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4 SOFTWARE UTILITY

4.1  Mainboard CD Overview

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without notice.

To start your mainboard CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive
and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not
appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM
drive is drive D:)

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Summary of Contents for AK38

Page 1: ...AK38 AK38N AK39 AK39N SocketA AMD Athlon Duron Processor Based DDR Main Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...iability 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 information contained in this manual is pr...

Page 3: ...Meanwhile please make sure CPU and 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 WARNING ...

Page 4: ...ers 13 STEP 3 Install DDR 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 and Floppy Disk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect Power Supply 19 STEP 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 19 STEP 11 Connect...

Page 5: ...9 VGA Port Connector 29 MIDI GAME Port Connector 30 Line Out Port Connector 30 Line In Port Connector 30 Mic In Port Connector 30 LAN Port Connector 31 USB1 USB2 Port Connectors 31 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Connector Power ON 32 EPMI Connector EPMI 32 Green LED Power LED Connector GLED PLED 33 HDD LED Connector HLED 33 Power LED Connector PLED 34 Hardware Reset Connector RESET...

Page 6: ... AUX_IN Connector J9 39 Center_Out Bass Connector J6 40 Front Panel Microphone and Line_out Header J5 40 SPDIF Ext Header J4 40 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 41 Install Memory 41 Upgrade Memory 41 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 42 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 42 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 43 4 3 Install VIA Chipset Driver 44 4 4 Install Audio Driver 45 4 5 Install LAN Driver AK38N AK39N only 46 4 6 Install...

Page 7: ...ED CHIPSET FEATURES 59 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 64 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 68 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 72 PC HEALTH STATUS 74 FREQUENCY CONTROL 75 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 76 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 76 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 77 SET USER PASSWORD 77 SAVE EXIT SETUP 78 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 78 ...

Page 8: ... 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 49 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User s Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 WHAT s IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 9: ...easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AK38 N or AK39 N mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reli able 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 tune up your system to ac...

Page 10: ...format VIA chipset driver Audio Device driver LAN driver AK38N AK39N only AK38N AK39N only AK38N AK39N only AK38N AK39N only AK38N AK39N only USB2 0 driver Award Flashing Utility P C I 1 P C I 2 P C I 3 P C I 4 P C I 5 AJ 1 J 1 KB 1 US B 1 VT 823 5 02 2 9C D T A I W A N 2I A 3 0 08 6 51 A G P 1 F DC 1 I DE2 I DE 1 1 1 J 3 I R 1 J P 3 1 J P 1 1 J P 4 1 J P 5 1 J P 6 1 F A N 2 1 F A N 3 1 1 F AN 1 U...

Page 11: ...The FSB speed is software configurable from 100MHz to 200MHz by 1MHz step in the Frequency program On Board Multi Channel Hardware Audio Controller Support 5 1 speakers C3DX positional audio in 6 CH speaker mode HRTF 3D positional audio supporting Direct Sound 3D and A3D interface Legacy SBPRO compatible Versatile Memory Support Three 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 3GB of PC1600 PC2100 PC2700...

Page 12: ... speaker output when multi channel audio is enabled Ø 1 x Mic In port Ø 1 x MIDI GAME port 6 USB Ports Onboard Ø 4 x USB connectors on back panel and one sets of dual USB ports header on mid board PCI Bus Master 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 imple...

Page 13: ...ton for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system enters the Soft Off mode Ø Wake on LAN WOL The onboard WOL connector can be attached to a network card that supports this function to wake up the system via LAN Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ring Intellig...

Page 14: ...BDF K T S LITHIOM BATTERY JAPAN STD Cr2032 ATX1 ATXPWR C RESET HLED GLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON PLED 1 J1 I2C WOL 1 1 J4 SPDIF Ext 1 USB3 USB 5 6 1 USB2 USB 3 4 IT8705F 0115 BXA M3Q040 1 J5 J7 J8 J9 CD_IN AUX_IN 1 1 1 J6 Center Bass 1 PS2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors LAN USB Connectors Socket 462 Serial Port Connector COM1 Serial Port Connector COM2 Parallel Connector USB Power JP4 VIA KT 400 Chipset...

