Freetech P5F97, P5F103 User Manual

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P5F97/P5F103 User’s Manual 1

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Overview

1.2 P5F97/P5F103 Specifications/Features

1.2.1 Hardware

1.2.2 Software

1.2.3 Environment

1.3 P5F97/P5F103 Mainboard Layout

1.4 Microprocessor

1.5 Level 2 Cache

1.6 Chipset

1.7 Main Memory

1.8 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot

1.9 Enhanced IDE Support

1.10 Keyboard, Mouse and USB Interface

1.11 Real-time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery

1.12 IrDA Infrared Support

1.13 Power Management

1.14 System Power On/Off Control

1.15 System Sleep / Resume

1.16 Wake On LAN (WOL)

Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

2.1 Unpacking

2.2 Installation

2.2.1 Attaching Connectors

2.2.2 Setting DIP Switches

2.2.3 Installing System Memory

2.2.4 Clear CMOS and Password

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Chapter 3

BIOS Configuration

3.1 Entering Setup

3.2 CMOS Setup Utility

3.3 Standard CMOS Setup

3.4 IDE HDD Auto Detection

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3.5 Load Setup Defaults

3.6 Save & Exit Setup

3.7 Exit Without Saving

3.8 BIOS Features Setup

3.9 Chipset Features Setup

3.10 Power Management Setup

3.11 PnP/PCI Configuration

3.12 Integrated Peripherals

3.13 Supervisor / User Password

Chapter 4

Driver and Utility

4.1 Flash Utility

4.2 EIDE Bus Master Driver

4.3 USB Driver

4.4 AGP Driver

4.5 ESS Audio Driver

4.1.1 Install ESS Audio driver

4.1.2 Install ESS Rack driver

APPENDIX

System Environment Monitor (optional)

1.0.1 Hardware Doctor Setup

1.0.2 Setting the Threshold

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1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

The P5F97/P5F103 is a high quality, high performance, function
enhanced mainboard, based on the powerful Intel Pentium, AMD K6/
K6-2 and Cyrix MX/MII processor. This mainboard is designed
around the latest ALi (Acer Lab) Aladdin V chipset in a Micro-ATX
(P5F97) or ATX(P5F103) form factor.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard delivers workstation level performance
with its integrated AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port), Bus Mastering
EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, concurrent PCI bus, and its ability to
accommodate EDO (Extended Data Out) and SDRAM (Synchronous
DRAM) memory. When this high data stream bandwidth mainboard is
equipped with powerful processor with MMX technology, your
system has the power to handle future demanding communication,
multi-media, multi-tasking and intensive 32-bit applications on
advanced 32-bit operating systems.

P5F97/P5F103 mainboard achieves the highest reliability by
supporting the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) memory
protection. This enables the P5F97/P5F103 mainboard to achieve
superior data integrity and fault-tolerance, in respect to memory errors
while running applications.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard offers outstanding I/O capabilities. It
contains a full set of PC I/O, such as dual channel PCI EIDE
interfaces, a floppy controller, two FIFOed serial port connectors, an
SPP/EPP/ECP capable bidirectional parallel port connector, an IrDA
compatible infrared port, dual USB (Universal Serial Bus) port, and a
PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector. One AGP slot, two(P5F97) or
four(P5F103) PCI local bus slots and two(P5F97) or three(P5F103)
ISA bus slots provide expandability for add on peripheral cards.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard is OnNow PC, Managed PC and
PC98 compliant. It also offers optimized system performance,
integrated power management, Trend Chipaway Virus and system
manageability (optional).

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Optimized System Performance: AGP improves the Graphics
performance dramatically, Ultra DMA/33 speeds up disk drive
access, Enhanced SDRAM support for fastest access to memory,
and Concurrent PCI enables simultaneous data transfer.

Trend Chipaway Virus(TCAV): This unique, specially designed
solution stops boot viruses from infecting the boot sector or
partition table during the “threat” period that exists before the boot
sector loads and traditional anti-virus protection takes effect.
Trend ChipAway Virus resides in the BIOS to prevent boot
viruses from causing any damage to computers.

