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Page 2: ...manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment Not...

Page 3: ...arks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Technologies Lt...

Page 4: ...rting any add on card or module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause elec trical shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equi...

Page 5: ...2 Using PC Function 2 1 Mainboard Layout 2 2 CPU Memory 2 3 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 3 Power Supply 2 4 Front Panel 2 5 IEEE 1394 Port J1394 2 2 5 IEEE 1394 Port J1394 1 2 6 USB Ports 2 6 Mic in Head Phone 2 7 OPTICAL SPDIF in 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Serial Port 2 8 VGA Port 2 9 Mouse Keyboard Connectors 2 9 RJ45 LAN Jack 2 10 USB Ports 2 10 OPTICAL SPDIF out 2 10 Parallel Port 2 11 Audio Port 2 12 ...

Page 6: ...ule Connector CN21 2 16 Jumper 2 17 Clear CMOS Jumper J2 2 17 Slots 2 18 PCI Slot 2 18 AGP Slot 2 18 Chapter 3 Using Audio Function 3 1 Control Panel 3 2 Remote Controller 3 3 AC Power on 3 4 Playing CD MP3 3 5 Playing FM AM 3 9 Chapter 4 Setting BIOS Function 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Control Keys 4 2 Getting Help 4 3 Main Menu 4 3 Sub Menu 4 3 General Help F1 4 3 The Main Menu 4 4 Standard CMOS Fea...

Page 7: ...vii Integrated Peripherals 4 13 Power Management Setup 4 19 PNP PCI Configurations 4 23 PC Health Status 4 25 Frequency Voltage Control 4 26 ...

Page 8: ...Introduction Introducing Your Digital Media Platform ...

Page 9: ...er Edition on HP Free Style Intel is also exploring their Digital Home concept for the Home use PC To meet the new concept of Home PC the MEGA651 has been positioned as a digital media platform to perform TV recording optional home theater DVD 5 1 channels digital audio playback MP3 Audio CD photo and video stream data browsing authoring burning optional with Media Center and bundled applications ...

Page 10: ...e For Home For W For Home For W For Home For W For Home For W For Home For Work For Fun ork For Fun ork For Fun ork For Fun ork For Fun A new Digital Media Form Factor from MSI that allows you to Control Live Television Enjoy Home Heater DVD 5 1 Channel Listen to Digital Music MP3 Audio CD Burn Music Photos and Videos option View Your Favorite Photos option Edit Digital Videos option Incredible Ga...

Page 11: ...re Set One Feature Set 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 2 System Specification 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 P 1 3 Performance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 4 Hi Fi Audio 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 Home Theater 1 5 H...

Page 12: ...ple functions in a small form factor It can be set any where you want such as bedroom or living room while it s easily be moved to anywhere whenever you need See the following for the feature Hi Fi Stereo Audio CD MP3 Player AM FM Tuner power off Home Theater DVD 5 1 Channel Media Center A V Browsing Authoring Burning Card Reader 1394 SPDIF I O CD RW PVR TV Tuner Completed PC Office Game Machine T...

Page 13: ...tical SPDIF out Speak out Lin in Mic in AGP Slot PCI Slot Modem Mouse LAN Port Parallel Port Radio Antenna Jack Optical SPDIF in Mic in Head Phone USB x 2 J1394 1 J1394 2 IR Receiver Mode Eject Stop Forward Play Pause Backward Shuttle Controller PC Reset Hi Fi Power Switch HDD LED PC Power Switch ...

Page 14: ... On Board VGA memory None On Board Communication LAN integrated in Realtek 10 100Mb Modem 56K MDC module On Board USB Front x 2 Rear x 2 On Board x 2 for Card Reader RF K B M S MFG Option On Board IEEE 1394 RTL8801B PHY 2 ports Front x 2 4 pin 6 pin Expansion Slots PCI 2 2 x 1 AGP 4X x1 Power Off Function Playback Audio CD MP3 AM FM Radio Tuner with Remote Controller TV Tuner Function MS 8606 Opti...

