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XPC User Guide

For the : SD30

Summary of Contents for XPC SD30

Page 1: ...XPC User Guide For the SD30 ...

Page 2: ...ith 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port six ports with 6 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 4 pins and one port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps Line Out Ports four ports Front Out Port one port Mic In Earphone Ports one port of each Line In Port one port Clear CMOS button one port DIMM Memory optional DDR2 1GB 2 Power Cable Deta...

Page 3: ...rranged and fixed in a case Follow instructions Ø Leave IDE cables not crossed 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 3 Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has been properly installed 4 Make sure a 5 25 drive...

Page 4: ...pany 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 manual is provided for general use by customers This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two condi...

Page 5: ...c fields as magnetic interference may affect the performance of the device Do not block the air vents to this device or impede the airflow in any way CAUTION Incorrectly replacing the battery may damage this computer Replace only with the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions Safety Information Read the following precaut...

Page 6: ...E MAIN MENU 4 Standard CMOS Features 6 Advanced BIOS Features 9 Advanced Chipset Features 14 Integrated Peripherals 17 Power Management Setup 22 PnP PCI Configurations 26 PC Health Status 28 Frequency Voltage Control 29 Load Fail Safe Defaults 30 Load Optimized Defaults 30 Set Supervisor User Password 31 Save Exit Setup 32 Exit Without Saving 32 ...

Page 7: ... Intel Chipset Driver Intel VGA Driver Intel Matrix Storage Driver Marvell Giga LAN Driver Intel High Definition Audio Driver DirectX9 Utility F Manual SD30 manual in PDF format F Install Utility Install Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Link to Shuttle Homepage Linkto shuttlewebsite homepage F Browse this CD Allows you to seecontents of this CD F Quit Closethis CD Note The CD contents attached in...

Page 8: ...e click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bringupShuttle Mainb oard Software Setup screen Clickthe Install Main board Software bar Individuallyinstall the followingdrivers F Install IntelChipset Driver F Install Intel VGA Driver F Install Intel Matrix Storage Driver F InstallMarvellGiga LAN Driver F Install Intel HighDefinition Audio Driver F InstallDirectX9Utility ...

Page 9: ...ine checks Step2 Press the 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 mentioned in step2 the message disap pearsbeforeyoucan respond andyou stillwish toenterBIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET switch located at the comp...

Page 10: ...ludes 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 optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripheral...

Page 11: ...zedDefaults Use this menuto load the BIOS default values that are factory set for opti mal 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 Set Supervisor User Password Use thismenu to change set or disable password protection This allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to Se...

Page 12: ...ate 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 IDEChannel IDEChannel1Master Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options DriveA Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Ø The choice None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 ...

Page 13: ...ystem Ø The choice N A IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive IDEHDDAuto Detection Press Enter to auto detect HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu Ø Press Enter IDEChannel IDEChannel1Master Slave Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and sele...

Page 14: ...options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual and Access mode set to CHS Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Head Set the number of read write heads Ø Min 0 Max 255 Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per trac...

Page 15: ... options Delay Prior toThermal This item is select Delay Prior to Thermal Ø The Choice 4Min 8Min 16Min or 32 Min ThermalManagement 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 TM2Bus Ratio Represents the frequency bus ratio of the throttled performance statethat will be initiated...

Page 16: ... those O S Ifyour O S isWinXPorWin2000 we suggestyou Disabled theitem C1EFunction When disabled processor can t transitions to a lower core frequency and voltage Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled Note CPU support itemappear ExecuteDisableBit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Note CPU support itemappear VirtualizationTechnology When enabled a V...

Page 17: ...All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level1 L1 external 2 L2 and L3 cache memory to imporve performance Leave this item at the default value for better performance Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Note CPU support L3 item appear Hyper ThreadingTechnology The latest Intel application defines a high speed calculating ability to op timize your system by two CUPs support...

Page 18: ...20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory Initially the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard Today while a key board still provides this support it is more common and much faster in setting to fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20 Ø The choice Normal or Fast TypematicRateSetting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When this...

Page 19: ...eanythingandjustpress Enter itwilldisablesecurity Once the securityis disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely HDD SecurityFreeze Lock This item allows you to enable disable the HDD Security Freeze Lock Enabled prevents any external application from locking Hard drive except for BIOS Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled APICMode Via the routing I O APIC support a total of 24 interr...

