AMD 790GX, SB750 User Manual

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USER'S MANUAL

AMD 790GX & AMD SB750

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M/B For Socket AM2+ Quad Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-HA07-F

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4.0

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Release date: October. 2008

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subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii

COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 790GX MOTHERBOARDS

1-1 FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................................................... 1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD.................................................... 2

1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 7

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 7

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8

2-3-2

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

..................................................... 9

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10

2-5 EXPANSION CARDS........................................................................................................... 11

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 11

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQS FOR EXPANSION CARD....................................................11

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.................... 11

2-5-4 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 12

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS............................................................................................... 12

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 12

2-6-2 HEADERS............................................................................................................... 16

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 19

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 20

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 20

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 21

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 22

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 23

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 25

3-6-1 PCIE CONFIGURATION .................................................................................. 25

3-6-2 IGX CONFIGURATION .................................................................................... 26

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 27

3-7-1 SUPER IO DEVICE.............................................................................................. 27

3-7-2 ONCHIP IDE FUNTION...................................................................................... 28

3-7-3 ONCHIP PCI DEVICE......................................................................................... 29

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 30

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATION......................................................................... 31

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 32

3-11 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 33

3-11-1 CPU FEATURE....................................................................................................... 36

3-11-2 DRAM CONFIGURATION................................................................................. 36

3-12 CPU THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS.................................................................... 37

3-13 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ........................................................................................ 37

3-14 LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS ...................................................................................... 37

3-15 SET PASSWORD SETTINGS .......................................................................................... 37

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/ XP....................................... 39

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK........................................................................... 40

4-2 SOUND INSTALL AL888 HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER .......................................... 40

4-3 LAN INSTALL LAN………………………………………………………………………42

4-4 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY ...............................................42

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2007 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ......................... 43

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 44

4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 44

4-8 AMD PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION............................................... 45

4-9 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 48

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APPENDIX

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USER’S NOTICE

COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCR IBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NF6100-400 / 405 PPC MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (IN C L UDI NG DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

4.0 Forth Edition October. 2008

Item Checklist

AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard

User’s Manual

CD for motherboard utilities

Switch Card

Cable Package

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AMD K10 Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24 hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.

Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket AM2+ processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2+ processors.

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Chapter 1

Introduction of AMD790GX Motherboards 1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD790GX chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD790GX Chipset and the SB750 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ dual core and quad core AMD Phenom™ processors and 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+/AM2 multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors and Sempron Processors. With an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport technology-based system bus up to HT 3.0. AMD790GX Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2+ and Socket AM2 AMD Phenom™ FX, AMD Phenom™ Athlon64 FX ， Athlon64 X2，Athlon64 & Sempron processors.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2+ processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller for Dual channel DDRII400/ DDRII533 /DDRII667 /DDRII800/DDRII 1066 (AM2 Sempron processors only support up to DDRII667 memory) DDRII Module up to 8GB, also provide optional DDRII or DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory . The motherboard is embedded with SB750 chipset of providing ULTRA ATA 133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1, 10,5 functions which support up to one IDE and six Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD790GX motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with RTL8111C PCI-E Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded 8-channel HD Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The AMD790GX Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth architecture in the AMD 790GX chipset are with the flexibility for single or dual card or three cards configurations. The AMD 790GX chipset provide 2 x16@8 line PCI Express slots to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.

AMD790GX Series motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0x16 graphics slots. Two PCI-Express x16@8 deliver up to 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction. When PE4 installed switch card, the PE1 will doubled its bandwidth. Two PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 1024 Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays .The AMD790GX motherboards also carry two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices. This motherboard support Hybrid CrossFireX function, the VGA Card on PE1 or PE4 will activate a Hybrid CrossFire with the onboard VGA Card, the performance will be increased 15% to 75%.

Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 12 of USB2.0 functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

DeBug Port /OC-CON (optional)/ DIY Clear / Power On Button/ Reset Button.

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan /

in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of Motherboard

CPU Thermal Throttling Technology---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology) To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 40 to 90). When the system senses the

CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working. (For detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo Configuration)

CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System ) It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics. CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition, the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and business requirements.

CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- (Shift to Higher Performance) The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

Debug Port --- ( The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System ) Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system situation. (The Post Code please refer to appendix)

Optional OC-CON ---（High-polymer Solid Electrolysis Aluminum Capacitors） The working temperature is from 55 degrees Centigrade below zero to 125 degrees Centigrade, OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while reducing the working temperature between 20 degrees Centigrade each time, intact extension 10 times of effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees Centigrade of working temperatures each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

DIY Clear… The CMOS button is to facilitate the clear CMOS process for power user overclocking function. The user can easily clear or restore CMOS setting by pressing the button without tacking trouble to remove the case and locate the jumper for clear CMOS .

Power On Button… You can easily start the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the Power on jumper.

Reset Button..: You can easily restart the computer by pressing down this button for a few seconds, without troubling yourself to locate the front panel jumpers to find the reset jumper.

1-2 Specification

Spec Description

ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5cm*24.5cm

Design Chipset

CPU Socket AM2+

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and Serial ATA2 RAID

Gigabit LAN

8 CH-Audio

BIOS

Multi I/O

AMD790GX North Bridge Chipset

AMD SB750 South Bridge Chipset

Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin

Grid Array package processor Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core Athlon 64x2

processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Processors with HTT Frequency 1GHz and the latest AMD Phenom™ FX, quad core AMD Phenom™ processors with HTT 3.0. 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4

Support 4pcs DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800/DDRII1066

Modules Expandable to 8GB Dual channel supported

DDRII 128Mb GPU Memory(for HA07 &HA07-GT)

DDRIII 128Mb GPU Memory(for HA07ULTRA)

2pcs PCI-Express x16 by 8 lane

2pcs PCI-Express x1 slot

32-bit PCI slot x 2pcs

One IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and the

ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s for 2 IDE Devices and for 4 Serial ATA2 ports providing 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 10,5 functions Integrated RTL8111C PCI-E 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.

Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10Mb/100Mb/1000

Mb/s data transfer rate Realtek ALC888 Azalia 8-channel Audio Codec integrated

Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

Audio driver and utility included

Award 8MB Flash ROM BIOS

PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

HDMI Connector / DVI Connector / VGA Connector

USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4

ESATA Connector x1(optional)

RJ-45 Connector x1

Audio connector x1 (8CH Audio)

Floppy disk drive connector x1 /Hard Disk Drive Connector x1

Serial port header x1

HDMI-SPDIF header x1

IR header x1

1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

Performance Test Report

CPU: Athlon 5000+ DRAM: VGA Card: Hard Disk Driver:

SamSun 667MHz 1*2

onboard

Seagate160GB SATA

BIOS: T01

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

AMD 790GX

3D Mark 2001SE 3D Mark 2003 3D Mark 2005 AQUAMRK3 PCMark2004 System / CPU / Memory Graph / HDD Content Creation Winstone 2004 Business Winstone 2004 Winbench 99 V2.0: Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

SYSMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SYSMark 2004 3D Creation/2D Creation

Web publication

Communication/Document Creation DATA Analysis SISOFT Sandra 2007 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU

Multi-Media Benchmar

1. Dhrystone ALU MIPS Whetstone FPU iSSE3 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

DOOM 3 FPS Super Pi (1M) Second CPUZ System / CPU Clock

ver:1140

158.51/84.602921

10814

3589 2797

4146

4283/5232/3281

2029/4977

37.4

28.3

20070023

N/A

332/194

297/399

309

167/233

188

18856 15937

6738/6691

48962/53968

334.4/332.8

N/A

36.2611 26GHz

(J1)

1-4 Layout Diagram

Rear I / O for AMD790GX based Motherboard

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

KBMB/USB Power On(JP1)

HDMI Connector

DVI Connector

HDMI

ATX 12V Power Connector

VGA Connector

SYSFAN2 Connecto

Optional

ESATA

USB

CPUFAN

RJ-45 LAN

USB

Line-IN

RS-OUT

Line-OUT

CS-OUT

SS-OUT

MIC-IN

DDR2 Socket x 4

VGA and DVI Connector

E-SATA Ove

USB Connector

(CN1)

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

(UL1)

Audio Connector

Optional

4-pin PWR Connector

(HA07/HA07 Ultra)

RTL8111C

Gigabit LAN

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

by 8-lane

PCI Express x1

HDMI-SPDIF

Realtek ALC888

Audio Decode

PCI Slot

Audio

Optional

E-SATA1

DDR3 128Mb GPU Memory

for HA07ULTRA d

AMD 790GX Chipset

CDIN

IR Connector

COM Connector

CPU Socket AM2+

Clear CMOS （JBAT）

USB Port

(USB1, 2,3,4)

DDR2 128Mb GPU Memory for

HA07/HA07-GT

AMD SB750 Chipset

8MBit Flash ROM BIOS

CMOS1

SYSFAN1 Connecto

ATX Power Conn.

ATA 133 IDE Conn.

(IDE1)

Floppy Connector

Reset

Power

CHA FAN

Serial-ATAII Connectors

SATA1, 2,3,4,5,6

Speaker

Power Led

Front Panel Connector

Jumpers

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.7 JBAT Clear CMOS Header 3-pin Block P.7

Jumper Name Description Page

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13 ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13 KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.13 CN1 for USB USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.13 J3 (optional) Power Connector 4-Pin Block P.13 UL1 for RJ45LAN Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.13 J1 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.14 FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.14 IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.14

SATA1~SATA6, E-SATA1(optional) CN1 for ESATA(optional) VGA1 Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 15-pin Connector P.15

DVI Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 29-pin Connector P.15 HDMI Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 19-pin Connector P.15

Serial ATAII IDE Connectors 7-pin Connector P.14

External Serial ATAII Connector 7-pin Connector P.15

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO1 Front Panel SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16 USB1, USB2,USB3,USB4 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16 SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16 PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16

JW_FP1 (Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1/2, CHAFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17 CPUFAN FAN Header 4-pin Block P.17 CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.17 IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.17 COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.18 HDMI-SPDIF SPDIF Out header 2-pin Block P.18

Front Panel Header (including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /

Power On Button lead)

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2+ CPU Socket 940-pin PGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket P.9 DIMM1~4 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket P.10 PCI1∼ PCI2

PE2,PE3 PCI-Express x1Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot P.12

PE1,PE4 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot P.12

PCI Slots 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.12

9-pin Block P.16

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE and Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) Keyboard/USB function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

JP1

1-2 Closed KB/US B Power ON Disable (Default)

JP1

2-3 Closed KB/USB Power ON Enabled

Keyboard/Mouse & USB Pow er O n Setting

(2) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2 pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

2-3 Install CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.

Processor socket - the socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard. Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM. PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound

cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz. PCI Express2.0- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express2.0, developed in 2003, the speed of each line doubled from the previous PCI-E of 2.5 Gbps to 5 Gbps.

Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems. Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers. PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards. USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,

scanners, and some digital cameras. Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network. BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and

establish the relationship between the various components. Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other software. Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2+ CPU

This motherboard provides a socket AM2+ surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket, referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD AM2+ processor in the 940 Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.

The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on your system.

WARNING!

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2+

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force required to insert of the CPU, and then press the level to locate position slightly without any extra force.

2-4 Install Memory

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES (DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of 128MB to maximum memory volume of 8GB DDRII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Bank 6, 7 (DIMM3) DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066 X1

Total System Memory (Max 8GB) 4

Dual channel Limited!

1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &

DIMM2or DIMM3 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

2. DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3& DIMM4 must be the same type, same size, same frequency

for dual channel function.

128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼2GB 128MB∼8GB

Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure

below to see how to install a 240-Pin DDRII533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800/DDR2 1066SDRAM module.

IMM3 & DIMM4: Dual Channel 2

DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)

DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3)

DIMM1 & DIMM2: Dual Channel 1

DIMM3 (BANK4+BANK5)

DIMM4 (BANK6+BANK7)

Graph 2-4

NOTE!

When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on both sides.

WARNING!

For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 400MHz, use only DDR2 800- compliant DDR2 Modules. When this motherboard operate at 400Mhz, most system will not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not DDR2 800-compliant, set the SDRAM clock to 200MHz to ensure system stability.

2-5 Expansion Cards

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or

software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.

3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use.

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 N/A System Timer 1 N/A Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2) 4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1) 5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2) 6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller 7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1) 8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 N/A Numeric Data Processor 14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel 15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:

INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H Slot 1 √ Slot 2 √

Onboard USB 3 HD Audio/MC97 √

NOTE!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Shared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.

