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FB77

Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron D
775-pin Processor
Based DDR MAINBOARD

User's Manual

Summary of Contents for FB77

Page 1: ...FB77 Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron D 775 pin Processor Based DDR MAINBOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...cked 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 information contained in this ...

Page 3: ...ard Port one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port four ports with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 6 pins 1394 Port one port with 4 pins LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10 100 1000 Line Out Port four ports Microphone Port one port Line In Port one port SPDIF Out Port Coaxial one port SPDIF Out Port one port SPDIF In Port one port DIMM Memory Option DDR 400 256 MB ...

Page 4: ...ed upon CPU and SDRAM Ø Leave power cables minimum in length and not crossed upon a mainboard Ø Leave CPU fan cables 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 clos...

Page 5: ...anything over the power cord The power cord must be rated for the product and for the voltage and current marked on the product s electrical ratings label The voltage and current rating of the cord should be greater than the voltage and current rating marked on the product 11 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 12 If the equipment is not use for long time disconnect the equi...

Page 6: ...13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 14 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 15 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Header and Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 16 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives and Serial ATAconnectors 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 Connect the Power Supplies 20 STEP 10 InstallAdd on Cards in Expansion Slots 20 STEP 11 ...

Page 7: ...on SW1 29 Front Panel Connectors HDD LED Connector HLED 30 Green LED Power LED Connector GLED PWR LED 30 Hardware Reset Connector RST 31 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 31 Front PanelAudio USB 1394 Connector JP16 32 Internal Peripheral Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors IDE1 IDE2 FDD1 33 SerialATAConnectors SATA1 SATA2 33 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connectors ATX1 ATX2 34 ...

Page 8: ... Intel Raid Driver 43 4 2F Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver 43 4 2G Install DirectX9 Utility Driver 44 4 3 View the User s Manual 44 4 3A View the ICH5R Manual 45 5 BIOS SETUP 46 5 1 ENTER BIOS 46 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 47 Sandard CMOS Features 49 Advanced BIOS Features 51 Advanced Chipset Features 56 Integrated Peripherals 59 Power Management Setup 65 PnP PCI Configurations 69 PC Health Status 71 Frequenc...

Page 9: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Software Utility How to Install Page 40 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 46 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 5 For Experienced DIY User Page 5 For System Integrator Page 5 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 10: ... You will find installing your new FB77 mainboard is quite easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated FB77 mainboard provides you with a total so lution to build the stablest and most reliable system Referring to section 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility you will find how to work out your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant info...

Page 11: ...k Audio Driver Ø Broadcom Giga LAN Driver Ø Broadcom BACS Ø Intel Raid Driver Ø Intel USB 2 0 Driver Ø DirectX9 Utility Driver AGP PCI1 SW1 CN3 LAN1 J 3 JP8 1 1 FD D1 JP7 FAN2 JP1 1 1 ATX2 DIMM1 DIMM2 ATX1 1 IDE1 1 IDE2 AL C 6 5 0 3 30 6 4S 1 31 1F COM1 JP16 J4 JP13 1 SATA1 SATA2 49LF0048 33 4C N H 0341153 C JP12 JP11 1 1 JP6 1 FAN1 J2 1 USB3 VT63 07 04 21 CD TAI W AN 2HA1 44 95 48 1 FAN3 U SB5 1 ...

Page 12: ...s 100 Mb s data transfer rate Versatile Memory Support Supports PC2700 3200 compliant unberffer with without ECC DDR SDRAM Available bandwidth up to 3 2 GB s DDR400 for Single Channel mode and 6 4 GB s DDR400 in Dual channel mode System memory supports 128 256 512 Mb technologies up to 2GB capacity max and 1GB per DIMM AC 97 CODEC 5 1 CHANNEL Realtek ALC658 includes SPDIF IN OUT function It compli...

