Hsin Tech P31G User Manual

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Trademarks

IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. Intel, Pentium/II/III, Pentium 4, Celeron and MMX are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc. It has been acknowledged that other brands or product names in this manual are trademarks or the properties of their respective owners.

Static Electricity Precautions

1. Don’t take this motherboard and components out of their original staticproof package until you are ready to install them.

2. While installing, please wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis.

3. Carefully hold this motherboard by its edges. Do not touch those components unless it is absolutely necessary. Put this motherboard on the top of static-protection package with component side facing up while installing.

Pre-Installation Inspection

1. Inspect this motherboard whether there are any damages to components and connectors on the board.

2. If you suspect this motherboard has been damaged, do not connect power to the system. Contact your motherboard vendor about those damages.

P31G Series, V1.0

June 2006

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Table of Contents

Trademark ............................................................................................................i

Static Electricity Precautions ......................................................................................... i

Pre-Installation Inspection ............................................................................................. i

Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................... 1

Key Features .................................................................................................................... 1

Package Contents ........................................................................................................... 4

Chapter 2: Motherboard Installation .............................................................. 5

Motherboard Components ............................................................................................ 6

I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................... 8

Installing the Processor ................................................................................................. 9

Installing Memory Modules ........................................................................................1 0

Jumper Settings ............................................................................................................ 1 4

Install the Motherboard ............................................................................................... 15

Connecting Optional Devices .....................................................................................1 6

Install Other Devices .................................................................................................... 19

Expansion Slots ............................................................................................................ 2 1

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility ....................................................................... 23

Introduction....................................................................................... ................ 23

Running the Setup Utility...................................................................................23

Standard CMOS Setup Page..............................................................................2 4

Advanced Setup Page........................................................................................2 7

Advanced Chipset Setup Page........................................................................... 2 7

Integrated Peripherals Page.............................................................................. 2 7

Power Management Setup Page........................................................................ 2 9

PCI/PnP Setup Page .................................................................................................... 3 0

PC Health Status Page...................................................................................... 31

Frequency/Voltage Control Page ...............................................................................3 2

Load Default Settings ................................................................................................... 3 3

Supervisor Password Page .......................................................................................... 3 3

User Password Page......................................................................................... 34

Save & Exit Setup............................................................................................. 34

Exit Without Saving........................................................................................... 34

Chapter 4: Software & Applications .............................................................. 35

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 5

Installing Support Software ........................................................................................3 5

Bundled Software Installation ....................................................................................3 7

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Notice:

Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers. Just click the “Continue Anyway” button and go ahead the installation.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has an LGA775 socket for latest Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/ Celeron D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology and Front-Side Bus

(FSB) speeds up to 800/533 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features in Windows XP, gives you the power to do more things at once.

This motherboard integrates the SiS662 Northbridge along with SiS964 Southbridge that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desk- top PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Univer-

sal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 1.0.

It supports 6-channel AC’97 Audio Codec and provides two IDE Ultra DMA 133/ 100/66 channel. It has one PCI Express x16 slot, one CNR and three 32-bit PCI slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard, one VGA port, one serial port, one parallel port, one LAN port (optional), three audio jacks for micropone, line-in and line-out, and four back-panel USB 2.0 ports. In addition, onboard USB headers provide extra ports by connecting the extended USB module to the motherboard.

It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

• Supports the latest Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron D Series pro-

cessors with Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 800/533 MHz Front-Side Bus

. Note: Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into thinking

it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same physical processor

Chipset

There are SiS662 Northbridge and SiS964 Southbridge in the chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.

• Host Interface Support

− One Intel

process / Pentium 4 processor on 90 nm process

• Hyper-Threading Technology

Pentium 4 processor with 512-KB L2 cache on 0.13 micron

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• System Memory Controller Support

− Single-channel (5.3 GB/s wide) DDR2 memory interface

− Supports DDR2 667/533 DIMM modules

• PCI Bus Interface

− Supports PCI Revision 2.3 Specification at 33 MHz

• Integrated LAN Controller

− 10/100 Mbp/s Fast Ethernet PHY Support

• Integrated Serial ATA Host Controllers

− Independent DMA operation on two ports

− Data transfer rates up to 1.5 Gb/s (150 MB/s)

