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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 To Different Users

First-Time DIY System Builder

Welcome to the DIY world! Building your own computer system is not as diffi-
cult as you may think. To make your first computer DIY experience successful,
right from the start, we have designed the 3.1 Hardware Installation section
in a step-by-step fashion for all the first-time DIY system builders. Prior to instal-
lation, we also suggest you to read the whole manual carefully to gain a com-
plete understanding of your new Shuttle FS56 mainboard.

Experienced DIY User

Congratulate on your purchase of the Shuttle FS56 mainboard. You will find
that installing your new Shuttle FS56 mainboard is just easy.  Bundled with an
array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated FS56 mainboard provides you
with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system.  Refer to sec-
tions  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 information on how to tune up your system to
achieve higher performance.

System Integrator

You have wisely chosen Shuttle FS56 to construct your system. Shuttle FS56
incorporates all the state-of-the-art technology of the SiS 661FX chipset from
SiS. It integrates the most advanced functions you can find to date in a com-
pact Small Form Factor ATX board.

Summary of Contents for FS56

Page 1: ...FS56 Pentium 4 Celeron 478 pin Processor Based DDR MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ked 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 m...

Page 3: ... 3 0 3 2 GHz Serial Port two ports with 9 pins VGA Port one port with 15 pins Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port two port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps Center Bass Out Line Out Line In Ports one port for each Mic In Ports two ports DIMM Memory optional DDR 400 256 MB 2...

Page 4: ...s not 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 c...

Page 5: ...Installation 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 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 LEDs Switches USBs 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supply 19 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansi...

Page 6: ... Rear Out Port Connector 29 Bass Center Out Port Connector 29 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 30 HDD LED Connector HLED 30 Green LED Power LED Connector GLED PLED 31 Hardware Reset Connector RST 31 Front Panel Audio Header JP14 32 Front Panel 1394 Header JP14 32 Extended USB Header JP14 JP3 33 Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors 34 Other...

Page 7: ... Overview 41 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 42 4 2 AInstall SIS AGP Driver 43 4 2 B Install SIS IDE Driver 43 4 2 C Install SIS VGA Driver 44 4 2 D Install SIS USB2 0 Driver 44 4 2 E Install Realtek LAN Driver 45 Install WIN98 LAN driver 45 4 2 F Install Realtek Audio Driver 48 4 3 View the User s Manual 48 5 BIOS SETUP 49 5 1 ENTER BIOS 49 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 50 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 52 ADVANCED B...

Page 8: ...R MANAGEMENT SETUP 65 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 69 PC HEALTH STATUS 71 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 73 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 74 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 74 SET PASSWORD 75 SAVE EXIT SETUP 76 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 76 ...

Page 9: ...Step by Step Page 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 41 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 49 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 ...

Page 10: ...6 mainboard You will find that installing your new Shuttle FS56 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FS56 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sec tions 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 ...

Page 11: ...S AGP Driver Ø SIS IDE Driver Ø SIS VGA Driver Ø SIS USB2 0 Driver Ø Realtek LAN Driver Ø Realtek Audio Driver Ø Award Flashing Utility RTL8100B C046Q2 TA IW AN VT6306 0239CD TAIWAN 12G031300 CAR35A 604 0246 952013AF ICS AMIC A2900 21TL 70 0 3 02 T MFTR4 JP3 USB JP8 JP1 CN3 CD IN PC I1 AGP FAN3 1 1 1 1 1 1 JP11 1 IDE1 FDD1 IDE2 CN5 ATXPWR DIMM1 FAN2 FAN1 DIMM2 661FX SiS C 96 3L SIS 02 PAN 1133 030...

Page 12: ... speed is software configurable from 100MHz to 255MHz by 1MHz setp in the Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS setup program On Board Graphical Controller The SiS661FX integrates a Real 256E 128 bit 2D 3D AGP controller On Board 5 1 Channel AC97 Audio Compliant with AC 97 2 2 specifications 5 1 channel can share with Line In by software select Versatile Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots to suppor...

Page 13: ...devices one Master and one Slave per chan nel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 33 66 100 133 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 Pentium 4 standard ATX power connectors supporting Suspe...

Page 14: ... automatically by the activation of modem ringing Ø CPU Host DRAM Clock Setting These items allow users to adjust CPU Host DRAM Clock in BIOS Ø CPU Multiplier Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Multiplier in BIOS Ø CPU RAM AGP Chipset Voltage Setting These items allow users to adjust CPU RAM AGP Chipset Voltage in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages o...

