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Mainboard User’s Manual

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Summary of Contents for M925 Series

Page 1: ...to make changes from 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 Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III Pentium 4 MMX Celeron and Tualatin are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP ar...

Page 2: ...nt has already tested and verified these drivers Just click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully execute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize t...

Page 3: ...es Installation 17 Expansion Slots Installation 18 Connecting Optional Devices 19 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 23 Introduction 25 Running the Setup Utility 24 Standard CMOS Setup Page 25 Advanced Setup Page 26 Power Management Setup Page 29 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 31 Load Optimal Settings 32 Load Best Performance Settings 32 Features Setup Page 33 CPU PnP Setup Page 35 Hardware Monitor Page 3...

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Page 5: ...n 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 This mainboard has two 32 bit PCI slots one 4xAGP slot one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional In addition this mainboard has a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one VGA port one parallel port one MIDI game port and maximum six ...

Page 6: ...at provides the bandwidth up to 266 MB s and performance necessary for even the most demanding Internet and 3D graphics Support for an 4xAGP interface providing vivid 3D graphics and video performance An ATA 133 interface on the chipset which helps boost system performance by providing a high speed connection to ATA 133 Hard Disk Drives delivering maximum sustained data transfer rates of 133 MB se...

Page 7: ...tion between the graphics sub system and memory so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus AC 97 Audio Codec VT1612A Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification Three Audio Jacks Line Out Line In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Digital I O compatible with consumer mode S PDIF Advanced power management support Expansion O...

Page 8: ...meters for different processor clock speeds USB 2 0 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 Compliant with Intel s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 0 95 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Contr...

Page 9: ...ndows 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 Recovery Genius 21st V5 0 provides the function to recover reserve and transfer hard disk data CD Ghost is the software stimulating a real CD ROM to perform equivalent function Language Genius 21st is the software to prov...

Page 10: ...ifferent specification listed as below Model Specification M925LU Onboard LAN PHY chip U15 USB RJ 45 LAN connector M925U USB connector only Your mainboard package contains the following items The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable One IDE drive ribbon cable Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Exten...

Page 11: ...e 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 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 an...

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Page 13: ...ly 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 JBAT1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JBAT1 and the setting options 2 Never c...

Page 14: ...inboard User s Manual Mainboard Components Identify major components on the mainboard via this diagram underneath Note Those jumpers of mainboard not appearing in this illustration are for testing only 10 ...

Page 15: ...es 4 LPT1 connects printers or other parallel communications devices 5 COM1 port connects serial devices such as mice or fax modems the VGA port to connect graphic display devices 6 Game port connects a joystick or a MIDI device 7 Three audio ports connect audio devices The left side jack is for a stereo line out signal The middle jack is for a stereo line in signal The right side jack is for a mi...

Page 16: ...nstall the CPU 1 Unhook the CPU socket s locking lever by pulling it away from socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin 1 corner of CPU socket to the one of processor and insert the processor 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 fan heatsink ...

Page 17: ...z system bus You must install at least one memory module in order to work out this mainboard either SDRAM or DDR SDRAM but you can t use them simultaneously SDRAM provides 800 MB s or 1 GB s data transfer rate corresponding with the bus 100 MHz or 266 MHz It doubles the rate to 1 0 GB s and 2 1 GB s by transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock DDR SDRAM uses additional po...

Page 18: ...each side of the DIMM slot down 2 Align the memory module with the slot The DIMM slots are keyed with notches and 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 slot 4 Install the DIMM module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly The slot latches are lev...

Page 19: ...erating To clear the CMOS memory disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 JP1A1 JP1B1 CPU Clock This jumper enables to select CPU frequency CPU Clock JP1A1 JP1B1 100M Short Pins 1 2 Short Pins 2 3 133M Short Pins 2 3 Short Pins 1 2 15 JP4 1 JP1 JBA...

Page 20: ...and J3A B C D pins DIMM1 DIMM2 Open all J2A B C D and J3A B C D pins JP2 Keyboard Power On This jumper enables any keyboard activity to power up a system previously in a standby or sleep state Function Jumper Setting 5V Short Pins 1 2 5VSB Short Pins 2 3 J13 Flash ROM Voltage VCC This jumper enables to select voltage of flash ROM Function Jumper Setting 5V Short Pins 1 2 3V Short Pins 2 3 JP4 Flas...

