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Back Panel Connectors

COM1/COM2 Port Connectors .................................................................. 28

VGA Port Connector .................................................................................. 28

TV-Out Port Connector ............................................................................... 28

IEEE1394a Port Connectors ...................................................................... 28

LAN Port Connector ................................................................................... 28

USB Port Connectors ................................................................................ 29

PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Port Connectors ........................................ 29

Center/Bass-Out Port Connector ................................................................ 29

Rear-Out Port Connector ........................................................................... 29

Line-Out Port Connector ............................................................................ 29

Front Panel Connectors

HDD LED Connector (HLED) .................................................................... 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 (JP9) ........................................................................ 32

Front Panel Audio Header (JP10) .............................................................. 32

Front Panel 1394a Header (JP10) ............................................................. 33

Extended USB Headers (JP5/JP6/JP10) ................................................... 34

Internal Peripheral Connectors

Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors (IDE1/IDE2 & FDD) ....................... 35

Serial ATA Connectors (SATA1) ................................................................. 35

Other Connectors

ATX Power Supply Connectors (JP12/J2) .................................................. 36

CPU, Chipset, and System Fan Connectors (FAN1/2/3) ............................. 37

Audio CD_IN Connector (CN5) .................................................................. 37

Wireless KB/MS Header (JP14) ................................................................ 38

Extended Parallel Port Header (JP7) ......................................................... 38

IR Header (JP3) ......................................................................................... 39

3.3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION ..................................................... 40

INSTALL MEMORY .................................................................................... 40

UPGRADE MEMORY ................................................................................ 40

Summary of Contents for FX43G

Page 1: ...FX43G AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin Processor with 200 266 333 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: ...ort one port with 15 pins RJ45 Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps S Video Port one port with 4 pins IEEE1394a Port two ports with 6 pins and one port with 4 pins respectively USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively Mouse Port one port with 6 pins Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Line in Port one port for each Mic in Port two ports Earphone Port one port for each Center Bass Out Re...

Page 5: ...les 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...

Page 6: ...DR 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 Serial ATA 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 Peri...

Page 7: ...ardware Reset Connector RST 31 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 31 SPDIF In Out Header JP9 32 Front Panel Audio Header JP10 32 Front Panel 1394a Header JP10 33 Extended USB Headers JP5 JP6 JP10 34 Internal Peripheral Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors IDE1 IDE2 FDD 35 SerialATAConnectors SATA1 35 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connectors JP12 J2 36 CPU Chipset and System Fan Co...

Page 8: ...4 2 F Install Realtek Audio 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 59 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 62 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 66 PC HEALTH STATUS 68 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 70 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 71 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 71 SET SUPERVISOR ...

Page 9: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 23 Software Utility How to Install Page 41 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 10: ...u will find install ing your new FX43G mainboard is quite easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FX43G mainboard provides you with a total solution 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 11: ...CD ROM including Ø FX43G user s manual in PDF format Ø VIA 4in1 Driver Ø VIA VGA Driver Ø VIA USB2 0 Driver Ø VIA RAID Driver Ø Realtek LAN Driver Ø Realtek Audio Driver Ø Award Flashing Utility SERIAL ATA VSO A LC 65 0 W49V002FAP 214670201 202WHSA W inbo nd A t t a ns ic ATX P1 AGP PCI1 SPDIF JP9 1 CN5 JP14 JP10 1 1 1 AUDIO1 KB1 USB1 LAN1 CN4 JP7 FAN2 1 FDD 1 JP3 FAN3 1 JP1 1 BAT1 JP5 1 USB 2 3 1...

Page 12: ...ransfer rate Onboard Audio Realtek ALC650 18 bit ADC and DAC resolution Onboard TV Out Chrontel 7011C support S Video and AV Output Signals CPU FSB Configuration Soft configuration FSB The FSB speed is software configurable from 100MHz to 166MHz Onboard Graphical Controller VIA KM400 integrates a full featured 128 bit 2D 3D AGP controller Versatile Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots to support ...

