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MS8158D Series, V7.2A 

VKM266/December 2003 

Summary of Contents for MS8158D Series

Page 1: ... Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD Duron and Athlon are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft MS D...

Page 2: ...o verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not succes...

Page 3: ...d 12 Connecting Optional Devices 13 Install Other Devices 16 Expansion Slots 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 19 Introduction 19 Running the Setup Utility 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page 21 Advanced Setup Page 22 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 26 Load Optimal Settings 27 Load Best Performance Settings 27 Features Setup Page 27 CPU PnP Setup Page 29 Hardware Monitor Page 30 ...

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Page 5: ...P 4X 266MHz mode up to 1GB s bandwidth which provides a direct connection between the graphics sub system and memory so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus There is a full set of I O Ports including PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports one serial port one onboard VGA port one parallel port and maximum six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports and onb...

Page 6: ...es the bandwidth up to 266 MB s and performance necessary for even the most demanding Internet and 2D 3D graphics Support for an 4xAGP interface providing vivid 2D 3D graphics and video performance Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots for DDR memory modules Support for 100 133 MHz memory bus Maximum installed memory is 2GB Expansion Slots One 4X AGP slot for AGP 2 0 compliant interface Two 32 bit...

Page 7: ...on 16 bit stereo full duplex CODEC with fixed 48KHz sampling rate 3 analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD IN Three Audio Jacks Line Out Line In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Advanced power management support Onboard I O Ports Provides PC99 Color Connectors for easy peripheral device connections Floppy disk drive connector with 1Mb s tra...

Page 8: ...ivers shared by UHCI and EHCIHost Controller Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy support for all downstream facing ports Hardware Monitoring Built in hardware monitoring for CPU System temperatures fan speeds and mainboard voltages Onboard Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Bundled Software PC Cillin2002 ...

Page 9: ...You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard q Extended USB module q Card Reader You can buy your own Card Reader from the third party but please contact your local Card Reader vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Note You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specif...

Page 10: ... have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely necessary During installation put the mainboard on top of the static protection packaging it came in with the component side facing up Pre Installation Inspection 1 Inspect the mainboard for damage to t...

Page 11: ...tall this mainboard in a system chassis case q Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard q Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP2 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP2 and the setting options 2 Never connect...

Page 12: ...ajor components on the mainboard Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard shared with READER1 optional ...

Page 13: ...udio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 462 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed an...

Page 14: ... two 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets and supports up to 2 0 GB of 200 266 MHz DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or 133 MHz memory bus DDR ...

Page 15: ...on the DIMM module edge connector match the notches in the DIMM socket 4 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 5 Install any remaining DIMM modules Jumper Settings Jumpers are sets of pins connected together with jumper caps The jumper caps change the mainboard s ope...

Page 16: ...ins 2 3 Jumper JP3 CPU Clock Selector This 3 pin jumper selects the processor 133 MHz or 100 MHz Function Jumper Setting 100 MHz Short Pins 1 2 133 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is a Micro ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Ensure your case has an I O cover plate that matches the ports on this mainboa...

Page 17: ...onnect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HDD_LED_P 2 PWR ACPI LED 3 HDD_LED_N 4 PWR ACPI LED 5 RESET 6 POWER BUTTON 7 RESET 8 POWER BUTTON 9 NC 10 KEY Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard s optional devices SPK1 Speaker Connector Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the ...

Page 18: ...inboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connector USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 NC 1 Locate the...

Page 19: ...h before plugging in Any incorrect usage may cause unexpected damage to the system The vendor won t be responsible for any incidental or consequential damage arising from the usage or misusage of the purchased product SIR1 Infrared Port The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assist...

Page 20: ...E devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or ...

Page 21: ...Slave Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system When you first start up your system the BIOS should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the mainboard locate the 4 pin connector CD2 CD2 Pin...

Page 22: ...card 1 Locate the AGP or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw PCI2 PCI1 AGP1 ...

Page 23: ...y configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Upkey while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Upkey also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and ma...

Page 24: ...e hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enterto select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages...

Page 25: ...t Installed Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 Select Item Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk...

Page 26: ...isabled DRAM CAS Latency 2 5 DRAM Bank Interleave 2 Way AGP Mode 4X AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving CB AGP Aperture Size 64MB ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot ...

Page 27: ...perating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory System BIOS Cacheable If you enable this item a segment of the system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution DRAM Timing by SPD This item enables or disables the SDRAM timing defined by the...

Page 28: ...is item enables the clock to generate spread spectrum Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation AMIBIOSSETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Ha...

Page 29: ...setup time LAN Ring Power On The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake up key Wake up password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the keyboard or typing in t...

Page 30: ... this item if you are using an O S that supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Share Memory Size This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with 8 16 32MB options Primary Graphics Adapter This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allow...

Page 31: ... values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOSSETUP FEATURESSETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoardFDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 O...

Page 32: ...m decides the parallel port mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP EPP Parallel Port IRQ This item assigns either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA This item assigns a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard IDE This item enables or disables either or both of the onboard Primary and ...

Page 33: ...e adjustments to the items on this page AMIBIOSSETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU PnP Type CPU Brand AMD K7 CPU Type Duron CPU Frequency Auto DRAM Frequency Auto ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU Brand Type These items show brand and type of the CPU installed in you...

Page 34: ...aults F7 Load Setup Defaults System CPU Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FANs Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers...

Page 35: ...og box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enterto save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Yto save and exit or press Nto exit without saving ...

Page 36: ...gram and the location for your mainboard version More information on some programs is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software Note Never try to install software from a folder that is not specified for use with your mainboard Before installing any software always inspect the folder for files named README TXT INSTALL TXT or something similar These files may contain i...

Page 37: ...ard and lets you copy an updated version of the BIOS to the chip Proceed with caution when using this program If you erase the current BIOS and fail to write a new BIOS or write a new BIOS that is incorrect your system will malfunction Refer to Chapter 3 Using BIOS for more information PC CILLIN 2002 The PC CILLIN software program provides anti virus protection for your system This program is avai...

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