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SY-P4S DRAGON Ultra

Motherboard

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mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported

AGP/PCI Motherboard

400 MHz Front Side Bus supported

ATX Form Factor

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User's Manual

Summary of Contents for SY-P4S DRAGON Ultra

Page 1: ...SY P4S DRAGON Ultra Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processor supported AGP PCI Motherboard 400 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ... or amend The information contained in this manual is provided to our customers for general use Customers should be aware that the personal computer field is subject to many patents All of our customers should ensure that their use of our products does not infringe upon any patents It is the policy of SOYO Computer Inc to respect the valid patent rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or...

Page 3: ...INSTALLATION 10 2 1 PREPARATIONS 10 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP 35 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 37 3 1 SOYO COMBO SETUP 39 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 47 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 51 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 55 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 57 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 63 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 67 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 70 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 71 3 10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEF...

Page 4: ...N Ultra iv CHAPTER 6 HIGHPOINT HPT 372 DRIVER INSTALLATION 81 APPENDIX A HIGHPOINT HPT 372 MANUAL 82 APPENDIX B C MEDIA6CHANNELAUDIOSOLUTIONMANUAL 118 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTING AT FIRST START 143 APPENDIX D CONTACT INFORMATION 150 ...

Page 5: ... Chipset technology and supports Socket 478 class processors This Motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the Motherboard check for the following items The SY P4S DRAGON Ultra AGP PCI Motherboard The M B RAID AUDIO user manual The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 3 IDE Device ATA 66 Flat Cab...

Page 6: ...unding strap Otherwise ground yourself frequently by touching the unpainted portion of the computer chassis to drain the static charges Handle the Motherboard carefully holding it by the edges You are now ready to start the installation 1 3 KEY FEATURES CPU SUPPORT Supports Intel mPGA Socket 478 processors FSB 400MHz Pentium 4 Support 1 5GHz 2 2GHz CPU SETTINGS The SY P4S DRAGON Ultra provides the...

Page 7: ...sk controller 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compatible infrared port 6x USB Universal Serial Bus connectors PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector IDE RAID FUNCTION The P4S DRAGON Ultra supports striping RAID 0 mirroring RAID1 RAID0 RAID1 or function as regular IDE port See Appendi...

Page 8: ...s function This opens a lot of possibilities such as remote access that switches the system on only after the modem receives a call Power on by Keyboard or PS2 mouse Support power on by K B press Ctrl Alt Backspace Support power on by PS2 mouse see BIOS page for more information FAIL SAFE The SY P4S DRAGON Ultra comes with added functionality to make managing the system easy and safe Hardware Moni...

Page 9: ...plier CPU Vcore voltage 4X AGP voltage DDR RAM voltage DDR RAM Clock Pre defined for system performance setup Jumperless design 1 4 HANDLING THE MOTHERBOARD To avoid damage to your Motherboard follow these simple rules while unpacking Before handling the Motherboard ground yourself by grasping an unpainted portion of the system s metal chassis Remove the Motherboard from its anti static packaging ...

Page 10: ...ir conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precautions Do not remove the anti static packaging until you are ready to install Ground yourself before removing any system component from its protective anti static packaging To ground yourself grasp the expansion slot covers or other unpainted portions of the computer chassis Frequently ground ...

Page 11: ...nector PS 2 Mouse Connector ATX Power LINE OUT LINE IN MIC GAME PORT COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_2 AGP PRO JP5 CD_SPDI 1 1 2 3 PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 IDE 1 FLP IDE 4 IDE 3 IDE 2 I O CHIP HighPoint IDE RAID CHIP Sound CHIP 3 1 JP10 WOL Header 1 4 CDIN1 SDRAM SDRAM 645 SiS SiS 961 1 13 14 2 3V Lithium Battery CJ1 ...

Page 12: ...Motherboard Description SY P4S DRAGON Ultra 8 1 7 SY P4S DRAGON Ultra MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS SDRAM SDRAM A B C D E F G J I H L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE AF K ...

Page 13: ...K 32 bit PCI Mastering Slots L South Bridge Chip M Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port N IDE RAID Ports O HihgPoint IDE RAID Chip P 3V Lithium Battery Q Front Panel Connectors R 5V Stand By Indicator LED S Chassis Cooling Fan Connector T CMOS Clear Jumper U USB Ports V Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header W Smart Card Reader Connector X Flash BIOS Y Wake On LAN WOL Header Z I O Chip AA SPK5 Connector AB CD_S...

Page 14: ...ll the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Socket mPGA478 processor with built in CPU cooling fan Note This Motherboard supports non boxed type CPUs The heavier CPU cooling fan requires the installation of a CPU support stand 2 DDR RAM module s 3 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 4 Monitor 5 PS 2 Keyboard 6 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 7 S...

