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754EXP-G / 754EXP-P
USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket 754 AMD Athlon64
Processor
Trademark:
NO. G03754EXPR208
Rev:2.0
Release date: June 2005
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
USER’S NOTICE..................................................................................................................... ii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION .............................................................................. ii
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................ ii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF 754EXP-G/754EXP-P MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ...................................................................................... 1
1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD....................................................... 2
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................................................... 5
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 7
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................... 7
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8
2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................ 8
2-3-2
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10
2-5 EXPANSION CARD.............................................................................................................. 11
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION ............................... 11
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD......................................................... 11
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD....................... 12
2-5-4 PCI EXPRESS SLOT ................................................................................................ 12
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS ................................................................................................ 12
2-6-1 CONNECTORS.......................................................................................................... 12
2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 16
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER.................................................................................. 18
ABOUT AMD K8 754-PIN CPU ........................................................................... 9
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP............................................................................................................... 19
3-2 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................... 19
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 20
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ........................................................................................ 21
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 22
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES .................................................................................. 24
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS.................................................................................... 25
3-6-2 LDT & PCI TIMING SETTINGS............................................................................ 26
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................................... 26
3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION ....................................................................................... 27
3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION............................................................................... 28
3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION............................................................................ 28
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...................................................................................... 29
3-8-1 PM WAKE UP EVENTS.......................................................................................... 30
3-8-1.1 IRQS ACTIVITIES............................................................................................. 31
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL ........................................................................................ 32
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES..................................................................................................... 32
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ........................................................................................................ 33
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATIONS ..................................................................... 33
3-11 BITURBO CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................... 34
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS...................................................................... 37
3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS..................................................................................................... 40
3-14 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................................................... 40
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP........................................ 41
4-1 VIA 4 IN 1 INSTALL VIA SERVICE PACK 4 IN 1 DRIVER................................... 42
4-2 SOUND INSTALL VIA AC97’ CODEC AUDIO DRIVER ................................... 43
4-3 LAN INSTALL RTL8100C 10/100M FAST ETHERNET NIC DRIVER....... 44
4-4 USB2.0 INSTALL VIA USB2.0 DEVICE DRIVER............................................... 45
4-5 SATA INSTALL VIA SERIAL ATA DRIVER AND TOOLS............................ 45
4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY................ 47
4-7 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2005 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM......................... 47
4-8 HOW TO DISABLE ON-BOARD SOUND......................................................................... 48
4-9 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 49
APPENDIX: Debug Port Post Code.......................................................................................i1
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USER’S NOTICE
COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS
MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE
REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR
BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE 754EXP-G/754EXP-P
MOTHER-BOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT
WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS
MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).
PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE
REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND
THEY ARE USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S
BENEFIT, WITHOUT INTENT TO INFRINGE.
Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
2.0 Second Edition June 2005
Item Checklist
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754EXP-G/754EXP-P motherboard
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Cable for IDE/Floppy
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CD for motherboard utilities
□
Cable for USB Port 3/4 (Option)
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Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port
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754EXP-G/754EXP-P User’s Manual
AMD K8 Processor Family
Cooling Solutions
As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation
clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining
the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24
hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case
temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area
and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow
effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD
recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.
Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket754 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of
all heatsinks that support Socket-754 processors.
For vendor list of heatsinks and Active cooling fans, please visit：
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_869_9460^9515,00.html
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Chapter 1
Introduction of 754EXP-G/754EXP-P Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The 754EXP-G/754EXP-P motherboard is design for use 64bit AMD Athlon64 (K8)
Processor in 754 Pin HyperTrnsport Processor with the VIA K8T890 Chipset delivers a high
performance and professional desktop platform solution. Which utilize the Socket 754 design
and the memory size expandable to 2.0GB.
The motherboard use the newest VIA K8T890 Chipset, supports 800MHz System Bus in data
transfer rate. The motherboard provided 133MHz/166MHz/200MHz Memory clock frequency,
support DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR Module. The motherboard embedded VIA VT8237
V-Link LPC South Bridge offer ULTRA
ATA 133
provide speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance.
and
Serial ATA RAID 0, 1
functions to
754EXP-G provided Giga LAN function used the RealTek RT8110S Giga-LAN controller
chip supports 10M/100M/1Gbps data transfer rate provided full duplex, half duplex operation.
754EXP-P used RealTek 8100C chip support 10/100Mbps data transfer rate provided full
duplex, half duplex function.
The motherboard also has an integrated 6-channel AC’97 CODEC on board which is fully
compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility.
The motherboard provided one PCI-Express x16 graphics slot delivers up to 4Gbyte/sec data
transfer rate per direction, 3.5 times more bandwidth than AGP8X and up to 8Gbyte/sec
concurrent bandwidth. Two PCI Express x1 I/O offers 512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5
times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia
tasks nowadays.
With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 8x USB2.0 function ports delivering
480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these motherboards meet future USB demand also
has built-in hardware monitor function to monitor and protect your computer.
Some special features---
Fan/ Debug Port(Option)
Bi-turbo/ CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shit/ CPU Smart
in this motherboard for power user to use the over-clocking
function more flexible. For detail description please read next section.
These motherboards provide high performance & meets future specification demand. It is
really wise choice for your computer.
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1-1.1 Special Features of motherboard
Bi-turbo---( Hardware-based Dynamic Over-clocking Technology )
The Bi-turbo Technology offers you dual over-clocking modes. On top of the software based
BIOS setting “Current CPU Clock” for over-clocking, the onboard hardware circuitry will
monitor the change of CPU current to activate 2nd level over-clocking at preset workload level
automatically. The Bi-turbo technology offers the versatility of both hardware-based
intelligent automatic mode and power-manual mode for extra computing performance.
Without complex settings from system BIOS, Bi-turbo provides the seeing promoted system
performance by simple and intuitional BIOS setting. Bi-turbo technology offers more flexible
ways to choose the over-clocking range the of over-clocking activation by actually CPU
hardware loading you define.
CPU Thermal Throttling Technology---( The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)
To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high
workload, the CPU Thermal Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter idle mode from
87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from 20℃ to 80℃).
When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value, the CPU
operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset percentage to cool down the processor.
When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in
working.
Debug Port (Option)--- ( The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System )
Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the
embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the
demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more
time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded
Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system
situation. (The Post Code please refer Appendix)
CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System )
It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics.
CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for
now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the
fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition,
the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can
provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and
business requirements.
7-Shift--- ( Shift to Higher Performance )
The CPU voltage can be adjusted up to 7 steps from 1.875 Volt to 2.xxx Volt at every 0.05
Volt per step for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.
