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ABS - Auto Boost System

The  ABS  (Auto  Boost  System)  technology  provides 
the  convenience  of  saving  and  loading  several  OC 
settings. It allows you to use the best OC setting to 
optimize  your  system’s  performance.  You  can  “Auto 
Boost”  your  system  by  simply  pressing  the  <F1> 
key.

ABS provides the following functions that are easy for users to operate. 

•  Backup OC profile 
•  Load OC profile 
•  Exchange OC profile 

Installing ABS

1.  The  ABS  utility  is  included  in  the  provided  DVD.  Insert  the  DVD into  an  opti-

cal  drive.  On  the  top  row  of  the  screen,  click  the  6th  icon  to  open  the  Utility 
menu.

Appendix A - ABS: Auto Boost System

2.  Click “Auto Boost System”.

Summary of Contents for Blood-Iron P45 Elite Series

Page 1: ...System Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...r implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2009 All Rights Reserved Trademarks ...

Page 3: ...ticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an ...

Page 4: ... 15 Installing the DIM Module 18 CPU 20 Installing the CPU 20 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink 24 Northbridge Heat Sink 26 Jumper Settings 27 Clear CMOS Data 27 PS 2 Power Select 28 USB Power Select 29 Secondary RTC Reset 30 Rear Panel I O Ports 30 PS 2 Ports and S PDIF Ports 31 USB and LAN Ports 32 Audio and CD In 33 Internal I O Connectors 34 Serial ATA Connectors 34 FDD Connector and IDE Connec...

Page 5: ... 88 Exit Without Saving 89 RAID BIOS 90 Updating the BIOS 91 Chapter 4 Supported Software 92 Intel Chipset Device Software 93 Graphics Driver 96 ATi Radeon Drivers 96 nVidia GForce 8 Series Drivers 100 Realtek Audio Drivers 102 JMC250 LAN Drivers 104 RAID Floppy Driver 106 Smart Guardian 107 Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 05 110 Installation Notes 112 Chapter 5 RAID 113 RAID Levels 113 RAID 0 Striped Disk...

Page 6: ...Driver During OS Installation 115 Step 5 Install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager 116 Appendix A ABS Auto Boost System 118 Installing ABS 118 The ABS Utility 121 Appendix B Troubleshooting 126 Appendix C Debug LED Post and Troubleshooting 130 ...

Page 7: ...proper installation modification accidents or unauthorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjustments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be returned to the purchase point factory or authorized service agency for all such work 4 We will not be liable for any in...

Page 8: ...r ends Important Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain...

Page 9: ...ion listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Before Using the System Board Before using the system board prepare basic system components If you are installing the system board in a new system you will need at least the following inte...

Page 10: ...up to 16GB system memory Windows 32 bit operating system is unable to accurately detect more than 4GB system memory Therefore if you are using this operating system we strongly recommend that you install a less than 3GB system memory 1 PCI Express Gen 2 x16 slot 3 PCI Express x1 slots 2 PCI slots Award BIOS 8Mbit SPI flash BIOS CMOS Reloaded Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC 8 channel aud...

Page 11: ...n IDE connector 1 floppy connector 1 24 pin ATX power connector 1 8 pin 12V power connector 1 front panel connector 4 fan connectors 1 download flash BIOS connector ACPI and OS Directed Power Management ACPI STR Suspend to RAM function Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse Wake On LAN Wake On Ring RTC timer to power on the system AC power failure recovery Monitors CPU system North...

Page 12: ...ound sound audio system ALC885 also supports S PDIF output allowing digital connections with DVD systems or other audio video mul timedia S PDIF S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio sig nals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PD...

Page 13: ...tween these settings simultane ously Genie BIOS The options in Genie BIOS allows configuring the system to optimize system per formance and overclock capability CPU Overheat Protection CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once the CPU s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre defined by the CPU the system will automatically shu...

