Jetway HA02-GTE User Manual

USER'S MANUAL

Of

AMD 570X CrossFire Chipset

&

AMD SB600 Chipset Based

M/B For Socket AM2 64-bit Dual Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-HA02-GT -F

Rev1.0

Release date: May 2007

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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Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and
ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

USER’S NOTICE.....................................................................................................................iii

MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION ..............................................................................iii

COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................iii

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF AMD 570X CROSSFIREX MOTHERBOARDS

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 940-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................................................................................................ 12

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.............................................................................................................. 20

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 20

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 21

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 22

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 23

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 25

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 25

3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE DEVICE......................................................................................... 25

3-7-2 ONCHIP PCI DEVICE......................................................................................... 26

3-7-3 SUPER IO DEVICE ..............................................................................................27

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 28

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 29

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 30

3-11 CPU THERMAL THROTTLING SETTINGS.................................................................. 30

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTING........................................................................ 31

3-12-1 DRAM CONFIGURATION............................................................................... 33

3-13 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ........................................................................................ 33

3-14 LOAD OPTIMISED DEFAULTS ...................................................................................... 34

3-15 SET PASSWORD ............................................................................................................... 34

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/ XP....................................... 35

4-1 ATI INSTALL ATI DRIVER PACK........................................................................... 36

4-2 SOUND INSTALL888 HD CODEC AUDIO DRIVER ............................................. 36

4-3 LAN INSTALL TEALTEK GIGABIT LAN DRIVER........................................ 37

4-4 USB 2.0 INSTALL ATI USB2.0 DRIVER.................................................................. 38

4-5 RAID INSTALL ATI SATA DRIVER AND UTILITY..................................... 38

4-6 DIRECTX9 INSTALL DIRECTX9 DRIVER................................................................. 38

4-7 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2006 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ......................... 39

4-8 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .............. 40

4-9 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 41

4-10 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION........................................................ 41

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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 DESCR IBED 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 NF6100-400 / 405 PPC
MOTHERBOARD 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 (IN C L UDI NG
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
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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

1.0 First Edition May 2007

Item Checklist

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AMD 570X CrossFire Platform Processor Chipset based motherboard

5

Cable for IDE

5

CD for motherboard utilities

5

Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port

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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.

SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor

AMD 570X CrossFire Platform Processor Chipset motherboard User’s Manual

Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for
Socket-AM2 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive
listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2 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 AMD 570X CrossFire Motherboard Series
1-1 Features of motherboard

The AMD 570X CrossFire chipset motherboard series are based on the latest AMD 570X

CrossFire Chipset and the SB600 chipset which supports the innovative 64-bit AMD Socket

AM2 dual core multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors. With an integrated
low-latency high-bandwidth DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable Hyper Transport
technology-based system bus up to 1.0GHZ. AMD 570X CrossFire Platform Processor Chipset
motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional desktop
platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64
& Sempron processors.

The AMD 570X CrossFire Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2
processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller which provides with 266MHz /
333MHz/ 400MHz memory clock frequency for Dual channel DDRII533 /DDRII667
/DDRII800(AM2 Sempron processor only supports up to DDRII667 memory) DDRII Module
up to 8.0GB. The motherboard is embedded with SB600 chipset of providing ULTRA ATA
133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0 ,1 and RAID 10 functions which support up to
two IDE and four Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data
security without failure in advanced computing performance.

The AMD 570X CrossFire motherboards provide 10/100/1000 LAN function with RTL
8110SC PCI Gigabit LAN which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data transfer rate. And the
embedded Azalia 8-channel Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro®
standards that offers you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.

The AMD 570X CrossFire Series motherboards deliver outstanding value and performance
for gamers, with a true bandwidth design for Multi-GPU configurations. This high bandwidth
architecture in the AMD 570X chipset enables the latest Radeon™HD X2000 series with the
flexibility for single or dual card configurations. The AMD 570X chipset provide 1 x16, 1x8
PCI Express lanes to support simultaneous operation of graphics cards for astonishing
performance with brilliant and intense 3D graphics.

The AMD 570X CrossFire Series motherboard offers two PCI-Express x16 graphics slots
(One PCI-Express x16 graphics slot offers 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, the other one offers 2Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each
relative direction and up to 4Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed which is fully
compatible with the latest ATI CrossFire Technology. The two PCI-Express x16 graphics
slots can implement x16 lane+x8 lane CrossFire mode) to guarantee the fully operational
multi-GPUs graphics power and avoid the possible CrossFire hardware installation error. 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 .The
AMD 570X CrossFire motherboards carry three 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich
connectivity for the I/O peripheral devices.

