AOpen S661FXM7S User Manual

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Table of Contents

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

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start..........................................................3

1.2 Features of This Manual ...............................................................................4

1.3 Safety Information ......................................................................................4

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard............................................... 5

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?...........................................................5

2.2 Specification...............................................................................................6

2.3 Block Diagram ............................................................................................7

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation............................................................... 8

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure .........................................................................8

3.2 Installation You Have to Know.......................................................................9

Installing CPU ............................................................................................ 9

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

Installing CPU and System Fans ..................................................................11

Installing Memory Modules .........................................................................12

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables ..............................................................13

Connecting Front Panel Cable .....................................................................14

Connecting ATX Power Cables.....................................................................15

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference ...........................................................16

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency .............................................................16

Connecting Serial ATA (for s661FXm-7S only)...............................................17

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (for s661FXm-7S only)................................18

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot ..............................................................19

Connecting IrDA........................................................................................20

10/100Mbps LAN Supported .......................................................................21

Connecting USB2.0....................................................................................22

Connecting S/PDIF ....................................................................................23

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect...................................................................24

Connecting Front Audio..............................................................................25

Connecting CD_IN.....................................................................................26

Connecting AUX_IN ...................................................................................27

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................28

LED Indication ..........................................................................................29

3.4 Jumper Settings........................................................................................ 30

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities................................................... 31

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ................................................... 31

RAID BIOS Setting Utility (for s661FXm-7S only) ..........................................31

Other Useful Features...................................................................................... 32

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 33

Introduction .............................................................................................33

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................34

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................34

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................35

Vivid BIOS technology ...............................................................................37

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers................................................................... 38

6.1 Installing Drivers.......................................................................................39

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 40

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 41

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 42

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................43

Technical Support......................................................................................44

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 a bility 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 to download the updated file.

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 mothe rboard 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.

17 18 19

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 14. Onboard Realtek AC’97 CODEC

2. STBY LED 15. Front Audio Connector

3. AGP Protection LED 16. S/PDIF Connector

4. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 17. AUX_IN Connector

5. SYSFAN1 18. CD_IN Connector

6. AGP Expansion Slot 19. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots x 3

7. LGA775 CPU Socket supporting Intel

7. FC-LGA4 CPU

8. SiS 661FX/964 Chipsets (s661FXm-7S)

8. SiS 661FX/964L Chipsets (s661FXm-7)

9. CPUFAN Connector 22. DieHard BIOS Lite

10. 184-pin DIMMs x 2 23. Serial ATA Ports x 2 (s661FXm-7S)

11. ATA 133 Connectors x 2 24. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

12. 20-pin ATX Power Connector 25. Front Panel Connector

13. IRDA Connector 26. FDD Connector

20. SYSFAN2 Connector

21. USB2.0 Connectors x 2

2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models s661FXm-7S s661FXm-7

CPU

Chipset SiS 661FX / SiS 964 SiS 661FX / SiS 964L

Main Memory

Graphics 8X AGP slot 8X AGP slot

IDE

LAN SiS 10/100Mbps LAN Controller SiS 10/100Mbps LAN Controller Sound USB USB 2.0 x 8 USB 2.0 x 8 Slots

Back Panel I/O

On Board Connector

BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Award PnP 4Mb Flash ROM BIOS Board Size 244 mm x 220 mm 244 mm x 220 mm

Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Socket T 800MHz

DDR 266/333/400MHz DDR DIMM x 2 DIMM T yp e : 64/128/256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 2GB

Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA Controller (Raid 0, 1 supported) Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Realtek AC'97 CODEC onboard, support 5.1 Channel

AGP x 1 PCI x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 4 LAN Port x 1, COM Port x 1 VGA Port x 1 Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1 Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1 FDD Connector x 1 ATA133 Connectors x 2 Serial ATA Connectors x 2 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1,Sys tem FAN x 1,Chassis FAN x 1, IrDA Connector x 1 S/PDIF Connector x 1, CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1 USB connector x 2

Intel FC-LGA4 CPU Socket T 800MHz

DDR 266/333/400MHz DDR DIMM x 2 DIMM T yp e : 64/128/256/512MB & 1GB Max Memory : 2GB

Integrated ATA133 Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits LBA Spec.]