Page 13: ...0KB 1 44MB or 2 88MB format or for 5 25 inch FDD with 360K or 1 2MB format Ø 2 xDB9 COM connectors Ø 1 xSPDIF In connector Ø 1 x1394a port Ø 1 xPS 2 Mouse port Ø 1 xPS 2 Keyboard port Ø 1 x10 100 1000 Mbps LAN port Ø 2 xUSB ports Ø 1 xSPDIF Out RCA port Ø 1 xLine In port Ø 1 x5 1 Channel Center Bas port Ø 1 x5 1 Channel Rear Out port Ø 1 x5 1 Channel Front Out port Ø 1 xClear CMOS button PCI Bus S...

Page 14: ...on for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds the system will enter Soft Off mode Ø Modem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by the activation of modem ringing Ø CPU Multiplier Setting This item allows users to adjust CPU Multiplier in BIOS Ø CPU DIMM AGP Voltage Setting These items allow users to adj...

Page 15: ...4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C 3 4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C 3 4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C 3 4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C 3 4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C 3 4 6 5 6 0 4 S E P C JP7 1 1 USB2LAN1 AUDIO2 KB1 1 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN USB Port 1 2 SPDIF Out RCA LINE In Ports Clear CMOS Button SW1 SPDIF Out Connector J2 LINE_ IN Connector JP12 FAN1 USB Header USB5 One PCI Slot One AGP Slot Dual USB Header USB4 Clear CMOS JP1 USB Header USB3 Front Pane...

Page 16: ...ientation carefully when you insert it into the socket Caution This 775 pin socket is fragile and easily damaged Always use extreme care when installing a CPU and limit the number of times that you remove or change the CPU 1 Remove the protective cover 2 Unlock the socket lever and lift it to 90 degrees be careful not to touch the socket pins during this process 2 1 3 ...

Page 17: ...maged 4 Lower the CPU socket lever and lock in place 5 The Socket 775 processor requires a heat sink and cooling fan to run effi ciently cool and stable If you do not receive a bundled heat sink and fan when you purchase you CPU it is essential that you acquire one Note The CPU might be damaged if you do not match the CPU socket Pin 1 and cut edge well L e v e r P e n t i u m 4 L G A 7 7 5 P r o c...

Page 18: ...optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their sys tem section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Caution If you did not place the battery apropriately which may cause risk of explosion Please pefer to the related rule for the dis pose of used batteries Step 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory To install me...

Page 19: ...d by the manufacturer IDE 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 the 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 usually red or magenta connected to pin 1 of the IDE or ...

Page 20: ...e studs between the chassis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between them for avoiding any electrical shorts in between If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you need to tighten the screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you can find 4 or more holes to place studs for fixing the mainboard If ther...

Page 21: ...oft Power On Off POWER ON 2 HDD LED HDD LED 3 Green LED and Power LED GREEN LED POWER LED 4 Hardware Reset Switch Button RESET Connect Front Panel AUDIO USB 1394 Connector JP16 You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originatinting from the computer s front panel devices AUDIO USB 1394a devices etc These cables serve to connect the AUDIO USB 1394a co...

Page 22: ... 17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives and Serial ATAconnectors 1 IDE cable connectors 2 Floppy cable connector 3 Serial ATA connectors FDC 1 FDD1 IDE2 IDE1 1 SATA1 SATA2 ...

Page 23: ...8 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 Wireless KB MS header JP6 2 CD_IN JP12 connector LINE_IN JP11 connector 3 SPDIF Out header J2 JP6 1 Wireless KB MS JP11 1 CD_IN JP12 1 LINE_In J2 1 SPDIF Out ...

Page 24: ... 19 4 Extended parallel port header JP8 5 IrDA connector JP7 6 USB headers USB3 USB4 USB5 1 IR Connector JP7 JP8 1 Ext Print Port USB3 1 USB5 USB4 Dual USB Header 1 1 ...

