AOpen I915GMM-HFS0501A User Manual

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents................................................................................... 1

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................4

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................5

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................5

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 6

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................6

2.2 Specification...............................................................................................7

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................8

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................... 9

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................9

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.....................................................................10

Installing CPU ...........................................................................................10

Installing CPU Cooler .................................................................................11

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................1 4

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................15

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................16

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................17

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................18

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................19

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................19

Connecting Serial ATA................................................................................20

Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot....................................................21

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot ..................................................................23

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................24

Dual Gigabit LAN Supported .......................................................................25

Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................26

Connecting 1394.......................................................................................27

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................28

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................29

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................30

Connecting COM1/COM2 ............................................................................31

Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................32

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................33

Connecting PS2 Keyboard ..........................................................................34

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................35

LED Indication ..........................................................................................36

3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................ 37

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 38

4.1 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)..............................................38

RAID BIOS Setting Utility ...........................................................................38

4.2 Other Useful Features ................................................................................42

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 43

5.1 Introduction ............................................................................................. 43

5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program........................................44

5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup...........................................................................44

Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................45

Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................4 7

Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................................49

Integrated Peripherals ...............................................................................51

Power Management Setup..........................................................................56

PNP/PCI Configurations..............................................................................58

Silent BIOS/HW Monitor.............................................................................59

Frequency/Voltage Control .........................................................................60

Load Setup Defaults ..................................................................................61

Load Turbo Defaults ..................................................................................61

Set Password............................................................................................62

Save & Exit Setup .....................................................................................62

Exit without Saving ...................................................................................62

Load EEPROM Defaults...............................................................................62

Save EEPROM Defaults...............................................................................62

Credits.....................................................................................................62

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................63

5.5 Vivid BIOS technology ............................................................................... 65

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 66

6.1 Installing Drivers.......................................................................................67

6.2 Installing Utilities ......................................................................................68

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 69

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 70

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................71

Technical Support......................................................................................72

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

First of all, we would like to express our gratitude for purchasing AOpen products. Once again, this motherboard is designed uniquely to meet all your personal needs with our gre at industr y-d esigning ability and our ev erlasti ng perse ver ance to the quality of all our products.

This manual will introduce you how this motherboard is installed. Please keep it well for your future reference. If you lost your printed manual, you may also go to our website at http://www.aopen.com

Now, we would like to invite you to personally experience this user-friendly manual and all of the powerful functions this AOpen product offers.

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1.2 Features of This Manual

T o help you g rab the useful information of this motherboard and aware of certain conditions that you might need to know, you will see the icons below frequently:

Note

Warning / Caution

Warning

Tip

Warning

This contains knowledge you should know in process of assembling, or some helpful tips.

Please be careful when you see this mark. It highlights mistakes that occur often during assembling, or something you need to pay attention to.

This tip tells you some useful information that will make your installation smoothly.

1.3 Safety Information

Please wear a wrist strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component. Alternatively, you can also touch an object that is of ground connection or with metal surface.

Always unplug the power before you make any jumper setting.

Before you install or remove any components on the motherboard, please make sure to disconnect the power first in case of damaging motherboard or other components.

11 10

5 6 7

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

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1. Onboard Azalia CODEC 17. PCI Express x1 Slot

2. Front Audio Connector 18. DieHard BIOS Lite

3. CD_IN Connector 19. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

4. SYSFAN2 20. FDD Connector

5. 184-pins DIMMs x 2 (DDR)

6. 240-pins DIMMs x 2 (DDRII) 22. COM2 Connector

7. Intel 915GM/ICH6-M Chipsets 23. COM1 Connector

8. 479-pin CPU socket supporting Intel Pentium M CPU

9. CPUFAN Connector 25. Parallel Port Connector

10. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 26. USB 2.0 Connector X 2

11. ATX Power Connector 27. IEEE 1394 Connector X 2

12. PWRFAN Connector 28. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

13. Power Temperature Connector 29. Case Open Connector

14. Dual Marvell Gigabit LAN 30. Front Panel Connector

15. PCI Express x16 Slot/Enable Jumper 31. Serial ATA Ports X 2 , Serial ATAII Ports X 2

16. IrDA Connector 32. IDE Connector x 1

21. PS/2 Keyboard Connector

24. 32-bits PCI Expansion Slots X 2

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models i915GMm-HFS

CPU

Chipset

Main Memory

Graphics

IDE

LAN Dual Marvell Gigabit PCI Express LAN Chip Sound Intel High Definition Audio on Board supp ort 7.1 Channe l and above USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 IEEE 1394 Agere 1394 Control Chip

Slots

Back Panel I/O

On Board Connector

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Board Size 244 mm x 244 mm

Intel Pentium M (Dothan and Banias) CPU Socket 479 533MHz Intel 915GM/ICH6-M

Single Channel DDR DIMM x 2, DDR333 Dual Channel DDRII DIMM x 2, DDRII400/DDRII533 DIMM Type : 256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 2GB Integrated VGA Engine in Chipset PCI Express x 16 Graphic Slot Integrated ATA100 and Serial ATA Controller Silicon Image Serial ATAII Controller (Raid 0 ,1 supported) Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

PCI Express x16 Graphics Slot x 1 PCI Express x1 Slot x 1 PCI Slots x 2 USB Ports x 4, LAN Ports x 2 VGA Port x 1, DVI Port x 1 Standard Video Port x 1 YPbPr Video Port x 1 Line_In / SPDIF_In x 1 Speaker_Out x 1, MIC_In x 1 Rear SUR / SPDIF_Out x 1 Center / Subwoofer x 1, Side SUR x 1 Floppy Drive Connector x 1 IDE Channel: ATA100 x 1 Printer Connector x 1 Serial ATA Channel x 2 Serial ATAII Channel x 2 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 Front USB2.0 Connector x 1 CPU FAN x 1 System FAN x 1 Power FAN x 1 Power Temperature Connector x 1 Case Open Connector x 1 CD_IN x 1 IrDA x 1 COM1 x 1 COM2 x 1 IEEE 1394 x 2 USB2.0 Connector x 1

