System BoardUser’s Manual
Page 1: ...System Board User s Manual...
Page 2: ...any par ticular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer re serves the right to revise this publication and make chan...
Page 3: ...ticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to cor...
Page 4: ...Northbridge Heat Sink Jumper Settings Rear Panel I O Ports Internal I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility RAID BIOS Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Software Chapter 5 RAID...
Page 5: ...tallation modification accidents or unau thorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjust m...
Page 6: ...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...
Page 7: ...me similar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more infor mation about the standard package in your region please conta...
Page 8: ...e than 4GB system memory Therefore if you are using this operating system we strongly recommend that you install a less than 3GB system memory 2 PCI Express Gen 2 x16 slots dimensionally with x8 trans...
Page 9: ...ector 1 24 pin ATX power connector 1 8 pin 12V power connector 1 front panel connector 3 fan connectors 1 download flash BIOS connector EZ touch switches power switch and reset switch ACPI and OS Dire...
Page 10: ...xpress Gen 2 is a high bandwidth I O infrastruc ture that possesses the ability to scale speeds by form ing multiple lanes The x16 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate up to 5Gb s The onboard Realt...
Page 11: ...technology that allows storing mul tiple user defined BIOS settings by using the BIOS utility to save load and name the settings This is especially use ful to overclockers who require saving a variety...
Page 12: ...easure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and pe...
Page 13: ...rough an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important T...
Page 14: ...ton or selecting Standby when you shut down the system without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operat ing system This is because the system is cap...
Page 15: ...19 J 17 P CPU FSB select JP17 JP19 1 1 J 18 P Clear CMOS JP8 Line in Front R L Mic in Center Subwoofer Side R L Rear R L 1 Coaxial RCA S PDIF out 1 CD in Front audio 1 PCIE 2 1 Socket 775 DDR 2 1 DDR...
Page 16: ...If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce dures requiring ESD protection System Memory Warning When the DRAM Power LED lit red it indi...
Page 17: ...rtual Single Channel Dual Channel Dynamic Mode Addressing BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information The system boar...
Page 18: ...gle channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Dual...
Page 19: ...DIMM 1 E P 1 3 DS P 1 3 DS E P 1 3 SS P 1 3 SS DIMM 2 P 2 4 DS E P 2 4 DS P 2 4 SS E P 2 4 SS DIMM 3 E P 1 3 DS P 1 3 DS E P 1 3 SS P 1 3 SS DIMM 4 P 2 4 DS E P 2 4 DS P 2 4 SS E P 2 4 SS P denotes po...
Page 20: ...ns are for reference only 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 DIMM socket on the system board...
Page 21: ...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...
Page 22: ...and or contact pins are the cap is missing or the cap and or contact pins are damaged damaged damaged damaged damaged contact your dealer immediately contact your dealer immediately contact your deal...
Page 23: ...ful parti cles Remove the protec tive cap only when you are about to install the CPU Protective cap Lever Cover 5 Lift the protective cap from the location pointed below to detach the cap from the cov...
Page 24: ...CPU by its edges and avoid touch ing 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 in s...
Page 25: ...ually contains the fan and heat sink assembly and an installation guide If the installa tion procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation gui...
Page 26: ...ust match the 4 mounting holes around the socket Position each stud so that the groove faces the heat sink then push it down firmly until it clicks into place Note You will not be able to secure the f...
Page 27: ...heat sink will dissipate heat generated by the Northbridge Without the heat sink the Northbridge will overheat damaging both the Northbridge and the system board The system board comes with the heat s...
Page 28: ...r 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 b...
Page 29: ...2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default Selecting 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 suppl...
Page 30: ...allow the system to automatically run according to the CPU s FSB If you want to change the settings please refer to the table below JP17 JP18 JP19 By CPU 1 2 On 1 2 On 1 2 On FSB 800 2 3 On 3 4 On 2 3...
Page 31: ...s be high when all other RTC power planes are on 2 In the case where the RTC battery is dead or missing on the platform the SRTCRST pin must rise before the RSMRST pin PS 2 K B Optical S PDIF out USB...
Page 32: ...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 PDI...
Page 33: ...nnect USB 2 0 1 1 devices The 10 pin connectors allow you to connect 6 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...