Page 15: ... 1 SPDIF O x 1 Modem RJ11 x 1 Front Panel Mic in Headphone x 1 USB x 2 SPDIF I x 1 1394 x 1 4 pin 1394 x 1 6 pin BIOS 2MB Flash Others Microsoft PC 2001 LAN Wake Up Function Suspend to RAM DISk function Top Tech III Thermal Overheat Protection Technology PC Alert System Hardware Monitor On Board BlueBird Module for Power Off features On Board Equalizer LCM ...

Page 16: ...Hi Fi button Press the Power button to start the PC function CPU support Intel P4 PCI AGP Expansion Front I O Mic in Head Phone USB x 2 1394 x 2 6 pin 4 pin Optical SPDIF in 6 in 1 Card Reader See Chapter 2 for more information of mainboard Front and Rear I O Features Rear I O COM VGA Parallel PS2 x 2 LAN RJ45 USB x 2 Optical SPDIF out Speaker out Line in Mic in 5 1channel Modem Radio Antenna ...

Page 17: ... from unveiled publicity and unauthorized access through BIOS control Password The MEGA651 uses three levels of BIOS access User Password Supervisor Password HDD Password to protect the computer system Storage Subsystem 1 Floppy Standard Floppy USB Floppy 2 Hard Disk 3 CD ROM OPTIONAL 4 DVD RW OPTIONAL 5 CD RW OPTIONAL 6 DVD RW OPTIONAL ...

Page 18: ...f means When used as a Hi Fi audio the PC should be in power off status If you press the PC power button on the Hi Fi audio will be disabled Press the Power button to use the audio function Option 1 Press the Hi Fi button to use the audio function Features LCM Display Clock AM FM Radio Tuner Audio CD Play MP3 CD Play SRS See Chapter 3 for more information of using audio function Option 2 ...

Page 19: ...etrieve the natural spatial cues and ambient information that is present in audio but masked by traditional record ing and playback methods Whether the signal is mono or stereo SRS ex pands the audio material to create a realistic three dimensional sound image SRS has no sweet spot and fills the room with a sound experience much closer to that of a live performance SRS is a trademark of SRS Labs I...

Page 20: ...you a wonderful feeling of home theater while playing DVD Plus the OPTIONAL MS8606 TV Tuner card allows you to watch TV The top part of remote controller is designed specially for the TV Tuner function To enforce the multimedia effect the Media Center which is developed by MSI will be bundled in the next generation of MEGA651 You will find the simplified PC control of multimedia resources such as ...

Page 21: ...2 2 CPU Memory 2 2 CPU Memory 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 P 2 3 Power Supply ower Supply ower Supply ower Supply ower Supply 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front P 2 4 Front Panel anel anel anel anel 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back P 2 5 Back Panel anel anel anel anel 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 6 Connectors 2 7 Jumper 2 7 Jumper 2 7 Jumper 2 7 Jumper...

Page 22: ...HF Realtek RTL8801B Codec CN10 CN23 CN22 CN6 CN12 CN7 CN21 CN20 CN15 AGP Slot Top Parallel Port Bottom SPDIF Line_Out Line_In Mic J1 CN1 AUDIO1 AUDIO 2 USB1 USB2 J 1394 1 J 1394 2 MS6760 v1 X Mainboard DDR DIMM Slots IDE Connectors FDD Connector Hi Fi Power Connector CD IN Connector AGP Slot PCI Slot ATX Power Supply Front Panel Connector USB Card Reader Connector Radio Module USB Connector LCM Co...

Page 23: ...2GB You can install PC2700 DDR333 or PC2100 DDR266 modules into the DDR DIMM slots CN28 26 Overheating Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating Introduction to DDR SDRAM DDR Double Data Rate SDRAM is similar to conventional SDRAM but doubles the rate by transferring data twice per cycle It uses 2 5 v...

Page 24: ...trical Design Specification AC Output 100 127 200 240 VAC Switch Selectable Auto Protection DC Output 3 3V 17A 5V 12A 12V 13 5A 12V 0 5A 5Vsb 3A 12Vsb 2 5A 80 mm PWM Fan Certificate FCC UL CUL BSMI CB NEMKO TUV 1 11 20 Pin Connector 20 10 PIN SIGNAL 11 3 3V 12 12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 19 5V 20 5V PIN SINGAL 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 GND 4 5V 5 GND 6 5V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V ATX Pow...

