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SocketA AMD Athlon/Duron Processor Based

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Shuttle® SpacewalkerTM AK21

SocketA AMD Athlon/Duron Processor based Mainboard Manual V ersion 1.0

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Disclaimer

This company makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents. In the interest of continued product improvement, this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the customers.

Trademarks

Spacewalker is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Corporation. AMD, Athlon, and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation. AW ARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

General Notice: Other brand and product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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W ARNING

Thermal issue is highly essential for processors with a speed of 600MHz and above. Hence, we recommend you to use the CPU fan qualified by AMD or motherboard manufacturer. Meanwhile, please make sure CPU and fan are securely fastened well. Otherwise, improper fan installation not only gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation.

If you would like to know more about thermal topic please see AMD website for detailed thermal requirement through the address:

http://www.amd.com/products/athlon/thermals http://www.amd.com/products/duron/thermals

T ABLE OF CONTENTS

WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL .....................................................................5

Quick Reference................................................................................................5

About This Manual ............................................................................................5

1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. 6

1.1 TO DIFFERENT USERS .............................................................................. 6

First-Time DIY System Builder ..................................................................6

Experienced DIY User ..............................................................................6

System Integrator .....................................................................................6

1.2 ITEM CHECKLIST........................................................................................7

2 FEATURES .......................................................................................... 8

2.1 SPECIFICATIONS ........................................................................................8

3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION........................................................... 1 1

3.1 STEP-BY-STEP INSTALLATION ............................................................... 11

STEP 1 Install the CPU...........................................................................12

STEP 2 Set Jumpers..............................................................................13

STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory ........................................13

STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case.................................14

STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis ........................15

STEP 6 Connect Front-panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/USB ..................16

STEP 7 Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives............................................18

STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals ............................................18

STEP 9 Connect Power Supply..............................................................19

STEP 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots ..................................19

STEP 1 1 Connect External Peripherals to Back-panel............................20

STEP 12 First Time System Boot Up......................................................22

STEP 13 Install Driver & Software Components......................................23

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3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................. 24

JUMPER & CONNECTOR GUIDE .........................................................25

Jumpers

Keyboard and USB Power-On Setting (JP1)...........................................28

USB2/3 Power-On Setting (JP6) ............................................................28

FSB Speed Configuration Setting (JP3).................................................29

BIOS Voltage Setting (JP4)....................................................................29

Clear CMOS (JP7).................................................................................30

BIOS Write Protection (JP5)...................................................................30

Back-Panel Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors ............................................31

USB Port1/2 Connectors ........................................................................31

COM1/2 Connector ................................................................................31

Parallel Port Connector...........................................................................31

Line-Out .................................................................................................32

Line-In ....................................................................................................32

Mic-In .....................................................................................................3 2

MIDI/GAME Port.....................................................................................32

Front-Panel Connectors

A TX Power On/Off Switch Connector (PWR SW)....................................33

Green LED Connector (GRN LED).........................................................33

HDD LED Connector (HDD LED)...........................................................34

Hardware Reset Connector (RST) ..........................................................34

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER1)..........................................................34

Extended USB Header (USB2/USB3) ....................................................35

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Internal Peripherals Connectors

Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connectors ..........................................36

Other Connectors

ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX1).....................................................37

Cooling FAN Connectors for CPU F AN (CPUF AN1) and

CAS FAN (CASFAN2) ...........................................................................37

Green 3VSB LED for SDRAM (LED1) ...................................................38

SIR Connector (SIR1) .............................................................................38

Case Open (J1)......................................................................................39

Front-Panel Microphone and Line-Out Header (AUDIO1)........................39

Audio Primary/Secondary CD-IN Header (CD2/CD1).............................40

Wake-On-LAN Connector (WOL1)..........................................................40

Wake-On-Modem Connector (WOM1)....................................................41

3.3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION ......................................................42

Install Memory.........................................................................................42

Upgrade Memory ...................................................................................42

4 SOFTWARE UTILITY .......................................................................43

4.1 Mainboard CD Overview ..........................................................................43

4.2 Install VIA 4 in 1 Driver .............................................................................44

4.3 Install Audio Device Software..................................................................45

4.4 View the User's Manual............................................................................46

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5 BIOS SETUP..................................................................................... 47

5.1 ENTER THE BIOS......................................................................................47

5.2 THE MAIN MENU .......................................................................................48

ST ANDARD CMOS FEATURES................................................................50

ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................................54

ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ...........................................................58

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...................................................................62

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..............................................................66

PNP/PCI CONFIGURA TION .......................................................................7 1

PC HEALTH STATUS.................................................................................73

FREQUENCY/VOL TAGE CONTROL..........................................................74

LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS...................................................................75

LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFA UL TS ..................................................................75

SET SUPERVISOR P ASSWORD ..............................................................76

SET USER PASSWORD ...........................................................................76

SAVE & EXIT SETUP.................................................................................77

EXIT WITHOUT SA VING .............................................................................77

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WHA T’S IN THE MANUAL

Quick Reference

Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ................................................ Page 11

Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ...................................................... Page 24

Software Utility >> How to Install ......................................................... Page 43

BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ........................................................ Page 47

About This Manual

For First-Time DIY System Builder......................................................... Page 6

For Experienced DIY User ...................................................................... Page 6

For System Integrator ............................................................................. Page 6

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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 T o Different Users

First-Time DIY System Builder

Welcome to the DIY world! Building your own computer system is not as difficult as you may think. To make your first computer DIY experience successful, right from the start, we have designed the Chapter 3 Hardware Installation section in a step-by-step fashion for all the first-time DIY system builders. Prior to installation, we also suggest you to read the whole manual carefully to gain a complete understanding of your new Shuttle AK21 mainboard.

Experienced DIY User

Congratulate on your purchase of the Shuttle AK21 mainboard. You will find that installing your new Shuttle AK21 mainboard is just easy. Bundled with an array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated AK21 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system. Refer to sections 3.2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard. Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains the relevant information on how to tune up your system to achieve higher performance.

System Integrator

You have wisely chosen Shuttle AK21 to construct your system. Shuttle AK21 incorporates all the state-of-the-art technology of the KT266 chipset from VIA. It integrates the most advanced functions you can find to date in a compact ATX board.

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1.2 Item Checklist

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Check all items with you AK21 mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include:

! One piece of Shuttle AK21 Mainboard

! One piece of ATA100/66/33 Ribbon Cable

! One piece of Floppy Ribbon Cable

! One piece of twin ports USB Cable (optional)

USB1

24.5

IT8712F-A

I T E

USB 2

GRN LED

HDDLED

SIR1

1 1 AUDIO 1

CD1

CD2

14.3

ATX1

W230-03H

AGP 1

1EE01921

1 P 7

JP4

PWR

PANEL1

SPEAKER1

RST

D TAIWAN

12CON2200

2 TAI WAN

LED1

JP3

PSKBM1

JP1

CPUFAN1

SOCKE T462

CASFAN1

I 1 2

! AK21 User’s Manual

! One piece of Bundled CD-ROM with containing:

" AK21 user’s manual on PDF format " VIA 4-IN-1 driver " VIA Audio driver " Award Flashing Utility

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2 FEA TURES

AK21 mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package.