Page 34: ...s jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speak ers of the audio system Line in Light Blue This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM...
Page 35: ...speakers of the audio system Mic in Jack Pink This jack is used to connect an external microphone Front Audio The front audio connector is used to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at...
Page 36: ...t Serial ATA drives Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to a Serial ATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device Configuring RAID Refer to the RAID chapter in this manual for more inf...
Page 37: ...used 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 Mas...
Page 38: ...rating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information Serial COM Connector The serial COM connector is used to connect modems serial prin...
Page 39: ...components EZ Touch Switches The presence of the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide conven ience in powering on and or resetting...
Page 40: ...ill light when the system is in the standby mode Warning When the DRAM Power LED and or Standby Power LED lit red it indicates that power is present on the DIMM sockets and or PCI slots Power off the...
Page 41: ...ector 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 i...
Page 42: ...iguration CPU power amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400...
Page 43: ...stem s configuration such as the wattage of the power supply the se quence of the supplied power as well as the number of periph eral devices connected to the system Due to this reason we strongly rec...
Page 44: ...e 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 PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this L...
Page 45: ...ondary 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...
Page 46: ...46 2 Hardware Installation 1 PCI Express Slots PCI Express x16 PCI Express x1 Download Flash BIOS Connector 1 W 1 GROUND 2 8 7 SPI_VCC3 SPI_CS0B SPI_MIS0 SPI_HOLD SPI_CLK SPI_MOSI PCI Express x16...
Page 47: ...all front panel cables from the chassis to the front panel smart connector Connect according to the pin definition shown on the smart connector Front Panel Connectors USB 1394 Front Panel 2 Connect th...
Page 48: ...e screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by press ing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simul...
Page 49: ...DE Channel 1 Master X IDE Channel 1 Slave X IDE Channel 2 Master X IDE Channel 3 Master X IDE Channel 4 Master X IDE Channel 4 Slave Drive A Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Phoe...
Page 50: ...quire that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical t...
Page 51: ...ite timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track Drive A This field id...
Page 52: ...d during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All...
Page 53: ...5 3 3 BIOS Setup Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system...
Page 54: ...ion APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select for DRAM 64MB Report No FDD For Win 95 Full Screen LOGO Show Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level X Selec...
Page 55: ...e will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot sequence of th...
Page 56: ...sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is...
Page 57: ...lding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still...
Page 58: ...ered at the promp APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using OS Select for DRAM 64MB Selec...
Page 59: ...cy of the system Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve system performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB When en...
Page 60: ...dentical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Express Root Port Func Item Help Menu Level X Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail S...
Page 61: ...Optimized Defaults X OnChip IDE Device X Onboard Device X SuperIO Device X USB Device Setting Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter OnChip IDE Device The settings on the screen are for refer...
Page 62: ...lel ATA storage devices RAID This option allows you to create RAID or Intel Matrix Storage configuration on Serial ATA devices AHCI This option allows the Serial ATA devices to use AHCI Advanced Host...
Page 63: ...onboard HD audio The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard LAN Onboard HD Audio Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard Device Item...
Page 64: ...ress any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible key board to power on the system Super IO Device The settings on the scr...
Page 65: ...r On This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power on the system Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboa...
Page 66: ...failure the system will automatically power on Former Sts When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system...
Page 67: ...ow speed device it will operate in full low speed mode Full Low Speed Regardless of the speed of the USB device it will always operate in full low speed mode Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB D...
Page 68: ...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 W...
Page 69: ...mer Events Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D HPET Support HPET Mode Press Enter Enabled S3 STR Auto User Define DPMS Yes Stop Grant 3 Disabled D...
Page 70: ...end 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 versi...
Page 71: ...ore the HDD Power Down field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time 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...
Page 72: ...field the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Soft Off by PWR BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless...
Page 73: ...the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR PowerOn By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Time dd hh mm of Alarm field...
Page 74: ...field Primary IDE 0 1 Secondary IDE 0 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D HPET Support or HPET Mode will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will...
Page 75: ...sabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 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 Confi...
Page 76: ...A for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI VGA Palette Sno...
Page 77: ...n 8 Assignment By default a device is automatically assigned to each INT You can also manually assign an INT for each device Maximum Payload Size This field is used to select the maximum TLP payload s...
