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XPC User Guide

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Page 1: ...XPC User Guide For the SS59G ...

Page 2: ...rt with 15 pins Keyboard Port 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 and one port with 6 pins respectively LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps Center Bass Out Port four ports Mic In Ports one port Line In Ports two ports SPDIF Out Coaxial Port one port SPDIF Out Optical Port one port SPDIF In Opti...

Page 3: ...re all utilized and fastened on a 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 o...

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: ...rs USB1 USB3 8 LINE In J4 CD In CN3 Mini CD In CN4 Connectors 8 SPDIF In Out Connector JP4 9 Parallel Port Header EXT Printer Port JP11 9 2 XPC Installation Guide 10 2 1 Installation 10 2 1 1 Remove the Cover 10 2 1 2 Remove the Rack 11 2 2 CPU and ICE Installation 12 2 2 1 Remove the ICE Module 12 2 2 2 Install the CPU 14 2 2 3 Install the ICE Module 16 2 3 DDR Installation 17 2 4 Cable and Rack ...

Page 7: ...Button 27 3 Driver and Software Installation 28 3 1 Mainboard CD Overview 28 3 1 1 Install Mainboard Software 29 Appendix 30 Enter the BIOS 30 THE MAIN MENU 31 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 33 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 36 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 40 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 43 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 46 PNP PCICONFIGURATIONS 50 PC HEALTH STATUS 51 Frequency Voltage Control 53 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 54 LOAD O...

Page 8: ...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 9: ...ps operation rate and wake on Lan WOL function IEEE 1394a VIA VT6307 support 400Mb s 200Mb s or100Mb s data transfer rate Serial ATA SiS964 integrated SATA Two Channel UDMA 150MB s S ATA with Raid 0 1 and JBOD Onboard headers connectors 1 ATA100 IDE connector 1 Floppy connector 2 SATA connector 2 Fan connectors 1 Power reset header 1 Line_In header 1 CD_In header 1 Mini CD_In header 1 AGP 2 1x5 pi...

Page 10: ...Aux 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 6 5 4 3 1 2 9 10 11 8 7 ...

Page 11: ...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 A Wireless LAN perforation B Parallel port perforation 1 2 4 6 7 10 1394 A B 3 5 12 9 8 13 11 ...

Page 12: ...r 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 7 9 11 12 13 10 1 4 Accessories 1 ICE Heat Pipe 1 2 FDD cable 1 3 Power cord 1 4 Cable clip 1 5 Adhesive 1 6 RAID Driver Floppy Disk 32bits 64bits 1 7 Motherboard CD Driver 32bits 64bits 2 8 Shuttle Extras CD 1 9 Power extension cable 1 10 Heatsink compound 1 11 Screws 12 Cable tie 2 13 XPC User Guide 1 14 RAID manual 1 14 ...

Page 13: ... Socket 775 Clear CMOS Button VGA COM Ports PS 2 K B M S Connector Rear Out Front Out Center Bass Audio Connectors SPDIF IN OUT Connector JP4 FAN Connector FAN1 Front Panel Connector JP9 EXT Print Port JP11 Two DIMM Slots Serial ATA SATA1 Dual Channel SATA2 ATX Power Connector ATX1 ITE 8705F Chip VT6307 Chip LINE In Connector J4 1394 Dual USB Ports FAN Connector FAN2 ALC655 Chip Lind In Port Mini ...

Page 14: ...s 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 Fan Connectors FAN1 FAN2 The mainboard provides two onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to sup port CPU FAN1 System FAN2 cooling fans Note Bo...

Page 15: ...d in one direction LINE In J4 CD In CN3 Mini CD In CN4 Connectors Port J4 Blue CN3 Black and CN4 can be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card Pin Assignments J4 Pin Assignments CN3 Pin Assignments CN4 1 Line in Left 1 CD in Left 1 Ground 2 Ground 2 Ground 2 CD in Right 3 Ground 3 Ground 3 Ground 4 Line in Right 4 CD in Right 4 CD in Left USB1 USB3 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4...

