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P6F169
MOTHER BOARD
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User’s Manual
Edition 1.0
February 15, 2004
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Copyright Notice
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Manual Guide
This manual is designed to help you build a reliable Personal Computer based on
the P6F169 platform.
Chapter 1—Quick Reference
This chapter is for advanced users who want to quickly assemble a system. The
motherboard layout along with jumper and switch settings, and memory
configuration are provided.
Chapter 2—Introduction
This chapter includes an introduction, a checklist of the items that ship with this
motherboard, and a summary of the principal features and components.
Chapter 3—Hardware Installation
This chapter explains how to prepare your motherboard for use and how to make
the various connections to other computer components and peripheral items.
Chapter 4—BIOS Configuration
This chapter explains how to use the system setup utility that is stored in the
motherboard’s firmware.
Chapter 5—Driver and Utility
This chapter briefly describes the drivers and utility programs that are packaged
with the motherboard.
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Table of Content
1. P6F169 Quick Reference.................................................................................... 7
1.1 Motherboard Layout ................................................................................. 7
1.2 I/O Ports ................................................................................................... 8
1.3 Front Panel Connector ............................................................................. 8
1.4 Jumpers.................................................................................................... 9
1.5 PCI Frequency Setting ........................................................................... 11
1.6 Memory Installation ................................................................................ 11
1.7 Connectors ............................................................................................. 12
2. Introduction ....................................................................................................... 13
2.1 Overview ................................................................................................13
2.2 Motherboard Specifications and Features ............................................. 14
2.2.1. Hardware ................................................................................... 14
2.2.2 Software...................................................................................... 16
2.3 Motherboard Layout ............................................................................... 17
2.4 Embedded Processor............................................................................. 19
2.5 AC’97 Codec .......................................................................................... 19
2.6 Chipset ................................................................................................... 19
3. Hardware Installation ........................................................................................ 20
3.1 Packing List ............................................................................................ 20
3.2 Installation .............................................................................................. 21
3.3 Safety Measures ....................................................................................21
3.4 Connector and Jumper Location............................................................ 22
3.5 Attaching Connectors ...................................................................................... 23
3.5.1 Front Panel Connectors (JP1).................................................... 23
3.5.2 Audio CD-in connector (J2) ........................................................24
3.5.3 Audio Line-out connector (JP3) .................................................. 24
3.5.4 Infrared (IR) Connector (IR1) ..................................................... 25
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3.5.5 Front IEEE1394 connectors (1394_1 & 1394_2) ....................... 25
3.5.6 Front USB Header (USB1/2 & USB 3/4) .................................... 26
3.5.7 Floppy Driver Connector (FDD1)................................................ 26
3.5.8 IDE connectors (PRIMARY1 & SECONDARY1)........................ 27
3.5.9 Back Panel Connectors.............................................................. 28
3.5.10 Power Supply Connector (ATXPWR1) ..................................... 31
3.5.11 CPU/System Fan connectors ...................................................32
3.5.12 PCI Slot .................................................................................... 32
3.5.13 Serial COM2 connector (COM2) .............................................. 33
3.5.14 Front MIC-in connector (JP2) ................................................... 34
3.5.15 Front AUX connector (J1)......................................................... 34
3.5.16 LVDS connector........................................................................ 35
3.5.17 Optional DVO interface ............................................................ 36
3.6 Installing System Memory ...................................................................... 37
3.7 CPU & CMOS Jumper Setting ............................................................... 38
4. BIOS Configuration ........................................................................................... 40
4.1 Entering Setup........................................................................................ 41
4.2 Standard CMOS Features...................................................................... 42
4.3 Advanced BIOS Features....................................................................... 45
4.4 Advanced Chipset Features ................................................................... 48
4.4.1 DRAM clock/drive control ........................................................... 48
4.4.2 AGP & P2P bridge control .......................................................... 50
4.4.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control.............................................................. 51
4.5 Integrated Peripherals............................................................................ 53
4.5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device.............................................................. 53
4.5.2 VIA OnChip PCI Device.............................................................. 55
4.5.3 SuperIO Device .......................................................................... 56
4.6 Power management Setup..................................................................... 58
4.6.1 IRQ/Event Activity Detect ........................................................... 60
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4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration ........................................................................... 62
4.8 PC Health Status.................................................................................... 64
4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control..................................................................... 65
4.10. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option ........................................................... 66
4.11. Load Optimized Defaults ..................................................................... 66
4.12. Set Supervisor/User Passwords .........................................................66
4.13. Save & Exit Setup Option.................................................................... 67
4.14. Exit Without Saving ............................................................................. 67
5. Driver and Utility................................................................................................ 68
5.1 Flash Utility............................................................................................. 68
5.2 CD Driver Overview ............................................................................... 69
5.2.1 VIA 4in1 driver ............................................................................ 70
5.2.2 VIA S3G UniChrome display driver ............................................ 70
5.2.3 ALC650 Audio Driver .................................................................. 70
5.2.4 LAN Driver .................................................................................. 71
5.2.5 USB2.0 Driver............................................................................. 71
5.3 Online Service........................................................................................ 72
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1. P6F169 Quick Reference
This section is for users to get started using the motherboard straight away.
1.1 Motherboard Layout
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ATX Power connector (ATXPWR1)
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IDE connector (PRIMARY1)
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IDE connector (SENCONDARY1)
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Floppy connector (FDD1)
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184-pin DDR DIMM socket (DIMM1)
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184-pin DDR DIMM socket (DIMM2)
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Front Panel Connectors (JP1)
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Compact Flash Type Jumper (JCFSEL1)
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System Fan (CHIPFAN1)
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PCI Slot (PCI1)
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USB 1/2 connector (USB1/2)
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USB 3/4 connector (USB3/4)
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CMOS Clear Jumper (CLEAR_CMOS1)
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GPIO interface (JP8)
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TV-out mode switch (SW1)
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IEEE1394 connector (1394_1)
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IEEE1394 connector (1394_2)
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Audio Line-out connector (JP3)
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Audio MIC-in connector (JP2)
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Audio SPDIF connector (J3)
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Audio Aux-in connector (J1)
Audio CD-in connector (J2)
DVO interface (JP7)
TMDS interface (J11)
I2C interface (J13)
TV-RST (S3)
LVDS interface (J12)
DVO interface (J10)
IR interface (IR1)
COM2 connector (COM2)
COM2 Jumper (J5)
COM2 Jumper (J6)
COM2 Jumper (J7)
COM2 Jumper (J8)
COM2 Jumper (J9)
CPU Fan (CPUFAN1)
CPU Ratio Switch (SW2)
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1.2 I/O Ports
1.3 Front Panel Connector
The following illustration shows the front panel connector pin
assignments:
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1.4 Jumpers
CLEAR_CMOS1 Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
JCFSEL Compact Flash Mode
1-2 Master
2-3 Slave
Default setting
SW2
CPU RATIO 1 2 3 4 5
3.0x OFF ON ON ON ON
3.5x OFF ON OFF ON ON
4.0x ON OFF ON ON ON
4.5x ON OFF OFF ON ON
5.0x ON ON ON OFF ON
5.5x ON ON OFF ON ON
6.0x OFF OFF ON OFF ON
6.5x OFF OFF OFF OFF ON
7.0x OFF ON ON OFF ON
7.5x OFF ON OFF OFF ON
8.0x ON OFF ON OFF ON
8.5x ON OFF OFF OFF ON
9.0x ON ON ON ON ON
9.5x OFF OFF OFF ON ON
10.0x OFF OFF ON ON ON
10.5x OFF OFF OFF ON OFF
11.0x OFF ON ON ON OFF
11.5x OFF ON OFF ON OFF
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12.0x ON OFF ON ON OFF
12.0x ON ON OFF OFF ON
12.5x ON OFF OFF ON OFF
13.0x ON ON ON OFF OFF
13.5x ON ON OFF ON OFF
14.0x OFF OFF ON OFF OFF
14.5x OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
15.0x OFF ON ON OFF OFF
15.5x OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
16.0x ON OFF ON OFF OFF
SW1 Switch Number
RESERVE 1-OFF Default
2-ON Enable OVERSCAN
2-OFF Disable
TV-mode 3 4 5
NTSC ON ON ON
NTSC-EIA ON OFF ON
PAL-M ON ON OFF
PAL-BDGHI OFF OFF ON
PAL-Comb-N OFF OFF OFF
PAL-N OFF ON ON
COM2 RS232/485/422 Mode jumper setting
Mode J5 J6 J7 J8 J9
RS232 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
RS422 5-6 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3
RS485 3-4 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-2
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1.5 PCI Frequency Setting
The PCI frequency settings are automatically set by the system
1.6 Memory Installation
Note: This motherboard supports up to two double-sided or
two single-sided DIMMs when the DDR DRAM interface
is operating at 133 MHz. Installing DDR DIMM modules
that exceed these specifications requires that the BIOS
down-shifts the DRAM clocks to 100 MHz through a
two-wire interface of the system clock generator.
