EPOX EP-8kem User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.0

May 18, 2001

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T able of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors .............1-2

Ultra ATA66/100 .................................................1-3

Hardware Monitoring .......................................... 1-3

Mainboard Form-Factor ...................................... 1-4

I/O Shield Connector .......................................... 1-5

Power-On/Off (Remote).....................................1-5

System Block Diagram........................................ 1-6

Section 2 Features

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

Section 3 Installation

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

Easy Installation Procedure

CPU Insertion ...................................................... 3-3

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

System Memory Configuration ..........................3-7

Device Connectors ..............................................3-9

Keyboard Power ON Function (KBPO) ............. 3-13

STR (Suspend To RAM) Function ....................... 3-14

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

BIOS Instructions.................................................4- 1

Standard CMOS Setup ......................................... 4-2

Advanced BIOS Features.....................................4-3

Advanced Chipset Features ................................. 4-8

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Integrated Peripherals ......................................... 4-12

Power Management Setup...................................4-17

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ............................4-20

PC Health Status ..................................................4-22

Frequency/Voltage Control ................................. 4-23

Defaults Menu .....................................................4-24

Supervisor/User Password Setting .....................4-25

Exit Selecting ...................................................... 4-26

Section 5 Driver Installation

Easy Driver Installation ....................................... 5- 1

Section 6 PCI Audio Sound

CMI8738 Features............................................... 6-1

Appendix

Appendix A

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

Appendix B

EEPROM BIOS Remover ...................................B-1

Appendix C

Update Your System BIOS ..................................C-1

Introduction

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

Components Checklist

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9 B. (1) User’s manual

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9 C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable

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9 D. (1) ATA-66/100 Hard drive ribbon cable

E. (1) USB Cable

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Over view

AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM Processors

The AMD AthlonTM is a seventh-generation micro architecture with an integrated
L2 cache, which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a
large range of applications, hardware, graphics, and memory technologies. These
processors implement advanced design techniques such as:

Socket A (PGA 462)
200/266MHz system interface based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol.
Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.
Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.
Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).
72-entry Instruction Control Units.
AMD enhanced 3DNow!™ technology
L1 and L2 caches.
Dynamic branch prediction.

Socket A is the name for AMD’s new socketed interface designed to support both
AMD DuronTM and AMD AthlonTM processors. This innovation is made possible
by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor. Socket A will
help enable smaller enclosures, and ultimately result in a wider variety of solu­tions in the market.

The AMD DuronTM & AthlonTM processors in the Socket A format continue to
deliver the ultimate performance for cutting-edge applications. Both bring to
desktop systems running industry-standard x86 software superscalar RISC
performance. Being provided in the Socket A format they are the world’s most
powerful x86 processors. They easily deliver the highest integer, floating-point,
and 3D multimedia performance for applications running on x86 platforms
around.

Introduction

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The AMD DuronTM processor is derived from the AMD AthlonTM processor core.
It features full-speed, on-chip cache memory, a 200MHz front side system bus,
and enhanced 3DNow!™ technology. Although both processors are related, there
are key differences. The AMD AthlonTM processor is targeted at the performance
segment, and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds.

Ultra ATA/66/100

The board provides two channel (one channel is optional) Ultra ATA/66/100 Bus
Master IDE controller, 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.

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.

Introduction

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Mainboard Form-Factor

The board is designed with Micro ATX form factor - the new industry standard of
chassis. Micro 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. Micro 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, etc.) to systems. This will help systems integra­tors differentiate their products in the marketplace, and better meet your needs.

• Smaller size promotes a smaller system size.

• I/O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2.01 or later. The
mainboard should be used in an ATX 2.01 (or later) compliant case.

• A smaller power supply can be used. High integration on mainboard
reduces the system costs.

PCI slots

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU

Single chassis
fan for system

ATX
Power
Supply

ATX power connec­tor

Floppy / IDE
connectors

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Power-On/Of f (Remote)

The board has a single 20-pin connector for ATX power supplies. For ATX 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 M/B’s onboard
circuit controller) that can be controlled by the operating system such
asWindows® 95/98/SE/ME or Windows®2000.

