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Page 2: ...ontents of this publication at any time and without notice The contents of this publication may contains inaccuracies or typographical errors and is supplied for informational use only Trademarks All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation W...

Page 3: ...to radio communication However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna...

Page 4: ...he equipment should be noted 8 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electrical shock 9 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel 10 The power cord or plug is damaged 11 Liquid has penetrated into the equipment 12 The equipment has been exposed to moisture 13 The equipment has not work well or you can not get it work acco...

Page 5: ...l Connector 11 2 3 Power Supply Connector 14 2 4 IDE1 IDE2 and FDD 16 2 5 IrDA Infrared Module Connector 17 2 6 Serial Devices COM1 COM2 Parellel Devices LPT1 and VGA connector 17 2 7 PS Keyboard Mouse connector 18 2 8 USB Devices Connector 19 2 9 Audio Game Connector 20 2 10 LAN Wake up Modem Wake up 21 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Entering BIOS Setup 23 3 2 Using Setup 23 3 3 Main Menu 25 ...

Page 6: ...gement 41 3 8 PnP PCI Configuration Setup 44 3 9 Frequency Voltage Control 47 3 10 Defaults Menu 47 3 11 Supervisor User Password Setting 48 3 12 Exiting Selection 49 Chapter 4 Driver Installation 4 1 Driver Installation for Windows 95 98 50 4 2 Driver Installation for Windows 2000 58 ...

Page 7: ...ollow the below figure to install the CPU 2 1 2 CPU Clock Ratio Setting System Frequency CPU Clock Ratio CPU Clock Frequency The motherboard support jumperless CPU type setting no jumper or switch is needed This motherboard also support CPU over clock by adjusting the CPU Clock Frequency and CPU Clock Ratio under BIOS Setup The available settings are CPU Clock Frequency 66 166 linear step1MHz over...

Page 8: ...isabled the motherboard will auto detect and set CPU clock frequency to its default 66 100MHz When BSEL 0 enabled BSEL 1disabled CPU will be forced to run at clock frequency100MHz When both BSEL 0 and BSEL 1 enabled CPU will be forced to run at clock frequency 133MHz Warning At this moment Intel PPGA 370 Celeron CPU normally support 66 100MHz CPU Clock Frequency P BSEL 1 BSEL 0 ...

Page 9: ...2 Insert the DIMM memory bank vertically into DIMM slot then press it down placidly and uniformly 3 The plastic clip at the side of the DIMM will automatically close There are 2 pcs 168 pin DIMM sockets on the motherboard which support Synchronous DRAM and Registered SDRAM and it allows you to install system maximum up to 1024MB 2 1 4 Type The mainbaord supports 168PIN Synchronous DRAM and Registe...

Page 10: ...it parity DIMM modules 2 1 9 Memory Auto detected by BIOS BIOS of the motherboard can automatically detect the DIMM memory size and type so you do not need to adjust any hardware or software settings The maximum memory size supported up to 512MB 2 2 1 10 Recommended SDRAM combination The motherboard support maximum up to 1024MB 512M 2 it has two 168 pin non buffered DIMM Double In Line Memory Modu...

Page 11: ...equency only DIMM spec of PC133 is supported The memory speed normally marked 15 12 10 7 8 PC 100 PC 133 The meaning is 15 15ns and the maximum clock is 66MHz 12 12ns and the maximum clock is 83MHz 10 10ns and the maximum clock is 100MHz 8 7ns and the maximum clock is 125MHz 7 7ns and the maximum clock is 142MHz PC 100 PC133 New Intel specification for high memory speed with 100 133MHz or above CP...

Page 12: ...g the power off while the HDD led is twinkling You can connect HDD LED from the system case to this pin ATX Soft power Switch Connector PWR Connect to a 2 pin push power button switch from computer case it provide instant On Off function Pin Description 1 Active Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Active Signal SLEEP POWER HDD LED RESET SPEAKER POWER LED ...