2.1 Specifications

! CPU Support

AMD Athlon processor with 100/133 MHz FSB. AMD Duron processor with 100 MHz FSB.

! Chipset

Features VIA KT266, VT8366/VT8233 Chipset. VT8366, Integrated high performance DDR DRAM controller.

! Jumperless CPU Configuration

Soft-configuration FSB (The FSB speed is software configurable from 100MHz to 133MHz in the Frequency/Voltage Control of BIOS setup program.)

! AC'97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODEC

AC'97 2.1 compliant Spread independent PCI functions for Audio and Modem

! Versatile Memory Support

Three 184-pin DIMM slots to support up to 3GB of PC1600 or PC2100 compliant DDR SDRAM module.

! PCI Expansion Slots

Provides five 32-bit PCI slots.

! CNR Expansion Slot

Provides one CNR (Communication and Network Riser) slot. The CNR Slot supports the audio, modem, Lan, Home PNA of VIA VT8233

chipset.

! AGP Expansion Slot

Provides one 32-bit AGP slot which supports up to 4X AGP device.

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! I/O Interface

Provides a variety of I/O interfaces: " 1 × Floppy interface for 3.5-inch FDD with 720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB

format or for 5.25-inch FDD with 360K or 1.2MB format.

" 1 × PS/2 mouse connector. " 1 × PS/2 Keyboard connector. " 2 × DB9 Serial connectors 16550 UART compatible. " 1 × Infrared communication port.

(Serial port COM2 can also be redirected to an external IrDA Adapter for wireless connection.)

" 1 × DB25 Parallel port supporting Standard Parallel Port (SPP),

Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) data transmission schemes.

" 1 × Line-Out port. " 1 × Line-In port. " 1 × Microphone port. " 1 × MIDI/GAME port.

! 6 USB Supported Onboard

" 2 × USB connectors on back-panel and two sets of dual USB ports headers

on mid-board.

! PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard

Two UltraDMA 100/66/33 Bus Master Dual-channel IDE ports provide support to a maximum of four IDE devices (one Master and one Slave per channel). The IDE Bus implements the data transfer speed up to 100/66/33 MB/sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 0~4.

80-pin Cable Backward Compatible Legacy ATAPI Devices, ATAPI IDE CDROM, CD-R, CD-RW, and LS-120 Supports.

! ATX Power Supply Connector

ATX power supply unit can be connected to the onboard 20-pin ATX power connector, supporting Suspend and Soft-On/Off by dual-function power button.

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! Advanced Configuration and Power Interface

Features four power saving modes: Snoop, Suspend to RAM, Suspend to Disk, and Soft-Off. ACPI provides more efficient Energy Savings Features controlled by your operating system that supports OS Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality.

! System BIOS

Provides licensed Award BIOS V6.0 PG on 2Mb Flash EEPROM and supports Green PC, Desktop Management Interface (DMI).

! ATX Form Factor

System board conforms to the ATX specification. Board dimension: 304mm × 220mm.

! Advanced Features

" Dual Function Power Button - The system can be in one of two states;

one is Suspend mode and the other is Soft-Off mode. Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode. When the power button is pressed for longer than 4 seconds, the system enters the Soft-Off mode.

" Wake-on-LAN (WOL1) - The onboard WOL1 connector can be attached

to a network card that supports this function to wake up the system via LAN.

" Modem Ring Power-On - The system can be powered on automatically

by the activation of modem ring.

! Intelligent Features

" Voltage Monitoring - Monitors various voltages of key elements, such as

the CPU, and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current passing through mainboard components. System voltages include Vcore on CPU, and +2.5V, +3.3V, VccIN, +12V, -12V, 3.3V Battery on system etc.

" Fan Status Monitoring - To prevent CPU from overheating, the CPU fan is

monitored for RPM and failure. (CPU Cooling FAN with RPM sensor is required.)

" Temperature Monitoring - This item allows users to make sure whether

the CPU or system runs in a suitable temperature.

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3 HARDWARE INST ALLA TION

Before removing or installing any of these devices including CPU, DIMMs, Add-On Cards, Cables, please make sure to unplug the onboard power connector.

This section outlines how to install and configure your AK21 mainboard. Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers, connectors, slots, and ports. Then follow these steps to guide you through a quick and correct installation of your system.

3.1 Step-by-Step Installation

Accessories Of AK21

Soc ke t 4 62

CPU FAN1

Keybord & USB Power- On Setting -

PS2 Key board / PS/2 Mouse Connectors

USB1/USB2 Connectors Serial Port

Connector (COM1)

Parallel Connector VIA KT266 Chipset

Serial Port Connector (COM2)

Line_out/Line_In/Microphone MIDI/GAME Port Connectors

AT X Po w er C o nn ector Front-Panel Microphone/

Line-Ou t Header Primary CD-In Connector-

Seco ndary CD-In ConnectorAGP 2x/4x Slot VIA VT8233

AC97 Audio CODE C

Five PCI Slots

JP1

Three DIMM Sockets

PSKBM1

USB1

JP1

CPUFAN1

CASFAN1

CAS FAN1

SOCKET 4 62

ICS 8102C

LED1

VT8366

0038CD TAIWAN

1EE01 921

VT8233 0036CG TAIWAN 12CON220 0

3VSB LED for SDR AM - -

LED1

JP3

FSB Speed Config rati on

JP3

Setting -

AUDIO1

CD2

CD1

ATX1

AUDIO1

CD2

CD1

24.5

W230-03 H

14.3

AGP 1

ITE I /O 8712

Case Open Alarm Header CNR Slot

I T E

IT87 12 F-A

Ext ended USB Headers -

USB2/U SB3

Floppy Connector

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JP 7

USB 2 USB 3

USB P ow e r- O n Sett ing Clea r CM O S Se tt ing BIOS Vo lta g e Setting Wake-On-Lan Connector -

Wake-On-Modem ConnectorBIOS Write Protection -

JP7

JP4

JP6

JP5

JP 6

WOL1

WOM1

JP4

SPEAKER 1

PANEL1

RSTHDDLED

PWR

GRN

LED

JP 5

PANEL1

SIR1

Programmable Flash Rom

IR Header -

Front Ponel Header -

Step 1

Install the CPU:

1. Locate the CPU ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket on the upper-right sector of your mainboard (between the back-panel connectors and the

DIMM memory slots).