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power ON/OFF Controller

J 3

ATX
POWER SUPPLY

Case (chassis) Power
ON/OFF button (J 3)

I/O Shield Connector

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

Figure 3: I/O back panel layout

parallel port

MIC

Joystick/Midi

USB port

COM1

VGA1

Speaker

Line_in

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

PAC

PCI Bridge

and memory

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Socket A

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Features

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Section 2

FEATURES

Mainboard Features:

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PROCESSOR

- AMD Athlon TM, Duron

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Processors, Socket A, operating at 600MHz ~

1GHz

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CHIPSET

- VIA KLE133 AGPset (KLE133 + 686B)

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DRAM MODULE

- 168pin DIMM x 2 for PC133/VC133 Memory

- DRAM Size: 32MB to 1GB

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EXP ANSION SLOT

- PCI x 3

- Panel Link slot x 1

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ONBOARD I/O

- On-Chip I/O integrated with K/B, Mouse, FDD, Parallel and Serial, Fast

IR and Power-ON controllers

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ONBOARD PCI / IDE

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

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I/O CONNECTOR

- PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 style Keyboard

- COM1, VGA, Printer, Audio-in/out, MIC & Game port connector

Features

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USB

- USB connector x 4 (2 for Optional)

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BIOS

- Award Plug & Play BIOS

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Built-in VGA with Trident Blade 3D core

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C-Media CMI8738/PCI-SX PCI sound chip

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EXTENDED FUNCTION

- Supports exclusive USDM(Unified System Diagnostic Manager) and

Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B

- Supports exclusive KBPO (KeyBoard Power On)

- Supports Power Loss Recovery Function

- Supports STR (Suspend T o RAM) power saving Function

- Supports CPU clock setting via Jumper & BIOS

- Supports Wake-On-LAN Function.

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FORM FACT OR

- 245mm x 205mm Micro ATX Size

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Figure 1

Mainboard Detailed Layout

Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation

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Easy Installation Procedure

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

3-1. CPU Insertion
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 Insertion

CPU Insertion: (use AMD AthlonTM as reference)

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

Step 4

Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to
avoid CPU overheat damage. For more information about installing your CPU,
please refer to the AMD website article “Socket A AMD processor and Heatsink
Installation Guide” http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/pdf/23986.pdf.

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Section 3-2
Jumper Settings

The mainboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your installation
faster and easier.

1

JP1

CMOS Clear
JP 1 = 1-2 Normal (Default)

= 2-3 Clear CMOS

JP2

1

JP3

Power Loss Recovery
JP3 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

1

STR Function
JP2 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

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JP5

1

1

CPU Host Clock Select
JP 5 = 1-2 100MHz (Default)

= 2-3 133MHz

Keyboard Power-ON Function
JP4 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

JP4

JP6

1

Onboard CMI8738 audio
JP6 = 1-2 Enabled (Default)

= 2-3 Disabled

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Section 3-3
System Memory Configuration

Memor y Layout

The board supports (2) PC133/VC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module).
The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM).

• SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns), 125MHz (8ns) or

133MHz (7.5ns) bus speed.

• If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your

BIOS to read 60ns.

• When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock

variety over the 2 clock.

Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible memory configurations.

* SDRAM supports 32, 64, 128, 256MB, 512MB DIMM modules.
* We recommend to use PC100/VC100 Memory Module for bus speed

100MHz and PC133/VC133 Memory for bus speed over 100MHz.

* 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

Figure 9

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.

Figure 8

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

Figure 10

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

• Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Power ON/Off, Turbo LED, HDD LED,
IR Conn.,

J4: CPU Fan Power

• A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J5: Power Fan Power

• A plug-in for the Power Supply Fan Power

J6: Chassis Fan Power

• A plug-in for the chassis Fan Power

J7: WOL (Wake On Lan) Connector
COM2:RS232 COM2 Connector
IDE1: Ultra A TA-66/100 Primary IDE Connector (Blue color)
IDE2: Ultra A TA-66/100 Secondary IDE Connector (Blue color)
FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector (Black Color)
PW1: ATX Power Connector

• 20-pin power connector

CD1: CD Audio_IN Connector

• Pin1(CD_IN_Left), Pin2/Pin3(CD_Reference), Pin4(CD_IN_Right)

parallel port

Joystick/Midi port

USB port

COM1

VGA1

Speaker

Line_in

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

MIC

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AUX1: Auxiliary Line_IN Connector

• Pin1(Left Line_IN), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Right Line-IN)

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VCC

VCC

GND

GND

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-Data

+Data

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5

6

10

USB2: USB port header pins for adding two additional USB ports.

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Device Connectors (continued)

Reset - Restart system.

(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.)