Page 25: ...rts This smaller one is de signed for you to connect the IEEE 1394 device with external power The IEEE 1394 high speed serial bus complements USB by providing enhanced PC con nectivity for a wide range of devices including consumer electronics audio video A V appliances storage peripherals other PCs and portable devices Software Support IEEE 1394 Driver is provided by Windows 98 SE Win dows XP Win...

Page 26: ...in the IEEE 1394 connector into the port These Operating Sys tems will install the driver for IEEE 1394 USB Ports The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Uni versal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data C...

Page 27: ...onnector allows you to receive the audio file of SPDIF interface for recording and playing The SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface is developed jointly by the Sony and Philips corporations A standard audio file transfer format SPDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format ...

Page 28: ...d offers a 9 pin male DIN serial port The port is 16550A high speed communication ports that sends receives 16 bytes FIFOs You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8...

Page 29: ...11 Mouse Keyboard Connectors The mainboard provides two standard mini DIN connectors for attaching PS 2 mouse and keyboard You can plug a PS 2 mouse or keyboard directly into the connector PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DATA Mouse DATA 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC No connection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Ke...

Page 30: ... The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Uni versal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into the connector OPTICAL SPDIF out The OPTICAL connector allows you to play the audio file of SPDIF interface See p 2 7 for more information USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPT...

Page 31: ...PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12 PE Paper End 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED Automatic Feed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN Select In 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Ground 24 GND Ground ...

Page 32: ...Chapter 2 Audio Port Speak out is a connector for Speakers or Headphones Line In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic in is a connector for microphones Speak out Lin in Mic in ...

Page 33: ... mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 function The two connectors on the mainboard allows you to connect to two IDE device FDD Connector CN10 The mainboard provides you with a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 1 44M floppy disk type CN10 CN22 CN23 If you install two hard disks on cable you must config ure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper Refer to the har...

Page 34: ...an insert the TV Tuner card into the PCI Slot 1 CPU Fan Connector CN15 The CPU Fan connector supports system cooling fans with 12V that is controlled by PWM When connecting the wire to the three pin head connectors always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the 12V that is controlled by PWM the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND SENSOR CN15 12V GND JC...

Page 35: ...P MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use CN4 Pin Definition 1 9 10 CN4 HDD LED Reset Switch Power LED Power Switch 2 USB Card R...

Page 36: ...anel CN 8 Modem Module Connector CN21 The mainboard provides the connector to connect the modem module The modem module is directly inserted into the connector without an extra cable 1 25 26 VCC3SBY 2 SPI Bus CD_SMI VCC5 HDLED PWRBTNH FP_RST GND LED BL VCC5SBY IR GND GND Key 0 5 GND 12VSBY ...

Page 37: ... turned on That battery has long life time for at least 5 years If you want to clear the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on it will dam age the mainboard Clear Data 1 3 Keep Data...

Page 38: ...s main memory and provides three levels of throughputs 1x 266Mbps 2x 533Mbps and 4x 1 07Gbps PCI Slot The PCI slot allows you to insert PCI card or TV Tuner card The TV Tuner card is included in the MEGA651 When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansion card to make any neces sary hardware or software sett...

Page 39: ...e Set One Feature Set One Feature Set 3 2 System Specification 3 2 System Specification 3 2 System Specification 3 2 System Specification 3 2 System Specification 3 3 P 3 3 P 3 3 P 3 3 P 3 3 Performance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC erformance PC 3 4 Hi Fi Audio 3 4 Hi Fi Audio 3 4 Hi Fi Audio 3 4 Hi Fi Audio 3 4 Hi Fi Audio 3 5 Home Theater 3 5 Home Theater 3 5 Home Theater 3 5 Hom...

Page 40: ...Switch Eject Stop Shuttle Controller 1 HiFi Power Start the audio function 2 Mode Choose the audio mode CD MP3 FM AM 3 Eject Stop Eject the CD MP3 or stop the playing 4 Forward Forward the channel searching in FM AM mode or forward the music choosing in CD MP3 mode 5 Play Pause Play or pause the playing in CD MP3 AM FM modes 6 Backward Backward the channel searching in FM AM mode or backward the m...

