EPOX EP-4B2AE User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.2

September 20, 2001

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Section 1 Introduction

Components Checklist..............................................1-1

Overview

System Overview .......................................................1-2

Chipset Components ................................................. 1-3

Intel Pentium 4 Processors ......................................1-4

Accelerated Graphics Port .......................................1-5

Utlra ATA66/100 .......................................................1- 5

Hardware Monitoring................................................1-6

Bandiwdth Overview.................................................. 1-6

Mainboard Form-Factor............................................ 1-7

I/O Shield Connector ................................................ 1-8

Power-On/Off (Remote) .......................................... 1-8

System Block Diagram ............................................. 1-9

Section 2 Features

Mainboard Features................................................... 2-1

Section 3 Installation

Mainboard Detailed Layout ...................................... 3-2

Easy Installation Procedure

CPU Installation ........................................................ 3- 3

Jumper Settings ......................................................... 3-5

System Memory Configuration ................................ 3-6

Device Connectors....................................................3-8

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and

Keyboard Power ON Function (KBPO)...................3-12

STR Function .............................................................3-14

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Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

Main Menu ................................................................ 4-1

Standard CMOS Setup............................................... 4-3

Advanced BIOS Features...........................................4-7

Advanced Chipset Features ....................................... 4-10

Integrated Peripherals ............................................... 4-13

Power Management Setup ........................................4-18

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup .................................. 4-21

PC Health Status........................................................ 4-23

Frequency/Voltage Control....................................... 4-25

Defaults Menu ........................................................... 4-27

Supervisor/User Password Setting ........................... 4-28

Exit Selecting ............................................................4-29

Section 5 Driver Installation

845 and Sound Driver Installation ............................ 5-1

Appendix Appendix A

Avance Media Player User ’s Guide.......................... A-1

Appendix B

GHOST 5.1/6.03 Quick User’s Guide ..................... B-1

Appendix C

EEPROM BOIS Remover ......................................... C-1

Appendix D

Update Your System BIOS ........................................ D-1

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

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B. (1)User’s manual

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System Overview

This board is designed with Intel® 845 chipset. The Intel® 845 chipset includes
MCH(FW82845), ICH2(FW82801BA) and FWH three chips. This board is
designed for Intel’s FC-PGA socket 423 package architecture and support the 4X
capability of the AGP 2.0 Interface Specification. A new chipset component
interconnect, the hub interface, is designed into the Intel® 845 chipset to provide
more efficient communication between chipset components.

Support of AGP 4X, 133MHz SDRAM and the hub interface provides a balanced
system architecture for the Pentium® 4 in the Socket 423 architecture processor
minimizing bottlenecks and increasing system performance. By increasing
memory bandwidth to 1.064GB/s through the use of AGP 4X, the Intel® 845
chipset will deliver the data throughput necessary to take advantage of the high
performance provided by the powerful Pentium® 4 in the Socket 423 architecture
processor.

The Intel® 845 chipset architecture removes the requirement for the ISA expan­sion bus that was traditionally integrated into the I/O subsystem of Intel chipsets.
This removes many of the conflicts experienced when installing hardware and
drivers into legacy ISA systems. The elimination of ISA will provide true plug-and
play for the Intel® 845 platform.

Intel® 845 chipset contains three core components: the Memory Controller Hub
(MCH), the I/O Controller Hub (ICH) and the Firmware Hub (FWH). The MCH
integrates the data transfer rate of 400MHz, Pentium® 4 processor bus controller,
AGP 2.0 controller, 133MHz SDRAM controller and a high-speed hub interface
for communication with the ICH2. The ICH2 integrates an UltraATA/66/100
controller, USB host controller, LPC interface controller, FWH interface
controller, PCI interface controller, and a hub interface for communication with
the MCH. The Intel® 845 chipset will provide the data buffering and interface
arbitration required to ensure that system interfaces operate efficiently and
provide the system bandwidth necessary to obtain peak performance the Pentium

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4 in the Socket 423 architecture.

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Chipset Components

The Intel® 845 chipset consists of the Memory Controller Hub (MCH), the I/O
Controller Hub (ICH2) and the Firmware Hub (FWH).

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The MCH provides the interconnect between the SDRAM and the system
logic. It integrates:

- Support for single processor with a data transfer rate of 400MHz.

- 133MHz SDRAM interface supporting 3GB of SDRAM.

- 2X, 4X, 1.5V AGP interface (Only support 1.5V on AGP interface).

- Downstream hub link for access to the ICH2.

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The I/O controller Hub provides the I/O subsystem with access to the rest of
the system. Additionally, it integrates may I/O functions. The ICH integrates:

- Upstream hub link for access to the MCH

- 2 Channel Ultra ATA/33/66/100 Bus Master IDE controller

- USB controller

- SMBus controller

- FWH interface

- LPC interface

- PCI 2.2 interface

- Integrated System Management Controller

- Integrated LAN Controller

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The FWH component is a key element to enabling a new security and manage­ability infrastructure for the PC platform. The device operates under the FWH
interface and protocol. The hardware features of this device include a unique a
Random Number Generator (RNG), register-based locking, and hardware­based locking.

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Intel Pentium 4 processors

Formally known as the Willamette, the PentiumTM 4 is the next generation IA-32
processor from Intel. This next generation design is based upon a new micro­architecture that brings higher clock speeds and performance than previous
processors could deliver. Among other advanced features the Pentium 4 offers
Streaming SIMD extensions 2, Advanced Dynamic Execution, Hyper Pipelined
Technology, and a data transfer rate of 400MHz system bus.

Streaming SIMD Extensions 2

Building upon the foundations of core features of their previous line of proces­sors the Pentium III, this new version introduces Streaming SIMD Extensions 2
technology commonly referred to as SSE2. But what does this mean? SIMD stands
for Single Instruction Multiple Data. Usually, processors process one data
element in one instruction, called Single Instruction Single Data, or SISD. In
contrast, with Single Instruction Single Data (SISD), SIMD has the ability to
process more than one piece of data element during one instruction.

This technology is useful for 3D graphics applications that handle considerable
amounts of floating-point numbers. With SIMD applications such as 3D graphics
will be able to processor more data per instruction when equates to better
performance. This technology adds 144 new instructions to the CPU core that can
be used in a wide variety of applications. Software programmers can for example,
take advantage of these new instructions and write more optimized code that take
advantage of newer SIMD double-precision floating-point, integer, and cache
ability instructions. In theory this will enable better next generation services such
as Interactive Digital TV to be produced.

