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ME62/ME63/ME64

Intel 810 Family Based
Twin Processors 

Main Board

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for ME62

Page 1: ...ME62 ME63 ME64 Intel 810 Family Based Twin Processors Main Board User s Manual...

Page 2: ...guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improve ment this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifi cation...

Page 3: ...TION 11 3 1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION 11 STEP 1 Install the CPU 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 15 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 15 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 16 STEP 5 Mount the Ma...

Page 4: ...J25 31 AMR Slot Setting J9 31 Configuring CPU Host Clock J10A J26 32 Clear CMOS J12 33 Boot Block Protection J16 33 Suspend to RAM J23 33 Factory Reserved J27 34 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Connectors 3...

Page 5: ...PU1 FAN1 CPU2 FAN2 Chassis FAN3 39 COM2 Connector 40 SIR CIR Connector J13 40 Wake on LAN Connector J19 40 Audio Connector AUX_In JP2 41 Audio Connector TAD_In JP4 41 Audio Connector CD_In JP6 41 3 3...

Page 6: ...RES 55 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 61 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 65 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 69 PC HEALTH STATUS 71 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 73 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 74 LOAD OPTIMI...

Page 7: ...are Utility How to Install Page 43 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 48 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 Technical...

Page 8: ...le ME62 ME63 ME64 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly inte grated ME62 ME63 ME64 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and...

Page 9: ...set MicroATX form factor including 2xUSB 2xSerial and 1xParallel ports plus 1xPS 2 Keyboard and 1xPS 2 Mouse connectors One ATA 66 Ribbon Cable One Floppy Ribbon Cable One 9 pin COM2 Cable One set of...

Page 10: ...subsystems which support UltraDMA 33 66 devices allowing up to 66 MB sec of disk data transfer speed ME64 Features 66 100 133 MHz Intel 810E system chipset with integrated 2D 3D AGP graphics engine o...

Page 11: ...wireless connection 1 DB25 Parallel port supporting Standard Parallel Port SPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Port ECP data transmission schemes USB Interface Onboard 2 USB conn...

Page 12: ...e Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system enters the Soft Off mode Keyboard Mouse Pow...

Page 13: ...64 mainboard Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers connec tors slots and ports Then follow these steps designed to guide you through a quick and correct installa...

Page 14: ...force while making sure there is no gap between CPU and socket Then lower the socket lever all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The PGA 370 CPU require...

Page 15: ...nd remove its cover Locate the Retention Mechanism 1 around the Slot 1 Take care of the Square Cut Mark 1 1 Fix 1 by inserting Attach Mounts 1 4 up through holes A1 A4 in the bottom of the mainboard a...

Page 16: ...e side of Slot 1 Fix 3 by inserting Attach Mounts 4 up through holes A1 A4 in the bottom of the mainboard and screw the four captive nuts 3 1 Install the CPU Hold the processor 5 so that the Heatsink...

Page 17: ...do not change the default jumper settings if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the adva...

Page 18: ...red jumpers on board 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...

Page 19: ...sis 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 shorts be twine the board and...

Page 20: ...stem case and originating from the computer s front panel devices HDD LED Power LED Reset Switch PC Speaker or connectors for USB devices etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches LED...

Page 21: ...19 4 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface 5 Green_LED 6 PC Speaker 7 Hardware Reset Switch 8 Front panel USB connectors header 9 Line Out and Mic In header...

Page 22: ...20 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 COM 2 cable connector...

Page 23: ...21 2 CD_IN AUX_IN TAD_IN connector 3 SIR CIR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector...

Page 24: ...on Slots 1 Audio Modem Riser AMR Card Note You may purchase the optional Modem Riser Card 2 USB PanelLink TV out UPT Card Note You may purchase the optional CV11 TV Out Card CV12 Panel Link Card CV14...

Page 25: ...ou are 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 Devices 3 Parallel Port 4 COM1 Po...

Page 26: ...24 5 VGA connector 6 Audio Line_in Line_out Mic_in 7 MIDI Game Port VGA Line Out Mic_in Line In MIDI GAME Port...

Page 27: ...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 usin...

Page 28: ...ivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the ME62 ME63 ME64 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainb...

Page 29: ...two pins are shown as for Short On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic prote...

Page 30: ...MB 3 3V SDRAM AMR AMR Expansion Slot for Audio Modem Riser Cards UPT USB Hub Panel Link TV out Expansion Slot for CV11 CV12 PCI Three 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots Jumpers J1 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Power On...

Page 31: ...ch SPK Housing Internal Speaker PWR System Power LED USB Front Panel USB Connector Header JP11 L OUT MIC Line Out and Mic In Header JP15 Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy Disk Drive Interface...

Page 32: ...gured function key F1 F12 To power on the system by PS 2 or USB mouse you only need to double click the mouse on the right or left button Note that power on by serial mouse is not supported To enable...

Page 33: ...ing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s Intel Controller Hub ICH There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another defined as secondary This motherboard uses the p...

