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XPC User Guide

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Page 1: ...XPC User Guide For the SK21G ...

Page 2: ... one port with 6 pins Mouse Port one port with 6 pins USB 2 0 Port six ports with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 4 pins respectively one port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps Line in Ports two port Mic In Earphone Ports one port for each Center Bass Out Port one port Surround Back Port one port Front Out Port one port DIMM Memory optional DDR400 2 ...

Page 3: ...mainboard 3 An I O shielding should be contacted with I O metallic parts of a mainboard 4 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 Leave cables on panels and other spare cables ti...

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: ...ic 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 maydamage 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: ...t Panel Connector JP3 JP9 8 Dual USB Header JP4 8 SPDIF Out Connector JP8 8 LINE IN CN12 Blue CD IN CN11 Black mini CD IN CN14 White Connectors 9 Clear CMOS JP1 10 Parallel Port Header EXT Printer Port JP7 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 DDR and ICE Installation 13 2 2 1 Remove the ICE Module 13 2 2 2 Install the CPU 15 ...

Page 7: ...on 26 2 7 Final Touches 27 2 7 1 Close the Chassis Cover 27 2 7 2 Complete 28 2 8 XPC Accessories 28 2 9 Tech Support 28 2 A Technical Notes 29 2 A 1 Clear CMOS Button 29 3 Driver and Software Installation 30 3 1 Mainboard Driver CD 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 Chipset Features 42 ...

Page 8: ...PC Health Status 57 Frequency Control 58 Load Fail Safe Defaults 59 Load Optimized Defaults 59 Set Supervisor User Password 59 Save Exit Setup 60 Exit Without Saving 60 ...

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 standardcomponents Minimum size possible while preserving component compatibility ...

Page 10: ...fer rate Serial ATA VT8237R integrated SATA Dual Channel UDMA 150MB s S ATA Support RAID 0 1 Onboard headers connectors 2 Fan connectors 1 Line_in header 1 AGP slot 1 mini CD_in header 1 Power reset header 1 PCI slot 1 2x5 pin USB 2 0 headers 1 Front Panel connector 2 Power connector 1 Printer port header 1 IDE connector 2 SATA connectors 1 Floppy connector 1 SPDIF Out connector 1 CD IN header 1 C...

Page 11: ...Line in 8 Mic 9 Headphone 10 USB ports 11 FireWire 400 mini port 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 theincluded features in your new XPC 9 10 11 8 7 6 5 4 3 1 2 ...

Page 12: ...GA port 4 FireWire 400 port 5 USB Ports 6 LAN port 7 PS 2 Mouse 8 PS 2 Keyboard 9 Line In port 10 Central Bass 11 Rear out R L 12 Front out R L 13 Clear CMOS button 1 2 3 4 6 5 7 11 10 12 9 8 1394 13 A B A Wireless LAN perforation B Parallel port perforation ...

Page 13: ...lip 1 8 Heatsink compound 1 9 XPC User Mnaual 1 10 RAID manual 1 11 Motherboard CD Driver 32bits 64bits 2 12 Shuttle Extras CD 1 13 RAID Driver Floppy Disk 32bits 64bits 2 Note Bundled Accessories may differ from specified If there are items missing please contact your local authorized Shuttle dealer 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 11 12 10 13 1 ...

Page 14: ... Chipset VT8237R Chipset One AGP Slot One PCI Slot CD_IN Connector CN11 LAN Dual USB Port Socket 754 Clear CMOS Button VGA COM Port PS 2 K B M S Connector Rear out Front out Center Bass Audio Connectors FAN Connector FAN1 Front Panel Connector JP3 EXT Print Port JP7 Two DIMM Slots Serial ATA SATA1 Dual Channel SATA2 ATX Power Connector CN13 ITE 8705F Chip VT6307 Chip Line_IN Header CN12 1394 Dual ...

Page 15: ...nents pay special attention not to man handle sensative components on the mainboard 3 Wear an antistatic wrist strap or take other suitable measures to prevent electrostatic discharge ESD whenever handling this equipment or insta lling components Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Closed On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Fan...

Page 16: ... used to connect cable 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 2 JP 3 1 2 49 50 Dual USB Header JP4 The header is used to connect auxillary USB devices to the mainboard The header is directional and will only a...

Page 17: ...ound 4 Line IN Right 4 CD IN Right 4 CD IN Right LINE IN CN12 Blue CD IN CN11 Black mini CD IN CN14 White Connectors Port CN12 Blue CN11 Black and CN14 White are used to connect stereo audio inputs from a CD ROM SPDIF out Connector JP8 Port JP8 provides the mainboard connection for the SPDIF out signal port Pin Assignments JP8 1 SPDIF out signal 2 VCC 3 GND JP 8 ...