Page 78: ...FF if CPUTemp CPU Core Voltage DRAM Voltage NB Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage ATX 3 3V Voltage ATX 5 0V Voltage ATX 12V Voltage 5V Standby Voltage Voltage Battery CPU CORE Temperature CHIPSET Temperatur...
Page 79: ...he CPUFan Turn Off If CPUTemp field temperature the system will automatically adjust the CPU fan s speed accord ing to the temperature 2 If you want to reduce the CPU fan s noise or prevent CPU overhe...
Page 80: ...r Press Enter Press Enter Enabled 1 Disabled 10 X 2660 MHz 266 MHz Auto DDR2 800 100 MHz Disabled Disabled Move Enter Select F1 General Help PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Sa...
Page 81: ...res X Advanced Chipset Features X Integrated Peripherals X Power Management Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting X CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Superviso...
Page 82: ...io This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio Target CPU Clock This field will show the targeted CPU clock CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system b...
Page 83: ...ds 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 field will show the targeted DRAM speed PCIE Cloc...
Page 84: ...on Technology Core Multi Processing Enabled Enabled Disabled Auto Enabled Enabled Enabled Thermal Management Control This field is used to enable or disable thermal management PPM EIST Mode The option...
Page 85: ...ed it will force the XD feature flag to always return to 0 Virtualization Technology When this field is set to Enabled the VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool T...
Page 86: ...s Enter Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Press Enter Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto X The screen above list all the fields available in the DRAM Timing submenu for ease of reference in...
Page 87: ...lex memory mode CAS Latency Time tCL This field is used to select the clock cycle of the CAS latency time The option selected specifies the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiv...
Page 88: ...tRRD The options are Auto and 1 to 15 Read to Write Delay tRDWR This field is used to select the read to write delay time Although this is not a DRAM specified timing parameter it is related to the ro...
Page 89: ...Value F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Mode 0 Mode 0 Mode 0 70ps Auto Current 1346ps Current 1346ps Current 166ps Current 166ps Current 124ps Curr...
Page 90: ...The options are Current 70ps to 2170ps Ch1Ch2 CommonClock Setting The options are Auto More Aggressive Aggressive Nominal Relaxed and More Relaxed Ch1 RDCAS GNT Chip Delay The options are Auto 1CLK t...
Page 91: ...hannel 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 CM...
Page 92: ...tical to this one CPU VID Special Add DRAM Voltage Control SB Core CPU PLL Voltage NB Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage Clockgen Voltage Control CPU GTL 0 2 REF Volt CPU GTL 1 3 REF Volt North Bridge GTL R...
Page 93: ...e North Bridge GTL REF Volt This field is used to configure the Northbridge GTL REF voltage FSB Vref This field is used to configure the FSB Vref CPU Core Voltage This field will show the CPU s curren...
Page 94: ...bank 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 S...
Page 95: ...ble Setting If during the trial and error process the setting resulted to the sys tem s instability or worse yet not being able to boot up the system please follow the steps below to use the Load func...
Page 96: ...ng Bank Last BIOS Setting This option will save the last saved BIOS set ting to the User Defined Setting Bank User Defined Setting Bank 1 2 3 4 Bank Description To name the BIOS setting move the curso...
Page 97: ...save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting Y in the Save Exit Setup submenu Hotkey You can now load a BIOS setting during system boot up bypassing the lengthy process of entering the BIO...
Page 98: ...he Setup default values X Genie BIOS Setting X CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility...
Page 99: ...ppear 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 disa...
Page 100: ...rd Press the Esc key to return to the main menu Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not t...
Page 101: ...nagement Setup X PnP PCI Configurations X PC Health Status X Genie BIOS Setting X CMOS Reloaded Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving SA...
Page 102: ...trl Alt Esc simulta neously or Del after memory testing is done Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults X Standard CMOS Features X Advance...
Page 103: ...BIOS status message screen will appear Press the Ctrl and I keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives Important Before creating RAID m...
Page 104: ...e system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility...
Page 105: ...OS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current...
Page 106: ...s utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not...
Page 107: ...d Software Intel Chipset Device Software On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 1 Click Intel R Chipset Device Software on...
