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7460M Mainboard Contents

QUICK JUMPER & CONNECTOR SETTING......................A

CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING.....................................B

CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS DESCRIPTION.................C

TABLE OF CONTENTS............................................................1

HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL................................................2

APTER 1 Introduction..............................................................3

1-1 System Features.............................................................................4

1-2 Software Power Off Control..........................................................6

1-3 Modem Ring On............................................................................6

1-4 SB-Link Sideband Signals............................................................7

1-5 Ultra DMA 66 Cable (optional)....................................................7

1-6 Wake-On-LAN .............................................................................8

CHAPTER 2 Installation..........................................................9

2-1 Installation Procedure ...................................................................9

2-2 CPU Installation............................................................................9

2-3 System Memory Installation.........................................................10

2-4 IDE Driver Installation..................................................................11

2-5 VGA Driver Installation................................................................11

2-6 Sound Driver Installation..............................................................11

CHAPTER 3 Award BIOS Setup.............................................12

3-1 Update BIOS Procedure................................................................13

3-1-2 Update Microcode API..............................................................14

3-2 Award System BIOS Configuration Setup...................................15

Appendix A Technical Support Request Form

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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

This manual is written in a user-friendly style. It would be advisable for users to read it in an orderly sequence :

1. For Hardware Information: Read COMPONENT LOCATION DIAGRAM, Page A: QUICK JUMPER &

CONNECTOR SETTING, Page B: CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING and Page C: CONNECTORS AND JUMPERS DESCRIPTION.

2. For Mainboard and System Features:

Read “Chapter 1 Introduction” in detail, and you will find helpful information on mainboard and system features. Especially, when you want to do some feature setup, detailed instructions are provided therein to help you through.

3. For CPU, Memory and Drivers Installation:

Read “Chapter 2 Installation” for your CPU, memory and application drivers installation. Detailed instructions are provided to guide all kinds of users.

4. For BIOS Update and Setup:

Read “Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup” for updating your mainboard BIOS and setting up your BIOS Configuration.

5. For other Technical Support:

Read “APPENDIX A”, fill and send the Request Form to your dealer for other technical support.

It is often heard that the default settings on a mainboard is not what user expects. A user-friendly manual would be the handiest assistant to help change the on-board configuration or default setting. In case this manual cannot solve all your problems, please ask your dealer for help and be sure the warranty on your system is still valid.

REMARK: Intel® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation.

All other brands and product names are registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

7460M mainboard utilizes Intel 810 chipset which can enhance the performance

and exceptional value of the Intel CeleronTM processor-powered PC. In addition, this mainboard supports both 66MHz and 100MHz Host Bus Intel PPGA CeleronTM CPUs. Whether you utilize 66MHz or 100MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) CPU, this mainboard only can run with higher performance PC-100 or above memory modules.

The mainboard has integrated AC97 CODEC controller which could enable

audio and modem by running sound and modem software. And onboard

VGA integrated in i810 chipset with 1MB shared memory allows the system

to have 2D/3D graphic performance. Moreover, onboard 4MB SDRAM display cache which could enhance 3D graphic performance is supported while utilizing FW82810 DC100 chip.

It provides one AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) slot to connect riser board with

Audio and/or Modem CODEC (AMC/AC/MC Adapters). This design can reduce the baseline implementation cost of audio and modem.

(Note: If you would like to enable the onboard AC97 CODEC, you need to set JP9 pin 2-3 closed. But in this way, you can only plug the riser board with Modem CODEC to the AMR slot. Otherwise, you can plug the riser board with Audio/Modem CODEC to the AMR slot with JP9 pin 1-2 closed for disabling onboard AC97 CODEC.)

And the last special feature of 7460M is a full suite of PC 99 color-coding I/ O ports which are easy for identification while connecting.

Features of three types of i810 chipsets :

Chipset Type FW82810DC100

FW82801AA

FW82810 FW82801AA

FW82810 FW82801AB

With 4MB Display cache Yes No No

Supporting UDMA 66 Yes Yes No

After installing VGA driver, the shared memory

7MB 11MB 11MB

 Please refer to Page A for the chipset location.  Please ask your dealer for the chipset type of your mainboard.

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1.1 System Features

 Intel 810 chipset supporting PPGA CeleronTM CPUs at 66MHz (300MHz

~466MHz) & 100MHz (350 MHz~500MHz) Front Side Bus.