Advanced Dynamic Execution

Advanced Dynamic Execution describes the improved implementation and
abilities over the older P6 processor line’s out-of-order decoupled super scalar
execution. Dynamic execution allows instructions to the processor to be executed
without the need to do so in order. The ability to do this can add a significant
performance increase versus ordered execution.

Hyper Pipelined Technology & 400MHz System Bus

Hyper Pipelined Technology doubles the pipeline depth the Pentium 4 delivers to
20 stages. This significantly increases the performance and frequency capabilities.
Pentium 4 also introduces a 400MHz system bus as opposed to the 100 and

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133MHz bus seen in previous Pentium III processors. This allows 3.2Gbytes per
second of throughput while the Pentium III had a limited 1.06Gbyte/s throughput.
Willamette will reportedly be introduced in the 0.18-micron using aluminum.

For more information about all the cool new features the Pentium 4 deliv­ers check out the Intel website at http://www.intel.com

Accelerated Graphics Port
(AGP or A.G.P.)

Typically, 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory, and
demands ever increasing throughput speed as well. As 3D products for the
personal computer become more and more popular, these demands will only
increase. This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers.
Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation
behind AGP. By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between
the video card and the processor, it will assist in relieving some of these pressures
for quite sometime.

The board provides the AGP 2.0 interface. The AGP Interface Specification
revision 2.0 enhances the functionality of the original AGP Interface Specifica­tion (revision 1.0) by allowing 4X data transfers (4 data samples per clock) and

1.5 volt (power supply) operation. The AGP 2.0 interface, along with SDRAM
memory technology, allows graphics controllers to access main memory at over
1GB/s. In order to match the 2X and 4X AGP Card. The board used the Universal
AGP connector. (1.5 volt AGP Card supports only).

Ultra ATA/66/100

The ICH2 provides two channel Ultra ATA/66/100 Bus Master IDE controllers,
that support Ultra ATA/66/100 protocols, perfect for such demanding applications
as real-time video, multimedia, and high performance operating system. A new
IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA/66/100. This cable is an 80 conductor cable;
however the connectors are, of course, backwards compatible with ATA/33.

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Hardware Monitoring

Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems
operations and status. The features include CPU temperature, voltage and RPM of
fan.

Bandwidth Overview

Table 1 provides a summary of the bandwidth requirements for the Intel® 845 chipset.

Table 1: Intel® 845 platform Bandwidth Summary

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Mainboard Form-Factor

The board is designed with ATX form factor - the latest industry standard of
chassis. The ATX form factor is essentially a Baby-AT baseboard rotated 90
degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the
power supply. With these changes the processor is relocated away from the
expansion slots, allowing them all to hold full length add-in cards. ATX defines
a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a
wide range of onboard I/O. Only the size and position of this aperture is
defined, allowing PC manufacturers to add new I/O features (e.g.; TV input, TV
output, joystick, modem, LAN, audio, etc.) to systems. This will help systems
integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your
needs.

• By integrating more I/O down onto the board and better positioning the
hard drive and floppy connectors material cost of cables and add-in cards is
reduced.

• By reducing the number of cables and components in the system, manufac­turing time and inventory holding costs are reduced and reliability will
increase.

• By using an optimized power supply, it's possible to reduce cooling costs
and lower acoustical noise. An ATX or ATX12V power supply, which has a
side-mounted fan, allows direct cooling of the processor and add-in cards
making a secondary fan or active heatsink unnecessary in most system
applications.

PCI slots

Expandable I/O

Figure 2: Summary of ATX or ATX12V chassis features

CPU located near
Power Supply

Single chassis fan
for system

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Floppy / IDE
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I/O Shield Connector

The board is equipped with an I/O back panel. Please use the appropriate I/O shield
(figure 3).

Power-On/Of f (Remote)

The board has a single 20-pin and 4-pin connector for ATX or ATX12V power supplies.
For ATX or ATX12V power supplies that support the Remote On/Off feature, this
should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On/Off button.
The systems power On/Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open.

The board has been designed with “Soft Off" functions. You can turn Off the system
from one of two sources: The first is the front panel Power On/Off button, and the
other is the "Soft Off" function (coming from the BOARD’s onboard circuit control­ler) that can be controlled by the operating system such as Windows® 95/98 and
Windows® 2000 to Shutdown the system.

Note: For maintaining the SDRAM power during STR (ACPI S3) function, it is strongly

recommend to use ATX or ATX12V power supplies that have a +5VSB current
of (>=) 1A (1000mA). Please check the 5VSB’s specification that has been
printed on the ATX or ATX12V power supply’s outer case.

Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt ATX or ATX 12V power supply to

operate. Your system configuration (amount of memory , add-in cards, peripherals,
etc.) may exceed the minimum power requirement but to ensure that adequate
power is provided, use a 300 Watt (or greater) ATX or ATX 12V power supply.

Figure 3: I/O back panel layout

ATX or ATX12V POWER SUPPLY

Case (chassis) Power ON/OFF button

12V 4-pin

20-pin

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parallel port

Joystick/Midi port

USB port

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

Pentium 4
Processor

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133MHz
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Flash memory

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serial Port 2
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PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard

AC'97
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Features

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Section 2

FEATURES

Mainboard Features:

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PROCESSOR

- Intel® Pentium 4 Processor with FC-PGA socket 423 package: Operating
at 1.3 ~ 2.0GHz

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CHIPSET

- Intel 82845 AGPset

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Front Side Bus

- 100MHz (a data transfer rate of 400MHz)

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DRAM MODULE

- 168pin DIMM x 3 for PC133 Memory

- DRAM Size: 64MB to 3GB

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EXP ANSION SLOT

- PCI x 6, 4X AGP x 1 (1.5V only)

- CNR slot x 1 (Shared) for communication and network riser card

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ONBOARD I/O

- Winbond 83627HF-AW LPC I/O integrated with K/B , Mouse, FDD,
Parallel and Serial, Fast IR and Power-ON controllers

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ONBOARD PCI / IDE

Intel 82801BA/ICH2 Controller

- PCI Rev. 2.2 Compliant

- ACPI Compliant Power Management

- AC97 2.1/2.0 Compliant Link for Audio CODEC

- PCI Bus IDE Port with PIO /Ultra DMA-33/66/100 x 2 (Up to 4 Devices)

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- CNR supports multi-channel audio, V.90 analog modem, Home PNA, 10/
100 LAN

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I/O CONNECTOR

- PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 style Keyboard

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USB

- USB connector x 4 (2 for Opt.)

