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939GT2-Ultra -G / 939GT2-STD –G
939GT2-Ultra-P / 939GT2-STD-P
USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket 939 64-bit & Dual Core
Ready AMD Athlon64FX Processor
NO. G03939GT2R111
Rev:1.0
Release date: June 2005
Trademark:
* 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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USER’S NOTICE..................................................................................................................... ii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION...............................................................................ii
COOLING SOLUTIONS.........................................................................................................ii
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION OF 939GT2 MOTHERBOARD SERIES
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
ABOUT AMD Athlon64 939-PIN CPU
..................................................................9
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..................................................................................................13
2-6-1 CONNECTORS...........................................................................................................13
2-6-2 HEADERS....................................................................................................................16
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER...................................................................................19
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP................................................................................................................21
3-2 GETTING HELP.....................................................................................................................21
3-3 THE MAIN MENU..................................................................................................................22
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES..........................................................................................23
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES............................................................................................24
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES....................................................................................26
3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS......................................................................................27
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...........................................................................................28
3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION.........................................................................................28
3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION.................................................................................29
3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION.............................................................................30
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP.......................................................................................31
3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL..........................................................................................32
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES.......................................................................................................33
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS..........................................................................................................33
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATIONS.......................................................................34
3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS..............................................................................34
3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS.......................................................................36
3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS......................................................................................................38
3-14 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS.................................................................38
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP.........................................40
4-1 NFORCE INSTALL NFORCE INTEGRATED DRIVER............................................41
4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC655 CODEC AUDIO DRIVER............................................43
4-3 LAN INSTALL MARVELL YUKON GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER. .44
4-4 USB2.0 INSTALL INTEL USB2.0 DRIVER..............................................................44
4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2005 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM.............................45
4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY.................46
4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS......................................................................................................47
4-8 NFORCE4 PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION........................................47
4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction..................................................................................50
USER’S NOTICE
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MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE
REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR
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THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE 939GT4SLI MOTHER-
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Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Edition June 2005
Item Checklist
939GT2-Ultra-G / 939GT2-STD-G / 939GT2-Ultra-P / 939GT2-STD-P motherboard
Cable for IDE/Floppy
CD for motherboard utilities
□
SLI Supported Bridge
Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port
□
SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor
939GT2-Ultra-G / 939GT2-STD-G / 939GT2-Ultra-P / 939GT2-STD-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 Socket939 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of
all heatsinks that support Socket-939 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 939GT2 Motherboard Series
1-1 Features of motherboard
The 939GT2-Ultra-G / 939GT2-STD-G motherboard is based on NVIDIA nForce4-Ultra and
nForce4 single chip technology which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Athlon64 FX and
dual core multi-tasking Athlon64 X2 processors with HyperTransport Technology. The
939GT2 motherboard series deliver the leading-edge performance with both of the benefits
from 64-bit multi-tasking dual core AMD processors and NVIDIA Single Chipset Technology
with the latest PCI Express x16 for the latest announced graphics. Utilize the 64-bit multitasking socket 939 solution and the dual channel PC3200 DDR memory size which are
expandable to 4.0GB, the 939 GT2 motherboard series meet the demanding usage of computing
from now to the future.
The motherboards carry the advanced NVIDIA nForce4 and nForce4-Ultra single chip with
1000 MHz HyperTransport technology bus of data transferring and provided with 133MHz /
166MHz / 200MHz memory clock frequency for DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR Module
with Dual channel function. NVIDIA nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra single chipset offers
ULTRA ATA 133 ,Serial ATA RAID 0, 1, 0+1, and Serial ATA2 RAID0, 1, 0+1(Only for
939GT2-Ultra motherboard series) functions to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee
the data security without failed in advanced computing performance.
The 939GT2-Ultra-P / 939GT2-STD-P motherboard provides 10 / 100 LAN function with
Realtek 8201CL LAN PHY. The 939GT2-Ultra-G / 939GT2-STD-G provides Giga LAN
function by using the Marvell 88E1111 Giga-LAN PHY which supports 10M / 100M or
10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate. Embedded 6-channel AC’97 CODEC is fully
compatible with Sound Blaster Pro standards that offers you with the home cinema quality
and absolutely software compatibility.
