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Advanced COMS Setup Page 

Use this page to set more advanced information about your system. 
Take some care with this page. Making changes can affect the 
operation of your computer. 

 

 

Quick Boot 

If you enable this item, the system starts up more 
quickly be elimination some of the power on test 
routines. 

1

st

 Boot Device 

2

nd

 Boot Device 

3

rd

 Boot Device 

Use these three items to determine the order and 
priority that your computer follows to load an 
operating system at start-up time. 

Try Other Boot 

Device 

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 three locations. 

S.M.A.R.T. for 

Hard Disks 

Enable this item if your hard disk(s) supports 
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting 
Technology). 

BootUp Num-

Lock 

This items determines if the Num Lock key is 
active or inactive at system start-up time. 

Floppy Drive 

Swap 

If you have two diskette drives installed and you 
enable this item, drive A becomes drive B and 
drive B becomes drive A. 

Summary of Contents for M726MRT

Page 1: ...any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA OS 2 and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III MMX and Celeron are registere...

Page 2: ...n between the equipment and the receiver q Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected q Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV tech...

Page 3: ...ponents 8 Install the Processor 9 Installing a Slot 1 Processor Cartridge 10 Installing a Socket 370 Processor 11 Setting the CPU Speed Jumpers 11 Jumper JP7 Bus Frequency Selector 12 Jumper JP2 CPU M...

Page 4: ...ange Supervisor Password 37 Change or Remove the Password 37 Auto Detect Hard Disks 38 Save Settings and Exit 38 Exit Without Saving Option 38 Chapter 4 Software Applications 39 Introduction 39 Bus Ma...

Page 5: ...x 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...

Page 6: ...III Clock rates run as high as 600 MHz Socket 370 processors are the PPGA Celeron which runs at clock rates up to 533 MHz The mainboard supports a system bus of 66 MHz or 100 MHz The mainboard uses t...

Page 7: ...erons run from 300 MHz to 533 MHz Supports a 66 MHz front side system bus Memory Support Three DIMM slots for SDRAM EDO FPM 168 pin memory modules Support for 66 MHz 100 MHz memory bus Maximum install...

Page 8: ...IF In Out 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 suppor...

Page 9: ...d s ChipAwayVirus which ensures that the entire boot process is virus protected Bundled Software AMI Desktop Client Manager supports hardware monitoring on stand alone systems or over a network PC Cil...

Page 10: ...q Audio ports and Game MIDI port extension bracket q Serial ports extension bracket q Parallel port extension bracket q V 90 Fax Modem DAA module q Support software CD ROM Optional Accessories You ca...

Page 11: ...p 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 neces...

Page 12: ...any other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard headers Note Before installing the mainboard you must ensure that the Clear CMOS jumper JP4 is set to the Normal setting See th...

Page 13: ...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 14: ...urrently supported by this mainboard New processors may be a released after this manual is printed Processor Cartridge Clock Rate MHz Processor Socket System Bus MHz Pentium III 600 Slot 1 100 Pentium...

Page 15: ...into the cartridge holder Follow the instructions given with your processor cartridge The edge connector on the cartridge has a notch so that it only fits into the Slot 1 in the correct way 4 Locate...

Page 16: ...ch the pin 1 corners and insert the Celeron processor into the socket No force is required and the processor should drop into place freely 5 Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the catch on...

Page 17: ...iplier Selector This jumper consists of four sets of 2 pin jumpers JP2A JP2B JP2C and JP2D Use JP2 to select the following multiplier Function JP2A JP2B JP2C JP2D 2 0 x Short Short Short Short 2 5 x O...

Page 18: ...rates on a 100 MHz memory bus PC 100 memory If you are using a processor cartridge that runs on a 66 MHz system bus you can use memory that operates on a 66 MHz memory bus You can install any size of...

Page 19: ...Enable disable This jumper consists of two sets of 2 pin jumpers JP1A and JP1B Use JP1A to enable or disable the onboard sound system Use JP1B to enable or disable the onboard Fax Modem JP1A Function...

