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A300M-E1394 Mainboard Manual

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Installation Procedures

Universal Serial Bus Connectors

The mainboard has six USB ports; some USB black jacks that are 
integrated on the edge of the board, and some others use USB 
ports (pinheaders) on the board.  USB0/1 is designed to share 
some electric circuits with USB3/1 pinheader; that is, USB0/1 
can not be used at the same time as USB4/5. They allow you to 

NOTE: If you do not use F_AUDIO, please keep the pinpair 5-6, 

9-10

short as default; also, when the front headphone is plugged in,

The mainboard has a front panel
audio, F_AUDIO, connector
(Intel spec.). It allows you to
attach an audio device via the front
panel (instead of rear panel) by a
ribbon cable. Its pin definitions
are presented below. 

Front Audio Connector

NOTE: The LINE_IN, LINE_OUT, MICROPHONE jacks can be used 

the 5.1-channel audio output with its software tool. 

Summary of Contents for A300M-E1394

Page 1: ...A300M E1394 MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No M03704 Rev A0 Date 9 2003 Part No 25 11720 00 ...

Page 2: ...ndling the motherboard or other computer components n Wear a static wrist strap which is connected to a natural earth ground n Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a water pipe n Avoid contact of the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the expansion slot It is best to handle system components by their mou...

Page 3: ... the CPU 2 4 Connect ATX Power 2 5 4 Install Expansion Cards 2 6 5 Connect Devices 2 7 Floppy Diskette Drive Connector 2 7 IDE Device Connectors 2 8 Fan Connectors 2 8 Power Connectors 2 9 SPDIF Connector 2 9 Front Panel Block Connector 2 10 Serial IRQ Connector 2 11 CD Audio In Connectors 2 11 1394 Connectors 2 12 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector 2 13 RJ45 LAN Connector 2 13 Serial Port Connecto...

Page 4: ... Setup Utility 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features 3 7 Integrated Peripherals 3 7 Power Management Setup 3 12 PnP PCI Configurations 3 14 PC Health Status 3 15 Load Optimized Defaults 3 16 Supervisor User Password ...

Page 5: ...proved especially for the long se quential transfers required by audio visual applications The board features onboard SPDIF output and LAN functions It is completely software compatible with your operating system For more details please read the help file in the included CD The board comes with an extensive range of I O features such as 2 serial ports 1 CRT port 1 parallel port 1 LAN 1 PS 2 mouse ...

Page 6: ...t immediately after your Windows operating system installation is complete Place driver CD in the drive and an operating menu will appear on your monitor Please select Auto Installation It will automatically detect which software tools patch files drivers the mainboard needs Press OK to go through the whole installation procedure in a very straight forward and easy way It will also provide you wit...

Page 7: ...1 3 Overview The A300M E1394 Mainboard ...

Page 8: ... ATIｮ Radeon 9100 IGP South Bridge ATIｮ IXP 150 n Memory 2 memory sockets Support dual channel DDR266 333 400 SDRAM memory size totally up to 2 GBs n Expansion Slots 1 AGP Slot support 4X 8X 1 5V 3 PCI Slots 2 2 32 bit 3 3V 5V PCI bus interface slots n LAN RTL8100C 10 100 Fast Ethernet 8110S Gigabit Ethernet dual layout n Audio Features Realtek ALC655 658 dual layout controller AC97 LINE_IN LINE_O...

Page 9: ...a DMA 66 100 up to 4 devices COM1 and COM2 pinheader 1 CRT port 1 Parallel port 1 PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard 6 USB ports n Mounting Holes 9 Holes n Mainboard Size 9 2 x 9 6 unit inch n IEEE 1394 Ports optional VT6307L 2 Ports 1 Bracket with cable ...

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Page 11: ...ep 7 Install supporting software tools WARNING Excessive torque may damage the mainboard When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5 0 8 0kg cm Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To prevent static electricity from harming any of the sensitive components you should follow the following precautio...

Page 12: ...ct the ATX power cable and close the system case NOTE Users are not encouraged to change to jumper settings not listed in this manual Changing the jumper settings improperly may adversely affect system performance 1 Set System Jumpers Jumpers are used to select the operation modes for your system Some jumpers on the board have three metal pins with each pin representing a different function A 1 is...

