Chaintech 7VJD2 User Manual

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Declaration of Conformity

According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules

The following designated product:

EQUIPMENT: MAINBOARD

MODEL NO.: 7VJD2

is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1 . This device may not cause harmful interference. 2 . This device must accept any interference received, including interference

that may cause undesired operation.

This declaration is given to the manufacturer:

CHAINTECH-EXCEL COMPUTER INC.

4427 Enterprise St. Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A.

http://www.chaintech-excel.com

Chaintech President: Simon Ho

Signature:

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Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

 This device may not cause harmful interference  This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may

cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If this equipment is not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, it may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.  Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.  Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the

receiver is connected.

 Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for audio noise emissions from digital apparatuses set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Manufacturer's Disclaimer Statement

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of the vendor. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular purpose of this document. The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the content of this document and/or the products associated with it at any time without obligation to notify any person or organization of such changes. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. This document contains materials protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means or for any purpose without expressed written consent of it's authors. Product names appearing in this document are mentioned for identification purposes only. All trademarks, product names or brand names appearing in this document are registered property of their respective owners.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1

1-1 Product Specifications ..........................................................1

1-2 Package Contents ................................................................. 4

1-3 Mainboard Layout .................................................................. 5

1-4 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart ..............................6

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ................................................................... 7

2-1 Introduction to Jumpers ........................................................7

2-2 Installing a CPU in a Socket A .............................................8

2-3 CPU Jumper Configuration..............................................8

2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings.........................................10

2-5 Main Memory Configuration ................................................ 18

Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Program ........................................... 19

3-1 Standard CMOS Setup........................................................20

3-2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup ........................................ 23

3-3 Advanced Chipset Setup .................................................... 26

3-4 Integrated Peripherals ......................................................... 29

3-5 Power Management Setup .................................................. 31

3-6 PnP/PCI Configuration ........................................................ 34

3-7 PC Health Status ................................................................. 35

3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control .................................................. 36

3-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ....................................................... 37

3-10 Load Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 38

3-11 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting ................ 39

3-12 Save and Exit Setup ........................................................... 40

3-13 Exit Without Saving ............................................................. 40

Chapter 4 Brief Software Driver Guide ............................................. 41

Feature ExplanationsFeature Explanations

Feature Explanations

Feature ExplanationsFeature Explanations

Software Power-off Control ........................................................... 10

Over-ride Power Button ................................................................. 11

Blinking LED in Suspend Mode .................................................... 11

Power On By Modem .......................................................10/33

Power On By Alarm .......................................................33

Poly-fuse Over Current Protection ...............................................12

Wake Up On LAN .......................................................................... 16

Appendices

Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps ...................... 43

Appendix II Embedded Flash Utility .............................................45

Appendix III CMedia 8738 Audio Subsystem .............................. 47

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Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1-1 Product Specifications

! Processor

- Supports AMD Socket A Duron and Athlon processors

- Supports 133MHz (266MHz Internal System Bus)

! Chipset

- VIA KT266 VT8366/VT8233 dual chip AGPset

! DRAM Memory

- Two 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets support up to 2GB

- Supports PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM

- Two 3.3V 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 2GB

- Supports PC-100, PC-133 SDRAM

! Expansion Slots

- One CNR slot (v1.0 compliant) for low cost modem solution.

- One Universal-AGP slot for both 2X/4XAGP at 3.3v or 1.5v (v2.0 compliant)

- Five 32-bit PCI slots (Rev 2.2 compliant)

- One ACR slot

! 2Mb Boot-Block Flash ROM

- Award System BIOS, supports PnP, APM, DMI, ACPI & Multi-device

booting features i.e. floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, HDD(IDE, SCSI), ZIP-ATAPI etc.

- Includes Trend ChipAway Virus protection for virus-free boot and virus free

operating system

Trend ChipAway Virus is a rule-based anti-virus technology and does not require periodical updates of virus code

! Embedded Ultra DMA-100 PCI IDE controller

- Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices

- Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi Mode 4 up to 66MBps and Multi Word Mode 5 up to 100MBps with bus mastering

- Bus Mastering software drivers for common multi-task operating systems

! Onboard Ultra I/O

- ITE 8705 chip with keyboard controller

- Three UARTs support two serial ports and IR function for HPSIR and ASKIR

- One parallel supports SPP/ECP/EPP

- One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB

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Chapter 1

! Double Stack Back-Panel I/O Connectors

- PC99 Compliant color connectors

- PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse port

- Two USB ports

- Two 9-pin D-SUB male Serial port

- One 25-pin D-SUB female Printer port

- Audio Line-in/out and Mic-in jacks

- One 15-pin D-SUB female Game/MIDI port

Onboard PCI Audio Subsystem (optional)

- CMedia 8738 audio chip w/ legacy audio SB16/Pro compatible

- Advanced 64-voice wavetable synthesizer

- Programmable independent sample rate from 4KHz to 48KHz for recording and

playback

- Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback

- Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless

variety of instrument samples using PC RAM

- Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal

A3D and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions), C3DX APIs

- 4 or 6 (optional) channel speaker audio support is easy to build up a Home

Theater environment

- (Optional) supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD

connections

- Supports MIDI and dual game ports

Embedded Audio Subsystem (optional)

- AC"97 V2.1 compliant CODEC with integrated SRC

! Embedded System Monitor Hardware

- 8 external voltage inputs for Vcore, +/-12v, +5v, 2.5v and 3.3v (internal detecting),

1.5v, vcc5sby

- 1 temperature sensor with thermistor for CPU

- 2 Fan speed (CPU and System) monitoring

! Embedded USB Controller

- UHCI compliant USB host controller with Root Hub

- Four USB ports (UHCI v1.0 compliant)

- Optional USB riser with additional 2 USB ports

! Board Dimensions

- ATX form factor, 305mm x 242mm, 4 Layers

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! Advanced Management Features

- Poly-fuse protection for USB and keyboard circuitry

- Complete Data Security:

* Flash BIOS write protection against unauthorized access * Trend ChipAway Virus for a 100% virus free system boot-up * Embbeded Flash Utility to ease BIOS upgrade and eliminate in compatibility with the flash utility version.