Turbo LED indicator - LED ON when higher speed is selected

IDE LED indicator - LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks

is activate

J3

1

+

+

IR Connector

1. VCC 4. GND

2. NC 5. IRTX

3. IRRX

1

Power On/Off

J2

Speaker -

Connect to the system's speaker for beeping

1. Speaker 3. GND

2. N/C 4. GND

Power LED - Power LED connector

1. Power LED(+) 4. NC

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

1

1

1

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Device Connectors (continued)

 PL3 Connector (Digital V ideo Out interface for digital display).

* The EP-PL3 adapter card (optional)

Digital display (DTFP)

EP-PL3*

Flat Panel Slot

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Section 3-5
External Modem Ring-in Power
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 JP4 at the position 2-3 after you finished the system

installation.

Step 2: You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function (KBPO) by pressing any

key and BUTTON only to turn on your 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/SE/ME
or Windows®2000.

Notes: ATX version 2.0 specification recommended you use the power supply

with 0.72A(720mA) in 5.0VSB. With our mainboard, the 5.0VSB standby
power only has to be > = 0.72A (720mA) then you can enjoy this unique
benefit. However, an ATX power supply which is < 0.72A (720mA) is
still usable to your system by placed JP4 at the position 1-2 to disable
this feature.

JP4 Keyboard Power-ON Function

JP4 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

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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 LAN, Modem

cards.

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

S3(STR)” 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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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)

LED1

(Red LED)

OFF ON ON ON OFF

J2

PW_LED

OFF ON Blinking Blinking OFF

d. You must push the Power button connected with onboard J3 pin to wake up

you system (not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the
system).

Just pushing Power button, 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.

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BIOS

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Section 4

AWARD BIOS SETUP

Main Menu

Award’s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user to
modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters. The modified
data will be stored in a battery-backed CMOS, so that data will be retained even
when the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the CMOS
RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system,
such as hard drive replacement or a device is added.

It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail, this will cause data loss in the CMOS
only. If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings.

To enter the Setup Program :

Power on the computer and press the <Del> key immediately, this will bring you
into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY.

Figure 1: CMOS Setup Utility

BIOS

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The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need to
reconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press any direction key
) to the item and pressing the ‘Enter’ key. An on-line help message is displayed at
the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a
better understanding of each function. When a selection is made, the menu of the
selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration
parameters.

4-1 Standard CMOS Setup

Choose “Standard CMOS Setup” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu (Figure 2).
The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as
the current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed, floppy drive type, and
display type. Memory size is auto-detected by the BIOS and displayed for your
reference. When a field is highlighted (use direction keys to move the cursor and
the <Enter> key to select), the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the
<PgDn> or the <PgUp> key.

Figure 2: Standard CMOS Setup

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NOTE: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/

Slave are set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be
auto-detected.

NOTE: The “Halt On:” field is used to determine when to halt the system

by the BIOS if an error occurs.

NOTE: Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3.5”

drive used in Japan. This is a 3.5” disk that stores only 1.2 MB,
the default setting for this is disabled.

4-2 Advanced BIOS Fea tures

Selecting the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY
menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu.
This menu shows all of the manufacturer’s default values for the board.

Pressing the [F1] key will display a help message for the selected item.

Figure 3: BIOS Features Setup

BIOS

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Virus Warning: During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the
boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an
error message will appear.

You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind that
this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive.
The default value is Disabled.

Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning

message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector.

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

boot sector.

Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table

can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a
program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning.

CPU Internal Cache: This controls the status of the processor’s internal cache
area. The default is Enabled.
Enabled: This activates the CPU’s internal cache thereby increasing

performance.

Disabled: This deactivates the CPU’s internal cache thereby lowering

performance.

External (L2) Cache: This controls the status of the external (L2) cache area.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled: This activates the CPU’s L2 cache thereby increasing performance.
Disabled: This deactivates the CPU’s L2 cache thereby lowering performance.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: This control if the CPU’s L2 Cache will

support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC). The default is Disabled.
Enabled: Enables ECC support for the CPU’s L2 cache. Performance will

decrease 2% ~ 4%.

Disabled: Disables ECC support for the CPU’s L2 cache.

Quick Power On Self Test: This category speeds up the Power On Self Test

(POST). The default is Enabled.

Enabled: This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST.
Disabled: Normal POST.

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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, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive: This will swap your physical drive letters A & B if you are
using two floppy disks. The default is Disabled.

Enabled: Floppy A & B will be swapped under the O/S.
Disabled: Floppy A & B will be not swapped.