Page 15: ...CN5 ATXPWR DIMM1 FAN2 FAN1 DIMM2 661FX SiS C 963L SIS 02 PAN1133 0308BA UA C1 SiS GLED PLED HLED RST PWON JP15 1 1 JP14 JP13 1 JP7 FS56 V1 0 JP9 SPDIF 1 JP2 CN10 AUX IN K T S LITHIUM BATTERY JAPAN STD CR2032 2902701 239F ALC650 IR ATX12V Two IDE Connectors ATX Power Connector CN5 SiS 661FX Chipset Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Sockets FAN2 EXT 12V Connector JP7 IR HEADER JP13 One Floppy Connector SUP...

Page 16: ... a set of heatsink and fan to cool down the processor You need to purchase a heatsink and fan if they are not bundled with your CPU Required is that install the set and plug its cable in the CPU fan power connector Note that there are kinds of CPU fan connec tors Normally if your mainboard supports a hardware monitoring function a 3 pin fan power connector can have your system detect the CPU fan s...

Page 17: ...oard con figuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for 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 Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert DDR SDRAM memory module s in DIMM slot s Note that DDR SDRAM modul...

Page 18: ...ach device according to the instructions pro vided 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 periph eral devices to the corresponding headers on board Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe us...

Page 19: ... and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system s chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the 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 f...

Page 20: ...Ds switches and USB connectors to JP8 and JP3 JP14 as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 2 HDD LED HLED 3 Green LED and Power LED GLED PLED 4 Hardware Reset Switch Button RST 5 Extended USB Header JP3 JP14 1 4 2 1 RST HLED PWON GLED PLED 3 JP8 5 USB_VCC DATA5 DATA5 USB_GND USB_VCC DATA4 DATA4 USB_GND JP3 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 ...

Page 21: ... cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD IN CN3 AUX IN CN10 connector Front panel audio header JP14 2 Wireless keyboard and mouse headers JP2 1 1 IDE1 IDE2 1 FDD 1 9 15 JP14 CN3 CD IN 1 CN10 AUX IN 1 JP2 1 ...

Page 22: ... 18 3 Front panel 1394 header JP14 4 Extended print port JP11 5 SPDIF in out Connector JP9 1 9 15 JP14 1 JP11 JP9 1 SPDIF ...

Page 23: ...6 IR header JP13 Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 1 PCI Card 1 JP13 IR JP7 1 ATX12V ATXPWR CN5 1 ...

Page 24: ...et on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 VGA Port 2 COM1 2 Port 3 1394 0 1 Ports 4 10 100 Mbps LAN Port 5 USB1 1 2 0 0 1 Ports 6 PS 2 Mouse Port 7 PS 2 Keyboard Port 8 5 1 Channel Front Out Line Out Port 9 5 1 Channel Rear Out Port 10 5 1 Channel Center Bass Port 1 5 3 7 8 2 6 9 10 4 ...

Page 25: ...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 operat ing systems mentioned above you can only i...

Page 26: ... CD ROM drive The autorun program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install SIS AGP Driver and complete it 3 Choose Install SIS IDE Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install SIS VGA Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install SIS USB2 0 Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install Realtek LAN Driver and complete it 7 Choose Install Realtek Audio Driver and complete it 8 Exi...

Page 27: ... 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 theJ 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 o...

Page 28: ...u to identify jumpers slots and connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket478 CPU Socket for Pentium 4 processors DIMM1 2 Two184 pin DIMM Slots for 64 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB AGP One AGP 4X 8X Slot PCI One 32 bit PCI Expansion Slot B6 B4 B5 B7 B9 C1 C4 D1 E7 A1 E3 E5 B3 E2 E2 E1 E6 C5 C7 C7 D1 E4...

Page 29: ...ENTER Bass Center Out Port Front Panel Connectors PWON ATX power on off momentary type switch HLED IDE drive active LED GLED PLED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode System power LED RST Hardware reset switch JP14 Front panel audio header JP14 Front panel 1394 header JP14 JP3 Extended USB headers Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy disk drive interface IDE1 IDE primary inter...

Page 30: ...an connector FAN2 Chipset fan connector FAN3 CPU fan connector CN3 CD IN connector CN10 AUX IN connector JP9 SPDIF Ext In Out connectors JP2 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse connector JP13 IR Headers JP11 EXT Print Port 2 0 mm Small Pitch E2 E3 E4 E5 E1 E2 E2 E6 E7 E8 ...