Page 15: ...tral Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Set CPU Memory Frequency Jumper CJ1 Step 4 Install expansion cards Step 5 Connect cables case wires and power supply Step 6 Power on and enter BIOS setup Step 7 Install supporting software tools See Chapter 4 for more info Warning Turn off the power to the Motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on t...

Page 16: ...tallation SY P4S DRAGON Ultra 12 Step 1 Install the CPU CPU Installation 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket ...

Page 17: ...nt that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 478 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of you...

Page 18: ... 64MB to 1GB On this motherboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup appropriate memory modules must be used For 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory for 166MHz speed use PC2700 memory Note This M B can only support 2 sticks of PC2700 DDR module SDRAM SDRAM 1 92 1 92 ...

Page 19: ...uency either by Hardware dip switch CJ1 or in the BIOS SOYO Combo Setup If you set the frequency by dip switch and in the BIOS at the same time the system will follow the settings in the BIOS For the dip switch settings to take effect in the system load optimized BIOS settings in the BIOS Then set the dip switch according to your CPU Memory specification The default Boot up frequencies of CPU Memo...

Page 20: ...6 33 1 1 1 0 0 100 133 80 66 33 1 0 0 1 0 100 166 62 62 31 0 1 0 1 0 100 166 71 83 41 0 0 0 0 1 105 140 70 70 35 1 0 0 0 1 100 100 67 67 33 0 1 0 0 1 108 144 72 72 36 1 1 0 0 1 100 134 67 67 33 0 0 1 0 1 112 149 74 74 37 1 0 1 0 1 133 100 66 66 33 0 1 1 0 1 133 133 66 66 33 1 1 1 0 1 133 166 66 66 33 0 0 0 1 1 100 133 80 66 33 1 0 0 1 1 100 100 80 66 33 0 1 0 1 1 100 166 83 62 31 1 1 0 1 1 133 160...

Page 21: ...ntacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot 4 Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card 5 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Pro Slot This motherboard supports AGP 2x 4x Pro VGA CARD DO NOT remove the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your c...

Page 22: ...nnect one side of the ATA66 100 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 IDE3 or secondary IDE2 IDE4 directionally keyed IDE connector on the Motherboard The ATA 66 100 133 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs This Motherboard can support up to 8 HDDs There are four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on motherboard IDE3 IDE4 are provided for IDE...

Page 23: ...Hardware Installation SY P4S DRAGON Ultra 19 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor ...

Page 24: ...ble floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the Motherboard This Motherboard can support only 1 floppy drives SDRAM SDRAM 1 1 33 33 FLP Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 25: ... the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the Motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED SDRAM SDRAM Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Speaker Reset PWRBT Power LED HDD LED ...

Page 26: ...up sequence 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the Motherboard 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the Motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active Reset Pin Assignment Power Good GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ 5V Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment _ L...

Page 27: ...external devices such as the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse printer modem USB can be plugged directly onto the Motherboard back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the Motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices SDRAM SDRAM PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PRT GAME PORT PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector LINE OUT LINE IN MIC COM 1 COM 2 USB...

Page 28: ...ar panel of the Motherboard 2 Parallel Port PRT This parallel port is used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25 pin female connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the Motherboard 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug ...

Page 29: ...y used USB devices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you have purchased USB3 USB4 USB5 and USB6 are available To make use of these USB ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The lay out of USB3 USB4 and USB5 USB6 are as follows 1 1 5 2 2 3 3 4 4 GND Data Data Power GND GND Dat...

Page 30: ...rts labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices E Other Connections 1 Wake On LAN WOL Attach the 3 pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to the JP10 header on the Motherboard This WOL function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin ass...

Page 31: ...tandard Infrared SIRCON Plug the 10 pin infrared device cable to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This Motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment ...

Page 32: ...the 3 pin fan cable to the CPUFAN connector on the Motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 33: ...onnector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Note CPUFAN must be installed for this Motherboard CHAFAN is optional CHAFAN3 CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 3 1 2 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 34: ...onnect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 or CDIN2 It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment 5 Smart Card Reader CDIN1 Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 CDIN2 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin Assigment Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 35: ...6 SPK5 Please refer to Appendix B the c media 6 channel Audio solution for more information on AUDIO function 7 CD_SPDIF 8 MIC LED Connector J30 CD_SPDIF 1 2 SPDIF IN2 GND CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT ...

Page 36: ...allow for greater than 3 3V current the Aux power connector is recommended for ATX and ATX12V power supplies with 3 3V current 18A Warning Follow these precautions to preserve your Motherboard from any remnant currents when connecting to ATX power supply Turn off the power supply and unplug the power cord of the ATX power supply before connecting to ATX PW connector The Motherboard requires a powe...

