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2: Mainboard Installation

Chapter 2

Mainboard Installation

To install this mainboard in a system, follow the procedures in this
chapter:

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Identify the mainboard components



Install a CPU



Install one or more system memory modules

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Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly

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Install 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 connecting headers

Note:

1. Before installing this mainboard, make sure jumper JP1 set to

Normal setting. See this chapter for information on locating
JP1 and the setting options.

2. Never connect power to the system during installation. Doing

so may damage the mainboard.

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Summary of Contents for M830LU

Page 1: ...me 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 Business Machines AMD Duron and Athlon are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a r...

Page 2: ...soft Therefore 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 assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation II ...

Page 3: ...ional Extension Brackets 13 Install Other Devices 14 Expansion Slots 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 25 Load Optimal Settings 26 Load Best Performance Settings 26 Features Setup Page 27 CPU PnP Setup Page 29 Hardware Monitor Page 30 Change P...

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

Page 5: ...ions The mainboard has a built in AC97 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 an extended set of ATX I O Ports including PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports one parallel port and one serial port Supports maximum ten USB ports four back panel ports USB2 0 and onboard USB heade...

Page 6: ...otice You can NOT use SDRAM and DDR simultaneously Expansion Slots One AMR slot for a special audio modem riser card One AGP4X slot for AGP 2 0 compliant interface Five 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface Note Please be noted the PCI1 slot next to the AGP slot can t simultaneously work out with USB2 0 controller VT6202 Therefore you must disable USB2 0 controller through BIOS setu...

Page 7: ... with IEEE802 3u 100BASE TX 10BASE T and ANSI X3 263 TP PMD standards Compliant with ACPI 1 0 and the Network Device Class Power Management 1 0 High Performance provided by 100Mbps clock generator and data recovery circuit for 100Mbps receiver Onboard I O Ports Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One parallel port Ten USB ports four back panel USB2 0 ports onboard USB headers pro...

Page 8: ...ation 3Deep delivers the precise imagery and displays accurate color in your monitor PC DJ is a dual MP3 player that enables users to actually mix music right on their own personal computers Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 is the software to help users read PDF files Dimensions ATX form factor 30 5cm x 22cm Note Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification 4 ...

Page 9: ... Model Specification M830LU Onboard LAN PHY U6 and LAN RJ45 connector support USB2 0 four back panel ports M830U Support USB2 0 four back panel ports Your mainboard package ships with the following items The mainboard This User s Guide 1 UDMA 100 133 IDE cable 1 Floppy disk drive cable Support software on CD ROM disk Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this...

Page 10: ...f 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 absolutely necessary During installation put the mainboard on top of the static protection packaging it came in with the component side facing up Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect the mainboard for ...

Page 11: ...tly Install 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 connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP1 set to Normal setting See this chapter for information on locating JP1 and the setting options 2 Never connect p...

Page 12: ...oard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard not appearing in the illustration above are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard 8 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Parallel Port LPT1 Serial Port COM1 USB ports USB ports LAN Port Line In Line Out Microphone ...

Page 13: ... processors that are currently supported by this mainboard Athlon XP up to 2600 FSB 266 MHz Athlon 650 MHz 1 4 GHz FSB 200 MHz 266 MHz Duron 550 MHz 1 2 GHz FSB 200 MHz Installing a Socket 462 Processor A processor installs into the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 462 on the mainboard 1 Locate the Socket 462 and CPUFAN Pull the locking lever out slightly from the socket and raise it to the upright...

Page 14: ...AM system memory modules You must install at least one memory module in order to work the mainboard either SDRAM or DDR SDRAM but you cannot work them simultaneously SDRAM provides 800 MB s or 1 GB s data transfer rate depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz It doubles the rate to 1 6 GB s and 2 1 GB s by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses...

Page 15: ...pins which can be connected together with jumper caps The jumper caps change the 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 OPEN Jumper JP1 Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS mem...

Page 16: ...Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector on the mainboard If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPKR 2 NC 3 GND 4 5V Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs...

Page 17: ..._RET_L Optional Extension Brackets For this mainboard you can also obtain a USB module extension bracket for more USB ports Install them by following the steps below Note All the ribbon cables used on the extension brackets have a red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the cable Extended USB Module This module bracket has two USB ports for more USB devices USB port 3 4 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USB...

Page 18: ...rives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FLOPPY 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...

Page 19: ...f you have two devices on the cable 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 mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors CD1 and CD2 There are two kinds of connector because different brands of CD ROM drive have different kinds of audio cable conne...

Page 20: ...ard LAN LED Connections If you have a set indicator LEDs for the onboard LAN communication you can connect the LED cable to the header JP2 Pins 1 2 are for Link LED Pins 3 4 are for 10 100 Mbps mode LED the onboard LAN run in 100 Mbps mode when the LED lit Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 Link LED 2 VCC 3 GND 4 10 100 Mbps mode LED Expansion Slots This mainboard has five 32 bit PCI slots one AGP slot and o...

Page 21: ... the AGP slot can t simultaneously work out with USB2 0 controller VT6202 Therefore you must disable USB2 0 controller through BIOS setup before using the PCI1 AMR Slot The AMR Audio Modem Riser slot is an industry standard slot that allows for the installation of a special audio modem riser card Different territories have different regulations regarding the specifications of a modem card You can ...

Page 22: ...Mainboard User s Manual 18 ...

Page 23: ...asis for coordination between system components If the Setup Utility 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 to store the configuration information You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration You might need t...

Page 24: ...ate hard disk type etc You can use the 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 Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pa...

Page 25: ...rive 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 Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a ...

Page 26: ... S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Password Check Setup Boot To OS 2 64MB No L1 Cache Enabled L2 Cache Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Timing Setting Mode Normal SDR DDR CAS Latency SPD Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Clk Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled Spread Spectrum Disabled DOS Flat Mode Disabled DRAM Driver Slow Rat...

Page 27: ...le 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 instal...

Page 28: ...the default value Memory Termination This item is to maintain the system stability We recommend you to leave this item at the default value 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 ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time Out Disable...

Page 29: ...pter RTC Alarm Power On Date Hour Minute Second The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature KeyBoard Power On Function If you enable this...

Page 30: ...Mainboard User s Manual F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values 26 ...

Page 31: ...nder DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value 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 loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Note It is highly recom...

Page 32: ...Serial Port2 Mode Normal OnBoard Parallel Port 378h Parallel Port Mode SPP Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA N A OnBoard Game Port 201h OnBoard MIDI Port 300h MIDI Port IRQ 10 OnBoard PCI IDE Both OnBoard AC 97 Sound Enabled OnBoard AC 97 Modem Enabled OnBoard LAN Enabled USB Function Support Enabled USB Function for DOS Disabled ThumbDrive Support for DOS Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help...

Page 33: ...either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard Game Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Game port OnBoard 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 U...

Page 34: ...AM Frequency 100MHz 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 show the kind core voltage ratio and frequency of CPU that has installed in your system CPU Speed Use this item to set the CPU speed that has installed in your system DRAM Frequency Use this item to...

Page 35: ...ad Best Performance Values Voltage Measurements FAN Speeds These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement 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 num...

Page 36: ...xt 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 configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 32 ...

Page 37: ...3 BIOS Setup Utility 33 ...

Page 38: ...le located in 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 installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows ...

Page 39: ...button runs the 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 interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup ic...

Page 40: ...on 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 will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to co...

Page 41: ...the screen 2 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 bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after insert...

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