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Page 1: ...ME21 FC PGA Celeron and FC PGA FC PGA2 Pentium III Processor Based AGPset MAIN BOARD User s Manual...

Page 2: ...has been carefully checked for reliability however no guarantee is given as to the correction of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise...

Page 3: ...es of ME21 12 STEP 1 Install the CPU 13 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 14 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 14 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 15 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 16 S...

Page 4: ...gure Setting J1 JP5 JP3 32 BIOS Top Block Lock J5 33 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors 34 USB1 USB2 Port Connectors 34 COM1 Connector 34 VGA Connector 34 Parallel Port Connecto...

Page 5: ...P9 42 Chassis Intrusion J9 42 Audio Connector Telephone_IN JP11 43 Audio Connector CD_In JP13 43 Audio Connector AUX_In JP12 43 Wake on LAN Connector J13 44 IR Connector J17 44 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFI...

Page 6: ...URES 60 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 64 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 67 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 72 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 76 PC HEATH STATUS 78 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 79 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 80 LOAD OPTIMI...

Page 7: ...tep by Step Page 12 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 26 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 46 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 53 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page...

Page 8: ...ainboard You will find that installing your new Shuttle ME21 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated ME21 mainboard pro vides you with a total solu...

Page 9: ...containing The ME21 user s manual saved in PDF format Intel Chipset System Driver AGP device VGA driver AC97 audio CODEC driver IDE driver Award Flashing Utility U SB1 KBM S1 JP 8 JP 7 AJ 1 JP 5 J1 J...

Page 10: ...iguration Soft configuration FSB The FSB speed is software configurable from 66MHz to 166MHz in the Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS setup program Integrated Graphics Controller Enhancement 3D graphi...

Page 11: ...e CNR Slot supports the audio modem Lan Home PNA of the Intel 82801BA chipset Note The CNR Card is optional at the time of purchase Onboard I O Port and Interface Provides a variety of I O interfaces...

Page 12: ...gy Saving Features controlled by your operating system that supports OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6 0 PG on Intel Firmware Hub 4Mb Flash core...

Page 13: ...ng is almost fixed Intelligent Features Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current passing through m...

Page 14: ...2 1 J9 1 JP11 JP12 1 1 1 J23 1 R ST E PM I G LE D P O W _BT N S PK R K EY LO CK P WR LE D PGA370 P an a s on ic C R 2 03 2 3V J A PA N 1 in b o n d Three PCI Slots One 4 x AGP Slot Intel 82801BA Chips...

Page 15: ...l position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The FC PGA FC PGA2 370 CPU requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of processor If heatsink fan are not already mounted on your CPU...

Page 16: ...he default jumper settings if you are not totally familiar with the mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for opti mum system performance For the advanced users...

Page 17: ...cturer 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...

Page 18: ...and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shortage between the board and th...

Page 19: ...Speaker or USB devices etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches LEDs USB Line Out and Mic In connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group J23 J6 and J27 as shown below...

Page 20: ...nt Interface J23 1 IDELED RST EPMI GLED POW_BTN SPKR KEYLOCK PWRLED J23 1 IDELED RST EPMI GLED POW_BTN SPKR KEYLOCK PWRLED J23 1 IDELED RST EPMI GLED POW_BTN SPKR KEYLOCK PWRLED J23 1 IDELED RST EPMI...

Page 21: ...J27 10 Extended USB header J6 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector EMIC_IN EMIC_VCC AGND EROUT ELOUT 1 5V NC DATA2 DATA2 KEY DATA3 GND DATA3 GND GND USB p...

Page 22: ...8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 COM 2 cable connector 2 Telephone_IN Auxiliary_IN CD_IN connectors 3 IR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector 1 JP9 JP11 1 JP12 1 1...

Page 23: ...can support AIMM with up to 4MB of 133MHz SDRAM display cache to deliver high quality video graphics Note The AIMM Card is optional at the time of purchase 3 PCI Card 4 CNR Communication Network Rise...

Page 24: ...now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard 2 USB Ports 3 COM Port PS 2 keyboard PS 2 Mou...

Page 25: ...23 4 VGA Port 5 Parallel Port 6 MIDI GAME Port 7 Audio Line in Line out Mic in Parallel Port MIDI GAME Port Line Out Mic In Line In VGA Port...

Page 26: ...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...

Page 27: ...g the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the ME21 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainboa...

Page 28: ...n 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 mainboar...

Page 29: ...cessors DIMM1 2 Two DIMM Sockets for 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB 3 3V SDRAM Total memory installed is 512MB AGP AIMM One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP In_Line Memory Module PCI Three 32 bit PCI...

Page 30: ...ch EPMI GLED Green LED ON when system stays in power saving mode IDE LED IDE Drive Active LED KEYLOCK KEYLOCK PWR LED System Power LED RST Hardware Reset Switch SPKR Housing Internal Speaker J27 Exten...

Page 31: ...29 E7 E8 E9 JP9 COM2 Connector J9 Chassis Intrusion Connector JP11 Telephone_IN Connector JP13 CD_IN Connector JP12 Auxiliary_IN Connector J13 Wake on Lan Connector J17 IR Connector E3 E4 E5 E6...

Page 32: ...cap to pin 1 2 Step 6 Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector Step 7 Turn on the system power PC On Clear CMOS Setting J2 J2 is used to clear CMOS data Clearing CMOS will result in permanently...

Page 33: ...riph erals in BIOS setup program USB Keyboard Wake Up Setting JP14 ME21 mainboard provides one jumper to set USB Keyboard which connect to back panel to wake up system from ACPI S3 stage Firstly you m...

