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FSB speed setting (JP9, JP10)

This motherboard provides JP9 and JP10 to set FSB (front side bus) as
100Mhz or 133Mhz automatically. Please insert mini jumper on JP9 and
JP10 as below indication.

A7

JP 9

JP10

1

1

Funct i on

J umper  Set t i ng

100  M H z

 FSB

133  M H z

FSB

1

JP 9

JP 10

1

1

JP 9

JP 10

1

Summary of Contents for AK12

Page 1: ...76 AK12 AMD Socket A Based MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...refully 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 withoutobligation to notify any person ofsuch revision or changes The information contained...

Page 3: ...d fan are securely fastened well Otherwise improper fan installation not only gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation If you would like to know more about thermal topic please see AMD website for detailed thermal requirement through the address http www amd com products athlon thermals http www amd com products duron thermals WAR...

Page 4: ...EP INSTALLATION 10 Accessories Of AK12 10 STEP 1 Install the CPU 11 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 12 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 12 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 13 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 14 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker 15 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect the Power S...

Page 5: ...t setting JP5 29 Clear CMOS setting JP1 29 FSB speed setting JP 9 JP 10 30 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors 31 USB1 USB2 Port Connectors 31 COM1 COM2 Connectors 31 Parallel Port Connector 31 Line_out and Line In and Microphone 32 MIDI GAME Port 32 POWER LED PWR LED 33 Sleep switch SLP SW 33 Green LED GRN LED 33 Hardware reset connector RST 34 Speaker connector SPEAKER 34 HDD LED connector HDD L...

Page 6: ...UTILITY 42 4 1 AK12 MAINBOARD CD OVERVIEW 42 4 2 INSTALL MAINBOARD SOFTWARE 43 4 3 INSTALL Audio Device SOFTWARE 44 4 4 VIEW THE USER S MANUAL 45 5 BIOS SETUP 46 5 1 ENTER THE BIOS 46 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 47 Standard CMOS Setup 49 Advanced BIOS Features 51 Advanced Chipset Features 55 Integrated Peripherals 59 Power Management Setup 63 PnP PCI Configurations 68 PC Health Status 70 Frequency Voltage C...

Page 7: ... 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 46 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 5 For Experienced DIY User Page 5 For System Integrator Page 5 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 8: ...new Shuttle AK12 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AK12 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 Software Utility to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant information on how to tu...

Page 9: ...Ribbon Cable One Floppy Ribbon Cable AK12 User s Manual One CD ROM containing AK12 user s manual on PDF format VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers Audio Device Software Award Flashing Utility J P6 J 4 1 VT 8 363 00 3 8C D T A I W A N 1E E 0192 1 C M C V T8 2C 6 86 B 0 036 C G T AI W A N 1 2C O N 22 00 A W A RD 1 9 9 8 P C I P N P 68 6 2 3 4 4 7 8 7 9 7 C G D 7 5 2 3 2 G D 7 5 2 3 2 W 2 3 0 ...

Page 10: ...686B Jumperless CPU Configuration Soft configure CPU Speed CPU operating speed is software configurable through Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup program Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM banks of PC 100 133 compliant SDRAM and VCM SDRAM to provide up to 1 5GB of system memory AGP Slot A component level of device interconnected to AGP cards which sup ports up to 4x Accelerate...

Page 11: ...ssion schemes 1 x DB15 MIDI GAME port and another 3 ports which are Line_out Line In and Microphone PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard Two Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Master Dual channel IDE ports provide sup port to a maximum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per chan nel The IDE Bus implements the data transfer speed up to 33 66 100 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 0 4 ATX P...

Page 12: ...The onboard WOL1 connector can be attached to a net work card that supports this function to wake up the system via LAN Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automati cally by the activation of modem ring Other Features Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current reach to mainboard compone...

Page 13: ...M USB Port 3 4 Wake up Setting JP6 USB Port 3 4 Connector USB2 PS2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors CPU FAN1 Connector USB1 USB2 Connectors Socket 462 USB Port 1 2 Wake up setting JP2 Serial Port Connector COM1 Serial Port Connector COM2 Parallel Connector VIA KT133A Chipset Line_out Line_In Microphone MIDI GAME Port Connectors CODEC Select Jumper JP4 Audio_in Connector CD_1 Audio_in Connector CD_2 ...

Page 14: ... gap between CPU and socket Then lower the socket lever all the way down to the horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD 462 processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If the heatsink fan have not been mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it installed Plug the cable through the heatsink fan in...

Page 15: ...e not totally familiar with mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide the detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert SDRAM or VCM SDRAM memory module s ...

Page 16: ...d jumpers on each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM must have jumpers on Master or Slave mode depending on your willing to install more than one device for each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable to the back panel of the internal peripheral devices Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usually in red or magenta...

