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Version 1.0

G52-MA00315

MS-6394 (v1.X) Micro ATX Mainboard

MSI

MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL

Summary of Contents for Micro ATX

Page 1: ...i Version 1 0 G52 MA00315 MS 6394 v1 X Micro ATX Mainboard MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL ...

Page 2: ... and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accor dance with the instruction 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 app...

Page 3: ...ve the right to make changes without notice Trademarks All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Award is a registered tra...

Page 4: ... 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 electri cal shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel z The power cord or plug is damaged z Liquid has penetrated into the equipment z The equipment has been exposed to moisture z The equipment has not wo...

Page 5: ...ore Speed Derivation Procedure 2 3 CPU Ratio Setting Switch SW1 2 4 Memory Installation 2 5 Introduction to SDR SDRAM 2 5 SDRAM Module Combination 2 7 Installing SDRAM Modules 2 7 Power Supply 2 8 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector JWR1 2 8 Back Panel 2 9 Mouse Connector 2 9 Keyboard Connector 2 9 USB Connectors 2 10 LAN Jacks RJ 45 2 10 Parallel Port Connector 2 11 Serial Port Connector COM A COM 2 2 12 ...

Page 6: ...Intrusion Switch Connector J5 2 20 Front USB Connector JUSB1 2 20 Jumpers 2 21 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 21 Clock Speed Spectrum Jumper JSPRD1 2 22 VGA Enable Disable Jumper J1 2 22 IDE RAID Enable Disable Jumper J3 2 23 PS2 KB MS Wake Up Jumper J4 2 23 LAN Enable Disable Jumpers J10 J11 2 24 Slots 2 25 PCI Slots 2 25 Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Control Keys 3 2 Getting Help ...

Page 7: ...vii Power Management Setup 3 20 PNP PCI Configurations 3 23 PC Health Status 3 25 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 26 Set Supervisor User Password 3 27 Glossary G 1 ...

Page 8: ...he processor and a 32 bit PCI bus The DRAM interface provides support for 64 Mbit 128 and 256Mbit technology which will allow up to 128 256 512 Mbytes pertworows DoubleSidedDIMM andamaximummemorysizeof2GB Italso implements I2C interface which can be used to access the internal registers The ServerWorks CSB5 chipset primarily works as a PCI to Low Pin Count LPC Bridge and is also a source of numero...

Page 9: ...LPC Low Pin Count address data bridge Supports EISA type A B DMA cycle to PCI or main memory IDE interface bus master capability and support for ATA66 100 ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Universal Serial Bus controller root hub with 4 USB ports SMBus System Management Bus host and slave interface Clock Generator z 100MHz and 133MHz clocks are supported Main Memory z Support Two 3 3...

Page 10: ...VGA port 2 LAN RJ45 Jacks 1 COM2 serial pin header Network z Dual Intel 82550 LAN Controllers Integrated IEEE802 3 10 BaseT 100 BaseTX PHY Wake On LAN and WFM 2 0 Supported ET EM Integrated IP Security IPSec encryption off load engine Video z Integrated ATI Rage XL graphics controller z Support 3D acceleration z Built in DVD decoding z Onboard 4MB Video SDRAM BIOS z Supports ACPI Advanced Configur...

Page 11: ...PC Health Monitoring z Two onboard voltage monitors for CPU core s 3 3V 12V 5V 5VSB VTT status monitor z CPU chassis temperature monitoring z CPU fan auto off in sleep mode z LED and control for chassis intrusion detection z System resource alert z Support for system management software z Auto switching voltage regulator for CPU core up to 23A of current Dimension z Micro ATX Form Factor 9 6 in x ...

Page 12: ... BATT BIOS 32 bit PCI Slot 1 64 bit PCI Slot IDE 1 IDE 3 IDE 2 IDE 4 Promise PDC 20265R DIMM 1 ServerWorks LC T ServerWorks CSB5 DIMM 2 SOCKET 370 FDD1 ATI Rage XL COM 2 JDIP1 J3 JUSB1 HD THERM1 SFAN1 JSPRD1 J1 Power Fan JGLBTN1 SW1 JFP1 J4 CPUFAN1 JMDM1 JBAT1 J5 J10 J11 Intel 82550 Intel 82550 LED 1 3 4 J12 J2 Mainboard Layout MS 6394 V1 X Micro ATX Mainboard ...

Page 13: ...E2 Hard Disk Connectors See p 2 14 IDE3 IDE4 IDE RAID Connectors See p 2 15 JFP1 Case Connector See p 2 16 CPU S Power Fan Fan Power Connectors See p 2 17 HD THERM1 I2 C Clock Data Connector See p 2 18 JDIP1 Serial Connector See p 2 18 J2 J12 LAN LED Connectors See p 2 19 JGLBTN1 Power Saving Switch Connector See p 2 19 J5 Chassis Intrusion Switch See p 2 20 JUSB1 USB Front Connector See p 2 20 JB...

