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FN41V3

AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron
462-pin Processor
with 200/266/333/400 MHz FSB
Based DDR MAINBOARD

User's Manual

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Page 1: ...FN41V3 AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin Processor with 200 266 333 400 MHz FSB Based DDR MAINBOARD User s Manual ...

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

Page 3: ...eanwhile 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: ...omputer s start button Continue holding Insert until the system begins the POST Power On Self Test 3 Immediately press Del to enter the BIOS 4 Select Load Optimized Defaults to return your system to a bootable condition then select SAVE to CMOS and EXIT 5 Reboot your system Moreover if your system fails to boot up after you reset the CPU FSB select SAVE to CMOS and EXIT in the BIOS After the syste...

Page 5: ...al Port one port with 9 pins S Video Port one port with 7 pins IEEE1394a Port two ports with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps USB 2 0 Port two ports with 4 pins respectively Mouse Port one port with 6 pins Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Center Bass Out Rear Out Mic In Ports one port for each DIMM Memory optional DDR 400 256 MB 2 Power Cable Detachable and Shield...

Page 6: ...ot crossed upon CPU and SDRAM Ø Leave power cables minimum in length and not crossed upon a mainboard Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case 5 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed 6 Make sure a 5 25 or 3 5 FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding 7 Make sure a case...

Page 7: ...tall DDR 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 LEDs Switches USBs 15 STEP 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 16 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supplies 19 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 19 STEP 11 Connect External Periphera...

Page 8: ...LED 30 Green LED Power LED Connector GLED PWR LED 30 Hardware Reset Connector RST 31 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 31 SPDIF In Out Header JP7 32 Front Panel Audio Header JP14 32 Front Panel 1394a Header JP14 33 Extended USB Headers JP11 JP14 34 Internal Peripheral Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors IDE1 IDE2 FLP1 35 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connectors CN9 JP13 36 CPU S...

Page 9: ... 4 2B Install VGA Device Driver 45 4 3 View the User s Manual 46 5 BIOS SETUP 47 5 1 ENTER BIOS 47 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 48 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 50 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 52 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 55 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 58 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 61 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 64 PC HEALTH STATUS 65 CPU RATIO VOLTAGE Control 67 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 68 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 68 SET SUPERVISOR USE...

Page 10: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 47 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 11: ...ind in stalling your new FN41V3 mainboard is quite easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FN41V3 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the stablest and most reliable system Referring to sec tion 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility you will find how to work out your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant informatio...

Page 12: ...OM including Ø FN41V3 user s manual in PDF format Ø nVIDIA Chipset Driver Ø VGA Device Driver Ø Award Flashing Utility 14 318C30 KTS25 0T2b AL C6 50 3 306 4 S 1 311 F A ttan s ic ATXP 1 TAI WA N n V ID IA nF OR CE 2 M CP T AGP PROTECTION LED AGP PCI1 SPDIF JP7 1 CD_IN CN6 JP2 JP14 FAN1 1 1 1 AUDIO1 CN4 CN3 LAN1 C N8 CN5 J P12 FAN3 1 1 1 F DC F LP1 1 JP5 FAN2 1 JP1 1 B1 JP11 1 USB 1 ATX12V JP13 DIM...

Page 13: ...d Audio Realtek ALC650 nVIDIA MCP T support Stereo or AC 3 S PDIF output Versatile Memory Support Integrated 128 bit TwinBank memory controller Two 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 2GB of DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 compliant DDR SDRAM module Expansion Slots Provides one 3 0 compliant AGP slot and one 32 bit PCI slot 6 USB Interface Onboard Ø 2 USB connectors on back panel and two sets of dual USB por...

Page 14: ...r Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can be connected to the onboard 20 pin ATX power connector and 4 pin ATX power connector The unit supports Suspend and Soft On Off modes by the dual function power button Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Features four power saving modes S1 Snoop S3 Suspend to RAM S4 Suspend to DISK and S5 Soft Off ACPI provides more efficient energy saving feature...

