Biostar M7NCD Owner's Manual

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FCC Infor mation and Copyright

This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the limits of a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. T hese limits

are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
int erference in a residential ins t allation. This equipment g enerat es, uses

and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used i n
ac cordan ce wit h the in stru ction s, ma y cau se harm fu l in terf eren ce t o radi o
communications. There is no guarantee th at interference will not occur in

a partic ular installation.

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LAYOUT OF M7N CD ..............................................................................1

COMPONENT INDEX............................................................................. 2

ENGLISH...................................................................................................3

M 7 NCD Feat ur e s .................... ........................ ........................ ....................3

Packag e contents.......................................................................................4

How to setup Jumper.................................................................................5

CPU Ins t alla tion......... ........................ ........................................................5

DDR DIMM Modu les: DIMMB1, DIMMB2.........................................................6

Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots.........................................................7

DEUT SCH................................................................................................14

Spezifikationen von M7NCD......................................................................14

Verpackungsinhalt...................................................................................15

Einstellung der Jumper.............................................................................16

Inst alla tion der CP U.... ........................ ........................ ........................ ......16

DDR-DIMM-Modules: DIMMB1, DIMMB2......................................................17

Jumpers, Headers, Anschlüsse & Slots....................................................... 18

FRANÇAIS .............................................................................................. 26

Caractéristiques de M7NCD.......................................................................26

WATCHDOG TECHNOLOGY.............................................................28

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STUDI OFUN!

Introdu ction.............................................................................................29

Hardware Re qui re m e nts.................................. ........................ ..................29

Installation Procedure...............................................................................29

Booting to StudioFun!..............................................................................31

Media contro l..........................................................................................32

Control Panel.......................................................................................... 33

Sof t ware Det ails......... ........................ ........................ ........................ ......34

Select Region.......................................................................................... 37

Screensaver............................................................................................ 38

Display Settings.......................................................................................39

File Manager............................................................................................ 39

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WARPSPEEDER..................................................................................... 41

Introdu ction.............................................................................................41

System Requirement................................................................................41

Installation ..............................................................................................42

Usage.....................................................................................................43

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TROUBLE SHOOTIN G......................................................................... 51

PROBLEMLÖSUNG.............................................................................. 52

DÉPANNAG E.......................................................................................... 53

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Layout of M7NCD

※NOTE: ●represent s the f irst pin.

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Compone nt Index

A. Power Sour ce Selection fo r Keyboar d M. CNR Codec/ O n board Selection

and Mouse (JKBV1) (J_CODECSEL)

B. Power Sourc e Selection for USB N. Game Port Header (JGAME1) *

(JUSBV1) * O . Front 1394 Header (J1394A) *

C. Back Panel Connector P. Power Source S election for IEEE1394 *
D. A TX Power Connector (JATXPWER1) Q. Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1 )

E. Safe/ User Mode Selection (JCLK) R. Front Panel Con nector (JPANEL1)
F. Powe r Sour ce Selection for USB S. Digital Audio Co nnector (J_SP DIF1) *

(JUSBV2) T. W ake On LAN Header ( JWOL1)

G. Front Audio Head er (JF_AUDIO1) U. S ystem FAN H eader (JSFAN1) *
H. CD-RO M Audio-In Header (JCDIN1) V. Power Source Selection fo r USB

I. Accelerated Graphics Port Slot (JUSBV3)

(JAGP1 ) W. Fron t US B Headers (JUSB3/ J USB4))

J. PCI BUS Slots (PCI 1-5) X. Power Source S election for USB

K. Case Open Connector (JC 1) (JUSBV4)

L. Communication Net work Riser Slot Y. IDE Connectors (IDE1-2)

(C NR1) Z. Clear CMOS ( JCMOS)
a1. DIMM Modules (DIMMB1-2)

b1. CPU Fan Connector (JCFAN1)

* optional

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English

M7NCD Fea tures

A. Har dware

CPU

Pr ov ide s S o cke t-462 .
Su pports the AMD® proc essor up t o XP 3200+.
F ront Side Bus at 266/333/400 MHz.

Chipset

N orth Bridge: nVIDIA nFORCE2 400.
Sout h Bridge: nVIDIA nFORCE2 MCP/ MCP-T.

Main Me m o ry

Support s up t o 2 DDR devices .
Support s 266/ 333/ 400MHz (wit hout ECC ) DD R dev ices.

Maxi mu m me mo ry s i ze o f 2GB.

Super I/O

Chip: Winbond W83 627H F.
Meet Low Pin C ount (LPC) Spec. 1.0
Integrate Hardw ar e Moni tor fun ction s.

Support D ev ic e Power Managem ent (DPM) and AC PI.

1394A Ch ip (op tional)

Chip: RTL8 801B.
Supports 2 ports with transf er up t o 400 m bps.

LAN (optional)

Chip: RTL8 201BL.
Dual Speed - 10/ 100 Mbps .
Half and Full Duplex.

Aut o N egotiation: 10/ 100, F ull/ Half Duplex

Slots

F ive 32-bit PCI bus mas t er s lots.
On e CN R slo t .
One AGP: nAGP3.0 8X interfac e at 533Mb/s.

oSupports AGP 2X, 4X, 8X.

On Board IDE

Supports four IDE di s k dri ves.
Supports PIO Mode 4, Master Mode and Ult ra DMA 33/ 66/100/ 133 Bus Mast er

Mode.

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On Bo ard AC’97 Sound Cod ec

Chip: ALC655.
Compliant with AC ’97 s pec ificat ion.
AC ’97 2. 2 int erfac e.
Support s 6 c hannels.

On Board Peri pherals

a. R e ar si de

2 s erial port s.
1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP m ode)
Audio ports in v ert ical posit ion.

1 LAN port. (optional)
PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.

2 USB2.0 por t s.
1 I EEE 1394A (F ireWireTM) Connec t or. (optional)

b. F ront Si d e

1 floppy port supports 2 F DDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2. 88Mby tes.
4 USB2.0 port s.

1 front audio header.
1 IEEE 1394A (FireWireTM) Connec t or. (optional)

Dimensions

ATX F orm F actor: 19.5cm X 30.5cm (W X L)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal Bios .
APM1.2.

ACPI.
USB Function.

Software

S upports C PU SaviorTM, 9t h T ouchTM, FLASHER™, WinFlasher

(optional) and Watc hdog

Offers the highest performance for Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, W indows Me,

Windows XP, SC O UNIX etc.

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Package contents

HDD Ca b le X1
FDD Cable X1
User’s Manual X1

USB Cable X1 (optional)
Rear I/ O Panel for ATX Cas e X1 (optional)
Fully Setup Driver CD X1

St udioF un! Application CD X1 (optional)
IEEE 1394 C able X1 (optional)

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Ho w to setup Jumper

The illustrat ion sho ws how jum pe rs are s e tu p. When the Jum per c ap is placed on pins, the
jumper is “close”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is ”open”. The

illust rat ion sho ws a 3-pin jumper whos e pin 1and 2 are “close” when jumper c ap is placed
on thes e 2 pins .

Jumper close Jumper open Pin1-2 close

CPU Installation

Step1: Pull the lever sideway s away from the s ock et and then raise the lever up to a

90 -degree angl e.

Step2: Look for the white dot/c ut edge. The whit e dot/cut edge should point towards the

lev er pivot. The C PU will f it only in the c orrect orient ation.

Step3: Hold the CPU down fir ml y, and then close the lever.

Step4: Put t he C PU f an on t he C PU and buck le it. Connect the CPU fan power c able t o

the JCFAN1. This completes the installation.

Step1 Step2 Step3 Step4

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CPU Fan Header: JC FAN1

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JCFAN1

Pin No. A ssi gnm e nt

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FAN rpm Rate Sense

Ground

+12V

S ystem Fan Header: JSFAN1 (optional)

Pin No. A ssi gnm e nt

1

JSFAN1

2
3

FAN rpm Rate Sense

1

Ground

+12V

D DR DIMM Mod ules : DIMMB 1 , DIMMB2

DR AM Access Time: 2.5V Un buff ere d DDR 266/333/40 0 MHz Type re qui red.
DRAM Type: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DI MM Module (184 pin)

Total Memory Size wit h Unbuffere d DI MM s

DI MM S ocket

Location

DIMMB1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB

DIMMB2 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB

Installing DDR Module

1 . Un lock a DIM M s lot by pres s ing the r eta in ing

clips out ward. Align a DIMM on t he slot such
that the notch on t he DIMM matches the

break on the slot .

2. Insert the DIMM firml y a nd vertica lly into the
slot until the retaining chip snap back in

place and the Dimm is properly seat ed.

DDR Mod u l e To tal Memory

*1

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***On ly for refer en ce***

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Size (MB)

Max is

2GB

Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1

The mot herboard provides a standard f loppy disk connector that supports 360K,
720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector supports the

prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables .

Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2

The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Mast er, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 functionality. It has t wo

HDD connec t ors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).
The ID E c onnectors can c onnect a master and a slav e driv e, so you c an connect

up to four hard disk drives . The f irst hard drive s hould alway s be c onnected t o
IDE1.

Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots: PCI 1-5

This m ot herboard is equipped with 5 st andard PCI s lots. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component I nterconnec t, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI

slot is des ignated as 32 bits.

Accelerate d Graphics Port Slot: JAGP1

Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. This motherboard supports
video cards f or PC I s lots, but it is als o equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port
(AGP). An AGP c ard will take advantage of AGP technology f or improv ed video
efficiency and perform ance, es pecially with 3D graphics.

Commun ication Netwo r k Rise r Slot: CNR1

The CNR specification is an open I ndust ry St andard Architecture, and it def ines a
hardware scalable riser card interf ace, which support s audio, network and modem

only.