Page 14: ... FDD 1 1 1 1 USB 2 3 1 USB 4 5 1 1 Chassis fan Battery IDE 1 13 24 12 ATX power 1 1 CPU fan DDR2 1 DDR2 2 DDR2 3 DDR2 4 DRAM Power LED 1 NB fan SPI Flash BIOS 1 2 7 8 Download BIOS Flash Intel ICH10R 1 IrDA 1 12V power PS 2 power select JP7 1 Intel P45 Standby Power LED 1 1 1 1 1 1 Clear CMOS JP2 USB 0 5 power select PCI 1 PCI 2 PCIE 4 PCIE 2 PCIE 1 SATA 4 SATA 2 SATA 0 SATA 1 SATA 3 SATA 5 USB 6 ...

Page 15: ...ves add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requi...

Page 16: ...d This mode can be enabled with 1 SS 2 SS or 2 DS In VSC mode both channels must have identi cal row structure Single Channel Virtual Single Channel Dual Channel Dynamic Mode Addressing The system board supports the following memory interface Single Channel SC Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits 8B from the memory channels Virtual Single Channel VSC If both channels are populated with diffe...

Page 17: ...l single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Dual channel Dual channel Dual channel Dynamic Mode Addressing Dynamic Mode Addressing Dynamic Mode Addressing Dynamic Mode Addressing Dynamic Mode Addressing Dynamic Mode Addressing DIMM 1 E P P E E E E E E E P P p P P P E P 1 3 P 1 3 E P 1 3 D...

Page 18: ...nly Installing the DIM Module Ejector tab 5 Note how the module is keyed to the socket DIMM socket Ejector tab Key Notch 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the DDR2 socket on the board 4 Push the ejector tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side ...

Page 19: ...g the module by its edges position the module above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket The keying mechanism ensures the module can be plugged into the socket in only one way 8 The ejector tabs at the ends of the socket will automatically snap into the locked position to hold the module in place ...

Page 20: ...r contact pins are damaged contact your dealer immediately 2 Make sure to keep the protective cap RMA requests will be accepted and processed only if the LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap Installing the CPU 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the LGA 775 CPU socket on the system board I...

Page 21: ...he protective cap only when you are about to install the CPU Protective cap 5 To remove the protective cap lift the cap on the lo cation pointed on the right photo Lift this part up 6 Unlock the socket by push ing the load lever down moving it sideways until it is released from the reten tion tab then lift it up Load lever Retention tab 7 Life the load plate Load plate ...

Page 22: ...CPU by its edg es and avoid touching the pins Pin 1 of the socket Gold mark 9 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU CPU ...

Page 23: ...llation 10 Close the load plate Load plate 11 Push the load lever down to lock the socket The lever should hook onto the retention tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket Load lever Retention tab ...

Page 24: ...y supplied when you purchase the fan heat sink assembly Do not spread the paste all over the surface When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU the compound will dis perse evenly Some heat sinks come with a patch of pre applied thermal paste Do not ap ply thermal paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste before y...

Page 25: ...rection of the arrow shown on top of the pin Push down two pushpins that are diagonally across the heat sink Perform the same procedure for the other two push pins Fan Heat sink Push pin 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the sys tem board ...

Page 26: ...idge Heat Sink The Northbridge must be kept cool by using a heat sink The heat sink will dis sipate heat generated by the Northbridge Without the heat sink the Northbridge will overheat damaging both the Northbridge and the system board ...

Page 27: ...the rear panel of the system This provides convenience by allowing you to clear the CMOS without having to remove the chassis cover To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1 Power off the system then unplug the power cord 2 Set JP2 JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP2 JP8 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Now plug the power c...

Page 28: ...217 PS 2 Power Select Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to wake up the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA JP7 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 3 1 2 3 1 2 ...

Page 29: ...electing 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1 5A 2 devices or 2A 3 or more devices 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 2 On 5V default 2 3 On 5VSB ...