Page 15: ... Ø CPU Multiplier Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Multiplier in BIOS Ø CPU DIMM AGP Voltage Setting These items allow users to adjust CPU DIMM AGP Voltage in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure a stable current passing through mainboard components Ø Fan Status Monito...

Page 16: ...N2 1 JP1 1 B1 JP11 1 USB 1 ATX12V JP13 DIMM1 DIMM2 CPU OVERTEMP LED ATXPWR CN9 1 1 IDE1 1 IDE2 JP10 1 D16 D14 1 TM RTL8201BL REALTEK RTL8801 CN2 Line Out Rear Out Center Bass Out Port Connectors Wireless KB MS Header JP2 Audio CD_IN Connector CN6 SPDIF In Out Header JP7 AGP Protection LED D16 Front Panel Audio Extended 1394a Extended USB Headers JP14 One PCI Slot FAN1 Socket 462 FAN3 Extended Para...

Page 17: ...en lower the socket lever all the way down to its hori zontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD AthlonXP Athlon Duron processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If heatsink fan have not been al ready mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it installed Plug the cable throught the heatsink fan in the ...

Page 18: ... optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their sys tem section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Caution If you did not place the battery apropriately which may cause risk of explosion please pefer to the related rule for the dis pose of used batteries Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install m...

Page 19: ...d by the manufacturer IDE HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect the 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 usually red or magenta connected to pin 1 of the IDE or ...

Page 20: ...e studs between the chassis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between them for avoiding any electrical shorts in between If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you need to tighten the screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you can find 4 or more holes to place studs for fixing the mainboard If ther...

Page 21: ...Ds switches and USB connectors to JP10 and JP11 JP14 as shown below 1 HDD LED HLED 2 Green LED Power LED GLED PWR LED 3 Hardware Reset Switch RST 4 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 5 Extended USB Headers JP11 JP14 1 USB JP11 1 9 15 JP14 JP10 GLED PWRLED PWON RST HLED 1 JP11 VCC Data0 Data0 Ground Key VCC Data1 Data1 Ground N C 5 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 JP14 8 6 4 2 7 5 3 1 USB_PWR USBA USBA USB_GND 5 USB_P...

Page 22: ... 16 Step 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Floppy cable connector FDC 1 FLP1 IDE2 1 IDE1 1 ...

Page 23: ... 17 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 Wireless KB MS header JP2 2 Audio CD_IN CN6 connector Front panel audio header JP14 3 SPDIF in out header JP7 JP2 1 1 CN6 1 CD_IN 9 15 JP14 JP7 1 SPDIF ...

Page 24: ... 18 4 Front panel 1394a header JP14 5 Extended parallel port header JP12 6 IR header JP5 1 JP5 JP12 1 1 9 15 JP14 ...

Page 25: ... 19 Step 9 Connect the Power Supplies 1 System power connectors CN9 JP13 Step 10 Install Add On Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Grapics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card JP13 1 ATX12V ATXPWR CN9 1 ...

Page 26: ...pherals to your system s back panel 1 VGA2 Port 2 VGA1 Port 3 Serial Port COM1 4 TV out Port 5 IEEE1394a Ports 0 1 6 LAN Port 7 USB 2 0 Ports 0 1 8 PS 2 Mouse Port 9 PS 2 Keyboard Port 10 5 1 Channel Front Out Port 11 5 1 Channel Rear Out Port 12 5 1 Channel Center Bass Port 3 2 7 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 4 ...

Page 27: ...e available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition shown in the FDISK program After the FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same 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 sys tems mentioned above you can only install your HDD into any...

Page 28: ...ready installed before running the installation programs on CD ROM 1 Insert the FN41V3 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install Mainboard FN41V3 Series Driver 3 Choose Install nVIDIA Chipset driver and complete it 3 Choose Install VGA Device Driver and complete it 4 Quit from the auto run installation program ...

Page 29: ...n 1 on the bottom Jumpers with two pins capped are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To do this please place a plastic mini cap on 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 compo nents When putting the mainboard down place it on top ...