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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design
Chipset
CPU Socket 754
Memory Socket
Expansion Slot
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA RAID
Giga-LAN
(for 754EXP-G)
10M/100M LAN
(for 754EXP-P only)
6CH-Audio
BIOS
Multi I/O
ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.4x21.0cm
∗
VIA K8T890 North Bridge Chipset
∗
VIA VT8237 South Bridge Chipset
∗
Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 754-Pin package utilizes Flip-
∗
Chip Pin Grid Array package processor
Support CPU Frequency 800MHz
∗
Support up to 3800+ processor
∗
Reserves support for future AMD Athlon64 754-pin processors
∗
184-pin DDR Module socket x 2
∗
Support 2pcs DDR266/DDR33/DDR400 DDR Modules
∗
Expandable to 2.0GB
PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs delivers up to 8GB/s concurrent
∗
bandwidth
PCI-Express x1 slot 2pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent
∗
bandwidth
32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs
∗
Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
∗
PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that
deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s; Two Serial ATA
ports provide 150 MB/sec data transfer rate for two Serial ATA
Devices and offer RAID 0, 1 functions
Integrated RealTek RT8110S PCI-Giga LAN chip
∗
Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb/
∗
1Gb /s data transfer rate
Integrated RealTek RT8100C PCI LAN chip
∗
Supports 10/100 Mb/s data transfer rate
∗
AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
∗
6-channel AC’97 Audio CODEC on board
∗
Audio driver and utility included
∗
Award 4MB Flash ROM
∗
PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗
Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗
Parallel port x1
∗
Serial port x2
∗
USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting cable option)
∗
Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 6CH Audio)
∗
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1-3 Performance List
The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark
testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility
for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
Performance Test Report
CPU:
DRAM:
VGA Card :
Hard Disk Driver:
BIOS:
Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)
OS:
3D Mark 2001SE 18541
3D Mark 2003 8121
3D Mark 2005 3379
AQUAMRK3 53984 (7650 / 9175)
PCMark2004
System / CPU / Memory 4114 / 4130 / 3667
Graph / HDD 4632 / 4645
Content Creation Winstone 2004 32.5
Business Winstone 2004 23.8
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 19000 / 42000
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark 1200 / 1980
SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office
Productivity )
SISMark 2004 185 (196 / 174)
3D Creation / 2D Creation 182 / 246
/ Web publication 167
Communication / Document Creation 182 / 184
/ Data Analysis 158
SISOFT Sandra 2005 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth
Benchmark 3.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark
1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS 9647
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS 3617 / 4651
2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S 3041 / 3042
3.Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S 21004 / 22661
UT2003 Benchmark FPS 262.94 / 89.43
DOOM3 FPS 71.2
Super Pi (1M) Second 42s
CPUZ System / memory / CPU Mhz 201.0 / 201.0 / 2210.7
AMD K8 Athlon 64 3200+ (Socket 754 512k L2 cache) Support
KingMax MPTC220D-38HT DDR-500 512M X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory
Geforce 6600GT 128M PCIE VGA CARD (1024X768X32BIT Color)
Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150
Award Optimal default
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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting
PRINT
PS/2 Mouse
LAN
MIC
LINE-IN
PS/2 Keyboard
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
PC99 Back Panel
KBMS/USB Power On Jumper (JP1)
CPU FAN
USB Port/ 10/100M LAN Connector
ATX 12V Power Connector
Audio Connector
SFAN1
COM1 COM2 USB1
USB
LINE-OUT
DDR Socket X2
CPU Socket
ATX Power Connector
VIA K8T890 Chipset
FINTEK F71805F I/O chip
PCI EXPRESSx1
RTL 8100C/8100S LAN Chip
USB Port (USB2, USB3)
On board LAN Jumper (JP3)
6-CH AC’97 Audio Codec
PCI Slot
Front Panel Audio
CD Audio In
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PCI EXPRESSx16
USB Power On Jumper (JP2)
ATA 133 IDE Connector
(IDE1, 2)
Serial-ATA Connector
(SATA1, 2)
VIA VT8237 Chip
Clear CMOS (JBAT)
4MBit Flash ROM BIOS
Floppy Connector
Front Panel Connector
Speaker/Power LED Connector
SFAN2
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Jumpers
Jumper Name Description Page
JBAT
JP1
CMOS RAM Clear
Keyboard/USB0,1 Power On
3-pin Block P.7
3-pin Block P.8
Enabled/Disabled
JP2
JP3
USB Power On Enabled/Disabled
On board RealTek LAN Enabled/Disabled
3-pin Block P.8
3-pin Block P.8
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
ATXPWR24P ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.12
ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Block P.13
PS2KBMS1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard
6-pin Female P.13
Connector
USB/USB1 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.13
USBLAN
LAN Port Connector
10M/100M for 754EXP-P
RJ-45 Connector P.13
10M/100M/1G for 754EXP-G
PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.14
J1 8-CH Audio Connector 6 phone jack Connector P.14
COM1/COM2 Serial Port COM1/COM2 Connector 9-pin Connector P.14
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.14
IDE1/IDE2 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.14
SATA1/SATA2 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.15
Headers
Header Name Description Page
AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16
USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16
SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16
PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16
JW_FP
(Power LED/Reset/
IDE LED/Power
Button)
SFAN1, SFAN2
CPUFAN
CDIN CD Audio-In Headers 4-pin Block P.17
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket 754 CPU Socket 754-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket
DIMM1~2 DDR Module Socket 184-pin DDR Module Socket
PCI1∼ PCI3
PE1 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot
PE2,PE3 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot
Front Panel Header
9-pin Block P.16
(including Power LED/ IDE activity
LED/Reset switch / Power On Button
lead)
FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
P.9
P.10
PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots
P.11
P.12
P.12
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Chapter 2
Hardware installation
2-1 Hardware installation Steps
Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:
1. Check motherboard jumper setting
2. Install CPU and Fan
3. Install System Memory (DIMM)
4. Install Expansion cards
5. Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cable
6. Connect ATX Power cable
7. Power-On and Load Standard Default
8. Reboot
9. Install Operating System
10. Install Driver and Utility
2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting
(1) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT
A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2
pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.
To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:
1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power
2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector
3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds
4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2
5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector
Note: When should clear CMOS
1. Troubleshooting
2. Forget password
3. After over clocking system boot fail
JBAT
1-2 closed Normal
1
3
CMOS RAM Clear Setting
JBAT
2-3 closed Clear CMOS
1
3
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(2) On Board RealTek LAN function Enabled/Disabled: JP3
(for 754EXP-G only)
JP3
13
1-2 closed On Board LAN Enabled
(Default)
On Board LAN Setting
JP3
13
2-3 closed On Board LAN Disabled
(3) Keyboard/USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1, JP2
JP1
1-2 closed KB_MS/USB Power ON Disable
(Default)
Keyboard/USB Power On Setting
JP2
1-2 closed USB Power On Disable
(Default)
USB2/USB3 Power On Setting
1
3
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2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled
JP1
2-3 closed KB_MS/USB Power ON Enabled
JP2
1
3
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2-3 Install CPU
2-3-1 Glossary
Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between the
system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.
Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the motherboard.
Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X (66MHz),
2X (133MHz), or 4X (266MHz), or 8X (533MHz).
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound cards,
network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
PCI Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for video cards,
sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.
ISA - Industry Standard Architecture - a relatively low speed interface primarily used for sound
cards and modems; runs at approx. 8MHz.
Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.
Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers.
PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,
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scanners, and some digital cameras.
Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and
speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.
LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and establish
the relationship between the various components.
Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or other
software.
Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for doing
the "computing" in "personal computer"
Front Side Bus Frequency -
the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated by
the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.
