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Page 2: ...manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Not...

Page 3: ...copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright pro tection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is in tended for home and other limited viewing users only unless otherwise autho rized by Macrovision Corporation Reve...

Page 4: ...d or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause elec trical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not work w...

Page 5: ...ks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Ltd AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Revision History Revision Revision History Date ...

Page 6: ...cing Mainboard 2 1 Mainboard Layout 2 2 CPU Memory 2 3 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 3 Power Supply 2 4 Front Panel 2 5 IEEE 1394 Port J1394 2 2 5 IEEE 1394 Port J1394 1 2 6 USB Ports 2 6 Mic in Head Phone 2 7 OPTICAL SPDIF in 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Serial Port 2 8 VGA Port 2 9 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 9 RJ45 LAN Jack 2 10 USB Ports 2 10 OPTICAL SPDIF out 2 10 Parallel Port 2 11 Audio Port 2 12 Conne...

Page 7: ...6 Jumper 2 17 Clear CMOS Jumper J2 2 17 Slots 2 18 PCI Slot 2 18 AGP Slot 2 18 Chapter 3 Using Audio Function 3 1 Introduction 3 2 Control Panel 3 3 Remote Controller 3 4 AC Power on 3 5 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi Mode 3 6 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 10 Using Audio Function in PC Mode 3 12 Radio Mode 3 12 CD MP Mode 3 13 Chapter 4 Setting BIOS Function 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 2 Gettin...

Page 8: ...anced Chipset Features 4 11 Integrated Peripherals 4 13 Power Management Setup 4 19 PNP PCI Configurations 4 23 PC Health Status 4 25 Frequency Voltage Control 4 26 Appendix Using Mega Radio A 1 Listening to Radio A 2 Setting Memory Station A 6 Recording Music A 7 ...

Page 9: ...ction Introducing Y Introducing Y Introducing Y Introducing Y Introducing Your our our our our Digital Media Platform Digital Media Platform Digital Media Platform Digital Media Platform Digital Media Platform ...

Page 10: ...Center Edition on HP Free Style Intel is also exploring their Digital Home concept for the Home use PC To meet the new concept of Home PC the MEGA 651 has been posi tioned as a Digital Media Platform to perform TV recording optional home theater DVD 5 1 channels digital audio playback MP3 Audio CD photo and video stream data browsing Meanwhile it can also support high game perfor mance AGP 4x slot...

Page 11: ...Media Center Card Reader 1394 SPDIF I O PVR Completed PC Office Game Machine A New Digital Media Form Factor from MSI That Allows You to Control Live Television Enjoy Home Theater DVD 5 1 Channel Listen to Digital Music MP3 Audio CD Burn Music Photos and Video View Your Favorite Photos Incredible Gaming Performance And more For Home For Work For Fun ...

Page 12: ...re Set One Feature Set 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 Performance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 H...

Page 13: ... functions in a small form factor It can be set any where you want such as bedroom or living room while it s easily be moved to anywhere whenever you need See the following for the feature Hi Fi Stereo Audio CD MP3 Player AM FM Tuner power off Home Theater DVD 5 1 Channel Media Center A V Browsing Radio Turning Card Reader 1394 SPDIF I O CD RW PVR TV Tuner Completed PC Office Game Machine TV out o...

Page 14: ...tical SPDIF out Speak out Lin in Mic in AGP Slot PCI Slot Modem Mouse LAN Port Parallel Port Radio Antenna Jack Optical SPDIF in Mic in Head Phone USB x 2 J1394 1 J1394 2 IR Receiver Mode Eject Stop Forward Play Pause Backward Shuttle Controller PC Reset Hi Fi Power Switch HDD LED PC Power Switch ...

Page 15: ... On Board VGA memory None On Board Communication LAN integrated in Realtek 10 100Mb Modem 56K MDC module On Board USB Front x 2 Rear x 2 On Board x 2 for Card Reader RF K B M S MFG Option On Board IEEE 1394 RTL8801B PHY 2 ports Front x 2 4 pin 6 pin Expansion Slots PCI 2 2 x 1 AGP 4X x1 Power Off Function Playback Audio CD MP3 AM FM Radio Tuner with Remote Controller TV Tuner Function MS 8606 Opti...