Colorful PCB and placement design offers one PCI-Express x16 graphics slot with 4Gbyte/sec
data transfer rate at each relative direction which get 3.5 times of bandwidth more than
AGP8X and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed to guarantee the fully
operational multi-GPUs graphics power. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers 512Mbyte/sec
concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most
demanding multimedia tasks nowadays.
Embedded USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional
ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the
future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to
monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.
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Some special features---CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift/ CPU Smart Fan/
Debug Port(Option) in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking
function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe cause the
fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets
the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system
performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and
make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get
them in the coming section.
1-1.1 Special Features of motherboard
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 partially idle
mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating temperature in BIOS (from
40℃ to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset
value, the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool
down the processor. When at throttling mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to
indicate it is in working. ( for detail operating please read Section 3-11 Bi-turbo
Configuration)
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.
CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- ( Shift to Higher Performance )
The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 7 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra
demanding computing performance.
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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design
ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.5x22.0cm
Chipset
NVIDIA nForce4 and nForce4 Ultra Single Chip Technology
CPU Socket 939
Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 939-Pin package utilizes Flip-
Chip Pin Grid Array package processor
Support for future AMD Athlon64 939-pin Dual –Core
processors up to 4800+ with HTT Frequency 1GHz
Memory Socket
184-pin DDR Module socket x 4
Support 4 pcs DDR266/DDR33/DDR400 DDR Modules which
are Expandable to 4.0GB
Support Dual channel function
Expansion Slot
PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs delivers up to 8GB/s concurrent
bandwidth.
PCI-Express x1 slot 1pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent
bandwidth
32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs for the most popular and cost-effective
expansion cards for multimedia and communications.
Integrate
Serial ATA2 RAID
Four Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate
with RAID 0, 1, 0+1 functions for 939GT2-Ultra motherboard
series.
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA RAID
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; Four Serial ATA /
ports provide 150 MB/sec data transfer rate for Four Serial ATA
Devices and offer RAID 0, 1, 0+1 functions
Ethernet LAN
Integrated Marvel 88E1111 PCI-10/100 / 1000 LAN PHY for
939GT2-Ultra-G and and 939 GT2-STD -G series and optional PCI10 / 100 LAN PHY for 939GT2-Ultra-P and and 939 GT2-STD -P
series
Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb/
1Gb /s data transfer rate.
6CH-Audio
AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
6-channel AC’97 Audio CODEC on board
SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out Optical support (Cable optional)
Audio driver and utility included
BIOS
Award 4MB Flash ROM
Multi I/O
PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
Floppy disk drive connector x1
Parallel port x1
Serial port x2
USB2.0 port x 6 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: AMD K8 Athlon64 3200+ Support (Socket 939, 512k L2 cache)
DRAM: KingMax MPTC220D-38HT 512MB DDR500 X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory
VGA Card : GeForce6600GT 128M PCI-E VGA CARD X 2 (1024X768X32BIT Color)
Hard Disk Driver: Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150
BIOS: Award Optimal default
OS: Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)
Ultra / 200/200 Dual channel STD / 200/200 Dual channel
3D Mark 2001SE
18286
18280
3D Mark 2003
8101
8137
3D Mark 2005
3532
3545
AQUAMRK3
53014 (7545 / 8912)
53336 (7569 / 9021)
PCMark2004
System / CPU / Memory
4072 / 3846 / 4401
4089 / 3854 / 4427
Graph / HDD
4436 / 4663
4391 / 4619
Content Creation Winstone 2004
31.5
31.7
Business Winstone 2004
22.8
23
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99
18700 / 41000
20300 / 41900
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark
1240 / 1930
1170 / 1990
SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )
SISMark 2004
175 (184 / 167)
178 (184 / 172)
3D Creation / 2D Creation
169 / 255
170 / 228
/ Web publication
163
161
Communication / Document
179 / 175
191 / 175
/ Data Analysis
150
153
SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU Multi-
Media Benchmark
1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS
8576
8574
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS
3293 / 4275
3279 / 4256
2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S
4828 / 4828
4640 / 4643
3.Integer/Floating-Point
IT/S
19137 / 20650
19117 / 20669
UT2003 Benchmark
247.92 / 83.34
253.46 / 85.33
Quake3 DEMO1 /
FPS
N / A
N / A
Return to Castle
FPS
75.0
75.4
Super Pi (1M) Second
44s
43s
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.3 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.3
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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting
939GT2-Ultra series support Serial ATA & Serial ATA2 with RAID functions.