184-Pin DIMM DDR SDRAM Memory Configuration.
Each 184-pin DIMM bank can install from 64MB up to 1GB of
PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 compliant 2.5V single or double side buffered with
or without ECC DDR SDRAM modules.
Bank 0 (DIMM1) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Bank 1 (DIMM2) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
Total 2 GB
Frequency Setting
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1.7 Connectors
Connector Function Remark
DIMM1 184-pin DIMM Socket Standard
DIMM2 184-pin DIMM Socket Standard
PRIMARY1 40-pin Primary IDE Port Standard
SECONDARY1 40-pin Secondary IDE Port Standard
FDD1 34-pin FDD Port Standard
COM2 10-pin COM2 RS-232/485/422 Serial Port Standard
USB1/2 10-pin 1st / 2nd Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Port Standard
USB3/4 10-pin 3rd / 4th Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Port Standard
IR1 5-pin SIR IrDA Port Standard
ATXPWR1 20-pin ATX Power Connector Standard
1394_1 6-pin IEEE1394 port Standard
1394_2 6-pin IEEE1394 port Standard
J1 4-pin AUX-in connector Standard
J2 4-pin CDIN connector for CD-ROM audio input Standard
J3 5-pin SPDIF connector for Digital Audio Output Standard
JP2 2-pin MIC-in connector Standard
JP3 5-pin Line-out connector Standard
JP7 20-pin DVO interface Standard
JP8 4-pin General Purpose I/O (GPIO) interface Standard
J10 12-pin DVO interface Standard
J11 26-pin TMDS interface Standard
J12 26-pin LVDS interface Standard
J13 2-pin I2C interface Standard
CPUFAN1 CPU FAN connector Standard
CHIPFAN1 System FAN connector Standard
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2. Introduction
2.1 Overview
The high quality P6F169 is a high-performance, enhanced function
motherboard that supports VIA C3/Eden Embedded processor with 133 MHz
front side bus (FSB). This motherboard is designed around the latest VIA
CLE266 Chipset in Mini-ITX form factor.
The motherboard delivers workstation-level performance with bus mastering
EIDE (Enhanced IDE) controller, and concurrent PCI bus. The motherboard
accommodates DDR SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) memory and supports
ATA66/100/133.
In addition to superior hardware capabilities, provided with this platform are
these features:
ySupport VIA C3/Eden Embedded Processor
ySupports a 100/133 memory bus
ySupports up to 2 GB of PC1600/PC2100 DDR SDRAM
yBus mastering EIDE driver
ySupports 6 x USB ports.
ySupports 5.1 Channel AC97 Audio
ySupports 2 x IEEE1394 firewire connector
ySoft-off APM (Advanced Power Management)
yACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)
yBIOS upgrade
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2.2 Motherboard Specifications and Features
2.2.1. Hardware
General Specification
Form Factor Mini-ITX at 170 x 170 mm (L x W)
CPU VIA C3/Eden Embedded processor at 133MHz FSB
Memory 2GBytes DDR200/266 SDRAM on 2 x 184-pin DIMM socket
Chipset VIA CLE266 and VT8235
BIOS Phoenix-Award 2Mb PnP flash BIOS
Green Function Power saving mode includes doze, standby and suspend modes. ACPI version 1.0
and APM version 1.2 compliant
Real Time
Clock
Enhanced IDE PCI enhanced IDE interface supports dual channels and up to 4 ATAPI devices at
Expansive Slot One PCI slot supports up to 2 bus master PCI bus interface via the additional riser
Compact Flash One Compact Flash Type I/II socket
Multi-I/O Port
Chipset VIA VT8235 integrated with Winbond W83697HF Super I/O controller
Serial Port One external RS-232 serial port with 16C550 compatible UART and 16 bytes FIFO
USB Port 6 x Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ports with 480 Mbps of data transfer rate
Parallel Port One external bi-direction parallel port with SPP/ECP/EPP mode
Floppy Port One FDD port supports up to two FDD
IrDA Port One IrDA compliant Infrared interface supports SIR
K/B & Mouse External PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports on rear I/O panel
VIA VT8235 built-in RTC with lithium battery
UltraATA/100/133
Two 40-pin IDE ports
card
and one internal jumper selectable RS232/485/422 serial port
2 x external and 4 x internal USB ports
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VGA Display Interface
Chipset VIA CLE266 built-in internal AGP 4X 2D/3D graphics
Frame Buffer Size BIOS selectable 8/16/32/64MB with system shared memory
2D Engine 128 bit
3D Engine 1 Pipe, 2 Texture, dedicated
MPEG-2
Hardware
Acceleration
Video Support 2 video stream + Alpha Channel
Dual View
Support
Connector External DB15 female connector on rear I/O panel
TV-out Interface
Chipset VIA CLE266 integrated with AITech AIT2139KL Codec
TV Mode Support both of NTSC and PAL mode
Connector External S-video and RCA Jack on rear I/O panel
Ethernet Interface
Chipset VIA PRO/100+ LAN interface with VT6103 PHY
Type 10Base-T / 100Base-TX, auto-switching Fast Ethernet
Connector External RJ45 connector with LED on rear I/O panel
Audio Interface
Chipset VIA VT8235 with Realtek ALC650 AC’97 3D audio codec
Interface 5.1 channel 3D audio with front (R/L), rear (R/L), center and bass
Connector External three phone jack for 5.1 channel audio on rear panel
Slice Layer, IDTC & Motion Compensation
2 Contents, 2 Refresh Rates, 2 Resolution
Internal 26-pin LVDS connector
Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant
S/P DIF digital audio encoding signal input and output
Line-in, line-out, CD-in and MIC-in
External S/P DIF connector on rear panel
Internal 10-pin header for line-in/-out, MIC-out, 4-pin header for CD-in
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IEEE1394 Interface
Chipset VIA VT6307S PCI IEEE1394 controller
Interface IEEE1394 with 100/200/400 Mbps of data transfer bandwidth
Connector 2 x internal IEEE1394 connector
Power and Environment
Power Requirement 20-pin ATX power connector
Dimension 170 (L) x 170 (H) mm, Mini-ITX form factor
Temperature Operating within 0 ~ 60oC (32 ~ 140oF)
Storage within -20 ~ 85
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C (-4 ~ 185oF)
2.2.2 Software
BIOS
Driver and
Utility
Operating
System
AWARD AGP/PCI BIOS
2M-bit Flash BIOS with ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data)
block
Supports APM, Plug and Play, Multi-Boot, DMI and EIDE devices
Supports ACPI
Supports high-capacity LS-120 and ZIP removable media drive
IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver
AC97 codec audio driver
Flash utility for BIOS upgrade
System Environment Monitoring Utility
Operates with MS_DOS, Windows 3.x/9x/ME/XP/2000/NT, OS/2,
Novell NetWare/UnixWare 1.1, and SCO Unix 4.2
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Note: Because of optional items and design changes, your
motherboard may not be identical to the one shown in the
illustration.
