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MSI

845 PRO4

MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL

MS-6391 ATX Mainboard

Version 1.0

G52-MA00362

Summary of Contents for MS-6391

Page 1: ...MSI 845 PRO4 MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL MS 6391 ATX Mainboard Version 1 0 G52 MA00362 I ...

Page 2: ...uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance 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 ...

Page 3: ...ht 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 98 Windows ME and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Award is a registered trademark ...

Page 4: ...ting any add on card 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 electrical 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 equipm...

Page 5: ...ssing Unit CPU 2 2 CPU Installation Procedures 2 2 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 3 Installing the CPU Fan 2 4 Memory Installation 2 6 Memory Bank Configuration 2 6 Module Installation Procedures 2 7 Power Supply 2 8 ATX 20 pin Power Connector 2 8 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 8 Back Panel 2 10 Mouse Connector 2 10 Keyboard Connector 2 11 USB Connectors 2 11 Serial Port Connectors COM A CO...

Page 6: ...CD In AUX Line In Modem In Connectors 2 24 IrDA Infrared Module Connector IR1 IR2 optional 2 25 USB Front Connector USB1 USB2 optional 2 26 Front Audio Connector JAUDIO1 JAUDIO2 optional 2 27 Jumpers 2 29 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 29 Onboard Audio Jumper JP1 optional 2 30 Slots 2 31 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 31 PCI Slots 2 31 ISA Industry Standard Architecture Slot optional 2 32 CNR Com...

Page 7: ...gurations 3 27 PC Health Status 3 29 Frequency Voltage Control 3 31 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 33 Set Supervisor User Password 3 34 Save Exit Setup Exit without Saving 3 36 Appendix A USB PC to PC Networking Function A 1 Installing GeneLinkTM LAN Driver A 2 Using USB PC to PC Networking Function A 4 Appendix B Glossary B 1 ...

Page 8: ...2 bit host addressing 1 5V AGP interface with 4x SBA data transfer and 2x 4x fast write capability and 8 bit 66MHz 4x hub interface to the Intel ICH2 The 82801BA I O Controller Hub 2 ICH2 provides the I O subsystemwithaccesstotherestofthesystemandadditionallyintegrates many I O functions It supports upstream hub interface for access to the Intel MCH 2 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controlle...

Page 9: ...ontroller integrated LPC interface for SIO Integrated 10 100 Ethernet Main Memory Three 168 pin SDRAM sockets Support a total of 3GB memory using 16 64 128 256 512Mb technology Slots One AGP 2x 4x slot Five PCI 2 2 32 bit Master PCI Bus slots support 3 3v 5v PCI bus One CNR Communication Network Riser slot One ISA Industry Standard Architecture slot optional On Board IDE An IDE controller on the I...

Page 10: ... 2 Front 2 One RJ 45 connector optional One audio game port Audio ICH2 chipset integrated ADI 1885 AC 97 compliant Support two channel audio BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension ATX Fo...

Page 11: ...al IR1 JP1 optional JMDM1 JAUDIO2 optional JAUDIO1 JWOL1 FWH PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 5 CNR ISA Slot optional Winbond W83628F Winbond W83629D Intel 845 chipset T mouse B keyboard Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic Codec CD_IN1 MDM_IN1 AUX_IN1 D LED ATX Power Supply IDE 1 IDE 2 FDD C_FAN1 P_FAN1 Winbond W83627HF ...

Page 12: ...onnectingtoSystemfan p 2 17 F_P1 F_P2 Case connector p 2 18 JGS1 Connecting to power saving switch p 2 20 JGL1 Connecting to power saving LED p 2 21 JMDM1 Connectingtomodemmodule p 2 22 JWOL1 Connecting to LAN module p 2 22 CD_IN1 CD in connector p 2 23 AUX_IN1 Aux line in connector p 2 23 MDM_IN1 Modem inconnector p 2 23 IR1 IR2 Connecting to IrDA module p 2 24 USB1 USB2 USB PC to PC connector p ...