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Built-in AC97 Digital Audio

- Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels

- H/W Sound Blaster Pro for DOS legacy compatibility

- FM synthesis for legacy compatibility

- Supports game and MIDI port

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BIOS

- Award Plug & Play BIOS

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EXTENDED FUNCTION

- Supports Hardware Monitoring Function by W83627HF-AW

- Supports exclusive KBPO (Keyboard Power ON)

- Supports STR (Suspend To RAM) power saving Function

- Supports STR Wake up function by USB Mouse & Keyboard device

- Supports CPU Vcore, AGP Vcore, SDRAM Vcore and Clock Settings via
BIOS

- Supports Wake-On-LAN Function

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FORM FA CTOR

- 305mm x 220mm ATX Size

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation

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EP-4B2AE Mainboard Detailed Layout

Figure 1

Installation

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Easy Installation Procedure

The following must be completed before powering on your new system:

3-1. CPU Installation
3-2. Jumper Settings
3-3. System memory Configuration
3-4. Device Connectors
3-5. External Modem Ring-in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON

Functions (KBPO)

3-6. STR Function

Section 3-1
CPU Installation

CPU Insertion:

Step 1

Open the socket by raising the actuation
lever.

Figure 2

Step 2

Insert the processor.
Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by

aligning the FC-PGA corner marking with
the socket corner closest to the actuation
arm tip. The pin field is keyed to prevent
mis-oriented insertion.
Don’t force processor into socket. If it does
not go in easily, check for mis-orientation
and debris. Make sure the processor is fully
inserted into the socket on all sides.

Figure 3

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Step 3

Close the socket by lowering and
locking the actuation lever.

Figure 4

Figure 5

Note: Intel’s reference design thermal solution is an active heatsink; an extruded

aluminum heatsink based and a fan attached to the top on the fin array. (See
Figure 5)

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Keyboard Power On Function
1-2 Enabled
2-3 Disabled (Default)

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JKBPO

Section 3-2
Jumper Settings

JCMOS

CMOS Clear
1-2 Normal (Default)
2-3 Clear CMOS

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Section 3-3
System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The board supports (3) PC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module).
The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) .

• DIMM SDRAM may be 100MHz (10ns), 125MHz (8ns) or 133MHz (7.5ns)
bus speed. Supports SDR-SDRAM at 133MHz operation (PC133).

• Supports 64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512Mb technologies for x8 and x16
devices.

• Supports page size of 2KB, 4KB, 8KB and 16KB. Page size is individually
selected for every row.

• 64MB to 384MB using 64Mb technology; Up to 1.5GB using 256Mb
technology and up to 3GB using 512Mb technology.

• ECC DIMM support.

• No registered DIMM support.

Figure 7 and Table 1 show several possible memory configuration.

* SDRAM supports 64, 128, 256, 512MB and 1GB DIMM modules.
* 1GB module using 512Mb technology.
* Using non-compliant memory with higher bus speed (over clocking)

may severely compromise the integrity of the system.

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DIMM Module Installation

Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM
memory module.

DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM
socket. DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at
a 90 degree angle and pressing straight down (figure 8) until it fits tightly into the
DIMM socket (figure 9).

Figure 7

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DIMM Module clip after installation

To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on
either side and the module will be released from the socket.

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DIMM Module clip before installation

CENTER KEY ZONE
(3.3 V DRAM)

LEFT KEY ZONE

(UNBUFFERED)

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Section 3-4
Device Connectors

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MIC

parallel port

Joystick/Midi port

USB port

COM1

COM2

Speaker

Line_in

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

GND

PME

+5V Standby

JFAN1

JFAN1 / JFAN2 / JFAN3:

• A plug-in for the CPU/Power/Cassis Fan power

FAN1: CPU Fan FAN2: PW Fan

JWOL:WOL (Wake On LAN) Connector

Reserved for NIC (Network Interface
Card) to wake the system.

GND

+12V

Rotation

JFAN2

JFAN3

F AN3: Chasis Fan

GND

+12V

Rotation

GND

+12V

Rotation

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FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector (Black

color)

IDE2: Ultra 66/100 Primary IDE Connector

(Blue color)

IDE1: Ultra 66/100 Secondary IDE Connector

(Blue color)

PW1: ATX or ATX12V Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

PW2: ATX12V Power Connector

• 12V 4-pin power connector

PW1

PW2

CD_IN: CD Audio_IN Connector

CD_IN_Left

1

CD_IN_Right
CD_Reference

CD_IN

MODEM_IN

MODEM_IN: Teleohony Connector for Modem

audio output

Audio_IN

1

Mic-out to Modem
GND

Note: The board requires a minimum of 250 Watt

ATX or ATX 12V power supply to operate.
Your system configuration (amount of
memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may
exceed the minimum power requirement but
to ensure that adequate power is provided, use
a 300 Watt (or greater) ATX or ATX 12V
power supply.

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USBCON1: USB port header pins for share with

two USB ports.

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CNR Conn.: The board supports one CNR

connector to provide a Modem
Code (MC) or Phone-line base
networking and 10/100 Ethernet
base networking configuration.

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 Power On/Off

(This is connected to the power button on the
case. Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN
feature, you can choose either Instant Off
(turns system off immediately), or 4 sec delay
(you need to push the button down for 4
seconds before the system turns off). When
the system is in 4 sec delay mode, suspend
mode is enabled by pushing the button
momentarily.)

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 Turbo LED indicator

LED ON when higher speed is selected

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 IDE LED indicator

LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is
activate

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 IR Connector

1. VCC 4. GND

2. NC 5. IRTX

3. IRRX

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 KeyLock

Keyboard lock switch & Power LED connec­tor

1. Power LED(+) 4. NC

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

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Connect to the system's speaker for beeping

1. Speaker 3. GND

2. N/C 4. GND

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Closed to restart system.

J2

* The power LED lights when the

system is powered on and blinks
in SLEEP Mode or STR Mode.

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Section 3-5
External Modem Ring-in Po w er
ON and Keyboard Power ON
Functions (KBPO)

On the basis of bounded functions in I/O chipset, the two serial ports are able to
support the External Modem Ring-in Power ON function. Once users connect the
external modem to COM1 or COM2, the mainboard allows users to turn on their
system through the remote and host's dial-up control.

Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function

To innovate a unique feature to benefit users, we devoted the easiest and most
convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply.

How to work with it

Step 1: Please check JKBPO at the position 1-2 after you finished the system

installation.

Step 2: Push the momentary switch (J3 PW-ON) to turn on your system and then

push again to hold for more than 4 seconds to turn it off affter counting
memory as soon as you turn it on.

