AOpen S661FXMS User Manual

Table of Contents

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 and System Fans ..................................................................10

Installing CPU Fan .....................................................................................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................................................................................17

Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting.................................................................18

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

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

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

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

Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect ...................................................................23

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Connecting Front Audio ..............................................................................24

Connecting CD_IN .....................................................................................25

Connecting AUX_IN ...................................................................................26

Connecting Case Open ...............................................................................27

Connecting S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) ........................................28

Colored Coded Back Panel ..........................................................................29

LED Indication ..........................................................................................30

3.4 Jumper Settings ........................................................................................ 31

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities ................................................... 32

RAID (for s661FXm-S only).............................................................................. 32

(Redundant Array of Independent Disks) ........................................................... 32

RAID BIOS Setting Utility ...........................................................................32

Other Useful Features...................................................................................... 33

Chapter 5 Setting BIOS......................................................................... 34

Introduction .............................................................................................34

How To Use Phoenix-Award™ BIOS Setup Program .......................................35

How To Enter BIOS Setup ..........................................................................35

BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment..................................................36

Vivid BIOS technology ...............................................................................38

Chapter 6 Installing Drivers ................................................................... 39

6.1 Installing Drivers ....................................................................................... 40

6.2 Installing Utilities ...................................................................................... 41

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting..................................................................... 42

Chapter 8 Technical Support .................................................................. 43

Model Name and BIOS Version....................................................................44

Register Your Motherboard .........................................................................44

Technical Support......................................................................................45

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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 great industry-designing ability and our everlasting perseverance
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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Under no circumstances are any types of duplicating and loading this brochure in any
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AOpen Company.

1996-2004 Copyrights, AOpen Ltd. All rights reserved.

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1.2 Features of This Manual

To help you grab 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.

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Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard

2.1 How does your motherboard look like?

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1. JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse Wakeup Jumper 15. Onboard AC’97 CODEC

2. Resetable Fuse 16. Front Audio Connector

3. 4-pin 12V ATX Power Connector 17. S/PDIF Connector

4. AGP 8X Expansion Slot 18. AUX_IN Connector

5. CPUFAN Connector 19. CD_IN Connector

6. 478-pin CPU socket supporting Intel P4

5. Northwood and Prescott CPU

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

7. SIS 661FX / 964L Chipsets (s661FXm)

8. SYSFAN Connector 22. SYSFAN2 Connector

9. 184-pin DIMMs x 2 23. USB 2.0 Connectors x 2

10. IDE Connectors x 2 24. DieHard BIOS Lite

11. ATX Power Connector 25. Serial ATA Ports X 2

12. STBY LED 26. JP14 CMOS Data Clear Jumper

13. IRDA Connector 27. Front Panel Connector

14. Case Open Connector 28. FDD Connector

20. AGP LED

21. 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots X 3

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2.2 Specification

Here is the main function of your motherboard.

Models s661FXm-S s661FXm

CPU

Chipset SIS 661FX / 964 SIS 661FX / 964L

Main
Memory

Graphics

IDE

LAN

Sound

USB Integrated in chipset, USB 2.0 x 8 Integrated in chipset, 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 Pentium 4 Northwood and Prescott
CPU
Socket 478
400/533/800MHz

DDR 266/333/400MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type : 64/128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory : 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in chipset
8X AGP slot
Integrated ATA133 and Serial ATA
Controller [support RAID0, 1]
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]
SIS 10/100 Mbps LAN Controller
RealTek PHY
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
VGA Port x 1, COM Port x 1
Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x 1,Chassis
FAN x 1
Case Open Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1
IrDA x 1,S/PDIF x 1
USB Connector x 2

Intel Pentium 4 CPU Northwood and
Prescott CPU
Socket 478
400/533/800MHz

Mode DDR 266/333/400MHz
DDR DIMM x 2
DIMM Type : 64/128/256/512MB & 1GB
Max Memory : 2GB
Integrated VGA Engine in chipset
8X AGP slot
Integrated ATA133
Max Disk: 144,000,000GB [by 48 bits
LBA Spec.]

