Biostar M7VIG Owner's Manual

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M7VIG
Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Ru les. Operation of this device is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
Accessories: This device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device; the accessories associated with this equipment are as follows:
1. Shie ld ed se r ia l c able. (C an be ob tain ed fro m mult ip le reta il outle t s)
2. Shie ld ed pr int er cab le. (Can be obta in ed fr om mult ip le reta il o utlet s)
3. Shielded video cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)
4. Shielded power cord. (Provided by manufacturer) These accessories are required to ensure compliance with FCC Rules. It is the
responsibility of the user to provide and use these accessories properly.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant of Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protect ion against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and radiates radio frequency energy and, if you did not installed and used in accordance w ith the instructions, may cause harmful interference in the radio communications. There is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a part icular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, you are encoura ged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient / relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet from a different circuit where the
receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Caution: Changes or modifications that is not expressly approved by the
manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Disclaimer
The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here of and specially the vendor disclaims any implied warranties of
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merchantability or fitness for any purpose. Further, the vendor reserves the right to revise this pub lication and to make changes of the contents here of without obligation to notify any party beforehand. Duplication of this publication, in part or in who le, is not allowed without first obtaining the vendor’s approval in writing.
Trademarks and Remarks
MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, Windows 9X, Windows ME and Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp, with its ownership of trademark, and are distributed by the vendor under a license agreement.
All trademarks used in this manual are property of their respective owners. Copyright© 2001
All Rights Reserved
Canadian D.O.C. Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus to set out of the rad io interference regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. Cet appareil numérique n‘émet pas de bruits radioélectriques dépassant les limites appliquées aux appareils numériques de Class B préscrits dans le réglement du brouillage radioélectrique edict par le minister Des Communications du Canada.
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................1
1. Motherboard Description............................................................2
1.1 Features.......................................................................................................2
1.1.1 Hardware...............................................................................................2
1.1.2 Software.................................................................................................6
1.1.3 Accessories.............................................................................................6
1.2 Motherboard Installation.............................................................................7
1.2.1 System Block Diagram............................................................................7
1.2.2 Layout of Motherboard............................................................................ 8
8
1.2.3 Quick Reference.....................................................................................9
1.3 CPU Installation..........................................................................................9
1.3.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket A.......................................................9
1.3.2 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1.......................................................... 12
1.3.3 CPU Fan Connector: JCFAN1...............................................................12
1.3.4 System Fan Connector: JSFAN1............................................................12
1.4 RAM Module Installation.........................................................................13
1.4.1 DDR SDRAM......................................................................................13
1.4.2 SDRAM.............................................................................................14
1.4.3 How to i nstall DDR/SDRAM DIMM Module........................................15
1.5 Slots...........................................................................................................17
1.5.1 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot.....................................................18
1.5.2 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots.......................................18
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1.5.3 CNR (Communication Networ k Riser) Slot............................................18
1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers...............................................................19
1.6.1 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1..........................................................20
1.6.2 ATX 20-pi n Power Connector: JATXPWR1............................................23
1.6.3 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2......................................................... 23
1.6.4 Flo ppy Disk Connector: FDD1...............................................................25
1.6.5 Wake On LAN Header: JWOL1............................................................. 25
1.6.6 Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1.............................................................25
1.6.7 Front USB Headers: JUSB2................................................................... 25
1.6.8 DDR DIMM Voltage: JDIMMVOLT.....................................................26
1.6.9 CNR Codec Primary/ Secondary Select: J10 (Optional)............................26
1.7 Peripheral Port Connectors........................................................................27
1.7.1 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1.........................................27
1.7.2 USB & LAN Port Connectors: JUSBLAN1............................................29
1.7.2.1 USB Connectors...............................................................................29
1.7.2.2 LAN Port Connector (Optional).........................................................30
1.7.3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video Graphics Port.......................31
1.7.3.1 The Serial Interface port: COM1........................................................31
1.7.3.2 Video Graphics Adapter Port: JVGA1.................................................33
1.7.3.3 Parallel Interface Port: JPRNT1..........................................................35
1.7.4 Game and Audio Port Connector: AUD_GAME1.................................... 36
1.7.5 Audio Subs ystem..................................................................................37
1.7.5.1 CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: JCDIN1.............................................38
1.7.5.2 CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: JCDIN2.............................................38
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1.7.5.3 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1............................................38
1.7.5.4 Telephony Audio Connector: JTAD1...................................................38
2. BIOS Setup....................................................................................1
2.1 Main Menu..................................................................................................3
2.2 Standard CMOS Features ...........................................................................6
2.3 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................................9
2.4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................13
2.5 Integrated Peripherals................................................................................18
2.6 Power Management Setup.........................................................................23
2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations............................................................................28
2.8 PC Health Status.......................................................................................31
2.9 Frequency Control.....................................................................................32
3. Trouble Shooting...........................................................................1
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Introduction
System Overview
Congratulations on the purchase of your new system! This motherboard is designed to take advantage of the latest industry technology to provide you with the ultimate solution in data processing. In the tradition of its predecessors, this motherboard continues the commitment of reliability, performance and strives for full compliance and compatibility with industry software and hardware standards.
M7VIG Highlights:
8 Contains on board I/O facilities, which include a serial port, a parallel port, a mouse
port, a VGA port, a keyboard port, audio ports, USB ports, a LAN port and a game port.
8 Contains on board IDE facilities for IDE devices such as hard disks and CD-ROM
Drives.
8 Supports the AMD processor, a leading edge processor which brings to you the latest
technology in microarchitecture design, graphics performance, system bus design, cache architecture and much more.
8 Complies with PC MicroATX form factor specifications.
8 Supports popular operating systems such as Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows
XP, LINUX and SCO UNIX.
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1. Motherboard Description
1.1 Features
1.1.1 Hardware
CPU
Single AMD Socket-A for Athlon
TM
processors.
Running at 200/266 MHz Front Side Bus (FSB).