Power Conn ectors: JATXPWER1

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JATXPWER1

PIN Assignment PIN Assignment

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground

6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground

8 PW_OK 18 -5V
9 Standby Voltage

10 +12V 20 +5V

7

+5V

19 +5V

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Front Pane l Conne ctor: JPANEL1

SLP

JPANEL1

Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function

1 +5V 2 Sleep C ontrol
3 NA 4 Ground

5 NA 6 NA NA
7 Speaker

9 H DD L E D (+ ) 10 Power LED (+)

11 H DD LED (-)
13 Ground 14 Power Button
15 Reset Control

17 NA 18 KEY
19 NA 20 KEY

21 +5V 22 Ground
23 IRTX

2
1

PWR_LED

(+) (-)(+)

SPK

Hard Dr ive

(+) (-)

HLED

RST

Speaker

Connector

8 Power LED (+)

LED 12 Power LED (-)

Reset

Button 16 Ground

IrDA

Connector

24 IRRX

IRON/ OFF

IR

24
23

Sleep

Button

POWER

LED

Power-on

Button

IrDA

Connector

Front USB Header: JUSB3/ JUSB4

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1

JUSB 3/ JUSB4

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

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3

9

5
7

9

+5V(fused)

USBP4-

USBP4+

Ground

KEY

2
4

6
8

10

+5V(fused)

USBP5-

USBP5+

Ground

NA

Wake On LAN He ader: JWOL1

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JWOL1

Pin Assignment

1 +5V_S B
2

3 Wake up

8

Ground

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Power Source Selection for Keyboard and Mouse: JKBV1

JKBV1 Assignment Description

31

Pin 1-2 c los e

31

Pin 2-3 c los e

+5V Standby

Voltage

+5 V

+5V for keybo ard and mouse

PS/2 Mous e and PS/2 Key board are

powered with +5V standby v oltage

No t e: In o rder to su pport th i s fun cti o n “Pow e r-o n sy ste m v i a ke yb oa rd and
mouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3.

Power Source Selection for USB: ( JUSB V1 =>optional)/ JUS BV2/
JUSBV3/ JU SBV 4

JUSBV1/JUSBV2/
JUSBV3/ JUSBV4

1 3

Pin 1-2 c los e

Assignment Description

+5V JUSBV1: 5V for US B connector locate

a t th e J 139 4_U SB1 port

JUSBV2: 5V for USB connector lo cate

at the JUSBLAN1 port

JUSBV3: 5V for USB connector lo cate

at t he JUSB3 port

JUSBV4: 5V for USB connector lo cate

at t he JUSB4 port

1 3

Pin 2-3 c los e

+5V Standby

Voltage

JUSBV1: J1394_USB1 port powered

with s t andby v olt age of 5V

JUSBV2: JU SBLAN1 port powered wit

standby v olt age of 5V

JU SBV3: JUSB3 port powered with

standby v olt age of 5V

JU SBV4: JUSB4 port powered with

standby v olt age of 5V

Note: In orde r to support this functio n “P owe r-on the system via USB device ”,
“JUSBV1/JUSBV2/ JUSBV3/ JUSBV4” jumper cap should be placed on pin

2-3 respectively.

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Power Source Sel ection for IEEE1394: J1394V

J1394V Assignment Description

1 3

Pin 1-2 c los e

1 3

Pin 2-3 c los e

+3. 3V J1394V: 3.3V for IE EE1394A connecto

+3.3V

Standby

Voltage

Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS

JCMOS Assignment

1 3

Pin 1-2 C lose

1 3

Pin 2-3 C lose

The fo llowing procedu res a re for res etting the
BIOS

assword . It is i mportant to follow these

ins truct ions c lose ly.

※ Clear CMOS Procedures:

1. R emov e AC power line.

2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 C lose”.

3. Wa it for fi ve seconds.

4. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 C lose”.

5. Power on t he AC .

6. R eset your des ired password or clear t he C MOS dat a.

Ca se Op e n Connec to r: JC1

locate d at the J1394A h eader.

J1394V: J1394A header powered with

st andby voltage of 3. 3V

Norm al Operation (def ault)

Clear CMOS Data

1

JC1

Pin

1
2

10

Assignment

Case Open Signal

Ground

CD-ROM Audio-In Heade r: JCDIN1

1

4

JCDIN1

Pin Assignment

1
2

3
4

Left Channel In put

Ground
Ground

Right Channel In put

Front Panel Audio Header: JF_AUDIO1

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Pin Assignment Pin Assi gnment

1
3

5

7 Reserv ed 8 Key
9

11

13

Mic I n / C e nter

Mic Power/ Bass

Right Line Out/ Speaker

Ou t Ri ght

Left Line Out/ Speaker

Out Left

Right Line I n/ R ight Rear

Speaker

Left Line I n/ Left R ear

Speaker

JF_AUDI O1

2
4

Right Line Out/ Speaker

6

Left Line Out/ Speaker

10

Right Line I n/ R ight Rear

12

14

Left Line I n/ Left R ear

Audio Power

Ou t Ri ght

Safe/ User Mode Selection: JCLK

JCLK Assignment

1

Pin 1-2 Clos e

1

Pin 1-2 Open

Safe mode

User Mode (def ault )

(133/ 166/ 200 MHz)

Ground

Out Left

Speaker

Speaker

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X

Note: W hen ov erclock function failed and system is unable to boot-up, please
follow the instructio n below:

1. Tu r n off th e system.
2 . Closed the JCLK jump er.

3. Turn on the sys t em.

4. Enter CMOS s et up menu and load def ault s sett ings .

5. Tu r n off th e system.

6. Open th e J C LK j um per.

7. Turn on the sys t em.

Digital Audio Connector: J_SPDIF1 (optional)

31

Pin Assignment

1
2

3

+5V

SPDIF_O UT

Ground

Game Header: JGAME1 (option al)

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Pin Assign m ent Pin Assignment

1
3

5
7

9
11
13
15

Joy stick B C oordinate X

Joy stick B C oordinate Y

+5V

Joy stick B Butt on 1

MIDI Output

Joy stick B Butt on 2

MIDI Input

NA

1

216

2
4

6
8

10
12
14
16

Joystick A Button 1

Joy st ick A Coordinate

Ground
Ground

Joy st ick A Coordinate Y

Joystick A Button 2

Front 1394 Header: J1394A (optional)

10

J1394A

Pin Assignment Pin Assignment

1

19

3

2

5
7

9

A1+

Ground

B1+

+1 2V

KEY

2
4

6
8

10

+5V

+5V

A1-

Ground

B1-

+1 2V

NA

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CNR Codec/ Onboard Sel ection: J_CODECSEL

J_CODECSEL Assignment

1

3

Pin 1-2 Close

1

3

Pin 2-3 Close

Onboard C odec is used (def ault)

CNR Codec is used

B ack Panel Connectors

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Key board

1394

(op tional )

USB

(op tional)

Pa ra l le l Po rt

COM1 COM2 USB

LAN

(opt io nal)

Line In

Speaker Out

MIC In

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Deutsch

Spe zifikation en von M7N CD

A. Har dware

CPU

Unterstützung für Sockel 462.
U nterstüt zung für den AMD® Prozessor bis zu XP 3200+.
F SB von 266/333/400 MHz.

Chipsatz

N orthbridge: nVIDI A nF ORC E2 400.
Sout hbridge: nVIDIA nFORCE2 MC P/ MCP-T.

Hauptspeicher

Unter stützung fü r 2 DDR Ge räte.
Unterstützung für 266/333/ 400 MH z (ohne EC C) DDR Geräte.

High-Performanc e 128-Bit DDR400 mit der Twin-Bank Architekt ur.
D ie m ax imale Speichergröße ist 2GB.

Super I/O

Chip: Winbond W83 627H F.

1394A Ch ip (op tional)

Chip: RTL8 801B.
U nterstüt zung für 2 1394-Ports m it der D at enübert ragungsrate bis auf maxim al

400Mbps.

LAN (optional)

Chip: RTL8 201BL.
Dopplete Geschwindigk eit von 10/100 Mbps.

Voll und H alb-D uplex.
Aut o-N egotiation: 10/ 100, Voll/Halb-Duplex

Slots

F ünf 32-Bit PCI -Bus-Slots .
Ein CN R-S lot .

Ein AGP-Slot: nAGP3. 0 8X Interf ace bei 533Mb/s.

o U nterstützung für 2X/4X/8X AGP.

Onboard-IDE

Unterstützung fü r vi er IDE Diskettenl au fwe rke.
U nterstüt zung für PIO Modus 4, Mas t er Modus und Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Bus

Mast e r Mo dus .

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Onboard AC’97 Sound Codec

Chip: ALC650.
Ent s pricht der Spezif ikation von AC ’97.
Unterstützung für AC97 2.2 Interfac e.
Unterstützung für 6-Kanal Audio.

Onboard-Peripheriegeräte

a. R ü c kwan d

2 s erielle Sc hnittstellen.
1 parallele Sc hnittstelle. (SPP/EPP/ECP-Modus )
Audio-Ports auf vert ik ale Posit ion.

1 LAN -Port. (opt ional)
Uerstützung f ür PS/2-Maus und PS/2-Tastatur.

4 USB2.0-Ports.
1 I EEE 1394A (FireW ire) Ansc hlus s. (optional)

b. Vorder seit e

1 F loppy-Port m it Unterstützung f ür 2 Dis k et t enlauf werke.(360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB,

1.44MB und 2.88MB).

2 USB 2.0- P or ts ..
1 front audio header.

1 IEEE 1394A (FireWire) Anschlus s. (opt ional)

Abmessungen

ATX Form-Factor: 19.9cm X 30. 4cm (W X L)

B. BIOS & S oftware

BIOS

Award legal BI OS.
Unterstützung für APM1. 2.

Unterstützung f ür ACPI.
Unterstützung für die USB Funktion.

Software

Unterstützung für CPU Savio rTM, 9th Touc hTM, FLASHE R™, Win FlasherTM ,

StudioFun!

Unter stützung für die am mei s ten verbreiteten Be triebsyste me wie Wi ndows 98SE,

Windows 2000, W indows ME, Windows XP and SC O UNIX usw. .

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(opt ional) und Wat c hdogTM.

Verpack ungsinhalt

HD D Kable X1
FDD Kable X1
Benut zer Handbuch X1

USB Kable X1 (optional)
I/O-Rückwand für ATX Gehäuse X1 (optional)

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Treiber C D für Installation X 1
St udioF un! Anwendung CD X 1 (opt ional)

Ei nst e l lu ng de r Jum per

Die Abbildung verdeutlicht, wie Jumper eingestellt werden. Pins werden durch die
Jum per-Kappe v erdeckt, ist der Jum per ”geschlossen”. Keine Pins werden durch die

Jum per-Kappe verdeckt, is t der Jum per “geöffnet”. Die Abbiildung zeigt einen 3-Pin
Jumper dessen Pin1 und Pin2 ”geschlossen“ sind, bzw. es bef indet sich eine

Jum per-Kappe auf dies en beiden Pins.