System Manageability: Winbond W83781D Hardware
Environment Monitoring chip (assembly option) enables the
ability for system voltage, temperature and fan speed monitoring
detection.

In addition to superior hardware capabilities, features like bus
mastering EIDE driver, Plug and Play, Soft-off, APM (Advanced
Power Management), External Modem Ring On, Wake On LAN
(WOL), Watchdog timer wake up, Sleeping state indicator, fan off
in sleeping state (requires Fan with tachometer output) and BIOS
upgradability are provided on the P5F97/P5F103 platform.

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1.2 P5F97/P5F103 Specifications/Features

1.2.1 Hardware

CPU Supports the following CPUs in a ZIF Socket 7

Intel Pentium 90 ~ 200MHz.
Intel Pentium w/MMX 166 ~ 233MHz.
AMD K5 PR90 ~ 166MHz
AMD K6 /166 ~ 300MHz
AMD K6-2 /250 ~ 350MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86 PR133 ~ 166MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86L PR133 ~ 166MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR166 ~ PR233MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86MII PR233 ~ PR333MHz

VRM Switching Voltage Regulator on board

Provides 2.0V to 3.5V operating voltage for CPU core.
Coprocessor CPU built-in FPU (floating point unit)
Speed CPU bus clock 60/66/75/83/95/100 MHz

AGP clock 60/66 MHz

PCI bus clock 30/33 MHz

ISA bus clock 8.33/10 MHz
Chipset ALi Aladdin V (M1541) Chipset

ALi’s Aladdin V (M1543) chipset built in I/O

ESS Audio Drive ES1898 sound chip

Winbond’s W83781D chip (assembly option)
L2 Cache P5F97/P5F103 comes with 512KB(default) or

1MB(optional) Pipeline Burst SRAM
DRAM 3 x 168-pin DIMM sockets

Supports 8MB to 768MB memory

Supports 3.3V EDO and SDRAM memory
EIDE Controller Supports four EIDE devices in two channels

Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives

Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives

Supports Bus Mastering UDMA/33 mode 2 drivers

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Enhanced I/O One floppy disk controller

One Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port connector

Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors

One IrDA compatible Infrared port

Two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports
Mouse/Keyboard PS/2 keyboard & mouse connector
Expansion Slots One AGP Slot

Two(P5F97) or Four(P5F103) 32-bit PCI slots
Two(P5F97) or Three(P5F103) 16-bit ISA slots
(one PCI/ISA shared slot)

Power Management Compliant with EPA, APM 1.2 and ACPI

Micro-ATX/ATX soft-off power control
Power - On by External Modem Ring
Power - On by Alarm
Power - On by Wake On LAN (WOL)
Sleep state indicator
CPU Fan off in sleep mode

System Management Winbond W83781D PC Environment Monitor

(Assembly option)
Voltage Regulator Switching regulator
Form Factor P5F97 in Micro-ATX Form Factor

19.5cm x 24.5cm (7.7"x 9.6")

P5F103 in ATX Form Factor

19.5cm x 30.5cm (12.0"x 7.7")

1.2.2 Software

BIOS Built-in Trend Chipaway Virus(TCAV)

Flash BIOS with ESCD (Extended System

Configuration Data) block

Supports APM, PnP, Multi-Boot, DMI and

EIDE devices

Supports High-Capacity LS-120 and ZIP

Removable Media Drive

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Driver AGP driver & IDE Bus mastering driver
Utility Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
O.S. Operates with MS_DOS, Windows 3.x,

Windows for Work Groups 3.x, Windows95,

Windows 98, Windows NT4.0, OS/2,

Novell Netware, Novell UnixWare 1.1

and SCO Unix 5.x

1.2.3 Environment

Ambient Temperature 00C to 500C (Operating)
Relative Humidity 0 to 85% (Operating)
Vibration 0 to 500 Hz
DC Voltage 4.9V to 5.2V
DC Voltage 2.00V to 3.50V (depend on CPU)
DC Voltage -5V, +12V, -12V, +5VSB 5% tolerance.