Page 30: ...r RTC power planes are on 2 In the case where the RTC battery is dead or missing on the plat form the SRTCRST pin must rise before the RSMRST pin C217 2 3 On RTC Reset 1 2 On Normal default JP12 3 1 2 3 1 2 Rear Panel I O Ports PS 2 K B Optical S PDIF out USB 10 USB 6 7 Coaxial S PDIF out Mic in Side R L Center Subwoofer Rear R L Line in Front R L LAN PS 2 Mouse USB 11 USB 8 USB 9 Clear CMOS jumpe...

Page 31: ...ack is used to connect an external audio output device using an optical S PDIF cable Coaxial RCA S PDIF The coaxial RCA S PDIF jack is used to connect an external audio output device using a coaxial S PDIF cable Important DO NOT use optical S PDIF and Coaxial RCA S PDIF at the same time PS 2 Ports and S PDIF Ports PS 2 Mouse PS 2 KB Optical S PDIF Coaxial RCA S PDIF ...

Page 32: ...additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports Your USB ports may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the USB port cables to these connectors LAN The LAN port allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub USB 2 3 1 VCC Data Data GND Key VCC Data Data GND N C 2 10 9 USB 11 USB 10 ...

Page 33: ...ystem Line in Light Blue This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Line out Front Right Left Jack Lime This jack is used to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system Mic in Jack Pink This jack is used to connect an external microphone Audio and CD In Rear audio Front R L Line in Mic in Rear ...

Page 34: ... Refer to the RAID chapter in this manual for more information about creating RAID on Serial ATA drives Serial ATA Connectors Front Audio The front audio connector is used to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system CD in The CD in connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card Internal I O Connectors SATA 5 SATA 3 SATA 1 SAT...

Page 35: ... to connect 2 IDE disk drives An IDE cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into this connector and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive The col ored edge of the cable should align with pin 1 of this connector Note When using two IDE drives one must be set as the...

Page 36: ...in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information COM Serial The COM Serial connector is used to connect modems serial printers remote display terminals or other serial devices Your COM port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then c...

Page 37: ...connect cooling fans Cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and sys tem board components CPU fan 4 1 Sense Power Ground Speed Control 1 3 Sense Power Ground NB fan System fan 1 3 Sense Power Ground 1 3 Sense Power Ground Chassis fan ...

Page 38: ...ill light when the system is in the standby mode Important When the DRAM Power LED and or Standby Power LED lit red it indi cates that power is present on the DIMM sockets and or PCI slots Pow er off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components ...

Page 39: ...s connector Your power supply unit may come with an 8 pin or 4 pin 12V power connector The 12V power enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM If available it is preferable to use the 8 pin power otherwise connect a 4 pin power to this connector 13 12 24 1 3 3VDC 3 3VDC COM 5VDC COM 5VDC COM PWR_OK 5VSB 12VDC 12VDC 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 12VDC COM PS_ON COM ...

Page 40: ... note not all system boards come with this switch If for some reasons you need to totally cut off the power supplied to the PC switch off the power supply or unplug the power cord Take note though that if you intend to restart it at once please strictly follow the steps below 1 The time where power is totally discharged varies among power supplies It s discharge time is highly dependent on the sys...

Page 41: ...thout having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode 1 2 19 20 PWR LED ATX SW SPEAKER HD LED RESE...

Page 42: ...on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED Reserved ATX SW ATX power switch Reserved RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector PWR LED Power Standby LED Pin Assignment HDD LED Power HDD N C N C PWRBT PWRBT N C N C Ground H W Reset Speaker Data N C Ground ...

Page 43: ...ardware Installation C217 C217 PCI Express Slots PCI Express x16 Download Flash BIOS Connector PCI Express x1 1 2 8 7 GROUND SPI_CLK SPI_MOSI SPI_VCC3 SPI_CS0B SPI_MIS0 SPI_HOLD PCI Express x1 PCI Express x1 ...

Page 44: ...e mode by simply pressing F9 in the main menu of the Award BIOS utility then pressing Y to select Advance Mode The Advance mode will display a wide range of fields useful in overclocking the board Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power...