Jumper geschlossen Jumper geöffnet Pin1-2 geschlossen

Instal latio n de r C PU

Sc hritt 1 : Z iehen Sie den H ebel s eitlich vom Sockel weg. Heben Sie den Hebel dann

in 90-Grad-Winkel nac h oben.

Sc hritt 2 : Suchen Sie nac h der scharfen Kant e, die auf D rehpunkt des Hebels

weisen m uss . Die CPU passt nur, wenn s ie ric htig aus geric ht et ist.

Sc hritt 3 : D rück en Sie die CPU f est in den Sock el und s c hließ en Sie den Hebel.
Schritt 4: Stecken Sie Ihren C PU -Lüft er auf die CPU. Schließ en Sie die

Stromv ersorgungssteck er f ür CPU-Lüfter an JCF AN1 an. D ann beenden
Sie die I nstallation.

Schritt 1 Schritt 2 Schritt 3 Schritt 4

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CPU- Lüfter Header: JCFAN1

3

1

JCFAN1

Pin Beschreibung

1 Masse
2 +12V

3

Lüfter R PM Geschwindigk eit Sensor

System-Lüfter Header: JSFAN1

Pin Beschreibung

1 Masse

1

JSF AN1

2 +12V
3 Lüft er RPM Geschwindigkeit Sens or e

DDR- DI MM- Module s: DIMMB1, DIMMB2

DRAM-Zugriffszeit: 2.5V Unbuffe red D DR 266/333/400 MHz Typ erfordlich.
DRA M- Ty p: 6 4M B/ 128MB / 256M B/ 5 12M B/ 1 GB DIM M - M odule (184-P in)

Gesamte Speichergröße von Unbuffered-DIMMs

DIMM-Sockel

Standort

DIMMB1 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB

DIMMB2 64MB/128MB/256MB/512MB/1GB

DDR-Module Speichergröße

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*** Nu r als Refer enz ***

In sta l l ati on von D DR- Modul

1. Öff nen Sie einen DIMM-Slots, indem Sie die
seitlich Chips nach außen drüc ken. Richten Sie

das DIMM-Modul so über dem Slot aus, dass
das Modul m it der Kerbe in den Slot passt.

2. Drüc ken Sie das DI MM-Modul in den Slot, bis die
seit lichen Clips zusc hnappen und das Modul f est
sitzt.

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(MB ))

Ma ximal ist

2GB

Jump ers, H eade rs, Anschlüs s e & S lot s

Diskettenanschluss: FDD1

Das Motherboard enthält einen st andardmäßigen Diskettenans chluss, der 360K-,
720K-, 1.2M-, 1.44M- und 2.88M-Disketten unterstützt. Dieser Anschluss

unt ers tützt die mit gelief erte Bandkabel des Diskettenlauf werks..

Fe stplatt enanschlüsse: IDE1 und ID E2

Das Mainboard hat einen 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE-Controller, der die Modi
PIO0~4, Bus Mast er sowie die U ltra DMA/33/ 66/100/133- Funkt ion zur Verfügung

stellt. Dieser ist mit zweii HDD-Anschlüssen versehen IDE1 (primär) und IDE2
(sekundär).

Die ID E-Anschlüsse k önnen eine Master- und eine Slav e-Festplatte v erbinden, so
dass bis zu 4 Festplatten angeschlossen werden können. Die erste Festplatte

sollte im m er an IDE1 angeschlossen werden.

Periphera l Component Int erconnect Slots: P CI1-5

Dieses Motherboard ist m it 5 standardmäß igen PCI-Slots ausgestattet. PC I steht
für Peripheral Component Interc onnect und bezieht sich auf einem Busst andard für
Erweiterungskarten, der den älteren ISA-Busstandard in den meisten

Schnittst ellen ers etzt hat. Dieser PCI-Slot ist f ür 32 bits v orgesehen.

Accelerate d Graphics Port Slot: JAGP1

Ihr Monitor wird direkt an die Grafikkarte angeschlossen. Dieses Motherboard
unterstützt Grafikkarten f ür PCI-Slots, aber es ist auch mit einem Accelerated

Graphic s Port ausges tattet. AGP-Karten v erwenden die AGP-Technologie, um die
Wirks amk eit und Leistung v on Videosignalen zu v erbessern, besonders wenn es

sich um 3D-Graf iken handelt.

Commun ication Netwo r k Rise r Slot: CNR1

Die CN R -Angaben ent s prec hen einer of f enen Industry Standard Architecture, und
sie definieren eine Hardware-skalierbare Riser-Card-Schnittstelle, welche nur

Audio, N etzwerk und Modem unt erstützt .

Digital Audio A nschluss: J_SPDIF1 (optional)

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Pin Belegung

1
2

3 Masse

18

+5V

SPDI F_Ausgabe

Stromversorgungsanschluss: JATXP WER1

PIN Belegung PIN Belegung

1 +3.3V 11 +3.3V
2 +3.3V 12 -12V

3 Masse 13 Masse
4 +5V 14 PS_ON

5 Masse 15 Masse
6 +5V 16 Masse

7 Masse 17 Masse
8 PW_OK 18 -5V

9 +5V reserv iert e

Spannung

10 +12V 20 +5V

19 +5V

10

1

JATXPWER1

20

11

Anschlüsse für die Vo rderseite: J PANEL1

SLP

JPANEL1

2
123

Pin Belegung Funktion Pin Belegung Funktion

1 +5V 2 Sch l af - Kontro ll
3 Kein 4 Masse
5 Kein 6 Kein Kein
7 Lautsprecher
9 H DD L E D (+) 10 Power LED (+)

11 HDD LE D ( -)
13 Masse 14 Power-Knopf

15 Reset-Kontroll
17 Kein 18 Schlüsse

19 Kein 20 Schlüsse
21 +5V 22 Masse

23 IRTX

Lautsprecher-

PWR_LED

(+) (-)(+)

SPK

Anschluss

Festplatte

LED

Rückstell-

knopf

IrDA-

Anschluss

(+) (-)

HLED

RST

8 Power LED (+)

12 Power LED (-)

16 Masse

24 IRRX

IRON/ OFF

IR

24

Schlaf -

Knopf

POWER

LED

Power-On

Knopf

IrDA

Anschluss

19

Front USB Header: JUSB3

2
1

JUSB3

10
9

Pin

1
3

5
7
9

Belegung

+5V(geschmelzt)

USB-

USB+

Masse

Kein Pin

Pin

2
4

6
8

10

Belegung

+5V(geschmelzt))

USB-

USB+

Masse

Kein

Wake On LAN He ader: JWOL1

13

JWO L1

Pin

1 +5V_S B
2
3 Aufwecken

Bel egung

Masse

Auswahl von Stromsmodi fü r Tastatur/ Maus: JKBV1

JKBV1 Pin-Belegung Beschreibung

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Pin 1-2

geschlossen

31

Pin 2-3

geschlossen

+ 5V re s erv i ert e

Spannung

+5V

+5V für Tastatur und Maus

Durch +5V reserviert e Spannung für

PS/2-Maus und PS/ 2-Tas t at ur zum

Erwecken vo m System

Anmerkung: Um die Funkti on ―“ E rwecke n dur c h T as t at ur/Maus“ ―
zu aktivi eren, mü ssen Pins 2- 3 von J KBV1 du r ch die Jumpe r kappe

ver deckt w erden.

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Auswahl von Stromsmodi fü r USB: JUS BV1/ JUSBV2/ JUSBV3

JUSBV1/JUSBV2/

JUSBV3

1 3

Pin 1-2 geschlossen

1 3

Pin 2-3 gesc hlossen

Pin-Belegung Beschreibung

+5 V

+ 5V r eserv i ert e

Spannung

JUS BV1: 5V für USB- Port von

J1394_USB1

JUS BV2: 5V für USB- Port von

JUSBLAN1

JUSBV3: 5V für USB-Port von JUSB3

JU SBV1: 5V reservierte Spannung f ür

J1394_USB1 zum Erwecken

JU SBV2: 5V reservierte Spannung f ür

JUSBLAN1 zum Erwecken

JU SBV3: 5V reservierte Spannung f ür

JU SB3 zum Erweck en

Anmerkung: Um die Funkt ion ―“Erw ec ken durc h USB-G erät e“―zu akt iv ieren,
müssen Pins 2-3 von JUSBV1/JUSBV2/J USBV3 durch die Jumperkappe

verdeckt werden.

Jumper zum Löschen des CMOS: JCMOS

JCMOS Beschreibung

1 3

Pin 1-2 geschlossen

1 3

Pin 2-3 gesc hlossen

Die folgende Schritte leiten Sie, das Kennwort für
B IOS-Sys t em zur ückzus et zen. Es i s t wicht ig , die

Anweisung zu f olgen.

Normale Operation (Default )

CMO S-Daten Lös c hen

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※ Prozedu ren zum Löschen des CMOS:

1. Aussc halten Sie das Syst em.

2. Lassen Sie Pin 2-3 von JC OMS1 ges hclossen sein.

3. Bitte wart en Sie 15 Sekunden.

4. Lassen Sie Pin 1-2 von JC OMS1 ges hclossen sein.

5. Einschalten Sie das System wieder.

6. Zurücksetzen Sie ihr gewunschtes Kennwort oder löschen Sie die
CMOS-Daten.

Warnmeldung für Chassis-Öffnen Anschluss: JC1

Pin

Belegung

Gehäus e Öffnen Signal

Masse

1

JC1

1
2

CD-ROM Audio-In Heade r: JCDIN1

Pin Belegung

1
2

3
4

Link-Kanal Eingabe

Masse
Masse

Rec ht -Kanal Eingabe

1

4

JCDIN1

Front Panel Audio Header: JF_AUDIO1

12

13 14

Pin Belegung Pin Belegung

1

3

5

Mikrofon-Eingang/

Zentrum

Mikrofon-Betriebsspannung/

Bass

Audio-Signal des recht en

Kanals zur Vorderseite /
Laut s precher-Signal des

recht en Kanals zur

Vorderseite

JF_AUD IO1

2

Audio-Betriebsspannung

4

Audio-Signal des recht en

6

Kanals zur Vorde rseite /
Lauts precher-Signal des

rechten Kanals zur

Masse

Vorderseite

22

7

9

11

13

Rese rvie r et für spä t.