TM
(Thunderbird
Chipse t
Chipset – North Bridge: VIA KM266 (VT8375)
South Bridge: VT8233A/ VT8235.
Chipset – LAN Chip Realtek RTL 8100B (Optional).
Speed
Supports AMD Athlon
TM
XP CPU core speeds.
DRA M Memory
Supports 100MHz or 133MHz SDRAM devices.
Supports 200MHz, 266MHz DDR SDRAM devices.
Supports 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb and 1GMb technologies for x8 and
16 devices.
Max of 2 Double-Sided DIMMs SDRAM or DDR SDRAM with
unbuffered.
The largest memory capacity is 2 GB.
TM
)/ Athlon
TM
XP/ Duron
Shadow RAM
A memory controller provide shadow RAM and supports for ROM BIOS.
Green Function
Support power management operation via BIOS.
Power down timer from 1 to 15 mins.
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Wakes from power saving sleep mode at the press of any key or any mouse
activity.
BUS Slots
Three 32-bit PCI bus master slots.
One CNR slot.
One AGP slot.
Flas h Me mory
Supports flash memory.
Supports ESCD Function.
Built in VGA:
High Resolution CRT RGB Interface
250 MHz RAMDAC on chip with Gamma Correction.
Horizontal / Vertical Sync outputs compliant with Monitor Power
Management protocols.
I2C Serial Bus for DDC Monitor Communications.
2D Hardware Acceleration Features
ROP3 Ternary Raster Operation BitBLTs.
8, 16 and 32 bpp mode acceleration.
Integrated Savage4 2D/ 3D Graphics Controller and Video Accelerator
Optimized Shared Memory Architecture (SMA).
16 / 32 MB frame buffer using system memory.
Floating-point triangle setup engine.
Single circle 128-bit 3D architecture.
8M triangles /second setup engine.
140M pixels second tr ilinear fill rate.
Full internal AGP 4x performance.
Microsoft Direct X texture compression.
Next generation, 128-bit 2D graphics engine.
High quality DVD v ideo playback.
2D / 3D reso lutions up to 1920x1440.
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3D Rendering Features
Single-pass multiple textures.
Anisotropic filtering.
8-bit stencil buffer.
32-bit true color rendering.
Specular lighting and d iffuse shading.
Alpha blending modes.
Massive 2K x 2K textures.
MPEG-2 video textures.
Vertex and table fog.
16 or 24-bit Z-buffering.
Reflection mapping, texture morphing, shadows, procedural textures and
atmospheric effects.
IDE Built-in On Board
Supports four IDE hard disk drives.
Supports PIO Mode 4, Master Mode and high performance hard disk dr ives.
Supports Ultra DMA 33/ 66/100/133 Bus Master Mode.
Supports IDE interface w ith CD-ROM.
Supports high capacity hard disk drives.
Supports LBA mode.
Stereo AC 97 Digital Audio Co dec
AC 97 2.1 interface.
16 channels of high-quality sample rate conversion.
16x8 channel digital mixer.
Stereo 10 band graphic equa lizer.
Sound Blaster® and Sound Blaster Pro® emulation.
64-voice wavetable.
PC99 complaint.
I/O Built-in On Board
Supports one multi-mode Parallel Port.
(1) Standard & Bidirection Parallel Port. (2) Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP). (3) Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
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(4) Normal.
Supports two serial ports, 16550 UART.
Supports one Infrared transmission (IR).
Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard.
Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB floppy disk
drivers.
Universal Serial Bus
Supports two back Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports and two front
Universal serial Bus (USB) Ports (Optional).
Supports 48 MHz USB.
Universal Serial Bus V2.0 (only with South Bridge VT8535) (Optional)
Supports two back panel Un iversal Serial Bus Ports and two front panel
Universal Serial Bus Ports.
Hardware Monito r Functio n
CPU Fan and System Fan Speed Monitor.
CPU Temperature Monitor.
System Voltage Monitor.
Dimensions (Micro ATX)
24.4 cm X 24.4 cm (W x L)
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1.1.2 Software
BIOS
AWARD legal BIOS.
Supports APM1.2.
Supports USB Function.
Supports ACPI.
Operating System
Offers the highest performance for MS-DOS, Windows 2000, Windows ME,
Windows XP, SCO UNIX etc.
1.1.3 Accessories
HDD Cable.
FDD Cable.
Flash Memory Writer for BIOS Update.
USB2 Cable (Optional).
Rear I/O Panel for Micro ATX Case (Optional).
Fully Setup Driver CD.
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1.2 Motherboard Installation
1.2.1 System Block Diagram
CNR SLOT
LAN CONN.
AC' 97
CODEC
BIOS
HOST BUS
AGP
MOU SE
V- L I NK
VT8233A/ VT8235
KEYBOARD
AMD K7
PROC ES SOR
VIA
KM 266
WINBOND W83697HF
FLOPPY
CONN.
LPC
LPT.
CONN.
ADDCONT ROL
DATA
PCI BUS
US B
CNTL
CLOCK
ICW312-02
14.3 18MHZ
HOST BUS
CNTL
MEMORY
ADDR
US B
2 DDR DIMM + 2 S DR DIMM
DATA
4 USB CONN.
M7VIG
icro ATX(FSB: 133/100MHz)
SU PPOR TS 4 DIMMS SUPP ORT 1 AGP SLOT
SER.
CONN.
SUPP ORT S 3 PCI S LOTS
SER.
SUPPORT TELEPHONY
CONN.