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ALi

1

JP11

1

M1543

DIMM2

1

DIMM1

DIMM3

6

1

5

10

BANK 0

7

BANK 1

14

SW2

DIP

5 6

1 2 3 4

ON

1: CPU Socket
2: ISA Expansion Slots
3: PCI Expansion Slots
4: AGP Slot
5: DIMM Module Sockets
6: IDE Connectors
7: Floppy Drive Connector
8: Parallel Port Connector (T)
Serial Port Connectors (B)
9: IR Port Header
10: ATX Power Connector
11: PS/2 Mouse Connector (T)
PS/2 Keyboard Connector (B)

JP7

BANK 2

FAN

17

2

JP14

WOL

21

1

19

MD1

MD2

22

22

SW1

DIP

ON

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3

4

JP13

15

ALi

M1541

82443EX

Socket 7

1

12: Flash BIOS
13: Switching Regulator
14: Front panel Connectors
15: Battery (CR2032 Lithium)
16: Dual USB Connector
17: CPU FAN Connector
18: System Monitor W83781D(optional)
19: Wake On LAN Header
20: Game/MIDI Port (T)
Audio MIC/IN/OUT (B)
21: Voice Modem Connector
22: L2 Cache (Data Cache)

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AudioDrive

ESS

ES1898

CD2

CD1

IR

20

9

8

1 2 3

16

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ALi

1

JP11

1

M1543

DIMM2

1

DIMM1

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1

5

10

BANK 0

7

BANK 1

14

SW2

DIP

5 6

1 2 3 4

ON

1: CPU Socket
2: ISA Expansion Slots
3: PCI Expansion Slots
4: AGP Slot
5: DIMM Module Sockets
6: IDE Connectors
7: Floppy Drive Connector
8: Parallel Port Connector (T)
Serial Port Connectors (B)
9: IR Port Header

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1

WOL

19

MD1

4

DIMM3

JP13

21

22

ALi

M1541

82443EX

JP7

BANK 2

Socket 7

FAN

1

22

SW1

17

10: ATX Power Connector
11: PS/2 Mouse Connector (T)
PS/2 Keyboard Connector (B)
12: Flash BIOS
13: Switching Regulator
14: Front panel Connectors
15: Battery (CR2032 Lithium)
16: Dual USB Connector
17: CPU FAN Connector
18: System Monitor W83781D(optional)

19: Wake On LAN Header
20: Game/MIDI Port (T)
Audio MIC/IN/OUT (B)
21: Voice Modem Connector
22: L2 Cache (Data Cache)

JP14

18

AudioDrive

ESS

ES1898

CD2

MD2

CD1

IR

20

9

8

DIP

1 2 3

ON

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13

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1.4 Microprocessor

The P5F97/P5F103 meets all requirements of a Pentium flexible
mainboard.

The requirements for a Pentium flexible mainboard are:

1. CPU ZIF socket is Socket 7.

2. BIOS can support various Pentium class processors with
different CPU core frequency.

3. On-board switching regulators and heat sinks meet CPU’s
core and I/O voltage/current/thermal specifications.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard can support the following CPUs

Intel Pentium 90 ~ 200MHz.
Intel MMX Pentium 166 ~ 233MHz.
Cyrix/IBM 6x86 PR133 ~ 166MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86L PR133 ~ 166MHz
Cyrix/IBM 6x86MX PR166 ~ PR233MHz
Cyrix/IBM M II PR233 ~ PR333MHz
AMD K5 PR90 ~ 166MHz
AMD K6 /166 ~ 300 MHz
AMD K6-2 /250 ~ 350MHz

M A Cooling Fan And Heat Sink Assembly Are Required To
Protect The Cpu From Being Damaged Due To Overheating.

1.5 Level 2 Cache

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard provides standard 512KB
synchronous pipelined burst SRAM cache on board as a
manufacture default. However the 1MB synchronous pipelined burst
SRAM cache are also available by special request.

1.6 Chipset

The ALi Aladdin V chipset consists of a M1541 System Controller, and a
M1543 PCI ISA/IDE Accelerator.