Step 3: You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function (KBPO) by pressing

any 1 key, Hot key (Ctrl-F1, F2.....F12), Password (A maximum of 5

charac ters can be entered.) and BUTTON only to turn on your system.
Please refer to the BIOS Integrated peripherals setup for detail. The
BIOS Default is keyboard Hot key <Ctrl> - <F1> to turn on the
system. Your system will be turned on automatically, after releasing the

keys. To power off you system, you can use the Soft-OFF function under
Windows 95/98/2000.

Keyboard Power On Function
1-2 Enabled
2-3 Disabled (Default)

JKBPO

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Notes:

1. Intel ATX version 2.0 specification recommended you use the power supply
with >=1.0A in 5.0VSB. With our mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby power only
has to be > = 0.1A (100mA) then you can enjoy this unique benefit. However,
an ATX power supply which is < 0.1A (100mA) is still usable to your system
by placed JKBPO at the position 2-3 to disable this feature.

2. We recommended you use the power supply with 1.0A in 5.0VSB. Because this
supported PCI 2.1 specification for remote power-on and wake-up function.

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3-6 STR (Suspend To RAM) Function

The board supports the STR power management state by maintaining the
appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals. The power source must be
kept alive to the SDRAM during STR (ACPI S3). Advanced Configuration
Power Interface (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for operating
systems that supporting Instant ON and QuickStartTM function.

1. To enable the ACPI function and use the STR functionally to save your system
energy, you are recommended to confirm the following requirements:

a. Please do install all ACPI qualified add-on cards such as AGP, LAN,

Modem cards.

b. In BIOS, please select “ACPI function: Enable” and “ACPI Suspend Type:

S3(STR)” or “USB Device Wake-Up From S3” (If you have USB Mouse/
Keyboard device existence) in the Power Management Setup menu.

c. Then, please install the Windows® 98SE/ME or Windows® 2000.

d. Restart your system.

e. Getting in to the “Advanced” of the Power Management icon of Control

Panel, and selecting the “Stand By” in the Power Buttons.

2. Getting start with STR function, please click the START button and choose
Shut Down. Then, select the Stand By option in the Shut Down Windows box
to get into STR mode.

Here are the differences between STR power saving mode and Green (or
Suspend) mode:

a. It is the most advanced Power Management mode

b. It cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to Memory - max.

power saving

c. It saves and keeps all on-screen data including any executed applications to

SDRAM.

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d. You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin or click to

USB’s mouse or press USB’s keyboard to wake up you system (not to click to
PS/2 mouse or press PS/2 keyboard to wake up the system).

Just pushing Power button or USB’s mouse/keyboard your system will quickly back
to the last screen for you.

The “LED Indicator for ACPI Status” table shown below will guide you and give you
a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard.

ACPI Onboard’s LED Status Indicator Table

Status

Onboard’s

LED

Location

Plug in the ATX

Power Core

Power ON

J3(PW-ON)

Green Mode

(S1)

STR
(S3)

Shutdown

(Soft-OFF)

(S5)

D12

(Red LED)

OFF ON ON ON OFF

J2

PW_LED

OFF ON Blinking Slow Blinking

OFF

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Main Menu

Once you enter the AwardBIOS™ 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.

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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.

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 Configuration

This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI.

PC Health Status

This item is only show the system health status (include Voltage, Fan speed, CPU
temperature...)

Frequency/V oltage 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 for your system to operate.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for opti­mal performance system operations. While Award has designed the custom BIOS
to maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults to
meet their needs.

Supervisor / User Password

Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Save

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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4-1 Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each cat­egory includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to high­light the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want
in each item.

Figure 1: The Main Menu

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Item Options Description

Date Month DD YYYY Set the system date. Note that

the ‘Day’ automatically hanges
when you set the date

Time HH : MM : SS Set the system time

IDE Primary Master

Options are in its sub menu

(described in Table 3)

Press <Enter> to enter the sub
menu of detailed options

IDE Primary Slave

Options are in its sub menu

(described in Table 3)

Press <Enter> to enter the sub
menu of detailed options

IDE Secondary Master

Options are in its sub menu

(described in Table 3)

Press <Enter> to enter the sub
menu of detailed options

IDE Secondary Slave

Options are in its sub menu

(described in Table 3)

Press <Enter> to enter the sub
menu of detailed options

Drive A

Drive B

None

360K, 5.25 in

1.2M, 5.25 in
720K, 3.5 in

1.44M, 3.5 in

2.88M, 3.5 in

Select the type of floppy disk
drive installed in your system

Video

EGA/VGA

CGA 40
CGA 80

MONO

Select the default video device

Halt On

All Errors
No Errors

All, but Keyboard

All, but Diskette

All, but Disk/Key

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

Base Memory N/A

Displays the amount of
conventional m em ory dete cted
during boot up

Extended Memory

N/A

Displays the amount of
extended memory detected
during boot up

Total Memory N/A

Displays the total memory
available in the system

Main Menu Selections

This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu

Table 2 Main Menu Selections

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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.

Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.

Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu

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Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use
Table 3 to configure the hard disk.

Item Options Description

IIDE HDD Aut o-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD

on this channel. If detection is
successful, it fills th e remai nin g
fields on this menu.

IDE Primary Master None

Auto

Manual

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen.
Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the number
of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535 means
NONE !

Capacity Auto Display your disk

drive size

Disk drive capacity
(Approximated). Note that this
size is usually slightly gr eater than
the size of a formatted disk gi ven by
a disk checking program.

Access Mode Normal

LBA

Large

Auto

Choose the access mode for this
hard disk

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

Cylinder Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders for this
hard disk.

Head Min = 0

Max = 255

Set the number of read/write heads

Precomp Min = 0

Max = 65535

****

Warning

: Setting a value of

65535 means no hard disk

Landing zone Min = 0

Max = 65535

****

Sector Min = 0

Max = 255

Number of sectors per t rack

Table 3 Hard disk selections

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4-2 Advanced BIOS Fea tures

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.

Virus Warning

Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this
area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.
Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning

message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or
hard disk partition table.

Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table.

CPU L1/L2 Cache

These three categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/
chipset design.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Quick Power On Self Test

This category speeds up Power On Self T est (POST) after you power up the computer.
If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

APIC Mode

This item allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS

1.4: For Windows 2000.

1.1. For WinNT4.

Boot Seq & Floppy Setup
First/Second/Third/Other 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, LAN, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive name
assignments.
The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
The choice: Enabled/Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Select power on state for NumLock.
The choice: On,Off.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20.
The choice: Fast, Normal.