2.3 Block Diagram

VGA Onboard

Standard Video

PCI Express x 16

Gra

hics Slot

DVI Connector

YPbPr Connector

DDR DIMM x 2 DDRII DIMM x 2

Marvell

Dual

Gigabit

LAN Chip

LAN connect Com

onent

Parallel Port

Floppy Disk Drive

Serial Ports x2

Socket 479

Pentium M

Chrontel

7307

Chrontel

7021

DDR 333 DDRII 400/533 RAM Up to 2GB

Winbond

Super I/O

Intel

CPU

Intel

915GM

Chipset

533MHz System Bus

Controlle

IEEE 1394 x 2

Agere

IEEE

1394

PCI Bus

150MB/s

ATA 33/66/100

PCI Express x 1 Slot x 1

32-bit PCI Slots x 2

Serial AT A Ports x 2

IDE Drives x 2

RealTek

Azalia

CODEC

ICH6-M

4Mbits Flash EEPROM

USB Ports x 8

Silicon Image

Serial ATAII

Controller

300MB/s

Serial ATAII Ports x 2 (RAID 0, 1 supported)

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

stallatio

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

2. Installing CPU Fan & System Fan

3. Installing Memory Module

4. Installing HD, CD-ROM and SATA Disk, etc

5. Connecting Front Panel Cable

1. Installing CPU

6. Connecting ATX Power Cable

12. Installing Drivers & Utilities

11. Installing Operating System (such as, Windows XP)

8. Installing Other Devices (USB, Front Audio, etc)

7. Installing PCI Express x 16 Graphics Cards & PCI Express x 1 Cards & PCI Cards

10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU

uency

Fre

9. Connecting Back Panel Ports

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports uFCPGA & uFCBGA package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

1. Unscrew the socket screw counter-clockwise.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and golden arrow. Then insert the CPU into the socket.

3. Lock the CPU socket screw clockwise to fasten CPU.

Socket Pin 1

Socket screw

Golden arrow

Installing CPU Cooler

This motherboard comes with a special CPU cooler desiged by AOpen, please follow the following steps to install CPU cooler.

1. Please apply thermal paste on the bottom of CPU cooler.

Remove CPU cooler Back Panel

2. Gently put CPU cooler back panel onto motherboard back.

Put back panel on it

3. Connect cooler’s fan power cable onto CPUFAN connector.

CPUFAN Connector

4. Put CPU cooler on motherboard. Press it and screw onto the hole.

Screw onto the hole

5. Adjust the jumper for your CPU.

Front Side Bus Frequency

400Mhz

JP78

JP90

533Mhz

JP78

JP90

Installing CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN2 connector.

Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin so that they cannot support fan monitoring.

SYSFAN2 Connector

CPUFAN Connector

GND +12V Sensor

Installing Memory Modules

DDRII slots are designed in black and DDR slots are designed in blue. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place.

Tab

Pin 1

Key

Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will clip to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the slot’s bottom.

Note: If you only have one

DDR DIMM , please plug it from the first DIMM slot that is near CPU

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 25-pin floppy cable and 40-pin, 80-wire IDE cable to floppy connector and IDE connector. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.

Pin 1

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Primary

Slave (2nd)

ATA 33/66/100 IDE Connector

Primary

Master (1st)

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode.

Locate the power switch cable from your housing, which is a 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.

Connecting ATX Power Cables

This motherboard comes with a 20-pin and 4-pin ATX power connector as shown below. Make sure you plug them in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to insert the 4-pin connector before connecting the 20-pin connector.

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency

Setting CPU Core Voltage

This motherboard supports Voltage ID (VID) function to detect CPU voltage automatically during power-on.

Setting CPU Frequency

This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through 1MHz stepping CPU Overclocking in the BIOS. CPU Core Frequency = CPU External Frequency x CPU Ratio. However, all CPU now selling in the market belong to "Fixed Multiplier". That means users can not adjust the CPU Ratio but only change CPU FSB clock to achieve overclocking.

(Users do the overclocking at their own risk!!)

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency

CPU Ratio 4x, 7x… 17x, 18x, 20x CPU FSB (Adjustment manually)

FSB = 100MHz - 400MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

Processor

Number

Pentium M 770 90nm 2.13GHz 533MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 760 90nm 2.00GHz 533MHz 2MB L2

Pentium M 750 90nm 1.86GHz 533MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 740 90nm 1.73GHz 533MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 730 90nm 1.60GHz 533MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 765 90nm 2.10GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 755 90nm 2.00GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 745 90nm 1.80GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 735 90nm 1.70GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 725 90nm 1.60GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 715 90nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 2MB L2 Pentium M 705 130nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 1MB L2

Celeron M 370 90nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 1MB L2 Celeron M 360 90nm 1.40GHz 400MHz 1MB L2 Celeron M 350 90nm 1.30GHz 400MHz 1MB L2 Celeron M 340 130nm 1.50GHz 400MHz 512KB L2 15x Celeron M 330 130nm 1.40GHz 400MHz 512KB L2 15x

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly , there might be faster CPU on the market by the time you receive d this installation guide. This table is kindly for your references only.