• Integrated IDE Controller

− Ultra ATA133/100/66, Multiword DMA and PIO modes

• USB 2.0

− Includes 4 UHCI Host Controllers, increasing the number of external

ports to eight

• AC-Link for Audio and Telephony Codecs

− AC’97 v2.3 compliance

− 6 Channels of AC’97 speaker outputs and V.90 HSP-Modem

− Supports Audio and Modem function with Multithreaded I/O link

mastering

Memory Support

• Two 240-pin DIMM sockets for DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667/533 memory

modules

• Maximum installed memory is 2 GB

Expansion Slots

• One PCI Express x16 slot

• Three 32-bit PCI slots

• One CNR slot

Onboard IDE channels

• Two IDE Channels supporting ATA-66, ATA-100, ATA-133

• Supports PIO (Programmable Input/Output) and DMA (Direct Memory

Access) modes

• Supports IDE Ultra DMA bus mastering with transfer rates of 133/100/66

MB/s

Serial ATA

• Two Serial ATA Connectors

• Transfer rate exceeding best ATA (1.5 Gb/s) with scalability to higher rates

• Low pin count for both host and devices

AC’97 Audio Codec

• Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specification

• Supports 6-channel audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems

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• Provides three analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control:

Line-in, CD, AUX

• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

Onboard I/O Ports

• Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard

• One serial port

• One parallel port

• One VGA port

• One LAN port (optional)

• Four back-panel USB 2.0 ports

• Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out

Fast Ethernet LAN (optional)

• 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s operation

• Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC, physical chip, and transceiver onto a single

chip

• Supports 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s N-way auto-negotiation

• Support ACPI power management

• Full Duplex Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x) and Half/Full duplex capability

USB 2.0

• Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2.0

• Compliant with Intel’s Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification

Revision 1.0

• Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revi-

sion 1.1

• PCI multi-function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores

for full-/low-speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for highspeed signaling

• Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical

layer transceivers shared by UHCI and EHCI Host Controller, up to eight functional ports

• Support PCI-Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1.1

• Legacy support for all downstream facing ports

BIOS Firmware

This motherboard uses AMI BIOS that enables users to configure many system features including the following:

• Power management

• Wake-up alarms

• CPU parameters and memory timing

• CPU and memory timing

The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.

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Dimensions

• Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 190 mm

Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without

notification.

Package Contents

Your motherboard package ships with the following items:

 The motherboard  The User’s Guide  One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional)  One IDE drive ribbon cable  The Software support CD

Optional Accessories

You can purchase the following optional accessories for this motherboard.

 The Extended USB module  The CNR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card  The Serial ATA cable  The Serial ATA power cable

Note: You can purchase your own optional accessories from the third party, but

please contact your local vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility.

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Chapter 2 Motherboard Installation

To install this motherboard in a system, please follow these instructions in this chapter:

 Identify the motherboard components  Install a CPU  Install one or more system memory modules  Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly  Install this motherboard in a system chassis (case)  Connect any extension brackets or cables to headers/connectors on the

motherboard

 Install peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to head-

ers/connectors on the motherboard

Note:

1 Before installing this motherboard, make sure jumper CLR_CMOS1 is

under Normal setting. See this chapter for information about locating

CLR_CMOS1 and the setting options.

2 Never connect power to the system during installation; otherwise, it may

damage the motherboard.

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Motherboard Components

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ITEM

1 CPU Socket LGA775 Socket for Intel Pentium D/ Pentium

2 DDRII1~2 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM sockets

3 CPU_FAN1 CPU Fan connector 4 IDE1 Primary IDE connector 5 IDE2 Secondary IDE connector 6 IR1 Infrared header 7 SPK1 Speaker header

8 PANEL1 Front Panel Switch/LED header

9 SYS_FAN1 Sys tem Fan connector 10 CLR_CMOS1 Clear CMOS jumper 11 SATA1~2 Serial ATA connectors

12 F_USB1~2 Front Panel USB headers 13 FDD1 Floppy Disk Drive connector

14 CNR1 CNR slot 15 CD_IN1 Analog Audio Input header 16 SPDIFO1 SPDIF out header 17 PCI1~3 32-bit add-on card slots 18 PCI-E1 PCI Expres s s lot for graphics interface

19 F_AUDIO1 Front panel audio header 20 PWR1 Standard 24-Pin ATX Power connector 21 PWR2 4-pin +12V power connector

LABEL

COMPONENTS

4/Celeron D CPUs

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I/O Ports

The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the motherboard.