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USB Power On Jumper
PS/2 Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
ATX 12V Power Connector
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
KBMS/USB Power On Jumper (JP1)
PC99 Back Panel
USB Port Connector
COM1
PRINTER
COM2
USB1
Giga LAN
MIC-IN
Line-IN
Line-OUT
USB
CPU FAN
CPU Socket
DDR Socket X4
USB Port/ Giga LAN Connector
Audio Connector
Marvel 88E1111 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN Chip
NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chip
NVIDIA nForce4 Single Chip
PCI EXPRESS x1
PCI EXPRESSx16
FINTEK F71805F I/O chip
32-bit PCI Slots
6-CH AC’97 Audio Codec
Front Panel Audio
CD Audio In
SPDIF
Connector
SFAN2
USB Port
(USB2, USB3)
ATX 24-pin Power
Connector
ATA 133 IDE Connector
(IDE1, IDE2)
Serial-ATA Connector
(SATA1, 2, 3, 4)
CHAFAN
SFAN1
Clear CMOS (JBAT)
On board LAN Jumper (JP2)
4MBit Flash ROM BIOS
Front Panel Connector
Floppy Connector
Speaker/Power LED Connector
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Jumpers
Jumper Name Description Page
JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7
JP1 Keyboard/USB0,1 Power On
Enabled/Disabled
3-pin Block P.8
JP2 On board Marvell LAN Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8
JP3 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
ATXPWR24P ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13
ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Block P.13
PS2KBMS PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
6-pin Female P.14
USB / USB1 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14
USB / LAN Giga-LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.14
PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.14
J1 6-CH Audio Connector 3 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.15
IDE1/IDE2 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.15
SATA1~4 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.16
Headers
Header Name Description Page
AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16
USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.17
SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.17
PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.17
JW_FP
(Power LED/Reset/
IDE LED/Power
Button)
Front Panel Header
(including Power LED/ IDE activity
LED/Reset switch / Power On Button
lead)
9-pin Block P.17
SFAN1, SFAN2
CPUFAN
FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.18
SPDIF Optical In/Out Header 9-pin Block P.18
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket 939 CPU Socket 939-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU
Socket
P.9
DIMM1~4 DDR Module Socket 184-pin DDR Module Socket
P.10
PCI1 PCI3
PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots
P.11
PE1 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot
P.12
PE3 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot
P.12
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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
(2) On Board Marvell LAN function Enabled/Disabled: JP2
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(3) Keyboard/USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1, JP3
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.
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,
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.
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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 939-pin CPU
This motherboard provides a 939-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket,
referred to as the mPGA939 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 939 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.
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.
2-4 Install Memory
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This motherboard provides four 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 4.0GB DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 184-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 X1
128MB1.0GB
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 X1
128MB1.0GB
Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 X1
128MB1.0GB
Bank 6,7 (DIMM4) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 X1
128MB1.0GB
Total System Memory (Max. 4.0GB) 4
128MB4.0GB
Recommend DIMM Module Combination
1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1
2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM3 for Dual channel function
3. Four DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1/DIMM2/DIMM3/DIMM4.
For Dual channel Limited!
4. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &
DIMM3 or DIMM2 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.
5. DIMM1 & DIMM3, or DIMM2 & DIMM4 must be the same type, same size, same
frequency for dual channel function.
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.
NOTE! 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.
WARNING!
For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz, use only DDR400- compliant
DDR Modules. When this motherboard operate at 200Mhz, most system will
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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.
