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FN95

Socket 939
AMD 

TM

 Athlon 64 Processor

Based DDR Main Board

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for FN95

Page 1: ...FN95 Socket 939 AMD TM Athlon 64 Processor Based DDR Main Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ility 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 provi...

Page 3: ...ns Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively Parallel Port one port with 25 pins 1394 Port one port with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps Mic In Line In Earphone Ports one port for each Coaxial Output Port one port SPDIF In Port one port DIM...

Page 4: ...sed 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 is clo...

Page 5: ...12 STEP 2 Set Jumper 13 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Header Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy and Serial ATADrives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 20 STEP 10 Conn...

Page 6: ...onnectors 28 Coaxial Output Port Connector 29 Line In Port Connector 29 Center Bass Out Port Connector 29 Rear Out Port Connector 29 Front Out Port Connector 29 Clear CMOS Button SW1 29 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 30 HDD LED Connector HLED 30 Green LED Power LED Connector GLED PWR_LED 31 Hardware Reset Connector RST 31 Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 32 ...

Page 7: ...JP5 37 SPDIF out Connector CN4 38 Printer Port Connector J1 38 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 39 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 40 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 40 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 40 4 2 A Install DirectX9 Utility 41 4 2 B Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver 41 4 2 C Install Marvell Giga LAN Driver 42 4 2 D Install nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver 42 4 3 View the User s Manual 43 5 BIOS SETUP 44 5 1 ENTER BIOS 44 ...

Page 8: ...IPHERALS 57 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 60 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 63 PC HEALTH STATUS 65 RATIO VOLTAGE CONTROL 67 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 68 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 68 SET PASSWORD 68 SAVE EXIT SETUP 69 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 69 ...

Page 9: ...Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 40 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 44 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: ...installing your new Shuttle FN95 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FN95 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 Drivers Software Utilities to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant...

Page 11: ...ining Ø FN95 user s manual saved in PDF format Ø nVIDIA RAID User s Guide saved in PDF format Ø Install DirectX9 Utility Ø Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver Ø Install Marvell Giga LAN Driver Ø Install nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver Ø Award Flashing Utility SERIAL ATA VSO JP5 IR JP2 P CI1 AGP1 1 1 IDE1 FLP1 IDE2 ATX1 DIMM1 FAN2 DIMM2 1 CN5 FAN3 K T S LITH IUM BAT TER Y JAP AN STD CR2 032 1 COM1 1 JP12 1 1 1 1 1...

Page 12: ... compliant ports Onboard SATA Integrated SATA support 2 Serial ATA connectors devices with Raid 0 1 0 1 JBOD function SATA Host controller spports Generation 1 5 Gb s per channel for total of 3 0 Gb s in each direction Jumperless CPU Configuration Soft configuration FSB The FSB speed is software configurable from 200MHz to 280MHz in the Advenced Chipset Features of BIOS setup program On Board 5 1 ...

Page 13: ...port to a maximum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per channel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 133 100 66 33 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 80 pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices ATAPI IDE CD ROM CD R CD RW and LS 120 Supports ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can connected to the onboard 20 pin standard ATX power connecto...

Page 14: ...the system enters 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 ringing Ø CPU Host SDRAM This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock and SDRAM in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitor...

Page 15: ...8 1 CN7 CN6 JP16 USB3 USB2 J1 n VIDIA R CN4 FAN1 1 1 1 ATA1 JP3 JP17 1 OPT2 CN3 KB1 USB1 LAN1 AUDIO2 AUDIO1 SW1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors COM Connector SPDIF IN Connector IrDA JP5 Header One PCI Slot One AGP Slot Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 Front Panel Header JP12 Dual USB JP3 Header Two 184 pin DDRSDRAM DIMM Slots Two IDE Connectors IDE1 IDE2 One Floppy Connector FLP1 ATX Power...

Page 16: ...e socket lever all the way down to its horizontal posi tion and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD AthlonTM 64 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 power connect...

Page 17: ...vanced users who wish to customize their sys tem section 3 2 Jumper Settings will 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 Note that DDR SDRAM modules are directional and will not go in the DIMM slots unless properly oriented After the module is fully inserted in...

Page 18: ...each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices 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 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: ... and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance be tween the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your com puter 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 f...