Boot Up Floppy Seek: During Power-On-Self-Test (POST), BIOS will deter-

mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360K type is 40
tracks while 760K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default is Enabled.
Enabled: The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or

80 tracks.

Disabled: The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track

number.

Note: BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB

drive types as they are all 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status: This controls the state of the NumLock key when the
system boots. The default is On.

On: The keypad acts as a 10-key pad.
Off: The keypad acts like the cursor keys.

Gate A20 Option: This refers to the way the system addresses memory above

1MB (extended memory). The default is Fast.
Normal: The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset

hardware.

Fast: The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method.

Typematic Rate Setting: This determines the keystrokes repeat rate.

The default is Disabled.

Enabled: Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming.
Disabled: The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the

keyboard controller in your system.

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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This is the number of characters that will be
repeated by a keyboard press. The default is 6.

6: 6 characters per second. 8: 8 characters per second.
10: 10 characters per second. 12: 12 characters per second.
15: 15 characters per second. 20: 20 characters per second.
24: 24 characters per second. 30: 30 characters per second.

Typematic Delay (msec): This setting controls the time between the first and

the second character displayed by typematic auto-repeat. The default is 250.

250: 250 msec.
500: 500 msec.
750: 750 msec.
1000: 1000 msec.

Security Option: This category allows you to limit access to the System and

Setup, or just to Setup. The default is Setup.
System: The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.

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

incorrect password is not entered at the prompt.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Some operating systems require special
handling. Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory.
The default is Non-OS2.
OS2: Select this if you are running the OS/2 operating system with greater

than 64MB of RAM.

Non-OS2: Select this for all other operating systems and configurations.

Video BIOS Shadow: This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM.

Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Video shadow is enabled.
Disabled: Video shadow is disabled.

C8000 - CBFFF Shadow:
CC000 - CFFFF Shadow:
D0000 - D3FFF Shadow:
D4000 - D7FFF Shadow:

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D8000 - DBFFF Shadow:
DC000 - DFFFF Shadow:

These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied into
RAM. This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units, and the size will depend on
chipset of the option card.

Enabled: Optional shadow is enabled.
Disabled: Optional shadow is disabled.

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DRAM Timing By SPD: Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

DRAM Clock : The item will synchronize/asynchronize DRAM operation clock.
Default is by SPD.

100MHz: DRAM is running at 100MHz frequency.
133MHz: DRAM is running at 133MHz frequency.

SDRAM Cycle length: This setting defines the CAS timing parameter of the

SDRAM in terms of clocks. Default is by SPD.

2: Provides faster memory performance.
3: Provides better memory compatibility.

Bank Interleave: The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support

in your mainboard. Default is by SPD.
The Choice: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled.

4-3 Advanced Chipset Features

Choose the “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu
to display following menu.

Figure 4: Chipset Features Setup

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DRAM Prechange to Active:

The choice: 2T, 3T

DRAM Active to Prechange:

The choice: 5T, 6T

DRAM Active to CMD:

The choice: 2T, 3T

DRAM Page-Mode: The item will active or inactive chipset page registers.
Enabled: Page-Mode Enabled.
Disabled: No page registers update and non Page-Mode operation.

Memory Hole : You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor

ROMs. The default is Disabled.

Enabled: This field enables the main memory (15~16MB) to remap to ISA BUS.
Disabled: Normal Setting.
Note: If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment.

P2C/C2P Concurrency: This item allows you to enable/disable the PCI to CPU,
CPU to PCI concurrency.

Fast R-W Turn Around: This item controls the DRAM timing. It allows you to
enable/disable the fast read/write turn around.

System BIOS Cacheable: This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow
ROM to fast RAM. The default is Disabled.
Enabled: The option will improve system performance. However, if any program

writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

Disabled: System BIOS non-cacheable.

Video RAM Cacheable: This option allows the CPU to cache read/writes of the

video RAM. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: This option allows for faster video access.
Disabled: Reduced video performance.

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Frame Buffer Size: This item allows you to control the VGA frame buffer size.
The choice: 2M, 4M, 8M.

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

4: 4MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
8: 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
16: 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card.
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.

AGP Mode: Chipset AGP Mode support.

Options: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Driving Control: This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.
Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection. This field is
recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system.

OnChip USB/USB2: USB Connector (Port 0-1)/(Port 2-3).
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support: This controls the activation status of an optional USB
keyboard that may be attached. The default is disabled.

