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Mainboard User’s Manual 

Connectors   

1.7. Connectors 

JP1 

External Mouse / Keyboard : This 6-pin header is 
used for connecting mouse or keyboard. 

JP2 

CPU FAN : This 3-pin header is used for connecting 
a CPU fan. 

JP6

 

System FAN : The 3-pin header is for connecting 
the case fan the system cool. 

JP7 

Other FAN : the 3-pin header is for connecting the 
case fan. 

JP8 

Front Line-OUT Connector 
1-2, 4-5 : Rear side Lineout 
Open : Front side Lineout 

JP9 

Front Mic-IN, Line-IN Connector 

AUX1 

Auxiliary-IN connector : This 4-pin header is an 
auxiliary input connector. 

CD1 

CD-IN connector : This 4-pin header is used for 
connecting the CD ROM audio input to the sound 
card. 

IR 

Infrared (IR) connector : This 5-pin header is used 
connect an IR port for use of IR devices. 

WOL 

Wake On LAN Connector : This 3-pin header is 
used for remote wake up of the computer through a 
network card. 

PW 

ATX power connector : This 20-pin header is 
connect the power supply plug to ATX power 
connector to provide Pentium 4 standard power for 
devices. 

PW1 

ATX 12V power connector : This 4-pin header is 
connect the power supply 12V plug to ATX power 
connector to provide 12V power for devices. 

USB2~3 

Front USB connector : This 10-pin header is used 
connecting front panel USB port 3, 4, 5 or 6. 

Содержание P8F155

Страница 1: ...P8F155 MOTHER BOARD USER S MANUAL Ver 1 1 Jun 16 2004 ...

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Страница 3: ...e this user s manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of the revision or change IN NO EVENT WILL THE VENDOR BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTATION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES I...

Страница 4: ...s an introduction a checklist of the items that ship with this mainboard and a summary of the principal features and components Chapter 3 Hardware Installation This chapter explains how to prepare your mainboard for use and how to make the various connections to other computer components and peripheral items Chapter 4 BIOS Configuration This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility tha...

Страница 5: ...ODUCTION 2 1 Overview 2 2 Mainboard Specifications and Features 2 2 1 Hardware 2 2 2 Software 2 3 Mainboard Layout 2 4 Microprocessor 2 5 CPU Packaging 2 6 AC97 Codec 2 7 Chipset 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3 1 Unpacking 3 2 Installation 3 3 Safety Measures 3 4 Connector Jumper Location 3 5 Attaching Connectors 3 5 1 Front Panel Connectors JP5 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 8 9 11 11 11 12 14 14 15 15 16 17 ...

Страница 6: ...ternal Mouse Keyboard JP1 3 5 14 Front Mic IN Line IN Connector JP9 3 5 15 Front Line OUT Connector JP8 3 6 Installing the CPU 3 6 1 Before You Begin 3 6 2 Installation Procedure 3 6 3 Removing the Processor 3 7 Installing System Memory 3 8 Setting Jumpers 3 8 1 Before You Begin 3 8 2 Installation Procedure 3 9 Auto Power On 4 BIOS CONFIGURATION 4 1 Entering Setup 4 2 Standard CMOS Features 4 3 Ad...

Страница 7: ...oad Optimized Defaults Option 4 12 Set Supervisor User Password 4 13 Save Exit Setup 4 14 Exit Without Saving 5 DRIVER AND UTILITY 5 1 Flash Utility 5 2 CD Driver Overview 5 2 1 Intel Chipset 845 INF Driver 5 2 2 Intel Chipset 845 Busmaster IDE Driver 5 2 3 ALC650 Audio Driver 5 2 4 LAN Driver 5 3 Online Services 54 59 61 63 65 65 65 66 66 67 67 68 69 69 70 70 71 ...

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Страница 9: ... IDE2 Floppy drive connector FDC PCI expansion connector PCI Accelerated Graphics Port Slot AGP Front Panel connectors JP5 USB2 ports connector USB2 3 LAN Modem Wake up Connector WOL AUDIO connectors CD1 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 AUDIO connectors AUX1 Front Mic IN Line IN Connector JP9 Front Line OUT Connector JP8 External Mouse Keyboard JP1 IR connector IR CPU FSB JP3 CMOS Jumper JP4 CP...