(optional)

PS/2 Mous e

PS/2 Keyboard

Parallel Por t (LPT1)

COM1

VGA1

LAN Port (optional)

USB Po r ts

Audio Ports

Use the upper PS/2 por t to connect a PS/2 pointing device.

Use the low er PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard.

Use the Parallel port to connect printer s or other parallel communications devices.

Use the COM port to connect s erial devices s uch as mic e o r f a x /mo de ms . CO M1 is id ent if i ed b y t he s y s te m a s COM1.

Use the VGA1 port to connect VGA devices.

Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Netw ork.

Use the USB ports to connect USB devices .

Us e these three audio jacks to connect audio devices. The first jac k is for stereo Line-In signal, the second jack for stereo Line-Out s ignal, and the third jack for Microphone.

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Installing the Processor

This motherboard has an LGA775 socket for the latest Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4/Celeron D processors. When choosing a processor, consider the performance

requirements of the system. Performance is based on the processor design, the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor, and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory.

CPU Installation Procedure

Follow these instructions to install the CPU:

LGA775 Socket

pin1

Read and follow the instructions shown on

the sticker on the CPU cap.

B. Unload the cap

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

lifting tab of the cap.

• Lift the cap up and remove the cap

completely from the socket.

C. Open the load plate

• Use thumb & forefinger to hold the

hook of the lever, pushing down and pulling aside unlock it.

• Lift up the lever.

• Use thumb to open the load plate.

Be careful not to touch the contacts.

CPU_FAN1

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D. Install the CPU on the socket

• Orientate CPU package to the socket.

Make sure you match triangle marker to pin 1 location.

E. Close the load plate

• Slightly push down the load plate onto

the tongue side, and hook the lever.

• CPU is locked completely.

F. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU.

G. Fasten the cooling fan supporting base onto the CPU socket on the motherboard.

H. Make sure the CPU fan is plugged to the CPU fan connector. Please refer to the CPU cooling fan user’s manual for more detail installation procedure.

Note1:To achieve better airflow rates and heat dissipation, we suggest that you

use a high quality fan with 3800 rpm at least. CPU fan and heatsink installation procedures may vary with the type of CPU fan/heatsink supplied. The form and size of fan/heatsink may also vary.

Note2:The fan connector supports the CPU cooling fan of1.1A~2.2A (26.4W

max.) at +12V.

Note3:DO NOT remove the CPU cap from the socket before installing a CPU. Note4:Return Material Authorization (RMA) requests will be accepted only if the

motherboard comes with the cap on the LGA775 socket.

Installing Memory Modules

This motherboard accommodates two 240-pin DIMM sockets (Dual Inline Memory Module) for unbuffered DDR2 667/533 memory modules (Double Data Rate SDRAM), and maximum 2.0 GB installed memory. DDR2 SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle (the rising and falling edges), effectively doubling the memory chip’s data throughput.

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DDRII1/2

Memory Module Installation Procedure

These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory. Refer to the following to install the memory module.

1. Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket.

2. Align the memory module with the socket. There is a notch on the DIMM socket that you can install the DIMM module in the correct direction. Match the cutout on the DIMM module with the notch on the DIMM socket.

3. Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly. The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM.

4. Install any remaining DIMM modules.

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Table A: DDR2 (memory module) QVL (Qualified Vendor List)

The following DDR2 memory module have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard.