Page 14: ...roduction 1 7 Key Features z Micro ATX form factor z Power up mode control upon recovery from AC power loss z D LEDTM DiagnosticLED z Onboard overheat buzzer z Modem External Internal Ring Wake up Function ...

Page 15: ...ing Initializing Keyboard Controller Testing VGA BIOS This will start writing VGA sign on message to the screen Red Green The D LED uses graphic signal display to help users understand their system Four LEDs embedded in the mainboard provide up to 16 combi nations of signals to debug the system The 4 LEDs can debug all problems that fail the system such as VGA RAM or other failures This special fe...

Page 16: ...er BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initializing Floppy Drive and co...

Page 17: ...The T O P TechTM is an extended sensing device that can 100 accu rately detect the CPU s temperature You can find out the temperature on BIOS setup menu The PC AlertTM also provides the information CPU temperature on Setup menu ...

Page 18: ... the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components 2 This chapter contains the following topics Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 Memory Installation 2 5 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 9 Connectors 2 13 Jumpers 2 21 Slo...

Page 19: ...t overheating 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket Then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Look for the gold arrow The gold arrow should point towards the end of lever The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the installation Open Lever Gold Arrow Sliding Plate Close Lever Overheating will seriously damage the...

Page 20: ... 100MHz Core Bus ratio 8 5 then CPU core speed Host Clock x Core Bus ratio 100MHz x 8 5 850MHz While replacing the CPU always turn off the ATX power supply or unplug the power cable of the ATX power supply from grounded outlet first to ensure the safety of CPU WARNING ...

Page 21: ... ratio See the table below for details of ratio setting ON OFF 4 3 2 1 SW1 1 2 3 4 CPU Ratio ON ON ON ON X4 ON OFF OFF ON X5 ON ON ON OFF X5 5 X9 5 OFF OFF ON OFF X6 X10 ON OFF ON ON X6 5 X10 5 OFF ON OFF ON X7 OFF ON OFF OFF X7 5 OFF OFF ON ON X8 ON ON OFF ON X8 5 X4 5 ON ON OFF OFF X9 ...

Page 22: ... them considerably faster First SDRAM chips are fast enough to be synchronized with the CPU s clock which eliminates wait states Second the SDRAM chip is divided into two cell blocks and data is interleaved between the two so that while a bit in one block is being accessed the bit in the other is being prepared for access This allows SDRAM to burst the second and subsequent contigu ous characters ...

Page 23: ... 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 64M Col 26 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 128 5 2 bank 13X10 Row 12 23 25 24 13 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 64M Col 26 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 128 6 4 bank 12X10 Row 13 12 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 64M Col 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 64 7 4 bank 12X9 Row 13 12 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 256M Col 27 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 256 8 4 bank 13X10 Row 13 12 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 1...

Page 24: ... the DIMM slot will automatically close VOLT DRAM Front View Rear View Installing SDRAM Modules MemoryPopulationRules 1 Supports only SDRAM DIMM 2 To operate properly at least one 168 pin DIMM module must be installed 3 This mainboard supports Table Free memory so memory can be installed on DIMM1 or DIMM 2 in any order 4 Supports 3 3 volt DIMM Slot Memory Module Total Memory Slot 1 Bank 0 Bank 1 6...

Page 25: ...ly make sure the plugs of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector Since the mainboard has instant power on function make sure that all components are installed properly before inserting the power connector to ensure that no damage will be done WARNING ATX Power Connector 20 11 10 1 PIN SIGNAL 1 1 3 3V...

Page 26: ...standard PS 2 keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 keyboard You can plug a PS 2 keyboard directly into this connector 2 1 3 4 5 6 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition Mouse Keyboard USB Paralle Port COMA VGA LAN 2 LAN 1 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard ...

Page 27: ...e or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into ths connector USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Positive Data Channel 0 4 GND Ground 5 VCC 5V 6 Data 1 Negative Data Channel 1 7 Data 1 Positive Data Channel 1 8 GND Ground USB Port Description Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 TDP Transmit Differential...

Page 28: ...ode 13 1 14 25 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 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN SelectIn 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 2...

Page 29: ...ata 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS RequestToSend 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI RingIndicate Pin Definition VGA DB 15 Pin Connector The mainboard provides one DB 15 pin female connector to connect a VGA monitor DB 15 Pin Female Connector 5 1 15 11 Analog Video Display Connector DB 15S PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 Notu...

Page 30: ...FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors Wake On Ring Connector JMDM1 This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function The connector will power up the system when a signal is received through the modem card JMDM1 NC MDM_WAKEUP 5VSB 1 GND NC FDD1 ...

