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MN31L

AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron
462-pin Processor
with 200/266/333/400 MHz FSB
Based DDR MAINBOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for MN31L

Page 1: ...MN31L AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin Processor with 200 266 333 400 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 manua...

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: ...nue holding Insert until the system begins the POST Power On Self Test 3 Immediately press Del to enter the BIOS 4 Select Load Optimized Defaults to return your system to a bootable condition then select SAVE to CMOS and EXIT 5 Reboot your system Your system however may also not boot up after you ve resetted the CPU FSB The remedy is to highlight SAVE to CMOS and EXIT in the BIOS and then restart ...

Page 5: ...h 6 pins Keyboard Port one port with 6 pins Parallel Port one port with 25 pins VGA Port two ports with 15 pins respectively MIDI Game Port one port with 15 pins Line Out Line In Mic In Ports one port for each LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps USB 2 0 Port two ports with 4 pins respectively DDR Memory 256 MB 3 All CPUs have completely been tested and values offered by the worst EMI comb...

Page 6: ...odel Name S N FCC ID 1 Case KF45A N A 2 Power Supply 300W ENP 0730 ATX12V 1000002885 3 IBM HDD 30 7GB 91024UB YKFY7981 3892I168 4 MITSUMI FDD D353M 5 SONY VCD Player CDU4811 3892A291 6 AGP Card Winfast Geforce 2 MX 3892C520 7 Power Cable Detachable and Shielded ...

Page 7: ...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 Speaker USBs 15 STEP 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 16 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 17 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supplies 18 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 18 STEP 11 Connect External Peripherals to B...

Page 8: ...nector Reset 30 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 30 EPMI Connector EPMI 31 Power LED Connector PLED 31 Speaker Connector Speaker 31 Front PanelAudio Header JP9 32 Extended USB Headers JP2 JP3 32 Internal Peripheral Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors IDE1 IDE2 FLP1 33 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connectors CN2 CN3 34 CPU and System Fan Connectors FAN1 2 3 35 Audio Center Bass...

Page 9: ...VGA Device Driver 42 4 3 View the User s Manual 43 5 BIOS SETUP 44 5 1 ENTER BIOS 44 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 45 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 47 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 49 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 52 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 55 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 58 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 61 PC HEALTH STATUS 62 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 63 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 63 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 64 Save Exit Setup 65 Exit Witho...

Page 10: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 22 Software Utility How to Install Page 40 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 44 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 11: ... You will find install ing your new MN31L mainboard is quite easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated MN31L 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 in...

Page 12: ... driver Ø VGA Device Driver Ø Award Flashing Utility W49V002AP 2204484Y2 216WFSA Winbond C Reset HLED GLED Speaker EPMI PWON PLED IR JP4 1 CN1 VGA2 VGA1 PRN1 AUDIO1 USB1 LAN1 1 1 COM2 COM1 FAN1 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 FLP1 1 ATXPWR 1 CN3 FAN2 1 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 1 JP13 1 JP1 CMOS 1 JP2 USB 3 4 JP3 USB 5 6 T AIWAN n VIDIA nFORCE 2 MCP JP10 JP8 1 1 AUX_IN CD_IN CD_IN JP6 1 SPDIF Ext JP7 1 JP5 1 A LC6 50 2 8...

Page 13: ... level stereo inputs Compliant with AC 97 2 3 specifications On Board Graphical Controller The nForce2 IGP Host Controller integrates a high performance and high quality 3D 2D Graphical Accelerator Ø Integrated Geforce4 MX GPU Ø Built in a high performance and high quality 256 bit 3D 2D graphic accel erator Ø nView dual display architecture supporting desktop VGA monitor andDVI display Ø Dual CRTC...

Page 14: ...ort up to four IDE devices one Master and one 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 connec...

Page 15: ...o Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system will enter Soft Off mode Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ringing Ø CPU Host SDRAM This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock and SDRAM in BIOS Intelligent Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and oth...

