC and a 15 pin D Subminiature Receptacle Connector for joystick MIDI Device Line out Audio output to speaker Line in Audio input to sound chip MIC Microphone Connector Game MIDI For joystick or MIDI Device 7 Serial Port COM1 COM1 COM1 COM2 are the 9 pin D Subminiature mail connector The On board serial port can be di...

Page 16: ... Connector 40 pin block IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also configure 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 Secondary IDE Connector Pin 1 IDE2 Two hard disks can be connected to...

Page 17: ...hese headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug By attaching an option USB cable your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel USB Port Headers Pin1 USB1 VCC DATA G ND DATA VCC O C DATA G ND DATA Pin1 USB2 VCC DATA G ND DATA VCC O C DATA G ND DATA 4 IDE Activity LED IDE LED This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the cas...

Page 18: ...ystem power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin 9 Power switch PWR BTN This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the system System Case Connections HDLE D R E SE T VC C 5 G ND VC C 5 AC PILE D PWR BT PWR BTN AC PILE D HDDLE D R STSW NC G ND JW_FP SPEAK SPKR G ND NC VC C 5 Pin1 Pin1 10 Wake On LAN Headers 3 pin WOL This connector connect...

Page 19: ...ity of connector CPUFAN 1 3 FAN2 1 3 FAN1 1 3 12 IR infrared module Headers 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function IR infrared module Headers IR Pin1 G ND IR RX NC VCC 5 IRTX 2 5 6 13 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN CDIN is the connector for CD Audio Input signal P...

Page 20: ...un 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 error during POST Long...

Page 21: ... 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 message disapp...

Page 22: ...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 s performance Integra...

Page 23: ...nt in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thu Jul 18 2002 Time hh mm ss 13 57 26 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 25 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Exten...

Page 24: ... 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 CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled HDD Boot Sprite...

Page 25: ...ror check correction Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If this is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable 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 it...

Page 26: ...tup default The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered prompt OS Select For DRAM 64MB Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers Thes...

Page 27: ...user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The settings are Enabled and Disabled 3 6 1 DRAM Timing Settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software DRAM Timing Settings Item Help Auto Configuration Optimized RAS Active Time 6T RAS Precharge Time 3T RAS to CAS Delay 3T CAS Latency 2 5T Bank Interleave 4 Ban...

Page 28: ...e Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled CPU to AGP Post Write Enabled AGP Delay Transaction 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 Note Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset 3 6 3 PCI Timing Settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2...

Page 29: ... First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first The settings are PCI Slot AGP Slot 3 7 1 OnChip IDE Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software OnChip IDE Function Item Help OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master ...

Page 30: ...elect Auto to enable BIOS support The settings are Auto Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 2 OnChip Dev...

Page 31: ...ode Use DMA 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The settings are Ena...

Page 32: ... Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled Video Off Option Always Off Video off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Power Button Function Instant Off State After Power Fail...

Page 33: ...s Press Enter Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Wake Up On Ring PME During 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 co...

Page 34: ...t settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Item Help PnP OS Installed No Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Manual x IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optim...

Page 35: ... assigned to PCI Device Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults 3 10 PC Health Status This section shows the Status of you CPU Fan Warning for overall system status This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software PC Health Status Item ...

Page 36: ...Current DRAM Clock is DRAM Clock at next Boot is 133MHz VCC 2 5 Select 2 5V Default VDDQ Select 1 5V Default VDIMM Select 2 5V Default Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock Spread Spectrum This item allows you ...

Page 37: ... and press Enter 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 t...

Page 38: ...k RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 11 selections 1 VIA 4 IN 1 install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 driver 2 VGA install VIA VGA driver 3 SOUND install ALC AC97 Codec Audio driver 4 LAN install VIA 10 100MB LAN Controller driver Only for V6FP 5 USB2 0 install USB 2 0 driver 6 DIRECTX8 install Microsoft DirectX 8 1 driver 7 PC CILLIN install PC CIL...

Page 39: ... 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 POWER MANAGERMENT CONTROLLER 1 Click IDE when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT when VIA Service Pack Wizard appears 3 This is to announce the Copy Write click Yes 4 Click NEXT to choose all driver 5 Click NEXT to Install ATAPI Vender Supp...

Page 40: ...port Driver 9 Click Finish to restart computer 4 2 VGA install VIA VGA Driver A For WINDOWS 9X ME NT4 0 2000 XP 1 Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When ProSavageDDR Driver Install Setup Wizard Appears 3 Click NEXT to Install Driver File 4 Click Finish to Restart Computer ...

Page 41: ...e Sound Manager AvRack Then AVRACK Windows appears 5 Sound Effect select and KaraOK Mode Function 6 Manual Sound Effect Setting Note The path of the file For WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE Note In Win2K WinME users have to click Control Panel System Device Manager DVD CD ROM drives to Enabled digital CD Audio for the CD ROM Device when use the SPDIF Out digital signal 4 4 LAN Instal...

Page 42: ...10 100Mb PCI Ethernet Driver 3 Driver install Finish Click Yes and Restart Computer 4 When windows ask VIA 10 100Mb PCI Ethernet Adapter driver path Change directory to X VIA LANDRV and click OK then finish installation 4 5 PC HEALTH Winbond Hardware Doctor Monitoring Software The path of the file is X VIA HEALTH W SETUP EXE ...

Page 43: ...group name click continue to setup and click OK after setup complete 4 5 1 How To Utilize PC HEALTH 1 Click Program Winbond Hardware Doctor Hardware Doctor 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 Mon...

Page 44: ...icture 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 7 Click Yes if you want to update the BIOS otherwise choose No to exit 8 When System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish update BIOS the system wi...

Page 45: ...le to update BIOS 4 7 USB2 0 Install VIA USB2 0 Device Driver 1 Click USB2 0 when MAGIC INSTALL MENU Appear 2 When USB2 0 Setup Program Appear Click NEXT 3 Select Install USB Driver and Click NEXT 4 Select FINISH and Restart your Computer 5 Check device working properly in Device Manager The Path of the file is X VIA VIAUSB20 SETUP EXE ...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...art Write Protect item on Miscellaneous Control in BIOS Setup please refer page 33 Method 1 Use Magic BIOS update BIOS in Windows 98 refer page 41 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...

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