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M1541: - CPU interface controller

- AGP Interface controller

- Integrated DRAM/Cache controller

- Extensive CPU-to-AGP, CPU-to-DRAM,
CPU-to-PCI, AGP-to-DRAM, AGP-to­PCI, PCI-to-AGP and PCI-to-DRAM data
buffering

M1543: - Interface between the PCI and ISA buses

- Fully synchronous PCI 2.1 bus interface

- Power Management Logic

- USB controller

- EIDE controller

- Seven DMA channels, one timer/counter,

two eight-channel interrupt controllers,
NMI logic, SMI interrupt logic, and PCI/
ISA bus arbitrator

- SMBus interface

- Real-Time clock

- Super I/O and Keyboard controller

1.7 Main Memory

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard provides three 168-pin DIMM
sockets to support 8MB to 768MB of system memory. The sockets
support 1M x 64 (8MB), 2M x 64 (16MB), 4M x 64 (32MB), 8M x
64 (64MB), 16Mx64(128MB) and 32Mx64(256MB) DIMM in
single- or double-sided modules. The DIMM have to be 3.3V &
unbuffered memory.

The P5F97/P5F103 supports two types of DRAMs, Extended Data
Out (EDO), and Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). Memory timing
requires 70ns or faster for EDO, and equal or faster speed than the
CPU bus clock for SDRAMs.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard achieves the highest reliability by
supporting the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) memory
protections. The ECC is a hardware scheme which detects all single
and dual-bit errors, and corrects all single-bit error during main
memory access. The ECC can be supported only if all the DIMM

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memory modules come with parity bits and the option “DRAM Data
Integrity Mode” in the Chipset Features Setup has to be set to “ECC”.

EDO DRAM is designed to improve the DRAM read performance. It
holds the memory data valid until the next memory access cycle,
unlike FPM DRAM that tri-states the memory data when the
precharge cycle occur, prior to the next memory access cycle.
SDRAM uses the system clock to synchronize the flow of addresses,
data, control and the pipelining of operation. This yields a significant
memory performance improvement.

1.8 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Slot

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard is equipped with an Accelerated
Graphic Port slot which is compliant to the AGP specification 1.0. The
AGP runs at 66.6MHz (or 60MHz) clock and supports both 1x and 2x
mode for 66.6MHz and 133MHz 3.3V devices. The data transfer rate
on the AGP bus can be 4 times faster than PCI bus.

The following is a clock frequency for different system clock
operating modes:

System Clock CPU Bus Clock AGP Clock PCI Clock

60MHz 60MHz 60MHz 30MHz
66MHz 66MHz 66MHz 33MHz
75MHz 75MHz 60MHz 30MHz
83MHz 83MHz 66MHz 33MHz
95MHz 95MHz 63MHz 31MHz
100MHz 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz
105MHz 105MHz 70MHz 35MHz
110MHz 110MHz 73MHz 36MHz
115MHz 115MHz 76MHz 38MHz
120MHz 120MHz 80MHz 40MHz
124MHz 124MHz 82MHz 41MHz
133MHz 133MHz 88MHz 44MHz

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1.9 Enhanced IDE Support

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard provides two enhanced high performance
PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting four devices with PIO mode 0
through mode 4, bus-mastering DMA mode 2, and bus-mastering Ultra
DMA/33 ATAPI devices. Detection of IDE device type and transfer rate
is automatically performed by the BIOS. The traditional PIO IDE device
requires a substantial amount of CPU bandwidth to handle all the
activities of IDE access including waiting for mechanical activities. The
Bus Master logic designed in the ALi Aladdin V chipset is intended to
reduce the workload of the CPU, hence increasing CPU efficiency. The
Bus Master takes care of the data transfer between IDE and memory,
and lets the CPU handle other tasks. In true multi-tasking operating
systems such as Windows 95, Windows98, Windows NT, and OS/2, by
using bus-mastering IDE, the CPU workload can be reduced to complete
other tasks while disk data transfers are occurring. The driver must be
loaded in order to make the EIDE drive operate in bus-mastering DMA
mode.