SIS 10/100 Mbps LAN Controller
RealTek PHY
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
VGA Port x 1, COM Port x 1
Printer Port x 1
Speaker_Out x 1, Line_In x 1
MIC_In x 1
Front Panel x 1
Front Audio x 1
CPU FAN x 1,System FAN x 1,Chassis
FAN x 1
Case Open Connector x 1
CD_IN x 1, AUX_IN x 1
IrDA x 1,S/PDIF x 1
USB Connector x 2

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2.3 Block Diagram

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p

VGA Onboard

AGP 8X

AGP 8X Slot

DIMM Sockets x2

SIS

10/100

LAN

Controlle

LAN connect
Com

onent

400/533/800MHz
System Bus

AGP bus

DDR400/333/266
RAM Up to 2GB

Socket 478

Intel

Pentium 4

CPU

SIS

661FX

chipset

USB Ports x8

Floppy Disk
Drive

Serial Ports x1

PCI Bus

32-bit PCI Slot
x3

for s661FXm-S

150MB/s

Serial ATA Ports
x2

ATA
66/100/133

IDE Drives x 4

RealTek

AC97

CODEC

964

(s661FXm-S)

964L

(s661FXm)

4Mbits Flash
EEPROM

Parallel Port

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Chapter 3 Hardware Installation

Chapter 3 Hardware

q

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)

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3.2 Installation You Have to Know

Installing CPU

This socket supports FC-PGA2 package CPU, which is the latest CPU package
developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fitted in.

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and up to 90-degree angle.

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. Press down the CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation.

CPU socket lever

Socket Pin 1

Golden arrow

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Installing CPU and System Fans

R

Plug the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPUFAN connector. If you have chassis fan,
you can also plug it in SYSFAN1 or SYSFAN2 connector.

SYSFAN2 Connector

GND
+12V
SENSOR

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

SYSFAN1 Connector

SENSO

+12V

GND

CPUFAN Connector

GND
+12V
SENSOR

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Installing CPU Fan

1. Gently put down the CPU fan on the retention module with four clips aligning

correctly to the four holes. Make sure the two levers are in opposite

direction.

2. Press down the clips into the holes one by one. Make sure the clips are firmly

fixed into the holes.

Clip

Hole

3. Pull two levers down toward the opposite direction to secure the cpu fan.

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

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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.

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(

(

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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.

Secondary

4th)

Slave

Secondary
Master

3rd)

FDD Connector

Pin 1

Pin 1

Primary

2nd)

Slave

ATA 66/100/133 IDE

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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 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.

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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.

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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 of 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 Model Name

Pentium 4 2.4AG 2400MHz 533MHz 1MB 18x

Pentium 4 2.8AG 2800MHz 533MHz 1MB 21x

Pentium 4 2.8BG 2800MHz 533MHz 512KB 21x

Pentium 4 2.8CG 2800MHz 800MHz 512KB 14x

Pentium 4 2.8EG 2800MHz 800MHz 1MB 14x

Pentium 4 3.0CG 3000MHz 800MHz 512KB 15x

Pentium 4 3.0EG 3000MHz 800MHz 1MB 15x

Pentium 4 3.06BG 3066MHz 533MHz 512KB 23x

Pentium 4 3.2CG 3200MHz 800MHz 512KB 16x

Pentium 4 3.2EG 3200MHz 800MHz 1MB 16x

Pentium 4 3.4CG 3400MHz 800MHz 512KB 17x

Pentium 4 3.4EG 3400MHz 800MHz 1MB 17x

Celeron 325 2533MHz 533MHz 256KB 19x

Celeron 330 2666MHz 533MHz 256KB 20x

Celeron 335 2800MHz 533MHz 256KB 21x

Celeron 340 2933MHz 533MHz 256KB 22x

Celeron 345 3066MHz 533MHz 256KB 23x

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

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

CPU FSB (Adjustment manually) FSB = 100MHz-248MHz by 1MHz Stepping CPU Overclocking

CPU Core
Freq.

System
Bus

L2 Cache Ratio

Note: SIS 661FX

chipset support Intel P4
Northwood and Prescott
CPU. Northwood and
Prescott CPU could
detect the clock ratio
automatically; you may
not be able to adjust the
clock ratio in BIOS
manual.

