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VG33

MAINBOARD

MANUAL

DOC No.: M02A04

Rev.

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: A0

Date

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:1, 2003

Part No. 

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: 25-10630-00

Summary of Contents for 1stMainboard VG33

Page 1: ...VG33 MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No M02A04 Rev A0 Date 1 2003 Part No 25 10630 00 ...

Page 2: ...puter components Wear a static wrist strap which fits around your wrist and is connected to a natural earth ground Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a water pipe Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the expansion slot It is best to handle system components by their mounting brackets...

Page 3: ...ry Modules 2 5 3 Install the CPU 2 5 4 Install Expansion Cards 2 7 5 ConnectDevices 2 8 FloppyDisketteDrive Connector 2 8 IDEDevice Connectors 2 9 Power Connectors 2 9 CDAudio In Connectors 2 10 Front Panel Block Power LED IR and Speaker Connector 2 10 Fan Connectors 2 12 Wake On Lan Connector 2 12 Wake On Ring Connector 2 13 SPDIF Out Connector 2 13 Serial IRQ Connector 2 14 Quick Reference Germa...

Page 4: ...16 Audio I O Jacks 2 16 VideoGraphicsAccelerator Connector 2 17 LAN Connector 2 17 IEEE 1394 Connectors mfg optional 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Main Features Setup 3 1 Advanced Features Setup 3 3 Onboard device Configuration 3 5 I O device Configuration 3 6 Hardware Monitor 3 7 Power Features Setup 3 8 Boot Features Setup 3 9 Exit Features Setup 3 10 ...

Page 5: ...r speeds are improved especially for six USB 2 0 periph eral devices The board also features onboard audio with either 2 channel or 5 1 channel The board comes with a versatile range of I O features such as 2 serial ports three optional 1394 ports pinheaders onboard 1 parallel port 1 LAN 1 IR 1 PS 2 mouse and keyboard connector 6 USB 2 0 ports two of them are in one pinheader 1 media connector fro...

Page 6: ...ess OK button to go through the whole installation procedure in a very straight forward and easy way It also provides you with a custom way to select wanted patch files and software drivers that for onboard chips use The top menu of the lst Utilities CD lists all the functions that allowed by this board NOTE About the USB 2 0 driver if you use Windows XP Sevice Pack 1 it offers the driver Windows ...

Page 7: ...1 3 Overview The VG33 Mainboard ...

Page 8: ...eral devices Versatile Main Memory Support Accepts up to 2GBDDR SDRAM using two memory sockets for allowing that from 64 128 256 512MB 1GB with support for lightenning fastDDR SDRAM DDR200 266 333MHz Super Multi Input Output I O Support Integrated Plug and Play multi I O chipset features two high speed UART 16550 compatible serial ports one parallel port and one FDDconnector AGPand PCI Expansion S...

Page 9: ...h either front or rear panel jacks in a convenient way and high speed Plug and Play connection to the USB 2 0 compliant peripheral devices on the market Onboard audio features included one SPDIF pinheader for digital audio resource output use The onboard AC97 Codec chip has two options either supports 2 channel or optional 5 1 channel audio feature If the latter one onbaord the Microphone Line_In ...

Page 10: ...1 6 VG33 Mainboard Manual The Page Left Blank for Note ...

Page 11: ...tall supporting software tools WARNING Excessive torque may damage the mainboard When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5 0 8 0kg cm Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To prevent static electricity from harming any of the sensitive components you should follow the following precau tions when...

Page 12: ...2 2 VG33 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference from Page 2 2 to 2 4 Mainboard Layout When link to Line_Out jack please use a speakerthat with amplifier Connector Serial IRQ is for system integration use ...

Page 13: ...2 3 Installation Procedures 1 Clear CMOS 2 Front Panel Block Cable Connection ...

Page 14: ... the mainboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are used incorrectly These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Clear CMOS JP3 The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer 2 Place the jumper cap onto the pinpair 2 3 at least 6 seconds to enable CMOS clearance 3 Place the jumper cap onto the pinpair 1 2 to disable the ...

Page 15: ...MM straight down into the DIMM slot using both hands 3 The clip on both ends of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM reaches the slot bottom 3 Install the CPU The mainboard has built in SwitchingVoltage Regulator to support CPU Vcore autodetection That is it has the ability to detect and recognize the CPU volt age clock and ratio ...

Page 16: ...g fan with heatsink on top of the installed CPU When you install your CPU on this mainboard please use a power supply that designed and manufactured only for CPU use Your CPU fansink combined with its retention module must be completely closed and firmly attached on the top of the processor NOTE Users The CPU installing procedures should be 1 Insert the CPU with its fansink and retention module on...

Page 17: ... to unplug the power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the mainboard and expansioncards Always observe static electricity precautions Please read Handling Precautions at the start of this manual To install an expansion card follow the steps below 1 Remove the computer chassis cover and select an empty expansio...

Page 18: ... expansion card 3 Holding the edge of the peripheral card carefully align the edge connector with the expansion slot 4 Push the card firmly into the slot Push down on one end of the expansion card then the other Use this rocking motion until the add on card is firmly seated inside the expansion slot 5 Connect Devices Floppy Diskette Drive Connector This connector provides the connection with your ...

Page 19: ...urATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orienta tion and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IDE Device Connectors These two connectors are used for your IDE hard disk drives CD drives LS 120 drives or IDE ZIP drives The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the ...