Page 21: ... the PANEL1 on the mainboard Device Pins Line Out L 9 10 Empty 8 NC 7 Line Out R 5 6 5V Audio 4 VCCMIC 3 GND 2 MIC IN 1 PANEL2 This panel connector provides a set of switch and LED connectors found on ATX case Refer to the table below for information Device Pins Empty 10 N C 9 Power ON OFF 6 8 Reset Switch 5 7 SPD LED Indicator 2 4 HDD LED 1 3 17 ...

Page 22: ... LAN LED Indicator This connector is attached to LAN device that needs a LED indicator Device Pins Link LED 1 2 ACT LED 3 4 Note The plus sign indicates a pin which must be connected to a positive voltage 18 1 4 LINK LED ACT LED ...

Page 23: ... and secondary IDE channel interface IDE1 and IDE2 An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the mainboard If you want to install more than two IDE devices get a second IDE cable and you can add two more devices to the secondary IDE channel IDE devices have jumpers or switches to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE When installing two IDE devices on one cable ensure that one...

Page 24: ... a graphics adapter that supports the 4xAGP specification and has a 4xAGP edge connector CNR Slot The Communications Networking Riser CNR slot can be used to insert a CNR card 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corresponding to the slot you are going to use 2 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the expansion slot Ensure that the edge connector is correctly seated in t...

Page 25: ...USB2 USB1 1 1 1 1 2 Mainboard Installation Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices 21 J12 1 SPK1 CD2 CD1 WOM1 WOL1 SIR1 1 ...

Page 26: ...uter cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connectors USB1 and USB2 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0 WOL1 WOM1 Wake On LAN Wake On Modem If you have ins...

Page 27: ... See Chapter 3 for more information Pin Signal 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 RING CD1 2 CD ROM DVD Audio Input Connector 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 con...

Page 28: ...rial Infrared SIR1 data port Infrared ports allow the wireless exchange of information between 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 24 ...

Page 29: ...up Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup uti...

Page 30: ...setup for changing time date hard disk type etc You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed value...

Page 31: ...Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set up system date and time IDE 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 drive set it to User and then fill in the...

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Page 33: ...es SDRAM Frequency 100MHz SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 SDRAM Bank Interleave Disabled AGP Mode 4X AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving CB AGP Aperture Size 64MB Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled CLK Gen 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 u...

Page 34: ... 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 items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal L2 cache memory ...

Page 35: ...d AGP Comp Driving Use this item to signal driving current on AGP cards to auto or manual Some AGP cards need stronger than normal driving current in order to operate We recommend that you set this item to the default Manual AGP Comp Driving When AGP Driving is set to Manual use this item to set the AGP current driving value AGP Mode This item provides the OnBoard VGA mode with three options of 1 ...

Page 36: ...Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults ACPI Aware O S This item supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature 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 ...

Page 37: ...pply 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 system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake Up Key Wake Up Password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the ...

Page 38: ...ble this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with three options of 8 16 32MB Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default AGP setting still lets the onboard display wo...

Page 39: ...ds 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 Best Performance 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 best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might n...

Page 40: ...nabled USB Device Legacy Support Disabled ThumbDrive Support for DOS Disabled ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify 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 this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoa...

Page 41: ...E Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE channel Audio Device This item enables or disables the AC 97 audio chip Modem Device This item enables or disables the MC 97 modem chip Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN USB Controller Use this item to select the USB ports or disabled USB Device Legacy Support This item allows you to enable the USB device if ...

Page 42: ...000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU BRAND INTEL CPU Type Pentium 4 CPU Speed 800 MHz CPU Ratio 8 0x CPU Frequency 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 show the type core voltage ratio and frequency of CPU installed in your system C...

Page 43: ... 11 968V 12V 12 000V SB5V 5 053V VBAT 3 488V SYSTEM Fan Speed 0 RPM CPU Fan Speed 4560 RPM Power Temperature 33 C 91 F SYSTEM Temperature 39 C 102 F CPU Temperature 55 C 131 F ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measurements ...

Page 44: ...you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly Then the password is required for the access to the Setup Utility or for it at start up depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup 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 ...

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Page 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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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