Page 45: ...a program that takes care of the ba sic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message w...

Page 46: ...Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master IDE Channel 4 Slave Drive A Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Help Menu Level Change the day month year and century Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fa...

Page 47: ...equire that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE Channel 0 Master Access Mode Capacity C...

Page 48: ...in 5 1 4 in AT type high density drive 1 2MB capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default s...

Page 49: ...iskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K f...

Page 50: ...d by the system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some fea tures according to your preference Hard Disk Boot Priority Virus Warning CPU L3 Cache Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting x Typematic Rate Cha...

Page 51: ...ermine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric key pad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Gate A20 Option This field allows you to select how gate A20 is handled Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte Initially gate A20 was handled via the keybo...

Page 52: ... entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting MPS Version Co ntrol for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using OS Select for DRAM 64MB Select the OS2 option only if the system that is running an OS 2 operating sys tem h...

Page 53: ...the list Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority Item Help Menu Level Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 1 Ch0 M Maxtor 6V200E0 2 Bootable Add in Cards The settings on the screen are for reference on...

Page 54: ...stem Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve system performance certain space in memory can be re served for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When enabled the CPU assumes the 15 16MB memory range is allocated to the hidden ISA address range instead of the actual system DRAM When disabled the CPU assumes the 15 16MB address range actually contains DRAM memory...

Page 55: ...l Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults PCI E Compliancy Mode v1 0a PCI E Compliancy Mode This field is used to select the mode for the PCI Express add in card VT d The optioins are Enabled and Disabled PCI Express Root Port Func Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear ...

Page 56: ... F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IDE Disabled Enabled The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized De...

Page 57: ...this field to Enabled Onboard JMB368 This field is used to enable or disable the JMB368 controller Onboard Device Onboard LAN These field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller Onboard HD Audio This field is used to enable or disable the onboard HD audio Onboard Lan PXE These field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN PXE The settings on the screen are for reference only Y...

Page 58: ...wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible keyboard to power on the system Power On By Button To use the power button to power on the system set this field to Enabled Super IO Device The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperIO Device Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 ...

Page 59: ...FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2...

Page 60: ...s field is used to select an IRQ for the CIR device USB Device Setting The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB Device Setting Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults USB 1 0 Controller USB 2 0 Co...

Page 61: ...of peripheral devices If a PS 2 keyboard is not available and you need to use a USB keyboard to install Windows installation is performed in DOS mode or run any program under DOS set this field to Enabled USB Mouse Function Due to the limited space of the BIOS ROM the support for legacy USB mouse in DOS mode is by default set to Disabled With more BIOS ROM space available it will be able to suppor...

Page 62: ...ACPI Suspend Type Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Power Management Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft Off by PWR BTTN Wake Up by PCI Card USB KB Wake Up From S3 PowerON By Alarm x Date of Month Alarm x Time hh mm ss Alarm Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D HPET ...

Page 63: ...e of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function PCI Express PM Function This field is used to configure the PCI Express PM function The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express PM Function Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Hel...

Page 64: ...ime for the HDD Power Down 15 min Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the HDD Power Down 1 min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the HDD Power Down field Disabled Disables the Power Management function Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal sync...

Page 65: ... for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system Wake Up by PCI Card Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the ...

Page 66: ...is is used to set the time you would like the system to power on Reload Global Timer Events When enabled access to the specified field Primary IDE 0 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 FDD COM LPT Port and PCI PIRQ A D will cause the system to wake up com pletely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified field HPET Suppo...

Page 67: ...s section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very tech nical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General...

Page 68: ...vice Maximum Payload Size This field is used to select the maximum TLP payload size of the PCI Express de vices The unit is byte Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to IRQ 5 assigned to IRQ 7 assigned to ...

Page 69: ...ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Menu Level Shutdown Temperature Adjust CPU Temp CPUFan Fully ON If CPUTemp CPUFan Turn OFF If CPUTemp CPU Core Voltage DRAM Voltage ...