SUPPORT 1 CNR SLOT
CLOCK
W255H
CNT L
100/133MHZ
PCI CONN
PCI CONN
PCI CONN
IDE IDE
ADDR/DATA
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1.2.2 Layout of Motherboard
Model No. M7VIG
JKBMS1
JATXPWR1
JUSBLAN1
JCOM1
JPRNT1
JCFAN1
1
DDR1
SDR2
SDR1
DDR2
JSPKR1
SP-OUT
JLIN1
LIN E-IN
JMIC1
JMIC1
MIC-IN
129
JTAD1
J10
1
JVGA1
10
1
1
JA UD GAM E
GAME Por t
1
LAN CHIP
2 1
JUSB2
KM 266
(VT8375)
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
JWOL1
1
Winbond
W83697HF
10 9
1-8
T 8233A
VT 8235
JDIMMVOLT
8
127
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
IDE1
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
IDE2
FLOPPY DISK CONN.
FDD1
1
JSFAN1
BAT1
JCMOS1
JPANEL1
1
2324
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N N
N N
N
N N
1.2.3 Quick Reference
ABCDEFGHIJI
A. Back Panel Connectors L. DIMM Voltage Selection Header
B. AGP Slot (AGP1) (JDIMMVOLT)
C. Front Audio Header (JAUDIO1) M. Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1)
LAN CHIP
D. PCI BUS Slots (PCI1-3) N. System FAN Header (JSFAN1)
E. CD Audio-In Header (JCDIN1) O. Front Panel Connector (JPANEL1)
F. Telephony Header (JTAD1) P. IDE Connectors (IDE1-2)
G. Cd Audio-In Header (JCDIN2) Q. CMOS Clear Function (JCMOS1)
H. CNR Codec Primary/Secondary R. SDR DIMMs (SDR1-2)
Select (J10) (Optional) S. DDR DIMMs (DDR1-2)
I. CNR Slot (CNR1) T. ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1)
J. Front USB Header (JUSB2) U. CPU FAN Header (JCFAN1)
K. Wake-On-LAN Header (JWOL1) V. Frequency Selection (JCLK1)
K
Wi nbond
83679HF
V T82 33A VT8235
L
M
SECO
FLOPP Y DISK C O
PRIMARY IDE CO
DARY IDE CO
KM 266
(VT8375)
DDR1 DDR 2 SDR1 SD R2
V U
T
S
R
1.3 CPU
N
O
.
.
.
BAT1
PQ
Installation
1.3.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket A
C
P
U
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1. Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever up to a 90­degree angle.
2. Locate Pin A in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU. Match Pin A with the white dot/cut edge then insert the CPU.
3. Press the lever down.
4. Put the fan on the CPU by buck ling it, and then put the fan’s powerport into the JCFAN1, then the installation will be completed.
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LAN CHIP
JCFAN1
1
KM 266
(VT8375)
VT82 33A/ VT82 35
SDR 1
DDR1
SDR2
DDR2
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
BAT1
1-11
Winbond 83679 HF
FLOPP Y DISK CONN.
1
JSFAN1
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1.3.2 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1
JCKL1
NOTES: The “ * ” mark indicate primitive value.
*100MHz 133MHz
Close Open
1.3.3 CPU Fan Connector: JCFAN1
Pin No. Assignment
1 Ground
2 +12V
3 Sense
1.3.4 System Fan Connector: JSFAN1
Pin No. Assignment
1
2 +12V
3
Ground
Sense
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1.4 RAM Module Installation
1.4.1 DDR SDRAM
DRAM Type: 2.5V Unbuffered DDR SDRAM PC1600/ PC2100/ PC2700 Type
(Only for reference)
Total Memory
Size (MB)
128 M 128 M ---­256 M 256 M ---­512 M 512 M ----
256 M 128 M 128 M 384 M 256 M 128 M 640 M 512 M 128 M
1128 M 1 G 128 M
384 M 128 M 256 M 512 M 256 M 256 M 768 M 512 M 256 M
1256 M 1 G 256 M
640 M 128 M 512 M
768 M 256 M 512 M 1024 M 512 M 512 M 1512 M 1 G 512 M 1128 M 128 M 1 G 1256 M 256 M 1 G 1512 M 512 M 1 G
required. 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DIMM Module (184 pin)
Total Memory Size with unbuffer DIMMs
DIMM 1 DIMM 2
1 G 1 G ----
2G 1G 1G
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1.4.2 SDRAM
DRAM Type: 3.3V Unbuffered SDRAM PC100/ P C133 Type required. 128MB/
256MB/ 512MB DIMM Module (168 pin)
Total Memory Size with unbuffer DIMMs
(Only for reference)
Total Memory
Size (MB)
128 M 128 M ----
256 M 256 M ----
512 M 512 M ----
256 M 128 M 128 M
384 M 256 M 128 M
640 M 512 M 128 M
384 M 128 M 256 M
512 M 256 M 256 M
768 M 512 M 256 M
640 M 128 M 512 M
768 M 256 M 512 M 1024 M 512 M 512 M
2G 1G 1G
DIMM 1 DIMM 2
 When you use DDR SDRAM, the memory power will automatically set to 2.5V.
 When you use SDRAM, the memory power will automatically set to
3.3V.
For the above settings, you can only use one kind of memory on
this motherboard. It is forbidden to insert both kind of memory simultaneously. You must insert only DDR or SDRAM.
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1.4.3 How to install DDR/SDRAM DIMM Module
DDR SDRAM:
Single Sided DIMM
Dou ble Sided DI MM
1. The DDR DIMM socket has a “ Plastic Safety Tab”, and the DDR DIMM memory module has an Asymmetrical notch”, so the DDR DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction.
2. Push the tabs out. Insert the DDR DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90-degree angle, then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place.
3. The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and hold the DDR DIMM memory modules in place.
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SDRAM:
1. The SDRAM DIMM socket has a “ Plastic Safety Tab”, and the SDRAM DIMM memory module has an Asymmetrical notch”, so the SDRAM DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction.
2. Push the tabs out. Insert the SDRAM DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90-degree angle, then push down vertically so that it will fit into the place.
3. The Mounting Holes and plastic tabs should fit over the edge and hold the SDRAM DIMM memory modules in place.
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1.5 Slots
The slots in this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a mean of adding or enhancing the motherboard's features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can increase the motherboard's capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system.
