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Built-in Graphics System

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Onboard 64-bit 3D

AGP Graphics Accelerator

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Complies with AGP Ver.1 with 66/133 MHz operation

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Shared memory architecture allows a maximum of 8 MB main
memory to act as frame buffer

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Supports high resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 pixels

Sound System

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Meets PC98 audio specification

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Full duplex playback and recording with built-in 16-bit
CODEC

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HRTF 3D professional audio supports both Direct Sound
3D® and A3D® compatible interfaces plus support for

channel speakers

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Drivers support Windows 3.1/95/98/NT 4.0

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Built-in 32 ohm earphone buffer and 3D surround

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Provides MPU-401 Game/MIDI port and legacy Sound
Blaster 16 support

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Downloadable Wave-table Synthesizer supports Direct
Music®

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Digital Audio Interface with

24-bit stereo

, 44KHz

sampling rate and measured

120dB

audio quality

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Optional optic fibre interface which enables communication
with MiniDisk or high-end audio systems.

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Stereo Mixer supports analog mixing from CD-Audio,
Line-In, and digital mixing from voice, FM/Wave-table and
digital CD-Audio

Onboard I/O Ports

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Floppy disk drive port with 1Mb/s transfer rate

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One serial port with 16550-compatible fast UART

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One parallel port with support for ECP and EPP

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Two USB ports & one PS/2 ports (optional)

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One optional infrared port

Hardware Monitoring

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Built-in hardware monitoring for CPU temperature and fan
speeds

Summary of Contents for M598LMR

Page 1: ...ries 8 Static Electricity Precautions 9 Chapter 2 10 Mainboard Installation 10 Mainboard Components 11 Install the Processor 12 Install Memory 13 Set the Jumpers 14 Jumper JP3 Clear CMOS Memory 14 Jumper JP2 Keyboard Power On Selector 15 Jumper JP6 LAN Enable disable Selector 15 Jumper JP8 Audio System Enable disable 15 Jumper JP10 Fax Modem Enable disable 16 Install the Mainboard 16 Install the E...

Page 2: ...tup Page 33 Power Management Setup Page 35 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 36 Load Optimal Settings 37 Load Best Performance Settings 37 Features Setup Page 38 CPU PnP Setup Page 39 Hardware Monitor Page 40 Change Password 41 Change or Remove the Password 41 Exit 41 Chapter 4 42 Software Applications 42 Introduction 42 Installing the Drivers 42 Installing Under Windows 95 NT 2000 42 Bus Master IDE Dr...

Page 3: ...orel WordPerfect Suite 8 A1 Welcome to Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 A2 Installing Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 A6 Learning how to use Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 A9 Support and Services A13 Appendix B Gamut B1 Introduction B2 Before Installing B3 Installation B4 Produce MP3 file Use CD Cashier B5 Play MP3 file Use Musician B7 Play music CD Use 3DFS ACD B8 Play MIDI file Use Midier B9 Recording audio data ...

Page 4: ... audio and a 4 way speaker system The graphics system supports extended VGA resolutions with an 8MB frame buffer Communications and networking are supported with a V 90 Fax Modem DAA module and a 10BaseT 100BaseTX network adapter The mainboard supports both AT ATX power supply If you use an ATX supply it supports all of the ATX power management features including ACPI Advanced Configuration and Po...

Page 5: ...2 cache memory is provided onboard Memory Support Three DIMM slots for 3 3V SDRAM 168 pin memory modules Support for 66 MHz and 100 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory can be 3 x 256 MB 768 MB Expansion Slots Two 32 bit PCI slots One 8 16 bit ISA slots Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Bus mastering and Ultra...

Page 6: ...D surround Provides MPU 401 Game MIDI port and legacy Sound Blaster 16 support Downloadable Wave table Synthesizer supports Direct Music Digital Audio Interface with 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate and measured 120dB audio quality Optional optic fibre interface which enables communication with MiniDisk or high end audio systems Stereo Mixer supports analog mixing from CD Audio Line In and digita...

Page 7: ...15200 compatible Virtual UART Requires 16 MB RAM and WIN 95 98 NT Onboard Flash ROM Provides plug and play function for automatic CPU and board configuration Supports plug and play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Built in virus protection using Trend s ChipAway Virus which ensures that the entire boot process is virus protected Bundled Software AMI Desktop Client Manager su...

Page 8: ...le Floppy diskette drive cable Audio ports and Game MIDI port extension bracket Serial parallel ports extension bracket VGA extension bracket V 90 Fax Modem DAA module 10BaseT 100BaseTX network adapter extension bracket Support software CD ROM Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Digital Audio extension bracket ATX Form card 2 USB ports IR por...

Page 9: ...ap frequently discharge any static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 4 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely necessary During the installation lay the mainboard on top of the static proof packaging with the component side facing upwards 5 Inspect the mainboard for any damage caused during transit Ensure that all...

Page 10: ... to the mainboard headers Note Before installing the mainboard you must ensure that jumper JP3 is set to the Normal setting See this chapter for information on locating JP3 and changing the jumper setting Note Please do not use the AC power cord to connect the system case to a power outlet until you have completely installed the mainboard and components In some circumstances the power management o...

