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Getting Started

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Chapter 1. Getting Started

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Getting Started

Thank you for purchasing the MSI 845E Max (MS-6566E v1.X) ATX

mainboard. The MSI 845E Max is based on Intel

®

 845E & ICH4 chipsets for

optimal system efficiency. Designed to fit the advanced Intel

®

 Pentium

®

 4

processors in the 478 pin package, the 845E Max delivers a high performance

and professional desktop platform solution.

TOPICS

Mainboard Specification

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Mainboard Layout

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Quick Components Guide

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MSI Special Features

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Summary of Contents for MS-6566E

Page 1: ...i Version 1 0 G52 MA00565 MS 6566E v1 X ATX Mainboard MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL 845E Max All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m ...

Page 2: ...al 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 respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Notice...

Page 3: ...demarks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 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 regi...

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 the equipment or cause an electrical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel l the power cord or plug is damaged l liquid has penetrated into the equipment l the equipment has been exposed to moisture l the ...

Page 5: ... 2 2 CPU Installation Procedures 2 2 Installing the CPU Fan 2 3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 4 Memory 2 5 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 5 DDR Module Combination 2 6 Installing DDR Modules 2 6 Power Supply 2 7 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector JW1 2 7 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Mouse Connector JKBMS1 2 8 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 2 9 USB Connectors 2 9 Serial Port Connector COM...

Page 6: ...udio Connector JAUD1 2 18 D Bracket 2 Connector JDB1 2 19 Front USB Connectors JUSB1 JUSB2 2 20 Wake On Ring Connector JWR1 2 22 Jumpers 2 23 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 23 Slots 2 24 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 24 PCI Slots 2 25 CNR CommunicationNetworkRiser 2 25 PCI Interrupt Request Routing 2 26 Chapter3 AMIBIOSSetup 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 Selecting the First Boot Device 3 2 Control Keys...

Page 7: ...r Management Setup 3 14 PNP PCI Configurations 3 18 Integrated Peripherals 3 21 PC Health Status 3 24 Frequency Voltage Control 3 25 Supervisor User Password 3 27 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults 3 28 Glossary G 1 All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 8: ...el 845E ICH4 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors in the 478 pin package the 845E Max delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution TOPICS Mainboard Specification 1 2 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Quick Components Guide 1 5 MSI Special Features 1 6 All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 9: ...ith unbuffered DDR 200 266 The largest memory capacity possible is 2GB Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 4x slot 1 5V only Six PCI 2 2v 32 bit Master PCI bus slots One CNR Communication Network Riser slot On Board IDE An IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD CD ROM with PIO Bus Master and Ultra DMA66 100 operation modes Can connect up to four IDE devices On Board Peripherals On...

Page 10: ...ug Play function which detects the peripherals devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension ATXFormFactor30 5cmx20cm Mounting 6 mounting holes Others PC2001compliant Support WOL WOR Support STR STD Vcore Vio adjustable All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 11: ...R1 JBAT1 BIOS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 CNR Top Lan Jack Bottom USB ports Top Parallel Port Bottom COM A COM B Top mouse Bottom keyboard JCD1 JDB1 JAUD1 Winbond W83627HF AW Codec JPW1 CFAN1 SFAN1 Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD1 AGP Slot All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i d e s c o m ...

Page 12: ...sk drive connector See p 2 13 JIR1 IrDA infrared module connector See p 2 13 IDE1 IDE2 Hard disk connectors See p 2 14 JCD1 CD in connector See p 2 15 CFAN1 SFAN1 Fan power connectors See p 2 16 JFP1 JFP2 Front panel connectors See p 2 17 JAUD1 Front panel audio connector See p 2 18 JDB1 D Bracket 2 connector See p 2 19 JUSB1 JUSB2 Front USB connectors See p 2 20 JWR1 Wake on ring connector See p ...

Page 13: ...ting click Turbo to apply the test result In the latest Fuzzy Logic III utility we have added two new functions AGP Ratio andAdjust CPU Vcore To enable the new function AGP Ratio select the AGP ratio check box and the utility will automatically adjust the AGP ratio and overclock to a higher frequency The other function Adjust CPU Vcore allows you to adjust the CPU Vcore for a more stable voltage c...