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Key to Motherboard Function
NO. Name Function
1 ATXPWR1 Standard ATX Power Connector
2 PRIMARY1 40-pin IDE1 Connector
3 SECONDARY1 40-pin IDE2 Connector
4 JP1 Front Panel Connector
5 CHIPFAN System FAN
6 PCI1 32-bit PCI Slot
7 DIMM1 184-pin DDR SDRAM Socket
8 DIMM2 184-pin DDR SDRAM Socket
9 FDD1 26-pin Floppy Connector
10 JP8 4-pin General Purpose I/O Connector
11 JP3 5-pin Line-out Connector
12 JP2 2-pin MIC-in connector
13 J3 5-pin SPDIF connector
14 J1 4-pin AUX-in connector
15 J2 4-pin CD-IN connector
16 1394_1 2 x 3-pin IEEE1394 connector
17 1394_2 2 x 3-pin IEEE1394 connector
18 JP7 20-pin DVO interface
19 J11 26-pin DVO interface
20 J13 2-pin I2C interface
21 USB1/2 10-pin USB1/2 connector
22 USB3/4 10-pin USB3/4 connector
23 S3 TV reset connector
24 J12 26-pin LVDS interface
25 J10 12-pin DVO interface
26 IR1 5-pin IR interface
27 CPUFAN CPU fan connector
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2.4 Embedded Processor
The board supports embedded VIA C3/Eden EBGA368 processor from
300MHz to 1GHz. The C3 E-series provide best C/P rate performance, and the
Eden series provide low power consumption solution.
2.5 AC’97 Codec
The board is integrated with Realtek ALC650 codec. The ALC650 is an 18-bit,
full duplex, AC’97 2.2 compatible stereo audio codec. The ALC650 incorporates
proprietary converter technology to achieve a high SNR, greater than 90 dB. The
ALC650 AC'97 CODEC supports multiple CODEC extensions with independent
variable sampling rates and built-in 3D effects.
2.6 Chipset
The board is integrated with VIA CLE266 and 8235 chipset, supports VIA
embedded C3/Eden processor for low power consumption. The key features are
below:
· 100/133MHz DDR/SDR Memory bus settings
· Support for Integrated VIA AGP 4X 2D/3D Graphics
· Supports up to 2.0GB DDR200/266 SDRAM
· V-Link 266MB/s high bandwidth North/South Bridge interconnect
· Integrated 6 channel Surround Sound AC-97 Audio Interface
· Integrated 10/100 Ethernet MAC
· Support for ATA 33/66/100/133
· Support for USB 2.0, 6 USB ports, UHCI compliant
· Advanced power management capabilities including ACPI OnNow
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3. Hardware Installation
This chapter shows how to build your own system of the board. You may need
the following components to built a fully function system.
1. Mini-ITX chassis with standard ATX power supply.
2. At least one 184-pin DDR200/266 SDRAM module.
3. One Floppy drive.
4. One Ultra DMA 66/100 EIDE hard drive.
5. One CD-ROM.
6. One CRT monitor.
7. One PS/2 keyboard and mouse.
8. One S-Video or RCA wire to connect with TV.
9. One 10/100Mps Ethernet wire to connect with your ADSL modem or HUB.
10. A speaker.
3.1 Packing List
Please check the package list below:
1. 1 x P6F169 motherboard.
2. 1 x IDE 66/100 40-pin ribbon cable.
3. 1 x Floppy 34-pin ribbon cable.
4. 1 x Drivers and Utility CD.
5. 1 x user’s manual.
After removing the motherboard from its anti-static bag, place it
on a grounded or antistatic surface (component side up). Inspect
the motherboard and contact your vendor immediately if it is
damaged
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3.2 Installation
The P6F169 is designed to fit into a standard Mini-ITX ATX form factor
chassis. The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel
connectors meet the Mini-ITX ATX system board specification. The chassis
comes with various mounting fasteners, which are made of metal or plastic. It is
highly recommended to use as many metal fasteners as possible to mount the
motherboard in the chassis for better grounding.
To install the motherboard you need to install the DDR memory modules, attach
the connectors, and set the correct CPU speed in the CMOS setup.
3.3 Safety Measures
Computer components and electronic circuit boards can be damaged by
discharges of static electricity. Working on computers that are still connected to a
power supply can be extremely dangerous. Follow the simple guidelines below
to avoid damaging you computer:
1. Always disconnect the motherboard from the ATX power supply, and
disconnect the computer from the power outlet whenever you are working
inside the computer case.
2. If possible, wear a grounded wrist strap when you are installing the
motherboard or working inside the computer case. Alternatively, discharge any
static electricity by touching the bare metal chassis of the computer case, or
the bare metal body of ay other grounded appliance.
3. Hold electronic circuit boards by the edges only. Do not touch the components
on the board unless it is necessary to do so. Do not flex or stress the circuit
board.
Leave each component inside the static-proof packaging that it ships with until you
are ready to use the component for the installation.
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3.5 Attaching Connectors
3.5.1 Front Panel Connectors (JP1)
There are seven connectors on the motherboard for speaker, switches, and
indicator lights on the system’s front panel.
PW SW This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
Power button.
RESET This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
SBLED This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
HLED This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
PWRLED
& RLED
SPEAKER This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
Attaching Connectors
reset switch and is used to reboot the system.
Standby LED to indicate a standby status. The LED
remains Lit even when the system is off to indicate
that AC power is available. When the system enters
standby mode, the LED starts blinking.
HDD LED to indicate hard disk activity.
This 5-pin connector connects to the case-mounted
and the power LED. The RLED switch is used to
indicate Raid activity.
speaker.
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3.5.2 Audio CD-in connector (J2)
This connector enables you to connect a CD-ROM to the motherboard and
receive stereo audio input
3.5.3 Audio Line-out connector (JP3)
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3.5.4 Infrared (IR) Connector (IR1)
This 5-pinheader connects to an optional wireless transmitting and receiving
infrared module via a cable and a bracket. Configure BIOS to enable the IrDA port
if you attach an infrared module to this connector. Refer to Integrated Peripherals
in Chapter 4 for details.
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3.5.5 Front IEEE1394 connectors (1394_1 & 1394_2)
Attaching Connectors
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3.5.6 Front USB Header (USB1/2 & USB 3/4)
Hardware Installation
3.5.7 Floppy Driver Connector (FDD1)
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3.5.8 IDE connectors (PRIMARY1 & SECONDARY1)
An IDE drive ribbon cable has two connectors to support two IDE drives. If a
ribbon cable connects to two IDE drives at the same time, one of them has to be
configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the
drive select jumpers on the drive.
Consult the documentation that came with your IDE drive for details on jumper
locations and settings. You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 (color)
edge of the cable corresponds to pin 1 of the I/O port connector.
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3.5.9 Back Panel Connectors
The back panel provides external access to PS/2 style keyboard and mouse
connectors, two serial ports, one parallel port, dual USB ports, and audio Line-out,
Line-in, MIC-in ports which are integrated on the motherboard. The figures below
show the location of the back panel I/O connectors.
PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Key board Ports
Connect a PS/2 mouse to the green 6-pin mini DIN connector. The system will
automatically assign IRQ 12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is connected.
Connect a PS/2 keyboard to the purple 6-pin mini DIN connector.
If you want to connect a standard AT size (large DIN) connector,
you must use and adapter.
Parallel Port
Connect a printer or other parallel device to the burgundy-colored 25-pin parallel
port. You can set the parallel port IRQ and parallel port mode in BIOS. Refer to
Integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details.
VGA Port
Connect an external monitor to the blue 15-pin VGA port.
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S-Video Port
You can connect S-Video devices to S-Video port on the back panel.
Hardware In
RCA Video (TV-Out)
You can connect RCA Video devices to RCA Video port (TV-Out) on the backpanel.