Page 13: ...7 audio integrated Easy to install USB PC 2 PC networking function LAN Wake Up Function Modem Internal Ring Wake Up Function T O P Tech Thermal Overheat Protection Technology PC Alert III system hardware monitor D LED D Bracket optional Fuzzy Logic 3 Suspend to RAM Disk optional PC2001 Compliant Key Features ...

Page 14: ...our PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation monitor CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until user disables the warning MS...

Page 15: ...ures Network Management Monitoring remote control Basic System Utilities Scandisk Defragment to maintain your HDD 3D Graphics Design Enables a more friendly user interface Software Utilities SoftCooler Optimized Cooling ...

Page 16: ... environment Select the CPU frequency you prefer and click Go button to apply the frequency or click Save button allowing the system to run at the specified frequency each time when the system is powered on Features Display Current System Status CPU Fan CPU Temp Vcore Vio Memory Clock CPU Clock AGP Clock PCI Clock Adjust CPU FSB Frequency ...

Page 17: ...s These users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures 4 3 2 1 Diagnostic LED Red Green D LED Description System Power ON The D LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly EarlyChipsetInitialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not installed properly Decompressing BIO...

Page 18: ...o adapter 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 initialize Floppy drive a...

Page 19: ...allation 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 This chapter contains the following topics Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 Memory Installation 2 6 Power Supply 2 8 Back Panel 2 10 Connectors 2 15 Jumpers 2 29 Slots 2 31 2 ...

Page 20: ...act your dealer to purchase and install them before turning on the computer CPU Installation Procedures 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket Then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 2 Look for the dot cut edge The dot cut edge should point towards the lever pivot The CPU will only fit in the correct orientation 3 Hold the CPU down firmly and then close the lever to complete the insta...

Page 21: ...ake sure the cooling fan can work prop erly to protect the CPU from overheating 2 Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond product specifications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation...

Page 22: ...eed to attach the CPU cooling fan and heatsink on top of the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the heatsink fan NOTE The figures in this section are for reference only Actual mainboard layout may be different from the one you purchased 2 Position the heatsink onto the retention mechanism Retention Mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the mainboard ...

Page 23: ...sed down in only ONE direction levers 5 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3 pin fan power connector on the mainboard 3 Mount the fan on top of the heatsink Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the retention mechanism Fan power cable ...

Page 24: ...s 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 at a rate of 10ns compared to 60ns for the first character SDRAM provides 800 MBps or 1 GBps data transfer depending on whether the bus is 100MHz or 133MHz Memory Bank Configuration...

Page 25: ... side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Socket Socket 1 Bank0 Bank1 Socket 2 Bank2 Bank3 Socket 3 Bank4 Bank5 Memory Module 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB Total Memory 64MB 1GB 64MB 1GB 64MB 1GB 64MB 3GB Total System Memory Note As 845 chipset does not properly support the PC100 memory it is strongly recommended to install PC133 DIMMs for t...

Page 26: ...n ATX power supply To connect to the ATX power supply 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 The power connector supports instant power on function which means that system will boot up immediately when the power supply connector is inserted on the board ATX 12V Power Connector ...

Page 27: ... 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 ATX Power Connector Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 11 1 20 10 JPW1 2 1 4 3 ...

Page 28: ... PS 2 mouse di rectly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Back Panel Mouse LAN Paraller Port Midi Joystick Port Keyboard USB Ports COM A COM B L Out L In MIC 6 5 4 3 2 1 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Pin Definition 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 ...

Page 29: ...ard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into ths connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC No connection 6 5 4 3 2 1 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female Pin Definition 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 Posi...

Page 30: ... DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Inticate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 Pin Male DIN Connectors Midi Joystick Audio Port Connector The mainboard provides a 15 pin female connector for connect ing a game joysticks pads or MIDI devices The three ports at bottom provide the mainboard audio functions Line Out is a connector for headph...

