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Mainboard User’s Manual

  

 

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Extended IEEE1394a Header (Optional) 

You can obtain one optional IEEE1394a header, and install them 
by following the steps below.  
 

 

 
       

JP2 

Pin  Signal 

Pin  Signal 

CPWR 

GND 

XTPB0M 

XTPB0P 

XTPA0M  

XTPA0P 

SHIELD 

KEY 

        

1.

 

Locate the JP2 header on the mainboard. 

2.

 

Plug the bracket cable onto the JP2 header.  

3.

 

In the system chassis, remove the blanking plate from the 
corresponding expansion slot you want to use, and install 
an extension bracket in there. Secure the extension bracket 
in the chassis with a screw. 

JP2 

Summary of Contents for MS8328E Series

Page 1: ...bligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium II III Pentium 4 Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a registered trademark of Tr...

Page 2: ...crosoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation ...

Page 3: ...nstall the Mainboard 13 Optional Extension Brackets 15 Install Other Devices 17 Expansion Slots 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 21 Introduction 21 Running the Setup Utility 22 Standard CMOS Setup Page 23 Advanced Setup Page 24 Power Management Setup Page 26 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 27 Load Optimal Settings 28 Load Best Performance Settings 28 Features Setup Page 28 CPU PnP Setup Page 30 Hardwa...

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Page 5: ...ainboard has a built in AC97 Codec providing a CNR Communication and Networking Riser slot and a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface This mainboard also supports the optional built in IEEE1394a function for SiS962 SB only There is an extended set of MATX I O Ports including PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports four back panel USB2 0 ports one parallel port one VGA port and one serial port Connec...

Page 6: ...NR Communication and Networking Riser slot Three 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Multiword DMA modes Support for Bus Mastering and Ultra DMA 66 100 133 modes Power Supply and Power Management ATX power supply connector Meets ACPI 1 0b and APM 1 2 requirements...

Page 7: ...l Half Duplex Meet All Applicable IEEE802 3 10Base T and 100Base TX Standards Onboard I O Ports The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial ports One parallel port One VGA port Six USB ports Four back panel ports onboard USB header providing two extra ports USB2 0 Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Hardware Monitoring Built...

Page 8: ...performance serial bus and the P1394a draft 2 0 standard Provides three fully compliant cables ports at 100 200 400 Mbits s and available with one two or three ports Supports optional 1394a Annex J electrical isolation barrier at PHY link interface Supports power down feature to conserve energy in battery powered application Node power class information signaling for system power management PC Cil...

Page 9: ...ge Contents Your mainboard package ships with the following items q The mainboard q This User s Guide q 1 UDMA66 100 IDE cable q 1 Floppy disk drive cable q Support software on CD ROM disk Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard q Extended USB module q CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card ...

Page 10: ...ossible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this mainboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect this mainboard whether there ...

Page 11: ...rrectly q Install the mainboard in a system chassis case q Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard q Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP1 and the setting options 2 N...

Page 12: ...oard User s Manual 8 Mainboard Components This diagram below identifies major components on the mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above are for testing only ...

Page 13: ...or has a heatsink cooling fan assembly Do not try to install a Socket 370 Socket 7 processor in the Socket 462 A Socket 370 Socket 7 processor such as the PPGA Celeron FCPGAPentium III Pentium MMX or the AMD K5 K6 does not fit in the Socket 462 The following list indicates these processors are currently supported by this mainboard Athlon XP 2600 MHz FSB 266 MHz Athlon 650 MHz 1 4 GHz FSB 200 MHz 2...

Page 14: ...cket 462 identify the Pin 1 corner The Pin 1 corner is at the end of the locking lever when locked 4 Match the Pin 1 corner of CPU with the one of socket and insert the processor into the socket No force is required and the processor should drop into place freely 5 Push down the locking lever and hook it under the latch on the edge of the socket This secures the CPU in the socket 6 All processors ...

Page 15: ...nboard Each module can be installed with up to 1 5GB memory capacity Installation Procedure To install a module please follow these steps 1 Push down the latches on each side of the DIMM socket 2 Align the memory module with the socket The DIMM sockets are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 3 Check the cutouts on the DIMM module edg...

Page 16: ...emoved these pins are OPEN Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory This jumper can clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jump...

