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MV17

FC-PGA/PPGA Celeron
and FC-PGA Pentium III Processor
Based 

Main Board

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for Spacewalker MV17

Page 1: ...MV17 FC PGA PPGA Celeron and FC PGA Pentium III Processor Based Main Board User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ual has been carefully checked 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 info...

Page 3: ...pers 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 Audio USB 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 19 STEP 9 Connect Power Supply 19 STEP 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 20 STEP 11 Connect ...

Page 4: ...onnectors 31 COM1 Connector 31 VGA Connector 31 Parallel Port Connector 31 Line Out 32 Line In 32 Mic In 32 MIDI GAME Port 32 Front Panel Connectors ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 33 EPMI Connector EPMI 33 Green LED Connector G LED 33 HDD LED Connector HD LED 34 PWR LED Connector PW LED 34 Hardware Reset Connector RST 34 Speaker Connector SPK 34 Line Out and Mic In Header SJP1 35 Front pan...

Page 5: ...or J8 38 Wake On LAN Connector WOL1 38 Audio Connector AUX_In SJP2 39 Audio Connector TAD_In SJP3 39 Audio Connector CD_In SJP4 39 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 40 Install Memory 40 Upgrade Memory 40 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 41 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 41 4 2 Install VIA 4 in 1 Driver 42 4 3 Install AGP Device Software 43 4 4 Install Audio Device Software 44 4 5 Install Hardware Monitor Device Softwa...

Page 6: ...TURES 54 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 62 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 66 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 71 PC HEALTH STATUS 73 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 74 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 75 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 75 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 76 SET USER PASSWORD 76 SAVE EXIT SETUP 78 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 78 ...

Page 7: ...e 11 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 25 Software Utility How to Install Page 41 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 47 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 8: ...your new Shuttle MV17 mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated MV17 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system 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 t...

Page 9: ... VIA Hardware Monitor driver Ø Award Flashing Utility J W R 1 1 1 1 1 F A N 2 1 P W O N E P M I S P K G L E D P W L E D H D L E D R S T J 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 J P 2 J P 1 9 1 4 8 B F 0 4 9 7 4 1 V A 7 3 0 2 1 3 1 5 Panaso ni c CR 2032 3V J A P A N 1 U S B 2 1 J 5 1 J 8 I R 1 M C VT 8 2C 6 8 6A 00176C G T A I W AN 13C O N 6600 J 1 1 C l e a r C M O S W O L 1 1 S J P 1 1 J 1 4 1 F A...

Page 10: ...speed is software configurable in the Chipset Features Setup menu of the BIOS Setup utility Integrated Graphics Controller 3D Hyper Pipelined Architecture Full 2D Acceleration Motion Video Acceleration Digital Video output 4 to 32MB frame buffer using system memory AC 97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODEC AC 97 2 1 compliant Sperate independent PCI functions for Audio and Modem Versatile Memory Su...

Page 11: ...arallel port supporting Standard Parallel Port SPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Port ECP data transmission schemes USB Interface Onboard Ø 2 USB connectors on back panel and 10 pin header for USB connectors on front 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 Master and...

Page 12: ... 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 Ø Wake on LAN WOL The onboard WOL connector can be attached to a network card that supports this function to wake up the system via LAN Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ring Intelligent Features Ø Volt...

Page 13: ... C V T8 2 C 6 8 6 A 0 0 17 6 C G TA IW A N 1 3 C O N 66 0 0 J11 ClearCMO S WOL1 1 SJP1 1 J14 1 FAN3 1 SJP2 SJP3 SJP4 1 1 1 FAN1 1 AMR1 2 5 ProSavag e P M133 8 60 5 N FC 0C A 0 01 7 C 62 9 05 0 0 TAIWA N 9 4 PC I PN P 6 8 6 1 69 33 2 9 66 1 99 8 C PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors ATX Power Connector VGA Connector Parallel Connector Serial Port Connector COM1 Line In Line Out Mic In Game MIDI Connecto...