Architecture

Clock

Speed

Front

Side Bus

Cache Ratio

16x 15x

14x 13x 12x 21x 20x 18x 17x 16x 15x 15x 15x 14x 13x

Warning: Intel 915GM chipset support maximum 533MHz (133MHz*4) system bus; higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

Connecting Serial ATA

To connect a serial ATA disk, you have to have a 7-pin serial ATA cable. Connect two ends of the serial AT A cable to the serial A T A header on the motherboard and the disk. Like every other traditional disk, you also have to connect a power cable. Please be noted that it is a jumper free implement; you don’t need to set jumpers to define a master or slave disk. When serial AT A hard disks are installed on serial AT A ports, the one connected on P ort0 (SA T A1) will be set as the first boot device automatically.

Note 1: SATA1 and SATA2 don’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA3 and SATA4 support Hot-Plug

Note 2: SATA1 and SATA2 support SATA I

SATA3 and SATA4 support SATA II

SATA1

SATA2

SATA4

SATA3

Connecting PCI express x16 Graphics Slot

This motherboard provides a PCI Express x 16 Graphics slot, a black slot having the latest PCI Express x 16 specification on motherboard. The PCI Express x 16 is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. T raditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 8X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 2.1GB/s. Now PCI Express x 16 is moving to higher data transfer rate, which is upgraded to 8.0GB/s (250MB/s x 16 x 2, it’s 4.0GB/s per direction)..

PCIex16

JP92

JP91

JP92

HDTV On On

PCIeX16 Off Off

JP88

JP91 JP83

DVI On On

PCIeX16 Off Off

JP83 JP88

If user plugs a PCI Express x 16 Graphics, you must remove jumper beside PCI Express x 16 Slot.

Remove Jumper

Warning: If user doesn’t remove jumper, it might make system instable.

Connecting PCI Express x 1 Slot

This motherboard provides one PCI Express x 1 slot, which is located between the PCI Express x 16 and traditional PCI slot. In order to go with the step of today’s and tomorrow’s processors, PCI Express x 1 provides higher I/O bandwidth. The transfer data rate could achieve 500MB/s concurrently (it’s 250MB/s per direction), which is nearly 4 time s faster than the t raditional P CI. Y ou could ins tall any PCI Express x 1 device in these slots for your preference.

PCIex1

Connecting IrDA

The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports both HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).

Install an infrared module onto the IrDA connector and enable the infrared function from BIOS Setup, UART Mode, you can use this function. Please make sure you connect correct orientation when plugging IrDA module.

Pin 1

+5V

IR_TX

IrDA Connector

KEY GND IR_RX

Dual Gigabit LAN Supported

On the strength of dual Gigabit LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB connectors. The right hand side LED indicates link mode; it lights in yellow when linking to n etwork. The left hand side LED indicates the transfer mode and will light in green when data is transferring at 100Mbps (never lights while at 10Mbps), but will light in orange when transferring in Gigabit’s mode. To enable or disable this function, you may simply adjust it through BIOS. To enable LAN wakeup function, you have to set the “Wake on PCI Card” enable in the BIOS “Power Management Setup” section.

Speed LED (Left)

Green 100Mbps

Orange Gigabit mode

ACT LED (Right)

Yellow

Connecting USB2.0

This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.

Pin 1

Connecting 1394

With IEEE1394 Chip on board (AGERE 1394), having its data transfer rate up to 400Mb/s, this interface can connect to devices that require high data transferring performance such as digital camera, scanner or others IEEE 1394 devices. Please use appropriate cables to connect IEEE1394 devices.

Pin1

TPA+

GND

TPB+

+12V (Fused)

IEEE 1394 Connector

TPAGND

TPB+12V (Fused)

SHIED GND

9 10

Warning: Please note that Hot-Plug is not allowed on IEEE 1394 headers; doing so will burn the controller IC and damage the motherboard.

Super 7.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with an ALC880 CODEC, which supports the latest 7.1 Channel with high quality of audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports shown as below. Picture represents the standard location of all speakers in 7.1 Channel sound tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out” port , rear surround speakers to orange port, side surround speakers to gray port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to black port on the back panel.

Connecting Front Audio

If the housing is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. By the way, please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if your housing doesn’t have an audio port on the front panel.

Pin1

MIC

AUD AUD MIC BIAS AUD

FPOUT_R

AUD_FPOUT_L

Front Audio Connector

AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R KE AUD_RET_L

Connecting CD_IN

This connector is designed to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.

R GND GND

CD-IN Connector

Connecting COM1/COM2

This motherboard provides two serial ports. All of them are on the left of PCI32 slot. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.

Pin 1

DCD# SOUT GND RTS# R1#

SIN DTR# DSR CTS#

Connecting Case Open

The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. To make this function work, you have to enable it in the system BIOS, connect this header to a sensor somewhere on the chassis. So, whenever the sensor is triggered by lights or by the opening of the chassis, the system will beep to inform you. Please be informed that this useful function only applies to advanced chassis; you may purchase an extra sensor, attach it on your chassis and make a good use of this function.

Pin 1

Senso

GND

Chassis Intrusion

Connector

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface)

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a newest audio transfer file format, which provides impressive audio quality through optical fiber and allows you to enjoy digital audio instead of analog audio. Through a specific converter, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital input/output. However , you must have an S/PDIF supported speaker/amplifier/decoder with S/PDIF digital input/output to connect to the S/PDIF digital input/output to make the most out of this function.

SPDIF Output

Converter

SPDIF IN

Connecting PS2 Keyboard

This connector is designed to connect PS2 Keyboard to support legacy device.

Plug into by following connector color

Green

Red

Brown

Yellow

Colored Coded Back Panel

The onboard I/O devices have AC’97 sound, VGA Port, DVI Connector, YPbPr Connector, S-Video, RJ-45 LAN Connector and USB Port. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

Line-In/ S/PDIF-In

Rear SUR/

PDIF-Out

S Center/

Subwoofer

eaker Out

Side SUR

MIC-In

Line-In / SPDIF-In : Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape

VGA Port

Connector

player.

