ECS PSM7 Series User Manual

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user’s guide, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced
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such revision or changes.

Trademarks

IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business
Machines.
Intel, Pentium/II/III, Pentium 4, Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of
Intel Corporation.
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP are registered trade­marks of Microsoft Corporation.
AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are
trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.

Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original static­proof 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 components
and connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect
power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those
damages.

Copyright © 2006

All Rights Reserved

PSM7 Series, V5.0

July 2006

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Table of Contents

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

Static Electricity Precautions ......................................................................................... i

Pre-Installation Inspection ............................................................................................. i

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

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

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

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

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

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

Installing the Processor ................................................................................................. 8

Installing Memory Modules .......................................................................................... 9

Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................1 0

Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 11

Connecting Optional Devices .....................................................................................1 2

Install Other Devices ....................................................................................................14

Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................1 6

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 18

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 8

Running the Setup Utility ................................................... …………………………...18

Standard CMOS Setup Page ....................................................................................... 1 9

Advanced Setup Page .................................................................................................. 20

Features Setup Page ....................................................................................................2 2

Power Management Setup Page ................................................................................ 2 3

PCI/Plug and Play Setup Page ..................................................................................2 4

BIOS Security Features Setup Page ........................................................................... 2 5

CPU PnP Setup Page .................................................................................................. 2 5

Hardware Monitor Page .............................................................................................. 26

Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................................2 6

Save Changes and Exit ................................................................................................2 7

Discard Changes and Exit ........................................................................................... 27

Chapter 4: Software & Applications .............................................................. 28

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 2 8

Installing Support Software ........................................................................................2 8

Bundled Software Installation ....................................................................................3 0

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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)
pop 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 a LGA775 socket for latest Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/
Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus

(FSB) speeds up to 800 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take
advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to
do more things at once.

It integrates the SiS661GX Northbridge and SiS964L 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 8X AGP, one CNR and three 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.

It is a Micro AT X motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor

• Supports the latest Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors

with Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 800 MHz Front-Side Bus

Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s

hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in
parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same physical
processor.

Chipset

There are SiS661GX Northbridge and SiS964L in the chipsets in accordance
with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor­mance.

• Integrated A.G.P. Compliant Target/66Mhz Host-to-PCI Bridge:

Universal AGP v3.5 Compliant and Support 1.5V AGP Interface Only

• High Performance & High Quality 3D Graphics Accelerator: Built-in a

high performance 256-bit 3D engine

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• Complete TV-OUT/Digital Flat Panel Solution: Built-in secondary CRT

controller to support independent display of secondary CRT, LCD and
TV-out

• PCI 2.3 Specification Compliance

• Integrated Multithreaded I/O Link Mastering

• Multithreaded I/O Link Mastering with Read/Write Concurrent

transaction

Memory Support

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

• Supports DDR 400/333/266 memory bus

• Maximum installed memory is 2 GB

Expansion Slots

• Three 32-bit PCI slots

• One 8X AGP slot

• 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

VGA

• High Performance & High Quality 3D Graphics Accelerator: built-in a

high performance 256-bit 3D engine

• High Performance 2D Graphics Accelerator: maximum 64 MB frame

buffer with linear addressing

• MPEG-2/1 Video Decoder: MPEG-2 ISO/IEC 13818-2 MP@HL and

MPEG-1 ISO/IEC 11172-2 standards compliant

AC’97 Audio Codec

• Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification

• 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and variable

sampling rate

• Support for 3.3v digital, 5v analog power supply and low power

consumption management

• Two analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control: LINE_IN,

CD

• Standard 48-Pin LQFP

Onboard I/O Ports

• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

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• One parallel port

• One VGA port

• One LAN port (optional)

• Four back-panel USB2.0 ports

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

Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

• Supports 10/100Mbps 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

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 220 mm

Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change

without notification.

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Package Contents

Your 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

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.

 The Extended USB module
 The CNR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card

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.