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Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Typematic Rate Setting

Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled,
the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key
down.
The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

T ypematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.
The choice: 250, 500, 750, 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 at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.

Note: To disable 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

Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM on the
system.
The choice: Non-OS2, OS2.

Report No FDD For WIN95

Whether report no FDD for Win95 or not.
The choice: Yes, No.

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4-3 Advanced Chipset Fea tures

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 must be stated 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. The only time you
might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being
lost while using your system.

Memory Detect By

Memory size detect by Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Specification or use Legacy
to sizing, because some SDRAM module SPD data is not correct.
The Choice: SPD, Legacy.

DRAM Timing Selectable

For setting DRAM Timing, By SPD is follow Intel PC SDRAM Serial Presence
Detect Specification.
The Choice: Manual, By SPD.

[By SPD]

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CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency
depends on the DRAM timing.
The Choice: 2, 3.

Active to Prcharge Delay

This field lets you setup the minimum RAS pulse width.
The Choice: 7, 6, 5.

DRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals,
used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster
performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only when
synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choice: 2, 3.

DRAM RAS Precharge

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge
before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to
retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance.
This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choice: 2, 3.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

Use this option to configure the type of DRAM in your system.
The choice: No-ECC, ECC.

Refresh Mode Select

Select SDRAM Refresh time, the Auto is by SPD data.
The choice: 7.8us, 15.6us, 64us, Auto.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh,
resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this
memory area, a system error may result.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Video BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS , resulting in better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error
may result.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Video RAM Cacheable

This option allows the CPU to cache read/writes of the video RAM.
Enabled: This option allows for faster video access.
Disabled: Reduced video performance.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area
is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use
this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Delayed T ransaction

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, Disabled.

AGP Graphics Aperture Size (MB)

The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share. The default
is 64.

32: 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
64: 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
128: 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
256: 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.

Delay Prior to Thermal

Set none ACPI OS, CPU into auto thermal mode delay time, CPU 50% duty cycle
when temperature over 70oC.
The Choice: 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min, 32 Min.

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On Board IDE Device Setup
OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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, Mode 4.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/33 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 your hard drive and your system software
both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The Choice: Auto, Disabled.

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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/writes
per sector the drive can support.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled

On Board PCI Device Setup
USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller
and you have USB peripherals.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled, Auto.

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller
and you have a USB Keyboard Device.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AC97 Audio

This item allows you to decide to Auto/disable the chipset family to support AC97
Audio.
The function setting AC97 Audio Codec states. The system default is Auto.

Game Port Address

Select an address for the Game port.
The choice: 201, 209, Disabled.

Midi Port Address

Select an address for the Midi port.
The choice: 290, 300, 330, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

Select an interrupt for the Midi port.
The choice: 5, 10.

AC97 Modem

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support
AC97 Modem.

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Select Enable of AC97 Modem item, you must be primary Modem Riser Card
(MR) in hardware.
The choice: Auto, Disabled.

Onboard/CNR LAN selection

This item allows you to decide to select Onboard or CNR LAN.
The choice: Onboard, Ext. CNR.

On Board I/O Chip Setup
Power On Function

There are “Button Only”, “Hot Key” and “Any key” can be chosen by this field
that allows users to select one of these various functions as Power On Method for
their requirement. The default value in this selection is “ Hot Key”. (Ctrl-F1)

Hot Key: User can press “Control Key” (Ctrl) and “Function Key” (from

F1 to F12) individually to power on the system. The interval

between “Ctrl” key and function Key (F1-F12)must be short.
Anykey: Press anykey to power on the system.
Button Only: This power on function controlled by J3 (pw-on.) Use Power On

Button to power on the system.
Password: User can Power On the System by password, the password can be

entered from 1 to 5 characters. The maximum of password is 5

characters. If user forget / lost the password, please turn off the

system and open case to clear CMOS by JP1 to re-setting the

power on function. When set the password to turn on the system,

than can’t power on by J3(PW-ON).

KB Power On Password

When the option of “Power On Function” is password selected, user uses the item
to key in password.

Hot Key Power On

Use this option with the above “Power On Function” to set a combination of keys
that can be used to power the system on. The default is Ctrl-F1.
Options: Ctrl-F1, Ctrl-F2, Ctrl-F3, Ctrl-F4, Ctrl-F5, Ctrl-F6, Ctrl-F7, Ctrl-F8,
Ctrl-F9, Ctrl-F10, Ctrl-F11, and Ctrl-F12.

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Onboard FDC Controller

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

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.
The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled.

UART Mode Select

This filed allows the users to configure what IR mode the 2nd serial port should
use. The default is Normal.
Optional: Normal, IrDA and ASKIR.

RxD, TxD Active

This field configures the receive and transmit signals generated from the IR port.
The default is Hi Lo (when UART Mode Select is not set to Normal).
Options: Hi Hi, Hi Lo, Lo Hi, and Lo Lo.

IR T ransmission delay

The default is Enabled (when UART Mode Select is not set to Normal).
Options: Enabled and Disabled.

UR2 Duplex Mode

This item allows you to select IR half/full duplex function.
The choice: Half, Full

Use IR Pins

This item allows you to select IR transmission routes, one is RxD2, TxD2 (COM
Port) and the other is IR-Rx2Tx2.
The choice: IR-Rx2Tx2, RxD2, TxD2.

Onboard Parallel port

This field allows the user to configure the LPT port. The default is 378H / IRQ7.
378H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7.

278H: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQ5.
3BCH: Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7.
Disabled: Disable Onboard LPT port.

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Parallel Port Mode

This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode.
The default is EPP+ECP.
Normal: Standard mode. IBM PC/AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port.

EPP: Enhanced Parallel Port mode.
ECP: Extended Capabilities Port mode.
EPP+ECP: ECP Mode & EPP Mode.

EPP Mode Select

This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I/O chip.
options: EPP1.9, EPP1.7.

ECP Mode USE DMA

This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode.
The default is DMA3.

DMA1: This field selects the routing of DMA1 for the ECP mode.
DMA3: This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode.

PWRON After PW-Fail

The system will stay of or power on after a power interrupte.
The default is OFF.
Fomer-Status: Stay off or power on depend on system safe shut-down or

power fail.

ON: System always power on after a power interrupte.
OFF: System always stay off after a power interrupte.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first
The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard .

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4-5 Po wer Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most
effectively save 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, Disabled.

ACPI Suspend T ype

This item allows you to select S1(POS) or S3(STR) function.
The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR).

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is di­rectly related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down

2. Suspend Mode

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There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode
settings.

Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes
Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1

hr. Standby Mode = 1 h r., Suspend Mode = 1 hr.,
and HDD Power Down = 15 min.

Max. Power Saving

Maximum power management --

ONLY

AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s

. Doze Mode = 1
min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1
min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually. When

not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to
1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges
from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H S YNC+Blank This select ion 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 vide o buffer.
DPMS Initial display power manageme nt signaling.

Video Off In Suspend

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
The choice: Yes, No.

Suspend T ype

Select the Suspend Type.
The choice: PWRON Suspend, Stop Grant.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Suspend Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU
will be shut off.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be
powered down while all other devices remain active.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the
Soft-Off state when the system has “hung.” The default is Instant-off.
The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

PowerOn By Ring

This option is used to set the remote ring in and Wake on LAN (WOL) features.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Device Wake-Up From S3

This item allows you to select wake-up the system by USB Mouse/Keyboard when
you save the computer power at S3 mode.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU THRM-Throttling

Select the CPU THRM-Throttling rate.
The choice: 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%, 62.5%, 75.0%, 87.5%.

Resume by Alarm

The option allows you to have the system turn on at a present time each day or on a
certain day.
The choice: Disabled, Enabled.

** PM Events **

PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a
power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the
system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as
Enabled , even when the system is in a power down mode.

Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1
FDD, COM, LPT Port PCI PIRQ[A-D] #

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4-6 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the

speed the CPU itself uses when 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.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System
Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on
and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating
system can not boot.
The choice: Enabled, 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
Windows95. If you set this field to “manual” choose specific resources by going

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into each of the sub menu that follows this field.
The choice: Auto(ESCD), Manual.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Leave this field at Disabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Latency Timer (CLK)

The latency timer defines the minimum amount of time, in PCI clock cycles, that the
bus master can retain the ownership of the bus.
The Choice: 0 ~ 255.

AGP Slot, AC97/MC97,PCI Slot1 to Slot 6 INT Assignment

These settings allows the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in
the chosen slot. The default is Auto.
The Choice: Auto, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 & 15.

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Show PC Health in Post

When enable this function, you can see PC Health in Post screen.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Warning Temperature

This is the temperature that the computer will respond to an overheating CPU. The
default is Disabled.
Enabled: Temperature is monitored on the CPU.
Disabled: This feature is turned off.

Current CPU / System Temperature

This is the current temperature of the CPU/System.

Current CPU Fan / Chassis Fan / Power Fan Speed

The current CPU/Chassis/Power fan speed in RPMs.

Vagp (V)

The voltage level of Power supplied to AGP card.

4-7 PC Health Status

[40oC/91oF]
[30

o

C/138oF]
[0 RPM]
[0 RPM]
[0 RPM]
[1.50V]

[1.75V]
[3.30V]
[4.97V]
[12.12V]

-[12.28V]

-[5.09V]
[3.48V]
[4.89V]

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Vcore (V)

The voltage level of the Vcore.

Vdimm (V)

The voltage level of the DRAM.

+5V, +12V, -5V, -12V, VBAT(V), 5VSB(V): The voltage level of the switch
power supply.

Shutdown Temperature

This is the temperature that the computer will turn off the power to combat the
effects of an overheating system. (requires ACPI to be enabled in Power Manage­ment BIOS and ACPI compliant operating system.) The default is Disabled.
Options available are 60oC/140oF to 75oC/167oF in increments of 5oC.

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4-8 Frequency/V oltage Control

CPU Clock Ratio

This item allows you to select the CPU ratio. If the CPU ratio is fixed. This item
was no function.
The choice: [x8]...[x24].

Auto Detect PCI Clk

This item allows you to disable the each PCI slot clock.

Spread Spectrum Modulated

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate.

CPU FSB/Speed

The mainboard is designed to set the CPU FSB/Speed via BIOS. This item allows
you to select the CPU FSB/Speed by “Enter” key. The default speed depends on
what CPU was installed.

Note: Overclocking failure will cause system No display problem. At this

moment, please press “Insert” key to back to the initial or default
setting to boot up your system.

[1.75V]
[1.75V]

[1.50V]
[3.30V]

[3.30V]

[1.50V]

[X8]

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Memory Frequency

This item allows you to select the memory frequency. The default is Auto, this
option follows spd data to set memory frequency clock.
The option: Auto, FSB, FSB*4/3.

AGP/PCI Clock

This item allows you to select the AGP/PCI Clock. The default is Auto, if FSB >
117MHz then AGP/PCI fixed to 66MHz/33MHz.
The option: Auto, AGP-FSB*2/3 PCI-FSB/3, AGP-66MHz PCI-33MHz.

CPU Vcore Voltage

This item allows you to increase the CPU Vcore Voltage.
The option: ±0.025V increment.

AGP V oltage

This item allows you to increase the Vagp Voltage. (Applicable when you plug in
AGP card).
The option: +0.1V increment.

VDIMM

This item allows you to increase the DRAM Voltage.
The option: +0.1V increment.

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4-9 Defaults Menu

Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are described
below

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item you 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 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 settings for optimal perfor­mance system operations.

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4-10 Supervisor/User Passw ord Setting

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

supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the

options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following message
will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, 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 a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the
password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once the pass­word is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

P ASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you
try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of
your system configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a
password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use
of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu
and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is set to “System”, the
password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompt­ing only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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4-11 Exit Selecting

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 in 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.

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

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

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Drivers Installation

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Section 5

845 and Sound Driver Installa tion

Easy Driver Installation

Insert the bundled autorun driver CD-disk.

Step 1 : Click the INTEL CHIPSET INF FILES/INSTALLATION

UTILITIES to install all components recommended.

Step 2 : Click the INTEL ULTRA STORAGE DRIVER to install ultra

storage.

Step 3 : Click the AVANCE LOGIC AUDIO DRIVER to install audio

Drivers Installation

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Appendix A

A-1 Avance® Media Player User’s Guide

Functional Descriptions

A. Playback Windows Display

Playback windows displays the following mode information:

1. Playback Time Display

2. Voice Cancellation Mode Display

3. Pitch Mode Display

4. Surround Sound Mode Display

B. Playback Function Controls

There are 8 selectable functions for the playback:

1. Volume control High/Low Adjustment Bar.

2. Pitch control 4-step High/Low Adjustment Bar.

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3. Repeat mode Choice of Repeat, All Repeat, Random or No
Repeat Mode.

