ECS GS7610 User Manual

Motherboard User’s Guide

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Trademarks

IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines.
AMD, Athlon 64 Sempron are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro
Devices Inc.
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trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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Other names used in this publication may be trademarks and are acknowl­edged.

Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original
static-proof package until you are ready to install them.

2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If
you don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching
the bare metal of the system chassis.

3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those
components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard
on the top of static-protection package with component side facing
up while installing.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to compo-

2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect

nents and connectors on the board.

power to the system. Contact your mainboard vendor about those
damages.

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T able of Contents

Trademark.....................................................................................................................i

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

Key Features..............................................................................................1

Package Contents......................................................................................4

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation......................................................5

Motherboard Components.........................................................................6

I/O Ports....................................................................................................7

Installing Memory Modules.......................................................................8

Jumper Settings.......................................................................................10

Install the Motherboard...........................................................................10

Connecting Optional Devices...................................................................12

Install Other Devices................................................................................15

Expansion Slots ......................................................................................17

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility..............................................................19

Introduction............................................................................................19

Running the Setup Utility.........................................................................19

Standard CMOS Setup Page....................................................................20

Advanced Setup Page..............................................................................21

Features Setup Page................................................................................22

Power Management Setup Page..............................................................24

PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page................................................................25

BIOS Security Features Setup Page.........................................................26

CPU PnP Setup Page..............................................................................26

Hardware Monitor Page..........................................................................27

Load Optimal Defaults............................................................................28

Save Changes and Exit............................................................................28

Discard Changes and Exit.......................................................................28

Chapter 4: Software & Applications.....................................................29

Introduction............................................................................................29

Installing Support Software.....................................................................29

Bundled Software Installation..................................................................31

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Notice:

1. Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier ,
we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. There­fore, it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown
as below) pops out warning you this software has not passed Win­dows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP.
Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and
verified these drivers. Just click the “Continue Anyway” button and
go ahead the installation.

2. USB 2.0 Driver Limitations:

2-1. The USB 2.0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows

2000.

2-2. If you connect a USB 2.0 hub to the root hub, plugging USB devices

into this hub, the system might not successfully execute certain USB
devices’ connection because it could not recognize these devices.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has onboard AMD Sempron™/Athlon™ processors with
Front Side Bus (FSB) 800 MHz and HyperTransport Technology.

It integrates the SiS761GX Northbridge and SiS965L Southbridge that sup­ports the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Uni­versal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1
and EHCI 0.95. It supports AC’ 97 Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA
133/100/66 function. It has one PCI Express x16, one CNR and two 32-bit
PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse
and keyboard, one serial port, one parallel port, one LAN port (optional),
one VGA port, three audio jacks for Line-in, Line-out and Microphone, four
back-panel USB2.0 ports and onboard USB headers providing extra ports
by connecting the Extended USB Module to the motherboard.

This motherboard is a Micro ATX size motherboard and has power connec­tors for an ATX power supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

AMD Sempron™/Athlon™ Processors Support

• Supports AMD Sempron

™

/Athlon™ processors

• Supports Front-Side Bus 800 MHz

Note: HyperTransport Technology is a point-to-point link between two

devices, it enables integrated circuits to exchange information at
much higher speeds than currently available interconnect
technologies.

Chipset

There are SiS761GX Northbridge and SiS965L Southbridge in this chipset in
accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliabil­ity and performance.