Page 16: ... 1 SPDIF O x 1 Modem RJ11 x 1 Front Panel Mic in Headphone x 1 USB x 2 SPDIF I x 1 1394 x 1 4 pin 1394 x 1 6 pin BIOS 2MB Flash Others Microsoft PC 2001 LAN Wake Up Function Suspend to RAM DISk function Top Tech III Thermal Overheat Protection Technology PC Alert System Hardware Monitor On Board BlueBird Module for Power Off features On Board Equalizer LCM ...

Page 17: ...Hi Fi button Press the Power button to start the PC function CPU support Intel P4 PCI AGP Expansion Front I O Mic in Head Phone USB x 2 1394 x 2 6 pin 4 pin Optical SPDIF in 6 in 1 Card Reader See Chapter 2 for more information of mainboard Front and Rear I O Features Rear I O COM VGA Parallel PS2 x 2 LAN RJ45 USB x 2 Optical SPDIF out Speaker out Line in Mic in 5 1channel Modem Radio Antenna ...

Page 18: ... Password to protect the computer system Storage Subsystem 1 Floppy Standard Floppy USB Floppy 2 Hard Disk 3 CD ROM OPTIONAL 4 DVD ROM OPTIONAL 5 CD RW OPTIONAL 6 DVD CD RW Combo OPTIONAL In pure barebone Hi Fi mode with NO CPU Memory Had Disk intalled if you push the PC power button the system will deadly hang up The Hi Fi mode will be malfunction It s impossible to recover the system by pressing...

Page 19: ...f means When used as a Hi Fi audio the PC should be in power off status If you press the PC power button on the Hi Fi audio will be disabled Press the Power button to use the audio function Option 1 Press the Hi Fi button to use the audio function Features LCM Display Clock AM FM Radio Tuner Audio CD Play MP3 CD Play SRS See Chapter 3 for more information of using audio function Option 2 ...

Page 20: ...etrieve the natural spatial cues and ambient information that is present in audio but masked by traditional record ing and playback methods Whether the signal is mono or stereo SRS ex pands the audio material to create a realistic three dimensional sound image SRS has no sweet spot and fills the room with a sound experience much closer to that of a live performance SRS is a trademark of SRS Labs I...

Page 21: ...uipped 5 1 channel audio effect gives you a wonderful feeling of home theater while playing DVD Plus the OPTIONAL MS 8606 TV Tuner card allows you to watch TV The top part of remote controller is designed specially for the TV Tuner function For more informaiton on MS 8606 TV Tuner card please refer to the maual packed in MS 8606 After inserting the TV Tuner card remember to install the driver pack...

Page 22: ... CPU Memory 2 2 CPU Memory 2 2 CPU Memory 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 Power Supply ower Supply ower Supply ower Supply ower Supply 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front Panel anel anel anel anel 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back Panel anel anel anel anel 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 7 Jumper 2 7 Jumper 2 7 Jumpe...

Page 23: ...HF Realtek RTL8801B Codec CN10 CN23 CN22 CN6 CN12 CN7 CN21 CN20 CN15 AGP Slot Top Parallel Port Bottom SPDIF Line_Out Line_In Mic J1 CN1 AUDIO1 AUDIO 2 USB1 USB2 J 1394 1 J 1394 2 MS6760 v1 X Mainboard DDR DIMM Slots IDE Connectors FDD Connector Hi Fi Power Connector CD IN Connector AGP Slot PCI Slot ATX Power Supply Front Panel Connector USB Card Reader Connector Radio Module USB Connector LCM Co...

Page 24: ...o 2GB You can install PC2700 DDR333 or PC2100 DDR266 modules into the DDR DIMM slots CN28 26 Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5...

Page 25: ...trical Design Specification AC Output 100 127 200 240 VAC Switch Selectable Auto Protection DC Output 3 3V 17A 5V 12A 12V 13 5A 12V 0 5A 5Vsb 3A 12Vsb 2 5A 80 mm PWM Fan Certificate FCC UL CUL BSMI CB NEMKO TUV 1 11 20 Pin Connector 20 10 PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 19 5V 20 5V PIN SINGAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V ATX Pow...

Page 26: ...ports This smaller one is de signed for you to connect the IEEE 1394 device with external power The IEEE 1394 high speed serial bus complements USB by providing enhanced PC con nectivity for a wide range of devices including consumer electronics audio video A V appliances storage peripherals other PCs and portable devices Software Support IEEE 1394 Driver is provided by Windows 98 SE Win dows XP W...