Page 20: ... Please identify polarities of plug wires for the case speaker and LEDs Please ask vendor about this information when you buy them and install the system by yourself The plug wires polari ties of these buttons will not affect the function CD Audio In Connectors The connectors CD_IN and AUX_IN are for CD ROM drive audio analog input use NOTE Users that want to use IR port must set BIOS feature UART...

Page 21: ...e system instead of turning the power button off and on 2 HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator This LED will blink when the hard disk drives are activated Speaker is connected with the case speaker IR is a pinheader that is used for linking with your IDdevice to allow transmis sion of data to another system that also supports the IR feature 4 Power Button is connected with power button...

Page 22: ... two connectors CPU_FAN SYS_FANare linked to the CPU fan case fan respectively Wake On Lan Connector This 3 pin connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL ...

Page 23: ...ard which outputs a WOR singal the system can be turned on from the power off status by a remote phone call via the modem card SPDIF Out Connector The mainboard equipped one 1x4 pinheader It is used for SPDIF digital audio output CAUTION Improper orientation of SPDIF connection may cause damage of your device ...

Page 24: ...2 keyboard is purple color and PS 2 mouse is green color connectors are used for your PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse These two black connectors integrated on the edge of the board are used for linking with USB peripheral devices This board also provides two extra USB ports for either linking with front or rear USB sockets of system cases Please note that your operating system must support USB featur...

Page 25: ...Pack 1 it offers the driver Windows XP download it from Microsoft web site Windows 2000 98SE ME driver in lst Utilities CD please manually installed it Serial Port Connectors COM1 9 pinD sub male connector with teal color and COM2 2x5 pinheader allow you to connect with your devices that use serial ports such as a serial mouse or an external modem ...

Page 26: ... or played through the LINE_OUT MIC_IN pink allows microphones to be connected for voice input The mainboard offers a front panel audio connector Intel spec Its pin definitions were presented far below left NOTE If you do not use front audio pinheader please keep the pinpair 5 6 9 10 short as default also when the front headphone is plugged in the rear audio output will be disabled NOTE If your ma...

Page 27: ... 17 Installation Procedures LAN Connector The RJ45 LAN jack is used for the LAN cable plug Video Graphics Accelerator Connector This 15 pin femaleD sub blue connector is connected to your display monitor ...

Page 28: ...2 18 VG33 Mainboard Manual IEEE 1394 Connectors mfg optional The board has three pinheaders of IEEE 1394 port to connect with their com patible peripheral devices for higher system performance ...

Page 29: ...ected program The mainboard comes with the chip that BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information of your system This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the mainboard components This section explains the information contained in the Setup program and tells you how to modify the settings according to your system configuration Main Features Setup WARNING While booting ...

Page 30: ...stalled in the system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Sec ondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the Master and the second is the Slave Floppy Diskette A This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system To enter the configuration value for a particular ...

Page 31: ...iskette Installed Memory Memory Bank These three items tell users the information about the installed memory modules type and sizes BIOS Version BIOS ReleseDate BIOS Implement Guide Advanced Features Setup CPU Type CPU Speed CPU Cache RAM The three items present the working data about the installed CPU Plug and Play OS The item is set at Yes when you use Plug and Play operating system The options ...

Page 32: ...lect Auto to auto detect PS 2 mouse Select Disabled prevents any installed PS 2 mouse from functioning and free up IRQ 12 The options are Disabled Enabled Auto Local Bus IDEAdapter The feature allows users to select or disable the IDE controller function If disabled the IDE device will not be detected The options are Disabled Primary Secondary Both USB Legacy Mode Support The features allows users...

Page 33: ...optional 1394 function The options are Enabled Disabled Onboard LANDevice Allows you to enable or disable the optional LAN function The options are Enabled Disabled Once it is set the option will become Set automatically Its default value is Clear The options are Clear Set Set Supervisor Password Set User Password The two features allow users to set the supervisor user password To set supervisor p...

Page 34: ...you can modify your serial port parameters Theoptionsare 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Interrupt It allows users to select the IRQ for COM1 2 port The options are IRQ4 IRQ3 Parallel Port Allows you to disable the parallel port when it is needed to do so The options are Enabled Disabled UART Mode Select If you want to use IR port set at IrDA or ASKIR otherwise stay at Normal to use COM2 as a ...

Page 35: ...nnect with an advanced printer via the port mode it supports Theoptionsare SPP EPP1 9 SPP ECP EPP1 9 ECP EPP1 7 SPP EPP1 7 ECP Interrupt It allows users to select the some IRQ for parallel port The options are IRQ7 IRQ5 Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature Current CPU FANSpeed Current SYS FANSpeed These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data provided by the BIOS on this mainboard It is ...

Page 36: ...r failure the system will not be back to power on by itself This feature allows you to set the system back to which power status of the system when the system power is resumed The system always be back to off if set at Stay Off It always will be back to on It will be back to on The options are Auto Power On Stay Off ...

Page 37: ...ature will auto detect all hard disks of bootable device on the sys tem It also allows users to select the device booting priority First Second Third Fourth Boot Device This feature allows user to select the boot device priority The options are Removable CDROM HardDisk LAN Disabled RemovableDevice Priority This feature allows user to select the removable device boot priority The optionsare Floppy ...

Page 38: ...p press Esc to return to the main menu Move highlight bar to this item and press Enter key then press Y to change the CMOS Setup Load SetupDefaults This item is selected to place all manufacturing default settings These settings do not give optimal performance Discarding Changes This feature allows you to discard the current CMOS modifications Saving Changes This feature allows you to save the cur...

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