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Running the Setup Utility 

Each time your computer starts, before the operating system is 
booted, a message appears on the screen that prompts “

Hit <DEL> 

if you want to run SETUP

”. When you see this message, press the 

Delete

 key and the Mainmenu page of the setup utility appears on 

your monitor. 
 

 

 
You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options 
on the Mainmenu page. Press 

Enter

 to select the highlighted 

option. To leave the setup utility, press the 

Escape

 key. 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 boxes which require you to 
answer Yes or No by hitting the 

Y

 or 

keys. 

 
If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press 

F10

 to 

save those changes and exit the utility. Press 

F5

 to reset the 

changes to the original values. Press 

F6

 to install the setup utility 

Summary of Contents for M770LMRT

Page 1: ...f the manufacturer to notify 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 registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 95 98 NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Sound Blaster is a trademark of Creative Technolo...

Page 2: ...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...

Page 3: ...mponents 8 I O Ports 9 Install the Processor 9 Installing a Slot 1 Processor Cartridge 9 Installing a Socket 370 Processor 11 Install Memory 11 Set the Jumpers 12 Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory 13 Jumper JP3 Keyboard Power On Selector 13 Jumper JP4 Onboard Audio Enable Disable 14 Jumper JP5 System Bus Frequency 100 MHz Selector 14 Jumper JP6 Audio Codec Selector 14 Jumper JP7 Enable Disable Onboard ...

Page 4: ...nced Setup Page 28 Power Management Setup Page 30 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 31 Load Optimal Settings 32 Load Best Performance Settings 32 Features Setup Page 33 CPU PnP Setup Page 35 Hardware Monitor Page 36 Change Password 36 Change or Remove the Password 37 Exit 37 Chapter 4 Software Applications 38 Introduction 38 Installing the Drivers 38 Installing Under Windows 95 NT 2000 38 Bus Master ID...

Page 5: ...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 Use Voice Catcher B10 ...

Page 6: ...h provides CPU Plug Play through firmware The mainboard is highly integrated and includes a built in Graphics Accelerator with optional AV S Video output a built in PCI 3D Sound System and a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Adapter A V 90 Fax Modem DAA module is also shipped with the mainboard In addition it has a full set of ATX I O Ports and three expansion slots This mainboard has all the fea...

Page 7: ...Side Bus All processors configured by CPU Plug Play Memory Support Two DIMM slots for SDRAM 168 pin memory modules Support for 100 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory can be 2 x 256 MB 512 MB Expansion Slots Three 32 bit PCI slots One AMR slot Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Bus mastering and UltraDMA 33 66...

Page 8: ...ers support DOS Windows 95 98 2000 NT 4 0 Built in 32 ohm earphone buffer and 3D surround Provides MPU 401 Game MIDI port and legacy Sound Blaster 16 support Downloadable Wave table Synthesizer supports Direct Music Digital Audio Interface SPDIF In Out with 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate and measured 120dB audio quality Optional optic fibre interface which enables communication with MiniDisk or...

Page 9: ...rts 56 Kbps V 90 V 34 V 32bis V 32 V 22bis V 22 Supports Auto Fallback and MNP 5 V 42bis data compression with 115200 compatible Virtual UART Requires 16 MB RAM and WIN 95 98 NT Onboard Flash ROM Supports plug and play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Built in virus protection using Trend s ChipAwayVirus which ensures that the entire boot process is virus protected Bundled S...

Page 10: ...ctor 24 4cm x 22cm Package Contents Your mainboard package ships with the following items Mainboard This User s guide 1 UDMA 33 IDE cable 1 Floppy diskette drive cable Fax Modem DAA module Network adapter extension bracket Support software CD ROM Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Optic module extension bracket AV S Video output extension br...

Page 11: ...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 12: ... cables to the mainboard headers Install any other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard headers Note 1 Before installing the mainboard you must ensure that the Clear CMOS jumper JP1 is set to the Normal setting See this chapter for information locating JP1 and changing the jumper setting 2 While installing this mainboard please make sure the AC power cord is unplugged befo...