Page 30: ... assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket A CPU socket for AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin processors DIMM1 2 Two DIMM slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM AGP One AGP slot supports up to 8X AGP device PCI One 32 bit PCI expansion slot E7 E3 E4 E2 C8 C1 C4 E1 E8 D1 C6 C8 B7 B4 B1 B2 B3 E1 A1 E2 E5 E2 E6 D1 C5 B8 B10 B5 B6 ...

Page 31: ...T Front Out port Front Panel Connectors HLED HDD LED GLED PWR LED Green LED Power LED RST Hardware reset switch PWON ATX power on off switch JP7 Front panel SPDIF in out header JP14 Front panel audio header JP14 Front panel 1394a header JP11 JP14 Extended USB headers Internal Peripheral Connectors IDE1 IDE primary interface dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface dual channel FLP1 Floppy disk dr...

Page 32: ...1 CPU fan connector FAN2 System fan connector FAN3 Chipset fan connector CN6 Audio CD_IN connector JP2 Wireless keyboard mouse header JP5 IR header JP12 Extended parallel port header D16 AGP protection LED D14 CPU overtemperature LED E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 E8 E1 E2 E2 E2 ...

Page 33: ...ings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector Step 3 Remove the jumper cap from pins 1 2 Step 4 Place the jumper cap on pins 2 3 for a few seconds Step 5 Restore the jumper cap to pins 1 2 Step 6 Plug the ATX power cable into the ATX power connector Step 7 Turn on the system power PC On A1 1 1 JP1 1 ...

Page 34: ...ur computer AV S Video Connector This mainboard can accommodate an AV and S Video port on back panel IEEE 1394a Port Connectors This mainboard offers two 1394a ports on back panel Plug each device jack into an available 1394a connector LAN Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate one device on LAN Attach a RJ45 cable to the LAN port at the back panel of your computer COM1 Port VGA2 Port AV S ...

Page 35: ...he rightside of the PS 2 Keyboard con nector Center Bass Out Port Connector Center Bass 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 con nected to 1 8 inch TRS stereo head phones or to center bass amplified speakers Rear Out Port Connector Stereo out of rear surround channel Line Out Port Connector Line Ou...

Page 36: ...n is defined by either Green LED or Power LED the header can be in these states The Green 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 the Power LED on The Power LED will go off during power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable to GLED PWR LED header C2 C1 J...

Page 37: ...ff Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the ATX power supply Attach a connector cable to the 2 pin PWON header on the mainboard Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during running please change it to the opposite direction C3 C4 JP10 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON JP10 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON ...

Page 38: ...ctor on back panel or the Audio header is available at the same time If you would like to use the Audio header on front panel please remove all jumpers from it and install your special extra audio cable instead Two mini jumpers must be setted on pins 21 22 and pins 23 24 when this header is not used Pin Assignments 15 AUDIO_GND 16 AUDIO_GND 17 FRONT_MIC 18 MIC_PWR 19 LINE_IL 20 LINE_IR 21 LINE_OR ...

Page 39: ...to connect the cable attached to the 1394a connector which is mounted on front panel or back panel But the 1394a cable is optional at the time of purchase Pin Assignments 9 TPA 10 TPA 11 1394_GND 12 Key 13 TPB 14 TPB C7 1 9 15 JP14 14 12 10 1 JP14 13 11 9 ...

Page 40: ...t panel or back panel The USB cable is optional at the time of purchase Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 N C Pin Assignments 1 USB_PWR 2 USB_PWR 3 USBA 4 USBB 5 USBA 6 USBB 7 USB_GND 8 USB_GND C8 1 USB JP11 1 9 15 JP14 JP14 8 6 4 2 7 5 3 1 JP11 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 ...

Page 41: ...es such as CD ROM and Hard Disk Drive HDD This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD More over this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 133 100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect IDE HDD and one 34 pin ribbon cable for FDD connec tion Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore connect the red cable stripe to the same side IDE2 1 ID...