4. Mute Mute On/Off Mode select.

5. Voice cancellation Voice Cancellation On/Off Mode select for
Karaoke.

6. Surround mode A total of 26 Surround Sound mode select as
shown in the table below.

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moorhtaBytiC

moorgniviLniatnuoM

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7. Skin change Media Player Skin Type select.

8. Open Open file formats including MP3, CDA, MDI, WAV
& WMA support.

C. Playback Controls

The playback controls include “Play”, “Pause”, “Stop”, “Previous”, “Backward”,
“Forward”, & “Next”.

D. Seeking bar

Display Animated Playback Status

E. Title/Play List Windows

Display Currently Selected Title(s)

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F. Title/Play List Edit Controls

There title/play list controls include “Add”, “Del”, “Clear”, “Load”, & “Store”.

1. Add Add to the Title/Play List.

2. Del Remove form the Title/Play List.

3. Clear Clear the Title/Play Lost.

4. Load Load Title/Play List.

5. Store Save Title/Play List.

G. Title/Play List Scroll bar

Scroll Up/Down the Title/Play List.

H. Recording Function Controls

The recording function controls include “Input”, “Save:, “New”, “Rec”, “Stop”,
& “Play”.

1. Input Input soruce select.

2. Save Save to file.

3. New Open new file & select format includes Sampling
Rate, Sampling bit, Mono or Stereo.

4. Rec Start Rec.

5. Stop Stop Rec.

6. Play Playback Rec file.

I. REC/Playback Time Display

Displays REC/Playback Time.

J. Platform Display Panel Controls

The platform display panel control include “Minimize” & “Close”.

1. Minimize Minimize Platform Display Panel.

2. Close Close/Exit Platform Display Panel.

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Appendix B

B-1 GHOST 5.1/6.03 Quick User’s Guide

Installation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or
Ghost.exe to your hard disk.

The current market version is for single Client, so the LPT and NetBios
portions will not be explained further.

Description of Menus

Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition.

In which Disk indicates hard disk options

Partition indicates partition options
Check indicates check options

Disk

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Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning)

1. Select the location of the Source drive.

2. Select the location of the Destination drive.

3. When cloning a disk or restoring the backup, set the required partition
size as shown in the following figure.

There are 3 hard disk functions:

1. Disk To Disk (disk cloning)

2. Disk To Image (disk backup)

3. Disk From Image (restore backup)

Important!

1. To use this function, the system must have at least 2 disks. Press the
Tab key to move the cursor.

2. When restoring to a destination disk, all data in that disk will be
completely destroyed.

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4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to
start.

Disk To Image (Disk Backup)

1. Select the location of the Source drive.

2. Select the location for storing the backup file.

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Disk From Image (Restore Backup)

1. Select the Restore file.

2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.

3. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to
start.

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3. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown in
the following figure.

4. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes to
start.

Partition

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2. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where the
operating system and programs are stored.

There are 3 partition functions:

1. Partition To Partition (partition cloning)

2 . Partition To Image (partition backup)
3 . Partition From Image (restore partition)

Partition To Partition (Partition Cloning)

The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition. Refer to disk cloning for
the operation method.

Partition To Image (Partition Backup)

1. Select the disk to be backed up.

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3. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file.

4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options:
(1)No: do not compress data during backup
(2)Fast: Small volume compression
(3)High: high ratio compression. File can be compressed to its minimum,

but this requires longer execution time.

5. During confirmation, select Yes to start performing backup.

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Partition From Image (Restore Partition)

1. Select the backup file to be restored.

2. Select the source partition.

3. Select the disk to be restored.

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4. Select the partition to be restored.

5. Select Yes to start restoring.

Check

This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or
restoration error due to FAT or track error.

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How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes

This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and, if
necessary, reinstall Windows in 2 minutes. Ghost can use different

methods to complete this task. The following two sections explain the
creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD:

Emergency Recover Floppy

Divide a hard disk into two partitions. The first partition is for storing the
operating system and application programs. The second partition is for
backing up the operating system and data. The size of the partition can be
set according to the backup requirements. For example, the Windows
operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space, while the complete
Office installation requires 360MB. The remaining space can be used to
store other data.

After installing Windows, use Ghost to create a backup of the source system
and store the file (Image file) in drive D. The file is named as Original.gho.
Then, create a recover floppy disk containing:

Bootable files (Command.com, Io.sys, and MSDOS.SYS )
Config.sys (configuration setup file)
Autoexec.bat (auto-execution batch file)
Ghost.exe (Ghost execution file)

There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration:

(1)To load Windows automatically after booting, set the Autoexec.bat

command as:
Ghost.exe clone, mode=pload, src=d:\original.gho:2,dst=1:1 -fx -sure -rb
Description: Runs the restore function automatically using the Image

File. After execution, it exits Ghost and boots the system
automatically.

Refer to the [Introducing Ghosts Functions].

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(2)After booting, the screen displays the Menu. Select Backup or Restore:

Since the user may install other applications in the future, he/she may
design Autoexec.bat as a Menu to back up or restore the user­defined Image file as follows:

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)

BackupBackup

BackupBackup

Backup

Back up Windows and application programs as a file (Recent.
gho). Command is:

Ghost –clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=d:\Recent.gho -fx ­sure -rb

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RestoreRestore

RestoreRestore

Restore

Restore types include [General Windows] and [Windows and
Application Programs]. If you select [General Windows],

the system is restored to the general Windows operation
condition. The command is:

Ghost.exe -clone,mode=pload,src=d:\Original.gho,dst=1:1 -fx

-sure -rb
If you select [Windows and Application Programs], the latest

backup file (Recent.gho) is restored, skipping the installation
and setup of application programs.

For description of relevant parameters, refer to [Introducing Ghosts
Functions].

For more information about menu design, refer to Config.sys and
Autoexec.bat under /Menu in the CD. You can also create a backup CD
containing Ghost.exe and these two files.

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Recover CD

In recent years, well-known computer manufacturers (such as IBM, Acer,
Compaq, etc.) bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the
cost resulting from servicing, while at the same time increasing their market
competitiveness.

The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD:

1. For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk, use the copy

program for example “Easy CD Creator “ (Note 2). First, create a
recover floppy disk containing:

Bootable files (Command.com and Io.sys and MSDOS.SYS)
Config.sys (Configuration setup file)
Autoexec.bat (Auto-execution batch file)
Mscdex.exe (CD-Rom execution file)
Ghost.exe (Ghost execution file)
Oakcdrom.sys (ATAPI CD-ROM compatible driver)

The content of Config.sys is:

DEVICE=Oakcdrom.sys /d:idecd001

The content of Autoexec.bat includes:

MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDECD001 /L:Z
Ghost.exe clone,mode=load,src=z:\original.gho,dst=1 -sure -rb

2. Write the backup image file (original.gho) of the entire hard disk or

partition into the recover CD. Use the Recover CD to boot up the
system and restore the backup files automatically.