CPU L2 Cache -
the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.
2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 754-pin CPU
This motherboard provides a 754-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket,
referred to as the mPGA754 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 754 Pin package
utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.
The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent
overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on
your system.
WARNING!
Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install
an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.
To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and
open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree
angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner
should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the
four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.
Socket 754
CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket
Colden Arrow
When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket. No force require to insert of the CPU, then press
the level to Locate position slightly without any extra force.
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2-4 Install Memory
This motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) sites for DDR memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 128MB
to maximum memory size of 2.0GB DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 184-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDRDDR266/DDR333/DDR400
DDR SDRAM Module
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDRDDR266/DDR333/DDR400
DDR SDRAM Module
Total System Memory (Max. 2.0GB) X2 128MB∼2.0GB
Generally, installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy, you can refer
to figure 2-4 to see what a 184-Pin DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR SDRAM module looks
like.
X1 128MB∼1.0GB
X1 128MB∼1.0GB
NOTE!
WARNING!
DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3)
DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)
Figure 2-4
When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab
should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its
indention on both sides.
For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz, use only DDR400- compliant
DDR Modules. When this motherboard operate at 200Mhz, most system will
not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict
timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not DDR400-compliant, set the
SDRAM clock to 133MHz to ensure system stability.
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2-5 Expansion Cards
WARNING!
Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other
system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your motherboard and expansion cards.
2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation
1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or
software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.
2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.
3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.
4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.
5. Replace the computer system’s cover.
6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.
7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.
2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card
Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign to
one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use.
Standard Interrupt Assignments
IRQ Priority Standard function
0 N/A System Timer
1 N/A Keyboard Controller
2 N/A Programmable Interrupt
3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2)
4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1)
5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller
7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock
9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled
10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 N/A Numeric Data Processor
14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel
15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel
* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.
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2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard
Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:
INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Onboard USB 1
Onboard USB 2
AC97/MC97
√
√
√
√
√
√
IMPORTANT!
If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support
“Shared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will
arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or
cards inoperable.
2-5-4 PCI Express Slot
This motherboard provides one 16-lane PCI Express slot intended for Graphics Attach, and
two x1 PCI Express Slot. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision
1.0a , support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.
2-6 Connectors, Headers
2-6-1 Connectors
(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR
ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually
comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary
switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the
motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on,
the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is
momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system
board.
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** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply
unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin
power plugs.
** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin
power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum
power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the
power is inadequate.
ROW1 ROW2
ROW1 ROW2
PIN ROW 1 ROW2
1 3.3V 3.3V
2 3.3V -12V
3 GND GND
4 5V Soft Power On
5 GND GND
6 5V GND
7 GND GND
8 Power OK -5V
9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V
10 +12V +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND
Pin 1
20-Pin
Pin 1
24-Pin
(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin block) : ATX12V
This is a new defined 4-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The
ATX Power Supply which fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this
connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.
Pin 1
(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: PS2KBMS1
The connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.
(4) USB Port connector: USB/USB1
The connectors are 4-pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board.
(5) LAN Port connector: USBLAN
This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network
Support 10M/100Mb/s data transfer rate for 754EXP-P
Support 10M/100M/1G b/s data transfer rate for 754EXP-G
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(6) Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PARALLEL
Parallel Port connector is a 25-pin D-Subminiature Receptacle connector. The Onboard Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3
“INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information.
(7) Audio Line-In, Lin-Out, MIC Connector : J1
This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, Surround, CEN/LEF
Line-out : (GREEN)
Line-in : (BLUE)
MIC : (PINK)
Audio input to sound chip/ Rear speaker out
Microphone Connector/ Center/Subwoofer speaker out
Audio output to Front speaker
(8) Serial Port COM1/COM2 : COM1/COM2
COM1 is the 9-pin D-Subminiature male connector. The On-board serial port can be
disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SETUP” section for more detail information.
PS/2 Mouse
PRINT
LAN
MIC
LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
PS/2 Keyboard
COM1 COM2 USB1
USB
(9) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.
Pin 1
FDD
Floppy Drive Connector
(10) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1
This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by
setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for
the jumper settings.
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Primary IDE Connector
IDE1IDE2
Pin 1
(11) Secondary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE2
This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks. Follow the
same procedure described for the primary IDE connector. You may also configure two
hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and
another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector.
IDE1IDE2
Pin 1
Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the
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Secondary IDE Connector
“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.
For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
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drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this
channel may drop.
(12) Serial-ATA Port connector: SATA1/SATA2
This connector support the provided Serial ATA IDE hard disk cable to connecting the
motherboard and serial ATA hard disk.
SATA2
SATA1
Serial-ATA Port Connector
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2-6-2 Headers
(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO
This header connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.
Without install the cable, this header default setting is 5-6 short, 9-10 short. When you
install the cable you have take off these jumpers.
L
R
_
_
GND
RET
RET
VCC
_
_
_
_
AUD
AUD
AUD
AUD
AUDIO
Line-Out, MIC Headers
Pin 1
2
MIC
_
AUD
10
9
L
R
_
ON
_
_
BIAS
_
HP
FPOUT
FPOUT
_
MIC
_
_
AUD
AUD
AUD
(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB2/USB3
These headers are used for connecting the additional USB port plug. By attaching an
option USB cable, your can be provided with two additional USB plugs affixed to the
back panel.
USB2
Pi n 1
USB3
OC
VCC
GND
-DAT A
+DATA
VCC
GND
-DAT A
+DATA
OC
VCC
GND
-DATA
+DATA
Pi n 1
VCC
GND
-DATA
+ DATA
USB Port Headers
(3) Speaker connector: SPEAK
This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below.
(4) Power LED: PWR LED
The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED
from the system case to this pin.
(5) IDE Activity LED: HD LED
This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.
(6) Reset switch lead: RESET
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your
computer without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of
rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system’s power supply. See the figure
below.
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(7) Power switch: PWR BTN
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the
system.
PWRLED
GND
GND
VCC5
Pin 1
Pin 1
SPEAK
NC
VCC5
NC
SPKR
System Case Connections
JW FP
Pin 1
PWRBTN
PWR LED
GND
VCC5
PWRLED
PWRBTN
NC
GND
VCC5
HDDLE
RSTSW
RESET
HDLED
(8) FAN Headers (3-pin) : SFAN1, SFAN2, CPUFAN
These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the
fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive,
while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into
consideration the polarity of connector.
CPU FAN
1
3
1
3
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SFAN1
SFAN2
(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin) : CDIN
CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM
CD-Audio output connector.
L
CDI N
CD Audio-In Headers
R G G
4 1
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2-7 Starting Up Your Computer
1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover.
2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to
proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your
country’s voltage used.
3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system
case according to your system user’s manual.
4. Turn on your peripheral as following order:
a. Your monitor.
b. Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…)
c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power supply
and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.
5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor
may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies
with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will then run
power-on test. While the test are running, the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional
message will appear on the screen.
If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The
system may have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections
or call your retailer for assistance.