2. Pull the CPU ZIF socket lever slightly sideways away from the socket to unlock the lever, and then bring it to an upwardly vertical position.

3. Place your AMD 462 Athlon/Duron processor in the socket A. Note that the CPU’s edges have been purposely designed non-symmetrically to prevent from inserting the processor in the wrong direction. The following diagram demonstrates the correct placement of the CPU in the ZIF socket. You can see that the two blunt-edged corners should face towards the socket-lever.

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AMD CPU

SOCKE T4 62

Notch

Lever

Blank

SOCKET462

ASSEMBLED IN MALAYSIA

4. Slightly push the AMD 462 Athlon/Duron processor into the socket without applying excessive force while making sure there is no gap between CPU and socket. Then lower the socket-lever all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place.

5. The AMD 462 Athlon/Duron processor requires a set of heatsink/fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor. If heatsink/fan have not been already mounted on your CPU, you must purchase the heatsink/fan separately and have it installed. Plug the cable throught the heatsink/fan in the CPU fan power connector located nearby. Note that there are several types of CPU fan connectors. Normally, if your mainboard supports the hard ware monitoring function, a 3-pin fan power connector should allow your system to detect the CPU fan’s speed . The CPU fan can also run with a 2pin fan power connector, however, detection of CPU fan’s speed is not supported. Another type of CPU fan may feature a large 4-pin fan power connector, which does not support CPU fan's speed detection and must be directly connected to the system’s power supply unit. Please refer to the following diagram.

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Step 2.

Set Jumpers

This mainboard is jumperless! The default jumper settings have been set for the common usage standard of this mainboard. Therefore, you do not need to reset the jumpers unless you require special adjustments as in any of the following cases:

1. CPU FSB Speed

2. Set BIOS Write Protection

3. Set Keyboard and USB Power-On

4. Clear CMOS

For first-time DIY system builders, we recommend that you do not change the default jumper settings if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configuration procedures. The factory-set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance. For the advanced users who wish to customize their system, section 3.2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually.

Step 3.

Install DDR SDRAM System Memory

To install memory, insert DDR SDRAM memory module(s) in DIMM slot(s). Note that DDR SDRAM modules are directional and will not go in the DIMM slots unless properly oriented. After the module is fully inserted into the DIMM slots, lift the clips of both sides of the DIMM slot to lock the module in place.

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Step 4

Install Internal Peripherals in System Case

Before you install and connect the mainboard into your system case, we recommend that you first assemble all the internal peripheral devices into the computer housing, including but not limited to the hard disk drive (IDE /HDD), floppy disk drive (FDD), CD-ROM drive, and ATX power supply unit. This will greatly facilitate in making the connections to the mainboard described below.

To install IDE & FDD drives, follow this procedure:

1. Set the required jumpers on board each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer. (IDE devices, HDD, and CD-ROM have to set jumpers on Master or Slave mode depending on your willing to install more than one device for each kind.)

2. Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back-panel of the internal peripheral devices to the corresponding headers on board. Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe (usually in red or magenta) connected to pin#1 both on the mainboard IDE or FDD connector and on the device as well.

3. Connect an available power cable through your system power supply unit to the back-panel of each peripheral device. Note that the power cable is directional and cannot fit in if not properly positioned.

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Step 5

Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis

1. You may find that there are a lot of different mounting hole positions both on your computer chassis and on the mainboard. To choose a correct mounting hole, the key point is to keep the back-panel of the mainboard in a close fit with your system case, as shown below.

2. After deciding on the proper mounting holes, position the studs between the frame of chassis and the mainboard. The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard, in order to avoid any electrical short between the board and the metal frame of chassis. (If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs, you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard.)

Note: In most computer housings, you will be able to find 4 or more

attachment points to install mounting studs and fix the mainboard. If there aren’t enough matching holes, then make sure to install at least 4 mounting studs to ensure proper attachment of the mainboard.

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Step 6

Connect Front-Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/USB connectors

You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originating from the computer’s front-panel devices (HDD LED, Green LED, Reset Switch, PC Speaker, or USB devices etc.) These cables serve to connect the front-panel switches, LEDs, and USB connectors to the mainboard’s front-panel connectors group (PANEL1, USB2, and USB3), as shown below.

USB 3

USB 2

1. ATX Soft Power On/Off (PWR SW)

2. Green_LED (GRN LED)

GRN LED

HDDLED

GRN LED

PANEL1

PWR GRN

LED

PWR SW

RST

PWR SW

SPEAKER1

RST

HDDLED

PANEL1

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

3. HDD_LED (HDD LED)

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HDDLED

GRN LED

HDDLED

RST

PWR SW

RST

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

SPEAKER1

4. Hardware Reset Switch (RST)

)

GRN LED

PWR SW

PANEL1

SPEAKER1

5. PC Speaker (SPEAKER1)

6. Extended four USB Connector Header

USB2/USB3

HDDLED

GRN LED

HDDLED

RST

PWR SW

RST

PANEL1

SPEAKER1

Port 4 (P)ort 6

VREG_FP_USBPWR0

USB_FP _P 1-

USB_FP _P 1+

210 19

USB_FP_OC0

GND

KEY

GND

_FP_P0+

USB_FP _P 0-

USB

VREG_FP_USBPWR0

Port 3 ort 5 (P

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Step 7

Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives

1. IDE cable connector

2. FDD cable connector

Step 8

Connect Other Internal Peripherals

1. Primary and Secondary CD_IN, Front-Panel Microphone, and Line-Out connectors

2. IR connector

AUDIO1

CD1

CD2

SIR1

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Step 9

Connect Power Supply

1. System power connector

Step 10

Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots

1. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Card

ATX1

2. PCI Card

3. Communication and Network (CNR) Card The CNR Slot supports the audio, modem, lan, Home PNA of VIA VT8233

chipset.

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Step 11

Connect External Peripherals to Back-Panel

You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the

external peripherals connections to your system’s back-panel.

PSKBM1

USB1

1. PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard

2. USB Ports

3. Parallel Port

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 keyboard

USB Port 2

USB Port 1

foxconn

Parallel Port

4. COM1/2 Ports

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COM1

COM2

5. Audio Line_out / Line_in / Microphone

6. MIDI/Game Port

Line-Out

Line-In

MIDI/GAME Port

Microphone

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Step 12

First Time System Boot Up

To assure the completeness and correctness of your system installation, you may check the above installation steps once again before you boot up your system for the first time.

1. Insert a bootable system floppy disk (DOS 6.2x, Windows 95/98/NT, or others) which contains FDISK and FORMAT utilities into the FDD.

2. Turn on the system power.

3. First, you must use the FDISK utility to create a primary partition of the hard disk. You can also add an extended partition if your primary partition does not use all of the available hard disk space. If you choose to add an extended partition, you will have to create one or more logical partition(s) to occupy all the space available in the extended partition. The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter (i.e., C:, D:, E:,...) to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program. After FDISK procedure, reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk.