• High Performance Host Interface:

−HyperTransport compliant bus driver with auto compensation

capability

• Integrated Host-to-PCI Express Bridge:

−1 Gb/s performance in 133 MHz x 4 mode

−Distributed arbitration strategy with enhanced mode of contigu-

ous

DMA data streaming

• High Performance & High Quality 3D Graphics Accelerator:

−Built-in 32-bit floating point format VLIM triangle setup engine

−Built-in 2 pixel rendering pipelines and 4 texture units

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Memory Support

• Two 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR SDRAM memory modules

• Supports DDR 333/266 memory bus

• Maximum installed memory is 2 GB

Expansion Slots

• One PCI Express x16 slot

• Two 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.3-compliant bus interface

• One CNR slot

Onboard IDE channels

• Two IDE Connectors

• Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct

Memory Access) modes

• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of

133/100/66 MB/sec

Serial AT A

• Two Serial ATA Connectors

• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (~150 MB/s) with scalability to

higher rates

• Low pin count for both host and devices

AC’97 Codec

• AC ’97 2.3 COMPATIBLE

• FEATURES6 DAC Channels for 5.1 Surround

• 90 dB Dynamic Range

• 20-Bit PCM DACs

• S/PDIF Output Integrated Stereo Headphone Amplifiers

• Phone, Aux, and Line-In

• High Quality CD Input

• Selectable MIC Input

• Mono Output

• External Amplifier Power-Down Control

Onboard I/O Ports

• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

• One parallel port

• Complete TV-OUT/Digital Flat Panel Solution:

−Built-in dual display controllers to support independent dual dis-

plays

• PCI 2.3 Specification Compliance

• Integrated Multithreaded I/O Link Mastering

• Multithread I/O Link Mastering with Read/Write Concurrent and

Read/Read Pipeline Transaction

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USB 2.0

• Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0

• Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller Interface

Specification Revision 1.0

• Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification

Revision 1.1

• PCI multi-function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller

cores for full-/low-speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller
core for high-speed signaling

• Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated

physical layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host
Controller, up to eight functional ports

• Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface Specification

release 1.1

• Legacy support for all downstream facing ports

BIOS Firmware

This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many
system features including the following:

• Power management

• Wake-up alarms

• CPU parameters and memory timing

• CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock
speeds.

Dimensions

• Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 200 mm

Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change

without notification.

• One VGA port

• Four back-panel USB2.0 ports

• One LAN port (optional)

• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

• Supports 10/100 Mbps operation and half/full duplex operation

• IEEE 802.3/802.3u compliant

• Supports IEEE 802.3u clause 28 auto negotiation

• Supports operation under Link Down Power Saving mode

• Supports Base Line Winder (BLW) compensation

• Adaptive Equalization

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Package Contents

Y our motherboard package ships with the following items:

 The motherboard
 The User’s Guide
 One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional)
 One IDE drive ribbon cable
 The Software support CD

Optional Accessories

Y ou can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.

 The Extended USB module
 The CNR v .90 56K Fax/Modem card
 The Serial AT A cable
 The Serial ATA power cable

Note: You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third

party, but please contact your local vendor on any issues of the
specification and compatibility.

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation

Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in
this chapter:

 Identify the motherboard components
 Install one or more system memory modules
 Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly
 Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case)
 Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on

the motherboard

 Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to

headers/connectors on the motherboard

Note:

1 Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper

CLR_CMOS1 is under Normal setting. See this chapter for
information about locating CLR_CMOS1 and the setting options.

2 Never connect power to the system during installation; otherwise,

it may damage the motherboard.

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Motherboard Components

ITEM LABEL COMPONENTS

1 DDR1/2 184-pin DDR SDRA M sockets

IR1 Infrared header

2

PWR1 Standard 24-Pin ATX Power connector

3

FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive connector

4

IDE1 Primary IDE connector

5

IDE2 Secondary IDE connector

6

SATA1/2 Serial ATA connectors

7

PANEL 1 Front P anel Switch/LED header

8

SYS_FAN1 System Fan connector

9

SP K1 Speaker h eader

10

CLR_CMOS1 Clea r CMOS jumper

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F_USB1/2 Front Panel USB headers

12

CNR1 CNR slot

13

PCI 1-2 32-bit PCI slots

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CD_IN1 Analog Audio Input header

15

SP DIFO1 SPDIF Out header

16

PCI-E1 PCI-Express x16 slot

17

F_AUDIO1 Front Panel Audio header

18

CPU_FAN1 CP U Fan conn ector( 3PIN)

19

PWR2 Standard 4-Pin ATX Power connector

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I/O Ports

The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the
motherboard.