Page 15: ...er 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 throught the heatsink fan in the CPU fan powe...

Page 16: ...totally familiar with 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 Settingswill provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert DDR SDRAM memory module s in DIMM slot s ...

Page 17: ...ch 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 ...

Page 18: ...assis 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 fin...

Page 19: ...e front panel switches LEDs and USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group J1 USB2 and USB3 as shown below 1 HDD_LED HLED 2 Green_LED GLED 3 Hardware Reset Switch RESET 4 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 5 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface 6 Power_LED PLED 7 PC Speaker SPEAKER 8 I2C 9 Extended two USB Header 1 1 3 6 5 7 8 2 4 5V USBD1 USBD1 GND N A 5V USBD0 USBD0 GND KEY 1 US...

Page 20: ...and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD_IN AUX_IN and Bass Center_Out Headers 1 IDE2 1 IDE1 1 FDD1 1 J7 J6 J8 J9 CD_IN CD_IN AUX_IN Center BASS 1 1 1 1 ...

Page 21: ... 18 2 IR connector 3 SPDIF Ext connector 4 Wake On LAN connector 5 Front Audio connector J 4 1 SPDIF Ext J 3 1 IR 1 WOL1 WOL 1 J 5 1 Front Audio ...

Page 22: ... 19 Step 9 Connect Power Supply 1 System power connectors Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card ATX1 J10 1 1 ATXPWR ...

Page 23: ...e 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 Parallel Port 3 COM1 Port 4 COM2 Port 5 Audio Line Out Line In Mic In Ports 6 MIDI GAME Port 7 LAN Port 8 USB1 2 Ports 2 3 8 4 1 6 5 7 foxconn ...

Page 24: ...ace 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 ...

Page 25: ...K39 N bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu 3 Choose Install VIA Chipset Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install Audio Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install LAN Driver and complete it AK38N AK39N only 6 Choose Install USB 2 0 Driver and complete it 7 R...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...p you identify jumpers slots and connectors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 462 CPU Socket for AMD Athlon and Duron processors DIMM1 2 3 4 Four 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 B2 B4 B9 B10 B5 B8 C1 C7 E1 E9 E2 E2 E3 D1 E8 B1 E2 A2 A4 A3 E4 A1 E7 E5 E6 D1 C...

Page 28: ...ors PWON ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch EPMI Hardware System Management Interface Momentary Type switch GLED PLED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode System Power LED HLED IDE Drive Active LED PLED System Power LED RESET Hardware Reset Switch SPEAKER Housing Internal Speaker USB2 3 Extended USB Headers Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 ID...

Page 29: ... Fan Power FAN3 System Fan Power J3 IR Connector WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector J7 J8 CD_IN connector J9 Auxiliary_IN Connector J6 Bass Center_Out Connector J5 Front Panel Audio Connector J4 SPDIF Ext Header E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E2 E2 E2 E9 ...

Page 30: ...p 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 1 1 BIOS Boot block Protection JP5 JP5 is used to protect BIOS from abnormal writing You may choose to place jumper cap on pins 1 2 for Normal however please place j...

Page 31: ...n 2 4 166MHz USB Power On Setting JP4 AK38 N or AK39 N provides two jumpers to set USB device which connect to Extended USB connector headers to power on system Place jumper cap on JP4 pin 1 2 for enabling USB device power on function on Extended USB connector headers A4 Pin 1 2 5V 1 1 Pin 2 3 5VSB JP 4 1 JP 6 1 ...

Page 32: ...t of the PS 2 Keyboard s Plug the PS 2 keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding con nectors Parallel Port Connector One DB25 female parallel connector is lo cated at the rear panel of the mainboard Plug the connection cable from your paral lel device printer scanner etc into this connector COM1 Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate one serial device on COM Attach a serial device c...