Page 13: ...al Mode Close Reset system Keylock and Power LED Connector KEY LOCK Keylock allows you to disable the keyboard for security purpose You can connect the keyboard to this pin Pin Description 1 LED output 2 N C 3 Ground 4 Keylock 5 Ground Speaker SPEAKER Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin Pin Description 1 Data out 2 N C 3 Ground 4 5V 2 2 1 CMOS Clear Setting CMOS Jumper Please ref...

Page 14: ...d 2 Short JP7 at pin2 3 for 10 15 seconds Set JP7 back to its Normal position at pin1 2 3 Plug the AC power cord to the chassis 4 Power on the system and load the BIOS setup defaults Note You can clear CMOS by shorting 1 2 pin for 10 15 seconds while the system is off Then return to 2 3 in position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will damage the mainboard 1 1 ...

Page 15: ...ODEM if you are using onboard sound card then you don t need to set J2 i e J2 is in the default SECONDARY state but if you are stopped to use the onboard sound card then you must set J2 at 1 2 pin 2 3 Power Supply Connector Connect the power supply cable to the power connector Using the ATX power supply functions such as wake Up Modem is supported by this mainboard 1 2 AC 97 Enable Default 1 1 2 3...

Page 16: ...or to ensure that no damage will be done The ATX power supply provides a single 20 pin connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground Power OK 5VSB 12V 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V Note Some ATX power does not have 5V voltage output it will effect some function of ADD ON card devices ...

Page 17: ...marked with blue The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connected a Master and a slave drive You must configure second hard drive to slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive It is suggested that you connect the IDE devices to your IDE cable as the figure shown above Each IDE channel either p...

Page 18: ...4 pin infrared IR connector for IR modules This connector is for optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function 2 6 Serial devices COM1 COM2 Parellel devices LPT1 and VGA connector J1 IR 1 LPT1 COM1 VGA COM 2 ...

Page 19: ...You can attach a mouse or a modem cable directly into this connector Parallel Port Connector LPT The mainboard provides a 25 pin female centronic connector for LPT A parrallel port is a standard printer port that also supports Enhanced Parallel Port EPP and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port ECP 2 7 PS Keyboard Mouse connector Connect the PS 2 mouse and mouse seperately to the onboard 6 pin conne...

Page 20: ...8 USB devices connector Connect your USB devices to the onboard USB connector USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices like keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB device directly to this connector USB 1 2 onboard connector USB 3 4 connect USB port cable w bracket to this connector USB 2 U...

Page 21: ...the signal received by the sound card will not be analog signal any more but the digital signal directly from the sound card Therefore you could listen to more digital music Game Joystick Port MIDI Port You can connect a joystick or game pad to this connector Mic In Line In Line Out Mic In is connector for the microphones Line In is used for external CD player tape player or other audio devices Li...

Page 22: ...28B Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 21 Top USB Port 2 Bottom USB Port 1 Line in Line out MIC 2 10 LAN Wake up Modem Wake up LPT Top PS 2 Mouse Bottom PS 2 Keyboard COM1 Joystick MIDI JWOL 1 JWOM 1 MODEM ...

Page 23: ...o enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup The Wake Up Modem connector is used for the Modem add on card which supports the Modem Wake Up function To use this function you need to set the Modem Ring Resume to enable at the BIOS Power Management Setup Note To be able to use this function you need a power supply that provide enough power for this feature Power supply with 740ma 5V Stand by ...

Page 24: ...riefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup restart the system or try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button to the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctrl Alt and Delete keys If you do not press the keys at the correct tim...

Page 25: ... Load previous values from CMOS F6 key Load the fail safe defaults from BIOS default table F7 key Load the optimize defaults F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit Table 1 Legend Keys 3 2 1 Navigating through the menu bar Use the left and right arrow key to choose the menu you want to be in To display a sub menu use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want Then press Enter A ...

Page 26: ...eature Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fall Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Virus Protection Boot Sequence Note A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the...

Page 27: ...ystem supports PnP PCI PC Health Status Use this menu to get the information about your system including CPU temperature Fan speed and Voltages Frequency Voltage Control Use the menu to specify your settings for frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS defaults values for the minimal stable performance for your system to operate Load Optimize Defaults Use th...

