FIC FS35T User Manual

FS35T

MAINBOARD

MANUAL

DOC No.: M01102
Rev. : A0
Date : 6, 2000
Part No. : 25-11610-20

Notice

Handling Precautions

Warning:

1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on

the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its
protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge
in your body.

2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly
replaced. Replace only with the same or an equivalent type
recommended by the manufacturer.

3. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.

4. Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly

attached. PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT!

Observe the following basic precautions when handling the motherboard
or other computer components:

n Wear a static wrist strap which fits around your wrist and is

connected to a natural earth ground.

n Touch a grounded or anti-static surface or a metal fixture such as a

water pipe.

n Avoid contacting the components on add-on cards, motherboards,

and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the
expansion slot. It is best to handle system components by their
monting brackets.

The above methods prevent static build-up and cause it to be discharged
properly.

Trademark

All trademarks mentioned in this manual are registered properly of
the respective owners.

Handling Precautions

This manual may not, in whole or in part, be photocopied, reproduced,
transcribed, translated, or transmitted in whatever form without the
written consent of the manufacturer, except for copies retained by the
purchaser for personal archival purposes.

Overview

Chapter 1

Overview

The new Micro ATX, Socket 370 1stMainboard FS35T is a board that based
on Universal Mainboard that supports VRM 8.5 spec.; it supports a full range
of the latest generation Intel® and Cyrix® processors. Intel’s new lightening
fast processors of up to 1.2GHz* and up* are supported with Front Side Bus
speeds of 66/100/133 MHz. Built using the leading edge technology the Intel
processors provide a significant performance scaling boost over previous
Pentium®III processors. (*: not tested yet)

The Intel 815E (B-Step) accelerated Hub architecture provides exceptional
onboard video. via Direct AGP and Dynamic Video Memory Technology . The
1stMainboard FS35T also features Onboard Audio provided by the state of
the art embedded Codec.

Support for the Ultra DMA/100protocol and its high-speed interface further
ensures that data transfer speeds are improved, especially for long sequential
transfers required by audio/visual applications. With 2 DIMM there is up to
512 MB available SDRAM.

The 1stMainboard FS35T comes with a versatile range of I/O features such as
2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1 front audio, 1 PS/2 mouse and keyboard connec­tor, 2 USB connectors, 1 front USB pin header, 1 VGA connector, 1 media
connector (MIDI /game port, Line-in, Line-out and Mic-in). Ample expansion
is available through 3 PCI , 1 AGP , and 1 CNR.

Other key features are Remote On/Off, Auto Power Failure Recovery, Key­board /Mouse Power On, integrated temperature monitoring and system fan
control. Included also is CD Pro with enhanced drivers and the new CD Plus
package containing 9 bundled soft-ware solutions including Norton AntiVirus,
Ghost, V irtual Drive.

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Package Checklist

If you discover any item below was damaged or lost, please contact your
vendor.

þ The mainboard þ This user manual
þ One FDD cable þ One HDD cable
þ One A T A/66 cable þ T wo software CDs (CD Pro, CD Plus)

The FS35T Mainboard

Main Features

■ Easy Installation

||BIOS with support for Plug and Play , auto detection of IDE hard drives,
||LS-120|drives, IDE ZIP drives, Windows 95, W indows 98, Windows 98SE,

Windows ME, ||W indows NT , Windows 2000, |and OS/2.

■ Leading Edge Chipset

Intel 815E (B-Step) provides integrated DRAM controllers with new Dy­namic Power Management Architecture (DPMA), concurrent PCI , AGP
compliant and USB. The built-in audio and vedio features of the Intel
chipset 815E (815 GMCH + ICH2) provide better visual performance with
the Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) properties.

■ V ersatile Main Memory Support

Accepts up to 512MB SDRAM using two DIMMs of 32, 64, 128, 256MB
with support for lightning-fast SDRAM (100/133MHz).

■ Flexible Processor Support

Onboard CPU socket supports:
Intel® Celeron™ FC-PGA 533/566/600/633/667/700/733MHz at 66MHz
FSB; 800MHz and up* @100MHz FSB
Intel® Pentium™ III FC-PGA 500/550/600/650/700/750/800/850MHz and
up* @100MHz FSB
Intel® Pentium™ III FC-PGA 533/600/667/733/800/866/933MHz/1GHz and
up* @133MHz FSB
Intel® Tualatin 1.2*GHz @133MHz FSB
Cyrix® III 667AMHz and up @ 100/133MHz FSB

(*: not tested yet)

■ CNR, AGP , and PCI Expansion Slots

One CNR, one AGP Bus expansion slot, and three PCI Bus expansion
slots provided the room to install a full range of add-on cards.

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■ Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE Controller with Ultra DMA 33/66/100

Support
Integrated Enhanced PCI Bus Master IDE controller features two dual­channel connectors that up to four Enhanced IDE devices, including CD­ROM and Tape Backup Drives, as well as Hard Disk Drives supporting
the new Ultra DMA 100 protocol. Standard PIO Mode 3, PIO Mode 4,
DMA Mode 2, DMA Mode 4, UltraDMA-100 Mode 5 devices are also
supported.

