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AC97 Audio Codec

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6-CH hardware architecture allows multi-channel south
bridge to playback 6CH audio

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Intel

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AC’97 (REV. 2.2) compatible, meeting Microsoft

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PC2001 requirements

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Built-in earphone buffer and internal PLL, the latter saving
additionsl crystal

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Line-in/rear out share the same jack; Center/bass share the
MIC jack

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CRL

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3D: HRTF based BS3D compatible audio engine

Onboard I/O Ports

The mainboard has a full set of I/O ports and connectors:

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Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

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One serial port

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One parallel port

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Six USB2.0 ports (four back-panel ports, onboard USB
headers providing two extra ports)

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Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

Hardware Monitoring

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Built-in hardware monitoring for CPU & System
temperatures, fan speeds and mainboard voltages.

Onboard Flash ROM

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Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices
and expansion cards

Built-in Ethernet LAN (optional)

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10Base-TX/100Base-T Physical Layer Solution

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Dual Speed – 100/10 Mbps

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MII Interface to Ethernet Controller/Configuration & Status

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Auto Negotiation: 10/100, Full/Half Duplex

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Meet All Applicable IEEE802.3, 10Base-T and 100Base-
TX Standards

USB 2.0

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Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification
Revision 2.0

Summary of Contents for M848LU

Page 1: ...ent 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 Intel Pentium II III Pentium 4 Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a regist...

Page 2: ...re 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: ...ices 13 Install Other Devices 16 Expansion Slots 17 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 25 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 26 Load Optimal Settings 27 Load Best Performance Settings 27 Features Setup Page 28 CPU PnP Setup Page 30 Hardware Monitor Page 31 Change Password 31 Exit 32 C...

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Page 5: ... DDR333 modules up to 2GB system memory This mainboard has one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot to support Audio and Modem application and built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface There is a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one parallel port and maximum six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports and onboard USB header USB3 providing ...

Page 6: ...mum installed memory is 2GB Expansion Slots One 8xAGP slot for AGP 2 0 compliant interface One CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot to insert special riser cards with Audio Modem functionality Five 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Multiword DMA modes S...

Page 7: ... One parallel port Six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports onboard USB headers providing two extra ports Audio jacks for microphone line in and line out Hardware Monitoring Built in hardware monitoring for CPU System temperatures fan speeds and mainboard voltages Onboard Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Built in Ethernet LAN optional 10Base TX...

Page 8: ...s Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy support for all downstream facing ports Bundled Software PC Cillin2002 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP MediaRing Talk provides PC to PC or PC to Phone internet phone communication 3Deep delivers the precise imagery and displays accurate color in your monitor PC DJ is a dual MP3 player that enables user...

Page 9: ...ector M848U USB 2 0 Your mainboard package contains the following items The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable and bracket One IDE drive ribbon cable and bracket Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Extended USB module CNR v 90 56K Fax Modem card Card Reader You can buy your own Card Reader from the...

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 absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of static protection package with component side facing up while installing Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect this mainboard whether there are any damage...

Page 11: ...l 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 mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP3 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP3 and the setting options 2 Never connect power t...

Page 12: ...mainboard via this diagram underneath 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 optional shared with USB4 8 ...

Page 13: ...Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Note The lower USB port located near the Parallel port is shared with the USB4 connector 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 stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Here are the configurations of 2 channel 4 channel and 6 channel speaker out for the...

Page 14: ...se 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 fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and CPU socket and then use the retention module clamps to snap the fan heatsink into place 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU cooling fan power supply CPUFAN on the mainboard Installing Memory Modules This mai...

Page 15: ...nd the DIMMs are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 3 Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector match the notches in the DIMM socket 4 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 5 Install any remaining DIMM modules Setting Jumpe...

Page 16: ...CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Clear CMOS Short Pins 1 2 Normal Mode Short Pins 2 3 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is an ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Ensure your case has an I O cover plate that matches the ports on this mainboard Install the mainboard in a case Follow the instructions prov...

Page 17: ... PWR SLP_LED_P 3 HD_LED_N 4 FP PWR SLP_LED_N 5 RST_SW 6 PWR_BT 7 RST_SW 8 PWR_BT 9 RSVD_DNU 10 KEY Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices 1 AUDIO1 1 J1 1 IR1 1 USB4 SPK1 1 USB3 1 SPK1 Speaker Connector 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 AUDI...

Page 18: ... 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0 1 Locate the USB3 header on the mainboard 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the USB3 header 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw USB4 USB Card Reader Connector optional This connector is for connecting internal US...

Page 19: ...tween your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX 1 Locate the infrared port IR1 header on the mainboard 2 If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the IR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system ...

Page 20: ...nboard ships 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 documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the s...

Page 21: ...automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the mainboard locate the two 4 pin connectors CD_IN1 and CD_IN2 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 Expansion Slots This mainboard has one AGP one CNR and five 32 bit PCI slots PC5 PCI4 PC3 PCI...

Page 22: ...install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot You can install a graphics adapter supporting 8xAGP specification in the AGP slot This slot has one 8xAGP edge connector CNR Communications 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 car...

Page 23: ...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 to do this...

Page 24: ...k 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 pages use the ...

Page 25: ...nstalled 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 hard disk dr...

Page 26: ... Graphic Win Size 4MB DRAM CAS Latency Reserved Timing Setting Mode Normal Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines Card Reader Boot Function If thi...

Page 27: ...e 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 L2 Cache Leave these i...

Page 28: ...fically 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 this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electro Magnetic Interference generated by the sy...

Page 29: ...O S that supports ACPI function such as Windows 98 ME 2000 Power Management Use this item to select a power management scheme Both APM and ACPI are supported Suspend Time Out This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes If the time selected passes without any system activity the computer will enter power saving Suspend mode Hard Disk Time Out This sets the timeout to power down the hard disk ...

Page 30: ... order to use this feature PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability AMIBIOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLAY SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware O S Yes Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled ESC Quit Se...

Page 31: ...lect 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 recommended that users enter this option to load optimal values for accessing the best performance Load Bes...

Page 32: ... 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 items to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoard IR Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port and to assign a port address Onboard Parallel Port U...

Page 33: ...ard AC 97 modem chip Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN IEEE1394 Device This item enables or disables the onboard IEEE1394 chip Note This option only appears when the mainboard supports IEEE1394 function Onboard USB Function Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this mainboard USB Function for DOS Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports ...

Page 34: ...PU 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 type frequency and ratio the installed CPU in your system CPU DRAM Frequency Ratio This item adjusts the CPU DRAM frequency installed in your system CPU Over Clocking Frequency This item decides CPU over clocking...

Page 35: ...S Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults CPU CHS System Temperature These items display CPU chassis and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements 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 l...

Page 36: ...x 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: ...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 NT or manua...

Page 38: ...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 icon The Appli...

Page 39: ...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 complete insta...

Page 40: ... 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 supp...

Page 41: ...adphone 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 Rear output adjustable in positio...

Page 42: ...r Shifter Advance and Earphone Plus Mode options and channel selections Each channel has a corresponding position of phone jacks and description Three audio jacks on the screen show these colors top lime middle light blue bottom pink EARPHONE 2 CHANNEL 38 ...

Page 43: ...us Mode it activates 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 show these colors top lime middle light blue bottom pink 39 ...

Page 44: ...FOUR CHANNEL SIX CHANNEL 40 ...

Page 45: ...Virtual Speaker Shift Advance Click the Virtual Speaker Shift Advance button it provides some 3D Sound Effect and DEMO program for testing 41 ...

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