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Page 1: ...XPC User Guide For the SD36G5M ...

Page 2: ... 4 LGA 775 Processor 2 8 3 3 2 3 4 3 6 GHz External Frequency 266 MHz Intel Pentium 4 LGA 775 Processor 3 46 3 73 GHz Serial Port one port with 9 pins VGA Port one port with 15 pins Keyboard 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 4 pins and one port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10M...

Page 3: ...er Shuttle PC40N250EV E Notices for Assembling Computers 1 An I O shielding should be contacted with I O metallic parts of a mainboard 2 Cables should appropriately be arranged 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 L...

Page 4: ...erves 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 conditions 1 ...

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: ...n Connectors FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 7 Extended USB Connectors USB2 USB3 USB4 8 CD IN CN4 Black LINE IN CN2 White Connectors 8 SPDIF IN Out Connector CN3 9 Parallel Port Header EXT Printer Port JP3 9 1 6 Shuttle Versatile Front panel Display VFD Introduction 10 2 XPC Installation Guide 11 2 1 Installation 11 2 1 1 Remove the Cover 11 2 1 2 Remove the Rack 12 2 2 CPU and ICE Installation 13 2 2 1 Remove the...

Page 7: ...all PCI PCI Express x16 Card 26 2 7 Final Touches 28 2 7 1 Close the Chassis Cover 28 2 7 2 Complete 28 2 8 XPC Accessories 29 2 9 Tech Support 29 2 A Technical Notes Clear CMOS Button 29 3 Driver and Software Installation 30 3 1 Mainboard CD Overview 30 3 1 1 Install Mainboard Software 31 Appendix 32 Enter the BIOS 32 THE MAIN MENU 33 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 35 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 38 ADVANCED C...

Page 8: ...PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 54 PC HEALTH STATUS 56 Frequency VoltageControl 57 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 59 LOAD OPTIMIZEDDEFAULTS 59 SET PASSWORD 60 SAVE EXIT SETUP 61 EXITWITHOUTSAVING 61 ...

Page 9: ...ww shuttle com The Shuttle XPC owes its popularity to its unique combination of small size high performance and near universal component compatibility However unlike ordinary desktop computers Shuttle XPC s have been engineered as complete systems The XPC concept can be summarized as Use of high performance industry standard components Minimum size possible while preserving component compatibility...

Page 10: ... v1 1 compliant Up to 400Mb s data transfer rate IDE Serial ATA ICH7DH Supports single IDE connector PIO mode 0 1 2 3 4 and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Supports 2 Serial ATA connectors data transfer rates up to 300MB s per port Onboard headers connectors 1 ATA100 IDE connector 3 Fan connectors 1 CD_IN header 2 Power connector 1 Power reset header 1 AUX_IN header 2 SATA connectors 2 1x5 pin USB 2 0 headers...

Page 11: ...tile Front panel Display VFD 9 Mic 10 Headphones 11 USB ports 12 FireWire 400 mini port 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 12 9 11 10 8 1 3 XPC Exterior Dissection Note Shuttle offers a variety of different XPC models loaded with various options The illustration below will help familarize you with the included features in your new XPC ...

Page 12: ...S 2 Mouse 7 PS 2 Keyboard 14 Side Surr L R 8 LAN port 15 Clear CMOS button 9 USB Ports 16 SPDIF IN Optical 10 Front out L R 17 SPDIF OUT Optical 11 Line In port A Wireless LAN perforation 12 Central Bass B Parallel port perforation 13 Surround back L R B A 6 12 3 4 14 9 15 7 8 13 1394 2 5 10 11 1 16 17 IN OUT ...

Page 13: ...le clip 1 10 Heatsink compound 1 11 Adhesive 1 12 Micro exceed thin fiber wipes cloth 1 13 Motherboard CD Driver 32bits 64bits 2 14 RAID Driver Floppy Disk 32bits 64bits 2 15 Shuttle Extras CD 1 16 RAID manual 1 Note Bundled Accessories may differ from specified If there are items missing please contact your local authorized Shuttle dealer 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 11 12 15 10 13 14 16 ...