Page 37: ... Note ATX 12V power supply is different from the normal ATX power supply If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at least 720 mA on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB Please install the ATX power according to the following pin assignment Pay special care to the directionality 12VDC 12VDC Pin3 Pin1 com com ...

Page 38: ...nplug the ATX 12V power cable from the ATX 12V power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 2 Please do not clear the CMOS memory after re flashing the BIOS You need to boot up into the system once before clearing the CMOS memory to avoid Network ID lost Step 6 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your Motherboard successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter the ...

Page 39: ...U s Clock Voltage 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP This Motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO FEATURE The SOYO COMBO FEATURE combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS After the hardware installation is complete turn the power switch on then press the ...

Page 40: ... 133MHz 100MHz 133MHz 3 4 100MHz 133MHz 3 5 100MHz 166MHz 4 3 133MHz 100MHz 4 5 133MHz 166MHz Ex If you have a CPU of 133MHz FSB and DRAM Frequency of 133 MHz 1 set the CPU DRAM Clock ratio to 1 1 2 set the CPU Clock to 133 MHz Note setting the CPU DRAM frequency in the BIOS will override the Dip switch settings See page 15 for more info on Dip switch settings Step 4 Select SAVE EXIT SETUP Press E...

Page 41: ...atus Standard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and...

Page 42: ...rn to the Main Menu and keep current values R O M P C I I S A B I O S C M O S S E T U P U T I L I T Y A W A R D S O F T W A R E I N C S T A N D A R D C M O S S E T U P B I O S F E A T U R E S S E T U P C H I P S E T F E A T U R E S S E T U P P O W E R M A N A G E M E N T S E T U P P N P P C I C O N F I G U R A T I O N L O A D S E T U P D E F A U L T S L O A D B I O S D E F A U L T S I N T E G R A ...

Page 43: ... Clock Ratio 1 1 CPU Clock 100 DRAM Frequency 100 x 2 MHz Ratio select Auto x CPU Clock Ratio 8 X Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled CPU Vcore Select Default DDR 2 5V Voltage Select Default AGP 1 5V Voltage Select Default Advanced DRAM Control Press Enter Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD 0 Third Boot Device LS120 Boot Other Dev...

Page 44: ...clock Ratio depend on DRAM DRAM Frequency Show DRAM clock CPU Clock Setting Description Note CPU Clock Min 100 Max 255 Press Page Up Page Down key to Over Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or Press Enter key then type the desired CPU Front Side Bus Default Ratio Select Setting Description Note Auto Default Ratio Select Manual Select Manual to over CPU Ratio CPU Clock Ratio Setting Des...

Page 45: ...ock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket Default Disabled Default Spread Spectrum Enabled This item allows you to Disabled Enabled the spread spectrum modulate CPU Vcore Select Setting Description Note Default Default 1 100V 1 500V 1 125V 1 525V 1 150V 1 550V 1 175V 1 575V 1 200V 1 600V 1 225V 1 625V 1 250V 1 650V 1 275V 1 675V 1 300V 1 700V 1 325V 1 725V 1 350V 1 750V 1 375V 1 775V 1 400V 1 800V 1 4...

Page 46: ... Setting Description Note Default Default 1 6V 1 7V AGP Voltage Select 1 8V This function allow to adjust the AGP voltage Quick Power On Self Test Setting Description Note Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Provides a fast POST at boot up Default System Boot Control Settings Setting Description Note Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN First Second Third Boot Device Disabled...

Page 47: ...hen set to enabled the BIOS can only be programmed through AWDFLASH making sure that any virus is unable to program the system BIOS Set to disable the BIOS can be programmed the traditional way Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Onboard IDE RAID Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard IDE RAI...

Page 48: ...me safe Read Latency Control safe Time Constraint Control slow GW Write Mask AGP Request Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability Disabled Refresh Cycle Time tRAS tRP 1T DRAM Addr Cmd Rate AUTO Mode 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 After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instruct...

Page 49: ... Delay 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 2T ACT TO ACT Delay 3T DRAM ACT to ACT Delay selection Default 2T Default Write Recovery Time 1T Increase DRAM performance safe Default normal fast R W Turn Around Time slow Read Write Turn Around Time Control selection safe Default normal fast Read Latency Control slow Increase DRAM performance slow Default Time Constraint Control normal Timing constrai...

Page 50: ...equest Enabled When enable a Graphic window write operation will forbid Default Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP fast write capability Default tRAS tRP Refresh Cycle Time tRAS tRP 1T DRAM refresh cycle time tRC selection Default Auto Mode Default 1T DRAM Addr Cmd Rate 2T Increase DRAM performance ...

