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V266B 

   USER'S 

MANUAL 

M/B For Socket-A Athlon/Duron Processor  

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

NO. G03-V266BR4A

 

Release date:  January 2003 

 

 

 

 

Trademark: 

*  Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are  

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer. 

 
 

Summary of Contents for V266B

Page 1: ... G03 V266BR4A Release date January 2003 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer ...

Page 2: ... 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 23 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 25 3 6 1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS 26 3 6 2 AGP TIMING SETTINGS 27 3 6 3 PCI TIMING SETTINGS 27 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 27 3 7 1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION 28 3 7 2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION 29 3 7 3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION 29 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 30 3 8 1 WAKE UP EVENTS 31 3 8 1 1 IRQS ACTIVITIES 32 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 32 3 9 1 IRQ...

Page 3: ...ble for USB Port 3 4 Option 5 V266B User s Manual AMD Athlon Duron Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable long term system operation The overall goal in providing the proper thermal environmen...

Page 4: ...offers ULTRA ATA 133 to provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance This motherboard also has an integrated AC 97 2 1 CODEC on board which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility For those wanting even greater graphic performance an AGP 4X slot is included on the board With USB control as well as capability of ex...

Page 5: ...4X mode 32 bit PCI slot x5 CNR slot x1 Integrate IDE Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB s Audio AC 97 Digital Audio controller integrated AC 97 Audio CODEC on board Audio driver and utility included BIOS Award 2MBit Flash ROM Multi I O PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse connectors Floppy...

Page 6: ... Winstone 99 V1 3 34 9 35 8 32 2 33 1 Content Creation Winstone 2000 42 5 43 2 37 8 39 6 Content Creation Winstone 2001 50 4 51 1 43 8 45 2 Business Winstone 2001 43 5 45 4 36 7 37 6 Winbench 99 CPU Mark 99 107 108 77 4 80 6 FPU Winmark 99 6580 6580 6000 6000 Business Disk Winmark99 8140 8540 7700 8370 Hi end Disk Winmark99 21000 20500 18200 19000 Business Graphic Winmark 542 543 463 471 Hi end Gr...

Page 7: ...p K B Power ON Jumper JP1 FAN2 IR Connector CNR Slot Front Panel Audio CD Audio PCI Slot CPU F S B Clock Jumper JP4 Floppy Connector VIA KT266A Chip Front Panel Connector ATA 133 IDE Connector Clear CMOS JBAT ATX Power Connector USB Port USB1 CPU FAN 2MBit Flash ROM BIOS CPU Socket PC1600 PC2100 DDR DIMM X2 VIA VT8233A Chip Wake On Modem Wake On LAN FAN1 PC133 DIMMX2 PS2 KB Mouse Port USB Port AGP...

Page 8: ...USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 16 IDE LED IDE activity LED 2 pin Block P 16 TB LED Turbo LED switch 2 pin Block P 16 RESET Reset switch lead 2 pin Block P 16 SPEAKER Speaker connector 4 pin Block P 16 PWR LED Power LED 2 pin Block P 17 PW BN Power switch 2 pin Block P 17 WOL WOM Wake On LAN Modem Headers 3 pin Block P 17 FAN1 FAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers 3 pin Block P 17 IR IR infrared module Headers 5...

Page 9: ...or 10 pin SW1 Only support AMD Athlon serial CPU Ratio 1 2 3 4 5 Ratio 1 2 3 4 5 5 0x ON ON ON OFF ON 9 0x ON ON ON OFF OFF 5 5x ON OFF ON OFF ON 9 5x ON OFF ON OFF OFF 6 0x ON ON OFF OFF ON 10 0x ON ON OFF OFF OFF 6 5x ON OFF OFF OFF ON 10 5x ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 7 0X ON ON ON ON OFF 11 0x ON ON ON ON ON 7 5x ON OFF ON ON OFF 11 5x ON OFF ON ON ON 8 0x ON ON OFF ON OFF 12 0x ON ON OFF ON ON 8 5x ON...

Page 10: ...llow the procedure below 1 Turn off the system and unplug the AC power 2 Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector 3 Locate JBAT and short pins 2 3 for a few seconds 4 Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 2 5 Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector Note When should clear CMOS 1 Troubleshooting 2 Forget password 3 After over clocking system boot fail CMOS RAM Clear...