Page 41: ...on the bottom are used for audio function while the ones on the top are used for TV application See the manual of TV Tuner Card MS8606 for the information of top part button Function Keys for TV application Control Buttons Hi Fi Power Adjusting Volume Play Mode Button Mute Button Mode Button CD MP3 FM AM EQ Mode Button SRS on off Button ...

Page 42: ...FLASH 2 times Then you can adjust time by shuttle You will see timer 00 00 flash Turn the shuttle clockwise to adjust minute Turn the shuttle anticlockwise to adjust hour After adjusting the minute and hour press the shuttle to set the timer The sec ond will be reset to zero while setting the timer ...

Page 43: ...r to play CD MP3 Press the Forward button to play the music The icon will run a circle The LCM show If the disc in the tray is CD the LCM shows CD If the disc in the tray is MP3 the LCM shows MP3 If there is no CD in the tray or CD is broken the LCM shows NO disc Press the Eject Stop button to open the disc tray and put CD MP3 in 1 means the first song 00 means minute 02 means second ...

Page 44: ... play the previous song After 2 seconds it replay the song Press the Forward button to play the next song There is no action if you hold Forward button Press Backward button once to replay the song Press the Eject Stop button once to stop the music or open the CD ROM Press Forward button to play the song after rejecting ...

Page 45: ...nds to set the Play Sub Mode and go back to volume mode You can also press the shuttle to set it and change to the EQ Sub Mode at the same time Press the shuttle twice if you want to skip the Play Sub Mode to set the EQ Sub Mode NORMAL POP CLASSIC JAZZ Allows you to play the CD in normal selecting Allows the system makes the random selecting Allows you to repeat the song once by once Allows you to...

Page 46: ...e To play the CD MP3 in Classic mode To play the CD MP3 in Jazz mode To play the CD MP3 in PoP mode Press the shuttle thrice if you want to skip Play and EQ sub modes to set the Timer sub mode The operation of setting is the same as AC power on After that it changes to the Vol ume sub mode The LCM shows NOTE You can also press the EQ MODE button on the remote controller to set it Press the shuttle...

Page 47: ... to switch to AM or FM station Press the mem set Play Pause button to memorize the station and turn the shuttle to choose the spot you want to save Press the shuttle to set it You can set up to 6 spots You will see the LCM Press the Forward button to jump to the next available station Press the Backward button to jump to the previous available station ...

Page 48: ...uttle once into the EQ sub mode Turn the shuttle to choose the sub mode The operation is the same as in CD MP3 mode Press the shuttle twice to set the Timer sub mode operation is the same as in AC power on After you set the hour and minute it changes to the volume sub mode The LCM shows NOTE Press the shuttle thrice or press the MTS button on the remote controller to turn the SRS on ...

Page 49: ...et Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 5 Advanced Chipset Features 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated P 4 6 Integrated Peripherals eripherals eripherals eripherals eripherals 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 P 4 7 Power Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Management Setup ower Managem...

Page 50: ...d Delete keys Control Keys Move to the previous item Move to the next item Move to the item in the left hand Move to the item in the right hand Enter Select the item Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu PU Increase the numeric value or make changes PD Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Me...

Page 51: ...ub menu containing additional options can be launched from this field You can use control keys to highlight the field and press Enter to call up the sub menu Then you can use the control keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu If you want to return to the main menu just press Esc 8IDE Primary Master 8IDE Primary Slave 8IDE Secondary Master 8IDE Secondary Slave General H...

Page 52: ...he items and press Enter to accept or enter the sub menu Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations such as time date etc Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of AWARD special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu...

Page 53: ...frequency voltage control Load Fail Safe Defaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected Set Supervisor Password Use this menu to set Supervisor Password Set User Password Use this menu to set User Pass...

Page 54: ...u want usually the current date The format is day month date year Time This allows you to set the system time that you want usually the current time The time format is hour minute second IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press PgUp or PgDn to select Manual None or Auto type Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter...