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2-5-4 PCI Express Slot

Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. Two x1 PCI Express Slot offer 1024Mbyte/sec concurrently over 7 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision2.0, support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device. This motherboard support Hybrid CrossFireX function.

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 Slot@8-lane

2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR1

ATX Power Supply connector: This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually

comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows using soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on, the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system board.

** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply

unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin power plugs.

** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin

power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

20-Pin

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

24-Pin

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3V 3.3V 2 3.3V -12V 3 GND GND 4 5V Soft Power On 5 GND GND 6 5V GND 7 GND GND 8 Power OK -5V 9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5 V 10 +12V +5V 11 +12V +5V 12 +3V GND

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2+ processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption. Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system.

Pin 1

(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.

(4) USB Port connector: CN1/ UL1 for USB

The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board.

(5) LAN Port connector: UL1 for RJ45 LAN

The connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network. It supports 10M/100Mb/1000Mb s data transfer rate

(6) J3 Power Connector: Large 4-Pin Power Connector (Optional)

The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system

VGA Connecto

(7) Audio Line-In,

Lin

-Out, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out，SS-Out connector :

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, RS-Out, CS-Out SS-Out audio connections.

Line-in : (BLUE) Line-out : (GREEN) MIC : (PINK) RS-OUT : (BLACK) CS-OUT : (ORANGE) SS-OUT: (GRAY)

Audio input to sound chip Audio output to speaker Microphone Connector

Rear-Surround audio output

Center/ Subwoofer audio output

Side-Surround audio output

PS/2 Mouse

DVI Connector

PS/2 Keyboard

HDMI

USB

(8) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.

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Line-IN

RS-Out

Line-OU

CS-Out

SS-Out

MIC-IN

FDD

Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

(9) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1

This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the

single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by

setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings.

Primary IDE Connector

IDE1

Pin 1

• Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the

“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.

• For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this channel may drop.

(10) Serial-ATAII Port connector:

SATA1~SATA6; E-SATA1

(optional)

This connector supports the provided Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard with serial ATAII hard disk. E-SATA1 is not for SATA harddrive ,it is only for connecting to SATAII 1, SATA II 2, SATA3,SATA4,SATA5,SATA6 to let the ESATA port work.

E-SATA1

SATA5

SATA3

SATA6

SATA4

(11) ESATA Port:

CN1 for ESATA

(optional)

This connector supports the External Serial ATA2 (ESATA) enable the full SATA interface speed outside the chassis, up to 3Gb/s. The ESATA port can be enabled only when the E-SATA 1 is connected to one of SATA 1~SATA6.

(12)

D-Sub 15-pin Connector: VGA1

VGA is the 15-pin D-Subminiature female connector; it is for the display devices, such as the CRT monitor, LCD monitor and so on.

(13) Digital Visual Interface: DVI

This interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors.

(14) High-Definition Multimedia Interface: HDMI

This point-to-point interface is for audio and video signals designed as a single-cable solution for home theater and consumer electronics equipment.

2-6-2 Headers

(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO

These headers connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.

AUDIO

Pin 1

Audio-GND

Audio-JD

MIC2-L

MIC2-R

KEY

MIC2-JD

Sense-FB

Lineout2-L

Lineout2-R

LINE2-JD

Line-Out, MIC Head ers

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2/USB3/USB4

These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the back panel.

USB1

VCC

-DATA

+DATA

Pin 1

VCC

-DATA

+DATA

GND

USB2

VCC

Pin 1

VCC

USB3

GND

-DATA

+DATA

GND

-DAT

+DATA

VCC

Pin 1

VCC

USB Port Headers

USB4

GND

-DATA

+DATA

GND

-DATA

+DATA

VCC

Pin 1

VCC

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3)Speaker connector: SPEAK

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below.

(4) Power LED: PWR LED

The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin.

(5) IDE Activity LED: HD LED

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.

(6) Reset switch lead: RESET

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system’s power supply. See the figure below.

(7) Power switch: PWR BTN

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the system.

-DATA

-DAT

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

PWRBTN

PWR LED

PWRLED

Pin 1

SPEAK

SPKR

System Case Connections

JW FP

Pin 1

GND

VCC5

HDLED

PWRLED

HDDLE

PWRBTN

GND

RSTSW

RESET

(8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2, CHAFAN (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin)

These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive, while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of connector.

CPUFAN IN

GND

CPUFAN OUT

+12V

CPUFAN

SYSFAN2

SYSFAN1

FAN Power Headers

CHAFAN

(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin): CDIN1

CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM CD-Audio output connector.

CDIN1

4 1

CD Audio-In Headers

(10) IR infrared module Headers (5-pin): IR

This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function.

5 6

Pin 1

IRRX

GND

IRTX

VCC5

IR infrared module Headers

(11)

Serial COM Port header:

COM1

COM 1 is t he 9- pin block pin -hea der. The O n-bo ard s eria l por t can be disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SET U P” se ctio n for more detail inform ation

Pin1

Serial COM Port 9-pin Block

(12) HDMI-SPDIF Out header: SPDIF Out

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when your stereo system has digital input function. Some of the VGA Card need connect SPDIF-IN Connector，so its

HDMI Port can make sounds .

SPDIF

HDMI_SPDIF_OUT GND

2-7 Starting Up Your Computer

1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover.

2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to

proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your country’s voltage used.

3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system

case according to your system user’s manual.

4. Turn on your peripheral as following order: a. Your monitor. b. Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…) c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power supply

and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.

5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will then run power-on test. While the test is running, the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen.

If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The system may have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance.

Beep Meaning

One short beep when displaying logo No error during POST Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM install or detected One long beep followed by three short

beeps High frequency beeps when system is

working

Video card not found or video card memory bad

CPU overheated System running at a lower frequency

6. During power-on, press <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in BIOS SETUP.

Power off your computer:

You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X, click

“Start”

button, click

“Shut down”

and then click

“Shut down the computer?”

The power supply should turn off after windows shut down.

Chapter 3

Introducing BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an aut o - d ia gnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are completed done it gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability, and in ensuring that your system performance as its best.

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here:

• Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.

• Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to

confirm or to modify.

• Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these

parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

• Press Page Up/Page Down or +/– keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for

the active option.

3-1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup. If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to

Press <F1> to continue, or <Del> to enter Setup

3-2 Getting Help

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup M enu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>.