- Advanced Management Features:

* Power-on events:

WOL(Wake-on-LAN) network card, Modem ring, RTC Alarm * Software power-off control for Win9x * Over-ride power button * Three states advanced Power-failure recovery: Always On, Always Off, Last state

! Switching Power Supply Requirement

Introduction

Output Voltage

+12V +/- 5% 5.5

+5V +/- 5% 20

+3.3V +/- 5% 15

-5V +/- 10% 0.5

-12V +/- 10% 0.5

+5VSB +/- 5% 0.75

Max. Regulation

Requirement

Table 1-1Table 1-1

Table 1-1

Table 1-1Table 1-1

Min. Current

Requirement (Amps)

3.3V at 15Amps is necessary too guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption.

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Chapter 1

1-2 Package Contents

This product comes with the following components:

! One mainboard ! One 40-pin (80-wire) UDMA-66/100 IDE connector ribbon cable (Figure 1-1)

* Color coded connection for UDMA-66/100 cable

Blue to mainboard, Gray to Master and Black to slave

! One 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable (Figure 1-2) ! One Terminator module (Figure 1-3)

! Optional 6 Channel Audio Adapter card with cable (Figure 1-4) ! One User's Manual ! One CD-ROM that includes

- Acrobat Reader

- Award Flash Utility

- Award DMI Utility for DOS

- VIA audio driver and utility for DOS/Win9x/NT

- VIA LAN driver for DOS/Win9x/Win2000/NT

- VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers, AGP VxD and etc.

- Optional Value Pack 2001 software group including Norton AntiVirus, AutoSave, ADOBE ActiveShare, Acrobat Reader, Imagemore, X-stop, Appio

and Ewalla.

Figure Figure

Figure

Figure Figure

Figure

Figure Figure

UDMA-66/100 IDE cable

1-11-1

1-1

1-11-1

1-21-2

1-2

1-21-2

Standard Floppy cable

FigureFigure

Figure

FigureFigure

Figure 1-4 Figure 1-4

Figure 1-4 (Optional) 6 Channel Audio Adapter card

Figure 1-4 Figure 1-4

1-31-3

1-3

1-31-3

Terminator card

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1-3 Mainboard Layout

CN2,CN3,CN4B

JP21 CN6

Introduction

JP5,JP6,F AN1

CN1,CN5,IR1,JP1,JP20,FAN2 SW1

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

USB 1/2

Printer Port Game Port

COM1

COM2

Line-out Line-in

MIC

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Chapter 1

1-4 Connector and Jumper Reference Chart

Jumper &

onnector No.

Function Page

JP1 Clear CMOS Data 13 JP5 PS/2 Keyboard Power-on Function 13

JP6/JP21 USB 0/1 & 2/3 Device Power On Function 13

JP20 CPU Bus Frequency 14

Over Ride Power Button Connector 11 Power Indicator LED Connector 11 System Reset Switch Connector 12

CN1

Speaker Connector 12 Green Switch Connector 12

IDE Activity LED Connector 12 CN2 CD-ROM Audio-in 14 CN3 Auxiliary Audio-in 14

CN4B Bass/Center and Rear L/R Speaker 14

CN5 WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector 15

USB1/CN6 USB Ports and USB 3/4 Connector 15

IR1 IR connector 16

SW1 Frequency Ratio Setting 16

PT1 PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Ports 16

FAN1/FAN2 CPU/System Cooling Fan Connectors 17

PW1 ATX Power supply Connector 10

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Hardware Setup

Chapter 2

Hardware Setup

If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need

to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware.

Be sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing

any work on your mainboard, i. e. installing a CPU, memory module, changing

a jumper setting, etc. Not doing so may result in electrical shock!

2-1 Introduction to Jumpers

Jumpers are used to select between various operating modes. A jumper consists of

a row of gold colored pins that protrude from the surface of the mainboard. It is

important not to confuse jumpers with connectors or headers.

Putting jumper caps on anything that is not a jumper may result in damaging

your mainboard. Please refer to Section 1-3, Mainboard Layout, for the location

of jumpers on your mainboard.

As indicated in Figure 2-1 below, a cap is used to cover the pins of a jumper, resulting

in shorting those pins that it covers. If the cap is removed from the top of the pins,

the jumper is left "open." The number 1 shown both in the diagram below and in

all multiple pin jumper and header diagrams in this manual indicates the pin designated

with the number 1. The numbering of the remaining pins follows in sequence.

Pins SettingCap Style 1

A 3-pin jumper

A cap over pin 1 and

pin 2 shorts these pins

Figure 2-1Figure 2-1

Figure 2-1

Figure 2-1Figure 2-1

Cap Style 2

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Chapter 2

2-2 Installing a CPU Processor in Socket A

The Socket A, designed for AMD Athlon/Duron processors, has been incorporated as a standard mainboard specification. To insert your CPU into Socket A please do the following:

1. Locate a small dot marked on the top surface of the CPU close to one if it's corners. The same corner will also be cut off, leaving a noticeable notch in the CPU's corner. These markings indicate Pin 1 of the CPU.

