EPOX LX370Y User Manual

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Manual Revision 1.0

September 22, 2000

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T able of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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

Overview

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

Accelerated Graphics Port .................................. 1-3

Ultra ATA/66/100 ................................................ 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

External Modem Ring-in Power ON and

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

STR (Suspend To RAM) Function .......................3-13

Section 4 Award BIOS Setup

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

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

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

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

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

Power Management Setup ................................... 4-16

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ............................ 4-19

PC Health Status .................................................. 4-21

Frequency/Voltage Control ................................. 4-22

Defaults Menu ..................................................... 4-23

Supervisor/User Password Setting ..................... 4-24

Exit Selecting ...................................................... 4-25

Appendix

Appendix A

Load Setup Defaults ............................................ A-1

Appendix B

GHOST 5.1 Quick Users Guide ......................... B-1

Introduction

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Section 1

INTRODUCTION

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Introduction

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Overview

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:

w Socket A (PGA 462)

w 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol.

w Three out-of-order, superscalar, pipelined Multimedia Units.

w Three out-of-order, superscaler, pipelined Integer Units.

w Fixed-sized internal instruction formats (MacroOPs).

w 72-entry Instruction Control Units.

w AMD enhanced 3DNow! technology

w L1 and L2 caches.

w 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.

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.

Ultra ATA/66/100

The board provides two channel 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 ATX form factor - the new industry standard of chassis.
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, 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.

Full length
slots

Expandable I/O

5 1/4"

Bay

3 1/2"

Bay

Figure 2: Summary of ATX chassis features

CPU located near
Power Supply

Single chassis
fan for system

AT X
Power
Supply

ATX power connec­tor

Floppy / IDE
connectors
close to
peripheral
bays

Introduction

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Power-On/Off (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 or Windows®2000.

Figure 4: Simple ATX Power ON/OFF Controller

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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

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

USB port

COM1 COM2

parallel port

Speaker

Line_in

MIC

Joystick/Midi port

Introduction

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Figure 5: System Block Diagram

System Block Diagram

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Features

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Section 2

FEA TURES

Mainboard Features:

 The board is based on the AMD Socket A Processors operating at 600MHz

~ 1.1GHz.

 Designed with VIA KT133(VT8363) AGPset.

 Supports up to 1.5GB of PC133/VC133 memory (minimum of 32 MB) on

board (pleasesee Section 3-3).

 Supports (1) 16 bit ISA slots, (6) 32 bit PCI slots, (1) 4X AGP slot and

provides (2) independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of
supporting PIO Mode 3/4 and Ultra DMA 66/100 devices.
The board supports (6) PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT#
control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in
PCI card(s).

 Supports ATAPI (e.g. CD-ROM) devices on both Primary and Secondary

IDE interfaces.

 Designed with on chip Multi I/O: (1) floppy port, (1) parallel port (EPP,

ECP), and (2) serial ports (16550 Fast UART).
Note: Japanese Floppy 3 mode is also supported

 Features Award Plug & Play BIOS. With Flash Memory you can always

upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released. (please visit our Technical
Support section for the latest updates).

 Utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and

longer battery life.

 Supports the (4) Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports, 2 ports on board and

another 2 ports for option. The onboard VT82C686B chip provides the
means for connecting PC peripherals such as; keyboards, joysticks,
telephones, and modems.

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 Built-in ATX 20-pin power supply connector.

 Software power-down when using Windows® 95/98 or Windows®2000.

 Supports ring-in feature (remote power-on through external modem,

allows system to be turned on remotely).

 Resume by Alarm - Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time.

 Power Loss Recovery - In the event of a power outtage your system will

automatically turn itself back on without user intervention.

 Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM (System Management Mode).

 Supports Keyboard power ON function (KBPO).

 Built-in WOL (Wake-up On Lan) Connector.

 Built-in AC97 PCI Audio.

 Supports STR (Suspend to RAM) function.

 Supports CPU Front Side Bus setting via BIOS.

 Supports CPU Vcore and Vio Voltage setting via DIP Switch.

 Supports CPU multiplier setting via DIP Switch.

Installation

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Section 3

INSTALLATION

Installation

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Figure 1

Mainboard Detailed Layout

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 mis­oriented 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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Figure 5

Step 3

Close the socket by lowering and
locking the actuation lever.

Figure 4

Step 4

Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to
avoid CPU overheat and burned. Please refer to AMD web www.amd.com for
heatsink recommendation.

