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ME17/ME18

PPGA Celeron processor
Based AGPset

MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for Spacewalker ME17

Page 1: ...ME17 ME18 PPGA Celeron processor Based AGPset MAIN BOARD User s Manual...

Page 2: ...ver no 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...

Page 3: ...TEP BY STEP INSTALLATION 11 ME17 ME18 Mainboard with 3 PCI slots 11 STEP 1 Install the CPU 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 13 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 13 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 14 S...

Page 4: ...ICH Voltage Setting J25 31 AMR Slot Setting J9 32 Over Clocking the CPU J10A J26 For Reference Only 32 Clear the CMOS J12 34 Clear Password J15 34 Factory Reserved J18 35 Suspend to RAM J23 35 Boot Bl...

Page 5: ...CIR Connector J13 42 Wake on LAN Connector J19 42 Audio Connector AUX In JP2 42 Audio Connector TAD In JP4 43 Audio Connector CD In JP6 43 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 44 INSTALL MEMORY 44 UPGRADE...

Page 6: ...IPSET FEATURES 62 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 66 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 69 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 73 PC HEALTH STATUS 75 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 77 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 78 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 78 SE...

Page 7: ...tware Utilities How to Install Page 45 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 52 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 Techn...

Page 8: ...oard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated ME17 ME18 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sec...

Page 9: ...ipset MicroATX form factor including 2xUSB 1xSerial 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 This ME17...

Page 10: ...33 66 MB sec of disk data transfer speed Jumperless CPU Configuration Auto detect CPU voltage Soft configure CPU Speed The CPU operating speed is software configurable in the CMOS Setup menu of the B...

Page 11: ...SB Interface Onboard 2 USB connectors on back panel PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard Two UltraDMA 33 66 Bus Master Dual channel IDE ports provide support to a maximum of four IDE devices one Mast...

Page 12: ...enters the Soft Off mode Keyboard Mouse Power On This mainboard implements a special jumper to enable a system power on function by keyboard or PS 2 mouse Wake on LAN WOL The onboard WOL connector ca...

Page 13: ...the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers connectors slots and ports Then follow these steps designed to guide you through a quick and correct installation of your system 3...

Page 14: ...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 requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper...

Page 15: ...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 16: ...uired jumpers on each device according to the instruc tions 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 th...

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 shorts be tween the board and...

Page 18: ...existing 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 th...

Page 19: ...17 4 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface 5 Green LED 6 PC Speaker 7 Hardware Reset Switch...

Page 20: ...18 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 2 CD IN AUX IN TAD IN connectors...

Page 21: ...19 3 SIR CIR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector...

Page 22: ...20 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Audio Modem Riser AMR Card 2 USB PanelLink TV out UPT Card 3 PCI Card...

Page 23: ...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 COM Por...

Page 24: ...22 5 VGA connector 6 Audio Line out Line in Mic in 7 MIDI Game Port VGA Line Out Mic In Line In MIDI GAME Port...

Page 25: ...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 26: ...the ME17 ME18 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the select the Video related program 3 Install the video d...

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 protec...

Page 28: ...lowing list will help you identify jumpers slots and connectors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket 370 CPU Socket for PGA 370 Celeron processors J4 J5 Two DIMM Socke...

Page 29: ...ed J23 Suspend To RAM J16 Boot Block Protection Back Panel Connectors KB PS 2 Keyboard MS PS 2 Mouse USB 2 USB Universal Serial Bus COM1 Serial Port 1 DB9 male VGA VGA Port 2 DB15 female PRINTER Paral...

Page 30: ...ary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual channel Other Connectors JWR1 ATX Power 20 pin header FAN1 CPU Cooling Fan Power FAN2 Housing Cooling Fan Power FAN3 Housing Cooling Fan Po...

Page 31: ...on key F1 F12 To power on the system by PS 2 mouse you only need to double click with the mouse Note that power on by serial mouse is not supported To enable disable either or both keyboard and PS 2 m...

Page 32: ...ve Hard Configure function to adjust your CPU host frequency manually Note Before you adjust your CPU host frequency by jumper you need to set CPU Host PCI Clock to default in frequency voltage contro...