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

Parallel Port (LPT1)

Ser ial Port (COM1)

VGA Port

LAN Port (optional)

USB Por ts

Audi o Ports

Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing
device.

Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2
keyboard.

Use the Parallel port to connect printers or other
parallel communications devices.

Use the COM port to connect serial devic es such
as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the
system as COM1.

Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices.
Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect

your computer to the Network.
Use the USB ports to connect USB devices.
Use these three audio jacks to connect audio

devices. The first jack is for stereo Line-In signal,
the second jack for stereo Line-Out signal, and the
third jack for Microphone.

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Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two 184-pin DIMM sockets (Dual Inline
Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR 333/266 memory modules (Double
Data Rate SDRAM), and maximum 2 GB installed memory.

DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both
edges of each clock cycle (the rising and falling edges), effectively doubling
the memory chip’s data throughput.

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Memory Module Installation Procedure

These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory. Refer to the
following to install the memory module.

1. Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket.

2. Align the memory module with the socket. There is a notch on the
DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct
direction. Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on
the DIMM socket.

3. Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down
until it is seated correctly. The socket latches are levered upwards
and latch on to the edges of the DIMM.

4. Install any remaining DIMM modules.

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Jumper Settings

Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT; removing a jumper cap
from these pins, OPEN.

CLR_CMOS1: Clear CMOS Jumper

Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need
to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect
and prevent your motherboard from operating. T o clear the CMOS memory ,
disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the
jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds.

Function Jum per

Cl ear CMOS Short Pins 1-2
Normal Short Pi ns 2-3

Install The Motherboard

Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a Micro ATX
size motherboard. You can install this motherboard in an ATX case. Make
sure your case has an I/O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard.

Install the motherboard in a case. Follow the case manufacturer’s instruc­tions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis.

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Connect the power connector from the power supply to the PWR1 connec­tor on the motherboard. PWR2 is a +12V connector for CPU Vcore power.

If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis, connect the cable from
the cooling fan to the SYS_FAN1 fan power connector on the motherboard.

Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 HD_LED_P(+) 2 FP PWR/SLP( +)
3 HD_LED_N(-) 4 FP PWR/SLP(-)
5 RESET_SW_N(- ) 6 POWER_SW_P(+)
7 RESET_SW_P(+) 8 POWER_SW_N(-)
9GND 10KEY

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Connecting 20/24-pin power cable

Users please note that when installing
20-pin power cable, from the aspect as
the picture shows, the latch of power
cable falls on the left side of the PWR1
connector latch.

Users please note that when installing
24-pin power cable, the latches of power
cable and the PWR1 connector match
perfectly.

Note: Users please note that the 20-pin and 24-pin power cables can

both be connected to the PWR1 connector. While connceting the
20-pin power cable, just align the 20-pin power cable with the pin
1 of the PWR1 connector. However, using 20-pin power cable may
cause the system the unbootable or unstable problem because of
insufficient electricity. The minimum recommended power is 300W
for a fully-configured system.

Connecting Optional Devices

Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s op­tional devices:

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SPK1: Speaker Header

Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the
motherboard.

Pin Signal

1SPKR
2NC
3GND
4+5V

F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone
and line-out ports for easier access.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1XMICIN 2GND
3 NC 4 AUD_VCC
5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R
7NC 8KEY
9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L

F_USB1/F_USB2: Front panel USB Header

The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array.
Additionally, some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case.
If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB headers F_USB1/F_USB2 to
connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 VERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 VERG_FP_USBPWR0
3 US B_FP_P0(-) 4 U S B_FP_P1(-)
5 US B_FP_P0(+) 6 U S B_FP_P1(+)
7 GROUND 8 GROUND
9KEY 10NC

1. Locate the F_USB1/F_USB2 header on the motherboard.

2. Plug the bracket cable onto the F_USB1/F_USB2 header.

3. Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system
chassis. Install an extension bracket in the opening. Secure the exten­sion bracket to the chassis with a screw.