Page 11: ...r mouse and external modems Parallel Port a low speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners and some digital cameras Sound interface the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers MIC game controllers and MIDI sound ...

Page 12: ...tion as shown below The notched corner should point toward the end of the level Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown CPU ZIF Socket A Colden Arrow Socket A AMD When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket No force require to insert of the CPU then press the level to Locate position slightly without any extra force 2 4 Install Me...

Page 13: ...f the strict timing issues if your DRAM Modules are not PC133 PC2100 compliant set the SDRAM clock to 100MHz to ensure system stability 2 5 Expansion Cards WARNING Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 2 5 1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation 1 Read the docu...

Page 14: ...der for PCI Steering 11 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 4 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N A Numeric Data Processor 14 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 1 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices 2 5 3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 Shared PCI slot 2 Shared PCI slot 3 ...

Page 15: ...en the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board PIN ROW2 ROW1 1 3 3V 3 3V 2 12V 3 3V 3 GND GND 4 Soft Power On 5V 5 GND GND 6 GND 5V 7 GND GND 8 5V Power OK 9 5V 5V for Soft Logic 10 5V 12V Pin 1 2 PS 2 Mouse PS...

Page 16: ... MIC Microphone Connector Game MIDI For joystick or MIDI Device 6 Serial Port COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 COM1 COM2 are the 9 pin D Subminiature mail connector The On board serial port can be disabled through BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information 7 Floppy drive Connector 34 pin block FDD This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbo...

Page 17: ...connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector Secondary IDE Connector Pin 1 Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as t...

Page 18: ...nector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case 4 Turbo LED switch TB LED Since the motherboard s turbo function is always on The turbo LED will remain constantly on while the system power is on You may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead See the figure below 5 Reset switch lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch f...

Page 19: ...odem card with a WAKE ON LAN Modem output This connector power up the system when a wake up signal is received through the LAN Modem card NOTE This feature requires that Wake On LAN or Ring In Wake up is enabled Wake On Modem Headers WOM 1 3 5VSB G ND WO M Wake On LAN Headers WOL 1 3 5VSB G ND WO N 10 FAN Speed Headers 3 pin FAN1 FAN2 CPUFAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts...

Page 20: ...through the BIOS setup to use the IR function IR R X G ND IR TX VC C Infrared Module Headers IR C IR C IR R X IO VSB NC NC NC IR Pin1 Pin5 for Standard IR CIR Pin6 Pin10 for Consumer IR 6 1 10 5 12 CD Audio In Headers 4 pin CDIN1 CDIN2 CD_IN1 and CDIN2 are the connectors for CD Audio Input signal Please connect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers 4 1 C DIN1 C DIN2 1 4 ...

Page 21: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 22: ...ight to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 23: ...t User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system ...

Page 24: ...n keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Thu Jul 05 2001 Time hh mm ss 11 33 50 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 25 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Bu...

Page 25: ...n shall be None Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disabled PhoneixNet Support Disabled CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cac...

Page 26: ...l 2 cache memory ECC error check correction Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If this is set to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequen...

Page 27: ...boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered prompt OS Select For DRAM 64MB Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of ...

Page 28: ...p Auto Configuration Optimized RAS Active Time 6T RAS Precharge Time 3T RAS to CAS Delay 3T CAS Latency 2 5T Bank Interleave 4 Bank DRAM Command Rate 2T Command Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults RAS Active Time This field let s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used...

Page 29: ... PCI Master 1 WS Write Disabled PCI Master 1 WS Read Disabled CPU to AGP Post Write Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support...

Page 30: ... with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The settings are Enabled and Disabled 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 automati...

Page 31: ...ur system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 3 Onboard Super IO Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Onboard Super IO Function Item...

Page 32: ...e onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature After selecting it the following message will appear ECP Mode Use DMA at this time the user can choose between DMA channels 3 to 1 The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the onboard parallel ...

Page 33: ...se IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The settings are 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Power Button Function Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state The settings are Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Wake Up Events Please refer to section 3 8 1 3 8 1 Wake up Events CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Wake Up Events Item Help ...

Page 34: ...ftware IRQs Activities Item Help Primary INTR ON IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Disabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC...