Page 17: ...sis 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 short between the board and the metal frame of 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 find ...

Page 18: ...r etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches and LEDs to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below 1 Power LED PWR LED 2 Sleep switch SLP SW 3 Green LED GRN LED PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RS...

Page 19: ... 7 ATX soft power on off PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW PANEL 1 1 PWR LED SLP SW GRN LED RST SPEAKER HDD LED PWR SW ...

Page 20: ...17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 IR connector 1 SIR1 ...

Page 21: ...Port AGP Card 3 PCI Card Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector Warning Once power cord is plugged in mainboard LED1 lights up Please take reference to page 40 for location of LED 1 You are not allowed to install or uninstall memory modules while LED 1 lights up ATX 1 ...

Page 22: ...ck Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard 2 USB Devices 3 COM Ports PS 2 Mouse USB1 USB2 PS 2 keyboard COM1 COM2 ...

Page 23: ...20 4 Parallel Port 5 Line_out Line_In Microphone Ports 6 MIDI Game Port MIDI GAME Port Line_out Line_In Microphone Parallel Port ...

Page 24: ... 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 4 Now use the FORMAT utility to format all the partitions you ve cre ated When formatting the primary partition C make sure to use the FORMAT C S command 5 Install all the necessary drivers for CD ROM Mouse etc 6 Set up the c...

Page 25: ...ation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AK12 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the driver main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install Mainboard Software and complete the installation 3 Return to the SHUTTLE MAINBOARD SOFTWARE SETUP screen 4 Choose Install Audio Device Software and complete the installa tion 5 Return to the main installation window and exit ...

Page 26: ...rs with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic mini jumper 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 top of its origi...

Page 27: ...lots and connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 462 CPU Socket for socket A AMD processors DIMM 1 2 3 Three DIMM sockets for 32 64 128 256 512MB 3 3V SDRAM and VCM SDRAM AMR One AMR expansion slot for audio modem riser cards AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI expansion slots A1 D1 A7 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E10 E1 1 E11 B1 B...

Page 28: ...5 female COM2 Serial Port 2 DB9 male Line_out Line_out port Line_in Line_in port Microphone Microphone port GAME MIDI GAME MIDI port Front Panel Connectors PWR LED System Power LED SLP SW Hardware system management interface momentary type switch GRN LED Green LED RST Hardware reset switch SPEAKER Speaker in housing HDD LED IDE drive active LED PWR SW ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch Interna...

Page 29: ...n connector CD2 Audio_in connector WOL 1 Wake on lan connector WOM 1 Wake on modem connector SIR 1 IR connector USB 2 USB3 and USB4 ports header J4 Dual color LED header PWR FAN 1 System cooling fan power connector CPU FAN 1 CPU cooling fan power connector LED 1 3VSB LED for SDRAM E9 E1 E2 ...

Page 30: ...board connected to USB port 1 2 Pin 1 2 Default disable wake up function Pin 2 3 Enable wake up function A1 1 1 Codec select setting JP4 This motherboard offers JP4 jumper to select the onboard AC 97 audio codec or Audio Modem Riser AMR slot Pin 1 2 Default use onboard codec Pin 2 3 Use AMR slot codec A2 1 1 JP2 1 JP4 1 ...

Page 31: ...ter or Slave Open pin 1 2 Default master Short Pin 1 2 Slave mode A3 USB port 3 4 wake up setting JP6 This motherboard offers JP6 to resume system from S1 mode suspend to RAM by USB keyboard connected to USB port 3 4 Pin 1 2 Default disable wake up function Pin2 3 Enable wake up function A4 1 1 JP7 JP6 1 ...

Page 32: ...tore system default setting Please follow below procedures to clear CMOS Pin 1 2 Default Normal Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off system and unplug AC power Step 2 Remove ATX power cable from onboard power connector Step 3 Locate JP1 and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return JP1 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 Step 5 Connect ATX power cable back to onboard power connector A6 1...

Page 33: ...d provides JP9 and JP10 to set FSB front side bus as 100Mhz or 133Mhz automatically Please insert mini jumper on JP9 and JP10 as below indication A7 JP 9 JP10 1 1 Funct i on Jum per Set t i ng 100 MHz FSB 133 MHz FSB 1 JP 9 JP 10 1 1 JP 9 JP 10 1 ...

Page 34: ...orresponding connectors USB1 USB2 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB1 USB2 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector COM1 COM2 Connectors This mainboard can accommodate one serial device on COM1 COM2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 COM2 at the back panel of your...

Page 35: ...icrophone is a 1 8 inch jack that provides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin fe male connector This port can be con nected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15 pin D sub connec tor MIDI Instrument Connection You will need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instru ment to ...

Page 36: ... it again to resume to normal operation Green LED GRN LED The green LED GRN LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal operation mode the green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin green LED cable to GRN LED header Note Please notice all LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during run...