 VGA function integrated in i810 chipset with 1MB shared memory. (Onboard

4MB SDRAM Display Cache which could enhance 3D graphic performance is

supported while utilizing FW82810 DC100 chip.)



Software audio controller with onboard CODEC complies with AC97 Spec..

 Two 168-pin DIMM sockets for two banks of 64-bit wide path up to 512MB

SDRAM. (Note : Only PC-100 or higher performance memory modules are

available for this mainboard.)

 Built-in Switching Voltage Regulator (VRM 8.4 SPEC.).

 Auto-detected CPU core voltage ranging from 1.3V to 2.8V.

 Three PCI slots compliance with reversion 2.2 of the PCI Local Bus specification.

 One AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) slot which is connected to riser board with

Audio and/or Modem CODEC.

 Dual Master IDE connectors supporting Ultra DMA/33/66 up to four devices in

two channels for connecting high capacity hard disk, CD-ROM, LS-120MB

floppy drive, tape backup etc. (Ultra DMA 66 is not supported while utilizing

FW82801AB chip.)

 Award BIOS with 4MB FWH supporting ACPI, PnP, Green, CPU/SDRAM/PCI

Clock & Ratio settings.

 Supporting Software Power Off Control, Modem Ring On and Wake-On-LAN.

 SMSCLPC47B272 I/O chipset.

 ATX Power Supply Connector.

 USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connector supporting up to 127 peripheral devices.

 PS/2 Keyboard Connector and PS/2 Mouse Connector.

 Infrared Transfer (IrDA TX/RX) Connector.

 One FDD Port supporting one of the following devices :1.2MB/1.44MB/2.88MB.

 One SPP/EPP/ECP Mode Parallel Printer Port.

 Two 16550A Fast UART Compatible Serial Ports and one VGA Port.

 One Game/Midi Port and Audio Jacks for speak out, line in and microphone in.

 MicroATX Form Factor; Board Dimension is 244mm x 190mm.

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VGA Features

 Integrated Graphics Controller

 3D Hyper Pipelined Architecture

 Full 2D H/W Acceleration

 Motion Video Acceleration

 3D Graphics Visual Enhancements

 Flat & Gouraud Shading

 Mip Maps with Bilinear and Anisotropic Filtering

 Fogging Atmospheric Effects

 Z Buffering

 3D Pipe 2D Clipping

 Backface Culling

 3D Graphics Texturing Enhancements

 Per Pixel Perspective Correction Texture Mapping

 Texture Compositing

 Texture Color Keying/Chroma Keying

 Display

 Integrated 24-bit 230MHz RAMDAC

 2D Graphics

 Up to 1600 x 1200 in 8-bit Color at 85 Hz Refresh

 Hardware Accelerated Functions

 H/W Motion Compensation Assistance for S/W MPEG2 Decode

 Software DVD at 30fps

 H/W Overlay Engine with Bilinear Filtering

Audio Features

 Intel 810 ICH with built-in AC97 controller  Supporting HRTF-based 3D positional audio, A3D, Q3D, wavetable, and 3D

surround sound

Note: If you would like to enable the onboard AC97 CODEC, you need to set JP9 pin 2-3 closed. But in this way, you can only plug the riser board with Modem CODEC to the AMR slot.

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1-2 Software Power Off Control

The mainboard design supports Software Power Off Control feature through the SMM code in the BIOS under Windows 95/98, and MS-DOS operation system environment.

First, you should connect the power switch cable to the connector “PS-ON” on the

mainboard. In the BIOS screen of POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP’, choose “User Define” (or “Min. Power Saving” or “Max. Power Saving”) in ‘Power Manager’.

In Windows 95/98, if you would like to power off the system, you just need to

choose “shutdown the computer?” in the “Shut Down Windows” from Windows 95/98. Then the system power will be off directly, and become to the stand-by status. If you would like to restart the system, just press the power switch button, and the system will be powered on.

Note : If you are going to leave your system idle for several days, we suggest you use hardware power off to shutdown your system.

Status Power LED Light Turbo LED Light

Software power off control Light off Light off

APM mode Light on Light on

System running Light on Light on

PS-ON of CONN1

1-3 Modem Ring On

With Modem Ring On function, the computer can wake up remotely through the connected modem. This function enables users to access their computer data from anywhere in the world. But users have to set “Resume by Ring” with ‘enabled’ in “Power Management Setup” from the BIOS setup screen.

