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MS21

AMD Socket-A Based

MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

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Page 1: ...80 MS21 AMD Socket A Based MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...d 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 man...

Page 3: ... INSTALLATION 11 Accessories Of MS21 11 STEP 1 Install the CPU 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 13 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 19 STEP 9 Connect the Power Sup...

Page 4: ...GA Connector 30 Parallel Port Connector 30 Line_out and Line In and Microphone 31 MIDI GAME Port 31 POWER LED PWR LED 32 KEYLOCK KEY LOCK 32 SPEAKER Connector SPEAKER 32 Green LED GRN LED 33 HDD LED Connector HDD LED 33 Hardware reset connector RST 33 System Management Interface Connector SMI 34 ATX power on off switch connector PWR SW 34 Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors 35 ATX Power Connector A...

Page 5: ...1 MS21 MAINBOARD CD OVERVIEW 42 4 2 INSTALL VGA SOFTWARE 43 4 3 INSTALL Audio Device Driver 45 4 4 INSTALL Lan Driver 46 5 BIOS SETUP 51 5 1 ENTER THE BIOS 51 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 52 Standard CMOS Setup 54 Advanced BIOS Features 56 Advanced Chipset Features 60 Integrated Peripherals 64 Power Management Setup 70 PnP PCI Configurations 74 PC Health Status 75 Frequency Voltage Control 76 Load Fail safe ...

Page 6: ... 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 25 Software Utility How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 51 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 7: ...Shuttle MS21 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated MS21 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable sys tem Refer to sections 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant information on how to tune u...

Page 8: ...lashing Utility K B M P S 1 U S B 1 C O M 1 V G A P R I N T A U D I O J 4 1 1 I D E 1 1 I D E 2 S O C J 5 0 0 4 6 9 4 2 0 C A C P 1 S i S 7 3 0 S S I S 0 0 S A A 0 2 1 3 0 0 4 8 K A P a n a s o n i c C R 2 0 3 2 3 V J A P A N 1 A W A R P C I P N P 1 6 9 3 3 2 9 1 9 9 8 C S i S R T L 8 1 3 9 C 0 2 1 7 5 T 1 0 0 9 B T A I W A N R M C C N R 1 P C I 1 P C I 2 A G P 1 J 2 1 J 1 1 C D 1 C D 2 A M R 1 J ...

Page 9: ...ves DVD playback performance SiS730S uses Share System Memory Architecture to handle very large texture maps required by reality and 3D video games and applications The share memory utilizes a frame buffer size up to 64 MB Jumperless CPU Configuration Soft configure CPU Speed The CPU operating speed is software configurable through Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup pro gram Versatile Memory ...

Page 10: ... bit PCI slots AMR Expansion Slot Provides one Audio Modem Riser AMR slot CNR Expansion Slot Provides one Communications and Networking Riser CNR slot Super South Bridge The SiS730S Super South Bridge includes a 10 100Mb Fast Ethernet feature for office and home networking requirements The SiS730S offers an AC 97 compliant interface that consists of a digital audio engine with 3D hardware accelera...

Page 11: ...nd one Slave per chan nel The IDE Bus implements the data transfer speed up to 33 66 100 MB sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 0 4 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can be connected to the onboard 20 pin ATX power connector supporting Suspend and Soft On Off by dual function power button Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Features four power saving mode Snoop Suspend t...

Page 12: ...p system via LAN Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automati cally by activation of modem ring Other Features Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current reach to mainboard components System voltages include Vcore on CPU and 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V etc on system Fan Status Monitoring To preven...

Page 13: ...I GAME Port Connectors Audio_in Connector CD_1 Audio_in Connector CD_2 AMR 1 Slot Clear CMOS Setting JP1 SiS 730s Chip AGP 2x 4x Slot Extra MIC Line Out Header J1 ATX Power Connector AC97 Audio CODEC Lan Header J2 Two PCI Slots CNR1 Slot SiS 950 Super I O Wake On Lan Connector WOL1 Wake On Modem Connector WOM1 Front Panel Connector PANEL1 Floppy Connector Housing Fan CASFAN1 Two IDE Connectors Red...

Page 14: ... gap between CPU and socket Then lower the socket lever all the way down to the horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The AMD 462 processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If the heatsink fan have not been mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it installed Plug the cable through the heatsink fan in...