LAN Port
Connect a device to the LAN port on the back panel.
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Universal Serial Bus Ports
You can connect two USB devices or USB hubs to the USB ports.
The USB ports provide a hardware interface for low-speed peripherals such as the
keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and telephony devices, and also
support MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 digital video. The USB ports have a maximum
bandwidth of 480 Mbits/sec (equivalent to 60 Mbytes/sec), and up to 127devices
can be attached. Fast devices can use the full bandwidth, while lower-speed ones
can transfer data using a 60 Mbytes/sec sub-channel.
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Serial Port
Connect a serial device such as a mouse or modem to the 9-pin serial port. You can set the
serial port IRQs in BIOS. Refer to integrated Peripherals in Chapter 4 for details.
Note: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port.
Audio Line-Out Port
You can connect various audio devices to this audio jack. Connect headphones or powered
speakers to the lime-colored lineout connector.
Audio Line-In Port
You can connect a tape player or another audio source to the light blue Line-in connector to
record audio on your computer or to play audio through your computer’s sound chip and
speakers.
Audio MIC-In Port
You can connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to your
computer.
※ For 5.1 channel output
This board can support 5.1 channel audio output, when you connect the 5.1
channel speaker set, after installing audio drivers, the Line-out (Green),
Line-in (Blue) and MIC-in (Pink) and let you configure to support Front
(Green), Rear (Blue) and center (Pink).
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3.5.10 Power Supply Connector (ATXPWR1)
The ATX power supply has a single lead connector with a clip on one side of
the plastic housing. There is only one way to plug the lead into to ATX power
connector. Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into place and
secures the lead onto the connector.
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Warning:
Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in
serious dama
eripherals. Make sure the power supply is unplugged
rom the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the
power supply.
e to the motherboard and connected
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3.5.11 CPU/System Fan connectors
There are two fan connectors on the motherboard for the cooling fans. The
connectors support fans of 12VDC/500mAMP (six watt) or less. When the
system goes into sleep state, fans should be shut down to eliminate audible noise
and reduce power consumption.
CPUFAN
CHIPFAN
3.5.12 PCI Slot
PCI connector is one of equipment interfaces that connect peripheral
equipment and motherboard. Its transfer speed is faster than traditional ISA. PCI is
the mainstream transfer interface for extra adopter.
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3.5.13 Serial COM2 connector (COM2)
The motherboard provides one onboard serial COM2 connector. The COM2
connector has the same signal with COM1 on the back panel. The COM2 also
support RS485/422 communication mode. Please follow the jumper setting below
to select the mode you need.
J5
J6
J7
J8
J9
COM2
COM2 RS232/485/422 Mode jumper setting
Mode J5 J6 J7 J8 J9
RS232 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
RS422 5-6 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3
RS485 3-4 2-3 2-3 1-2 1-2
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3.5.14 Front MIC-in connector (JP2)
Connect a microphone to the pink microphone connector to record audio to
your computer.
JP2
Ground
MICIN
1
3.5.15 Front AUX connector (J1)
Connector the cable attached to line-out connector on front panel. This
header shared same signal with line-out back panel.
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CAUXL
Ground
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3.5.16 LVDS connector
The board supports LCD LVDS interface, you can use a panel through this
interface.
Pin NO Pin Assignment Pin NO Pin Assignment
1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V
3 TVD0 4 +2.5V
5 TVD1 6 +2.5V
7 TVD2 8 +5V
9 TVD3 10 +5V
11 TVD4 12 Ground
13 TVD5 14 TVBLK
15 TVD6 16 DISPCLK1
17 TVD7 18 DISPCLK0
19 TVD8 20 TVCLK
21 TVD9 22 TVCLKR
23 TVD10 24 TVVS
25 TVD11 26 TVHS
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3.5.17 Optional DVO interface
The board supports DVO interface to support multimedia video input and
output.
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3.6 Installing System Memory
Maximum system memory supported by the motherboard is 2GB.The
motherboard has two DIMM Sockets. Memory can be installed using 184-pin DDR
SDRAM DIMM memory modules. These are no jumper settings required for the
memory size or type, which is automatically detected by the BIOS.
DIMM2
DIMM1
The motherboard support DDR200/266 SDRAM. If you install higher frequency
RAM module more than 266MHz, the system will force it to run under 266MHz.
Install the 184-pin DDR SDRAM modules in any combination as follows:
Bank 0 (DIMM1) 64MB/128MB/512MB/1GB
Bank 1 (DIMM2) 64MB/128MB/512MB/1GB
Total System Memory 64MB ~ 2GB
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3.7 CPU & CMOS Jumper Setting
Refer to the following illustration and instructions to set the jumpers on your
motherboard.
Notice: the SW2 can let you configure the CPU ratio, but we have set done this
before the board is shipped, please do not attend to overclock, this may due to the
system unstable.
CLEAR_COMS1
SW2
CLEAR_CMOS1 Mode
1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation
Default setting
You may need to clear the CMOS if your system cannot boot up because you
forgot your password, the CPU clock setup is incorrect, or the CMOS setting need
to reset to default values after the system BIOS has been updated.
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Please check the following ratio form of CPU clock ratio if your board runs the
wrong frequency of your order.
SW2
CPU RATIO 1 2 3 4 5
3.0x OFF ON ON ON ON
3.5x OFF ON OFF ON ON
4.0x ON OFF ON ON ON
4.5x ON OFF OFF ON ON
5.0x ON ON ON OFF ON
5.5x ON ON OFF ON ON
6.0x OFF OFF ON OFF ON
6.5x OFF OFF OFF OFF ON
7.0x OFF ON ON OFF ON
7.5x OFF ON OFF OFF ON
8.0x ON OFF ON OFF ON
8.5x ON OFF OFF OFF ON
9.0x ON ON ON ON ON
9.5x OFF OFF OFF ON ON
10.0x OFF OFF ON ON ON
10.5x OFF OFF OFF ON OFF
11.0x OFF ON ON ON OFF
11.5x OFF ON OFF ON OFF
12.0x ON OFF ON ON OFF
12.0x ON ON OFF OFF ON
12.5x ON OFF OFF ON OFF
13.0x ON ON ON OFF OFF
13.5x ON ON OFF ON OFF
14.0x OFF OFF ON OFF OFF
14.5x OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
15.0x OFF ON ON OFF OFF
15.5x OFF ON OFF OFF OFF
16.0x ON OFF ON OFF OFF
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4. BIOS Configuration
After the hardware configuration of the motherboard is finished, and the system
hardware has been assembled, the system may be powered up. At this point, CMOS setup
should be run to ensure that system information is correct.
The motherboard employs the latest Award BIOS CMOS chip with support for Windows
Plug and Play. This CMOS chip contains the ROM Setup instructions for configuring the
motherboard’s BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup program is a menu
driven utility that enables you to make changes to the system configuration and tailor your
system to suit your individual work needs. It is a ROM-based configuration utility that
displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system
parameters. These parameters are stored in non-volatile battery-backed-up CMOS RAM
that saves this information even when the power is turned off. When the system is turned
back on, the system is configured with the values found in CMOS.
Using easy-to-use pull down menus, you can configure such items as:
Hard drives, diskette drives, and peripherals
Video display type and display options
Password protection from unauthorized use
Power management features
The settings made in the Setup program intimately affect how the computer performs. It is
important, therefore, first to try to understand all the Setup’s options, and second, to make
settings appropriate for the way you use the computer. This chapter provides clear
explanations for all Setup options.
This program should be executed under the following conditions:
1. When changing the system configuration
2. When a configuration error is detected by the system and you are prompted to make
changes to the Setup program
3. When resetting the system clock
4. When setting the CPU clock speed so that it automatically runs either fast or slow
5. When redefining the communication ports to prevent any conflicts
6. When making changes to the Power Management configuration
7. When changing the password or making other changes to the security setup
Normally, CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the
information contained in the CMOS RAM, whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power or the
system features need to be changed.