Page 31: ...o Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack LAN RJ 45 Jack Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 RDN Receive Differential Pair 2 RDP Receive Differential Pair 3 GND Ground 4 GND Ground 5 GND Ground 6 GND Ground 7 TDN Transmit Differential Pair 8 TDP Transmit Differential Pair ...

Page 32: ...de 13 1 25 14 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 ...

Page 33: ... connectors to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and fans Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types FDD1 34 33 2 1 ...

Page 34: ...D ROM or 120MB Floppy to IDE1 and IDE2 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard disk drive should always be connected to IDE1 You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE1 IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector You can connect a Master and a Slave drive to IDE2 IDE2 IDE1 40 39 2 1 40 39 2 1 TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jump...

Page 35: ...e 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND As the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPUFAN supports the fan control function You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the C...

Page 36: ...ED Speaker HDD LED The other case connector block F_P2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide and can connect to the the Power Switch Reset Switch Power LED and HDD LED on the case F_P2 F_P1 10 1 18 9 Power Switch Power LED HDD LED Reset Switch Speaker Power Switch Power LED HDD LED Reset Switch Reserved 1 2 9 10 ...

Page 37: ...dicate the suspend sleep mode LED Status Description Steady Green The system is in the full on mode Blinking The system enters the suspend sleep mode 2 pin 3 pin dual color power LED 2 pin LED is connected to pin 5 6 3 pin LED is connected to pin 4 5 6 The dual color power LED is able to change its color to indicate different system states Therefore you can select either Blinking or Dual color for...

Page 38: ...he suspend sleep mode Speaker F_P1 only Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin HDD LED HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive connected to the IDE1 or IDE2 connector Avoid turning the power off while the HDD is working You can connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin LED Status Description Steady Green The system is in the full on mode Steady Orange The system e...

Page 39: ...Setup 2 21 Power Saving Switch Connector JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector Pressing the switch once will have the system enter the sleep suspend state Press any key to wake up the system JGS1 ...

Page 40: ...nected to a dual color LED the LED light is green when system in turned on and turns to orange color while entering the sleep state For single color LED the LED is lit when system is on and blinks during the sleep state Green Full On Mode Dual Color Orange Sleep Mode 3 Pin LED 2 Pin LED 1 3 GreenColor OrangeColor GreenColor OrangeColor 1 3 JGL1 PLED1 Suspend LED GND 1 ...

Page 41: ...ion The two connectors provide system the feature to boot up when a signal is received through the modem card local area network 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 PIN SIGNAL 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB Note Modem wake up signal is active low PIN SIGNAL 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 MP_WAKEUP Note LAN...

Page 42: ... Modem In Connector This connector is for Modem with internal voice connector Mono_Out is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector Phone_In is connected to the Modem Microphone In connector CD_IN1 GND R L AUX_IN1 GND R L Note Mono_Out is connected to the Modem speaker out connector Phone_In is connected to the Modem microphone in connector MDM_IN1 GND Mono_Out Phone_In ...

Page 43: ...must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function The difference between IR1 IR2 is that IR2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX IR1 Pin Definition IR2 1 2 5 6 1 5 IR1 1 Not assigned 2 NC 3 VCC 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX PIN SIGNAL IR2 Pin Definition ...

Page 44: ...ty Design Guide USB2 USB_FP_OC0 is Front Panel USB Overcurrent signal Ports 2 3 Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB3 4 USB2 5 USB3 6 USB2 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 USB_FP_OC0 USB2 Pin Definition Note You can use only ONE USB header to connect USB ports Make sure you choose the appropriate one for your USB ports USB1 1 2 9 10 1 6 5 10 USB1 Pin Definition Pin Description Pin Description 1 VC...