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Section 3-2
Jumper Settings

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

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JP13 Keyboard Power-ON Function

JP13= 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

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JP3 Power Loss Recovery

JP3 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

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JP14 CPU Host Clock Select

JP14= 1-2 100MHz (Default)

= 2-3 133MHz

1

JP1 CMOS Clear

JP1 = 1-2 Normal (Default)

= 2-3 Clear CMOS

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JP2 = 1-2 Disabled (Default)

= 2-3 Enabled

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Section 3-3
System Memory Configuration

Memory Layout

The board supports (3) PC133/VC133 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory
Module). The DIMMs is for SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) only.

 DIMM SDRAM may be 83MHz (12ns), 100MHz (10ns) or

125MHz (8ns) 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 configurations for memory modules
available in the market.

* SDRAM supports 32, 64, 128, 256MB or higher DIMM modules.
* We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed 100MHz and

PC133 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

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Section 3-4
Device Connectors

Figure 7

J2,J3: Chassis Panel Connector

 Power_LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Turbo LED and HDD LED

J4: CPU Fan Power

 A plug-in for the CPU Fan Power

J5: SYS 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

IDE1: Ultra ATA66/100 Primary IDE Connector (Blue color)

IDE2: Ultra ATA66/100 Primary 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)

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2

KEYBOARD

USB port

COM1

COM2

parallel port

Speaker

Line_in

MIC

Joystic/Midi

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AUX1: Auxiliary Line_IN Connector

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

MODEM1: Telephony Connector

 Pin1(Audio_in), Pin2/Pin3(GND), Pin4(Mic-out to Modem)

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

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Device Connectors (continued)

(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 immediatly), or 4 sec delay (you need to hold the button down for
4 seconds before the system turns off). When the system is in 4 sec
delay mode, there is a special feature to make the system to go into
suspend mode when the button is pressed 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

+

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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

Reset - Closed to restart system.

Power LED - Power LED connector

1. Power LED(+) 4. NC

2. N/C 5. GND

3. GND

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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 JP13 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 or Windows®2000.

Notes: ATX version 2.0 specification has 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, the ATX power supply which is < 0.72A
(720mA) is still applicable to your system by placed JP13 at the position
1-2 to disable this feature.

JP13 Keyboard Power-ON Function

JP13= 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 AGP, 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 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.

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

Page 4-2

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

BIOS

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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 processors internal cache thereby increasing

performance.

Disabled: This deactivates the processor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, SCSI, CDROM, 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 Normal.
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.
Host Clock: DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus.
2/3 Host: DRAM running with lower operation clock.

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

SDRAM in terms of clocks. The default is 3.

2: Provides faster memory performance.
3: Provides better memory compatibility.
Auto: Determined by BIOS.

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

in your mainboard.
The Choice: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled.

4-3 Advanced Chipset F ea tures

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 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.

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.

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

AGP-4X Mode: Chipset AGP Mode support.

Options: x1 , x2 and x4.

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.

AGP Fast Write: Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X
AGP.

K7 CLK_CTL Select: Use this item to specify the clock control for ramp rate.
Select default for a defaulted time value, and optimal for optimum time value
which depends on different CPU ratio.
The choice: Default, Optimal

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.

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.

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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.

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s floppy drive interface controller.
Disabled: Disable the Onboard VIA686B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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s Serial port 2.

UART 2 Mode: This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function

of onboard I/O chip.
The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR.

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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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.

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.

Disabled: The system operates in NORMAL conditions (Non-GREEN), and

the Power Management function is disabled.

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.

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User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power

saving mode.

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.

Ye s: 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 Standby.

Standby: Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting.
Doze: Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting.
Suspend: Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting.
N/A: 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

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Soft-Off by PWRBTN: Use this to select your soft-off function.
The default is Delay 4 sec.

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 make system back to work.

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 Card: When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA controller
will awaken a system which has been powered down.

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

RTC Alarm Resume: 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.

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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.

Ye s: 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 Pin1 to Pin4 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).

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

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

1.62V

5.01V

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. : Allows the external clock to be modified

depending upon what FSB has been selected. Should not be used to clock proces­sor faster than it was designed for. 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.

PASSWORD 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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Appendix

A-1

Appendix A

NOTE:

The "LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS" function loads the system default data directly
from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly. This function will be
necessary when you accept this mainboard, or the system CMOS data is corrupted.

LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-1998

Standard CMOS Feature

Advanced BIOS Feature

Advanced Chipset Feature

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ ← → : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type.

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? Y

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Appendix

B-1

Appendix B

B-1 GHOST 5.1 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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B-3

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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B-4

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:

w Bootable files (Command.com, Io.sys, and MSDOS.SYS )

w Config.sys (configuration setup file)

w Autoexec.bat (auto-execution batch file)

w 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 user-
defined Image file as follows:

FF

FF

F

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

FF

FF

F

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