Beep Meaning
One short beep when displaying logo No error during POST
Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM install or detected
One long beep followed by three short
beeps
High frequency beeps when system is
working
Video card not found or video card memory
bad
CPU overheated
System running at a lower frequency
6. During power-on, press <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in
BIOS SETUP.
7.
Power off your computer:
You must first exit or shut down your operating system
before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power
switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X,
click
“Start”
button, click
“Shut down”
and then click
“Shut down the computer?”
The power supply should turn off after windows shut down.
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Chapter 3
Introducing BIOS
The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a
bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS
program gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on
self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures
the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are completed done it
gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only
channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability,
and in ensuring that your system performance as its best.
In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain
these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short
description of the function keys you may use here:
Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.
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Press
↑↓←→
(up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to
confirm or to modify.
Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these
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parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.
Press Page Up/Page Down or +/– keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for
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the active option.
3-1 Entering Setup
Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup.
If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the
system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system
case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If
you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message
will be displayed and you will again be asked to
Press <F1> to continue, <Ctrl-Alt-Esc> or <Del> to enter Setup
3-2 Getting Help
Main Menu
The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the
screen.
Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu
Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the
possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>.
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3-3 The Main Menu
Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear
on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two
exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter
the sub-menu.
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Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power Management Setup
Miscellaneous Control
PC Health Status
Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Figure 3-1
Bi-Turbo Configurations
Power User Overclock Settings
Password Settings
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Standard Defaults
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
↑↓→←
: Select Item
Standard CMOS Features
Use this Menu for basic system configurations.
Advanced BIOS Features
Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.
Advanced Chipset Features
Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s
performance.
Integrated Peripherals
Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.
Power Management Setup
Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.
Miscellaneous Control
Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous control.
PC Health Status
This entry shows your PC health status.
Bi-Turbo Configurations
This entry appears if your system supports BiTurbo Configurations.
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Power User Overclock Settings
Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand
Password Settings
This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password
Load Optimized Defaults
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system
operations for performance use.
Load Standard Defaults
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the stable performance system operation
that are factory settings for normal use.
Save & Exit Setup
Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.
Exit Without Saving
Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.
3-4 Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and
then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
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Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, May, 23 2005
Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35
> IDE Primary Master None
> IDE Primary Slave None
> IDE Secondary Master None
> IDE Secondary Slave None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None
Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 522240K
Total Memory 523264K
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >
Change the day, month,
year and century
Item Help
Date
The date format is <day><month><date><year>.
Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.
Day
Month
Date
Year
The month from Jan. through Dec.
The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
The year depends on the year of the BIOS.
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Time
The time format is <hour><minute><second>.
Primary Master/Primary Slave
Secondary Master/Secondary Slave
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications
of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you
enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or
listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually.
If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. Enter
the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the
documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”
Access Mode
Cylinder
Head
Precomp
Landing Zone
Sector
number of sectors
The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA.
number of cylinders
number of heads
write precomp
landing zone
3-5 Advanced BIOS Features
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Advanced BIOS Features
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU L1 Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
SATA &SCSI Boot Order SATA, SCSI
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device HDD-0
Third Boot Device CDROM
Boot other Device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
APIC Mode Enabled
MPS Version Control For OS 1.4
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled
Report No FDD For Windows Yes
Video BIOS Shadow Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Item Help
Menu Level >
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Virus Warning
Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a
warning message on screen and alarm beep.
Disabled
(default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the
boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Enabled
Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning
message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of
hard disk partition table.
CPU Internal Cache
The default value is Enabled.
Enabled
Disabled
(default) Enable cache
Disable cache
Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.
External Cache
Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the Level 2 cache memory.
Quick Power On Self-Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this
is set to Enabled. BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
Enabled
Disabled
(default) Enable quick POST
Normal POST
First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in
these items. The settings are Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0/HDD-1/HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAD
and Disabled.
Swap Floppy Drive
Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B. Default is Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K
type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.
Boot Up NumLock Status
The default value is On.
(default)
On
Off
Keypad is numeric keys.
Keypad is arrow keys.
Typematic Rate Setting
Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the
typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The settings are: Enabled/Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down. The
settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.
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Typematic Delay (Msec)
Sets the delay time after the key is held down before is begins to repeat the keystroke. The
settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000.
Security Option
This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
System
The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.
Setup
(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct
password is not entered prompt.
3-6 Advanced Chipset Features
The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.
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Advanced Chipset Features
> DRAM Timing Settings Press Enter
> LDT & PCI Timing Settings Press Enter
System BIOS Cacheable Enabled
Memory Hole Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >
Item Help
DRAM Timing Settings
Please refer to section 3-6-1
LDT & PCI Timing Settings
Please refer to section 3-6-2
System BIOS Cacheable
Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in
better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system
error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.
Memory Hole
You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is
reserved, it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of
system memory usually discusses their memory requirements. The settings are: Enabled and
Disabled.
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3-6-1 DRAM Timing Settings
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DRAM Timing Settings
Timing Mode Auto
DRAM CAS Latency 2.5T
SDRAM Cycle Time 8T
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 4T
SDRAM Precharge Time 2T
MTRR Mapping Mode Continuous
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
Item Help
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay
This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when
DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives
more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the
system. The settings are: 4T and 3T.
SDRAM Precharge Time
If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before
DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date. Fast
gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only
when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. The settings are: 2T and 3T.
DRAM CAS Latency
When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends
on the DRAM timing. The settings are: 2T and 2.5T.
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3-6-2 LDT & PCI Timing Settings
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LDT & PCI Timing Settings
Data Scramble Disabled
Upstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
LDT Bus Frequency Auto
PCI1 Master 0 WS Write Enabled
PCI2 Master 0 WS Write Enabled
PCI1 Post Write Enabled
PCI2 Post Write Enabled
PCI Delay Transaction Disabled
VLink Mode Selection Mode 4
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
PCI Delay Transaction
The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles.
Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The settings are:
Enabled and Disabled.
Item Help
3-7 Integrated Peripherals
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Integrated Peripherals
> OnChip IDE Function Press Enter
> OnChip Device Function Press Enter
> Onboard Super IO Function Press Enter
Init Display First PCI Slot
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
OnChip IDE Function
Please refer to section 3-7-1
OnChip Device Function
Please refer to section 3-7-2
Onboard Super IO Function
Please refer to section 3-7-3
Item Help
Menu Level >
Init Display First
This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first. The settings
are: PCI Slot, AGP Slot.
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3-7-1 OnChip IDE Function
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OnChip IDE Function
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
Item Help
OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE
channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and
Disabled.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of
the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide
successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode
4.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the
operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus
master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and
Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings are: Auto, Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If
your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic
detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The
settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
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3-7-2 OnChip Device Function
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OnChip Device Function
VIA SATA Function Enabled
RealTek LAN BootROM Disabled
AC97 Sound Device Auto
USB Host Controller All Enabled
USB 2.0 Support Enabled
USB Device Legacy Support All Off
USB Keyboard Legacy Support Disabled
USB Mouse Legacy Support Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
Item Help
AC97 Sound Device
This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
USB Host Controller
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have
a USB peripherals. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
USB Keyboard Legacy Support
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have
a USB keyboard. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
3-7-3 Onboard Super IO Function
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Onboard Super IO Function
Onboard FDD Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
UART Mode Select Normal
IR Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Parallel Mode SPP
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
Item Help
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Onboard FDD Controller
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board
and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select
Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and the second serial ports. The
settings are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.