Page 31: ...ry set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector Step 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 1 1 JP1 1 ...

Page 32: ...wo 1394 ports on back panel Plug each device jack into an available 1394 connector 10 100 base T 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 0 1 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB0 USB1 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jac...

Page 33: ...ng connectors Line Out Front 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 Rear Out Port Connector Stereo out of rear surround channel Bass Center Out Port Connector Bass Center Out is a stereo output port through w...

Page 34: ... PWON header on the mainboard 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 C1 C2 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 GLED PLED HLED RST PWON Front Panel JP8 1 1 GLED...

Page 35: ...ze Standby 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 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 C3 GLED PLED 4 2 4 2 1 GLED PLED...

Page 36: ...port for easier access Either the Line Out port connector 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 GND 16 GND 17 FRONT FMIC 18...

Page 37: ...anel or back panel The USB cable is optional at the time of pur chase 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_VCC 2 USB_VCC 3 DATA5 4 DATA4 5 DATA5 6 DATA4 7 USB_GND 8 USB_GND C7 JP14 7 5 3 1 8 6 4 2 1 USB JP3 1 9 15 JP14 JP3 2 4 6 8 10 1 3 5 7 9 ...

Page 38: ...inboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 133 100 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 FDC c...

Page 39: ...power button to power on 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 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 ...

Page 40: ...s 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 CN3 Black Port CN3 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 E3 FAN1 2 3 with rotate sense SENSE GND 12V 1 E2 FAN2 FAN1 FAN3 4 3 2 1 C...

Page 41: ...V tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUX IN Right 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 AUX IN Left SPDIF Ext In Out Connector JP9 Port JP9 can be used to connect a special device E4 E5 Pin Assignments 1 SPDIF_IN 2 GND 3 VCC 4 GND 5 VCC 6 SPDIF_OUT 6 5 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 AUX_IN Right GND 1 CN10 AUX IN AUX_IN Left JP9 1 SPDIF ...

Page 42: ...orts 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 E6 E7 Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 GND 4 KEY 5 MSCLK 6 MC_CK 7 MSDATA 8 MS_DK 9 KBCLK 10 KB_CK 11 KBDATA 12 KB DT 11 9 7 5 3 1 12 10 8 6 4...

Page 43: ...e 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 E8 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 1 JP11 ...

Page 44: ...jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM slots The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM slots After upgrade the...

Page 45: ... 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 FS56 Software Installing SIS AGP SIS IDE SIS VGA SIS USB2 0 Realtek LAN Realtek Audio Driver F Manual FS56 Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows you ...

Page 46: ... My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard FS56 Softwaree include 4 2 A Install SIS AGP Driver 4 2 B Install SIS IDE Driver 4 2 C Install SIS VGA Driver 4 2 D Install SIS USB2 0 Driver 4 2 E Install Realtek LAN Driver 4 2 F Install Realtek Audio Driver ...

Page 47: ...tically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 B Install SIS IDE Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install SIS IDE Driver bar to install the SIS IDE 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 instal...

Page 48: ...ly When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 D Install SIS USB2 0 Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install SIS USB2 0 Driver bar to install the SIS USB2 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 in...

Page 49: ... When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Install WIN98 LAN driver The LAN Device Driver can t install automatically you need double click on My Computer Control Panel System icon to bring up System Properties screen Select tab Device Manager You will find a yellow mark at PCI Ethernet Controller that means the driver is not recognize Double cl...

Page 50: ...n your screen Click on Next bar to continue Please choose Display a list of the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want to the manual install driver and click on Next bar to continue Select Network adapters bar for LAN device and click on Next bar to continue Insert the support CD by the mainboard manufacturer and choose Have Disk bar to continue next step ...

Page 51: ...his location CD disk drive is supposed to be D letter Select Realtek RTL8139 810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC to install and then click on OK Make sure Realtek RTL8139 810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC driver and click on Next Then the system will do the setup procedure automatically Completing the upgrade device driver and click on Finish to restart the system to take all the changes effect ...

Page 52: ...llation effect 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 Com puter to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing de vice e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the In...

Page 53: ...r 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 disa ppears 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 54: ...es 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 optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals U...

Page 55: ...aults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for opti mal 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 and Setup or only to Setup S...

Page 56: ...YYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Se...

Page 57: ...elect the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Ø The choice All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette or All But Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Ø The choice N A Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Ø The choice N A Total Memory Displays the total m...

Page 58: ...Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking pro gram 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 Warning...

