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Running the Setup Utility 

Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the 
screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to 

Hit <DEL>if you want to run SETUP

”.  Whenever you see this 

message, press the 

Delete

 key, and the Main menu page of the 

Setup Utility appears on your monitor. 

 

AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 1.21.12  

(C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved  

Standard CMOS Setup 
Advanced Setup 
Power Management Setup  
PCI / Plug and Play Setup 
Load Optimal Settings  
Load Best Performance Settings 

    Features Setup 
  CPU PnP Setup 
 Hardware 

Monitor 

 Change 

Password 

 Exit 

 

   

Esc  :  Quit       

  

  

 

: Select Item   (Shift)F2 : Change Color   F5 : Old Values     

F6  :  Optimal values                     F7 : Best  performance values    F10 : Save&Exit                  

Standards COMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc. 

 

You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on 
the main menu page. Press 

Enter

 to select the highlighted option. 

Press the 

Escape

 key to leave the setup utility. Hold down the 

Shift

 key and press 

F2

 to cycle through the Setup Utility’s optional 

color schemes. 
Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with 
installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one 
item, and press 

PgUp

 and 

PgDn

 keys to cycle through alternative 

values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead 
to dialog boxes requiring your answer Yes or No by hitting the 

Y

 

or 

keys. 

If you have already changed the setup utility, press 

F10

 to save 

those changes and exit the utility. Press 

F5

 to reset the changes to 

the original values. Press 

F6

 to install the setup utility with a set of 

default values. Press 

F7

 to install the setup utility with a set of 

high-performance values. 

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Содержание M950HLU

Страница 1: ...anges from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Intel Pentium Pentium II Pentium III Pentium 4 MMX Celeron and Tualatin are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are register...

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

Страница 3: ...ion 14 Expansion Slots Installation 15 Connecting Optional Devices 16 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility 18 Introduction 18 Running the Setup Utility 19 Standard CMOS Setup Page 20 Advanced Setup Page 21 Power Management Setup Page 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page 25 Load Optimal Settings 26 Load Best Performance Settings 26 Features Setup Page 27 CPU PnP Setup Page 28 Hardware Monitor Page 29 Change Pas...

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Страница 5: ...Specification Revision 2 0 and is compliant with UHCI 1 1 and EHCI 0 95 This mainboard has five 32 bit PCI slots one 8xAGP slot one CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and an onboard 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network interface optional This mainboard has a full set of I O ports including two PS 2 ports for mouse and keyboard one serial port one parallel port and maximum six USB 2 0 ports four bac...

Страница 6: ...oller bus with pipelined burst and concurrent operation Provide a 533MB sec bandwidth Host Client V Link interface with V Link PCI and V Link LPC controllers Support five PCI slots of arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus Memory Support The mainboard accommodates two DDR 184 pin 2 5V DIMM sockets with a total capacity of 2 GB system memory Supports DDR 266 333 MHz memor...

Страница 7: ... In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible Digital I O compatible with consumer mode S PDIF Advanced power management support Expansion Options The mainboard comes with the following expansion options Five 32 bit PCI slots capable of Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 33 66 100 133 MB sec One 8xAGP slot One CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot Onboard I O ...

Страница 8: ...rface Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 Legacy suppor...

Страница 9: ...are specifications and software items are subject to change without notification Package Contents Attention This mainboard serial has two models M950HLU Hyper Threading CPU LAN USB2 0 and M950HU Hyper Threading CPU USB 2 0 Please contact your local supplier for more information about your purchased model Each model will support different specification listed as below Model Specification M950HLU Hy...

Страница 10: ...ts out of their original static proof package until you are ready to install them 2 While installing please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis 3 Carefully hold this mainboard by its edges Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary Put this mainboard on the top of ...

Страница 11: ...this mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JBAT1 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JBAT1 and the setting options 2 Never connect powe...

Страница 12: ... the mainboard via this diagram underneath Note Any jumpers on the mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard shared with JUSBC 8 ...

Страница 13: ... for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 478 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the performance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memo...

Страница 14: ... 333 MHz DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 100MHz 133MHz or 166MHz memory bus DDR SDRAM provides 1 6 GB s or 2 1 GB s data transfer rate depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz DDR SDRAM uses additio...

Страница 15: ...rrectly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 5 Install any remaining DIMM modules Jumper Settings JP4 JP3 JP5 1 1 1 JP2 1 1 JP1 1 JBAT1 JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper This jumper is to clear the contents of CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect that prevents your mainboard from operating To clear the CM...