Page 45: ...Panel Audio Header JAUDIO1 JAUDIO2 optional You can connect an optional audio connector to the Front Panel Audio Header JAUDIO2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide JAUDIO1 9 1 18 10 JAUDIO2 2 10 1 9 ...

Page 46: ...dio Circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right Channel Audio signal to Front Panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right Channel Audio signal Return from Front Panel 7 NC No Connection 8 NC No Connection 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left Channel Audio signal to Front Panel 10 AUD_RET_L Left Channel Audio signal Return from Front Panel JAUDIO2 Pin Definition Description Active LINE Out L GND aLO GND 12 Cut Away GND MIC LINE Next R LINE Next L Cut...

Page 47: ...nalbatterytokeepthedataofsystemconfiguration WiththeCMOS RAM the system can automatically boot OS every time you turn on the computer If you want to clear the system configuration you can use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions be low to operate JBAT1 Keep Data default Clear Data 1 3 1 3 1 3 You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to...

Page 48: ...Chapter2 2 30 Onboard Audio Jumper JP1 optional This jumper is used to enable disable the onboard soft audio codec Auto default Disabled JP1 1 3 ...

Page 49: ...hputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Slots The five PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs 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 T...

Page 50: ...sed to add expansion card to the computer CNR Communication Networking Riser Slot The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards CNR is a specially designed network audio or modem riser card for ATX family motherboards Its main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s chipset ...

Page 51: ...rview of the BIOS Setup program It contains the following topics Entering Setup 3 2 Control Keys 3 2 Getting Help 3 3 Main Menu 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 3 6 Advanced BIOS Features 3 9 Advanced Chipset Features 3 14 Integrated Peripherals 3 17 Power Management Setup 3 22 PnP PCI Configurations 3 27 PC Health Status 3 29 Frequency Voltage Control 3 31 Load Fail Safe Optimized Defaults 3 33 Set Sup...

Page 52: ...ly pressing Ctrl Alt and 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 Selecttheitem Jump to the Exit menu or return to the Main menu from a submenu Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help only for StatusPage Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Men...

Page 53: ...this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter 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 press the Esc General Help F1 The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can call up this...

Page 54: ... this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings of integrated peripherals Main Menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software 8Standard CMOS Features 8Advanced BIOS Features 8Advanced Chipset Features 8Integrated Peripherals 8Power Management Setup 8PnP PCI Configurations 8PC...

Page 55: ...oad Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values of your system for the minimal stable performance to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system performance operations Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password Save Exit Setu...

Page 56: ...only Month The month from Jan through Dec Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Tue Jul 3 2001 Time hh mm ss 16 15 29 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B...

Page 57: ...he sub menu will appear as the following example Access Mode The settings are CHS LBA Large and Auto Capacity The Formatted size of the storage device Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation Landing Zone Cylinder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detec...

Page 58: ...All But Diskette and All But Disk Key Default value is All But Keyboard All Errors The system will halt on and display the error message if any error happens No Errors The system will not halt on no matter any error happens All But Keyboard The system will halt on if any error happens But the system will not halt on if the keyboard function is not normal All But Diskette The system will halt on if...

Page 59: ... HDD 0 3rd Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Disabled Seek Floppy Disabled Boot Up Num Lock LED On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 1 Boot OS 2 For DRAM 64MB NO Hard Disk S M A R T Disabled BIOS Flash Write Control Disabled Item Help Men...

Page 60: ...uring POST Available options are Disabled and Enabled Default value is Disabled 1st 2nd 3rd Boot Device These three items allow you to set the sequence of boot device from that the BIOS attempts to load the operating system Available options are Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN and Disabled Boot Other Device This item allows the system to try to boot from other device if ...

Page 61: ...A20 is controlled by a specific pin from the keyboard controller Available options are Fast and Normal Default value is Fast Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to set the keystrokes repeat rate determined by keyboard controller When set to Enabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay can be selected Available op tions are Disabled and Enabled Default value is Disable...