Page 15: ...configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide the detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert SDRAM memory module s in any one two DIMM banks Note that SDRAM modules a...

Page 16: ...d jumpers on each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM must have jumpers on Master or Slave mode depending on your willing to install more than one device for each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable to the back panel of the internal peripheral devices Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usually in red or magenta...

Page 17: ...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 short between the board and the metal frame of chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able to find ...

Page 18: ...g in the system case and originating from the computer s front panel devices HDD LED Power LED Reset Switch PC Speaker etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches and LEDs to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below 1 Power LED PWR LED 2 Keylock Header KEY LOCK 3 PC SPEAKER SPEAKER ...

Page 19: ...17 4 Green LED GRN LED 5 HDD LED HDD LED 6 Hardware Reset Switch RST 7 System Management Interface Header SMI 8 ATX Soft Power On Off PWR SW ...

Page 20: ...18 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector ...

Page 21: ...SIR1 ATX 1 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 IR Header Warning Once power cord is plugged in mainboard LED1 lights up Please take reference to page 40 for location of LED 1 You are not allowed to install or uninstall memory modules while LED 1 lights up ...

Page 22: ...Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 AMR Card 2 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card Note The AGP slot only supports NVIDIA 4xAGP cards 3 PCI Card 4 Communications and Networking Riser CNR Card ...

Page 23: ... Back Panel You 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 PS 2 Keyboard 2 USB Devices 3 COM1 Port PS 2 Mouse USB1 USB2 PS 2 keyboard COM1 ...

Page 24: ...22 4 VGA Port 5 Parallel Port 6 Line_out Line_In Microphone 7 MIDI Game Port Parallel Port VGA Port MIDI GAME Port Line_out Line_In Microphone ...

Page 25: ... will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk 4 Now use the FORMAT utility to format all the partitions you ve cre ated When formatting the primary partition C make sure to use the FORMAT C S command 5 Install all the necessary drivers for CD ROM Mouse etc 6 Set up the c...

Page 26: ...ation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the MS21 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the driver main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install VGA Device Software and complete the installation 3 Return to the SHUTTLE MAINBOARD DRIVERS UTILITIES screen 4 Choose Install Audio Device Driver and complete the installation 5 Return to the main installation window and exit...

Page 27: ... two pins are shown as for Close 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 protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components When putting the mainboard down place it on the top of its original pack...

Page 28: ...ec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 462 CPU Socket for socket A AMD processors DIMM 1 2 Two DIMM Sockets for 32 64 128 256 and 512MB 3 3V SDRAM AMR One AMR expansion slot for audio modem riser card AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port slot PCI Two 32 bit PCI expansion slots CNR One CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot A1 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 B1 B2 B3 B5...

Page 29: ...in Line_in port Microphone Microphone port GAME MIDI GAME MIDI port Front Panel Connectors PWR LED System Power LED KEY LOCK KEYLOCK SPEAKER Speaker in housing GRN LED Green LED HDD LED IDE drive active LED RST Hardware reset switch SMI Hardware system management interface momentary type switch PWR SW ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive Int...

Page 30: ...Audio_in connector CD1 Audio_in connector J 1 Extra MIC Line_out header J 2 Lan bracket header SIR 1 IR header USB 3 Dual USB ports header WOM1 Wake on modem header WOL 1 Wake on lan header CASFAN 1 System cooling fan power connector CPUFAN 1 CPU cooling fan power connector LED1 Red 3VSB LED for SDRAM E9 E1 E2 ...

Page 31: ...tem default setting Please follow below procedure to clear CMOS Pin 2 3 Default Normal Pin 1 2 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power Step 2 Remove ATX power cable from onboard power connector Step 3 Locate JP1 and short pins 1 2 for a few seconds Step 4 Return JP1 to its normal setting by shorting pins 2 3 Step 5 Connect ATX power cable back to onboard power connector A1 JP...

Page 32: ...2 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB1 USB2 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector COM1 Connector This mainboard can accommodate one serial device on COM1 Attach a serial de vice cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 at the back panel of your computer VGA Connector One 15 pin VGA connecto...

Page 33: ...one Microphone 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 The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin female con nector This port can be connected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15 pin D sub connector MIDI Instrument Connection You will need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instrument t...