Page 20: ... Power On Off POWER ON 2 HDD LED HDD LED 3 Green LED and Power LED GREEN LED POWER LED 4 Hardware Reset Switch Button RESET Connect Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originatinting from the computer s front panel devices AUDIO USB 1394a devices etc These cables serve to connect the AUDIO USB 1394a conne...

Page 21: ... 17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy and Serial ATADrives 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Floppy cable connector 3 Serial ATA connectors 1 IDE1 1 IDE2 ATA1 ATA2 FLP1 1 ...

Page 22: ...Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 Wireless KB MS Header JP2 2 CD IN CN7 LINE IN CN8 MINI CD IN CN6 Connectors 3 IrDA Header JP5 JP2 Wireless KB MS 1 1 IrDA Header JP5 CD IN 1 CN7 LINE IN CN8 1 Mini CD IN CN6 1 ...

Page 23: ... 19 4 DUAL USB Header JP3 USB Connectors USB2 USB3 5 SPDIF out Connector CN4 6 Printer Port Connector J1 1 USB3 1 USB2 JP3 1 CN4 1 J1 1 ...

Page 24: ... you can turn on the system power even if you press the power button The red LED AGP proof is a smart protection from motherboard burn out caused by an in correct AGP card If you plug in any 3 3V AGP card into the 1 5V AGP slot this LED lights up thus preventing the system to power up This LED remains off if you plug in a 1 5V AGP card 2 PCI Card AGP Proof LED Red 1 1 ATX1 CN5 ATX12V ATXPWR Step 1...

Page 25: ...rals connections to your system s back panel 1 COM Port 2 SPDIF out Connector 3 1394 Port 4 PS 2 Mouse Port 5 PS 2 Keyboard Port 6 10 100 100 LAN Port 7 USB 1 0 2 0 Port 8 Coaxial Output Port 9 Line In Port 10 5 1 Channel Center Bass Port 11 5 1 Channel Rear Out Port 12 5 1 Channel Front Out Port 13 Clear CMOS Button 2 1 6 4 5 7 8 9 11 10 3 12 13 ...

Page 26: ...e available to 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 opera ting systems mentioned above you can only i...

Page 27: ...1 Insert the FN95 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The autorun program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install DirectX9 Utility and complete it 3 Choose Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install Marvell Giga LAN Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver and complete it 6 Exit from the autorun drivers installation pr...

Page 28: ... on the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic mini jumpers 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 comp onents When putting the mainboard down place it o...

Page 29: ...fy jumpers slots and connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 939 CPU Socket for AMD AthlonTM 64 DIMM1 2 Two184 pin DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 6V DDR SDRAM The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB PCI One 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot AGP One AGP Slot 4X 8X Slot D1 B4 B5 B13 E6 E9 B3 B6 B7 B8 B9 E6 E8 E1 D1 E2 E7 A1 E2 D2 E2 E7 C5 E3 B1...

Page 30: ... ATX power on off momentary type switch HLED IDE drive active LED GLED PWR_LED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode System power LED RST Hardware reset switch JP16 Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector Internal Peripherals Connectors FLP1 Floppy disk drive interface IDE1 IDE primary interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface Dual channel ATA1 2 Serial ATA 1 2 interfaces Othe...

Page 31: ...power PC Off Step 2 Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector Step 3 Remove jumper cap from JP11 pins 1 2 Step 4 Place the jumper cap on JP11 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 JP17 Clear CMOS 1 1 CN6 MINI CD IN connector JP3 USB2 USB3 DUAL USB Header USB Connectors ...

Page 32: ...ocated 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 connector In a tower computer the PS 2 Mouse connector is located on the rightside of the PS 2 Keyboard 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 USB Port Conne...

Page 33: ... stereo headphones or to center bass amplified speakers B 1 1 Rear Out Port Connector Rear Out 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 recording and a source to be mixed with the output or both Center Bass Out Port Rear Out Port B 1 2 Front Out Port Connector Front Out is a stereo output port through which the combined ...

Page 34: ...2 pin PWON header on the mainboard HDD LED Connector HLED Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2 pin HDD LED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active 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 1 JP12 Front Panel PWON GLED PLED RST HLED 1 Fro...

Page 35: ...tandby 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 PWR_LED header Hardware Reset Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart C4 C3 2 4 GLED PLED 2 4 1 Front P...