Page 37: ...the reset switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector SPEAKER Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector SPEAKER HDD LED Connector HDD LED Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2 pin HDD LED header The HDD LED lights up when ever an IDE device is active ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWR SW The Power On Off Switch is a momen tary type ...

Page 38: ... one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 40pin ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to al ways connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin 1 of the IDE1 IDE2 or FDC connector on the mainboard D1 No...

Page 39: ...tioned 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 adequate power for higher speed processor installed E1 Audio_in header CD1 and CD 2 Use the audio cable provided with CD ROM DVD ROM drive to join audi...

Page 40: ...nction through Power Man agement of BIOS setup program P S Lan card supports wake on lan feature is necessary E4 Wake on modem connector WOM 1 If PCI modem card installed that supports WOM function please connect the cable into WOM1 header on mainboard When your system is in power sav ing mode any modem signal resumes system automatically And you also need to enable the function through Power Mana...

Page 41: ...ve diagram for IR pin assignment Step 2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode through the option UART 2 Mode in field Integrated peripheral of BIOS setup program This mainboard supports Standard HPSIR ASKIR transfer modes USB ports 3 4 connector USB2 This header is used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors mounted on front panel Pin assignment E7 1 VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX SIR1 USB 2 1 1 VCC...

Page 42: ...system is in STR mode E8 CPU Fan and Housing Fan Connectors CPUFAN1 PWRFAN1 This mainboard provides two onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU CPUFAN1 Housing PWRFAN1 cooling fans E9 E10 12 GND SENSE J4 CPUFAN1 PWRFAN1 Note Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary which depends on fan maker Please keep in mind that red wire should always be connected to 12V header and black wir...

Page 43: ...VSB LED for SDRAM LED 1 The red LED turns on if your power cord is still plugged in which means 3V standby voltage is supplied to mainboard You can not install or uninstall memory modules while LED 1 is on E11 ...

Page 44: ...OS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional SDRAM and VCM SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM banks After upgrade the new system memory value will...

Page 45: ...the AutoRun screen does not 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 Mainboard Drivers for Windows F Install Audio Device Software Installing Audio Driver F Manual AK12 mainboard user s manual by PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows...

Page 46: ...appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Use your pointing device e g mouse to select the Install Mainboard Software bar Once you made the selection a Setup window runs the installation automati cally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot system to take the installation effect ...

Page 47: ...appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Use your pointing device e g mouse to select the Install Audio Device Software bar Once you made the selection a Setup window runs the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot system to take the installation effect ...

Page 48: ...ear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Use your pointing device e g mouse to select the Manual bar Then On line information windows will appear on screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader 4 05 bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on AK12 Manual bar to view AK12 user s manual ...

Page 49: ... On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step 2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the com puter OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET swi...

Page 50: ...Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all items in a standard BIOS compatible Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced fea tures Advanced Chipset Features This setup page includes all items of chipset features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all items of peripherals features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all ite...

Page 51: ... push the limitation of system performance by overclocking Be fore you use this function make sure you fully understand the items in Chipset Setup menu and the components CPU DRAM HDD etc of your system are good enough for optimized setting Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable supervisor password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to Setup Set User Password Chan...

Page 52: ...ect a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this item If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu...

Page 53: ...city of 1 2 MB Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan Video This item selects the type of adapter used for the primary system moni tor that must matches your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup Halt On This item determines if the system will stop when an error is detected during power up Memory This item is only for...

Page 54: ...tem and the following error message will appear Afterwards if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done The choice Enabled Disabled Y2K Monitor If you enable this item the system will monitor for errors generated by year 2000 bug The choice Enabled Disabled WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or ...

Page 55: ...rror checking on CPU L2 cache memory We recommend that you leave this item at the default value The choice Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test You can enable this item to shorten power on testing POST and have make system to start up a little faster You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly The choice Enabled Disabled First Sec...

Page 56: ...20 Option This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors Leave this item at the default value The choice Normal Fast Typematic Rate Setting If this item is enabled you can use following two items to set typematic rate and typematic delay settings for keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec If the item Typemati...

Page 57: ... diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S M A R T software resides on both the disk drive and host computer The disk drive software monitors the internal perfor mance of the motors media heads and electronics of the drive The host software monitors overall reliability status of the drive If a device failure is predicted the host software through the Client WORKS S M A...

Page 58: ...RAM Timing This item allows you to select timing for DRAM slots depending on whether the mainboard has paged SDRAMs The choice SDRAM 8 10ns Medium Fast Turbo SDRAM Cycle Length This field enables you to set CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 The mainboard designer should have set the values in this field de pending on DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change spe...

Page 59: ... W Turn Around When this is enabled the chipset will insert one extra clock to the turn around of back to back DRAM cycles The choice Enabled Disabled System BIOS Cacheable When this is enabled system BIOS will be cached for faster execution The choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable When this is enabled graphics card s local memory will be cached for faster execution However if any program w...