Page 14: ...ver all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The PPGA FC PGA370 processor requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If heatsink fan having not been already mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it installed Plug the cable throught the heatsink fan in the CPU fan power connector located n...

Page 15: ...ttings if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configu ration 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 detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert SDRAM memory module s ...

Page 16: ...jumpers on board each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set 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 m...

Page 17: ...ssis 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 be twine 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 fin...

Page 18: ...h PC Speaker or USB devices etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches LEDs USB Line Out and Mic In connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group J12 SJP1 and USB2 as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 2 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface P W O N E PM I S PK G LE D P W LE D H D LED R S T J12 1 SJP1 1 USB2 1 PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 PW...

Page 19: ... Reset Switch RST 7 PC Speaker SPK PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 PW ON EPM I SPK G LED PW LED HD LED RST J1 2 1 ...

Page 20: ...tors header Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 FDD cable connector ELOUT EROUT AGND EMIC_VCC EMIC_IN S J P1 1 G R O U N D G R O U N D U S B D 3 U S B D 3 5V 5V U S B D 2 U S B D 2 G R O U N D G R O U N D 1 USB2 IDE1 1 1 IDE2 1 FDD1 ...

Page 21: ... Other Internal Peripherals 1 COM 2 cable connector 2 CD_IN AUX_IN and TAD_IN connectors 3 IR connector Step 9 Connect Power Supply 1 System power connector J14 1 CD_IN TAD_I O AUX_IN SJP2 SJP3 SJP4 1 1 1 J8 IR 1 JWR1 1 ...

Page 22: ... 20 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 3 Audio Modem Riser AMR Card Note You may purchase the optional Modem Riser Card ...

Page 23: ...he 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 Port PS 2 keyboard PS 2 Mouse foxcon n Parallel Port COM1 USB0 USB1 KB MS 1 U SB 1 C O M1 PRI N T VG A AU D IO ...

Page 24: ... 22 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 25: ...ace available in 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 the same system floppy 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 ...

Page 26: ...the drivers installation CD ROM programs 1 Insert the MV17 bundled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Mainboard related program 3 Install VIA 4 in 1drivers 4 Install S3 VGA driver 5 Install AC 97 2 1 Audio driver 6 Return to the main installation window and select the Hardware Monitor related program 7 Install...

Page 27: ...n the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic 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...

Page 28: ...t 370 CPU Socket for PPGA and FC PGA 370 processors DIMM1 2 Two DIMM Slots for 8 16 32 64 128 256 and 512 MB of 3 3V SDRAM AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AMR AMR Expansion Slot for Audio Modem Riser Cards PCI Two 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots Jumpers JP1 FSB Speed Auto Configuration Setting JP2 CPU Clock Ratio Setting J11 Clear CMOS Back panel Connectors KB PS 2 Keyboard MS PS 2 Mouse USB...

Page 29: ...stem Power LED RST Hardware Reset Switch SPEAKER Housing Internal Speaker L OUT MIC Front panel Line Out and Mic In Header USB Front panel USB Connector Header Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 IDE Primary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual channel Other Connectors JWR1 ATX Power 20 pin header FAN1 CPU Cooling Fan Power FAN2 CPU Cooling Fan ...

Page 30: ...on each FSB from Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup program For experienced users MV17 mainboard provides an alternative hardware configuration function to adjust front side bus manually Before you adjust FSB frequency by jumper You need to remove all jumper cap from JP1 pin 5 6 and pin 7 8 following the steps outlined below Set CPU host clock hard configuration to 66MHz Set CPU host clock ha...