Page 14: ...r CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion Note Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system s status 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 con tinue to be shown until users disable the warning All manuals and user guid...

Page 15: ...he feature to detect if there are any problems or failures D Bracket 2 supports both USB 1 1 2 0 spec D Bracket 2 Red Green 1 2 3 4 D Bracket 2 Description Processor Initialization This will show information regarding the processor like brand name system bus etc Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or not...

Page 16: ...nd name etc Initializing Video Interface This will start detecting CPU clock checking type of video onboard Then detect and initialize the video adapter 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 Floppy Drive Controller This will initialize Floppy Drive and controller Boot Atte...

Page 17: ... screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process l l l l l Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online l l l l l Live Driver Updates the drivers online l l l l l Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online l l l l l Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online l l l l l Live Utility Updates the utilities online If the product ...

Page 18: ...ner of the taskbar and the following dialog box will appear You can specify how often the system will automatically search for the BIOS drivers version or change the LAN settings right from the dialog box You can right click the MSI Live Monitor icon to perform the functions listed below l l l l l Auto Search Searches for the BIOS drivers version you need immediately l l l l l View Last Result All...

Page 19: ... with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow 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 All manuals and user guides at all ...

Page 20: ...ore turning on the computer 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 to wards 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 installation CPU Installation Procedures Overheating will seriously damage the CPU a...

Page 21: ...below to install the Heatsink Fan 2 Position the heatsink onto the re tention mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the motherboard 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 4 Press the two levers down to fasten the fan Each lever can be pressed down in only ONE direction retention mechanism...

Page 22: ...ake 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 or beyond product specifications WARNING 5 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3 pin fan power connector on the board fan power cable All manua...

Page 23: ...ntroduction 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 volts as opposed to 3 3 volts used in SDR SDRAM and requires 184 pin DIMM mod ules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM High memory bandwidth makes DDR an ideal solution for high performance PC worksta tions and servers DDR DIMM Sl...

Page 24: ...ll memory modules in any combination as follows Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right orientation 2 Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot Then push it in 3 The plastic clip at each side of the DIMM slot will automatically close Volt notch Slot Momory Module Total Memory Slot 1 64MB 128MB 256MB 64...

Page 25: ...pply connector is inserted on the board The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Definition PIN SIGN...

Page 26: ...se directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Mouse Keyboard USB Parallel COM A COM B Midi Joystick 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 PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 L out L in MIC LAN All manuals and user guides at all guides com a l l g u i...

Page 27: ...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 Keyboard DATA Keyboard DATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Keyboard Clock Keyboard clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition 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 ...

Page 28: ...r game pad to this connector AudioPortConnectors Line Out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Line Out Line In MIC 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...

Page 29: ...GNAL 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 24 GND Ground 25 GND G...

Page 30: ...cted to a network environment LAN Jack RJ 45 Activity Indicators Pin Signal Description 1 TDP Transmit differential pair 2 TDN Transmit differential pair 3 RDP Receive differential pair 4 NC Not used 5 NC Not used 6 RDN Receive differential pair 7 NC Not used 8 NC Not used All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 31: ...K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 This connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function The JIR1 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide 1 2 5 6 JIR1 FDD1 JIR1 Pin Definition 1 NC 2 NC 3 VCC5 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Pin Signal All manuals and u...

Page 32: ...e IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its ju...

Page 33: ...Hardware Setup 2 15 CD In Connector JCD1 The connector is for CD ROM audio connector JCD1 GND R L All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 34: ...is Ground and should be connected to GND If 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 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CPU Fan speed accord ing to th...

Page 35: ...efinition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up to 5V 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up to 5V 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up to 5V 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up to 5V 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU...

Page 36: ...log audio 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 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier 8 KEY No pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left channel audio signal to front panel 10 AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return from front panel Pin Definition Note If you don t want to connect to the front audio ...