Page 55: ...nder location of the landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Video The setting controls the type of video adapter used for the primary monitor of the system Available options are EGA VGA Halt On The setting determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot Available options are All Errors The system stops w...

Page 56: ...here BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system CPU L1 L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the re quested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU This setting enables disables the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache and external cache...

Page 57: ... on Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on Setting to Off will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad Setting options On Off Typematic Rate Setting This item is used to enable or disable the typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate Typematic Delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to set ...

Page 58: ...t is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline Settings Enabled and Disabled HT CPU Function The Intel processor uses Hyper Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end user response times The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously In this way the system performance i...

Page 59: ... design Slower rates may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory Setting options Safe Mode Normal Mode Fast Mode Turbo Mode Ultra Mode CAS Latency Setting The option lets you override the SPD timing to control the CAS latency which determines the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiv ing it Settings 2 Clocks 2 5 Clocks 3 Clocks and Dis...

Page 60: ...re is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The option allows the selection of an aperture size of 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256 MB AGP Fast Write The item enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature The Fast Write technol ogy allows CPU to write directl...

Page 61: ...pherals SIS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Internal PCI IDE This setting enables or disables the internal primary and secondary PCI IDE controllers Setting options Disabled Primary Secondary Both ...

Page 62: ...sible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 Ultra DMA 66 and Ultra DMA 100 select Auto to enable BIOS support The settings are Auto Disabled IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows users to enable or disable the DMA tran...

Page 63: ...the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you re using any audio device If so the onboard audio controller will be enabled If not the onboard audio controller will be disabled If you want to use different controller cards to connect audio connectors set the field to Disabled Setting options Disabled Auto SIS S W Modem Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used If a modem is detecte...

Page 64: ...ponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The settings are 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto Onboard Parallel Port Mode SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capability Port ECP EPP Extended Capability Port Enhanced Parallel Port To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only choose SPP To operate the onboard parallel ...

Page 65: ...hannel 3 or 1 Init Display First This item specifies which VGA card is your primary graphics adapter Settings PCI Slot and AGP System Share Memory Size For SiS650 chipset the system shares memory to the onboard VGA card This setting controls the exact memory size shared to the VGA card Setting options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 24MB SiS301 Diaplay Type This item allows you to set the TV display type S...

Page 66: ... used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controllers Setting options Enabled Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM The items enable or disable the initialization of the onboard LAN Boot ROMs during bootup Selecting Disabled will speed up the boot process ...

Page 67: ...etting of this field Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the in formation of system configuration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save en...

Page 68: ...Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Settings 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Hot Key Function As This setting specifies the function of the preset hot key Settings Disabled Power Off Suspend HDD Off After If enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain act...

Page 69: ...ess Enter and the following sub menu appears IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI IRQ 8 Break Suspend This setting enables disables the monitoring of the specified IRQ line If set to Enabled the activity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system from enter ing power saving modes or awaken it from power saving modes Setting options Disabled Enabled Wake Up On PME Ring These two fields specify whether the syste...

Page 70: ...puter to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled choose the Month Day and Time Alarm Month Alarm You can choose which month the system will boot up Day of Month Alarm You can choose which day of the preset month the system will boot up Set to 0 to boot every day Time hh mm ss Alarm You can choose what hour minute and second the system will boot up Reload Global Timer Ev...

Page 71: ...e this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The settings are Enabled and Disabled Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and...

Page 72: ...ing the IRQ Settings are PCI Device For Plug Play compatible devices designed for PCI bus architecture Reserved The IRQ will be reserved for further request PCI VGA Palette Snoop When set to Enabled multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can handle data from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every video device Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space...

Page 73: ... aware system will be shut down Settings Disabled 85o C 185o F 90o C 194o F System CPU Temperature CPU Fan Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages temperatures and all fans speeds 4 9 PC health status ...

Page 74: ...terference The Spread Spectrum func tion reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI activate the Spread Spectrum for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclockin...

Page 75: ...on CPU Frequency Use this item to select the appropriate frequency for your CPU FSB Options Default 100MHz 133MHz DRAM Frequency This setting shows the current frequency of DDR DRAM read only Options By SPD 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz ...

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