Type Size Vendor Model Name

SAMSUNG K4T56083QF-GCCC SAMSUNG K4T5163QB-ZCCC SAMSUNG K4T51083QB-GCCC

TwinMOS K4T51083QB-GCCC

DDR2

400

256 MB

512 MB

Elixir N2TU51216AF-37B ELPIDA 04180WB00 Kingston HYB18T512260AF-3.7

256 MB

Kingston Kingmax HY5PS121621

E5116AF-5C-E

Nanya NT5TU32M16AG-37B

Ramaxel E5116AF-5C-E

SAMSUNG K4T56083QF-GCD5

A-DATA M2GXX2F3H4140A1B0E AENEON AET660UD00-370A98X AENEON AET660UD00-370A98Z

CORSAIR K4T51083QF-ZCD5

CORSAIR 4PB11D9CHM

Eipida 04180WB01

DDR2

533

512 MB

ELPIDA 04180WB01

G.SKILL G76 GT

Infineon HY818T512800AF373346778 Kingston HY5PS12821

Kingston HYB81T512800AFS Kingston HY5PS56821 Kingston HY5PS 1211621 Kingston

HY818T512

SAMSUNG K4T51083QC

TwinMOS Hynix 8D22JB-HX TwinMOS Elpida 8D22JB-ED

Apacer E5108AB-5C-E

GEIL AG8AKT5H120004

1 GB

Infineon HYB18T512800AF3F Kingston NANYA NT5TU64MBAEKingmax KKEA88E4AAKKG-37

UMAX U2S12030TP-5C

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667

512 MB

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CORSAIR CM2X512-5400C4PRO

A-DATA Eipida E5108AE-6E-E

A-DATA NT512T64U88A0BY-3C CORSAIR VALUESELECT 32M8CEC CORSAIR 64M8CFEPS1000547

Eipida A-DATA E5108AE-6E-E

GEIL GL2L64MO88BA18W

Infinity 0547W64M8

Kingston D6408TE8EWL3 SAMSUNG K4T51083QC SAMSUNG K4T56083QF-ZCE6

SyncMAX E5108AB-5C-E SyncMAX 64MX8 D2-F

SIS SLX264M8-T6E

Transcend K4T51083QC

TwinMOS TMM6208G8M30B

Apacer E5108AE-6E-E

Infineon HYB18T512800AF3S

Transcend D6408TE8EWL3

TwinMOS TMM6208G8M30A

UMAX U2S12030TP-6E

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Jumper Settings

Connecting two pins with a jumper cap is SHORT; removing a jumper cap from these pins, OPEN.

CLR_CMOS1

CLR_CMOS1: Clear CMOS Jumper

Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your motherboard from operating. To clear the CMOS memory, disconnect all the power cables from the motherboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds.

Function Jumpe r

Clear CMOS Short Pins 1-2 Normal Short Pins 2-3

Note: To avoid the system unstability after clearing CMOS, we recommend users

to enter the main BIOS setting page to “Load Default Settings” and then “Save and Exit Setup”.

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Install the Motherboard

Install the motherboard in a system chassis (case). The board is a Micro ATX size motherboard. You can install this motherboard in an ATX case. Make sure your case has an I/O cover plate matching the ports on this motherboard.

Install the motherboard in a case. Follow the case manufacturer’s instructions to use the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis.

PWR2

PANEL1

PWR1

SYS_FAN1

Connect the power connector from the power supply to the PWR1 connector on the motherboard. The PWR2 is a +12V connector for CPU Vcore power.

If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis, connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYS_FAN1 fan power connector on the motherboard.

Connect the CPU fan connector to CPU_FAN1.

Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header. Please refer to the following list of the PANEL1 pin assignments.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 HD_ L ED_ P( +) 2 FP PWR/S L P( +) 3 HD_LED_N(-) 4 FP PWR/SLP(-) 5 RES ET_ S W_ N( - ) 6 PO WER_ S W _P( + ) 7 RES ET_ S W_ P( + ) 8 PO WER_ S W_ N( - ) 9 RSV D_DNU 10 KEY

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Connecting Optional Devices

Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s optional devices:

F_AUDIO1

SPDIFO1

F_USB2

F_USB1

SPK1

IR1

F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header

This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 A UD_MIC 2 A UD_ GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIA S 4 AUD_VCC

5 A UD_FPOUT_R 6 A UD_ RET_R

7NC 8KEY 9 A UD_FPOUT_L 1 0 A UD_RET_ L

F_USB1~2: Front Panel USB Headers

The motherboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I/O port array. Additionally, some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case. If you have this kind of case, use auxiliary USB headers F_USB1~2 to connect the front-mounted ports to the motherboard.

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Here is a list of headers F_USB1~2 pin assignments.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 USB VCC 2 USB VCC

3 USBP4 (-) 4 USBP5 (-) 5 USBP4 (+) 6 USBP5 (+) 7 GROUND 8 GROUND

9KEY 10NC

1 Locate the F_USB1~2 header on the motherboard. 2 Plug the bracket cable onto the F_USB1~2 header. 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system

chassis. Install an extension bracket in the opening. Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw.

SPK1: Speaker Header

Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the motherboard.