■ Integrated Audio Subsystem

Embedded audio features in the ICH2 with an integrated PCI audio con­troller, DOS games compatible engine. The subsystem utilizes line-out,
line-in, and MIC mini-jack external jacks, one joystick port with MIDI
interface.

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■ Super Multi Input/Output (I/O) Support

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Integrated Plug and Play multi-I/O chipset features two high-speed UART
16550 compatible serial ports, one EPP/ECP capable parallel port, one
game port, one front audio, and one FDD connector.

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■ Convenient Rear Panel USB Connection Support

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T wo USB ports integrated in the rear I/O panel with two more USB con­nections allow convenient and high-speed Plug and Play connections to
the growing number of USB compliant peripheral devices on the market.

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■ Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Slot

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The motherboard is installed one 32-bit AGP bus slot with a dedicated
66MHz/133MHz path from the graphics card to the system memory offer­ing much greater bandwidth than the 32-bit PCI bus does. AGP enabled
3D graphics cards can directly access main memory across this fast path
instead of using local memory . T o make use of the improved AGP perfor­mance, the motherboard should be installed with SDRAM type memory
and the VGA card and drivers should also be fully AGP compliant. Using
Microsoft’s Windows 98 and W indows 2000 which implement DirectDraw
will allow the system to take full use of AGP’s benefits without the need to
install additional drivers.

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Overview

ACPI Ready

This mainboard fully implements the new ACPI (Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface) 1.0B Hardware and BIOS requirement. If you install ACPI
aware of operating system, such as Windows 98, you fully utilized the power
saving under ACPI. (Windows ME/2000 Professional supports ACPI func-

tions.)

FIC Unique Innovation for Users (NOVUS) -

Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support

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■ LogoGenie

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A user friendly GUI supporting Windows 95/98 (not W indows 2000/NT/
ME), LogoGenie allows you to customize, create or select a Logo which
will be displayed when the system is booting.

NOTE:

1. LogoGenie supports Award BIOS only.

2. If you create a Logo file (.bmp) by LogoGenie, the file size must

||||be 640 x 464 x 256 colors.

T o enable this utility, please proceed as follows:

1 . Insert CD Pro. Select LogoGenie from the Menu and
follow the installation instructions.
2 . After LogoGenie has been installed, go to Windows Start Box.

In Programs Menu, select LogoGenie 2.0, then select LogoGenie.

3 . Press F1 to read Help file to understand how to use this software if

it is new to you.

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■ BIOS Guardian

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BIOS Guardian by default is enabled. It must be disabled in order to
reflash BIOS, thus effectively acts as a fire-wall against viruses that can
attack the BIOS while the system is running.

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WARNING: While excute Step3 below, please do not turn off the
sytsem power in order to avoid BIOS damage.

BIOS Guardian can be disabled as follows:
1 . Go to BIOS Set Up Menu. (Press Del key while booting.)
2 . Go to Advanced BIOS Features Set Up Submenu.

3. Disable BIOS Guardian.

4. Save the setting, and restart system.

NOTE: However, if it is disabled and while boot the system, the
POST screen will be held and shows you the message to let you
know the current status of BIOS Guardian. To press G key will en­able the BIOS Guardian again; or simply to press the space bar
will continue the booting process.

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■ Easy Key

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Instead of completing the multi-layered BIOS setup process these 3 Easy
Key functions provide direct access to Sub-Menu’s when completing
BIOS settings adjustments.

Easy-Keys are as follows:

Ctrl + c: T o enter clock settings menu.
Ctrl + p: To load Performance Default settings and restart.
Ctrl + f: T o load Fail-Safe Default settings and restart.

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■ Overclock Partner

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Should the system not start because clock speed settings have been
increased to a speed incompatible with the system, the Overclock Partner
allows you to reboot at system default settings, protecting hardware from
any damages.
Complete the following steps:

1. Turn the system off.
2 . Restart while holding down the Insert key. It is important that the

Insert key is held down until the default clock speed is shown on
the POST screen.

3 . Enter BIOS settings menu, and re-set clock speed desired or default.

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Installation Procedures

Chapter 2

Installation Procedures

The mainboard has several user-adjustable jumpers on the board that allow you to
configure your system to suit your requirements. This chapter contains information
on the various jumper settings on your mainboard.

To set up your computer, you must complete the following steps:

■ Step 1 - Set system jumpers/switches

■ Step 2 - Install memory modules

■ Step 3 - Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)

■ Step 4 - Install expansion cards

■ Step 5 - Connect ribbon cables, cabinet wires, and power supply

■ Step 6 - Set up BIOS software

■ Step 7 - Install supporting software tools

WARNING: Excessive torque may damage the mainboard. When
using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard, make sure that
the torque is set to the allowable range of 5.0 ~ 8.0kg/cm.

Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit
(IC) chips. To prevent static electricity from harming any of the
mainboard’s sensitive components, you should follow the
following precautions whenever working on the computer:

1. Unplug the computer when working on the inside.

2. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC

||||chips, leads, or circuitry.

3. Wear an anti-static wrist strap which fits around the wrist.

4. Place components on a grounded anti-static pad or on the bag
that came with the component whenever the components are
separated from the system.

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Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4)

Mainboard Layout

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1). Clear CMOS, Clear Password,
FSB Speed Select

Installation Procedures

2). Front Panel Block Cable Connection

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3). CPU Fan Installation

This connector is linked to the CPU fan. When the system is in S3 power saving mode,
the CPU fan will turn off; when it reverts back to full on mode, the fan will turn back
on.

Without suf ficient air circulation, the CPU may overheat resulting in dam-

age to both the CPU and the mainboard.

Damage may occur to the mainboard and/or the CPU fan if these pins are
used incorrectly. These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these
pins.

1). Set System Jumpers/Switches

Jumpers are used to select the operation modes for your system. Some jump­ers on the board have three metal pins with each pin representing a different
function. A “1” is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins. To set a
jumper, a black cap containing metal contacts is placed over the jumper pin/s
according to the required configuration. A jumper is said to be shorted when
the black cap has been placed on one or two of its pins.

NOTE: Users are not encouraged to change the jumper settings
not listed in this manual. Changing the jumper settings improperly
may adversely affect system performance.

Clear CMOS: SW1-1

The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery. To clear the
RTC data: (1) T urn off your computer . (2) Move the CMOS Clear switch SW1­1 to “On” (Enabled). (3) Turn on your computer to display “CMOS checksum
error”. (4) Turn of f your computer. (5) Move the CMOS Clear switch SW1-1 to
“Off” (Disabled). (6) Turn on your computer. (7) Hold down the Delete key
when boots. (8) Enter the BIOS Setup to re-enter user preferences.

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Clear Password: SW1-2

This switch allows you to enable or disable the password configuration. You
may need to enable this switch by moving it to the “On” (Enabled) position if
you forget your password. To clear the password setting: (1) Turn off your
computer. (2) Move the Clear Password switch SW1-2 to “On” (Enabled). (3)
Turn on your computer . (4) Hold down the Delete key during bootup and enter
BIOS Setup to re-enter user preferences. (5) Turn off your computer , (6) Move
the Clear Password switch SW1-2 to “Off” (Disabled). (7) Turn on your com­puter for the new settings to take effect.

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FSB Speed Select: JP3

This jumper allows you to select the FSB speed of your mainboard.

2). Install Memory Modules

1. Locate the DIMM slots on the mainboard.

2. Install the DIMM straight down into the DIMM slot using both hands.

3. The clip on both ends of the DIMM slot will close up to hold the DIMM
in place when the DIMM reaches the slot’s bottom.

Press the clips with both hands to remove the DIMM.

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3). Install the CPU

The mainboard has built-in Switching Voltage Regulator to support CPU Vcore
autodetection. That is, It has the ability to detect and recognize the CPU
voltage, clock, ratio and enables users to set up the CPU frequency from the
BIOS Setup Screen. Users can adjust the frequency through “Frequency /
Voltage Control” of the BIOS Setup Screen.

T o install the CPU, do the following:

1 . Lift the lever on the side of the CPU socket.

2. Handle the chip by its edges and try not to touch any of the pins.

3 . Place the CPU in the socket. The chip has two notches to correctly locate

the chip. Align two notches of the processor with the two triangular
marks on the socket. Do not force the chip. The CPU should slide easily
into the socket.

4 . Swing the lever to the down position to lock the CPU in place.

5 . Place the cooling fan with heatsink on top of the installed CPU.

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4). Install Expansion Cards

This section describes how to connect an expansion card to one of your
system’s expansion slots. Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that,
when connected to the mainboard, increase the capabilities of your system.
For example, expansion cards can provide video and sound capabilities. The
mainboard features one CNR, one AGP, and three PCI bus expansion slots.

CAUTION: Make sure to unplug the power supply when adding or
removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to
do so may cause severe damage to both the mainboard and
expansioncards.
Always observe static electricity precautions.
Please read “Handling Precautions” at the start of this manual.

T o install an expansion card, follow the steps below:

1. Remove the computer chassis cover and select an empty expansion
slot.

2. Remove the corresponding slot cover from the computer chassis.
Unscrew the mounting screw that secures the slot cover and pull
the slot cover out from the computer chassis. Keep the slot cover
mounting screw nearby.

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3 . Holding the edge of the peripheral card, carefully align the edge

connector with the expansion slot.

4. Push the card firmly into the slot. Push down on one end of the
expansion card, then the other. Use this “rocking” motion until the
add–on card is firmly seated inside the expansion slot.

5. Secure the board with the mounting screw removed in Step 2. Make
sure that the card has been placed evenly and completely into the
expansion slot.

