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 SL-75DRV2     

USER MANUAL  v1.0

Summary of Contents for SL-75DRV2

Page 1: ...R T h e S o u l O f C o m p u t e r T e c h n o l o g y SL 75DRV2 USER MANUAL v1 0 ...

Page 2: ...ny form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying and recording for any purpose without the express written permission of Soltek Computer Inc Companies and products mentioned in this manual are for identification purpose only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies Soltek Computer Inc provides ...

Page 3: ...R O C Telephone 886 2 2642 9060 Fax 886 2 2642 9065 E mail sales soltek com tw Web site http www soltek com tw SOUL TECHNOLOGY EUROPE B V Address Hongkongstraat 55 3047 BP Rotterdam The Neth erlands Telephone 31 10 2457492 Fax 31 10 2457493 E mail sales soultech europe com Web site http www soultech europe com ...

Page 4: ...0 1 1 9 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE SDR DDR DRAM 10 CONTROLLER 10 1 1 10 FORM FACTOR 11 1 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR 11 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT 12 1 3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM 13 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP 15 2 1 CPU INSTALLATION 16 2 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION 17 2 3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT AGP PRO INSTALLATION 19 2 4 HDD FDD INSTALLATION 20 2 5 SWITCH SETTING FOR CPU FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE 22 2 5 1 Information On AMD So...

Page 5: ...2 FAN3 FAN4 30 2 7 2 WOL1 Wake On LAN 31 2 7 3 CD ROM Audio Connector JCD_IN1 31 2 7 4 Thermal Sensor Connector RT2 32 2 7 5 Complex Header CON1 33 2 7 6 ATX Power Supply Connector 34 2 7 7 Chassis Panel Connector 35 2 7 8 Smart Card Reader Connector SCR1 36 2 7 9 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR 37 2 7 10 USB Header USB2 USB3 Header 38 2 7 11 PS 2 Mouse And PS 2 Keyboard 38 CHAPTER 3 S...

Page 6: ... 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 58 4 6 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 62 4 6 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 67 4 6 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 73 4 6 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 79 4 6 8 SMARTDOC ANTI BURN SHIELD 82 4 6 9 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL 84 4 6 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS 87 4 6 11 SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 87 4 6 12 SAVE EXIT SETUP 88 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 88 APPENDICES 90 APPENDIX 1 IDENTIFY BIOS VER...

Page 7: ...7 Content Mainboard Support CD User s Manual Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Temperature Sensor Cable ATA66 100 IDE Cable RS232 Cable FDD Cable ITEM LIST CHECKUP ...

Page 8: ...RD SPECIFICATION 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT 1 3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM This chapter briefly introduces the characteristics of the mainboards It includes the information regarding the chipset CPU types built in functions and layout Users will have more ideas about mainboards after reading this chapter ...

Page 9: ... compliant BIOS writing protection SmartDOC Anti Burn shield 1 1 4 SOUND CONTROLLER SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller with Codec onboard 1 1 5 POWER MANAGEMENT ACPI 1 0 compliant Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APM V1 2 compliant legacy power management Supporting ACPI suspend STR mode Suspend To DRAM and POS mode Power On Suspend System even...

Page 10: ...ft Keyed IR Multi mode parallel connector supporting Standard mode ECP and EPP Floppy Disk connector supporting One FDDs with drive swap function Universal Serial Bus connector supporting USB v1 1 and Intel Universal HCI v1 1 compatible 2 built in USB connectors in addition to one internal USB header which requires a USB cable to support 2 more optional USB ports PS 2 keyboard connector PS 2 Mouse...

Page 11: ...B Mainboard size 22 0cm x 30 5cm 1 1 11 HARDWARE MONITOR Programmable control status to provide monitoring and alarm for flexible desktop management software include 5 positive voltage statuses monitoring 2 temperatures statuses monitoring 2 Fan speeds statuses monitoring ...