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Embedded USB and optional VIA VT6307S IEEE1394 controllers as well as capability of
expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional ports and 2 of IEEE1394 9-pin block delivering
480Mb/s and 400 Mb/s bandwidth of 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.

Some special features---

Port / BIOS BACK Function

CPU Thermal Throttling/ CPU Vcore 7-shift / CPU Smart Fan / DeBug

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 causes 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)

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.

Debug Port --- ( 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 to appendix)

BIOS BACK Function --- ( The BIOS Backup and Recovery Function )
With the new support for the Serial Peripheral Interface, the whole motherboard series are embedded with
the new storage of the extra bin file for BIOS recovery. When unexpected error occurs, even the BIOS
crashes down, you can restore your BIOS with just simply clicking to restart your system. The backup bin
file will recover original BIOS within a few minutes.

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1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design
Chipset *

∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30..5cm*24.5cm

AMD 570X CrossFire North Bridge Chipset

* AMD SB600 South Bridge Chipset

CPU Socket AM2

∗ Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes

Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package processor

∗ Support for future AMD Athlon64 940-pin Dual –Core

Athlon 64x2 processor, Athlon 64 & Sempron Prccessors with
HTT Frequency 1GHz

Memory Socket

∗ 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4
∗ Support 4pcs DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 Modules

Expandable to 8.0GB

Expansion Slot

∗ PCI-Express x16 slot 2pcs deliver up to 8GB/s concurrent

bandwidth in Non-CrossFire mode and 4GB/s concurrent
bandwidth while CrossFire mode being activated

∗ PCI-Express x1 slot 1pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent

bandwidth

∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs

Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID

∗ One 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 ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate

with RAID 0, 1, 10 functions.

Gigabit LAN

∗ Integrated Realtek RTL8110SC PCI 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN.

∗ Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing

10Mb/100Mb/1000 Mb/s data transfer rate

8 CH-Audio

∗ Realtek ALC888 Azalia 8-channel Audio Codec integrated
∗ Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

∗ Audio driver and utility included

BIOS
Multi I/O

∗ Award 4MB Flash ROM
∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗ Parallel port header x1
∗ Serial port header x1

∗ SPDIF In/Out x1

∗ IR connecter with 5-pin block x1
∗ ESATA Connector x1
∗ Optional IEEE1394 header x2
∗ USB2.0 port x 6 and headers x 4 (connecting cable option)

∗ Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 8CH 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 Sempron3500+ ( AM2 / 256K L2 cache)
DRAM:
VGA Card :

A-DATA

GeForce6600GT 256C

Hard Disk Driver:

ELPIDA E5 108AE DDR2-800 512M B Memory

Maxtor IDE 80GB

(1024X768X32BIT Color)

BIOS:

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

M2580t02.bin

AMD 570X CROSSFIREX

3D Mark 2003
3D Mark 2005
3D Mark 2006
AQUAMRK3 (GFX / CPU)
PCMark2005
System / CPU / Memory
Graph / HDD
Content Creation Winstone 2004
Business Winstone 2004
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark

SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office Productivity )

SISMark 2004
3D Creation / 2D Creation
/ Web publication
Communication / Document Creation
/ Data Analysis
SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU

Multi-Media Benchmar

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch)
Quake3 DEMO1 /DEMO2 FPS

DOOM 3 FPS
Super Pi (1M) Second
CPUZ System / CPU Clock

2.0ghz/2000.1mhz

8910
3370

1327

7494

3190/2853/3483

3521/4295

32.3
23

22300

N/A

144

152/190

141

112/149

132

7241
6127

5409/5349

18827/20404

238.9/78.3

324.5/317.4

N/A

43.6

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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

ESATA

RJ45 LAN

Line-IN

Surrback

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

SPDIF

USB Port

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATA II5)

RJ45 Over

USB Connector

USB Port

Audio Connector

SPDIF IN

SPDIF OUT

KBMB/USB Power On(JP1)

ATX 12V Power Connecto

USB1

UL1

CPU Socket AM2

UL2

Line-OUT

CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

DDR2 Socket x 4

ATX Power Conn.

Floppy Connector

CPU FAN

ATA 133 IDE
Conn.