Enabled: Enable USB keyboard support.
Disabled: Disable USB keyboard support.

OnChip Sound: Turn on/off onchip sound device.

CPU to PCI Write Buffer: When enabled, up to four D words of data can be

written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is
not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals
that it is ready to receive the data.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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PCI Dynamic Bursting: When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where
possible, make use of the high-performance PCI bust protocol, in which graeater
amounts of data are transferred at a single command.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Master 0 WS Write: When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are command
with zero wait states.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer
to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with
PCI specification version 2.1.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI #2 Access #1 Retry: This item allows you enabled/disable the PCI #2
Access #1 Retry.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Write: When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated
Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Read: When Enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graph­ics Port) are executed with one wait states.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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4-4 Integrated Peripherals

Figure 5: Integrated Peripherals

Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need to set Onboard

Primary PCI IDE: Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE: Disabled

Note: The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches (45

cm.).

OnChip IDE Channel0: The default value is Enabled.
Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE primary port.
Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE primary port.

OnChip IDE Channel1: The default is Enabled.
Enabled: Enables Onboard IDE secondary port.
Disabled: Disables Onboard IDE secondary port.

IDE Prefetch Mode: Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its

faster drive accesses. If you are getting disk drive errors, change the setting to
omit the drive interface where the errors occur. Depending on the configuration
of your IDE subsystem, this field may not appear, and it does not appear when the
Internal PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Primary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE

HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Primary Slave PIO: The default is Auto.
Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE

HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Secondary Master PIO: The default is Auto.
Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI

IDE HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Secondary Slave PIO: The default is Auto.
Auto: BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI

IDE HDD Accessing mode.

Mode 0~4: Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode.

Primary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Primary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for the

hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Secondary Master UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

Secondary Slave UDMA: This allows you to select the mode of operation for

the hard drive. The default is Auto.

Auto: The computer will select the optimal setting.
Disabled: The hard drive will run in normal mode.

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Init Display First: If two video cards are used (1 AGP and 1 PCI) this specifies
which one will be the primary display adapter. The default is PCI Slot.

PCI Slots: PCI video card will be primary adapter.
AGP: AGP video card will be primary adapter.

Onboard Audio Device: This allows you to select the onboard audio device.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks
of sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode. Provides higher HDD transfer rates.
Disabled: Disable IDE HDD Block Mode.

Onboard FDD Controller: This controls the state of the onboard floppy

controller. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled: Enable the Onboard VIA686B Chips’s floppy drive interface controller.
Disabled: Disable the Onboard VIA686B Chip’s floppy drive interface controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1: This field allows the user to configure the 1st serial

port. The default is Auto.

AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is Auto adjusted.
COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4.
COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3.
COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4.
COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3.
Disabled: Disable Onboard VIA686B CHIP’s Serial port 1.

Onboard Serial Port 2: This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port.

The default is Auto.

AUTO: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted.
COM1: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H/IRQ4.
COM2: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H/IRQ3.
COM3: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H/IRQ4.
COM4: Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H/IRQ3.
Disabled: Disable Onboard VIA686B CHIP’s Serial port 2.

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UART 2 Mode: This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function
of onboard I/O chip.
The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR.

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 VIA686B Chip’s LPT port.

Onboard Parallel Port Mode: This field allows the user to select the parallel

port mode.
The default is Normal.

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.

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.

Parallel Port EPP Type: This item allows you to determine the IR transfer

mode of onboard I/O chip.
The Choice: EPP1.9, EPP1.7.

Onboard Legacy Audio: Legacy Audio enabled/disabled.
Sound Blaster: Sound Blaster compatible device enabled/disabled.
SB I/O Base Address: Sound Blaster I/O resource selection.
SB IRQ Select: Legacy audio device IRQ selection.
SB DMA Select: Sound Blaster DMA channel selection.
MPU-401: MPU-401 function enabled/disabled.

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MPU-401 I/O Address: Built-in MPU-401 compatible MIDI I/O port selection:

300-303H
310-313H
320-323H
330-333H (default)

Game Port (200-207H): Built-in joystick port support disabled/enabled(default).

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4-5 Po wer Management Setup

Choose the “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to
display the following screen. This menu allows the user to modify the power
management parameters and IRQ signals. In general, these parameters should not
be changed unless it’s absolutely necessary.

Figure 6: Power Management Setup

ACPI Function: This option allows you to select ACPI Function.
The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Support ACPI function for new O.S
Disabled: No Support ACPI function.