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IR1: Infrared Port Header

The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your
computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers, laptops, Personal
Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other computers.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1NC2KEY
3+5V4GND
5 IRTX 6 IRRX

1. Locate the infrared port-IR1 header on the motherboard.

2. If you are adding an infrared port, connect the ribbon cable from the
port to the IR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate
place in your system chassis.

SPDIFO1: SPDIF Out Header

S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a standard audio transfer file for­mat and allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another
without having to be converted first to an analog format. Via a specific audio
cable, you can connect the SPDIFO1 header (S/PDIF output) on the
motherboard to the S/PDIF digital input on the external speakers or AC
Decode devices.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1SPDIF OUT 2 +5V
3KEY4GND

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Install Other Devices

Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps
below.

Floppy Disk Drive

The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one
or two drives. Drives can be 3.5" or 5.25" wide, with capacities of 360 K, 720
K, 1.2 MB, 1.44 MB, or 2.88 MB.

Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply. Use
the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector
FDD1.

IDE Devices

IDE devices include hard disk drives, high-density diskette drives, and CD­ROM or DVD-ROM drives, among others.

The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE
devices. If you connect two devices to a single cable, you must configure one
of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave. The documentation of
the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave
device. The Master device connects to the end of the cable.

Install the device(s) and connect power from the system power supply. Use
the cable provided to connect the device(s) to the Primary IDE channel
connector IDE1 on the motherboard.

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If you want to install more IDE devices, you can purchase a second IDE
cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connec­tor IDE2 on the motherboard. If you have two devices on the cable, one must
be Master and one must be Slave.

Serial A TA Devices

The Serial A T A (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard inter­face for the IDE hard drives, which is designed to overcome the design
limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing
media rate demands of PC platforms. It provides you a faster transfer rate of
150 MB/s. If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive, you can connect the
Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connector on the
motherboard.

On the motherboard, locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA1-2, which
support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates, simpler
disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly.

It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface, but maintains
register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA.

Analog Audio Input Header

If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can con­nect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system.

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When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect
your CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and config­ure the CD-ROM/DVD drive that you have installed. On the motherboard,
locate the 4-pin header CD_IN1.

Pin Signal

1CD IN L
2GND
3GND
4CD IN R

Expansion Slots

This motherboard has one CNR, one PCI-Express x16 and two 32-bit PCI
slots.

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Follow the steps below to install a CNR/PCI Express x16/ PCI expansion
card.

1. Locate the CNR or PCI Express x16/PCI slots on the mainboard.

2. Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis.

3. Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot. Ensure
the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot.

4. Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a
screw .

PCI-E1 (PCI-Express x16) Slot

You can install external PCI Express graphics cards in the PCI-E1 (PCI­Express x16) slot.

PCI1-2 Slots

You can install the 32-bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots.

CNR Slot

You can install CNR (Communications and Networking Riser) cards with
LAN, Modem and Audio functions in this slot.

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility

Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility

Introduction

The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer,
such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and various configura­tion settings. Your computer applies the information to initialize all the
components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between
system components.

If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to
malfunction. It can even stop your computer booting properly. If it happens,
you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has
stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the Page Up key
while rebooting your computer. Holding down the Page Up key also clears
the setup information.

You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration. You
might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to
the motherboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc.

Running the Setup Utility

Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen before
the operating system loading that prompts you to “Hit <DEL>if you want to
run SETUP”. Whenever you see this message, press the Delete key, and the
Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. If you
manually clear CMOS, you need to press the F1 key that enters the Main
menu page of the Setup Utility.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc

Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced Setup
Features Setup
Power Management Setup
PCI / Plug and Play Setup
BIOS Security Features

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

CPU PnP setup for configuring CPU voltage, frequency...etc.

