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CHAPTER 2

HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-17

2.9 Serial Port Connectors: COM 1 and COM 2

The mainboard has a 9-pin male DIN connector for serial port COM 1. This
port is a 16550A high speed communication port that send/receive 16 bytes
FIFOs. You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connec-
tor.

PIN

SIGNAL

DCD(Data Carry Detect)

SIN(Serial In or Receive Data)

SOUT(Serial Out or Transmit Data)

DTR(Data Terminal Ready)

GND

DSR(Data Set Ready)

RTS(Request To Send)

CTS(Clear To Send)

RI(Ring Indicate)

PIN DEFINITION

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

COM 1

Serial Port (9-pin Male)

Note: There’s another serial port connector (COM 2), which is

located on the mainboard. Connect a serial port 9-pin male
port into this connector.

Summary of Contents for 9901

Page 1: ... Green standards and to provide the Host AGP bridge The Intel 82371EB chipset integrates all system control functions such as ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for the OSPM OS Direct Power Management function The Intel 82371EB chipset also improves the IDE transfer rate by supporting Ultra DMA 33 IDE that transfers data at the rate of 33M...

Page 2: ...A 33 Master Mode PCI IDE Controller Super I O Interface 324 pin BGA package FSB Front Side Bus l 66 6MHz and 100MHz clocks are supported MainMemory l Supports four memory banks using two 168 pin unbuffered DIMM l Supports a maximum memory size of 256MB 8M x 8 l Supports 3 3v SDRAM DIMM Slots l Three 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots l Supports 3 3v 5v PCI bus Interface On BoardIDE l An IDE controller on...

Page 3: ...M64 Running on AGP BUS Onboard 32MB 4 16M SDRAM 3D Acceleration AGP 2x mode support pipelined protocols Sound l Creative ES1373 Running on PCI BUS Support Direct Sound and Direct Sound 3D AC97 Compliant BIOS l The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically l The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI fun...

Page 4: ...upply Chassis Fan Revolution Detect l CPU Fan Control the fan will automatically stop when the system enters suspend mode l System Voltage Detect l CPU Overheat Warning l Display Actual Current Voltage Other Features l Keyboard Password Wake Up reserved l LAN Wake Up l Internal External Modem Wake Up ...

Page 5: ...DD FW82371EB JMDM1 Creative ES1373 JFP JGS1 JGL1 BIOS J5 MDM_IN J7 AUX_IN COM 2 CPUFAN JRMS1 SW1 IR BATT Top LPT Bottom COM A VGAPort Top Midi GamePort Bottom Line Out Line In Mic 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 J8 CD_IN SDRAM JVSB1 Reserved SDRAM SDRAM SDRAM Bottom Keyboard PSFAN W83977EF AW SYSFAN JWOL JBAT1 nVIDIA Riva TNT2 M64 Medion 9901 MICRO ATX ZX Mainboard ...

Page 6: ... the Retention Mechanism Processor Lock Insert the processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card To release the processor push the Retention Mechanism Processor lock down Step 2 Install the Processor Insert the Processor like inserting a PCI or an ISA card Step 3 Lock the Processor Lock the processor by pulling up the Retention Mechanism proces sor lock shown above Note The Retention Mechanism pro...

Page 7: ... ON OFF ON 7 OFF OFF OFF ON 7 5 OFF ON ON OFF 8 1 The DIP Switch SW1 1 2 3 and 4 is used to set the Core Bus Fraction ratio of the CPU The actual core speed of the CPU is the Host Clock Frequency multiplied by the Core Bus ratio For example If CPUClock 66MHz 100MHz Core Bus ratio 4 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 66MHzx 4 100MHzx4 266MHz 400MHz SW1 CPU Note The CPU Bus Frequency is...

Page 8: ... 2 3 2 1 3 CPU Speed Setting SW1 To adjust the speed of the CPU you must know the specification of your CPU always ask the vendor for CPU specification The mainboard can auto detect between 66 or 100MHz CPU Bus Frequency SW1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 9: ...U Bus Frequency Table 2 1 233 333MHz Intel Pentium II III CeleronTM processor 233MHz 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz CPU Type SW1 a 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 500MHz 550MHz 1 2 3 4 Table 2 2 350 550MHz Intel Pentium II III processor 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 10: ...System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of this function 12V SENSOR GND PSFAN SYSFAN 12V SENSOR GND PSFAN Power Supply Fan CPUFAN Processor Fan SYSFAN System Chassis Fan For fans with fan speed sensor every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses System Hardware Monitor will count and report the fan rotation speed Note 1...