Page 17: ... a case Follow the instructions provided by the case manufacturer using the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis Connect the power connector from the power supply to the PWR1 connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN1 fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the cable from the PC spe...

Page 18: ...0 KEY If there are a headphone jack or and a microphone jack on the front panel connect the cables to the AUDIO1 header on the mainboard Here is a list of AUDIO1 header s pin assignments Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L This connector J1 LAN LED indicator is attached to LAN device that needs a LED ...

Page 19: ...f the cable Extended USB Module This module bracket has two USB ports for more USB devices USB port 5 6 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 USBVCC1 2 GND 3 USBDT0 4 KEY 5 USBDT0 6 USBDT1 7 KEY 8 USBDT1 9 GND 10 USBVCC1 1 Locate the USB1 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the USB1 header 3 In the system chassis remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bra...

Page 20: ... Pin Signal 1 CPWR 2 GND 3 XTPB0M 4 XTPB0P 5 XTPA0M 6 XTPA0P 7 SHIELD 8 KEY 1 Locate the JP2 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the JP2 header 3 In the systemchassis remove the blanking plate from the corresponding expansion slot you want to use and install an extension bracket in there Secure the extension bracket in the chassis with a screw JP2 1 ...

Page 21: ...Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as ...

Page 22: ...d If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master and one must be Slave Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors CD1 and CD2 There are two kinds of connectors because different brands of CD ROM drives have different kinds of audio cable ...

Page 23: ...IRTX 6 IRRX Expansion Slots This mainboard has one CNR and three 32 bit PCI slots Follow the steps below to install a CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate the CNR or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove slot cover from the system chassis 3 Insert edge connector of expansion cardinto the slot press down firmly inside until fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis with a sc...

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Page 25: ...verall coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause system s malfunction It can even keep your computer from booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory that has stored the configuration information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration You might need to do th...

Page 26: ...me date hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enterto select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these...

Page 27: ...Drive B Not Installed Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a...

Page 28: ...Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with 16 32 64MB options Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Devic...

Page 29: ...e processors that can be installed on this board have internal L2 cache memory System BIOS Cacheable If you enable this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution Graphic Win Size This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter DRAM CAS Latency This item determines the operation of the DRAM memory CAS column address strobe We recommend ...

Page 30: ...e using an O S that supports ACPI function such as Windows 98 ME 2000 Power Management Use this item to select a power management scheme Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Hard Disk Time Out This sets the timeout to power down the...

Page 31: ...rved Plug and Play Aware O S Yes Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes PCIIDEBusMaster Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Plug and Play Aware O S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 98 ME Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the...

Page 32: ...and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOSSETUP FEATURESSETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoardFDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 OnBoard IR Port Disabled OnBoard Parallel Port 378...

Page 33: ...port Parallel Port DMA This item assigns a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard MIDI Port This item enables or disables the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ This item assigns an IRQ to the MIDI port Onboard PCI IDE This item enables or disables either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels Audio Device This item enables o...

Page 34: ...PU Frequency 100MHz DRAM Frequency 100MHz ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU Speed Frequency These items show the speed and base frequency of CPU that has installed in your system DRAM Frequency Use this item to set the frequency of DRAM that has installed in your system Note If you manually set the wron...

Page 35: ...BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Voltage Measurements FAN Speeds These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six lett...

Page 36: ...he next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enterto save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Yto save and exit or press Nto exit without saving ...

Page 37: ...h software program and the location for your mainboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software Note Never try to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Before installing any software always inspect the folder for files named README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files...

Page 38: ...h caution when using this program If you erase the current BIOS and fail to write a new BIOS or write a new BIOS that is incorrect your system will malfunction Refer to Chapter 3 Using BIOS for more information PC CILLIN The PC CILLIN software program provides anti virus protection for your system This program is available for Windows 2000 ME 98SE and Windows NT Be sure to check the readme txt and...

Page 39: ...UTILITY CDGHOST ENG CDGHOST Recovery Genius The Recovery Genius software program is an innovative windows application system that protects your Hard Disk Drive from virus intrusion accidental deletions and system corruption To install the Recovery Genius software program run SETUP EXE from the following directory UTILITY RECOVERY GENIUS ENG RECOVERYGENIUS Language Genius The Language Genius is a s...

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