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FN45

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

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for FN45

Page 1: ...FN45 AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin Processor with 200 266 333 400 MHz FSB Based DDR MAINBOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...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 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: ...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 manua...

Page 5: ...Duron 750 800 850 900 950 MHz 1 00 1 10 1 20 1 30 GHz Serial Port one port with 9 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 Line Out Ports one port for each DIMM Memory optional DDR 400 512 MB 2 Power C...

Page 6: ...on a mainboard Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case 5 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed 6 Make sure a 5 25 or 3 5 FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding 7 Make sure a case is closely in contact with EMI connected points 8 Make sure there is no cleft in a cas...

Page 7: ...all 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 Peripheral...

Page 8: ... 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 System and Chipset Fan Connectors FAN1 2 3 37 Audio CD_IN Connector CN6 37 Wireless KB MS Heade...

Page 9: ... ENTER BIOS 44 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 45 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 47 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 49 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 52 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 55 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 58 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 61 PC HEALTH STATUS 62 CPU Ratio Voltage Control 64 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 65 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 65 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 66 Save Exit Setup 67 Exit Without Saving 67 ...

Page 10: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 41 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 44 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: ...You will find installing your new FN45 mainboard is quite easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FN45 mainboard provides you with a total so lution to build the stablest and most reliable system Referring to section 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 infor...

Page 12: ...l in PDF format Ø NVIDIA Chipset Driver Ø USB 2 0 Driver for Win9x ME only Ø Award Flashing Utility 14 318BOL KTS250J2D AL C6 5 0 2 A1 88 S1 24 4 E RTL8801 RTL8201BL REALTEK W49V 0 02FA P 214670201 20 2WHSA W inbo nd A t t an s ic ATXP 1 TA IWA N n V ID IA nF OR CE 2 MC P T AGP PROTECTION LED AGP PCI1 SPDIF JP7 1 CD_IN CN6 JP2 JP14 FAN1 1 1 1 AUDIO1 CN4 CN3 LAN1 CN8 CN5 JP12 FAN3 1 1 1 FDC FLP1 1 ...

Page 13: ...sfer rate Onboard Audio Realtek ALC650 18 bit ADC and DAC resolution Versatile Memory Support Integrated 128 bit TwinBank memory controller Two 184 pin DIMM slots to support up to 2GB of DDR200 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 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 ...

Page 14: ...end 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 features controlled by your operating system that supports OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6 0 PG on th...

Page 15: ...sers 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 Monitoring To prevent the CPU from overheating the CPU fan is monitored by RPM with which the cooling fan is required Ø Temperature Monito...

Page 16: ...CN4 CN3 LAN1 CN8 CN5 JP12 FAN3 1 1 1 FDC FLP1 1 JP5 FAN2 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 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 4...

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: ...cedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For advanced users who prefer to customize their sys tem section 3 2 Jumper Settings provides the 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 the DIMM banks Note that DDR SDRAM modules are directional and...

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: ... 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 4 2 3 1 JP10 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON 1 JP11 5 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 1 VCC Data0 Data0 Ground Key VCC Data1 Data1 Ground N C 1 JP14 5 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 USB_PWR USBA USBA USB_GND USB_PWR USBB USBB...

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 JP7 1 SPDIF 1 CN6 1 CD_IN 9 15 JP14 JP2 1 ...

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: ...ow ready to connect the external peripherals to your system s back panel 1 Serial Port 2 IEEE1394a Ports 0 1 3 LAN Port 4 USB Ports 0 1 5 PS 2 Mouse Port 6 PS 2 Keyboard Port 7 Audio Center Bass Out Port 8 Audio Rear Out Port 9 Audio Line Out Port 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 9 ...

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: ...ady installed before running the installation programs on CD ROM 1 Insert the FN45 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install FN45 Mainboard Driver 3 Choose Install NVIDIA Chipset driver and complete it 4 Choose Install USB 2 0 Driver and complete it for Win9x ME only 5 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: ...heir 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 B6 B8 B5 B3 B4 B1 B2 E7 E3 C5 E4 E2 E2 E6 E2 E5 D1 A1 C8 E1 C1 C4 E1 E8 D1 C6 C8 ...

Page 31: ... 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 drive interface Ot...

Page 32: ... 26 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 ...

Page 33: ...s Pin 1 2 Normal 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 ...

Page 34: ... cable to this LAN port connector on back panel USB Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB connector PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Port Connectors Two 6 pin female PS 2 Mouse Keyboard connectors are located on the rear panel of the mainboard In a desktop computer the PS 2 Mouse connector is situated on the top of the PS 2 Keyboard...

Page 35: ... inch TRS stereo headphones or to cen ter bass amplified speakers Rear Out Port Connector Stereo out of rear surround channel Line Out Port Connector Line Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all inter nal and external audio sources on the board is output It can be connected to 1 8 inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers Center Bass Out Port Rear Out Port Li...

Page 36: ...ED function 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 head...

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: ...tor 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 2...

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 9 11 13 10 12 14 1 JP14 1 9 15 JP14 ...

Page 40: ...ront 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 JP11 5 3 1 6 4 2 1 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 JP14 1 USB JP11 1 9 15 JP14 ...

Page 41: ...s 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 IDE...

Page 42: ...ute 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...

Page 43: ... of plug 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 SENSE GND 12V 1 CN6 1 2 3 4 1 1 FAN1 1 FAN3 1 FAN2...

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 1 7 5 3 1 11 9 JP2 8 6 4 2 1210 JP...

Page 45: ... D16 The mainboard provides one 1 5V AGP card which supports up to 8X If you plug the 3V AGP card on the mainboard the AGP 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 directly and the CPU Overtemperature LED will flash You must remove AC Power and check the CPU and heatsink are sec...

Page 46: ...f 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 sy...

Page 47: ...igation Bar Description F Install Mainboard FN41 Driver Installing NVIDIA Chipset driver VGA Device driver and USB 2 0 driver for Win9x ME only F Install Mainboard FN45 Driver Installing NVIDIA Chipset driver and USB 2 0 driver for Win9x ME only F Install Mainboard MN31 N Driver Installing NVIDIA Chipset driver VGA Device driver and USB 2 0 driver for Win9x ME only F Manual FN41 MN31 N and FN45 us...

Page 48: ...our selection a Setup window run the installation automatically Reboot the system after installation 4 3 Install USB 2 0 Driver for Win9x ME only Click on the Install Mainboard FN45 Driver bar to start the window of the mainboard software installation On that window click on the Install USB 2 0 Driver bar to install the USB 2 0 driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installatio...

Page 49: ... 43 4 4 View the User s Manual Click on the Manual bar and on the submenu click on the Install Acrobat Reader bar if you need to install it or click on the FN45 Manual bar to view FN45 user s manual ...

Page 50: ...wer 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 sw...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 58: ...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 59: ... 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 spectrum modulation Ø The choice Disa...

Page 60: ...he 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 written to this memory area a sysem error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or D...

Page 61: ...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 62: ...r 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 AGP Slot 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 Disabled V1 1 V2 0 or V1 1 USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if yo...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ... 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 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...ol 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 cool ers 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 69: ...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 70: ... 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 1 850 V 1 875...

Page 71: ... N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 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 72: ...ew password The password can not exceed eight charac ters 3 System will request you to confirm the new password again 4 When completed new code takes effect No Password Setting If you want to disable the password just press Enter as a password input is requested If You Forget Password If you forget the password the only way to access the system is to clear the CMOS memory Please refer to page 27 o...

Page 73: ...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 asks for confirmation Quit Without Saving Y N N This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Setup...

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