Verwendung durc h

Kopfhörer-Verstärker

Audio-Signal des linken
Kanals zur Vorders eite /

Laut s precher-Signal des

linken Kanals zur Vorderseit e

Audio-Signal des recht en

Kanals von der Vorders eit e /

Laut s precher-Signal des

recht en Kanals von der

Vorderseite

Audio-Signal des linken

Kanals von der Vorders eit e/

Laut s precher-Signal des

linken Kanals von der

Vorderseite

Safe / User Modi Auswahl: JCLK

JCLK Beschreibung

1

Pin 1-2 gesc hlossen

8

10

Kanals zur Vorde rseite /
Lauts precher-Signal des

link en Kanals zur Vorderseite

Audio-Signal des recht en

12

Kanals v on der Vorderseit e/

Lauts precher-Signal des

14

Kanals v on der Vorderseit e/

Lauts precher-Signal des

Schlüsse

Audio-Signal des linken

recht en Kanals von der

Vorderseite

Audio-Signal des linken

linken Kanals von der

Vorderseite

Safe Mode

1

Pin 1-2 geöff net

Anmerkung: W enn Übertakt Funk tion nicht gelungen ist, und das System kann
nic ht arbeit en , folgen Sie bitt e die unt enstehende Bedienungsanleitung :

1. Auss chalt en Sie das Syst em .

2. Lass en Sie den Jum per JCLK ges c hloss en sein.

3. Anschal te n Si e das Sy stem.

4. Eingeben Sie CMOS Set up Menü und wählen Sie das Def ault-Settings.

5. Auss chalt en Sie das Syst em wieder.

6. Lass en Sie den Jum per JCLK geöffnet s ein.

7. Anschal te n Si e das Sy stem.

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Us er M ode (Def ault)
(133/ 166/ 200 MHz)

Game Header: JGAME1 (option al)

2
4
6

8

10
12

14
16

1

216

+5V

Joystick A Knopf 1

Joy stick A Koordierung X

Masse
Masse

Joy stick A Koordierung Y

Joystick A Knopf 2

+5V

15

Pin Belegung Pin Belegung

1
3

Joystick B Koordierung X

5
7

Joystick B Koordierung Y

9

11
13
15

+5V

Joy stick B Knopf 1

MIDI Aus gabe

Joy stick B Knopf 2

MIDI Eingabe

Kein

Front 1394 Header: J1394A (optional)

9

10

J1394A

Auswahl CNR /Onboard-Codec: J_CODECSEL

J_CODECSEL Beschreibung

Pin

1
2

1
3
5
7
9

Belegung

A1+

Masse

B1+

+12V

Schlüsse

Pin

2
4
6
8

10

Belegung

A1-

Masse

B1-

+12V

Kein

1

3

Pin 1-2 gesc hlossen

1

3

Pin 2-3 ges c hloss en

Verwendung von Onboard-Codec

(Default)

Verwendung von CN R -Codec

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Anschlüsse für die Rückwand

J1394_USB1

PS/2

Maus

1394

(optional)

JPRNT1

Parallel Port

JUSBLAN1

LAN

(optional)

Line In
S peaker Out

MIC In

PS/2

Tastatur

JKBMS1

USB

COM1

JCOM1

COM2 USB

JCOM2

JA UDIO

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Français

Car act ér istiq ues de M7NCD

A. Ma tériel

Processeur

Avec socket-462.
Prise en charge du processeur AMD® jusqu'à XP 3200+.
Bus frontal à 266/ 333/400 MHz.

Jeu de puce s

N orth Bridge : nVIDI A nFOR CE2 400.
Sout h Bridge : nVI DIA nFORCE2 MC P/ MCP-T.

M é moire prin cipa le

Pris e en charge de deux périphériques 2 DDR.
Pris e en charge des périphériques D DR 266/333/ 400 MHz (sans EC C ).

Taille max imale de la mémoire :2G o.

Super E/S

Puc e : Winbond W 83627HF.
Conform e aux spéc ifications Low Pin Count (LPC ). 1.0
Intégration des f onctions du moniteur de matériel.

Pris e en charge de Devic e Power Management (D PM) et ACPI.

Puce 1394A (optionnel)

Puce : RTL8801B.
Prise en charge de 2 port s av ec transfert jusqu'à 400 m bps .

LAN (optionnel)

Puc e : RTL8201BL.
Double vitesse - 10/100 Mbps.
Sem i-duplex et duplex int égral

Aut o-négociation: 10/ 100, Semi-duplex/ intégral

Fentes :

C inq f entes Bus Master PCI à 32 bits.
Un e fen te CN R.

Une AGP: nInterf ace AGP3.0 8X à 533 Mb/s.

oPrise en charge AGP 2X, 4X, 8X.

IDE in tégré

Prise en charge de quatre lecteurs de disque I DE.
Prise en charge de PIO Mode 4, Master Mode et Ultra DMA 33/66/100/ 133 Bus

Mast e r Mo de.

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AC’ 97 Sound Codec in tégré

Puce : ALC655.
Conforme aux spécific at ions AC’97.
Int erf ac e AC ’9 7 2. 2.
Pris e en charge de 6 canaux.

Périphériq ue s intégrés

a. Côté a rriè re

2 port s série
1 port parallèle (m ode SPP/EPP/ECP)

Port s audio en position v erticale.
1 port LAN. (optionnel)
Souris PS/2 et clavier PS/2.
2 ports USB2.0.

1 connecteur IEEE 1394A (Fire WireTM). (optionn el)

b. Côté fr o n tal :

1 port disquette prenant en charge 2 FDD avec 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M et

2,88Mo.

4 por ts US B2 .0.
1 en-tête audio avant.

1 connecteur IEEE 1 394A (FireWireTM). (optionn el)

Dimensions

F acteur de forme ATX : 19,5cm X 30,5cm (Larg X L)

B. BIOS et logiciel

BIOS

Award legal Bios .
APM1.2.

ACPI.
Fonction USB.

Logiciel

Prise en charge de CPU SaviorTM, 9th TouchTM, F LASHER™, WinF la sher

(o ptio nnel) et Watch dogTM

Off rant la meilleure perform ance pour Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows

Me, Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.

TM

, Stud i oF un !

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Watc hdog Technology

It is im portant to know that when overclock ing, the syst em c an b e a t a v ul nerable s tate .
Theref ore, t he BIOSTAR Watc hdog Technology was designed to protect y our PC under

dangerous over-clock s ituations. Any ov er-clock ing that reaches the threshold settings,
the W atchdog Tec hnology will disable y our system from rebooting in the BIOS s etting.

Under this circumstanc e, pleas e power of f your PC. After that, pres s <Ins ert> and power
on y our system simultaneous ly to restart your system. This user-f riendly design can

sav e you f rom s quandering your t ime on opening the case just to c lear the C MOS. I n the
end, t hanks to the Watchdog Technology, everyt hing is back at a safe and sound!

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StudioFun!TM

Introduction

StudioFun!TM is a media-player based on optimized GNU/Linux distribution to bring a
“Room Theater” experience into life. It plays DVD, VCD, MP3, Audio CD and other
mult im edia. F urt hermore, Users can t ake snapshots of video and c ust omize t he sav ed
images as screens avers or phot o slideshows. Of c ourse, the images can be stored in USB
mas s storage devic es like flash disks and US B floppy dis ks.

Hardware Requirements

The supported hardware list of StudioFun! updates regularly. So please check the
“hwreq.txt” located in the root of StudioFun! Application Pack CD to get the latest
support ing inf ormat ion.

Ins tallatio n Proce dure

I ns e rt t h e “ St u d ioFu n! A ppl ic at ion Pac k C D ” in a C D /DVD R OM d riv e an d le t t h e sy s te m
boot through the CD . The disk will boot and bring up t he grub boot loader inst allation m enu.

Two opt ions are specif ied: “St udioF un Install” and “St udioF un Rec over”.

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StudioFun! Install

This option will do the basic installation of the distribution. The installation works on
pre-inst alled windows or GNU / Linux dist ribution.

On selecting t he “StudioFun Install” option the inst aller boots and displays a dialog box
indicating the space required and waits f or a c onf irmation. Selecting “Ok” will continue t he

inst alla tion while selec t ing “C a ncel” will t erm inat e the inst allation and reboot the machine .

If Windows or GNU/Linux is the only OS installed on the hard disk wit h no f ree space, it
will resize the partit ion, eit her N TFS or FAT32 or ex t2, and install StudioFun!. I f t h e ha r d

disk has a 128M B of free space av ailable, the installation will use t he f ree space.

Aft er installing the base system y ou will be prompt ed to select the res olution f rom the
following choice s

1. 1024x768 (rec om m ended)

2. 800x 600

3. 640x 480

Select the desired res olut ion. The default is 1024x768 for high-end graphic s.

Nex t y ou will be prompted t o c hoose t he DVD area/region s elec tion code. Choose t his
bas ed on the ty p e of D VDs y ou will b e playing.

The installation procedure will then probe for the type of mouse installed. The distribution
currently supports PS/2, USB and Serial mice. In case of serial m ouse you will hav e to
mov e the mouse when prompt ed. The ot her two are probed and inst alled automatic ally.

The installation procedure will now finish, the CD is eje c ted and a dialog box prompting to
reboot t he m achine is display ed. Press “OK” button and enjoy St udioF un! .

3.1.1 Error Messages

1. M edia corrupted!! Please check t he m edia! The CD-R OM is corrupted.

2. Extraction of base system failed!!

3.Unsupported hardware found, Aborting...
unsupported and undocumented hardware the abov e error m ess age is popped.

4. No device f ound!

This error message is given if t here is no hard disk in the sy stem.

Please t ry again lat er!! The C D -ROM is corrupted.

If you try to install StudioFun! on an

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StudioFun! Recover

Where there is a MBR (Master Boot record) corruption, the “StudioFun Recov er” will
autom atically probe the hard disk mast er boot record and find out the installed operating
sy ste m (s). O nc e suc c ess, it will re-ins t all th e boot loader with correc t opt ions in the MBR.
Please be noted that the newly probed one will ov er writ e any c ustom boot loader opt ion
spec if ied f rom ot her GN U/Linux installations.