Page 13: ...DR DIMM sock ets on the mainboard 2 Install DDR DIMM straight down into socket 1 using both hands then socket 2 and so forth 3 The clip on both ends of the socket will close to hold the DDR DIMM in place when the DDR DIMM reaches the bottom of the socket NOTE If you use dual channel memory modules they must be identical ...

Page 14: ...the pin 1 orientation by aligning the socket corner marking with the socket corner closest to the lever tip Do not insert the CPU by force Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides Apply some thermal material such as paste or tape The mainboard has a built in Switching Voltage Regulator to support CPU Vcore autodetection That is it has the ability to detect and recogni...

Page 15: ...de the Connect ATX Power The 20 hole power plug top right is connected to the ATX power 20 pin pin headers The 4 hole 12V power plug bot tom right is inserted in the ATX_12V power connector The plug from the power supply can only be inserted in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push NOTE Be sure to install a fan with a heatsink that is approved by ...

Page 16: ...Expansion Cards This section describes how to connect an expansion card to one of your system expansion slots Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that when connected to the mainboard increase the capabilities of your system For example expansion cards can provide video and sound capabilities The mainboard features NOTE The CPU installing proce dures should be 1 Insert the CPU with its fansi...

Page 17: ...sis Keep 3 Push the card firmly into the slot Push down on one end of the expansion card then the other Use this rocking motion until card is firmly seated in side the expansion slot Secure 5 Connect Devices Floppy Diskette Drive Connector This connector provides the connection with your floppy disk drive Insert the floppy ribbon cable below onto the floppy con nector The colored stripe indicated ...

Page 18: ...se fan respectively PWR_FAN can be used with the power supply cooling fan IDE Device Connectors The two connectors IDE1 PRIMARY and IDE2 SECONDARY are used for your IDE hard disk drives CD drives LS 120 drives or IDE ZIP drives Insert the floppy ribbon cable below onto the floppy con nector The colored stripe indicated ...

Page 19: ... power supply Both connectors are linked with your ATX power supply The plug from the power supply can only be inserted in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the SPDIF Connector It is used for audio output with SPDIF spec Pin definitions Pin1 is 5V Pin2 is SPDIF signal Pin3 is GND ...

Page 20: ...to the IDE device indicator This LED 3 Power Single and Dual Sleep LED Please refer to the tables below for the representations of LED states There is also 3 Pin Power LED connector on board for those This block connector includes the connectors for linking with the Power LED 3 pin HDD LED power button power sleep message waiting button and the reset button on the front panel of the system case Pl...

Page 21: ... Installation Procedures Serial IRQ Connector This 2 pin connector is used for some system integration use CD Audio In Connectors The connectors CD_IN and AUX_IN are for CD ROM drive audio analog input use ...

Page 22: ... pinheaders on the board provide you with two connections to peripherals which have 1394 connec tors through an optional bracket with cable see the figure below The pin definitions of the 1394 pinheaders are listed below The 1394_26 port may be integrated on rear panel for ...

Page 23: ...s RJ45 LAN Connector The RJ45 jack of the LAN port is used for the LAN cable PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector These two 6 pin female connectors keyboard is purple and mouse is green are used for your PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse ...

Page 24: ...onitor The pinheaders pin assignments are shown CRT Connector Serial Port Connectors COM1 is teal colored 9 pin D sub male connector and COM2 is a 9 pin male connector allowing you to connect with devices that use serial ports such as a serial mouse or an external modem ...

Page 25: ...connector is attached to your printer Audio I O Jacks LINE_OUT lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers LINE_IN light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the LINE_OUT MIC_IN pink allows microphones to be ...

Page 26: ... be used at the same time as USB4 5 They allow you to NOTE If you do not use F_AUDIO please keep the pinpair 5 6 9 10 short as default also when the front headphone is plugged in The mainboard has a front panel audio F_AUDIO connector Intel spec It allows you to attach an audio device via the front panel instead of rear panel by a ribbon cable Its pin definitions are presented below Front Audio Co...

Page 27: ...tallation Procedures The figure below show the pin assignments of the USB pinheaders TV_OUT Connector optional The connector is used to link your computer system with your TV set through an optional small card ...

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Page 29: ... a configuration error and asks the user to run the Setup program Use the arrow keys to select and press Enter to run The mainboard comes with a chip from Award BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information for your system This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the mainboard components This section explains the information contained in the Setup program and tells you...