Page 62: ...l expand available IRQs resources for the system Available options are Enabled and Disabled MPS Version Control For OS This item allows you to select which MPS Multi Processor Specification version to be used for the operating system You need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system To find out which version to use consult the vendor of your operating system Available options a...

Page 63: ...he item is used to enable or disable the BIOS Flash Write Control for non Award flash utility Select Enabled when performing BIOS update with the non Award flash utility Ignore this option if you use the Award flash utility Default value is Disabled ...

Page 64: ...ed Chipset Features Configure DRAM Timing This allows you to select whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD Serial Presence Detect EPROM on the DRAM module or by the user Whensetto bySPD asdefault thefollowingfouritemsareautomatically determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD When set to by User you can configure these items manually Available options are by SPD and by User CA...

Page 65: ...mance This item applies onl when synchronous DRAM is intalled in the system DRAM Data Integrity Mode This item allows you to select the Non ECC or ECC Error Checking and Correcting according to the type of installed RDRAM DRAM Frequency This item allows you to set the clock frequency of the DRAM installed Available options are PC100 PC133 and Auto Default value is Auto Memory Hole at 15M 16M This ...

Page 66: ...erated Graphics Port AGP aperture Aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Avail able options are 4 8 16 32 64 128 and 256 Default value is 64 ...

Page 67: ...y Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First AGP AC 97 Audio Auto AC 97 Modem Auto Onboard CNR LAN Selection Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Floppy Controller Enabled Serial Port A 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port B 2F8 IRQ3 Serial Port B Mode Normal...

Page 68: ...ra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible 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 66 and 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support Available options are Auto and Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains...

Page 69: ...optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support Available options are Enabled and Disabled Floppy Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field Available options are Enabled and Disabled Serial Port A Serial ...

Page 70: ... correct setting of the TxD and RxD signals Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port Parallel Port Mode The item allows you to select the operating mode for the parallel port Available options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP EPP Version The item allows you to select the EPP version by the parallel port when the port is set to EPP or ECP...

Page 71: ...Award BIOS Setup 3 21 Onboard Midi Port The items disable or assign the address of the Midi port Midi IRQ Select The item specifies an IRQ for the Midi port ...

Page 72: ...ction Enabled ACPI Standby State S1 POS Power Management APM User Define Modem Use IRQ 3 Suspend Time Out Disabled Power Button Functoin Power Off Wake Up On PME Disabled Wake On On Ring Enabled Wake Up On LAN Enabled USB Wakep from S3 Disabled CPU THRM Throttling 50 0 Resume By RTC Alarm Disabled Date of Month Alarm 0 Date hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 POWER ON Function BUTTON ONLY KB Power ON Password En...

Page 73: ... open applications files is saved to main memory that remains poweres while most other hardware componentsturnofftosaveenergy Theinformation stored in memory will be used to restore the system when an wake up event occurs Power Management APM This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following item Suspend Time Out There are three selectio...

Page 74: ...ment events Available options are Enabled and Disabled Wake Up On Ring When set to Disabled the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem When set to Enabled the system will boot up if there s an incoming call from the modem 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 u...

Page 75: ...m 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 POWER ON Function This function allows you to select the item to power on the system Available options are BUTTON ONLY Keyboard 98 Password Hot Key Mouse Left and Mouse Right KB Power ON Password Normally this item is unselectable To enable this fu...

Page 76: ...ill blink when the system enters the suspend mode When set to Dual the power LED will change its color Choose the Single and the power LED will always remain light up Reload Global Timer Events Reload Global Timer events are I O events whose occurrence can pre vent 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...

Page 77: ... Windows 98 When set to No BIOS will initial ize all the PnP cards So select Yes if your operating system is Plug Play aware Clear ESCD This item allows you to clear ESCD Available options are Disabled and Enabled Default value is Disabled CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configuration PNP OS Installed No Clear ESCD Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD IRQ Reso...