The following is a data transfer rate comparison table for different IDE
operating modes

:

Operating Mode Maximum Data Transfer Rate
PIO Mode 3 11.1 MB/Second
PIO Mode 4 16.6 MB/Second
DMA Mode 1 13.3 MB/Second
DMA Mode 2 16.6 MB/Second
Ultra DMA/33 33.2MB/Second

1.10 Keyboard, Mouse and USB Interface

The 5V line to the PS/2 keyboard, mouse connector and USB header, are
protected with 3Amp/125V fuse.

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard has a dual USB connector to support
two USB ports. The USB is a serial bus interface standard that is

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designed to bring the “Plug and Play” concept to the outside of the
computer system chassis. The bus allows devices to be attached,
configured, used and detached while the host system is in operation.

The USB will allow as many as 63 devices to be daisy chained in
any combination per port. With up to 12Mbits/sec transfer rate, the
USB is suitable for devices such as keyboard, mouse, digital
joystick, game pad, fax/modem, scanner, printer, ISDN and
telephony device.

1.11 Real-time Clock, CMOS RAM and Battery

The integrated real-time clock (RTC) provides a time of day clock, and
an 85-year calendar with alarm features. P5F97/P5F103 also has 242
bytes battery backed CMOS RAM which stores the system setup
information and password. The RTC and CMOS RAM can be set via the
BIOS SETUP program. The contents of the CMOS RAM can be cleared
by placing a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP11 for 5 seconds when the
system power is off. A coin-cell style Lithium CR2032 battery is used to
provide power to the RTC and CMOS memory. The battery has a three
year life if the system is not powered up. When the system powers up,
the power for the RTC and CMOS RAM is supplied from the 5 V power
supply to extend the life of the battery.

1.12 IrDA Infrared Support

A 5-pin header connector is used to connect a Hewlett Packard HSDSL­1000 compatible IrDA or Sharp ASKIR Infrared module. Once the
module is installed, the user can use application software such as
Microsoft Infrared (MSIR) to transfer files between the computer system
and portable devices such as laptops and printers.

1.13 Power Management

The integrated DPMA (Dynamic Power Management Architecture)
features in the ALi Aladdin V chipset go far beyond the original vision
of the “Green PC” to create exciting new application models for the
“OnNow” PC platform. The “OnNow” PC is a PC which is always on
and ready for use but appears to be off when not in use.

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The P5F97/P5F103 not only complies with EPA, APM1.2 and ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface), but also provides the
following power management features.

- Power-on by an external modem ring in or a watchdog timer (Alarm)
System could be powered on by phone ring, or by software that has
requested the PC to wake up at a preset time.

- Power Management mode indicator
The standby LED will blink once a second when system entering
DOZE Mode and blink twice a second when system entering
STANDBY Mode. When system entering SUSPEND Mode, standby
LED will stop blinking and stay on.

- Fan off in suspend mode
The CPU cooling fan will be turned off when the system is in
suspend mode. (required cooling FAN cable connect to motherboard
FAN connector).

1.14 System Power On/Off Control

If Micro-ATX or ATX power supply is used, you may enjoy a lot of
special features as mentioned in the following. System power can be
turned on by network card (WOL), power button, an external modem
ring, an alarm. To enable the “Wake On LAN” feature, the option
“Resume by LAN” in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set
to “Enabled”.To enable the “modem ring on” feature, the option
“Resume by Ring” in the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Setup has to be
set to “Enabled”. To enable the “alarm on” feature, the option “Resume
by Alarm” in the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Setup has to be set to
“Enabled”.

System power can be turned off in one of two ways: a front panel power
button or soft-off control. When the option “PWR-BTTN” in the BIOS
Power Management Setup is set to “Power Off”, pressing the power
button will immediately turn off the system power. But if the “PWR­BTTN” option is set to “Disabled”, you have to press the power button
and hold it for more than 4 seconds to turn off the system power. The
system power can also be turned off via software control. The system
BIOS will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM
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issue Soft Off APM command when the user selects “Shutdown” in
Start Menu. In order to make Soft Off feature work properly, Power
Management/APM must be enabled in the system BIOS and Operating
System.