V02.54 (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

CPU PnP Setup
Hardware Monitor
Load Optimal Defaults
Save Changes and Exit
Discard Changes and Exit

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You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main
menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Escape
key to leave the setup utility. Press +/-/ to modify the selected field’s values.

Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed
values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press
PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item. The
other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your
answer OK or Cancel by selecting the [OK] or [Cancel] key.

If you have already changed the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes
and exit the utility. Press F1 to display a screen describing all key functions.
Press F9 to install the setup utility with a set of default values.

Standard CMOS Setup Page

This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your
system.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

System Time 00:01:18
System Date Mon 10/03/2005

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave Not Detected
Secondary IDE Master CD/DVD ROM
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
S-ATA1 Not Decteted
S-ATA2 Not Detected

Floppy A 1.44 MB 3 1/2”
Floppy B Disabled

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

Standard CMOS Setup

Help Item

User [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a field.
Use [+] or [-] to configure system
time.

Date & Time

These items set up system date and time.

Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave/Secondary IDE Master/Sec­ondary IDE Slave/SATA1/2

Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary/Secondary
IDE channels. T o configure an IDE hard disk drive, choose Auto. If the Auto
setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard
disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc.) manually. If you have a CD-ROM
drive, select the setting CDROM. If you have an ATAPI device with remov­able media (e.g. a ZIP drive or an LS-120), select Floptical. In addition, this
motherboard supports two SATA channels and each channel allows one
SA TA device to be installed. Use these items to configure each device on the
IDE channel.

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Floppy A/B

These items set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed
in the system.

Advanced Setup Page

This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle
this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your com­puter.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

Share Memory Size
Quick Boot
1st Boot Device
2nd Boot Device
3rd Boot Device
Try Other Boot Device
Bootup Num-Lock
Boot To OS/2 > 64MB
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
Aperture Size Select
Spread Spectrum
Cool ‘N’ Quiet

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

Share Memory Size

This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard
VGA display application with several options.

Quick Boot

If you enable this item, the system starts up more quickly be elimination
some of the power on test routines.

st

Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device

1

Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for
an operating system to load at start-up time.

Try Other Boot Device

If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if
it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations.

BootUp Num-Lock

This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system
start-up time.

Boot to OS/2 > 64MB

Enable this item if you are booting the OS/2 operating system and you have
more than 64MB of system memory installed.

Advanced Setup

32MB
Enabled
WDC WD1200JB-00EV
PIONEER DVD-ROM D
1ST FLOPPY DRIVE
Yes
On
No
Enabled
64 MB
Disabled
Enabled

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64MB
128MB

Help Item

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Auto detect DIMM/PCI Clk

When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM/
PCI slots.

Aperture Size Select

This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter.

Spread Spectrum

If you enable spread spertrum, it can significantly reduce the EMI (Electro­Magnetic interface) generated by the system.

Cool ‘N’ Quiet

It supports fan control to reduce fan noise when the CPU is running cool.
This motherboard and BIOS requirements for a PowerNow! are identical.
The same BIOS data structures are used.

Features Setup Page

This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the
system.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

OnBoard Floppy Controller
Serial Port1 Address
OnBoard IR Port
Parallel Port Address
Parrllel Port Mode
ECP Mode DMA Chnnel
Parallel Port IRQ
OnBoard PCI IDE Controller
OnBoard SATA-IDE
Audio Device
Modem Device
Ethernet Device
OnBoard Lan Boot Rom
OnBoard USB Function
USB Function For DOS

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

Features Setup

Enabled
3F8/IRQ4
Disabled
378
ECP
DMA3
IRQ7
Both
IDE
Enabled
AUTO
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

Help Item

Allows BIOS to Enable or
Disable Floppy Controller.

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard floppy disk drive interface.

Serial Port1 Address

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1/2 serial port, and to
assign a port address.

OnBoard IR Port

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port, and to assign a
port address.

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Parallel Port Address

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Parallel port, and to assign a
port address.