Page 18: ...ents JP7 1 PSTB 2 PD0 3 PD1 4 PD2 5 PD3 6 PD4 7 PD5 8 PD6 9 PD7 10 P_ ACK 11 P_BUSY 12 P_PE 13 P_SLCT 14 PAUTOFD 15 P_ ERR 16 PINIT 17 PSLCTIN 18 GND 19 GND 20 GND 21 GND 22 GND 23 GND 24 GND 25 GND 26 KEY Clear CMOS Setting JP1 JP1 is used to clear CMOS data Clearing CMOS will result in the permanently erasing previous system configuration settings and the restoring original system settings 1 1 P...

Page 19: ...lation 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 four thumbscrews 2 Slide the cover backwards and upwards 2 1 ...

Page 20: ...12 English 2 1 2 Remove the Rack 1 Unbuckle the two Serial ATA HDD mounting brackets from the rack 2 Remove the rack 1 2 3 Unscrew and remove the front bay covers ...

Page 21: ...13 English 2 Unplug the fan power connector 2 2 CPU DDR and ICE Installation 2 2 1 Remove the ICE Module 1 Unfasten the ICE fan thumbs screws on the back of the chassis ...

Page 22: ...14 English 4 Remove the ICE module from the chassis and put it aside 3 Unfasten the four ICE module attachment screws ICE Heat Pipe Module Heat pipe Smart Fan Smart Fan Power Connector ...

Page 23: ...ket lever to 90 degrees Push the lever CPUsocket lever at 90 degrees 2 Match the yellow triangle on a corner of the CPU with the triangle on the socket corner and gently insert the CPU into the socket Lever Triangle Mark AMD AthlonTM 64 Processor Lever 2 1 ...

Page 24: ...h 3 Press down the CPU socket lever 4 Spread an even layer of thermal compound on the CPU die Note Failure to correctly align the CPU and socket can result in damage to the CPU Thermal compound application area ...

Page 25: ...ICE Module 1 Place the ICE module on the CPU and match the screws with the holes on the motherboard 2 Screw the ICE module to the motherboard Press down firmly on the opposite corner as you screw 3 Connect the fan s power connector ...

Page 26: ...18 English 4 Fasten the smart fan to the chassis with the four thumbscrews ...

Page 27: ...llation Install the DDR module in DIMM1 DIMM2 1 Unlock the DIMM latch 2 Align the DDR module s cutout with the DIMM slot notch 3 Check that the latches are closed and the DDR module is firmly installed Notch Cutout Latch Latch ...

Page 28: ...on 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 Pin 1 whiteline Pin1 FDD1 Pin1 white line 3 Fix the FDD cable to the power and chassis rail with the suppied adhesive tape ...

Page 29: ...4 2 Install the Serial ATA HDD Cable 1 Plug the Serial ATA cable to the SATA1 header 2 Loosen the purse lock and separate the Serial ATA HDD and FDD power connectors SATA header Purse lock Serial ATA Power connector ...

Page 30: ...h 2 4 3 Install the Rack 1 Place the HDD in the rack and secure with screws from the side 2 Place the FDD in the rack and tighten with its own screws Note The second screw is located at the opposite side of rack ...

Page 31: ...23 English 3 Place the rack in the chassis 4 Refasten the rack ...

Page 32: ...all the Serial ATA HDD 1 Connect the Serial ATA cable and power connector he HDD 2 5 2 Install Floppy Drive 1 Connect the FDD cable and power connector into the Floppy drive Serial ATA Power connector Serial ATA HDD cable FDD connector Power connector ...

Page 33: ...e Power cable Screws Optical Drive 2 5 3 Install an Optical Drive 1 Slide optical driver into the chassis 2 Check the optical drive front alignment and fasten the four side screws 3 Plug the optical driver and power cable into the optical drive ...

Page 34: ...An AGP card will be used to demonstrate the installation procedure Lift Up Bracket 3 Install AGP Card into AGP slot and secure the bracket AGPCard AGP Door 2 Unfasten expansion slot bracket screws and remove the aluminum back panel breket Put the back panel bracket aside ...

Page 35: ...27 English 2 7 Final Touches 2 7 1 Close the Chassis Cover 1 Replace the cover and refasten the thumbscrews 2 1 ...

Page 36: ...l 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_Brb asp 2 8 XPC Accessories Shuttle offers over 25 great upgrade and modding kits for your XPC Visit our website at http www shuttle com for more information or speak to your local retailer ...

Page 37: ... reset BIOS information to factory default settings 1 Power down the XPC and remove the power cord 2 Press the Clear CMOS Button by inserting a pointed object e g a pen nib into the clear CMOS hole Keep it pressed for 5 seconds 3 Reconnect the power cord and turn on the computer Note Remove the power cord before clearing CMOS Clear CMOS button ...