Onboard Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that Provides Standard, ECP,
and EPP features. It has the following option:
Disabled
(3BCH/IRQ7)/
(278H/IRQ5)/
(378H/IRQ7)
Line Printer port 0
Line Printer port 2
Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port Mode
SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port
SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP
To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To
operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By
choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing
“ECP+EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes
simultaneously. The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel
port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear: “ECP Mode
Use DMA” at this time, the user can choose between DMA channels 3 to 1. The onboard
parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with
the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.”
At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen.
3-8 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save
energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
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Power Management Setup
ACPI Function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Video Off Option Always Off
Video off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Power Button Function Instant-Off
Power After Power Failure Always Off
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet Control Auto
> Wake Up Events Press Enter
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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ACPI Function
This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI). The settings are Enabled and Disabled.
Video Off Option
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choice are Suspend → off, All
Modes → Off, and Always On.
Video Off Method
This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
DPMS
Blank Screen
V/H SYNC+Blank
(default) Initial display power management signaling.
This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and
horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
Modem Use IRQ
This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The settings are: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.
Power Button Function
Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state.
The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.
Wake Up Events
Please refer to section 3-8-1
3-8-1 Wake up Events
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Wake Up Events
VGA OFF
LPT & COM LPT/COM
HDD & FDD ON
PCI Master OFF
Wake-Up on Ring Disabled
Wake-Up on PCI PME Disabled
PS2 KB Wake up Selection Hot Key
Wake-Up on Hot Key (PS2 KB) Disabled
Wake-Up on USB Device Disabled
Wake-Up on RTC Alarm Disabled
Date of Month Alarm 0
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0 : 0 : 0
> IRQs Activities Press Enter
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Wake Up On Ring/PME
During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem. During Enabled,
the system will boot up if there’s an incoming call from the modem.
Wake-Up on RTC Alarm
This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you
cannot use this function. During Enabled, choose the Date and Time Alarm:
Date(of month) Alarm
You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every day.
Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm
You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the
operating system, before this function will work.
IRQs Activities
Please refer to section 3-8-1.1
3-8-1.1 IRQs Activities
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IRQs Activities
Primary INTR ON
IRQ3 (COM 2) Disabled
IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabled
IRQ5 (LPT 2) Enabled
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) Enabled
IRQ7 (LPT 1) Enabled
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) Disabled
IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) Disabled
IRQ10 (Reserved) Disabled
IRQ11 (Reserved) Disabled
IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) Enabled
IRQ13 (Coprocessor) Enabled
IRQ14 (Hard Disk) Enabled
IRQ15 (Reserved) Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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3-9 Miscellaneous Control
This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control.
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Miscellaneous Control
Auto Detect PCI Clock Enabled
Spread Spectrum Disabled
Flash Part Write Protect Enabled
> IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
*** PCIExpress Relative Items ***
Maximum Payload Size 4096
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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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Auto Detect PCI Clock
This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect PCI Clock.
Spread Spectrum
This item allows you to set the CPU Host/PCI clock and Spread Spectrum.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
IRQ Resources
When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on
the type of device using the interrupt.
Please refer to section 3-9-1
3-9-1 IRQ Resources
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IRQ Resources
IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device
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3-10 PC Health Status
This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is
only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.
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PC Health Status
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
Show PCHealth in Post Enabled
> Smart FAN Configurations Press Enter
Vcore 1.39V
VDIMM 2.5V 2.53V
+3.3V 3.28V
+5V 4.99V
+12V 11.9V
3VSB 3.22V
5VSB 4.89V
VBAT 3.12V
CPU Temperature 40°C/104°F
System Temperature 29°C/84°F
CPUFAN 4440 RPM
SFAN1 3375 RPM
SFAN2 3375 RPM
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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Shutdown Temperature
This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature, when CPU temperature over this
setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU.
Show PC Health in Post
During Enabled, it displays information list below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled
Smart FAN Configurations
Please refer to section 3-10-1
Current CPU Temperature/Current System Temp/Current FAN1, FAN2 Speed/Vcore/
Vdd/3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB(V)
This will show the CPU/FAN/System voltage chart and FAN Speed.
3-10-1 Smart FAN Configurations
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Smart FAN Configurations
CPUFAN Smart Mode Enabled
CPU SmartFAN Full-Speed 50
CPU SmartFAN Idle Temp 30
SFAN1 Smart Mode Enabled
SFAN1 SmartFAN Full-Speed Temp 50
SFAN1 SmartFAN Idle Temp 30
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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CPU/SFAN1 Smart FAN Full-Speed Temp
This item allows you setting the FAN works in full speed when the temperature over the value
which out set. If the temperature below the value but over the Idle Temperature, the FAN will
works over 60% of full speed, and the higher temperature will gain higher FAN speed, after
over the temperature which this item setting, the FAN works in full speed.
CPU/SFAN1 Smart FAN Idle Temp
This item allows you setting the FAN works in 60% of full speed, when the temperature lower
than the temperature which you setting.
3-11 Bi-Turbo Configurations
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]
↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold
60%(CPU Usage) ．．．．．[ ]
80%(CPU Usage) ．．．．．[ ]
100%(CPU Usage) ．．．．．[ ]
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Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold
This item allows you select to activate the Bi-Turbo function at 60%, 80%, or 100% CPU
usage. Suggest setting 60% to assure the optimized system performance and reliability.
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Bi-Turbo Activate Time
Immediately．．．．．[ ]
0.50s Later．．．．．[ ]
1.00s Later．．．．．[ ]
2.00s Later．．．．．[ ]
4.00s Later．．．．．[ ]
8.00s Later．．．．．[ ]
↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Bi-Turbo Activated Time
This item allows you to select when to activate the Bi-Turbo function after the BIOS detects the
preset percentage of CPU usage. The settings are: Immediately, 0.50s Later, 1.00s Later, 2.00s
Later, 4.00s Later, or 8.00s Later
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting
202MHz ．．．．．[ ]
206MHz ．．．．．[ ]
210MHz ．．．．．[ ]
215MHz ．．．．．[ ]
220MHz ．．．．．[ ]
226MHz ．．．．．[ ]
230MHz ．．．．．[ ]
240MHz ．．．．．[ ]
250MHz ．．．．．[ ]
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Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting
This item allows you to set the CPU Clock which you need to operate after Bi-Turbo is activated.
The settings are: 202MHz, 206MHz, 210MHz, 215MHz, 220MHz, 226MHz, 230MHz, 240MHz,
250MHz.