6 . Replace the computer system’ s cover.
7 . Setup the BIOS if necessary .

8. Install the necessary software drivers for the expansion card.

5). Connect Devices

Floppy Diskette Drive Connector: FLOPPY

This connector provides the connection with your floppy disk drive.
The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1.

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IDE Device Connectors: PRIMARY, SECONDARY

These two connectors are used for your IDE hard disk drives, CD drives, LS­120|drives, or IDE ZIP drives. The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the
same side with the Pin 1.

ATX Power Connector: ATX_PWR

This 20-pin male block connector is connected to the A TX power supply. The
plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the
different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making
sure that the pins are aligned.

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Wake-On-Lan Connector: WOL

This 3-pin connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that
installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL.
When you install such a LAN card, please read its installation guide for more
information.

CD Audio-In Connector: CD_IN

The CD_IN connector is used for CD drive audio in port.

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CPU Fan Connector: CPU_FAN

This connector is linked to the CPU fan. When the system is in suspend mode,
the CPU fan will turn off; when it reverts back to full–on mode, the fan will turn
back on. Please refer to the CPU fan installation manual for more information.

System Case Fan Connector: SYS_FAN

The 3-pin connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system case
to lower the system temperature.

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Front Panel Block and Speaker Connector

This block connector includes the connectors for linking with HDD LED,
power LED, dual power LED, power button, suspend button, reset button, and
IR on the front panel of the system case. Please identify polarities of plug
wires for the case speaker and LEDs. Please ask vendor about this information
when you buy them and install the system by yourself. The plug wires polari­ties of these buttons will not affect the function.

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Power LED is connected with the system power indicator to indicate whether
the system is on/off. It will blink when the system enters suspend mode.

IR is used to communicate with another IR device via a 4-wire plug.
Reset Button is connected to the reset button. Push this switch to reboot the

system instead of turning the power button off and on.
HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator. This LED will blink when
the hard disk drives are activated.

LED(G) is in green light when the system in power on status.
LED(Y) is in yellow light when the system in suspend mode.
Power Button is connected with power button. Push this switch allows the

system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button.
Suspend Button is connected with suspend button. To enter the system into
power saving mode, simply press this button when the system is in full-on
mode.
Speaker is connected with the case speaker.

PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector

These two 6-pin female (PS/2 keyboard is purple color and PS/2 mouse is
green color) connectors are used for your PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

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Universal Serial Bus Connectors

These two black connectors integrated on the edge of the board are used for
linking with USB peripheral devices. This board also provides a pinhead USB2/

3. It links either with the two USB sockets on the front panel of some system
cases or on the rear panel. Please note your operating system must support
USB features, such as MS Windows 98, MS W indows 95 OSR2.5 with USB
Supplement.

The figure below is the pin assignment
of the USB2/3 connectors.

Serial Port Connectors

COM1 (9-pin D-sub male connector with teal color) and COM2 (9-pin male
connector) allow you to connect with your devices that use serial ports, such
as a serial mouse or an external modem.

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Video Graphics Accelerator Connector

This 15-pin female D-sub blue connector is connected to your display moni­tor.

Printer Connector

This 25-pin D-Sub female burgundy-colored connector is attached to your
printer.

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Audio I/O Jacks

LINE_OUT (lime) can be connected to headphones or preferably powered
speakers. LINE_IN (light blue) allows tape players or other audio sources to
be recorded by your computer or played through the LINE_OUT. MIC_IN
(pink) allows microphones to be connected for voice input. The mainboard
also provides you with a front panel audio port connector, FNT_AUDIO,
when needed. Its pin definitions were presented below .

Game/MIDI Connector

This 15-pin female gold-colored connector allows you to connect game joy­sticks or game pads. Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing audio.

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BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

BIOS Setup

The mainboard comes with the chip that A ward BIOS that contains the ROM
Setup information of your system. (This chip serves as an interface between
the processor and the rest of the mainboard’s components.) This section
explains the information contained in the Setup program and tells you how to
modify the settings according to your system configuration.

CMOS Setup Utility

A Setup program, built into the system BIOS, is stored in the CMOS. This
Setup utility program allows updates to the mainboard configuration settings.
It is executed when the user changes system configuration; user changes
system backup battery; or the system detects a configuration error and asks
the user to run the Setup program. Use the arrow keys to select and press
Enter to run the selected program.

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Standard CMOS Setup

The Standard CMOS Setup screen is displayed above. Each item may have
one or more option settings. The system BIOS automatically detects memory
size, thus no changes are necessary. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item
and then use PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item.

Date

To set the date, highlight the Date field and then press Page Up/Page
Down or +/- keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year

format.

Time

T o set the time, highlight the Time field and then press Page Up/Page Down
or +/- keys to set the current time. Follow the hour, minute, and second
format.

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BIOS Setup

Hard Disks

This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard drives installed
in the system. The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Sec­ondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE
devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks, the first of which
is the Master and the second is the Slave.