DVI

Y Pb Pr

S-Video

RJ45

LAN Ja ck

RJ45

LAN Ja ck

USB 2.0

Ports

Rear SUR / SPDIF out:

For rear surround speaker.

Center/Subwoofer: For center & subwoofer speaker. Speaker Out/: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Side SUR: For side surround speaker. MIC-In: For Microphone. VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor. DVI Connector: To connect with monitor which support DVI input. YPbPr Connector: To connect with TV which support YPbPr input. Standard Video : To connect with TV which support SVi deo input. RJ-45 LAN Port: To connect Ethernet for home or office use. USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices.

LED Indication

LED indication inc ludin g S tand by L ED is AOpen’ s consider ate designs that aim at providing you friendly system information.

STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard, giving you a convenient indication check the system power status in circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status during Suspend to RAM mode.

STBY LED

3.4 Jumper Settings

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper

Disable

(Default)

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

Normal

(Default)

his motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse

wake-up function.

Enable

Clear CMOS

JP14 Clear CMOS Data

You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by s horting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

4.1 RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

With the latest Silicon Image 3132 implemented, i915GMm-HFS provides RAID 0 and RAID 1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID Configuration Utility provided by Silicon Image to setup your disk array. For more RAID introduction, please visit our website:

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside/RAID.htm

RAID BIOS Setting Utility

In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID Configuration utility to do some configuration.

Entering to RAID Configuration Utility:

reboot, you will see [Press <CRTL - S> or F4 to enter RAID utility] about half way through the boot up.

After finishing the BIOS setup and

The main menu of RAID Configuration Utility: After pressing <CRTL - S>, you will be presented with a screen as shown below. It’s the main menu of RAID Configuration utility, you can use this utility to create or delete your disk arrays.

Create RAID set: 0”, “RAID 1”, “SPARE DRIVE”, “JBOD” mode by pressing <Enter>.

RAID 0:

It combines two drives to one single drive.

Press <Enter> to enter RAID setting. You can choose “ RAID

RAID 1: It will buil d a mirror drive as drive 0.

JBOD: It will let your drives as general drive.

Delete RAID set: Press <Enter> to enter De let e A rray and utility will allow y o u

to delete an existing RAID array.

Rebuild RAID1 set:

RAID array.

Resolve Conflicts:

Low Level Format: Press <Enter> to allow you to format your drive by using low

level algorithm.

Logical Drive Info:

Press <Enter> to enter to allow you to rebuild a crashed

Press <Enter> to enter to allow you to solve RAID conflicts.

Press <Enter> to see logical drive information.

4.2 Other Useful Features

With excellent design ability of R&D team, AOpen boasts for its various powerful and handy features that come with our product like follows. You are welcomed to visit our technical website to learn more about those features.

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/techinside

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

5.1 Introduction

System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu; this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset).

The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports.

AOpen’s R&D engineering team had optimized most BIOS settings of this motherboard. However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide you and help you to configure some other settings.

T o enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (P ower-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor.

Note: Because BIOS code is the most often changed part on motherboard, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different from the BIOS version that comes with your motherboard.

5.2 How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program

Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-AwardBIOS setup program.

Key Description

Page Up or + Change setting to next value or increase the value. Page Down or - Change setting to previous value or decrease value. Enter Select the item. Esc In main menu: Quit without saving any changes.

In sub menu: Exit current menu to main menu.

Up Arrow Highlight previous item. Down Arrow Highlight next item. Left Arrow Move the light bar to left side of menu. Right Arrow Move the light bar to right side of menu. F6 Load Setup Default setting value from CMOS. F7 Load turbo setting value from CMOS. F10 Save changed settings and exit setup progra m.

5.3 How To Enter BIOS Setup

After finishing the jumper settings and connecting cables, you can power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self T est) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance.

Del

Warning: Please avoid of using “Load Turbo Defaults”, unless you are certain your system components (CPU, SDRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.

Standard CMOS Features

The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an ite m and <PgUp> or <PgDn> to select the value for each item.

Standard CMOS Features > Date

To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Press <PgUp> or <PgDn> to set the current date. The date format is month, date, and year.

Standard CMOS features > Time

To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press <PgUp> or <PgD n> to set the current time in hour, minute, and second format. The time is based on the 24 hour military clock.

Standard CMOS features > Primary Master Standard CMOS features > Primary Slave Standard CMOS features > Secondary Master Standard CMOS features > Secondary Slave

This item lets you select the IDE hard d isk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track. The default setting is

Auto, which enables BIOS to

automatically detect the parameters of installed HDD (Hard Disk Drive) at POST (Power-On Self Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters manually, select Manual.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Press “Enter” to auto-detect parameters of HDD IDE Channel 0 Master (Slave): Define the parameters of IDE devices in

Channel 0 (Master or Slave). Available options:

z None: if there is no device, please select “None” for speeding boot up. z Auto: enable BIOS to auto-detect parameters of IDE device. (Default) z Manual: all o w users to define parameter of IDE device.

Access Mode: Set the using mode of HDD. Available options: CHS / LBA / Large / Auto (default). User can select the mode according to the label on HDD. Cylinder: Enter cylinder number Head: Enter head number Precomp: Write precompensation Landing Zone: Location of head Sector: Sector Number

Standard CMOS features > Drive A This item allows use r select the floppy drive type. Ava ilable items: None / 360KB

5.25” / 1.2MB 5.25” / 720KB 3.5” / 1.44MB 3.5” / 2.88MB 3.5” Standard CMOS features > Vedio

This item specif ies the type o f video card in u se. The defau lt setting is VGA/EGA. Since current PCs use VGA only, this function is almost useless and may be disregarded in the future.