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1-4 SB-Link Sideband Signals

In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI bus,

EMU8008 incorporates a pair of SB-Link request/grant sideband signals (PCPCIR

EQN and PCPCIGNTN) to interface to the PCI bus. SB-Link is a mechanism that was

defined and developed by Intel as a docking solution which allows ISA slots to exist

in docking stations connected to desktop PC PCI bus.

PCI 1 Slot SB-Link 2x3 sideband header, sound will also

has a 2x3 header and a cable.

1-5 Ultra DMA 66 Cable (optional)

Ultra DMA 66 cable (40-pin connector & 80-line cable) is packaged while utilizing FW82801AA chip which supports both UDMA 33 & UDMA 66 on the mainboard. In other words, Ultra DMA 33 cable is provided with FW82801AB chip supporting only Ultra DMA 33. And the Ultra DMA 66 color coded connectors for connection are shown as bellow:

SIRQ

REQ#

GND

GNT#A

GND

Blue to Mainboard Black to

Grey to Slave

IDE Peripheral

Master

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1-6 Wake-On-LAN

The remote Wake-On-LAN (WOL) mode of operation is a mechanism that uses Advanced Micro Device Magic Packet technology to power on a sleeping workstation on the network. This mechanism is accomplished when the LAN card receives a specific packet of information, called a Magic Packet, addressed to the node on the network. For additional protection, Secure ON is an optional security feature that can be added to the Magic Packet that requires a password to power on the sleeping workstation. When LAN card is in remote Wake-On-LAN mode, main system power can be shut down leaving power only for the LAN card and auxiliary power recondition.

The LAN card performs no network activities while in the remote Wake-OnLAN mode of operation. It only monitors the network for receipt of a Magic Packet. If a Magic Packet is addressed to the LAN card on the network, the LAN card wake up the system. If the Secure ON feature has been enabled, the password added to the Magic Packet is also verified prior to waking up the system.

You should select two kinds of PCI Ethernet cards with WOL function. One is Intel and the other is with PME signal supporting. And you can set “PCI PME# Function” enabled through “ Power Management Setup” from the BIOS setup screen.

Caution: For Wake-On-LAN, the +5V standby line for the power supply should be capable of delivering +5V ± 5% at 720mA. Failure to provide adequate standby current when implementing Wake-On-LAN will damage the power supply.

WOL connector

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CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION

2-1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

Before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as CPU, DRAM; peripherals such as hard drive, keyboard, CD-ROM and accessories such as cables. Then, install the system as following:

 Put CPU / heat sink (refer to CeleronTM CPU installation guide or see

the following setup chapter), and DRAM modules on the mainboard.

 Plug add-on cards into PCI slots, if needed.  Connect cables to peripheral devices, especially for COM2 connector.  Make sure all components and devices are well connected, turn on

the power and setup System BIOS based on your configuration.

 Install peripheral devices, add-on card drivers and test them.

 If all of above procedures are running successfully, turn the power

off and screw the chassis cover to the chassis, and then connect external devices which are cabled to the system.

2-2 CPU INSTALLATION

This mainboard supports PPGA CeleronTM processors.

The 7460M mainboard has a JumperFree feature that let user s needn’t to set up the CPU clock frequency, and voltage through jumpers. It is smart enough to detect and recognize the CPU voltage, clock, ratio and enables users to setup the CPU frequency only from the BIOS Setup Screen. Users can adjust the frequency through “Frequency / Voltage Control” from the BIOS Setup Screen.

Celeron TM CPU Setup Chart

 Locate Socket 370.

 Push the socket locking lever

sideways and then lift it upward.

 Insert the processor into the

socket with pin 1 to the right corner.

 Lock the CPU to socket by

pushing down the locking lever.

Celeron CPU

Socket 370

Pin-1 corner

Locking lever

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2-3 SYSTEM MEMORY INSTALLATION

7460M mainboard provides two 3.3V 168-pin DIMM sockets for system memory expansion from 8MB to 512MB SDRAM. These two DIMMs are arranged to two banks, please refer to page A.

Bank/DIMM PC-100 Memory Module Total Memory

Bank0/DIMM1 8/16/32/64/128/256MB 8MB~256MB

Bank1/DIMM2 8/16/32/64/128/256MB 8MB~256MB

Total System Memory 8MB~512MB

DIMM type, Size, parity supported:

 PC-100 or higher performance memory module.  Unbuffered, registered SDRAM with SPD.  Both parity or non-parity are available.  3.3V, single/double-side.  8/16/32/64/128/256Mbytes.

