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AB60N

Pentium 4/Celeron
478-pin

Processor

Based MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for AB60N

Page 1: ...AB60N Pentium 4 Celeron 478 pin Processor Based MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...al has been carefully checked for reliability however no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The infor...

Page 3: ...3 06 GHz External Frequency 200 MHz Intel Pentium4 2 40 2 60 2 80 3 00 3 20 GHz Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively Parallel Port two ports with 9 pins Center Bass Out Line Out Line In Ports one port for each Mic In Ports two ports DIMM Memory optional DDR 256 MB 2 Power Cable Detachable and Shielded with a GND pin Max...

Page 4: ...n length and not crossed upon a mainboard Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case 5 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed 6 Make sure a 5 25 or 3 5 FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding 7 Make sure a case is closely in contact with EMI connected points 8 Make sure...

Page 5: ... 2 Set Jumpers 14 STEP 3 Install Dual Channel DDR System Memory 14 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 15 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 16 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker USB 17 STEP 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 19 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supply 21 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 21 STE...

Page 6: ...B4 Port Connectors 31 Line Out Front Out Port Connector 31 Line In Rear Out Port Connector 31 Mic In Center Bass Port Connector 31 Front Panel Connectors HDD LED Connector HLED 32 Hardware Reset Connector RST 32 EPMI Connector EPMI 32 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 33 Green LED Connector GLED 33 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWRON 33 Power LED Connector PWRLED 34 Extended USB Connectors JUSB3 JUSB4...

Page 7: ...or J4 40 SPDIF Ext Header J5 40 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 41 1 INSTALL MEMORY 41 2 UPGRADE MEMORY 42 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 43 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 43 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 44 4 2 A Install Intel Chipset Driver 45 4 2 B Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver 45 4 2 C Install RealtekAudio Driver 46 4 2 D Install Realtek LAN Driver 46 4 3 Install Utility 47 4 3 A InstallAcrobat Reader 48 4 3 B...

Page 8: ...VANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 61 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 64 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 70 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 75 PC HEALTH STATUS 77 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 78 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 79 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 79 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 80 SAVE EXIT SETUP 81 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 81 ...

Page 9: ...Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 25 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 43 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 50 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 10: ...ard You will find that installing your new Shuttle AB60N mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AB60N mainboard pro vides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sections 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Drivers Software Utilities to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup ...

Page 11: ...B60N User s Manual One piece of Bundled CD ROM with containing Ø AB60N user s manual saved in PDF format Ø Intel Chipset Intel USB 2 0 Realtek Audio and Realtek LAN Drivers Ø Acrobat Reader and WinFlash Utility SERIAL ATA VSO KB1 JUSB1 COM1 J4 DIMM2 DIMM1 1 1 1 K T S LIT HIU M BA TTE RY JA PAN S TD CR2032 J1 1 1 1 1 FAN2 FAN1 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 1 ATX 1 J7 J8 JP4 PCI1 AGP1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 JUSB4 JP1 ...

Page 12: ...On Board 6 Channel AC 97 Audio Controller The AC 97 Audio codec is compliant with the AC 97 2 2 specfications 18 20 bits DAC Digital Analog Converter interface for S PDIF I O ICH5 Versatile Memory Support Features the dual channel mode of 128 bit data transfer rate Four 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 4 GB of PC2100 PC2700 or PC3200 compliant DDR SDRAM module Expansion Slots Provides one 32 bi...

Page 13: ...orts provide sup port to a maximum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per chan nel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 100 66 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 80 pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices ATAPI IDE CD ROM CD R CD RW and LS 120 Supports ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can connected to the onboard 20 pin Pentium 4 standa...

Page 14: ...ost Clock in BIOS Ø CPU Multiplier Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Multiplier in BIOS Ø CPU Vcore Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Vcore in BIOS Ø AGP Voltage Setting This item allows users to select AGP Voltage in BIOS Ø DDR Voltage Setting This item allows users to select DDR Voltage in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key eleme...

Page 15: ...ATX 1 J7 J8 JP4 PCI1 AGP1 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 JUSB4 JP1 SPDIF FLP1 JUSB2LAN1 AUDIO1 FAN3 DIMM2 DIMM1 1 J3 1 JUSB3 WOL1 1 J5 FAN4 1 J6 1 1 J9 ATX2 0303 LF H50XR Five PCI Slots IR Header J1 Two USB Connectors Parallel Connector Serial Port Connector COM1 Serial Port Connector COM2 Line Out Line In Mic In One AGP Slot CD_IN1 2 J7 J8 PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors Four DIMM Slots Floppy Conne...

Page 16: ...U installation Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket 1 Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface Match Pin 1 and cut edge then insert the CPU into the socket CPU pin 1 and cut edge CPU socket lever up to 90 degree ...