3-3 The Main Menu

Once you enter Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

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Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup Miscellaneous Control PC Health Status

Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Thermal Throttling Option

Power User Overclock Settings

Password Settings

Load Optimized Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving

↑↓→←

: Select Item

Figure 3-1

Standard CMOS Features

Use this Menu for basic system configurations.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s performance.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

Miscellaneous Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for

Miscellaneous Control

PC Health Status

This entry shows your PC health status.

Power User Overclock Settings

Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand

CPU Thermal Throttling Setting

The selection is set for activating the active CPU Thermal Protection by flexible CPU loading adjustment in the arrange of temperature you define.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for opt i m a l p e r f o r m a n c e s s y s t em operations for performance use.

Password Settings

This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

3-4 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

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Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm.dd.yy) Mon* Jan1 * 2008

Time (hh:mm:ss) 22 : 46 : 33

> IDE Channel 0 Master NONE > IDE Channel 0 Slave NONE

Drive A 1.44M,3.5in Halt On All Errors

Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 39219K Total Memory 393216K

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Date

The date format is <day><month><date><year>.

Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.

Day Month Date Year

The month from Jan. through Dec.

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.

The year depends on the year of the BIOS.

Time

The time format is <hour><minute><second>.

Item Help

Menu Level >

Change the day, month, year and century

IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4

Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If the type of hard disk drives is not matched or listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually. If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”. If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”

Access Mode Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector

number of sectors

The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA.

number of cylinders

number of heads write precomp

landing zone

3-5 Advanced BIOS Feature

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Advanced BIOS Features

Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Quick Power on self Test Enabled

First Boot Device Hard Disk Second Boot Device CDROM Third Boot Device Floppy Boot other Device Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disable Boot Up NumLock Status On Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 Typematic Delay (Msec) 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control For OS 1.4 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Item Help

Menu Level >

Hard Disk Boot Priority

The selection is for you to choose the hard disk drives priorities to boot from.

Virus Warning

The selection Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning 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.

Disabled

(default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Enabled

Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of hard disk partition table.

CPU Internal Cache

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Disabled

(default) Enable cache

Disable cache

Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.

External Cache

Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the Level 2 cache memory.

Quick Power On Self-Test

This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

Enabled Disabled

(default) Enable quick POST

Normal POST

First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The settings are Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0/HDD-1/HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAD and Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Normal

(default) The A20 signal is controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method.

Fast

The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware.

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The settings are: Enabled/Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down. The settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before beginning to repeat the keystroke. The settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000.

Security Option

This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.

System

The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Setup

(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct

password is not entered prompt.

HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

This option allow you to enable the HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) . You can choose from Enabled and Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS 1.4

This option is only valid for multiprocessor motherboards as it specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) that the motherboard will use.

Full Screen Logo (EPA) Show

The selection is for you to choose the EPA small logo to show or not.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

Allows OS2® to be used with >64MB or DRAM. Settings are Non-OS/2 (default) and OS2. Set to OS/2 if using more than 64MB and running OS/2®.

3-6 Advanced Chipset Features

The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.

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Advanced Chipset Features

HT Link Control press enter

PCIE Configuration press enter IGX Configuration press enter HDMI Audio Disabled NB Power Management Auto Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

Item Help

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

3-6-1 PCIE Configuration

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PCIE Configuration

Primary dual slot config Auto

GFX Port 1 Press Enter

GFX Port 2 Press Enter

GPP1 Press Enter

GPP2 Press Enter

GPP3 Press Enter

NB-SB Port Features Press Enter

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

Item Help

Primary Dul Slot Config

Selecting Auto allows PCI-E x16by8lane socket can make Hybrid CrossFire with the onboard VGA Card.

3-6-2 IGX Configuration

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IGX Configuration

Iternal Graphics Mode UMA+Side port

UMA frame Buffer Size Auto

Frame Buffer Location Above 4G

IGX Engine Clock OVERRIDE Enabled

IGX Engine Clock 700

Surround View Auto

IGX Clock Speek 400MHz

UMA-SP Inter leave Mode Auto

Size 4MB

Ratio (SP:UMA) 1:1

SP Power Management Auto

SB NB Termination Disabled

SP ODT Disabled

SP CMD Hold Auto

SP DATA Hold Auto

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

Item Help

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IGX Configuration

Iternal Graphics Mode UMA+Side port

UMA frame Buffer Size Auto

Frame Buffer Location Above 4G

IGX Engine Clock OVERRIDE Enabled

IGX Engine Clock 700

Surround View Auto

IGX Clock Speek 400MHz

UMA-SP Inter leave Mode Auto

Size 4MB

Ratio (SP:UMA) 1:1

SP Power Management Auto

SB NB Termination Disabled

SP ODT Disabled

SP CMD Hold Auto

SP DATA Hold Auto

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Item Help

IZE

4MB [ ] 8MB [ ] 16MB [ ] …………….. 128MB [ ]

IGX Engine Clock OVERRIDE

The setting are Disabled and Enabled. If setted by Enabled, the minimum of the IGX Engine Clock is 150,the maximum is 1023.

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

CMIX-SB750 Revision 2.5.0

Superio Function Setup Press Enter

South onchip PCI Device Press Enter

South Onchip IDE Device Press Enter

South Onchip SATA Device Press Enter

Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

3-7-1 Super IO Device

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Super IO Function Setup

Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 UART Mode Select IrDA * Irda Duplex Mode Half

PWROM After PWR-Fail [OFF]

Menu Level >

Menu Level >>

Item Help

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and the second serial ports. The settings are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which InfraRed(IR) function of the onboard I/O chip, this functions uses.

IrDA Duplex Mode

This field is available when UART Mode is set to either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you to determine the infrared function of the onboard infrared chip. The options are Full and Half (default). Full-duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously. Half-duplex is the transmission of data in both directions , but only one direction at a time.

Onboard Parallel Port

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that Provides Standard, ECP, and EPP features. It has the following option:

Disabled (3BCH/IRQ7)/ (278H/IRQ5)/

Line Printer port 0 Line Printer port 2

(378H/IRQ7)

Line Printer port 1

Parallel Port Mode

SPP : Standard Parallel Port EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port ECP : Extended Capability Port

SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP

To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing “ECP+EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously. The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear: “ECP Mode Use DMA” at this time, the user can choose between DMA channels 3 to 1. The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.” At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen.

Poweron After Power Failure

This determines the manner when the power recovery after power failure. The setting are: Off, On.