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4.1 Entering Setup
When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self Test
(POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks; if an
error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways:
1. If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of
beeps will be transmitted.
2. If the error occurs after the display device is initialized, the screen will
display the error message.
After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears:
“Press DEL to enter SETUP”
To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program, press the <DEL> key to
display the “CMOS SETUP UTILITY” screen:
These screens provide access to the utility’s various functions.
Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom of the
screen:
Key Function
Esc Escape key: Exits the current menu
+/-/PU/PD
F10
F1
F5 F5 key: Loads previously saved values to CMOS
F6
F7
BIOS Configuration
Cursor keys: Scroll through the items on a menu
Plus, minus, Page Up and Page Down keys:
Modify the selected field’s values
F10 key: Saves the current configuration and exits
setup
F1 key: Displays a screen that explains all key
functions
F6 key: Loads a minimum configuration for
troubleshooting
F7 key: Loads optimum set of values for peak
performance
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4.2 Standard CMOS Features
Standard CMOS Features is the same for all three chipsets. Selecting
“Standard CMOS Features” on the main program screen displays the
following menu:
The Standard CMOS Setup utility is similar for all three chipsets and is used
to configure the following features:
Date: Month, Day, Year
Time: Hour, Minute, and Second. Use 24 Hour clock format (for PM
numbers, add 12 to the hour, you would enter 4:30 p.m. As 16:30).
IDE Devices: Your computer has two IDE channels (Primary and
Secondary) and each channel can be installed with one or two devices
(Master and Slave). Use these items to configure each device on the IDE
channel. Press Enter to display the IDE sub-menu.
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IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Press <Enter> while this item is highlighted if you want
the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure a hard disk drive on the IDE
channel.
If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this utility to detect its
parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically
If the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should be
used for your hard drive, do not accept them. Press the <N> key to reject the
values and enter the correct ones manually in the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA
mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box.
Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive.
Do not choose “Large” or “Normal” if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted
when you installed it. Select the mode that was used to format it.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave: If you leave this item at “Auto,” the
system will automatically detect and configure any IDE devices it finds. If it fails to
find a hard disk, change the value to “Manual” and then manually configure the
drive by entering the characteristics of the drive in the items below (Capacity,
Cylinder, Head, Precomp, etc.). Refer to your drive’s documentation or look on the
drive if you need to obtain this information. If no device is installed, change the
value to “None.”
Access Mode: This item defines some special ways that can be used to access
IDE hard disks such as LBA (Large Block Addressing). Leave this value at “Auto”
and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk
drive.
Press <Esc> to close the IDE device sub-menu and return to the Standard CMOS
Features page.
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Drive A and Drive B: Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your
system. The options are:
y 360K, 5.25 in
y 1.2M, 5.25in
y 720K, 3.5in
y 1.44M, 3.5in
y 2.88M, 3.5in
y None” (Not Installed)
The “Not Installed” option could be used as an option for diskless workstations.
Video: Set this field to the type of graphics card installed in your system. If you
are using a VGA or higher resolution card, choose the “EGA/VGA” option. The
options are:
y MONO
y CGA 40
y CGA 80
y EGA/VGA
Halt On: This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to halt
during boot up. The options are:
y All Errors
y No Errors
y All, But Keyboard
y All, But Diskette
y All, But Disk / Key”.
Base/Extended/Total Memory: These items are automatically detected by the
system at start up time. These are display-only fields. You cannot make changes
to these fields.
After you have made your selections in the Standard CMOS Setup screen, press
<ESC> to go back to the main screen.
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4.3 Advanced BIOS Features
Selecting “Advanced BIOS Features” on the main program screen displays
this menu, which allows you to define advanced information about your system.
You can make modifications to most of these items without introducing fatal errors
to your system. Note that the page has a scroll-bar to scroll down to more items.
The following explains the options for each feature:
Virus Warning: When enabled, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition
table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear. If this happens,
you can use an anti-virus utility on a virus free, bootable floppy diskette to reboot
and clean your system. The default setting is “Disabled”.
CPU internal Cache: These settings enable the CPU internal (L1) cache.
Enabling these items provides better performance. The default setting is
“Enabled”.
External Cache: These settings enable the CPU external (L2) cache. Enabling
these items provides better performance. The default setting is “Enabled”.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: This item enables or disables ECC (Error
Correction Code) error checking on the CPU cache memory. The default setting is
“Enabled”.
Processor Number Features: Some new processors are installed with a unique
processor number. This number may be used for verification in Internet
transactions and ecommerce. If you prefer not to use or distribute the unique
processor number, set this item to Disabled to suppress the processor number.
The default setting is “Enabled”.
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Quick Power On Self Test: This will skip some diagnostic checks during the
Power On Self Test (POST) to speed up the booting process. The default setting is
“Enabled”.
First Boot Device: Use this item to select the priority and order of the devices that
your system searches for an operating system at start-up time. The default setting
is “Floppy”.
Second Boot Device: Use this item to select the priority and order of the devices
that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time. The default
setting is “HDD-0”.
Third Boot Device: Use this item to select the priority and order of the devices
that your system searches for an operating system at start-up time. The default
setting is “LS120”.
Boot Other Device: If you enable this item, the system will search all other
possible locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the devices
specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices. The default setting is
“Enabled”.
Swap Floppy Drive : If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this
item allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B,
and drive B becomes drive A. The default setting is “Disabled”.
Boot Up Floppy Seek: If this item is enabled, it checks the geometry of the floppy
disk drives at start-up time. You don’t need to enable this item unless you have an
old diskette drive with 360K capacity. The default setting is “Enabled”.
Boot Up Numlock Status : If set to “Off,” the cursor controls will function on the
numeric keypad. The default setting is “On”.
Gate A20 Option: This option accesses memory above 1 MB using the fast gate
A20 line when set to “Fast” (default). The other option is “Normal.”
Typematic Rate Setting: If set to “Enabled,” enables you to set the Typematic
Rate and Typematic Delay. The default setting is “Disabled”.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): This setting controls the speed at which the system
registers repeated keystrokes. The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The
default setting is “6” Chars/Sec.
Ty pematic Delay (Msec): This setting controls the time between the display of the
first and second characters. There are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms
and 1000ms. The default setting is “250” ms.
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Security Option: This setting controls the password feature. The options are
“Setup” and “System.” Selecting “Setup” will protect the configuration settings from
being tampered with. Select “System” if you want to use the password feature
every time the system boots up. The default setting is “Setup.” You can create your
password by using the “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility in the main
program screen.
MPS Version Control For OS: Selects the operating system multiprocessor
support version. The default setting is “1.4”.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: Set to “OS2” if the system memory size is greater
than 64 MB and the operating system is OS/2. The default setting is “Non-OS2”.
Video BIOS Shadow: Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM.
However, it is optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase
the video speed. The Default setting is “Enabled”.
Small Logo (EPA) Show: Enables and disables the EPA logo when booting up.
The default setting is “Disabled”.
After you have made your selections in the BIOS Features Setup screen, press
<ESC> to go back to the main screen.
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4.4 Advanced Chipset Features
Selecting “Advanced Chipset Features” on the main program screen
displays this menu:
This option displays a table of items that define critical timing parameters of the
mainboard. You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless
you are very familiar with the technical specification of your system hardware. If
you change the values incorrectly, you may introduce fatal errors or recurring
instability into your system.
4.4.1 DRAM clock/drive control
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Current FSB frequency: This option will show your current front-side-bus
frequency.
Current DRAM frequency: This option will show your current DRAM frequency.
DRAM Clock: Enables you to set the DRAM clock manually, or automatically
using SPD (Serial Presence Detect).
DRAM Timing: Enables you to set the DRAM timing manually, or automatically
using SPD (Serial Presence Detect). SPD is an EEPROM chip on the memory
module that stores information about the memory chips it contains, including size,
speed, voltage, row and column addresses, and manufacturer. We recommend
setting this field to By SPD.