Page 31: ...N 333 500 667 5 5X OFF OFF ON OFF 366 550 733 6X ON ON OFF ON 400 600 800 6 5X ON ON OFF OFF 433 650 866 7X ON OFF OFF ON 466 700 933 7 5X ON OFF OFF OFF 500 750 1000 8X OFF ON OFF ON 533 800 1066 Note Normally JP2 is not functional for processor s ratio setting is unavailable Processor 3 5X 4X 4 5X 5X 5 5X JP2 Processor 6X 6 5X 7X 7 5X 8X Multiplier JP2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 32: ...gs and the restoration of original factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove jumper cap from J11 pins 1 2 Step 3 Place the jumper cap on J11 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 1 1 A3 J11 Clear CMOS ...

Page 33: ... USB1 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB0 USB1 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jack into an available USB0 USB1 connector COM1 Connector This mainboard can accommodate one serial device on COM1 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 at the back panel of your computer VGA Connector A 15 pin VGA connect...

Page 34: ... In MIC IN is a 1 8 inch jack that provides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin female connector 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 to the...

Page 35: ...ain to resume normal operation Green LED Connector G LED The Green LED G LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal op eration mode the Green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin Green LED cable to GREEN LED header Note Please note the Speaker and all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not l...

Page 36: ...ight while the system is running Hardware Reset Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the re set switch causes the system to restart Speaker Connector SPK Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector SPK C4 C5 C6 C7 P W O N E PM I S PK G L ED P W LE D H D LED R S T J12 1 P W O N E PM I S PK G L ED P W LE D H D LED R S T J1...

Page 37: ...C_VCC 5 EMIC_IN Front Panel USB Connector Header USB2 This header is used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front panel USB connectors on front panel share the same signal with USB connectors on back panel only a USB connector is available on front panel or on back panel to each USB2 Pins Assignment 1 5V 3 USBD3 5 USBD3 7 GROUND 9 GROUND 2 GROUND 4 GROUND 6 USBD2...

Page 38: ...ludes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA66 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Note Please connect you system H D D to IDE 1 Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin 1 ...

Page 39: ...lid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed processor installed Cooling Fan Connectors for CPU FANs FAN1 FAN2 AGP FAN Chassis FAN3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU FANs FAN1 FAN2 and AGP Chassis device FAN3...

Page 40: ...d device cable to J8 connector Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment Step 2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode in the UR2 Mode field of integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR standard transfer modes Wake On LAN Connector WOL1 Attach a 3 pin connector through the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL1 function This function lets users wake up...

Page 41: ... modem audio line to MV17 mainboard Typically you would use this connector when running the voice mail software on your system for audio input and output Pins Assignment 1 PHONE_IN 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 MONO_OUT Audio Connector CD _In SJP4 Port SJP4 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD ROM drive Pins Assignment 1 CD_L 2 CD_GND 3 CD_GND 4 CD_R 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E6 E7 E8 AUX_IN SJP2 1 TAD_...

Page 42: ...king and correction of the data Install Memory Install memory in any or all of the slots and in any combination shown as fol lows 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 CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inser...

Page 43: ...n screen 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 Software Installing 4 in 1 AGP and Audio drivers F Install VIA Hardware Monitor Installing hardware monitor driver F Manual MV17 series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD ...

Page 44: ...are Setup screen Select the item 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 VIA driver bar to install VIA 4 in 1 driver Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure ...

Page 45: ...are Setup screen Select the item 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 AGP Device Software bar to install AGP driver Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insur...

Page 46: ...nboard Software Setup screen Select the item 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 Audio Device Software bar Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that t...

Page 47: ...le click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install VIA Hardware Monitor bar Once you make your selection a Setup window will automatically runs the installation When the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly ...

Page 48: ...double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select the item using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on the screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on MV17 Manual bar to view MV17 user s manual ...

Page 49: ...st 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 meationed in step2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET switch located a...

Page 50: ...that 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 include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features ...

Page 51: ... menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal stable performance of your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users needs Supervisor User Password Use this...

Page 52: ...t the value you want in each item Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter...

Page 53: ...in or 2 88M 3 5 in Video Select the default video device Ø The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Ø The choice All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All or But Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Ø The choice N A Extended Memory Disp...