Page 60: ...ernal clock The choice Default Optimal On Chip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on mainboard and you wish to use it The choice Enabled Disabled On Chip USB2 This should be enabled if your system has front panel USB ports installed on the mainboard and you wish to use them The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enable the function when the USB keyboard is bein...

Page 61: ...d PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Enable it to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The choice Enabled Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry When enable it AGP Bus PCI 1 access to PCI Bus PCI 2 is executed with error retry feature The choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write This implements a single del...

Page 62: ...e interface where the errors occur Depending on the con figuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Each channel supports a master device and a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE dev...

Page 63: ...ove access to IDE devices Enable this item if your IDE devices support block mode transfer The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard FDD Controller This option enables onboard floppy disk drive controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 2 This option is used to assign I O address for onboard serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Disabled UART 2 Mode This fiel...

Page 64: ...es Yes No Yes Yes Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign I O address for onboard parallel port The choice Disable 3BC IRQ7 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Mode This feature enables you to set data transfer protocol for parallel port Normal allows data output only Extended Capabilities Port ECP and Enhanced Parallel Port EPP are bi directional modes and they allows both data input a...

Page 65: ...ess This item lets you set I O base address for sound blaster card The choice 220H 240H 260H 280H SB IRQ Select This item lets you set interrupt request IRQ for sound blaster card The choice IRQ 5 7 9 10 SB DMA Select This item lets you select direct memory access DMA for sound blaster card The choice DMA 0 1 2 3 MPU 401 Use this item to enable MPU 401 function for game port The choice Enable Disa...

Page 66: ...agement to press enter key and then you may run into the sub menu The sub menu contains three items listed as follows Power Management This function allows you to set the default parameters of power saving modes You may set User Define to choose your own param eters The choice User Define Min Saving Max Saving HDD Power Down IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified le...

Page 67: ... 1Hour Disable Press Esc key to go back to the previous sub menu ACPI Suspend Type Use this item to define how your system suspends In the default S1 POS the suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down If you select S3 STR the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to system memory The choice S1 POS S3 STR PM Control by APM If this item i...

Page 68: ...The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 N A Soft Off by PWRBTN This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware When Delay 4 sec is selected the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On Suspend and Off If the switch is pressed less than 4 sec during power On the system will go into Suspend mode If the switch is pressed longer than 4 sec the system will be turned Off The def...

Page 69: ...user to determine wake up events The choice Press Enter key to run into the sub menu VGA Set the item ON while you wake up system by LAN and VGA is waken too The choice ON OFF LPT COM Set the item enabled then users can awaken system by any device connected to LPT COM ports The choice NONE LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD Set the item ON then users can awaken system by Hard Disk Floppy disk The choice ON O...

Page 70: ...f Month This is for specifying the alarm Date on which system will awaken system from suspend mode The choice Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 Resume Time hh mm ss This is to specify the alarm Hour Minute Second on which the system will awaken system from suspend mode The choice Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 59 Primary INTR Set the item Enabled then users can awaken system by any device with th...

Page 71: ...PnP configuration data stored in the BIOS setup is cleared from memory New updated data is created The choice Enabled Disabled Resources Controlled By You should leave this item at default Auto ESCD Under this setting system dynamically allocates resources to plug and play devices as they are required If you cannot get a legacy ISA Industry Standard Architec ture add in card to work properly you m...

Page 72: ...ng so you must leave this item disabled The choice Disabled Enabled Assign IRQ for VGA Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to VGA if any on system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ for USB Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to USB if any on system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens system The choice Enabled D...

Page 73: ...ring and over heat alert This item indicate the current main board temperature CPU FAN Speed The mainboard can detect fan s rotation speed for CPU cooler Power FAN Speed The mainboard can detect fans rotation speed for Power cooler Vcore This mainboard supports CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU voltage Vcore and the voltage output from pow...

Page 74: ...k This item allows you to enable disable auto detection DIMM PCI Clock The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Host PCI Spread Spec This is to set CPU host clock 100Mhz or 133Mhz and PCI clock And Spread Spec typically reduces system electromagnetic interference ...

Page 75: ... Press Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance of system operations Load Optimized Defaults While pressing Enter you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Press Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance of system operations ...

Page 76: ...ss to the option By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who will change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password 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 to abo...

Page 77: ... rebooted or whenever you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Warning Retain a record of your password in a safe place If you forget the password the only way to access the system is to clear CMOS memory please refer to Clear CMOS on page 29 ...

Page 78: ... next time you restart computer the BIOS configures your system ac cording to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values system restarts again Exit Without Saving While pressing Enter a similar dialog box shows up to ask you following confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing any changes in CMOS The previous selections remain in effe...

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