 For either 66MHz or 100MHz host bus CPUs, please use 10ns or faster and

PC-100 compliant modules .

 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

This EPROM contains speed and design information of the memory module. The mainboard may get optimal performance via accessing the data of SPD.

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2-4 INTEL 810 DRIVER INSTALLATION

 INF Files for Windows 95/98 :

1. Start Windows 95/98.

2. Put the All-In-One CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Choose Intel 810/820 Inf Files on the Autorun main menu.

4. Then follow the instruction on the screen.

(INF Files that enable the Intel 810/820 Chipsets to be recognized by listed operating systems.)

2-5 VGA DRIVER INSTALLATION

Install Intel 810 AGP Driver For Win95/98/NT

1. Start Windows 95/98/NT.

2. Put the All-In-One CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Choose Intel 810 AGP Driver on the Autorun main menu.

4. Press Next to install the driver.

5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

2-6 SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION

Install Sound Driver For Win95/98/NT

1. Start Windows 95/98/NT.

2. Put the All-In-One CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Choose Audio Device Driver on the Autorun main menu.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.

(Please refer to readme.doc file to get more detailed information.)

Install YAMAHA Software Synthesizer For Win95/98/NT

1. Start Windows 95/98/NT.

2. Put the All-In-One CD into your CD-ROM drive.

3. Choose YAMAHA Software Synthesizer on the Autorun main menu.

4. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish the installation.

(Please refer to readme.doc file to get more detailed information.)

Note : the sound driver is not supported under DOS operating system.

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CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP

Award BIOS manufacturer provides access to the system BIOS through the hardware and software on each mainboard. The hardware consists of a Flash ROM (4MB in 7460M mainboard) and the software is a group of programs that are installed in the ROMBIOS along with all the other data that should be included into the BIOS.

After the BIOS is updated, if you want to clear the old setup data stored in the CMOS, then you can reset CMOS as follow.

NOTE : In case CMOS should be reset, first unplug the power cord, then set Jumper 8 2-3 closed for at least 5 seconds, reset JP8 1-2 closed to normal position and plug the power cord again.

JP8 Normal 1-2 Reset CMOS 2-3

Normal(1-2 closed) Reset CMOS(2-3 closed)

123

PCI 1 Slot

JP8

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3-1 UPDATE BIOS PROCEDURE

If the BIOS needs to be updated, you can get a CD with the updated BIOS utility in the package. The CD includes :

“awdflash.exe” -- BIOS update utility program “awdflash.doc”

The update procedure is as following:

1. Boot the system to DOS mode in a normal manner.

2. Insert the updated CD to drive D (or E).

3. Change working directory to CD-ROM drive, D or E, which contains the update

BIOS CD. -- Type “d:\” or “e: \”, then press “ENTER”.

4. Type “cd flash”, then press “ENTER”.

5. Type “awdflash”, then press “ENTER”-- for running the BIOS update utility.

6. Type “(update BIOS file name with version number).bin”, ENTER.

7. If you do not want to save the old BIOS, type “N” when the screen displays the

message : " Do you want to save BIOS (Y/N) ?".

8. Type “Y“ when the screen shows the message : " Are you sure to program

(Y/N) ?".

9. Follow instructions displayed on the screen. DO NOT remove the update BIOS

CD from the CD-ROM drive nor turn the system power off until the BIOS update is completed.

10. Turn the power off. Clear the data in CMOS according to the procedure described

in the previous page.

11. Turn the system power on and test that your system is working properly.

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3-1-1 UPDATE MICROCODE API

Intel also provides MICROCODE API (Applications Programming Interface) for mainboard user to update data block in BIOS quickly and easily. (You can find this utility in the All-In-One CD in the mainboard package).

The BIOS code on the mainboards contains data that is specific to each silicon stepping of the processor. Integrators must ensure that this BIOS stepping data matches the used processor stepping. When the BIOS does not contain stepping data that matches the processor stepping, integrators must update the data in the BIOS before shipping the system. Historically, the systems have been updated by replacing the entire BIOS with a new revision of BIOS that contains the correct stepping data.

