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1.2 Item Checklist

Check all items with your AK32E mainboard to make sure nothing is missing.
The complete package should include:

One piece of Shuttle AK32E Mainboard

One piece of ATA133/100/66/33 Ribbon Cable

One piece of Floppy Ribbon Cable

One piece of twin ports USB2.0 Cable (optional)

AK32E User's Manual

One piece of Bundled CD-ROM with containing:

AK32E user's manual on PDF format

VIA 4-IN-1 driver

Audio driver

USB 2.0 driver

Award Flashing Utility

Summary of Contents for AK32E

Page 1: ...AK32E SocketA AMD Athlon Duron Processor Based DDR SDR Main Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...owever 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 information contained in this manual is provided for...

Page 3: ...20 1 30 1 40 GHz AMD Duron 700 750 800 850 900 950 MHz 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 GHz Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port two ports with 4 pins respectively Parallel Port one port with 25 pins Serial Port two ports with 9 pins respectively MIDI Game Port one port with 15 pins Line Out Line In Mic In Ports one port for each DDR Memory 256 MB 2 All CPUs have complete...

Page 4: ...rs are fixed in a case Host Peripheral Product Name Model Name S N FCC ID 1 Case KF45A N A 2 Power Supply 300W ENP 0730 ATX12V 100002885 3 IBM HDD 30 7GB 91024UB YKFY7981 3892I168 4 MITSUMI FDD D353M 5 ASUS VCD Player CD S500 A 0524CIH4113070 2 6 AGP Card Winfast Geforce 2 MX 3892C520 7 Power Cable Detachable and Shielded Device Product Name Model Name S N FCC ID BSMI ID Other Description 1 Acer R...

Page 5: ...Jumpers 13 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front panel Switches LEDs Speaker USB 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 Connect Power Supply 19 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 19 STEP 11 Connect Exte...

Page 6: ...c In 31 MIDI GAME Port 31 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWR PT 32 EPMI Connector EPMI 32 Green LED Connector GLED 33 HDD LED Connector HLED 33 PWR LED Connector PLED 33 Hardware Reset Connector RST 34 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 34 Extended USB Header JP4 JP5 35 Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connectors 36 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Co...

Page 7: ...SOFTWARE UTILITY 42 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 42 4 2 Install VIA 4 in 1 Driver 43 4 3 Install Audio Device Software 44 4 4 Install USB2 0 Driver 45 4 5 View the User s Manual 46 5 BIOS SETUP 47 5 1 ENTER THE BIOS 47 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 48 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 50 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 54 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 62 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 66 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 70 PC HE...

Page 8: ... 4 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 75 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 76 SET USER PASSWORD 76 SAVE EXIT SETUP 77 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 77 ...

Page 9: ...e 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Software Utility How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 47 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: ...ng your new Shuttle AK32E mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AK32E mainboard provides 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 ...

Page 11: ...ne piece of Shuttle AK32E Mainboard One piece of ATA133 100 66 33 Ribbon Cable One piece of Floppy Ribbon Cable One piece of twin ports USB2 0 Cable optional AK32E User s Manual One piece of Bundled CD ROM with containing Ø AK32E user s manual on PDF format Ø VIA 4 IN 1 driver Ø Audio driver Ø USB 2 0 driver Ø Award Flashing Utility ...

Page 12: ...is software configurable from 100MHz to 165MHz by 1MHz step in the Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS setup program AC 97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODEC AC 97 2 1 compliant Spread independent PCI functions for Audio and Modem Versatile Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 2GB of PC1600 or PC2100 compliant DDR SDRAM module or two 168 pin DIMM slots to support up to 2GB of PC100...

Page 13: ...IDE Controller Onboard Two UltraDMA 133 100 66 33 Bus Master Dual channel IDE ports provide support 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 133 100 66 33 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 0 4 80 pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices ATAPI IDE CD ROM CD R CD RW and LS 120 Supports ATX Power Su...

