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Configuring the BIOS

Configuring the BIOS

This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup 
menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
This section includes the following information:
 

 

Enter BIOS Setup

 

Main Menu

 

Standard CMOS Features

 

Advanced BIOS Features

 

Advanced Chipset Features

 

Integrated Peripherals

 

Power Management Setup

 

PnP/PCI Configurations 

 

Pc health status

 

Frequency/Voltage Control 

Enter BIOS Setup

The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly 
setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance. 

Use the following procedure to verify/change BIOS settings.  
1.  Power on the computer., 
2.  Press the 

Del 

key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of 

  the screen during the Power On Self Test (POST).

   

Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter Setup.

  Pressing 

Del

 takes you to the Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility.

Note:  It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS    

    settings. Changing some settings could damage your computer. 

If  you  do  not  find  the  setting  you  want  in  the  Main  Menu  or  a  submenu,  Press 

<Ctrl>+<F1> to access more advanced options.

Summary of Contents for nForce 610i - ITX

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Page 2: ...ONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE RECEIVER CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO TELEVISION TECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices...

Page 3: ...cting Cables and Setting Switches 12 24 pin ATX Power PW1 13 Hard Disk Connector IDE 13 4 pin ATX 12V Power PW2 14 SPK Connector 14 SPDIFOut Header CN7 15 Serial Port Connector COM 15 Connecting Seria...

Page 4: ...upervisor User Password 45 Save Exit Setup 46 Exit Without Saving 46 Installing Drivers and Software 47 Drivers Installing 48 Flash Update Procedure 53 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP 54 Getting Started...

Page 5: ...630i ITX series Motherboard Beam Forming 62 Acoustic Echo Cancellation 62 Audio Demo 63 Information 63 SATA RAID User Manual 64 Setting up the BIOS 64 Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 66 Installing the RA...

Page 6: ...Supports wake up from S1 v Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate q Onboard Serial ATA II v Independent DMA operation on two ports optional v Data transfer rates of 3Gb s q Onboar...

Page 7: ...Fan connector 13 Backpanel connectors 4 Serial ATA SATA Connectors 14 4 pinATX_12V power connector 5 Chipset 15 P S port 5V standby selection Power 6 COM connector 16 CPU socket 7 PCI Express x1 slot...

Page 8: ...ut Rear Speaker Out Green Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Pink Mic In Mic In Center Subwoofer 6 LAN Connector Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status Yellow Light Up Blink 10 Mbps Link Acti...

Page 9: ...the CPU v Installing the CPU fan v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire electric shock and injury...

Page 10: ...d plate There is a protective socket cover on the load plate to protect the socket when there is no CPU installed 3 Remove the protective socket cover from the load plate 4 Remove the processor from i...

Page 11: ...two 1 8V 240 pin slots for DDR2 memory These slots support 256 Mb 512 Mb 1Gb and 2Gb DDR2 technologies There must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation Use the following th...

Page 12: ...connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install the I O shie...

Page 13: ...therboard This will include q Power Connections v 24 pin ATX power PW1 v 4 pin ATX 12V power PW2 q Internal Headers v Front panel v USB Headers v Audio v Speaker q Serial ATA II q Chassis Fans q Rear...

Page 14: ...1 PW1 Pin Assignments Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PS_ON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PWROK 20 5V 9 5V_AUX 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23...

Page 15: ...12V power connection is used to provide power to the CPU Align the pins to the connector and press firmly until seated SPK 1 PIN Assignment 1 VCC 2 NC 3 NC 4 SPK SPK Pin Definition 1 2 3 4 PIN Assign...

Page 16: ...tal Interface output to digital multimedia device through coaxial connector CN7 Pin Definition PIN Assignment 1 SPDIF out 2 3 3V 3 NC 4 GND SPDIF 1 Serial Port Connector COM 1 2 9 10 COM COM Pin Defin...

Page 17: ...Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA II inte...

Page 18: ...orresponding pins q PWR SW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather than using the power supply but...

Page 19: ...1 2 9 10 USB Headers This motherboard contains four USB 2 0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis Figure 2 The motherboard also contains two 10 pin internal header con nectors onboa...

Page 20: ...audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assignment on the cable is the same as the pin assignment on the mainboard header To find out if the chassis yo...

Page 21: ...1 FP1 VGA S FAN1 PW2 JP2 FP S USB USB BT1 C FAN1 _ R EM O V E LOTES PCIE2 Hardware Installation Fan Connections There are two fan connections on the motherboard The fan speed can be detected and viewe...

Page 22: ...contains one expansion slot one PCI Express x1 slot PCI Express x1 Slots optional There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth intensive cards such as a modem or LAN...

Page 23: ...the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS 2 If the CPU is frequency multiplier locked no CPU speed change will be seen even if the frequency multiplier setting in CMOS setup is changed If you want to clear...

Page 24: ...communication bridge between hardware and software Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings...

Page 25: ...Esc Note that on the BIOS screens all data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection q Standard CM...

Page 26: ...em status of your PC The following items on the CMOS Setup Utility main menu are commands rather than submenus q Load Optimized Defaults Load default system settings q Set Supervisor and User Password...

Page 27: ...roll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc The information shown in...

Page 28: ...ally filled in q None There is no HDD installed or set q Auto The system can auto detect the hard disk when booting up q Manual When you set the channel to Manual and change Access Mode to CHS you can...

Page 29: ...stop for all other errors q All But Disk Key These field are read only and are determined by the BIOS POST Memory These settings are display only values that are determined by the BIOS POST Power On S...

Page 30: ...Down keys to scroll through the options or press Enter to display the sub menu Use the arrow keys to position the selector in the option you choose To go back to the previous menu press Esc Note The...

