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AB60/R

Pentium 4/Celeron
478-pin 

Processor 

Based MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for AB60/R

Page 1: ...AB60 R Pentium 4 Celeron 478 pin Processor Based MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...ual has been carefully checked for reliability however no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes The info...

Page 3: ...port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port three port with 6 pins VGA Port one port with 15 pins RJ45 Port one port with 8 pins S Port Connector one port for each MIDI Port two ports for each Earphone Out Line In Mic In Ports one port for each DDR Memory Apacer 256 MB 2 All CPUs have completely been tested and values offered by the w...

Page 4: ... minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case 5 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed 6 Make sure a 5 25 or 3 5 FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding 7 Make sure a case is closely in contact with EMI connected points 8 Make sure there is no cleft in a case which is not deformed 9 Make sure a...

Page 5: ...P 2 Set Jumpers 14 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory 14 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case 15 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 16 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker USB 17 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Serial ATADrives 18 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 19 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supply 20 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 20 STE...

Page 6: ...29 10 100 1000 base T LAN Port Connector 30 USB3 USB4 Port Connectors 30 Line Out Port Connector 30 Line In Port Connector 30 Mic In Port Connector 30 Front Panel Connectors HDD LED Connector HLED 31 Hardware Reset Connector RST 31 EPMI Connector EPMI 32 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 32 Green LED Connector GLED 33 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWR ON 33 Power LED Connector PWRLED 34 Internal Perip...

Page 7: ...onnector WOL1 40 3 3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION 40 1 INSTALL MEMORY 40 2 UPGRADE MEMORY 41 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 42 4 1 Mainboard CD Overview 42 4 2 Install Mainboard Software 42 4 2 A Install Intel Chipset Driver 44 4 2 B Install USB 2 0 Driver 44 4 2 C InstallAudio Driver 45 4 2 D Install Intel LAN Driver 45 4 2 E Install RAID Driver AB60R Only 46 4 2 F Install SiICfg Installation Utility AB60R On...

Page 8: ...58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 61 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 67 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 71 PC HEALTH STATUS 73 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 74 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 75 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 75 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 76 SAVE EXIT SETUP 77 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 77 ...

Page 9: ...Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Drivers Software Utilities How to Install Page 42 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 48 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 6 For Experienced DIY User Page 6 For System Integrator Page 6 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 10: ...board You will find that installing your new Shuttle AB60 R mainboard is just easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AB60 R mainboard pro vides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to sections 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Drivers Software Utilities to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Se...

Page 11: ...nly Two pieces of Serial ATA Power Cord AB60R Only SERIAL ATA VSO ATX 2 IDE1 IDE2 1 1 COM1 USB 1 USB 2 COM 2 KB1 RG8 2 8 4 5 Q C 2 2 ES FAN1 RichTek RT9173A CM53JK4 PHB 55NO3LTA Phm0310 B4 7375 K T S L ITHIUM BATTER Y JAPAN STD CR20 32 FAN2 AGP1 JP2 JP 8 1 1 JP 9 1 1 CN 2 CN 5 1 CN 4 1 1 CN 6 USB4 AB60R V2 0 JP 4 J 1 IR 1 1 1 1 USB3 1 J P 5 1 JP 6 1 JP 7 1 JP 10 JP 3 1 S il3 1 12 A C T14 4 Q2 29 2...

Page 12: ...0 R User s Manual One piece of Bundled CD ROM with containing Ø AB60 R user s manual saved in PDF format Ø Intel Chipset Driver Ø Realteck Audio driver Ø SATA RAID driver AB60R Only Ø SiICfg Installation Utility AB60R Only ...

Page 13: ...ec is compliant with the AC 97 2 3 specfications 18 20 bits DAC Digital Analog Converter interface for S PDIF I O ICH5 Versatile Memory Support Four 184 pin Dual Channel DDR Slots to support up to 4GB of PC16 00 PC2100 PC2700 or PC3200 compliant DDR SDRAM module Expansion Slots Provides one 32 bit AGP slot which supports 4X 8X AGP devices Provides five 32 bit PCI slots 8 USB Interface Onboard 4 X ...