Standard CMOS features > HaltOn

This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-On Self Test (POST) error. Available items: No errors / All errors / All, But Keyboard / All, But Diskette / All, But Disk/Key

Advanced BIOS Features

This screen appears when you select the option "Advanced BIOS Features" from the main menu.

Advanced BIOS Features > CPU feature

Delay Prior to Thermal: Select delay time periods prior to enabling the Thermal Monitor. Available options: 4 Min / 8 Min / 16 Min / 32 Min Thermal Management: Set the function of CPU internal Thermal

Management. When CPU supports Thermal Monitor 1 (TM1) and Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2), user could select TM1 or TM2. But if CPU doesn’t S upport TM2, it will be fixed On TM1. When TM2 is enabled, and a high temperature situation is detected, it will cause the CPU to adjust its operating frequency via the core to bus ratio and input voltage via the VID signals. TM2 Bus Ratio and TM2 Bus VID show the CPU default value for TM2.

Advanced BIOS Features > Removable Device Priority Advanced BIOS Features > Hard Disk Boot Priority Advanced BIOS Features > CD-ROM Boot Priority

This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence.

Advanced BIOS Features > First Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Second Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Third Boot Device

This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Available options:

z Removable: Floppy, USB, ZIP…etc z Hard Disk: Hard Disk Drives z CD-ROM: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM…etc z LAN: LAN Card with boot ROM

z Disabled:

Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Other Device

This parameter allows you to enable other system boot up devices that is not described above.

Advanced BIOS Features > Boot Up NumLock Status

Set this parameter to “On” to enable the numeric function of the numeric keypad. Set this parameter to “Off” to disabling the numeric function allows you to use the numeric keypad for cursor control.

Advanced BIOS Features > Security Option

The “System” option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system.

The “Setup” option limits access only to BIOS setup. T o disable the security option, select Password Setting from the main menu, don't

type anything and just

Advanced BIOS Features > HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

This item allows user t o e nable S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability fo r HDD . This fun ction could predict t he possibil ity of HD D failure. The default is “Disabled”

Advanced BIOS Features > Show Logo On Screen This item allows user to select to show or hide “Full Screen logos” or “Vivid BIOS logos”. Advanced BIOS Features > Bypass Vivid BIOS

This item allow user to bypass Vivid BIOS or not when booting up.

press <Enter>

Advanced Chipset F e atures

The "Advanced Chipset Features" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance.

Warning: Make sure you fully

understand the items contained in th is menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration.

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM Timing Selectable

Available options:

z By SPD: System will define timing according to default of Dram. (Default) z Manual: All ow user to define timing himsel f.

Advanced Chipset features > CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Available options: 2, 2.5, 3

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This field lets user to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when RAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives fater performance; and Slow give more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5

Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# Precharge

If an insufficient number of cycles are allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast give faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5

Advanced Chipset features > Active to Precharge Delay Select the oper ating system that is active to precha rge delay . Av ailable options : 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Advanced Chipset features > System Memory Frequency

This item is used to set DRAM timing. Available options: DDR: 333 MHz, DDRII400 MHz, 533 MHz

Advanced Chipset features > System BIOS cacheable

Allow the system BIOS to be cached to allow faster system performance. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Advanced Chipset features > Video BIOS cacheable

Allow the video BIOS to be cached to allow faster video performance. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Advanced Chipset features > Intruder Detection

This item allow user to detect the housing is opened or not. It works only when the housing is designed with CASE OPEN cable and connected to motherboard. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Advanced Chipset features > PEG/On Chip VGA Control

This item is use d to s e lec t d isp la y f irs t from onboard VGA or PCI ExpressGraphic card.

Advanced Chipset features > Boot Display This item is used to set booting display. Available options: Auto, CRT, TV, EFP

Advanced Chipset features > Init Display First

If you installed a PCI VGA card, this item lets you decide which one is the initial display card.

Advanced Chipset features > On-Chip Video Memory Size

This item allows user to control the on-c hip frame bu ffer size, fixed memory size, DVMT.

Advanced Chipset features > On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Advanced Chipset features > FIXED Memory Size Advanced Chipset features > DVMT Memory Size

Advanced Chipset features > TV Format Available options: Auto, NTSC_M, NTSC_M_J, NTSC_433, NTSC_N, PAL_B, PAL_G, PAL_D, PAL_H, PAL_I, PAL_M, PAL_N, PAL_60, SECAM_L, SECAM_L1, SECAM_B, SECAM_D, SECAM_G, SECAM_H, SECAM_K, SECAM_K1.

Advanced Chipset features > Delayed PWROK Signal

This item is used to add the compatibility b etween motherboard an d power supply for avoiding booting up failed. Available options: 400ms (default) / 300ms / 200ms /100ms / Disabled

Integrated Peripherals

This submenu appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features.

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > On-Chip Serial ATA

This item allows you to select work mode between SATA and PATA . Available options: Disabled: Disabled SATA Controller Auto: Auto arrange by BIOS Combined Mode: PATA and SATA are combine. Max. of 2 IDE drives in each channel. Enhanced Mode: Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 IDE drives are supported. SATA only: SATA is operating in legacy mode..

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > PATA IDE Mode

When On-chip SATA is selected to ”Combined Mode” , this item allows you to set PATA to primary or secondary.

Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > SATA Port Integrated peripherals > OnChip IDE Device > On-Chip PATA Setting

This parameter a llows you to “Enable” or “Disable” the IDE device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector.

Integrated peripherals > SuperIO Device

This item allows you to set SuperIO device.