Page 31: ...30i ITX series Motherboard Note Note that all data in white is for information only data in yellow is changeable data in blue is non changeable and data in a red box is highlighted for selection Confi...

Page 32: ...isable the function of Limiting CPUID MaxVal q CIE Function Select CPU CIE function q Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 defa alts choose Enable q Virtuali...

Page 33: ...he Use these options to disable or enable L1 L2 L3 cache q Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option allows the system to skip certain test while booting which reduces the time needed to boot the...

Page 34: ...bled display options as follows v Typematic Rate v Typematic delay q Security Option The Security Options allows you to require a password every time the system boots or only when you enter setup Sele...

Page 35: ...to enable or disable the display of the full screen logo when the system boots Use the Page Up and Page Down keys to toggle between Enable and Disable q Small LoGo EPA Show This option allows you to e...

Page 36: ...play the functions of the Advanced Chipset Functions menu q Spread Spectrum Control Use this option to set Spread Spectrum q Onboard GPU Use this option to set Onboard GPU q Frame Buffer Size Use this...

Page 37: ...display the Integrated Peripherals menu q IDE Function Setup Use this option to set IDE function q MCP Storage Config Use this option to set MCP Storage q OnChip USB Use this option to set OnChip USB...

Page 38: ...current MAC NV q IDE HDD Black Mode Use this option to enable or disable IDE HDD Black Mode q Onboard Lan Boot Rom Use this option to enable or disable Onboard Lan Boot Rom q Onboard FDC Controller U...

Page 39: ...agement Setup menu allows you to enable or disable the ACPI function q Power Management Use this option to set the mode for Power Management q Video Off Method Use this option to set a Method for Vide...

Page 40: ...the function of USB Resume From Soft off q Power On by Alarm Determines whether to power on the system at a desired time If enable set the date and time as following v Date of Month Alarm Tarn on the...

Page 41: ...nitial display is in the PCI slot onboard or PCI Express slot Options are PCI Slot Onboard and PCIEx q Reset Configuration Data This function on the PnP PCI Configuration menu allows you to enable or...

Page 42: ...nual With this field enabled press Enter to see options Use Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT Bus specification Use PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the plug and play stan...

Page 43: ...CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the System Monitor menu All of the values shown in are dynamic and change as the speed and voltages of the various components change with system usa...

Page 44: ...from the CMOS Setup Utility menu and press Enter to display the system Monitor menu q System Clock Press Enter to display System Clock status q FSB Memory config Use this option to change FSB Memory s...

Page 45: ...Enter on this item and then press the Y key to load the optimal BIOS default settings The BIOS defaults settings helps the system to operate in optimum state Always load the Optimized defaults after...

Page 46: ...When the Password Check item is set to System you must enter the supervisor password or user password at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup v User Password When the Password Check item is se...

Page 47: ...es to the CMOS and exits the BIOS Setup program Press N or Esc to return to the BIOS Setup Main Menu Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item and press the Y key This exits the BIOS Setup without...

Page 48: ...member that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit you need to load your operating system The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista capable The kit comes wit...

Page 49: ...series Motherboard Drivers Installation 1 Insert the driver CD after loading your operating system Waiting for one menute you can see blow interface 2 Follow the below steps to install driver Installi...

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Page 51: ...50 NForce 610i 630i ITX series Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software...

Page 52: ...51 3 Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing...

Page 53: ...0i 630i ITX series Motherboard 4 At last you can open below page that provides information about the harware devices on this motherboard and check whether finish your instal lation Installing Drivers...

Page 54: ...Enter the file name of the new BIOS 5 The question Do you want to save BIOS Y N is displayed Press N if there is no need to save the existing BIOS Press Y if a backup copy of the existing BIOS is need...

Page 55: ...trol panel will appear Sound Effect After clicking on the Sound Effect tab 3 sections Environment Equalizer and Karaoke are available for selection Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy dif...

Page 56: ...ur quick enjoyment How to Use Other than the buttons Pop Live Club Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke m...

Page 57: ...ate your favorite sound effect in one single tool Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool Show the following volume cont...

Page 58: ...multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed Advanced controls Advance...

Page 59: ...Instead now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output i e playback function or input i e Recording function we call this Retasking Audio I O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish M...

Page 60: ...for your selection Please select the device you are trying to plug in If the device is being plugged into the correct jack you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is...

Page 61: ...ed AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would no...

Page 62: ...e Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Speaker Calibration After you have successfully plugged in speakers and assigned to the...

Page 63: ...the best quality if you chose 90 position which we recommend you to use this ef fectively means that you speak right into the microphone Note A Stereo Microphone is required when using Beam Forming f...

Page 64: ...ion 3D Audio Demo grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way Information This section provides information about your curre...

Page 65: ...ing up the BIOS 1 Setting your computer then press Delete to enter the Bios setup The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility window appears 2 Use the arrow keys to select Integrated Peripherals then press Enter TheI...

Page 66: ...ars 4 From the RAID Config window enable RAID then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks 5 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots 6 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pres...

Page 67: ...Striping is selected you can manually set the striping block size in the Striping Block field use the UP or DOWN ARROW ey to set the Striping Block size The KB is standard unit of Striping Block size...

Page 68: ...drives press Y If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives 7 After that thenArray List screen displaying the RAID array you crea...

Page 69: ...del name and disk capacity etc 9 To delete the array press D in the Array Detail screen When the Delete this array message appears press Y to confirm or N to cancel Press ENTER to return to the Array...

Page 70: ...Installing the RAID Drivers 1 After you complete the RAID BIOS setup boot from the windowsxp CD The Windows Setup program starts 2 Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appe...

Page 71: ...630i ITX series Motherboard 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Enter 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter Installing Driver...

Page 72: ...oppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed then take out the floppy 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP During the...

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