Pin Signal

1Sigal 2Key 3GND

4VCC

IR1: Infrared Header

The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers, laptops, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and other computers.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1NC2KEY 3+5V 4GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX

1 Locate the infrared port-IR1 header on the motherboard. 2 If you are adding an infrared port, connect the ribbon cable from the

port to the IR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis.

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SPDIFO1: SPDIF out header

This is an optional header that provides an S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) output to digital multimedia device through optical fiber or coaxial connector.

Pin Signal

1SPDIF 2+5VA 3Key

4GND

CD_IN1: Analog Audio Input header

This connector is an additional line-in audio connector. It allows you to attach a line-in cable when your rear line-in jack is set as line out port for 4-channel function.

Pin Signal

1 CD in_L 2GND 3GND

4 CD in_R

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Install Other Devices

Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below.

IDE2

IDE1

SATA2

FDD1

SATA1

Floppy Disk Drive

The motherboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives. Drives can be 3.5" or 5.25" wide, with capacities of 360K, 720K, 1.2MB,

1.44MB, or 2.88MB.

Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply. Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD1.

IDE Devices

IDE devices include hard disk drives, high-density diskette drives, and CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drives, among others.

The motherboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices. IDE1 can support up to 2 IDE devices, data transporting in ATA-133/100/66 mode.

Serial ATA Devices

The Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) is the standard interface for the IDE hard drives, which is designed to overcome the design limitations

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while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. It provides you a faster transfer rate of 1.5 Gb/s. If you have installed a Serial ATA hard drive, you can connect the Serial ATA cables to the Serial ATA hard drive or the connecter on the motherboard.

On the motherboard, locate the Serial ATA connectors SATA1~2, which support new Serial ATA devices for the highest data transfer rates, simpler disk drive cabling and easier PC assembly.

It eliminates limitations of the current Parallel ATA interface, but maintains register compatibility and software compatibility with Parallel ATA.

Analog Audio Input Header

If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system.

CD_IN1

When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and configure the CDROM/DVD drive that you have installed. On the motherboard, locate the 4-pin header CD_IN1.

Pin Signal

1CD IN L 2GND 3GND

4CD IN R

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Expansion Slots

This motherboard has one CNR1, one PCI-E1 and three 32-bit PCI slots.

PCI-E1

PCI1

PCI2

PCI3

CNR1

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Follow the steps below to install a CNR1/PCI-E1/PCI expansion card.

1 Locate the CNR1, PCI-E1 and PCI slots on the motherboard. 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis. 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot. Ensure

the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot.

4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a

screw.

PCI-E1 Slot (PCI Express x16)

The PCI-E1 slot is used to install PCI Express graphics card that emulates the PCIE1 slot, we recommend you should use one of the PCI Express graphics cards that have been tested by our company.

PCI1-3 Slots

You can install the 32-bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots.

CNR1 Slot

You can install CNR1 (Communications and Networking Riser) cards including LAN, Modem and Audio functions, in this slot.

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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility

Introduction

The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer, such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and various configuration settings. Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components.

If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer booting properly. If it happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer. Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information.

You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration. You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the motherboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc.

Running the Setup Utility

Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to “Hit <DEL>if you want to run SETUP”. Whenever you see this message, press the Delete key, and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. If you manually clear CMOS, you need to press the F1 key that enters the Main menu page of the Setup Utility.

Standard CMOS Setup Advanced Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PCI / PnP Setup PC Health Status

: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults

Frequency/Voltage Control Load Default Settings Supervisor Password User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving

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You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Escape key to leave the setup utility. Press +/-/ to modify the selected field’s values.

Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values

that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press

+ and

- keys

to cycle through alternative values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by selecting [OK] or [Cancel].

If you have already changed the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F1 to display a screen describing all key functions. Press F9 to install the setup utility with a set of default values.

Standard CMOS Setup Page

This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your system.

Date Sat 06/03/2006 Time 18:37:31

Primary IDE Master Not Detected Primary IDE Slave Not Detected Secondary IDE Master Not Detected

Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected S-ATA 1 Not Detected S-ATA 2 Not Detected

IDE BusMaster Enabled

Drive A: 1.44 MB 3 1/2”

Standard CMOS Setup

Help Item

User [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT- TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure system Date.

Date & Time

These items set up system date and time.

Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave, S-ATA 1~2

Your computer has one IDE channel and each channel can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). In addition, this motherboard supports two SATA channels and each channel allows one SATA device to be installed. Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel.