Page 12: ...E MIDI PORT MIC SW1 ON DIP 5 4 3 2 1 SW2 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 CN1 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 5 SW3 FAN1 1 3 FAN3 1 3 CON1 SAPK RST PLED SLED HDD LED IR PWR SUSPEND 16 30 1 15 RT2 SCR1 JBAT1 1 3 JP1 JP2 1 3 1 3 WOL1 1 3 JCD_IN1 1 3 JP17 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE ...

Page 13: ...233 Vlink Client South 352 BGA 3D Graphics Controller Athlon Host CPU SDR VCM DDR SDRAM Clock Buffer Clock Generator SDR DDR Memory Bus AGP Bus SYSCLK SYSCLK INTR NMI SM STPCLK IGNNE FERR A20M PWROK INIT RESET GCLK PCLK PCKRUN ATA33 66 100 MII LAN 6x USB LPC SMBus Power Plan Peripheral Control GPIO and ACPI Events PCI Bus CKE MCLK HCLK PCLK CPUSTP PCISTP SUSCLK SUSST1 GCKRUN Address Out CFWDRST CO...

Page 14: ...14 75DRV2 MEMO MEMO ...

Page 15: ...ing topics ATTENTION 1 Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached to your CPU for detailed in stalling instruction 2 Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Incorrect installation may result in overheating and damage of your CPU 3 Before changing the setting of CPU Vcore from BIOS program user SHOULD make sure o...

Page 16: ...ponent 2 1 CPU INSTALLATION S O C K E T 4 6 2 SOCKET 462 AMD Take notice of the red circles as shown below While inserting the CPU into the socket you can find out there is a definite pin orientation for CPU and socket 2 Pull out the lever from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angle 1 A M D SOCKET 462 Make sure that the CPU is placed into the socket tightly Then lower down the...

Page 17: ...initions 2 5V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position 2 5V 2 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION Removing DIMM Press down the holding clips on both sides of a DIMM socket and the module will be released from it WARNING Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards Be car...

Page 18: ... LED IR PWR SUSPEND 16 30 1 15 RT2 SCR1 JBAT1 1 3 JP1 JP2 1 3 1 3 WOL1 1 3 JCD_IN1 1 3 JP17 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 NOTICE When LED ZD1 is on meaning that 2 5V is operating and flowing into DIMM slots please ...

Page 19: ...ide slot 28 pin bay AGP Accelerator AGP Pro slot blockader Warning this section is only for AGP Pro Red Label CAUTION The AGP Pro slot comes with a warning label over the 20 pin bay Do not remove this label and the safety tab underneath if you use an AGP card without a retention notch Without the labels AGP cards may be placed into the wrong place which certainly will damage your card slot and mai...

Page 20: ...FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 To install HDD Hard Disk Drive you may connect the cable s blue connector to the mainboard s primary IDE1 or secondary IDE2 connector and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by se...

Page 21: ...3 JCD_IN1 1 3 JP17 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 To install FDD Floppy Disk Drive you may connect the single end to the board and connect two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Floppy Disk Drive Connector ...

Page 22: ...XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX AMD XXXX A 0850 0850 A P T 3 B T 3 B Speed 0850 850MHz 0900 900MHz 1000 1000MHz 1100 1100MHz etc Package Type M Card Module A PGA Operating Voltage S 1 5V U 1 6V P 1 7V M 1 75V N 1 8V Case Temperature Q 60 0 C X 650 C R 700 C Y 750 C T 900 C S 95 0 C Size of L2 Cache 1 64Kbyte 2 128Kbyte 3 256Kbyte Max FSB A B 200MHz C or others 266MHz For correct FSB setting please refer to ...

Page 23: ...Package Type A PGA D OPGA Operating Voltage M 1 75V N 1 8V Case Temperature T 90 0 C S 95 0 C Size of L2 Cache 1 64Kbyte 3 256Kbyte Max FSB B 200MHz C 266MHz Family Architecture A AMD Athlon Model 6 Processor Architure D AMD Duron Model 7 Processor Architecture Generation HD Desktop Processor 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMD XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX AMD XXXX A HD 1533 HD 1533...

