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3: BIOS Setup Utility

Floppy Drive 
Seek

If you enable this item, your system will check all 
floppy disk drives at start up. Disable this item 
unless you are using an old 360KB drive.

Password Check

If you have entered a password for the system, use 
this item to determine, if the password is required to 
enter the Setup Utility (

Setup

) or required both 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/L2 Cache

Leave these items enabled 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.

Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some of the parameters for system power 
management operation.

AMIBIOS SETUP – POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 

(C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Power Management

Disabled

Standby Time Out

Disabled

Suspend Time Out

Disabled

Display Time Out

Disabled

Hard Disk Time Out

Disabled

Ring On Power On

Disabled

RTC Alarm Power On

Disabled

      RTC Alarm Date

Every Day

      RTC Alarm Hour

12

      RTC Alarm Minute

30

      RTC Alarm Second

30

 
      

ESC  :  Quit             



  :  Select Item

F1     :  Help             PU/PD/+/-  :  Modify
F5     :  Old Values   (Shift)F2    :  Color
F6     :  Load Optimal values
F7     :  Load Best performance values

Power 
Management

Use this item to enable or disable a power 
management scheme. If you enable power 
management, you can use the items below to set 
the power management operation. Both APM and 
ACPI are supported.

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Summary of Contents for M812 Series

Page 1: ...time to time in the content hereof 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 Busin...

Page 2: ...Mainboard User s Manual II...

Page 3: ...ptional Extension Brackets 17 Install Other Devices 19 Expansion Slots 21 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 23 Introduction 23 Running the Setup Utility 24 Standard CMOS Setup Page 25 Advanced Setup Page 2...

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

Page 5: ...Codec provides an AMR Audio Modem Riser slot to support Audio and Modem application and has a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface In addition the mainboard has a full set of I O Ports includi...

Page 6: ...Support for 100 133 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 2 x 512MB 1GB Expansion Slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem riser card Two 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface...

Page 7: ...bit ADC Analog Digital Converter and DAC Digital Analog Converter as well as 18 bit stereo full duplex codec Onboard I O Ports Provides PC99 Color Connectors for easy peripheral device connections Flo...

Page 8: ...receiver Onboard Flash ROM Automatic CPU and board configuration Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Built in virus protection using Trend s ChipAwayVirus pr...

Page 9: ...and an AMR v 90 56K Fax Modem card M812LR Onboard LAN PHY U5 LAN header LAN1 and LAN extension bracket M812MR Support an AMR v 90 56K Fax Modem card M812 Your mainboard package ships with the followin...

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: ...ctly Install the mainboard 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 ma...

Page 12: ...inboard Note Any jumper on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above is for testing only CAUTION Switching Power Supplier Limitation The switching power supplier MUST support the spe...

Page 13: ...CPGA Pentium III Pentium MMX or the AMD K5 K6 does not fit in the Socket 462 The following list notes the processors that are currently supported by this mainboard Athlon option 650 MHz 1 2 GHz FSB 20...

Page 14: ...th a combination heatsink cooling fan the original fan is recommended the others fan is not connect the cable from the fan to the CPU fan power connector CPUFAN Install Memory The mainboard has two DI...

Page 15: ...he 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 OPE...

Page 16: ...ints on the chassis Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 AT1 AT ATX Power connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cabl...

Page 17: ...vides three audio jacks for stereo line in stereo line out and microphone In addition it has a 15 pin D connector which can be used by either a joystick or a MIDI device 1 On the mainboard locate the...

Page 18: ...the manboard header COM1 1 On the mainboard locate the headers COM1 and P1 for this bracket 2 Plug the serial cable into COM1 and the parallel cable into P1 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking p...

Page 19: ...ard locate the VGA header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the header 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and install the extension b...

Page 20: ...1 On the mainboard locate the LAN header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the LAN header 3 In the system chassis remove a blanking plate from one of the expansion slots and inst...

Page 21: ...DIN port for a PS 2 mouse In addition it has two USB Universal Serial Bus ports 1 On the mainboard locate the J5 header for this bracket 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the header 3 In the sys...

Page 22: ...rd locate the JUSB1 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the cable from the bracket into the header 3 In the system chassis remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots and install the extension brac...

Page 23: ...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 you...

Page 24: ...one must be Master and one must be Slave Internal Sound 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 On the mainb...

Page 25: ...slot and press it firmly down into it so that it is fully inserted 4 Secure the expansion card bracket to the system chassis using the screw that held the slot cover in place AMR Slot The AMR Audio M...

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

Page 27: ...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 28: ...he cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options 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 Utili...

Page 29: ...e B Not Installed Month Jan Dec ESC Exit 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 Sla...

Page 30: ...Virus This mainboard has built in virus protection in the firmware Use this item to enable or disable the built in virus protection Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly...

Page 31: ...le this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation AMI...

Page 32: ...k Time Out This sets the timeout for hard disk in minutes If the time selected passes without any hard disk activity the disk will enter power saving mode Ring On Power On The system can be turned off...

Page 33: ...Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for use by the onboard VGA display O S Control This item lets you select Japanese operating system or not Primary Graphics Adapter This it...

Page 34: ...rallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA N A OnBoard Game Port 201h OnBoard MIDI Port 300h MIDI Port IRQ 10 OnBoard PCI IDE Both AC 97 Sound Enabled AC 97 Modem Auto OnBoard LAN Enabled USB Function Suppor...

Page 35: ...oard MIDI Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard MIDI port and to assign a port address MIDI Port IRQ Use this item to assign an IRQ to the MIDI port Onboard PCI IDE Use this item to enab...

Page 36: ...quency 100 MHz 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 BRAND Type Core Voltage Ratio Frequency These items sho...

Page 37: ...es F7 Load Best performance values CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the va...

Page 38: ...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 39: ...re 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...

Page 40: ...e system to use the onboard audio circuitry Find the driver and audio application here D SOUND Driver SiS Network Adapter Driver Find the network adapter driver here D LAN SiS900 AMR Modem Driver Find...

Page 41: ...M disc loads automatically under Windows 98 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the Autorun feature will automatically bring up the install screen The screen has three buttons o...

Page 42: ...splay the following screen Click the Next button 2 Select the 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...

Page 43: ...ns software you selected to install When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and working There are some utilities that you have to manually install if you need check to...

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