Page 34: ... ing from normal mode to ACPI mode KEYLOCK KEY LOCK Keylock connector is a 2 pin con nector for a lock that may be in stalled on the system case for en abling or disabling keyboard Speaker Connector SPEAKER Attach PC speaker cable from case to the 4 pin speaker con nector SPEAKER C1 C2 C3 Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If any LED of PANEL 1 does not light up during runni...

Page 35: ...mode the green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin green LED cable to GRN LED header HDD LED Connector HDD LED Attach connector cable from IDE device LED to the 2 pin HDD LED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active Hardware reset connector RST Attach 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing reset switch causes system to restart C4 C5 C6 ...

Page 36: ...ess SMI switch to force system into power saving mode press it again to resume back to normal operation ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWR SW The Power On Off Switch is a mo mentary type switch used for turn ing on or off system s ATX power supply Attach connector cable from Power Switch to the 2 pin PWR SW header on the mainboard C8 ...

Page 37: ...es one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 40pin ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional The red stripe means pin 1 Please make sure to always have correct connection with cable and pin 1 of IDE1 IDE2 or FDD1 on the mainboard D1 Note ...

Page 38: ...r supply connector Note 1 The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly Make sure that pin 1 is prop erly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply ...

Page 39: ...rophone and line out ports for easier access Either the Mic and Line_out connector on back panel or J1 header are available at the same time If you would like to use this J1 header on front panel please remove all jumpers from J1 and install your special Extra Mic Line_out cable instead E5 J1 1 Lan Header J2 This header allows users to attach an RJ 45 cable to access a local area network LAN Note ...

Page 40: ...for IR pin assignment Step 2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode through the option UART Mode Select in field Integrated peripheral SiS 950 Super IO De vice of BIOS setup program This mainboard supports Normal IrDA and ASKIR transfer modes Dual USB ports Header USB3 This header is used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors mounted on front panel Pin assignment E8 USB 3 1 GND VCC DATA OC...

Page 41: ...y And you also need to enable the item through Power Management of BIOS setup program E9 Wake on modem connector WOM 1 If you have a PCI modem card installed that supports wake on modem function please connect the cable into the WOM1 header on the mainboard When your system is in power saving mode any modem sig nal resumes system automatically And you also need to enable the item through Power Man...

Page 42: ...ng and type of plug may vary and they depend on 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 CPUFAN1 CASFAN1 Red 3VSB LED for SDRAM LED 1 The red LED turns on if your power cord is still plugged in which means 3V standby voltage is supplied to mainboard You can not install or uninstall memory modules while LED 1 l...

Page 43: ...et 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 CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM banks After upgrade ...

Page 44: ... and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen does not appear double click or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install VGA Device Software Install VGA driver Install Audio Device Driver Install audio driver Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage Browse this CD Allows you to see contents of this CD Quit Close...

Page 45: ...ttle Mainboard Drivers Utilities screen Use your pointing device e g mouse to select the Install VGA Device Software bar Once you made your selection a Setup window runs the installation auto matically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Note You may install VGA driver under all O S except Windows NT 4 0 Take reference to next page for ins...

Page 46: ...dow Display Properties comes out Choose Display Type to get following screen 2 Use Change option to run to next screen 4 Please choose path D vga WINNT40 Sis630 Then you just obey installation guide to complete setup successfully In this location CD disk is supposed to be D letter 3 Please select Have Disk ...

Page 47: ...ar double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Drivers Utilities screen Use your pointing device e g mouse to select the Install Audio Device Driver bar Once you made your selection a Setup window runs the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect ...

Page 48: ...w PCI Ethernet Controller Properties 2 Choose Reinstall Driver 4 Please choose path D lan Realtek Win98 Then you just obey installation guide of Wizard to complete setup success fully In this location CD disk is supposed to be D letter Note If you need to install lan driver under Windows ME the setup procedure is similar like what you do under Windows 98SE 4 4 Install LAN Driver 3 Please select Se...

Page 49: ...Setup Wizard may come out Please base the network setting of your system to decide following options And press next to continue setup 2 Choose Have Disk and key in path D Lan Realtek for installation Then RTL8139 A B C PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter driver will be found Press next to continue setup 3 Then you just follow Wizard s default setting to complete installation ...

