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Supported Softwares

Add DMI

1. Use the 

 or 

 arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu.

2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add

by using the 

 or 

 arrow keys, then press <Enter>.

3. The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter

information about the added item.

4. Press <F10> to save information into the flash ROM.

To view information about the added items, go to the Edit DMI menu.

Load DMI File

1. Use the 

 or 

 arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu.

2. The following message will appear.

Press [Enter] to select DMI file for load

Press <Enter>.

3. The DMI files will appear on the screen. Select the file you would

like to load and press <Enter>.

4. The following message will appear.

Do you want to execute? (Y/N)

Type <Y>. All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the

new file will be saved into the flash ROM.

Save DMI File

1. Use the 

 or 

 arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu.

2. The following message will appear.

Press [Enter] to select DMI file for save

Press <Enter>.

3. Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the

DMI file saved.

Содержание AM36-EC

Страница 1: ...AM36 EC AM36 TC Rev D System Board User s Manual 49210136...

Страница 2: ...s to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 Windows 98 Window...

Страница 3: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in...

Страница 4: ...ted version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User...

Страница 5: ...nd Connectors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripheral...

Страница 6: ...re Application 4 5 Graphics Drivers 4 6 Microsoft DirectX 7 0 Driver 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A 1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function App...

Страница 7: ...MHz 1GHz 1 2GHz or future processors AM36 TC AMD AthlonTM DuronTM 200 266MHz FSB processor 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950MHz 1GHz 1 1GHz 1 2GHz or future processors AMD AthlonTM XP processor 1500 160...

Страница 8: ...g modem phone line based networking or 10 100 Ethernet based networking riser board Onboard Graphics Features Integrated Savage4 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 2MB to 32MB of the system memory Optimiz...

Страница 9: ...le DB 9 serial port One DB 15 VGA port One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One game MIDI port Three audio jacks line out line in and mi...

Страница 10: ...m board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option USB allows data exchange between your c...

Страница 11: ...rotection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once it has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the CPU temperature limit defined in the BIOS t...

Страница 12: ...in chapter 3 for more information Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 720mA RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC ins...

Страница 13: ...you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 200...

Страница 14: ...following items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing o...

Страница 15: ...Hardware Installation 15 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation AM36 EC Uses VT8365 and VT82C686B chipset...

Страница 16: ...16 Hardware Installation AM36 TC Uses VT8365A and VT82C686B chipset...

Страница 17: ...intain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board is equipped with two 168 pin DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support VCM or PC S...

Страница 18: ...he module aligned with the keys on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Pin 1 Notch Key Tab Tab 2 2 1 Installi...

Страница 19: ...user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processor s bus clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the RO...

Страница 20: ...m press Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock...

Страница 21: ...On Disable the Onboard Audio Codec Onboard Audio Codec Settings Jumper JP2 The default setting is 1 2 On the onboard audio codec enabled If you are not using the onboard audio codec set pins 2 and 3...

Страница 22: ...s for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus AM36 TC 1 2 1 2 Off 133MHz 266MHz FSB CPU On 100MHz 200MHz FSB CPU default CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP11 This jumper is used to select the front side b...

Страница 23: ...23 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power 2 3 On 5VSB 1 2 On 5V default 3 2 1 3 2 1 Power Select for USB 1 and USB 2 Jumper JP9 This jumper is used to select the power of the USB device conne...

Страница 24: ...24 Hardware Installation 2 7 Ports and Connectors 2 7 1 Serial Ports COM 2 J5 COM 1 Serial Port...

Страница 25: ...m board is equipped with an onboard serial port J3 Teal Turquoise for COM 1 primary serial port located at the ATX double deck ports of the board It is also equipped with a 9 pin connector at location...

Страница 26: ...ports both at location J1 of the ATX double deck ports The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQ12 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards Warning Make sure...

Страница 27: ...idirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed The system board has a standard parallel port J4 Burgundy locate...

Страница 28: ...in 1 of the header You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 1 Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy...

Страница 29: ...nboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable 1 If you are connecting two IDE disk drives install the 40 pin connecto...

Страница 30: ...2 ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used tog...

Страница 31: ...Hardware Installation 31 2 7 6 Universal Serial Bus Ports J28 for USB 3 and USB 4 Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function VCC D2 D2 GND N C Function GND GND D3 D3 VCC Pin 6 7 8 9 10 USB 2 USB 1...

Страница 32: ...d USB ports J2 Black are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board The J28 connector on the system board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which...

Страница 33: ...s of the board If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 15 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VG...

Страница 34: ...your IrDA cable to connector J26 on the system board Set UART2 Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the pro...

Страница 35: ...ity of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect t...