Power ON Function: This item is used to select Wake on Keyboard/Mouse mode.

z Any Key: This function allows you wake up the system by clicking any

key.

z Button Only: Disabl e Wake on KB/MS function. You can boot up your

system by power button only.

z Keyboard 98: If selecting this option, you can boot up the system by

power button and the “Wake” key on Keyboard 98.

z Password: Disable the function of power button and let the system can

only be powered on through the preset keys (like a password).

z Hot Key: If selecting this option, you also need to specify the hot key

from “Hot Key Power On” item.

z Mouse Left: This function allows you wake up the system by clicking left

mouse button twice successively.

z Mouse Right: This function allows you wake up the system by clicking

right mouse button twice successively.

Note:  Whenever you change this item, it will only take effect after you restart

the system and successfully boot the Windows or DOS.

 Wake on Mouse function applies to PS/2 mouse only.  If you set a password but forget it, please clear CMOS.

If you want to use Wake on Mouse function in DOS, it is necessary to install the DOS driver of the mouse.

KB Power ON Password: You can specify 1-5 keys as a password.

Hot Key Power On: If you select “Hot Key” option in “Power On Function” Item, you need to specify a hot key here.

Onboard FDC Controller:

Setting this parameter to “Enabled“ allowing you

to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk connector instead of a separate controller card. Change the setting to Disabled if you want to use a separate controller card.

Onboard Serial Port 1:

This item allows you to assign address and interrupt

for the board serial port. The default is “Auto”.

Onboard Serial Port 2:

This item allows you to assign address and interrupt

for the board serial port. The default is “Auto”. UART Mode Select: This item is config urable on ly if the "On board Serial P ort 2" is enabled. This allows you to specify the mode of serial port2. Available options: z Normal:

Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode. This is the default

setting.

z IrDA (SIR): This setting allows infrared serial communication at a

maximum baud rate of 115.2K baud.

z ASKIR: This setting allows infrared serial communication at a maximum

baud rate of 57.6K baud. RXD, TXD Active: This item is used to select RxD (Receive Data) and TxD (Transmit Data) mode for UART, for instance, IR device, modem, etc. Normally, we suggest you keep the default setting. Please see the documentation that comes with your device. Available options: Hi, Hi / Hi, Lo IR Transmission Delay: If “Enabled” is selected, there will be a 4 character delay when SIR is changed from TX mode to RX mode. Onboard Parallel Port: This item contro ls the onboard parallel p ort address and interrupt. Available options: 3BC/IRQ7, 3BC/IRQ7, 3BC/IRQ7,

Disabled Parallel Port Mode:

This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The

mode options are SPP (Standard and Bidirection Parallel Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) and ECP (Extended Parallel Port). Available options: z SPP (Standard and Bidirection Paralell Port): SPP is the IBM AT

and PS/2 compatible mode.

z EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port): EPP enhances the parallel port

throughput by directly writing/reading data to/from parallel port without latch.

z ECP (Extend Parallel Port): ECP supports DMA and RLE (Run Length

Encoded) compression and decompression.

z ECP + EPP EPP Mode Select: This item lets you select EPP mode protocol. Available options: EPP 1.7, EPP 1.9 ECP Mode Use DMA: This item lets you set the DMA channel of ECP mode.

Available options: 3, 1

AC Power Auto Recovery: A traditional A TX system should remain at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on. This item is used to solve this problem. Selecting On enabling system to automatically power-on after AC power resumes; in the other hand, the system will remain power-off if you select Off. If F ormer -Sts (former status) option is selected, the system will power-on or power-off based on the original state. Available options: Former-Sts, On, Off

Integrated peripherals > USB Controller: disable the USB controller. Integrated peripherals > USB 2.0 Controller: This item lets you enable or disable the USB 2.0 controller. Integrated peripherals > USB Keyboard Support:

enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during POST or after boot if you don't have USB driver in the operating system.

Integrated peripherals > On Board Audio Codec: enable or disable the onboard audio. Integrated peripherals > Onboard 1394 Control: This item lets you enable or disable onboard 1394. Integrated peripherals > Onboard LAN1 Control: This item lets you enable or disable onboard LAN. Integrated peripherals > Onboard LAN2 Control: This item lets you

enable or disable onboard LAN. Integrated peripherals > Onboard SATA Control: This item lets you enable or disable onboard SATA.

This item lets you enable or

This item lets you

This item is used to

Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the motherboard green features. See the following screen.

Power Management > ACPI Suspend Type

This function allows you to select suspend types. S1 is Power On Suspend and S3 is Suspend to RAM. Available Options: S1, S3, S1 & S3

Power Management > Soft-off by PWR-BTTN

This is a specification of ACPI and supported by hardware. When Delay 4 sec. is selected, the soft power switch on the front panel can be used to control power On, Suspend and Off. If the switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds during power On, the system will go into Suspend mode. If the switch is pressed for longer than 4 seconds, the system will be turned Off. The default setting is Instant-Off. If Instant-Off is selected the soft power switch is only used to control On and Off , so there is no need to press it for 4 seconds, and there is no Suspend. Available Options: Delay 4 sec., Instant-Off

Power Management > Wake On PCI card

This is a functio n of PCI specif ication 2.2. PCI bus supports standby current to PCI card and PCI card can wakeup system if it detects certain activity. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Power Management > Wake On Modem

This option lets you specify enable or disable Wake On Modem function. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

Power Management > Wake On RTC Timer

The Wake Up Timer is more like an alarm, which wakes up and powers on your

system at a pre-defined time for a specific application. It can be set to wake up everyday or on specific date within a month. The date/time is accurate to within a second. This option lets you enable or disable the RTC Wake Up function. Available options: By Date, By Week, Disabled

Power Management > Date (of Month) Alarm

This item is display ed when yo u enable th e W ake On RT C Timer option. Here y ou can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day of every month.