Warning: SIS

661FX chipset support
maximum 800MHz
(200MHz*4) system
bus and 66MHz AGP
clock; higher clock
setting may cause
serious system
damage.

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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 ATA cable to the serial ATA 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 ATA hard disks are installed on serial
ATA ports, the one connected on Port0 (SATA1) will be set as the first boot device
automatically. Please note that it doesn’t support Hot-Plug in function.

SATA1

SATA2

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Adjusting your Hard Disk Setting

Except its original 2 sets of parallel IDE, this motherboard supports the latest
serial ATA hard disk. If you are unable to find your newly installed serial ATA hard
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

Æ

SIS Serial ATA Controller” to either enable or disable

SATA interface.

Æ

SIS

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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 because when the
voltage/clock for AGP/PCI is adjusted, the
SATA clock cannot remain at 100MHz, and
the system will therefore be unstable.

Warning: It is

strongly recommended
not install a 3.3V AGP
card, which is not
supported by SIS 661FX
chipsets on this
motherboard.

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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

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10/100 LAN Supported

On the strength of SIS 10/100 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 connectors. 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). 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

ACT LED (Right)

Yellow

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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

Pin 1

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Super 5.1 Channel Audio Effect

This motherboard comes with a Realtek AC’97 CODEC (ALC655), 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 ALC655, 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.

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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

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Connecting CD_IN

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

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Connecting AUX_IN

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

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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

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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 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

1

+5V
NC
SPDIFOUT
GND
SPDIFIN

(RCA)

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

S/PDIF OUT

S/PDIF IN

(Optical)

S/PDIF Module

(User Upgrade Optional)

S/PDIF
Cable

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Colored Coded Back Panel

The onboard I/O devices have PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, RJ-45 LAN Connector,
COM1, VGA port, Printer, USB, AC’97 sound and game 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

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.

SPP/EPP/ECP
Parallel Port

COM 1 Port

VGA Port

RJ45

LAN Jack

USB 2.0
Ports

Line-In

Speaker Out

MIC-In

COM1 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

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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 Technology is implemented, this motherboard
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

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3.4 Jumper Settings

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse
Wakeup Jumper

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

JP14 Clear CMOS Data

JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper

Clear CMOS

1

Disable

(Default)

JP28 PS2 KB/Mouse
Wakeup Jumper

1

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 shorting pin 1 & pin 2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

1

Normal

(default)

1

Enable

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Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

Chapter 4 Special Features and Utilities

RAID (for s661FXm-S only)
(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

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. You can use
this utility to create or delete your disk arrays.

Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. RAID BIOS Setting Utility v1.xx
(c) 2003-2005 Silicon Integrated Systems Corp.All Right Reserved.

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

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

［RAID Information］

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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

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Chapter 5 Setting BIOS

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.

To enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-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.

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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. Alternatively, it's strongly
recommended to install AOpen’s newest WinBIOS Utility to get more detailed
description, further powerful functions and advanced setting of BIOS.

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 Test) 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.

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BIOS Upgrade under Windows environment

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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 clicking on the utility you downloaded from web and let it help
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 an

ossible failure.

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

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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 version of BIOS package 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.

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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 favorite Open JukeBox skin. If you see this little logo shown 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

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Chapter 6 Installing Drivers

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

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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”, a nd no m o re
steps afterward, of all listed drivers, grey checks indicate necessary drivers; you
cannot click them off. Red 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).

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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. You may find lots of
fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the “GO”, t h en
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.

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Chapter 7 Troubleshooting

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Chapter 7 Troubleshootin

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Chapter 8 Technical Support

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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: [phone]
Email: Su

Germany

AOpen Computer GmbH.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Europe Email: [e-mail]
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://www.aopen.co.jp/tech/default.htm

[e-mail]

China

艾爾鵬國際貿易(上海)有限公司
Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

Japan

AOpen Japan Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Pacific Rim

AOpen Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

America

AOpen America Inc.
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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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

Copyright (C) 2003, Phoenix Technologies, LTD.

i865GVm-I R1.02 June. 01. 2003 AOpen Inc.

i865GVm-I 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.

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Technical Support

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