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User Manual V1.1

9W_AP/P+

9W_AP/P+

Summary of Contents for 9W AP Series

Page 1: ...nd trade names described within are mentioned for identification purpose only No affiliation with or endorsement of the manufacturer is made or implied Product names and brands appearing in this manual are registered trademarks of their respective companies The information published herein has been checked for accuracy as of publishing time No representation or warranties regarding the fitness of ...

Page 2: ...rials have been shipped If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer This mainboard comes in a sturdy cardboard shipping carton which should contain the following items This Mainboard This User s Manual CD Title Driver Cable Set User s manual Version 1 10 Release Date Feb 2000 ...

Page 3: ... 2 17 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3 1 Introduction 3 1 3 2 Main Menu 3 4 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 3 6 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features 3 10 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals 3 13 3 6 Integrated Peripherals 3 16 3 7 Power Management Setup 3 21 3 8 PnP PCI Configuration Setup 3 25 3 9 PC Health Status 3 27 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control 3 28 3 11 Defaults Menu 3 29 3 12 Supervisor User Password S...

Page 4: ...ine 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 1 2 Audio On board ALS300 Sound Chip Supports Dual AC 97 CODEC Up to 6 Channel Speakers QSound QEM TM Creative EAX TM compatible Support Built in ALS FM synthesizer Enhanced normal digital game port Supports AC97 CODEC ALC100 Supports earphones two channel speaker mode MPU 401 game MIDI port and Sound blaster 16 compatible I O Control ITE IT8712F Expansion Slot Fiv...

Page 5: ...Only On card CHRONTEL CH7007 7008 digital PC to TV encoder Supports NTSC and PAL TV formats Provides Composite S Video outputs Auto detection of TV presence Support AC LINK DFP Interface LCD Monitor DRIVERS Intel 810 Chipset Graphics Drivers Intel INF Installation Utility AC97 audio sound drivers and Applications Avance Logic AL300 driver and Applications DirectX 6 1 1 3 PACKAGE CHECKLIST If you d...

Page 6: ...eady to install them Touch a grounded surface before you remove any system component from its protective antistatic packaging A grounded surface within easy reach is the expansion slot covers at the rear of the system case or any other unpainted portion of the system chassis During configuration and installation touch a ground surface frequently to discharge any static electric charge that may bui...

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Page 8: ...e schematically depicted in this manual as follows A pair of needle nose pliers may be helpful when working with jumpers Note When you open the jumper attach the plastic jumper cap to one of the pins so you won t lose it Warning Always completely disconnect the power cord from your board whenever you are working on it Do not make connections while the power is on because sensitive electronic compo...

Page 9: ...ble this function 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 2 4 On Board Sound Chip ALS300 Selection The Sound chip selection function If your don t like this sound system you can Disable On board sound 2 2 System Memory DIMM The motherboard supports up to 512MB PC 100 SDRAM No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing the system memory The Intel 810 chipset does not support ECC However ECC m...

Page 10: ...e its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only be fitted in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference onl...

Page 11: ...may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards In some applications the keyboard is not present the standard BIOS will report an error or failure during the Power On Self Test POST after resetting the PC You may select All But Keyboard under the Halt On in Standard CMOS SETUP of BIOS SETUP This allows the system non keyboard operation without the system halting during the POST 3 Univer...

Page 12: ...an expansion slot opening Parallel Port Connector PC99 Color Burgundy Serial Port COM1 connector PC99 Color Turquoise 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 2 10 6 Display connector This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device commonly used for conventional CRT displays 7 Joystick MIDI connector You may connect game joysticks or game pads to thisconnector for playing games Connect MIDI devices fo...

Page 13: ...econdary IDE Connectors Primary IDE Connectors Color Blue Secondary IDE Connectors Color White PIN1 PIN1 NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to pin 1 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 2 12 Note Ultra DMA 66 IDE devices must use an 80 wire IDE cable or else devices will automatically be limited to Ultra DMA 33 mode 10 Floppy Disk Drive Connector You can attach up to two floppy drives...

Page 14: ... to the motherboard and the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins SystemPanelConnectors Refer to the following figure for item 14 to 18 14 Power LED Lead This indicates the status of the system power is turned ON or OFF The LED will light when the system power is turned on and will go off when the system power is turned off 15 Sys...

Page 15: ...e orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned Internal Audio Connectors CD1 CD2 PIN FUNCTION PIN FUNCTION 1 RIGHT 1 RIGHT 2 4 GND 2 3 GND 3 LEFT 4 LEFT ATX Power Connector 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 2 16 21 IR CIR Pin Header 22 AUXIN1 Pin Header 2 6 Power Connection Procedures IR CIR Pin Header PIN IR PIN ...