Page 33: ...e jumper But ME17 ME18 provide an extra 3pin jumper to increase CPU core volt age for overspeed usage Default Pin 1 2 CPU core voltage increase 2 Pin 2 3 CPU core voltage increase 5 ICH Voltage Settin...

Page 34: ...lease enter the BIOS setup program Integrated Peripherals groups to disabled the AC97 Audio item NOTE An AMR is not included with this motherboard Pin 1 2 Secondary default Pin 2 3 Primary Over Clocki...

Page 35: ...to open the user can Hard Configure the CPU host clock to over clock the 100MHz based processor from 100MHz up to 133MHz Please keep in mind that although over clocking is technically feasible with t...

Page 36: ...p 4 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 5 Turn on the system power PC On Clear Password J15 J15 is used to clear the system Password which you set in the BIOS Clear ing the Password will result in p...

Page 37: ...stem power PC On Factory Reserved J18 Open Default Suspend to RAM J23 Pin 1 2 Disabled Suspend to RAM Pin 2 3 Suspend to RAM default 9 10 Note Please enter BIOS setup program power management setup to...

Page 38: ...ted at the rear panel of the mainboard Depending on the com puter housing you use desktop or minitower the PS 2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS 2 Keyboard connector when the mainboard...

Page 39: ...connector Line Out 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 head...

Page 40: ...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 41: ...D 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 reset switch causes the sys...

Page 42: ...rd comes with one 80pinATA66 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 therefore make sure to always connect with th...

Page 43: ...east 200 watts with power good signal Cooling Fan Connectors for CPU FAN1 Chassis FAN2 FAN3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU FAN1 Chassis FAN2 and F...

Page 44: ...bove diagram for IR pin assignment Step2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode in the UR2 Mode field of Integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup This mainboard sup ports IrDA ASKIR Normal and SCR tran...

Page 45: ...uld use this connector when running the voice mail software on your system for audio input and output Pin Assignments 1 PHONE 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO Audio Connector CD In JP6 Port JP6 is used to att...

Page 46: ...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 C...

Page 47: ...e assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description Install Mainboard Software Installing INF driver for Windows 95 98 System Manager for Windows 95 98 Install Display Adaptor Driv...

Page 48: ...nboard 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 49: ...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 50: ...ftware Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar Then Mainboard Drivers Utilities windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install INF Files...

Page 51: ...ome of software drivers could not be found during searching 4 5 Install System Manager Insert the attachment CD into your CD ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear If the AutoRun screen doe...

Page 52: ...50 Once you made 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 correctl...

Page 53: ...uble 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 ME17 ME18 Manual bar to view M...

Page 54: ...er 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 message...

Page 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...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 ti...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...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 60: ...58 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 61: ...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 62: ...ing speeds boot up The choice Enabled Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on state for NumLock The choice Off On Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 65: ...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 66: ...abled Local Memory Frequency Select the memory frequency The choice 100MHz 133MHz Onboard Display Cache Setting Setting the onboard display cache timing CAS Latency Select the local memory clock perio...

Page 67: ...65 RAS Precharge Timing This item controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks The choice Fast Slow...

Page 68: ...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 69: ...ily to support AC97 Audio Modem The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports...

Page 70: ...68 Hot Key Power ON Power on by soft on off button and keyboard are available The user may set power on hot key from Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12...

Page 71: ...ed 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 category...

Page 72: ...k This selection will cause the system 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 buffe...

Page 73: ...hoice Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Wake Up by PCI card This item Enabled Disabled PCI card wakeup for PCI Spec 2 2 The choice Enabled Disabled Power ON by Ring This item determine the system will resume by...

Page 74: ...he choice Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm This item select the alarm date Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm This item select the alarm time Reload Global Timer Events If any of...

Page 75: ...to determine install PnP OS or not The choice Yes No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Ex tended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Set...

Page 76: ...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 Resources This...

Page 77: ...0 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 CPU1 Temperature Since the mainboard support CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicate the cu...

Page 78: ...detect the voltages output of the voltage regulators and power supply Shutdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shut down temperature if your computer conta...

Page 79: ...pectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Disabled 0 25 Cntr 0 5 Down CPU Host PCI Clock The choice Default 66 33MHz 75 37MHz 83 41MHz 95 31MHz 100 33MHz 1...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ...m 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 you...

Page 83: ...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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