Note: DOS 6.2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2.1GB of

HDD partition. If you use the FDISK utility with one of the operating systems mentioned above, you can only decide your HDD into partitions no larger than 2.1GB each.

4. Now, use the FORMAT utility to format all the partitions you’ve created. When formatting the primary partition (C:), make sure to use the FORMAT C: /S command.

Note: FORMAT C: /S can transfer all the necessary system files into the

primary partition of your hard disk. Then, your HDD will become a bootable drive.

5. Install all the necessary drivers for CD-ROM, Mouse, etc.

6. Setup the complete operating system according to your OS installation guide.

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Step 13

Install Driver & Software Components

Please note that all the system utilities and drivers are designed for Win 9x / 2000/ME/NT operating systems only. Make sure your operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD-ROM programs.

1. Insert the AK21 bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The auto-run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen.

2. Select the Mainboard related program.

3. Install VIA 4-in-1drivers.

4. Return to the main installation window and select the Audio Device related program.

5. Install VIA Audio driver.

6. Return to the main installation window and exit from the auto-run drivers installation program.

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3.2 Jumper Settings

Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins to the mainboard. Pin #1 could be located at any corner of each jumper; you just find a location marked with a while right angle, which stands for pin1#. There are several types of pin 1# shown as below:

3-pin and multi-pin (>3) jumpers show as follows: Pin #1 to the left:

Pin #1 on the top:

Pin #1 to the right:

Pin #1 on the bottom:

Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close [On] or for Open [Off]. To Short jumper pins, simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins.

Caution!

1. Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

2. Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components. When putting the mainboard down, place it on the top of it s original packaging film and on an even surface, and components side up.

3. Wear an antistatic wrist strap or take other suitable measures to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) whenever handling this equipment.

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Jumper & Connector Guide

Use the mainboard layout on page 11 to locate CPU socket, memory slots, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during installation. The following list will help you identify jumpers, slots, and connectors along with their assigned functions:

E2E2A1 E1

B1 B2

B3~B4

B5~B8

E6 E7 E7

D1 A2 E8 E9

D1 E4 A5

A4 A3

C1~C4

E4 A6

CPU/Memory/Expansion Slots

Socket 462 : CPU Socket for AMD Athlon and Duron processors. DIMM1/2/3 : Three DIMM Slots for 64, 128, 256, 512 MB, and 1GB

of 2.5V DDR SDRAM AGP : One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot CNR : One CNR Expansion Slot for Communication and

Network Riser Cards PCI : Five 32-bit PCI Expansion Slots

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Jumpers

JP1 : Keyboard and USB Power-On Setting

JP6 : USB2/3 Power-On Setting

JP3 : FSB Speed Configuration Setting

JP4 : BIOS Voltage Setting

JP7 : Clear CMOS

JP5 : BIOS Write Protection

Back-Panel Connectors

KB : PS/2 Keyboard

MS : PS/2 Mouse

USB : 2 × USB (Universal Serial Bus)

COM1 : Serial Port 1 (DB9 male) COM2 : Serial Port 2 (DB9 male)

PRINTER : Parallel Port (DB25 female)

LINE-OUT : Line-Out Port

LINE-IN : Line-In Port

MICROP HONE : Microphone

GAME/MIDI : MIDI/Game Port

Front-Panel Connectors (JP11, USB2 and USB3)

PWR SW : ATX Power On/Off Momentary Type Switch

GRN LED :

HDD LED : IDE Drive Active LED

RST : Hardware Reset Switch

SPEAKER : Housing Internal Speaker

USB2/3 : Extended USB Header (USB Port 3~USB Port 6)

Green LED (ON when system stays in power saving mode)

Internal Peripherals Connectors

FDD : Floppy Disk Drive Interface

IDE1 : IDE Primary Interface (Dual-channel)

IDE2 : IDE Secondary Interface (Dual-channel)

Other Connectors:

ATX1 : ATX Power (20-pin header)

CPU FAN1 : CPU Fan Power

CAS FAN1 : Auxiliary case cooling Fan Power

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LED1 : Green 3VSB LED for SDRAM

E3 E4

SIR1 : IR Connector

J1 : Case Open Connector

AUDIO1 : Front-Panel Microphone and Line_Out Connector

CD2 : Audio Primary CD-In Connector

CD1 : Audio Secondary CD-In Connector

WOL1 : Wake-On-LAN Connector

WOM1 : Wake-On-Modem Connector

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# Jumpers

Keyboard and USB Power-On Setting (JP1)

AK21 provides one jumper to set Keyboard and USB devices which connect to back-panel to power-on system from ACPI S3 to S5 stage.

Place jumper cap on JP1 pin 2-3 for enabling Keyboard and USB device (USB port 1 and USB port 2) power-on function on back-panel.

Disabled (KB/USB power-on function)

Enabled (Default) (KB/USB power-on function)

JP1

USB2/3 Power-On Setting (JP6)

AK21 provides one jumper to set USB devices which connect to USB prot 3~6 to power-on system from ACPI S3 to S5 stage.

Place jumper cap on JP6 pin 2-3 for enabling or disabling USB device (USB port 3~ USB port 6) power-on function.

Disabled (Default)

(USB2/3 power-on function)

Enabled

(USB2/3 power-on function)

JP 6

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FSB Speed Configuration Setting (JP3)

AK21 provides jumper JP3 to set front side bus at 100MHz and 133MHz. Inser mini-jumper caps on JP3 pin1-2 to set FSB to 100MHz. Insert mini-jumper caps on JP3 pin2-3 to set FSB to 133MHz.

Set FSB hardware jumper to 100MHz. (Default)

Set FSB hardware jumper to 133MHz.

BIOS Voltage Setting (JP4)

AK21 provides jumper JP4 to set BIOS Voltage at 3.3V or 5V.

JP3

Set BIOS Voltage to 3.3V.

Set BIOS Voltage to 5V.

Note: This jumper's setup depends on type of Flash EEPROM.

Please remain factory setup, do not change it by yourself.

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JP4

Clear CMOS (JP7)

JP7 is used to clear CMOS data. Clearing CMOS will result in the permanent erasing of previous system configuration settings and the restoration of original (factory-default) system settings.

Pin 1-2 (Default)

Pin 2-3 (Clear CMOS)

Step 1. Turn off the system power (PC-> Off). Step 2. Remove ATX Power cable from ATX Power connector. Step 3. Remove jumper cap from JP7 pins 1-2. Step 4. Place the jumper cap on JP7 pin 2-3 for a few seconds. Step 5. Return the jumper cap to pin 1-2. Step 6. Plug ATX Power cable into ATX Power connector. Step 7. Turn on the system power (PC-> On).