Hard Disk Configurations

Capacity: The hard disk size. The unit is Bytes.
Cylinder: The cylinder number of the hard disk.
Head: The read/write head number of hard disk.
Precomp: The cylinder number at which the disk drive

changes the write current.

Landing Zone: The cylinder number that the disk drive heads

(read/write) are seated when the disk drive is
parked.

Sector: The sector number of each track defined on the

hard disk.

Drive A / Drive B

This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system. To
enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corre­sponding field and then select the drive type using the left- or right-arrow
key.

Floppy 3 Mode Support

This is a Japanese standard floppy type drive. The standard stores 1.2MB
in a 3.5 inch diskette.

Video

Set this field to the type of video display card installed in the system.

Halt On

This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt.

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Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning

This feature starts the virus scan tool to detect if boot virus in boot sector
of the first hard disk drive when booting up.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Internal Cache

When enabled, improves the system performance. Disable this item when
testing or trouble-shooting. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

External Cache

When enabled, supports an optional cache SRAM. This feature allows
you to disable the cache function when the system performance is un­stable to run some software. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

When enabled, it activates the CPU L2 cache check and error correction.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

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Processor Number Feature

If a Pentium III processor is installed on this mainboard, the system BIOS
will allow other utilities to access the Intel Pentium III serial number while
this feature set at Enabled. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

Quick Power On Self T est

When enabled, allows the BIOS to bypass the extensive memory test.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

First Boot Device

This feature allows user to select the boot device priority . The options are:
Floppy , LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100,
USB-FDD, USB-ZIP , USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled.

Second Boot Device

This feature allows user to select the boot device priority . The options are:
Floppy , LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100,
USB-FDD, USB-ZIP , USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled.

Third Boot Device

This feature allows user to select the boot device priority . The options are:
Floppy , LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100,
USB-FDD, USB-ZIP , USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN, Disabled.

Boot Other Device

This feature allows user to select the boot device priority .
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

Allows you to switch the order in which the operating system accesses
the floppy drives during boot up.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, assigns the BIOS to perform floppy diskette drive tests by
issuing the time-consuming seek commands.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

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Boot Up Numlock Status

When set to On, allows the BIOS to automatically enable the Num Lock
Function when the system boots up. The options are: On, Off.

Gate A20 Option

When set at Fast, allows a faster access response under Protected mode.
The options are: Fast, Normal.

Typematic Rate Setting

The term typematic means that when a keyboard key is held down, the
character is repeatedly entered until the key is released.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

This feature is available only if the above item, T ypematic Rate Setting, is
set at Enabled. Sets the rate of a character repeat when the key is held
down. The options are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

This feature is available only if the item, T ypematic Rate Setting, is set at
Enabled. Sets the delay time before a character is repeated.
The options are: 250, 500, 750, 1000 millisecond.

Security Option

Allows you to set the security level of the system.
The options are: Setup, System.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

If your operating system (OS) is OS/2, select the option OS2. Otherwise,
stay with the default setting Non-OS2.
The options are: Non-OS2, OS2.

HDD S.M.A.R.T . Capability

S.M.A.R.T . stands for Self-Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technol­ogy which allows your hard disk drive to report any read/write errors and
issues a warning with LDCM installed.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

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Report No FDD For WIN 95

When the field under the Standard CMOS Setup Menu for Drive A and/or
Drive B is set at None, users must set this field is set at Y es for it to function
properly. Otherwise, set at No, even if field for Drive A and/or Drive B is set
at None, system will still detect and recognize of a floppy drive(s).
The options are: Yes, No.

BIOS Guardian

It allows the system to prevent computer viruses. Users will need to dis­able it to update BIOS. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

NOTE: Please disable this BIOS feature about BIOS Guardian
before you start to reflash BIOS.

Advanced Chipset Features

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SDRAM CAS Latency Time

This feature allows user to select the CAS latency time, when any SDRAM
DIMM installed. The options are: 2, 3, Auto.

SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc

The feature allows user to set the SCLKs number for an access cycle.
The options are: 5/7, 7/9, Auto.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

The feature allows user to set the delay time that from the SDRAM RAS#
active to CAS#. The options are: 3, 2, Auto.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

The feature allows user to set the SDRAM RAS# Precharge Time.
The options are: 3, 2, Auto.

System BIOS Cacheable

Setting at Enabled will allow the caching of the BIOS ROM F0000H-FFFFFH,
resulting in better system performance. It may cause system error when
some programd try to access the memory area.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Setting at Enabled will allow the caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000H­C7FFFH, resulting in better video performance. It may cause system error
when some programd try to access the memory area.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

When set at Enabled, the memory hole at 15MB address will be relocated
to the 15M-16MB address range of the ISA or PCI cycle when the CPU
accesses the 15M-16MB address area. When set at Disabled, the memory
hole at 15MB address will be treated as a DRAM cycle when the CPU
accesses the 15M-16MB address area. The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

CPU Latency Timer

This feature sets the CPU latency item for fixing Japanese Win95 problem.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

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Delayed Transaction

Setting at Eanbled will abort the current PCI master cycle and to accept the
new PCI master request, it reaccepts the original PCI master and returns
the PCI data phase to the original PCI master. It will enhance the system
performance. The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

AGP Graphics Aperature Size

It allows user to select the main memory frame size of AGP use.
The options are: 32MB, 64MB.