3-7-2 Onchip IDE Function

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OnChip IDE Function

IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE DMA Transfer Enabled Onchip IDE Channel IO Enabled

Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >>

IDE DMA transfer access

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for one IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Primary Master/Slave PIO

The two IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-2) for each of the two IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 2 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode

Primary Master/Slave UDMA

Item Help

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

Onchip SATA Controller

This item allows you to control Serial ATA controller.

3-7-3 Onchip PCI Device

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OnChip PCI Device

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Onboard PCIE Lan BootRom Disabled

Onchip USB Controller Enabled USB EHCI Controller Enabled

PCIE LAN Device Enabled

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USB keyboard Support Enabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Enable

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Onboard LAN device (Enabled)

This option allows you to control the onboard LAN device.

HD Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support HD Audio. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

Onchip USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB peripherals. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Device Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB device. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

3-8 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S3(STR) C2 Disabled /Enabled Disabled Power Management Option User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Video Off Option suspend - off Video off Method V/H SyNC + BlANK Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft-OFF by PWRBTN Instant off Power on by PCI Card Disabled ACPI XSDTTable Enabled Power On by keyboard Disabled Power on by mouse Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled

Date of month 0

Resume Time <hh:mm:ss> 0

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

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ACPI Function

This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The settings are Enabled and Disabled.

HDD Power Down (Disabled

)

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.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

Initial display power management signaling.

DPMS (default) Blank Screen V/H SYNC+Blank

horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and

.MODEM Use IRQ

If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a power-saving mode, use this item to specify the interrupt request line (IRQ) that is used by the modem. You might have to connect the fax/modem to the motherboard Wake On Modem connector for this feature to work.

Soft-Off by PWRBTN

Under ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface) you can create a software power down. In a software power down, the system can be resumed by Wake up Alarms. This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power Button on your system. If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes a software power down. If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec, then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power down.

RTC Alarm Resume

When set to Enabled, additional fields become available and you can set the date (day of the

month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time .

Date (of month)

You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every day.

Time (hh:mm:ss)

You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.

Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the

operating system, before this function will work.

3-9 Miscellaneous Configuration

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Miscellaneous Control

Init Display First PCIEx Reset Configuration Date Disabled Resource Controlled by Auto [ESCD] * IRQ Resource Press Enter PCI /VGA Palette SNOOP Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled Assign IRQ for USB Enabled PCI Latency Timer (CLK) [64]

* PCI Express Relative Items

Maximum Payload Size 4096

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

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Item Help

Reset Configuration Data

If you enable this item and restart the system, any Plug and Play configuration data stored in the BIOS Setup is cleared from memory.

Init Display First

Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is installed in one of the PCI E slots or is integrated on the motherboard. If a PCI E graphics card is installed, the onboard VGA will be disabled.

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.

Assign IRQ For USB

Names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the USB on your system. Activity ofthe selected IRQ always awakens the system.

3-10 PC Health Status

This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, and Warning for overall system status. This is only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.

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PC Health Status

Show PC Health in Post Enabled Shutdown Temperature Disabled smart FAN Configuration Press Enter Vcc3.3 3.36V

Vcore 1.35V NBVCC 1.12V +5V 4.85V +12V 12.05V

5VSB 12.05V VDIMM 5.07V CPU Temperature 34°C SYS Temperature 32°C CPUFAN Speed 2550 RPM SYS FAN1 Speed 0 RPM SYS FAN2 Speed 0 RPM

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

Item Help

Show PC Health in Post

During Enabled, it displays information list below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled

Shutdown Temperature

This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature, when CPU temperature over this setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU.

PS CPU Smart FAN Configurations

CPU Full-Speed Temp This item allows you setting the FAN works in full speed when the temperature over the value which out set. If the temperature below the value but over the Idle Temperature, the FAN will works over 60% of full speed, and the higher temperature will gain higher FAN speed, after over the temperature which this item setting, the FAN works in full speed. CPU Idle Temp

This item allows you setting the FAN works in 60% of full speed, when the temperature lower than the temperature which you setting.

Current CPU Temperature/Current System Temp/Current FAN1, FAN2 Speed/Vcore/ Vdd/3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB(V)

This will show the CPU/FAN/System voltage chart and FAN Speed.

3-11 Power User Overclock Setting

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CPU Feature Press Enter

CPU Clock At Next BOOT 200 PCIE Reference Clock [100] SB Refence Clock 【100】 Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto AOD Compatibility Disabled CPU Voltage At Next Boot Default CPU Vorce 7-Shift Normal VDIMM Select 1.95V NB Voltage Setting 1.15v NB-VDDHT Setting 1.26v Memory clock Mode Auto DRAM Clock at Next Boot DDR533 DRAM Configuration Press Enter HT Link Frequency Auto Embedded Memtest Test Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

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CPU Feature Press Enter CPU Clock At Next BOOT 200 PCIE Reference Clock [100] SB Refence Clock 【100】 Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU RATIO at Next BOOT Auto AOD Compatibility Disabled CPU Voltage At Next Boot Default CPU Vorce 7-Shift Normal VDIMM Select 1.95V NB Voltage Setting 1.15v NB-VDDHT Setting 1.26v Memory clock Mode Auto DRAM Clock at Next Boot DDR533 DRAM Configuration Press Enter HT Link Frequency Auto Embedded Memtest Test Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

PU Voltage at Next Boot

Default [ ]

1.550v [ ]

1.525v [ ]

1.500v [ ] ………

0.800v [ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Item Help

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Embedded Memtest Test Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

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PU Vcore 7-s

Normal [ ] +5% [ ] +10% [ ] ……… +35% [ ]

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Embedded Memtest Test Disabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

CPU Vcore

Item Help

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PU Vcore 7-s

Normal [ ] +5% [ ] +10% [ ] ……… +35% [ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

This item allows you select the CPU Vcore Voltage xx% more than the standard value, by this function for the precise over-clocking for extra demanding of performance.

NB Voltage

This item allows you to select value of Voltage for North Bridge Chipset.

IH Flow-Control Mode:

Isochronous (ISOC) Flow Control Mode enable will make the HT Link communication have the complex ordering rules for Isochronous source to make sure it can get service from the system with deterministic worst-case latency. However, the latency time cost of ISOC flow control mode is an important consideration. Normal flow control mode will be a simpler solution for most system.

