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4: Software & Applications

Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation

If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t 
work out; or you have to do the manual installation, please follow 
this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting 
the support CD-ROM: 
  
1. Click the 

ReadMe

 to bring up a screen, and then click the 

    Install Path at the bottom of 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 inserting the support CD-ROM. 
2. A software menu appears. Click the software you want to install.
3. Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step
    by step until finished. 

Set Up the Audio System 

Set up the Audio configuration of 2-channel, 4-channel and 6-
channel speaker-out system through the audio driver. It also 
provides users with 

Xear Technology

, the virtual rear sound effect

compensation for any multi-channel audio systems simply by using
a pair of open-aired headphones.

  An ear/headphone-like device, capable of delivering the rear  

    audio in a multi-channel audio system.

  Structurally comprising two housing units for receiving the rear 

   signal, wherein the housings are opposite each other. Both 
   housing units may be joined by a headband or other unification 
   device.

  Open-aired design, allowing the listener to perceive the front 

   signal at the same time.

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Summary of Contents for M847FLU

Page 1: ...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 Int...

Page 2: ...oft 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 Plea...

Page 3: ...n Brackets 16 Install Other Devices 18 Expansion Slots 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 23 Introduction 23 Running the Setup Utility 24 Standard CMOS Setup Page 25 Advanced Setup Page 26 Power Manageme...

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

Page 5: ...NR Communications and Networking Riser slot to support Audio and Modem application and built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface It supports the Xabre200 GPU which integrates a 256 bit 3D 2D graphi...

Page 6: ...cking Notice You can work on DDR400 by overclocking but it perhaps comes with some risks that no guarantee the normal operation Maximum installed memory is 2GB Expansion Slots One CNR Communications a...

Page 7: ...form Lighting T L and triangle setup engine Built in 4 pixel programmable rendering pipelines and 8 texture units 4P8T Supports up to 2048x2048 texture size Built in hardware stereo auto rendering eng...

Page 8: ...DIF OUT Support CRL 3D HRTF based BS3D compatible audio engine Onboard I O Ports The mainboard has a full set of I O ports and connectors Two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard One serial port One VGA...

Page 9: ...ull low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host...

Page 10: ...at 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 WinDVD creator is a storyboard interface making the...

Page 11: ...n M847FLU Onboard LAN PHY chip U6 USB 2 0 RJ 45 LAN connector and IEEE1394a PHY U7 M847LU Onboard LAN PHY chip U6 USB 2 0 RJ 45 LAN connector M847U USB 2 0 Your mainboard package contains the followin...

Page 12: ...ible If you 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...

Page 13: ...tly Install the 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 mai...

Page 14: ...ents on the mainboard via this diagram underneath Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side vie...

Page 15: ...ptional Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices...

Page 16: ...sors are currently supported by this mainboard Athlon XP 2000 and up FSB 333 MHz Athlon 650 MHz 1 4 GHz FSB 200 MHz 266 MHz 333 MHz Duron 550 MHz 1 2 GHz FSB 200 MHz Installing a Socket 462 Processor...

Page 17: ...DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets When you install DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 memory modules the memory bus can run up to 133 166 200 MHz The DDR SDRAM DIMMs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or operates over a 400...

Page 18: ...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 JP3 Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear t...

Page 19: ...s Connect power supply to the ATXPW1 connector on the mainboard CN1 is the CPU Vcore power connector If there is a cooling fan in the system chassis connect the cooling fan cable to the SYSFAN1 fan po...

Page 20: ...his 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 strip...

Page 21: ...obtain one IEEE1394 header JP2 Install them by following the steps below JP2 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 CPWR 2 GND 3 XTPB0M 4 XTPB0P 5 XTPA0M 6 XTPA0P 7 SHIELD 8 KEY 1 Locate the IEEE1394 header JP2 on...

Page 22: ...ps 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 documentatio...

Page 23: ...the cable to the appropriate connector CD_IN1 CD_IN2 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 CD IN L 1 GND 2 GND 2 CD IN R 3 GND 3 GND 4 CD IN R 4 CD IN L Infrared Port You can connect an infrared port to the mainbo...

Page 24: ...be connected to positive voltage 2 LAN is an optional feature Expansion Slots This mainboard has three 32 bit PCI slots and one CNR slot Follow the steps below to install a PCI CNR expansion card 1 Lo...

Page 25: ...s Networking Riser Slot The CNR Communications Networking Riser slot is an industry standard slot that allows for the installation of a special audio modem riser card Different territories have differ...

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

Page 27: ...sis 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 happe...

Page 28: ...te 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 k...

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: ...0 2nd Boot Device Floppy 3rd Boot Device CDROM Try Other Boot Devices Yes S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock On Floppy Drive Swap Disabled Floppy Drive Seek Disabled Password Check Setu...

Page 31: ...o diskette drives installed and you enable this item drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Floppy Drive Seek If you enable this item your system will check all floppy disk drives at star...

Page 32: ...that specifically supports this mode Timing Setting Mode This item determines the timing setting mode of the memory We recommend you leave this item at the default value Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk When...

Page 33: ...ll Rights Reserved ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Suspend Time out Disabled Hard Disk Time out Disabled Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled RTC Alarm Date 15 RTC Alarm Hour 12 RTC Alarm Minute 3...

Page 34: ...the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature LAN Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the...

Page 35: ...de 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 s...

Page 36: ...dify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial PortA Use these ite...

Page 37: ...vice This item enables or disables the onboard AC 97 modem chip Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN IEEE1394 Device optional This item enables or disables the onboar...

Page 38: ...y 100 MHz CPU Ratio Locked 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 Type Frequency Ratio These items show the t...

Page 39: ...Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults CPU VGA System Temperature These items display CPU VGA and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds i...

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: ...e 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...

Page 43: ...utton 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 bro...

Page 44: ...n 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 ins...

Page 45: ...n button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software...

Page 46: ...y defined cyberspace to the listener Xear 3D Mode In Xear 3D Mode there are Virtual Speaker Shifter Advance and Earphone Plus Mode options and channel selections Each channel has a corresponding posit...

Page 47: ...4 Software Applications 2 CHANNEL FOUR CHANNEL SIX CHANNEL 43...

Page 48: ...ivates the Xear function moreover original Front Out and Rear Out positions will be exchanged in Multi Channel mode EARPHONE and 2 CHANNEL don t support Xear function Three audio jacks on the screen s...

Page 49: ...4 Software Applications Virtual Speaker Shift Advance Click the Virtual Speaker Shift Advance button it provides some 3D Sound Effect and DEMO program for testing 45...

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