Parallel Port Mode

Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select ECP (Extended
Capabilities Port).

ECP Mode DMA Channel

Use this item to assign a DMA channel to the parallel port.

Parallel Port IRQ

Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port.

OnBoard PCI IDE Controller

Use this item to enable or disable both of the onboard Primary and Secondary
IDE channels.

OnBoard SA T A-IDE

Use this item to enable the onboard SATA-IDE channel.

Audio Device

This item enables or disables the AC’97 audio chip.

Modem Device

This item enables or disables the onboard Modem.

Ethernet Device

This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN.

OnBoard Lan Boot Rom

Use this item to enable or disable the LAN Boot ROM function.

OnBoard USB Function

Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard.

USB Function For DOS

Enable this item if you plan to use the USB ports on this motherboard in a
DOS environment.

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Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some parameters for system power management operation.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.

ACPI Aware O/S
Power Management
Suspend Mode
Suspend Time Out
Resume On RTC Alarm
KeyBorad Power On
LAN/Ring Power On
Resume From USB Device

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

ACPI Awar e O/S

This item supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management
Interface). Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature.

Power Management

Use this item to enable or disable a power management scheme. If you enable
power management, you can use the items below to set the power manage­ment operation. Both APM and ACPI are supported.

Suspend Mode

This item selects the status S1(Stop Clock) or S3(Suspend to RAM) when
the system enters the power-saving Suspend mode.

Suspend Time Out

This sets the timeout for Suspend mode in minutes. If the time selected
passes without any system activity, the computer will enter power-saving
Suspend mode.

Resume On RTC Alarm

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this
item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the
system’s RTC (realtime clock). Use the items below this one to set the date
and time of the wake-up alarm. You must use an ATX power supply in order
to use this feature.

KeyBoard Power On

If you enable this item, system can automatically resume by pressing hot
keys on the keyboard or typing in the password. You must enable the Key­board Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this
feature.

Power Management Setup

Yes
Enabled
S1
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled

Help Item

Enable / Disable
ACPI support for
Operating System.
Enable: If OS supports
ACPI.
Disable: If OS does not
support ACPI.

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LAN/Ring Power On

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this
item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the
Modem. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

Resume From USB Device

If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume by using the
USB device.

PCI / Plug and Play Setup Page

This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and
those utilizing the system plug and play capability.

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Dual Monitor Support Disabled
Primary Graphics Adapter PCI
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes
PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

PCI / Plug and Play Setup

Help Item

Option
Disabled
Enabled

Dual Monitor Support

This item is a switch to turn on/off the Dual Monitor function. If it is
enabled, please connect the system to two monitors for performing the Dual
Monitor function; if disabled, this function will be turned off.

Primary Graphics Adapter

This item indicates if the primary graphics adapter uses the PCI or the AGP
bus. The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows
the use of a second display card installed in an AGP slot.

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics
system. You set this value to No to free up an IRQ.

PCI IDE BusMaster

This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend
you to leave this item at the default value.

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BIOS Security Features Setup Page

This page helps you install or change a password.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc.

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

BIOS Security Features

Help Item

Install or Change the
password.

Supervisor Password

This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set. If the
password has been installed, Installed displays. If not, Not Installed dis­plays.

Change Supervisor Password

Y ou can select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu. You can
use the sub menu to change the supervisor password.

CPU PnP Setup Page

This page helps you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The
system will automatically detect the type of installed CPU and make the
appropriate adjustments to the items on this page.

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CPU Clock 200

Memory Voltage 2.6V
CPU Vcore Voltage Normal
H/W Thermal Protect Shutdown Disabled

CPU PnP Setup

Help Item

CPU Freq Over Clock 100 to
250 MHz

CPU Clock

This item shows the frequency of the CPU installed in your system.

Memory Voltage

This item determines the DDR voltage adjustment.

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

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CPU Vcore Voltage

This item enables users to adjust the CPU voltage.