IDE BusMaster (Enabled)

This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to leave this item at the default value.

Drive A (1.44 MB 3 1/2”)

This item sets up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system.

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Advanced Setup Page

This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer.

Thermal Management Limit CPUID MaxVal Intel XD Bit Quick Power on Self Test Boot Up Numlock Status APIC Mode Ist Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Hard Disk Drives Removable Drives CD/DVD Drives Boot Other Device

Advanced Setup

Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled On Enabled ST340016A DVD-ROM DDU1622 1st FLOPPY DRIVE Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Yes

Help Item

For the processor its CPUID belows 0F41h. TM2 only can be enable under below setting.

1. Freq. >=3.6GHz FSB800

2. Freq. >=2.8GHz FSB533

Thermal Management (Enabled)

This item displays CPU’s temperature and enables you to set a safe temperature to Prescott CPU.

Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled)

This item can support Prescott CPUs for old OS. Users please note that under NT 4.0, it must be set “Enabled”, while under WinXP, it must be set “Disabled”

Intel XD Bit (Disabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable the Intel XD bit.

Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)

Enable this item to shorten the power on self testing (POST) and have your system start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you confident that your system hardware is operating smoothly.

Boot Up NumLock Status (On)

This item determines if the NumLock key is active or inactive at system start-up time.

APIC Mode (Enabled)

This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems, allowing support for up to 60 processors.

1st Boot Device/2nd Boot Device/3rd Boot Device (ST340016A/DVD-ROM DDU1622/1st FLOPPY DRIVE)

Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start-up time.

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Hard Disk Drives (Press Enter)

Hard Disk Drive

1st Drive

Hard Disk Drives

ST340016A

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Setup Page.

Removable Drives (Press Enter)

Removable Drives

1st Drive

Removable Drives

1st FLOPPY DRIVE

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Setup Page.

Help Item

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices.

Help Item

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices.

CD/DVD Drives (Press Enter)

CD/DVD Drives

1st Drive

CD/DVD Drives

DVD-ROM DDU1622

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced Setup Page.

Help Item

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices.

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Boot Other Boot Device (Yes)

When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.

Advanced Chipset Setup Page

This page sets up some critical timing parameters of the motherboard.

CAS Latency Time Aperture Size Select Share Memory Size

Advanced Chipset Setup

By SPD 128MB 64MB

Help Item

By SPD 3T 4T 5T

Options

CAS Latency Time (By SPD)

This item controls the timing delay (in clock cycles) before the DRAM starts a read command after receiving it.

Aperature Size Select (128MB)

This item defines the size of aperture if you use a graphic adapter.

Share Memory Size (64MB)

This item lets you allocate a portion of the main memory for the onboard VGA display application with three options of 16/32/64MB.

Integrated Peripherals Page

This page sets up some parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system.

Onboard IDE Controller Onboard PCI S-ATA Controller USB Controller Legacy USB Support Onboard AUDIO Function Modem Device Onboard LAN Function OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Serial Port1 Address Onboard IR Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ

Advanced Chipset Setup

Both IDE Enabled Enabled Enabled AUTO Enabled Disabled 3F8/IRQ4 Disabled 378 ECP DMA3 IRQ7

Help Item

DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE Controller. PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE Controller. SECONDARY: enables only the Secondary IDE Controller. BOTH: enables both IDE Controllers.

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Onboard IDE Controller (Both)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard IDE controllers.

OnBoard PCI S-ATA Controller (IDE)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard PCI S-ATA channel.

USB Controller (Enabled)

This item enables the USB controller. Leave this at the default “Enabled” if you want to connect USB devices to your computer.

Legacy USB Support (Enabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable the Legacy USB Support function.

Onboard AUDIO Function (Enabled)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard audio device.

Modem Device (AUTO)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard modem device.

Onboard LAN Function (Enabled)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard LAN function.

OnBoard LAN Boot ROM (Disabled)

Use this item to enable or disable the boot function using the onboard LAN boot rom.

Serial Port1 Address (3F8/IRQ4)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard COM1 serial port, and to assign a port address.

OnBoard IR (Disabled)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port, and to assign a port address.

Parallel Port Address (378)

Use this item to enable or disable the onboard Parallel port, and to assign a port address.

Parallel Port Mode

Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select Normal (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or EPP & ECP.