Intel’s BIOS update API allows just the stepping data within the BIOS to be updated as needed. Mainboards that contain a BIOS with the Intel-defined BIOS update API can be quickly and easily updated, if required, without obtaining a complete BIOS upgrade. Using this utility, integrators can easily verify that the correct stepping data is present in all mainboards. However, if the stepping data requires to be updated, the mainboard BIOS must contain the Intel-defined BIOS update API, otherwise a complete BIOS upgrade is required from the mainboard vendor.

Since API program can only be executed under DOS Real Mode, you must enter Real Mode first and load the API program to Drive C. To load the program to C by following steps:

(1) Type “ md c:\ api ” and press Enter. Directory “api” is made in Drive C now. (2) Insert the Driver/Utility CD into CD ROM Drive E. (3) Then type “ copy e:\api\*.* c:\api ” and press Enter.

(API program is loaded to Drive C now.)

(4) Type “ C:\ api \checkup ” to execute this program.

The main menu should now be displayed with the following four options :

1) Check and load update

2) Specify stepping data file [current : pep.pdb]

3) Help

4) Quit without loading update

Select 1 to know the stepping filename, select 2 to load right patch code, then select 1 to update proper patch code. Now, the screen will show the message “please remove the CD from CD-ROM drive”. Then cold boot (mechanical power off) system to continue. For more information, please refer to “CHECKUP.HLP“ file.

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3-2 SYSTEM BIOS CONFIGURATION SETUP

The following pages explain how to set up the BIOS configuration under the Award BIOS. The SETUP program is stored in the Read-Only-Memory (ROM) on the mainboard. To do the SETUP procedure, press the <Del> key when the system is booting up. The following main menu will appear. Please select " STANDARD CMOS FEATURE" to enter the next screen.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-1998

Standard CMOS Feature

Advanced BIOS Feature

Advanced Chipset Feature

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit     : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type….

The section on the bottom of the main menu explains how to control this screen. The other section displays the items highlighted in the list.

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※ Control Key Description ※

UP ARROW ↑ Move to the previous item DOWN ARROW ↓ Move to the next item LEFT ARROW ← Move to the item on the left RIGHT ARROW → Move to the item on the right Esc KEY Esc Main Menu : Quit without saving changes

Setup menu : Exit current page and return to

main menu PgUp KEY Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn KEY Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 KEY Help General help F5 KEY Old Value Restore the pervious CMOS value from

CMOS F6 KEY Load Fail-Safe

Defaults

Load the fail-safe default CMOS value from

BIOS default table F7 KEY Load Optimized

Defaults

Load the optimized default

F10 KEY Save & Exit

Setup

Save all the CMOS changes and Exit setup,

only for Main Menu

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STANDARD CMOS FEATURES This screen records some basic hardware

information, and sets the system clock and error handling. These records can be lost or

corrupted if the on-board battery has failed or is weak.

Standard CMOS Features

Date: Mon, Apr 26 1999 Time: 16:19:20

 IDE Primary Master Press Enter

None

 IDE Primary Slave Press Enter

None

 IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None  IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter

None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in. Floppy 3 mode support Disabled

Video EGA/VGA Halt On All Errors

Based Memory 640K Extended Memory 64512K Total Memory 65536K

Item Help _____________________

Menu Level 

Change the day, month, year and century

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

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

Date The date format is <day>,<date>,<month>,<year>. Press<F3> to show the calendar.

day The day, from Sun to Sat, automatically changes when you set the date. date The date, from 1 to 31 month The month, Jan. through Dec. year The year, from 1900 to 2099

Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1p.m. is 13:00:00.

Drive A This category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed 360K, 5.25 in 5.25“ PC-type 360KB capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in 5.25“ AT-type 1.2MB capacity 720K, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 720KB capacity

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1.44M, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 1.44MB capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 2.88MB capacity

Floppy 3 Mode Support This is the Japanese standard floppy drive. This standard stores 1.2MB in a 3.5” diskette.

Video This category selects the type of primary video adapter used for the system monitor.

EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA,

SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapters, power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapters, power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters

Halt On This category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected. All errors When the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will be stopped

and you will be prompted. All, But Keyboard

The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error. It will stop for all

other errors. All, But Diskette

The system boot will not stop for a floppy drive error. It will stop for

all other errors. All, But Disk/Key

The system boot will not stop for a floppy drive or keyboard error. It

will stop for all other errors.

Memory This category is displayed only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory The POST will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K or 640K based on the memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory How much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU‘s memory address map.

Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system.