Page 50: ...Please use pointing device to come to window System Properties through the path My Computer Control Panel System Hardware Then choose Device Manager to next screen 2 Choose Network Adapter and push right button of mouse to come into next screen ...

Page 51: ...hen choose Update Driver so that Wizard may come out Then press next to go on 4 While you are asked of driver select Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver ...

Page 52: ...the path D lan Realtk WIN2000 NETRTS5 to install driver In this location CD disk is supposed to be D letter 6 Choose Realtek RTL8139 A B C 8130 PCI Fast EthernetNIC And then you just follow on screen guide to finish setup ...

Page 53: ... On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step 2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the com puter OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET swi...

Page 54: ...Standard CMOS Features This setup page includes all items in a standard BIOS compatible Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced fea tures Advanced Chipset Features This setup page includes all items of chipset features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all items of peripherals features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all ite...

Page 55: ...tup Menu Load Optimized Defaults To load the Turbo defaults is required by the power users who want to push the limitation of system performance by overclocking Be fore you use this function make sure you fully understand the items in Chipset Setup menu and the components CPU DRAM HDD etc of your system are good enough for optimized setting Set Password The item can be used to install a password S...

Page 56: ... a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this item If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu ar...

Page 57: ...city of 1 2 MB Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan Video This item selects the type of adapter used for the primary system moni tor that must matches your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup Halt On This item determines if the system will stop when an error is detected during power up Memory This item is only for...

Page 58: ...ou have installed your disk with an OS The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Internal Cache All the processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 cache memory to improve performance Leave this item at the default value Enabled for better performance The choice Enabled Disabled External Cache Most processors that can be installed in this system use external L2 cache memory to im...

Page 59: ...nd order of the devices that your system searches for an operating system at start up time The choice Floppy HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 SCSI CDROM ZIP 100 USB FDD USB ZIP LAN LS120 USB CD ROM USB HDD Disabled Boot Other Device If you enable this item the system will search all other possible loca tions for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices speci fied under the first second an...

Page 60: ...u can use this item to define how many characters per second are generated by a held down key The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic Delay Msec If the item Typematic Rate Setting is enabled you can use this item to define how many milliseconds must elapse before a held down key begins generating repeat characters The choice 250 500 750 1000 Security Option If you have installed password protec...

Page 61: ...cumentation of your hard disk states that SMART is supported you can enable this item The choice Enabled Disabled Report No FDD For WIN 95 If you are running a system with no floppy drive and using the Win dows 95 OS select Yes for this item to ensure compatibility with the Windows 95 logo certification The choice Yes No ...

Page 62: ...em at Auto the system will automatically detect and configure any DRAM devices it finds If it fails to find a memory mod ule change the value to Manual and then manually configure the memory module by entering its characteristics in the items below SDRAM RAS etc Refer to your DRAM s documentation if you need to obtain this information The choice Auto Manual 100MHz 133MHz ...

Page 63: ... MAs are issued at the same time Press Esc to close the Advanced DRAM Control 1 sub menu and return to the Advanced Chipset Features page The choice Normal Delay 1T Press Esc to close the Advanced DRAM Control 1 sub menu and return to the Advanced Chipset Features page Advanced DRAM Control 2 Scroll to Advanced DRAM Control 2 and press Enter to view the following screen SDRAM CAS Latency Enables y...

Page 64: ...gnals that lead the SDCLK The choice 5 0ns 4 5ns 4 0ns 3 5ns 3 0ns 2 5ns 2 0ns 1 5ns 1 0ns 0 5ns 0 0ns 0 5ns 1 0ns 1 5ns 2 0ns 2 5ns SDRCLK Control Hi DQM MD Enables you to set the phase of the SDWCLK used for high DQM 7 4 MD 63 32 signals that lead the SDCLK The choice 5 0ns 4 5ns 4 0ns 3 5ns 3 0ns 2 5ns 2 0ns 1 5ns 1 0ns 0 5ns 0 0ns 0 5ns 1 0ns 1 5ns 2 0ns 2 5ns SDRCLK Control Lo DQM MD Enables ...

Page 65: ...rds that require it The choice Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter It refers to a section of the PCI memory address range used for graphics memory We recommend that you leave this item at the de fault value The choice 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Memory Parity Check Enable this item to allow BIOS to perform a parity...