(IDE1)

PCI Express x1

PCI Express x16

by 8-lane

PCI Express x16

Realtek RT8110SC
Gigabit LAN

CDIN

Realtek ALC888

Audio Decode

PCI Slot

Audio

Parallel
Connector

COM1

AMD 570X CrossFire
Chi

set

USB Port

(USB3, USB4)

USB Power On Jumper (JP3)

AMD SB600
Chipset

Clear CMOS
(JBAT)

Speaker Connector
Power LED Connector

IR

SYSFAN1

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATA II 1, 2,3,4)

4MBit Flash
ROM BIOS

SYSFAN2

Reset

Power

SYSFAN3

Front Panel Connector

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Jumpers

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8
JP3 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.8

Jumper Name Description Page

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13

ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13
PS2 KB/MS PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.13
USB1 USB2.0 Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14

UL1

CN1 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.14
J1 CrossFire Power Connector 5-Pin Block P.14
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.14
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.15
SATA1~4 Serial ATAII IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.15

ESATA External Serial ATA2 Connector 7-pin Connector P.15
SPDIF SPDIF In/Out header Connector P.16

Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.14

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16
USB1, 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
(Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
IR IR infrared module Headers 5-pin Block P.18
CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.17
PARALLEL Parallel Port Header 25-pin Block P.18
COM1 Serial Port COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.18

1394A / 1394B
(Optioanl)

Front Panel Header
(including IDE activity LED/Reset switch /

Power On Button lead)

IEEE1394a Connector 9-pin Block P.18

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2 CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket P.9
DIMM1~4 DDRII Module Socket 240-pin DDRII Module Socket P.10
PCI1∼ PCI3

PE1,PE3 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot P.12

PE2 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot P.12

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.12

9-pin Block P.17

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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 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

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

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(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP3

JP3JP3

1-2 closed USB Powe r On Disable

(Default)

USB Power On Setting

2-3 closed USB Power O n Enabled

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.
LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.

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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 Socket AM2 CPU

This motherboard provides a 940-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket,
referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 940 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.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

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 four 240-pin DDR2 DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) socket for DDR2 memory expansion available from minimum memory volume of
128MB to maximum memory volume of 4.0GB DDR SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR2 533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800 X1 128MB∼2.0GB

Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDR2 533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800 X1 128MB∼2.0GB

Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDR2 533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800 X1 128MB∼2.0GB

Bank 6,7 (DIMM4) DDR2 533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800 X1 128MB∼2.0GB

Total System Memory (Max 8.0GB) 4 128MB∼8.0GB

Recommend DIMM Module Combination

1.

One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1

2.

Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM2 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 &

DIMM2or DIMM3 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

5. DIMM1 & DIMM2, or DIMM3& DIMM4 must be the same type, same size, same frequency

for dual channel function.

Install DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is not difficult, you can refer to figure

below to see how to install a 240-Pin DDR2 533/DDR2 667/DDR2 800 SDRAM module.

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NOTE!

WARNING!

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 400MHz, use only DDR2 8 00- compliant DDR2
Modules. When this motherboard operate at 400Mhz, most system will not even boot if
non-compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues, if your DDR Modules
are not DDR2 800-compliant, set the SDRAM clock to 200MHz to ensure system
stability.

2-5 Expansion Cards

WARNING!

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.

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.

2-5-2 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 3
HD Audio/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

Two PCI-Express x16 graphics slot offer 4Gbyte/sec /2Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each
relative direction , and one x1 PCI Express Slot offer 512Mbyte/sec concurrently. Fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a , support PCI Express VGA
card, and other PCI Express device.

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 Slot@8-lane

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PCI-E x16 Slot

32-bit PCI Slot

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 using 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.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

20-Pin

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin block) : ATX12V

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply.
The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2 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.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

24-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 +5 V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND

Pin 1

(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB

The connectors are for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.

(4) USB Port connector: USB1/USB2

The connectors are 4-pin connector that connects USB devices to the system board.

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(5) LAN Port connector: UL1

This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network
The USBLAN1 support 10M/100Mb/1000Mb s data transfer rate

(6) J1 Power Connector: Large 4-Pin Power Connector

The connectors are 4-pin connector that supports extra 12V / 5V power to your system

while activating SLI functions with two SLI Tech. Supported ATI VGA Cards.

(7) Audio Line-In,

These Connectors are 6 Phone-Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, Surrback, Surround,
CEN/LEF audio connections.

Line-in : (BLUE)
Line-out : (GREEN)
MIC : (PINK)
Surrback : (ORANGE)
CEN/LEF : (BLACKNESS)
Surround: (GRAY)

Lin

-Out, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/LEF Connector : J1

Audio input to sound chip

Audio output to speaker

Microphone Connector

Audio output to speaker-Rear speaker out
Audio output to speaker-Center/Subwoofer speaker out
Audio output to speaker-Side speaker out

PS/2

Mouse

ESATA

SPDIF in

Giga LAN

PS/2

Keyboard

SPDIF Out

(8) 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.