2. Pull up the lever of Socket 462 so that it is perpendicular with the surface of the mainboard. Gently insert the CPU with Pin 1 at the same corner of Socket 462 that contains the end of the lever. Allow the weight of the CPU to push itself into place. Do not apply extra pressure as doing so may result in damaging your CPU. Snap the lever back into place.

Installing a heat sink with cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and possible burnout of your CPU.

2-3 CPU Jumper Configuration

Frequency ConfigurationFrequency Configuration

Frequency Configuration

Frequency ConfigurationFrequency Configuration

If you install a CPU on this mainboard, you must set JP20 for CPU Bus Frequency.

You may also select (fine tune) the external clock frequency according to your

processor SW1 (See Section 2-4).

* CPU Speed = Frequency ratio x System Frequency

You do not need to make voltage settings because this board will

automatically sets your CPU voltage.

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Hardware Setup

Overclocking

Operating a CPU at a higher frequency than it's specification allows is called overclocking.

If the CPU frequency is set at a higher frequency than it's specification allows, it may

or may not run at that frequency, depending on the quality of your CPU and the

extent to which the frequency has been overset. The mainboard manufacturer highly

discourages overclocking as it may result in data loss, CPU burn-out, system failure,

etc.

Many processors are frequency locked processors and are not able to perform

overclocking. Regardless of whether the processor is a frequency locked, overclocking

may cause some processors to hang when turning on the system. When the processor

hangs, the screen remains blank and the system does not boot. To solve this problem,

do the following.

1. Turn off the computer and then press the Home key on your keyboard

2. Turn on your computer, wait for five seconds and then release the Home key.

(Pressing the Home key allows the computer to boot at a low system speed.)

3. Enter BIOS and reconfigure your CPU parameters.

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Chapter 2

2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings

Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including

the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of

the system case.

The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a

mainboard. Before connecting the power supply, please make sure it is not

connected to the power source.

ATX Power Supply Connector (PW1)

The power cord leading from the system's power

supply to the external power source must be the

very last part connected when assembling a

system.

The ATX power supply provides a single 20-pin

connector interface which incorporates standard +/

-5V, +/-12V, optional 3.3V and Soft-power signals.

The Soft-power signal, a 5V trickle supply is

continuously supplied when AC power is available.

When the system is in the Soft-Off mode, this trickle

supply maintains the system in it's minimum power

state.

Software Power-Off Control

This mainboard can be powered down using theWindows 95 Software Power-Off

function. To power down your computer, click the START button on the Windows 95

task bar. Select "Shut Down The Computer" and the system turns off. The message "It

is now safe to turn off your computer" will not be shown when using this function.

Power-On By Modem

While in Soft-off state, if an external modem ring-up signal occurs, the system wakes up

and can be remotely accessed. You may enable this function in BIOS's Power

Management Setup menu. (See section 3-5)

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Front Panel Connector Set (CN1) A through F

A. Over-ride Power Button Connector

The power button on the ATX chassis can be used

as a normal power switch as well as a device to

activate Advanced Power Management Suspend

mode. This mode is used for saving electricity when

the computer is not in use for long periods of time.

The Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function in BIOS's

Power Management Setup menu must be set to

"Delay 4 Sec." to activate this function. (See section

3-5)

When the Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function is

enabled, pushing the power button rapidly will

switch the system to Suspend mode. Any occurence

of external activities such as pressing a key on the

keyboard or moving the mouse will bring the system

back to Full-On. Pushing the button while in Full-

On mode for more than 4 seconds will switch the

system completely off. See Over-ride Power Button

Operation diagram.

Hardware Setup

B. Power Indicator LED Connector

The power indicator LED shows the system's

power status. It is important to pay attention to

Over-ride Power ButtonOver-ride Power Button

Over-ride Power Button

Over-ride Power ButtonOver-ride Power Button

Operation Operation

Operation

Operation Operation

the correct cables and pin orientation (i.e., not to

reverse the order of these two connectors.)

Pin Definition

1 +5V DC

2 Not Connected

3 Ground

Blinking LED in Suspend Mode

While in Suspend mode, the LED light on the front panel of your computer will flash.

Suspend mode is entered by pressing the Override Power Button, pushing the Green

button on your ATX case, or enabling the Power Management and Suspend Mode

options in BIOS's Power Management menu. (See section 3-5)

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Chapter 2

C. Green Switch Connector

Some ATX cases provide a Green switch which

is used to put the system in Suspend mode. In

Suspend mode, the power supply to the system

is reduced to a trickle, the CPU clock is stopped,

and the CPU core is in it's minimum power state.

The system is woken up whenever the keyboard

or mouse is touched. The system resumes in

different ways as defined by Power Management

Setup screen in BIOS.

D. System Reset Switch Connector

This connector should be connected to the reset

switch on the front panel of the system case. The

reset switch allows you to restart the system

without turning the power off.

Pin Definition

1 Systeml

2 GND

E. Speaker Connector

Pin Definition

1 +5V DC

2 NC

3 NC

4 Speaker Singal

F. IDE Activity LED Connector

The IDE activity LED lights up whenever the

system reads/writes to the IDE devices.