Page 14: ...e system via LAN Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ring Ø CPU Clock Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock in BIOS Ø CPU Ratio Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Ratio in BIOS Ø CPU Vcore Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Vcore in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages ...

Page 15: ... IN AUX AGP1 1 1 1 10 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 JP16 JP2 JP5 JP4 JP3 FAN3 FAN2 FAN1 FAN4 FDD1 IDE2 IDE1 1 1 1 AWARD PCI PNP 686 169332966 1998 C CN1 1 inbond DIMM1 DIM1 JP6 DIMM2 DIM2 SOCKET462 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors ATX Power Connector Parallel Connector Serial Port Connector COM2 Serial Port Connector COM1 Line In Line Out Mic In Game MIDI Connectors Floppy Connector BIOS Write Protection JP3...

Page 16: ...en lower the socket lever all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD 462 Athlon Duron processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If heatsink fan have not been already mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan sepa rately and have it installed Plug the cable through the heatsink fan in the CPU fan...

Page 17: ...ith mainboard configu ration 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 detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install DDR or SDR SDRAM System Memory To insert memory module s in any one or two DIMM slot s Please note that mod...

Page 18: ...device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set 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 on the back panel of the internal peripheral devices to the corresponding headers on board Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usu...

Page 19: ...he 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 shortage 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 Note Note Note Note In most computer housings you will be...

Page 20: ...ese cables serve to connect the front panel switches LEDs USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group JP7 JP4 and JP5 as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On 2 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface 3 Green_LED GLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED USB5 6 1 10...

Page 21: ... USB Header JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED USB3 4 JP4 USB5 6 JP5 KEY GND USBD2 USBD2 5V NA GND USBD3 USBD3 5V 9 10 1 2 ...

Page 22: ...7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD_IN TAD_IN and AUX_IN connectors IDE2 IDE1 1 1 FDD 1 CN3 AUX 1 1 CN4 TAD IO CN2 CD IN 1 ...

Page 23: ... 19 2 IR connector Step 9 Connect Power Supply 1 System power connector Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card IR 1 JP2 JP6 ...

Page 24: ...tep 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back 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 Keyboard 2 USB Port 3 Parallel Port 4 COM1 2 Port KB1 USB1 CON1 AUDIO1 ...

Page 25: ... 21 Line Out Mic_in Line In MIDI GAME Port 5 Audio Line_out Line_in Mic_in Purts 6 MIDI Game Port ...

Page 26: ...ce available in 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 operating systems mentioned above you can only d...

Page 27: ... installed before running the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the AK32E bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainboard related program 3 Install VIA 4 in 1drivers 4 Return to the main installation window and select the Audio Device related program 5 Install Audio driver 6 Install USB2 0 dri...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...ts and connectors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 462 CPU Socket for AMD Athlon and Duron processors DIMM1 2 Two DIMM Slots for 16 32 64 128 256 and 512 MB of 3 3V SDR SDRAM DIM1 2 Two DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots A1 A2 E2 E1 E2 E2 E2 B1 B5 B8 B3 B4 B2 ...

Page 30: ...I Hardware System Management Interface Momentary Type switch GLED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode HLED IDE Drive Active LED PLED System Power LED RST Hardware Reset Switch SPEAK Housing Internal Speaker JP4 JP5 Extended USB Header USB3 USB6 Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 IDE Primary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual c...

Page 31: ... 27 JP2 IR Connector CN1 Wake On LAN Connector CN2 CD in CN3 AUX in CN4 TAD in E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 ...

Page 32: ... settings and the restoration of original factory default system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove jumper cap from JP16 pins 1 2 Step 3 Place the jumper cap on JP16 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 5 Turn on the system power PC On 1 JP16 1 1 A1 ...

Page 33: ...on pins 2 3 if you need to reflash BIOS To enable reflashing the BIOS Pin 2 3 Default BIOS write protection Pin 1 2 Reflash the BIOS follow these steps Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Make sure of place jumper cap on JP3 pin 2 3 Step 3 Insert a bootable system floppy disk with AK32E BIOS and flashutility and then turn on your system to execute flash utility 1 JP3 1 1 A2 ...