You can only change the content of Doze Mode, Standby Mode, and Suspend
Mode when the Power Management is set to ‘User Define’.

Power Management: Use this to select your Power Management selection.
The default is User define.

Max. saving: Maximum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.
Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode.
User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power

saving mode.

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

PM controlled by APM: This option shows weather or not you want the Power
Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management (APM).
The default is Yes.

Yes: APM controls your PM
No: APM does not control your PM

Video Off Option: Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled

under current power management settings. The default is Suspend->Off.

All Modes-> Off: Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting.
Suspend->Off: Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting.
Always On: Video power off not controlled by power management.

Video Off Method: This option allows you to select how the video will be

disabled by the power management. The default is V/H Sync + Blank
V/H Sync + Blank: System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization

ports and writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS: Select this option if your monitor supports the Display

Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the
Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Use the
software supplied for your video subsystem to select video
power management values.

Blank Screen: System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

MODEM Use IRQ: Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the

modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the
system. Default is IRQ 3.

N/A: No IRQ is used. 3: IRQ 3
4: IRQ 4 5: IRQ 5
7: IRQ 7 9: IRQ 9
10: IRQ 10 11: IRQ 11

Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.

The default is Instant Off.

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Instant Off: Turns off the system instantly.
Delay 4 Second : Turns off the system after a 4 second delay. If momentary

press of button, the system will go into Suspend Mode. Press
the power botton again to take system out of Suspend Mode.

State After Power Failure: This field lets you determine the state that your PC
returns to after a power failure. If set to Off, the PC will not boot after a power
failure, if set to On, the PC will restart after a power failure.

VGA: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a
system which has been powered down.

LPT & COM: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM(serial)/
LPT (printer) port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

HDD & FDD: When set to On (default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy
drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down.

PCI Master: When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA control-
ler will awaken a system which has been powered down.

PowerOn/Resume by LAN/Ring: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to
the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down.

PowerOn/Resume by RTCAlarm: When set to Enable rtc alarm resume, you
could set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at will
awaken a system which has been powered down.

Primary INTR: When set to On (default), any event occurring at will awaken a
system which has been powered down.

IRQs Activity Monitoring: Allows user to set system to monitor IRQs 3-15
for activity to awaken system from a power management mode.

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4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration

The PNP/PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI/ISA IRQ
signals when various PCI/ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots.

WARNING: Conflicting IRQ’s may cause the system to not find certain devices.

Figure 7: PCI Configuration Setup

PNP OS Installed: Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system. The default
is No.

Yes: Select if you are using a PNP OS.
No: Select if your OS does not support PNP.

Resources Controlled By: Who controlled the system PNP/PCI resources.

The default is Auto.
Manual: PNP Card’s resources will be controlled manually. You can set which

IRQ-X and DMA-X are assigned to PCI/ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards.

Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign the

interrupt resource automatically.

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Reset Configuration Data: This setting allows you to clear ESCD data.
The default is Disabled

Disabled: Normal Setting.
Enabled: If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were

recorded into ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data), you can
set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: Leave this field at Disabled.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Assign IRQ For VGA/USB: This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is
with VGA/USB or not. If you have not connect the VGA/USB device. Can
release the IRQ for other device. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Provides IRQ for VGA/USB device.
Disabled: Release IRQ for other device.

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.

INT Pin 1 to Pin 4 Assignment : These settings allow the user to specify what
IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot. Options available: Auto,3,
4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14 & 15. The defaults are Auto.

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4-7 PC Health Status

Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU.

Current System Temperature: This is the Current temperature of the system.

Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs.

Current Chassis FAN Speed: The current chassis fan speed in RPMs.

CPU(V): The voltage level of the CPU(Vcore).

AGP Vcore: The voltage level of Power supplied to AGP card.

3.3V, 5V, 12V: The voltage level of the switch power supply.

31oC/87oF
0oC/32oF
6135 RPM
0 RPM

1.62V

5.01V

1.52V

12.12V

3.22V

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4-8 Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automatically
disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it.
Same applies for PCI slots. The default is Enabled.

Enabled: Enables this option.
Disabled: Disables this option.

CPU Host/PCI/Spread Spec. : The mainboard is designed to set the CPU/PCI/Spd

clock at jumperfree. This item allows you to select the CPU Host, PCI speed and
Spd clock speed by “Enter” key. If “Default” means system will auto dectect the
CPU speed for either 100 or 133MHz. The default is Default.