Page 13: ...ne Slave per channel The IDE bus implements data transfer speeds to 133 100 66 33MB sec and sup ports 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 be connected to the onboard 20 pin ATX power connector and 4 pin ATX power connector The unit supports Suspend and Soft On O...

Page 14: ...he system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ringing Ø CPU Host Clock Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock in BIOS 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...

Page 15: ...1 FAN1 SATA1 1 1 IDE1 IDE2 DIMM2 IR 1 1 RTL8100B 2B270S2 TAIWAN 249E VT6306 0239CD TAIWAN 12G061631 Center Bass Out Rear Out Line Out Port Connectors Wireless KB MS Header JP14 Audio CD_IN Connector CN5 SPDIF In Out Header JP9 Front Panel Audio Extended 1394a Extended USB Headers JP10 One PCI Slot FAN1 Socket 462 FAN2 Extended Parallel Port Header JP7 One AGP Slot FAN3 Clear CMOS Jumper JP1 Extend...

Page 16: ...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 17: ...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 18: ...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 19: ...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 20: ... and USB connectors to JP13 and JP5 JP6 JP10 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 JP5 USB 2 3 JP6 USB 6 7 JP10 1 JP5 JP6 5 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 1 VCC Data0 Data0 Ground Key VCC Data1 Data1 Ground N C 1 JP10 5 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 USBVCC Data5 Data5 GND USBVCC Data4 Data4 GND 4 2 3 1 JP13 1 HLED RST...

Page 21: ... 16 Step 7 Connect IDE Serial ATA and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Serial ATA cable connectors 3 Floppy cable connector IDE2 1 IDE1 1 1 SATA1 FDD 1 ...

Page 22: ...17 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 SPDIF in out header JP9 2 Front panel audio header JP10 Audio CD_IN CN5 connector 3 Front panel 1394a header JP10 JP9 1 SPDIF 1 9 15 JP10 CN5 1 1 9 15 JP10 ...

Page 23: ... 18 4 Wireless KB MS header JP14 5 Extended parallel port header JP7 6 IR header JP3 JP14 1 JP7 1 1 JP3 IR ...

Page 24: ... 19 Step 9 Connect the Power Supplies 1 System power connectors JP12 J2 Step 10 Install Add On Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Grapics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card JP12 1 J2 1 ...

Page 25: ... the external peripherals to your system s back panel 1 Serial Ports 1 2 2 VGA Port 3 TV Out Port 4 IEEE1394a Ports 0 1 5 LAN Port 6 USB Ports 0 1 7 PS 2 Mouse Port 8 PS 2 Keyboard Port 9 Audio Center Bass Out Port 10 Audio Rear Out Port 11 Audio Line Out Port 1 5 7 9 4 6 8 10 2 3 11 ...

Page 26: ...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 27: ...to run program will display the main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install Mainboard Software 3 Choose Install VIA 4in1 Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install VIA VGA Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install VIA USB2 0 Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install VIA RAID Driver and complete it 7 Choose Install Realtek LAN Driver and complete it 8 Choose Install Realtek Audio Driver and comple...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...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 B8 B10 B7 B5 B6 B1 B4 C5 E2 E3 E5 E4 E2 D1 A1 C8 E1 C1 C4 D1 C6 C8 B1 B2 B3 E6 E2 C8 E1 D2 ...

Page 30: ...ont Panel Connectors HLED HDD LED GLED PWR LED Green LED Power LED RST Hardware reset switch PWON ATX power on off switch JP9 Front panel SPDIF in out header JP10 Front panel audio header JP10 Front panel 1394a header JP5 JP6 JP10 Extended USB headers Internal Peripheral Connectors IDE1 IDE primary interface dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface dual channel FDD Floppy disk drive interface SAT...

Page 31: ... power supply connectors FAN1 CPU fan connector FAN2 System fan connector FAN3 Chipset fan connector CN5 Audio CD_IN connector JP14 Wireless keyboard mouse header JP7 Extended parallel port header JP3 IR header E6 E5 E4 E3 E1 E2 E2 E2 ...