Page 34: ... PS 2 keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors USB1 USB2 Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector COM1 COM2 Connector This mainboard can accommodate two serial device on COM1 COM2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 COM2 at the back panel of your computer Parallel Port Co...

Page 35: ...In MIC IN 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 female connector This port can be connected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15 pin D sub connector MIDI Instrument Connection You will need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instrument to the ...

Page 36: ...EPMI Hardware System Management Interface EPMI header may attach to a 2 pin momentary switch Press the EPMI switch to force the system into power saving mode press again to resume normal operation Note Please note the Speaker and all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during running please simply change to the opposite direction C1 C2 JP7 1 RST Power LED SPE...

Page 37: ...D Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2 pin HLED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active PWR LED Connector PLED Attach the 3 pin Power LED connector cable from the housing front panel to the PLED header on the mainboard The power LED stays light while the sys tem is running C4 C3 C5 JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED ...

Page 38: ...he RST header Pressing 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 SPEAK C6 C7 JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED JP7 1 RST Power LED SPEAKER GLED EPMI Power ON HLED ...

Page 39: ...s which are mounted on front panel or back panel But the USB cable is optional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 5V 3 USBD3 5 USBD3 7 GROUND 9 KEY 2 5V 4 USBD2 6 USBD2 8 GROUND 10 NA C8 USB5 6 1 10 USB3 4 10 1 JP4 JP5 USB3 4 JP4 USB5 6 JP5 KEY GND USBD2 USBD2 5V NA GND USBD3 USBD3 5V 9 10 1 2 ...

Page 40: ... one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA133 100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Note Please connect you system H D D to IDE 1 Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as ...

Page 41: ... ATX power 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...

Page 42: ...2 SYSTEM FAN3 and North Bridge FAN4 cooling fans Note Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary depending on the fan maker Keep in mind that the red wire should always be connected to the 12V header and the black wire to the ground GND header SENSE GND 12V 1 FAN1 FAN3 with rotate sense FAN2 FAN4 without rotate sense E2 SYSTEM_FAN 1 FAN3 CPU_FAN 1 FAN1 NB_FAN 1 FAN4 AGP_FAN 1 FAN2 ...

Page 43: ...ion may do damage to your IR device Step 1 Attach the 5 pin infrared device cable to JP2 connector Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment Step 2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode in field UART Mode Select of Integrated Peripheral sub menu inBIOS setup program This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR or Normal transfer modes Wake On LAN Connector CN1 Attach a 3 pin connector through the LAN ...

Page 44: ... audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pins Assignment 1 AUX_L 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 AUX_R Audio Connector TAD _In CN4 Green Port CN4 can be used to connect a modem audio line to AK32E mainboard Typically you would use this connector when running the voice mail software on your system for audio input and output Pins Assignment 1 PHONE_IN 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 MONO_OUT E5 E6 E7 CN2 CD IN 1 4 3 2 1 CN3 ...

Page 45: ...you use both of them at the same time 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 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional SDRAM modules in available DIMM slots The total system memory is calculated ...

Page 46: ...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 4 in 1drivers F Install Audio Device Software Installing Audio driver F Install USB2 0 Driver Installing USB2 0 driver F Manual AK32E series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Brow...

Page 47: ...con in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to install 4 in 1 driver Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly ...

Page 48: ...in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Au dio Device Software bar to Install Audio driver Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly ...

Page 49: ...icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install USB2 0 Driver bar to Install USB2 0 driver Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly ...

Page 50: ...uble click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on the screen Click on the Install Acrobat Reader bar if you need to install acrobat reader Then click on AK32E Manual bar to view AK32E user s manual ...

Page 51: ...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 Note 1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 the message disappears 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 52: ...selection appears at the bottom of the screen 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 chi...