Page 38: ...tware VIA 4in1 Driver VIA VGA Driver VIA LAN Driver VIA Audio Driver VIA RAID Driver VIA USB 2 0 Driver F Install Utility Install Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Manual SK21G 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 Quit Close this CD Note The CD contents attached in SK21G mainb...

Page 39: ...s not appear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainb oard Software Setup screen Click the Install Main board Software bar Individually install the following drivers F Install VIA 4in1 Driver F Install VIA VGA Driver F Install VIA LAN Driver F Install VIA Audio Driver F Install VIA RAID Driver F Install VIA USB 2 0 Driver ...

Page 40: ...hecks 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 the train of words mentioned in step2 the message disap pears beforeyou 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 ...

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: ...s 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 Setup Save...

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 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 7...

Page 44: ...t HDD on this channel If detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu Ø Press Enter IDE Channel 0 Master Selecting manual lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Ø The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this ha...

Page 45: ...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 track Ø Min 0 Max 255 ...

Page 46: ... 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 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 ac cess the ...

Page 47: ...CC Error Correction Code error checking on the CPU cache memory Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Quick Power On Self Test 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 USB Flash Disk Type This item allows you to select USB Flash Disk Type Ø The choice Auto F...

Page 48: ...own 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 password is not enter...

Page 49: ...bled APIC Mode Selects enable disable IO APIC function 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 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 50: ...our system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might considermaking any changes AGP P2P Bridge Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options AGP Aperture Size Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aper ture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Ho...

Page 51: ...d Graphics Port is executed with one wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When this item enabled reading from the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port is executed with one wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP 3 0 Calibration Cycle If you set Onboard VGA or AGP 3 0 Mode AGP Card the item is enable disable the AGP calibration cycle Ø he Choice Enabled or Disabled VGA ...

Page 52: ... This precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for DRAM to accu mulate its charge before refresh Ø The Choice Auto or 5 15 Bus Clocks RAS to CAS delay tRCD This item defines the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe as both rows and columns are separately addressed shortly after DRAM is refreshed Ø The Choice Auto or 2 7 Bus Clocks Row Precharge T...

Page 53: ...bus is executed with zero wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled writing to the AGP bus is executed with zero wait state Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCI1 Post Write This Item enable disable AGP post write function which means when cpu accessing the AGP data the chipset can queue the instruction when the AGP bus is busy then write the data whe...

Page 54: ...rals that need to use this area of system memory ususlly dis cusses theirmemory requirements Ø The Choice Disabled or 15M 16M VLINK Data Rate This item allows you to set VLINK Data Rate Ø The Choice 8x or 4x Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI slot or AGP first Ø The choice PCI Slot or AGP Onboard System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the s...

Page 55: ...detailed options OnChip SATA The chipset contains a SATA interface with support to on SATA channel Select Enabled to active the primary SATA interface Select Disabled to deactivate the primary interface Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Parallel ATA Serial ATA Master Slave IDE1 Disable Serial ATA 1 Channel 0 Serial ATA 2 ...

Page 56: ...device and a slave device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE devices Choose Auto to let the system auto detect which PIO mode is best or select a PIO mode from 0 4 Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave UDMA Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave devic...

Page 57: ...roller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB2 0 port on this mainboard 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 allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy connector ...

Page 58: ...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 onboard parallel is set to ECP mode the parallel port can use DMA3 or DMA1 Ø The choice 1 or 3 ...

Page 59: ...m allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS or S3 STR HDD Power Down The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable Ø The choice Disabled or 1 Min 15 Min 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 c...

Page 60: ...UP Alarms This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power button on your system If the item is set to Instant Off then the power button causes a software power down If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec then you have to hold the power button down for 4 seconds to cause a software power down Ø The choice Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This item beco...

Page 61: ...ty from LPT COM or both wakes up the system Ø The choice NONE LPT COM or LPT COM HDD FDD Select ON to have any activity from HDD or FDD wake up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON PCI Master Select ON to have any activity from the primary PCI wake up the system Ø The choice OFF or ON PowerOn by PCI Card This item enables disables the power on function of PCI card Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled Mod...

Page 62: ...of IRQs Interrupt Requests which can be ex empted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to re spond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When on mode exists activity will neither prevent the system from going into a pow...

Page 63: ...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 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 th...

Page 64: ...ure 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 Assign IRQ for VGA The item allows the user to set VGA IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled Ø The choice Enabled or Dis...

Page 65: ...ng please make sure fan connectors are plug ged into the correct fan connector on the mainboard CPU Voltage Fan1 Speed AGP Voltage Fan2 Speed 3 3V 5V 12V 12V RAM Voltage 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature 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 default speed ...

Page 66: ...to detection PCI Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled CPU Clock This item allows you to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 200 Max 232 Ø Key in a DEC number Between Min and Max ...

Page 67: ...th 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 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 operatio...

Page 68: ...e refer to the tech notes at the end of section two for more information 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 accord ing to the Setup selectio...

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