Page 25: ... 20 Step 9 Connect the Power Supplies 1 System power connectors ATX1 ATX2 Step 10 Install Add On Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Grapics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 1 ATX2 ATX1 1 ...

Page 26: ...tem s back panel 1 COM Ports 1 2 2 SPDIF In Port 3 1394a Port 4 PS 2 Mouse Port 5 PS 2 Keyboard Port 6 10 100 1000 Mbps LAN Port 7 USB Ports 1 2 8 SPDIF Out RCA Port 9 Line In Port 10 5 1 Channel Center Bass Port 11 5 1 Channel Rear Out Port 12 5 1 Channel Front Out Port 13 Clear CMOS Button 2 1 6 4 5 7 8 9 11 10 3 12 13 ...

Page 27: ...e available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition shown in the FDISK program After the FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same 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 operating sys tems mentioned above you can only install your HDD into any...

Page 28: ...n program will display the main installation window on screen 2 Choose Install Mainboard FB77 Series Driver 3 Choose Install Intel Chipset Driver and complete it 4 Choose Install Realtek Audio Driver and complete it 5 Choose Install Broadcom Giga LAN Driver and complete it 6 Choose Install Broadcom BACS and complete it 7 Choose Install Intel Raid Driver and complete it 8 Choose Install Intel USB 2...

Page 29: ...n 1 on the bottom Jumpers with two pins capped are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To do this please place a plastic mini cap on 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 compo nents When putting the mainboard down place it on top ...

Page 30: ...igned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots LGA 775 CPU Socket for Intel Pentium 4 and Celeron D processors DIMM1 2 Two DIMM slots for 128 256 and 512 MB of 2 5V DDR SDRAM AGP One AGP slot supports up to 4X 8X AGP device PCI One 32 bit PCI expansion slot E2 E8 E9 B2 B4 B5 B8 B9 B10 B12 B13 B3 B6 B7 E3 E2 E9 E9 A1 D2 C1 C4 D1 C5 E5 E1 E2 E1 E4 D1 E7 E6 B B1 B ...

Page 31: ...nt OUT 5 1 Channel Front Out Port SW1 Clear CMOS button Front Panel Connectors HLED HDD LED connector GLED PWR LED Green LED Power LED connector RST Hardware reset connector PWON ATX power on off switch connector JP16 Front Panel Audio USB 1394 connector Internal Peripheral Connectors IDE1 IDE primary interface dual channel IDE2 IDE secondary interface dual channel FDD1 Floppy disk drive interface...

Page 32: ...system configuration settings and the original 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 the ATX power cable from the ATX power connector Step 3 Remove the jumper cap from pins 1 2 Step 4 Place the jumper cap on pins 2 3 for a few seconds Step 5 Restore the jumper cap to pins 1 2 Step 6 Plug the ATX power cable into the ATX...

Page 33: ...cated on the rear panel of the mainboard In a desktop computer the PS 2 Mouse connector is situated on the top of the PS 2 Keyboard connector In a tower computer the PS 2 Mouse connector is located on the rightside of the PS 2 Keyboard connector LAN Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate one device on LAN Attach a RJ45 cable to the LAN port at the back panel of your computer USB Port Connec...

Page 34: ...eadphones or to center bass ampli fied speakers B 1 1 5 1 Channel Rear Out Port Connector Rear Out 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 recording and a source to be mixed with the output or both Center Bass Port Rear Out Port B 1 2 5 1 Channel Front Out Port Connector Front Out is a stereo output port through which t...

Page 35: ...n is defined by either Green LED or Power LED the header can be in these states The Green LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode Doze Standby Suspend When the system resumes to normal operation mode the Green LED will go off the Power LED on The Power LED will go off during power saving mode Attach a 2 pin Green LED Power LED cable to GLED PWR LED header C2 C1 G...

Page 36: ...ff Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the ATX power supply Attach a connector cable to the 2 pin PWON header on the mainboard Note Please notice all the LED connectors are directional If your chassis s LED does not light up during running please change it to the opposite direction C3 C4 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON JP13 1 HLED RST GLED PWR LED PWON JP13 ...