Page 11: ...in CMOS RAM Short 1 2 pins of JBAT1 to store the CMOS data Keep Data Clear Data 1 1 3 3 Note You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard Always unplug the power cord from the wall socket 2 2 JBAT1 1 3 ...

Page 12: ...168 pin unbuffered DIMMs Double In Line Memory Module sockets It supports 8 MB to 256 Mbytes DIMM memory module DIMM1 Bank0 Bank1 DIMM2 Bank2 Bank3 There are two kinds of DIMM specification supported by this mainboard PC100 and PC66 If you use 66MHz CPU Bus Frequency these two DIMM Specs is supported If you use 100 MHz CPU Bus Frequency only PC100 DIMM Specs is supported WARNING ...

Page 13: ...LT and DRAM so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at the side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Single Sided DIMM Double Sided DIMM VOLT DRAM 2 3 2 Memory Installation Procedures ...

Page 14: ...ed by the mainboard is shown below 2 3 3 Memory Population Rules 16M 1Mx16 ASYM 11 8 8MBx4 16MBx8 2Mx8 ASYM 11 9 16MBx8 32MBx16 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 11 9 32MBx2 64MBx4 2Mx32 ASYM 12 8 16MBx2 32MBx4 4Mx16 ASYM 11 10 32MB 64MB 4Mx16 ASYM 13 8 32MB 64MB 8Mx8 ASYM 13 9 64MB 128MB 64M 2Mx32 ASYM 12 8 16MB 32MB 4Mx16 ASYM 13 8 32MB 64MB 8Mx8 ASYM 13 9 64MB 128MB DRAM Tech DRAM Density Width DRAM Addressing Ad...

Page 15: ... Connector JFP The Power Switch Reset Switch Power LED Speaker Keylock and HDD LED are all connected to the JFP connector block JFP Power Switch Power LED Reset Switch HDD L E D Speaker Buzzer shortpin 14 15 Keylock Dual Color LED Single Color LED ...

Page 16: ... pin dual color LED ACPI request a 3 pin single color LED connect to pin 4 5 6 This LED will lit when the system is on b 2 pin dual color LED connect to pin 5 6 GREENColor Indicate the system is in full on mode ORANGEColor Indicate the system is in suspend mode 2 4 4 Speaker Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin If on board Buzzer is available Short pin 14 15 On board Buzzer Enable...

Page 17: ...N 2 12 2 5 Floppy Disk Connector FDD The mainboard also provides a standard floppy disk connector that sup ports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables FDD 1 ...

Page 18: ...sk drives CD ROM 120MB Floppy reserved for future BIOS and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2 These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk cable IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also...

Page 19: ... on function which means that system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 5V 19 5V 20 5V PIN SIGNAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V PIN DEFINITION Warning Since the mainboard has the instant power on function make sure that all components are installed properly bef...

Page 20: ...ch During OFF state press once and the system turns on During ON stage push once and the system goes to sleep mode pushing it more than 4 seconds will change its status from ON to OFF If you want to change the setup you could go to the BIOS Power Management Setup This is only used for ATX type power supply JRMS1 ...

Page 21: ...rd provides one 5 pin infrared IR connector for IR modules This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function FIR and Consumer IR are reserved functions VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX 1 IR ...

Page 22: ... modem cable directly into this connec tor PIN SIGNAL 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate PIN DEFINITION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin Male Note There s another serial port connector COM 2 which is located on the mainbo...

Page 23: ...orts Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended capabilities Parallel Port ECP See connector and pin definition below PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 DATA0 15 ERR 3 DATA1 16 INIT 4 DATA2 17 SLIN 5 DATA3 18 GND 6 DATA4 19 GND 7 DATA5 20 GND 8 DATA6 21 GND 9 DATA7 22 GND 10 ACK 23 GND 11 BUSY 24 GND 12 PE 25 GND 13 SELECT PIN DEFINITION L P T 1 3 Parallel Port 25 pin Female 1 2 5 1 4 ...

Page 24: ... connector location and pin definition are shown below 2 12 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a keyboard You can plug a keyboard cable directly to this connector PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Pin1 Mouse DATA Pin6 NC Pin2 NC Pin4 VCC Pin3 GND Pin5 Mouse Clock Pin1 KBD DATA Pin6 NC Pin2 NC Pin3 GND Pin5 KBD...

Page 25: ... for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape layer or other audio devices Mic is a connector for the microphones Line Out Line In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 2 13 Joystick Midi Connectors You can connect joystick or game pads to this connector Joystick MIDI ...