Page 16: ...A nFORCE 2 MCP JP10 JP8 1 1 AUX_IN CD_IN CD_IN JP6 1 SPDIF Ext JP7 1 JP5 1 A LC 6 50 2 8 2 0 0 Q 1 2 4 0 E Front Audio JP9 1 REALTEK RTL8201BL TAIWAN PCI2 PCI3 PCI1 AGP1 FAN3 1 1 CN2 ATX12V JP3 1 D30 CPU Overtemperature LED AGP Protection LED D1 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors CD_IN Connector JP6 JP8 FAN1 VGA Port 2 Connector Parallel Port Connector VGA Port 1 Connector MIDI Game Port Connectors US...

Page 17: ... 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 already mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan sepa rately and have it installed Plug the cable throught the heatsink fan in the CP...

Page 18: ...cedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For advanced users who prefer to customize their system 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 19: ...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 20: ...studs between the chassis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the 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 th...

Page 21: ...peaker and USB connectors to JP13 and JP2 JP3 as shown below 1 HDD LED HLED 2 Green LED GLED 3 Hardware Reset Switch Reset 4 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 5 Hardware System Management Interface EPMI 6 Power LED PLED 7 PC Speaker Speaker 8 Extended USB Headers USB 3 4 USB 5 6 1 JP2 USB 3 4 USB 5 6 JP3 1 Reset HLED GLED Speaker EPMI PWON PLED 1 JP13 1 JP13 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 1 JP2 JP3 8 USB 3 4 USB 5 6 1 3 ...

Page 22: ... 16 Step 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Floppy cable connector FLP1 1 IDE2 IDE1 1 1 ...

Page 23: ... 17 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD_IN JP6 JP8 AUX_IN JP10 and Center Bass JP5 connectors 2 IR header JP4 JP10 JP8 1 1 AUX_IN CD_IN CD_IN JP6 1 JP5 1 IR JP4 1 ...

Page 24: ... 18 Step 9 Connect the Power Supplies 1 System power connectors CN2 CN3 Step 10 Install Add On Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Grapics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card CN2 1 ATX12V ATXPWR CN3 1 ...

Page 25: ...l peripherals to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse Port 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port 3 Parallel Port 4 VGA Ports1 2 5 MIDI Game Port 6 Audio Line Out Port 7 Audio Line In Shared with Rear Out Port 8 Audio Mic In Shared with Center Bass Out Port 9 LAN Port 10 USB Ports1 2 foxconn 1 3 4 5 7 9 10 2 6 8 ...

Page 26: ...ce 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 systems mentioned above you can only install your HDD into any...

Page 27: ...r operating system is already installed before running the installation programs on CD ROM 1 Insert the MN31L bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install Nvidia Chipset driver and complete it 3 Choose Install VGA Device Driver and complete it 4 Quit from the auto run installation program ...

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: ...Memory Expansion Slots Socket A CPU socket for AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron 462 pin processors DIMM1 2 3 Three DIMM slots for 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM The total installed memory does not exceed 3GB AGP One AGP slot supports 8X 4X 2X AGP device PCI Three 32 bit PCI expansion slots B1 B4 B7 B2 B3 B2 B8 B9 E1 E2 C8 E3 E4 E5 E6 C1 C7 A1 D1 D1 E2 D1 E1 D1 D1 D1 E2 D1 E7 D1 E8 D1 E10 E9 C9...

Page 30: ...SB USB1 USB2 ports LAN1 LAN port Front Panel Connectors HLED HDD LED GLED Green LED Reset Hardware reset switch PWON ATX power on off switch EPMI EPMI connector PLED Power LED Speaker Speaker connector JP9 Front panel audio header JP2 JP3 Extended USB headers USB 3 4 USB 5 6 Internal Peripheral Connectors IDE1 IDE primary interface dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface dual channel FLP1 Floppy...

Page 31: ...ystem fan connector FAN3 System fan connector JP5 Audio Center Bass header JP7 SPDIF Ext header JP6 JP8 Audio CD_IN connectors JP10 Audio AUX_IN connector COM1 COM2 Serial port connectors JP4 IR header D1 AGP protection LED D30 CPU overtemperature LED E1 E2 E2 E7 E6 E5 E4 E3 E2 E8 E9 E10 ...

Page 32: ...in 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 1 C...