Page 51: ...ry Slave None IDE Secondary Master LTN485S IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level Change the day month year and century Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This scre...

Page 52: ... Master Auto Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 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 Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives Date Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys to tog...

Page 53: ...cts hard disk mode automatically Default Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 88MB 3 5 ...

Page 54: ...GA VGA Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode ALL Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette Halt On All But Disk Key When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt ...

Page 55: ... feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your s...

Page 56: ...oppy Seek Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note On Puts numeric keypad in NumLock mode at boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Gate A20 Options Fast A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Default ...

Page 57: ...sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key Default Typematic Delay Msec 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec 1000 msec Choose how long after you press a key down the character begins repeating Default Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes the ...

Page 58: ...ion Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM Default LOGO 0 Default EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 1 Allows user to display SOYO logo or own logo Logo 0 Sho...

Page 59: ...e Advanced Chipset Features Prefetch Caching Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64MB Item Help Graphic Window WR Combin Enabled 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 After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving The fol...

Page 60: ...Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Disabled Graphic Window WR Combin Enabled Enabled Disabled Graphic window write combin Default ...

Page 61: ...egrated Peripherals SiS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Onboard SuperIO Device Press Enter Item Help USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Init Display First AGP AGP Auto Calibration Enabled IDE Access Interface Embedded Bus MAC Access Interface Embedded Bus USB1 Access Interface Embedded Bus USB0 Access Interface Embedded Bus Audio Access Interface Embedded...

Page 62: ...roller and you have a USB keyboard Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function Default PCI Slot Init Display First AGP Choose which card AGP Display card or PCI VGA card to initialize first Default Enabled Default AGPAuto Calibration Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP Auto Calibration Embedded Bus Default IDE Ac...

Page 63: ...tware SiS OnChip IDE Device Internal PCI IDE Both IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Item Help IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary Master UltraDMA Auto Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto IDE Burst Mode Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previou...

Page 64: ...speed IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disabled IDE Primary Master UltraDMA Primary Slave UltraDMA Secondary Master UltraDMA Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default Disabled IDE Burst Mode Ena...

Page 65: ...r Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Item Help Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 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 After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow ...

Page 66: ...t UART Mode Select SCR SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default UR2 Function Duplex Full Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Port 3BC IRQ 7 Choose the printer I O address SPP Default EPP ECP ...

Page 67: ...ues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PM Wake Up Events IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled Item Help IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled RING Power Up Control Disabled MACPME Power Up Control Disabled PCIPME Power Up Control Disabled USB Port Wake Up Control Disabled Hot Key Power Up Control Enabled PS2 Mouse Power Up Control Disabled KB Power ON P...

Page 68: ... an IRQ to the modem device Power off Default Disabled Hot Key Function As Suspend Select hot key function to Power off or suspend Disabled Default HDD Off After Power Failure 1 Min 15 Min Lets you define the system power down times Off The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure Default On The system will switch on when power comes back after a power failure PWPON After...

Page 69: ... Default IRQ 8 Break Suspend Enabled RING Power Up Control Disabled An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem LAN awakens the system from a soft off state Default Enabled MACPME Power Up Control Disabled Enabled Disabled MAC PME signal power up control Default Enabled PCIPME Power Up Control Disabled Enabled Disabled PCI PME signal power up c...

Page 70: ...ON Password Enter your password Set the password that will wake up your system Enabled The system ignores the alarm Power Up by Alarm Disabled Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date is set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time Default ...

Page 71: ...Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended system Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized ...

Page 72: ...e Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Choose IRQ assigned to Legacy ISA card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 Under this item the user can assign an IRQ to a PCI slot However there under some condit...

Page 73: ...d 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Assign IRQ For VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA USB port Default 5 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT INT Pin...

Page 74: ...FAN1 Speed 0 RPM 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 After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description Note Vcore 3V 5V 12V V Show the current voltage status CPU Tempe...

Page 75: ...es Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Ma...

Page 76: ...es Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Ma...

Page 77: ... The password is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jumper...

Page 78: ... to section 3 9 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Change Color Tim...

Page 79: ...evice without going into the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory initialization user will see a device menu in which user can choose the device they wish to boot from Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN Move ENTER Accept F4 Exit ...

Page 80: ...or installation and 3 a database in HTML format with information on SOYO Motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you use Windows 2000 NT or XP the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up please choose your motherboard and press OK Now the SOYO CD Start Up Menu will be shown SOYO CD Start Up Program Menu ...

Page 81: ... your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen during installation then once the installation is completed restart your system and...

Page 82: ...nu A short description of all available drivers follows SiS AGP Driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP SiS AGP VxD Driver is to be installed if you are using an AGP VGA device SiSAGP VXD will provide service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware providing fast graphical access SiS Onboard Lan Driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP This onboard Lan driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP driver revision SiS AG...