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.
2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard
Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:
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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 which
offers 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction., and one 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.
IMPORTANT!
The modification for chipset is not an option for end users. Or you may get
no warranty for the motherboard you purchased.
2-6 Connectors, Headers
2-6-1 Connectors
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PCI-E x1 Slot
PCI-E x16 Slot
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(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR24P
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.
** 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.
(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.
(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: PS2KBMS
The connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.
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Pin 1
ROW1 ROW2
24-Pin
ROW1 ROW2
Pin 1
20-Pin
PIN
ROW1
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
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(4) USB Port connector: USB0/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 Ethernet Compatible Network.
The USBLAN support 10M/100M/1G b/s data transfer rate (1Gb/s for 939GT2-STD-G
and 939GT2-Ultra-G motherboard series)
(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
Line-in : (BLUE) Audio input to sound chip (Rear Speaker)
Line-out : (GREEN) Audio output to speaker (Front Speaker)
MIC : (PINK) Microphone Connector (Base/Center)
(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.
(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.
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PS/2
Mouse
PS/2
Keyboard
COM1
PRINTER
COM2
USB1
Optional
Giga LAN
USB
MIC-IN
Line-IN
Line-OUT
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(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.
(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.
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Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the
“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 DVDROM 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 / SATA3/ SATA4
This connector support the provided Serial ATA and Serial ATA2(Only for 939GT2-Ultra
Series) IDE hard disk cable to connecting the motherboard and serial ATA hard disk.
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.
(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.
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(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.
(7) Power switch: PWR BTN
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the
system.
(8) FAN Headers (3-pin) : CHAFAN, 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.
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(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.
(10) Optical In/Out Header: SPDIF
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2-7 Starting Up Your Computer
1. Make sure that all connections are connected firmly, close your computer chasis 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 220V240V or 110V120V 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
Video card not found or video card memory
bad
High frequency beeps when system is
working
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.
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
parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.
Press Page Up/Page Down or +/– keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters
for 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>.
3-3 The Main Menu
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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
Thermal Throttling Options
Power User Overclock Settings
Password Settings
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Standard Defaults
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving
Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS
: Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Figure 3-1
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.
Thermal Throttling Options
The selection is set for activating the active CPU Thermal Protection by flexible CPU loading
adjustment in the arrange of temperature you define.
Power User Overclock Settings
Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand
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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) Wed, Mar, 09 2005
Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35
> IDE Channel 0 Master None
> IDE Channel 0 Slave None
> IDE Channel 1 Master None
> IDE Channel 1 Slave None
> SATA Channel 1 None
> SATA Channel 2 None
> SATA Channel 3 None
> SATA Channel 4 None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None
Halt On All, But Keyboard
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 522240K
Total Memory 523264K
Item Help
Menu Level >
Change the day, month,
year and century
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Date
The date format is <day><month><date><year>.
Day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.
Month The month from Jan. through Dec.
Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS.
Time
The time format is <hour><minute><second>.
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IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave / Channel 1 Master / Channel 0 Slave
SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4
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 the type of hard disk drives 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 The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA.
Cylinder number of cylinders
Head number of heads
Precomp write precomp
Landing Zone landing zone
Sector number of sectors
3-5 Advanced BIOS Features
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Advanced BIOS Features
Removable Device Priority Press Enter
Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
Virus Warning Disabled
L1 Cache Enabled
L2 Cache Enabled
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
Small Logo (EPA) Show Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Removable Device Priority
The selection is for you to choose the removable devices (Such as USB floppy or other related
accessories) priorities to boot from.
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Hard Disk Boot Priority
The selection is for you to choose the hard disk drives priorities to boot from.
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 (default) Enable cache
Disabled 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 (default) Enable quick POST
Disabled 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.
On (default) Keypad is numeric keys.
Off 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)
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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.
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.
Small Logo (EPA) Show
The selection is for you to choose the EPA small logo to show or not.