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BiTurbo Configurations
BiTurbo Technology Mode Disabled
BiTurbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
BiTurbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
BiTurbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
CPU Thermal-Throttling
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]
↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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BiTurbo Configurations
BiTurbo Technology Mode Disabled
BiTurbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
BiTurbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
BiTurbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp
Min = 40
Max = 90
Key in a Integral number:
↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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BiTurbo Configurations
BiTurbo Technology Mode Disabled
BiTurbo Activated Threshold 60%(CPU Usage)
BiTurbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
BiTurbo CPU Clock Setting 202MHz
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty
87.50% ．．．．．[ ]
75.00% ．．．．．[ ]
62.50% ．．．．．[ ]
50.00% ．．．．．[ ]
35.50% ．．．．．[ ]
25.00% ．．．．．[ ]
12.50% ．．．．．[ ]
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CPU Thermal Throttling Temp
This item allows you to activate the CPU Thermal Throttling function when the CPU
temperature is over the value which you set to low down the CPU temperature when at high
workload to protect processor from damage or accidental shutdown.
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BiTurbo Configurations
Bi-Turbo Technology Mode Disabled
Bi-Turbo Activated Threshold 202MHz
Bi-Turbo Activated Time 0.50s Later
Bi-Turbo CPU Clock Setting 60%(CPU Usage)
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]
↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
3-12 Power User Overclock Settings
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
NBChip VDD Select 1.60V(Default)
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Not support AMD Sempron Processor
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CPU/DRAM Clock at next Boot is
This item allows you change the CPU Host /DRAM clock for overclock demand. When the CPU
Host clock is over the CPU default value BIOS will auto disabled Bi-Turbo function.
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CPU Vcore 7-Shift
This item allows you select the CPU Vcore Voltage xx% more than the standard value, by this
function for the precise over-clocking for extra demanding of performance.
VDIMM Select
This item allows you to select 2.5V of the DDR Module. The choice are: 2.55V, 2.6V, 2.65V,
2.7V.
NBChip VDD Select
This item allows you to select 1.5V of the AGP 4X/8X VGA card. The choice are: 1.5V, 1.6V,
1.7V, 1.8V.
SBChip VDD Select
This item allows you to select 2.5V of the VCC2.5V Voltage. The choice are: 2.55V, 2.6V,
2.65V, 2.7V.
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
NBChip VDD Select 1.60V(Default)
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
66.0/33.0MHz ．．．．．[ ]
75.4/37.7MHz ．．．．．[ ]
88.0/44.0MHz ．．．．．[ ]
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
NBChip VDD Select 1.60V(Default)
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Linear PCIExpress Clock
Min= 100
Max= 150
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
CPU Vcore 7-Shift
Normal ．．．．．[ ]
+ 5% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 10% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 15% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 20% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 25% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 30% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 35% ．．．．．[ ]
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SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
NBChip VDD Select 1.60V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select
2.55V(Default)．．．．．[ ]
2.60V ．．．．．[ ]
2.65V ．．．．．[ ]
2.70V ．．．．．[ ]
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Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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Power User Overclock Settings
Asynchronous AGP/PCI Clock 66.0/33.0 MHz
Linear PCIExpress Clock 100
** Current CPU Clock 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 100
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.50V(Default)
SBChip VDD Select 2.55V(Default)
NBChip VDD Select 1.60V(Default)
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
NBChip VDD Select
1.50V ．．．．．[ ]
1.60V(Default)．．．．．[ ]
1.70V ．．．．．[ ]
1.80V ．．．．．[ ]
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3-13 Password Settings
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Password Settings
Set Supervisor Password Press Enter
Set User Password Press Enter
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:
Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the
setup menus. When you select this function, the following message
will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now
will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm
the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort
the selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A
message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter
Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password
every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its
Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at
boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.
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3-14 Load Standard/Optimized Defaults
Load Standard Defaults
When you press <Enter> on this item, you get confirmation dialog box with a message similar to:
Load Standard Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing <Y> loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system
operations.
Load Optimized Defaults
When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar
to:
Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system
operations.
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Chapter 4
DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all
DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition, this
CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and
which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto detect
software MAGIC INSTALL.
MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP
Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below.
If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or
click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).
From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 10 selections:
1. VIA 4 IN 1 install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 driver
2. SOUND install AC97 Audio Codec Installing driver
3. LAN install RTL8139C/8100 Fast Ethernet driver
4. USB2.0 install VIA USB 2.0 driver
5. SATA install VIA Serial ATA driver
6. DIRECTX9 install Microsoft DirectX 9 driver
7. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN2005 anti-virus program
8. PC-HEALTH install Myguard utility
9. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD
10. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu
4-1 VIA 4IN1 Install VIA Service Pack 4 IN 1 Driver
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* The path of the file is X:\VIA\DRIVER\VIAHYPERION4IN1456V.EXE
IDE : VIA ATAPI VENDOR SUPPORT DRIVER IS USED TO FIXED COMPATIBILITY
ISSUE FOR IDE DEVICES
AGPVXD : VIA AGPVXD DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED, IF YOU ARE USING AN
AGP VGA CARD, VIAGART.VXD WILL PROVIDE SERVICE ROUTINES
TO YOUR VGA DRIVER AND INTERFACE DIRECTLY TO HARDWARE,
PROVIDING FAST GRAPHIC ACCESS
IRQ ROUTING : VIA PCI IRQ MINIPORT DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WIN98
ONLY, IT WILL FIX PCI IRQ ROUTING SEQUENCE
INF : VIA REGISTRY DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED UNDER WINDOWS
THE DRIVER WILL ENABLE VIA POWER MANAGERMENT CONTROLLER
1. Click IDE when MAGIC INSTALL MENU
appears
2. Click NEXT when VIA Service Pack Wizard
appears
3. This is to announce the Copy Write, click Yes 4. Please select normal installation and Click
NEXT
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5. Click NEXT to Install ATAPI Vender
Support Driver
6. Click OK and Restart your computer
4-2 SOUND install VIA AC97’ Codec Audio Driver
1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Click NEXT and start to install VIA Vinyl
Audio Codecs driver
3. Click Finish and restart your computer 4. This is 6-channel audio output test program
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5 . Phone jack configuration setting and
enable smart 5.1 plus function
6. Sound effect and sound expander function
Note: The path of the file
For WIN98/NT4.0/WIN2K/XP is X:\CODEC\VIACODEC\SETUP.EXE
Note: In Win2K/WinME users have to click Control Panel\System\Device Manager\
DVD\CD-ROM drives to Enabled digital CD Audio for the CD-ROM Device when
use the SPDIF-Out digital signal.
4-3 LAN install Realtek RTL8100C 10/100M Fast Ethernet NIC
Driver
1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click finish , and select restart computer
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4-4 USB2.0 Install VIA USB2.0 DEVICE DRIVER
1. Click USB2.0 when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU Appear
Note: Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 1 in Windows XP OS Before you Install VIA
USB2.0 Device Driver.
2. When USB2.0 Setup Program Appear, Click
NEXT
Please Install Microsoft Service Pack 4 in Windows 2000 OS Before you Install VIA
USB2.0 Device Driver.
The Path of the file is X:\VIA\VIAUSB20\SETUP.EXE
4-5 SATA Install VIA Serial ATA driver and tools
1. Click SATA when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Start install VIA serial ATA driver , then
click NEXT
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3. When license agreement appear, choose I
agree and click NEXT
4. Select you want to install driver
5. Review install driver and utility component,
then click NEXT
6. Click FINISH and restart your computer
Making SATA HDD driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000
If you only have Serial ATA HDDs on your system, before you install the Windows XP or
Windows 2000, you will need to make a SATA HDD driver diskette before you start to install
the Operating System.