Page 26: ...d provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB device directly to this connector USB Port 2 USB Port 1 PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 Data0 3 GND 4 Data0 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 27: ...nboard provides a DB 15 pin connector to connect to a VGA monitor Analog Video Display Connector DB15 S Pin Signal Description 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Not used 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Not used 10 Ground 11 Not used 12 SDA 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 SCL 15 11 ...

Page 28: ...WARE INSTALLATION 2 23 2 17 Power Saving Switch Connector JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to JGS1 When the switch is pressed the system immediately goes into suspend mode Press any key and the system wakes up JGS1 ...

Page 29: ...L1 the light will turn color green when system is On during sleep mode the 2 pin LED will change color from Green to Orange For 3 pin LED when LED is connected to JGL1 this will light when the system is On and blinks when it is in suspend sleep mode See page 3 21 Power status LED for further instruction JGL1 1 3 3 pin LED 2 pin LED 1 3 Green Color Orange Color 1 3 Green Color Orange Color 1 2 Sing...

Page 30: ... Up on LAN function To use this function you need to set the Wake Up on LAN to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 MP_WAKEUP Note LAN wake up signal is active high Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by JWOL 1 3 ...

Page 31: ...ke Up function To use this function you need to set the Power On by Ring to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup Note Modem wake up signal is active low PIN SIGNAL 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by JMDM1 1 5 ...

Page 32: ...STALLATION 2 27 2 21 Modem In J5 The connector is for Modem with internal voice connector J5 SPK_IN is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector MIC_OUT is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector SPK IN GND MICOUT ...

Page 33: ...CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 28 2 22 AUX Line In Connector J7 This connector is used for DVD Add on Card with Line In connector J7 GND L R ...

Page 34: ...CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 29 2 23 CD In Modem Connector J8 This connector is for Modem with internal voice connector J8 LGNDR ...

Page 35: ...rovided by keyboard and PS 2 mouse Wake up function which can be set through BIOS JVSB1 1 3 5V Disable keyboard power on function 5V Standby default Enable keyboard power on function 1 3 1 3 Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by ...

Page 36: ...BIOS SETUP Award BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off ...

Page 37: ...try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS F1 TOCONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TOENTERSETUP 3 2 Getting Help Main Menu The on line descrip...

Page 38: ...ETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc Quit F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Standard CMOS Setup This setup page ...

Page 39: ...d ISA devices Load Setup Defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximumperformance Integrated Peripherals Change set or disable onboard I O IRQ and DMA assignment Supervisor Password User Password Change set or disable password This function allows the user access to the system and setup or just setup IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically configure hard disk p...

Page 40: ...M4J STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 AUTO Drive A 1 44M 3 5in Base Memory 640K Drive B None Extended Base Memory 15360K Other Memory 384K Video EGA VGA Halt On All but Keyboard Total Memor...

Page 41: ... able types for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are pre defined Type User is user definable Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or lis...

Page 42: ...ll be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If the controller of HDD interface is CD ROM the selection shall be None CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODE HDD access mode ...

Page 43: ...sor Number Feature Disabled Quick Power on Self Test Enabled Boot From LAN First Disabled Boot Sequence CD ROM A C Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Floppy FIFO Control Disabled Boot up NumLock status On Gate A20 Option Fast Security Option System PCI VGA palette snoop Disabled OS select for DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF S...

Page 44: ...Pentium II processor set to Enabled or Disabled Using 100MHz CPU BUS Pentium II III processor always set to Enabled For CeleronTM processor without cache always set to Disabled Processor Number Feature This item is specifically for Pentium III CPU If set to Enabled you can check the Processor Number of the Pentium III CPU through the utility The default setting is Disabled Quick Power On Self Test...

Page 45: ...loppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Default is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Floppy FIFO Control During Enabled the FDD disk will perform better Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On On default K...

Page 46: ...olors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non VGA graphic controller is on an ISA bus the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI ...

Page 47: ...t Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CFFFF Shadow E8000 EFFFF Shadow Determines whether the optional ROM will be copied to RAM for faster execution Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled default Optional shadow is disabled Note For C8000 DFFFF optional ROM on PCI BIOS BIOS will automati cally enable the shadow RAM User does not have to select the item ...

Page 48: ...ayed Transaction Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB 64 3 6 Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP from the Main Menu and the following screen will appear ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KM4J CMOS SETUP UTILITY CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Note Chang...