Page 20: ...as being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Timing Selectable Thisitem allows you toselect the value in this field depending on whether the board using which kind of DDR DRAM Ø The Choice By SPD or Manual CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Don t change this field from the defa...

Page 21: ...resh Ø The Choice Auto or 4 15 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 ...

Page 22: ...em appear On Chip FrameBuffer Size This item allows you to set the onboard VGA share memory size Ø The Choice 1MB or 8MB Note When use On chip VGA On Chip Frame Buffer Size item appear DVMTMode This item allows you to set the DVMT Version Ø The Choice DVMT BOTH or Fixed Note When use On chip VGA DVMT Mode item appear DVMT FIXED Memory Size This item allows you to set the DVMT FIXED Memory Size Ø T...

Page 23: ... speed of access to IDE devices Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled On Chip PrimaryPCI 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 PrimaryMaster Slave PIO Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is usedby IDE devices...

Page 24: ...at supports UltraDMA change the appropriate item on this list to Auto 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 On ChipSerialATA Ø The Choice Disabled Enhanced Mode or SATA Only Disabled DisabledSATA Controller Disable Serial ATA Parallel ATA SATA1 SATA2 IDE1 Channel0 Master I...

Page 25: ...pported Some currentoperationg systems WinXP WindowsNET Server Windows2000 supportEnhancedmode SATA1 Channel 1 Master SATA2 Channel 2 Master Serial ATA Parallel ATA SATA1 SATA2 IDE1 Channel0 Master IDE1 Channel0 Slave Disable SATA1 Channel 1 Master SATA2 Channel 2 Master Serial ATA Parallel ATA SATA1 SATA2 IDE1 ...

Page 26: ...er and you have USB peripherals Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled HighDefinitionAudio This item allows you to set the High Definition Audio Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled SuperIODevice Option are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options OnboardFDCController This item specifices onboard floppy disk drive controller This setting allows you to connect your floppy disk dr...

Page 27: ... or Disabled ParallelPort 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 ModeUse DMA When the onboard parallel is set to ECP mode the parallel port can use DMA3 or DMA1 Ø The choice 1 or 3 ...

Page 28: ...Management ACPI Ø Always Enabled ACPISuspendType This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS or S3 STR Run VGABIOSif 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 PowerManagement This item allows you to decide the timing to enter suspend mode Ø The choice User Define Min Saving M...

Page 29: ...led 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 HDDPower 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 active Ø The choice Disabled or 1 Min 15 Min Soft OffbyPWR BTTN Under ACPI...

Page 30: ...x 59 Reload GlobalTimer Events Global Timer power management events are I O events whose occur rence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such as a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything that occurs to a device that is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode PrimaryIDE 0 1 When these items are enabled the sy...

Page 31: ...ord or Hot Key KB PowerON 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 Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 PS2 MousePower ON This item allows you to enable or disable the PS2 Mouse Power On Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled PwronAfterPWR Fail This item defines if the system will be reb...

Page 32: ...reset 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 ResourcecontrolledBy The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config ure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible dev...

Page 33: ...designed for PCIor ISA bus archi tecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGAPaletteSnoop 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 INTPin1 8Assignment Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to a device connect...

Page 34: ... Mode Note Before manuallymodifyingtheCPU fansetting please make sure fan connectors are plug ged into the correct fan conne ctor onthe mainboard CPU Voltage ChipSet Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V DDR2 Voltage 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature Fan1 Speed Fan2 Speed Fan3 Speed Warning It isStrongly reco mmended to disable Smart Fan if you use an alternative fan to the default ...

Page 35: ...llows the user to adjust CPU Clock Ratio If CPU is unlocked item appear Ø The Choice 8X 50X CPUClock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 133 Max 355 Ø Key in a DEC number Between Min and Max Voltage CPUVoltage This item allows you to set CPU Voltage Ø The choice 25mV 800mV or Auto DDR2Voltage This item allows you to set DDR2 Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 9V 2 0V or 2 1V ...

Page 36: ...afe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance Load Optimized Defaults 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 system performance ...

Page 37: ...tem will then requestyou to confirm the new password by askingyou to key in the new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code is in effect NoPasswordSetting 5 If you want to delete the password just press the Enter key instead of typing a new password Follow the procedure as above If You Forget Password 6 If you forget your password you must turn off the system and clear CMOS Pl...

Page 38: ... The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system accord ing to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system will restart Exit Without Saving Press Enter on this item to exit without saving changes The system will ask for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections...

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