Page 37: ...dio 37 GND_Audio 40 FrontOut_L 43 HDLED_PU 46 GLEDB 49 VCC 2 USBVCC 5 USBVCC 8 USBVCC 11 GND 14 USB4 17 TPA1 20 GND 23 GND 26 FMIC_Power 29 Aux_In_L 32 NA 35 LineOut_R 38 GND_Audio 41 GND_Audio 44 GLEDA 47 Reset_Sw 50 VCC 3 USBVCC 6 USBVCC 9 USB5 12 GND 15 GND 18 TPA1 21 TPB1 24 GND_Audio 27 NA 30 GND_Audio 33 GND_Audio 36 FrontOut_R 39 LineOut_L 42 GND_Audio 45 HDLED 48 Power_Sw Front Panel Audio...

Page 38: ...ibbon cable to connect IDE HDD and one 34 pin ribbon cable for FDD connection D2 Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 The Serial ATA is an enolutionary replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storge interface Serial ATA is scalable and will allow future enhancements to the computing platform The Serial ATA support all ATA and ATAPI device including CDs DVDs tapes devices high capacity removeable de...

Page 39: ...to execute power on Thus this motherboard supports an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem You may enable the function PWRON After PWR Fail in the sub menu of Power Management Setup within the BIOS setup program Note 1 The ATX power 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...

Page 40: ...ind that the red wire should always be connected to the 12V header and the black wire to the ground GND header CD_IN Connector JP11 Port JP11 Black can be used to connect the stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments 1 CD IN Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD IN Right E2 E3 SENSE GND 12V 1 JP11 1 CD_IN 1 Ground FAN_CTRL FAN_SEN 12V JP11 1 2 3 4 1 FAN3 1 FAN1 1 FAN2 ...

Page 41: ...nction attach a 6 pin infrared device cable to the IR JP7 header Please note that every pin is properly allocated If not your IR device may be damaged Pin Assignments 1 NC 2 KEY 3 VCC 4 Ground 5 IrTx 6 IrRX E4 E5 SPDIF Out Header J2 Port J2 can be used to connect special device Pin Assignments 1 SPDIF Out 2 VCC 3 GND J2 1 2 3 JP7 1 3 5 6 J2 1 SPDIF Out 1 IR Connector JP7 ...

Page 42: ...o a parallel connector But the parallel cable and connector are optional at the time of purchase Pin Assignments 1 PSTB 8 PPPD6 15 P_ ERR 23 GND 2 PPPD0 9 PPPD7 16 PINIT 24 GND 3 PPPD1 10 P_ ACK 17 PSLCTIN 25 GND 4 PPPD2 11 P_BUSY 18 GND 26 KEY 5 PPPD3 12 P_PE 19 GND 6 PPPD4 13 P_SLCT 20 GND 7 PPPD5 14 PAUTOFD 22 GND 7 MS_DT 8 MDAT 9 KB_CK 10 KCLK 11 KB_DT 12 KDAT E7 JP6 1 Wireless KB MS 7 5 3 1 1...

Page 43: ...3 USB5 Dual USB Header USB4 1 VCC 2 VCC 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 N C LINE_IN Connector JP12 Port JP12 Blue can be used as a source for digital sound recording a source to be mixed with the output or both Pin Assignments 1 Line In Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Line In Right E8 JP12 1 2 3 4 JP12 1 LINE_In USB5 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4 5 USB3 USB4 1 3 5 7 9 2 4 6 8 10 USB3 1 USB...

Page 44: ... as follows Note The total installed memory does not exceed 2GB Note Installing a DIMM in any slot leads to a 64 bit data transfer rate To activize a dual channel feature of a 128 bit data transfer rate install DIMMs in both slots 2 Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional DDR SDRAM modules in available DIMM banks The total system memory is calculated by simp...