BIOS Write Protection (JP5)

JP5 is used to protect BIOS from abnormal writing. You may choose to place jumper cap on pins 2-3 for BIOS write protection;

however, please place jumper cap on pins 1-2 if you need to reflash BIOS.

JP 7

To enable reflashing the BIOS Pin 1-2 (Default)

BIOS write protection Pin 2-3

Reflash the BIOS, follow these steps: Step 1. Turn off the system power (PC-> Off). Step 2. Make sure of place jumper cap on JP5 pin 1-2. Step 3. Insert a bootable system floppy disk with AK21 BIOS and

flashutility and then turn on your system to execute flash utility.

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JP 5

# Back-Panel Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors

Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of mainboard. Depending on the computer housing you use (desktop or tower), the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector when the mainboard is laid into a desktop, as opposed to a tower where the PS/2 Mouse connector is located at the right of the PS/2 Keyboard. Plug the PS/2 keyboard and mouse jacks into their corresponding connectors.

USB Port Connectors

This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back-panel. Plug each USB device jack into an available USB Port 1/2 connector.

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 keyboard

USB Port 2

COM1/COM2 Connectors

This mainboard can accommodate two serial device on COM1/COM2. Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1/COM2 at the backpanel of your computer.

Parallel Port Connector

One DB25 female parallel connector is located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Plug the connection cable from your parallel device (printer, scanner, etc.) into this connector.

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USB Port 1

COM1

Parallel Port

COM2

foxconn

Line-Out

Line-Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output. It can be connected to 1/8-inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers.

Line-In

Line-In is a stereo line-level input port that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo plug. It can be used as a source for digital sound recording, a source to be mixed with the output, or both.

Microphone

Microphone is a 1/8-inch jack that provides a mono input. It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms.

Line-Out

Line-In

Microphone

MIDI/GAME Port

The MIDI/GAME port is a 15-pin female connector. This port can be connected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15pin D-sub connector.

MIDI Instrument Connection

You will need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instrument to the sound card. The MIDI adapter can in turn be connected to the Joystick/MIDE port. You will also need the MIDI sequencing software to run MIDI instruments with your computer.

MIDI/GAME Port

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# Front-Panel Connectors

ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (PWR SW)

The Power On/Off Switch is a momentary- type switch used for turning on or off the system’s ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin PWR SW header on the mainboard.

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

Note : Please note the Speaker and all the LED connectors are directional.

If your chassis’s LED does not light up during running, please simply changeto the opposite direction.

Green LED Connector (GRN LED)

The Green LED (GRN LED) indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode (Doze/Standby/Suspend). When the system resumes to normal operation mode, the Green LED will go off. Attach a 2-pin Green LED cable to GRN LED header.

PWR

GRN

LED

RSTHDDLED

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SPEAKER1

PANEL1

PWR

GRN

LED

RSTHDDLED

HDD LED Connector (HDD LED)

Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2-pin HDD LED header. The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active.

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

Hardware Reset Connector (RST)

Attach the 2-pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header. Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart.

Speaker Connector (SPEAKER1)

PWR

GRN

LED

PANEL1

PWR

GRN

LED

RSTHDDLED

SPEAKER1

RSTHDDLED

Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4-pin speaker connector (SPEAKER1).

SPEAKER1

PANEL1

PWR

GRN

LED

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RSTHDDLED

Extended USB Header (USB2/USB3)

The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front-panel or back-panel. But the USB cable is optional at the time of purchase.

USB2

USB port 4

USB3

USB p ort 6

2 4 6 8 10 2 4 6 8 10

1 3 5 7 9 1 3 5 7 9

USB port 3 USB port 5

Pins Assignment:

1=VREG_FP_USBPWR0 3=USB_FP_P05=USB_FP_P0+ 7=GROUND 9=KEY

2=VREG_FP_USBPWR0 4=USB_FP_P16=USB_FP_P1+ 8=GROUND

USB 3

USB 2

10=USB_FP_OC0

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# Internal Peripherals Connectors

Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connector

The AK21 mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support to up to four IDE devices, such as CDROM and Hard Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34pin floppy disk controller (FDD1) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (F.D.D.). Moreover, this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA100/66/33 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H.D.D. and one 34-pin ribbon cable for F.D.D. connection.

Note: Please connect system

H.D.D. to IDE 1

Important: Ribbon cables are directional, therefore, make sure to always

connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin #1 of the IDE1/IDE2 or FDD1 connector on the mainboard.

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#$#$

#$ Other Connectors

#$#$

ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX1)

Locate the 20-pin male header ATX power connector (ATX1) on your mainboard. Plug the power cable from the ATX power supply unit directly into (ATX1) ATX power supply connector.

Note 1: The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the

guides match perfectly making sure that pin#1 is properly positioned.

Note 2: Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to

ensure a solid attachment.

Note 3: Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI +5V standby power

and at least 720mA compatible.

Note 4: Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed

processor installed.

ATX1

Cooling Fan Connectors for CPU (CPUFAN1) and Case (CASF AN1) Fan

The mainboard provides two onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU (CPUFAN1) and Case (CASFAN1) cooling fans.

SENSE GND+12V

Note: Both cable wiring and type of

plug may vary depending on the fan maker. Keep in mind that the red wire should always be connected to the +12V header, and the black wire, to the ground (GND) header.

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CASFAN1

CPUFAN 1

Green 3VSB LED for SDRAM (LED1)

The green LED turns on if your power cord is still plugged in, which means 3V standby voltage is supplied to mainboard. You can not install or uninstall memory modules while LED1 is on.

SIR Connector (SIR1)

If you have an Infrared device, this mainboard can implement SIR (Standard IR) transfer function. To enable the IR transfer function, follow these steps:

LED1

6 4 2

5 3 1

Pins Assignment:

1=Not assigned 2=(No Pin) 3=+5V 4=GND 5=IRTX 6=IRRX

Note: Before connect your IR device, please be sure each IR on board pin

allocation is matchable with the pin of the IR device. Otherwise, incorrect IR connection may do damage to your IR device.

Step 1. Attach the 6-pin infrared device cable to SIR1 connector.

(Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment.)

Step 2. Configure the Infrared transfer mode in field "

of "

Super IO Device" of "Integrated Peripheral" sub-menu in

UART Mode Select"

BIOS setup program. This mainboard supports IrDA, ASKIR, Normal, or SCR transfer modes.

SIR1

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Case Open (J1)

The Case open prevents unauthorized access to your computer by enabling an alarm that alerts you when your computer case has been opened.

Front-Panel Microphone and Line_out Header (AUDIO1)

This header allows users to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and lineout ports for easier access. Either the Mic and Line_out connector on backpanel or AUDIO1 header are available at the same time. If you would like to use this AUDIO1 header on front-panel, please remove all jumpers from AUDIO1 and install your special Extra Mic / Line_out cable instead.