Floppy Drive Connector

USB1

FDD

Pin 1

USB1

UL1

Line-IN

Surrback

Line-OUT

CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

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(9) 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.

Primary IDE Connector

IDE1

Pin 1

• 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 DVD-ROM

drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this
channel may drop.

(10) Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATAII1 / SATAII2/ SATAII3/ SATAII4 /SATA II 5

This connector supports the provided Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk cable to connecting the
motherboard and serial ATAII hard disk.

SATA5

is not for SATA harddrive ,it is only for

connecting to SATA 1~4 to let the ESATA port work.

SATA5

SATA4
SATA3
SATA2

SATA1

Serial-ATA2 Port Connector

(11) ESATA Port: ESATA1

This connector supports the External Serial ATA2 (eSATA) enable the full SATA interface
speed outside the chassis, up to 3Gb/s. The ESATA port can be enabled only when the
SATA 5 is connected to one of SATA1-SATA4

ESATA

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_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

(12) SPDIF In/Out header: SPDIF In/SPDIF Out

The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or
compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only when
your stereo system has digital input function. Use SPDIF IN feature only when your
device has digital output function.

2-6-2 Headers

(1) Line-Out/MIC Header for Front Panel (9-pin): AUDIO

These headers 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

GND

AUD

VCC

AUD

R

RET

AUD

RET

AUD

AUDIO

Line-Out, MIC Headers

Pin 1

2

MIC

AUD

R

BIAS

FPOUT

MIC

AUD

AUD

ON
HP

10

9

L

FPOUT

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

Pin 1

VCC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

VCC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

USB Port Headers

USB3

OC

Pin 1

VCC

VCC

-DATA

-DATA

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

OC

(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.

PWRBTN

PWR LED

PWRLED

Pin 1

SPEAK

Pin 1

SPKR

System Case Connections

JW FP

Pin 1

NC

GND

VCC5

VCC5

VCC5

HDLED

PWRLED

HDDLE

PWRBTN

GND

GND

RSTSW

NC

RESET

(8) FAN Power Headers: SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 (3-pin), CPUFAN (4-pin)

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.

CPUFAN IN

GND

CPUFAN OUT

+12V

CPUFAN

4

1

SYSFAN1

3

1

SYSFAN2

3

FAN Power Headers

(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.

1

CDI N

4 1

CD Audio-In Headers

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(10) IR infrared module Headers (5-pin) : IR

This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared
module. You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function.

IR infrared module Headers

Pin 1

IR

GND

IRRX

2

6
5

NC

IRT X

VCC5

(11) Parallel Port header (25-pin female): PARALLEL

The On-board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP. Please refer to
Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail
information.

Pin 1

PARALLEL Connector

(12)

Serial COM Port header: COM1

COM 1 is t he 9- pin block pin -hea der. The O n-bo ard s eria l por t can be disabled through
BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SET U P” se ctio n
for more detail inform ation

Pin1

Serial COM Port 9-pin Block

(11)

Optional IEEE1394a Port Headers (9-pin): 1394A / 1394B

VCC

GND

GND

TPB-

TPA-

Pin 1

VCC

GND

TPA+

TPB+

1394 Port Headers

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Pin 1

TPA-

TPA+

VCC

GND

GND

TPB-

VCC

GND

TPB+

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 will gain control. The BIOS first operates an aut o - d ia gnostic 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 M enu

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

Power User Overclock Settings

CPU Thermal Throttling Setting
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Password Settings
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

control.

PC Health Status

This entry shows your PC health status.

Power User Overclock Settings

Use this menu to specify your settings (frequency, Voltage) for overclocking demand

CPU Thermal Throttling Setting

The selection is set for activating the active CPU Thermal Protection by flexible CPU loading
adjustment in the arrange of temperature you define.

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This menu uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable way.

Load Optimized Defaults

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Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for opt i m a l p e r f o r m a n c e s s y s t em
operations for performance use.

Password Settings

This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password

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) 00* 00 * 00

Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35

> IDE Channel 0 Master None
> IDE Channel 0 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.
Halt On All, But Keyboard

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

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.

Time

The time format is <hour><minute><second>.

Item Help

Menu Level >

Change the day, month,
year and century

IDE Channel 0 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.

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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

CPU Feature Press Enter

Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Removable
Second Boot Device CD-ROM
Third Boot Device Hard-Disk
Boot other Device Enabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Gate A20 option [fast]
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
Small LOGO (EPA) show Enabled

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

Hard Disk Boot Priority

The selection is for you to choose the hard disk drives priorities to boot from.