Page 24: ...it means that Bus Ratio Select Function is enabled So as long as your CPU supports Bus Ratio Select function then Bus Ratio can be selected by users SSF1 NOTICE Setting of multiplier 12 5x or above will depend on the type of CPU on board Setting of will depend on the type of CPU on board Multiplier 12 5x or above SW1 DIP1 DIP4 SETTING SW1 DIP5 5 5x ON DIP 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 5 4 3 2 ...

Page 25: ...4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 ON DIP 6 5 4...

Page 26: ...0MHz 140MHz 280MHz ON DIP 1 2 3 4 5 37 5MHz 150MHz 300MHz ON DIP 1 2 3 4 5 Default 100MHz IMPORTANT Do figure out the correct processor type by processor s OPN Ordering Part Numbers Correct CPU external frequency is key to ensure reliability of your system Incorrect CPU external frequency or overclocking might cause unstable performance so we strongly recommend to leave SW1 at default setting or l...

Page 27: ... RST PLED SLED HDD LED IR PWR SUSPEND 16 30 1 15 RT2 SCR1 JBAT1 1 3 JP1 JP2 1 3 1 3 WOL1 1 3 JCD_IN1 1 3 JP17 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 JP1 JP2 JP1 JP2 JP1 JP2 2 5V default 2 6V 2 7V Thi...

Page 28: ...1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 JP18 JP19 JP18 JP19 JP18 JP19 1 5V default 1 6V 1 7V 2 6 3 JP18 19 AGP Voltage Select 1 3 1 3 USB2 1 16 1 16 USB3 CNR 1 FLASH BIOS USB0 USB1 PS 2 MOUSE PS 2 K B LPT1 COM1 COM2 GAME MIDI PORT MIC SW1 ON DIP 5 4 3 2 1 SW2 ON DIP 6 5 4 3 2 1 CN1 ON DIP 1 2 3 4 5 SW3 FAN1 1 3 FAN3 1 3 CON1 SAPK RST PLED SLED HDD LED IR PWR SUSPEND 16 30 1 15 RT2 SCR1 JBAT1 1 3 JP1 JP2 1 3 1 3 WOL1 1 3 ...

Page 29: ... IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 Clear CMOS Data Retain Data default JBAT1 JBAT1 1 3 1 3 2 6 4 JBAT1 For Clear CMOS Data A battery must be used to retain the mainboard configuration in CMOS RAM JBAT1 For Clear CMOS Data NOTE You can clear CMOS by 2 3 pin closed when the system is POW...

Page 30: ...nce On Board FAN Connector FAN 2 On Board FAN Connector FAN 4 On Board FAN Connector FAN 3 These fan connectors support CPU System chassis cooling fan with 12V When connecting wire to FAN connectors users should pay attention that the red wire is for the positive current and should be connected to pin 12V and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to pin GND If your mainboard has Hardwar...

Page 31: ...ystem when it receives a wake up packet or signal through the LAN card This feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the BIOS setting called Power Management Setup and that your system must be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Wake On LAN 2 7 3 CD ROM Audio Connector JCD_IN1 1 3 1 3 USB2 1 16 1 16 USB3 CNR 1 FLASH BIOS USB0 USB1 PS 2 MOUSE PS 2 K B LPT1 COM1 C...

Page 32: ...1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package This thermal cable is to monitor device which will generates a lot of heat such as HDD Graphics card etc Please connect one end of the thermal cable A to mainboard RT2 header and tape another end of...

Page 33: ...em Management Interrupt CONNECTION This 2 pin connector is connected to the case mounted Suspend Switch FUNCTION Manually placing the system into a Suspend mode or Green mode 2 Power Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to a momentary button or switch FUNCTION Manually switching the system between On and Soft Off Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn the system off ...

Page 34: ...he power supply does not support the load For Wake On LAN function the power supply should support at least 720mA current VCC VCC 5V GND GND GND Power Supply on GND 12V VCC3 12V 5V Standby Power Good GND VCC GND VCC GND VCC3 VCC3 6 Power LED Connector CONNECTION Connected to System Power LED FUNCTION To supply power to System Power LED 7 Reset Switch Connector CONNECTION Connected to the case moun...