1.15 System Sleep / Resume

When Advanced Power Management (APM) is activated in the system
BIOS and the Operating System's APM/ACPI driver is loaded, Sleep
mode (Suspend) can be entered in one of three ways: press the front
panel power button, select “Suspend” in Windows 95/98 Start Menu
or no system activity for a pre-defined length of time. To use the
power button to control system sleep/resume, the option “PWR­BTTN” in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to “Green
Mode”

When the system enters the sleep mode, the CPU stops running, the
Ali Aladdin V chipset and related circuits stay in the lowest power
state, the HDD stops spinning, the monitor screen becomes blank, the
STB LED (STANDBY LED) indicator on the front panel turn on, and
the CPU cooling fan is turned off (Note: in order to turn off the fan in
sleep mode, you need to connect the CPU cooling fan to the on-board
fan power connectors).

1.16 Wake On LAN (WOL)

Wake on LAN (WOL) is a 1x3 pin header for remote wake up of the
computer through a network. Wake on LAN requires an ATX power
supply installed and PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with
remote wake up capabilities. The remote wake up header on the NIC
must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header. The NIC
monitors network traffic at the NIC interface and when it detects a
Magic Packet (MP Wake-up) it asserts a wake up signal that powers
up the computer.

Note:
For WOL (Wake on LAN), the 5Vsb (5V standby) line of the ATX
power supply must be capable of delivering 5V with 5% tolerance at
720mA or higher.

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M Static Electricity Precautions

Before removing the Mainboard from its anti-static bag, you need to elim­inate any static electricity that may be accumulated on your body. The
charge that can build up in your body may be more than enough to dam­age integrated circuits on the system board. Therefore, it is important to
observe basic precautions whenever you handle or use computer compo­nents. Although areas with humid climate are much less prone to static
build-up, it is best to always safeguard against accidental damage that
may lead to costly repairs. The following measures should be sufficient to
protect your equipment from static discharge:

l After removing the system cover, discharge any static electricity that
might have accumulated in your body by touching a grounded or anti­static surface (e.g. anti-static pads or using a grounding wrist strap). If
nothing is available, touch the power supply housing. This assumes the
system unit is plugged into the AC outlet. Be certain to do this before
removing components from their anti-static coverings.

l When handling separate cards, boards or modules, be cautious to avoid
contacting with the components on them, and also with the “gold finger”
connectors that plug into the expansion slot. It is best to handle them
either by their edges or by mounting brackets that attach to the slot open­ing in the system cases. However, the above recommendation are just
intended to avoid the static discharge problem.

l Make certain that everything connects to the system case, including the
power supply, is unplugged before doing the installation work.

2.1 Unpacking

The P5F97/P5F103 mainboard package contains the following:

r Mainboard
r One IDE 40-pin ribbon cable
r One floppy 34-pin ribbon cable
r Driver and Utility diskettes
r User's manual

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2.2 Installation

The P5F97/P5F103 is designed to fit into a standard Micro-ATX/ATX
form factor chassis. It is highly recommended to use as many metal
fasteners as possible to mount the mainboard in the chassis for better
grounding.

P5F97/P5F103 Mainboard Connector/Jumper Location

ISA3

ISA2

ISA1

PCI4

HDD LED

SPEAKER

KEYLOCK& POWER LED

RESETSTB LED PWR SW

1

JP11

CMOS RAM
Clearance

1

IDE1 Connector

Front Panel Connector

1

FDD Connector

PCI3

Enable/Disable onboard sound card

WOL

PCI2

ALi

M1543

1

DIMM1

IDE2 Connector

ATX Power Connector

BANK 0

SW2

DIP

5 6

1 2 3 4

ON

Wake On LAN Connector

DIMM2

AGP

DIMM3

Over Clock Jumper

JP13

ODP Processor Jumper

CPU Fan Connector

82443EX

JP7

BANK 2

BANK 1

Socket 7

ALi

PCI1

M1541

JP14

AudioDrive

ESS

1

MD1

ES1898

Game/MIDI Port(TOP)

CD2

MD2

CD1

IR

Parallel Port(TOP)

COM1COM2 USB PS/2 KeyboardMIC IN OUT

SW1

DIP

1 2 3

ON

(TOP)

PS/2 Mouse

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