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IDE Primary Master; Primary Slave Secondary Master; Secondary Slave

Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options.

Ex : IDE Primary Master sub menu

IDE Primary Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary Master Auto Capacity 2557 MB Access Mode Auto Cylinder 4956 Head 16 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 4955 Sector 63

Item Help

Menu Level 

To auto-detect the HDD’s size, head... on this channel

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

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

IDE HDD Auto- D etection Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.

IDE Primary Master If you select ‘Auto’, the BIOS will detect the HDD & CD- ROM Drive automatically at the POST stage and show the IDE for HDD & CD-ROM Drive. If you select ‘manual’, please contact your hard disk vendor or dealer to get the information listed below. Then enter the figure directly and press <Enter>.

The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to “Manual”.

Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of read/write heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors per track

Capacity Displays your disk drive size.

Access Mode Choose the access mode for the hard disk. The choices: Normal, LBA,

Large, Auto.

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ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES This screen is a list of system configuration

options. Some of them are defaults required by the mainboard’s design, others

depend on the features of your system.

Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot device Floppy Second Boot device HDD-0 Third Boot device SCSI Boot other device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6 Typematic Delay (Msec) 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability Disabled

Report NO FDD For Win 95 No

Item Help _______________________

Menu Level 

Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep

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

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

Virus Warning When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear. Afterwards, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done.

! WARNING !

Disk boot sector is to be modified

Type ‘Y’ to accept write or ‘N’ to abort write

Award Software, Inc.

Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts

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to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a

warning message to appear.

Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause the above warning message. If you will be running such a program, we recommend that you first disable Virus Protection beforehand.

CPU L1 Cache, L2 Cache These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU design. The default value is ‘Enabled‘.

Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test after you power up the computer. If you set “Enabled”, BIOS will skip some items under check during POST.

First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device, Boot Other Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: Floppy, LS/ZIP/, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether to enable the swap floppy drive or not. The choice : Enabled/ Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 tracks (360K) or 80 tracks (720K, 1.2M, 1.44M)

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks

Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number

Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on.

On Keypad is for numeric keys

Off Keypad is for arrow keys

Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20. Normal is keyboard; Fast is chipset.

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Typematic Rate Setting This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When

disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one key instance. In other words, the BIOS will only report that the key is down. When the typematic rate is enabled, the BIOS will report as before, but it will then wait a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys. The choice : Enabled/Disabled

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this section allows you to select the rate at which the keys are repeated. 6 means 6 characters per second.

Typematic Delay (Msec) When the typematic rate is enabled, this section allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins. 250: 250 msec (500,750,1000)

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

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct

password is not entered at the prompt

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

password is not entered at the prompt

To disable the security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu, and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will disable the security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB This item allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2. The choice : Non-OS2, OS2

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Select Enabled if your Hard disk supports S.M.A.R.T. (Safe-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) function.

Report No FDD For WIN 95 Set this item to Yes, BIOS will report FDD to Win95. If in standard CMOS setup, set Drive A to none and set this item to yes. Inside Win95, My Computer and File manager Disk(A:) will show Removable Disk (A:).

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ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES This screen controls the setting for the

chipset on the mainboard. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory

resources.

Advanced Chipset Features

SDRAM CAS Latency Time 3 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc 6/8 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 3 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Memory Hole At 15M-16M Disabled Delay Transaction Disabled On-Chip Video Window Size 64MB * Onboard Display Cache Setting * CAS# Latency 3 Paging Mode Control Close

RAS-to-CAS Override By CAS#

LT RAS# Timing Slow RAS# Precharge Timing Slow

Item Help _____________________

Menu Level 

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

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

SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The choices: 2,3. “2” gives faster performance and “3” gives more stable performance.

SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. “5/7” gives faster performance and “6/8” gives more stable performance.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. “2” gives faster performance and “3” gives more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

SDRAM RAS Prechage Time If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.

System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows the caching of the system BIOS

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ROM area, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Video BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows the caching of the video BIOS ROM area, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M Certain space in memory can be reserved for ICH/ICH0.

Delay Transaction This chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to

support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The choice : Enabled, disabled space

On-chip Video Window Size Determine the size of memory space can be allocated for on-chip graphics device.

The following items are optional for onboard display cache setting:

CAS# Latency The number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the Display Cache timing. The choices: 2,3. “2” gives faster performance and “3” gives more stable performance.