Page 14: ...spend and Soft On Off by dual function power button The 4 ATX power include other 4 pin 12V ATX power connector System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6 0 PG on 4Mb Flash core and supports Green PC Desktop Management Interface DMI ATX Form Factor System board conforms to ATX specification Board dimension 305mm X 245mm Advanced Features Ø Low EMI Built in spread spectrum and automatic clock shut...

Page 15: ...tures Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current passing through mainboard components System voltages include CPU Vcore 3 3v 5V 12V Battery on system etc Ø Fan Status Monitoring To prevent CPU from overheating the CPU fan is monitored for RPM and failure CPU Cooling FAN with RPM sensor is required...

Page 16: ...P 6 1 JP 7 1 JP 10 JP 3 1 Sil3 11 2AC T14 4 Q22 923 1 0 248 1 21 Attansic AT209S0150 Attansic A T 209S 01 50 FAN3 SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 WOL1 1 N828 02AB A93 40129 Sil3 11 2AC T14 4 Q22 923 1 1 21 Five PCI Slots RAID Jumper JP 8 AB60R Only Two USB Connectors Parallel Connector Serial Port Connector COM1 Serial Port Connector COM2 Line Out Line In Mic In Game MIDI Connectors One AGP Slot CD_IN1 2 ...

Page 17: ...e a set of heatsink and fan to cool down the processor You need to purchase a heatsink and fan if they are not bundled with your CPU Required is that install the set and plug its cable in the CPU fan power connector Note that there are kinds of CPU fan connectors Normally if your mainboard supports a hardware monitoring function a 3 pin fan power connector can have your system detect the CPU fan s...

Page 18: ...he mainboard configuration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for opti mum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert DDR SDRAM memory module s in any one or two DIMM banks Note...

Page 19: ...each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back panel of the internal peripheral devices to the corresponding headers on board Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usu...

Page 20: ...s and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able to fi...

Page 21: ... cables serve to connect the front panel switches LEDs and USB connectors to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below Front Panel 1 SPEAKER 2 EPMI 3 RST 4 HLED HDD LED 5 PWR LED 6 PWR ON 7 GLED Green LED POWER LED Extended USB Header 8 USB3 USB4 USB 3 USB4 8 1 5VDUAL DATA3 DATA3 GND NC 5VDUAL DATA2 DATA2 GND NC 1 Front Panel SPEAKER EPMI RST HLED PWR LED PWR ON GLED PLED 1 2 3 4...

Page 22: ...7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector 3 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 SATA3 SATA4 AB60R Only 1 Serial ATA Serial ATA SATA4 SATA3 SATA1 SATA2 1 FLP1 1 1 IDE1 IDE2 ...

Page 23: ... Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 CD IN AUX IN Center Bass audio headers 2 IR header 3 SPDIF In Out header JP 4 1 SPDIF In Out 1 J1 IR CN 2 1 CENTER BASS CN 4 CN 6 1 1 CD IN 1 CD IN AUX IN CN 5 ...

Page 24: ...0 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 4 Front Panel Audio header Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector ATX1 ATX PWR ATX 2 JP 3 1 Front Audio ...

Page 25: ...back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard 2 Parallel Port 3 COM1 Port 4 COM2 Port 5 USB0 1 Ports 6 LAN Port 7 USB2 3 Ports 8 Audio Line Out Front Out 9 Audio Line In Rear Out 10 Mic In Port 2 3 10 4 1 5 7 foxconn 6 9 8 ...

Page 26: ...e available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk Note DOS 6 2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2 1GB of HDD partition If you use the FDISK utility with one of the opera ting systems mentioned above you can only i...

Page 27: ... will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Select the Install Mainboard Software bar to run into sub menu 3 Choose Install Intel Chipset Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install USB 2 0 Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install Audio Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install Intel LAN Driver and complete it 7 Choose Install RAID Driver and complete it AB60R Only 8 Choose Install SiI...

Page 28: ...1 on the bottom Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic mini jumpers over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components When putting the mainboard down place it o...