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
> Hyper Transport Frequency Auto
> Hyper Transport Width Auto
> DRAM Timing Settings Press Enter
> System BIOS Cacheable Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
HperTransport Frequency
The default setting is “Auto” for this selection, and it provides with the frequency from 200 to
1000MHz for you to select manually. The AMD Athlon64 FX processor supports 1GHz
HyperTransport bus to access. We recommend you to use the frequency for both performance
and reliabilities of your system.
HperTransport Width
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The default setting is “Auto” for this selection, and it provides with the adjustable bandwidth
selection for you to choose the combination of stream with x16 and x8 bandwidth of updoad
and down between the processor and system chip.
DRAM Timing Settings
Please refer to section 3-6-1
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.
3-6-1 DRAM Timing Settings
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DRAM Timing Settings
Auto Configuartion Auto
DRAM CAS Latency CL=2.5
SDRAM Active Time 8T
DRAM Bank Interleaving Enabled
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 4T
SDRAM Precharge Time 2T
DRAM Command Rate 2T
MTRR Mapping Mode Continuous
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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.
3-7 Integrated Peripherals
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Integrated Peripherals
> OnChip IDE Function Press Enter
> OnChip Device Function Press Enter
> OnChop Super IO Function Press Enter
Init Display First PCI Slot
Item Help
Menu Level >
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
OnChip Super IO Function
Please refer to section 3-7-3
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.
3-7-1 OnChip IDE Function
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OnChip IDE Function
RAID Configuration Enter
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
SATA Channel 1&2 Auto
SATA Channel 3&4 Auto
IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled
IDE Prefactch Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Delay For HDD(Secs) 0
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1
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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 Prefatch
The selection is for you to set the IDE device as the first priority to activate.
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.
Delay for HDD (Secs)
The selection is set for you to extend the time to search for the HDD which needs more time
to activate.
3-7-2 OnChip Device Function
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OnChip Device Function
On Board AC97 Audio Device Auto
On Board LAN BootROM Auto
On Board LAN Device BootROM Disabled
On Board LAN BootROM Disabled
Machine MAC Address is 003018-xxxxxx
On Board MAC Address Input Press Enter
= = = = = = USB Controller System = = = = = =
On Chip USB V1.1+ V1.2
USB Memory Type Shadow
USB Keyboard Support Disabled
USB Mouse Support Disabled
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
AC97 Sound Device
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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 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 OnChip
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
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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)/ Line Printer port 0
(278H/IRQ5)/ Line Printer port 2
(378H/IRQ7) Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port Mode
SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port
SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP
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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.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power Management Setup
PS2 KB/MS Wake up by (S3/S4/S5) Disabled
ACPI Function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Managerment User Define
Video off Method DPMS Support
HDDD Power Down Disabled
Power Button Function Instant-Off
Power After Power Failure Always Off
Wake Up on PCI PME Disabled
Wake-Up on Ring Disabled
Wake-Up by Alarm Disabled
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet Control Auto
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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 (default) Initial display power management signaling.
Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
V/H SYNC+Blank 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.
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The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.
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 by 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.
3-9 Miscellaneous Control
This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Miscellaneous Control
CPU Spread Spectrum
Clock Enabled
SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled
Flash Part Write Protect Enabled
> IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
*** PCIExpress Relative Items ***
Maximum Payload Size 4096
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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 / SATA / 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
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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
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
PC Health Status
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
Show PCHealth in Post Enabled
> Smart FAN Configurations Press Enter
Vcore 1.39V
NB 2.53V
+5V 4.99V
+12V 11.9V
5VSB 4.89V
VDIMM 2.67V
VBAT 3.12V
CPU Temperature 40C/104F
System 1 Temperature 36C/96F
System 1 Temperature 29C/84F
CPUFAN 4440 RPM
SFAN1 3375 RPM
SFAN2 3375 RPM
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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)
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This will show the CPU/FAN/System voltage chart and FAN Speed.