Page 35: ...tup 2 7 7 Chassis Panel Connector A E F G H I J K B C D A PS 2 MOUSE PORT B USB 0 PORT C LPT1 PORT D GAME MIDI PORT E PS 2 KEYBOARD PORT F USB 1 PORT G COM 1 PORT H COM 2 PORT I LINE OUT SPEAKER OUT PORT J LINE IN K MICROPHONE ...

Page 36: ... JP17 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 SCR1 pin assignment 14 1 VCC LED RFU SCRIO RFU NC NC SCRFET SCRPRES SCRREST NC NC SCRCLK GND 2 7 8 Smart Card Reader Connector SCR1 The connector SCR1 allows you to use Smart Car...

Page 37: ...PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 SSF1 ZD1 DDR 266 AGP PRO 4X FDC1 IDE1 IDE2 VIA VT8233 AC 97 Codec LPC I O Controller VIA VT8366A Li Battery FAN2 Clock Generator FAN4 LINE OUT LINE IN JP18 JP19 1 3 1 3 SOCKET A RT1 1 4 2 7 9 Communication And Networking Riser Slot CNR This connector allows you to use network modem or audio riser cards Note 1 If modem CNR is installed the modem CNR must be set as primary 2 Only o...

Page 38: ...the red wire is connected to the first pin 1 16 Red VCC Green DO Green DO White DO White DO Black GND Black GND Red VCC GND Black GND Black USB 2 USB3 Header 1 16 USB 2 USB 3 Header 1 Additional USB Cable Optional red wire 2 7 10 USB Header USB2 USB3 Header This header is for connecting the additional USB cable to provides you additional two USB ports User can order the additional USB cable from y...

Page 39: ...39 Chapter 2 Hardware Setup MEMO MEMO ...

Page 40: ...ion We therefore take the installation on Windows 98 as the general illustration hereby The priority of drivers to be installed should also be noted Users are recommended to take the following installation orders Drivers Utilities and Software Installation Support CD This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support CD which contains those necessary driver files Application Softwares...

Page 41: ...ardware Monitor Utility Browse CD ROM Exit 2 In case your system does not open the Support CD automatically please click to the following path to enter the Main Installation Menu D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D Users are recommended to install all the drivers and utilities at a time though they can be installed separately Also we should take VIA 4in1 Driver as first instal...

Page 42: ... A S e r v i c e P a c k InstallShield Wizard will pop up to guide you to the VIA Service pack installation Press Next button to continue Next Yes VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver AGP VxD Driver IRQ Routing Miniport Driver VIAChipset Function s Registry Select the checkbox as below and click Next to continue 5 4 On the screen below check Normally Install and click Next to continue If you check Quic...

Page 43: ...ish Should restart system Select Install VIA AGP VxD in turbo mode and press Next button to continue 9 8 Next Next Select Install VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver checkbox then click the Next button to continue Click on Click to enable DMA Mode checkbox to enable DMA function then click the Next button to continue 7 6 Select Install VIAATAPI Vendor Support Driver checkbox then click the Next button...

Page 44: ...IA Audio Driver installation Press Next button to continue When asked to install or remove the audio driver please select Install and press Next button to continue 3 Next Following the installation of VIA 4in1 drivers you have to restart system so that your system can be reconfigured with VIA 4in1 When restarting procedures finish please open the Support CD with your CD ROM to enter the Main Insta...

Page 45: ...through this path D hardwaremonitor ITE8705 install exe assuming that your CD ROM Drive is Drive D 3 Once you enter the path and clicktothefile Install exe instantly the ITE SmartGuardian Install pops up Please click to Install to continue Install In a few second installation of Hardware Monitor is complete Please click on the OK Dialog Box to finish installation 4 OK 1 Following the installation ...

Page 46: ...ogram file and the following screen of Smartguardian Control Panel will show up displaying the information about system temperatures voltages and Fan speed Clicking to the Option menu of the Control Panel you can also change some Value settings for your system to optimize its performance Exit Option 5 ...

Page 47: ...47 Chapter 3 Software Setup MEMO MEMO ...