Page 27: ...in the IEEE 1394 connector into the port These Operating Sys tems will install the driver for IEEE 1394 USB Ports The mainboard provides an OHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data C...

Page 28: ... connector allows you to receive the audio file of SPDIF interface for recording and playing The SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is developed jointly by the Sony and Philips corporations A standard audio file transfer format SPDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format ...

Page 29: ...d offers a 9 pin male DIN serial port The port is 16550A high speed communication ports that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 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 Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8...

Page 30: ...5 11 Mouse Keyboard Connectors The mainboard provides two standard mini DIN connectors for attaching PS 2 mouse and keyboard You can plug a PS 2 mouse or keyboard directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC No connection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 ...

Page 31: ... The mainboard provides an OHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector OPTICAL SPDIF out The OPTICAL connector allows you to play the audio file of SPDIF interface See p 2 7 for more information USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPT...

Page 32: ...e PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE Paper End 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED Automatic Feed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN Select In 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Groun...

Page 33: ...Chapter 2 Audio Port Speak out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic in is a connector for microphones Speak out Lin in Mic in ...

Page 34: ...IO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 function The two connectors on the mainboard allows you to connect to two IDE device FDD Connector CN10 The mainboard provides you with a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 1 44M floppy disk type CN10 CN22 CN23 If you install two hard disks on cable you must config ure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the h...

Page 35: ...an insert the TV Tuner card into the PCI Slot 1 CPU Fan Connector CN15 The CPU Fan connector supports system cooling fans with 12V that is controlled by PWM When connecting the wire to the three pin head connectors always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V that is controlled by PWM the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND SENSOR CN15 12V GND JC...

Page 36: ...SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use CN4 Pin Definition 1 9 10 CN4 HDD LED Reset Switch Power LED Power Switch 2 USB Card...

Page 37: ...anel CN 8 Modem Module Connector CN21 The mainboard provides the connector to connect the modem module The modem module is directly inserted into the connector without an extra cable 1 25 26 VCC3SBY 2 SPI Bus CD_SMI VCC5 HDLED PWRBTNH FP_RST GND LED BL VCC5SBY IR GND GND Key 0 5 GND 12VSBY ...

Page 38: ...is turned on That battery has long life time for at least 5 years If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data 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 dam age the mainboard Clear Data 1 3 Keep Da...

Page 39: ...s main memory and provides three levels of throughputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Slot The PCI slot allows you to insert PCI card or TV Tuner card The TV Tuner card is included in the MEGA651 When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any neces sary hardware or software sett...

Page 40: ...ower on 3 3 AC Power on 3 3 AC Power on 3 3 AC Power on 3 4 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi 3 4 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi 3 4 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi 3 4 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi 3 4 Playing CD MP3 in Hi Fi Mode Mode Mode Mode Mode 3 5 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 5 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 5 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 5 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 5 Playing FM AM in Hi Fi Mode 3 6 Using Audio Fun...

Page 41: ... can use control panel or remote controller to select the audio function in Hi Fi mode However you can also use the control panel or remote control to select the audio function in PC mode See 3 1 and 3 2 for information on control panel and remote controller On the other hand the Mega Radio software has been included in package which allows you to listen to the radio in PC mode See Appendix for in...

Page 42: ...ry station Backward the channel search in FM AM mode or backward the music selection in CD MP3 mode a Adjust volume b Set EQ Play mode c Set SRS and timer Eject the CD MP3 or stop the play In Hi Fi mode you can press this button to recall memory sub mode Forward Eject Stop Forward the channel search in FM AM mode or forward the music selection in MP3 mode IR Receiver Mode Forward Play Pause Backwa...

Page 43: ... Button Hi Fi Power Mode Button Adjusting Volume EQ Mode Play Mode These buttons allow you to eject stop forward play pause and backward the play in CD MP3 AM or FM mode See p 3 3 for detail desciption Press this button to mute the volume Press this button to use the function of Hi Fi audio There are three buttons CD MP3 FM and AM Choose the mode you want Use this button to adjust the volume Use t...

Page 44: ...items FLASH 2 times Set Timer Then you can adjust time by shuttle You will see timer 00 00 flash Turn the shuttle clockwise to adjust minute Turn the shuttle counterclockwise to adjust hour After adjusting the minute and hour press the shuttle to set the timer The second will be reset to zero while setting the timer ...