3-10-1 Smart FAN Configurations
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
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
SFAN2 Smart Mode Enabled
SFAN2 SmartFAN Full-Speed Temp 50
SFAN2 SmartFAN Idle Temp 30
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
CPU/SFAN1/SFAN2 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/SFAN2 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 Thermal Throttling Options
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Thermal Throttling Options
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Thermal Throttling Options
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
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CPU Thermal-Throttling
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp
Min = 40
Max = 90
Key in a Integral number:
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Thermal Throttling Options
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >
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 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.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Thermal Throttling Options
CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Thermal-Throttling Temp 70
CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty 50.00%
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >
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
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power User Overclock Settings
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CPU Thermal-Throttling Duty
87.50% ．．．．．[ ]
75.00% ．．．．．[ ]
62.50% ．．．．．[ ]
50.00% ．．．．．[ ]
35.50% ．．．．．[ ]
25.00% ．．．．．[ ]
12.50% ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
CPU Thermal-Throttling Beep
Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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PCIE Clock 100
** Current Host Frequency is 200MHZ **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 200
*** Current DRAM Clock 200MHZ ***
DRAM Clock at Next Boot 200MHz(Auto)
CPU Ratio Select Default
CPU Vcore Select Default
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal(Default)
Over Voltage Enabled
VRAM Output 2.65V(Default)
NB Voltage 1.50V(Default)
LDT Voltage 1.25V(Default)
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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.
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.
VRAM Output
This item allows you to select 2.5V of the DDR Module. The choice are: 2.55V, 2.6V, 2.65V,
2.7V.
NB Voltage
This item allows you to select value of Voltage for North Bridge Chipset.
LDT Voltage
This item allows you to select value of Voltage for LDT.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power User Overclock Settings
PCIE 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
VRAM Output 2.50V(Default)
NB Voltage 1.50V(Default)
LDT Voltage 1.25V(Default)
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power User Overclock Settings
PCIE Clock 100
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Not support AMD Sempron Processor
PCIE Clock
Min= 100
Max= 145
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
CPU Vcore 7-Shift
Normal ．．．．．[ ]
+ 5% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 10% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 15% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 20% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 25% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 30% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 35% ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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** 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
VRAM Output 2.50V(Default)
NB Voltage 1.50V(Default)
LDT Voltage 1.25V(Default)
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power User Overclock Settings
PCIE 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
VRAM Output 2.50V(Default)
NB Voltage 1.50V(Default)
LDT Voltage 1.25V(Default)
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Power User Overclock Settings
PCIE 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
VRAM Output 2.50V(Default)
NB Voltage 1.50V(Default)
LDT Voltage 1.25V(Default)
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
3-13 Password Settings
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Password Settings
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VRAM Output
2.55V(Default)．．．．．[ ]
2.65V ．．．．．[ ]
2.75V ．．．．．[ ]
2.85V ．．．．．[ ]
3.05V ．．．．．[ ]
3.25V ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
NB Voltage
1.50V ．．．．．[ ]
1.60V(Default)．．．．．[ ]
1.70V ．．．．．[ ]
:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort
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Set Supervisor Password Press Enter
Set User Password Press Enter
Item Help
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
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.
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).
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From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may take 9 selections:
1. nFORCE install nFORCE integrated driver
2. SOUND install ALC655 AC97’ Codec Audio driver
3. USB2.0 install USB 2.0 driver
4. LAN install LAN driver
5. DirectX9 install Microsoft DirectX 9 driver
6. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN2005 anti-virus program
7. PC-HEALTH install My Guard PC-Health utility
8. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD
9. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu
4-1 nForce Install nForce Integrated Driver
* nForce Integrated driver pack include following device driver:
NVIDIA GART driver : If you are using an AGP VGA Card, please install NVIDIA
AGP GART driver which provides service routines to your
VGA driver and interface directly to the hardware for speedy
graphic access.
NVIDIA SMBUS driver : Install NVIDIA SMBUS driver
NVIDIA ETHERNET driver : Install NVIDIA 10/100 Fast Ethernet device driver.
Install NVIDIA firewall and Forceware Network Access
Manager utility.
NVIDIA IDE driver : Install NVIDIA IDE driver
1. Click nForce in the MAGIC INSTALL
MENU
2. Click NEXT when nForce Integrated driver
Install windows appears
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3. Please select the features you wish to
install .