SDR1
DDR1
SDR2
DDR2
AGP Slot
PCI Slot
CNR Slot
LAN CHIP
KM 266
(VT8375)
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Winbond
83679H F
BAT1
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
FLOPPY DISK CONN.
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1.5.1 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot
Unlike the mouse ports, keyboard ports and printer ports, this motherboard does not have built in video facilities; and therefore, requires a video card for one of the expansion slots. Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. Tis motherboard supports video cards for PCI and ISA slots, but is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance, especially with 3D graphics.
1.5.2 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots
This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards supplanted the older ISA bus standard in most parts. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits.
1.5.3 CNR (Communication Network Riser) Slot
The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture, and defines a hardware scalable riser card interface, which on ly supports aud io, network and modem.
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1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumpers
The connectors, headers and jumpers introduced below provide you lots of capabilities such as power supply, front panel signal revelation, IDE hard d isk connection, floppy disk connection, Wake On LAN function and USB connection. Noticeably, a jumper has two or more pins covered by a plastic jumper cap, allowing the user to select a different system options.
JATXPWR1
SDR1
SDR2
DDR1
DDR2
KM 266
BAT1
1
(VT8375)
JCMOS1
LAN CHIP
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
VT8233A/ VT8235
J10
1
2910 1
JUSB2
Winbond
8367 9HF
JWOL1
1
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
FLOPPY DISK CONN.
8
2
1
7
JDIMMVOLT
IDE 1-2
JPANEL1
FDD1
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1.6.1 Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1
K E Y
IR
24
2
SLP
POW-LED
(-)(+) (+)
ON/OFF
1
(-)(+)
SPK
HLED
NARST
23
Pin Assignment Function Pin Assignment Function No. No.
1 +5V 2 Sleep Control Sleep
3 NA Speaker 4 Ground Button
5 NA Connector 6 NA NA
7 Speaker 8 Power LED (+)
9 HDD LED (+) Hard Drive 10 Power LED (+) POWER
11 HDD LED (-) LED 12 Power LED (-) LED
13 Ground Reset 14 Power Button Power-on
15 Reset Control Button 16 Ground
Button
17 NA 18 KEY
19 NA IrDA 20 KEY IrDA
21 +5V Connector 22 Ground Connector
23 IRT X 24 IRR X
SPK (Speaker Connector)
An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing option. It can be connected to the motherboard at the front panel connector. The speaker (onboard or offboard) provides error beep code information during the Power On Self-Test when the computer cannot use the v ideo interface. The speaker is not connected to the audio subsystem and does not receive output from the audio
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RST (Reset Button)
This connector can be attached to a momentary SPST switch. This switch is usually open, and when it is closed, it will cause the motherboard to reset and run the POST (Pow er On Self Test).
POW-LED (Power LED Connector)
This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case. The LED will illuminate while the computer is powered on.
HLED (Hard Drive LED Connector)
This connector can be attached to an LED on the front panel of a computer case. The LED will flicker during disk activity where it is only app lied to those IDE drives directly attached to the system board.
IR (Inf rared Connector)
This connector is used to attach to an infrared sens ing device. After the IrDA interface is configured, connectionless data transfer to and from portable dev ices such as laptops making PDA possible.
SLP (Slee p/Gree n Butto n)
This connector is used to conserve energy by powering down the mon itor and the hard disk when is not in use. To configure this option, you need to connect a button from the front panel to this sleep button. Depress ing the button will power down the monitor and the hard drives until the system is invoked by any keyboard activity, mouse activity, modem activity or when the sleep button is depressed again. APM (Advanced Power Management) must be enabled in the system BIOS, and the APM driver must be loaded.
PWR (Power Button)
This connector can be attached to a front panel power switch. The switch must pulled the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply to switch on or off. (The time required is due to internal debounce circuitry on the system board). At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will recognize another on/off signal.
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1.6.2 ATX 20-pin Power Connector: JATXPWR1
This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power supply functions, such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are supported on this motherboard. This power connector supports instant power-on functionality, which means that the system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board.
PIN Assignment PIN Assignment
1 3.3V 11 3.3V
23.3V12-12V
3 Ground 13 Ground
4 +5V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground
6 +5V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground
8PW_OK18 -5V
95V_SB19 +5V
10 12V 20 +5V
1.6.3 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE2
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced P CI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DM A / 33, Ultra DMA / 66, Ultra DMA / 100 functionality. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk dr ives, a CD-ROM, a 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the IDE hard disk cable provided.
IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the second hard drive on IDE1 to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
IDE2 (Secondary IDE Connector)
The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive. Its configuration
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is similar to IDE1. The second drive on this controller must be set to slave mode.
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1.6.4 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. T his connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.
1.6.5 Wake On LAN Header: JWOL1
Pin No. Assignment
1
2 Ground
3
5V SB
Wake u p
1.6.6 Clear CMOS Jumper: JCMOS1
JCMOS1 Assignment
1 3
1-2 Closed
1 3
2-3 Closed
Normal Operation (default)
Clear CMOS Data
1.6.7 Front USB Headers: JUSB2
Pin No. Assignment Pin No. Assignment
1 +5V 2 +5V 3 USBP2- 4 USBP3- 5 USBP2+ 6 USBP3+ 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Key 10 NA
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1.6.8 DDR DIMM Voltage: JDIMMVOLT
Pin DDR DIMM Voltage
1-2 2.5V(Default) 3-4 2.6V 5-6 2.7V 7-8 2.8V
1.6.9 CNR Codec Primary/ Secondary Select: J10 (Optional)
J10 Assignment
1-2 On board primary Codec is used.
(Default)
2-3
CNR primary Codec is used.