Page 45: ...ler to play CD MP3 If the disc in the tray is CD the LCM shows CD If the disc in the tray is MP3 the LCM shows MP3 If there is no CD in the tray or CD is broken the LCM shows NO disc Press the Eject Stop button to open the disc tray and put CD MP3 in 1 means the first song 00 means minute 02 means second Play music Press the Forward button to play the music The icon will run a circle The LCM shows...

Page 46: ...Song Press the Forward button to play the next song There is no action if you hold Forward button Replay the song Press Backward button once to re play the song Eject Stop Press the Eject Stop button once to stop the music or open the CD ROM Press Forward button to play the song after rejecting Pause Music Press Play Pause button to pause the music The LCM shows ...

Page 47: ...e on Wait for 5 sec onds to set the Play Sub Mode and go back to volume mode You can also press the shuttle to set it and change to the EQ Sub Mode at the same time Press the shuttle twice if you want to skip the Play Sub Mode to set the EQ Sub Mode NORMAL POP CLASSIC JAZZ Allows you to play the CD in normal selection Allows the system makes the random selection Allows you to repeat the song Allow...

Page 48: ...rmal mode To play the CD MP3 in Classic mode To play the CD MP3 in Jazz mode To play the CD MP3 in POP mode NOTE You can also press the EQ MODE button on the remote controller to set it Turn on SRS Press the shuttle four times to turn on SRS You can also press the MTS but ton on the remote controller to turn on SRS Press the shuttle thrice if you want to skip Play and EQ sub modes to set the Timer...

Page 49: ...ion Next Available Station Press the Forward button to jump to the next available station Previous Available Station Press the Backward button to jump to the previous available station Press the mem set Play Pause but ton to store the memory station and turn the shuttle to choose the spot you want to save Press the shuttle to set it You can set up to 6 spots You will see on the LCM Memory Station ...

Page 50: ...Set EQ Sub Mode Press the shuttle once into the EQ sub mode Turn the shuttle to choose the sub mode The operation is the same as in CD MP3 mode Press the shuttle twice to set the Timer sub mode operation is the same as in AC power on After you set the hour and minute it changes to the volume sub mode The LCM shows Set Timer NOTE Press the shuttle thrice or press the MTS button on the remote contro...

Page 51: ...a Radio to listen to radio 3 Press Mute button to mute the volume 4 Press Vol up down button to adjust volume 5 Press Forward Backward button to get an available station Setting Memory Station a Get an available station b Press mem set c Use Forward Backward button to choose the station number you want to store d Press mem set again Calling Memory Station a Press Memory b Use Forward Backward butt...

Page 52: ...tion as in Hi Fi mode Use the mem set button on the remote controller to set the memory station CD MP3 Mode To listen to the play of CD MP3 in PC mode you must use the application Media Player that is equipped in Windows As in Radio Mode there are two ways Remote Controller Front Panel to use the CD MP3 audio function Before playing MP3 in PC mode you need to download the MP3 file into system and ...

Page 53: ...tation The Eject button is not allowed to recall the memory station as in Hi Fi mode It can only be used to eject or retrieve the tray Front Panel Function 1 Press Hi Fi button to turn on off CD MP3 2 Press FM AM CDMP3 button to select the mode you want 3 Turn Shuttle to adjust the volume 4 Press Forward Backward button to get an available station 6 Press Play Pause button to play pause the song 7...

Page 54: ...et Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated Peripherals eripherals eripherals eripherals eripherals 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 Power Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Managem...

Page 55: ...d Delete keys Control Keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu PU Increase the numeric value or make changes PD Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Me...

Page 56: ...ub menu containing additional options can be launched from this field You can use control keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press Esc 8IDE Primary Master 8IDE Primary Slave 8IDE Secondary Master 8IDE Secondary Slave General H...

Page 57: ...he items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AWARD special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu...

Page 58: ...frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Pass...

Page 59: ...u want usually the current date The format is day month date year Time This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter...

Page 60: ...nder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops w...

Page 61: ...NOTE If you want to boot from USB device like USB FDD please turn on either USB keyboard or mouse enable CPU L1 L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the re quested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU This setting enables disables the internal cache ...

Page 62: ... on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate Typematic Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to set ...

Page 63: ...t is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Settings Enabled and Disabled HT CPU Function The Intel processor uses Hyper Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end user response times The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously In this way the system performance i...

Page 64: ... design Slower rates may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory Setting options Safe Mode Normal Mode Fast Mode Turbo Mode Ultra Mode CAS Latency Setting The option lets you override the SPD timing to control the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiv ing it Settings 2 Clocks 2 5 Clocks 3 Clocks and Dis...