Page 17: ...led Plug the cable through the heatsink fan in the CPU fan power connector located nearby Note that there are several types of CPU fan connectors Normally if your mainboard supports the hard ware moni toring function a 3 pin fan power connector should allow your system to detect the CPU fan s speed The CPU fan can also run with a 2 pin fan power connector however detection of CPU fan s speed is no...

Page 18: ...ard con figuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their sys tem section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install Dual Channel DDR System Memory To install memory insert DDR SDRAM memory module s in any one or two DIMM banks Note ...

Page 19: ...each device according to the instructions pro vided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back panel of the internal periph eral devices to the corresponding headers on board Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe u...

Page 20: ...s and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able to fi...

Page 21: ...peaker or USB devices etc These cables serve to con nect the front panel switches LEDs and USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below Front Panel Extended USB Header 1 SPEAKER 8 JUSB3 JUSB4 2 EPMI 3 RST 4 HLED 5 PWR LED 6 PWR ON 7 GLED 5V USBD0 USBD0 GND KEY 5V USBD1 USBD1 GND SPEAKER EPMI RST HLED PWR LED PWR ON GLED 8 JUSB3 JUSB4 1 1 1 2 3 4 7 6 5 1 Front Panel...

Page 22: ... 18 Step 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector 3 Serial ATA cable connector 1 1 IDE1 IDE2 SATA1 SATA2 1 FLP1 ...

Page 23: ... 19 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD IN AUX IN Center Bass audio headers 2 IR header 1 IR J1 J7 J6 J9 1 1 1 CENTER BASS J8 CD IN 1 CD IN AUX IN ...

Page 24: ... 20 3 SPDIF In Out header 4 Wake On LAN header 5 Front Panel Audio header WOL1 1 J5 1 SPDIF J4 1 Front Panel Audio ...

Page 25: ... 21 Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card ATX2 ATX PWR ATX1 ...

Page 26: ...ck together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard 2 Parallel Port 3 COM1 Port 4 COM2 Port 5 USB0 1 Ports 6 USB2 3 Ports 7 LAN Port 8 Audio Line Out Front Out 9 Audio Line In Rear Out 10 Mic In Center Bass foxconn 2 1 5 7 10 9 3 4 6 8 ...

Page 27: ...ce available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk Note DOS 6 2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2 1GB of HDD partition If you use the FDISK utility with one of the operat ing systems mentioned above you can only ...

Page 28: ...screen 2 Select the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu 3 Choose Install Intel Chipset Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install Realtek Audio Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install Realtek LAN Driver and complete it 7 Select the Install Utility bar to run into sub menu 8 Choose Install Acrobat Reader and complete it 9 Choose Ins...

Page 29: ...n the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components When putting the mainboard down place it on the...

Page 30: ...ts and connectors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket478 CPU Socket for Pentium 4 Celeron processors DIMM1 2 3 4 Four DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V Dual Channel DDR The total installed memory does not exceed 4GB AGP One 4X 8X AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots D1 B2 B4 B6 B7 C1 C7 E2 E2 E3 D1 E9 B1 E4 A1 E5 E6...

Page 31: ...ectors HLED IDE Driver Active LED RST Hardware Reset Switch EPMI Hardware System Management Interface Momentary Type Switch SPEAKER Housing Internal Speaker GLED PLED Green LED Power LED PWR ON ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch PWR LED System Power LED JUSB3 JUSB4 Extended USB Headers Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD1 Floppy disk drive interface IDE1 IDE primary interface Dual channel IDE2...

Page 32: ...nector FAN2 CPU fan connector FAN3 AGP fan connector FAN4 System fan connector J1 IR header WOL1 Wake On LAN connector J7 J8 CD IN 1 2 headers J9 AUX IN header J6 Center Bass audio header J4 Front Panel Audio header J5 SPDIF In Out header E1 E2 E2 E3 E4 E2 E5 E2 E6 E7 E8 E9 ...

Page 33: ...1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector Step 3 Remove jumper cap from JP1 pins 1 2 Step 4 Place the jumper cap on JP1 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 5 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 6 Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector Step 7 Turn on the system power PC On A1 LAN select on board setting JP4 JP4 is used to enable disable built in L...

Page 34: ... key board and mouse jacks into their corre sponding connectors Parallel Port Connector One DB25 female parallel connector is located at the rear panel of the mainboard Plug the connection cable from your par allel device printer scanner etc into this connector COM1 2 Port Connectors This mainboard can accommodate two serial device on COM1 2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1...

Page 35: ...and external audio sources on the board is output It can be connected to 1 8 inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers Line In Rear Out Port Connector Line In is a stereo line level input port that accepts a 1 8 inch TRS stereo plug It can be used as a source for digital sound re cording a source to be mixed with the out put or both Mic In Center Bass Port Connector Mic In is a 1 8 inch ...