Page 59: ...ows 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 caus ing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disa...

Page 60: ...peeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled First Second Third 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 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN USB FDD USB ZIP ...

Page 61: ...down Ø The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke Ø The choice 250 500 750 or 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required 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 ente...

Page 62: ...on OS2 or OS2 HDD S M A R T Capabiliry This item enable disable the HDD system management function Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD runs for Win 95 or not Ø The choice Yes or No Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choic...

Page 63: ...nditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Clock Timing Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Performance Mode This item allows you to enable disable the performance mode Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled DRAM Timing Control This item allows you to select t...

Page 64: ... Combin This item enable disable the write combine function for Graphic ad dress space Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Fast Write Support This item enable disable the AGP fast write support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Data Rate This item allows the user to adjust AGP data rate Ø The Choice Auto 1X 2X 4X 8X System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching for the system BIOS ROM...

Page 65: ...stem memory ususlly discusses their memory requirements Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled OnChip AGP Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Dual Display Support This item enable disable the dual display support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled VGA Share Memory Size This item allows the user to adjust VGA share memory size Ø The Choice 16MB 32MB 64M...

Page 66: ...or each device Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA Ultra DMA 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If both of your hard drive and your system software support Ultra DMA 133 100 select Auto to enable B...

Page 67: ... 3 Ports USB 2 0 Supports Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus 2 0 con troller and you have USB peripherals Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Support This item is used to defined USB Keyboard id Enabled or Disabled Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled USB Mouse Support This item is used to defined USB Mouse id Enabled or Disabled Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Si...

Page 68: ...d UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port Ø The choice Normal 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 onbaord parallet port controller I O address setting Ø The Choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 or Disabled Par...

Page 69: ...e when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management Suspend Mode This item allows you to decide the timing to enter suspend mode Ø The choice Min Saving 1 Hour Max Saving 1 Min User Define Disabled 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40 Min 1Hour Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on du...

Page 70: ...on function in DOS Ø The choice Disabled or Break wake MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 or Auto HDD Off After The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable Ø The choice Disabled 1 Min 15 Min Power Button Override Pressing the power button for more than ...

Page 71: ...n set to Enabled system power will be turned on if there is any PCI card activity from PCI cards that trigger a PME event such as LAN or Modem cards Ø The choice Enabled Disabled USB Port Wake Up Control This item enable disable the USB wakeup function Ø The choice Enabled Disabled PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This item selects the PS2KB wakeup function Ø The choice Hot key Password Any key PS2MS Wa...

Page 72: ...device that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary Secondary IDE When these items are enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on any of the drives or devices on the primary or secondary IDE channels Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled FDD COM LPT Port When this item is enabled the system will restart the po...

Page 73: ... 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 all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices ...

Page 74: ...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 75: ...hoice Fan 1 Fan 2 Fan 3 or Fan1 Fan3 Fan Speed Up When CPU Temp Enabled 3 phase smart control to the Selected fan This feature ranges from 48 0 C to 80 0 C in an increment of 4 0 C The default temperature is at 72 0 C Ø The choice 48 0 C 52 0 C 56 0 C 60 0 C 64 0 C 68 0 C 72 0 C 76 0 C 80 0 C Take our default Setting for example 1st and 2nd phase Variable Fan Speed and CPU temperature Control is a...

Page 76: ...eed and CPU temperature Control is as predefined at user setting offset 100 C Where in the event of system and CPU operating under extreme working conditions and if CPU temperature is raised above 82 0 C then the Smart Bios will engage the CPU fan in Fail safe mode to rotate at about 3500 RPM Please note that the higher fan speed the fan cooler will be become slightly noiseier in order to compensa...

Page 77: ...ed or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Voltage Control CPU Voltage Select This item allows you to select CPU Voltage Ø The choice Auto 0 8375 V 1 6000V Note CPU VCore above 1 85V item need to be selected save and quit BIOS before you adjust CPU Vcore over 1 85V RAM Voltage Select This item allows you to ...

Page 78: ... Frequency Ratio This item allows you to adjust CPU and DRAM Ratio Ø The choice SPD 1 1 3 4 3 5 1 2 DRAM Frequency This item show DRAM frequency LoadFail SafeDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal per formance system operations Load...

Page 79: ...to confirm new password by asking you to key in new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code takes effect No Password Setting 5 If you want to delete password just press Enter key instead of new password while password input is requested And the other procedures are the same as above password setting If You Forget Password 6 While being asked of password you just forget it and ...

Page 80: ...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 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...

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