Page 65: ...re is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256 MB AGP Fast Write The item enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write technol ogy allows CPU to write directl...

Page 66: ...pherals SIS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Internal PCI IDE This setting enables or disables the internal primary and secondary PCI IDE controllers Setting options Disabled Primary Secondary Both ...

Page 67: ...sible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 and Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The settings are Auto Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows users to enable or disable the DMA tran...

Page 68: ...the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you re using any audio device If so the onboard audio controller will be enabled If not the onboard audio controller will be disabled If you want to use different controller cards to connect audio connectors set the field to Disabled Setting options Disabled Auto SIS S W Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is detecte...

Page 69: ...ponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP Extended Capability Port Enhanced Parallel Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel ...

Page 70: ...hannel 3 or 1 Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Settings PCI Slot and AGP System Share Memory Size For SiS650 chipset the system shares memory to the onboard VGA card This setting controls the exact memory size shared to the VGA card Setting options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 24MB SiS301 Display Type This item allows you to set the TV display type S...

Page 71: ... used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controllers Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process ...

Page 72: ...etting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save en...

Page 73: ...Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Settings 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Hot Key Function As This setting specifies the function of the preset hot key Settings Disabled Power Off Suspend HDD Off After If enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain act...

Page 74: ...ess Enter and the following sub menu appears IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI IRQ 8 Break Suspend This setting enables disables the monitoring of the specified IRQ line If set to Enabled the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system from enter ing power saving modes or awaken it from power saving modes Setting options Disabled Enabled Wake Up On PME Ring These two fields specify whether the syste...

Page 75: ...puter to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled choose the Month Day and Time Alarm Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Day of Month Alarm You can choose which day of the preset month the system will boot up Set to 0 to boot every day Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose what hour minute and second the system will boot up Reload Global Timer Ev...

Page 76: ...e this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and...

Page 77: ...ing the IRQ Settings are PCI Device For Plug Play compatible devices designed for PCI bus architecture Reserved The IRQ will be reserved for further request PCI VGA Palette Snoop When set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space...

Page 78: ... aware system will be shut down Settings Disabled 85o C 185o F 90o C 194o F System CPU Temperature CPU Fan Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 4 9 PC health status ...

Page 79: ...generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum func tion reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI activate the Sprea...

Page 80: ...on CPU Frequency Use this item to select the appropriate frequency for your CPU FSB Options Default 100MHz 133MHz DRAM Frequency This setting shows the current frequency of DDR DRAM read only Options By SPD 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz ...

Page 81: ... A 1 Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Appendix Using Mega Radio Using Mega Radio Using Mega Radio Using Mega Radio Using Mega Radio ...

Page 82: ...wer is turned on again See the following for the three functions Listening to Radio When you launch the Mega Radio application you will see the control panel as below There are some functions on the control panel a Choosing previous next station Clicking on the PREVIOUS NEXT buttons allows you to choose the previous or next radio station b Choosing FM AM station Clicking on the FM AM buttons allow...

Page 83: ...et Area and EQ Mode There are six options in Area Asia Middle East Near East Russia South Africa and Others Europe Choose the area you live in NOTE Each area has its proprietary frequency range If you are not un able to receive some stations in your area there might be improper setting in this option In EQ Mode you have four options Normal POP Classic Jazz Choose the mode you prefer ...

Page 84: ... A 4 Setting AM FM Memory List In AM Memory List or FM Memory List window you can set 6 AM or FM memory stations Just type the AM or FM frequency and station name to set the memory station ...

Page 85: ... A 5 About Mega Radio The window shows the Mega Radio version you are using Click the web address to contact us if you need more information about our products ...

Page 86: ...tation numbers you can use The number you choose will become yellow while others are in white color Click on the station number you want to memorize If you want to reset the memory station click on the station number you want to reset Then click on the left top of the mouse a window as below will pop up Click on Yes to erase the memory station Then follow the steps men tioned to reset the memory s...

Page 87: ...ve buttons on the recording window Click on the button to use the record ing function Click on this button to close the recording window Click on this button to play the recorded music Click on this button to suspend the music from playing Click on this button to stop the music playing Click on this button to record the music ...

Page 88: ... A 8 After recording click on the button again You will see the Save As window pops up Type the file name you want to save and then click on Save to save the music ...

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