Page 83: ...ges can be monitored It is also possible to set alarms when current system values exceed or fall below pre set values HighPoint Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP The RAID Administrator utility is used to monitor or perform maintenance on a RAID Administrator Mirror RAID 1 Stripe RAID 0 Span or Mirror plus Stripe RAID 0 1 Visual messages are available to warn of possible problems with the disk array...

Page 84: ... the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is connected to the internet through a network or modem connection Make sure to get your modem connection up before clicking this button Internet Explorer is a Microsoft Trademark ...

Page 85: ...0 Path is in SOYO CD lan sis nt40 6 Select one of the following models 7 SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter then click OK 8 In the dialog box that appears select the Media Type and enter the Network address for the adapter if necessary You can click Help for more detailed information about these settings 9 Click OK to complete this dialog box or Cancel to terminate the configuration without complet...

Page 86: ...82 APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372 ...

Page 87: ...on to every controller Does not support ATAPI devices Hot swapping failed hard disk in mirror array Support independent use of hard disk Support hot spare disk Support Operating Systems DOS Windows 3 x Windows98 Me Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows based software for RAID management compatible with BIOS Disk error alarm mechanism Event log for easy trouble shooting Plug and play Gettin...

Page 88: ...r IDE 4 go to the BIOS setup and set the First Boot device to SCSI Create a Disk Array You can create a disk array using 1 HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration 2 Highpoint ATA RAID Management software HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration Enter into BIOS Configuration Utility When the following information is displayed on screen during the system start up press ctrl H key to enter into BIOS configuration...

Page 89: ...el in the popup selection box and press Enter 5 Select 2 Select Disk Drives in the menu and press Enter 6 Select the harddisks to be used for creating the disk array and press Enter to confirm 7 Select 3 Start Creation Process 8 Pay attention to the warning message and press Y to finish creation Note 1 If you have selected Striping RAID 0 for Performance in the popup sub interface after the operat...

Page 90: ...1 Select Source Disk None and press Enter to confirm 3 In the validated channel status select the source disk of the mirror array and then press Enter 4 In the menu select 2 Select Target Disk None and press Enter to confirm 5 In the validated channel status select the target disk of the mirror array and then press Enter 6 In the menu select 3 Start Duplication Process and press Enter to confirm 7...

Page 91: ... spare disk 1 In the menu select 5 Remove Spare Disk and press Enter to confirm 2 The 1 Select Mirror Array None item appears in the menu 3 In the validated channel status select the spare disk to be removed and press Enter to confirm VI Set Disk Mode The following steps shall be taken to set the disk mode 1 Select 6 Set Disk Mode in the menu and press Enter to confirm 2 Select the disk mode to be...

Page 92: ...e Insert SOYO driver utility CD Highlight the driver HighPoint Utility for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP and click ok To manually install the RAID Administrator insert the SOYO driver utility CD then browse to the path d utility disk1 setup exe After the installation is complete restart the computer With the implicit option the setup program will create program group Start Program HighPoint This program gr...

Page 93: ...r the array you want to create If you don t specify an array name the system will assign one automatically Block Size When you want to create a RAID 0 or RAID 0 1 array you need to specify the block size for the array Select the block size by 64K 32K and 16K in the Block Size drop down list box Generally the larger size is the more performance the system gets Creation Option When you want to creat...

Page 94: ...e disks to create the RAID array Click OK to return to the Create RAID window The Brief Help pane is indicated at the bottom of the Create RAID window To create a RAID array follow these steps 1 Select the array type name block size only for RAID 0 or RAID 0 1 array and creation option only for RAID 1 array 2 Select the physical disks from the Available Disk list box to the Selected Disks list box...

Page 95: ...ck the right hand button to add it to the Selected Array list box or double click the array in the Available Array list box The right pane shows the information categories for that array including Name Type and Capacity The Array Structure pane shows the device information in the selected array such as Model Number and Location If you want to unselect the array just click the left hand button to r...

Page 96: ...Cancel to cancel this operation 4 Once the deletion is completed you will get a confirmation screen notifying you that the RAID you specified has been deleted successfully Click Yes to reboot the system when prompted for the changes to take effect Click No to reboot the system later ...

Page 97: ...rray fails the system will rebuild the array using a spare disk automatically HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software provides you the function of managing a spare pool You can add one disk to the spare pool or remove it from the pool one time To add remove a disk to from the spare pool follow these steps 1 Click Configuration Spare Pool Management in the main window the Spare Pool Management windo...