Virus Warning

The selection Allow 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.

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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.

Gate A20 Option

Normal

(default) The A20 signal is controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method.

Fast

The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller or chipset hardware.

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.

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.

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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

PCIE Configuration [press enter]

Memory Hole Disabled
Spread Spectrum Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable 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

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.

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

> Onchip IDE Device Press Enter
> Onchip PCI Device Press Enter
> Super IO Device Press Enter

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 Device

Please refer to section 3-7-1

OnChip PCI Device

Please refer to section 3-7-2

Super IO Device

Please refer to section 3-7-3

3-7-1 Onchip IDE Function

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OnChip IDE Function

SATA Controller Enabled

SATA Type Native IDE

OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE DMA transfer access Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode 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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OnChip IDE Channal0

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for one IDE channels.
Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Primary Master/Slave PIO

The two IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-2) for each of the two
IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 2 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 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.

SATA Controller

This item allows you to control Serial ATA controller.

3-7-2 Onchip PCI Device

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OnChip Device Function

Onboard

Onboard Lan Boot Rom Disabled

HD Audio

Azalia Clock [UsbClk48]
Onchip USB Controller System None
USB EHCI Controller Enabled

USB Mouse Support Enabled

LAN Device Enabled

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Auto

Menu Level >>

Item Help

Onboard LAN device (Enabled)

This option allows you to control the onboard LAN device.

HD Audio

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support HD Audio.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

Onchip USB Controller System

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have
a USB peripherals. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Device Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have
a USB device. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

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3-7-3 Super IO Device

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Onboard Super IO Function

Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
UART Mode Select Disabled
* Irda Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode SPP
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
PWROM After PWR-Fail [OFF]

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >>

Onboard FDC 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.

Item Help

Onboard Serial 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.

IrDA Duplex Mode

This field is available when UART Mode is set to either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you
to determine the infrared function of the onboard infrared chip. The options are Full and Half
(default). Full-duplex means that you can transmit and send information simultaneously.
Half-duplex is the transmission of data in both directions , but only one direction at a time.

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.

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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

ACPI function Enabled

C2 Disabled /Enabled Disabled
Power Management Option User Define
HDD Power Down Disabled
Video Off Option [suspend -> off]
Video off Method V/H SyNC + BlANK
Modem Use IRQ Enabled
Soft-OFF by PWRBTN Instant off
Power On by PCI Card Disabled
Power Fail Status Hardware Strap
ACPI XSDT Table Enabled
Wake up by mouse Enabled
Wake up by keyboard Enabled
RTC Alarm Resume Disabled

Date of month 0

z

Resume Time <hh:mm:ss> 0

z

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

ACPI Function

This item allows you to Enabled/Disabled the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
(ACPI). The settings are Enabled and Disabled.

HDD Power Down (Disabled

)
The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time.Options
are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable.

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

If you want an incoming call on a modem to automatically resume the system from a
power-saving mode, use this item to specify the interrupt request line (IRQ) that is used by the
modem. You might have to connect the fax/modem to the motherboard Wake On Modem
connector for this feature to work.

Soft-Off by PWRBTN

Under ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface) you can create a
software power down. In a software power down, the system can be resumed by Wake up Alarms.
This item lets you install a software power down that is controlled by the power Button on your
system. If the item is set to Instant-Off, then the power button causes a software power down. If
the item is set to Delay 4 Sec, then you have to hold the power button down for four seconds to
cause a software power down.

RTC Alarm Resume

When set to Enabled, additional fields become available and you can set the date (day of the
month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. When set to 0 (zero) for the day of
the month, the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time .

Item Help

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Date (of month)

You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every day.

Time (hh:mm:ss)

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 Configuration

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Miscellaneous Control

Flash Write Protect Disabled
Reset Configuration Date Disabled
Flash Write Protect Disabled
Init Display First PCI E
Resource Controlled by Auto [ESCD]
* IRQ Resource Press Enter
PCI /VGA Palette SNOOP Disabled
Assign IRQ for USB Enabled
PCI Latency Timer (CLK) [64]

SB600 Spread Spectrum Disabled
* PCI Express Relative Items [Disabled]

Maximum Payload Size 4096

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

Reset Configuration Data

If you enable this item and restart the system, any Plug and Play configuration data stored in
the BIOS Setup is cleared from memory.

Init Display First

Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is installed in one of the PCI E slots or
is integrated on the motherboard. If a PCI E graphics card is installed, the onboard VGA will
be disabled.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

This item is designed to overcome problems that can be caused by some non-standard VGA
cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so
you must leave this item disabled.