Page 34: ...based processor up to 133MHz However ME62 ME63 ME64 provide over clocking feature to processor host clock it is not a recommended practice for this may cause severe damage to the system Warning Over c...

Page 35: ...pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 5 Turn on the system power PC On Boot Block Protection J16 J16 is used to protect the Boot Block in BIOS If the virus infects th...

Page 36: ...er where the PS 2 Mouse connector is lo cated at the right of the PS 2 Keyboard s Plug the PS 2 keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors USB0 USB1 Port Connectors Two female connec...

Page 37: ...ed 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 Line In Line In is a stereo line level input...

Page 38: ...r PWON The Power On Off Switch is a momen tary type switch used for turning on or off the system s ATX power supply Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2 pin PWON header on the mai...

Page 39: ...LED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active Hardware Reset Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the re set switch causes the syst...

Page 40: ...Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connector The ME62 ME63 ME64 mainboard features two 40 pin dual channel IDE device connectors IDE1 IDE0 providing support for up to four IDE devices such as CD ROM and H...

Page 41: ...tch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 This mainboard requires an ATX power supply of at least 200 watts with power good signal Cooling Fan Connectors for...

Page 42: ...X CIR Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 CIRRX 3 NC 4 Ground 5 NC Step 1 Attach the 5 pin infrared device cable to J13 connector Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment Step2 Configure the Infrared tran...

Page 43: ...n be used to connect a mo dem audio line to ME62 ME63 ME64 mainboard Typically you would use this connector when running the voice mail software on your system for audio input and output Pin Assignmen...

Page 44: ...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 BIOS Standard...

Page 45: ...Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install Mainboard Software Installing INF driver for Windows 9x Install Display Adaptor Driver Software Installing In...

Page 46: ...ade your selection a Setup window which automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly Note When t...

Page 47: ...board Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Display Adap tor Driver Software bar Then Display Adaptor Driver Installation windows will appear on your screen...

Page 48: ...huttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Audio Device Software bar Then Ad1881 Audio Driver windows will appear on your screen Click on the Ins...

Page 49: ...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 click on ME62 ME63 ME64 Manual bar to view M...

Page 50: ...Power 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 the train the messa...

Page 51: ...hat a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not includ...

Page 52: ...ge control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS de...

Page 53: ...use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select 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 Set the system t...

Page 54: ...4M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Video Select the default video device The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you The c...

Page 55: ...ll let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE The choice None Auto Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk The choice Normal LBA Large Auto Cap...

Page 56: ...54 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 sectors per track Min 0 Max 255...

Page 57: ...d someone at tempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear w...

Page 58: ...umLock The choice Off On Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control GateA20 The...

Page 59: ...not entered at the prompt The choice System Setup Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter...

Page 60: ...s for your system The only time you might con sider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system DRAM Settings The first chipset settings deal with CP...

Page 61: ...es more stable performance This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system The Choice 2 3 System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000...

Page 62: ...requency The Choice 100MHz 133MHz Onboard Display Cache Setting Setting the onboard display cache timing CAS Latency Select the local memory clock periods The Choice 2 3 Paging Mode Control Select the...

Page 63: ...at the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0...

Page 64: ...Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detectio...

Page 65: ...A 1 0 ASKIR MIR 0 57M MIR 1 15M FIR or Standard Disabled Note FIR is not available currently RxD TxD Active This item specifies the Active level for RxD TxD signal The choice Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo Hi Hi I...

Page 66: ...ATX power supply status when power resume after unexpected power fail When off is selected power supply will maintain on soft off status when power is resume When on is selected power supply will turn...

Page 67: ...ced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The choice Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend The choice S1 POS S3 STR Power Management This categor...

Page 68: ...m to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power manageme...

Page 69: ...by Ring This item determine the system will resume by activating of modem ring The choice Enabled Disabled Wake Up On LAN This item determine the system will resume by activity of LAN If enabled this...

Page 70: ...ad Global Timer Events If any of these items is set to Disabled that system activity event will not be monitored to reload global timer If these items is set to Enabled that system activity event will...

Page 71: ...ows you to determine install PnP OS or not The choice Yes No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you ex...

Page 72: ...e original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compli ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture The choice Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP Memory Reso...

Page 73: ...Disabled 50 C 122 F 53 C 127 F 56 C 133 F 60 C 140 F 63 C 145 F 66 C 151 F 70 C 158 F Current System Temp Since the mainboard support System temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicat...

Page 74: ...nd power supply VBAT V Battery voltage 5VSB V 5V standby voltage by MicroATX power Shutdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shut down temperature if your co...

Page 75: ...nable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Disabled 0 25 Center 0 5 Down CPU Host SDRAM Clock The choice Default 66 100MHz 70 109MHz 72 112MHz 75 105MHz 100 100MHz 105 109MHz 109 112MHz 112...

Page 76: ...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 get a confirmation dialog box with a m...

Page 77: ...ccess 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 pre...

Page 78: ...ystem is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Warning Retain a record of...

Page 79: ...The 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...

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