Tip: Setting this item to 0 will wake up the system on the specified time (which can be set in the Wake On RTC Timer) every day.

Power Management > Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

This item is display ed when yo u enable th e W ake On RT C Timer option. Here y ou can specify what time you want to wake up the system.

PNP/PCI Configurations

The PNP / PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu.

PNP/PCI Configurations > Assign IRQ For VGA

In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function, allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address. Available options: Disabled, Enabled

PNP/PCI Configurations > Assign IRQ For USB

PNP/PCI Configurations > Maximum Payload Size

This item allows you to set TLP (Transaction Layer Package) size. Available options: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096

nd I/O address.

Silent BIOS/HW Monitor

This submenu displays Silent BIOS / HW monitor status and provides some basic control function.

Silent BIOS/HW Monitor > CPU Warning Temperature

This item is used to specify a CPU warning temperature. When the CPU’s temperature is higher than this predefined value, the CPU’s speed will automatically slow down and there will be a warning from BIOS.

Silent BIOS/HW Monitor > Fan Mode

This item allows user to select the mode of Fan Speed. Available options: z Full Speed: All fans will operate in full speed.

1. If CPUFAN doesn’t be connected or operate, there would be Warning Beep.

2. When SystemFAN or PowerFAN is connected to motherboard, if SystemFAN or PowerFAN doesn’t work, there would be Warning Beep.

z Smart Control: User could set critical temperature for each fan. If the

temperature is under critical temperature, fan wouldn’t operate; on the contrary fan would operate.

1. If Power Temperature connector isn’t be connected, Smart Control.mode for Power Fan will be disabled.

z Fixed Speed: User could define the voltage of each fan to make fan operate

in a fixed speed.

1. If CPUFAN doesn’t be connected or operate, there would be Warning Beep.

2. When SystemFAN or PowerFAN is connected to motherboard, if SystemFAN or PowerFAN doesn’t work, there would be Warning Beep.

Frequency/Voltage Control

This submenu allows you to configure the CPU and memory clock.

Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Bus Frequency

This item allows user to overclock the bus frequency of CPU. The range is from

100 to 400.

Tip: When you fail to overclock, you could: Clear CMOS (JP14) to restore the default setting. After turning power on, press “Home” the screen appears.

immediately until

Frequency/Voltage Control > Clock Spread Spectrum

This item is used to set the value of clock Spread Spectrum. BIOS will determine the adjustable v alue accor ding to the CPU in stalle d, n ot all items will be showe d. This function only works when CPU Bus frequency is at 100MHz. Available options: 0.70% Center / 1.00% Center / 1.20% Center / Spread

Off Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Default

This item shows the default voltage of the CPU installed.

Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Voltage Setting

This item allows user to adjust CPU Vcore voltage, BIOS will determine the adjustable value according to the CPU installed.

Frequency/Voltage Control > N/B Voltage Setting

This item allows user to adjust North Bridge voltage, BIOS will determine the adjustable value according to the North Bridge default.

Load Setup Defaults

The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. All the product verification, compatibility/reliability test report and manufacture quality control are based on "Load Setup Defaults". We recommend using these settings for normal operation. "Load Setup Defaults" is not the slowest setting for this motherboard. If you need to verify an unstable problem, you may manually set the parameter in the "Advanced BIOS Features" and "Advanced Chipset Features" to get slowest and safer setting.

Load Turbo Defaults

The "Load Turbo Defaults" option gives better performance than "Load Setup Defaults". It is provided for the convenience of power user who wants to push the motherboard to get better performance. T urbo setting does not go though all the detail reliabili ty a nd c ompa tibi lit y te st, it is te ste d on ly with lim ite d co nfigu r at ion and loading (for example, a system that contains only a VGA card and one DIMM/RIMM). Use Turbo setting only when you fully understand the items in Chipset Setup menu.

Set Password

Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup.

To set a password:

1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as asterisks on the password screen box.

2. After typing the password, press.

3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm the new password. After the password entry, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen.

To disable the password, press “Enter” when being prompted to enter the password. The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled.

Save & Exit Setup

This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup.

Exit without Saving

Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. Do not use this option if you want to save the new configuration.

Load EEPROM Defaults

Except "Load Setup Default" and "Load Turbo Default", you may also use "Save EEPROM Default" to save your own settings into EEPROM, and reload by using this item.

Save EEPROM Defaults

You may use this item to save your own settings into EEPROM. Then, if the data in CMOS is lost or you forget the previous settings, you may use "Load EEPROM Default" to reload.

Credits

List of all excellent AOpen’s R&D join the research and development of this motherboard.

5.4 BIOS Upgrade under Windows

environment

With outstanding R&D ability of AOpen, we now bring you a whole new BIOS Flash wizard ---- EzWinFlash. With an eye to convenience for users, EzWinFlash combines the BIOS binary code and flash module together, so the only thing you have to do is just c lic kin g o n th e u tilit y y ou do wnloa d ed fro m web and le t it h elp you complete the flash process automatically. EzWinFlash detects your motherboard and checks the BIOS version cleverly to prevent your system from any possible failure. Moreover, EzWinFlash has been taken into consideration to go with any windows platform you might be using, no matter if you’re using Windows 95/98, 98SE/ME, NT4.0/2000, or Windows XP.

In the meanwhile, in order to provide a much more user-friendly operating environment, AOpen EzWinFlash is natively designed to have multi-language function to provide easier way for user in changing BIOS setting.

Caution: You are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure when you update your system. If your motherboard is working stable, and there are no major bugs to be fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT upgrade your BIOS. If you intent on upgrade PLEASE MAKE SURE you get the right BIOS revision for your motherboard model so as to avoid any possible failure.

Note: The model name on this BIOS picture is for reference only. It may not be the same model with your motherboard.