10 8 6 4 2

9 7 5 3 1

Pins Assignment:

1=AUD_MIC 2=AUD_GND 3=AUD_MIC_BIAS 4=AUD_VCC 5=AUD_FPOUT_R 6=AUD_RET_R

7=HP_ON 8=KEY 9=AUD_FPOUT_L 10=AUD_RET_L

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AUDIO1

Audio Primary/Secondary CD-In header (CD2 and CD1)

Use the audio cable provided with CD-ROM/DVD drive to join audio connector on rear edge of CD-ROM/DVD drive with one of the two audio-in connectors CD1 and CD2 on the mainboard.

Wake-On-LAN Connector (WOL1)

If a lan card installed and the lan card supports Wake-on-Lan function. Please connect the cable into WOL1 header on mainboard. While your system is in power-saving mode, any lan signal resumes system automatically. And you also need to enable the item through "Power Management" of BIOS setup program.

CD2

CD1

Pins Assignment:

1=5VSB 2=GND 3=SENSE

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Wake-On-Modem Connector (WOM1)

If you have a PCI modem card installed that supports wake-on-modem function, please connect the cable into the WOM1 header on the mainboard. When your system is in power-saving mode, any modem signal resumes system automatically. And you also need to enable the item through "Power Management / IRQ/Event Activity Detect" of BIOS setup program.

Pins Assignment:

1=5VSB 2=GND 3=SENSE

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3.3 System Memory Configuration

The AK21 mainboard has there 184-pin DIMM slots that allow you to install from 64MB up to 3GB of system memory.

Each 184-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) Slot can accommodate 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB of PC1600/PC2100 compliant

2.5V single or double side 64-bit wide data path DDR SDRAM modules.

Install Memory:

Install memory in any or all of the slots. The combination shown as follows.

DDR SDRAM

DIMM Slot Memory Modules

DIM 1

DIM 2

DIM

Note: You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the

BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically. You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS

Setup menu.

64MB, 128MB , 256MB 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM DIMM

64MB, 128MB , 256MB, 512 MB, a nd 1GB 184-pin 2.5V DDR SDRAM DIMM

512 MB, a nd 1GB

Module

Quantity

x 1

Standard CMOS

Upgrade Memory:

You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional SDRAM modules in available DIMM slots. The total system memory is calculated by simply adding up the memory in all DIMM slots. After upgrade, the new system memory value will automatically be computed and displayed in the field "

Standard CMOS Setup" of BIOS setup program.

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4 SOFTW ARE UTILITY

4.1 Mainboard CD Overview

Note: The CD contents attached in the AK21 mainboard are subject to

change without notice.

To start your mainboard CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:)

Navigation Bar Description:

#$Install Mainboard Software - Installing 4 in 1drivers. #$Install Audio Device Software - Installing Audio driver. #$Manual - AK21 series mainboard user's manual in PDF format. #$Link to Shuttle Homepage - Link to shuttle website homepage. #$Browse this CD - Allows you to see the contents of this CD. #$Quit - Close this CD.

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4.2 Install VIA 4 in 1 Driver

Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen.

Select the item using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Mainboard Software” bar.

Then Mainboard Drivers & Utilities windows will appear on your screen. Click on the “Install VIA Driver” bar to install VIA 4 in 1 driver.

Once you make your selection, a Setup window will automatically run the installation.

When the files are done copying, make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly.

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4.3 Install Audio Device Software

Select the item using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Audio Device Software” bar.

Then AC97 Audio Drivers windows will appear on your screen. Click on the “Install AC97 Sound Driver” bar to install Audio driver.

Once you make your selection, a Setup window will automatically run the installation.

When the files are done copying, make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are installed correctly.

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4.4 View the User's Manual

Select the item using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Manual” bar.

Then Online Information windows will appear on the screen. Click on the “Install Acrobe Reader” bar if you need to install acrobe reader.

Then click on "AK21 Manual" bar to view AK21 user's manual.

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5 BIOS SETUP

AK21 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off.

The system BIOS is managing and executing a variety of hardware related functions in the system, including:

System date and time Hardware execution sequence Power management functions Allocation of system resources

5.1 Enter the BIOS

To enter the BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) utility, follow these steps:

Step 1. Power on the computer, and the system will perform its

POST (Power-On Self Test) routine checks.

Step 2. Press <Del> key immediately, or at the following message:

“Press DEL to enter SETUP” ,or simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, <Esc> keys

Note 1. If you miss trains of words mentioned in step2 (the message

disappears before you can respond) and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup, restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the <RESET> switch located at the computer’s front-panel. You may also reboot by simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, <Del> keys.

Note 2. If you do not press the keys in time and system does not boot, the

screen will prompt an error message, and you will be given the following options:

“Press F1 to Continue, DEL to Enter Setup”

Step 3. As you enter the BIOS program, the CMOS Setup Utility will

prompt you the Main Menu, as shown in the next section.

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5.2 The Main Menu

Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen.

Setup Items

The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that some systems may not include all entries.

Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system configuration.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system's performance.

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Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

PnP / PCI Configurations

This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI.

PC Health Status

This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed.

Frequency/Voltage Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance of your system to operate.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory-set for optimal performance system operation. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users' needs.

Supervisor / User Password

Use this menu to change, set, or disable supervisor/user password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or only to Setup.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes in CMOS and exit from setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit from setup.

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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.

Date

<Month> <DD> <YYYY> Set the system date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when

you set the date.

Time

<HH : MM : SS> The time is converted based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For

example, 5 p.m. is 17:00:00.

IDE Primary Master

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

IDE Primary Slave

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

IDE Secondary Master

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

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IDE Secondary Slave

Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Drive A/Drive B

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. " The choice: None, 360K, 5.25 in, 1.2M, 5.25 in, 720K, 3.5 in,

1.44M, 3.5 in, or 2.88M, 3.5 in

Floppy 3 Mode Support

Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3.5-inch diskette with a capacity of 1.2MB. Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan.

" The choice: Disabled, Drive A, Drive B, or Both.

Video

This item defines the video mode of the system. This mainboard has a built-in VGA graphics system; you must leave this item at the default value.

" The choice: EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA 80, or MONO

Halt On

Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you.

" The choice: All Errors, No Errors, All, But Keyboard, All, But

Diskette, or All, But Disk/Key

Base Memory

Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up. " The choice: N/A

Extended Memory

Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up. " The choice: N/A

Total Memory

Displays the total memory available in the system. " The choice: N/A

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IDE Adapters

The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk drive.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection

Press <Enter> to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.

" Press Enter

IDE Primary Master

Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc., Note: PRECOMP=65535 means

NONE !

" The choice: None, Auto, or Manual.

Access Mode

Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

" The choice: Normal, LBA, Large, or Auto.