Page 45: ...Install Mainboard FB77 Driver Installing Intel Chipset Realtek Audio Broadcom Giga LAN Broadcom BACS Intel Raid Intel USB 2 0 and DirectX9 Utility Drivers F Manual FB77 user s manual and ICH5R RAID User s Guide in PDF format 4 2 Install Mainboard Software Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Mainboard Software bar to install Mainboard Software FB77 Software include 4 2 A Inst...

Page 46: ...ally When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 B Install Realtek Audio Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Realtek Audio Driver bar to install Realtek audio driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the ins...

Page 47: ...stallation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 D Install Broadcom BACS Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Broadcom BACS bar to install Broadcom BACS Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the inst...

Page 48: ... When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect 4 2 F Install Intel USB 2 0 Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Intel USB 2 0 Driver bar to install Intel USB 2 0 driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the install...

Page 49: ...d to install acrobat reader or click on the FB77 Manual bar to view the manual 4 2 G Install DirectX9 Utility Driver Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the DirectX9 Utility Driver bar to install DirectX9 Utility driver Once you made your selection a Setup window run the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation ef...

Page 50: ... 45 4 3A View the ICH5R Manual Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Click on the ICH5R Manual bar to view the manual ...

Page 51: ...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 Note1 If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to en ter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET sw...

Page 52: ...tup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features This menu displays the basic information about your system 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 ...

Page 53: ...l fail safe defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu to install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the setup utility Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable supervisor user password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to Setup Save Exit Setup Save the changes that you have made i...

Page 54: ...Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options IDE Channel 1 Master Slave Options are none Drive A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Ø The choice None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in or 2 88M 3 5 in Video This item defines the video mode of the system Leave this item at the default value Ø The choice EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 or MONO Halt On This i...

Page 55: ...t the type of fixed disk Ø The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk Ø The choice CHS LBA Large or Auto Capacity Note that the disk drive capacity approx is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual and the Access Mod...

Page 56: ...ions Delay Prior to Thermal This item is select Delay Prior to Thermal Ø The Choice 4Min 8Min 16Min or 32 Min Thermal Management This item is select Thermal Management Thermal Monitor 1 On die throtting Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio VID transition Ø The Choice Thermal Monitor 1 or Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 Bus Ratio Represents the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance statethat will be initiated ...

Page 57: ... Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select Hard Disk Book Device Priority Bios Write Protect This item allows you to enable or disable the Bios Write Protect If you want to flash BIOS you must set it Disabled Ø The 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 enables and someone att...

Page 58: ...est This item speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If it is set to 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 LS120 Hard Disk CDROM ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM LAN D...

Page 59: ...imes the keystroke will be repeat in a second when you 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 an...

Page 60: ...ose Enabled for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPS Version Control For OS Selects the operating system multiprocessor support version Ø The choice 1 1 or 1 4 Small Logo EPA Show This item allows you to enable disable the EPA Logo Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 61: ... that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Timing Selectable The value in this field depends on performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Don t change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different perfor mance rating than the original DRAMs Ø The Choice Manual or By SPD CAS Latency Time When s...

Page 62: ...Hz 320MHz or 400MHz System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program is written to this memory area a system error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program...

Page 63: ... This item allows you to set DRAM Data Integrity Mode Ø The Choice Non ECC or ECC Fast Chip Select This item allows you to set Fast Chip Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled CPC Addr Control This item allows you to set CPC Addr Control Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled Selective CPC This item allows you to set Selective CPC Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled ...

Page 64: ...or Disabled IDE DMA transfer access Improve IDE HD CDROM transfer performance Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled On Chip Primary PCI IDE Use these items to enable or disable the PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the mainboard Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled IDE Primary Master Slave PIO Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of P...

Page 65: ...to You may have to install the UltraDMA driver supplied with this mainboard in order to use an UltraDMA device Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled On Chip Serial ATA Setting SATA Mode This item allows you to set the SATA Mode Ø The choice IDE or RAID On Chip Serial ATA Ø The Choice Disabled Auto Enhanced Mode Combined Mode or SATA Only Disabled Disabled SATA Controller Auto Auto arrange by BIOS Parallel...