Page 78: ...to the IRQ Resources and DMA Resources will not have function DMA IRQ Resources This item is adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual Press Enter and you will enter the sub menu of the items This item lists IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 for users to set each IRQ a type depending on the type of device using the IRQ DMA PCI VGA Palette Snoop Whensetto Enabled multipleVGAdevicesop...

Page 79: ...e current system temperature Current CPU Temperature This item shows the current CPU temperature System Fan This item shows the status of system s fan CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PC Health Status Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature SYSTEM fan POWER fan CPU fan Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V 5VSB V CPU Critical Temperature Disabled Item Help Menu Level 8 Move En...

Page 80: ...ystem voltage CPU Critical Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature level for the processor When the processor reach the temperature you set this will shutdown the system This function only works in ACPI aware OS such as Windows 98 ME 2000 Available options are 80 C 176 F 85 C 185 F 90 C 194 F and Disabled Default Value is Disabled ...

Page 81: ...ore Adjust 1 75 V DRAM Voltage Adjust 3 3 V CPU Ratio Selection The CPU Clock Ratio provides flexibility for overclockers from x 8 to x 24 Note Most of the Pentium 4 processor doesn t support clock ratio adjustment Please consult your reseller for further instructions Auto Detect PCI Clk Use this item to enable or disable the feature of auto detecting the clock frequency of the installed PCI cards...

Page 82: ...SB and pro vides a method for end users to overclock the processor accordingly CPU Vcore Adjust This item allows you to adjust CPU Vcore voltage The adjustable value is up to 1 85 V DRAM Voltage Adjust This item allows you to adjust DRAM voltage Available options are 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V and 3 6V ...

Page 83: ...formance of the mainboard The Fail Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor for the stable system performance When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appears Type Y to load the BIOS default values for the minimal performance but most stable system operations When you select Load Optimized Defaults a message as below appears Type Y to load the default factory s...

Page 84: ...now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the pass word will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will ...

Page 85: ... entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup About Supervisor Password User Password Supervisor Password Can enter and change the options of the setup menus User Password Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in cr...

Page 86: ...r setup value to RTC CMOS Type N to return to Setup program When you want to quit the Setup program and leave the original settings select Exit without Saving A message as below will appear on the screen Type Y to quit the Setup Utility without saving data to RTC CMOS Type N to return to the Setup program Save Exit Setup Exit without Saving Quit Without Saving Y N Y SAVE to CMOS and Exit Y N Y ...

Page 87: ...is Ethernet emulation environment a name USB PC to PC USB PC to PC supports TCP IP NetBEUI and IPX protocols These features make your PCs able to share their resources such as files or printers to each other Furthermore USB PC to PC also gives you the ability of connecting to your existing Home or Office LAN for network resource or Internet sharing The section includes the following topics Install...

Page 88: ... PCs connected via USB PC to PC port so that resources are shared between these PCs GeneLinkTM Software Router allows your PC to connect to another existing Home Office LAN for network re source or Internet sharing 5 The Setup Program will install all necessary components automatically 6 Setup completes Then select Yes I want to restart my computer now and then click FInish button to reboot your c...

Page 89: ...sing you must define which computer That has already been con nected to Internet should install GeneLinkTM Software Router And all clients accessing Internet resources through GeneLinkTM USB port should have installed GeneLinkTM LAN driver Note 1 You should use the same network protocol TCP IP NetBEUI or IPX for connecting GeneLinkTM LAN to existing Home Office LAN 2 If you ve already configured y...

Page 90: ...d printers a Go to the file folder drive or printer that you want to share b Right click your mouse pointer on the resource you want to share you ll see a pop up menu c Select Sharing and you ll see another POP UP Menu Using USB PC to PC Networking Function ...