Page 70: ...ly adjust the CPU fan s speed according to the temperature 2 If you want to reduce the CPU fan s noise or prevent CPU overheat select a lower temperature in the CPUFan Fully On If CPUTemp field to allow the CPU fan to rotate full speed at the selected lower tem perature CPU Core Voltage to CHS Fan Speed These fields will show the output voltage temperature and fan speed of the monitored devices or...

Page 71: ...9 in the main menu of the Award BIOS utility then pressing Y to select Advance Mode The Advance mode will display a wide range of fields useful in overclocking the board Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI C...

Page 72: ...view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CPU Feature DRAM Timing Voltage Setting Exit Setup Shutdown Shutdown After AC Loss AC ShutDown Free O C Fail Retry Counter CPU Clock Ratio CPU N 2 Ratio Target CPU Clock CPU Clock Boot Up Clock CPU Clock Amplitude CPU Clock0 Skew CPU Clock1 Skew DRAM Speed Target DRAM Speed PCIE Clock CP...

Page 73: ... s instability and are not guaranteed to pro vide better system performance Boot Up Clock This field is used to select the boot up clock CPU Clock Amplitude The options are 700mV 800mV 900mV and 1000mV CPU Clock0 Skew and CPU Clock1 Skew Thse fields are used to select a skew control value of the CPU clock DRAM Speed This field is used to select the clock speed of the DIMM Target DRAM Speed This fi...

Page 74: ...sed to enable or disable thermal management PPM EIST Mode The options are Enabled and Disabled Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 Problems will occur only in certain operating systems The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems If you are using an operating system other than Windows ...

Page 75: ...RFC Performance LVL Read delay Read Delay Phase Adjust Write to PRE Delay tWR Rank Write to Read tWTR ACT to ACT Delay tRRD Read to Write Delay tRDWR Ranks Write to Write tWRWR Ranks Write to Read tWRRD Read CAS Precharge tRTP All PRE to Refresh Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Timing Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F...

Page 76: ...The options are Auto and 2 to 9 REF to ACT Delay tRFC The options are Auto and 16 to 33 Performance LVL Read Delay The options are Auto and 1 to 15 Read Delay Phase Adjust Refer to the following pages for more information on this submenu Write to PRE Delay tWR The options are Auto and 6 to 18 Rank Write to Read tWTR The options are Auto and 6 to 18 ACT to ACT Delay tRRD The options are Auto and 1 ...

Page 77: ...Chip Delay Ch1 Command to CS Delay Ch2 RDCAS GNT Chip Delay Ch2 WRCAS GNT Chip Delay Ch2 Command to CS Delay Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Clock Setting Fine Delay Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Model 0 Model 0 Model 0 70ps Auto Current 1346ps Current 1346ps Current 166p...

Page 78: ...Clock Crossing Setting and Ch2 Clock Crossing Setting The options are Auto More Aggressive Aggressive Nominal Relaxed and More Relaxed DIMM Clock Fine Delay Ch Control Fine Delay and Ch Command Fine Delay The options are Current 1 DEG to 31 DEG Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting The options are Auto More Aggressive Aggressive Nominal Relaxed and More Relaxed Ch1 RDCAS GNT Chip Delay The options are Auto 1...

Page 79: ...l In Channel 1 Phase 3 Pull In Channel 1 Phase 4 Pull In Ch2 Read delay phase 4 0 Channel 2 Phase 0 Pull In Channel 2 Phase 1 Pull In Channel 2 Phase 2 Pull In Channel 2 Phase 3 Pull In Channel 2 Phase 4 Pull In Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Read Delay Phase Adjust Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F...

Page 80: ...oltage Control SB Core CPU PLL Voltage NB Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage Vcore Droop Control Clockgen Voltage Control CPU GTL 0 2 REF Volt CPU GTL 1 3 REF Volt North Bridge GTL REF Volt FSB Vref CPU Core Voltage DRAM Voltage NB Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Voltage Setting Item Help Menu Level Auto 1 908 1 55V 1 1825 1 24V Enabled 3 45V 0 67X 0 67X 0 67X Auto 1 18...