Страница 10: ...Mainboard User s Manual I O Port 2 1 2 I O Ports 1 3 Front Panel Connector The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin assignments ...

Страница 11: ...d DIMMs when the DDR DRAM interface is operating at 133 MHz Installing DDR DIMM modules that exceed these specifications requires that the BIOS down shifts the DRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a two wire interface of the system clock generator 184 Pin DIMM DDR SDRAM Memory Configuration Each 184 pin DIMM bank can install from 64MB up to 1GB of PC1600 PC2100 PC2700 compliant 2 5V single or double sid...

Страница 12: ...auxiliary input connector CD1 CD IN connector This 4 pin header is used for connecting the CD ROM audio input to the sound card IR Infrared IR connector This 5 pin header is used connect an IR port for use of IR devices WOL Wake On LAN Connector This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network card PW ATX power connector This 20 pin header is connect the power supply ...

Страница 13: ...rent PCI bus The mainboard accommodates DDR SDRAM Synchronous DRAM memory and supports ATA33 66 100 In addition to superior hardware capabilities provided with this platform are these features Supports Intel Pentium 4 processors in a 478 pin package Supports 400 533 FSB Supports up to 2 GB of PC1600 PC2100 PC2700 DDR SDRAM Bus mastering EIDE driver Supports two USB2 0 ports on board four USB2 0 po...

Страница 14: ...ipset Intel 845G GE PE supports PC1600 PC2100 PC2700 DDR SDRAM and super I O integrated peripheral controller support Ultra ATA100 DRAM Two 184 pin DDR sockets up to 2GB Supports 64 MB to 1GB DDR SDRAM memory types EIDE Controller Supports for IDE devices in two channels Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives Supports two Bus Mastering Ultra DMA ATA 33 6...

Страница 15: ... One IrDA compatible infrared IR connector Mouse PS 2 mouse connector Keyboard PS 2 keyboard connector Expansion Slots One 32 bit PCI slot One AGP Slot Power Management Compliant with EPA APM 1 2 and ACPI ATX soft off power control Power on by keyboard and mouse Power on by external modem ring Power on by alarm Power on by LAN wake up Fan off in sleep mode System Management CPU and system voltage ...

Страница 16: ... APM Plug and Play Multi Boot DMI and EIDE devices Supports ACPI Supports high capacity LS 120 and ZIP removable media drive Driver and Utility IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver AC97 codec audio driver Flash utility for BIOS upgrade System Environment Monitoring Utility Operating System Operates with MS_DOS Windows 3 x 9x ME XP 2000 NT OS 2 Novell NetWare UnixWare and SCO Unix ...

Страница 17: ...Introduction Mainboard Layout 9 2 3 Mainboard Layout Note Because of optional items and design changes your mainboard may not be identical to the one shown in the illustration ...

Страница 18: ... 8 PCI 32 bit PCI Slot 9 AGP Accelerated Graphics Slot 10 JP5 Front Panel Connector 11 USB2 3 Front USB Connector 12 WOL LAN Modem Wake up Connector 13 AUX1 Audio AUX In header 14 CD1 Audio CD In header 15 JP9 Front Mic IN Line IN Audio Connector 16 JP8 Front Line OUT Connector 17 JP1 External Mouse Keyboard 18 IR IrDA compliant Infrared IR connector 19 JP3 CPU FSB Jumper 20 JP4 Clear CMOS 21 JP2 ...

Страница 19: ...Zero Insertion Force socket The socket has 478 pins with 50 mil pin pitch Note ZIF sockets are sockets designed for easy insertion of pin grid array PGA chips The chip is dropped into the socket and a lever is used to secure the chip in place 2 6 AC 97 Codec The ALC650 is an 18 bit full duplex AC 97 2 2 compatible stereo audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia system The ALC650 AC 97 CODEC supports...