Page 37: ...s a USB Bracket integrating four LEDs and allows users to identify system problem through 16 various combinations of LED signals For defini tions of 16 signal combinations please refer to Chapter 1 D Bracket 2 D Bracket 2 Connected to JDB1 Connected to JUSB1 JDB1 1 9 2 10 All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 38: ...connectors USB1 USB2 optional USB 2 0 Bracket available USB 2 0 technology increases the data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers mo dems and the like Both JUSB1 JUSB2 are compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design...

Page 39: ...em case Connecting to JUSB2 the USB connector in blue color USB 2 0 Bracket If no Bluetooth function is applied remove the sticker to utilize this port Note The USB 2 0 controller supports both USB 2 0 1 1 spec To use the USB 2 0 ports you still need to install USB 2 0 drivers which is supplied by Microsoft for Windows 2000 and XP If you have questions regarding USB 2 0 drivers please visit the Mi...

Page 40: ...r allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function The connector will power up the system when a signal is re ceived through the modem card Pin Signal 1 NC 2 GND 3 MDM_WAKEUP 4 NC 5 5VSB JWR1 1 5 All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 41: ...AT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of the jumper 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...

Page 42: ...te that the AGP slot does not support 3 3V AGP card Use of 3 3V AGP card may cause damages to the mainboard To avoid the risk of causing permanent damages to the mainboard the AGP slot is protected with MSI electrical routing device If users have inserted a 3 3V AGP card into the slot the MSI routing device will disable the computer s boot up system Re move the 3 3V AGP card and the boot up system...

Page 43: ...xpansion 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 DO NOT use the following AGP cards which would result in failure to restart the system The following list is subject to change without prior notice Model AGP Chip ATI Xpert2000 3D RAGE 128VR ATI Rage Furry ...

Page 44: ...CI Slot 5 INTB INTC INTD INT A PCI Slot 6 INT A INTB INTC INTD PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 45: ...cy Voltage Control 3 25 Supervisor User Password 3 27 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults 3 28 3 AMI BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You want to change the def...

Page 46: ...age as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press F11 after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by using arrow keys and then pressing Enter The ...

Page 47: ... changes and exit Getting Help After entering the Setup utility the first screen you see is the Main Menu MainMenu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies You can use the arrow keys to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Default Settings The BIOS setup program contains two kinds of default settings t...

Page 48: ...gisters and optimize your system s performance PowerManagementSetup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCIConfigurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Once you enter AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will ap pear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to move among the items a...

Page 49: ...u to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Password LoadHighPerformanceDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected LoadBIOSSetupDefaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Save ExitSetup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit...

Page 50: ... This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read 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 can be adjusted by users Time This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the curr...

Page 51: ... performance Fast Programmed I O Select Auto to enhance hard disk perfor Modes mance by optimizing the hard disk timing 32 Bit Transfer Mode Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE had disk data transfer rate FloppyDriveA B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options Not Installed 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to ...

Page 52: ...to show the company logo on the bootup screen Set tings are BIOS Shows the POST messages at boot Silent Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Boot Device Select 1st 2nd 3rd Boot The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system The settings are Disabled Disable this sequence IDE 0 The system will boot from the first HDD All ma...

Page 53: ...econd BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 2 The system will boot from the third BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 3 The system will boot from the fourth BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the system fails to boot from the 1st 2nd 3rd boot device BootUp Num L...

Page 54: ... options are described below Boot to OS 2 This allows you to run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB When you choose No you cannot run the OS 2 operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB But it is possible if you choose Yes 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...

Page 55: ...es to this memory area a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled APICInterruptMode This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Settings Enabled and Disabled MPS Revision This field al...

Page 56: ...lly determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD Selecting Disabled allows users to configure the options manually SDRAMCAS Latency The field controls the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Setting options 2 5 Clocks 2 Clocks 2 Clocks increases system performance while 2 5 Clocks provides more stable system performance N...