Page 81: ...e 0 6075 to 0 7025 North Bridge GTL REF Volt Leave this in its default setting FSB Vref This field is used to configure the FSB Vref The options are Auto 21 to 00 CPU Core Voltage This field will show the CPU s current voltage DRAM Voltage This field will show the DRAM s current voltage NB Core Voltage This field will show the NB s current core voltage CPU VTT Voltage This field will show the HT L...

Page 82: ...k Load from this bank Hotkey 1 Options Description User Defined Setting Bank 2 Description Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey 1 Options Description User Defined Setting Bank 3 Description Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey 1 Options Description User Defined Setting Bank 4 Description Options Bank description Save to this bank Lo...

Page 83: ... but you were able to enter the BIOS utility a Select CMOS Reloaded in the main menu then press Enter b Move the cursor to Load Last Bootable Setting then press Load c Press Y to load the last bootable setting that was stored in the backup bank 2 If you cannot enter the BIOS utility a Use the Clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS Refer to chapter 2 for more information about clearing CMOS b Enter th...

Page 84: ... you want to immediately reboot to use the new settings make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting Y in the Save Exit Setup submenu Load from this Bank To load the setting saved in the bank move the cursor to Load from this Bank then press Enter The setting in this bank will replace the current setting Make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting...

Page 85: ...to load the Setup default values Genie BIOS Setting CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Conf...

Page 86: ...elow will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Pass word and press Enter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Ut...

Page 87: ...eight characters When done the mes sage below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set User Password and press Enter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main me...

Page 88: ...ional changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Genie BIOS Setting CMOS Reloaded Load Optim...

Page 89: ...up press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Genie BIOS Setting CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Superv...

Page 90: ...Intel RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the Ctrl and I keys simul taneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives Important Before creating RAID make sure you have installed the Serial ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility Refer to chapter 5 for steps in configuring RAID ...

Page 91: ...WDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press Enter 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system We recom mend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current...

Page 92: ...pplications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the DVD into an optical drive The screen shown below will appear If after inserting the DVD Autorun did not automatically start please go directly to the root directory of the DVD and double click Setup Chapter 4 Supported Software ...

Page 93: ...are Intel Chipset Device Software On the top row of the screen click the 1st icon to open the Chipset Driver menu 2 The setup program is now ready to install the utility Click Next 1 Click Intel R Chipset De vice Software ...

Page 94: ...ftware 4 Go through the readme document for system re quirements and installation tips then click Next 5 The setup program is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 3 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 95: ...95 4 Supported Software 6 Click Yes I want to re start this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software in stallation to take effect ...

Page 96: ...open the Graphics Driver menu The DVD provides both ATI and nVidia graphics drivers Select the driver accord ing to the graphics card that you are using ATi Radeon Drivers 1 Click ATi Radeon Drivers 2 Click Install to install to the destination folder or click Browse to select another folder ...

Page 97: ...97 4 Supported Software 3 Select the language you like Catalyst Install Manager to display then click Next 4 You are now ready to install the driver Click Install ...

Page 98: ...98 4 Supported Software 5 Select the component Ex press or Custom you want to install then click Next 6 Read the license agree ment then click Accept ...

Page 99: ... 4 Supported Software 7 Click Yes to create the ATI Technologies folder 8 Follow the remainder of the steps shown on the screen then restart the sys tem to allow the new driver installation to take effect ...

Page 100: ... Series Drivers 2 Read the license agreement then click I accept the terms in the license agree ment Click Next 3 Click Next to install to the destination folder or click Change to select another folder 1 Click nVidia GForce 8 Se ries Drivers ...

Page 101: ... install the driver on your computer After all files have been extracted click Next 5 You are now ready to in stall the driver Click Next 6 Click Yes I want to re start my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new driver instal lation to take effect ...