Страница 20: ...face and additional interface in an Intel 845G GE PE chipset desktop platform Each GMCH contains an integrated graphics controller IGD The Intel 845G GE PE chipset use the 82801DB ICH4 for the I O Controller Hub Processor Side Bus PSB frequency 82845G GE GMCH supports 533 MHz 82845PE GMCH supports 533 MHz AGP Interface 82845G GE PE GMCH supports AGP The AGP interface signals are multiplexed with t...

Страница 21: ...Introduction Chipset 13 AC97 ALC650 5 1 channels of audio Dual Ultra ATA 100 controllers support faster IDE transfers to storage devices This concludes Chapter 2 Chapter 3 cover hardware installation ...

Страница 22: ...ard disk drive One CD ROM drive One display monitor One mouse One keyboard One LAN Modem One set of loudspeakers 3 1 Unpacking The P8F155 family mainboard package contains the following items One mainboard One IDE 66 100 40 pin ribbon cable One floppy 34 pin ribbon cable Driver and utility CD User s manual After removing the mainboard from its anti static bag place it on a grounded or antistatic s...

Страница 23: ... discharges of static electricity Working on computers that are still connected to a power supply can be extremely dangerous Follow the simple guidelines below to avoid damaging you computer Always disconnect the mainboard from the ATX power supply and disconnect the computer from the power outlet whenever you are working inside the computer case If possible wear a grounded wrist strap when you ar...

Страница 24: ...Mainboard User s Manual Connector Jumper Location 16 3 4 Connector Jumper Location ...

Страница 25: ...is used to reboot the system SBLED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted Standby LED to indicate a standby status The LED remains Lit even when the system is off to indicate that AC power is available When the system enters standby mode the LED starts blinking HLED This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted HDD LED to indicate hard disk activity PWRLED RLED This 5 pin connector ...

Страница 26: ...5 2 Audio CD In Connector CD1 This connector enables you to connect a CD ROM to the mainboard and receive stereo audio input 3 5 3 Audio AUX IN Connectors AUX1 This connector enables you to connect a stereo audio input from CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card ...

Страница 27: ...ng and receiving infrared module via a cable and a bracket Configure BIOS to enable the IrDA port if you attach an infrared module to this connector Refer to Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details 3 5 5 LAN Modem Wake up connectors WOL This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network or modem signal ...

Страница 28: ... USB port 1 and port 2 on the back panel 3 5 7 Floppy Drive Header FDC A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to support two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corresponds with pin 1 of the I O port connector ...

Страница 29: ...ves at the same time one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive Consult the documentation that came withyour IDE drive for details on jumper locations and settings You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable corresponds to pin 1 of the I O port connector ...

Страница 30: ...ack panel I O connectors PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Key board Ports Connect a PS 2 mouse to the green 6 pin mini DIN connector The system will automatically assign IRQ 12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is connected Connect a PS 2 keyboard to the purple 6 pin mini DIN connector If you want to connect a standardAT size large DIN connect or you must use and adapter Parallel Port Connect a printer or other paralle...

Страница 31: ...to the USB ports The USB ports provide a hardware interface for low speed peripherals such as the keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and telephony devices and also support MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 digital video The USB ports have a maximum bandwidth of 480 Mbits sec equivalent to 60 Mbytes sec and up to 127devices can be attached Fast devices can use the full bandwidth while lower speed ones can tra...

Страница 32: ...etails Note Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Audio Line Out Port You can connect various audio devices to this audio jacks Connect headphones or powered speakers to the lime colored lineout connector Audio Line In Port You can connect a tape player or another audio source to the light blue Line in connector to record audio on your computer or to play audio through your computer...

Страница 33: ...Hardware Installation Attaching Connectors 25 Audio Mic In Port You can connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to your computer ...

Страница 34: ...nly one way to plug the lead into to ATX power connector Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and secures the lead onto the connector Warning Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in serious damage to the mainboard and connected peripherals Make sure the power supply is unplugged from the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the power supply ...

Страница 35: ... the mainboard for the cooling fans The connectors support fans of 12VDC 500mAMP six watt or less When the system goes into sleep state fans should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption You can monitor the fan speed by way of the VT82801DB chip providing the fan comes with a tachometer output ...