Page 28: ...hen use the PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Sat Jan 13 2001 Time hh mm ss 23 28 30 IDE Primary Master None IDE Primary Slave None IDE Secondary Master None IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Based Memory 640K Extended Memory 121856K Total Memory 1...

Page 29: ... sub menu of detailed options IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub menu described in Table 3 Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Drive B None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Video EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Select the default video driver Halt On All Errors No Errors All b...

Page 30: ... Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disable D8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled DC000 ...

Page 31: ...oot sector or hard disk partition table Note Enable this function may cause some software or operation system could not be installed e g Windows98 etc CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design CPU L2Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking The Choice Enabled Disabled Processor Nu...

Page 32: ...power on state for NumLock The choice Enabled Disabled Gate A20 option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller control GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control GateA20 Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabl...

Page 33: ...bled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the system The choice Non OS2 OS2 Note Select OS2 only when the OS 2 operation system is installed and the system memory is over 64MB otherwise choose Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will ...

Page 34: ...GP Master 1 WS Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Item Help _____________________ Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds...

Page 35: ...k minus 33Mhz 3 5 2 SDRAM Cycle Length The item allows you to select the value for SDRAM Cycle delay time The default value is 3ns The selections are 2ns and 3ns 3 5 3 Bank Interleave The choice Disabled Enabled 3 5 4 Memory Hole 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it can not be cached The user information of peripherals that need to us...

Page 36: ...performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled 3 5 9 Frame Buffer Size The choice 8M 2M 4M 3 5 10 AGP Aperture Size This item allows you to adjust the VGA share main memory as video memory For the 3D video card on the mainboard in order to improve the display speed you may set the size of share main memory which is always small t...

Page 37: ...d 3 5 16 PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and non burstable transactions don t The choice Enabled Disabled 3 5 17 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 T...

Page 38: ...Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP are executed with one wait states The choice Enabled Disabled 3 5 21 Memory Parity ECC Check This item Enabled to detect the memory parity and error checking correcting The choice Enabled Disabled ...

Page 39: ... Serial Port1 Auto Onboard Serial Port2 Auto UART Mode 2 Standard IR Function Duplex Half TX RX inverting enabled NO YES Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Onboard Parallel Mode Normal ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Parallel Port EPP Type EPP 1 9 Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled Sound Blaster Disabled SB 1 O Base Address 22 OH SB IRQ Select 1RQ 5 SB DMA Select DMA 1 MPU 401 Disabled MPU 401 I O address 330 333H Game ...

Page 40: ...refetching 3 6 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that 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 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode4 3 6 5 Prim...

Page 41: ...hoice Enabled Disabled 3 6 8 Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy desk controller FDD installed in the system board and you wish to use it If you installed and in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choice enabled Disabled 3 6 9 Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial port...

Page 42: ... system The choice No No No Yes Default Yes No Yes Yes 3 6 15 ECP Mode Use DMA The choice 3 1 3 6 16 Parallel Port EPP Type The choice EPP1 9 EPP1 7 3 6 17 Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio Sound Blaster SB I O Base Address SB IRQ Select SB DMA Select MPU 401 MPU 401 I O Address 3 6 18 Game Port 200 207H The choice Enabled Disabled 3 7 Power Management The Power Man...

Page 43: ... Up Events Press Enter Item Help ______________________ Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults 3 7 1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enabled disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI The Choice Enabled Disabled 3 7 2 Power Management This category allows you a select the typ...

Page 44: ... ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable 3 7 3 ACPI Suspend Type The choice S1 POS0 S3 STR 3 7 4 PM Control by APM No System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system Yes System BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode Note Enable this for OS with APM like Windows 95 98 Windows NT etc 3 7 5 Video Off Method ...

Page 45: ...al components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CMOS Setup Utility Copyright 1984 1998 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PnP OS Installed NO Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCO IRQ Resources Press Enter PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Assign IRQ ...

Page 46: ...ver this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 If you set this field to manual chose specific resources by giving into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a The choice Auto ESCD Manual 3 8 4 IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on t...