4. Click NEXT to install IDE driver and click
“Yes” to proceed while system asking “Do
you want to install the NVIDIA IDE SW
Driver?”
5. Please choose to install the NVIDIA
firewall and Forceware Network Access
Manager Utility Driver for demanding on you
own.
6. If you want to install NVIDIA firewall and
Forceware Network Access Manager utility
7. Select install complete software and Click
NEXT
8. Select interface language and Click NEXT
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9. Please choose NVIDIA or Windows firewall
for your system.
10. Select Finish and restart your computer
* The path of the file is X:\NFORCE4\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE
4-2 SOUND install ALC655 Codec Audio Driver
1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Click NEXT when the realtek AC97 Audio
Setup windows appear
3. Click Finish and Restart Windows 4. Realtek AVRACK utility
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5. Sound Effect select and KaraOK Mode
Function
6. Manual Sound Effect Setting
7. This is 2/4/6 channel speakers configuration
setting
8. This is 2/4/6 channel speakers position test
Note:The path of the file: For WIN98/NT4.0/WIN2K/XP is X:\CODEC\ALC\SETUP.EXE
4-3 LAN Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver
(for 939GT2-Ultra-G / 939GT2-STD-G)
1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click Next to install Marvell LAN driver
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3. Please Accept the license agreement and read
the “Readme” file for detailed information , then
click Next to proceed.
4. Click Install to install driver and Click Finish
end the installation
4-4 USB2.0 Install Nvidia USB2.0 DRIVER
Windows 2000 OS
Please install Windows 2000 service pack 4 or later .
Windows XP OS
Please install Windows XP service pack 1 or later .
4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2005 Anti-virus program
1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Please select “Install program” when the
"Trend Micro internet security" installshield
wizard windows appears
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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”.
Click Install to install PCCILLIN 2005
internet security software , then select to
restart your computer
Note : Please install ACROBAT READER for reading PC-CILLIN 2005 User Manual
which locates at the path “X:\acrobat\adberdr6_enu_full.exe”.
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
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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:\NFORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE
4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in
“Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to
upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility.
STEP 1. Prepare a boot disc. (you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A:
click OK)
STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD X:\
FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.
STEP 3. Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for 939GT4-SLI-D/ 939GT4-SLI-G/
939GT4-SLI-P motherboard series from the web site to your boot disc.
STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,
start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\939GT4xxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”
939GT4xxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be 939GT403.BIN or
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939GT402.BIN
SN means don’t save existing BIOS data
PY means renew existing BIOS data
CC means clear existing CMOS data
R means restart computer
STEP 5. Push ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart
automatically.
4-8 Nforce4 Platform RAID Function Installation
Step 1.
Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onchip IDE function \
RAID Configuration to enable the RAID function and choose the RAID hard drive channel.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
RAID Configuration
RAID Enable Enabled
IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Primary Slave RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Slave RAID Disabled
SATA Channel 1 RAID Enabled
SATA Channel 2 RAID Enabled
SATA Channel 3 RAID Enabled
SATA Channel 4 RAID Enabled
Item Help
Menu Level >>
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Step 2.
After the System boot up in the second page , you can find the NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM
BIOS windows appear. It will ask you to “Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility …“ ?
Please press “F10” key to RAID utility now , then you can select the RAID functions on your
own with the optional RAID functions as below,
1. Mirroring 2. Striping 3. Striping Mirroring 4. Spanning
2.
Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR 74.50G
- Array Detail -
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RAID Mode : Mirroring
Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K
Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Name Capacity
1 0 Master 0 WDC WD800JB-75JMA0 75.50GB
1 0 Master 0 WDC WD800JB-75JMA0 75.50GB
[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return
Step 3.
Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000
Before you install the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will need to make a RAID driver
diskette before you start to install the Operating System.
How to make a RAID driver diskette?
1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS.
2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM
3: Copy all the files from \Nforce4\RAIDDisk 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.
Execute Start programs NVIDIA corporation RAID manager , you can view RAID
function status or rebuild RAID function from Windows OS
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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.
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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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