Страница 36: ...onnect peripheral equipment and motherboard Its transfer speed is faster than traditional ISA PCI is the mainstream transfer interface for extra adoptor 3 5 13 External Mouse Keyboard JP1 The mainboard provides one onboard 6 pin for external mouse or keyboard The headers have the same signal with ps 2 mouse or ps 2 keyboard ...

Страница 37: ...ne in connector to record audio on your computer or to play audio through your computer s sound chip and speaker Connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to your computer 3 5 15 Front Line OUT Connector JP8 Connect the cable attached to line out connector on front panel This header shared same signal with line out back panel ...

Страница 38: ...ling fan attached 2 Place the mainboard on a workbench not in a chassis Be sure that the mainboard is empty that is no DIMMs cables or cards are installed and that the holes for the fan or heat sink support pegs are empty 3 6 2 Installation Procedure 1 On the motherboard identify the CPU Socket 478 and the cooling fan power supply connector CPU FAN 2 Push the CPU socket level slightly to the side ...

Страница 39: ...rocessor in place and latch the lever under the catch on the side of the socket 7 Plug the cable from the heat sink cooling fan assembly into the processor cooling fan power supply CPU FAN 8 Configuration of the processor is carried out using the system setup utility as described in Chapter 4 Configure the processor the first time you turn on the assembled computer 3 6 3 Removing the Processor Fir...

Страница 40: ...DDR SDRAM DIMM memory modules These are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is automatically detected by the BIOS You must use 2 5V DIMMs in the mainboard To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs Install the 184 pin DDR SDRAM modules in any combination as follows Bank 0 DIMM1 64MB 128MB 512MB 1GB Bank 1 DIMM2 64MB 128MB 512MB 1GB Total System Memory 64MB ...

Страница 41: ...33 MHz 3 8 2 Clear CMOS Jumper JP4 You may need to clear the CMOS if your system cannot boot up because you forgot your password the CPU clock setup is incorrect or the CMOS setting need to reset to default values after the system BIOS has been updated Refer to the following solutions to reset your CMOS setting Solution A 1 Power off the system and disconnect the power cable 2 Place a shunt to sho...

Страница 42: ... Turn the system off then on again The CPU will automatically boot up using standard parameters 2 As the system boots enter BIOS and set up the CPU clock Note If you are unable to enter BIOS setup turn the system on and off a few times 3 9 Auto Power On After losing AC power the system will not turn on automatically when the power comes back unless you set the options in BIOS This concludes Chapte...

Страница 43: ...n utility that displays the system s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters These parameters are stored in non volatile battery backed up CMOS RAM that saves this information even when the power is turned off When the system is turned back on the system is configured with the values found in CMOS Using easy to use pull down menus you can configure such items as ...

Страница 44: ...changes to the security setup Normally CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power or the system features need to be changed 4 1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test POST routines These routines perform various diagnostic checks if an error is e...

Страница 45: ...bottom of the screen Key Function Esc Escape key Exits the current menu PU PD Cursor keys Scroll through the items on a menu Plus minus Page Up and Page Down keys Modify the selected field s values F10 F10 key Saves the current configuration and exits setup F1 F1 key Displays a screen that explains all key functions F5 F5 key Loads previously saved values to CMOS F6 F6 key Loads a minimum configur...

Страница 46: ...milar for all three chipsets and is used to configure the following features Date Month Day Year Time Hour Minute and Second Use 24 Hour clock format for PM numbers add 12 to the hour you would enter 4 30 p m As 16 30 IDE Devices Your computer has two IDE channels Primary and Secondary and each channel can be installed with one or two devices Master and Slave Use these items to configure each devi...

Страница 47: ... If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you installed it Select the mode that was used to format it IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave If you leave this item at Auto the system will autom...

Страница 48: ...DE device sub menu and return to the Standard CMOS Features page Drive A and Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system The options are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in None Not Installed The Not Installed option could be used as an option for diskless workstations Video Set this field to the type of graphics card installed in your system If yo...

Страница 49: ...s are All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Base Extended Total Memory These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time These are display only fields You cannot make changes to these fields After you have made your selections in the Standard CMOS Setup screen press ESC to go back to the main screen ...