Poly-fuse Over Current Protection

The poly-fuse protects the system from dangerous voltages the system might be

exposed to via the keyboard or USB connectors. In case of such exposure, the poly-

fuse will immediately be disconnected from the circuit, just like a normal fuse. After

being disconnected for a certain period of time, the poly-fuse will return to its normal

state, after which the keyboard or USB can function properly again. Unlike

conventional fuses, the poly-fuse does not have to be replaced, relieving the user

wasted time and inconvenience.

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Clear CMOS Data (JP1)

Normal (default)

To clear the contents of the CMOS, please follow

the steps below.

1. Disconnect the system power supply from the

power source.

2. Set the jumper cap at location 2~3 for 5 seconds,

then set it back to the default position.

3. Connect the system's power and then start the

system.

4. Enter BIOS's CMOS Setup Utility and choose

Load Setup Defaults. Type Y and press enter.

5. Set the system configuration in the Standard

CMOS Setup menu.

PS/2 Keyboard Power-on Function (JP5)

Hardware Setup

Clear CMOS data

Disable (default) Enable

This board is able to be turned on by the PS/2

keyboard (hot key). To use this function, select

a hot key of your choice at the PS2KB Wakeup

option under IRQ/Event Activity Detect in BIOS's

Power On Management screen. You must also set

this jumper's cap to pins 2-3 to use this function.

USB 0/1 & 2/3 Device Power On Function (JP6 &JP21)

JP21

JP6

Disable (default) Enable

This board is able to be turned on by a USB keyboard hot key or a USB mouse click. To use

this function, you must enable the USB Resume

From S3 option under IRQ/Event Activity Detect

in BIOS's Power On Management screen. You

must also set this jumper's cap to pins 2-3 to use

this function.

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CPU Bus Frequency (JP20)

CD-ROM Audio-in (CN2)

Auxiliary Audio-in (CN3)

100MHz (default)

133MHz

This jumper allows you to select the system bus

frequency speed of your CPU. Set the jumper cap

to pins 1-2 for 100MHz FSB, set the jumper cap to

pins 2-3 for 133MHz FSB.

Use the audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM

disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your

mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's audio

function.

GND

This connector is for use with a secondary CD-

ROM, DVD-ROM or CDR/CDRW disk drive.

Bass/Center and RearL/R Speaker Connector (CN4B)

This connector is for Center+Bass speaker output ext. Plug in the optional AC3 Surround Center/ Bass and Rear left/right jack extension into this connector. The black colored jack is for surround speaker output and the orange colored jack is for center+bass speaker output.

Key GND Mute GND

Bass

Center

Rear-R

Rear-L

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WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector (CN5)

Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS's

Power Management Menu to use this function.

The capability to remotely manage PCs on a network

is a significant factor in reducing administrative

and ownership costs. Magic Packet technology

is designed to give WOL (Wake-on-LAN)

capability to the LAN controller. When a PC

capable of receiving wake up command goes to

sleep, the Magic Packet mode in the LAN controller

is enabled. When the LAN controller receives a

Magic Packet frame, the LAN controller will wake

up the PC. This header is used to connect an add-

in NIC (Network Interface Card) which gives WOL

capability to the mainboard.

To support this function, a switching power supply

with a minimum of 750mA 5VSB standby signal

is required.

USB Ports and USB 3/4 Connector (USB1/CN6)

If you want to use a USB keyboard, you must enable the onchip USB & USB keyboard support function in BIOS's Integrated Peripherals menu (See Section 3-4). USB is an open industry standard, providing a simple and inexpensive way to connect up to 125 devices to a single computer port. Keyboards, mice, tablets, digitizers, scanners, bar-code readers, modems, printers and many more can all be used at the same time.

This board contains a USB Host controller and includes a root hub with two USB 0/1 ports (meets USB Rev 1.0 spec.) and a connector for optional USB Adaptor (USB3/4). Four USB peripherals or hub devices are able to be connected.

Hardware Setup

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Chapter 2

Infrared Connector (IR1)

If you enable the UART 2 Mode in BIOSs

Integrated Peripherals menu the COM2 port

will support IR functions. (See section 3-4)

Vcc

Ir-Rx

GND

Ir-Tx

Vcc

Frequency Ratio Setting (SW1)

This feature allows you to set a CPU at a higher

frequency clock ratio than it's specification allows.

it may or may not run at that ratio, depending on

the quality of your CPU and the extent to which the

ratio has been overset

ON:short

OFF:open

1 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF

2 ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF

3 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON

4 ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON

5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 9.5 10 AUTO 11 11.5 12 12.5

This option will not work with frequency lock

CPU.

PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Ports (PT1)

If a PS/2 mouse is used, BIOS will automatically

detect and assign IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse.

Pin Definition

1 Data 2 No Connection 3 Ground 4 + 5V (fused) 5 Clock 6 No Connection

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CPU/System Cooling Fan Connectors (FAN1/FAN2)

These added connectors allow the fan to draw

their power from the mainboard instead of the disk

drive connector.

The board's management extension hardware is

able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in

FAN2

FAN1

rpm (revolutions per minute). These connectors

supports 3-pin cooling fans with minimum of 3500

RPM. The wiring and plug may vary depending

on the manufacturer. On standard fans, the red

is positive (+12V), the black is ground, and the

yellow wire is the rotation signal.

Hardware Setup

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2-5 Main Memory Configuration

The memory system consists two DDR DIMMS and two SDRAM DIMMS which can

supports the memory size up to 1GB per bank. If you only use one bank it does not

matter which one you use and if you use two banks, it does not matter which bank you

install first. If you opted to use the DDR instead of the SDRAM, a DDR terminator card

must be inserted into the DIMM2 socket. (See figures below)

DDR 1

DDR 2

DIMM 1

Bank1

Bank

Bank1

Insert terminator here

DIMM 2

Bank

DDR Terminator module

DDR SDRAM Specifications

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FSB Frequency Internal System Bus Freq.