Page 11: ...Mainboard Components Use the diagram below to identify the major components on your mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only ...

Page 12: ...rect clock speed and the correct system bus frequency To automatically configure the processor use the BIOS setup program to select the CPU speed and system bus frequency See chapter three for more information To ensure reliability make sure that your socket 7 processor is fitted with a heatsink cooling fan assembly The socket 7 processor installs into the ZIF Zero Insertion Force socket 7 on the ...

Page 13: ...sor is installed with a cooling fan assembly connect the cable from the fan to the CPU fan power connector FAN1 Install Memory The mainboard has three DIMM slots that can be installed with memory modules You must install at least one memory module in order to use the mainboard You must install the first memory module into DIMM1 so that the system can share some of the memory with the built in grap...

Page 14: ...dule in place Set the Jumpers Jumpers are sets of pins which can be connected together with jumper caps The jumper caps change the way the mainboard operates by changing the electronic circuits on the mainboard If a jumper cap connects two pins we say the pins are SHORT If a jumper cap is removed from two pins the pins are OPEN Jumper JP3 Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear the contents of ...

Page 15: ...ard Power On Short Pins 1 2 Enable Keyboard Power On Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP6 LAN Enable disable Selector This mainboard has a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX network adapter If you plan on using an alternative network adapter you must use this jumper to disable the onboard network adapter Function Jumper Setting Enable onboard LAN Short Pins 1 2 Disable onboard LAN Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP8 Audio Sys...

Page 16: ...Mainboard Install the mainboard into the system chassis This mainboard uses the baby AT format In addition the mainboard can operate using an AT power supply unit or an ATX power supply unit This means that you have a wide choice of cases that can be used by this mainboard Install the mainboard into the unit case Follow the instructions provided by the case manufacturer using the screws and mounti...

Page 17: ...or PWR2 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the bank of switch and LED connectors J2 See the illustration below for a guide to the pin functions of the J2 connector 21 22 Power LED Pins 2 4 6 Speaker Pins 1 3 5 7 Keylock Pins 8 10 HDD LED Pins 15 16 1 2 Reset Switch Pins 17 18 Power Switch Pins 21 22 ...

Page 18: ...which can be used by either a joystick or a MIDI device If you are using a four channel speaker system channel one and two are output through the Stereo Line out and the rear speaker channels three and four are output through Stereo Line in 1 On the mainboard locate the J6 audio header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the J6 audio header 3 In the system chassis remove a blan...

Page 19: ...Plug the serial cable into COM1 and the parallel cable into PRN1 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot Use the screw that held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket 1 COM1 Header Serial Port COM1 Parallel Port LPT1 Serial Parallel Ports Extension Bracket PRN1 Parallel Port Header 1 ...

Page 20: ...VGA1 header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the VGA1 header 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot Use the screw that held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket VGA Extension Bracket VGA1 VGA Header 1 ...

Page 21: ...n the mainboard locate the LAN1 LAN header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into LAN1 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot Use the screw that held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket LAN1 LAN Header LAN Extension Bracket 1 ...

Page 22: ...EL RJ11 connectors on the metal edge of the Fax Modem DAA module 1 Locate the J7 modem header on the mainboard 2 Plug the Fax Modem DAA module into the J7 modem header 3 Remove the blanking plate adjacent to the Fax Modem DAA module Modem DAA Module Modem Header Line Tel RJ11 Sockets 2 MCLK 4 FRA SY 6 SCLK 8 RIN WAK 10 GPIO 12 SDO 14 SDI 16 RST GND 1 GND 3 GND 5 AUX 3V 7 HOOK 9 RIN 11 AUX 5V 13 MU...

Page 23: ...the bracket into J11 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot Use the screw that held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket Internal Digital Audio If you have the optional internal digital audio cable you can use it to connect the digital audio output connector of a CD ROM or DVD drive to the...

Page 24: ...board locate the J1 ATX header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the J1 ATX header 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot Use the screw that held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket Infrared Port USB Ports ATX Form Card PS 2 Mouse Port J1 ATX Header 1 ...

Page 25: ... so that you can install an optional serial infrared port 1 On the mainboard locate the infrared port header IR1 2 Connect the ribbon cable from the port to the header IR1 and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis IR1 Infrared Header 1 ...

Page 26: ...oppy disk drive header FDD1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM DVD drives The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure for ...

Page 27: ...st be Slave Internal Analog Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or a DVD drive you can connect the sound output of the drive to the built in sound system On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors for J4 and J5 There are two kinds of connector because different brands of CD ROM drive have different kinds of cable connectors on their audio output cable Connect the cable to ...

Page 28: ...AN network using jumper JP6 Installing an Expansion Card 1 Locate the PCI or ISA slot on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate from the appropriate expansion slot on the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot and press it quite firmly down so that it is seated correctly 4 Secure the bracket of the expansion card into the expansion slot in the system cha...