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1.7 Peripheral Port Connectors
JKBMS1
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Key board
JLAN
LAN
USB
COM1
JPRNT1
Parallel
VGA1
Speaker
Out
AUD_ GAME1
Game Port
Lin e I n Mic
In
JVGA1JCOM1
1.7.1 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector: JKBMS1
The motherboard provides a standard P S/2 mouse / Keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 mouse. You can plug a PS/2 mouse / Keyboard directly into this connector. The connector location and pin definition are shown below:
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PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connectors
Pin Assignment
1 Data
2 No connection
3 Ground
4 +5 V (fused)
5 Clock
6 No connection
1.7.2 USB & LAN Port Connectors: JUSBLAN1
1.7.2.1 USB Connectors
The motherboard provides a OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus Roots for attaching USB devices such as: keyboard, mouse and other
USB devices. You can p lug the USB devices directly into this connector.
Stacked USB Connectors
Pin Assignment
1 (5) +5 V (fused)
2 (6)
3 (7)
4 (8) Ground
Signal names in brackets ([]) are for USB Port 1.
USBP0- [USBP1-]
USBP0+ [USBP1+]
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1.7.2.2 LAN Port Connector (Optional)
This connector allows you to connect to the Internet through a Local Area Network (LAN). You can set up the connection by entering an account information provided by your ISP.
LAN Port Connector
Pin Assignment
9VCC
10 TD+
11 TD-
12 RD+
13 RD-
14 NC
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1.7.3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video
Graphics Port
This system is equipped one serial port, one parallel port and a VGA port. These types of interface ports will be explained in this chapter.
1.7.3.1 The Serial Interface port: COM1
The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as an RS-232 port or an asynchronous communication port. Mice, printers, modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port, where it can also be used to connect your computer with another computer system. If you wish to transfer the contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each machine’s serial port.
The serial port on this system has a 9-pin connector. Some older computer systems and peripherals used to be equipped with only one 25-pin connector. If you need to connect a 9-pin serial port to an older 25-pin serial port, you can purchase a 9-to-25 pin adapter.
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Connectivity
The serial port can be used in many ways, and it may be necessary to become familiar with the pinout diagram. The following chart gives you the function of each pin on the 9-pin connector and some of the 25-pin connector. This information can be used when configuring certain software programs to work with the serial port.
Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN
DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8
RX Receive Data 2 3
TX Transmit Data 3 2
DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20
GND Signal Ground 5 7
DSR Data Set Ready 6 6
RTS Request to Send 7 4
CTS Clear to Send 8 5
RI Ring Indicator 9 22
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1.7.3.2 Video Graphics Adapter Port: JVGA1
This motherboard has bu ilt in video facilities. Your monitor will attach directly to JVGA1 connector on the motherboard.
5
1
1115
JVGA1
Pin No. Assignment Pin No. Assignment
1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 +5V 10 Ground
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11 NC 12 DDC/Data 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDC/CLK
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1.7.3.3 Parallel Interface Port: JPRNT1
Unlike the serial port, parallel interface port has been standardized, and it should not present any difficulty interfacing peripherals of your system. Sometimes called centronics port, the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers. The parallel port on your system has a 25-pin, DB25 connector (see picture below). The pinout for the parallel port are shown in the table below.
Signal Pin
-Strobe 1 Data 0 2 Data 1 3 Data 2 4 Data 3 5 Data 4 6 Data 5 7 Data 6 8 Data 7 9
-Ack 10
Busy 11
Paper Empty 12
+Select 13
-Auto FDXT 14
-Error 15
-Init 16
-SLCTN 17 Ground 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25
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1.7.4 Game and Audio Port Connector: AUD_GAME1
This connector is composed of a Game port connector and an Audio port connector.
Game Port Connector:
Game port connector allows you to connect a joystick or a game pad for playing computer games. Also, you may play or edit professional music by connecting MIDI devices.
Audio Port Connecto r: Speaker Out is used to connect speakers or headphones for audio output. Line In can be connected to the external CD player, Tape player or other audio
devices for audio input. Mic In is used to connect a microphone that allows you to input sounds and voices.
Gam e/Joys tic k/MID I
Speaker Out Line In
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1.7.5 Audio Subsystem
SDR2
SDR1
DDR1
DDR2
2910
1
JTAD1
1
KM 266
BAT1
(VT8375)
LAN CHIP
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
1
1
VT8233A/ VT8235
Winbond
83679 HF
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
FLOPPY D ISK CONN .
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1.7.5.1 CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: JCDIN1
Pin No. Assignment
1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 Right Channel Input
1.7.5.2 CD-ROM Audio-In Connector: JCDIN2
Pin No. Assignment
1 Left Channel Input
2 Ground
3 Right Channel Input
4 Ground
1.7.5.3 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1
Pin No. Assignment Pin No. Assignment
1 Mic In 2 Ground
3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power
5 AUD FPOUT R 6 AUD RET R
7 Reserved 8 Key
9 AUD FPOUT L 10 AUD RET L
1.7.5.4 Telephony Audio Connector: JTAD1
Pin No. Assignment
1 PHONE_IN
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 MONO_OUT
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2. BIOS Setup
Introduction
This manual discussed Award™ Setup program bu ilt into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
The Award BIOS™ installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports AMD-Athlon provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial/ parallel ports.
Adding important has customized the Award BIOS™, but nonstandard features such as virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine­tuning of the chipset controls the entire system.
The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system by using Setup.
Plug and Play Support
These AWARD BIOS supports the Plug and Play specification Version 1.0A complicant. ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) write is supported.
TM
/ Duron
TM
processors input/output system. The BIOS
EPA Green PC Support
This AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification.
APM Support
These AWARD BIOS supports Version 1.1&1.2 of the Advanced Power Management (APM) spec ification. Power management features are implemented via the System Management Interrupt (SMI). Sleep and Suspend power management modes are supported. This AWARD BIOS can manage power to the hard disk drives and video monitors.
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PCI Bus Support
This AWARD BIOS a lso supports Version 2.2 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification.
DRAM Support
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) are supported.