Page 30: ...ize thus no changes are necessary Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use PgUp PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press PgUp PgDn or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press PgUp PgDn or keys to set the current time Follow the ...

Page 31: ...r of the hard disk Head The read write head number of the hard disk Precomp The cylinder number of which the disk drive changes the write current Landing Zone The cylinder number on which the disk drive heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked Drive A Drive B This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system To enter the configuration value for a particular dri...

Page 32: ...d improves the system performance Disable this Quick Power On Self Test When enabled allows the BIOS to bypass the extensive memory test Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority This feature will auto detect all hard disks of bootable devices on the system It also allows users to select hard First Second Third Boot Device This feature allows you to select the boot device prior ity The option...

Page 33: ...he options are On Off Gate A20 Option When set at Fast allows a faster access response under Typematic Rate Setting The term typematic means that when a keyboard key is held down the character is repeatedly entered until the key is released Typematic Rate Chars Sec This feature is available only if the above item Typematic Rate Setting is set at Enabled Sets the rate of a char acter repeat when th...

Page 34: ...M 64MB If your operating system OS is OS 2 select the option OS2 Otherwise stay with the default setting Non OS2 The options are Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technology which allows your hard disk drive to report any read write errors and issues a warning with LDCM installed The options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control...

Page 35: ...equency The options are Auto SYNC DDR 100 DDR 133 DDR 166 DDR 200 DRAM CAS Select This feature allows you to select the speed level of DRAM CAS The options are Slow Fast AGP Aperture Size This allows you to select the main memory frame size of AGP use The options are 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB None ...

Page 36: ...memory hole at the 15 16MB address will be treated as a DRAM cycle when the processor accesses the 15 16MB address area The options are Disabled 15M 16M Current FSB DRAM Frequency This feature allows you to know current FSB DRAM frequen cy System BIOS Cacheable Set at Enabled this will allow the caching of the BIOS ROM F0000H FFFFFH resulting in better system performance It may cause a system erro...

Page 37: ...alled prefetch reads The demand read and all prefetch reads must be of the same size 16 or 32 bits The options are Enabled Disabled Primary Master Slave PIO This allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive master slave mode The options are Auto Mode 0 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA This allows an automatic configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive master slav...

Page 38: ... you to disable the onboard USB2 0 Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI function The options are Enabled Disabled OnChip USB Controller Disable this option if you are not using the onboard USB 1 1 2 0 feature The options are Disabled Enabled OnChip USB KBC Controller USB Mouse Support When a USB mouse is installed please set at Enabled The options are Auto Disabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Bl...

Page 39: ...from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I O controller The options are 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Allows you to connect with an advanced printer via the port mode it supports The options are SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA This feature allows you to select Direct Memory Access DMA channel The options are 1 3 PWRON After PWR Fail When th...

Page 40: ... to adjust the power management features Select User Define for configuring your own power management features Min Saving initiates all predefined timers in their minimum values Max Saving on the other hand initiates maximum values The options are User Define Min Saving Max Saving HDD Power Down This feature lets the BIOS turn the HDD motor off when the system is in Suspend mode Selecting 1 Min 15...

Page 41: ...thod The option V H SYNC Blank allows the BIOS to turn off the screen display by turning off the V Sync and H Sync signals sent from an add on VGA card DPMS Support allows the BIOS to turn off the screen display by your add on VGA card which supports DPMS Display Power Management Signaling function Blank Screen allows the BIOS to turn off the screen display by turning off the red green blue signal...

Page 42: ...lly assign each system PNP OS Installed If your operating system supports Plug and Play such as Win dows NT Windows 95 select Yes The options are No Yes Reset Configuration Data Enabling this resets the system s Extended System Configura tion Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating sy...

Page 43: ...RQ select Disabled The rest of the items allow end users and technicians to moni tor data provided by the BIOS on this mainboard They are not Shutdown Temperature This feature helps to shutdown the system when the tem perature reaches the selected temperature to prevent from overheating The option list presents all the temperatures WARNING The feature introduced below may cause damage on your CPU ...

Page 44: ...ure Setup if Setup is selected under the Security Option field and the Supervisor User Password is en abled you will be prompted for a password every time you try to enter the CMOS Setup Utility If System is selected and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be requested to enter the Password every time you reboot the system or enter Supervisor User Password To enable the Supervisor Use...

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