Page 14: ...ors SATA1 SATA2 One PCI Slot FAN Connector FAN3 Power Connector ATX2 Front Panel Connector JP4 LGA775 Package CPU Socket TWO 240 pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM Sockets ICH7DHChipset Intel 945G Chipset One Floppy Connector One IDE Connector IDE1 Realtek ALC882 Chipset 7 1 Channel Front Out Line IN Ports 1394 Port VIAVT6307Chipset EXTUSBHeader USB3 USB4 CD IN CN4 Clear CMOS Button SPDIF In Out CN3 FAN Connecto...

Page 15: ...ble to front panel connector mounted on front panel or back panel The front panel is where the hard drive activity lights reset button on off button computer power on light USB connectors 1394 connectors and audio headers are located Fan Connectors FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU FAN1 NEAR Chassis FAN2 Chipset FAN3 cooling fans No...

Page 16: ...es to the mainboard These headers are directional and will only allow USB cables to be connected in one direction Pin Assignments CN2 1 AUX in Left 2 AUX GND 3 AUX GND 4 AUX in Right CD IN CN4 Black AUX IN CN2 White Connectors Port CN4 Black and CN2 White are used to connect stereo audio inputs from a CD ROM Pin Assignments CN4 1 CD in Left 2 CD GND 3 CD GND 4 CD in Right 1 2 3 4 CD IN CN4 AUX IN ...

Page 17: ...nect a parallel port socket PC8 to the mainboard The parallel printer port can be purchased from Shuttle as an optional accessory SPDIF IN Out Connector CN3 Port CN3 can be used to connect special device Pin Assignments CN3 1 SPDIF IN 2 GND 3 VCC 4 GND 5 VCC 6 SPDIF OUT JP3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 6 5 4 3 2 1 CN3 ...

Page 18: ...ent As such the VPD panel can display music track info time track time DVD info DVD play length TV channel radio stations picture information and much more Better still this VFD panel delivers all this content with out obstructing your main display or vision Text Display Time Radio Music DVD VCD TV Picture Rew Rewind Record Play Pause Stop FF Fast Forward Repeat Shuffle Mute Volume ...

Page 19: ...ation Guide 2 1 Installation Note For safety reasons please ensure that the power cord is disconnected before opening the case 2 1 1 Remove the Cover 1 Unscrew the three thumbscrews 2 Slide the cover backwards and upwards 2 1 ...

Page 20: ...12 English Rack 2 1 2 Remove the Rack 1 Unfasten the rack mount screws 2 Remove the rack 1 2 ...

Page 21: ...English 2 2 CPU and ICE Installation 2 2 1 Remove the ICE Module 1 Unfasten the ICE fan thumbscrews on the back of the chassis 3 Unfasten the four attachment screws 2 Unplug the fan power connector 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 22: ...14 English 4 Remove the ICE module from the chassis and put it aside ICE Heat Pipe Module Heat sink Smart Fan Smart Fan Power Connector ...

Page 23: ...e careful not to touch the socket pins during this process Note 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 Lift the CPU socket lever unlock the lever 3 2 1 ...

Page 24: ... CPU into the socket Close the load plate lower the CPU socket lever and lock in place Thermal compound application area L G A 7 7 5 P r o c e s s o r T r i a n g l e M a r k i n g s L e v e r Note Failure to correctly align the CPU and socket can result in damage to the CPU 4 Spread an even layer of thermal compound on the CPU die Note Please do not use too much Heatsink compound ...

Page 25: ...he module on top of the CPU and align the spring loaded screws with the mainboard mounting holes 3 Connect the fan s power connector 2 Screw the ICE module to the mainboard Note to press down on the opposite diagonal corner while tightening each screw 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 26: ...y unbuffered without ECC DIMM are supported 5 Does not support X4 DDR2 Note No jumper settings are required to configure memory The system BIOS utility automatically detects the memory settings Check the total installed system memory value in the BIOS menu TOTAL 2 DIMM in Single or Dual Channel Mode up to 2GB and 1GB per DIMM Density 256 Mbit 512 Mbit 1024 Mbit Device Width X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16 Si...