Page 49: ...alled SDRAM RAS Precharge Time You can select the SDRAM RAS Precharge time in HCLKs of 2 or 3 default This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed SDRAM CAS Latency Time You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 or 3 default This should be set depending on the SDRAM installed DRAM Data Integrity Mode Select Non ECC or ECC error correcting code according to the type of installed DRAM The...

Page 50: ... time measured in CPU clocks which the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the input output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I O This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 8 CPU clocks 16 Bit I O Recovery Ti...

Page 51: ...t has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The settings are Enabled or Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the...

Page 52: ...ff After Standby Modem Use IRQ 3 Reserve IRQ9 Yes Doze Mode Disable Standby Mode Disable Suspend Mode Disable HDD Power Down Disable Throttle Duty Cycle 62 5 PCI VGA Act Monitor Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPUFAN off in Suspend Enabled PowerOn by Ring Disabled Power Status LED Dual Color Power On by Alarm Disabled Wake Up on LAN Disable Esc Quit Select item F1 Help PU PD modify F5 Ol...

Page 53: ... ignore APM when power managing the system Yes System BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode Note Enable this for O S with APM like Windows 95 Windows NT etc Video Off Method Blank Screen The system BIOS will only blank off the screen when disabling video V HSYNC Blank In addition to 1 BIOS will also turn off the V SYNC H SYNC signals from VGA card to monitor DPMS This functio...

Page 54: ...m if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The settings are NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 Reserve IRQ 9 This item is reserved for Windows 98 ACPI mode Choose yes if you use Windows 98 ACPI mode Otherwise set to no Doze Mode Disable System will never enter DOZE mode 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hr Defines the continuous idle time before the system enter...

Page 55: ... options of Power Down Resume Events is enabled active SUSPEND timer will be reloaded When the system has entered SUSPEND mode any of the items enabled in the Power Down Resume Events will trigger the system to wake up Defines the continuous HDD idle time before the HDD enters the power saving mode motor off BIOS will turn off the HDD s motor when time is out Defines the continuous idle time befor...

Page 56: ... once you push the switch CPUFAN Off in Suspend During Enabled if the system goes into suspend mode the CPU fan will stop During Disabled if the system goes into suspend mode the CPU fan will resume PowerOn by Ring During Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem During Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem Note If you have change the set...

Page 57: ...can choose what hour minute and second the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operating system before this function will work Wake Up On LAN To use this function you need a LAN add on card which support power on functions It should also support the wake up on LAN jumper JWOL1 Enabled Wake up on LAN supported Disabled Wake up...

Page 58: ... 0 Enabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Floppy Disk Enabled Serial Port Enabled Parallel Port Enabled During Enabled if any interrupt event occurs the system will wake up from suspend mode During Disabled the system will not monitor any interrupt event ...

Page 59: ...is option must set to NO PnP OS Installed No Resources Controlled By Manual Reset Configuration Data Disabled IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15assigned to PCI ...

Page 60: ...ect resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations These locations 4K are reserved at the system BIOS If Disabled default is chosen the system s ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one If Enabled is chosen the sys...

Page 61: ...a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides for non PnP ISA add on card PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals Assign IRQ for VGA Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for VGA card Assign IRQ for USB Set to Enabled when USB port will be used Set to Disable if the USB port will not be used Used MEM base addr Le...

Page 62: ...lts are loaded automatically Choose this item and the following message appears Load Setup Defaults Y N N To use the Setup defaults change the prompt to Y and press Enter Note The Setup defaults can be customized to increase performance However the BIOS defaults can always be used as a back up if there is some problem with the mainboard operation ...

Page 63: ...ndary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Dislay First AGP Onboard Sound Enabled Power On Function Password KB Power On Password Enter Esc Quit Select item F1 Help PU PD modify F5 Old Value Shift F2 Color...

Page 64: ...will have the system ignore the HDD s reported operation mode and use the selected mode instead Note According to ATA specs Mode 4 transfer rate is Mode 3 Mode 2 Mode 1 Mode 0 If the user s HDD can operate at Mode 3 the user can also select a slower Mode i e Mode 0 2 but not a faster Mode ie Mode 4 On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Disabled The system provi...

Page 65: ...st Onboard Sound Enabled Disabled Enabled or Disabled the onboard sound chip Power ON Function This function allows you to select Button only Keyboard 98 Password Mouse Left or Mouse Right which features the same function to Power ON the system Note If you choose Mouse Left or Mouse Right you have to save this option and let the system boot up until it goes to the BIOS table configuration before t...