Page 108: ...ted Software 4 Go through the readme document for system requirements and instal lation tips then click Next 5 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to continue 3 Read the license agree ment t...
Page 109: ...109 4 Supported Software 6 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect...
Page 110: ...d nVidia GForce 8 series driver Install the driver according to the graphics card that you are using On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon For ATI Radeon graphics card select...
Page 111: ...iver On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Setup is now ready to install the audio driver Click Next 1 Click Realtek Audio Driver on the main menu 3 Setup is currently configur...
Page 112: ...4 Setup is now processing the settings 5 Select the desired option then click Next 6 Click Yes I want to restar t my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software in...
Page 113: ...left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon 1 Click Mar vell LAN Driver on the main menu 2 Setup is now ready to install the driver Click Next 3 Read the license agreement then click I acc...
Page 114: ...114 4 Supported Software 4 Click Install to begin the installation 5 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup Reboot your system for the new software installation to take effect...
Page 115: ...gs values 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 Def...
Page 116: ...ted Software 4 Click Next to install or click Browse to select another folder 3 Fill in the necessary information then click Next 5 Select an option in accordance to the system that you are using then...
Page 117: ...117 4 Supported Software 6 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup Restarting the system will allow the utility to take effect...
Page 118: ...te Installation Notes 1 Autorun ONLY supports the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen...
Page 119: ...age of the 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 d...
Page 120: ...operating 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 Config...
Page 121: ...ge 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 provided RAID driver diskette 5 Locate for the drive where...
Page 122: ...e 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 performance and...
Page 123: ...ment to view system requirements and installation 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 ti...
Page 124: ...Edition graphics card combines the results from each GPU according to the selected operating mode then sends the final frames out to the display device The result will be a complete frame rendered at...
Page 125: ...rames are rendered on one GPU while all odd frames are rendered on the other Super AA Anti Aliasing The Super AA mode provides even higher quality anti aliasing on multi GPU systems It works by having...
Page 126: ...6 6 ATI CrossFire Technology The PCI Express x16 Slots CrossFire Configuration 2 way CrossFire One slot operating at x8 8 lane port or two slots each operating at x8 8 lane ports bandwidth PCIE 1 PCIE...
Page 127: ...Secure the graphics card with the screw you removed in step 2 CrossFire Edition graphics card 1 Power off the system and monitor then unplug the power cord 2 Remove the screw of the bracket that is o...
Page 128: ...the bracket that is opposite the PCIE 3 slot then remove the bracket Standard PCI Express graphics card 7 Secure the graphics card with the screw you removed in step 5 8 Connect the two graphics card...
Page 129: ...the main window Click Enable CrossFire then click Yes to continue 12 Click the View tab then select CustomView 10 Install the graphics cards drivers then restart the system for the drivers to take ef...
Page 130: ...130 6 ATI CrossFire Technology 14 The screen on the right indicates that CrossFire has been enabled Make sure to restart the PC for CrossFire to take effect...
Page 131: ...an 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 T...
Page 132: ...the destination folder or click Change to select another folder 4 Setup is now ready to install the utility Click Next 3 The installation wizard is extracting the files needed to install the utility...
Page 133: ...A 133 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 features 8 Click Finish to exit setup...
Page 134: ...then press F1 The screen will show the CPU upgrade information Press Any Key to continue 2 When the system enters the operating system the ABS utility will appear and display the system s information...
Page 135: ...A 135 ABS Auto Boost System 5 Click Confirm 7 Click Backup 8 The default settings will appear on the screen Click Save 6 ABS suppor ts Win Reloaded and Auto Upgrade features Click Auto Upgrade...
Page 136: ...e default setting then click Save You have just created a backup file of the board s default setting 10 If in any case a new OC setting causes system instability you can always retrieve the backup fil...
Page 137: ...t 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...
Page 138: ...tting 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 alwa...
Page 139: ...e consists of a single long beep Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Award...
Page 140: ...e fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard...
Page 141: ...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 prop erly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slo...
Page 142: ...ing 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...
Page 143: ...nter doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 V...
Page 144: ...there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in car...
Page 145: ...h 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 va...
Page 146: ...ing 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 Overclo...
Page 147: ...hics 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 t...
Page 148: ...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...
Page 149: ...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 dat...