Page 102: ... Drivers On the top row of the screen click the 3rd icon to open the Audio Driver menu 1 Click Realtek Audio Driv ers 2 The setup program is now ready to install the driver Click Next 3 The setup program is cur rently installing the driver ...

Page 103: ...103 4 Supported Software 4 Click Yes I want to restart my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new driver instal lation to take effect ...

Page 104: ...ftware JMC250 LAN Drivers On the top row of the screen click the 4th icon to open the Network Driver menu 1 Click JMC250 LAN Drivers 3 The setup program is now installing the driver 2 Click Install to begin instal lation ...

Page 105: ...105 4 Supported Software 4 Click Finish ...

Page 106: ...r will ap pear showing the folder where the driver files are located in the DVD 3 You must create a RAID driver floppy diskette which is needed when you in stall the RAID driver during Windows installation Run the appropriate execution file 4 Insert a blank floppy diskette then click OK 5 The system will format and write the necessary driver files into the diskette ...

Page 107: ...lues are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the sys tem in good working condition On the top row of the screen click the 6th icon to open the Utility menu 1 Click Smart Guardian 2 The setup pro...

Page 108: ...ted Software 5 Click Next to add the pro gram icon to the Program Folder 3 Enter the necessary infor mation then click Next 4 Click Next to install to the designated folder or click Browse to select another folder ...

Page 109: ...m for the driver to take effect 6 Select the option in ac cordance to the operating system that you are using then click Next 8 After rebooting the system you will find the Smart Guardian icon displayed on the screen Double click the icon the run the utility ...

Page 110: ...ed Software 2 Click Next to continue 3 Setup is now ready to in stall Click Next Adobe Acrobat Reader 7 05 On the top row of the screen click the last icon to open the Manuals menu 1 Click Adobe Acrobat Read er 7 05 ...

Page 111: ...111 4 Supported Software 6 Click Finish to exit instal laion 5 Click Install to begin instal lation 4 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder ...

Page 112: ...drivers for Windows 2000 are also included in the DVD however Auto run is not supported for this operating system Therefore you must manually install the drivers from the respective folders of each driver 3 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change with out notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please contact techni cal support or your sales representati...

Page 113: ...data from one drive to the other drive If a drive fails to function the disk array management software directs all applications to the other drive since it contains a complete copy of the drive s data This enhances data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or an existing drive and a new drive but the size of the new drive must be the same or larger than ...

Page 114: ...ruin the entire installation process and operat ing system The system will not boot and you will lost all data in the hard drives Please give special attention to this warning because there is no way of recovering back the data Step 2 Configure Serial ATA in the Award BIOS 1 Power on the system then press Del to enter the main menu of the Award BIOS 2 Configure Serial ATA in the appropriate fields...

Page 115: ... message 3 Press S to Specify Additional Device 4 At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the RAID driver Insert the RAID driver diskette 5 Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select RAID or AHCI controller that corresponds to your BIOS setup Press Enter to confirm You have successfully installed the driver However you must continue installing th...

Page 116: ...and RAID volume information The user interface tray icon service and monitor service allow you to monitor the current status of the RAID volume and or SATA drives It enables enhanced per formance and power management for the storage subsystem 1 Insert the DVD into an optical drive 2 On the top row of the screen click the 1st icon to open the Chipset Driver menu 4 Setup is now ready to install the ...

Page 117: ...ument to view system requirements and installa tion information then click Next 5 Read the warning carefully then click Next 8 Follow the remainder of the steps shown on the screen clicking next each time you finish a step 9 Click Finish to complete installation and reboot the system ...

Page 118: ...can Auto Boost your system by simply pressing the F1 key ABS provides the following functions that are easy for users to operate Backup OC profile Load OC profile Exchange OC profile Installing ABS 1 The ABS utility is included in the provided DVD Insert the DVD into an opti cal drive On the top row of the screen click the 6th icon to open the Utility menu Appendix A ABS Auto Boost System 2 Click ...