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: ...eleron It also has a Socket 370 which can be installed with the PPGA Celeron or FCPGA Pentium III processor To ensure reliability make sure that your PPGA FCPGA processor is fitted with a heatsink cooling fan assembly You can install a Slot 1 processor or a Socket 370 processor You cannot install both a Slot 1 CPU and a Socket 370 CPU Take care that you do not try to install a Socket 7 processor i...

Page 15: ...ons 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 the cooling fan power supply CPUFAN1 Connect the cable from the processor cartridge cooling fan to CPUFAN1 5 On this mainboard you can configure the processor by entering the correct settings in the BIOS setup utility Slot 1 with pre installed car...

Page 16: ...top of the lever when it is in the locked position 4 Match the pin 1 corners and insert the 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 the side of the socket This locks the processor in the socket 6 If the processor is installed with a cooling fan assembly connect the cable from the fa...

Page 17: ...be installed in the correct way On the DIMM slot pull the locking latches at either end of the slots outwards Position the memory module correctly and insert it into the DIMM slot Press the module down into the slot so that the locking latches lever inwards and lock the module in place Set the Jumpers Jumpers are sets of pins that can be connected together with jumper caps The jumper caps change t...

Page 18: ...for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Operation Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Memory Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP3 Keyboard Power On Selector You can use hot keys on your keyboard as a power on off switch for the system Use this jumper to turn this feature on or off Note Make sure that the system can provide 1A on 5VSB 5V Standby signal before using the Keyboard Power On function Function Jumpe...

Page 19: ...ith a 66 MHz bus Function Jumper Setting Normal Short Pins 1 2 Force 100 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP6 Audio Codec Selector Use this jumper to select if the system uses the audio codec chip integrated on the mainboard or an audio codec chip located on an optional AMR card Function Jumper Setting Turn on onboard codec Short Pins 1 2 Turn off onboard codec Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP7 Enable Disable On...

Page 20: ...uses a 133 MHz system bus even if the processor is designed to operate with a 100 MHz bus Function Jumper Setting Normal Short Pins 1 2 Force 133 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP12 JP13 Normal Flexible setting for socket 370 Use these two jumpers to set the socket 370 to the normal setting or the flexible setting Some future high performance socket 370 processors require the flexible setting Function ...

Page 21: ...ly unit to the power connector ATX1 on the mainboard If the case that you are using has chassis and or system power supply cooling fan connect the cable from the fan to the onboard chassis system power supply cooling fan power CASFAN1 PWRFAN1 If the case has a case open detect alarm connect the cable to the case open detect circuit J3 If the case has extra USB ports you can connect them to J5 Then...

Page 22: ...e on the pin 1 side of the cable LAN Adapter Extension Bracket This bracket supports an RJ45 network connector and connects to the built in J6 LAN header on the mainboard 1 On the mainboard locate the J6 LAN header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the LAN header LAN Extension Bracket J6 LAN Header 1 SMI Button Pins 19 20 2 1 Power LED Pins 2 4 6 Speaker Pins 1 3 5 7 Keylock ...

Page 23: ... system chassis When you remove the blanking plate from the system chassis you can access the LINE and TEL RJ11 connectors on the metal edge of the Fax Modem DAA module 1 Locate the J4 Modem header on the mainboard 2 Plug the Fax Modem DAA module into the J4 Modem header 3 Remove the blanking plate adjacent to the Fax Modem DAA module 2 MCLK 4 FRA SY 6 SCLK 8 RIN WAK 10 GPIO 12 SDO 14 SDI 16 RST G...

Page 24: ...mainboard locate the SPDIF1 header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the SPDIF1 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 Internal Digital Audio If you have an optional internal digital audio cable you c...

Page 25: ...V1 header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the TV1 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 TV1 Header 1 AV S Video Output Extension Bracket ...