Page 66: ...l Port 2 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 The system has an On board Super I O chipset with 2 serial ports The On board serial ports can be selected as Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 COM 1 uses IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 COM 2 uses IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 COM 3 uses IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 COM 4 uses IRQ3 Note Because the ISA Bus Interrupt accepts low to high edge trigger the interrupt request line cannot be shared by multiple sou...

Page 67: ... Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel port in the ECP and SPP modes simulta neously choose ECP SPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously The E...

Page 68: ...ther EPP 1 7 spec or EPP 1 9 spec can be chosen PWRON After PWR Fail ON Power will be ON OFF Power will be OFF Former Sts Power will depend on last state The settings are power on power off or former status During ON after every AC power loss the system will be turned on During Former Status after every AC power loss whatever the system status it will be the same when the AC power returns During O...

Page 69: ...ime you run this option enter your password up to only 8 characters and press Enter The screen does not display the entered characters For no password just press Enter 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter exactly the same password you just typed in to confirm the pass word and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Sa...

Page 70: ...94 63 NORMAL 3 2113 2047 32 65535 4094 63 LARGE ESC Skip 3 12 IDE HDD Auto Detection You can use this utility to automatically detect the characteristics of most hard drives When you enter this utility the screen asks you to select a specific hard disk for Primary Master If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS you can enter Y to confirm and then press Enter to check next hard disk This func...

Page 71: ...his single chip are the 2D 3D and video accelerators palette DAC and dual clock synthesizer This multi function integrated controller delivers TV quality scaled video optimized for MPEG playback industry leading mach64 2D performance 1 1 nVIDIA TNT2 M64 lSupport 32M SDRAM for 143MHz lSupport AGP 2X BUS l 2D 3D Acceleration lIntegrated DVD and superior MPEG 2 ...

Page 72: ...or the VGA Driver installa tion and Usage Computer Intel Pentium II processor or higher Monitor VGASupport mimimum640x480resolu tion Operating system DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 95 98 Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 or OS 2 CD ROM Double Speed or Higher Chipset nVIDIATNT2M64 VGABIOS Version 1 01 or Higher ...

Page 73: ...rdware onboard PCI Multimedia Audio Device and Gameport Joystick You need to click Next then Finish Do not click on the Cancel The driver need these ID 2 1 1 Display Driver Installation Procedure Step 1 Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 Click on nVIDIA VGA Driver button Step ...

Page 74: ...el from Settings group Step 2 Select Display icon Step 3 Select Settings Step 4 Select Color Palette to change between 16 color 256 color Hi color or True color Step 5 Selectdesktopresolutionfrom640x480 800x600 1024x768 and1280x1024 Step 6 Select Refresh rate list box to change the screen refresh rate Step 7 Click OK or Apply ...

Page 75: ...disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 Click on nVIDIA VGA Driver button Step 4 Click OK Step 5 This will copy the VGA drivers into the hard drive Step 6 A message will appear stating you must restart the Win dows NT system select yes to restart Step 7 After restarting Windows NT will show a new display set...

Page 76: ... the slide bar to change resolution from 640x480 800x600 1024x768 to1280x1024 Step 6 Select Test to test the resolution If the display test screen was good then select Yes when the Testing Mode dialog box appears If the display test screen was bad then select No Windows NT will give you an error message Step 7 Click OK If the display test screen was good and you select Yes Windows NT 4 0 will chan...

Page 77: ...zer lFull DOS Game Compatibility l PCI Bus Master for fast DMA lFully Compliant with PC97 Power Management Specification 1 2 System Requirements This section describes system requirements for the Audio Driver installation and Usage Computer Intel Pentium II CeleronTM processor or higher Operating system DOS 5 0 or higher Windows 95 98 Windows NT 3 51 or 4 0 or OS 2 CD ROM Double Speed or Higher Ch...

Page 78: ...98 this will automatically detect this hardware onboard PCI Multimedia Audio Device and Gameport Joystick You need to click Next then Finish Do not click on the Cancel The driver need these ID 2 1 1 Audio Driver Installation Procedure Step 1 Insert the provided CD_ROM disk into the CD ROM drive Step 2 Look for the CD_ROM drive double click on the CD_ROM icon This will show the setup screen Step 3 ...

Page 79: ...ver in the list Step 6 Insert the CD ROM Disk into the CD ROM Drive Step 7 When the Install from Disk dialog box appears look for your CD ROMdrive Sound Ensoniq AudioPCI NT40 Step 8 ClickOK Step 9 ClickOK Step 10 A message will appear stating that the drivers were succesfully installed Click OK You must now restart Windows NT 4 0 2 3 Detailed User s Manual The detailed user s manual can be found o...

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