Page 119: ...o the destination folder or click Change to select another folder 4 Setup is now ready to in stall the utility Click Next 3 The installation wizard is extracting the files needed to install the utility The wizard will lead you to complete the installation ...

Page 120: ...A 120 ABS Auto Boost System 6 Click Install to begin the installation 7 The installation wizard will copy all the necessary files and optimize the ABS fea tures 8 Click Finish to exit setup ...

Page 121: ...then press F1 The screen will show the CPU upgrade in formation Press Any Key to continue 2 When the system enters the operating system the ABS utility will appear and display the system s in formation Click Auto Up grade 3 The screen on the right will appear 4 Select the system board in use ...

Page 122: ...A 122 ABS Auto Boost System 5 Click Confirm 7 Click Backup 8 The default settings will appear on the screen Click Save 6 ABS supports Win Reloaded and Auto Upgrade features Click Auto Upgrade ...

Page 123: ...e de fault setting then click Save You have just cre ated a backup file of the board s default setting 10 If in any case a new OC setting causes system in stability you can always retrieve the backup file saved earlier by clicking Reload 11 Click Open ...

Page 124: ...st System 12 Select the backup file then click Open 13 Click Write to load Banks 1 4 into the BIOS If you want the system to auto upgrade the setting the next time you boot the system click Enable Auto Upgrade Next Boot ...

Page 125: ...etting If in any case your overclock setting causes system instability you can always retrieve the default setting by reloading the backup file 2 Everytime you change the BIOS settings remember to always backup the file because the previous backup file will not match the new BIOS settings therefore it will not work ...

Page 126: ...t the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Make...

Page 127: ...hing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access t...

Page 128: ...er doesn t output anything or is out putting garbled characters 1 Make sure that the serial device s power is turned on and that the device is on line 2 Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer 3 Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work ...

Page 129: ...settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets 4 Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations 5 If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket 6 If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load...

Page 130: ...utton short circuited PSU does not comply with the system s requirement 1 Incompatible memory modules 2 Mixed up BIOS data 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 Incompatible memory modules 3 Incompatible PCI devices 1 Probing for failed memory devices 2 SPD value is lost or empty Solution 1 Set the CMOS jumper to pins 1 2 default 2 Replace a suitable PSU 1 Clear the CMOS data 2 Remove and reinstall the CPU 3 Rep...

Page 131: ...ming 3 One of the memory modules is defective 1 Tight DRAM timing system is unstable 2 Insufficient DRAM voltage 3 Overclocking issue 1 Insufficient DRAM voltage 2 Incompatible memory modules 3 Overclocking issue tight DRAM timing 4 BIOS issue 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 Incompatible PCI devices Solution 1 Remove and reinstall the memory modules 2 Clear the CMOS then load the default speed 3 Try instal...

Page 132: ...phics card was not installed properly 1 Defective graphics card 2 Initialized wrong BIOS process Clock gen circuit Super IO circuit Detected floppy error Mixed up BIOS data could be one of the causes too 1 USB failed to boot BBS issue 2 Incompatible USB devices Solution 1 Remove all PCI PCIE devices and leave only the graphics card to test first Test the devices one at a time to determine the one ...

Page 133: ... some devices 2 Incompatible SATA or PATA device 3 CD ROM s spin took too long 1 Checksum error occured Change add devices such as CPU DRAM 2 Error occured after clearing the CMOS 3 Onboard battery is depleted 4 Overclocking issue The battery circuit of the MB is defective Normal Operation The graphics card was not connected properly or it is defective Solution 1 Inspect the power cable connection...

Page 134: ... therefore showing the wrong POST code Possible Cause 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 MB is defective NB chip may be defective 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 MB is defective NB chip may be defective 1 Mixed up BIOS data 2 MB is defective NB chip may be defective Solution 1 Clear the CMOS data 2 RMA action required 1 Clear the CMOS data 2 RMA action required 1 Clear the CMOS data 2 RMA action required Index Clearin...

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