Assign IRQ For USB

Names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the USB on your system. Activity ofthe
selected IRQ always awakens the system.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on
the type of device using the interrupt.

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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.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

Show PC Health in Post Enabled
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
CPU smart FUN Configuration Press Enter

Vcore 1.39V
NBVCC 2.53V
+5V 4.99V
+12V 11.9V
5VSB 4.89V
VDIMM 2.67V
CPU Temperature 40°C
NB Temperature 40°C
System 1 Temperature 36°C
FAN1 Speed 4440 RPM
FAN2 Speed 3375 RPM
FAN3 Speed 3375 RPM

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

Show PC Health in Post

During Enabled, it displays information list below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled

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.

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.

3-11 Thermal Throttling Options

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Thermal Throttling Op

CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Throttling Temp 70

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

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

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tions

Item Help

Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]

Menu Level >

3-12 Power User Overclock Setting

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power User Overclock Setting

CPU/HT Reference Clk(MHz) [200]

PCIE Graphic Clock [100]

CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
DRAM Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default
CPU Vorce -7 Shift Normal

DIMM Clock Setting Auto

NBChip 1.8v Select 1.80v

NB Chip 1.2 select 1.25v

LDT Configuration Disabled

Upstream LDT BUS Width 16 bit

Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit

LDT BUS Frequency Auto

DRAM Configuration Press Enter

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

CPU/HT Reference Clk

Min=200
Max=440

Key in a DEC number :[ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Menu Level >

Item Help

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Power User Overclock Setting

CPU/HT Reference Clk(MHz) [200]

PCIE Graphic Clock [100]

CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
DRAM Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default
CPU Vorce -7 Shift Normal

DIMM Clock Setting Auto
NBChip 1.8v Select 1.80v
NB Chip 1.2 select 1.25v

LDT Configuration Disabled
Upstream LDT BUS Width 16 bit
Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
LDT BUS Frequency Auto
DRAM Configuration Press Enter

Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

CPU Vcore

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Normal．．． [ ]
+1.06% ．．． [ ]
+1.09% ．．． [ ]
+1.15．．．． [ ]
+1.21．．．． [ ]
+1.26．．．． [ ]
+1.35．．．． [ ]

Menu Level >

Item Help

CPU Vcore

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.

NB Voltage

This item allows you to select value of Voltage for North Bridge Chipset.

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Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power User Overclock Setting

CPU/HT Reference Clk(MHz) [200]

PCIE Graphic Clock [100]

CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
DRAM Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default
CPU Vorce -7 Shift Normal

DIMM Clock Setting Auto
NBChip 1.8v Select 1.80v

NB Chip 1.2 select 1.25v

LDT Configuration Disabled
Upstream LDT BUS Width 16 bit
Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
LDT BUS Frequency Auto
DRAM Configuration Press Enter

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 Setting

CPU/HT Reference Clk(MHz) [200]

PCIE Graphic Clock [100]

CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
DRAM Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default
CPU Vorce -7 Shift Normal

DIMM Clock Setting Auto
NBChip 1.8v Select 1.80v

NB Chip 1.2 select 1.25v

LDT Configuration Disabled
Upstream LDT BUS Width 16 bit
Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
LDT BUS Frequency Auto
DRAM Configuration Press Enter

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

Frequency /Voltage Control

PCIE Graphic Clock

Min = 100
Max =200
Key in a DEC Number :

Item Help

Menu Level >

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

CPU Voltage at Next Boot

Default ．．．．．[ ]

1.550v．．．．． [ ]

1.525v ．．．．． [ ]

1.500v ．．．．． [ ]

. . . . . .

Menu Level >

Item Help

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

CPU/HT Reference Clk(MHz) [200]

PCIE Graphic Clock [100]

DRAM Ratio at next boot is

CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
DRAM Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Voltage at Next Boot Default
CPU Vorce -7 Shift Normal

DIMM Clock Setting Auto
NBChip 1.8v Select 1.80v

NB Chip 1.2 select 1.25v

Auto．．．．． [ ]
DDR 400．．．．．[ ]
DDR 553．．．．．[ ]
DDR 667．．．．．[ ]
DDR 800．．．．．[ ]

LDT Configuration Disabled
Upstream LDT BUS Width 16 bit

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Downstream LDT Bus Width 16 bit
LDT BUS Frequency Auto

DRAM Configuration Press Enter

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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Item Help

Menu Level >

3-12-1 DRAM Configuration

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

DRAM Timing Settings

DQS Training Control Perforce DQS
Mem lock Tri-stating Disabled
Memory Hole Remapping Enabled
Auto Optimized Bottom IO Enabled
* Bottom of [31:24] D8