Page 57: ...ress strobe to CAS colume address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Settings 3 Clocks 2 Clocks SDRAM Precharge Delay This setting controls the precharge delay which determines the timing delay for DRAM precharge Setting options 7 Clocks 6 Clocks 5 Clocks SDRAMIdleTimer This field determines the number of clocks the DRAM controller will remain in the idle state before...

Page 58: ...eep 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 infor mation of system cofiguration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy The information stored in memory will be used...

Page 59: ... four seconds the computer is turned off Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupts occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Reboots the computer Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs SetMonitorEvents Press Enter to enter the su...

Page 60: ...ed Resume On RTC Alarm If Resume On RTC Alarm is set to Enabled the system will automatically resume boot up on a specific date hour minute second specified in these fields Available settings for each item are RTCAlarmDate 01 31 Every Day RTCAlarmHour 00 23 RTCAlarmMinute 00 59 RTCAlarmSecond 00 59 Note You need to install a modem supporting power on function for Wake Up On Ring function Note If y...

Page 61: ...ic Key for Wakeup This feature allows you to enter the specific key password to initialize the system from S3 state Mouse Wakeup From S3 The item activate the mouse to wake up the system from S3 sleep state Settings Disabled Enabled Note 1 As for the Specific key for Wakeup function once you have selected a specific key password for wakeup you must enter the specific key password to init the syste...

Page 62: ...ill only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 98 2000 or ME When set to NO BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Select Yes if the operating system is Plug Play aware Settings Yes No ClearNVRAM The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Random Access Memory is where the BIOS st...

Page 63: ...termine the IR line for each PCI slot Set IRQs to PCI or ISA Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available IRQ pool is determine...

Page 64: ... channel is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the available DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA by assigning an ISA DISA setting to it Options PnP ISA EISA All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 65: ...f you want to use any USB 1 1 device other than the USB mouse Setting options All Device No Mice Disabled OnboardIDE This allows you to enable or disable on chip IDE controller Settings Disabled Primary Secondary both OnboardAC 97Audio Enabled allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If the device is detected the onboard AC 97 Audio Codec 97 controller will be enabled if not ...

Page 66: ... onboard Floppy controller OnBoard Serial Port A B These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Serial Port 2 COM B Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automati cally determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM2 3E8 COM3 2E8 COM4 and Disabled Serial Port B Mode This item sets the operation mode for Serial Port B Settings Normal 1 6u...

Page 67: ... 9 Parallel Port IRQ When Parallel Port is set to Auto the item shows Auto indicating that BIOS determines the IRQ for the parallel port automatically Settings 5 7 Auto Parallel Port DMA Channel This feature needs to be configured only when Parallel Port Mode is set to the ECP mode When Parallel Port is set to Auto the field will show Auto indicating that BIOS automatically determines the DMA chan...

Page 68: ... V 5 0 V 12 0 V 12 0 V 5 0 V Battery These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware de vices components such as system voltages temperatures and fan speeds Note Changing CPU Vcore could result in unstable system therefore it is not recommended to change the default setting for long term purpose All manuals and user guides at all guides com ...

Page 69: ...s the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function 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 setting to Enabled for EMI reducti...

Page 70: ...te that it may be dangerous to adjust the Vcore over 10 CPUVcore Use this item to select a CPU Vcore option from 1 500V to 1 650V DDR AGPVoltageAdjust This setting allows you to set the appropriate DDR AGP voltage DDR Voltage settings 2 5V 2 8V at 0 1V increment AGP Voltage settings 1 5V 1 8V at 0 1V increment Note 1 Changing CPU Vcore could result in an unstable system therefore it is not recomme...

Page 71: ...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 the password promptisrequiredisthePAS...

Page 72: ...ce but may lead to a stability issue The option is for power or overclocking users only Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the sys tem performance Therefore a high end system configuration is a must which means you need high quality VGA adapter RAM and so on We don t recommend that users should apply the high performance defaults in their regular systems Otherwi...

Page 73: ...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 hardware lines within the com...

Page 74: ...de 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 port and a serial mouse to...

Page 75: ...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 are known as nodes and ar...

Page 76: ...perly 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 as the keyboard mouse joystick etc...

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