Page 16: ... parallel port socket PC8 to the mainboard The parallel printer port can be purchased from Shuttle as an optional accessory SPDIF In Out Connector JP4 Port JP4 can be used to connect special device 6 5 4 3 2 1 SPDIF IN OUT JP4 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 JP11 Pin Assignments JP4 1 SPDIF IN 2 GND 3 VCC 4 GND 5 VCC 6 SPDIF OUT ...

Page 17: ...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 18: ...11 English Rack 2 1 2 Remove the Rack 1 Unfasten the rack mount screws 2 Remove the rack 1 2 3 Unscrew and remove the front bay covers Note There are 2 screws on each side of the mounting rack ...

Page 19: ...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 20: ...13 English 4 Remove the ICE module from the chassis and put it aside ICE Heat Pipe Module Heat pipe Smart Fan Smart Fan Power Connector ...

Page 21: ...be 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 socketlever unlock the lever 3 2 1 ...

Page 22: ... the socket Making sure the CPU is perfectly horizontal insert the 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 4 Spread an even layer of thermal compound on the CPU die ...

Page 23: ...CPU and align the spring loaded screws with the mainboard mounting holes 2 Screw the ICE module to the mainboard Note to press down on the opposite diagonal corner while tightening each screw 3 Attach the fan power connector to the extension cable connected to the mainboard 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 24: ...the BIOS menu 4 Fasten the Smart Fan to the chassis with the four thumbscrews 2 3 DDR Installation Memory Configuration Install memory in any or all of the banks according to the combinations shown below TOTAL 2 DIMM up to 2GB and 1GB per DIMM Density 64 Mbit 128 Mbit 256 Mbit 512 Mbit Device Width X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16 X8 X16 Single Side 64MB 64MB 128MB 128MB 256MB 256MB 512MB 512MB Double Side 12...

Page 25: ...n DIMM1 DIMM2 1 Unlock the DIMM latch 2 Align the DDR module s cutout with the DIMM slot notch Slide the DDR module into the DIMM slot Notch Cutout Latch Latch 3 Check that the latches are closed and the DDR module is firmly installed ...

Page 26: ... 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 Pin1 white line Pin1 ...

Page 27: ... 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 IDE HDD FDD power cable FDD Power Cable Serial ATA Power Cable Screws FDD Purse lock ...

Page 28: ... 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 29: ...n 2 5 1 Install the Serial ATA 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 ...

Page 30: ...an Optical Drive 1 Slide the optical drive into the chassis 3 Plug the optical drive cable and power cable into the optical drive 2 Fasten the four side screws Screws Optical Drive Optical Drive Cable Optical Drive Power Cable ...

Page 31: ...ion 2 6 1 Install PCI AGP Card 1 A PCI AGP card will be used to demonstrate the installation procedure Unfasten expansion slot bracket screws AGPslot Lift up Slot Bracket 2 Remove the back panel bracket and put the bracket aside PCI slot ...

Page 32: ...25 English 5 Secure the bracket 3 Install the PCI card into the PCI slot 4 As shown Install the AGP card into the AGP slot ...

Page 33: ...26 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 34: ... 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 35: ...river SiS IDE Driver SiS VGA Driver SiS RAID Driver Realtek LAN Driver Realtek Audio Driver SiS USB2 0 Driver DirectX9 Utility F Install Utility Install Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Manual SS59G 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 ...

Page 36: ...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 E Install SiS AGP Driver E Install SiS IDE Driver E Install SiS VGA Driver E Install SiS RAID Driver E Install Realtek LAN Driver E Install Realtek Audio Driver E Install SiS USB2 0 Driver E Install DirectX9 Utility ...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...d selection appears at the bottom of the screen Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the c...

Page 39: ...es for the minimal stable per formance of your system to operate Load Optimized Defaults 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 p...

Page 40: ...te Month DD YYYY Set the system date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 3 Master 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...

Page 41: ... N A Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the 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 Master Slave IDE Channel 2 3 Ma...