DRAM CAS Latency: This item enables you to optimize the speed at which data
is accessed in a column by defining CAS latency time. The CAS latency defines
the time delay (in CLKs) before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it.
Because reading data in a row is twice as fast, reducing this number can increase
performance at the expense of stability. We recommend that you leave this item at
the default value. The default setting is “2.5”.
Bank Interleave: The interleave number of internal banks, can be set to 2 way, 4
way interleave or disabled. For VCM and 16Mb type dram chips, the bank
interleave is fixed at 2 way interleave. When the dram timing is selected by SPD, it
will be set by the value on SPD of the RAM module (DDR or SDR). The default
setting is “Disabled”.
Precharge to Active: DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data.
Normally, DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request. This option
allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address
Strobe (RAS) to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed. If
insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and data lost. The default
setting is “3T”.
Active to Precharge: This item specifies the number of clock cycles needed after
a bank active command before a precharge can occur.
Active to CMD: This item specifies the minimum required delay between
activation of different rows.
DRAM command rate: This item enables you to specify the waiting time for the
CPU to issue the next command after issuing the command to the DDR memory.
We recommend that you leave this item as the default value.
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4.4.2 AGP & P2P bridge control
AGP Aperture Size: This option determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic
Aperture, where memory-mapped graphic data structures are located. The default
setting is “ 64”, and other options are “4”, “8”, “16”, “32”, “128”, or “256”.
AGP Mode: This item allows you to enable/disable the AGP Mode. The default
setting is “Enabled”.
AGP Driving Control: This item enables the system to automatically select its
output buffer drive strength or make it manually selectable by an end user. The
default setting is “AUTO”.
AGP Driving Value: This item enables an end user to manually select the AGP
output buffer drive strength. Key in a HEX number: Min=0000, MAX=00FF.
AGP Fast Write: This item allows you to enable/disable the caching of display
data for the video memory of the processor. Enabling this item can greatly improve
the display speed. Disable this item if your graphic display card does not support
this feature.
AGP Master 1 WS Write: When this item enabled, writing to the AGP
(Accelerated Graphic Port) is executed with one wait state. The default setting is
“Disabled”.
AGP Master 1 WS Read: When this item enabled, reading from the AGP
(Accelerated Graphic Port) is executed with one wait state. The default setting is
“Disabled”.
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4.4.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control
CPU to PCI Write Buffer: When enabled, writes from the CPU to PCI bus are
buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and PCI bus.
When disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is
complete before starting another write cycle.
PCI Master 0 WS Write: When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with
zero wait states.
PCI Delay Transaction: The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer
to support delayed transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with
PCI specification version 2.1. The default setting is “Enabled”.
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Memory Hole : If Set to “Enabled”, when the system memory size is equal to or
greater than 16M bytes, the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be
passed to PCI or ISA and there will be a 1 MB hole in your system memory. This
option is designed for some OS with special add-in cards which need 15-16 MB
memory space. The default setting is “Disabled”.
System BIOS Cacheable: When set to “Enabled”, the System BIOS will be
cached for faster execution. The default setting is “Enabled”.
Video RAM Cacheable: When set to “Enabled”, the Video BIOS will be cached for
faster execution. The default setting is “Enabled”.
VGA Shared Memory Size: This item allows you to control the VGA Frame Buffer
size. The default setting is “32M”.
Select Display Device: This item sets display which activate first. The options are
“CRT”, “LCD”, “CRT+LCD”, “TV”, “CRT+TV”, “LCD+TV”, “DVI”, “DVI+CRT”,
“DVI+TV”.
TV_type: This item can let you select your TV format. The options are NTSC, PAL,
PALM, PALN and PALNC.
TV_connector: This item can let you select your TV connector type. The options
are “CVBS”, S-Video”, “R/G/B, Cr/Y/Cb”, “SDTV-R/G/B”, “SDTV-Pr/Y/Pb” and
S-Video1.
TV_layout: This item can let you select TV layout mode. The options are “Default”,
“COMP. +S-Video”, “S-Video+S-Video”, “COMP. +R/G/B”, “COMP. +Y/Cb/Cr”,
“COMP. +SDTV-R,G,B”, “COMP. +SDTV-Y,Pb,Pr”.
Panel Type: This item can let you select the panel type.
After you have made your selections in the Standard CMOS Setup screen, press
<ESC> to go back to the main screen.
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4.5 Integrated Peripherals
Selecting “Integrated Peripherals” on the main program screen displays field.
4.5.1 VIA OnChip IDE Device
OnChip IDE Channel0: These options enable or disable the primary onboard IDE
controllers. The default setting is “Enabled.”
OnChip IDE Channel1: These options enable or disable the secondary onboard
IDE controllers. The default setting is “Enabled.”
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IDE Prefetch Mode: The onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching,
for faster drive access. If you install a primary and secondary add-on IDE interface,
set this field to disabled if the interface does not support prefetching. The default
setting is “Enabled”.
Primary Master PIO: This item can let you assign which kind of PIO (Programmed
Input/Output) is used by IDE devices. Choose select a PIO mode from 0-4.
Primary Slave PIO: This item can let you assign which kind of PIO (Programmed
Input/Output) is used by IDE devices. Choose select a PIO mode from 0-4.
Secondary Master PIO: This item can let you assign which kind of PIO
(Programmed Input/Output) is used by IDE devices. Choose select a PIO mode
from 0-4.
Secondary Slave PIO: This item can let you assign which kind of PIO
(Programmed Input/Output) is used by IDE devices. Choose select a PIO mode
from 0-4.
Primary Master UDMA: Each IDE channel supports a master device and a salve
device. This mainboard supports Ultra DMA technology, which provides faster
access to IDE devices.
Primary Slave UDMA: Each IDE channel supports a master device and a salve
device. This mainboard supports Ultra DMA technology, which provides faster
access to IDE devices.
Secondary Master UDMA: Each IDE channel supports a master device and a
salve device. This mainboard supports Ultra DMA technology, which provides
faster access to IDE devices.
Secondary Slave UDMA: Each IDE channel supports a master device and a
salve device. This mainboard supports Ultra DMA technology, which provides
faster access to IDE devices.
If you install a device that supports Ultra DMA, change the appropriate item on this
list to “Auto”. You may have to install the Ultra DMA driver supplied with this
mainboard in order to use an Ultra DMA device.
IDE Block Mode: Enable this filed if your IDE hard drive supports block mode.
Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block
reads and writes per sector that the drive can support and improve the speed of
access to IDE devices.
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VIA-3058 AC97 Audio: Set these items to “Auto” when you are using the
on-board AC’97 audio chip. If you are using an audio add-in card, you should
disable this item.
VIA-3043 OnChip LAN: Set these items to “Enable” when you are using the
on-board LAN chip. If you are using an LAN add-in card, you should disable this
item.
Onboard LAN Boot Rom: If you want to use the boot-on-LAN function, please
enable this option, and set the first boot device as LAN.
OnChip USB Controller: Enables the USB controller. Leave this at the default “All
Enabled” if you want to connect USB devices to your computer.
OnChip EHCI Controller: Enables the USB 2.0 controller. Leave this at the
default “Enabled” if you want to connect USB 2.0 devices to your computer.
USB Device Function: Enables USB device support for legacy operating systems.
The default setting is “Disabled”.
USB Keyboard Support: Enables USB keyboard support for legacy operating
systems. The default setting is “Disabled”.
USB Mouse Support: Enabled this function when a USB mouse is used. Set to
“Disabled” (default) when a PS/2 mouse is being used.
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Onboard FDC Controller: This option enables the onboard floppy driver
controller.
Onboard Serial Port 1: This option is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt
request (IRQ) for onboard serial port 1 (COM1).
Onboard Serial Port 2: This option is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt
request (IRQ) for onboard serial port 2 (COM2).