Page 47: ...with your mainboard supplier to get proper value about your setting of the CPU temperature Current CPU Temp Current System Temp 22 71 Current CPUFAN1 Speed ORPM Current CPUFAN2 Speed ORPM Vcore 1 50V 2 5V 2 48V 3 3V 3 35V 5V 5 00V 12V 12 06V Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail safe defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Current Sy...

Page 48: ...d disabled auto detect DIMM PCI The choice Enabled Disabled 3 9 2 Spread Spectrum Modulated This item allows you to enable disabled the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled 3 9 3 CPU Host Clock CPU PCI This item allows you to select the CPU host clock 3 10 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below 3 10 1 Load Fail safe Defau...

Page 49: ... following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length 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 Esc to abort the selection and not ent...

Page 50: ...nter Setup 3 12 Exiting Selecting 3 12 1 Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item ask for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Press Y store the selections made in the menu in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configure your system according to the Setup selection stored in CMOS After saving the values...

Page 51: ...ver Installation for Windows 95 98 4 1 1 Installation of VIA 4in1 driver 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select 4 in 1 driver in VIA MB then click Install on the upper right corner and start to install 2 Welcome interface click Next to go on ...

Page 52: ...V28B Chapter 4 Driver Installation 51 3 Readme file appears click Yes to go on 4 Select components select all then click Next to go on 5 ATAPI driver installation click Next to go on ...

Page 53: ...V28B Chapter 4 Driver Installation 52 6 DMA mode selection click Next to go on 7 Select AGP driver installation mode click Next to go on 8 Select Install IRQ driver click Next to go on ...

Page 54: ...0 Click Finish to end the 4 in 1 driver installation 4 1 2 Installation of the VGA card driver 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM program will run automatically select for win9x driver in VIAMB VGA V28A B then click Install on the upper righter corner start to install ...

Page 55: ... go on 3 Select Yes then click Finish the installation finished 4 1 3 Sound Driver Installation 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select for Win98SE driver in VIAMB Audio Alc100 then click Install on the upper right corner start to install ...

Page 56: ... Installation 55 2 Welcome interface click Next to go on 3 Information interface click OK to go on 4 Start to copy the files go on 5 Installation finished interface click Finish to end the audio chipset driver installation ...

Page 57: ...4 Driver Installation 56 4 1 4 DirectX7 Installation 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select English driver in DirctX7 then click Install start the installation 2 Click Yes to go on ...

Page 58: ...ver Installation 57 3 Click Next to go on 4 Decompressing files interface 5 Updating DirectX interface 6 The installation finished Windows will ask you for reboot the computer click OK to end the installation of DirectX ...

Page 59: ...00 4 2 1 4in 1 driver Installation 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select 4 IN 1 driver in VIA MB then click Install on the upper right corner and start the installation 2 Welcome interface click Next to go on 3 README file appears click Next ...

Page 60: ...lation 59 4 Select components of the installation choose all then click Next to go on 5 IDE driver installation interface select Install VIA PCI IDE Bus Driver click Next to go on 6 Select Install AGP 4X 133 driver then click Next ...

Page 61: ...Click Finish the installation finished 4 2 2 Installation of Graphics Display Driver 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select for Win2000 driver in VIAMB VGA V28A then click Install on the upper right corner start the installation ...

Page 62: ...Installation 61 1 Welcome interface click Next to go on 2 Click Yes to go on 3 Click Finish the installation finished 4 2 3 Sound Driver Installation 1 Put the driver CD into CD ROM the program will run automatically select ...

Page 63: ...pter 4 Driver Installation 62 for win2000 driver in VIAMB Audio Alc100 then click Install on the upper right corner and start the installation 2 Welcome interface click Next to go on 3 Begin to copy files go on ...

Page 64: ...er please install DirectX7 or higher version and DX media Note 1 Direct X is an Application Programming Interface API released by Microsoft it can greatly optimize the system resources therefore you must install it esp when you are playing games or playing multi media files 2 Dx Media is particularly used to enhance the multi media features by DirectX also you must install it ...

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