H/W Thermal Protect Shutdown

This item provides the function of CPU temperature protect.

Hardware Monitor Page

This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of
this motherboard.

CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc.

*** System Hardware Monitor***

Vcore :1.488V
Vdimm :2.592V
Vcc5V :5.187V
5VSB :4.972V
CPU FAN Speed :2860 RPM
SYSTEM FAN Speed :0 RPM
CPU Temperature :38°C/100°F
SYSTEM Temperature :28°C/82°F
POWER Temperature :35°C/95°F

Shutdown For Power Thermal Disabled

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

CPU/System Temperature

These items display CPU and system temperature measurement.

FANs & Voltage Measurements

These items indicate cooling fan speeds in RPM and the various system
voltage measurements.

Shutdown For Power Thermal

When the CPU temperature exceeds your setup range, the system will be
automatically shutdown.

Hardware Monitor Setup

Option
Disabled

40°C/104°F
50°C/122°F
60°C/140°F
70°C/158°F
80°C/176°F

Help Item

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Load Optimal Defaults

This option opens a dialog box to ask if you are sure to install optimized
defaults or not. You select [OK], and then <Enter>, the Setup Utility loads
all default values; or select [Cancel], and then <Enter>, the Setup Utility
does not load default values.

Note: It is highly recommend that users enter this option to load optimal

default values for accessing the best performance.

Save Changes and Exit

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have
made in the Setup Utility configuration. When the Save Changes and Exit
dialog box appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or [Cancel] to return to the
main menu.

Discard Changes and Exit

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to discard any changes that you have
made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Discard
Changes and Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to discard changes and exit,
or [Cancel] to return to the main menu.

Note: If you have made settings that you do not want to save, use the

“Discard Changes and Exit” item and select [OK] to discard any
changes you have made.

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Chapter 4 Software & Applications

Introduction

This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes
with the motherboard package.

The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and
utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is
available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software.

To run the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. An
Auto Setup screen automatically pops out, and then you can go on the auto­installing or manual installation depending on your operating system.

If your operating system is Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, it will automati­cally install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard.

Installing Support Software

1 Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive.
2 When you insert the CD-ROM disc in the system CD-ROM

drive, the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen.

3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup, Browse CD and

Exit on the right side, and three others Setup, Application and
ReadMe at the bottom. Please see the following illustration.

The Setup button runs the software auto-installing program as explained in
next section.

The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can
check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface.

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The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the program again,
reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive; or click the CD-ROM driver from
the Windows Explorer, and click the Setup icon.

The Application button brings up a software menu. It shows the bundled
software that this mainboard supports.

The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path
names of software driver.

Auto-Installing under Windows 98SE/ME2000/XP

If you are under Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, please click the Setup button
to run the software auto-installing program while the Auto Setup screen
pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM:

1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen.

Click the Next button.

2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it (the

default options are recommended). Click the Next button to
proceed.

3 The support software will automatically install.

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Once any of the installation procedures start, software is automatically in­stalled in sequence. You need to follow the onscreen instructions, confirm
commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to
complete installing whatever software you selected. When the process is
finished, all the support software will be installed and start working.

Bundled Software Installation

All bundled software available on the CD-ROM is for users’ convenience.
Y ou can install bundled software as follows:

1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops

out after inserting the support CD-ROM.
2 A software menu appears. Click the software you want to install.
3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step

by step until finished.

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Warranty Notice

Our company warrants the CPU and motherboard against
all defects in material and workmanship for the warranty

period.

The implied warranty on CPU is limited to one year from the
date of manufacture, while the warranty applied to the
motherboard is two years. Both of the CPU and motherboard
warranties do not apply if the products have been damaged
by accident, abuse, misuse or misapplication or if the label
binding the CPU and Motherboard has been removed or

defaced.

The motherboard and CPU should be returned together with
the binding label intact for free repairs within the CPU
warranty period (one year); while in the second year, only

the motherboard might be returned for free repairs.

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