Page 29: ...ve installed a network adapter card connect the adapter to the wake on LAN connector J8 You can then use the setup utility to program your computer to resume from a power saving mode whenever there is traffic through the network J8 1 ...

Page 30: ...ect it may cause your system to malfunction It can even stop your computer from booting properly If this happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory area that is used to store the setup information or you can hold down the End key while you reboot your computer Holding down the End key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes ...

Page 31: ... Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the optional color schemes of the setup utility Some of the options on the Mainmenu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items Other options on the Mainmenu page lead to dialog ...

Page 32: ... the correct date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices on the primary and secondary IDE channels To configure a hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If you have a CD ROM drive select the setting CDROM If you have an ATAPI...

Page 33: ...nboard VGA system Leave this at the default value 8 MB 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device Use these two items to determine the order and priority that your computer follows to load an operating system at start up time Try Other Boot Devices If you enable this item the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations S M A R T for Hard...

Page 34: ...since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory External Cache Leave this item enabled since this mainboard is installed with external cache memory System BIOS Cacheable If you enable this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution Video 32K Shadow When this item is enabled 32 kilobytes of the system video BIOS is co...

Page 35: ...tem activity the computer will enter the power saving standby mode Suspend Time Out Minute This sets the timeout for suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter the power saving suspend mode Keyboard Power On Your system can enter a software power down If you enable this item you can resume the system by pressing hot keys on the keyboard ...

Page 36: ...e on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below to set the date and time of the wake up alarm PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the system PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability Plug and Play Aware O S Enable this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Primary Gra...

Page 37: ...f memory for any device that requires it Reserved Memory Address This item lets you set the address for any block of memory that has been reserved Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the setup utility is loaded with a set of optimal default values The optimal default values are not very demanding and they should allow you...

Page 38: ...rared port if you have installed an optional IR port IR Duplex Use this item to define if the optional infrared port is full duplex or half duplex Onboard Parallel Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port LPT1 and to assign a port address Parallel Port Mode Use this item to determine the parallel port mode You can select Normal ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced P...

Page 39: ... in the DOS environment CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you configure the mainboard for the kind of CPU that you have installed CPU Plug and Play If you set this item to Auto the system will automatically detect the kind of CPU you have installed and configure the mainboard for it If you set this item to User Define you can use the following items to manually configure the mainboard CPU Brand Us...

Page 40: ...or the system bus frequency The multiplier x the system bus frequency must equal the internal clock speed of your CPU e g 100 MHz system bus x 3 5 muliplier 350 MHz internal clock speed of installed CPU Hardware Monitor Page This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard CPU Temperature Use this item to set the threshold temperature for the CPU The sys...

Page 41: ... second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly The password is required at boot time or when the user enters the setup utility Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item and type in the current password At the next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this it...

Page 42: ... board See the Auto Installing Under Windows 98 section Installing the Drivers The software on the support CD ROM is for Windows 95 NT 2000 and Windows 98 but the automatic installation is now for Win98 only If your operating system is not Windows 98 you have to manually install for your drivers Installing Under Windows 95 NT 2000 1 In order to run the software put the support software CD ROM in t...

Page 43: ...ndows NT4 0 D IDE SiS530 NT USB Driver The USB Driver allows the system to recognize the USB ports on the mainboard You need to install this driver if you are running Windows 95 This driver is available for Win95 D USB EUSBSUPP USBSUPP EXE Win95 Chinese D USB CUSBSUPP CUSBSUPP EXE Video Driver The video drivers are available for Windows 95 98 and Windows NT Look for the folders in D VGA SiS530 Sou...

Page 44: ...the onboard LAN adapter D LAN Davicom9102 Modem Driver The Modem driver is required by the onboard modem module D MODEM Driver 9xNT Setup exe D MODEM SuperVoice Media Ring Talk Software MediaRing Talk provides an internet telephone for the onboard modem D MODEM MediaRing Talk ADCM Software The AMI Desk Client Management software provides network management services This software is available for W...

Page 45: ...r system 1 Put the support CD into CD ROM drive 2 The setup window will appear as below 3 Click Setup button to continue 4 Click Next button to continue 5 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed ...

Page 46: ...ly installed choose the MULTIMEDIA icon in the CONTROL PANEL when you need to use the Software Wave Table drivers as a MIDI output device Select the MIDI page and click on C media SoftMidi Synthesis Win98 Driver Win95 then click OK to confirm 3 A Windows application named Audio Rack is provided with the PCI Sound Pro drivers which gives you control over all the audio functions through a user inter...

Page 47: ...listic 3D sound through a 4 speaker setup Follow the steps below to install a 4 speaker setup Speaker Installation Connect the front two speakers to the Line out jack on the sound ports extension bracket Connect the rear two speakers to the Line in Rear jack on the sound ports extension bracket The original Line in can be moved to Aux Speaker Position Set up your speakers similar to the following ...

Page 48: ...otify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA OS 2 and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 95 98 NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Sound Blaster and SB Link are registered trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd PC cillin and ChipAwayVirus ...

Page 49: ...tion between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Shielded interconnect cables and shielded AC power cable must be employed with this equipment to insure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this device Changes or...

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