For description of relevant parameters, refer to [Introducing Ghosts
Functions].

Note: For more details regarding the creation program and method for

creating the recover CD, please refer to the legal software and
relevant operation manual.

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Ghost Command Line Switches Reference

Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode. Batch mode is useful for automat­ing installations for backups using Ghost. Most of the Ghost switches are used to
assist with batch mode operation. To list switches from Ghost, type ghost.exe -h.

-clone

The full syntax for this switch is:
clone,MODE={copy|load|dump|pcopy|pload|pdump },SRC=

{drive|file|drive:partition|,DST={drive|file|drive:partition},SZE{F|L|n=
{nnnnM|nnP|F|V}}

Clone using arguments. This is the most useful of the batch switches
and has a series of arguments that define:

a) MODE This defines the type of clone command to be used:

COPY disk to disk copy
LOAD file to disk load
DUMP disk to file dump
PCOPY partition to partition copy
PLOAD file to partition load
PDUMP partition to file dump

b) SRC This defines the source location for the operation:

Mode Meaning:
COPY/
DUMP Source drive (e.g, 1 for drive one)
LOAD

Disk image filename or device (e.g, g:\Images\system2.img)

PCOPY/
PDUMP Source partition e.g, 1:2 indicates the second partition

on drive one.

PLOAD Partition image filename or device and partition

number. Example: g:\images\disk1.img:2 indicates the
second partition in the Image file.

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c) DST This defines the destination location for the operation:

Mode Meaning
COPY/
LOAD Destination drive (e.g, 2 for drive two)
DUMP

Disk image filename or device,(e.g, g:\images\system2.img)

PCOPY/
PLOAD Destination partition,(e.g, 2:2 indicates the second

partition on drive two).

PDUMP Partition image filename (e.g, g:\images\part1.img).

c) SZEy Used to set the size of the destination partitions for

either a disk load or disk copy operation.

Available y Options:

F Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based

on file system t type.

L Resizes the last partition to maximum size allowed based on

file system type.

n=xxxxM - indicates that the n?h destination partition is to have a size

of xxxx Mb. (e.g, SZE2=800M indicates partition two is to
have 800 mb.) n=mmP - indicates that the n?h destination
partition is to have a size of mm percent of the target disk.

n=F - indicates that the n?h destination partition is to remain

fixed in size.

n=V - Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the

following rules:
Rule 1 - If the destination disk is larger than the original

source disk, then the partition(s) will be expanded to have
the maximum amount of space subject to the free space
available and the partition type (e.g, FAT16 partitions will
have a maximum size of 2048Mb.)
Rule 2 - If the destination disk is smaller than the original
source disk, (but still large enough to accommodate the
data from the source disk), the free space left over after the

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data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the
destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the
source partitions Someexamples follow that will help
illustrate:

-fx flag Exit. Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new

system to a disk, it prompts the user to reboot with a press
Ctrl-Alt-Del to reboot window. However, if Ghost is being
run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it
just exist back to the DOS prompt after completion so that
further batch commands may be processed. -fx enables
this. See -rb for another option on completing a clone.

-ia Image All. The Image All switch forces Ghost to do a

sector by sector copy of all partitions. When copying a
partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk,
Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to
copy just the files and directory structure, or to do an
image (sector by sector) copy. If it understands the internal
format of the partition it defaults to copying the files and
directory structure. Generally this is the best option, but
occasionally if a disk has been set up with special hidden
security files that are in specific positions on the partition ,
the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target
partition is via an image or sector-by-sector copy.

-span enables spanning across volumes.

-split=x splits image file into ‘x’ Mb? Mb spans. Use this to create a

‘forced’ size volume set. For example, if you would like to
force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive, you
could specify 200 megabyte segments.For example, ghost.
exe -split=200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte
segments.

-sure use the -sure switch in conjunction with -clone to avoid

being prompted with the final ‘Proceed with disk clone
destination drive will be overwritten?’ question. This
command is useful in batch mode.

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Example 1:

To copy drive one to drive two on a PC, without final prompt if OK to
proceed.
ghost.exe -clone,mode=copy,src=1,dst=2 –sure

Example 2:

To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running Ghost in slave mode, and
dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c:\drive2.gho
ghost.exe -clone,mode=dump,src=2,dst=C:\drive2.gho -nbm
Note: The slave Ghost can be started with ghost –nbs

Example 3:

To copy drive one, second partition on a PC to drive two, first parti-tion
the same PC, without final prompt
ghost.exe -clone,mode=pcopy,src=1:2,dst=2:1 –sure

Example 4:

To dump the second partition of drive one to an image file on a mapped
drive g:
ghost.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:2,dst=g:\part2.gho

Example 5:

To load partition 2 from a two-partition image file on a mapped drive g:
onto the second partition of the local disk
ghost -clone,mode=pload,src=g:\part2.gho:2,dst=1:2

Example 6:

To load drive 2 from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a
20:40 allocation
ghost.exe -clone,mode=load,src=g:\2prtdisk.gho,dst=2,sze1=60P,
sze2=40P

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Appendix C

C-1 EEPROM BIOS Remover

Do not remove the BIOS chip, unless instructed by a technician and only with a
PLCC IC extractor tool.

The BIOS socket may be damaged if using an improper method to
replace the BIOS chip.

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Appendix D

D-1 Update Your System BIOS

Download the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model form the our website to
an empty directory on your hard disk or floppy. Run the downloaded xxxxx.EXE
file and it will self extract. Copy these extracted files to a bootable DOS floppy
disk.

Note: The DOS floppy disk should contain NO device drivers or other programs.

1. Type “A:\AWDFLASH and press <Enter> Key.

2. You will see the following setup on screen.

3. Please key in the xxxxx.bin BIOS file name.

4. If you want to save the previous BIOS data to the diskette, please key in [Y],

otherwise please key in [N].

xxxxx.bin

XXXX

XXXXX

XXXX

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5. Key in File Name to save previous BIOS to file.

6. Are you sure to program (y/n), please key in [Y] to start the programming.

7. The programming is finished.

xxxxx.bin

F1 : Reset

F10 : Exit

XXXXX

XXXX

xxxxx.bin

xxxxx.bin

XXXXX

XXXX

xxxxx.bin
xxxxx.bin

XXXXX

XXXX