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Summary of Contents for M811LU

Page 1: ...evise and change this publication from time to time without the obligation of notifying any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Bu...

Page 2: ...ore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest as...

Page 3: ...ther Devices 17 Expansion Slots 19 Chapter 3 Using BIOS 20 About The Setup Utility 20 Starting Setup 21 Standard CMOS Features 22 Advanced BIOS Setup 24 Advanced Chipset Setup 27 Integrated Peripheral...

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Page 5: ...g 1x 2x and 4x mode transfers SBA SideBand Addressing Flush Fence commands and pipelined grants The VT8235 Southbridge supports standard intelligent peripheral controllers such as USB v2 0 1 1 and Uni...

Page 6: ...ta Rate transfer on Athlon CPU address and data buses Provides full featured Accelerated Graphics Port AGP controller which is v2 0 compliant and supports 66 MHz 1x 2x and 4x modes delivering vivid 3D...

Page 7: ...io Codec conforms to the AC 97 2 2 specification providing 18 bit resolution performance With 2 channel outputs the VIA VT1612A provides high performance stereo quality for headphones or speaker conne...

Page 8: ...CI Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controllers for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Supports PCI Bus P...

Page 9: ...hased model Each model will support different specification listed as below Model Specification M811LU Onboard VT6103 LAN chipset and USB2 0 RJ 45 LAN connector M811U USB2 0 Your mainboard package con...

Page 10: ...don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this mainboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutel...

Page 11: ...this mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard con...

Page 12: ...Mainboard Components Identify major components on the mainboard via this diagram underneath Note Any jumpers on your mainboard not appearing in this illustration are for testing only 8...

Page 13: ...uch as mice or fax modems COM1 is identified by the system as COM1 3 Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo line in signal The second jack is for s...

Page 14: ...ng lever Insert the CPU into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket 4 Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Lower the CPU fa...

Page 15: ...owing to install the memory module 1 Push the latches on each side of the DIMM socket down 2 Align the memory module with the socket The DIMM sockets are keyed with notches and the DIMMs are keyed wit...

Page 16: ...he Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting...

Page 17: ...mainboard in a case Follow the instructions provided by the case manufacturer using the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis CPUFAN1 ATX1 CASFAN1 SPK1 1 PANEL1 1 Connect the power con...

Page 18: ...und on ATX or micro ATX cases Refer to the table below for information PANEL1 Pin Function Pin Function 1 Hard disk LED positive 2 MSG LED dual color or single color 3 Hard disk active LED negative 4...

Page 19: ...vices USBCR1 1 AUDIO1 1 USB3 1 AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 A...

Page 20: ...as indicated above A different pin assignment may cause damage or system hang up USBCR1 USB Card Reader connector optional This connector is for connecting internal USB card reader You can use a card...

Page 21: ...IDE Devices 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...

Page 22: ...ound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system CD1 1 When you first start up your system the BIOS should autom...

Page 23: ...to the slot and press it firmly down into it so that it is fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis with a screw 4 x AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot You can install...

Page 24: ...re Hard drives diskette drives and peripherals Video display type and display options Password protection from unauthorized use Power management features The settings made in the Setup Utility affect...

Page 25: ...appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system to tr...

Page 26: ...eters and the video subsystem type and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Tue July 11 2001 Time hh mm...

Page 27: ...lue to Manual and then manually configure the drive by entering the characteristics of the drive in the items described below Refer to your drive s documentation or look on the drive casing if you nee...

Page 28: ...p CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device CD ROM Boot O...

Page 29: ...r On Self Test Enabled Enable this item to shorten the power on testing POST and have your system start up faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware i...

Page 30: ...the ATA 66 100 IDE Cable Msg This message will appear during reboot when you use 40 pin cable on your 66 100 hard disks Typematic Rate Setting Disabled If this item is enabled you can use the followi...

Page 31: ...technically competent users only Do not reset these values unless you understand the consequences of your changes Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Setup Item Help DRAM Clock Drive...

Page 32: ...ding on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU The options are 2 and 2 5 default Bank Interleave Disabled...

Page 33: ...item has several sub items AGP Aperture Size 128 MB This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter The AGP aperture refers to a section of the PCI memory address range u...

Page 34: ...until the write is complete before starting another write cycle PCI Delay Transaction Disabled The mainboard s chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Se...

Page 35: ...s USB 2 0 Support Enabled Select enabled if your system support the USB 2 0 function OnChip IDE Device This item has several sub items On Chip IDE Channel 0 1 Enabled Use these items to enable or disa...

Page 36: ...Integrated Peripherals screen Super IO Device This item has several sub items Onboard FDC Controller Enabled This option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4...

Page 37: ...to use the Universal Serial Bus ports on this mainboard USB Keyboard Support Disabled Enable this item if you plan to use a keyboard connected through the USB port in a legacy operating system such as...

Page 38: ...Optimized Defaults ACPI Function Enabled This mainboard supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature Note ACPI is a power ma...

Page 39: ...MS Support This item defines how the video is powered down to save power This item is set to DPMS Display Power Management Software by default MODEM Use IRQ 3 If you want an incoming call on a modem t...

Page 40: ...ected on the serial ports or the parallel port HDD FDD ON When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the hard disk drive or th...

Page 41: ...oop Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have instal...

Page 42: ...ISA expansion card Press Esc to close the IRQ Resources sub menu In the Memory Resources sub menu use the first item Reserved Memory Base to set the start address of the memory you want to reserve for...

Page 43: ...t F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Target Temperature Disabled This item is for CPU Throttling switch When the CPU reached it s target temperature the CPU...

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Page 45: ...enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots Spread Spectrum Enabled If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated...

Page 46: ...y want to install setup defaults for a specific option select and display that option and then press F7 Set Password Option This item can be used to install a password To install a password follow the...

Page 47: ...Setup Utility When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to return to the main menu Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press Enter to discard any changes th...

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Page 49: ...n the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual...

Page 50: ...he software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interf...

Page 51: ...he items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation pr...

Page 52: ...Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Installation All bun...

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