Page 33: ...nector Line Out Port Connector Line Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal 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 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 cord...

Page 34: ...mainboard can accommo date one device on LAN Attach a 10 100 baseT cable to the RJ45 at the back panel of your computer USB1 USB2 Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector B 1 0 ...

Page 35: ...onnector EPMI Hardware System Management Interface EPMI header may attach to 2 pin momentary switch Press the switch to force system into power saving mode press it again to resume back the normal operation situation 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 C1 C2 RESET HLED GLED S...

Page 36: ... Suspend When the system resumes to normal opera tion mode the Green LED will go off Power LED on This Power LED will go off during Power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable to GLED PLED header HDD LED Connector HLED 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 C4 C3 RESET HLED GLED SPEAKER EPMI ...

Page 37: ...n the mainboard The power LED stays light while the system is running Hardware Reset Connector RESET Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RESET header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart C5 C6 RESET HLED GLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON PLED 1 J1 I2C RESET HLED GLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON PLED 1 J1 I2C ...

Page 38: ... 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 N A C7 RESET HLED GLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON PLED 1 J1 I2C C8 USB 3 4 USB 5 6 USB2 USB3 1 1 5V USBD1 USBD1 GND N A 5V USBD0 USBD0 GND KEY 1 USB 2 3 ...

Page 39: ...nboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD1 to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 133 100 66 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 always connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin 1 of the IDE1 IDE2 or FD...

Page 40: ...onnector 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 proce...

Page 41: ...er function follow these steps E3 GND 12V 1 FAN1 FAN2 FAN3with rotate sense Pins Assignment 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX E2 SENCE FAN1 FAN1 1 FAN2 1 FAN2 FAN3 1 FAN3 1 3 5 6 4 Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Other wise incorrect IR connection may do damage to your IR device Step 1 Attach the 6 pin i...

Page 42: ...r J7 White CD_IN J8 Black Port J7 J8 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive Audio AUXILIARY_IN Connector J9 White Port J9 can be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUXL 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 AUXR E4 E5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 J8 Pin Assignments 1 CD L 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 CD R J7 Pin Assignments 1 CD GND 2 CD L 3 CD GND 4 CD R 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 43: ...ine_out cable instead Pins Assignment 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_VCC 4 AUD_RESERVE 5 AUD_FRONT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FRONT_L 10 AUD_RET_L E9 Bass Center_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 E7 4 3 2 1 E7 E8 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 SPDIF Ext Header J4 ...

Page 44: ...lity 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 DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM slots The total system memory is calcu lated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM slots After upgrade the new system memory value will automatically ...

Page 45: ...ear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description F Install AK38 N Mainboard Driver Installing VIA Chipset Audio LAN USB2 0 drivers F Install AK39 N Mainboard Driver Installing VIA Chipset Audio LAN USB2 0 drivers F Manual AK38 N AK39 N Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage ...

Page 46: ...tup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard AK38 N Software include 4 3 Install VIA Chipset Driver 4 4 Install Audio Device Driver 4 5 Install LAN Driver AK38N only 4 6 Install USB 2 0 Driver The Mainboard AK39 N Software include 4 3 Install VIA Chipset Driver 4 4 Install Audio Device Driver 4 5 Install LAN Driver ...

Page 47: ...device e g mouse on the Install VIA Driver bar to install VIA Chipset driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect AK38 N AK39 N ...

Page 48: ...e e g mouse on the Install Audio Device Driver bar to install audio driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect AK38 N AK39 N ...

Page 49: ...ointing device e g mouse on the Install LAN Driver bar to install LAN driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect AK39 N AK38 N ...

Page 50: ...vice e g mouse on the Install USB 2 0 Driver bar to install USB 2 0 driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect AK39 N AK38 N ...