Page 34: ...rol of BIOS setup program For experienced users ME21 mainboard provides an alternative hardware configured function to adjust Front Side Bus manually Before you adjust FSB frequency by jumper you need...

Page 35: ...ll block you can remove jumper cap on J5 for lock top block Close Can flash all block Default Open Lock top block Reflash the BIOS follow these steps Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Ins...

Page 36: ...board s Plug the PS 2 keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors USB1 USB2 Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available...

Page 37: ...be mixed with the output or both Mic In Mic In is a 1 8 inch jack that provides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port...

Page 38: ...Note Please note the Speaker and all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light during running please simply change to the opposite direction EPMI Hardware System Manageme...

Page 39: ...LED Connector IDE LED Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2 in IDE LED header The IDE LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active Keylock Connector KEYLOCK Attach the 2 pin K...

Page 40: ...et Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector SPKR Attach the PC speaker cable from the case...

Page 41: ...on back panel Pins Assignment 1 ELOUT 2 EROUT 3 AGND 4 EMIC_VCC 5 EMIC_IN Extended USB Header J6 The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front panel...

Page 42: ...Disk Drives H D D This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA100 66 33 ribbon cable t...

Page 43: ...o 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 supply have enough power for highe...

Page 44: ...Pin Assignments 1 DCD2 2 DSR2 3 RX2 4 RTS2 5 TX2 6 CTS2 7 DTR2 8 RI2 9 GND 10 KEY Chassis Intrusion J9 Joint this 2 pin connector with chassis cover This function activate detection any intrusion into...

Page 45: ...in Assignments 1 MONO_PHONE 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 MONO_OUT Audio CD_IN Header JP13 Black Port JP13 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive Pin Assignments 1 CD L 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4...

Page 46: ...Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 CIRRX 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Otherwise incorrect IR c...

Page 47: ...n as follows Note You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the Standard CM...

Page 48: ...n does not appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install Mainboard Software Installing Chipset and AGP drivers Install Audio De...

Page 49: ...toRun screen does not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Softwa...

Page 50: ...Note When the system reboots after the chipset system driver installing is completed it will continue the setup procedure and then reboot automatically Note When the Windows 95 98 reboot for the first...

Page 51: ...g device e g mouse on the Install AGP Device Software bar to install AGP device driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation auto matically When the copying files is done ma...

Page 52: ...oftware Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Audio Device Software bar Then AC97 Audio Drivers windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install AC97...

Page 53: ...n 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 54: ...pear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will...

Page 55: ...e 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 messa...

Page 56: ...election appears at the bottom of the screen 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...

Page 57: ...minimal stable performance of your system 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 ha...

Page 58: ...the value you want in each item Date Month DD YYYY 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...

Page 59: ...5 in or 2 88M 3 5 in Video Select the default video device The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you The...

Page 60: ...let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk The choice CHS LBA Large or Auto Ca...

Page 61: ...59 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track Min 0 Max 255...

Page 62: ...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 app...

Page 63: ...computer If it is set to enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST The choice Enabled or Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system fro...

Page 64: ...This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you hold the key down The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held...

Page 65: ...running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD runs for Win 95 or not The choice Yes or No EPA Logo Show This item allows...

Page 66: ...discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency de...

Page 67: ...owever if any program is written to this memory area a system error may result The Choice Enabled or Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When...

Page 68: ...133MHz or Auto On Chip Video Window Size Select the on chip video window size for VGA drive The Choice 64MB or Disabled Onboard Display Cache Setting Set the onboard display cache timing CAS Latency...

Page 69: ...e choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE int...

Page 70: ...r Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled or Disabled USB Mouse Support Select Enabled...

Page 71: ...tion 2 USB Keyboard USB Mouse and Serial Mouse are not supported to this function KB Power ON Password This item set the keyboard power on password You can adjust jumper J7 to the clear password When...

Page 72: ...item will not show up when IrDA ASKIR modes are selected The choice Full Half Use IR Pins This item select the InfraRed module pin out The choice IR Rx2Tx2 or RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This ite...

Page 73: ...g ECP mode The choice 1 or 3 Game Port Address This item select the Game Port Address The choice Disabled 201 or 209 Midi Port Address This item select the Midi Port Address The choice Disabled 330 30...

Page 74: ...anced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend The choice S1 POS or S3 STR Power Management This...

Page 75: ...chronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank...

Page 76: ...ce Enabled or Disabled Wake Up On LAN This item determines the system will resume by activity of LAN If enabled this feature enabled system will power on itself from power off mode when the activity o...

Page 77: ...oad Global Timer Events If any of these items is set to Disabled system will not monitor the activity event and reload global timer If these items is set to Enabled system will monitor the system acti...

Page 78: ...iguration 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 The...

Page 79: ...s you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices is compli...

Page 80: ...ring and overheat alert This item indicates the current Processor tempera ture Current CPUFAN1 2 3 Speed The mainboard can detect three fans rotation speed for CPU cooler and system IN0 V IN2 V 5V 5V...

Page 81: ...pectrum The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock PC133 The choice Default 68 35MHz No 70 35MHz No 75 38MHz No 80 40MHz No 83 42MHz No 100 33MHz No 103 34MHz No 105 35MHz No 110 37MHz No 115 3...

Page 82: ...N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box...

Page 83: ...d access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and...

Page 84: ...the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Op tion of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Warning Retain a record of yo...

Page 85: ...ext 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 Ente...

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