Page 29: ... connec tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket478 CPU Socket for Pentium 4 Northwood Prescotte processors DIMM1 2 3 4 Four DIMM Slots for 128 256 512 MB and 1GB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM The total installed memory does not exceed 4GB AGP One 4 X 8X AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots B2 B4 C1 C7 E1 E1 E2 E2 E2 E3 E9 B1 E4 A1 A2 D3 D2 E...

Page 30: ...el Connectors HLED IDE Driver Active LED RST Hardware Reset Switch EPMI Hardware System Management Interface Momentary Type Switch SPEAKER Housing Internal Speaker GLED PLED Green LED Power LED PWR ON ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch PWR LED System Power LED Internal Peripherals Connectors FDD1 Floppy disk drive interface IDE1 IDE primary interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface D...

Page 31: ...onnector F Jumpers Clear CMOS Setting JP2 JP2 is used to clear CMOS data Clearing CMOS will result in the perma nently erasing previous system configuration settings and the restoring origi nal factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector Step 3 Remove jumper cap from JP2 pins 1 2 Step ...

Page 32: ...8 AB60R Only JP8 is used to enable disable built in IEEE1394 adapter Pin 1 2 Enable Pin 2 3 Disable Disable RAID setting JP9 AB60R Only JP9 is used to enable disable built in RAID adapter Pin 1 2 Enable Pin 2 3 Disable A2 1 JP 8 1 JP 9 1 1 ...

Page 33: ...keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding con nectors Parallel Port Connector One DB25 female parallel connector is lo cated at the rear panel of the mainboard Plug the connection cable from your paral lel device printer scanner etc into this connector COM1 2 Port Connectors This mainboard can accommodate two serial device on COM1 2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 ...

Page 34: ...nal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output It can be connected to 1 8 inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers Line In Rear Out Port Connector Line In is a stereo line level input port that accepts a 1 8 inch TRS stereo plug It can be used as a source for digital sound re cording a source to be mixed with the out put or both Mic In Port Connector Mic In is a 1...

Page 35: ... HLED header The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active Hardware Reset Connector RST Attach the 2 pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart C1 C2 JP 10 1 GLED HLED RST EPMI SPEAKER PWRON PWRLED JP 10 1 GLED HLED RST EPMI SPEAKER PWRON PWRLED ...

Page 36: ...he switch to force system into power saving mode press it again to resume back the normal operation situation Speaker Connector SPEAKER Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4 pin speaker connector SPEAKER C4 C3 JP 10 1 GLED HLED RST EPMI SPEAKER PWRON PWRLED JP 10 1 GLED HLED RST EPMI SPEAKER PWRON PWRLED ...

Page 37: ...ing Power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable tp Green LED Power LED header ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWR ON The Power On Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system ATX power supply Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2 pin PWR ON header on the mainboard C5 C6 Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If ...

Page 38: ...nnectors IDE1 IDE2 providing support for up to four IDE devices such as CD ROM and Hard Disk Drives H D D This mainboard also includes one 34 pin floppy disk controller FDD1 to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive FDD Moreover this mainboard comes with one 80 pin ATA 100 66 33 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional...

Page 39: ...er connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed p...

Page 40: ...ave an Infrared device this mainboard can implement IR transfer function To enable the IR transfer function follow these steps Note Before connect your IR device please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device Otherwise incorrect IR connection may do damage to your IR device Step 1 Attach the 6 pin infrared device cable to J1 Refer to the above diagram for...

Page 41: ...t 1 XCDGND 2 XCDINR 3 XCDGND 4 XCDINL CN5 Pins Assignment 1 XCDINL 2 XCDGND 3 XCDGND 4 XCDINR Audio AUXILIARY_IN Connector CN6 Port CN6 can be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 WAVL 2 AGND 3 AGND 4 WAVR E4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 E5 CN 4 1 1 CD IN CD IN CN 5 CN 6 1 AUX IN ...