(CASL) CAS # Latterly Auto

DRAM Command Rate 2T
DDR II Timing Item Disabled

* Tw Tr Command delay 3 bus clock
* Trfc 0 for DIMM 0 75ns
* Trfc 1 for DIMM 1 75ns
* Trfc 2 for DIMM 2 75ns
* Trfc 3 for DIMM 03 75ns
* (Twr) write Recovery Time 6 bus clock
* (Trtp) Precharge Time 3 bus clock
* (Trc) Row Cycle Time 26 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to CAS# Delay 6 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to RAS Delay 5 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to RAS Delay 5 bus clock
* （Trp）Row Precharge time 6 clocks

* (Tras)Mimnum RAS Active Time 18 Bus Clock

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 >>

CAS # Latency

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends
on the DRAM timing. The settings are: Auto,3, 4 and 5.

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.

Row 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.

3-13 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

When you press <Enter> on this item, you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar
to:

Load

Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N

Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for stable performance system
operations.

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3-14 Load Optimized Defaults

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.

3-15 Password Settings

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

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

↑↓→←

F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults

Menu Level >

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.

Item Help

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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 take 8 selections:

1. ATI install ATI integrated driver

2. SOUND install ALC HD Audio driver

3. LAN install Realtek LAN Controller Driver

4. USB2.0 install USB 2.0 driver

5. RAID install RAID SATA Driver and Utility

6. DirectX9 install Microsoft DirectX 9 driver

7. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN2006 anti-virus program

8. PC-HEALTH install My Guard PC-Health utility

9. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

10. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

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4-1 Install ATI Driver Pack

1. Click ATI in the MAGIC INSTALL MENU

appears.

2. Click NEXT when ATI software driver pack

appears.

3. Click “Yes” to accept the license agreement

4. Click Finish to restart your computer

and start installation..

* The path of the file is X:\ATI \DRIVER\SETUP.EXE

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4
or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver

4-2 SOUND Install ALC888 HD Codec Audio Driver

1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition

Audio driver windows appear

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3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Manual Sound Effect Setting

5. Speaker configuration setting 6. SPDIF out setting

NOTE: Please upgrade your Windows XP to Service Pack 1 / Windows 2000 to Service Pack 4
or later before you the HD Audio CODEC driver.

4-3 LAN Install Realtek LAN Controller Driver

1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click INSTALL to install REALTE K LAN

and Fast Ethernet NIC Driver

3. The installation process. 4.After driver installation completed, Click Finish

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4-4 USB2.0 Install ATI 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 RAID Install ATI SATA Driver and Utility

1 Click RAIDDisk when MAGIC INSTALL

2. Install RAID Disk.

MENU appears

3. Click FINISH and restart your computer 4. Click FINISH to complete the installation

4-6 DirectX9 Install DirectX9 DRIVER

1 Click DirectX9 when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Please choose to agree to set up the DirctX 9

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.

3. Click NEXT to start installation. 4. lick FINISH to complete the installation.

4-7 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2006 Anti-virus program

1 Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

4. Choose whether to agree the License
Agreement to install.

3. Choose which type to install your Security. 4. Click INSTALL to set up.

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5. Preparing to install. 6. Click finish to reset the computer.

4-8 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,

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:\NF-ORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE

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4-9 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 AMD 570X motherboard

series from the web site to your boot disc.

STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,

start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\ AMD 570X.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”

AMD 570X xxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be AMD 570X 3.BIN or
AMD 570X 2.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.

4-10 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)

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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).

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 External cache size detection
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

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

mode.

Press F1 to disable NMI, F2 reboot.

Chipset defaults program

3 Early Superio Init 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 Onboard audio controller initialize if

exist
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 onboard
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 area
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

2F Reserved
30 Reserved
31 Reserved
32 Reserved
33 PS2 Mouse setup Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
34 Reserved

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

Verifies CMOS is working correctly,
detects bad battery. If failed, load CMOS
defaults and load into chipset

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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35 Test DMA Controller 0 Test DMA channel 0

36 Reserved
37 Test DMA Controller1 Test DMA channel 1

38 Reserved
39 Test DMA Page

Registers

Test DMA Page Registers.

3A Reserved
3B Reserved
3C Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8254 Timer 0 Counter 2.

3D Reserved
3E Test 8259-1 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by
alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines.
3F Reserved
40 Test 8259-2 Mask

Bits

Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by

alternately turning off

and on the interrupt lines.
41 Reserved
42 Reserved
43 Test Stuck8259's

Interrupt Bits
Test 8259 Interrupt
Functionality

Turn off interrupts then verify no

interrupt mask register is on.

Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt

occurred.
44 Reserved
45 Reserved
46 Reserved
47 Set EISA Mode If EISA non-volatile memory checksum is

good, execute EISA initialization.

If not, execute ISA tests an clear

EISA mode flag.
48 Reserved
49 Size Base and

Extended Memory

Size base memory from 256K to 640K and

extended memory above 1MB.
4A Reserved
4B Reserved
4C Reserved
4D Reserved
4E Test Base and

Extended Memory

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.
4F Reserved
50 USB init Initialize USB controller
51 Reserved
52 Memory Test Test all memory of memory above 1MB

using Virtual 8086 mode,

page mode and clear the memory
53 Reserved
54 Reserved
55 CPU display Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features
56 Reserved

57 PnP Init Display PnP logo and PnP early init
58 Reserved
59 Setup Virus Protect Setup virus protect according to Setup
5A Reserved
5B Awdflash Load If required, will auto load

2

Awdflash.exe in POST
5C Reserved
5D Onboard I/O Init Initializing onboard superIO
5E Reserved
5F Reserved
60 Setup enable Display setup message and enable setup

functions
61 Reserved
62 Reserved
63 Initialize & Install

Mouse

Detect if mouse is present, initialize

mouse, install interrupt

vectors.
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

Initialize cache controller.

6A Reserved
6B Setup Entering Enter setup check and auto-

configuration check up
6C Reserved
6D Initialize Floppy

Drive & Controller

Initialize floppy disk drive controller

and any drives.
6E Reserved
6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters
70 Reserved
71 Reserved
72 Reserved
73 Initialize Hard

Drive & Controller

Initialize hard drive controller and any

drives.
74 Reserved
75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install
76 Reserved
77 Detect & Initialize

Serial/Parallel
Ports

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).

78 Reserved
79 Reserved
7A Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

Initialize math coprocessor.

7B Reserved
7C HDD Check for Write

protection

HDD check out

7D Reserved
7E Reserved
7F POST error check Check POST error and display them

and ask for user intervention
80 Reserved
81 Reserved
82 Security Check Ask password security (optional).
83 Write CMOS Write all CMOS values back to RAM and

clear screen.
84 Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker

Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.
85 Initialize Initialize any option ROMs present

Option ROMs from C8000h to EFFFFh.

NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,

ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.
86 Reserved
87 Reserved
88 Reserved

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89 Reserved
8A Reserved
8B Reserved
8C Reserved
8D Reserved
8E Reserved
8F Reserved
90 Reserved
91 Reserved
92 Reserved
93 Boot Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and

cylinders values in RAM
94 Final Init Final init for last micro details

before boot
95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

Setup NumLock status according to

Setup
96 Boot Attempt Set low stack

Boot via INT 19h.
FF Boot

Quick POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

65 Init onboard device Early Initialized the super IO

66 Early System setup Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache

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

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

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

4

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
6C Reserved
6D Reserved
6E Reserved
6F Reserved
70 Setup Init Display setup message and enable setup

functions Detect if mouse is present,

initialize mouse, install interrupt

vectors. Special treatment to PS2

Mouse port

ACPI sub-system initializing
71 Setup Cache

Controller

Initialize cache controller.

72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto-

configuration check up

Initialize floppy disk drive

controller and any drives.

Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters
73 Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and

any drives.

IDE device detection and install

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).
74 Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor

75 HDD Check for Write

protection

Initialize math coprocessor.

HDD check out

76 Reserved
77 Display POST error Check POST error and display them

and ask for user intervention

Ask password security (optional).
78 CMOS and Option ROM

Init

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.
79 Reserved
7A Reserved
7B Reserved
7C Reserved
7D Boot Medium

detection

Read and store boot partition head and

cylinders values in RAM

7E Final Init Final init for last micro details

before boot

7F Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

Setup NumLock status according to Setup

80 Boot Attempt Set low stack Boot via INT 19h.
FF Boot

5

S4 POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

5A Early Chipset Init Early Initialized the super IO

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
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

Reset Video controller
Keyboard controller init
Test the Keyboard
Initilized the mouse

Program the chipset registers with
CMOS values. Init onboard clock
generator

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

6

S

(0000:0000--9000:ffffh)

5 KB init Initialized KBC
12 Install interrupt

vectors

Install int. vector (0-77), and
initialized 00-1fh to their

proper place
0D Init Video Video initializing
41 Init FDD

can floppy and media capacity for onboard

superIO
FF Boot Load boot sector

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