System Memory Frequency

It allows user to select the system memory frequency .
The options are: Auto, 100 MHz, 133 MHz.

On-Chip Video Window Size

It allows user to select the onchip video window size.
The options are: Disabled, 32MB, 64MB.

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On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

When enabled, it allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE. The
options are: Enabled, Disabled.

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

When enabled, it allows you to use the onboard secondary PCI IDE. The
options are: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE Primary Master PIO

Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE
hard drive (master) mode. The options are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode
2, Mode 3, Mode 4.

IDE Primary Slave PIO

Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE
hard drive (slave) mode. The options are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2,
Mode 3, Mode 4.

IDE Secondary Master PIO

Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI secondary IDE
hard drive (master) mode. The options are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode
2, Mode 3, Mode 4.

DE Secondary Slave PIO

Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI secondary IDE
hard drive (slave) mode. The options are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2,
Mode 3, Mode 4.

IDE Primary Master UDMA

Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive
(master) mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboard and
the hard disk. The options are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive
(slave) mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboard and the
hard disk. The options are: Auto, Disabled.

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IDE Secondary Master UDMA

Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI secondary IDE hard drive
(master) mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboard and
the hard disk. The options are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

Allows you to select the first PCI IDE channel of the first slave hard disk
mode or to detect it by the BIOS if the hard disk supports UDMA (Ultra
DMA, faster than DMA). The options are: Auto, Disabled.

USB Controller

Disable this option if you are not using the onboard USB feature.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

USB Keyboard Support

When a USB keyboard is installed, please set at Enabled.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

Init Display First

When you install an AGP VGA card and a PCI VGA card on the board, this
feature allows you to select the first initiation of the monitor display from
which card. The options are: PCI Slot, Onboard.

AC97 Audio

This feature allows users to enable or disable the AC97 audio function.
The options are: Auto, Disabled.

AC97 Modem

This feature allows users to enable or disable the AC97 modem function.
The options are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

When enabled, the system executes read/write requests to hard disk in
block mode. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

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KBC input clock

This feature allows you to select different KBC input clocks which your
keyboard actually supported. Please read your keyboard manual also for
more information. The options are: 6, 8, 12, 16 MHz.

POWER ON Function

Allows you to set the method for powering-on the system. The default
option of BUTTON-ONLY allows system power-on using the standard
system case mounted ON/OFF switch. The option Password allows you
to set up to 5 alphanumeric characters to power-on the system. The option

Hot KEY allows you to set which of the 12 keyboard function keys (F1 to
F12) in combination with the Ctrl key to power-on the system. The option

Mouse Click allows you to use the PS/2 mouse to power-on the system by
double-clicking on the mouse button. The options are: Button Only, Pass­word, Hot KEY , Mouse Right, Mouse Left.

NOTE: When using Password, Hot KEY, or Mouse Click options for
the item POWER ON Function will render the power button on the
system case ineffective. In case user forgets password or hot key
setting, use the clear password switch or jumper to clear RTC data
(refer to section about clear password on Chapter 2). Another
method is to unplug system power from the AC power outlet and
then re-insert the power cord. Previous password and hot key set­tings will be disabled allowing user to set a new one.

KB Power ON Password

Allows you set the power on system password.

Hot Key power ON

Allows you to set which of the 12 keyboard function keys (F1 to F12) in
combination with the Ctrl key will be used to power-on the system. The
options are: Ctrl-F1 up to Ctrl-F12.

Onboard FDC Controller

When enabled, the floppy diskette drive (FDD) controller is activated.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

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Onboard Serial Port 1

If the serial port 1 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your
serial port parameters. If an I/O card needs to be installed, COM3 and
COM4 may be needed. The options are: 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,
2E8/IRQ3, Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 2

If the serial port 2 uses the onboard I/O controller, you can modify your
serial port parameters. If an I/O card needs to be installed, COM3 and
COM4 may be needed. The options are: 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3,
3F8/IRQ4, Disabled.

UART Mode Select

Allows you to select the IR modes if the serial port 2 is used as an IR port.
Set at Standard, if you use COM2 as the serial port as the serial port,
instead as an IR port. The options are: HPSIR, ASKIR, Normal.

RxD , TxD Active

This feature is available only if the item, UAR T 2 Mode, is set at ASKIR or
HPSIR. The feature allows you to select the active signals of the reception
end and the transmission end. This is for technician use only.
The options are: Hi, Lo; Hi, Hi; Lo, Hi; Lo, Lo.

IR Transmission Delay

When Enabled, the transmission delays 4 characters-time (40 bit-time) if
SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode. When Disabled, no transmis­sion delay if SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

UR2 Duplex Mode

Allows you to select the IR modes.
The options are: Half, Full.