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Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

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

 Identify the motherboard components
 Install a CPU
 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 JP2 is under
Normal setting. See this chapter for information about locating JP2
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 LA BEL COM PONENTS

1 CPUPW1 Standard 4-Pin ATX Pow er connector

2 CPU Socket LGA775 Socket for Pentium D/Pentium

4/Celeron D CPUs
3 CPUFAN1 CPU Fan connector(4PIN)

4 DDR1/2 184-pin DDR SDRAM sockets

5 IDE1 Primary IDE connec tor

6 IDE2 Sceondary IDE connector

7 AGP1 Ac celerated Graphics Port slot

8 USB2/3 Front Panel USB headers

9 IR1 Infr ared header

10 SPK1 Speaker header

11 PANEL1 Front Panel Sw itch/LED header

12 SYSFAN1 Sy stem Fan connec tor

13 JP2 Clear CMOS jumper

14 FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive connector

15 CNR1 CNR slot

16 PCI 1-3 32-bit PCI slots

17 SPDIFO1 SPDIF Out header

18 SYSFAN2 Sy stem Fan connec tor (optional)

19 CD1 A nalog Audio Input header

20 AUDIO2 Front Panel Audio header

21 ATXPW1 Standard 20-Pin ATX Pow er connector

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3

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5

6

7

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9
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21

IO Ports

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I/O Ports

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

(Optional)

PS/2 M ous e

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

device.

PS/2 Keyboar d

Use the low er PS/2 port to connec t a PS/2

keyboard.

Par alle l Port (L PT1)

Use the Parallel port to connect printer s or other

parallel communications dev ices .

COM1

Use the COM port to connec t serial devices such

as mice or f ax/modems. COM1 is identif ied by the

sy stem as COM1.

VGA

Use the VGA por t to connec t VGA devices .

LAN Port (optional)

Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connec t

your computer to the Netw ork.

USB P o r ts

Use the USB ports to connec t USB devic es.

Audio Por ts

Use these three audio jacks to connec t audio

devices . The firs t jack is f or ster eo Line-In signal,

the sec ond jack f or stereo Line-Out signal, and the

third jack f or Microphone.

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Installing the Processor

This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for the latest Intel Pentium D/
Pentium 4/ Celeron D processors. When choosing a processor, consider the

performance requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor
design, the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the
quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory.

CPU Installation Procedure

Follow these instructions to install the CPU:

B. Unload the cap

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

lifting tab of the cap.

• Lift the cap up and remove the cap

completely from the socket.

C. Open the load plate

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

hook of the lever, pushing down and
pulling aside unlock it.

• Lift up the lever.

• Use thumb to open the load plate.

Be careful not to touch the contacts.

D. Install the CPU on the socket

• Orientate CPU package to the socket.

Make sure you match triangle marker
to pin 1 location.

LGA775 Socket

1

CPU_FAN1

pin1

A. Read and follow the instructions
shown on the sticker on the CPU cap.

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E. Close the load plate

• Slightly push down the load plate onto

the tongue side, and hook the lever.

• CPU is locked completely.

F. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU.
G. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base

onto the CPU socket on the motherboard.
H. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU

fan connector. Please refer to the CPU cooling fan
user’s manual for mor detail installation procedure.

Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two 184-pin DIMM sockets (Dual Inline
Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR 400/333/266 (Double Data Rate
SDRAM), and maximum 2.0 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. DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 400/333/
266 MHz memory and provide 3.2 GB/s, 2.7 GB/s, 2.1 GB/s and 1.6 GB/s data
transfer rate.

DDR1 DDR2

Note 1: To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation, we suggest that

you use a high quality fan with 3800 rpm at least. CPU fan and heatsink
installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan/heatsink
supplied. The form and size of fan/heatsink may also vary.

Note 2: The fan connector supports the CPU cooling fan of 1.1A~2.2A

(26.4W max.) at +12V.

Note 3: Do Not remove the CPU cap from the socket before installing a CPU.
Note 4: Return Material Authorization (RMA) requests will be accepted only if

the motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA775 socket.

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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.

Jumper Settings

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

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JP2

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JP2: 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. To 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 Jumper Setting

Clear CMOS Short Pins 1-2

Normal Short Pins 2-3

Note: To avoid the system unstability after clearing CMOS, we recommend

users to enter the main BIOS setting page to “Load Optimal De-faults”
and then “Save Changes and Exit”.

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.

Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATXPW1 connector
on the motherboard. The CPUPW1 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 SYSFAN1/2 fan power connector on the motherboard.

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

SYSFAN1

1

PANEL1

CPUPW1

ATXPW1

SYSFAN2

1

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Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 HD_L ED_P( +) 2 FP PWR/ SLP(+)
3 HD_L ED_N( - ) 4 FP PWR/S LP( -)

5 RES ET_ SW _N( - ) 6 POW ER_ SW _P( + )

7 R ESET _ SW _ P( + ) 8 POW ER _S W _N ( - )
9 RSV D_DNU 10 KEY

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1SPKR2 NC
3GND4+5V

Here is a list of the PANEL1 pin assignments.