Page 42: ...line out ports for easier access Pin Assignments 1 Front Mic 2 AGND 3 MIC_VCC 4 VCC 5 FPOUTRAMP 6 FOUTR 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 FRONTLAMP 10 FOUTL SPDIF Ext Header JP4 Port JP4 can be used to connect special device Pin Assignments 1 12V 2 5V 3 NC 4 SPDIF OUT 5 SPDIF IN 6 GND 7 NC 8 NC 9 NC 10 GND Two mini jumpers must be setted on pin 5 6 and pin 9 10 when this header is not used 1 2 3 4 1 3 5 2 9 4 7 6 8...

Page 43: ... DATA3 6 DATA2 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 NC IEEE1394 Connector JP5 JP6 JP7 AB60R Only The header are used to connect the cable attached to 1394 connector which are mounted on front panel or back panel But the 1394 cable is optional at the time of purchase Pins Assignment 1 TPA 2 TPA 3 GND 4 GND 5 TPB 6 TPB 7 12V 8 12V 9 KEY 10 GND USB 3 USB4 1 5VDUAL DATA3 DATA3 GND NC 5VDUAL DATA2 DATA2 GND NC E10 1 3 ...

Page 44: ...0 or PC3200 compliant 2 5V single 1 Bank or double 2 Bank side 64 bit wide data path DDR SDRAM modules Install Memory Install memory in any or all of the slots and in any combination shown as follows Note Maximum installed memory is 4GB Note You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory ...

Page 45: ...dding up the memory in all DIMM slots After upgrade the new system memory value will automatically be computed and displayed in the field Standard CMOS Setup of BIOS setup program CH A CH A CH B CH B DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM3 DIMM4 DIMM4 DIMM4 Intel 86 5PE G M C H In tel 86 5P E G M C H No DIMMS CH A CH B No DIMMS Intel 86 5P E G M C H DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM2 DIMM...

Page 46: ... or run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description F Install Mainboard AB60 Software Installing Intel chipset audio and USB 2 0 drivers F Install Mainboard AB60R Software Installing Intel chipset audio USB 2 0 LAN RAID and Silicfg Installation Utility drivers F Manual AB60 R Series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shu...

Page 47: ...ing up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard AB60 R Software bar to run into sub menu The Mainboard AB60 R Software include 4 2 A Install Intel Chipset Driver 4 2 B Install USB 2 0 Driver 4 2 C Install Realtek Audio Driver 4 2 D Install Intel LAN Driver 4 2 E Install Silicon RAID Driver AB60R Only 4 2 F Install SiICfg Utility A...

Page 48: ...e on the Install Intel Chipset Driver bar to install chipset system driver Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take...

Page 49: ...n My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Intel LAN Driver bar to install LAN driver Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect Once you made your se lection a Setup window run the inst...

Page 50: ...les is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 F Install SiICfg Installation Utility AB60R Only Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install SiICfg Instal lation Utility bar to installation Silicfg Installation Utility Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the...

Page 51: ...t appear double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on Manual bar to view user s manual ...

Page 52: ...wer On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss trains of words meationed in step2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET sw...

Page 53: ...reen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration 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 opti mize your system ...

Page 54: ...m to operate Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users needs Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable supervisor user password It allows you to limit access ...

Page 55: ...et the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Channel 0 Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Cha...

Page 56: ...deo Select the default video device Ø The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Ø The choice All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette or All But Disk Key Base Memory Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Ø The choice N A Extended Memory Displays the amount of ex...

Page 57: ...is hard disk Ø The choice CHS LBA Large or Auto Capacity Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking pro gram Ø Auto Display your disk drive size The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Ø Min 0 Max ...

Page 58: ...e choice Enabled or Disabled Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and an alarm beep Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the ...

Page 59: ... enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled First Second Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Ø The Choice Floppy LS120 Hard Disk HDD 0 SCSU CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN or Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority Ø The c...

Page 60: ... hold the key down Ø The choice 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke Ø The choice 250 500 750 or 1000 Security Option Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct passwo...

Page 61: ...or DRAM 64MB Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system Ø The choice Non OS2 or OS2 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD runs for Win 95 or not Ø The choice Yes or No Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 62: ...hat data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Timing Selectable This item select the DRAM Timing by SPD Serial Presence Data or by manual selection Ø The Choice Manual or By SPD In some DDR SDRAM module there is no SPD on it select by SPD will cause system can not boot CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS...