Page 35: ...ay operating system such as Windows 95 98 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 by a The settings are Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Please refer to section 3 9 1 PCI VGA ...

Page 36: ...eneral Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature when CPU temperature over this setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU Show PC Health in Post During Enabled it displays information list below The choice is either Enabled or Disabled Current CPU Temperature Current System Temp Curren...

Page 37: ...llows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI Clock Spread Spectrum This item allows you to set the CPU Host PCI clock and Spread Spectrum The settings are Enabled Disabled Host Clock at next Boot is This item allows you to select CPU frequency step by step increasing The choice are 100MHz 133MHz 133MHz 166MHz DRAM Clock at next Boot is This field displays the capability of the memory modules t...

Page 38: ...reviously 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 Enter when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm that the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can...

Page 39: ... not appear double click MY COMPUTER double click CD ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 8 selections 1 VIA 4 IN 1 install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 driver 2 SOUND install ALC CMI Audio Codec driver 3 PC HEALTH install VIA PC HEALTH hardware monitor driver 4 MAGIC BIOS install BIOS Live Update Utility 5 DIRECTX8 ins...

Page 40: ...GRAPHIC ACCESS IRQ ROUTING VIA PCI IRQ MINIPORT DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WIN98 ONLY IT WILL FIX PCI IRQ ROUTING SEQUENCE INF VIA REGISTRY DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WINDOWS THE DRIVER WILL ENABLE VIA POWER MANAGERMENT CONTROLLER 1 Click IDE when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT when VIA Service Pack Wizard appears 3 This is to announce the Copy Write click Yes 4 Click NEXT to ch...

Page 41: ...T to Install ATAPI Vender Support Driver 6 Click NEXT to choose enabled DMA Mode 7 Click NEXT to Install VIA AGP VXD Driver 8 Click NEXT to Install VIA IRQ Routing Mini port Driver 9 Click Finish to restart computer ...

Page 42: ...k OK start to install DRIVER 3 When ask Remove old device driver Click OK 4 Click Finish and Restart Windows 5 Avance Audio Rack table can play CD WAV MID MP3 AVI MPG Format File 6 This is a Sound Environment Simulator and Karaok function table NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X CODEC ALC201 SETUP EXE for WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 4 2 2 SOUND Install CMI Audio Codec Driver ...

Page 43: ...BROWSE to change the path for the file to be store 4 Enter Program folders name or click Next 5 C Media Media Rack can Auto Play following Format file choose need component and Click Next 6 Click Next when Start copying files windows appears OS can Auto Find C Media AC97 Audio Device Click Next 7 C Media Media Rack Play table 8 C Media Audio Configuration setting ...

Page 44: ...h of the file is X VIA HEALTH W SETUP EXE Only support WINDOWS 95 98 98SE ME In Windows 95 98 Winbond Hardware Doctor Monitoring Software needs some system files to copy in Utility that s why it needs install PC HEALTH twice to complete setup 1 Click PC Health when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click OK when Winbond Hardware Doctor Setup Window appears 3 Click the Button to start installation 4 Sel...

Page 45: ...rature Because this is a On time Monitoring program therefore the value will change after it detected if the value is over default setting the system will have warning picture and beeps 4 4 MAGIC BIOS Install BIOS Live Update Utility 1 Click Magic BIOS when Magic Install MENU appears 2 Click Next to install the Magic BIOS in Destination Folder 3 After finish Setup you will have a Magic BIOS icon i...

Page 46: ...MOS and automatically restart 7 Click Yes if you want to update the BIOS otherwise choose No to exit 8 When System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish update BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically Restart 9 When choose From Local Driver to update BIOS you must have the correct BIOS file in your Local Driver 10 Choose the correct BIOS file to update BIOS ...

Page 47: ...k NEXT when Install Shield Wizard For PC CILLIN 2002 2 Click Open Manual you can learn PC CILLIN 2002 how to use 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click NEXT and Enter your Customer Information Click NEXT or choose Change to change the path for the file to be stored 5 Click INSTALL Start to install the software 6 Setup Complete and click FINISH ...

Page 48: ...rt Write Protect item on Miscellaneous Control in BIOS Setup please refer page 35 Method 1 Use Magic BIOS update BIOS in Windows 98 refer page 43 Method 2 In DOS Mode STEP 1 Prepare a boot disc you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest ...

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