Page 36: ... header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart EPMI Connector EPMI Hardware System Management Interface EPMI header may attach to 2 pin mo mentary switch Press the switch to force system into power saving mode press it again to resume back the normal operation situation C1 C2 1 Front Panel SPEAKER EPMI RST HLED PWR LED PWR ON GLED 1 1 Front Panel SPEAKER EPMI RST HLED PWR LED PWR O...

Page 37: ... Power On Off Switch Connector PWRON The Power On Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system ATX power supply Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2 pin PWRON header on the mainboard C5 C6 Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during running please simply change to the opposite direction...

Page 38: ... Extended USB Connectors JUSB3 JUSB4 The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front panel or back panel But the USB cable is optional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 5V 2 5V 3 USBD0 4 USBD1 5 USBD0 6 USBD1 7 GND 8 GND 9 KEY 10 NC C7 C8 1 Front Panel SPEAKER EPMI RST HLED PWR LED PWR ON GLED 1 5V USBD0 USBD0 GND KEY 5V USBD1 USBD1 GND 1 ...

Page 39: ...ble to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Serial ATA Connectors The Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storge interface Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future en hancements to the computing platform The Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI device including CDs DVDs tapes devices high ca pacity removeable devices zip dri...

Page 40: ...wer connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed ...

Page 41: ... Header J1 If you have an Infrared device this mainboard can implement IR transfer function To enable the IR transfer function follow these steps Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Otherwise incorrect IR connection may do damage to your IR device Step 1 Attach the 6 pin infrared device cable to J1 Refer to th...

Page 42: ...wake up the connected system through the LAN card Pins Assignment 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 RING CD_IN Connectors J7 J8 Port J7 J8 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive J7 Pins Assignment 1 Ground 2 CD IN R 3 Ground 4 CD IN L J8 Pins Assignment 1 CD IN L 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD IN R E4 E5 WOL1 1 J7 1 1 J8 CD IN CD IN 1 2 3 4 4 3 2 1 ...

Page 43: ... from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUXL 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 AUXR J9 1 AUX IN E6 4 3 2 1 Center Bass_Out Header J6 J6 header can be used to connect the cable which attached to center bass am plified speakers Pin Assignments 1 Center 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 Bass J6 1 CENTER BASS 4 3 2 1 ...

Page 44: ...AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 NC 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L SPDIF Ext Header J5 Port J5 can be used to connect special device Pin Assignments 1 12V 2 5V 3 N A 4 SPDIF OUT 5 SPDIF IN 6 GND 7 NA 8 NA 9 KEY 10 GND Two mini jumpers must be setted on pin 5 6 and pin 9 10 when this header is not used E8 E9 J4 1 Front Audio 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 J5 1 SPDIF 2 4 6 8 10 ...

Page 45: ...tall Memory Install memory in any or all of the slots and in any combination shown as follows Note Maximum installed memory is 4GB Note You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Don t support double sided X16 DDR DIMMs Density 128Mbit 256Mbi...

Page 46: ...ding up the memory in all DIMM slots After upgrade the new system memory value will automatically be computed and displayed in the field Stan dard CMOS Setup of BIOS setup program CH A CH A CH B CH B DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM4 DIMM4 Intel 86 5PE G M C H In tel 86 5P E G M C H No DIMMS CH A CH B No DIMMS Intel 86 5P E G M C H DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM...

Page 47: ...t appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard Software Installing Intel chipset Intel USB 2 0 Realtek Audio and Realtek LAN drivers F Install Utility Installing Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Manual AB60N Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage ...

Page 48: ...ble click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard Software include 4 2 A Install Intel Chipset Driver 4 2 B Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver 4 2 C Install Realtek Audio Driver 4 2 D Install Realtek LAN Driver ...

Page 49: ...mati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 B Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver bar to install USB 2 0 driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to tak...

Page 50: ...mati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 D Install Realtek LAN Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Realtek LAN Driver bar to install LAN driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the in...

Page 51: ...ar If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Utility bar to run into sub menu The Utility include 4 3 A Install Acrobat Reader 4 3 B Install WinFlash Utility ...

Page 52: ...robat Reader 4 3 B Install WinFlash Utility Click on the Install WinFlash Utility bar if you need to install WinFlash Utility Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect ...

Page 53: ...t appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on Manual bar to view user s manual ...

Page 54: ...ine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 the message dis appears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET switch located at the c...

Page 55: ...reen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and opti mize your system ...

Page 56: ... to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for opti mal performance system operation While Award has designed the cus tom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable supervisor user password It al lows you to limit acces...

Page 57: ...he value you want in each item Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For ex ample 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Ent...

Page 58: ...in or 2 88M 3 5 in Video Select the default video device Ø The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Ø The choice All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette or All But Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Ø The choice N A Extended Memory Disp...