Booting to StudioFun!

Aft er the Ins t allat ion, remov e the CD f rom the CD -ROM and res t art the system. Aft er the
rebooting, you will get the “GRU B boot loader m enu screen”. Select the StudioF un! Option
to boot to the StudioFun! Partition.

Aft er execut ing the boot up, you will see t he main Desktop sc reen. The following sec t ion is
a com plete descript ion of the Desktop applicat ion.

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Desktop

This is the main shell of t he StudioFun! soft ware. It illustrat es two m ain categories , one is
the m ain "Media Control

" part and the other is the "Control Panel".

Media control

The Med ia Control consists of the fo ll ow ing fu nctionalities:

1. VCD

This co ntrol ic on will glow whenever a VCD is detected in a DVD/CD-R O M driv e. The VC D
will be aut o-play ed only when it is put in to t he driv e when the Desktop (StudioFun! shell)
is up and running whereas the cont rol will sim ply glow t o inform t he us er about a VC D

present in t he DVD/CD-ROM driv e when t he D esktop is not launched.

2. DVD

This control will glow whenever a DVD is detected in a DVD drive. The DVD will be
auto-played only when it is put in to the drive when the D esk top (St udioFun! shell) is up

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and running, otherwise, the control will simply glow to inform the user about a DVD
present in t he DVD/CD-ROM.

3. MP3

This c ontrol will glo w whenev e r a MP3 is detected in a DVD/CD-R OM drive. The MP3 will
be auto-play ed only when it is put in to the drive when the Desktop (StudioF un! shell) is up

and running, otherwise, the control will simply glow to inform the user about a MP3
present in t he DVD/CD-ROM driv e.

4. AU DIO

This control will glow whenev er a AUDI O is detected in a DVD /CD-R OM driv e. The AUDI O
will be aut o-play ed only when it is put in to the driv e when the Desktop (StudioFun! shell)

is up and running, ot herwise, the control will simpl y glo w to inform t he us er about a A UDI O
present in t he DVD/CD-ROM driv e.

5. FILE

This co ntrol will glow whenever a File C D (CDs with other media type files) is det ect ed in a
DVD/CD-ROM drive. The F ile CD will be auto-play ed only whe n it is put in t o th e dr iv e

when the D esktop (StudioFun! shell) is up and running, otherwise, the control will simply
glow to inform the user about a F ile CD present in t he D VD/CD -R OM driv e.

6. EJECT MEDIA

When c lick ed this control, the file di s k fro m the DVD/CDROM drives will be ejec t ed.

7. EXIT

This is the "Power on/ off" control of the D esktop (StudioFun! shell).

Co nt ro l Pa nel

The Cont rol panel part has fiv e icons, which are shortcut s to other applications pres ent in
the St udioFun!. Tool tips will pop up onc e the m ouse is rolled t o the icons

1. Select Region

Click ing t his icon will inv oke t he application f or s ele ct ion D VD regio n sett ings. Refer to
sec t ion 5. 2 Select DVD Region application for more details.

2. Screensaver

Clicking this icon will invoke the screensav er application. Refer to section 5.3

Screensaver for more details.

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3. Display Settings

Clicking this ic on will inv oke t he applicat ion for c hanging the screen resolutions. Ref er t o
se cti on 5.4, D i sp l a y Se ttin g s f or more det ails.

4. File Manager

Clicking thi s icon will invoke the file manager. Re fer to section 5 .6 File manager fo r m o r e
details .

When u ser h as a D VD an d a C D -R OM D r i ve, D VD Driv e h as th e p r i ori ty:

If user has bot h DVD and a CD -R OM drive, DVD driv e will be giv en t he pref erence when
both the drives hold valid media in them , i.e., if the CD -ROM driv e has a media and a DVD

drive als o has a media, and the StudioFun ! is s t arted , t he disk inside t he D VD drive will be
played.

Other general user scenarios
When a us er clicks on any of the media-c ontrols when it is not glowing, exc ept the ejec t

media and exit, the media-player will just c ome up and wait f or us er input.

S oftware Details

XIN E

XI N E is a m ultimedia player. I t plays bac k Audio CD, DVD, and VCD. It also decodes
mult imedia files like AVI, MOV, WMV, and MP3 f rom loc al disk drives. It int erpret s m ost of

the c ommon multim edia f ormats.

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• Features of Xi ne

a. Skinnable GU I
b. Navigation controls (seeking, pause, fast, slow, next

chapter, etc)

c. On Screen Display (OSD) features
d. DVD and external subtitles

e. DVD/VC D menus (requires external plug-in)
f. A udio and subtitle channel selection

g. Closed Caption su ppo r t
h. Bright ness , contrast, audio volume, hue, saturation

adjusting requires hardw are/driver support)

i. Playlist
j. Image snapshot

k. Audio re-sampling
l. Soft ware de-interlacing algorithms

m. Configuration dialog
n. Aspect ratio changing
o. Full- screen display

• Supported File Formats

a. Video CD
b. MPEG program streams (.mpg, .mpeg)

c. ogg (.ogg) avi (.avi)
d. asf (.asf, .wmv)

e. QuickTime (.mov)
f. MPEG-Video (.mpv, .m2v)
g. MPEG-Audio (.mp2, .mp3)

h. WAV (.wav) Video CODEC
i. MPEG 1/2
j. MP EG 4 (aka OpenDivX)

k. MS MPE G 4
a. C hapter 5: Software Det ails 10

l. Windows Media Video 7
m. Motion JPEG

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• Remote Control Supp or t.

a. Infrared interface
b. Us er-friendly

• Usage of S tudioFun! with CelomaChrome skin

a. Select VCD button to play a VCD disc
b. Select DVD button to play a DVD d isc
c. Select CDDA button to play a Audio CD

d. Select next chapter or MRL (>>|) button to play next track

in Audio CD, VCD and MP3 songs and to play next
chapter in DVD

e. Select prev ious chapter o r M RL (|< <) button to play

previous t rack in Audio CD, VCD and MP3 songs and to
play previous chapter in DVD

f. Sel ect slow mot ion (<<) butt on to play the video / audio in

slow motion (Select play b utton after reaching t he required
position)

g. Select fast motion (>>) button to play the video / audio in

fast mot ion ( Select play button after reaching the required
position)

h. Select subs + / - button to select th e approp riate subtitle

(Usable while pla ying

i. Select audio + / - button to select the appropriate audio

track (For example when

j. The DVD contains one audio track in English and the

other wit h some ot her language,

k. Us a ble while playing DVD’s)
l. Select “hide button” to hide t he control panel of the player

m. Select “menu” button to use menu while playing DVD
n. Select “control” button to adjust brightness / color

o. Select “setup” button to modify the settings of the player
p. Select ”f.scr” button to show the video output of the player

in full screen mode

q. Select “snap” butto n to take a snaps hot of the currently

playing video

r. Sel ect “plist” button to add / remove / manage playlist
s. Select “mrl” but ton to add new file to play

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Select Region

Overview

Select region is a ut ility to set a DVD region. With t he help of t his applic ation us er can set
or change a DVD region. Only one region c an be set at a tim e.

About Select Region

Wit h the help of t his application y ou c an set a region for DV D. Only one region can be set
at a time. If y ou keep the mous e point er on any region, y ou can v iew t he c ount ries, which

comes u nder that region.
“Ok ” - C lick to set the selected region.

“Canc el” - C lick to quit the application.

How to select DVD region

You can selec t only one region at a time. You can change your selec tion by clicki ng on
any ot her region.

• A snapshot of the applicat ion is shown below:

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Screensaver

Screensaver

The xscreens aver daem on waits until t he k eyboard and m ous e have been idle for a period,
and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random. The dem o is term inated as s oon as

there is any m ouse or key board act iv ity.
The xscreensaver-demo program is the graphical user interface to xscreensaver. It lets
you t une the v arious paramet ers us ed by the xscreensav er daemon, and browse through
the graphics dem os.
StudioF un! com es with xscreens aver when you click on the sc reensav er ic on the

applicat ion com es up. Then user c an c hoos e v arious graphics dem os like
chbg, halo,hypercube or hyperball.

Screensa ver come s with various options

• Preview Option: W hen a user selects a particular graphic s demo and clicks on preview
button the demo come s up.

• Blank After Option: The screens aver will blan k the screen aft er t he key board and m ouse
have been idle default t im e is 1minut e and user c an change the s ett ings.

• Cycle After Option: When screensaver is running this cycle time defines the time limit for
each screensav er.

• Mode Screens aver com es with various modes:

1. R andom Screen Saver: W hen user choos es t his option, Screens av er cyc les t hrough
various graphic s dem os randomly

2. Only one Screen Saver: W hen user chooses this opt ion, screensav er display s only one
graphics dem o.

3. Blank S creen O nly: When user choose s thi s option, screensaver only blan ks the screen
inst ead of dis playing t he graphics demo.

4. D isable Screen Saver: When user chooses this option, screens av er is disabled.

• Various G raphics Dem os
XSc reensaver comes wit h various screens aver
Chbg: This screensav er displays the images stored in StudioFun! t he time gap between
images is 5 seconds.
Hyperball
Hyperc ube
Halo
Strange

• A snapshot of the applicat ion is shown below:

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Display Settings

Display Settings

Displa y setting is a progra m to change the current resolution settings of the Display.
By def ault user of St udioF un! will be giv en a choice t o select between any of the following

three resolut ions.

• 640x480

• 800x600

• 1024x768
The current resolution of t he Display will be selected by default. It requires rest art of t he

StudioF un! to ref lec t the changes made.

File Manager

Overview

File manger i s a utility to co py files fr om defer ent devices to har d disk and vice ver sa . User
can c opy files f rom devices such as, f loppy , CD -R om and F las hdisk to hard disk and als o
from hard disk to floppy and F las hdis k.

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About File manager

The hard disk files are stored in a direct ory called “/studiofun” on t he hard disk. You can
also delete files from hard disk, bu t you cannot delete file s from any de vi ce.

 Select device - C ont ains t he devic e names /f loppy, /c drom and /f las hdisk. Select a

device fro m /to which you want to copy fi les .

twice to mount the device.