Page 42: ...to Display yourdisk drive size The following 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...

Page 43: ...thermal mode Ø The choice None 1 2 4 8 16 32 64Min 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 when the on diesensor gose from not hot to hot Note CPU sup...

Page 44: ...Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Note CPU support Execute Disable Bit item appear 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 CPU L1 L2 L3 Cache All processors that can be installed in this ...

Page 45: ...st Second Third boot device you select above BIOS will search other devices and attempt to load O S Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seeks disk drives during boot Up Disabling speed boots up Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power on state for NumLock Ø The choice Off or On Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the Gate A20 is handled...

Page 46: ...ct PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Don t typeanything and just press Enter itwill disablesecurity Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely APIC Mode Via the routing I O APIC support a total of 24 interrupts We recommend to choose Enabled for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled MPS Version C...

Page 47: ...ave been chosen because they providethe best operating con ditions for yoursystem If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes DRAM Clock Timing Control Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Performance Mode This item allows you to enable disable the performance mode Ø The Choice Enabled or Disa...

Page 48: ...hat hit the aperture range are for warded to the AGP without any translation Ø The Choice 32M 64M 128M 256M or 512M Graphic Window WR Combin This item enable disable the write combine function for Graphic ad dress space Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Fast Write Support This item enable disable the AGP fast write support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled AGP Data Rate This item allows the user...

Page 49: ...ting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program is written to this memory area a sysem error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Memory Hole at 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of periph erals that need to use this area of syst...

Page 50: ...our IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device Ø The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 or Mode 4 Primary Master Slave UltraDMA Ultra DMA 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment include...

Page 51: ...e or disable the SiS Serial ATA Controller Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled SiS Serial ATA Mode This item allows you to set the SATA Mode Ø The Choice IDE or RAID Onboard LAN Boot ROM Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Onboard Super IO Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Con...

Page 52: ...tain your hardware and software both support one of the other avaukable modes Ø The Choice SPP EPP ECP or ECP EPP ECP Mod Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode Ø The Choice 1 or 3 IDE HDD Block Mode Select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Init Display Firs...

Page 53: ...o select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS S3 STR or S1 S3 Power Management Suspend Mode This item allows you to decide the timing to enter suspend mode Ø The choice Min Saving 1 Hour Max Saving 1 Min User Define Disabled 1Min 2Min 4Min 8Min 12Min 20Min 30Min 40 Min 1Hour Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monito...

Page 54: ... Function Enables you to set the System Management Interrupt SMI button function in DOS Ø The choice Disabled or Break wake MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 or Auto HDD Off After 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 1 Min ...

Page 55: ... Enabled Disabled PCIPME Power Up Control When set to Enabled system power will be turned on if there is any PCI card activity from PCI cards that trigger a PME event such as LAN or Modem cards Ø The choice Enabled Disabled PS2KB Power Up Control When Select Password Please press ENTER key to change Password Max 8 numbers If Select Password and press Enter twice It mean KB Power On Function Disabl...

Page 56: ...e 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 Primary Secondary IDE When these items are enabled the system will restart the power saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on any of the drives or devices on the primary or secondary IDE channels Ø The choice Disabled or Enabled FDD CO...

Page 57: ...set 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 system 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 devi...

Page 58: ...IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices is compli ant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture 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 I...

Page 59: ...ommended to disable CPU Fan Auto Guardian feature if you wish to use other fan cooler allowing the fan to run at its default speed Note Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting please make sure fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard CPU Voltage AGP Voltage RAM Voltage 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5VSB Voltage Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature PWM Temp...

Page 60: ... DIMM PCI Clock Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Async AGP PCI SRC C1K This item allows you to select Async AGP PCI SRC C1K Ø The choice 66 33 100MHz 80 40 100MHz 72 36 100MHz or Disabled CPU Frequency This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock Min 133 Max 232 Ø Key in a D...

Page 61: ...you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal 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 optim...

Page 62: ...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 63: ... 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 ExitWithout 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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