Realtek AC'97 CODEC onboard, support 5.1 Channel

AGP x 1 PCI x 3 PS/2 Keyboard x 1 PS/2 Mouse x 1 USB Port x 4 LAN Port x 1 COM Port x 1 VGA Port x 1 Printer Port x 1 Speaker_Out x 1 Line_In x 1, MIC_In x 1 FDD Connector x 1 ATA133 Connectors x 2 Front Panel x 1 Front Audio x 1 CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x 1,Chassis FAN x 1, IrDA Connector x 1 S/PDIF Connector x 1, CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1 USB connector x 2

2.3 Block Diagram

(

VGA Onboard

AGP 8X Slot

DIMM Sockets x2

SiS

10/100Mbps

LAN

LGA 775

Socket

Intel

FC-LGA4

CPU

PCI Bus

150MB

32-bit PCI Slots x3

Serial ATA Ports x 2

s661FXm-7S)

800MHz System Bus

AGP bus

SiS 661FX

ATA 66/100/133

IDE Drives x 4

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

DDR400/333/266 RAM Up to 2 GB

USB Ports x8

SiS 964

(s661FXm-7S)

SiS 964L

(s661FXm-7)

4Mbits FlashEEPROM

LAN connect Com

onent

Floppy Disk Drive

Parallel Port

Serial Port x1

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

Installation

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 AGP & PCI Cards

10. Loading Default BIOS, Setting CPU

uency

Fre

9. Connecting Back Panel Ports (Keyboard, Mouse, etc)

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports FC-LGA4 CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

1. Pull CPU socket lever and plate up.

2. Remove plastic cap from CPU socket plate.

3. 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.

4. Press down the CPU socket plate and lever to finish CPU installation.

socket Pin 1 and CPU golden arrow well, you may damage the CPU. And please don’t touch CPU socket pins when installing CPU.

Intel to use thermal paste properly to avoid over-heat generated from Prescott CPU .

CPU socket plate

Socket Pin 1

Warning: If you do not match the CPU

Note: It’s strongly recommended by

CPU socket lever

Golden arrow

Plastic cap

Installing CPU Fan

1. Gently put down the CPU fan on CPU socket with four sticks aiming correctly

to the four mounting holes.

Mounting

hole

2. Press down four fixing sticks into the holes one by one. Make sure the

sticks are firmly fixed into the holes.

Mounting

hole

Fixing stick

Note: The picture above may look different from the product you purchased.

Installing CPU and System Fans

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 4-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND +12V

SENSOR

+12V GND

SYSFAN1 Connector

PWM

SENSOR

+12V

GND

CPUFAN Connector

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

Installing Memory Modules

DIMM slots are designed in Electronic blue which are very easy to recognize. 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.

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connect the 34-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

Secondary

Master (3rd)

IDE 2 (Secondary)

Secondary

Slave (4th)

Pin 1

Master (1st)

IDE 1 (Primary)

Primary

AT A 66/100/133

IDE Connector

Primary

Slave (2nd)

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

HDD LED HDD LED

SPEAKER

Front Panel Connector

NC NC

+5V

GND

Power Switch GND Power LEDGND

Power LED+ NC GND GND RESET GND

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. It’s not necessary to set CPU core voltage.

Setting CPU Frequency

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

BIOS Setup > Frequency / Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setup

(Users will do the overclocking at their own risks!!)

CPU Ratio 8x, 10x… 24x, 25x, 26x, 27x, 28x CPU FSB (Adjustment

manually)

Processor Number Processor Frequency FSB CPU Ratio Cache 5 Series

580 4.00G 800MHZ 20x 1MB L2 570 3.80G 800MHZ 19x 1MB L2 560 3.60G 800MHZ 18x 1MB L2 550 3.40G 800MHZ 17x 1MB L2 540 3.20G 800MHZ 16x 1MB L2 530 3.00G 800MHZ 15x 1MB L2 520 2.80G 800MHZ 14x 1MB L2 3 Series

350 3.20G 533MHZ 24x 256K L2 345 3.06G 533MHZ 23x 256K L2 340 2.93G 533MHZ 22x 256K L2 335 2.80G 533MHZ 21x 256K L2

Note: With CPU speed changing rapidly, there might be faster CPU on th

market by the time you received this installation guide. This table is kindly fo your references only.