Page 20: ...to select a voltage of 5V volts for the memory module DIMM slots Set the two jumper caps to pins 2 3 to select a voltage of 3 3V for the DIMM slots Function Left Column Setting Right Column Setting 5V...

Page 21: ...ooling fan connect the power cable from the fan to the onboard chassis cooling fan power supply FAN2 Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the bank of switch and LED connectors J7 See the il...

Page 22: ...e 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...

Page 23: ...e two cables from the bracket into the appropriate COM1 and COM2 headers 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension bracket in the slot U...

Page 24: ...held the blanking plate in place to secure the extension bracket Fax Modem DAA Module The Fax Modem DAA module plugs directly into the mainboard adjacent to an expansion slot in the system chassis Whe...

Page 25: ...u can also obtain an ATX Form Card and an SPDIF digital audio extension bracket Install these brackets by following the steps below ATX Form Card This ATX Form Card provides a mini DIN port for infrar...

Page 26: ...tic fiber interface which enables the communication with MiniDisk or high end audio systems 1 On the mainboard locate the J1 SPDIF header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the J1...

Page 27: ...er from the system power unit Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive header FDC1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM...

Page 28: ...he built in sound system You can connect the analog audio output to the analog connectors CD1 or CD2 On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors for CD1 and CD2 The illustration shows the ground...

Page 29: ...32 bit PCI edge connector ISA ISA stands for Industry Standard Architecture Use this slot to install older legacy add in cards which have an 8 16 bit ISA edge connector 2 Locate the ISA or PCI or AGP...

Page 30: ...r 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 Y...

Page 31: ...e 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 dial...

Page 32: ...e 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 C...

Page 33: ...t your computer follows to load an operating system at start up time Try Other Boot Device If you enable this item the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating s...

Page 34: ...enter the setup utility Setup or required at start up time and to enter the setup utility Always Boot to OS 2 Over 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more...

Page 35: ...cannot change them SDRAM CAS Latency This item determines the operation of the main memory CAS Column Address Strobe We recommend that you leave this item at the default value RAS to CAS Delay This it...

Page 36: ...em can be enabled if the system has an embedded 32 bit write buffer to support delay transaction cycles Leave this item at the default value OnBoard USB Function Enable this item if you plan on using...

Page 37: ...ng 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...

Page 38: ...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 98 Primary Graphics Adapter Use this item to define if y...

Page 39: ...cally allocate DMA channels as they are required If you set a DMA channel to ISA EISA it will be reserved for a non plug and play ISA or EISA device IRQ X If you set this to PCI PnP the system will dy...

Page 40: ...f the parameters for peripheral devices installed on the system Onboard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface Onboard Serial Port 1 Use this item to enable or...

Page 41: ...Parallel Port Mode Use this item to determine the parallel port mode You can select Normal ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP EPP EPP Version Use this item to determine...

Page 42: ...d press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers Press Enter after you have typed in the password A second dialog box ask...

Page 43: ...ip the device and proceed to the next device Press Y then Enter to tell the system to auto detect the device Save Settings and Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you hav...

Page 44: ...E file name given in the description below Note The correct path name for each software driver is provided where D identifies the CD ROM drive letter modify if necessary Bus Master IDE Driver The IDE...

Page 45: ...tions for data and voice transmissions MediaRing Talk provides an internet telephone for the onboard modem D MODEM 8738 WIN9X D MODEM SUPERVOICE D MODEM MEDIARING TALK BIOS Update Utility The BIOS Upd...

Page 46: ...em Mixer in the Audio Rack software to control your computer s audio volume recording device and the recording gain 4 If the devices that you are using require the MIDI port as the control interface y...

Page 47: ...that the output to the rear speakers is sent through the Line in Rear jack In order to avoid hardware conflicts DO NOT enable this option when the Line in Rear jack is connected with a line in device...

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