Page 36: ...nt MIC 28 GND 31 Line_IN_R 34 GND 37 GND 40 Front_OUT_L 43 HDLED_PU 46 GLEDB 49 VCC 2 USBVCC 5 USBVCC 8 USBVCC 11 GND 14 USBB 17 TPA1 20 GND 23 GND 26 FMIC_Power 29 Line_IN_L 32 SENSE1 35 Line_OUT_R 38 GND 41 GND 44 GLEDA 47 RST_SW 50 VCC 3 USBVCC 6 USBVCC 9 USBA 12 GND 15 GND 18 TPA1 21 TPB1 24 GND 27 SENSE0 30 GND 33 GND 36 Front_OUT_R 39 Line_OUT_L 42 GND 45 HD_LED 48 PW_SW JP16 Front Panel ...

Page 37: ...bbon cable for F D D connection Serial ATA Connectors ATA1 ATA2 The Serial ATA is an evolutionary re placement for the Parallel ATA physi cal storage interface Serial ATA is scal able and will allow future enhance ments to the computing platform The Serial ATA supports all ATA and ATAPI device including CDs DVDs tape de vices high capacity removable de vices zip drivers and CDRWs The Serial ATA in...

Page 38: ...e 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 A...

Page 39: ...ted to the 12V header and the black wire to the ground GND header Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Connector JP2 Port JP2 can be used to connect wireless keyboard and mouse device 4 mini Jumper must be setted on pin 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11 12 when this header is not used Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 GND 4 KEY 5 MS_CLK 6 MS_CLK_IC 7 MS_DAT 8 MS_DAT_IC 9 KB_CLK 10 KB_CLK_IC 11 KB_DAT 12 KB_DAT_IC E2 E3 11 9...

Page 40: ...8 White can be used to connect stereo audio inputs from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUX IN Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 AUX IN Right Mini CD_IN Connector CN6 White Port CN6 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive Pin Assignments 1 Ground 2 CD IN Right 3 Ground 4 CD IN Left E4 E5 E6 CN6 1 2 3 4 Mini CD IN CN6 1 CN8 1 2 3 4 CD IN 1 CN7 CN7 1 2 3 4 LINE IN CN8 ...

Page 41: ... 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 JP3 1 USB3 1 USB2 JP3 1 Pin Assignments JP3 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 N C Pin Assignments USB2 USB3 1 GND 2 GND 3 Data5 4 4 Data5 4 5 VCC IrDA Header JP5 If you have an Infrared device this mainboard can implement IR transfer func tion To enable the IR transfer function follow these steps Pin Assignments 1 N C 2 KEY 3 VCC 4 GND 5 IRTX ...

Page 42: ...P_ PPD7 16 P_ INIT 23 GND 3 P_ PPD1 10 P_ ACK 17 P_ SLIN 24 GND 4 P_ PPD2 11 P_BUSY 18 GND 25 GND 5 P_ PPD3 12 P_PE 19 GND 26 KEY 6 P_ PPD4 13 P_SLCT 20 GND 7 P_ PPD5 14 P_ AFD 21 GND Printer Port Connector J1 One parallel port header is located at the rear panel of the mainboard The header is used to connect the cable attached to a parallel connector But the parallel cable and connector are optio...

Page 43: ... x8 bits x4 bnaks 128 Mbyte 128 M bit 2M x16 bits x4 bnaks 64 Mbyte 256 M bit 8M x8 bits x4 bnaks 256 Mbyte 256 M bit 4M x16 bits x4 bnaks 128 Mbyte 512 M bit 16M x8 bits x4 bnaks 512 Mbyte 512 M bit 8M x16 bits x4 bnaks 256 Mbyte 1 G bit 32M x8 bits x4 bnaks 1 Gbyte 1 G bit 16M x16 bits x4 bnaks 512 Mbyte DIMM1 DIMM2 64 Bit Single Side X 64 Bit Double Side X 128 Bit Single Side Single Side 128 Bi...

Page 44: ...our 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 Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard FN95 Series Driver Installing DirectX9 Utility nVIDIA Chipset Marvell Giga LAN nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver F Install Utility Installing Acrobat Reader Winflash Utility F Manual FN95 Manua...

Page 45: ...the Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver bar to install chipset system driver Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the...