Page 91: ...haring processes Connecting to your existing Home or Office LAN To connect your USB PC to PC to another existing Home of Office LAN via USB PC to PC port you need to install GeneLinkTM Software Router in addition to GeneLinkTM LAN driver GeneLinkTM Software Router is responsible for handling all network packets between USB PC to PC and your Home Office LAN So only the computer that is physi cally ...

Page 92: ...B PC to PC Office Home LAN If you would like to access Internet resources through USB PC to PC here are some things you should notice a You must define which computer should install GeneLinkTM Software Router b The computer which has installed GeneLinkTM Software Router should have already been connected to internet c All clients which would like to access Internet resources through USB cable shou...

Page 93: ...A 7 USB PC to PC Networking Function Click on Properties you ll see a setup window as below Move your mouse pointer on Network Neighborhood icon and right click on it You ll see a pop up menu Click here ...

Page 94: ...es consult your Network Administrator Press OK buttontogobackto Network pop upmenu Choose Identification tag Specify an unique name for your computer if it doesn t have and fill in the name of your workgroup If youarenotsurewhat sthenameofyourcomputerorWorkgroup please consult your Network Administrator Choose TCP IP under Configuration tag and then press Properties button You ll see the TCP IP Pr...

Page 95: ...alled Network Adapter in their system If you ve already configured your IPX SPX and Client for Netware Networks before installing GeneLinkTM driver we strongly recommend that you should also install Software Router when you install GeneLinkTM driver into your system If you decide not to install Software Router then the OS will not allow two IPX SPX configurations co exist in the same system This w...

Page 96: ... installed The function is available in Windows 98SE and ME To access internet through another computer with modem you need to setup Internet Connection Sharing on all computers connected via USB PC to PC cables Instructions are as follows a Go to Control Panel b Double click Add Remove Programs and the Add Remove Programs Properties window appears PC with modem installed Your PC with USB PC to PC...

Page 97: ...A 11 USB PC to PC Networking Function c Select Windows Setup tag and double click Communications The Communications window appears d Check Internet Connection Sharing and click OK ...

Page 98: ...Appendix A A 12 e The Home Networking Wizard starts Click Next f Click Adirect connection to my ISP using the following device and select GeneLink Network Adapter from the pull down menu Click Next ...

Page 99: ...ction select GeneLink Network Adapter when the above window returns g Continue to click Next h Click Finish and restart the computer Note In Windows 98SE you can access internet through the shared connection of another computer but it is unable for you to control the remote modem However in Windows ME you are allowed to dial the remote modem of another computer using the dialing program built in W...

Page 100: ...isplay controller and main memory for high graphics quality and performance ATX A modern shape and layout of mainboard that supersedes the widely used Baby AT form factor It improves 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 in put output interface such as keyboard disk drives etc...

Page 101: ...mary cir cuits for transmitting and receiving data a PC chipset provides the elec tronic interfaces between all subsystems CMOS complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOSisawidelyusedtypeofsemiconductor whichfeatureshighspeed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery poweredCMOSmemorytoretainthedate time andsystemsetup parameters COM In MS DOS system the name of a s...

Page 102: ...ted Drive Electronics A type of disk drive interface widely used to connect hard disks CD ROMs and tape drives to a PC in which the controller electronics is integrated into the drive itself eliminating the need for a separate adapter card The IDE interface is known as the ATA AT Attachment specification Dynamic RAM DRAM Memory Technologies Type FPM 60 70ns EDO 50 60 70ns SDRAM 66MHz SDRAM 100MHz ...

Page 103: ...devices on a LAN are known as nodes and are connected by cables to access data and devices anywhere on the LAN so that many users can share expensive devices and data LED light emitting diode A semiconductor device that converts electrical energy into light Since it lights up usually red when electricity is passed through it it is usu ally used for the activity lights on computer s component such ...

Page 104: ... 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 as the keyboard mouse joystick etc USB provides a maximum bandwidth of 12 Mbit sec Mbps for connecting up to 127 peripheral devices to PC US...

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