Supporte d CPUs
This AWARD BIOS supports the AMD AthlonTM / Duron
TM
CPU.
Using Setup
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 he lp 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 previous item Down arrow Move to next item Left arrow Move to the item on the left (menu bar) Right arrow Move to the item on the right (menu bar) Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving changes
Move Enter Move to the item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes + Key Increase the numeric value or make changes
- Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys F2 key Item Help F5 key Load previous values from CMOS F6 key Load the fail-safe defaults from B IOS default table F7 key Load the optimized defaults F9 ke y Me nu i n bi os F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit
Submenus: Exit Current page to the next higher level menu
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2.1 Main Menu
Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to se lect 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 (Fi gure 1,2, 3,4,5, 6,7,8) is just for reference, please refer to the BIOS
installed on board, for update information.
Figure 1. Main Menu
Standard CMOS Features
This submenu contains industry standard configurable options.
Advanced BIOS Feat ures
This submenu allows you to configure enhanced features of the BIOS.
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Advanced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure special ch ipset features.
Integrated Peripherals
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.
Fre que ncy Co ntro l
This page shows the hardware Monitor information of the system.
Load Optimized Defaults
Th is se lectio n a llows yo u to relo a d the BIOS when the syst em is having p rob le ms particularly with the boot sequence. These configurations are factory settings optimized 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.
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Set User Password
If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Superv isor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them.
Save & Exit Setup
Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and e xit setup. Conf irmation 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 proceeding.
Update BIOS
This submenu allows you to update bios.
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2.2 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 CMOS Setup
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Ma i n Me nu Se lectio ns
This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.
Item Options Description
Date MM DD YYYY Set the system date. Note
that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
Time HH MM SS Set the system internal
clock.
IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub
men u.
IDE Primary Slave Options are in its sub
IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub
IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub
Drive A
Drive B
Video EG A/VG A
men u.
men u.
men u.
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
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.
Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.
Select the default video device.
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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 a mount of
Extended Memory N/A Displays the amount of
Total Memory N/A Displays the total memory
Select the situation in which
you want the BIOS to stop
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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2.3 Advanced BIOS Features
Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup
Virus Warning
This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE 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.
The Choices:
Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled. Enabled Virus protection is activated.
Boot Se q & Flo ppy Se tup
This item allows you to setup boot seq & Floppy.
First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device
These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, LAN, Disabled, Enabled.
Swap Floppy Drive
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For systems with two f loppy drives, this option allows you to swap logica l dr ive as signme nts.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Enabling this option will test the f loppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
CPU Internal Cache
Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option.
The Choices: Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disable cache.
External Cache
The Choices: Enabled (default) Enable cache.
Disabled Disable cache.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.
The Choices: Disabled, Enabled (default).
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.
The Choices: 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.
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Gate A20 Option
Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20.
The Choices:
Normal A pin in the keyboard controller
controls Gate A20.
Fast (default) Lets ch ipset control Gate A20.
Type mati c Rate Se tti ng
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 t ime after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.
The Choices: 250 (default), 500,750,1000.
Security Option
This option will enable only individuals with passwords to br ing the system online and/or to use the CMOS Setup Utility.
The Choices: System A password is required for the system to boot
Setup (default) A password is required to access the Setup
This will only apply if passwords are set from the Setup main menu.
and is a lso required to access the Setup Utility.
Utility only.
APIC Mode
By selecting Enabled enables ACPI device mode reporting from the BIOS to the operating system.
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The Choices: Ena bled (default), Disabled.
MPS Version Control For OS
The BIOS supports versions 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select the 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 the summary screen. Summary screen means system configuration and PCI device listing.
The choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).
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2.4 Advanced Chipset Features
This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the ch ipset installed on your system. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to the system memory resources, such as DRAM and external cache. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized; and therefore, it should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.
Figure 4. Advanced Chipset Setup
DRAM Clock/Drive Control
To control the Clock/Drive. If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “DRAM Clock/Drive Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
DRAM Clock
This item determines DRAM clock following 100MHz, 133MHz or By SPD. The Choices: 100MHz, 133MHz, By SPD (default).
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DRAM Timing
This item determines DRAM clock/ timing follow SP D or not.
The Cho ices : By SP D (default), Manual.
DRAM CAS Latency
When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.
The Cho ices : 2.5 (default), 2.
Bank Interleave
This item allows you to enable or d isable the bank interleave feature.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 2 bank, 4 bank.
Precharge to Active (Trp)
This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command.
The Cho ices : 2T, 3T (default).
Active to Precharge (Trcd)
This items allows you to specify the minimum bank active time.
The Cho ices : 6T (default), 5T.
Active to CMD (Trcd)
Use this item to specify the delay from the activation of a bank to the time that a read or write command is accepted.
The Cho ices : 2T, 3T (default).
DRAM Burst Length The Cho ices : 4 (default), 8.
DRAM Queue Depth
This item permits to place the depths of the memory. The deeper the depth is, the better is this function.
The Choices: 4 level (default), 2 level, 3 level.
DRAM Command Rate
This item controls clock cycle that must occur between the last valid write operation and the next command. The Cho ices : 1T Command, 2T Command (default).
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AG P & P2P B ridge Co ntro l
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “AGP & P2P Bridge Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
AGP Aperture Size
Select the size of the Accelerated Graph ics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that h it the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
The Choices: 64M (default), 256M, 128M, 32M, 16M, 8M, 4M.
AGP Mode
This item allows you to select the AGP Mode.
The Choices: 4X (default), 2X, 1X.
AGP Driving Control
By choosing “Auto” the system BIOS will the AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by AGP Card. By choosing “Manual”, it allows user to set AGP output Buffer Drive strength P Ctrl by manual.
The Choices: Auto (default), Manual.
AGP Driving Value
While AGP driving control item set to “Manual”, it allows user to set AGP driv in g.
The Choices: DA (default).
AGP Fast Write The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).