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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. 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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Section 5

Driver Installation

Easy Driver Installation

Insert the bundled autorun driver CD-disk.

Step 1 : Click SERVICE PACK 4IN1 DRIVER. Install all components

recommended.

Step 2 : Click VGA DRIVER to install VGA Driver.

Step 3 : Click C-MEDIA 8738 AUDIO DRIVER to install Audio Sound

Driver.

Step 4 : Click BUS MASTER PCI IDE DRIVER to install BusMaster PCI

IDE.

Step 5 : Click USB Driver to install USB.

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Section 6

PCI Audio Sound

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interfaces, supports earphones, two and four channel speakers mode.
Support Windows 3.1 / 95 / 98 and Windows NT 4.0.
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MPU-401 Game/Midi port and legacy audio SB16 support.
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Dos Installation

Before beginning the installation, please make sure that your hard disk has sufficient
space(min. 4MB). Insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM Drive.

1. Change directory to PCI audio DOS drivers folder (ex. D:\DOSDRV) at DOS

prompt, and type:

INSTALL [Enter]

2. Type DOS utilities path which you want to install.

3. Program will expand the file to the path which you’ve specified.

4. Install program will add initial drivers into AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Win95/98 Installation

We recommend that you install Microsoft Windows before you install this PCI
sound card, and you not install any other sound card device drivers in your current
system.

1. Power off your system, install the PCI sound card, audio cable, speaker,
microphone, and insert driver CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. Turn on the computer, and enter the Microsoft Windows 95 / 98.

3. You will see a windows prompt like this:
“New Hardware Found
PCI Multimedia Audio Device
Windows has found new hardware and is installing the software for it”, then the
dialog box shown. Click “Next” button to go on.

4. Click on “Other Locations…” button to specify drivers path.

5. When CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device found, click “Finish”.

6. Now, system is installing device drivers automatically. After a while, the system
will finish the installation includs the following device drivers.
CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Device
CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Joystick Device
CMI8738/C3DX PCI Audio Legacy Device
DOS mode MPU-401 Emulator

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Win95/98 Un-Installation

If you install Win95/98 and a sound card at the same time, you might experience
some technical difficulties(the device might not function properly). It is suggested
that you proceed with the un-install procedure:

1. Click “start” button.

2. Select “run” item.

3. Find UINSTDRV.EXE in driver disk under Win95/98 drivers folder.

4. Run it.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to re-install the hardware.

If you want to completely remove the drivers, you can also run the un-install proce­dure as described previously. Remove the sound card from the slot, and then reboot
the system.

8. Click “start” key

9. Select “Run”

10. Key in the drive and path for Windows application installation program, for
example, “D:\W95-98\APP\SETUP.EXE”

11.Click “OK” to start the installation procedure, and follow the on-screen
instructions to finish the installation. When all the application softwares have
been installed, please shut down Windows 95/98 system, and reboot your
system.

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Windows NT 4.0 Installation

We recommend that you install Windows NT 4.0 before you install this onboard’s
PCI audio , and you not install any other sound card device drivers in your current
system.

1. Click “Start” button, move the highlight bar to “Setting” item, and select the
“Control Panel”.

2. Double-click “Multimedia” icon.

3. Select “Devices” page, and press “Add” button.

4. Select “Unlisted or Updated Driver” item in “List of Drivers”.

5. Specify the drive and the path where NT drivers are in (such as D:\NT40\DRV).

6. Select “C-Media CM8738” item and press “OK” button.

7. Select proper I/O value.

8. Press “OK” button.

9. Restart the system when being asked.

10 .Now, you have already installed the PCI Audio Adapter under Microsoft

Windows NT 4.0 successfully. if you want to install the Windows applications,
continue the following steps:

11.Click “start” key.

12.Select “Run” item.

13.Key in drive and path for Windows NT application installation program, for
example, “D:\NT40\APP\SETUP.EXE”

14.Click “OK” to start the installation procedure, and follow the on-screen
instructions to finish the installation. When all of application softwares have
been installed, shut down the Windows NT system, and then reboot your
system.

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Windows Appc. (The Audio Rack)

Introduction

By means of a user-friendly interface(as easy as operating your home stereo system),
this PCI audio rack provides you with the control over your PC’s audio functions,
including the advantage of four speakers mode enable/ disable.

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This Audio Rack consists of several major components:

Control Center: Controls the display of the PCI Audio Rack’s components.