Page 32: ...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 33: ...d at the rear panel of the mainboard TV Out Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate a TV Out port on back panel IEEE1394a Port Connectors This mainboard offers two 1394a ports on back panel Plug a device jack into an available 1394a connector LAN Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate one device on LAN Attach a RJ 45 cable to this LAN port connector on back panel COM2 Port 1394a Port ...

Page 34: ...nter 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 Out is a stereo output port through which the com...

Page 35: ... LED Connector GLED PWR LED This header is dual color LED function Dual color LED 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 ...

Page 36: ...es the system to restart ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON The Power On Off 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 C3 C4 JP13 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON JP13 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON ...

Page 37: ...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 FMIC Power 19 Line in L 20 Line in R 21 Line out R in 22 Lin...

Page 38: ...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 TPA1 10 TPA1 11 GND 12 Key 13 TPB1 14 TPB1 C7 9 11 13 10 12 14 1 JP10 1 9 15 JP10 ...

Page 39: ...ont 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 USBVCC 2 USBVCC 3 Data5 4 Data4 5 Data5 6 Data4 7 GND 8 GND C8 JP5 JP6 5 3 1 6 4 2 1 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 JP10 9 7 10 8 1 JP5 JP6 1 9 15 JP10 ...

Page 40: ...66 33 ribbon cable to connect IDE HDD and one 34 pin ribbon cable for FDD connection Note Ribbon cables are directional therefore connect the red cable stripe to the same side Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 The Serial ATA is an evolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements to the computing platform The Serial ATA sup...

Page 41: ...execute 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...

Page 42: ...ug 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 CN5 Port CN5 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 CN5 1 2 3 4 1 CN5 1 1 FAN1 1 FAN2 1 FAN3...

Page 43: ... 7 MSDATA 8 MS_DT 9 KBCLK 10 KB_CK 11 KBDATA 12 KB DT Extended Parallel Port Header JP7 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 optional at the time of purchase E5 E4 1 7 5 3 1 11 9 JP14 8 6 4 2 1210 JP14 1 JP7 1 ...

Page 44: ...mainboard supports Normal IrDA ASKIR or SCR transfer mode To enable this function attach a 6 pin infrared device cable to the IR JP3 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 JP3 1 3 5 2 4 6 1 1 JP3 IR ...

Page 45: ...the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu 1 Install Memory Install memory in any or all of the banks The combination shown as follows Note The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB 2 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM banks After up gr...

Page 46: ...oes not appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard Software Installing VIA 4in1 VIA VGA VIA USB2 0 VIA RAID Realtek LAN and Realtek Audio drivers F Install Utility Installing the WinFlash utility driver F Manual FX43G user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Brow...

Page 47: ...run icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Use your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu The software includes 4 2 A Install VIA 4in1 Driver 4 2 B Install VIA VGA Driver 4 2 C Install VIA USB2 0 Driver 4 2 D Install VIA RAID Driver 4 2 E Install Realtek LAN Driver 4 2 F Install Realtek Audio Driver ...

Page 48: ...selection a Setup window will run the installation automatically Reboot the system after the installation 4 2 B Install VIA VGA Driver Click on the Install VIA VGA Driver bar to install the VGA driver Once you made your selection a Setup window will run the installation automati cally Reboot the system after the installation ...

Page 49: ...selection a Setup window will run the installation automatically Reboot the system after the installation 4 2 D Install VIA RAID Driver Click on the Install VIA RAID Driver bar to install the raid driver Once you made your selection a Setup window will run the installation automati cally Reboot the system after the installation ...

Page 50: ...ion a Setup window will run the installation automatically Reboot the system after the installation 4 2 F Install Realtek Audio Driver Click on the Install Realtek Audio Driver bar to install the audio driver Once you made your selection a Setup window will run the installation automatically Reboot the system after the installation ...

Page 51: ... Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar 1 Click on the Install Acrobat Reader bar if you need to install it 2 Click on Manual bar to view FX43G user s manual 3 Click on RAID manual bar to view SATA RAID manual ...

Page 52: ...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 switch located...