Page 42: ...power on Thus this motherboard supports an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem You may enable the function PWRON After PWR Fail in the sub menu of Power Management Setup within the BIOS setup program Note 1 The 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...

Page 43: ...lug may vary which depend 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 Audio CD_IN Connector CN6 Port CN6 Black can be used to connect the stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 CD IN Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD IN Right E2 E3 SENSE GND 12V 1 1 FAN1 1 FAN3 1 FAN2 CN6 1 CD_IN ...

Page 44: ...f you have an Infrared device this mainboard can implement IR transfer function This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR or SCR transfer mode To enable this function attach a 6 pin infrared device cable to the IR JP5 header Please note that every pin is properly allocated If not your IR device may be damaged Pin Assignments 1 NC 2 KEY 3 VCC 4 Ground 5 IrTx 6 IrRx E5 E4 JP2 1 7 5 3 1 11 9 JP2 8 6 4 2 12 ...

Page 45: ...r But the parallel cable and connector are optional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 PSTB 8 PPPD6 15 P_ ERR 22 GND 2 PPPD0 9 PPPD7 16 PINIT 23 GND 3 PPPD1 10 P_ ACK 17 PSLCTIN 24 GND 4 PPPD2 11 P_BUSY 18 GND 25 GND 5 PPPD3 12 P_PE 19 GND 26 KEY 6 PPPD4 13 P_SLCT 20 GND 7 PPPD5 14 PAUTOFD 21 GND E6 JP12 1 25 23 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 3 1 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 ...

Page 46: ...Protection LED will flash and you can t turn on the computer CPU Overtemperature LED D14 When CPU temperature over 850 C the system will cut off the power supply di rectly and the CPU Overtemperature LED will flash You must remove AC Power and check the CPU and heatsink are securely fastened well E7 E8 AGP PROTECTION LED D16 CPU OVERTEMP LED D14 ...

Page 47: ...of the banks The combination shown as follows Note The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB Note Installing a DIMM in any slot leads to a 64 bit data transfer rate To activize a dual channel feature of a 128 bit data transfer rate install DIMMs in both slots 2 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total s...

Page 48: ...Run 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 Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard Driver Installing NVIDIA Chipset Driver F Manual FN41V3 Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows you to see contents of this ...

Page 49: ... screen does not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Driver bar to install Mainboard Software The Mainboard FN41V3 Softwaree include 4 2 A Install NVIDIA Chipset Driver 4 2 B Install VGA Device Driver ...

Page 50: ...k on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install NVIDIA Chipset Driver bar to install NVIDIA 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 ...

Page 51: ...k on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install VGA Device Driver bar to install NVIDIA 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 ...

Page 52: ... on FN41v3 Manual bar to view user s manual 4 3 View the User s Manual Insert the attached CD into your CD ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar ...

Page 53: ...ower 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 Note1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to en ter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET s...

Page 54: ...tup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features This menu displays the basic information about your system 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 ...

Page 55: ...fail safe defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable supervisor user password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to Setup Save Exit Setup Save the changes that you have made in ...

Page 56: ...Secondary Master Slave Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A DriveB Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Ø The choice None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in or 2 88M 3 5 in Video This item defines the video mode of the system Leave this item at the default value Ø The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On This item defines th...

Page 57: ...t the type of fixed disk 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 Note that the disk drive capacity approx is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual and the Access Mod...

Page 58: ...hen anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition 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 performance Leave this item at the default value f...

Page 59: ...abled Swap Floppy Drive If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system this item allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskett...

Page 60: ...to enter the Setup Utility Ø The choice Setup or System APIC Mode This option is used to enable or disable APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Selects the operating system multiprocessor support version Ø The choice 1 1 or 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 M...

Page 61: ...cked settings for higher performance but with higher risk of instability Expert Allows fall custemization of performance options Advanced users only Ø The choice Optimal Aggressive Turbo or Expert FSB Frequency This item select FSB frequency Ø The Choice 100MHz 102 123MHz 125MHz 127 148MHz 150MHz 152 175MHz 177 200MHz 202 211MHz 213 223MHz 225MHz 227 250MHz CPU Interface Optimal Use most stable CP...