Page 48: ...nly Memory ROM chip on the mainboard BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your computer BIOS performs the following functions 1 Initializing and testing hardware in your computer a process called POST for Power On Self Test 2 Loading and running your operating system 3 Helping your operating system and application programs to manage your PC hardware by means of a set of routines calle...

Page 49: ...CMOS to store the settings you have selected in SETUP The CMOS also maintains the internal clock Every time you turn on your computer the BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer accordingly If the battery is out of power the CMOS data will be lost and POST will issue a CMOS invalid or CMOS checksum invalid message If this happens you have to replace the...

Page 50: ...nboard This program only works in DOS environment only the utility can not be executed in win95 98 ME NT or WINDOWS 2000 environment Upgrading the system BIOS Step 1 Please visit the board maker s website download latest BIOS file and award flash utility AWDFLASH EXE The BIOS file format will be bin of which stands for the specific file name Step 2 Create a bootable diskette Then copy the BIOS fil...

Page 51: ...stem Warning If the message Write Fail appears while Award FLASH MEMORY WRITER is verifying Flash memory just repeat the process Please DO NOT reset or turn off the system If the award memory flash utility is not able to update the BIOS successfully your system may not be able to boot up Step 6 You will need a message CMOS checksum error Default loaded during booting the system Press Del to run CM...

Page 52: ...75DRV2 52 Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen ...

Page 53: ... cc Clear CMOS data and update data automatically after pro gramming NOTE Users can type AWDFLASH to get further details about the parameters Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their function ...

Page 54: ...ns installed in your system 4 You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing ESC 5 In the Main Menu SAVE AND EXIT SETUP saves your changes and reboots the system and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ignores your changes and exits the program 4 6 1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY Time Date Hard Disk Type CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chips...

Page 55: ... one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the selected options by using PgUp PgDn keys 4 6 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Date mm dd yy Mon January 15 2001 Time hh mm ss 9 52 15 IDE Primary Master None IDE Primary Slave CREATIVEDVD1240E IDE Secondary Master IBM DTLA 307045 IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Exte...

Page 56: ... mm dd yy The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 13022 MB Cylinder 25232 He...

Page 57: ...on shows system memory capacity Drive A Drive B Select this field to the type s of floppy disk drive s installed in your system The choices are 360KB 5 25in 1 2MB 5 25in 720KB 3 5in 1 44MB 3 5in 2 88MB 3 5in None Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do no...

Page 58: ...ity Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Menu Level Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled CDROM HDD 0 LS120 Enabled Disabled Disabled On Fast Disabled 6 250 Setup Non OS2 Enabled 4 6 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your sy...

Page 59: ... additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for faster access by the CPU Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program...

Page 60: ... to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 270KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to a disabled to save time Swap Floppy Drive When enabled floppy drivesAand B will be exchanging without any physical connection and modification on the ca...

Page 61: ...5 20 24 or 30 characters per second OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter setup The choices system setup Video BIOS Shadow Performance will be improved by copying Video BIOS to S...

Page 62: ... F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES DRAM Colck Drive Control AGP P2P Bridge Control CPU PCI Bus Control Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copy...

Page 63: ...Disabled 1T Command DRAM Clock The value represents the performance parameters of the installed memory chips DRAM Do not change the value from the factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating DRAM Timing When this item Enabled DRAM Timing is set by SPD SPD Serial Presence Detect is located on the memory modules BIOS reads information coded in SPD during sys...

Page 64: ...on This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system The choice Manual Auto AGP Mode This item allows you to select AGP Mode The choice 1x 2x 4x AGP P2P BRIDGE CONTROL AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software AGP...

Page 65: ...ld at default CPU PCI BUS CONTROL PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The choice Enabled Disabled PCI1 Master 0 WS Writer PCI2 Master 0 WS Write PCI1 Post Write PCI2 Post Write PCI Delay Transaction Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software CPU PCI Bus Control Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit...

Page 66: ...f the video memory RAM at A0000h AFFFFh resulting in better video performance However check your AGP manual to find out if any compatibility problem exists Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory is reserved for ISAcards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB The choices 15M 16M Disabled PCI Delay Transac tion Leave this field at default PCI2 Post W...