Page 16: ...TX power switch is pressed The system will then run power On tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check your jumper settings and connections again or call your retailer for assistance During power ON hold down Delete to enter BIOS se...

Page 17: ...gain by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on 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 time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 2 PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE DEL TO ENTER SETUP Using Setup In general you use ...

Page 18: ...ur Setup main menu has a different number of entries from the main menu displayed in this manual These are simply features not supported or not user configurable on your system The final appearance of the Setup program also depends on the Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM who built your system If your OEM has decided that certain items should only be available to their technicians those items ma...

Page 19: ...erformance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit Without Save Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 6 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 ...

Page 20: ...nal memory detected during boot up Extended Memory N A Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory N A Displays the total memory available in the system IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 8 IDE Primary Master sub menu Use the legend keys to navigate throug...

Page 21: ...P Serial User s Manual 3 10 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to wr...

Page 22: ... The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Setting 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 12 Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected The choice Enabled Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key down The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 Typematic...

Page 23: ...ice 2 3 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 14 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle The Choice 5 7 6 8 SDRAM Address Setup Time This item controls the Address Setup to the SDRAM timing The Choice 1 2 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay is an important parameter that affects SDRAM performance If thesystem fails to bootup please set this item to 3 The Choice ...

Page 24: ...ve delay in local memory clocks The Choice Fast Slow RAS Precharge Timing This item controls RAS precharge in local memory clocks The choice Fast Slow 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 16 3 6 Integrated Peripherals OnChip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The cho...

Page 25: ...d 98 Password Disable the function of power button and let the system can only be powered on through the preset keys like a password Hot Key If selecting this option you also need to specify the hot key from Keyboard Power On item Mouse Left This function allows you wake up the system by clicking left mouse button twice successively Mouse Right This function allows you wake up the system by clicki...

Page 26: ...nces the parallel port throughput by directly writing reading data to from parallel port without latch ECP supports DMA and RLE Run Length Encoded compression and decompression The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode The Choice 1 3 PWRON After PWR Fail A traditional ATX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from pow...

Page 27: ...de 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Met...

Page 28: ...or disable LAN Wake Up function The choice Enabled Disabled Resume by Alarm This option lets you enable or disable the RTC Wake Up function The choice Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm This item is displayed when you enable the Wake On RTC Timer option Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system For Example setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month T...

Page 29: ...ay BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 26 the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However 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 choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded...

Page 30: ... the Main Menu and a screen with a list of items appears 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 3 28 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control Spread Spectrum Modulated This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate The choice Enabled Disabled Host CPU DIMM PCI Clock This item allows you to select the CPU DIMM and PCI Frequency The choice Default 66 100 33 68 102 34 75 112 137 100 100 33 103 103 3...

Page 31: ...he 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 enter a password To disable a password just press En...

Page 32: ... you turn your system off 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 Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect ...

Page 33: ...UPDATED PRODUCT INFORMATION 1 Enter the INF subdirectory and double click SETUP EXE 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 2 3 Read the license agreement and click Yes to continue 4 Read readme txt information and click NEXT to continue ...

Page 34: ...inished installing choose the Yes to reboot option and click Finish to restart your computer The driver should now be loaded 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 4 4 2 Install Graphics Driver 1 Enter the graphics subdirectory and double click SETUP EXE 2 Click Next at the Welcome screen ...

Page 35: ...ystem directories just the EUD utility files If you wish to change the directory where the EUD will be stored click Browse and change the directory Click Next to continue 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 6 5 The driver files will now be installed When finished installing choose the Yes to reboot option and click Finish to restart your computer The driver should now be loaded To determine if the driv...

Page 36: ...ick SETUP EXE 2 Choose Language and Click Next to continue 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 8 3 Click Next at the Welcome screen 4 In selecting a setup type please choose Remove and Install Software and click on Next When asked with Do you want to install the bundled application Select Yes I do to install ALSRACK Player or No I don t if not Click on Next and the program will install both the driver ...

Page 37: ...ual 4 9 5 Click Next to continue 6 Click Next to continue 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 10 7 Windows 98 will prompt you with a New Hardware Found dialog box To install the Windows 98 driver click NEXT 8 Click Next to continue ...

Page 38: ...ck Finish to continue 10 To install the Game Port driver click NEXT 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 12 11 Choose Search for the best driver for your device and Click Next to continue 12 Choose correct sub directory and click NEXT to continue ...

Page 39: ...9W AP P Serial User s Manual 4 13 13 Click Finish to continue 14 The driver files will now be installed Click Finish to end the setup program ...

Page 40: ...i Virus software installation 5 1 Anti Virus software installation Put CD title driver into CD ROM then choose Anti Virus software on the main menu follow each instruction on the screen as the followings 5 9W AP P Serial User s Manual 5 2 ...

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