MIDI Player: Plays MIDI music files, and allows you to create your personal song

playlists, and play the song files.
MP3/Wave Player: Records and plays digital audio (mp3/wave) files. Allows you

to create wave file playlists, and playback the wave files.
CD Player: Plays standard audio CDs. Allows you to create your favorite song

playlists.
System Mixer: Controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs.

Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components

To remove or add a component from the display, click on the component’s button on
the Control Center’s Button Bar or toggle it off.

MIDI Player, Wave Player, and CD Player

CD Player (above, similar to Wave Player and MIDI Player)

Sel (or Trk) field: If you have multiple selections in your playlist, this shows the
number of the current selection or CD track.

Current File or Track: The name of the current MIDI file, wave audio file, or CD
track.

Total Length field: displays the total length of files or tracks in minutes and
seconds.
Current Time field: displays the current time of files or tracks in minutes and
seconds when playback or recording.

Please refer to the help screen for more detail button function descriptions.
(click on help “ ” button on the player)

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System Mixer

System Mixer allows you to control all the audio output and input levels.
System Mixer displays the volume controls which your audio drivers make available.

The names for these controls may vary.

Volume Control: Clicking on this button shows and allows you to use the output
level controls.

Recording Control: Clicking on this button shows and allows you use the input level
controls.

Mixer panel while the four speakers mode is enabled.

Mixer panel while the four speakers mode is disabled.

Input and Output Level Sliders and Buttons: For each input or output signal type,
the control slider controls the loudness whereas the horizontal slider controls the
balance between the two speakers. The mute button temporarily stops input or
output without changing slider positions.

Control types and names might vary. The common types are listed below:

zz

zz

z Vol: The master control for all outputs. The strength of an output signal is deter-

mined by both the Vol slider and the slider for the individual output. To affect all
outputs, move the Vol slider. To change the output of an individual output type,
move its slider.

zz

zz

z Line-in/Rear: Controls the audio hardware’s Line In or Line Out levels. Line

levels might be for an externally attached cassette player, for instance, while the
four speakers mode is enabled, this control becomes the Rear speaker volume
control.

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zz

zz

z Mic: Controls the microphone input level.

zz

zz

z Wave: Controls wave (voice) playback or the recording levels.

zz

zz

z FM: Controls the FM music playback or the recording level.

zz

zz

z Aux-in: Controls the Aux-in music play or the recording level.

zz

zz

z CD: Controls the CD drive output level, for CD drives configured to play their

audio output through the PC’s audio hardware.

zz

zz

z 4SPK: Turn on or turn off the Rear speakers effect.

zz

zz

z Surround: Turn on or turn off the 3D surround sound effect.

Mute Buttons: Toggle between muting and enabling the signal. A button with a lit
LED is enabled, and when it is not lit, it means it is mute. Several output signals can
usually be enabled at once.

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The 4 Speakers System

This Audio Adapter provides 2 wave channels(front/rear), known as the 4 speakers
system. When games or application programs via DirectSound® 3D or A3D

®

interface locate the sound sources to the listener’s back, the two rear speakers
will work to enhance the rear audio positional effect, so as to complement the
insufficiency of using only two front speakers to emulate the audio effect. The
following is the hardware installation and the software setups:

1.The speaker installation.

Connect the front pair speakers to the Line-out jack of the audio adapter, and
then connect rear pair speakers to Line-in/Rear jack of the audio adapter. The
original Line-in can be moved to Aux-in.

2.The positions of the speakers

Put your speakers the way the following picture suggests, so as to avail yourself
to the best audio result.

3. The mixer setup

There is a 4 speakers option in the volume control of the mixer, and when you
enable this option, it means the rear speakers are connected to Line-in/Rear
jack. When Line-in/Rear jack is connected to other external Line-in sources,
please DO NOT enable this option in order to avoid hardware conflicts. Regard­ing rear speaker option, you can turn on or turn off the output of the back
speakers, and adjust the volume, to have the rear/front speakers have the same
volume.

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4.The demo

Execute the “Helicopter” demo within the C3D HRTF Positional Audio Demos
of this audio adapter. When the helicopter flies behind you, the rear speakers
will work.

DEMO1: Present to you the complete 4-speaker surround sound effect.
DEMO2: Present to you the sound effects of each speaker.
You may also use the mouse to select any speaker and click it to make it work.

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Appendix

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Appendix A

A-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:

))

))

)

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

))

))

)

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 B

B-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 C

C-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