Capacity

Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

" Auto-Display your disk drive size.

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

Cylinder

Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.

" Min = 0, Max = 65535

Head

Set the number of read/write heads.

" Min = 0, Max = 255

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Precomp

Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk.

" Min = 0, Max = 65535

Landing zone

Set the Landing zone size.

" Min = 0, Max = 65535

Sector

Number of sector per track.

" Min = 0, Max = 255

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Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security.

Anti-Virus Protection

When enabled, this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. You need to disable this item when installing an operating system. We recommend that you enable anti-virus protection as soon as you have installed an operating system.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Y2K Monitor

Enable this item to allow the system to monitor for errors generated by the year 2000 bug.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

CPU Internal Cache

All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 (L1) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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External Cache

Most processors that can be installed in this system use external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item enables or disables ECC (Error Correction Code) error checking on the CPU cache memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Processor Number Feature

Some new processors are installed with a unique processor number. This number may be used for verification in Internet transactions and ecommerce. If you prefer not to use or distribute the unique processor number, disable this item to suppress the processor number.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Quick Power On Self Test

This item speeds up Power-On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If it is set to enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

" The choice: Enabled, or Disabled.

First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.

" The Choice: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1,

HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB- HDD, LAN, or Disabled.

Boot Other Device

Select Your Boot Device Priority. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive name assignment.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot-up. Disabling speed boots up. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.

" The choice: Off or On.

Gate A20 Option

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

" The choice: Normal, or Fast.

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When this controller enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you hold the key down.

" The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, or 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

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

" The choice: 250, 500, 750, or 1000.

Security Option

Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or only when you enter setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered promptly.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered promptly.

" The choice: System or Setup.

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Note: To disabled security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main

Menu, and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>; it will disable security.

Once the security is disabled, the system will boot, and you can enter Setup freely.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system.

" The choice: Non-OS2 or OS2.

HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability

The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T. software resides on both the disk drive and the host computer.

The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of the motors, media, heads, and electronics of the drive. The host software monitors the overall reliability status of the drive. If a device failure is predicted, the host software, through the Client WORKS S.M.A.R.T applet, warns the user of the impending condition and advises appropriate action to protect the data.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Report No FDD For WIN95

If you are running a system with no floppy drive and using Windows 95, select Yes for this item to ensure compatibility with the Windows 95 logo certification. Otherwise, select No.

" The choice: Yes, or No.

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Advanced Chipset Features

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus. It states that these items should never need to be altered.

The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system, you might consider making any changes.

DRAM Clock/Drive Control

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Current FSB Frequencey

This item displays the frontside bus (FSB) frequency. This is a displayonly item. You cannot make changes to this field.

Current DRAM Frequencey

This item displays the memory (DRAM) frequency. This is a display-only item. You cannot make changes to this field.

DRAM Clock

This item enables you to manually set the DRAM Clock. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.

" The Choice: 100MHz, 133MHz, or By SPD.

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DRAM Timing

Set this to the default value to enable the system to automatically set the SDRAM timing by SPD (Serial Presence Detect). SPD is an EEPROM chip on the DIMM module that stores information about the memory chips it contains, including size, speed, voltage, row and column addresses, and manufacturer. If you disable this item, you can use the following three items to manually set the timing parameters for the system memory

" The Choice: Manual or By SPD.

SDRAM Cycle Length

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value.

" The Choice: 3, 2.5, or 2.

Bank Interleave

The interleave number of internal banks, can be set to 2 way, 4 way interleave or disabled. For VCM and 16Mb type dram chips, the bank interleave is fixed at 2 way interleave.

When the dram timing is selected by SPD, it will be set by the value on SPD of the RAM module(SDR).

" The Choice: Disabled, 2 Bank, or 4 Bank.

DRAM Command Rate

This item enables you to specify the waiting time for the CPU to issue the next command after issuing the command to the DDR memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. " The Choice: 2T Command or 1T Command.

AGP & P2P Bridge Control

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

" The Choice: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, or 256M.

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AGP Mode

This item allows you to select the AGP Mode. " The Choice: 1x, 2x, or 4x.

AGP Driving Control

This item enables the system to automatically select its output buffer drive strength or make it manually selectable by an end user.

" The Choice: Auto or Manual.

AGP Driving Value

This item enables an end user to manually select the AGP output buffer drive strength.

" Key in a HEX number: Min=0000, Max=00FF.

AGP Fast Write

This item allows user to enable/disable AGP Fast Write function. " The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Write

When this item enabled, writing to the AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) is executed with one wait state.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Read

When this item enabled, reading from the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is executed with one wait state.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

CPU & PCI Bus Control

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

PCI1Master 0 WS Write

When this item enabled, writing to the PCI bus is executed with zero wait state.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

PCI2 Master 0 WS Write

When this item enabled, writing to the AGP bus is executed with zero wait state.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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PCI1 Post Write

This Item enable/disable AGP post write function, which means when cpu accessing the AGP data, the chipset can queue the instruction when the AGP bus is busy,then write the data when AGP bus is available .

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

PCI2 Post Write

This Item enable/disable PCI post write function, which means when cpu accessing the PCI data, the chipset can queue the instruction when the PCI bus is busy, then write the data when AGP bus is available.

" The Choice: Enabled or 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 version 2.1.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Memory Hole

In order to improve performance, some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards.

" The Choice: Disabled or 15M-16M.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000hFFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is written to this memory area, a system error may result.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Video RAM Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is written to this memory area, a system error may result.

" The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE Device

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

OnChip IDE Channel0

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface; select Disabled to deactivate this interface

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

OnChip IDE Channel1

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface; select Disabled to deactivate this interface

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The onboard IDE drive interfaces support IDE prefetching for faster drive access. If you install a primary and/or secondary add-on IDE interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

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

" The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If both of your hard drive and your system software support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

" The choice: Auto or Disabled.

OnChip PCI Device

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

OnChip AC97 Audio

Enables and disables the onboard audio chip. Disable this item if you are going to install a PCI audio add-in card.

" The Choice: Auto or Disabled.

VIA-3068 MC97 Modem

This item allows you to control the onboard MC 97 Modem. " The Choice: Auto or Disabled.

Super IO Device

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

POWER ON Function

Enables computer power on by keyboard, mouse, or hotkey activity. " The Choice: Password, Hot KEY, Mouse Move, Mouse Click, Any

KEY, BUTTON ONLY, or Keyboard 98.

KB Power ON Password

Enables you to set a password to be entered when using the keyboard to power on the computer.

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Hot Key Power ON

Enables you to select a hot key to turn on the computer. " The Choice: Ctrl-F1 ~ Ctrl-F12.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port1/Port2

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

" The choice: 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,Auto, or

Disabled.

UART Mode Select

This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port

2. " The choice: Normal, IrDA, ASKIR, or SCR.