Page 98: ... the spare pool select a disk from the Pool list box and click the left hand button to return it back to the Available Disks list box Or double click a disk in the Pool list box A confirmation screen will pop up inquiring you if you are sure to remove the selected disk from the spare pool Click Yes to continue or No to cancel Once you click a disk in the Available Disks list box or the Pool list b...

Page 99: ...When there is no RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array if you want to add a disk to spare pool the spare disk will not take effect when the array is broken 3 When the capacity of spare disk can t fit all the RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 arrays the spare disk will not take effect when the arrays are broken Duplicating an Array Duplicating will copy data from the source disk to the target disk to ensure data consistency o...

Page 100: ...se steps 1 Click Configuration Duplicate in the main window the Duplicate window appears 2 Select one of the arrays from the Array List box The array information will display on the right pane including Name Type and Capacity 3 Click Start A progress indicator will appear showing duplicating in progress Click Abort to abort the duplication ...

Page 101: ...ware supports event notification function When a specified event occurs the administrator will receive an email in time To set an event notification follow these steps 1 Click on the Management tab in the main window the Management window appears There are two sub tabs in this screen The Event Notification window is the active screen by default ...

Page 102: ...option to send a warning event to the administrator Error Select this option to send a critical event to the administrator You may also select one or more of the three options at one time 4 Set the other layout options as follows SMTP Server You will type the name of your outgoing mail server SMTP This setting is provided to you by your Internet Service Provider ISP Port You will type the server p...

Page 103: ...be displayed Fail to send the mail to the administrator Click OK to return to the Event Notification window to modify the options in it You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event Notification window Refresh When you click on the Refresh tab in the Management window the Refresh window will not appear The system will rescan all devices and jump to the System View win...

Page 104: ...fault And the System View window is the default screen in it The devices that the system auto detected show in this window including the logical devices the physical devices and the controllers The status bar displays information about Chip count Logical device count etc You ll get additional info when moving you mouse over an icon for a while You can perform the following operations in this windo...

Page 105: ...wing items with their corresponding descriptions and the structure information for that array Those items include Array Name Array Type Array Capacity and Status The structure displays the member disks of the array with their Model Number and Location information Click OK to return to the System View window ...

Page 106: ...ons will invoke the Physical Device Information window listing the following items with their relevant descriptions Those items include Model Number Location Capacity Type Status Transfer Mode and Array Name Click OK to return to the System View window 3 Viewing Controller Information ...

Page 107: ...vices are the array members 2 Viewing Relationship between Physical Device and Controller The blue lines represent data channels between the physical devices and the controllers 3 Deleting a RAID array Right click the array icon you want to delete you will activate a drop down menu Choose the Delete item on the menu A warning message box appears prompting you all data will be deleted Click Yes to ...

Page 108: ...he new array name and then click OK Note If the array is broken or disabled or being duplicated it can not be renamed 5 Refreshing System Devices Right click your mouse on the blank place in the System View window will appear the Refresh menu Click the menu to refreshing the system devices You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the System View window ...

Page 109: ... The filter divides them into three types Information Warning and Error Select the Information check box to view common events Select the Warning check box to view warning events Select the Error check box to view critical events Or you may select all the three check boxes to view all events info at one time ...

Page 110: ...or Clear to clear all events logs in the system You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event View window Note You can enable mail notification function when an event occurs See the Setting Event Notification section Viewing Icon Legend Each icon has its unique meaning in HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software You can get its meaning from the Icon View window Click Vi...

Page 111: ...egrity and consistency in arrays Auto detect hot plug disks If a disk is removed when it is running I O operations or when some I O errors occur in this disk users will be informed When the disk doesn t run read write operations users can use the refresh function to scan the system Similarly when you insert a new disk refresh it the software will find the disk ...

Page 112: ...isk If a mirror disk fails the spare disk will auto replace it to be the mirror disk 2 When a disk is added to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and the array resumes normal the auto rebuild function will be started Add disks to broken arrays If a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array is broken and there is an idle physical disk you can add it to the array The system will auto rebuild the array at the same time You c...

Page 113: ...d new hardware the driver can be installed through the following steps 1 Shut down all programs 2 Click Start Setup Control Panel then double click on Add New Hardware icon 3 Click Next in the popup window to continue 4 A dialog box will appear and ask whether to let windows search new hardware Select No I want to select the hardware from a list and then click Next to continue 5 Hardware s of diff...

Page 114: ...lect HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item then click OK 6 Follow the system prompt to install the driver When finished re start the computer Windows 2000 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel Switch to classic View system hardware device manager 2 You will see a RAID Controller under unknown device 3 Double click RAID controller 4 Re install driver 5 Choose search for a suitable driver 6 Insert...