You may accomplish BIOS upgrade procedure with EzWinFlash according to following steps, and it’s STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to close all applications before you start the upgrades.

Download the latest ve rsion of BIOS packag e zip file from AOpen official web site. (Ex: http://english.aopen.com.tw/

)

Unzip the downloaded BIOS package (ex: WSGMAXII102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com

) in Windows environment.

Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, WSGMAXII102.EXE & WSGMAXII102.BIN.

Double click WSGMAXII102.EXE; EzWinFlash will detect the model name and BIOS version of your motherboard. If you collect wrong BIOS, you will not be allowed to proceed with the flash steps.

You may select a preferred language in main menu, then click [Start Flash] to begin the BIOS upgrade procedure.

EzWinFlash will complete all the process automatically, and a dialogue box will pop up to ask you to restart Windows. Click [YES] to reboot Windows.

Press <Del> at POST to enter BIOS setup screen; choose "Load Setup Defaults", then “Save & Exit Setup”. Done!

It is strongly recommended NOT to turn off the power or run any applications during FLASH PROCESS.

Warning: The new BIOS upgrade will

permanently replace your original BIOS setting when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the BIOS setting before your system goes back to work as normal.

5.5 Vivid BIOS technology

Have you been fed up with the conservative and immutable POST screen? Let’s rule out the tradition idea that POST screen are stiff and frigid, and let AOpen show you the newly developed VividBIOS to experience the lively vivid colorful POST screen!

Unlike earlier graphic POST screen which could occupy the whole screen and mask text information during POST, AOpen VividBIOS deals with graphics and texts separately , and makes them running simultaneously during POST. With this innovative design, VividBIOS now brings you a beautiful and sleek 256 colors screen without missing any important information shown on POST screen.

In addition, the limited space of BIOS ROM is another big issue. When all of the traditional BIOS can only show space-consuming and uncompressed Bitmap, AOpen has considerately tuned the BIOS to next generation, to recognize the smaller-sized GIF format and even dynamic-showing GIF animation.

Vivid BIOS shares the same fundamental technology with Open JukeBox CD Player , you may use the same EzSkin utility to change your VividBIOS screen or to download your fav orite Open JukeBo x skin. If you se e this little logo s hown beside

your model name on the motherboard download page,

http://english.aopen.com.tw/tech/ezskin/vivid.htm

that your motherboard supports this innovative feature!

, it is assured

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

You may think that installing drivers and utilities would be a repeated task of going through those installation wizards and steps-by-steps. Now, you will be surprised with how “Ez” EzInstall could do. Without wizards or steps, all you have to do is to do one click and then it’s done. Click and done. Yes. EzInstall makes installation easy and even foolproof!

After putting in the CD, you will be prompted with AOpen welcome page and our branches information.

First, click on the install driver ICON at left side for necessary drivers. Second, click on the install utility ICON at left side for preferred utilities. Practically, it’s done. But you may also browse CD contents, Readme to get more

information or just exit the CD installation.

Install driver

Click to install online manual

Install utility

Browse CD Contents

Readme

AOpen branches information

Exit CD

6.1 Installing Drivers

As you may see from the Installing driver page, EzInstall had picked up necessary for your motherboard. All you have to do is just click on the “GO”, and no mo re steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you cannot click them off. R ed checks can be disabled if you don’t want to install them now.

Press the icon will prompt the “Install Driver” page. You may also press “Back” to return to the Main page.

Once clicking “GO”, EzInstall will run the installing procedure automatically, and prompt a reboot dialog (Some drivers or utilities may skip the reboot part).

6.2 Installing Utilities

Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. Y ou may find lots of fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, then it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps.

Press the icon will prompt the “Install Utilities” page for your selection. You may also press “Back” to get back to the Main page.

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Chapter 7 Troubleshootin

Chapter 8 Technical Support

Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at

http://www.aopen.com

to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every customer of us, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help from our branches according to the region you buy the product. With your help, we can then continue to provide efficient and the best quality service to every customer.

Thanks very much for your understanding! AOpen Technical Supporting Team

Europe

AOpen Computer b.v. Tel: 31-73-645-9516

Email: Support@AOpen.NL

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司 Tel: 86-21-6225-8622 Fax: 86-21-6225-7926

Germany

AOpen Computer GmbH. Tel: 49-2131-1243-710 Fax: 49-2131-1243-999

Pacific Rim

AOpen Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899

Japan

AOpen Japan Inc. Tel: 81-048-290-1800 Fax: 81-048-290-1820

Europe Email: Support@AOpen.NL Pacific Rim: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/default.htm China: http://www.aopen.com.cn/tech/default.htm Germany: http://www.aopencom.de/tech/default.htm America: http://usa.aopen.com/tech/default.htm Japan: http://aopen.jp/tech/index.html

America

AOpen America Inc. Tel: 1-510-489-8928 Fax: 1-510-489-1998

Model Name and BIOS Version

Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example:

Phoenix AwardBIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally

i915GMm-HFS R1.00 Jan. 31. 2005 AOpen Inc.

i915GMm-HFS is model name of motherboard; R1.00 is BIOS version

Thanks for choosing AOpen product, please register this motherboard at

http://club.aopen.com.tw/productreg/

and to ensure high service quality and priority from AOpen. You will also have a chance to play slot machine game to win prize from AOpen. Please prepare the following information before you start: Model Name, Part Number (P/N), Serial Number (S/N) and Purchase Date. The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing or on component side of PCB. For example:

to become a Gold member of Club AOpen,

P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.

Phoenix-Award BIOS ERROR Message

Beep Sound Message 1 short(Beep) System bo o t in g i s no rmally. 1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR 1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error 1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error Long(Beep) continuous DRAM hasn't inset correctly.

Part No.

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Technical Support

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