Page 33: ...nnector is lo cated on the rear panel of the mainboard Plug the cable from your parallel device printer scanner etc into this connector Line 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 speak ers Line In Shared with Rear Ou...

Page 34: ... a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instrument to the sound card The MIDI adapter can in turn be connected to the Joy stick MIDI port You will also need the MIDI sequencing software to run MIDI instruments with your computer into this connector USB1 USB2 Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector LAN Port...

Page 35: ...s active Green LED Connector GLED The Green LED GLED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving modes Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to the nor mal operation mode the Green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin Green LED cable to the GLED header C2 C1 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED ...

Page 36: ...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 Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during running please change it to the opposite direction C3 C4 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED ...

Page 37: ... it to a normal operation situation Power LED Connector PLED Attach a 3 pin Power LED connector cable to the PLED header The power LED stays light while the system is on Speaker Connector Speaker Attach a PC speaker cable to the 4 pin speaker connector Speaker C5 C6 C7 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PWON PLED 1 JP13 HLED Reset EPMI Speaker GLED PW...

Page 38: ...ers must be setted on pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 when this header is not used Pin Assignments 1 MIC_IN 2 AGND 3 MIC_POWER 4 AVDD 5V 5 FRONT OUT RIGHT 6 BACK OUT RIGHT 7 NC 8 NC 9 FRONT OUT LEFT 10 BACK OUT LEFT Extended USB Headers JP2 JP3 Headers JP2 USB 3 4 and JP3 USB 5 6 are used to connect cables to USB connectors mounted on front panel or back panel The USB cable is optional at the time of purch...

Page 39: ...ices such as CD ROM and Hard Disk Drive HDD This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD More over this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 133 100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect IDE HDD and one 34 pin ribbon cable for FDD connec tion Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore connect the red cable stripe to the same side IDE2 ID...

Page 40: ...ute power on Thus this motherboard supports an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem You may enable the function PWRON After PWR Fail in the sub menu of Power Management Setup within the BIOS setup program Note 1 The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the...

Page 41: ...e of plug 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 Center Bass Header JP5 Port JP5 can be used to connect a cable attached to center bass amplified speakers Pin Assignments 1 CENTER 2 GND 3 GND 4 BASS E2 SENSE GND 12V 1 E3 JP5 1 JP5 1 2 3 4 1 FAN1 1 FAN2 1 FAN3 ...

Page 42: ...GND Audio CD_IN Connectors JP6 JP8 Ports CD_IN JP6 White JP8 Black can be used to connect stereo audio inputs from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 CD In LEFT 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 CD In RIGHT Pin Assignments 1 CD In LEFT 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 CD In RIGHT E5 E4 SPDIF Ext JP7 1 JP7 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 JP8 1 CD_IN CD_IN JP6 1 JP6 1 2 3 4 JP8 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 43: ...sed to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 AUX LEFT 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 AUX RIGHT Serial Port Connectors COM1 COM2 Port COM1 COM2 can be used to connect serial port connectors E7 JP10 1 AUX_IN JP10 1 2 3 4 COM2 1 COM1 1 ...

Page 44: ...C 2 KEY 3 POWER 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX AGP Protection LED D1 The mainboard provides one 1 5V AGP card which supports up to 8X If you plug the 3V AGP card on the mainboard the AGP Protec tion LED will flash and you can t turn on the computer CPU Overtemperature LED D30 When CPU temperature over 850 C the system will cut off the power supply directly and the CPU Overtemperature LED will flash You mu...

Page 45: ... exceed 3GB Note Installing a DIMM in one of the three slots leads to a 64 bit data transfer rate If you are about to install additional DIMMs install them in any of the following sequences to activize a dual channel feature of a 128 bit data transfer rate ØDIMMs 1 3 ØDIMMs 2 3 or ØDIMMs 1 2 3 2 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in av...

Page 46: ...een 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 MN31L Series Driver Installing NVDIA Chipset driver VGA Device Driver F Install Utility Installing Acrobat Reader and Winflash Utility F Manual MN31L series user s manuals in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse t...

Page 47: ... 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 MN31L Series Driver bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard MN31L Software include 4 2 A Install NVDIA Chipset driver 4 2 B Install VGA Device Driver ...