Страница 16: ...er On function JP4 Flash ROM Size Selector This jumper enables to select size of flash ROM Function Jumper Setting 2M Short Pins 1 2 4M Short Pins 2 3 JP5 Flash ROM Voltage VCC Selector This jumper enables to select voltage of flash ROM Function Jumper Setting 5V Short Pins 1 2 3V Short Pins 2 3 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is an ATX size mainboard...

Страница 17: ... to the SYSTEM_FAN fan power connector on the mainboard The Panel Connector PANEL1 This panel connector provides a set of switch and LED connectors found on ATX case Refer to the table below for information Device Pins Empty 10 N C 9 Power ON OFF 6 8 Reset Switch 5 7 SPD LED Indicator 2 4 HDD LED 1 3 HDD LED Pins 1 3 2 1 Reset Switch Pins 5 7 Power Switch Pins 6 8 SPD LED Pins 2 4 Empty Pin 10 10 ...

Страница 18: ...pports one or two floppy diskette drives You can install a 5 25 inch drive and a 3 5 inch drive with various capacities The floppy diskette drive cable has one type of connector for a 5 25 inch drive and another type of connector for a 3 5 inch drive IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface IDE1 and IDE2 An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled ...

Страница 19: ...ng 8xAGP specification in the AGP slot This slot has one 8xAGP edge connector CNR Communications Networking Riser Slot You can install a CNR the Communications Networking Riser card in the CNR slot PCI Peripheral Components Interconnect Slot You can install the 32 bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots PCI 4 PCI2 AGP1 CNR1 PCI 5 PCI3 PCI1 1 Remove a blanking plate from the system case corr...

Страница 20: ... rear edge I O port array Some computer cases have a special module that mounts USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connectors USB2 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 3 USB_FP_P0 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB_FP_P0 6 USB_FP_P1 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0 JUSBC USB Card Reader Con...

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

Страница 22: ...y configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and ...

Страница 23: ...hanging time date hard disk type etc You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you ...

Страница 24: ...m Year 1901 2099 PU PD Modify Shift F2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date Time Use these items to set up system date and time IDE Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk...

Страница 25: ...2 No L2 Cache Enabled System BIOS Cacheable Enabled DRAM Timing by SPD Disables SDRAM Frequency 100MHz DRAM CAS Latency 2 5 DRAM Bank Interleave Disabled AGP Comp Driving Auto Manual AGP Comp Driving CB AGP Aperture Size 64MB ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up mo...

Страница 26: ... entered a password for the system use this item to determine if the password is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 64MB Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be ins...

Страница 27: ... stronger than normal driving current in order to operate We recommend that you set this item to the default Manual AGP Comp Driving When AGP Driving is set to Manual use this item to set the AGP current driving value AGP Aperture Size This item defines an AGP for the graphics Leave this item at the default value 64MB Auto detect DIMM PCI Clock When this item is enabled BIOS will disable the clock...

Страница 28: ...es Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults ACPI Aware O S This item supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature Power Management Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme If you enable power management you can use the items below to set the power management operation Both APM and ACPI...

Страница 29: ...r to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake Up Key Wake Up Password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those ...

Страница 30: ...is item at the default value Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Note It is highly recommended that users enter this option to loa...

Страница 31: ...oad BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults OnBoard FDC Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial PortA Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 2 serial port and to assign a port address OnBoard IR Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port and to assign a port address Parallel Port Mode Use this item to set the parall...

Страница 32: ...or the USB ports CPU PnP Setup Page This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU The system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved CPU BRAND INTEL CPU Type Pentium 4 CPU Ratio 8 0x CPU Frequency 100 MHz ESC Quit Select Item F1 ...

Страница 33: ...ts F7 Load Setup Defaults CPU System Temperature These items display CPU and system temperature measurement FAN Voltage Measurements These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system voltage measurements Change Password If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears that you can enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers Press...

Страница 34: ... item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 30 ...

Страница 35: ...in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows NT or manua...

Страница 36: ...the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Appli...

Страница 37: ...the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in sequence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete insta...

Страница 38: ... Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path Bundled Software Installation All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the supp...

Страница 39: ...tion which you must set Enabled if you want to test HT CPU function If there is no HT CPU this option is hidden and default Disabled You must re install WINXP to activate the HT CPU function While you are in Windows Task Manager please push down ctrl Alt Del keys A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History Device Manager under WinXP Note Hyper Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating Sy...

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