ECP Mode DMA Channel (DMA3)

Use this item to assign the DMA Channel under ECP Mode function.

Parallel Port IRQ (IRQ7)

Use this item to assign IRQ to the parallel port.

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Power Management Setup Page

This page sets some parameters for system power management operation.

ACPI Suspend Type S3 Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Delay 4 Sec PWRON After PWR-Fail Power Off Resume on LAN Disabled Wake-Up by PME Enabled Power On by Ring Disabled USB KB Wake Up from S3 Disabled PS2 Keyboard Wakeup Disabled PS2 Mouse Wakeup Disabled Resume on RTC Alarm Disabled

Power Management Setup

Help Item

Select the ACPI State used

for System Suspend.

ACPI Suspend Type (S3)

Use this item to define how your system suspends. In the default, S3 (STR), the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM, i.e., the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory.

Soft-off by PWR-BTTN (Delay 4 Sec)

If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes a software power down. If the item is set to Delay 4 Sec. then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to cause a software power down.

PWRON After PWR-Fail (Power Off)

This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its last operating status.

Resume on LAN (Disabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable LAN activity to wake up the system from power saving mode.

Wake-Up by PME (Enabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable PCI activity to wake up the system form a power saving mode.

Power On by Ring (Disabled)

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem/ Ring, or traffic on the network adapter. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

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USB KB Wake Up from S3 (Disabled)

This item allows the activity of the USB devices (keyboard and mouse) to wake up the system from a power saving mode.

PS2 Keyboard Wakeup (Disabled)

Enable or disable the function of waking up the system by the keyboard activity.

PS2 Mouse Wakeup (Disabled)

Enable or disable the function of waking up the system by the mouse activity.

Resume on RTC Alarm (Disabled)

The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item , the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’s RTC (realtime clock). Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake-up alarm. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature.

Wake-Up by PME (Enabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable PCI activity to wake up the system form a power saving mode.

PCI / PnP Setup Page

This page sets up some parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and those utilizing the system plug and play capability.

Init Display First PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes

PCI / PnP Setup

Help Item

Options

PCI PCI Express Card

Init Display First (PCI)

Use this item to decide which device to be the initial display device.

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA (Yes)

If this item is enabled, an IRQ will be assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system. You set this value to No to free up an IRQ.

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PC Health Status Page

This page sets up some parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this motherboard.

Hardware Health Event Monitoring Smart Fan Function Press Enter Shutdown Temperature Disabled

CPU Temperature : 41oC/105oF System Temperature : 25oC/77oF CPU Fan Speed : 2481 RPM System Fan Speed : 0 RPM CPU Vcore : 1.288 V VDIMM : 1.832 V

PC Health Status

Smart Fan Function (Press Enter)

CPU SMART FAN Control

Smart Fan Function

Disabled

Help Item

Disabled Enabled

Options

CPU SMART FAN Control (Disabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable smart fan control function.

Press <Esc> to return to the PC Health Status Page.

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Shutdown Temperature (Disabled)

Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down.

System Component Characteristics

These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data provided by the BIOS on this motherboard. You can not make changes to these fields.

Frequency/Voltage Control Page

This page enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system.

Manufacturer: Intel Ratio Status: Unlocked (Max:25, Min:12) Ratio Actual Value:16

Ratio CMOS Setting: 25

Auto Dectect CPU Frequency Enabled

CPU Frequency Setting 133

Auto Detect DRAM Frequency Enabled

CPU: DRAM Frequency Ratio 1:1 (533MHZ)

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Vcore Voltage Control Normal Vdimm Voltage Control Normal

Frequency/Voltage Control

Help Item

Sets the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency. Note: It’s only available when SpeedStep tech. is disabled.

Manufacturer (Intel)

These items show the brand of the CPU installed in your system.

Ratio CMOS Setting (25)

This item sets the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the FSB Frequency.

Auto Detect CPU/DRAM Frequency (Enabled)

When this item is enabled, it automatically detects and shows the frequency of the CPU and DRAM memory installed in your system; when disabled, it can adjust the frequency of the CPU and DRAM memory.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk (Enabled)

When this item is enabled, BIOS will disable the clock signal of free DIMM and PCI slots.

Spread Spectrum (Disabled)

If you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) generated by the system.

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Vcore Voltage Control (Normal)

This item shows the Vcore Voltage Control function.