UART Mode Select: This field is available if the Onboard Serial Port 2 field is set
to any option but Disabled. UART Mode Select enables you to select the infrared
communication protocol-Normal (default), IrDA, or ASKIR. IrDA is an infrared
communication protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 115.2K bps. ASKIR is
Sharp’s infrared communication protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 57.6K
bps.
RxD, TxD Active: Define the voltage level for Infrared module RxD(receive) mode
and TxD(transmit) mode. This setting has to match the requirements of the
infrared module used in the system. The options are:
y Hi, Lo (default)
y Lo, Hi
y Lo, Lo
y Hi, Hi
IR Transmission Delay: When set to “Enabled”(default), utilizes the capability of
the mainboard to allow faster infrared transmission rates. The options are
“Enabled” and “Disabled”
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UR2 Duplex Mode: This field is available when UART 2 Mode Selects is set to
either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you to determine the infrared (IR) function
of the onboard infrared chip. The options are “Full” and “Halt” (default).Full-duplex
means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously. Half-duplex is
the transmission of data in both directions, but only one direction at a time.
Use IR Pins: Use this item to set the IR pins. The options are “IR-Rx2Tx2”(default)
and “RxD2, TxD2”.
Onboard Parallel Port: This option is used to assign the I/O address for the
onboard parallel port. The options are:
y 378 / IRQ7 (default)
y 278 / IRQ5
y 3BC / IRQ7
y Disabled (disables the onboard parallel port).
Parallel Port Mode: There are four options: “SPP” (Standard Parallel Port), “EPP”
(Enhanced Parallel Port), “ECP” (Extended Capabilities Port) and “ECP+EPP” and
“Normal”. Change the mode from “SPP”(default) to the enhanced mode only if
your peripheral device can support it.
EPP Mode Select: Sets the EPP specification. There are two option
“EPP1.7”(default) and “EPP1.9”.
ECP Mode Use DMA: When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode, the
parallel port can use DMA “3” or DMA “1”.
Init Display First: Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is
installed in one of the PCI slots or is integrated on the motherboard.
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4.6 Power management Setup
This option lets you control system power management. The system has
various power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning
off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the
system to be automatically resumed by certain events.
ACPI Function: When set to “Enabled”, turns on the ACPI Function. The
default setting is “Disabled”.
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ACPI Suspend Type: Use this item to define how your system suspends. If set to
S1(POS) (default), the suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down. If
set to S3(STR), the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM the system shuts down
with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory.
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Power Management Option: This item acts like a master switch for the
power-saving modes and hard disk timeouts. If this item is set to Max Saving,
power-saving modes occur after a short timeout. If this item is set to Min Saving,
power-saving modes occur after a longer time-out. If the item is set to User Define,
you can insert your own timeouts for the power-saving modes. There are four
options:
User Define: allows you to customize all power saving timer features
Max Saving: recommended setting for general use
Min Saving: sets power saving at minimum values
HDD Power Down: The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a
specified length of time. Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable.
Suspend Mode: The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be
suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time.
Full power function will return when a Power Management event is detected.
Options are from “1 Min” to “1 Hour” and “Disable”. The default is “Disable”.
Video Off Option: Set this to “Suspend -> Off” (default) if you want the Video
display to turn off during suspend mode.
Video Off Method : This setting controls the video off method in power saving
mode. The setting “V/H SYNC+Blank” disables V/H SYNC signals and blanks the
screen. Other options are “DPMS” and “Blank Screen.” The “DPMS” option allows
the BIOS to control the video card if it has the DPMS (Display Power Management
System) feature. The “Blank Screen” option is used when you do not have a
“Green” monitor.
MODEM Use IRQ : If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically
resume the system from a power-saving mode, use this item to specify the
interrupt request line (IRQ) that is used by the modem. You might have to connect
the fax/modem to the mainboard Wake On Modem connector for this feature to
work
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN : When set to “Instant-Off” (default), pressing the power
button will turn off the system power. When set to “Delay 4 Sec.” you have to press
the power button and hold it for more than 4 seconds to turn off the system power.
Otherwise, the system just goes into suspend mode. The options are “Instant-Off”
and “Delay 4 Sec”.
Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume: The options are “Auto”, “Yes”, “NO”, This item sets
to run VGA BIOS when S3 mode resume.
AC Loss Auto Restart: This item is to set the ATX power supply status when
power resume after unexpected power fail. When Off is selected, power supply will
maintain on soft-off status; when ON is selected, power supply will turn on, and
when Auto is selected, power supply will maintain on the status before unexpected
power fail. The default setting is “Off”.
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4.6.1 IRQ/Event Activity Detect
PS2KB Wakeup Select: When select password, please press Enter key to
change passwords. The maximum words are 8.
PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5: You can select S3/S4/S5 status wakeup from
keyboard or not.
Power Button Lock: You can enable or disable power button function.
PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5: You can select S3/S4/S5 status wakeup from
PS2 mouse or not.
USB Resume from S3: Use this item to enable USB activity to wakeup the
system from a power saving mode. The default setting is “Disabled”.
VGA: When set to “ON”, the system will resume the system from a power saving
mode if there is any VGA activity. Default is “Off”.
LPT & COM: When this item is enabled, the system will restart the power saving
timeout counters when any activity is detected on the serial ports, or parallel port.
HDD & FDD: When set to “ON”, any activity from one of the listed system
peripheral devices wake up the system.
PCI Master: When set to “Off”, any PCI device set as the Master will not power on
the system.
Power On by PCI Card: Use the item to enable PCI activity to wakeup the system
from a power saving mode.
Modem Ring Resume: When set to “Enabled”, any activity on the Modem port will
wake up the system from a power saving mode. The options are “Enabled” and
“Disabled”.
RTC Alarm Resume: When set to Enabled, the following two fields become
available and you can set the date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to
turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of the month, the alarm will
power on your system every day at the specified time.
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4.6.1.1 IRQs Activity Monitoring
Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen.
This screen enables you to set IRQs that will resume the system from a power saving
mode.
Set any IRQ to Enabled to allow activity at the IRQ to wake up the system from a power
saving mode.
Press <ESC> to return to the previous screen.
Press <ESC> to return to the main screen.
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4.7 PnP/PCI Configuration
This option displays a table of items that configures how PnP (Plug and Play) and
PCI expansion cards operate in your in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses
on the Mainboard use system IRQs (Interrupt Requests) and DMAs (Direct
Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly
through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility; otherwise, the mainboard will not
work properly.
Selecting PnP/PCI Configurations on the main program screen displays this menu:
PNP OS Installed: Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS (instead of BIOS)
to assign the system resource such as IRQ and I/O address to the ISA PnP device.
The default setting is NO.
Reset Configuration Data : The system BIOS supports the Plug and Play feature
so the resources assigned to each peripheral have to be recorded to prevent them
from conflicting. The location to store the assigned resources is called ESCD
(Extended System Configuration Data) which is located in the system flash
EEPROM. If this option is set to “Disabled,” the ESCD will update automatically
when the new configuration varies from the last one. If set to “Enable,” the ESCD
will be cleared and updated and then this option will automatically be set to
“Disabled.”
Resources Controlled By: The setting “Manual” allows you to control IRQs
individually. The other option is “Auto” which will detect the system resources and
automatically assign the relative IRQs for each peripheral.
IRQ Resources: The submenu allows you to individually assign an interrupt type
for interrupts IRQ3 to IRQ15.
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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: This item is designed to overcome problems that can be
caused by some non-standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA
system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item
disabled.
Assign IRQ for VGA/USB: Names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the
USB/VGA (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the
system.
Press <ESC> to return to the previous screen.
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4.8 PC Health Status
On motherboards the support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the
parameters for critical voltages, critical temperatures and fan speeds:
Selecting “PC Health Status” on the main program screen displays this menu:
CPU Warning Temperature: This feature enables you to set the warning
temperature for CPU overheating. When the CPU temperature exceeds the set
temperature, the PC speaker will beep. The beep sound will not turn off unless you
power down the computer and allow your CPU to cool down.