Paging Mode Control Close: the GMCH will precharge all during the service of a page miss. Open: it will precharge bank during the service of a page miss.

RAS-to-CAS Override By CAS# LT: the RAS-to-CAS delay timing will be the same as item of CAS# Latency. Override: the value will be fixed in 2.

RAS# Timing This item controls the active time of RAS# and bank cycle time. “Fast” gives faster performance and “Slow” gives more stable performance.

RAS# Precharge Timing If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS

to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and

the DRAM may fail to retain data. “Fast” gives faster performance and “Slow” gives

more stable performance.

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INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This section page includes all the items of IDE

hard drive and Programmed Input/Output features. See also Section “Chipset Features

Setup”.

Integrated Peripherals

OnChip Primary PCI IDE Enabled OnChip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot AC97 Audio Enabled AC97 Modem Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal IR Duplex Mode Half TxD RxD Polarity Active Lo, Hi Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode ECP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address Disabled Midi Port IRQ 7 CPU FAN Speed 0RPM Power FAN Speed 0RPM

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Menu Level  If your IDE hard drive supports block mode select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can support

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

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

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE; On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE This setup item allows you to either enable or disable the primary/secondary controller. You might choose to disable the controller if you want to add higher performance or specialized controller.

IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO IDE; Secondary Master/Slave PIO

PIO - Programmed Input/Output, it allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU to complete the task by themselves. This is

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simpler and faster. Your system supports five modes, 0 - 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.

IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA; IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Auto, will support the Ultra DMA function. Disabled, will not support the Ultra DMA function.

USB Controller This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the USB controller.

USB Keyboard Support Enabled will support USB keyboard in Win95 2.1 and NT

5.0 or above operating system.

Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI VGA or onchip VGA first. The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard.

AC97 Audio ; AC 97 Modem This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the i810 chipset family to support AC97 Audio/Modem.

IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your HD controller to use the fast block mode to

transfer data to and from your HD drive.

Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode

On Board FDC Controller This item will enable or disable the floppy disk controller.

On Board Serial Port 1 User can select serial port IRQ. If set to Auto, system will assign an IRQ for it. Note : set to Auto is not recommended.

On Board Serial Port 2 User can select serial port IRQ. If set to Auto, system will assign an IRQ for it. Note : set to Auto is not recommended.

UART Mode Select This lets you select the Infrared mode. Choices are Standard, HPIR, and ASKIR. If you choose HPIR or ASKIR mode, the screen will show another two lines to let you choose ‘IR Function Duplex’ (Full or Half) and ‘TxD RxD Polarity Active’ (Hi Lo; Lo Hi; Hi Hi; Lo Lo).

On Board Parallel Port Let user select IRQ for parallel port When Disabled, the parallel port will be disabled.

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On b oard Parallel Mode Let user select error check mode. This item is not

recommended to change except user has special request.

ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port. Choices are 3, 1.

Game Port Address; Midi Port Address The IO address of Game Port/Midi Port.

CPUFAN / PowerFAN Speed It shows the running speed of the CPU fan and Power

fan. The figure will be changing when the system is running. If you do not install the fan, the figure will show 0.

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POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This screen controls the 'green' features of

this mainboard.

Power Management Setup

ACPI function Enabled Power Management User Define Video Off Method DPMS Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant Off CPU PME# Function Disabled Power On by Ring Enabled Resume by Alarm Disabled

** Reload Global Timer Events ** Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD, COM, LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ [A-D]# Disabled

Item Help ____________________

Menu Level 

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

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

ACPI function This item is to set the ACPI ( Advanced Configuration Power Interface ) function enabled or disabled.

Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes : Suspend; HDD Power

Down.

Disabled No power management. It means all 4 modes are disabled. Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management. Doze =1hr.; Standby=1hr.; Suspend=1hr.; HDD Power Down=15min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for SL CPU. Doze=1min.; Standby=1min.; Suspend=1min.;HDD Power

Down=1min User Define

Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each

of the ranges are from 1min. to 1hr. except for HDD Power Down

which ranges from 1 to 15min. and disable

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Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC + Blank

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

horizontal sync. ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initial of “Display Power Management Signaling”.

Video off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

Suspend Type Select the suspend type.

Stop Grant Only CPU enters sleeping mode

Full on Suspend Both CPU and chipset enter sleeping mode

MODEM Use IRQ This item determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can be used. The choice : 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,NA.

Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off : When push the power button, the system power will be off immediately. Delay 4 sec : when push the power button, it will enter suspend mode. We need to push the power button and hold it for 4 seconds to turn off the power.

PCI PME# Function With PCI card supporting PCI Power Management capability and this item setting to Enabled, the system can be waked up by PCI card.

PowerOn by Ring Enabled: when system is in suspend mode, it can be waked up by modem. Disabled: it cannot be waked up by modem.

Resume by Alarm When Enabled, two additional lines will be added to the screen :Date (of Month) Alarm; Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm to let user set the desired date and time. After power off, the system will automatically power on at the specified date and time.

Reload Global Timer Events When enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode. IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI;

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Primary IDE 0; Primary IDE 1; Secondary IDE0; Secondary IDE1; Floppy Disk; Serial Port; Parallel Port.

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PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION This screen configures the PCI Bus slots.

PnP/PCI Configurations

Reset Configuration Data Disabled

Resources Controlled By Auto

 IRQ Resources Press

Enter

 DMA Resources Press

Enter

 Memory Resources Press

Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled

Item Help

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Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data(ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot

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

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

Reset Configuration Data This item allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not.

Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug & Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play OS such as Windows 95. Choices are Auto and Manual.

IRQ Resources; DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt/DMA channel a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt/DMA channel.

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/1011/12/14/15, DMA0/1/3/5/6/7 Assign to This item allows you to determine the IRQ/DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA/VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not.

Enabled When PCI/VGA working with MPEG ISA/VGA Card Disabled When PCI/VGA not working with MPEG ISA/VGA Card

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FREQUENCY / VOLTAGE CONTROL This screen controls the 'green'

features of this mainboard.

Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK Disabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled CPU/SDRAM/PCI Clock Default CPU Ratio X 3

Item Help

-------------------Menu Level 

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

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

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI ClK If this item is enabled, the unused DIMM and PCI slot clock will be disabled. If this item is disabled the unused DIMM and PCI slot will still get the active clock signal.

Spread Spectrum Enable / Disable this item, the BIOS will Enable / Disable the clock generator spread spectrum .

CPU /SDRAM/PCI Clock Use this item to set CPU base clock frequency which includes 70/105/35、75/112/37、83/125/41、90/90/30、95/95/31、100/100/33、101/101/33、105 /105/35、114/114/38、120/120/40、124/124/41、133/133/33、133/133/44、140/140/35 and 150/150/37MHz.

Note: After you change the CPU Clock Frequency and the system can not start, please do the following procedures:

1. Turn the system off firstly.

2. Turn on the system. Then press and hold the “ Insert ” key at boot.

3. Select the proper figure in the item of CPU/SDRAM/PCI Clock. Save and Exit Setup.

CPU Ratio Use this item to set CPU ratio which includes x 3、x 3.5、x 4、x 4.5、x 5、x 5.5、x 6、x 6.5、x 7、x 7.5 and x 8.

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LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS When your mainboard has problems and needs to

trouble shoot the system, you can use this function. The default values loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup and PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup. To use this function, select it from main menu and press <Enter>. A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the fail-safe default values. Press <Yes> and <Enter> then the BIOS default values will be loaded.

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS This allows you to load optimal settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The default values loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup and PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup. To use this function, select it from main menu and press <Enter>. A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the optimized default values. Press <Yes> and <Enter> then the Setup default values will be loaded.

SUPERVISOR PASSWORD / USER PASSWORD This allows you to set the password. The mainboard defaults with password disabled. If you set both supervisor and user passwords, only the supervisor password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP program. Enter/Change password : Enter the current password. And at the prompt, key-in your new password (up to eight alphanumeric characters), then press <Enter>. At the next prompt, confirm the new password by typing it again and press <Enter>. Disable password : Press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when the ‘Enter Password’ dialog box appears. A message will appear for confirming that the password is disabled.

CAUTION: If you forget your password, you must clear CMOS first and restart system in order to set up password again. See “Reset CMOS” on Page 12.

SAVE & EXIT SETUP This allows you to save the new setting values in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process. If you select this item and press 'Y', then these records will be saved in the CMOS memory on the mainboard. It will be checked every time you turn your computer on.

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING This allows you to exit the BIOS setup utility without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

Status Power LED Light Turbo LED Light

 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

Install Intel 810 AGP Driver For Win95/98/NT

PCI 1 Slot

Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the

Disabled No power management. It means all 4 modes are disabled. Min. Power Saving