Page 53: ... minimal stable performance of your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation While Award has designed the custom 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 use...

Page 54: ...Y 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 example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Seco...

Page 55: ...vice 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 Displays the amount of extended memory detected during b...

Page 56: ...t 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 check ing program Ø Auto Display your disk drive size The fol...

Page 57: ... 53 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 58: ...S will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion table Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU L1 Cache This ...

Page 59: ...Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Swap Floppy Drive If the system has two floppy drives you can swap the logical drive name assignment Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot up Disabling speed boots up Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power on state for NumLock Ø The choice ...

Page 60: ... every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly Ø The choice System or Setup Note To disabled security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be aske...

Page 61: ... choice Non OS2 or OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 62: ...t operating conditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Clock Drive Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Current FSB Frequence This item show Current CPU Front Side Bus speed Current DRAM Frequence This item show Current DRAM speed DRAM Clock This item a...

Page 63: ... by the value on SPD of the RAM module SDR Ø The Choice Disabled 2 Bank or 4 Bank DRAM Command Rate DDR only This item allows you to select the DRAM executed rate Ø The Choice 2T Command or 1T Command APG P2P Bridge Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aper ture i...

Page 64: ...erated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled CPU PCI Bus Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options PCI1Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the PCI bus is executed with zero wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the AGP bus is execut...

Page 65: ...n 2 1 Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Memory Hole In order to improve performance some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards Ø The Choice Disabled or 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any pro gram is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø The choice Enabl...

Page 66: ...terface select Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled OnChip IDE Channel1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan nels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching for faster ...

Page 67: ...e support Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support Ø The choice Auto or Disabled Super IO Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC in stalled on the system board and you want to use it If you install add on FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabl...

Page 68: ... 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 parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Ø The choice SPP EPP ECP or ECP EPP EPP Mode Select This item selects the EPP Mode Ø The choice EPP1 ...

Page 69: ...performance controller you will need to disable this feature Ø The Choice All Disabled All Enabled 1 2 USB Port 2 3 USB Port 1 3 USB Port 1 USB Port 2 USB Port or 3 USB Port 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 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multipl...

Page 70: ...led Power Management Option This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management HDD Power Down Allows you to set each mode individually Suspend Mode 1 hr Max Saving Maximum power management HDD Power Down Allows you to set each mode individually Suspend Mode 1 min User Define Allows you to set each mode individually HDD Power Down...

Page 71: ...pend Off Monitor is blanked when the system enters the Suspend mode Ø The choice Always On or Suspend off 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 DPM...

Page 72: ...D stays On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON PCI Master When PCI Master stays On any activity from one of the listed sys tem peripheral devices wakes up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON Power On by PCI Card This item enables disables the power on function of PCI Card Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Modem Ring Resume When this...

Page 73: ...exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When On mode exist activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM 2...

Page 74: ...ou leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration 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 system can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure a...

Page 75: ...rds can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked Enable this field Otherwise please Disable it Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the user to set VGA IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the user the option to assign an IRQ to on board USB controller S...

Page 76: ...nt System Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitor ing and overheat alert This item indicate the current main board tem perature Current CPU1 Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicate the current Processor tempera ture Current CPUFAN1 2 Speed The mainboard can detect three fans rotation spee...

Page 77: ...tdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shutdown temperature if your computer contains an environmental monitoring system If the temperature extends beyond either limit the system shuts down Ø The choice Disabled 600 C 1400 F 650 C 1490 F 700 C 1580 F 750 C 1670 F ...

Page 78: ...Ratio Ø The choice Default x5 5 x6 x6 5 x7 x7 5 x8 x8 5 x9 x9 5 x10 x10 5 x11 x11 5 x12 x13 or x14 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detection DIMM PCI Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Clock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock from ...

Page 79: ... N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations F LoadOptimizedDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation ...

Page 80: ...ted 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 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 Es...

Page 81: ...on page 28 F 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 according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is resta...

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