Страница 50: ... feature Virus Warning When enabled any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear If this happens you can use an anti virus utility on a virus free bootable floppy diskette to reboot and clean your system The default setting is Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache These settings enable the CPU internal L1 and external L2 cache Enabling th...

Страница 51: ...your system this item allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A The default setting is Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek If this item is enabled it checks the geometry of the floppy disk drives at start up time You don t need to enable this item unless you have an old diskette drive with 360K capacity The default setting is Enabled Boot Up...

Страница 52: ...e password feature every time the system boots up The default setting is Setup You can create your password by using the SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility in the main program screen APIC Mode Enables or disables APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller mode APIC provides symmetric multiprocessing SMP for systems allowing support for up to 60 processors MPS Version Control For OS Selects the ...

Страница 53: ... BIOS Features 45 Small Logo EPA Show Enables and disables the EPA logo when booting up The default setting is Disabled After you have made your selections in the BIOS Features Setup screen press ESC to go back to the main screen ...

Страница 54: ...Enables you to set the DRAM timing manually or automatically using SPD Serial Presence Detect SPD is an EEPROM chip on the memory module that stores information about the memory chips it contains including size speed voltage row and column addresses and manufacturer We recommend setting this field to By SPD CAS Latency Time This item enables you to optimize the speed at which data is accessed in a...

Страница 55: ...ed or it will lose its data Normally DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe RAS to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and data lost The default setting is 3 Turbo Mode Enable you to set the system to enter ...

Страница 56: ...t setting is Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal This item allows you to select the delay time to enable the Pentium 4 CPU Thermal feature Enable this feature when using Windows NT 4 0 to prevent the system from hanging The default setting is 16Min and other options are 4Min 8Min or 32Min AGP Aperture Size MB This option determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture where memory mapped grap...

Страница 57: ...a master device and a salve device These four items let you assign which kind of PIO Programmed Input Output is used by IDE devices Choose select a PIO mode from 0 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Each IDE channel supports a master device and a salve device This mainboard supports Ultra DMA technology which provides faster access to IDE devices If you install a device that support Ultra D...

Страница 58: ...PS 2 mouse is being used AC97 Audio Set these items to Auto when you are using the on board AC 97 audio chip If you are using an audio add in card you should disable this item AC97 Modem Set these items to Auto when you are using the on board Modem chip If you are using an add in card you should disable this item Init Display First Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is installe...

Страница 59: ...ight Any KEY KB Power ON Password This field becomes available when you select Password in the POWER ON Function field Select this field and press ENTER You are prompted to input a password Type in your password and press ENTER You are prompted to confirm your password Retype your password and press ENTER Your password is saved The next time you power on your computer you must type in your passwor...

Страница 60: ...munication protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 57 6K bps RxD TxD Active Define the voltage level for Infrared module RxD receive mode and TxD transmit mode This setting has to match the requirements of the infrared module used in the system The options are Hi Lo default Lo Hi Lo Lo Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay When set to Enabled default utilizes the capability of the mainboard to allow faster ...

Страница 61: ...t Mode There are four options SPP Standard Parallel Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port and ECP EPP and Normal Change the mode from SPP default to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral device can support it EPP Mode Select Sets the EPP specification There are two option EPP1 7 default and EPP1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode the p...

Страница 62: ...e automatically resumed by certain events ACPI Function When set to Enabled turns on the ACPI Function The default setting is Disabled Note ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is a power management specification that makes hardware status information available to the operating system ACPI enables a PC to turn its peripherals on and off for improved power management It also allows the P...

Страница 63: ...onger time out If the item is set to User Define you can insert your own timeouts for the power saving modes There are four options User Define allows you to customize all power saving timer features Max Saving recommended setting for general use Min Saving sets power saving at minimum values Video Off Method This setting controls the video off method in power saving mode The setting V H SYNC Blan...

Страница 64: ...ement event is detected Options are from 1 Min to 1 Hour and Disable The default is Disable HDD Power Down The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable Soft Off by PWR BTTN When set to Instant Off default pressing the power button will turn off the system power When set to Delay 4 Sec you have to press the po...

Страница 65: ...eup the system from a power saving mode The default setting is Disabled Resume By Alarm When set to Enabled you may set the date day of the month hour minute and second to turn on your system When set to set 0 zero for the day of the month the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time The default setting is Disabled Date of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm Reload Global Timer ...