Page 62: ... defines the numbers of cycles for RAS to be allowed to precharge Ø The choice 1 7 CAS Latency This item defines the timing delay in clock cycles before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Ø The choice 2 0 2 5 or 3 0 FSB Spread Spectrum This item allows you to set the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Disabled 0 50 or 1 00 AGP Spread Spectrum This item allows you to set the spread...

Page 63: ...abled or Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program is writ ten to this memory area a system error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better sys tem performance However if any program is writ...

Page 64: ...t you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE inter face supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supp...

Page 65: ...write per sector the drive can support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard PCI Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Init Display First This item is used to determine initial device when system power on Ø The choice PCI Slot or Onboard AGP OnChip USB Do not disable this item if your system has a USB installed on the sys tem board and you want to use it Ø The choice Disa...

Page 66: ...for the onboard infrared port Ø The Choice Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 or Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select an operating mode for the IrDA infrared Ø The choice IrDA ASKIR or SCR UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half or full duplex function Ø The choice Full or Half Onboard Parallel Port Allows you to determine an I O address and interrupt r...

Page 67: ...use or keyboard can wake up it ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend In the default S1 POS the suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down S3 STR to the system that shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management This item acts like a master switch for the power saving modes and...

Page 68: ... resumed by Wake UP Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power button on your system If the item is set to Instant Off then the power button causes a software power down If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec then you have to hold the power button down for 4 seconds to cause a software power down Ø The choice Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off WOL PME From Soft Off ...

Page 69: ...password or a key to awaken the system from a keyboard Ø The choice Disabled Password or Hot KEY KB Power ON Password Press Enter to set a password to awaken the system from a key board Hot Key Power ON Set a key to awaken the system from a keyboard Ø The choice Any Key or Ctrl F1 F12 PS2 Mouse Power ON Enable or disable the function of awakening the system from a mouse Ø The choice Enabled or Dis...

Page 70: ...mory with new data created Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resources Controlled By As stays auto ESCD the system will dynamically allocate resources to PnP devices as they are required As set to manual the following item become available Ø The choice Auto ESCD or Manual IRQ Resources When the previous item is set to manual this item allows you respec tively assign an interruptive type for IRQ 3 4...

Page 71: ...rol is governed by CPU temperature setting pre selected in BIOS Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting please make sure both fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard Our default for fan coolers is set to Fan 1 Fan 3 User Set CPU Fan Enables you to choose one specific fan for further setting Ø The choice Fan 1 Fan 2 Fan 3 or Fan 1 Fan 3 1 FAN1 1 FA...

Page 72: ...utomati cally shift back to the quiet mode 1st phase to reduce fan noise level Fail safe mode 3rd phase Variable Fan Speed and CPU temperature Control is as predefined at 52 0 C Where in the event of system and CPU operating under extreme working conditions and if CPU tempera ture is raised above 52 0 C then the SMART BIOS will engage the CPU fan in Fail safe mode to rotate at about 3500 RPM Pleas...

Page 73: ...is set to Above 1 85V Ø The choice Auto Above 1 85V 1 825 V 1 800 V 1 775 V 1 750 V 1 725 V 1 700 V 1 675 V 1 650 V 1 625 V 1 600 V 1 575 V 1 550 V 1 525 V 1 500 V 1 475 V 1 450 V 1 425 V 1 400 V 1 375 V 1 350 V 1 325 V 1 300 V 1 275 V 1 250 V 1 225 V 1 200 V 1 175 V 1 150 V 1 125 V or 1 100 V CPU Vcore Above 1 85V This item allows you to adjust CPU Voltage from 1 850 V to 2 000V Ø The choice 1 85...

Page 74: ...ess 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 Set Supervisor User Password Steps to set supervisor user password are described as follows New Password Setting 1 While pressing Enter to set a password a dialog box appears to ask yo...

Page 75: ... 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 restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item as...

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