Page 53: ...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 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...ed 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 for better performance Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled External Cache Most processors that can be installed in this system use external level 2 L2 cache memory to improve performance Leave this item at the default value for b...

Page 58: ...oppy 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 diskette drive with ...

Page 59: ...rol 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 MB of memory and you are running the OS 2 operating system Otherwise leave this item at the default Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Whether report no FDD runs for Win 95 or not Ø The choice Yes or N...

Page 60: ...requency This item shows the current CPU Front Side Bus speed Current DRAM Frequency This item shows the current DRAM speed DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed Ø The Choice By SPD 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz or 200 MHz DRAM Timing This item allows you to select the value in this field depending on whether the board using which kind of DDR DRAM The following five items become avai...

Page 61: ...s strobe to CAS column address strobe as both rows and columns are separately addressed shortly after DRAM is refreshed Ø The Choice 2T 3T 4T or 5T DRAM Burst Length This item allows you to select the DRAM burst length Ø The Choice 4 or 8 DRAM Command Rate This item allows you to select the DRAM executed rate Ø The Choice 2T Command or 1T Command Write Recovery Time This item allows you to select ...

Page 62: ...is item to write to the AGP with one wait executed state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enable this item to read from the AGP with one wait executed state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP 3 0 Calibration cycle This item enables or disables AGP 3 0 card calibration cycle Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled VGA Share Memory Size This item defines the onboard VGA shared memory...

Page 63: ... can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it can t be cached The user information of peripher als that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements Ø The Choice Disabled or 15M 16M System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance Howeve...

Page 64: ...hoice IDE or RAID OnChip IDE Channel0 Channel1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan nels Select Enabled to activate the primary secondary IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate the primary secondary interface Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interface support IDE prefetching for faster drive access If you install a prima...

Page 65: ...r IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drivers do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options AC97 Audio This item allows you to control the OnChip Audio Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled OnChip USB Controller Do not d...

Page 66: ...F8 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 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 Allows you to determine an I O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel port Ø The choice 3...

Page 67: ...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 Option This item acts like a master switch for the power saving modes ...

Page 68: ...r Blank Screen The item only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling Ø The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank Screen or DPMS Support MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 or NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Under ACPI you can create a software power down In a software power down the system can be resumed by Wake U...

Page 69: ...y from the USB device will awaken the system from S3 mode Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled VGA Select ON to have the VGA awaken the system Ø The choice OFF or ON LPT COM This item determines if any activity from LPT COM or both wakes up the system Ø The choice NONE LPT COM or LPT COM HDD FDD Select ON to have any activity from HDD or FDD wake up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON PCI Master Select ...

Page 70: ...OFF to enable disable a specified IRQ Ø The choice OFF or ON In the following is a list of IRQs Interrupt Requests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the serv...

Page 71: ...Yes or No Reset Configuration Data When enabled any PnP configuration data stored in the BIOS will be cleared from memory 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 Resourc...

Page 72: ... Assign IRQ For USB This item enables or disables the user to assign an IRQ for the onboard USB controller The onboard USB controller is always enabled if no IRQ is assigned to it and there will be a question mark reported in the sytem under Windows 95 98 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled INT Pin 1 2 3 4 Assignment This item names the IRQ line assigned to a device connected to the PCI interface on ...

Page 73: ...ntrol 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 3 or Fan 1 Fan 3 1 FAN1 1 FAN2 ...

Page 74: ... will again automati 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 3...

Page 75: ...10 5 X 11 X 11 5 X 12 X 12 5 X 13 X 13 5 X 14 X 15 X 16 X 16 5 X 17 X 18 X 19 X20 X21 or X 22 5 CPU Clock This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock Ø The choice 100 232 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto disable empty DIMM PCI Slot Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item defines the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Enabled or ...

Page 76: ...75 V 1 900 V 1 925V 1 950V 1 975V or 2 000 V DIMM Voltage Select This item allows you to adjust DIMM Voltage Ø The choice Auto 2 60 V 2 65 V or 2 70 V AGP Voltage Select This item allows you to adjust AGP Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 55V 1 60 V or 1 65 V 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...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...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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