100 MHz 200 MHz

133 MHz 266 MHz

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DIMM type: 3.3V, unbuffered, registered, 64/72-bit SDRAM

2.5V, Registered 64/128/256-bit DDR SDRAM

Module size: Single/double-sided 64/128/256/512MB/1GB

Parity: Either parity or non-parity

DDR

Double Data Rate transfers allows for data to be fetched on both the rising and falling

edges of the clock thus doubling the effective transfer rate of the clock. For example

a 133MHz DDR clock would achieve a peak transfer rate equal to that of a 266MHz

clock. The effective transfer rate is equal to the clock frequency multiplied by the

bus width, doubled.

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Award BIOS Setup Program

Chapter 3

Award BIOS Setup Program

Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it can retain the setup information, even when the power is turned off.

When you turn on or restart the system, press the Delete key to enter the Award BIOS setup program. The primary screen as shown in Figure 3-1 is a list of the menus and functions available in the setup program. Select the desired item and press enter to make changes. Operating commands are located at the bottom of this and all other BIOS screens. When a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed on the right side of the screen.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Figure 3-1 Setup Program Initial Screen

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

: Select Item

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3-1 Standard CMOS Features

The Standard CMOS Features allows users to configure system components such as hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a mainboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD, FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data has been lost or contaminated. Choose the Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-

1) to display the following screen. When a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed on the left bottom edge of the screen.

Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm : dd : yy)

Time (hh : mm : ss)

IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A Drive B

Video Halt On

Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Wed, Mar 06 2001 17 : 14 : 44

None None None None

1.44M, 3.5 in. None

EGA/VGA All Errors

640K 130048K 131072K

Item Help

Menu Level

Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Features Screen

Date/Time

Set the date and time. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such as power management, saving files, etc. are based on this timer.

Hard Disk Setup (Primary/Secondary; Master/Slave)

This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer. This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as CD-ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives.

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Type (Auto/User/None): Use the fields under the Type column to determine the method you will use to configure the IDE devices. If you choose Auto, BIOS will automatically detect and make optimal settings for most IDE hard drives.

The mainboard manufacturer recommends that you choose Auto for all drives.

Choose User to define your own drive type manually. You must enter values indicated in the table below into each drive parameter field. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or system manufacturer:

TYPE Setting method

CYLS Number of cylinders

HEAD Number of heads

PRECOMP Write precompensation cylinder

LANDZ Landing zone

SECTOR Number of sectors

MODE Mode type

Table 3-1 Hard Disk Drive Parameters

Cyls/Head/Sector: The number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors can usually be found

written on the top of the hard disk. If you have a relatively new hard drive, entering this information alone is usually sufficient for normal hard disk operation. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for these categories.

Precomp: Older hard drives (i.e., MFM or RLL drives) have the same number of sectors per track at the innermost tracks as at the outermost tracks. Thus, the data density at the innermost tracks is higher and the bits are lying closer together. Even though the physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes, each sector must still hold 512 bytes. Write precompensation circuitry compensates for the difference in sector size by boosting the write current for inner track sectors.

Landz: This defines the address of the landing zone and is only used for older hard drives which do not have an auto-parking feature.

Mode: If the Type value is not None for any device, you must set the Mode value for that device. There are four different Mode values: Auto, Normal, Large, and LBA.

* Auto - BIOS detects and enters the IDE drive type during boot up.

* Normal - for IDE drives that meet the old IDE specification which support

a maximum capacity of 528MB (1024 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors).

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* Large - for IDE drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. Try this setting if your hard disk does not operate properly with the LBA setting. Large mode is not supported by all operating systems, i.e., only certain versions of DOS support large mode.

* LBA - (Large/Logical Block Addressing) With LBA, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. This mode is for drives with greater than 1024 cylinders and between 528MB and

8.4GB in size. This protocol is the current common standard.

Choose None for Type if there are no IDE HDD devices in your system.

You can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function to auto detect your hard

drive parameters. Using this function will automatically insert the parameters discussed under Hard Disk Setup and will indicate User for the Field value. Please see Section 3-9 for more information.

Floppy Disk Drives

Choose the memory capacity and disk size that corresponds with that of your floppy disk drive(s).

Video

Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting if you are using a VGA monitor since VGA BIOS automatically configures this setting.

Halt

When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnosis tests called POST (Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a hardware error. You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on specific errors.

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3-2 Advanced BIOS Features

By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

Advanced BIOS Features

Anti-Virus Protection CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status

Typematic Rate Setting X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) X Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

OS Select (For DRAM > 64MB)

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Floppy HDD-0 LS120 Enabled Disabled Enabled On Disabled 6 250 Setup Non-OS2 Disabled

Menu Level

Figure 3-3 Advanced BIOS Features Screen

A. Anti-Virus Protection

Trend ChipAway Virus

Trend ChipAway Virus is a code incorporated in the mainboard's BIOS firmware. During the boot-up sequence, BIOS loads before loading of the partition table or boot sector. ChipAway Virus loads with BIOS and is able to detect bootup viruses before they have a chance to infect the hard drive. ChipAway Virus employs rule-based logic that doesn't look for specific viruses but rather detects patterns found in every virus, eliminating the need to perform periodical version updates after new viruses have been found.