Page 115: ...ectory that contains the missing file D raid hpt372 winxp If you click yes without browsing Win XP will not find the inf file 10 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation and restart the computer Installing Driver During OS Installation Install driver during Windows NT4 0 installation 1 Go to d raid hpt372 directory assuming that your CD ROM is drive d copy all the files and directory to...

Page 116: ...M is drive d copy all the files and directory to a floppy disk 2 If Windows 2000 is installed from the floppy drive please let the installing program run automatically If Windows 2000 is installed from the CD ROM drive please F6 key when the message Press F6 if you need to install third party SCSI or RAID driver appears 3 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window...

Page 117: ...ll driver under Windows XP 5 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue 6 In the follow on window of device type please select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller for Windows XP to continue 7 Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver press S to continue 8 The follow on interface will list the devices to be installed in which HPT370...

Page 118: ...cates that the driver has been installed properly If you cannot find these two above mentioned device items or there are or on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reinstallation Verify Installation on Windows NT 4 0 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel and then double click SCSI ...

Page 119: ... 2000 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon select Property item in the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup Device Manager window it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise please ...

Page 120: ...Windows XP After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Property item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button ...

Page 121: ...e Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise if user cannot find these four device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the devices and reinstall the drivers ...

Page 122: ...l game ports etc What we provide at the side card are line in rear speaker jack microphone jack audio output jack SPDIF OUT jack and 15pin D SUB multiplexed joystick MIDI connector SPECIAL FEATURES 1 Full duplex playback and recording Built in 16 bit CODEC 2 HRTF 3D positional audio supporting both DirectSound 3D A3D interfaces Also supports earphones 2 4 6 channel speakers mode 3 Support Windows ...

Page 123: ...djustable volume Game and MIDI Interface 1 Fully compatible with MPU 401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode Standard IBM PC joystick game port dual channels Windows Applications AUDIO RACK FOR WDM DRIVER By means of a user friendly interface as easy as operating your home stereo system this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC s audio functions including the advantage of 4 6 sp...

Page 124: ...eate your own playlist MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist MP3 Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files If you want to sing a song MP3 Wave Player also provides a Karaoke function MP3 Wave Player canrecord input signals and save it in a wave file as well ...

Page 125: ...s CD title and track name You can modify CD title and track name in Playlist function Total length field displays the total length of the selected track in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Function Playlist You can select or move tracks of audio CD from and into the playlist The title of CD and the name of tracks can be modified as well Playlist dia...

Page 126: ...track will become the current track Next song Loads the next track of playlist If current track is the last track the first track will become the current track Playback Starts to playback the current track Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playba...

Page 127: ...log output is connected to the Analog CD in of your sound card If your CD ROM does not connect to the analog CD input wire please use device manager to change the property of your CD ROM Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the CD player ...

Page 128: ...ield displays the total length of the selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time Button Function Playlist allows you to insert remove and record the MIDI files into and from the playlist You can save the playlist into a file as well Previous song Loads the previous MIDI file of playlist If current file is the first MIDI file the last one will become...

Page 129: ...layback Playback Backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback Forward 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Loop Playbacks the MIDI files of the playlist over and over again Setting Selects the output device you want to use to playback the MIDI files Help Shows the help screen for detailed button function descriptions About Shows software version and cop...

Page 130: ...playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the total length of the currently selected file in minutes and seconds Playback time field displays the current playback time File name and status field displays the file name audio format sound effects selection playback mode Karaoke mode and SPDIF status Button Function Playlist Playlist allows you to i...

Page 131: ...ent selection Playback Starts to playback the current audio file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds after Sound effector You can use this function to modify the special effect of the song being played Currently t...

Page 132: ...128 Setting You can use this dialog to set the playback parameters and the status of SPDIF IN OUT For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D ...

Page 133: ...ormation Exit Stops and leaves the MP3 Wave Player Mixer Volume Control For each output signal the control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two speakers The mute button can temporarily stop the output without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means the output is available and vice versa Several output signals can usually be enabled a...

Page 134: ...lates the Auxiliary input play level MONO IN Regulates the Mono input level LINE IN Regulates the Line In levels Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Recording Control For each input signal a control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two channels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with...

Page 135: ... device such as Mini Disc players amplifiers etc For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D Advanced Speakers Speakers dialog provides an interface allowing you to set your speakers configurations First You should make sure what model type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are And this dialog also shows the current status and functions of the phone jac...

Page 136: ...olume dialog provides a full control over the volume of the six channels digital output You can adjust the volume of your speakers in this dialog Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function ...

Page 137: ... Currently these effectors can only be used for the player or the game which utilizes DirectSound 2D and 3D to playback their music Advanced Options Options dialog provides a hot key setting to control the Mixer in an easy way Please note that other applications might be affected by this if you use the same hot key setting ...

