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Motherboard User’s Guide

Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation

If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t
work out; or you have to do the manual installation, please follow
this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after insert-
ing the support CD-ROM:

1

Click the 

ReadMe

 to bring up a screen, and then click

the Install Path at the bottom of the screen.

2

Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to

obtain its correct driver directory.

3

Install each software in accordance with the

corresponding driver path.

Bundled Software Installation

All bundled software available on the CD-ROM is for users’
convenience. You can install bundled software as follows:

1

Click the 

Application 

button while the Auto Setup screen

pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM.

2

A software menu appears. Click the software you want

to install.

3

Follow onscreen instructions to install the software

program step by step until finished.

Summary of Contents for PVCLE266M-L Series

Page 1: ...tness for any particular purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufactur...

Page 2: ...nnecting Optional Devices 14 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...

Page 3: ...ssible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless...

Page 4: ...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 inst...

Page 5: ...two 32 bit PCI slots one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional This motherboard integrates a 128 bit 3D 2D graphics engine and a hig...

Page 6: ...Hz V Link Host Interface with total band width of 266 MB sec Advanced High Performance DDR SDR DRAM Control ler DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU 133 100 MHz for most flexible configuration Sup...

Page 7: ...Onboard IDE channels Two IDE Connectors Supports PIO Programmable Input Output and DMA Direct Memory Access modes Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133 100 66 33 MB sec VGA...

Page 8: ...s for mouse and keyboard One serial port One parallel port One VGA port One LAN port optional Four back panel USB2 0 ports Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Fast Ethernet LAN optional 10...

Page 9: ...BIOS Firmware This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following Hard drives diskette drives and peripherals Power management CPU parameters an...

Page 10: ...purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard The Extended USB module The CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Card Reader You can buy your own Card Reader from the third party but please co...

Page 11: ...ly Install this motherboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connectors headers on the motherboard Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connec tions...

Page 12: ...d 20 Pin ATX Power connector USB1 Front Panel USB header FDC1 Floppy Disk Drive connector PANEL1 Front Panel Switch LED header SYSTEM_FAN1 System Fan connector JBAT1 Clear CMOS jumper SPK1 Speaker hea...

Page 13: ...rt to connect VGA devices Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Network Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Note The lower USB port located beside the VGA port is...

Page 14: ...upports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 200 MHz or 266 MHz me...

Page 15: ...ctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 4 Install any remaining DIMM modules 2 Align the memory module with the socket There is a notch on the DIMM socket tha...

Page 16: ...ontents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all...

Page 17: ...Install the motherboard in a case Follow the case manufacturer s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis 1 Connect the power connector from the power supply to the...

Page 18: ...Speaker Header Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPKR 2 NC 3 GND 4 5V SPK1 1 Here is a list of the PANEL1 pin assignments Pin Signal P...

Page 19: ...rt array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB header USB1 to connect the front mounted ports to the motherboard 1 Lo...

Page 20: ...VGA port of the I O back panel Please see I O Ports for more information Note2 Please check the pin assignment of the cable and the USB header on the motherboard Make sure the pin assignment will mat...

Page 21: ...B 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC1 IDE Devices IDE devices inclu...

Page 22: ...cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the motherboard If you want to ins...

Page 23: ...CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the motherboard locate the 4 pin header CD1 Pin Signal 1 CD IN L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CD IN R Follow the steps below to install a CNR PCI expansion card 1 Locate...

Page 24: ...or is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw CNR Slot You can install the CNR Communications and Networking Riser cards in this slot inc...

Page 25: ...Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory...

Page 26: ...and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys If you have alre...

Page 27: ...E channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If y...

Page 28: ...IOS Cacheable Enabled DDR Timing by SPD Enabled DDR CAS Latency DDR Bank Interleave Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64MB Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLk Enabled Clock Spread Spectrum Disabled ESC Quit Select Item...

Page 29: ...ppy disk drives at start up Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive Password Check If you have entered a password for the system use this item to determine if the password is require...

Page 30: ...orts this mode DDR Bank Interleave Enable this item to increase SDRAM memory speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and upcoming byte of memory is accessible while...

Page 31: ...Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode AMIBIOS SETUP Power Management Setup C 2000 American Megatrends Inc A...

Page 32: ...tem system can automatically resume by pressing any keys hot or power key on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to...

Page 33: ...item is enabled an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend y...

Page 34: ...of best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance compo nents Featur...

Page 35: ...e Auto setting will detect and available address Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parallel port mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Pa...

Page 36: ...ainboard for the CPU The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page DDR Frequency This item adjusts the SDRAM frequency i...

Page 37: ...sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard System Hardware CPU Vcore 1 616 V Vcc2 5V 2 432 V 3 3V 3 328 V 5 V 4 945 V 12V 12 096V CPU FAN1 5443RPM SYSTEM FAN1 0RPM...

Page 38: ...g you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly Then the password is required for the access to the Setup Utility or for it at start up depending on the s...

Page 39: ...DME file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto ins...

Page 40: ...p button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file...

Page 41: ...button 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of t...

Page 42: ...of the screen 2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Inst...

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