Page 67: ...vious values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Item Help Menu Level VIA OnChip IDE Device VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA SuperIO Device Init Display First OnChip USB Controller USB keyboard Support IDE HDD Block Mode CMOS Setup Utility ...

Page 68: ...erface The choices Enabled Disabled VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE IDE Prefetch Mode The on board IDE drive supports IDE perfecting for faster drive accesses If the IDE device doesn t support perfecting set this field to Disabled The choices Enabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channel1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Sla...

Page 69: ...ect Disabled to use the on chip audio capability of your system Most of the field do not appear when this fieldis Disabled foruserwhowantstouseadd onsound card this tiled must be disabled VIA 3068 MC97 Modem This option allows you to decide to enable disable the Onchip Modem The choices Auto Disabled VIA 3058 AC 97 Audio VIA 3068 MC97 Modem Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 ...

Page 70: ...ed if your system has a floppy drive controller FDC installing in the system board and you want to use it If you install add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choices Enabled Disabled Item Help Menu Level Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use ...

Page 71: ...arallel port controller I O address setting The choices 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function The choices Half Full Midi Port Address This item allows you to select the onboard Midi port I O address Midi Port IRQ This item allows you to select the Midi port IRQ Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before...

Page 72: ...ost new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support The choices Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Sup port Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items ...

Page 73: ...ser starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN State After Power Failure IRQ Event Activity Detect Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utilit...

Page 74: ...er the selected period of system inactivity the chipset enters a hardware suspend mode stopping the CPU clock and possibly causing other system devices to enter power management modes Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Power Management Option This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Sus...

Page 75: ...Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank DPMS Supports Blank Screen This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Select this option if you monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of th...

Page 76: ...system Item Help Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Disabled OFF LPT COM ON OFF Disabled Disabled Disabled 0 0 0 0 Press Enter USB Resume from S3 VGA LPT COM HDD FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Wake Up On LAN Ring RTC Alarm Resume Date of Month Resume hh mm ss IRQs Activity Monitoring CMOS Set...

Page 77: ...d to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Resume Time option Resume Time hh mm ss Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system This option is concurrent with Date option Wake Up On LAN Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choices Enabled Disa...

Page 78: ...ctivity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ ACTIVITY MONITORING Primary INTR IRQ 3 COM2 IRQ 4 COM1 IRQ 5 LPT2 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk IRQ 7 LPT1 IRQ 8 RTC Alarm IRQ 9 IRQ2 Redir IRQ 10 Reserved IRQ 11 Reserved IRQ 12 PS 2 Mouse IRQ 13 Coprocessor IRQ 14 Hard Disk IRQ 15 Reserved Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Soft...

Page 79: ...he user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB PCI SLOT1 5 IRQ Assigned PCI SLOT2 IRQ Assigned PCI SLOT3 IRQ Assigned PCI SLOT4 IRQ Assigned Item...

Page 80: ... to modify the information delivered form the feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used MPEG card Assign IRQ for USB Select Enabled if you system has a USB controller and you have one or more USB devices connected If you are not using your system s USB controller select Disabled to free the IRQ resource Assign IRQ for VG...

Page 81: ... Please refer to the list below IRQ 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA PnP Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 A...

Page 82: ...ing PgUp PgDn keys F1 Help gives options available for each item F5 Get the previous values These values are the values with which the user starts the current session F6 Load all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 8 SMARTDOC ANTI BURN SHIELD Shutdown Temperature 60 C 140 F CPU Vcore DDR DIMM 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V 5VSB Voltage Battery Temperature...

Page 83: ... system within 3 seconds CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value DDR DIMM Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items FAN 1 2 Speed These fields display the current speed of up to three CPU fans if your computer contains a monitoring system Temperature 1 2 3 This field displays the current CPU temperature if your computer co...

Page 84: ...oad all options with the BIOS default values F7 Load all options with the Setup default values 4 6 9 FREQUENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL Red Storm Overclocking CPU Vcore Select Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIK Spread Spectrum CPU Skew Adjust CHIP Skew Adjust PCI Skew Adjust AGP Skew Adjust Use CPU Linear Freq CPU Clock Item Help Menu Level CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Frequency Voltage Co...