Connecting Optional Devices

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

AUDIO2

1

SPDIFO1

1

1

IR1

SPK1

1

USB2

1

USB3

1

SPK1: Speaker Header

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

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AUDIO2: 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

1 A UD_MIC 2 A UD_GND

3 A UD_MIC_B IAS 4 A UD_V CC

5 A UD_FPOUT_ R 6 A UD_RET_R
7HP_ON 8KEY

9 A UD_FPOUT_ L 10 A UD_ RET_L

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 V ERG_FP_USBPWR0 2 V ERG_FP_USBPWR0
3 USB_FP_P0(-) 4 USB_FP_P1(-)

5 USB_FP_P0(+) 6 USB_FP_P1(+)

7 GROUND 8 GROUND
9 KEY 10 USB_FP_OC0

USB2/USB3: Front panel USB Headers

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 USB2/USB3 to connect
the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.

1. Locate the USB2/USB3 header on the motherboard.

2. Plug the bracket cable onto the USB2/USB3 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.

IR1: Infrared 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.

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.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1NC2KEY
3+5V 4GND

5 IRTX 6 IRRX

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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 CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM drives, among others.

The motherboard 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

Pin Sign al Pin Sign al

1SPDIF OUT2 +5VA

3KEY4GND

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.

Install Other Devices

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

1

IDE2 IDE1

1

FDD1

1

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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.

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.

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.

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 CD1.

Pin Sign al

1 CD IN L

2GND
3GND

4 CD IN R

CD1

1

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Expansion Slots

This motherboard has one AGP, CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots.

Follow the steps below to install an AGP/CNR/PCI expansion card.

1 Locate the AGP, CNR or PCI slots on the motherboard.
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.

AGP1

PCI1

PCI2

CNR1

PCI3

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

screw.

8X AGP Slot

You can install a graphics adapter that supports the 8X AGP specification and
has a 8X AGP edge connector in the AGP slot.

CNR Slot

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

PCI Slots

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

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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

Standards COMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.

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

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

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

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

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System Time & System Date

These items set up system date and time.

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

The items configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE
channels. To 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.

Floppy A/B

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

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

++

++

+ and

--

--

- 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
[OK] or [Cancel].

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.

Standard CMOS Setup

System Time 00:01:25
System Date Fri 10/24/2003

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave Not Detected
Secondary IDE Master Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave CD/DVD ROM

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

Help Item

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

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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.

Share Memory Size

This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA
display application with three options of 16/32/64MB.

Quick Boot

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

1st Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device

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 start­up 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.

Graphic Win Size

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

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Advanced Setup

Help Item

Allows BIOS to skip certain
tests while booting. This will
decrease the time needed
to boot the system.

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 > 64 MB
Graphic Win Size
DRAM CAS# Latency
Performance Mode Select
MA 1T/2T Select
Hyper Threading Function
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
Spread Spectrum
DRAM Voltage Control
CPU Vcore Voltage Adjustment
Max CPUID Value Limit
Execute Disable Bit
CPU TM Function
C1E Support

32MB
Enabled
PM-IC35L040AVVN07
SS-Pioneer DVD-R0
1st Floppy Drive
Yes
On
No
64 MB
By SPD
Disabled
Auto
Ensabled
Enabled
Disabled
Auto
Auto
Disabled
Disabled
TM2
Disabled

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DRAM CAS# Latency

This item determines the operation of SDRAM memory CAS (column address
strobe). It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value. The 2T
setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode.

Performance Mode Select

You can enable this item to achieve a better performance; however, it is neces­sary to use a better DDR SDRAM going with this function.

MA 1T/2T Select

This item adjusts timing 1T/2T latency. We recommend you to leave this item at
the default value.

Hyper Threading Function

You can set “Disabled” or “Enabled” to control HT CPU support in O.S. Set
“Enabled” to test HT CPU function.

Auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock

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

Spread Spectrum

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

DRAM Voltage Control

Use this item to adjust the voltage of the DRAM memory.

CPU Vcore Voltage Adjustment

Use this item to adjust the Vcore voltage of the CPU.

Max CPUID Value Limit

When this item is enabled, you can use Prescott CPU and LGA-775 CPU and
there will be a normal NT4.0 installation; otherwise, the automatically restarting
will occur while installing.

Execute Disable Bit

It allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application code
can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code
in the buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or worm
propagation. Replacing older computers with Execute Disable Bit-enabled
systems can halt worm attacks, reducing the need for virus related repairs.

CPU TM Function

For some specific brands of CPU, you can use this item to control the CPU
frequency and voltage according to its temperature.

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C1E Support

Use this item to decrease the bus ratio that reduces the consumption of CPU

electricity and power.

