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 Mainboard User’s Manual

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M754+ Series, V3.3

A163X/April 2001

Summary of Contents for M754 Plus Series

Page 1: ...without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium I...

Page 2: ...Mainboard User s Manual For system assembler please make sure the power supplier may provide 150 Watts min II...

Page 3: ...on Brackets 15 Install Other Devices 17 Expansion Slots 19 Audio System Applications 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 23 Introduction 23 Running the Setup Utility 24 Standard CMOS Setup Page 25 Advance...

Page 4: ...Mainboard User s Manual IV...

Page 5: ...has a built in PCI 3D 5 1 Channel Speaker out sound system The mainboard has an embedded 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface and a V 90 Fax Modem DAA module is shipped with the mainboard In addition...

Page 6: ...32 bit PCI slots One 8 16 bit ISA slot Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Multiword DMA modes Support for Bus Maste...

Page 7: ...Subwoofer Low Frequency Effects 6 channel audio out Driver support for MS DOS Microsoft Windows 95 98 2000 NT 4 0 Built in 32ohm earphone buffer and 3D surround sound Provides MPU 401 Game MIDI port a...

Page 8: ...42bis data compression with 115 200 compatible Virtual UART Requires 16MB RAM and Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT Onboard Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion...

Page 9: ...nboard TV Out chip U7 TV1 header and an AV S Video output extension bracket M754LMR Onboard LAN chip U8 LAN RJ45 connector and a Fax Modem DAA module M754LRT Onboard LAN chip U8 LAN RJ45 connector TV...

Page 10: ...you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is abs...

Page 11: ...oard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to the mainboard connector headers Install any other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connector head...

Page 12: ...ents on the mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on th...

Page 13: ...ssors To ensure reliability ensure that your processor has a heatsink cooling fan assembly Do not try to install a Socket 7 processor in the Socket 370 A Socket 7 processor such as the Pentium MMX or...

Page 14: ...5 Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the catch on the side of the socket This secures the CPU in the socket 6 All processors should be installed with a combination heatsink cooling fan con...

Page 15: ...edge connectors on the memory modules have cut outs which coincide with spacers in the DIMM sockets so that memory modules can only be installed in the correct orientation To install a module push the...

Page 16: ...dem Function Jumper Setting Enable Onboard Audio Short Pins 2 4 Disable Onboard Audio Short Pins 4 6 Enable Onboard Modem Short Pins 1 3 Disable Onboard Modem Short Pins 3 5 Note If you use pins 2 4 6...

Page 17: ...enable the keyboard power on feature you can use hot keys on your keyboard as a power on off switch for the system Note The system must provide 1A on the 5VSB 5V Standby signal before using the Keybo...

Page 18: ...ATX Power connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed on the chipset system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the FAN2 FAN3 fan power connector on the mainboard If...

Page 19: ...The Fax Modem DAA module plugs directly into the mainboard in line with to an expansion slot opening in the system chassis When you remove the slot cover from the system chassis you can access the LIN...

Page 20: ...ate the TV1 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 brac...

Page 21: ...ices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you co...

Page 22: ...connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors CD1 and CD2 There are two kinds of connector because different brands of CD ROM drive have di...

Page 23: ...rd 1 Locate a free PCI ISA slot on the mainboard 2 Remove the slot cover for the expansion slot from the system chassis 3 Insert the expansion card edge connector into the slot and press it firmly dow...

Page 24: ...4 channel speaker out and 6 channel speaker out for the onboard audio system applications You have to connect the speakers and the microphone to the correct phone jack as follows 1 2 Channel Speaker o...

Page 25: ...2 Mainboard Installation 3 6 Channel Speaker out System 21 Front Reserved Rear Microphone Sound jacks Front Subwoofer Center Rear Microphone Sound jacks channel channel channel channel...

Page 26: ...Mainboard User s Manual 22...

Page 27: ...2 Mainboard Installation 23...

Page 28: ...y configuration is incorrect it may cause the 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 used...

Page 29: ...ons on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift k...

Page 30: ...Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items...

Page 31: ...s mainboard has built in virus protection in the BIOS Use this item to enable or disable the built in virus protection If the OS like Windows 98SE Japanese Version needs to run EMM386 EXE and this ite...

Page 32: ...at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L1 Cache Leave...

Page 33: ...ent scheme If you enable power management you can use the items below to set the power management operation Both APM and ACPI are supported Standby Time Out Minute This sets the timeout for Standby mo...

Page 34: ...1 PnP DMA Channel 3 PnP DMA Channel 5 PnP DMA Channel 6 PnP DMA Channel 7 PnP IRQ3 PCI PnP IRQ4 PCI PnP IRQ5 PCI PnP IRQ7 PCI PnP IRQ9 PCI PnP IRQ10 PCI PnP IRQ11 PCI PnP IRQ14 PCI PnP IRQ15 PCI PnP...

Page 35: ...ettings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding...

Page 36: ...elp PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Seri...

Page 37: ...ions are 0 1 and 3 Onboard IDE Use this item to enable or disable either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels Ultra DMA Support Use this item to set Ultra DMA support for IDE devi...

Page 38: ...e incorrect CPU setting CPU Type Intel PIII CPU Speed 600 MHz CPU Ratio 6 0x CPU Frequence 100MHz ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load...

Page 39: ...exceeded FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements If the values deviate beyond certain limits the hardware monitoring featu...

Page 40: ...t dialog box 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 configurat...

Page 41: ...3 BIOS Setup Utility 37...

Page 42: ...The software on the support CD ROM is for Windows 95 NT 2000 and Windows 98 The installation procedure differs depending on which Operating System you have but the automatic installation is now for W...

Page 43: ...em to use the onboard audio circuitry Find the driver and audio applications here D SOUND Driver C Media Fax Modem Drivers and Software Find the fax modem drivers and software here D Modem Driver PCI...

Page 44: ...rovides anti virus protection for your system Find the software here D PC CILLIN Installing under Windows 98 The support software CD ROM disc loads automatically under Windows 98 When you insert the C...

Page 45: ...n AutoRun in the context sensitive menu for the CD ROM drive icon in a file browser window Installing Software with Auto Setup To install support software for the system board follow this procedure 1...

Page 46: ...nscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as is needed to complete installing whatever software you selected to install When the process is finished all the...

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