Page 31: ...ided IDE hard disk cable TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the hard disk documentation supplied by hard disk vendors for jumper setting instructions 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...

Page 32: ...h performance data security and fault tolerance The connec tors support RAID 0 striping and RAID 1 mirroring IDERAIDConnectors You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to each IDE RAID connector FormoreinformationonIDERAID pleaserefertoIDERAIDManual Please note that only the two master HDDs will adopt RAID function TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to...

Page 33: ...the HDD LED is lit You can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin Power LED The Power LED is lit while the system power is on Speaker Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin If on board Buzzer is available Short pin 14 15 On board Buzzer Enabled Open pin 14 15 On board Buzzer Disabled HDDLED HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive Avoid turning the power of...

Page 34: ...the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Moni tor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control 12V SENSOR GND SFAN1 CPUFAN1 12V SENSOR GND Power Fan 12V SENSOR GND Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can in...

Page 35: ...tor is for connection to an external display to show I2 C clock and data Serial Connector JDIP1 The connector is additionally provided for serial data input output PIN Assignments 1 Tx 2 Rx 3 GND0 4 GND1 5 NC 6 VCC 1 2 5 6 JDIP1 HD THERM1 I2 C Data I2 C Clock GND ...

Page 36: ...system immediately enters into suspend sleep mode Press any key and the system wakes up LAN LED Connectors J2 J12 The LAN LED connectors are used to connect to optional LAN LEDs which show the activity of the LAN The J2 is for LAN1 port and the J12 is for LAN2 port Both LAN1 LAN2 ports are located on the back panel J12 JGLBTN1 J2 ...

Page 37: ...tch Connector J5 This connector is connected to a 2 pin chassis switch If the chassis is open the switch will be short The system will record this status and show a warning on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record J5 JUSB1 1 9 2 10 Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC 2 GND 3 USB2 4 GND 5 USB2 6 USB3 7 GND 8 USB3 9 GND 10 VCC ...

Page 38: ... data of system configuration With the CMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time it 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 ...

Page 39: ...JSPRD1 The jumper is used to enable or disable the clock speed spectrum VGA Enable Disable Jumper J1 For onboard VGA port you can use this jumper to enable or disable the VGA controller Open Enable Closed Disable J1 JSPRD1 1 3 Disable 1 3 Enable ...

Page 40: ...e the keyboard and mouse wake up function Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provides enough power for this feature Power supply with 750mA 5V Stand by 1 3 Disable 1 3 Enable IDE RAID Enable Disable Jumper J3 For onboard IDE RAID connectors you can use this jumper to enable or disable the IDE RAID controller 1 3 Enable 1 3 Disable J3 J4 ...

Page 41: ...mpers J10 J11 These connectors are used to enable disable the onboard LAN controllers for the LAN ports JLAN1 JLAN2 on the back panel Please especially note that the J10 is for JLAN1 and the J11 is for JLAN2 1 3 Enable 1 3 Disable J10 J11 ...

Page 42: ...s 1 PCI 64bit 66MHz can be downgraded to PCI 32bit 33MHz or PCI 64bit 33MHz 2 PCI32bit 33MHz 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 necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration 32 bit PCI slots 64 bit PCI slot ...

Page 43: ...is turned off This chapter provides you with the overview of the BIOS Setup program It contains the following topics 3 AWARD BIOS Setup Entering Setup 3 2 Control Keys 3 2 Getting Help 3 3 The Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 8 Advanced Chipset Features 3 14 Integrated Peripherals 3 16 Power Management Setup 3 20 PNP PCI Configurations 3 23 PC Health Status 3 25 Lo...

Page 44: ...previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS value from Fail Safe default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 Load Optimized defaults F10 Save all the CMOS changes and exit Power on the computer and the system will start POST Power On Self Test process When the message below appears on the screen press DEL key to enter Setup Press DEL to enter SETUP I...

Page 45: ... a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press the Esc GeneralHelp F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this screen from any menu by simply pressing F1 The Help screen lists the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item Press Esc to exit the Help screen After entering the Setup menu the first menu you will see is...

Page 46: ... IntegratedPeripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals PowerManagementSetup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PnP PCIConfiguration This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions a...

Page 47: ...form ance for your system to operate LoadOptimizedDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Supervisor UserPassword Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save ExitSetup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup ExitWithoutSaving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup ...

Page 48: ... 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 listed you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually If you select Manual related information is asked to be entered to the follow Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features ...

Page 49: ... Sector Number of sectors Drive A B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options are None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and Mono HaltOn The setting determines whether the system will stop i...

Page 50: ...screen appears Promise SCSI Boot Order This setting determines the boot order of the onboard IDE RAID device and the external SCSI device If no SCSI device is connected the system will automatically boot the onboard IDE RAID device Setting options ATA SCSI SCSI ATA Advanced BIOS Features ...