AGP Master 1 WS Write
When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one-wait states.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
AGP Master 1 WS Read
When Enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
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CPU & PCI Bus Control
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “CPU & PCI Bus Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu w ith the following options:
PCI1 Master 0 WS Write
When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
PCI2 Master 0 WS Write
When enabled, writes to the AGP bus are executed with zero-wait states.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
PCI1 Post Write
When Enabled, CPU writes are allowed to post on the P CI bus.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
PCI2 Post Write
When Enabled, CPU writes are allowed to post on the AGP bus.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
PCI Delay Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Me mory Hole
When enabled, you can reserve an area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. Refer to the user documentation of the peripheral you are installing for more informat ion.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 15M – 16M.
System BIOS Cacheable
Selecting the “Enabled” opt ion allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, which can improve system performance. However, any programs writing to this area of memory will cause conflicts and result in system errors.
The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).
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Video RAM Cacheable
Enabling this option allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default).
VGA Sha re Me mory S ize
This item allows you to select the VGA share memory s ize.
The Choices: 32M (default), 16M, 8M, Disabled.
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2.5 Integrated Peripherals
Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals
Onboard PCI LAN
This item allows you to enabled or disabled the onboard PCI LAN function.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Onboard Lan Boot ROM
This item allows you to decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
OnChip IDE Control
The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface w ith 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 highlight the literal “Press Enter” ne xt to the “Onchip IDE Control” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the
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following options:
On-Chip Primary / Secondary PCI IDE
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channe l separately.
The Choices: Enabled (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 “Disable d”.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
IDE Primary / Seconda ry 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.
IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/100 functionality 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 th ird 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 HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector 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.
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OnChip PCI Device
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “OnChip PCI Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu w ith the following options:
VIA-3058 AC97 Audio
This option allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio.
The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
VIA-3068 MC97 Modem
This option allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem.
The Choices: Auto (default), Disabled.
VIA-3043 OnChip LAN
This option allows you to control the onboard LAN.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Supe r IO Dev ice
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Super IO Device” label and then press the enter key, it will take you a submenu with the following options:
Onboard FDC Controller
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 Disabled in this field.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices : Disabled, 3 F8/IRQ4 (default), 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3, Auto.
Onboard Serial Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The Choices: Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3 (default), 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4,
2E8/IRQ3, Auto.
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UART Mo de Se lec t
This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) funct ion of onboard I/O chip.
The Choices: Normal (default), AS KIR, IrDA.
RxD, TxD Active
This item a llows you to determine which Infrared (IR) funct ion of onboard I/O chip.
The Choices: Hi / Lo (default), Hi / Hi, Lo / Hi, Lo / Lo.
IR Transmission Delay
This item allows you to enable/disable IR transmission delay.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
UR2 Duplex Mode
Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port. Full­duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half­duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time.
The Choices: Half (default), 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 Pa rallel 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.
Pa rallel Port Mo de
The default value is SPP.
The Choices: SPP(default) Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.
EPP Using Parallel Port as Enhanced
ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities
ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.
Parallel Port.
Port.
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EP P Mode Se lect
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.
Game Port Address
Game Port I/O Address.
The Choices: 201 (default), 209, Disabled.
Mi di Po rt Addre ss
Midi Port 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: 5, 10 (default).
Init Display First
With systems that have multiple video cards, this option determines whether the primary display uses a PCI Slot or an AGP Slot.
The Choices: PCI Slot (default), AGP.
OnChip USB Co ntroller
This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. You will need to disable this feature if you add a higher performance controller.
The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB Port, 3 USB Port.
USB Keyboard Support
Enables support for USB attached keyboards.
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The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
2.6 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 Management Setup
ACPI function
This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
ACPI Suspend Type
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
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Power Manage ment Option
This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes:
1.HDD Power Down.
2.Doze Mode.
3.Suspend Mode.
Power Management
There are four options of Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings.
The Choices:
Mi n. Power Savi ng
Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min
Max. Power Saving
Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Doze Mode = 1 min Standby Mode = 1 min. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min.
Use r De fined (default)
Allow you to set each mode individually. When not disabled, each of the ran ges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.
HDD Power Down
When enabled, the hard disk drive will power down and after a set time of system inactivity. All other devices rema in active.
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, 15 Min.
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Suspend Mode
When enabled and when after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.
The Choices: Disabled (default), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, and 1Hour.
Video Off Option
This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management.
The Choices: SuspendOff (default), Always on, All ModesOff.
Video Off Method
This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank.
The Choices:
V/H SYNC+Blank (default)
This selection will 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.
DPMS Support
Initial display power management signaling.
Mode m Use IRQ
This determines the IRQ, which can be applied in MODEM use.
The Choices: 3 (default), 4, 5, 7, 9, 1 0, 11, NA.
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.”
The Choices: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off (default).
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State After Po we r Failure
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 Power 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 w ill be used.
The Choices: Auto, On, Off (default).
Wake Up/ Power On Control
If you highlight the literal “Press Enter” next to the “Wake Up/ Power On Control” label and then press enter key, it will take you to a submenu with the following options:
Power On by PCI card
When you select Enabled, a P ME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full On state.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Wake Up on LAN/Ring
An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
RTC Alarm Resume
This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function. During Enabled, Choose the Date and Time Alarm:
Date (of Month) Alarm You can choose which month the system will
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm You can choose shat hour, minute and
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up
until it goes to the
boot up.
second the system will boot up.
operating system, before this function will work.
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Reload Global Timer Events
Reload Global Timer Events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system remains alert for anything, which occurs to a dev ice, which is configured as Enabled, even when the system is in a power down mode.
VGA off (default), on. LPT & COM LPT/COM (default), COM, LTP, None. HDD & COM On (default), off. PCI Master Off (default), on.
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2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. P CI, 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 settings.
Figure 7. PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. For non-PnP operating systems (DOS, Netware™), this option must set to NO.
The Choices: No (default), Yes.
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Reset Configuration Data
The system BIOS supports the PnP feature, which requ ires 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 needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations. These locations (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 “Disabled” mode.