Page 138: ...M Environment Audio eXtention KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo Supports Center Subwoofer side speakers for chip model 039 and the following models To let everyone avail himself herself of the above functions a user friendly interface Multi Channel Audio Demo was designed with the following functions 1 4 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demo2 2 EAXTM Environment Audio eXtention support 3 ...

Page 139: ...5 Speakers and Microphone Connection Before running this demo program you have to connect the speakers to the correct phone jacks CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT ...

Page 140: ...ion If the microphone is on and is very close to the speakers it will cause feedback between the two Also unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers To avoid this you have to adjust the microphone volume in both recording and playback Sometimes you might have to adjust the main and Wave volume as well Please left click the mouse to adjust the microphone MIC in both...

Page 141: ...emonstrations Demo1 and Demo 2 are specially design for 4 speaker system demonstration Select Demo 1 and or Demo 2 by left clicking the mouse Sit back and relax and let the music take control How was it like Isn t it fantastic If you don t have 4 speaker system hurry up and buy yourself one right away ...

Page 142: ...RTF HRTF stands for Head Related Transfer Functions and it is a set of audio filters varying locations of sound effects spatial hearing cues in three dimension measured from the listener s eardrum This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues making our ears hear realistic and three dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headpho...

Page 143: ...the song and ready to sing you see that the effect is not as good as expected Why Echo is the answer To help you solve this problem this demo is designed to include the Echo function Please left click the upper right of the demo screen as shown below and choose your own music file to play Please note the file type has to be MP3 file ...

Page 144: ...ing you to create your own playlist it also provides a control interface of SPDIF IN OUT of C Media s sound card The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily STEP 1 Using optical fiber to connect the sound card and the MD player MD player will start to do the recording and turning on the SYNC mode See above 1 Output A PC to MD player STEP 2 To execute MP3 Wave Player ...

Page 145: ...here is no lapse longer than three seconds between each track the MD player can not recognize the tracks and will record all of them into one It is recommended that you set the lapse time to 3 5 seconds to meet all type of MD player requirements STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well ...

Page 146: ...rding steps are as follows STEP 1 Use optical fiber or coaxial to connect the sound card and SPDIF IN device See also Appendix C 2 Input STEP 2 Execute MP3 Wave Player In Setting dialog select 5 Vp p Optical or 0 5 Vp p Coaxial STEP 3 In Wave Recording dialog you should select the recording format and SPDIF IN recording channel Then input the file name Before recording please turn on your SPDIF IN...

Page 147: ...d to the case The system power up no video no beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 Clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 Check all the jumper settings on the M B if the M B have any 3 Check if the CPU is ok by using another CPU check the Quick start guide for CPU supported on this M B 4 Check if the power supply is ok The minimu...

Page 148: ...ave on your system support the M B specification Example If you have a P4 M B you need to use a P4 power supply 5 If you already checked the power supply specification change the power supply it might be defective The minimum is 250 watts 6 Remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case When I boot up my system everything works fine it sees my CPU and memory ...

Page 149: ...ase check if the system performance in the BIOS setup is set to Turbo Maximum 5 Check website for latest bios update 6 Check website for FAQ s regarding instability issue 7 Change the memory module or CPU 8 The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals If your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them 9 Install SiS AGP driver My...

Page 150: ...w can I flash the BIOS 1 Download the BIOS on our support website 2 Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded i e himem emm386 etc 3 Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette 4 Type awdflash biosname bin sn py 5 Then reboot After flashing the BIOS my system will not boot up 1 Try clearing the CMOS 2 The BIOS chip is defected due to unsuccessful flash contact your...

Page 151: ... get the sound working on my system 1 Check if the speaker wire is connected to the line out connector in the M B 2 Check if the speaker power is powered on 3 Install the audio driver supplied on our driver disc 4 Check BIOS setup if onboard 6CH H W audio is enabled 5 If sound already installed check our website for audio driver update I cannot get the sound working on the 5 1 channel speaker 1 In...

Page 152: ...one do not work What is wrong 1 Please go to sound properties and check if the recorder and microphone in the are enabled 2 Check if Microphone is ok Hard disk FDD CD ROM issue My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot up Change the jumper settings to cable select or single Sometimes the system finds my CD ROM sometimes not 1 Check CD ROM if it is working properly 2 The power supply might...

Page 153: ...4 for keyboard resume function This M B has 4 USB ports but only the 2 at the back panel can be used for USB keyboard resume function I cannot get my USB working help Please check if the system performance setting in the BIOS is set to maxium Turbo if yes then enable the USB by setting the system performance to normal or manually enable the USB port on chip USB controller under Integrated Peripher...

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