System Component Characteristics: These fields provide you with information
about the systems current operating status. You cannot make changes to these
fields. The following information is displayed:
C※ urrent CPU Temperature
Current ※ SYS Temperature
※Current CPU FAN Speed
※Current SYS FAN Speed
※Vcore
※+ 3.3V
※+ 5V
+12V※
※-12V
VBAT(V) ※
5VSB(V)※
Shutdown Temperature: Enables you to set the maximum temperature the
system can reach before powering down.
After you have made your selections in the PC Health Status Setup, press <Esc>
to go back to the main program screen.
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4.9 Frequency/Voltage Control
This item enables you to set the clock speed ad system bus for your system. The clock
speed ad system bus is determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your
system.
VIA C3 Clock Ratio: Use this item to select a multiplier (3x ~ 16x) for the system front side
bus (FSB) frequency. The value of the multiplier must be set so that: Multiplier x Front side
Bus Frequency = CPU Clock Speed.
For example, if you have a processor that is rated to run at 450 MHz and the system in
running a front side bus frequency of 100 MHz, you should select a multiplier of 4.5 so that:
4.5 (Multiplier) x 100 MHz (front side bus) = 450 MHz (CPU clock)
Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk: When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the
clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots.
Spread Spectrum: If you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the
EMI (Electro-Magnetic Interference) generated by the system.
CPU Host/AGP/PCI Clock: This item appears if you have set the CPU Internal
Core Speed to Manual. Use the CPU/PCI Clock to set the system bus frequency
for the installed processor. The values for this field range from 100/66/33 MHz to
160/80/40 MHz.
After you have made your selections in the Frequency / Voltage Control Setup,
press the <Esc> to return to the previous screen.
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4.10. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option
This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all
appropriate items in the Setup Utility:
Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the defaults. Press <N> and then <Enter>
to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demands on the
system and are generally stable. If your system is not functioning correctly, try
installing the fail-safe defaults as a first step in getting your system working
properly again. If you only want to install fail-safe defaults for a specific option,
select and display that option, and then press <F6>.
4.11. Load Optimized Defaults
This option opens a dialog box that lets you install optimized defaults for all
appropriate items in the Setup Utility. Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the
defaults. Press <N> and then <Enter> to not install the defaults. The optimized
defaults place demands on the system that may be greater than the performance
level of the components, such as the CPU and the memory. You can cause fatal
errors or instability if you install the optimized defaults when your hardware does
not support them. If you only want to install setup defaults for a specific option,
select and display that option, and then press <F7>.
4.12. Set Supervisor/User Passwords
The “Supervisor/User Password” utility sets the password.
The mainboard is shipped with the password disabled. If you want to change the
password, you must first enter the current password, then at the prompt enter your
new password. The password is case sensitive. You can use up to eight
alphanumeric characters.
Press <Enter> after entering the password. At the next prompt, confirm the new
password by retyping it and pressing <Enter> again.
To disable the password, press <Enter> instead of entering a new password when
the “Enter Password” dialog box appears. A message appears confirming that the
password has been disabled.
If you have set supervisor and user passwords, only the supervisor password
allows you to enter the BIOS Setup Program.
Note: If you forget your password, the only way to solve
this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by
turning power off and placing a shunt on jumper
CLEAR_COMS1 to short pin 2 and pin 3 for five
seconds, then putting the shunt back to pin 1 and
pin 2 of CLEAR_CMOS1.
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4.13. Save & Exit Setup Option
Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will save the new setting information in
the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process.
4.14. Exit Without Saving
Selecting this option and pressing <Enter> will exit the Setup Utility without
recording any new values or changing old ones.
This concludes Chapter 4. Chapter 5 describes the drivers and utility programs that
are packaged with the motherboard.
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5. Driver and Utility
5.1 Flash Utility
The BIOS of the P6F169 motherboard can be upgraded by using a Flash utility. A new
version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the factory’s BBS and Web site. The
system BIOS is stored in a 2 M-bit Flash EEPROM that can be erased and
reprogrammed by the Flash utility.
There are two files in the D:\DRIVER\FLASH directory:
y FLASH.EXE Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade
y README.TXT Text File of instructions
The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software running in the
system. In order to make sure no memory manager software is running, boot your
system from a bootable floppy diskette which does not contain CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXE.BAT files. If you are using MS-DOS 6.x, you can press the <F5> function
key when the “Starting MS-DOS.” Message appears on the screen to by pass the
CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
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5.2 CD Driver Overview
The mainboard has drivers and utilities designed for the Intel CLE266 chipset. You
can install AGP, IRQ, ACPI and IDE drivers together from the manufacturer support
CD. The support CD has an easy to use menu that enables you to automatically install
the drivers and software that you want.
The P6F169 CD include
1. Install Mainboard Software (VIA)
2. Install display device driver (S3 CLE266)
3. Install Audio Device software (ALC)
4. Install LAN Driver (CLE266)
5. Install VIA USB2 driver
6. Read Manual
7. Introduction to Products Feature
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5.2.1 VIA 4in1 driver
This folder has 4in1 drivers for Windows ME/2000/98/NT
The installation steps:
1. Insert the manufacture’s CD-ROM into your CD-ROM driver.
2. Click Driver Install.
3. Select the folder Driver\Via\4in1driver for WIN2000/9X/ME or NT to start installation.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
After setup is completed, you need to restart the computer.
5.2.2 VIA S3G UniChrome display driver
This folder has the software and drivers for the graphics system built into the VIA S3G
UniChrome chipset.
The installation steps:
1. Insert the manufacture’s CD-ROM into your PC’s CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Driver Install.
3. Select the folder Driver\Via\Video\CLE266 driver for WIN2KXP/9X to start the
installation.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
After setup is completed, you need to restart the computer.
5.2.3 ALC650 Audio Driver
Software and drivers are provided for the VIA8325 codec sound system that is integrated on
this mainboard. The VIA 8325 codec allows the system to generate optimal sound effects.
Drivers are provided for Windows 98SE / ME / NT / 2000 / XP.
The manual Installation Steps:
1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM into your PC CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Driver Install.
3. Select the folder Driver\Sound\ALC driver for WIN98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP to start
the installation:
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. After setup is
completed, you need to restart the computer.
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5.2.4 LAN Driver
Software and drivers are provided for the Realtek RTL8100 controller that is integrated on
this motherboard. The Realtek RTL8100 controller allows the system to transmit effects.
Drivers are provided for Windows WIN 95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP.
The installation Steps:
1. Insert the manufacturer CD-ROM into your PC CD-ROM drive.
2. Click Driver Install.
3. Select the folder Driver\LAN\8100 driver for WIN95 / 98 / ME / NT / 2000 / XP to start the
installation:
5.2.5 USB2.0 Driver
Software and drivers are provided for the VIA USB 2.0 controller that is integrated on this
motherboard. The VIA USB2.0 controller allows the system to transmit effects. Drivers are
provided for Windows WIN 98 / ME /.
PS. Windows XP and 2000 do not need the drivers for USB2.0; please update the last
service pack to support USB2.0
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5.3 Online Service
Flexus Computer Technology, under the Freetech brand name, has consistently won
recognition for excellence in the design and manufacturing of high quality mainboards!
Our products are globally recognized among the leading cost-performance
mainboards in the industry today and we are a certified ISO-9002 manufacturer!
Our customers are our partners! Flexus practices partnership service “not customer
service”! Our attention to partnership service is aggressive and proactive, by using our
global partnership service system. We create value for our partners in the high-end
market and we are always ready to see to our partners’ requirements, because at
Flexus, we believe our partners’ success is our success!
If you need technical support, information on products, or updated versions of the
BIOS, drivers and utilities access the Internet and point your browser to:
www.freetech.com
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