 List Directories - Shows the list of directories of the s elected device af ter double

click in g it.

 Floppy /cdrom/Flashdisk - Shows the c ontent s of the selected directory from t he “List

direc t ories“ f ield af t er double clic k ing it.

 Hard disk - Shows the cont ents of a directory c alled “/ studiof un”.
 Add (>>) - Click to copy selected files from a device to hard disk.
 Add (<<) - Click to copy selected files from hard disk to a device.
 Remove - C l ick to delete fil e s from ha r d disk.
 Exit - Click to quit the application.

P l ease do u b l e cl ic k th e d evice o p ti o n

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WarpSpeeder

Introduction

[ W arpSpeeder™ ], a new powerf ul control utility, f eatures three us er-f riendly functions
including Ov erclock Manager, Ov ervoltage Manager, and H ardware Monit or.

With the Over clock Manage r, users can easil y adjust the frequency the y prefer or they can
get t he best CPU perf ormanc e wit h jus t one click . The Ov ervoltage Manager, on the other

hand, helps to power up CPU core voltage and Memory voltage. The cool Hardware
Monitor smartly indic ates the t emperatures, volt age and CPU fan speed as well as the

chips et inform at ion. Also, in t he About panel, you c an get det ail des c ript ions about BI OS
model and chipsets. In addition, t he frequency status of CPU, memory, AGP and PC I

along with t he C PU s peed are synchronically shown on our m ain panel.
Moreov er, to protect users' c om puter sy s tems if the s etting is not appropriat e when testing

and results in system f ail or hang, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] technology assures the system
st ability by automat ically reboot in g the c om puter and then restart t o a speed that is either

the original sys t em speed or a s uit able one.

System Requirement

OS Support : Windows 98 SE, W indows Me, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Direc t X: DirectX 8.1 or abov e. (The W indows XP operating sys tem inc ludes D irectX 8. 1. If

you us e W indows XP, y ou do not need t o install DirectX 8.1. )

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Installation

1. Ex ecut e the setup ex ecution f ile, and then the f ollowing dialog will pop up.
Please clic k “Nex t ” button and follow the def ault procedure to install.

2. When y ou see the following dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is
compl eted . If th e “Launch the Wa rpSpeeder Tray Utility” checkbox is che cked,

the Tray Icon utility and [WarpSpeeder™] utility will be automatically and
imm ediately launched after you click “Finish” butt on.

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Usage

The foll o win g fi gu r es ar e ju st on l y for re f er enc e , th e s c re en pr in ted in th is u s er ma nual will
change according to your motherboard on hand.

[W arpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels:

1. Tray Icon:
Whenev er the Tray Icon utility is launched, it will dis p lay a litt le tray ic on on t he right side of

Windows Tas k bar.

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This utility is responsible f or conveniently invok ing [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. You can use
the m ouse by clicking t he lef t butt on in order t o inv oke [WarpSpeeder™] direct ly from the

litt le t ray icon or you can right-c lick t he lit t le t ray icon to pop up a popup menu as following
figure. The “Launch Utility” item in the popup menu has the sam e function as m ouse
left -c lick on tray icon and “Exit ” item will close Tray Ic on utility if selec t ed.

2. Main Panel
If you click the tra y icon, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will be invoke d. Please refer

do the following figure; the u tility’s fi rst window you will see is Main Panel.

Main Panel contains features as follows:

a. Display the C PU Speed, CPU ex ternal c lock, Mem ory clock, AGP c lock, and PCI
cloc k inform at ion.

b. Contains About, Voltage, Overclock, and Hardware Monitor Buttons f or invoking
respective panels.

c. With a user-friendly Status Animation, it can represent 3 overclock percentage
stages:

Duck walk ing => overcloc k perc entage from 100% ~ 110 %
Duck running => overclock percentage from 110% ~ 120%

Duck burning => overclock percentage from 120% ~ abov e

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3. Voltage Panel
Click t he Volt age button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and t he Volt age

Panel will slide out to up as t he f ollowing figure.
In this panel, y ou can decide to increase C PU core voltage and Mem ory voltage or not .

The def ault setting is “No”. If y ou want to get the best perf ormance of ov erc locking, we
r ec ommen d y ou c lic k th e opti on “Y es”.

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4. Overclock Panel
Click t he Ov erclock button in Main Panel, the butto n will be highlighted and the Ov erc lock

Panel will slide out to left as the following figure.

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Overclock Panel contains these features:

a. “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz but ton”, “+1MHz butt on”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user
the a bility t o do real-t ime ov erc lock adjustment .

Warning: Manually overclock is potenti ally dangerous, especially w hen the
overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongl y recommend you verify

every speed you overclock by cli ck the Verify button. Or, you can just click
Auto overclock button and let [ WarpSpeeder™ ] automatically gets the best
result for you.

b. “R ecovery Dialog button”: Pop up t he following dialog. Let us er select a restoring
way if sy s tem need to do a f ail-safe reboot.

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c. “Auto-ov erclock button”: User can c lick this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will set

the best and stable perform anc e and frequency automatic ally . [ W arpSpeeder™ ]
utility will exe c ute a s e ries of testin g until syst em fail. Then sys t em will do f ail-safe
reboot by us ing Watchdog f unct ion. Aft er reboot, the [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will

restore to the hardware default setting or load the verified best and stable
frequency a c cording to the Reco ver y Dialog’s setting.

d. “Verif y but ton”: User can c lick this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will proceed a

testing for current frequenc y. If the testing is ok, then the current f requency will be
sav ed into system registry . If the testing f ail, sys tem will do a f ail-safe rebooting.

After reboot, the [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will restore to the hardware default
setting or load the verif ied best and stable frequency according to the Recovery

Dialog’ s se tting.

Note: Because th e testing p rog rams, i n voked in A u to-o ve rcl ock and Verify,
include DirectD raw, Direc t3D and Dir ect Show tes ts, the DirectX 8. 1 or newer
runtime library is requi red. And please make sure your di splay card’s color

depth is High color (16 bit) or True color( 24/32 bit ) that is required for
Direct3D rendering.

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5. H ardware Monit or Panel
Click t he Hardware Monit or button in Main Panel, t he button will be highlighted and the

Hardware Monitor panel will s lide out to lef t as the f ollowing f igure.
In t his panel, you c an get the real-time stat us inform ation of y our system. The inf ormat ion

will be refreshed ev ery 1 s econd.

6. About Panel
Click the About button in Main Panel, the butt on will be highlighted and t he About Panel

will slide out t o up as the following figure.
In t his panel, you c an get model name and detail inf ormation in hints of all the c hipset t hat

are related to overclocking. You can also get the mainboard’s BIOS model and the
Version number of [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility.

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Note: Because the overclock, overvol tage, and hardware monitor features
are controlled by several separate chipset, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] di vi de these
features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative

button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panel s’
functions. Thi s property can make [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utili ty more robust.

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Trouble Shoot ing

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PROBABLE SOLUTION

No power to the system at all Power light don’t
illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn
on. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on

PROBABLE SOLUTION

System inoperative. Keyboard lights are on,
power indicator lights are lit, hard drive is

sp in ning.

System does not boot from hard disk dri ve, can
be booted from CD-ROM drive.

System only boots from CD-ROM. Hard disk can
be read and applications can be used but

booting from hard disk is i mpossible.

PROBABLE SOLUTION

PROBABLE SOLUTION

* Make sure power cable is securely plugged i n
* Repl ac e c abl e
* Contac t techni cal s uppo rt

* Using even pressure on both ends of th

DIM M, press down firmly until the modul
snaps into p l ace.

* Check cable running from disk to dis k controlle

board. Make sure both ends are securel

ed in; check the drive type in th

standard CMOS setup.

* Backin

important. All hard disks are capable o
breaking down at any time.

* Back up data and applic ations files. Reforma

the hard drive. Re-install a
using backup dis ks.

the hard drive is extremel

l icat ions and dat

PROBABLE SOLUTION

Screen m essage says “Invalid Configuration” or
“CMOS Failure.”

PROBABLE SOLUTION

Cannot boot system after installing second hard
drive.

* Review system’s equipment . Make sure

c or r ect infor m a t io n is in s et u p.

* Set master/slave jum p e rs c o rrectly.
* Run SETUP

types. Call drive manufacturers fo
compatibility wi th other drives.

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Problemlösung

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

Das System hat keine Spannungsversorgung.
Die Stromanzei
Inneren der Stromversorgung wird nicht

eingeschaltet. Tastaturleuchten sind nic ht an.

Das System funktioniert nicht. Die
Tastaturleuchten sind an, die Stromanzeige
leuchtet, die Festplatte dreht sich.

Das System wird von der Festplatte nicht
hochgefahren, vom CD-ROM-Treiber aber ja.

Das System wird nur von der CD-ROM
hochgefahren. Die Festpl atte wird gelesen und
die Anwendungen sind funktionsfähig, aber es
ist nicht möglic h, das System von der Festplatte

zu starten.

Auf dem Bildschirm erscheint die Meldung
“Ungültige Konfiguration” oder “CMOS Fehler.”

Das System kann nach der Installation einer
zweiten Festplatte nicht hochgefahren werden.

e l euchtet nicht, der Lüfter im

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

MÖG LI CHE URSA CHE LÖSUNG

* Ve r sic h er n S ie si ch , d as s das Str o mk abe l ri ch ti

angebracht ist

* Ers etzen Sie das Stromkabel
* Wenden Sie sich an Ihre Kundendiensts telle

* Drück en Sie das DIMM-Modul bei gleichem

Druck an beide Seiten, bis es einrastet.

* Überprüfen Sie das Kabel zwischen Festplatt

und Festplatten-Controller. Versichern Si
sich, dass beide Enden richtig angebrach

sind; über
standardmäßigen CMOS-Einrichtung.

* Ein Backu

Festplatten können irgendwann beschädi
werden.

* Machen Sie eine Sicherungskopie von alle

Daten und Anwendungsdateien. Formatiere
Sie die Festplatte und reinstallieren Sie di

nwendungen und Daten mit Hilfe vo

Backup-Disks.

* Überprüfen Sie di e Systemkomponenten un

versichern Sie sich, das diese richti
ei ngerichtet si nd.