Page 48: ...e e g mouse on the Install VGA Device Driver bar to install raid driver Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take th...

Page 49: ... on MN31L Manual bar to view user s manual 4 3 View the User s Manual Insert the attached CD into your CD ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar ...

Page 50: ...ower 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 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 s...

Page 51: ...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 52: ... 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 the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility Ex...

Page 53: ... 5 00 00 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A DriveB Select the type of floppy disk drive and 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 define the video mode of the system This mainboard has a built in VGA graphics system leave this item at...

Page 54: ...sk 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 Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking pro gram The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual and the Access Mode item is...

Page 55: ...s ing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Internal Cache All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 L1 cache memory to improve performance Lea...

Page 56: ...n the devices specified under the First Second and Third boot devices Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Swap Floppy 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...

Page 57: ...t up or if it is only required with a user tries to enter the Setup Utility Ø The choice Setup or System APIC Mode This option is used to enable or disable APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller functionality The APIC is an Intel chip that pro vides symmetric multiprocessing SMP for its Pentium system Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Selects the operating system...

Page 58: ...ngs Aggressive Turbo Use over clocked settings for higher performance but with higher risk of instability Expert Allows fall custemization of performance options Advanced users only Ø The choice Optimal Aggressive Turbo or Expert FSB Frequency This item select FSB frequency Ø The Choice 100MHz 102 123MHz 125MHz 127 148MHz 150MHz 152 175MHz 177 200MHz 202 223MHz 225MHz 227 250MHz CPU Interface Opti...

Page 59: ...ion from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe as both rows and columns are separately addressed shortly after DRAM is refreshed RAS to CAS delay Set System Performance to Optimal to use the delay recommended by the DIMM s manufacturer Ø The choice 1 7 T RP This item defines the numbers of cycles for RAS to be allowed to precharge Row precharge delay Set System Performance to Optimal...

Page 60: ...dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to tha AGP without any translaton Ø The choice 32M 64M 128M 256M or 512M AGP 8X Support This item allows you to enable or disable AGP 8X Support Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Fast Write Capability This item enables an end sure to manually select the AGP output buffer driver strength Ø The Choice...

Page 61: ... successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If bo...

Page 62: ...board AGP or PCI Slot OnChip USB This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it Ø The choice Disabled V1 1 V2 0 or V1 1 USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled OnChip Audio This item allows you to control the onboard Audio Ø Th...

Page 63: ...O address and interrupt request IRQ for the onboard parallel port Ø The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 or Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port Select SPP unless you are certain your system supports other modes Ø The choice SPP EPP ECP or ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA When the parallel port mode is set to ECP this item becomes seletable Ø The choice 1 or ...

Page 64: ...nables a PC to turn its peripherals on or off for improving the power management It also allows a PC to be turned on or off by external devices so that a mouse or keyboard can wake up the computer 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 If you select S3 STR the suspend mode is a suspend ...

Page 65: ...The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank Screen or DPMS Support HDD Power Down 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 Disabled Ø The choice Disabled or 1 Min 15 Min HDD Down In Suspend The item allows you to enable or disable the HDD Down In Suspend Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Soft Off By PBTN Pressing the power bu...

Page 66: ...minute and second to turn on your system Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Time dd hh mm of Alarm This item selects the alarm Time dd Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 hh Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 mm Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 59 PS2 Keyboard Power ON Set a password or a key to awaken the system from a keyboard Ø The choice Disabled Password or Hot KEY KB Power ON Password Press Ente...

Page 67: ...em 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 Resources When the previous item is set to manual this item allows you respec tively assign an interruptive type for IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 and 15 Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop The item is designed to sol...

Page 68: ... C 149 F 70 C 158 F or Disabled The following items provide you with information about the system s current operating status You cannot make changes to one of them including CPU Voltage AGP Voltage 3 3V VIN 5V VIN 12V VIN 12V VIN Chipset Voltage 5V SBVIN Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature PWM Temperature FAN1 Speed FAN2 Speed FAN3 Speed ...

Page 69: ... N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations LoadOptimizedDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation ...

Page 70: ...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 26 o...

Page 71: ...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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