Page 66: ...Slave Slave 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 Channel 0 Parallel ATA Serial ATA Parallel ATA Serial ATA Secondary Secondary Primary Primary Disable Disable Master Master Slave Slave Master Slave Master Slave IDE1 IDE1 IDE2 IDE2 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Serial ATA 2 Channe...

Page 67: ...ATA is operating in legacy mode Parallel ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE1 Master Slave IDE2 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 Channel 0 Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 1 Master Master IDE1 IDE2 Disable Disable Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Primary or Secondary Secondary or Pr...

Page 68: ...or Disabled AC97 Audio This item allows you to select AC97 audio Ø The choice Auto or Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled SuperIO Device Option are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Controller This item specifices onboard floppy disk drive controller This setting...

Page 69: ...ine onboard parallel port controller I O address and interrupt request IRQ Ø The choice 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 or Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes Ø The choice SPP EPP ECP or ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA When the o...

Page 70: ...Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI Ø Always Enabled 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 This item allows the system to initialize the VGA BIOS from S3 Sus pend to RAM sleep state Ø The choice Auto Yes or No Power Management This item allows you to decide the timing to enter suspend...

Page 71: ...use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 or NA Suspend Mode When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off Ø The choice Disabled 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40Min or 1Hour HDD Power Down When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain ac...

Page 72: ...month and time to turn on your system Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Date of Month Alarm This item selects the alarm Date day of the month Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm This item selects the alarm Time hh Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 mm ss Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 59 Reload Global Timer Events Global Timer power management events are I O events whose occur r...

Page 73: ...Enabled 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 Press Enter to set Password Hot Key Power ON This item allows you to set the Hot Key Power On Ø The choice Any Key or Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 PS2 Mouse Power ON This item allows you to enable or d...

Page 74: ... Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating sys tem can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config ure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible device...

Page 75: ...I ISA PnP for devices is compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus ar chitecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked Enable this field Otherwise please Disable it Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled INT Pin...

Page 76: ... the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard Ultra Low CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 900 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3800 rpm Low CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 1500 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3800 rpm Mid CPU Temperature below 80 o C cpu fan speed 2100 rpm CPU Temperature over 80 o C cpu fan speed 3800 rpm Full CPU fan alwa...

Page 77: ... Tag CPU fan will speed up You can refer to table below Ø Key in a DEC number Min 25 Max 75 CPU Voltage AGP Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V DDR Voltage 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature PWM Temperature Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed Warning It is Strongly reco mmended to disable CPU Fan Auto Guardian feature if you wish to use other fan cooler allowing the fan to run at its defa...

Page 78: ...able empty PCI Slot Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modula tion Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Clock CPU AGP PCI Clock Set This item allows you to set the CPU AGP PCI Clock Set Ø The choice Auto Detect or Manual CPU Clock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 100 Max 355 Ø Key in a DEC number Be...

Page 79: ...e Sync by CPU clock fixed 66 33 100 MHz fixed 73 36 100 MHz or fixed 80 40 100 MHz Voltage CPU Voltage set This item allows you to set the CPU AGP PCI Clock Set The choice Auto 0 8250V 1 5875 V DDR Voltage Select This item allows you to adjust RAM Voltage Ø The choice Auto 2 70 V 2 80 V or 2 9V AGP Voltage Select This item allows you to adjust AGP Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 6 V 1 7V or 1 8 V ...

Page 80: ... 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 box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory set for optimal performance system operation ...

Page 81: ...o confirm new password by asking you to key in new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code takes effect No Password Setting 5 If you want to delete password just press Enter key instead of new password while password input is requested And the other procedures are the same as above password setting If You Forget Password 6 While being asked of password you just forget it and y...

Page 82: ...next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits from the Setup...

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