Item Help

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B. Cache Control

CPU Internal Cache/External Cache

Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These fields allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level 2 external cache. Both settings are left enabled to significantly increase the performance of your computer.

C. Boot Up Features

After turning on the system, BIOS will perform a series of device initialization and diagnostic tests discussed below.

Quick Power On Self Test (POST)

Enable this function to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST (Power On Self Test). BIOS saves time by skipping some items during POST. It is recommended that you disable this setting. Discovering a problem during boot up is better than loosing data during your work.

First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device

This option sets the sequence of drives BIOS attempts to boot from after POST completes. BIOS will search these drives for an operating system.

Swap Floppy Drive

Enabling this function will swap the floppy drive assignment so that drive A will function as drive B, and drive B will function as drive A. Note that the boot sequence assignment mentioned directly above does not include booting from floppy drive B. This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of a different format and you want to boot from floppy drive B.

Boot up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the installed floppy disk drive has 40 or 80 tracks. A 360K drive has 40 tracks and 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M drives have 80 tracks. All modern floppy disk drives have 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status

This function defines the keyboard's number pad as number keys or arrow keys.

D. Keyboard Interface

Typematic Rate Setting

When enabled, you can set the following two typematic control items. When disabled, keystrokes are determined arbitrarily by the keyboard controller in your system.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down.

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Typematic Delay (Msec)

The typematic delay sets how long after you press a key that a character begins repeating.

E. Security Option

The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be set to take advantage of this function. See Section 3-11 for password setting information. When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be entered to boot the system or enter the BIOS setup program. When the Security Option is set to Setup, a password is required to enter the BIOS setup program.

F. OS Select (For DRAM >64MB)

If your system's DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS/2 , select OS/2 as the item value. Otherwise, set the item value to Non-OS/2 for all other operating systems.

G. HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

S.M.A.R.T. or Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology enables a drive's internal status to be monitored through diagnostic commands. Both your hard drive must support this capability and this function must be enabled in order to take advantage of this function. See your hard drive literature for more information.

H.Video BIOS Shadow

Software such as system BIOS, video BIOS, SCSI BIOS, etc that resides in ROM (Read Only Memory) chips is called firmware. Shadowing of firmware occurs when BIOS is copied to RAM address C0000h through DFFFFh. Video BIOS loads into the C0000-C7FFF memory area when video shadowing is enabled. If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM.

Shadowing improves the firmware's performance because the firmware can be read by the CPU through the 16- or 32-bit DRAM bus as opposed to the 8-bit XT bus. However, shadowing also results in reducing the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) for loading device drivers. Shadowing is used mostly for ROM chips on ISA cards and not for PCI cards. Shadowing and playing games at the same time may result in system instability as some games access the RAM memory area being shadowed.

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3-3 Advanced Chipset Features

By choosing the Advanced Chipset Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Clock/Drive Control AGP & P2P Bridge Control CPU & PCI Bus Controlo Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Flash BIOS Protection

Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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

Figure 3-4 Chipset Features Setup Screen

All of the above settings have been determined by the mainboard manufacturer

and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are

doing. Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features setup is lengthy,

highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual. Below are abbreviated

descriptions of the functions in this setup menu. You can look on the world

wide web for helpful chipset and RAM configuration information including

AWARD's web site at http://www.award.com.

A. DRAM Clock/Drive Control

DRAM Timing

The function allows you to enable or disable the DRAM timing by SPD. When Disabled, you can select the DRAM Clock, SDRAM Cycle Length and Bank Interleave configuration.

SDRAM Cycle Length

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of the clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this setting from the default value specified by the system designer.

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B. AGP & P2P Bridge Control

AGP Aperture Size

This function determines the amount of system memory that is given to the AGP card. Options range from 4MB to 128MB. This is a dynamic memory allotment in that the AGP card will only use the amount of memory that it needs. The remaining memory not in use will be available for the system to use. For example, if 16MB is alloted to the AGP card and the card only needs 8MB, the remaining 8MB will be available for system use.

AGP Mode

Enable this setting to utilize the4X mode (twice as fast as2X) offered by advanced AGP cards. Your VGA card must support 4X mode in order to take advantage of the faster speed.

C. CPU & PCI Bus Control

CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When Enabled, CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus.

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 version 2.1.

D. Memory Hole at 15M-16M

Enabling this function will reserve the memory address space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards. However, enabling this function will result in not allowing the system to have access to memory above 16MB. Please note that some expansion cards require this setting to be enabled. The default setting is Disabled. If Auto Configuration is enabled, you must set the DRAM timing function to 60ns or 70ns, depending on the type of DRAM you install.

E. System BIOS Cacheable

Enabling this function allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000hFFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Caching the system BIOS results in better performance than shadowing the system BIOS as discussed in Section 3-2.

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F. Video RAM Cacheable

Enabling this function will allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any programs write to this memory area, a system error may occur.

G. Flash BIOS Protection

The mainboard manufacturer developed BIOS protection technology that protects the System BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses. When enabled, the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempting to update BIOS with the FLASH utility. When disabled, the BIOS data can be updated by using the FLASH utility.

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3-4 Integrated Peripherals

This section provides information on setting peripheral devices. By choosing the Integrated Peripherals option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

Integrated Peripherals

VIA OnChip IDE Device VIA OnChip PCI Device Super IO Device Init Display First OnChip USB Controller

USB Keyboard Support Onboard Sound Chip IDE HDD Block Mode

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter PCI Slot All Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level

Figure 3-5 Integrated Peripherals Screen

A. VIA OnChip IDE Device

OnChip IDE channel 0/1

You can set this to disable the OnChip IDE controller if you are going to add a higher performance IDE board.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-

4) for each IDE device that the internal PCI IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

B. VIA OnChip PCI Device

VIA AC97 Audio

This feature allows you to enable the on-board audio function.