Features Setup Page

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

OnBoard Floppy Controller

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

OnBoard Serial Port

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 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.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item enables or disables the onboard LPT1 parallel port, and assigns a port
address. The Auto setting will detect and available address.

Parallel Port Mode

Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select Normal (Standard
Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port),
or EPP & ECP.

Parallel Port IRQ

Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port.

Parallel Port DMA

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

OnBoard PCI IDE

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard PCI IDE channel.

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Features Setup

Help Item

Allows BIOS to Enable or
Disable Floppy Controller.

OnBoard Floppy Controller
Serial Port1 Address
OnBoard IR Port
Parallel Port Address
Parallel Port Mode
ECP Mode DMA Channel
Parallel Port IRQ
OnBoard PCI IDE Controller
Audio Device
MODEM Device
Ethernet Device
OnBoard USB Function
USB Function For DOS

Enabled
3F8/IRQ4
Disabled
378
ECP
DMA3
IRQ7
Both
Enabled
Auto
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled

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ACPI Aware O/S

This itme supports ACPI (Advanced Configuraion and Power Management
Interface). Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature.

ACPI Enhanced Efficiency

Use this item to enable or disable the function of ACPI enhanced efficiency.

Power Management

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

Suspend Time Out

This item sets up 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.

Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some parameters for system power management operation.

Audio Device

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

MODEM Device

This item enables or disables the MC’97 modem chip.

Ethernet Device

This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN.

OnBoard USB Function

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

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Aware O/S Yes
ACPI Enhanced Efficiency Disabled
Power Management Enabled
Suspend Time Out Disabled
Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled
Keyboard Power On Disabled
LAN/Ring Power On Disabled

Help Item

Yes / No
ACPI support for
Operating System.
Yes: If OS supports ACPI.
No: If OS does not support
ACPI.

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Keyboard Power On

If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume by pressing any
keys, specific key, power key on the keyboard, or typing in the password. You
must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

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/
Ring, or traffic on the network adapter. You must use an ATX power supply in
order to use this feature.

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.

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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PCI / Plug and Play Setup

Help Item

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

Select which graphics controller
to use as the primary boot
device.

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BIOS Security Features Setup Page

This page helps you install or change a 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

You 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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BIOS Security Features Setup

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter

Help Item

Install or Change the
password.

Manufacturer

These items show the brand of the CPU installed in your system.

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CPU PnP Setup

Help Item

Manufacturer: Intel

Auto Dectect CPU and DRAM FREQU Enabled

CPU Frequency Setting 200
DRAM Frequency 200MHz

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Auto Detect CPU and DRAM FREQU

When this item is enabled, it automatically detects and shows the frequency of
the CPU and DRAM memory installed in your system; when disabled, it can
adjust the frequency of the CPU and DRAM memory.

CPU Frequency

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

DRAM Frequency

This item shows the frequency of the DRAM in your system.

Hardware Monitor Page

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

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Hardware Monitor Setup

Help Item

***System Hardware Monitor***

Vcore 1.504 V
Vdimm 2.496 V
Vivdd 1.792 V
Vcc5V 5.107 V
SB3V 3.296 V
SYSTEM FAN1 Speed 0 RPM
SYSTEM FAN2 Speed 0 RPM
CPU FAN Speed 4560 RPM
SYSTEM Temperature 32oC/89oF
CPU Temperature 41oC/105oF

Smart Fan Temp. Limit of Full Normal

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.

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 press <Enter>, the Setup Utility loads
all default values; or select [Cancel], and then press <Enter>, the Setup Utility
does not load default values.

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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 select [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 select
[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/ME/2000/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. You
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.

Hyper-Threading CPU

While you are in Windows Task Manager, please push down ctrl+Alt Del keys.
A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History&Device Manager under WinXP.

Note: Hyper-Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating System;

therefore, disable it under other Operating System.

AMI/AWARD Flash Utility

This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the
motherboard, and lets you copy an updated version of the BIOS to the chip.
Proceed with caution when using this program. If you erase the current BIOS and

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fail to write a new BIOS, or write a new BIOS that is incorrect, your system will
malfunction. Refer to Chapter 3, Using BIOS for more information.

WinFlash Utility

The WinFlash utility is a Windows version of the DOS BIOS flash writer utility.
The utility enables you to flash the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip
on the motherboard while in a Windows environment. This utility is currently
available for WINXP\2000. To install the WinFlash utility, run AFUWIN.EXE
(AMI) or WINFLASH.EXE(Award) from the following directory:

\UTILITY\AMIFLASH or AWDFLASH.