Page 66: ...grated on the mainboard Leaving this item at Both enables you to set the IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Primary Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA and IDE Burst Mode fields Setting this item to Primary enables you to set the IDE Primary Master Slave PIO Primary Master Slave UltraDMA and IDE Burst Mode fields If you set this item to Sec ondary it enables you to set the IDE Secondary Master Sla...

Page 67: ...rovides faster access to IDE devices If you install a device that supports UltraDMA change the appropriate item on this list to Auto You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this motherboard in order to use an UltraDMA device The choice Auto Disabled IDE Burst Mode Enables or disables the IDE Bus Master generating PCI burst cycle control The choice Enabled Disabled Press Esc to cl...

Page 68: ...eripherals page SIS 950 Super IO Device Use this item to define the operation of some peripheral components on the system s input output ports Selecting SIS 950 Super IO Device and pressing Enter displays the following screen Onboard FDC Controller This option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 This option is used to assign the I O ad...

Page 69: ...information simulta neously Half duplex is the transmission of data in both directions but only one direction at a time The choice Full Half Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign the I O address for the onboard parallel port The choice Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Enables you to set the data transfer protocol for your parallel port There are four options SPP...

Page 70: ...g hardware reset button will not reset the system The choice Enabled Disabled USB Controller Use this item to enable the USB ports that are integrated on this mainboard The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Enable this item if you are using a keyboard connected through the USB Port The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode transfers can improve the access to IDE devices ...

Page 71: ...GP buffer strength auto calibration through the chipset The choice AGP Slot Onboard System Share Memory Size This motherboard has a built in graphics system that uses UMA Unified Memory Architecture so that the graphics reserves a part of main memory for video memory Use this item to determine how much of the main memory can be used as video memory The choice 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB ...

Page 72: ...memory The choice S1 POS S3 STR This option displays items that let you control the system power man agement Modern operating systems take care of much of the power management This mainboard supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The system has various power saving modes including powering down the hard disk turning off the video suspend ing to RAM and a software power down that ...

Page 73: ...o the mainboard Wake On Modem connector for this feature to work The choice NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Hot Key Function As Enables you to set the power button function in DOS The choice Disabled Power off Suspend HDD Off After The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable The choice Disabled 1 Min 15 Min Power Button ...

Page 74: ...15 NMI When enabled any event occurring at IRQs 3 through 15 excluding IRQ 8 will awaken a system which has been powered down The choice Enabled DisaIRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI When enabled any event occurring at IRQs 3 through 15 excluding IRQ 8 will awaken a system which has been powered down The choice Enabled Disabled IRQ 8 Break Suspend This field allows you to enable or disable monitoring of IRQ8 so th...

Page 75: ... fields become available and you can set the month date day of the month hour minute and second to turn on your system The choice Enabled Disabled Month Alarm This is for specifying the alarm month which system will awaken the system from suspend mode Key in a DEC number Min 1 Max 12 Day of Month Alarm This is for specifying the alarm day which system will awaken the system from suspend mode Key i...

Page 76: ...ed If you cannot get a legacy ISA Industry Standard Architecture add in card to work properly you might be able to solve the problem by changing this item to Manual and then open ing up the IRQ Resources sub menu In the IRQ Resources sub menu if you change any of the IRQ assigna tions to Legacy ISA then that Interrupt Request Line is reserved for a legacy ISA add in card Press Esc to close the IRQ...

Page 77: ...e system shuts down System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields The follow ing information is for display CPU Core Voltage Vcc 5 0V 3 3V 2 5V 12V StandBy 5 0V 3 3V 12V Voltage Battery CPU and system Temperature CPU and system Fan Speed in RPMs ...

Page 78: ...ed Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum it can significantly reduce the EMI Electronic Magnetic Interference generated by the system The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Host SDRAM PCI Clock These items appear if you have set the CPU Internal Core Speed to Manual Use the CPU SDRAM PCI Clock to set the system bus fre quency for installed processor 133 MHz 100 MHz ...

Page 79: ...N N Press Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults While you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Press Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ...

Page 80: ... password by asking you to key in new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code takes effect No Password Setting 5 If you want to delete password just press Enter key instead of new password while password input is requested And the other procedures are the same as above password setting If You Forget Password 6 While being asked of password you just forget it and you must acces...

Page 81: ...n 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 restarts again Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item and a similar dialog box shows up to ask you the following confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selectio...

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