Страница 36: ...is damaged When you boot up the system and the CPU fan did not rotate it may indicate that the fan is damaged Replace it with a new fan 2 The CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system boot up or...

Страница 37: ...the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J25 on the system board The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable...

Страница 38: ...that of a standard PC game adapter or game I O port Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector J9 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board This port works well with...

Страница 39: ...Audio Jacks Onboard Audio Jacks Line out Line in Mic in Additional Line out Mic in JP10 Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Function Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Function Ground AuD_Vcc Avcc AuD_R_Return GND Key...

Страница 40: ...al amplifier speakers Line in Jack Light Blue This jack can be connected to any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the lin...

Страница 41: ...ation 41 2 7 13 Internal Audio Connectors Pin 1 2 3 4 Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel The AUX in and CD in connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tun...

Страница 42: ...Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to loc...

Страница 43: ...odem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J11 on the system board You must also enable Resu...

Страница 44: ...RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM s...

Страница 45: ...s a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Off Non PCI 2 2 spec 1 2 1 2 On...

Страница 46: ...wer connector is shown below Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Function 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground...

Страница 47: ...ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PW...

Страница 48: ...y indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2...

Страница 49: ...t the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Feat...

Страница 50: ...ndary Slave field then press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen The settings on the screen are for reference only...

Страница 51: ...rating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in s...

Страница 52: ...But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other err...

Страница 53: ...disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 95 98 2000 or the operating system may not install nor work CMOS Setup Utility Copyri...

Страница 54: ...ond Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot f...

Страница 55: ...o accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below Typematic Rate Chars...

Страница 56: ...s SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or...

Страница 57: ...ory size memory speed etc When this field is enabled the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Disabled It allows you to configure the 2 fields that follow SDRAM Cycle Length and...

Страница 58: ...RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function leave this field in its default setting Disabled Frame Buffer Size The options are 8M...

Страница 59: ...eripheral make sure to set this field to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function On...

Страница 60: ...the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one X X CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help Menu Level Move F6 Fail Sa...

Страница 61: ...n Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detec...

Страница 62: ...make sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below 1 Connect your IrDA cable to connector J26 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of I...

Страница 63: ...faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Mode Use DMA This field shows that the DMA channel used fo...

Страница 64: ...tions are DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 2 and DMA 3 MPU 401 This field is used to enable or disable MPU 401 MPU 401 I O Address This field is used to select MPU 401 s I O address The options are 330 333H 300 303H 3...

Страница 65: ...ve the cursor to this field and press Enter The Power Management HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields will appear Power Management This field allows you to select the type or degree of pow...

Страница 66: ...2 of full speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode a...

Страница 67: ...Select this if your video board supports it MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 for the modem installed in your system Soft Off by PWRBTN This field allows yo...

Страница 68: ...r returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns Wake Up Events Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will ap...

Страница 69: ...or in chapter 2 for more information Resume By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time...

Страница 70: ...Q For USB No Disabled Auto ESCD Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Enabled Item Help Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit...

Страница 71: ...field and press Enter The IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either Legacy ISA or PCI ISA PnP PCI ISA PnP For devices compliant with the PCI bus architecture Legacy ISA F...

Страница 72: ...previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled the system automa...

Страница 73: ...rning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the VIA Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the VIA Hardware Mo...

Страница 74: ...el in order to enter the main menu of the BIOS If you did not press Del the system will automatically power off after the 5 warning beeps You may either 1 Press Del then enter a new CPU temperature li...

Страница 75: ...Exit Spread Spectrum Modulated Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options...

Страница 76: ...option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optim...

Страница 77: ...n exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and pr...

Страница 78: ...and press Enter The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to...

Страница 79: ...mbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals whic...

Страница 80: ...arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the edite...

Страница 81: ...or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you wou...

Страница 82: ...orking condition Note Use this utility only in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4 0 operating system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive T...

Страница 83: ...talling the VIA Service Pack To install the VIA Service pack please follow the steps below 1 Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Uti...

Страница 84: ...ith the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click VIA VGA Driver 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the s...

Страница 85: ...the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support download1 asp for th...

Страница 86: ...supported drive setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information The settings on the scree...

Страница 87: ...sor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by t...

Страница 88: ...g box Double click the Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When I press the power button on my computer field select Standby 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer...

Страница 89: ...rating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply t...

Страница 90: ...consists of a single long beep B 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Aw...

Страница 91: ...fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard...

Страница 92: ...ed on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your s...

Страница 93: ...ertical sync 2 Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display 3 Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this moni...

Страница 94: ...ble first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period 1 If your...

Страница 95: ...s setting 4 Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make su...

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