Use IR Pins

Allows you to select IR pin mode.
The options are: IR-Rx2Tx2, RxD2, TxD2.

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Onboard Parallel Port

Allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses
the onboard I/O controller.
The options are: 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

Allows you to connect with an advanced printer via the port mode it
supports.
The options are: SPP , EPP, ECP, ECP+EPP.

EPP Mode Select

This feature allows you to select the EPP type version.
The options are: EPP1.7, EPP1.9.

ECP Mode Use DMA

This feature allows you to select Direct Memory Access (DMA) channel if
the ECP mode selected. The options are: 3, 1.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

When the system is shut down owing to the power failure, the system will
not be back to power on by itself. This feature allows you to set the
system back to which power status of the system when the system power
is resumed. The options are Former-Sts, On, or Off.

Game Port Address

This feature allows you to select the game port address or disable it.
The options are: 201, 209, Disabled.

Midi Port Address

This feature allows you to select the Midi port address or disable it.
The options are: 330, 300, 290, Disabled.

Midi Port IRQ

It allows you to select Midi IRQ if Midi is enabled.
The options are: 10, 5.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI function

This item allows you to disable the ACPI function.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

BIOS Setup

ACPI Suspend Type

This item allows you to select suspend mode when the system in ACPI
mode. The options are: S1 (POS), S3 (PTR).

Power Management

This item allows you to adjust the power management features.
Select User Define for configuring your own power management features.

Min Saving initiates all predefined timers in their minimum values. Max
Saving, on the other hand, initiates maximum values. The options are: User
Define, Min Saving, Max Saving.

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Video Off Method

The option V/H SYNC+Blank allows the BIOS to blank off screen display
by turning off the V-Sync and H-Sync signals sent from add-on VGA card.
DPMS allows the BIOS to blank off screen display by your add-on VGA
card which supports DPMS (Display Power Management Signaling func­tion). Blank Screen allows the BIOS to blank off screen display by turning
off the red-green-blue signals.
The options are: V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS, Blank Screen.

Video Off In Suspend

The option allows you to select VGA status when the system goes to
suspend mode. The options are: Yes, No.

Suspend Type

The option allows you to select VGA status when the system goes to
suspend mode. The options are: Stop Grant, PwrOn Suspend.

MODEM Use IRQ

This feature allows you to select the IRQ# to meet your modem’s IRQ#.
The options are: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11.

Suspend Mode

When disabled, the system will not enter Suspend mode. The specified
time option defines the idle time the system takes before it enters Suspend
mode. The options are: Disable, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 20, 30, 40 Min, 1 Hour.

HDD Power Down

The option lets the BIOS turn the HDD motor off when system is in Sus­pend mode. Selecting 1 Min..15 Min allows you define the HDD idle time
before the HDD enters the Power Saving Mode.
The options 1 Min..15 Min will not work concurrently . When HDD is in the
Power Saving Mode, any access to the HDD will wake the HDD up.
The options are: Disable, 1 Min..15 Min.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

The selection Delay 4 Sec. will allow the system shut down after 4 seconds
after the power button is pressed. The selection Instant-Off will allow the
system shut down immediately once the power button is pressed.
The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

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Wake-Up by PCI card

When set at Enabled, any PCI-PM event awakes the system from a PCI­PM controlled state. The options are Disabled, Enabled.

Power On by Ring

An incoming call via modem awakes the system from its soft-off mode.
The options are Disabled, Enabled.

Wake Up On LAN

When set at Enabled, an input signal comes from the other client/server on
the LAN awakes the system from a soft off state if connected over LAN.
The options are Disabled, Enabled.

USB KB Wake-Up From S3

When set at Enabled, it allows USB keyboard to activate the system from
ACPI S3 power saving mode. The options are Disabled, Enabled.

CPU Thermal-Throttling

When thermal override condition occur, this item allows users to deter­mine the duty cycle of the throttling.
The options are: 12.5%, 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%, 62.5, 75.0%, 87.5%.

Resume by Alarm

This feature allows you to set the when the system being turned on from
the system power-off status.
The options are: Enabled (Default), Disabled.

Date (of Month)

This feature allows you to set the day of the alarm starts when the RTC
Alarm Resume From Soft Off is set to be Enabled. The options are: 0, 1..31.

Timer (hh:mm:ss)

If an ATX power supply is installed and when RTC Alarm Resume is En­abled, this feature allows you to set the time of the alarm starts when the
RTC Alarm Resume From Soft Of f is set to be Enabled.
The options are: 7: 0: 0 (Default). hh (hour) - 0, 1, 2,.., 23; mm (minute) - 0,
1, 2,..,59; ss (second) - 0, 1, 2,..,59.

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Primary IDE 0

When the primary master HDD is working, the system timer will be re­loaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Primary IDE 1

When the primary slave HDD is working, the system timer will be reloaded
and the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Secondary IDE 0

When the secondary master HDD is working, the system timer will be
reloaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

Secondary IDE 1

When the secondar slave HDD is working, the system timer will be re­loaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled (Default), Enabled.