HT Link Tristate:

Disabled mode will make the link transmitter is driven but in and under fined state during the disconnect sequence. And the PHY (transmitter) is placed in LS0. LS0 state keeps all lanes active to maintain DLL and phase recovery lock. Enabled mode will make the link transmitter is placed into high impedance states during the disconnect sequence. And the PHY (transmitter) is placed in LS1, LS2 or LS3. LS1, LS2 and LS3 are each states that shut down parts of the PHY to save power. LS1 state: CLK running, CAD/CTL sending TxIdle. LS2 state: CLK/CAD/CTL sending TxIdle. LS3 state: CLK/CAD/CTL sending either HiZ or TxGndTrm.

UnitID Clumping:

Originally, a single UnitID only allow 32 outstanding nonposted transactions within the chain. If a device uses more than one UnitID to achieve greater concurrency, the transactions in different UnitIDs are not required to be ordered together. But if UnitID clumping enable on a chain, after/during UnitID assignment, software will check each node for the presence of a Clumping capability block, indicating full clumping support. Software will OR together the result of all the reads to create a combined Clumping “Mask”. If all the nodes on the chain have indicated Full support, the Clumping Support register of the host can also be read and Ored into the Clumping Mask. The Mask will then be written into the Clumping Enable register of all nodes on the chain.

AOD Compatibility:

Choose Enabled means only AMD over drive can adjust voltage Choose Disabled means only BIOS can adjust voltage

Note!

The warning logo as follows shall appear . If you set certain parameters in three

cases of Power User Overclock Settings item and press F10 to save the parameters.

Setting the voltage at CPU directly over 1.500v in the CPU Voltage at Next

Boot Item .

Indirectly setting the voltage of CPU over 1.500v by adding certain

percentage of voltage over the previous voltage set in the CPU Voltage at Next Boot Item.

When the voltage of Memory is set over 2.4v.

3-11-1 CPU Feature

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CPU Feature

Virtualization Enabled

AMD K8 Cool & Quiet control Disabled

TLB Check Enabled

Advanced clock calibration Disabled

Value (ALL Cores) 2%

Value (Cores 0) 2%

Value (Cores 1) 2%

Value (Cores 2) 2%

Value (Cores 3) 2%

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Menu Level >

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3-11-2 DRAM Configuration

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DRAM Configuration

DRAM Latency(tcl) Auto (Trcd)RAS to CAS R/W Delay 6 Clocks (Trp) Row precharge Time 6 Clocks (Tras)Minimum RAS Active Time 18 bus clocks DRAM Command Rate 2T CKE base Power dowe mode Enabled CKE BASED Powerdown per channel Memclock tri-slating Disabled Memory Hole Remapping Enabled Auto optimize Bottom IO Enabled *Bottom of 【31：24】IO space DO Bottom of UMA DDRAM [31:24] FC DDRII Timing Item Disabled Refresh Mode Select Auto Idle cycle limit Auto TwTr Command Delay 3 bus clocks

Trfc 0 for DIMM0 75ns

* Trfc 1 for DIMM 1 75ns * Trfc 2 for DIMM 2 75ns * Trfc 3 for DIMM 3 75ns * (Twr) write Recovery Time 6 bus clock * (Trtp) Precharge Time 3 clocks (Trc) Row cycle Time 26 bus clocks Trc RAS to RAS Delay 5 clocks Trcd RAS to CAS R/W Delay 6 clocks

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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

CAS # Latency

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The settings are: Auto,3, 4 and 5.

RAS-to-CAS Delay

This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

Row Precharge Time

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only

when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

3-12 Thermal Throttling Options

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CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled CPU Throttling Temp 70

CPU Throttling Duty 50%

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

tions

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3-13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for stable performance system operations.

3-14 Load Optimized Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations.

3-15 Password Settings

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Password Settings

Set Supervisor Password Press Enter

Set User Password Press Enter

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:

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User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the

setup menus. When you select this function, the following message will appear at the

Item Help

center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password

typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will

be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You

may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password.

A message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is

disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to

enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system

configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a

password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of

your computer.

You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and

its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be

required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs

when trying to enter Setup.

Chapter 4

DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL.

MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP

Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below. If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or

click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).

From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may take 8 selections:

1. ATI install ATI integrated driver

2. SOUND install ALC 888HD Audio driver

3. LAN install LAN

4. RAID install RAID SATA Driver and Utility

5. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN2007 anti-virus program

6. PC-HEALTH install My Guard PC-Health utility

7. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

8. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

4-1 Install ATI Driver Pack

1. Click ATI in the MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears.

2. Click NEXT when ATI software driver pack

appears.

3. Click “Yes” to accept the license agreement

and start installation..

4. click “finish”

* The path of the file is X:\ATI \DRIVER\SETUP.EXE

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4 or later before you install the HD Audio CODEC driver

4-2 SOUND Install ALC888 HD Codec Audio Driver

1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition

Audio driver windows appear

3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting

5. Devices and mixer setting 6. Audio input and output setting.

7. Microphone effect setting. 8. 3D demo setting.

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4 or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.

4-3 LAN Install LAN

1 Click LAN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears

2. Click Next .

3 Click Install 2. Finish.

4-4 RAID Install ATI SATA Driver and Utility

1 Click RAIDDisk when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Install RAID Disk.

4-5 Install PC-CILLIN 2007 Anti-virus program

1 Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

3. This is license agreement, select "I accept the terms in the license agreement" and Click NEXT.

2. Please select Next when the "Trend Micro internet security" install shield wizard windows appears

4. . Click Next after you select the features you want to install and the folder to install it.

5 Click Install after you select to install the

optional online services.

6. Click “automatically restart your computer now ”and Finish to activate this function.

4-6 PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility

1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click Next on Install shield wizard Window

appears

3. Click Install to begin the installation. 4. Click Finish to complete the installation.

NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NF-ORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE

4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS

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STEP 1.

STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD

STEP 3. Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for 770 SERIES motherboard series

STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,

Prepare a boot disc. (You may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A:

click OK)

X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.

from the web site to your boot disc.

Start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\xxxxxx.BIN /SN/PY/CD/CH/WB/CC/R” xxxxxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS SN means don’t save existing BIOS data PY means renew existing BIOS data CD means clear DMI data after programming CH means update HOLE WB means always programming BootBlock CC means clear existing CMOS data R means restart computer

STEP 5. Type ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart

automatically.