VIA MC97 Modem

This feature allows you to enable the on-board modem function.

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VIA OnChip LAN

This feature allows you to enable the on-board LAN function

C. Super IO Device

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 you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

UART Mode Select

This function allows you to select an operating mode for the second serial port. (Standard RS-232C serial port/HPSIR 1.0 specification/ASKIR 0.57-MB/sec infrared port)

Onboard Parallel Port

Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port.

Parallel Port Mode

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software support one of the other available modes.

D. Init Display First

This function allows user to choose between AGP slot or VGA slot to initialize Display first .

E. OnChip USB

Enable the on-board Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller if you want to connect a USB keyboard to your system. Note that if this setting is disabled, you can still temporarily use a USB keyboard during bootup so that you can enter BIOS and enable this setting. If you pass the bootup stage without enabling this function, your PS/2 keyboard will no longer work.

F. USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system has a USB keyboard installed on the system board. If your system has no USB keyboard, select Disabled in this field.

G. Onboard Sound Chip

Select Enabled to use the audio capabilities of your system.

H. 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, select Enabled to autodetect the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

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3-5 Power Management Setup

This section provides information on the Green PC power management functions. By choosing the Power Management Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard

Power Management Setup

ACPI function

ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft-Off by PWRBTN State After Power Failure

IRQ/Event Activity Detect

Enabled S1(POS) User Define Disabled Disabled Suspend -> Off DPMS Support 3 Instant-off Off Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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

Figure 3-6 Power Management Setup Screen

A. Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)

ACPI management enables the operating system to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer. With ACPI, the operating system can turn off peripherals devices, such as CD-ROM players, when they are not in use.

B. Power Management

Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram below.

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C. Video Off Option

This setting allow you to selects the power-saving modes during which the monitor goes blank.

D. Video Off Method

This function serves as both a screen saver and power saver for monitors. See the next function, Video Off After, for setting the video timer.

Blank - BIOS will only blank the monitor's screen. The electricity saved in

this mode is negligible and this function is only used as a screen saver to

prevent screen damage while the screen is on but not in use.

V/H SYNC+Blank - The system turns off the vertical and horizontal synchro-

nization ports, writes blanks to the VGA buffer and the monitor's electron

gun turns off. This function requires a monitor with Green features in order

to take advantage of the power saving function. If you enable this function

and

do not have a Green monitor, the result will be the same as if you had

selected Blank. This function serves as both a screen saver and an electricity

saver.

DPMS Supported - Select this option if your video card supports the Display

Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard (i.e., you have a monitor that

supports Green features). Use software supplied by your video subsystem to

set video power management options.

E. Modem Use IRQ

If your computer has an modem, use this function to tell BIOS which IRQ is being occupied by the modem card. When the system is in Green mode, the modem requires an IRQ assignment to wake up the system and perform tasks. This assignment is compliant with the APM 1.2 specification and is to be used in coordination with APM 1.2 compliant operating systems.

F. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

When set to Delay 4 Sec., this function allows the power button to put the system in Suspend, a power saving mode. See Section 2-4 for operation instructions of the override power button operation which puts the system in Suspend mode. When set to Instant-Off the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN function is disabled and the computer turns completely off when the power button is pressed.

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G. IRQ/Event Activity Detect

PS2KB Wakeup

When enabled, the system is able to be turned on by a PS2 keyboard hot key.

USB Resume from S3

When enabled, the system is able to resume form S3 mode by a USB keyboard hot key or mouse click.

Power On PCI Card

When enabled, a PCI interface that receives a signal will wake up the system from soft off and green mode.

Power On By Modem

When enabled, a modem that receives a signal will wake up the system from soft off and green mode. You should connect the modem to the COM port and turn on the resume event in green mode.

Power On By Alarm

When enabled, this setting allows the system to turn back on at a designated time of the month. User must designate date of month and time of day. This function is only available when using an ATX power supply and the Software Power-Off function to turn off the computer. See the Software Power-Off feature in Section 2-4 of this manual for instructions.

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3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration

This section provides IRQ and DMA setting information. By choosing the PNP/ PCI Configuration option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

PnP/PCI Configurations

PNP OS Installed Reset Configuration Data

Resources Controlled By

X IRQ Resources

No Disabled

Auto(ESCD) Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Assign IRQ For VGA Assign IRQ For USB Slot 1/5 Use IRQ No. Slot 2 Use IRQ No. Slot 3 Use IRQ No. Slot 4 Use IRQ No. FDD IRQ can be free

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Yes

Figure 3-7 PnP/PCI Configurations Screen

A. PNP OS Installed

If you want to install a PNP compatible OS(such as Windows 95) set to Yes.

B. Resources Controlled By

When set to Manual the system BIOS will not refer to the ESCD for IRQ & DMA information. Instead, it will refer to the items in the setup menu for assigning IRQ & DMA. When set to Auto the system BIOS will refer to the ESCD for all legacy information.

ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data) provides a detailed format of the configuration data structures stored in flash memory. Each data structure defines the resources used by a device or a card in the system. This includes legacy and PCI/ISA PnP devices.

C. FDD IRQ Can Be Free

This function allows user to choose if the FDD IRQ is able to be freed up. The default setting is Yes and this does not allow the IRQ to be free.