FDD, COM, LPT Port

When FDD, COM, or LPT is working, the system timer will be reloaded and
the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

PCI PIRQ[A-D]#

When the PCI PIRQ[A-D]# has been alerted, the system timer will be re­loaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

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PnP/PCI Configurations

Reset Configuration Data

Enabling it to reset the system Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD)
when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the
system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat­ing system can not boot. The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

Resources Controlled By

If set at Auto, the BIOS arranges all system resources. If there exists con­flict, select Manual. The options are: Auto (ESCD), Manual.
If the manual options, after the featrue IRQ Resources being pressed, of
IRQ- Assigned T o are: PCI Device, Reserved. When resources were con­trolled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on each
device type to use the interrupt.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Set this feature to be enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the
system requires the VGA palette snoop function.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.

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PC Health Status

CPU Warning T emperature

This feature allows you to set the temperature to slow down the CPU clock
frequency. The option list presents all the temperatures that supported by
the board and Disabled.

Current CPU T emperature / Current CPUFAN1 Speed / Current CPUF AN2
Speed / VCORE / -3.3V / +5V / +12V / -12V / VBA T(V) / 5VSB(V)

These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data provided by
the BIOS on this mainboard. It is not user-configurable.

Shutdown T emperature

This feature helps to shutdown the system when the system temperature
is as high as the selected temperature to prevent from the overheat prob­lem. The option list presents all the temperatures that supported by the
board and Disabled.

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

When enabled, BIOS will detect the PCI slot and DIMM slot. If no any
device in, BIOS will auto disable its clock.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Host/PCI/Spread Spec.

This feature allows you to select the combinations of CPU/PCI clock fre­quency and the Spread Spectrum. The default setting, Default, will detect
your CPU/PCI clock frequency/Spread Spectrum automatically . The rec­ommended CPU clock frequencies are 100 and 133MHz. The other options
may effect the system perfomance. If you set a unappropriate option which
leads to a booting problem, keep pressing the Insert key until the display
appears will solve it. The options lists all combinations that provided by
the system BIOS.

CPU Clock Ratio

This feature allows you to select the frequency mulitplier for CPU host
clock. The option list offers the ratios from X 3 to X 8.

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This submenu is selected to diagnose the problem after the computer boots, if
the computer will not boot. These settings do not give optimal performance.

Load Optimized Defaults

This submenu is selected for default settings which provide the best system
performance.

Supervisor/User Password

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To enable the Supervisor/User passwords, select the item from the Standard
CMOS Setup. Y ou will be prompted to create your own password. Type your
password up to eight characters and press Enter. You will be asked to confirm
the password. Type the password again and press Enter. T o disable password,
press Enter twice when you are prompted to enter a password. A message
appears, confirming the password is disabled.

Under the BIOS Feature Setup, if Setup is selected under the Security Option
field and the Supervisor/User Password is enabled, you will be prompted
password every time you try to enter the CMOS Setup Utility. If System is
selected and the Supervisor/User Password is enabled, you will be requested
to enter the Password every time when you reboot the system or enter the
CMOS Setup utility.

Save and Exit Setup

After you have made changes under Setup, press Esc to return to the main
menu. Move cursor to Save and Exit Setup or press F10 and then press Y to
change the CMOS Setup. If you did not change anything, press Esc again or
move cursor to Exit Without Saving and press Y to retain the Setup settings.
The following message will appear at the center of the screen to allow you to
save data to CMOS and exit the setup utility: SA VE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)?

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Exit without Saving

If you select this feature, the following message will appear at the center of the
screen to allow you to exit the setup utility without saving CMOS modifica­tions: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)?

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Appendix

FS35T Hardware Monitor Does Not Support System
Temperature Monitoring

The software tool Hardware Monitor that in the CD Pro disk provides users
with the warning messages to prevent the computer system from overheating
damage. The monitor utility for FS35T mainboard does not support the system
temperature monitoring. The data that appears in the display of System T em­perature item is false.

Secondly, if a chassis fan is not onboard or it does not own the capability to
report the rotation speed, the software will also give some random data.

T o avoid these misleading messages, some settings for the software attributes
are necessary.

First of all, (assume it was installed) start Hardware Monitor. The display
below will pop up on the screen. Notice that the message in the black circle is
given randomly .

Select the icon in the white circle. The lower level menu will appear on the
screen. (See the figure on the next page.)

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Disable the item SYS temperature.

NOTE:

If the chassis fan is not installed or does not own the property that
reports its rotation speed to the system, the message about chas­sis fan shown in
falsely. Please also turn off the item Chassis Fan in the circle.

Chassis Fan

Hardware Monitor

software will also be given

Click the button Apply to confirm the settings.

After the procedures described above, the false message about system tem­perature (and about chassis fan, if no chassis fan or an unqualified chassis fan
onboard) will not be given.

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