Page 63: ...ts the main memory frequency When you use an external graphics card you can adjust this to enable the best performance for your system Ø The Choice DDR266 DDR333 DDR320 DDR400 or Auto System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any pro gram is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø...

Page 64: ...cs Port AGP aperture The aper ture 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 Ø The Choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 or 256 Init Display First Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is installed in one of the PCI slots or is integrated on the mainboard Ø The ...

Page 65: ... of block read writes per sector the drive can support Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE The integrated peripherals controller contains an IDE interface with support to two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Primary Master Slave PIO The two IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for ...

Page 66: ...lds let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the two IDE devices that the onboard IDE inter face supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive...

Page 67: ...l ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 Disable Serial ATA 1 Channel 0 Channel 1 Serial ATA 2 Parallel ATA Serial ATA Parallel ATA Serial ATA Primary Primary Secondary Secondary Disable Disable Master Master Slave Slave Combin 1 Combin 2 IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 Master Slave IDE2 IDE1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Serial ATA 2 Channel 0 Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 1 Channel 0 C...

Page 68: ...2 Channel 0 Channel 2 Channel 2 Channel 3 Channel 3 Channel 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Master Master Primary or Secondary Secondary or Primary Parallel ATA Serial ATA Parallel ATA Serial ATA Secondary Secondary Primary Primary Disable Disable Master Master Slave Slave Combin 3 Combin 4 Master Slave Master Slave IDE1 IDE1 IDE2 IDE2 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Serial ATA 2 Channel 0 Chan...

Page 69: ...ersal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled USB 2 0 Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 controller and you have USB peripherals Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard Ø The choice Enabl...

Page 70: ... if you have a separate control card Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Serial Port1 Port2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports Ø The choice 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 or Auto UART Mode Select The main board support IrDA infrared through COM 2 port Ø The choice Normal IrDA ASKIR orSCR UR2 Duplex Mode This item specifies onboard infrared...

Page 71: ...ent ACPI Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Auto Allows the system to initialize a VGA BIOS from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Ø The choice Auto Yes or No Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related t...

Page 72: ... Initial display power management signaling Ø The choice Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank or DPMS Video Off In Suspend This item determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Ø The choice Yes or No Suspend Type This item allows you to select the Suspend Type Ø The choice Stop Grant or PwrOn Suspend MODEM Use IRQ This item determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 1...

Page 73: ...eives an incoming signal You have to connect the fax modem to the mainboard Wake Up On LAN connector for this feature to work Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled USB Wake Up From S3 Set this item Enabled users can awaken the system by USB keyboard When ACPI Suspend Type item select is S1 POST then this item can not shown up Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resume by Alarm When this item enabled you c...

Page 74: ...abled PCI PIRQ A D When this item is disabled any PCI device set as the Master will not power on the system Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled PS2 Keyboard Power ON This item allows you to set the PS2 Keyboard Power ON function Ø The choice Disabled Password or Hot Key KB Power ON Password This item allows you to set the KB Power ON Password Ø The choice Enter Hot Key Power ON Power on by soft on of...

Page 75: ...w device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operat...

Page 76: ...h the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some nonstandard VGA card Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled INT Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Assignment Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to PCI 1 throught PCI 8 on system Activity of selected PCI ...

Page 77: ... 65o C 149o F 70o C 158o F or 75o C 167o F System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields The fields include CPU Vcore VDDQ 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 2 6V 5VSB Voltage Battery PWM Temperature CPU Temperature System Temperature Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed ...

Page 78: ...e Min 8 Max 50 Key in a DEC number Auto Detect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable disable auto detection PCI Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU AGP PCI Clock Set This item allows Auto Detect CPU AGP PCI Over Clock Ø The choice Auto Detect or Manual CPU Clock This item ...

Page 79: ...o adjust AGP Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 55V 1 60V or 1 65V LoadFail SafeDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations LoadOptimizedDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will get a confirmation dialog...

Page 80: ...d access to the options By setting separate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters 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 ...

Page 81: ... on page 29 Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after 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 restar...

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