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3-7 PC Health Status

By choosing the PC Health Status option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature CPU VCore

3.3VSB +3.3V +5.0V +12V

-12V +2.5V 5VSB Voltage Battery CPU Temperature CPU FAN Speed SYS FAN Speed

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled

1.73V

3.03V

3.32V

5.05V

12.16V

-11.92V

2.48V

5.02V

2.91V 46 oC 4590 RPM 4500 RPM

Item Help

Menu Level

Figure 3-8 PC Health Status Screen

A. Shutdown Temperature

The system will shutdown when the temperature setting is reached, to prevent the system from overheating (supports Windows 98 or above with ACPI function only).

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3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control

By choosing the Frequency/Voltage Control Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

Frequency/Voltage Control

CPU Vcore Select Spread Spectrum CPU Clock

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

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Default +/-0.5% 100

Item Help

Menu Level

Figure 3-9 SeePU Setup Screen

A. Spectrum Spread

When Enabled this function will cause lower EMI by spreading the system frequency spectrum. For normal operation, disable this function.

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3-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults loads the default BIOS values directly from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure3-1). If the stored record created by the setup program becomes corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically when you turn on the computer.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configur

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Figure 3-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Screen

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Setup

Saving

: Select Item

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3-10 Load Optimized Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults loads the default system values directly from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure3-1). If the stored record created by the setup program becomes corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically when you turn on the computer.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configur

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Figure 3-11 Load Optimized Defaults Screen

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Setup

Saving

: Select Item

Load Optimized Defaults

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3-11 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting

There are four different variables that control password settings. The first two are located under the Security Option function in BIOS Features Setup Menu (Figure 3-1). When the Security Option function is set to Setup, a password is required to enter BIOS and change BIOS settings. When the Security Option function is set to System, a password is required to enter both BIOS and the computer's operating system (for example Windows 98) found on the boot drive. This is shown in Figures 3-12 and 3-13.

The third and fourth variables are user password and supervisor password selected in BIOS (Figure 3-1). The main purpose of separating user and supervisor is to allow only the supervisor to have control over the settings in BIOS. The user, on the other hand, is only allowed to access the computer's operating system and change the user password in BIOS (See Figure 3-13 ). Note that when there is no supervisor password set, the user password controls access to all BIOS settings (See Figure 3-12 below).

A. Set Either Supervisor Password or User Password

Figure 3-12 Set Either Supervisor or User Password

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B. Set Both Supervisor Password and User Password

Figure 3-13 Set Both Supervisor and User Password

3-12 Save and Exit Setup

If you select this and type Y (for yes) followed by the [Enter] key, the values entered in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the BIOS chip.

3-13 Exit Without Saving

Selecting this option and pressing Y followed by the [Enter] key lets you exit the Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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Brief Software Driver Guide

The Mainboard Software Guide is found on the CD-ROM that is enclosed with your mainboard and is a PDF file which must be viewed with Adobe's freeware called Acrobat® Reader. The Acrobat Reader software is also included on the same CDROM. See the Readme.txt file in the CD-ROM's root directory for installation instructions of the Acrobat Reader. The Mainboard software guide discusses the following items:

The following items are discussed in the PDF files:

- VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers, AGP VxD IRQ routing mini port driver and etc.

- ACPI Patch Installation

- Sound Driver and Utility Installation

- USB Driver Installation

- Updating Your System BIOS

- Installing and Using a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Utility for DOS

- USB Driver Installation

The DMI utility is a DOS utility, operating under Windows or other operating system might cause damage to the BIOS.

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On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps

System Resource IRQ I/O Address

1. Timer IRQ0 040, 043

2. Keyboard IRQ1 060, 064

3. Programmable INT IRQ2 0020, 0021, 00A0, 00A1

4. COM2(B) IRQ3 2F8, 2FF

5. COM1(A) IRQ4 3F8, 3FF

6. Floppy IRQ6 3F0, 3F7

7. LPT1 IRQ7 378, 37F

8. Real Time Clock IRQ8 070, 071

9. PS/2 Mouse IRQ12 060, 064

10.Math coprocessor IRQ13 0F0, 0FF

11.IDE 1 IRQ14 1F0, 1F7

12.IDE 2 IRQ15 170, 177

IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.

IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.

IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.

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Appendix II

Embedded Flash Utility

This mainboard is equipped with an Erasable Flash ROM and an Embedded Flash Utility which allows the user to update the BIOS to a newer version. Embedded Flash Utility eases BIOS upgrade and eliminate the compatibility issue between different Flash ROM type and version of Flash utility.

Update Your System BIOS

1. Start computer, upon post, press ALT+F2 Keys to enter AWDFLASH setup.

2. Insert the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file into the floppy drive A(or B) and then press Enter to start programming.

FLASH MEMORY WRITER V 7.52C

For XXX-XXXXXXX-6A69MC3DC-0 DATE: 15/2/2001 Flash Type- XXXXX E82802AB / 3.xV(1Mb) File Name to Program : Programming Flash Memory

23456789012345678901234

2345678901234567890123456789012123

23456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456

Write OK No Update Write Fail

7VJD2306.BIN

Warning : Don't Turn Off Power Or Reset System !

Sample of Programing Flash Memory Screen

3. When finished, the system will automatically restart.

Note:

Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled in the Advance Chipset

Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu. See Chapter 3.

Don't turn off or restart your system during programming process. Make sure that your floppy diskette have only one BIN file to aviod

confussion.

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