UR2 Duplex Mode

This item allows you to selects the IR half/full duplex function. " The choice: Full or Half.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I/O address setting.

" The choice:: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, or Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

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

" The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, or ECP+EPP.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. " The choice: 1 or 3.

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Game Port Address

This item selects Game Port Address. " The choice: Disabled, 201, or 209.

Midi Port Address

This item selects Midi Port Address. " The choice: Disabled, 330, or 300.

Midi Port IRQ

This item selects Midi Port IRQ. " The choice: 5 or 10.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. " The choice: PCI Slot or AGP.

OnChip USB Controller

This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when on chip USB so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature.

" The Choice: All Disabled, All Enabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB

Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB Port, or 3 USB Port.

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.

" The Choice: Enabled or 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 read/write per sector the drive can support.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled

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Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI)

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

ACPI Suspend Type

This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend. " The choice: S1(POS), or S3(STR).

Power Management Option

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving mode settings.

Min Saving Minimum power management.

HDD Power Down=Allows you to set each mode

individually.

Suspend Mode=1 hr.

Max Saving Maximum power management.

HDD Power Down=Allows you to set each mode

individually.

Suspend Mode=1 min.

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User Define Allows you to set each mode individually.

HDD Power Down=Disabled or 1min.~15min. Suspend Mode= Disabled or 1 min ~1 hr.

" The choice: User Define, Min Saving, or Max Saving.

HDD Power Down

When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. " The choice: Disabled or 1 Min~15 Min.

Suspend Mode

When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. " The choice: Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min,

20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, or 1 Hour.

Video Off Option

When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode.

Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving

mode.

Suspend --> Off Monitor is blanked when the system enters the

Suspend mode.

" The choice: Always On or Suspend ->off.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off

the vertical and horizontal 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.

" The choice: V/H SYNC+Blank, Blank Screen, or DPMS Support.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use. " The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, or N/A.

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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 choice: Instant-Off or Delay 4 Sec.

AC Resume Function

This sets the power state after a shutdown due to an unexpected interrupt of AC power.

" The choice: Former-Sts, Always On, or Always Off.

IRQ/Event Activity Detect

Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

USB Resume from S3/S4/S5

When enabled, the system power will resume the system from a power saving mode if there is any USB port activity. " The choice: Disabled or Enabled.

VGA

When this item enabled, you can set VGA to awaken the system. " The choice: OFF or ON.

LPT & COM

When LPT & COM stays On, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system. " The choice: NONE, LPT, COM, or LPT/COM.

HDD & FDD

When HDD & FDD stays On, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. " The choice: OFF or ON.

PCI Master

When PCI Master stays On, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. " The choice: OFF, or ON.

Power-On by PCI Card

This item enables/disables the power on function of PCI Card. " The choice: Disabled or Enabled.

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Wake Up On LAN/Ring

Use this item to enable LAN or modem activity to wakeup the system from a power saving mode.

" The choice: Disabled or Enabled.

RTC Alarm Resume

When this item enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. " The choice: Disabled or Enabled.

Data (of Month)

This item selects the alarm date. " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=31.

Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)

This item selects the alarm Time. [hh] " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=23. [mm/ss] " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=59.

IRQs Activity Monitoring

Primary INTR

Press Enter to on/off the wake up ability of a specified IRQ. " The choice: OFF, or ON.

In the following is a list of IRQ's, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service.

When On mode exist, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it.

IRQ3 (COM 2 ) IRQ4 (COM 1) IRQ5 (LPT 2) IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) IRQ7 (LPT 1) IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)

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IRQ10 (Reserved) IRQ11 (Reserved) IRQ12 ( PS / 2 Mouse ) IRQ13 (Coprocessor) IRQ14 (Hard Disk) IRQ15 (Reserved)

" The choice: Disabled or Enabled.

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PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating 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.

PNP OS Installed

This item allows you to determine PnP OS is installed or not. " The choice: Yes or No.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled .

Resource controlled By

The Award Plug-and-Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug-and-Play operating system such as Windows 95.

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If you set this field to "manual" , choose specific resources by going into each of the sub-menu that follows this field (a sub-menu is proceeded by a ">").

" The choice: Auto(ESCD) or Manual.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned

This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification; PCI/ISA PnP for devices is compliant with the Plug-and-Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

" The choice: PCI Device or Reserved.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

It determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. If you have MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards and PCI/ VGA Card worked, Enable this field. Otherwise, please Disable it.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Assign IRQ For VGA

This item allows the user to set VGA IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB

This item allows the user the option to assign an IRQ to on-board USB controller.

Since the on-board controller is always enabled, if no IRQ is assigned to it, there will be a question mark report on the sytem device under Windows95/98.

" The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature

Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down.

" The choice: Disabled, 60°C/140°F, 65°C/149°F, 70°C/158°F.

System Component Characteristics

These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status. You cannot make changes to these fields.

The fields include

Vcore +2.5V +3.3V VccIN +12V

-12V

3.3V Battery System Temperature CPU Temperature CPU Fan speed System Fan Speed

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulation. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

CPU Host/PCI Clock

Use the CPU Host Clock to set the frontside bus frequency for the installed processors.

" The choice: Default.

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# Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable,

minimal performance system operations.

# Load Optimized Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the default values that are factory-set for

optimal performance system operation.

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# Supervisor/User Password Setting

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are:

Supervisor Password and User Password

The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor mode and User mode.

In general, Supervisor mode has full access to the Setup options, whereas User mode has restricted access to the options. By setting separate Supervisor and User password, a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values.

Enter Password

Type the password up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

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Password Disable

If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted in entering the password whenever the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

Warning : Retain a record of your password in a safe place. If you

# Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is restarted again.

forget the password, the only way to access the system is to clear CMOS, please refer to "Clear CMOS" on page 30.

# Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change. The previous selections remain in effect. This exits from the Setup utility and restarts your computer.

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ECS AK21 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

W ARNING

T ABLE OF CONTENTS

WHA T’S IN THE MANUAL

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 T o Different Users

1.2 Item Checklist

2 FEA TURES

2.1 Specifications

3 HARDWARE INST ALLA TION

3.1 Step-by-Step Installation

3.2 Jumper Settings

# Jumpers

# Back-Panel Connectors

# Front-Panel Connectors

# Internal Peripherals Connectors

#$ Other Connectors

3.3 System Memory Configuration

4 SOFTW ARE UTILITY

4.1 Mainboard CD Overview

4.2 Install VIA 4 in 1 Driver

4.3 Install Audio Device Software

4.4 View the User's Manual

5 BIOS SETUP

5.1 Enter the BIOS

5.2 The Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PC Health Status

Frequency/Voltage Control

# Load Fail-Safe Defaults

# Load Optimized Defaults

# Supervisor/User Password Setting

# Save & Exit Setup

# Exit Without Saving