* Setzen Sie die Master/Slave-Jumper ric htig ein
* Führen Sie das SETUP-Programm aus un

wählen Sie die richtigen Laufwerktypen
Wenden Sie sic h an den Laufwerkhersteller

um die Kompatibilität mit anderen Laufwerke
zu überprüfen.

rüfen Sie den Laufwerktyp in de

der Fe stplatte ist se h r wichtig. All

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Pas d'alimentation au système. Les voyants
lumineux ne s'allument pas, le ventilateur à
l'intérieur du bloc d'ali mentation ne s e met pas
en marche. Le voyant du clavier ne s'all ume pas

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

Le système ne fonctionne pas. Les voyants du
clavier sont allumés, les voyants de

l'alimentation auss i, le disque dur tourne.

Le système ne se réinitialise pas du disque dur,
réinitialisation possible depuis le lecteur
CD-ROM.

Le système ne se réinitialise que depuis le
CD-ROM. Le disque dur peut être lu et les
applications sont utilisables mais il est
impossible d'effectuer de réini tialisation depuis le

disque dur .

Un message s'affiche indiquant que la
configuration n'est pas valide ou qu'il y a une

panne du CM OS.

Impossible de réinitialiser le système après
l'installation d'un deuxième disque dur.

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

PROBLÈME SOLUTION

* Assurez-vous que le câble d'ali mentation es

bi en branché
* Remplacez le câble
* Contac tez le service d'assistance technique.

* En exerçant une pression uniforme sur le

deux extrémités du DIMM, poussez le modul

vers le bas jusqu'à ce qu'il s'enclenche.

* Vérifiez le câble du disque à la carte d

contrôleur de disque. Assurez-vous que le

deux extrémités sont bien branchées ; vérifie

le type de lecteur dans la configuratio

standard de CMOS.
* Il est très important d'effectuer de

sauvegardes du disque dur. Les disques dur

euvent tomber en panne à n'importe que

moment.

* Effectuez une sauvegarde des fichiers de

données et d'application. Reformatez l

di sque dur. Ré-installez les applications et le

données sauvegardées sur les disques d

secours.

* Vérifiez l'équipement du système

Assurez-vous

conf igurat ion sont corr ec t es.

* Réglez les cavaliers maître/esclav

correctement.
* Exécutez le

sélecti onnez les types de lec teur. Contac te

les fabricants pour toute question d

compatibilité avec les autres disques.

ue les informations de l

ramme SETUP e

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup........................................................................................1

1 Main Menu.....................................................................................................3

2 Standard CMOS Features ..............................................................................6

3 Advanced BIOS Features...............................................................................9

4 Advanced Chipset Features..........................................................................12

5 Integrated Peripherals ..................................................................................16

6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 21

7 PnP /PCI Configurations...............................................................................24

8 PC Health Status ..........................................................................................26

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

BIOS Setup

Introduction

T his manua l disc ussed Award™ Setup p rogram bu ilt in to the ROM BIOS. T he Setup
program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is
th en st ored in ba tte ry-b acke d RAM so that it r etain s the Set up info rmatio n when the power
is turned off.

T he Award B IO S™ insta lled in you r com puter system’s RO M (R ead Only Me mory ) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports AMD

input/output system. The BIOS provides critical low- level support for standard devices
such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports.

Addin g important has customized the Award BIOS™, but nonstandard, features such as
virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the
chipset controlling the entire system.

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your
system using Setup.

Plug and Play Support

These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. ESCD
(Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.

EPA Green PC Support

This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EP A Green PC specification.

APM Support

These AWARD BIOS supports Vers ion 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced P ower Management
(APM) specif ication. Power management features are implemented via the System

Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported.
Power to the hard disk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS.

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processor

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

PCI Bus Suppo rt

This AW ARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component
Interconnect) local bus specification.

DRAM Support

DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported.

Suppo rted CP Us

This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD

Us i ng Se t u p

In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit.

The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by
using the keyboard.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to p revio us item
Down arrow Move to next i tem
Left arro w Move to the item o n the left (men u bar)
Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar)
Move Enter Move to the item you desired
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make c hanges
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ Key Increase the numeric value or make c hanges

- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS

F1 k ey Ge nera l help o n S etup navig ation k eys
F5 key Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key Load the optimized defa ults
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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CPU.

Status Page Setup Me nu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
Current page and return to Main Menu

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

1 Main Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the
screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow
keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

!! WARNING !!

The information about BIOS defaults on manual (Figu re
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS

installed on board, for update information.

 Figure 1. Main Menu

Standard CM OS Features

This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.

Advance d BIOS Features

This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS.

Advanced Chipset Features

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

This submenu allows you to configure special chipset features.

Integrated Pe ripherals

This submenu allows you to configure certain IDE hard drive options and Programmed
Input/ Output features.

Power Management Setup

This submenu allows you to configure the power management features.

PnP/PCI Configurations

This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options.

PC Health Status

This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.

Lo a d Op ti mize d De fa ul ts

This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when the system is having problems
particularly w ith the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optim ized
for this system. A confirmation message will be displayed before defaults are set.

Set Supervisor Password

Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making
changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. You will be prompted with to enter a password.

Set User Password

If the Supervisor P assword is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way
as the Supe rvisor P asswor d. If th e Supervis or Pas swor d is set and the User Pa ssword is
set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

Save & Exit Setup

Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message
will be displayed before proceeding.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation
message will be displayed before proceedin g.

Upgrade BIOS

This submenu allows you to upgrade bios.

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

2 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and
then use the<PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 2. Standard CM OS Setup

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

Main Menu Selec tions

This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note

Time hh : mm : ss Set the system internal

IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub

menu.

IDE Secondary Master Options are in its su b

menu.

IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its su b

menu.

Drive A

Drive B

Video EGA/VGA

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in

720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

None

CGA 40

CGA 80

MONO

that the ‘Day’ automatically
changes when you set the
date.

clock.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed

options.

Press <Enter> to enter the
sub menu of detailed
options.

Selec t the type of floppy
disk drive installed in your
system.

Select the default video
device.

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

Item Options Description

Halt On All Errors

No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/ Key

Base Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of

Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory

Select the situation in which

you want th e BIOS to st op

the POST process and

notify you.

conventional memory

detected during boot up.

extended memory detected

during boot up.

available in the system.

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

3 Advanced BIOS Features

 Figure 3. Adva nce d BIOS Se tup

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup

First/ Second/ Third/ Boo t Other Device

These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence
selected in these items.
The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3,
ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, HPT370,
Disab led, Enabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical drive
assignments.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Enabling th is option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80
tracks. Disablin g this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.
The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).

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M7NCD BIOS Setup

Cache Setup

External Cache

This option you to enable or disable “Level 2” secondary cache on the CPU,
which may improve performance.

The Choices:
Enabled (default) Enable cache.

Disab led Disable cache.

Virus Warning

T his op tion allows yo u to choo se th e Viru s Warnin g feature that is used to protect the I DE
Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the
boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.

Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled Virus protection is activated.

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to
execute after you power up the computer.

Enabled (default) Enable quick POST.
Disabled Normal POST.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects the NumLock. State after power on.

On (default) Numpad is number keys.
Off Numpad is arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.

Normal A pin in the keyboard controller

Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.

Typematic Rate Setting

When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard
controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be configured.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the rate at which a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down.

The Choices: 6 (default), 8,10,12,15,20,24,30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.

controls Gate A20.

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The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000.

Securi ty Optio n

This option will enable only individuals w ith passwords to br ing the system online and/or
to use the CMOS Setup Utility.

System A password is required for the system to boot and is

Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup Utility

This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.

APIC Mode

By selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating
system.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

MPS Vers ion Co ntrol For OS

The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specif ication.
Select version supported by the operation system running on this computer.

The Choices: 1.4 (default), 1.1.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.

The Choices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2.

Video BIOS Shadow

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution.

The Choices:
Enabled (default) Optional ROM is enabled.
Disabled Optional ROM is disabled.

Summary Screen Show

This item allows you to enable/ disable display the Summary Screen Show.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

also required to access the Setup Utility.

only.

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4 Advanced Chipset Features

This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your
system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as
DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the P CI bus. The default settings that came
with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are
suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.

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Fig ure 4. Adva nce d Chipse t Setup

System Performance

Optimal (Default)

T his ite m allo ws you t o use the most stab le set tings .

Expert
This item allows full customizat ion of performance. Only for advanced users.

Turbo
This item allows you to use over clocked settings for higher performance but

with h igher risk of inestability.

FSB Frequenc y

This item allows you to select the FSB Frequency.

The Cho ices: 100MHz (Default ).

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CPU Interface

Optimal (Default)

T his ite m allows you t o use the most stab le CP U / FSB par ameters .

Ag gress ive
This item allows you to use overclocked CPU/ FSB parameters.

Memory Freq uenc y

Select “Auto” for best performance.

Memo ry T i mi n gs

T(RAS)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

T(RCD)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

T (RP)

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

CAS Latency

This item allows you to set System Performance to “Optimal” to use the delay
recommended by the DIMM’s manufacturer.

The Cho ices: By SPD (Default), 50%, 60%, 66%, 75%, 80%, 83%, 100%, 120%,
125%, 133%, 150%, 166%, 200%, Auto.

Optimal (Default)
T his ite m allo ws you t o use the most stab le set tings .

Expert

This item allows you to enter timings manually.

Turbo

The Cho ices: 7 (Default), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

The Cho ices: 1 (Default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

The Cho ices: 1 (Default), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

The Cho ices: 2.5 (Default), 2.0, 3.0.

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FSB Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the FSB Spread Spectrum.

The Cho ices: 0.50% (Defa ult).

AGP Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to select the AGP Spread Spectrum.

The Cho ices: 0.5% (Default).

AGP Ape rture Size (MB)

Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The apertures is a portion
of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host

cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

The Choices: 64 (default), 4, 8, 16, 32, 128, 256.

AGP Frequency

This item allows you to select the AGP Frequency.

The Choices: Auto ( Defa ult) , 50MHz, 66M Hz, 67MHz, 68M Hz, 69MHz,
70MHz, 71MHz, 72MHz, 73MHz, 74MHz, 75MHz, 76MHz, 77MHz, 78MHz,
79MHz, 80MHz, 81MHz, 82MHz, 83MHz, 84MHz, 85MHz, 86MHz, 87MHz,
90MHz, 93MHz, 95MHz, 97MHz, 100MHz.