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: ...erent brands of CD ROM drive have different kinds of cable connectors on their audio output cable Connect the cable to the appropriate connector Infrared Port You can install the mainboard with an optional infrared port You can purchase these options from third party vendors 1 On the mainboard locate the infrared port header SIR1 2 Connect the cable from the infrared port to the infrared header SI...

Page 28: ...MR 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 card into the expansion slot in the system chassis using the screw that held the blanking plate in place Note If you have installed an...

Page 29: ...ming traffic to resume the system from a software power down Wake On Modem If you have installed a fax modem card connect the fax modem to the wake on modem connector WOM1 You can then use the setup utility to program your computer to resume from a power saving mode whenever there is an incoming call to the fax modem ...

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: ...elect Item Graphic Win Size 64M F1 Help PU PD Modify Delayed Transaction Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values Trend ChipAway Virus This mainboard has built in virus protection in the firmware Use this item to enable or disable the built in virus protection 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device Use these two items to determine the order and priority...

Page 34: ...nabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal 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 BIOS Shadow When this item is enabled 32 kilobytes of the system video BIOS is copied to system memory from where it can execute more rapidly DRAM Page Closing Policy This i...

Page 35: ...wer down a green PC compliant monitor You can force the monitor to power down in Standby or Suspend modes or you can disable the powerdown Video Power Down Mode Use this item to determine which power saving mode is required to power down the graphics sub system You can force the graphics to power down in Standby or Suspend modes or you can disable the powerdown Hard Disk Power Down Mode Use this i...

Page 36: ...n Fax Modem Lan Card Power On Your system can enter a software power down If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is traffic on the network adapter 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 You must enable the jumper for Keyboard Power On Stroke Keys Selected If y...

Page 37: ...ard VGA or add on VGA Assign IRQ for VGA If this item is enabled an IRQ will be assigned to the VGA graphics system 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 your system to function with most ...

Page 38: ...n a port address IR Function Use this item to define the protocol for an infrared port if you have installed an optional IR port IR Duplex Mode 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 paral...

Page 39: ...ard IDE channels Primary or Secondary Ultra DMA Support Use this item to enable or disable the Ultra DMA function to support the IDE devices OnBoard USB Function Use this item to enable or disable the USB Universal Bus Ports that are integrated on this mainboard USB Function for DOS If you have enabled the USB function use this item to enable or disable USB when you are working in the DOS environm...

Page 40: ...IOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 1998 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU Speed MHz 400 66x6 ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU Speed Use this item to define the clock speed of the processor that you have installed ...

Page 41: ...he parameters for the voltages that control the fans and the mainboard Change Password If you highlight this item and 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 asks you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it ...

Page 42: ...x type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the setup utility and exit the setup program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving ...

Page 43: ... 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 44: ...E and then D IDE Intel810 WIN9x Infinst SETUP EXE 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 Sound Driver The Sound driver allows the system to generate optimal sound effects This driver is...

Page 45: ...ilable for your mainboard from the website D UTILITY AMIFL816 EXE PC Cillin Software The PC Cillin software program provides anti virus protection for your system This program is available for DOS D PC CILLIN DOS PCSCAN EXE Windows 9x D PC CILLIN WIN98 SETUP EXE ADCM Software The AMI Desk Client Management software provides network management services This software is available for Windows 9x D AM...

Page 46: ...ll 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 6 The support software will automatically install ...

Page 47: ...ULTIMEDIA 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 Sound drivers which gives you control over all the audio functions through a user interface that is as simple to use as ...

Page 48: ... 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 figure to get the best audio result Mixer Setup There is a 4 speakers option in the Volume Control of the Mixer when you are setting up the PCI Audio Application Click on the 4 SPK icon to enable...

Page 49: ... the volume of the speakers so that the front rear speakers have the same volume Demo Execute the Helicopter demo in the C3D HRTF Positional Audio Demos of the PCI Audio Application When you hear the helicopter flying behind you it means that the rear speakers are working properly ...

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