IRQ-3 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-4 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-5 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-7 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-9 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-10 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-11 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-12 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-14 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP IRQ-15 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-0 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-1 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-3 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-5 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-6 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP DMA-7 assigned to: PCI / ISA PnP
The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manua l” is chosen for the resources controlled by function. Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP IS A add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP s ignifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.
The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled.
Reso urces Controlled By
By Choosing “Auto” (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.
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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”.
PCI / VGA Palette Snoop
Choose Disabled or Enabled. Some graphic controllers, 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 coming from the VGA controller is drawn 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 the VGA controller. To 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 ISA 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 should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop 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.
The Choices: Disabled (default) Disables the function.
Enabled Enables the function.
Assign IRQ For VGA
Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
Assign IRQ For USB
Lets the user choose which IRQ to assign for the USB.
The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
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2.8 PC Health Status
Figure 8. PC Health Status
Current CPU Te mperature
This field displays the current temperature of the CPU.
Current CPUFAN Speed
This field displays the current speed of CPU fan.
Current SYSFAN Speed
This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan.
CPU Voltage 3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V
Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.
Show H/W Monitor in POST
If your computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay time for you to choose. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
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2.9 Frequency Control
Fre que ncy C o ntrol
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
This item allows you to enable / disable auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clock.
The Choic es: En a ble d (default), Disabled.
Spread Spectrum
This item allows you to enable / disable spectrum for all clock.
The Choices: +/-0.25% (default), Disabled, -0.5%, +/-0.5%, +/-0.75%.
CPU Host / PCI Clock
This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock (CPU / PCI).
If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system.
Method 1: Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed))
as “ON” status. All the CMOS data will be loaded as defaults setting.
Method 2: Press the <Insert> key and Power button simultaneously,
after that keep-on pressing the <Insert> key until the power­on screen showed. This act ion will boot-up the system according to FSB of the processor.
It’s strongly recommended to set CPU Vco re and clock in
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default setting. If the CPU Vcore and clock are not in default setting, it may cause CPU or M/B damage.
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3. Trouble Shooting
PROBLEM
No power to the system at all. Power light does not illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn on. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Power cable is unplugged.
Defective power cable. Visually inspect the cable;
Power supply failure. Power cable and wall
Faulty wall outlet; circuit
breaker or fuse blown.
System inoperative. Keyboard lights are on, power indicator lights are lit, hard drive is spinning.
Visually inspect power cable.
try another cable.
socket are OK, but system is still dead.
Plug in device known to work in socket and test
PROBLEM
Make sure power cable is securely plugged in.
Replace cable.
Contact technical support.
Use different socket, repair outlet, reset circuit breaker or replace fuse.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Memory DIMM is partially dislodged from the slot on the motherboard.
Turn off computer. Take cover off system unit. Check the DIMM to ensure it is securely seated in the slot.
Using even pressure on both ends of the DIMM, press down firmly until the module snaps into place.
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PROBLEM
System does not boot from hard disk drive, can be booted from CD-ROM drive.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Connector between hard drive and system board unplugged.
Damaged hard disk or disk controller.
Hard disk directory or FAT is scrambled.
When attempting to run the FDISK utility you get a message, INVALID DRIVE SPECIFICATION.
Format hard disk; if unable to do so the hard disk may be defective.
Run the FDISK program, format the hard drive. Copy data that was backed up onto hard drive.
Check cable running from disk to disk controller board. Make sure both ends are securely plugged in; check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup.
Contact technical support.
Backing up the hard drive is extremely important. All hard disks are capable of breaking down at any time.
PROBLEM
System only boots from CD-ROM. Hard disk can be read and app lications can be used but booting from hard disk is impossible.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Hard Disk boot program has been destroyed.
A number of causes could be behind this.
Back up data and applications files. Reformat the hard drive. Re-install applications and data using backup disks.
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PROBLEM
Error message reading “SECTOR NOT FOUND” or other error messa ges will not allow certain data to be retrieved.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
A number of causes could be behind this.
Use a file by file backup instead of an image backup to backup the hard disk.
Back up any salvageable data. Then low level format, partition, and high level format the hard drive. Re-install all saved data when completed.
PROBLEM
Screen message says “Invalid Configuration” or “CMOS Failure.”
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Incorrect information entered into the configuration (setup) program.
Check the configuration program. Replace any incorrect information.
Review system’s equipment . Make sure correct information is in setup.
PROBLEM
Screen is blank.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
No power to monitor. Check the power
connectors to monitor and to system. Make sure monitor is connected to display card.
Monitor not connected to computer.
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PROBLEM
No screen.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Memory problem. Reboot computer.
Reinstall memory, make sure that all memory modules are installed in correct sockets.
Computer virus. Use anti-virus programs to
detect and clean viruses.
PROBLEM
Screen goes blank periodically.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Screen saver is enabled. Disable screen saver.
PROBLEM
Keyboard failure.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Keyboard is disconnected.
Reconnect keyboard. Check keys again, if no improvement replace keyboard.
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PROBLEM
No color on screen.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Faulty Monitor. If possible, connect
monitor to another system. If no color replace moni tor.
CMOS incorrectly set up.
Call technical support.
PROBLEM
C: drive failure.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Hard drive cable not connected properly.
Check hard drive cable.
PROBLEM
Cannot boot system after installing second hard dr ive.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Master/slave jumpers not set correctly.
Hard drives not compatible / different manufacturers.
Set master/slave jumpers correctly.
Run SETUP program and select correct drive types. Call drive manufacturers for compatibility with other drives.
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PROBLEM
Missing operating system on hard drive.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
CMOS setup has been changed.
Run setup and select correct drive type.
PROBLEM
Certain keys do not function.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Keys jammed or defective.
Replace keyboard.
PROBLEM
Keyboard is locked, and no keys function.
PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION
Keyboard is locked. Unlock keyboard.
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