FSB = 100MHz-250MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

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

Warning: SiS 661FX chipset support maximum 800MHz (200MHz*4) system;

higher clock setting may cause serious system damage.

Connecting Serial ATA (for s661FXm-7S only)

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. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA1 Port0

SATA2 Port1

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (for s661FXm-7S only)

Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest serial AT A hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial A T A har d disks on your operating system after having them installed, the problem may lie in the BIOS setting. You can simply adjust BIOS settings to have them work properly.

After installing your hard disks properly, you can directly go to BIOS setting screen for adjustment. Simply pressing “Integrated Peripherals

OnChip PCI Device

SIS Serial ATA Controller” to either enable or disable

SATA interface.

SIS

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot

This motherboard provides an AGP 8X slot. The AGP 8X is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D graphic. Traditionally AGP used both rising and falling edge of the 66MHz clock for 4X AGP, and the data transfer rate could achieve 66MHz x 4bytes x 4 = 1056MB/s. Now AGP is moving to AGP 8X mode, which is upgraded to 66MHz x 4bytes x 8 =2.1GB/s.

Warning: It is strongly recommended not adjust AGP/PCI

voltage/clock when you connect SATA device. It is becau se when the voltage/clock for AGP/PCI is adjusted, the SATA clock cannot remain at 100MHz, and the system will therefore be unstable.

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

KEY

GND IR_RX

IrDA Connector

10/100Mbps LAN Supported

On the strength of SiS LAN controller on board, this motherboard provides 10/100Mbps Ethernet for office and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located on the top of USB ports. The right hand side LED indicates link mode; it lights in yellow when linking to network. 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). T o 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

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 also use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.

Pin 1

SBD6+

+5V

SBD6-

GND

KEY

9 10

USB Connector

+5V SBD7-

SBD7+ GND

Connecting S/PDIF

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 audio cable, you can connect the S/PDIF connector to other end of the S/PDIF audio module, which bears S/PDIF digital output. Normally there are two S/PDIF outputs as shown, one for RCA connector, the most common one used for consumer audio products, and the other for optical connector with better audio quality. Same as outputs, you can also connect RCA or optical audio products to input connectors on the module and have the voice or music come out from your computer . However, you must have a 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.

Pin 1

(RCA)

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

S/PDIF Cable

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with an AC’97 CODEC, which supports high quality of

5.1 Channel audio effects, bringing you a brand new audio experience. On the strength of the innovative design of AC’97 CODEC, you're able to use standard line-jacks for surround audio output without connecting any external module. To apply this function, you have to install the audio driver in the Bonus Pack CD as well as an audio application supporting 5.1 Channel. Picture below represents the standard location of all speakers in 5.1 Channel sound tracks. Please connect the plug of your front speakers to the green “Speaker out” port, rear speakers’ plug to the blue “Line in” port and both of the center and subwoofer speakers to the red “MIC in” port.

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, p lease 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

AUD

AUD MIC BIAS

FPOUT_R

AUD

AUD_FPOUT_L

Front Audio Connecto

MIC

AUD_GND AUD_VCC AUD_RET_R

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 AUX_IN

This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.

R GND GND

AUX-IN Connector

Colored Coded Back Panel

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector , COM, VGA port, Printer, USB, and AC’97 sound ports. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.

PS/2 Mouse Connector

PS/2 Keyboard Connector

USB 2.0

Ports

COM Port

SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port

VGA Port

PS/2 Keyboard: For standard keyboard, which use a PS/2 plug. PS/2 Mouse: For PC-Mouse, which use a PS/2 plug. USB Port: Available for connecting USB devices. Parallel Port: To connect with SPP/ECP/EPP printer.