Page 46: ...matically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 D Install nVIDIA USB2 0 Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install nVIDIA USB2 0 Driver bar to install USB2 0 driver Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take ...

Page 47: ...l in PDF format 3 Click on nVIDIA RAID User s Guide bar to view nVIDIA RAID User s Guide in PDF format 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...

Page 48: ...er On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words meationed 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 swi...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable password It allows you to limit access to the system ...

Page 51: ...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 Channel 0 1 Master Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A 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...

Page 52: ...D on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu Ø Press Enter IDE Channel0 Master Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk User Type will let 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 di...

Page 53: ...k Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Head Set the number of read write heads Ø Min 0 Max 255 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 54: ...choice Enabled or Disabled Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enables and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS 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 bo...

Page 55: ...ird Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Ø The Choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM Legacy LAN or Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot Up Disabling speed boots up Ø The choice Enabled...

Page 56: ...uired 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...

Page 57: ...4MB Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 58: ...ou discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Configuration Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Max Memclock Mhz Places an artificial memory clock limit on the system Memory is prevented from running faster than this frequency Ø The Choice Auto 100 133 or 166 1T 2T Memory Timing This item sele...

Page 59: ...nk Typically 20 24 nsec Ø The Choice Auto 2 6 Bus Clocks CPU OverClock in MHz This item selects the CPU OverClock in MHz Ø The choice 200 280 AGP OverClock in MHz This item selects the AGP OverClock in MHz Ø The choice 66 100 AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address ...

Page 60: ...Card This item enable disable the Special I O for PCI Card Ø The choice Disabled or Enable Base I O Address This item allows you to set the Base I O Address Ø The Choice 0000 FFFF I O Length This item allows you to set the I O Length Ø The choice 1 Byte 4 Byte 8 Byte 16 Byte 32 Byte 64 Byte 128 Byte or 256 Byte System BIOS Cacheable Select Enable allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFF...

Page 61: ... 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 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Win dows 95 OSR2 or a third party ...

Page 62: ...o 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 AGP Slot or PCI Slot OnChip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Ø The choice Desable V1 1 V2 0 or V1 1 USB KB Storeage Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus US...

Page 63: ...gh COM2 port 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 This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I O address and interrupt request IRQ Ø The Choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 or 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel...

Page 64: ... Ø The choice Always Enabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 min User Define Allows you to set each mode individua...

Page 65: ...Down In Sus pend Ø The choice Enabled Disabled Soft Off By PBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung Ø The choice Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to select power on function when power fail Ø The choice Former Sts Off or On WOL PME From Soft Off If this item sets to Enable the s...

Page 66: ...e alarm Time hh Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 mm ss Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 59 PS2 Keyboard Power ON When the POWER ON Function is set to PS2 Keyboard use this item to set the PS2 keyboard combination that turns on the system Ø The choice Disabled Password or Hot KEY KB Power ON Password When the POWER ON Function is set to Password use this item to set the password Ø The choice Enter...

Page 67: ...guration 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 all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capabilit...

Page 68: ...I slot Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices is compli ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked...

Page 69: ... the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard Ultra Low CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 1000 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3600 rpm Low CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 1600 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3600 rpm Mid CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 2400 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3600 rpm Full CPU fan alw...

Page 70: ... 30 Max 60 Ø The choice 30 60 0 C CPU Voltage AGP Voltage 3 3V VIN 5V VIN 12V VIN 12V VIN RAM Voltage 5V SBVIN Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed Warning It is Strongly reco mmended to disable CPU Fan Auto Guardian feature if you wish to use other fan cooler allowing the fan to run at its default speed ...

Page 71: ...he choice 0 800V 0 825V 0 850V 0 875V 0 900V 0 925V 0 950V 0 975V 1 000V 1 025V 1 050V 1 075V 1 100V 1 125V 1 150V 1 175V 1 200V 1 225V 1 250V 1 275V 1 300V 1 325V 1 350V 1 375V 1 400V 1 425V 1 450V 1 475V 1 500V 1 525V 1 550V 1 600V 1 650V 1 700V or Auto RAM Voltage Select This item allows you to set the RAM Voltage Ø The choice 2 70V 2 80V 2 90V or Auto AGP Voltage Select This item allows you to...

Page 72: ...a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y 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 73: ...se refer to page 27 on clear CMOS setting 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 t...

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