Page 59: ...et you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Ø The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk Ø The choice CHS LBA Large or Auto Capacity Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking pro gram Ø Auto Display your disk drive size The fo...

Page 60: ... 56 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track Ø Min 0 Max 255 ...

Page 61: ...ou to enable or disable the Bios Write Protect If you want to flash BIOS you must set it Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enables and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatica...

Page 62: ...erformance will better Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these it...

Page 63: ...e choice Normal or Fast Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When this controller enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you hold the key down Ø The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 Typemat...

Page 64: ...ot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode Selects enable disable IO APIC function Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Selects the operating system multiprocessor support version Ø The choice 1 1 or 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whethe...

Page 65: ...t operat ing conditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Timing Selectable This item select the DRAM Timing by SPD Serial Presence Data or by manual selection Ø The Choice Manual or By SPD In some DDR SDRAM module there is no SPD on it select by SPD will cause system can not boot CAS Latency Time When sync...

Page 66: ...ata Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This field is applied only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system Ø The Choice 4 3 or 2 Memory Frequency For This item sets the main memory frequency When you use an external graphics card you can adjust this to enable the best performance for your system Ø The Choice DDR266 DDR333 DDR320 DDR400 or Auto System BIOS ...

Page 67: ...ontroller activate from temperature too high Ø The Choice 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min or 32 Min AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aper ture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Ø The Choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 or 256 Init D...

Page 68: ...he optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Use these items to enable or disable the PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the mainboard Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Second ary Slave PIO Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device T...

Page 69: ...hange the appropriate item on this list to Auto You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this mainboard in order to use an UltraDMA device Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Setting On Chip Serial ATA Ø The Choice Disabled Auto Combined Mode Enhanced Mode or SATA Only Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS Parallel ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE...

Page 70: ...er Slave Slave IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 Master Slave IDE2 IDE1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Serial ATA 2 Channel 0 Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 1 Channel 0 Channel 0 Parallel ATA Serial ATA Parallel ATA Serial ATA Secondary Secondary Primary Primary Disable Disable Master Master Slave Slave Master Slave Master Slave IDE1 IDE1 IDE2 IDE2 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Serial ATA 2 Cha...

Page 71: ... is operating in legacy mode Parallel ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 Channel 0 Channel 2 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 3 Channel 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Master Master Primary or Secondary Secondary or Primary Parallel ATA Serial ATA Channel 0 Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 1 Master Master IDE1 IDE2 Disable Disable Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Primary or Secondary Secondary or Prima...

Page 72: ...t Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 controller and you have USB peripherals Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled AC97 Audio Enables and disables the onboard audio chip Disable this item if you are going to install a ...

Page 73: ...IrDA infrared through COM 2 port Ø The choice SCR ASKIR IrDA or Normal UR2 Duplex Mode This item specifies onboard infrared transfer mode to full duplex Ø The choice Full or Half Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address setting Ø The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 or Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard ...

Page 74: ...e ACPI Function This item is the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI it always Enable and Gray Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto This item allows the system to initialize the VGA BIOS from S3 Sus pend to RAM sleep state Ø The choice Auto Yes No ...

Page 75: ...g or Max Saving Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Ø The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank Screen or D...

Page 76: ... the system has hung Ø The choice Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Wake Up by PCI card This item Enabled Disabled PCI card wakeup for PCI Spec 2 2 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Power On by Ring This item determine the system will resume by activating of modem ring Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Wake Up On LAN When set to Enableed the system power will be turned on if the LAN port receives an incomi...

Page 77: ...ed the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on any of the drivers or devices on the primary or secondary IDE channels Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled FDD COM LPT Port When this item is enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the floopy disk drive serial ports or the parallel port Ø The choice...

Page 78: ... button and keyboard are available Ø The choice Any Key Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 PS2 Mouse Power ON This item allows you to set the PS2 Mouse Power ON function Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after power hav been interrupted Ø The choice Off On or Former Sts ...

Page 79: ...guration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating sys tem can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config ure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capabil...

Page 80: ...pliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus ar chitecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some nonstandard VGA card This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled INT Pin 1 2...

Page 81: ... C 149o F 70o C 158o F or 75o C 167o F System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields The fields include CPU Vcore VDDQ 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 2 6V 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature PWM Temperature Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed ...

Page 82: ... enable disable auto disable empty PCI Slot Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Clock CPU AGP PCI Clock Set This item allows you to set the CPU AGP PCI Clock Ø The choice Auto Detect or Manual CPU Clock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 100 Max 255 Ø Key...

Page 83: ...hoice Auto 0 8250V 1 5875V DDR Voltage This item allows you to set DDR Voltage Ø The choice Auto 2 65V 2 70V 2 75V AGP Voltage This item allows you to set AGP Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 55V 1 60V 1 65V LoadFail SafeDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for t...

Page 84: ...d access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc...

Page 85: ...on page 29 Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system accord ing to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restar...

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