RJ45

LAN Jack

USB 2.0

Ports

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

COM Port:

To connect with pointing devices, modem or others serial

devices.

RJ-45 LAN Port:

To connect Ethernet for home or office use.

VGA Connector: To connect with PC monitor. Speaker Out: To External Speaker, Earphone or Amplifier. Line-In: Comes from the signal sources, such as CD/Tape player. MIC-In: For Microphone

LED Indication

LED indication including Standby LED and AGP LED are AOpen’s considerate 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.

AGP LED aims to protect your motherboard from being damaged by over voltage of AGP card. When AGP Protection T echnolog y is imp lemente d, this mot herboa rd will automatically detect the voltage of AGP card and prevent your chipsets from being burnt out. Please note that if you install an AGP card with 3.3V , which is not supported by SiS 661FX chipset, the AGP LED on the motherboard will light up to warn you the possible damage of the exceeding voltage.

STBY LED

AGP LED

3.4 Jumper Settings

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper

This motherboard provides PS2 keyboard / mouse wake-up function.

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse Wakeup Jumper

Disable

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

Clear CMOS

Enable

Normal

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 settin g by shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

With the latest chipsets implemented, SiS 964 provides RAID 0 and RAID 1 function for the Serial ATA hard disks. You may use RAID BIOS Setting Utility provided by SiS 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 (for s661FXm-7S only)

In order to make sure your system can recognize and operate Serial ATA RAID device smoothly, we have to enter RAID BIOS Setting Utility to do some configuration. After finishing the BIOS setup and reboot, you will see [Press <CRTL><S> to run BIOS Setting Utility] about half way through the boot up. When you enter you will be presented with a screen as shown below. Y ou can use this utility to create or delete your disk arrays.

Press <CTRL><S> to run BIOS Setting Utliity Scan Device. Please Wait………….

Primary Master : xxxxxxxx xxxxxxMB UDMA 5 Primary Slave : <Device Not Found> Secondary Master : <SATA Device Not Found> Secondary Slave : xxxxxxxx xxxxxMB UDMA 5

［RAID Information］

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

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.

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 program.

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.

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 t he u til it y y o u d ownlo a de d from web a nd let it he lp 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 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: S661FXM7S102.ZIP) with WinZip (http://www.winzip.com) in Windows environment.

Save the unzipped files into a folder, for example, S661FXM7S102.EXE & S661FXM7S102.BIN.

Double click S661FXM7S102.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 setti ng when flashing. You may need to reconfigure the BIOS setting before your system goes back to work as normal.

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 ex perience 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

Install utility

Browse CD Contents

Readme

Click to install online manual

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 n o mor e 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

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

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

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

s661FXm-7S R1.02 July. 01. 2004 AOpen Inc.

s661FXm-7S is model name of motherboard; R1.02 is BIOS version

Register Your Motherboard

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 booting is normally. 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. Serial No.

AOpen S661FXM7S User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Table of Contents

1.1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start

1.2 Features of This Manual

1.3 Safety Information

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

2.2 Specification

2.3 Block Diagram

Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

3.1 Quick Installation Procedure

3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

Installing CPU Fan

Installing CPU and System Fans

Installing Memory Modules

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cables

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Connecting ATX Power Cables

3.3 Other Installation for Your Reference

Setting CPU Voltage and Frequency

Connecting Serial ATA (for s661FXm-7S only)

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting (for s661FXm-7S only)

Connecting AGP 8X Expansion Slot

Connecting IrDA

10/100Mbps LAN Supported

Connecting USB2.0

Connecting S/PDIF

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

Connecting Front Audio

Connecting CD_IN

Connecting AUX_IN

Colored Coded Back Panel

LED Indication

3.4 Jumper Settings

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

RAID BIOS Setting Utility (for s661FXm-7S only)

Other Useful Features

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

Introduction

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program

How To Enter BIOS Setup

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment

Vivid BIOS technology

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

6.1 Installing Drivers

6.2 Installing Utilities

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

Chapter 8 Technical Support

Model Name and BIOS Version

Register Your Motherboard

Technical Support