How to make a SATA HDD driver diskette?
STEP 1: Insert the diskette which be formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS.
STEP 2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM
STEP 3: Copy all the files from \VIA\VIASATA\DriverDisk to floppy diskette
Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP or
Windows 2000 on your System.
Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000
For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP or Windows
2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At
the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to
install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….”
At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP or
Windows 2000 for the proper installation.
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4-6 PC-HEALTH install Myguard Hardware monitor Utility
1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Click Next when Install shield wizard Window
appears, Choose destination location and click
Next, when the start copy file windows
appear, click next
3. Select Finish after setup complete 4. Execute MY GUARD utility, On-time
Monitoring your system health
NOTE:
MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\VIA\F71805\SETUP.EXE
4-7 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2005 Anti-virus program
1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appear
2. Please select “Install program” when the
"Trend Micro internet security" installshield
wizard windows appear
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3. Click NEXT and Enter your Customer
Information, Click NEXT or choose Change
to change the path for the file to be stored
4. Please select install “FULL” function or
install “Antivirus software” only
5. We suggest to use “Recommend
configuration”.
6. Click Install , start install Pccillin 2005
internet security software , after finish
Installation , please select restart your
computer
Note : Please install ACROBAT READER, Before you read PC-CILLIN 2004 User
Manual, the path at X:\acrobat\adberdr6_enu_full.exe
4-8 HOW TO DISABLE ON-BOARD SOUND
Enter BIOS SETUP choose INTEGRATE PERIPHERALS choose ON-CHIP DEVICE
FUNCTION choose AC97 SOUND DEVICE
Disable on-board sound function by press PAGE DOWN KEY to Disable
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4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction
What’s Pro Magic Plus?
Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash
down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles
because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies
lots of HD space?
Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for
you. It combines various application tools (e.g. anti-virus, backup software, uninstall
software, multi-boot software) to satisfy your needs of all sorts of system protections.
What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?
1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install
Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by
simply reboot your computer.
2. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse
3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely
test any software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer
to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you
computer.
4. Password Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user
password for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’,
which can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or
data from being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)
5. Complete Protection – Pro Magic not only protects the system disk, but also can
protect your data disk, and does not require to reboot when backup or restore data disk.
6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and
restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points
are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)
7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides
complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)
8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and
‘Outlook Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will
not be restored as well. (This is optional, you can leave it as it is).
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NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function
descriptions of each version.
System Requirements
◇ First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP
◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux)
◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported
◇ Minimum of Intel 486 or above, 16MB of memory or above
◇ Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above
◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk
Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows 2000 or OS above
Notice Before Installation
1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus
function)
2. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI partitions. If you have multiple PRI
partitions, please repartition your HD before installation.
3. If your HDD is not fully partitioned (with un-partitioned/unused space at end of HDD),
please repartition the HDD before install Pro Magic Plus.
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APPENDIX
Debug Port Post Code
Normal POST Codes
NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h.
ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h.
Code(hex) Name Description
C0 Turn Off Chipset
And CPU test
C1 Memory Presence First block memory detect
C2 Early Memory
Initialization
C3 Extend Memory
DRAM select
C4 Special Display
Handling
C5 Early Shadow OEM specific- Early shadow enable for
C6 Cache presence
test
CF CMOS Check CMOS checkup
B0 Spurious If interrupt occurs in protected
B1 Unclaimed NMI If unmasked NMI occurs, display
BF Program Chip Set To program chipset from defaults values
E1-EF Setup Pages E1- Page 1, E2 - Page 2, etc.
1 Force load
Default to
chipset
2 Reserved
3 Early Superio
Init
OEM Specific-Cache control cache
Processor Status (1FLAGS) Verification.
Tests the following processor status
flags: Carry, zero, sign, overflow,
The BIOS sets each flag, verifies
They are set, then turns each flag
off and verifies it is off.
Read/Write/Verify all CPU registers
except SS, SP, and BP with data
pattern FF and 00.
RAM must be periodically refreshed to
keep the memory from decaying. This
function ensures that the memory
refresh function is working properly.
OEM Specific-Test to size on-board
memory. Early chip set initialization
Memory presence test
OEM chip set routines
Clear low 64K of memory
Test first 64K memory.
OEM Specific- Board Initialization
OEM Specific- Turn on extended memory
Initialization
Cyrix CPU initialization
Cache initialization
OEM Specific- Display/Video Switch
Handling so that Switch Handling display
switch errors never occurs
fast boot
External cache size detection
mode.
Press F1 to disable NMI, F2 reboot.
Chipset defaults program
Early Initialized the super IO
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Code(hex) Name Description
4 Reserved
5 Blank video Reset Video controller
6 Reserved
7 Init KBC Keyboard controller init
8 KB test Test the Keyboard
9 Reserved
A Mouse Init Initialized the mouse
B Onboard Audio
init
C Reserved
D Reserved
E CheckSum Check Check the intergraty of the ROM,BIOS and
F Reserved
10 Auto detec EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash
11 Reserved
12 Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS
13 Reserved
14 Chipset Default
load
15 Reserved
16 Clock Init Init onboard clock generator
17 Reserved
18 Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
19 Reserved
1A Reserved
1B Setup Interrupt
Vector Table
1C Reserved
1D Early PM Init First step initialize if single CPU
1E Reserved
1F Re-initial KB Re-init KB
20 Reserved
21 HPM init If support HPM, HPM get initialized here
22 Reserved
23 Test CMOS
Interface and
Battery Status
24 Reserved
25 Reserved
26 Reserved
27 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data
28 Reserved
29 Initialize Video
Interface
2A Reserved
2B Reserved
2C Reserved
2D Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on
2E Reserved Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow
Onboard audio controller initialize if
exist
message
write/erase routines to 0F000h segments
Program the chipset registers with CMOS
values
Initialize first 120 interrupt
vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and
initialize
INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL
onboard
Verifies CMOS is working correctly,
detects bad battery. If failed, load
CMOS defaults and load into chipset
area
Read CMOS location 14h to find out type
of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.
message to screen.
according to Setup.
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Code(hex) Name Description
2F Reserved
30 Reserved
31 Reserved
32 Reserved
33 PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
34 Reserved
35 Test DMA
Controller 0
36 Reserved
37 Test DMA
Controller 1
38 Reserved
39 Test DMA Page
Registers
3A Reserved
3B Reserved
3C Test Timer
Counter 2
3D Reserved
3E Test 8259-1 Mask
Bits
3F Reserved
40 Test 8259-2 Mask
Bits
41 Reserved
42 Reserved
43 Test Stuck8259's
Interrupt Bits
Test 8259
Interrupt
Functionality
44 Reserved
45 Reserved
46 Reserved
47 Set EISA Mode If EISA non-volatile memory checksum is
48 Reserved
49 Size Base and
Extended Memory
4A Reserved
4B Reserved
4C Reserved
4D Reserved
4E Test Base and
Extended Memory
4F Reserved
50 USB init Initialize USB controller
51 Reserved
Test DMA channel 0
Test DMA channel 1
Test DMA Page Registers.
Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2.
Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts
by alternately turning off
and on the interrupt lines.
Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts
by alternately turning off
and on the interrupt lines.
Turn off interrupts then verify no
interrupt mask register is on.
Force an interrupt and verify the
interrupt occurred.
good, execute EISA initialization.
If not, execute ISA tests an clear
EISA mode flag.
Size base memory from 256K to 640K and
extended memory above 1MB.
Test base memory from 256K to 640K and
extended memory above 1MB using
various patterns.
NOTE: This test is skipped in EISA
mode and can be skipped with ESC key
in ISA mode.
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Code(hex) Name Description
52 Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB
53 Reserved
54 Reserved
55 CPU display Detect CPU speed and display
56 Reserved
57 PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init
58 Reserved
59 Setup Virus
Protect
5A Reserved
5B Awdflash Load If required, will auto load
5C Reserved
5D Onboard I/O Init Initializing onboard superIO
5E Reserved
5F Reserved
60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup
61 Reserved
62 Reserved
63 Initialize &
Install Mouse
64 Reserved
65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
66 Reserved
67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing
68 Reserved
69 Setup Cache
Controller
6A Reserved
6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto-
6C Reserved
6D Initialize Floppy
Drive &
Controller
6E Reserved
6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
70 Reserved
71 Reserved
72 Reserved
73 Initialize Hard
Drive &
Controller
74 Reserved
75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install
76 Reserved
77 Detect &
Initialize
Serial/Parallel
Ports
using Virtual 8086 mode,
page mode and clear the memory
CPU vendor specific version string
and turn on all necessary CPU features
Setup virus protect according to Setup
Awdflash.exe in POST
functions
Detect if mouse is present, initialize
mouse, install interrupt
vectors.
Initialize cache controller.
configuration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive controller
and any drives.
parameters
Initialize hard drive controller and any
drives.
Initialize any serial and parallel
ports (also game port).
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Code(hex) Name Description
78 Reserved
79 Reserved
7A Detect &
Initialize Math
Coprocessor
7B Reserved
7C HDD Check for
Write protection
7D Reserved
7E Reserved
7F POST error check Check POST error and display them
80 Reserved
81 Reserved
82 Security Check Ask password security (optional).
83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and
84 Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker
85 Initialize Initialize any option ROMs present
86 Reserved
87 Reserved
88 Reserved
89 Reserved
8A Reserved
8B Reserved
8C Reserved
8D Reserved
8E Reserved
8F Reserved
90 Reserved
91 Reserved
92 Reserved
93 Boot Medium
detection
94 Final Init Final init for last micro details
95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot
96 Boot Attempt Set low stack
FF Boot
Initialize math coprocessor.
HDD check out
and ask for user intervention
clear screen.
Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.
Option ROMs from C8000h to EFFFFh.
NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,
ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.
Read and store boot partition head and
cylinders values in RAM
before boot
Setup NumLock status according to
Setup
Boot via INT 19h.
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Quick POST Codes
Code(hex) Name Description
65 Init onboard
device
66 Early System
setup
67 KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,
68 Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out
69 8259 Init Init 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9
6A Memory test Quick Memory Test
6B CPU Detect and IO
init
6C Reserved
6D Reserved
6E Reserved
6F Reserved
70 Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup
71 Setup Cache
Controller
Early Initialized the super IO
Reset Video controller
Keyboard controller init
Test the Keyboard Initialized the
mouse Onboard audio controller
initialize if exist. Check the
intergraty of the ROM, BIOS and
message Check Flash type and copy
flash write/erase routines to 0F000h
segments Check Cmos Circuitry and
reset CMOS Program the chipset
registers with CMOS values
Init onboard clock generator
Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
Initialize first 120 interrupt
vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and
initialize
INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL
First step initialize if single CPU
onboard. Re-init KB
If support HPM, HPM get initialized
here
detects bad battery. If failed, load
CMOS defaults and load into chipset
Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data
area.
type of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.
Test video memory, write sign-on
message to screen.
Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow
according to Setup.
Detect CPU speed and display
CPU vendor specific version string
and turn on all necessary CPU features
Display PnP logo and PnP early init
Setup virus protect according to
Setup. If required, will auto load
Awdflash.exe in POST
Initializing onboard superIO
functions Detect if mouse is present,
initialize mouse, install interrupt
vectors. Special treatment to PS2
Mouse port
ACPI sub-system initializing
Initialize cache controller.
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Code(hex) Name Description
72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto-
73 Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and
74 Detect &
Initialize Math
Coprocessor
75 HDD Check for
Write protection
76 Reserved
77 Display POST
error
78 CMOS and Option
ROM Init
79 Reserved
7A Reserved
7B Reserved
7C Reserved
7D Boot Medium
detection
7E Final Init Final init for last micro details
7F Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot
80 Boot Attempt Set low stack
FF Boot
configuration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive
controller and any drives.
Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
parameters
any drives.
IDE device detection and install
Initialize any serial and parallel
ports (also game port).
Initialize math coprocessor.
HDD check out
Check POST error and display them
and ask for user intervention
Ask password security (optional).
Write all CMOS values back to RAM and
clear screen.
Enable parity checker
Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.
Initialize any option ROMs present
from C8000h to EFFFFh.
NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,
ROMs initialize from C8000h to
F7FFFh.
Read and store boot partition head and
cylinders values in RAM
before boot
Setup NumLock status according to
Setup
Boot via INT 19h.
S4 POST Codes
Code(hex) Name Description
5A Early Chipset
Init
5B Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS
5C Chipset default
Prog
5D Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
Early Initialized the super IO
Reset Video controller
Keyboard controller init
Test the Keyboard
Initilized the mouse
Program the chipset registers with
CMOS values. Init onboard clock
generator
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Code(hex) Name Description
5E Setup Interrupt
Vector Table
5F Test CMOS
Interface and
Battery status
60 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data
61 Initialize Video
Interface
62 Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on
63 Setup PS2 mouse
and test DMA
64 Test 8259 Test 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9
65 Init Boot Device Detect if mouse is present,
66 Install Boot
Devices
67 Cache Init Cache init and USB init
68 PM init PM initialization
69 PM final Init and
issue SMI
FF Full on
Initialize first 120 interrupt
vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and
INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL
First step initialize if single CPU
Onboard. Re-init KB
If support HPM, HPM get initialized
Here.
Verifies CMOS is working correctly,
detects bad battery. If failed, load
CMOS defaults and load into chipset
area
Read CMOS location 14h to find out
type of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.
message to screen.
Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow
according to Setup.
Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
Test DMA channel 0
initialize mouse, install interrupt
vectors.
Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
ACPI sub-system initializing
Initialize cache controller.
Enter setup check and autoconfiguration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive
controller and any drives.
Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
Parameters Initialize hard drive
controller and any drives.
IDE device detection and install
Final init Before resume
BootBlock POST Codes
Code(hex) Name Description
1 Base memory test Clear base memory area (0000:0000--
9000:ffffh)
5 KB init Initialized KBC
12 Install interrupt
vectors
0D Init Video Video initializing
41 Init FDD Scan floppy and media capacity for
FF Boot Load boot sector
Install int. vector (0-77), and
initialized 00-1fh to their
proper place
onboard superIO
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