Страница 66: ...ke up the system from a power saving mode FDD COM LPT Port When enabled any activity on the floppy disk drive FDD serial ports COM or parallel ports LPT will wake up the system from a power saving mode PCI PIRQ A D When enabled any activity on the PCI card channels will wake up the system from a power saving mode Press ESC to return to the main menu ...

Страница 67: ...ll not properly Selecting PnP PCI Configurations on the main program screen displays this menu Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the Plug and Play feature so the resources assigned to each peripheral have to be recorded to prevent them from conflicting The location to store the assigned resources is called ESCD Extended System Configuration Data which is located in the system flash...

Страница 68: ...h peripheral IRQ Resources The submenu allows you to individually assign an interrupt type for interrupts IRQ3 to IRQ15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some non standard VGA cards This board includes a built in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled After you have made your selections in the PC H...

Страница 69: ...nables you to set the warning temperature for CPU overheating When the CPU temperature exceeds the set temperature the PC speaker will beep The beep sound will not turn off unless you power down the computer and allow your CPU to cool down System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status You cannot make changes to these fields Th...

Страница 70: ...nt SYSFAN1 Speed Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V Shutdown Temperature Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down After you have made your selections in the PC Health Status Setup press Esc to go back to the main program screen ...

Страница 71: ...the multiplier must be set so that Multiplier x Front side Bus Frequency CPU Clock Speed For example if you have a processor that is rated to run at 450 MHz and the system in running a front side bus frequency of 100 MHz you should select a multiplier of 4 5 so that 4 5 Multiplier x 100 MHz front side bus 450 MHz CPU clock Auto Detect PCI Clk When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock s...

Страница 72: ...t the CPU Internal Core Speed to Manual Use the CPU PCI Clock to set the system bus frequency for the installed processor The values for this field range from 100 66 33 MHz to 130 87 43 MHz After you have made your selections in the Frequency Voltage Control Setup press the Esc to return to the previous screen ...

Страница 73: ...ox that lets you install optimized defaults for all appropriate items in the Setup Utility Press Y and then Enter to install the defaults Press N and then Enter to not install the defaults The optimized defaults place demands on the system that may be greater than the performance level of the components such as the CPU and the memory You can cause fatal errors or instability if you install the opt...

Страница 74: ... If you forget your password the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on jumper JP12 to short pin 2 and pin 3 for five seconds then putting the shunt back to pin 1 and pin 2 of JP12 4 13 Save Exit Setup Option Selecting this option and pressing Enter will save the ne w setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the bo...

Страница 75: ...H directory FLASH EXE Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade README TXT Text File of instructions The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software running in the system In order to make sure no memory manager software is running boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette which does not contain CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXE BAT files If you are using MS DOS 6 x you can press the F5 fun...

Страница 76: ...Install Mainboard Software Intel 845 family 2 Install Mainboard Software Intel 845 family Video 3 Install Audio Device Software ALC 4 Install LAN driver RTL8100 5 Install Intel USB2 driver Intel USB2 6 Read Manual F155 7 Introduction Products Feature Click the links to install the listed software read the online manual read a list of the mainboard s features or browse to the Freetech homepage You ...

Страница 77: ...ons on the screen to complete the installation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 2 2 Intel chipset 845 family Busmater IDE driver This folder has chipset Intel 845 family Busmater IDE drivers for Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP The Installation Steps 1 Insert the manufacturer CD ROM into your PC CD ROM drive 2 Click Driver Install 3 Select the folder Driver Intel IAA Disk1 drive...

Страница 78: ... driver for Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP to start the installation 4 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer 5 2 4 LAN Driver Software and drivers are provided for the Realtek RTL8100 controller that is integrated on this mainboard The Realtek RTL8100 controller allows the system to transmit effects Drivers are provid...

Страница 79: ...nufacturer Our customers are our partners Flexus practices partnership service not customer service Our attention to partnership service is aggressive and proactive by using our global partnership service system We create value for our partners in the high end market and we are always ready to see to our partners requirements because at Flexus we believe our partners success is our success If you ...

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