Page 27: ...s cutout with the DIMM slot notch Slide the DDR2 module into the DIMM slot 3 Check that the latches are closed and the DDR2 module is firmly installed Install a DDR2 module in DIMM1 DIMM2 1 Unlock the DIMM latch Notch Cutout Latch Latch ...

Page 28: ...2 4 1 Install the FDD Cable 1 Plug the FDD cable in the FDD header FDD1 2 Fold the FDD cable under the power supply Pin1 white line Adhesive 3 Fix the FDD cable to the power and chassis rail with the supplied adhesive tape Pin 1 white line Pin1 ...

Page 29: ...DD and FDD in the rack and secure with screws from the side Note Please make sure to secure the screws on each side Screws HDD 4 Loosen the purse lock and separate the HDD FDD power cable FDD Power Cable Serial ATA Power Cable Screws FDD Purse lock ...

Page 30: ... the rack in the chassis 3 Refasten the rack Rack Clip 4 Place the power cables in the rack clip located on the underside of the rack mount then loosen the purse lock and separate the Optical Drive power cable Purse lock ...

Page 31: ...HDD 1 Connect the Serial ATA and power cables to the HDD 2 5 2 Install the Floppy Drive 1 Connect the FDD and power cables to the Floppy drive Serial ATA Power Cable Serial ATA Cable FDD Cable FDD Power Cable 2 You can use this cable to install 2nd HDD Serial ATA Cable ...

Page 32: ...gnment of the drive s eject button with this XPC s drive eject mechanism Press the external eject button to check If it is well aligned proceed Step 5 If it is poorly aligned adjust the internal control rod to suite Adjust Control rod 3 Please choose the control rod of CD DROM suitable for you if your CD ROM can t eject Default ...

Page 33: ...drive cable and power cable into the optical drive 5 Fasten the four side screws Screws Optical Drive Optical Drive Cable Optical Drive Power Cable 4 Take out the control rod from the accessory box and insert it in the slot as show ...

Page 34: ...PCI PCI Express x16 Card 1 A PCI PCI Express x16 card will be used to demonstrate the installation procedure Unfasten expansion slot bracket screws PCI Express x16 slot Lift up Slot Bracket 2 Remove the back panel bracket and put the bracket aside PCI slot ...

Page 35: ...27 English 5 Secure the bracket 3 Install the PCI card into the PCI slot 4 As shown Install the PCI Express x16 card into the PCI Express x16 slot ...

Page 36: ...28 English 2 7 2 Complete 2 7 Final Touches 2 7 1 Close the Chassis Cover 1 Replace the cover and refasten the thumbscrews 2 1 ...

Page 37: ... cord and turn on the computer Note Remove the power cord before clearing CMOS Clear CMOS button 2 9 Tech Support 1 Shuttle Inc http www shuttle com 2 Tech Support http global shuttle com Support Support asp 3 Download http global shuttle com Download Download asp 4 Barebone FAQ http global shuttle com Support SupportFAQ_Brb asp 5 Barebone Support List http global shuttle com Support SupportList_B...

Page 38: ...torage Driver Intel LAN Driver Intel High Definition Audio Driver DirectX9 Utility VFD Driver MCE Only Intel Quick Resume Driver MCE Only Intel ViiV Driver MCE Only F Install Utility Install Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Manual SD36G5M user s guide and RAID manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows you to see contents of this CD F ...

Page 39: ...le Mainb oard Software Setup screen Click the Install Main board Software bar Individually install the following drivers F Install Intel Chipset Driver F Install Intel VGA Driver F Install Intel Matrix Storage Driver F Install Intel LAN Driver F Install Intel High Definition Audio Driver F Install DirectX9 Utility F Install VFD Driver MCE Only F Install Intel Quick Resume Driver MCE Only F Install...

Page 40: ...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 pears 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 switch located at the c...

Page 41: ...cludes 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 Periphera...