4-8 AMD Platform RAID Function Installation

Please set these choice in the BIOS as RAIDBIOS setup \Integrated Peripherals \Onchip SATA Device \ Onchip SATA Type. When the below figures appeared, please press [Ctrl-F]

into figure 2

[figure1]

Function: press[1] key, showing the RAID; press [2] keybuilding RAID; press [3] key, delete the RAID; press[4] key, showing the information of controller.

[figure2]

press[1] keyshowing the RAIDas the below figure

[figure3]

Press [2] key, the interface of RAID, as figure 4. RAID function:

1.RAID 1 2. RAID 0 3. RAID 10 4. JBOD

[figure4]

Choose LD 1 then press Enter. Take Raid0 for example, use [] [] to shift the cursor, press space key to change the choice,

press [Ctrl-Y] to keep.

Set Assignment mode as [Y], press [Ctrl-Y] to keep , then figure 5 appeared, erase the MBR.

choose [Ctrl-Y],figure 6 appeared. Press any key, finished the RAID.

[figure5]

[figure6]

Press [3], delete the RAID mode, as figure 7.press [Delete] will delete the array. As figure 7 .

[figure7]

Press [4], showing the information of controller, as figure 8.

[figure8]

Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000

Before you install the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will need to make a RAID driver diskette before you start to install the Operating System.

How to make a RAID driver diskette?

1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS. 2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM 3: Copy all the files from \NF-orce4\RAIDDisk to floppy diskette Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP or Windows 2000 on your System.

Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000

For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP or Windows 2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….” At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP or Windows 2000 for the proper installation.

Execute Start Æ programs Æ NVIDIA corporation Æ RAID manager , you can view RAID function status or rebuild RAID function from Windows OS

4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

What’s Pro Magic Plus?

Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies lots of HD space?

Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for you. It combines various application tools (e.g. anti-virus, backup software, uninstall software, multi-boot software) to satisfy your needs of all sorts of system protections.

What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?

1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply reboot your computer.

2. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse

3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely test any software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you computer.

4. Password Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user password for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’, which can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or data from being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)

5. Complete Protection – Pro Magic not only protects the system disk, but also can protect your data disk, and does not require to reboot when backup or restore data disk.

6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)

7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)

8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and ‘Outlook Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will not be restored as well. (This is optional, you can leave it as it is).

NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function

descriptions of each version.

System Requirements

 First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP/VISTA  Support Only Windows OS (No Linux)  Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported  Minimum of Intel 486 or above, 16MB of memory or above

 Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above  Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk

Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows 2000 or OS above

Notice Before Installation

1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus function)

2. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI partitions. If you have multiple PRI partitions, please repartition your HD before installation.

3. If your HDD is not fully partitioned (with un-partitioned/unused space at end of HDD),

please repartition the HDD before install Pro Magic Plus.

APPENDIX

Debug Port Post Code

Normal POST Codes

NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h.

ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h.

Code(hex) Name Description

C0 Turn Off Chipset

And CPU test

C1 Memory Presence First block memory detect

C2 Early Memory

Initialization

C3 Extend Memory DRAM

select

C4 Special Display

Handling

C5 Early Shadow OEM specific- Early shadow enable for

C6 Cache presence test External cache size detection CF CMOS Check CMOS checkup B0 Spurious If interrupt occurs in protected

B1 Unclaimed NMI If unmasked NMI occurs, display

BF Program Chip Set To program chipset from defaults values E1-EF Setup Pages E1- Page 1, E2 - Page 2, etc. 1 Force load Default

to chipset

2 Reserved

OEM Specific-Cache control cache Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification. Tests the following processor status flags: Carry, zero, sign, overflow, The BIOS sets each flag, verifies They are set, then turns each flag off and verifies it is off. Read/Write/Verify all CPU registers except SS, SP, and BP with data pattern FF and 00. RAM must be periodically refreshed to keep the memory from decaying. This function ensures that the memory refresh function is working properly.

OEM Specific-Test to size on-board memory. Early chip set initialization Memory presence test OEM chip set routines Clear low 64K of memory Test first 64K memory. OEM Specific- Board Initialization

OEM Specific- Turn on extended memory Initialization Cyrix CPU initialization Cache initialization OEM Specific- Display/Video Switch Handling so that Switch Handling display switch errors never occurs

fast boot

mode.

Press F1 to disable NMI, F2 reboot.

Chipset defaults program

3 Early Superio Init Early Initialized the super IO

Code(hex) Name Description

4 Reserved 5 Blank video Reset Video controller 6 Reserved 7 Init KBC Keyboard controller init 8 KB test Test the Keyboard 9 Reserved A Mouse Init Initialized the mouse

B Onboard Audio init Onboard audio controller initialize if

exist C Reserved D Reserved E CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and

message F Reserved 10 Auto detec EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash

write/erase routines to 0F000h segments 11 Reserved 12 Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS 13 Reserved 14 Chipset Default

load

Program the chipset registers with CMOS

values 15 Reserved 16 Clock Init Init onboard clock generator 17 Reserved 18 Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache 19 Reserved 1A Reserved 1B Setup Interrupt

Vector Table

Initialize first 120 interrupt

vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and

initialize

INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL 1C Reserved 1D Early PM Init First step initialize if single CPU onboard 1E Reserved 1F Re-initial KB Re-init KB 20 Reserved 21 HPM init If support HPM, HPM get initialized here 22 Reserved 23 Test CMOS Interface

and Battery Status

Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load CMOS

defaults and load into chipset 24 Reserved 25 Reserved 26 Reserved 27 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data area 28 Reserved 29 Initialize Video

Interface

Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of

video in use.

Detect and Initialize Video Adapter. 2A Reserved 2B Reserved 2C Reserved 2D Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on

message to screen. 2E Reserved Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow

according to Setup. 2F Reserved 30 Reserved 31 Reserved 32 Reserved 33 PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB 34 Reserved 35 Test DMA Controller 0 Test DMA channel 0

36 Reserved 37 Test DMA Controller 1 Test DMA channel 1

38 Reserved 39 Test DMA Page

Registers

Test DMA Page Registers.

3A Reserved 3B Reserved

3C Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2.

3D Reserved 3E Test 8259-1 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by

alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines. 3F Reserved 40 Test 8259-2 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by

alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines. 41 Reserved 42 Reserved 43 Test Stuck8259's

Interrupt Bits Test 8259 Interrupt Functionality

Turn off interrupts then verify no

interrupt mask register is on.

Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt

occurred. 44 Reserved 45 Reserved 46 Reserved 47 Set EISA Mode If EISA non-volatile memory checksum is

good, execute EISA initialization.

If not, execute ISA tests an clear

EISA mode flag. 48 Reserved 49 Size Base and

Extended Memory

Size base memory from 256K to 640K and

extended memory above 1MB. 4A Reserved 4B Reserved 4C Reserved 4D Reserved 4E Test Base and

Extended Memory

Test base memory from 256K to 640K and

extended memory above 1MB using

various patterns.

NOTE: This test is skipped in EISA

mode and can be skipped with ESC key

in ISA mode. 4F Reserved 50 USB init Initialize USB controller 51 Reserved 52 Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB

using Virtual 8086 mode,

page mode and clear the memory 53 Reserved 54 Reserved 55 CPU display Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features 56 Reserved

57 PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init 58 Reserved 59 Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup 5A Reserved 5B Awdflash Load If required, will auto load

Awdflash.exe in POST 5C Reserved 5D Onboard I/O Init Initializing onboard superIO 5E Reserved 5F Reserved 60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup

functions 61 Reserved 62 Reserved 63 Initialize & Install

Mouse

Detect if mouse is present, initialize

mouse, install interrupt

vectors. 64 Reserved 65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port 66 Reserved 67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing 68 Reserved 69 Setup Cache

Controller

Initialize cache controller.

6A Reserved 6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto-

configuration check up 6C Reserved 6D Initialize Floppy

Drive & Controller

Initialize floppy disk drive controller

and any drives. 6E Reserved 6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters 70 Reserved 71 Reserved 72 Reserved 73 Initialize Hard

Drive & Controller

Initialize hard drive controller and any

drives. 74 Reserved 75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install 76 Reserved 77 Detect & Initialize

Serial/Parallel Ports

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).

78 Reserved 79 Reserved 7A Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

Initialize math coprocessor.

7B Reserved 7C HDD Check for Write

protection

HDD check out

7D Reserved 7E Reserved 7F POST error check Check POST error and display them

and ask for user intervention 80 Reserved 81 Reserved 82 Security Check Ask password security (optional). 83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and

clear screen. 84 Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker

Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot. 85 Initialize Initialize any option ROMs present

Option ROMs from C8000h to EFFFFh.

NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,

ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh. 86 Reserved 87 Reserved 88 Reserved 89 Reserved 8A Reserved 8B Reserved 8C Reserved 8D Reserved 8E Reserved 8F Reserved 90 Reserved 91 Reserved 92 Reserved 93 Boot Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and

cylinders values in RAM

94 Final Init Final init for last micro details

before boot 95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

96 Boot Attempt Set low stack

FF Boot

Setup NumLock status according to

Setup

Boot via INT 19h.

Quick POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

65 Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO

Reset Video controller

Keyboard controller init

Test the Keyboard Initialized the

mouse Onboard audio controller

initialize if exist. Check the

intergraty of the ROM, BIOS and

message Check Flash type and copy

flash write/erase routines to 0F000h

segments Check Cmos Circuitry and

reset CMOS Program the chipset

registers with CMOS values

Init onboard clock generator 66 Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache

Initialize first 120 interrupt

vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and

initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to

INT_TBL First step initialize if single CPU

onboard. Re-init KB

If support HPM, HPM get initialized

here 67 KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load

CMOS defaults and load into chipset

Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data

area. 68 Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out

69 8259 Init Init 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9 6A Memory test Quick Memory Test

6B CPU Detect and IO

init

6C Reserved 6D Reserved 6E Reserved 6F Reserved

type of video in use.

Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

Test video memory, write sign-on

message to screen.

Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow

according to Setup.

Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features

Display PnP logo and PnP early init

Setup virus protect according to

Setup. If required, will auto load

Awdflash.exe in POST

Initializing onboard superIO

70 Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup

functions Detect if mouse is present,

initialize mouse, install interrupt

vectors. Special treatment to PS2

Mouse port

ACPI sub-system initializing 71 Setup Cache

Controller

72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto-

73 Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and

74 Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

75 HDD Check for Write

protection 76 Reserved 77 Display POST error Check POST error and display them

78 CMOS and Option ROM

Init

79 Reserved 7A Reserved 7B Reserved 7C Reserved 7D Boot Medium

detection

7E Final Init Final init for last micro details

7F Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

80 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h. FF Boot

Initialize cache controller.

configuration check up Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives. Install FDD and setup BIOS data area parameters

any drives. IDE device detection and install Initialize any serial and parallel ports (also game port). Initialize math coprocessor.

HDD check out

and ask for user intervention Ask password security (optional). Write all CMOS values back to RAM and clear screen. Enable parity checker Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot. Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh. NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled, ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.

Read and store boot partition head and cylinders values in RAM

before boot

Setup NumLock status according to Setup

S4 POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

5A Early Chipset Init Early Initialized the super IO

Reset Video controller Keyboard controller init Test the Keyboard

Initilized the mouse 5B Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS 5C Chipset default

Prog

5D Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache 5E Setup Interrupt

Vector Table

5F Test CMOS

Interface and Battery status

60 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data

61 Initialize Video

Interface

62 Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on

63 Setup PS2 mouse and

test DMA 64 Test 8259 Test 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9 65 Init Boot Device Detect if mouse is present,

66 Install Boot

Devices

67 Cache Init Cache init and USB init 68 PM init PM initialization 69 PM final Init and

issue SMI FF Full on

Program the chipset registers with CMOS values. Init onboard clock generator

Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL First step initialize if single CPU Onboard. Re-init KB If support HPM, HPM get initialized Here. Verifies CMOS is working correctly, detects bad battery. If failed, load CMOS defaults and load into chipset

area Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of video in use. Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

message to screen. Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow according to Setup. Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB Test DMA channel 0

initialize mouse, install interrupt vectors. Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port ACPI sub-system initializing Initialize cache controller. Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives. Install FDD and setup BIOS data area Parameters Initialize hard drive controller and any drives. IDE device detection and install

Final init Before resume

BootBlock POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

1 Base memory test Clear base memory area

(0000:0000--9000:ffffh)

5 KB init Initialized KBC 12 Install interrupt

vectors

0D Init Video Video initializing 41 Init FDD

Install int. vector (0-77), and initialized 00-1fh to their proper place

can floppy and media capacity for onboard

superIO

FF Boot Load boot sector

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