Page 54: ...you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Ø The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk Ø The choice Normal 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 check ing program Ø Auto Display your disk drive size The fo...

Page 55: ... 53 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track Ø Min 0 Max 255 ...

Page 56: ...nd someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk parti tion table...

Page 57: ...ower on the computer If it is set to enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Ø The Choice Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN or Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priori...

Page 58: ...ntroller enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you hold the key down Ø The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke Ø The choice 250 500 75...

Page 59: ...ning with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether option ROMs will be Chipset F Features Setup Auto Con...

Page 60: ... chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes Bank x x DRAM Timing This item allows you to select the value in this field depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO extended data output DRAMs Ø The Choice SDRAM 8 10ns Normal Medium Fast or Turbo SDRAM Cyc...

Page 61: ...F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any pro gram is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Frame Buffe...

Page 62: ...tem board and you want to use it Even when on chip USB so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled 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 USB Mouse Support Select Enabled if your system contains a U...

Page 63: ...e Enabled or Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry When this item disabled PCI 2 will not be disconnected until access finishes default On the contrary PCI 2 will be disconnected if max etr...

Page 64: ...he chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan nels Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching for faster drive access If you install a primary and or secondary add on IDE interface set this field to Disabled if t...

Page 65: ...ort Ø The choice Auto or Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or on chip VGA first Ø The choice PCI Slot or AGP IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or mul tiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read...

Page 66: ...l port controller I O address setting Ø The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 or Disabled Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Ø The choice Normal EPP ECP or ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel por...

Page 67: ...7 IRQ 9 or IRQ10 SB DMA Select This item selects the Sound Blaster DMA Ø The choice DMA0 DMA1 DMA2 or DMA3 MPU 401 This item enables disables on board MPU 401 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPU 401 I O Address This item selects MPU 401 I O Address Ø The choice 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H or 330 333H Game Port 200 207H This item enables disables Game Port Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 68: ...ed Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Sav...

Page 69: ...r Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Ø The choice Yes or No Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving mode Suspend Off Monitor is blanked when the system enters the Suspend mode All Modes Off Monitor is blanked when the system enters any power saving mode Ø The choice Always ...

Page 70: ...y Monitoring PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs in a device which is configured as On even when the system is in a power down mode VGA When this item enabled you can set VGA to awaken the system Ø The choice OFF or ON LPT C...

Page 71: ...Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 Resume Time hh mm ss This item selects the alarm Time Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 Primary INTR Press Enter to enable disable the wake up ability of a specified IRQ Ø The choice OFF or ON In the following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention o...

Page 72: ... disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Ø The choice Disabled or 1 Min 15 Min Doze Mode When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at a lower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Ø The choice Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min or 1 Hour Suspend Mode When this item e...

Page 73: ...ne PnP OS is installed or not Ø The choice Yes or No Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource ...

Page 74: ...d When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specifica tion requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Ø...

Page 75: ...board supports System temperature monitoring and overheat alert This item indicates the current main board temperature Current CPUFAN1 2 Speed optional The mainboard can detect two fans rotation speed for CPU cooler and system Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V optional The mainboard supports CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU voltage Vcore and the vol...

Page 76: ... enable disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Disabled 0 25 or 0 50 CPU Host Clock CPU PCI This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Bus Clock from BIOS when JP1 is set to Auto This item will not show up when JP1 is set to Manual Ø The choice Default 66 33 MHz 75 37 MHz 83 41 MHz 100 33 MHz 103 34 MHz 112 37 MHz 124 41 MHz 133 44 MHz 124 31 MHz 133 33 MHz 140 35 MHz or 150 37 MHz ...

Page 77: ... N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations F Load Optimized Defaults 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 78: ...ted access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Es...

Page 79: ... the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Op tion of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Warning Retain a record of your password in a safe place If you forget the password the only way to access the system is to clear CMOS please refer to Clear CMOS on page 30 ...

Page 80: ...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 F Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Set...

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