AGP 8X Support

This item allows you to enable or disable AGP 8X Support.

The Cho ices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

AGP Fast Write Capability

T his ite m allows you En abled or Disab led AGP Fast Wr ite Cap abil ity.

The Cho ices: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

CPU Thermal Throttling

T his ite m allows you to select the CPU The rmal Thr ottlin g.

The Choices: 50% (Default), Disabled, 87.5%, 75%, 62.5%, 37.5%, 25%,

12.5%.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows you caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h~FFFFFh,
resulting a better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area,
a system error may result.

The Cho ices: Ena bled, Disabled (default).

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Video RAM Cacheable

Enabling this option allows caching of the video R AM, resulting a better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may
re sult.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

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5 Integrated Peripherals

 Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals

IDE F unc tion Setup

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
Select “Enabled” to activate the first and / or second IDE interface. If you install a primary
and / or secondary add-in IDE interface, select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface. If you
hi gh li ght th e lite ra l “P r ess E nter” next t o the “Onchip IDE Con trol” labe l and the n pre ss th e
enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:

OnChip IDE Channel 0/1
The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for

two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE
interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface if you are going to install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Prima ry / Secondary Master / Slave PIO

The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4)
for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0
through 4 provides successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the
system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

The Choices: Auto (default), Mode0, Mode1, Mode2, Mode3, Mode4.

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IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 functiona lity can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE
hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA
driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver). If your hard
drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to
enable BIOS support.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The “onboard” IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive
access. If the interface does not support prefetching. If you install a primary
and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Blo ck mode is a ls o called b loc k tra nsf er, multip le co mm ands , or multip le se ctor
read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do),
select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode
(most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal
number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

Onboa rd De vice

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Audio.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MC97 Modem

This item allows you to decide to enable/ disable to support AC97 Modem.

The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.

MAC LAN (nVIDIA)

T his ite m allows you t o select MAC LAN.

The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled.

Ma chin e MAC (NV ) Addre ss

This item allows you to enable or disable Machine MAC Address.

The Choices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

MAC (NV) Address Input

Onchip 1394 Chip

This item allows you to set the Onchip 1394 Chip.

The Choices: Auto (Default), Disabled.

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Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first.

The Choices: Onboard/AGP, PCI Slot (default).

OnChip USB

T his ite m allows you t o set the o nch ip USB.
The Choices: V1.1+V2.0 (default), Disabled, V1.1.

USB Keyboard Suppo rt

T he default value is D isabled .
Enabled Enable USB Keyboard Support.
Disabled (default) Disable USB Keyboard Support.

Onboa rd I/O Chi p Se tup

Power On Function

This item allows you to choose the powen on function.
The Choices: Button Only (default), Password, Hot Key, Mouse Left, Mouse
Right, Any Key, Keyboard 98.

KB Po wer o n Pas swo rd
Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password .

HOT Key power ON

Input password and press Enter to set the Keyboard power on password .
The Choices: Ctrl-F1(default) , Ctrl-F2 , Ctrl-F3 , Ctrl-F4 , Ctrl-F5,
Ctrl-F6 , Ctrl-F7 , Ctrl-F8 , Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10 , Ctrl-F11 , Ctrl-F12 .

On bo ard FDC Co ntro ller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the

system board and you wish to use it. If install and FDC or the system has no

floppy drive, select Disab led in this field.

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

On bo a rd Serial P ort 1

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The Cho ices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, Auto, 2F8/IRQ3,

3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3.

On bo a rd Serial P ort2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
The Choices: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3 (default), 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,

Auto.

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UART Mode Select

This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O

chip.

The Choices: No rmal (default), ASKIR, IrDA.

RxD, TxD Active

This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O

chip.

The Choices: Hi / Lo (default), Hi / Hi, Lo / Hi, Lo / Lo.

IR Transm issio n Dela y

T his ite m allows you t o enab le/dis ab le IR tr ansm iss ion d e lay .

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

UR2 Duplex Mo de

Select the value requ ired by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full-duplex

mo de permits simultaneous t wo-d irection t ransmission. H alf- duple x mode

permits transmission in one direction only at a time.

The Choices: Half ( def ault) , Full.

Use IR Pins

Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct setting of the TxD

and RxD signals.

The Choices: IR-Rx2Tx2 (default), RxD2, TxD2.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with

which I/O address.

The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.
SPP (default) Usin g Parallel port as Standard Printer P ort.
EP P Usin g P aralle l por t as E nhanc ed Paralle l
Port.
EC P Us in g P aralle l port as Ext ended C apabilit ies
Port
EC P+EPP Usin g Pa ralle l po rt a s ECP & EPP mode.

EPP Mode Select

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

The Choices: EPP 1.7(default), EPP1.9.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA Channel for the port.
The Choices: 3 (default), 1.

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Game Port Address

Game Port I/O Address.

The Choices: 201 (default), 209, Disabled.

Midi Port Address

Midi P ort Base I/O Address.

The Choices: 330 (default), 300, 290, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the Midi Port can use.
The Choices: 10 (default), 5

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6 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy
conservation and power up/power down features.

Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Setup

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ACP I f unctio n

This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI).

The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.

ACP I Sus pe nd Ty pe

The item allows you to select the suspend type under the ACPI operating system.

The Choices: S1 (POS) (default) Power on Suspend

S3 (STR) Suspend to RAM
S1 & S3 POS+ST R

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly
related to the followin g modes:

1.HDD Power Down.

2. Susp end M ode.

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There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings

Min. Power Saving

Minimum power management.
Su spend Mode = 1 hr.
HDD Power Down = 15 min

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s.
Su spend Mode = 1 min.
HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User De f i ne d (default)

Allows you to set each mode individually.
When not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD
Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

Video Off Method

T his op tion de term ines the mann er in whic h the mo nitor is goes blank.

V/H SYNC+Blank

This selection w ill cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal
synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPM S Support (default)

Initia l disp lay p ower mana gement signa lin g.

HDD Power Down

When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity.
Al l othe r device s re main act ive.
The Cho ices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 3 Min, 4 Min, 5 Min, 6 Min, 7 Min,8 Min,
9 Min, 10 Min, 11 Min, 12 Min, 13 Min, 14 Min, 15Min.

Soft-Off by PBTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the
Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”
The Cho ices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).

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WOL (PME#) Fro m Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable the WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off.

The Cho ices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off

This item allows you to enable or disable the WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off.

The Cho ices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

USB Resume from S3/S4

This item allows you to enable or disable S3 Resume by USB (Win98).

The Cho ices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Power-On by Alarm

This item allows you to enable or disabled power on by alarm.

The Cho ices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

This field determines the action the system will automatically take when power is restored
to a system that had lost power previously without any subsequent manual intervention.
There are 3 sources that provide current to the CMOS area that retains these Power-On
instructions; the motherboard battery (3V), the Power Supply (5VSB), and the P ower
Supply (3.3V). While AC is not supplying power, the motherboard uses the motherboard
battery (3V). If AC power is supplied and the Power Supply is not turned on, 5VSB from
the Power Supply is used. When the Power Supply is eventually turned on 3.3V from the
Power Supply will be used.
There are 3 options: “Former-Sts”, “On”, “Off”.

“Former-Sts” Means to maintain the last status of the CMOS when AC

po wer is lost.

“On” Means always set CMOS to the “On” status when AC

po wer is lost

“Off” (default) Means always set CMOS to the “Off” status when AC

For example: If set to “Former-Sts” and AC power is lost when system is live, then after
AC power is restored, the system will automatically power on. If AC power is lost when
system is not live, system will remain powered off.

po wer is lost.

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7 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of
the CPU itself uses when commun icating with its own special components. This section
covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced
users should make any changes to the default settin gs.

Figure 7. P nP/PCI Configurations

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Reset Configuration Data

The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which
resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a
node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The
system nee ds to record and u pdate ES CD to the mem ory lo cations. These locat ions (4K)
are reserved in the system BIOS. If the Disabled (default) option is chosen, the system‘s
ESCD will update only when the new configuration varies from the last one. If the Enabled
option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the
“D isab led” mode.

The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources
controlled by function.

Le gacy is the term, which s ignifies that a resource is as signed to the ISA Bus an d prov ides

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non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI
Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.

The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.

Resources Controlled By

By Choosing “Auto(ESCD)” (default), the system BIOS will detect the system resources
and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral.By

Choosing “Manual”, the user will need to assign IRQ & DMA for add-on cards. Be sure
that there are no IRQ/DMA and I/O port conflicts.

IRQ Resources

This submenu will allow you to assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type
of device using the interrupt. When you press the “Press Enter” tag, you will be directed to
a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts. This is only
configurable when “Resources Controlled By” is set to “Manual”.

IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

PCI / VG A Pa lette Sn oop

Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic contro llers which are not VGA compatible
take the output from a VGA controller and map it to their display as a way to provide boot
information and VGA compatibility.

However, the color information comin g from the VGA co ntro l ler is draw n from the palette
table inside the VGA controller to generate the proper colors, and the graphic controller
needs to know what is in the palette of th e VGA contro ller. T o do this, the non-VGA
graphic controller watches for the Write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop
data. In PCI based systems, where the VGA controller is on the PCI bus and a non-VGA
graphic controller is on an IS A bus, the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the
ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write.

In this case, the PCI VGA controller shou ld not respond to the Write, it should only sno op
the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic

controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus. Unless you have the above situation,
you should disable this option.

Disabled (default) Disables the function.
Enabled Enables the function.

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8 PC Health Status

 Figure 8. PC Health Sta tus

Current CPU Temperature

Show you the current CPU temperature.

Current SYSFAN Speed

This field displays the current SYSFAN speed.

Current CPUFAN Speed

This field displays the current CPUFAN speed.

CP U Vco re / AGP Vco re/ +3.3 V / +12 V/ -12V/ -5V

Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

Show H/W Monitor in POST

If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage.
The item offers several delay time to select you want.
The C hoices: Enable d (default), Disabled.

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Chassis Open Warning

This item allows you to enable or disable Chassis Open Warnin g beep.
The Cho ices: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

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