Vdimm Voltage Control (Normal)

This item shows the Vdimm Voltage Control function.

Load Default Setting

This option opens a dialog box to ask if you are sure to install optimized defaults or not. You select [OK], and then press <Enter>, the Setup Utility loads all default values; or select [Cancel], and then press <Enter>, the Setup Utility does not load default values.

Supervisor Password Page

This page helps you install or change a password.

Supervisor Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter

Supervisor Password

Help Item

Install or Change the password.

Supervisor Password

This item indicates whether a supervisor password has been set. If the password has been installed, Installed displays. If not, Not Installed displays.

Change Supervisor Password

You can select this option and press <Enter> to access the sub menu. You can use the sub menu to change the supervisor password.

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User Password Page

This page helps you install or change a password.

User Password : Not Installed

User Password

Help Item

User Password

This item indicates whether a user password has been set. If the password has been installed, Installed displays. If not, Not Installed displays.

Save & Exit Setup

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration. When the Save & Exit dialog box appears, select [OK] to save and exit, or select [Cancel] to return to the main menu.

Exit Without Saving

Highlight this item and press <Enter> to discard any changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Exit Without Saving dialog box appears, select [OK] to discard changes and exit, or select [Cancel] to return to the main menu.

Note: If you have made settings that you do not want to save, use the “Exit

Without Saving” item and select [OK] to discard any changes you have made.

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Chapter 4 Software & Applications

Introduction

This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes with the motherboard package.

The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software.

To run the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out, and then you can go on the auto-installing or manual installation depending on your operating system.

If your operating system is Windows 2000/XP, it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard; if Windows NT or manual installation, please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section.

Installing Support Software

1 Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive. 2 When you insert the CD-ROM disc in the system CD-ROM drive, the

CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen.

3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup, Browse CD and Exit on

the right side, and three others Setup, Application and ReadMe at the bottom. Please see the following illustration.

The Setup button runs the software auto-installing program as explained in next section.

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The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface.

The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window. To run the program again, reinsert the CD-ROM disc in the drive; or click the CD-ROM driver from the Windows Explorer, and click the Setup icon.

The Application button brings up a software menu. It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports.

The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver.

Auto-Installing under Windows 2000/XP

If you are under Windows 2000/XP, please click the Setup button to run the software auto-installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM:

1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen. Click

the Next button.

2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it (the default

options are recommended). Click the Next button to proceed.

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3 The support software will automatically install.

Once any of the installation procedures start, software is automatically installed in

sequence. You need to follow the onscreen instructions, confirm commands and

allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing what-

ever software you selected. When the process is finished, all the support software

will be installed and start working.

Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation

If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t work out; or

you have to do the manual installation, please follow this procedure while the Auto

Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM:

1 Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen, and then click the Install Path at

the bottom of the screen.

2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct

driver directory.

3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding driver path.

Bundled Software Installation

All bundled software available on the CD-ROM is for users’ convenience. You can

install bundled software as follows:

1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out

after inserting the support CD-ROM. 2 A software menu appears. Click the software you want to install. 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by

step until finished.

AMI/AWARD Flash UtilityAMI/AWARD Flash Utility

AMI/AWARD Flash Utility

AMI/AWARD Flash UtilityAMI/AWARD Flash Utility

This utility lets you erase the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on

the motherboard, and lets you copy an updated version of the BIOS to the chip. Proceed with caution when using this program. If you erase the current BIOS and fail to write a new BIOS, or write a new BIOS that is incorrect, your system will malfunction. Refer to Chapter 3, BIOS Setup Utility for more information.

WinFlash UtilityWinFlash Utility

WinFlash Utility

WinFlash UtilityWinFlash Utility

The WinFlash utility is a Windows version of the DOS BIOS flash writer utility.

The utility enables you to flash the system BIOS stored on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard while in a Windows environment. This utility is currently available for WINXP\2000. To install the WinFlash utility, run AFUWIN.EXE (AMI) or WINFLASH.EXE (Award) from the following directory: \Utility\AMIFlash or AWDFlash.

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Hyper-Threading CPU

While you are in Windows Task Manager, please push down ctrl+Alt Del keys. A dual CPU appears in the CPU Usage History & Device Manager under WinXP.

Note: Hyper-Threading Function only works under WINXP Operating System;

therefore, disable it under other Operating System.