Page 85: ...s user an easy way to overclocking it will increase CPU external clock automatically when CPU external clock increasing to unacceptable value BIOS will restart your system then running at acceptable CPU external clock CPU Vcore Select This item allows users to adjust the CPU Vcore voltage The instant damage of CPU is due to the wrong Vcore voltage setting so we highly recommend that user should le...

Page 86: ...q If users would like to adjust CPU clock this items must be Linear The choices Default Linear CPU Clock These items allows users to adjust CPU frequency 3 Press ESC to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items ...

Page 87: ...red characters 3 After you enter the password the following message appears prompting you to confirm the password Confirm Password 4 Enter the same password exactly the same as you have just typed to confirm the password and press Enter 5 Move the cursor to Save Exit Setup to save the password 6 If you need to delete the password entered before choose the Supervisor Password and press Enter It wil...

Page 88: ...P SAVE EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Y is for Yes and N is for No Press Enter key to save the configuration changes 4 6 13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without saving the modifications t...

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Page 90: ...75DRV2 90 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 TECHNICAL TERMS APPENDIX 2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION BIOS PART NUMBER APPENDIX 3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER ...

Page 91: ...X 91 See Picture 2 below for BIOS version and BIOS part number identification Picture 2 1 2 1 BIOS VERSION example REV T2 1 2 BIOS ID STRING example 6A69RSNCC Appendix 1 Identify BIOS Version BIOS Part Number ...

Page 92: ...MODEL NUMBER Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA side of slot or PCI slot Please see the picture below as an illustration 2 1 1 MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER example SL 65KV2 2 MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER example 0012000T005679 ...

Page 93: ...ata transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 528MB s AGP 4X mode is 66MHz x 4byte x 4 1056MB s AMR Audio Modem Riser AMR is an interface to connect the CODEC circuit of AC 97 sound modem solution to the mainboard through an AMR card and an AMR connector APM Advanced Power Management APM is developed by Intel and Microsoft intending for PC power management through the system BIOS Through APM the PC power...

Page 94: ...aster IDE device transfers data from to memory without interrupting CPU and releases CPU to operate concurrently while data is transferring between memory and IDE device You need the bus master IDE driver and the bus master IDE HDD to support bus master IDE mode CAS Column Address Strobe CAS is a technology of DRAM writes and reads The number of clock cycles of the CAS signals is depending on the ...

Page 95: ...for parallel ports EPP Enhanced Parallel Port EPP is a standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 500 kps for parallel printers EDO Extended Data Output Memory Unlike traditional FPM Fast Page Mode memory that tri states the memory output data to start the pre charge activity EDO DRAM holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle which is similar to pipeline effect in red...

Page 96: ...EEE 1394 is a low cost digital transfer interface with transfer rate at 100 200 or 400 Mbps It provides solutions of connecting digital television devices and Serial Bus Management There are two type of IEEE 1394 data transfer asynchronous and isochronous Isochronous data channels provide guaranteed data transport at a pre determined rate This is especially important for time critical multimedia d...

Page 97: ...l automatically allocate the IRQ DMA Memory Currently almost all the PCI cards and most ISA cards are already PnP compliant POST Power On Self Test The BIOS self test procedure after power on It is generally the first or the second program shown on your monitor screen during system boot RAS Row Address Strobe RAS is a technology that DRAM writes and reads to the Row addresses while a CAS Column Ad...

Page 98: ...D so that BIOS can access it and use it to decide best timing for this DIMM or RIMM UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter UART is built in a chip that controls the data sent to and received from a serial port A16550 UART is now standard in most PCs and supports modem speed up to 57 600 bps and beyond and direct connect speed of 115 200 bps Many UARTs have built in errors in the internal...

Page 99: ...ltage regulator Module This is a small module installed on a mainboard to regulate the voltage fed to the processor on board Voltage regulator can be built on board in various way VRM is a socketed type of regulator module which is easier to change when needed Zero Wait State When memory is operating at its fastest speed in its course of fetching and yielding data it allows no no op cycle and is c...

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