Page 51: ...pear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Informationwindows will appear on your screen Click on the Install Acrobat Reader bar if you need to install acrobat reader Then click on AK38 N AK39 N Manual bar to view user s manual ...

Page 52: ...L to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 Note 1 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 computer front panel You may also reboot by simultane...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...rate 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 user password It allows you to limit access to the s...

Page 55: ...ly 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 Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Ente...

Page 56: ...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 boot up Ø The choice N A Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system Ø The choice N A IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu ...

Page 57: ...y 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 following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Head Set the number of read write heads Ø Min 0 Max 255 Precomp Warni...

Page 58: ...p 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 Internal Cache All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 L1 cache memory to improve performan...

Page 59: ...D USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN or Disabled 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 Sele...

Page 60: ...he 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 asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it w...

Page 61: ...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: ...rating 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 allows...

Page 63: ...ce Disabled 2 Bank or 4 Bank Precharge to Active Trp This item allows you to Precharge Command to Active Command Period Ø The Choice 2T or 3T Active to Precharge Tras This item allows you to Active Command to Precharge Command Period Ø The Choice 5T or 6T Active to CMD Trcd This item allows you to Active to CMD Ø The Choice 2T or 3T DRAM Burst Length This item allows you to select DRAM Burst Lengt...

Page 64: ... 1x 2x or 4x AK38 N AGP Driving Control This item enables the system to automatically select its output buffer drive strength or make it manually selectable by an end user Ø The Choice Auto or Manual AGP Driving Value This item enables an end user to manually select the AGP output buffer drive strength Ø Key in a HEX number Min 0000 Max 00FF AGP Fast Write This item enables an end user to manually...

Page 65: ...ns when cpu accessing the AGP data the chipset can queue the instruction when the AGP bus is busy then write the data when AGP bus is avail able Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI2 Post Write This Item enable disable PCI post write function which means when cpu accessing the PCI data the chipset can queue the instruction when the PCI bus is busy then write the data when AGP bus is available Ø Th...

Page 66: ... 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 Enabled or Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disable...

Page 67: ...Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add on IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programme...

Page 68: ...d on card Ø The choice Auto or Disabled VIA 3043 Onchip LAN Enables and disables the onboard LAN Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM function Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled SuperIO Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if yo...

Page 69: ...oard 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 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode Ø The choice 1 or 3 Game Port Address This item selects Game Port Address Ø The choice Disabled 201 or 209 Midi Port Address ...

Page 70: ...USB Port 2 USB Port or 3 USB Port USB Keyboard Mouse Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard mouse Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or mul tiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for autom...

Page 71: ... 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 Disabled or 1min 15min Suspend Mode Disabled or 1 min 1 hr Ø The choice User Define Min Saving or Max...

Page 72: ...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 DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Ø The choice Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank or DPMS Support MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 or N A Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power bu...

Page 73: ... This item let you enable USB Resume from S3 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled VGA When this item enabled you can set VGA to awaken the system Ø The choice OFF or ON LPT COM When LPT COM stays On any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system Ø The choice NONE LPT COM or LPT COM HDD FDD When HDD FDD stays On any activity from one of the listed system perip...

Page 74: ...onitoring Primary INTR Press Enter to on off the wake up ability of a specified IRQ Ø The choice OFF or ON In the following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be 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 req...

Page 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...mit the system shuts down Ø The choice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 158 F 75 C 167 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 Voltage DDR Voltage AGP Voltage Chipset Voltage 3 3V VIN 5V VIN 5VSB VIN 12V VIN Battery Voltage System Temperature CPU Tempera...

Page 78: ...n CPU Host Clock Max BIOS auto detection CPU Host Clock Ø Key in a DEC number Between Min and Max 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 modulation Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

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: ...ed access to the options By setting separate Supervi sor 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: ...it without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Setup utility and restarts your computer Password Disable If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted in entering the password whenever the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup If you select S...

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