Page 42: ...zedDefaults Use this menu to 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 this menu to change set or disable password protection This allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to ...

Page 43: ...m 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 1 Master Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options 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...

Page 44: ...he system 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 IDE HDD Auto 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 IDE Channel 0 1 Master Slave Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and sele...

Page 45: ... 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 tra...

Page 46: ...tions 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 47: ...hose O S If your O S is WinXP or Win2000 we suggest you Disabled the item C1E Function When disabled processor can t transitions to a lower core frequency and voltage Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled Note CPU support item appear Execute Disable Bit When disabled forces the XD feature flag to always return 0 Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Note CPU support item appear Virtualization Technology When e...

Page 48: ... 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 Threading Technology The latest Intel application defines a high speed calculating ability to op timize your system by two CUPs suppo...

Page 49: ...A20 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 Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When t...

Page 50: ...ything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely HDD Security Freeze 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 APIC Mode Via the routing I O APIC support a total of 24 ...

Page 51: ...t data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes 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 BI...

Page 52: ...ice Enabled or Disabled Note When install the pcie card PEG Force X1 item appear On Chip Frame Buffer 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 DVMT Mode 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 FIX...

Page 53: ... speed of access to IDE devices 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 PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE devi...

Page 54: ...s to IDE devices If you install a device that 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 SATA Mode This item allows you to set the SATA Mode Ø The choice IDE RAID or AHCI On Chip Serial ATA Ø The Choice Disabled...

Page 55: ...nel 2 Master Parallel ATA Serial ATA Serial ATA 1 Serial ATA 2 Master Channel 1 Channel 2 Master IDE1 Disable SATA Only SATA operates in legacy mode Enhanced Mode Enables both SATA and PATA Max 2 ATA drives are supported Some current operationg systems WinXP Windows NET Server Windows2000 support Enhanced mode ...

Page 56: ...ntains a Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 controller and you have USB peripherals Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled High Definition Audio This item allows you to set the High Definition Audio Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Lan Device This item allows you to set the Onboard Lan ON OFF Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Lan Boot ROM This item allows you to set the Onboard Lan Boot ROM Ø T...

Page 57: ...lel Port This item allows you to determine 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...

Page 58: ...agement ACPI Ø Always Enabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS or S3 STR 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 mode Ø The choice User Define Min Saving ...

Page 59: ...abled 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 active Ø The choice Disabled or 1 Min 15 Min Soft Off by PWR BTTN Under...

Page 60: ...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 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 th...

Page 61: ...t 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 Ctrl F1 Ctrl F12 PS2 Mouse Power ON This item allows you to enable or disable the PS2 Mouse Power On Ø The choice Disabled or Enab...

Page 62: ...eset 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 de...

Page 63: ...signed for PCI or ISA bus archi tecture 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 Pin1 8 Assignment Names the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to a device conn...

Page 64: ... Note Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting please make sure fan connectors are plug ged into the correct fan conne ctor on the mainboard CPU Voltage ChipSet Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V DDR2 Voltage 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature Fan 1 Speed Fan 2 Speed Fan 3 Speed Warning It is Strongly reco mmended to disable Smart Fan if you use an alternative fan to the default ...

Page 65: ...ing than the original DRAMs Ø The Choice Manual or BySPD CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of CAS latency clock cycles depends on the DRAM timing It is recommended don t change this field from the default value specified Ø The Choice Auto 3 4 5 or 6 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals when DRAM is writt...

Page 66: ...e 4 15 or Auto System Memory Frequency This item allows you to set System Memory Frequency Ø The Choice 400MHz 533MHz 667MHz or Auto Clock CPU Clock Ratio This item allows the user to adjust CPU Clock Ratio If CPU is unlocked item appear Ø The Choice 8X 50X CPU Clock 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 CPU Voltage Thi...

Page 67: ...afe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal system performance 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 system performance ...

Page 68: ...m will then request you to confirm the new password by asking you to key in the new password again 4 Once the confirmation is completed new code is in effect No Password Setting 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 ...

Page 69: ... 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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