Page 51: ...ce if the system fails to boot from the First Second Third boot device Swap FloppyDrive This setting switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B Setting options Disabled Enabled BootUpFloppySeek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time When enabled the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process the drive activity ligh...

Page 52: ...rom the serial port is interpreted as keystrokes from a local keyboard Setting options Disabled Enabled BaudRate This setting specifies the baud rate of Console Redirection AgentWaitTime Min This setting controls the timeout for terminals console redirection con nection to the host system Setting options 1 2 4 8 Min Agent After Boot This setting determines whether or not to keep terminals console ...

Page 53: ...ion when data passes through L2 cache memory Setting options Enabled and Disabled Virus Warning This setting allows you to choose the virus warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Disabled No warning message appears when anything attempts to acces...

Page 54: ...Off On TypematicRateSetting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The settings are Enabled Disabled TypematicRate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down The settings are 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 TypematicDelay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is...

Page 55: ...stem Settings are 1 4 and 1 1 OS Select For DRAM 64MB This setting allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM greater than 64MB Setting options Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability This allows you to activate the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis Re porting Technology capability for the hard disks S M A R T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure This g...

Page 56: ...cles needed after a bank active command before a precharge can occur Setting options 6 Clks 5 Clks Act to Read Write This setting controls the number of clock cycles needed after a bank active command before data read write can occur Setting options 3 Clks 2 Clks RAS Precharge Time This item controls the number of cycles for Row Address Strobe RAS to be allowed to precharge If insufficient time is...

Page 57: ...stem performance System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The settings are Enabled Disabled VideoBIOSCacheable SelectingEnabledallowscachingofthevideoBIOSROMatC0000htoC7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any prog...

Page 58: ...ndary PCI IDE controllers Setting options Disabled Enabled IDEPrimary SecondaryMaster SlavePIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for Integrated Peripherals ...

Page 59: ...s also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The settings are Enabled Disabled SuperIOFunctionSetup Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears PowerOnFunction This con...

Page 60: ...Q3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto OnboardParallelPort There is a built in parallel port on the on board Super I O chipset that provides Standard ECP and EPP features It has the following options Disabled 3BC IRQ7 Line Printer port 0 278 IRQ5 Line Printer port 2 378 IRQ7 Line Printer port 1 ParallelPortMode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP ...

Page 61: ...r the sub menu and the following screen appears USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USBKeyboardSupport Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The settings are Enabled Disabled OnboardLANBootROM This setting determin...

Page 62: ... is used to select the degree or type of power saving and is related to these modes Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down There are three op tions for power management Min Saving Minimum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Hour and HDD Power Down 15 Min Max Saving Maximum Power Management Suspend Mode 1 Min and HDD Power Down 1 Min User Define Allows end users to configure each mode separately VideoOffMetho...

Page 63: ...ff ModemUseIRQ This setting determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use The settings are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA SuspendMode After the selected period of system inactivity all devices except the CPU shut off Settings are Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 12 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min and 1 Hour HDDPowerDown If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field the hard disk drive w...

Page 64: ...ts Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Primary SecondaryIDE0 1 FDD COM LPTPort PCIPIRQ A D Global Timer Events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device that is configured as Enabled even when the system is ...

Page 65: ...ooting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 95 or 98 When set to No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards So select Yes if the operating system is Plug Play aware Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended Sys tem Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new ...

Page 66: ...an 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 is the VGA Palette Snoop bit 0 is disabled For example if there are two VGA devices in the computer one PCI and one ISA and the The setting must be set to Enabled if any ISA bus adapter in the system requires VGA palette snooping VGA Palette Snoop B...

Page 67: ...ear those warnings choose Reset After clearing the message it will go back to Enabled Setting options Disabled Enabled Reset CPUWarningTemperature If the CPU temperature reaches the upper limit preset in this setting the warn ing mechanism will be activated This helps you to prevent the CPU overheat problem Current System CPU Temperature Current CPU Power System Fan Speed CPUVID VTT 3 3V 5V VCC25 ...

Page 68: ...t Fail Safe or Optimized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for opti mal performance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default val ues set by the BIOS vendor for stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minim...

Page 69: ... password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also have AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted This would prevent unau thorized use of your computer The setting to determine when th...

Page 70: ...mproves many placement of components and makes a more efficient design BIOS basic input output system On PCs an essential software that contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardwa...

Page 71: ...complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which features high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters COM In MS DOS system the name of a serial communications port DOS supports four serial ports For example if a modem is connected to one serial por...

Page 72: ... for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables LAN local area network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network oper ating system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN ar...

Page 73: ...k drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem USB universal serial bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such...

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