Jetway M25GT4-SOG, M25GT4-ULOG, M25GT4-PDK M25GT4 series User Manual

USER'S MANUAL

of

nForce 550 MCP

nForce 570 Ultra MCP

nForce 570 SLI MCP

M/B For New Generation Socket AM2 64-bit

& Dual Core AMD Athlon64 FX& Athlon

64 X2 Processor

NO. G03M25GT4R111-F

Rev:2.0

Release date: July 2006

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.

Environmental Protection Announcement

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

1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD...................................................................................... 1

1-1.1 SPECIAL FEATURES OF MOTHERBOARD ...................................................... 2

1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 3

1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 4

1-

4.1 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING TYPE1..................................................... 5

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4.2 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING TYPE2..................................................... 6

INTRODUCTION OF NFORCE 500 SERIES MCP MOTHERBOARDS

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS ............................................................................ 8

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 8

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 9

2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................ 9

2-3-2

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 11

2-5 EXPANSION CARD............................................................................................................. 12

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION .............................. 12

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD ........................................................ 12

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD ...................... 12

2-5-4 PCI-Express SLOT .................................................................................................... 13

2-5-5 SLI BRIDGE FOR NVIDIA SLI TECH. SUPPORTED VGA CARDS............... 14

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 15

2-6-1 CONNECTORS ......................................................................................................... 15

2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 18

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 22

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 940-PIN CPU

................................................................. 10

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 23

3-2 GETTING HELP................................................................................................................... 23

3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 24

3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES........................................................................................ 25

3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 26

3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES.................................................................................. 28

3-6-1 DRAM CONFIGURATIONS................................................................................... 29

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 30

3-7-1 IDE FUNCTION SETUP.......................................................................................... 31

3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE ................................................................................................ 32

3-7-3 SUPER IO FUNCTION SETUP............................................................................... 32

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 33

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 35

3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES..................................................................................................... 35

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................................................ 36

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS ............................................................................ 37

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS ..................................................................... 38

3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 40

3-14 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................................................... 40

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP....................................... 41

4-1 NFORCE INSTALL NFORCE INTEGRATED DRIVER.......................................... 42

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC883 8-CHANNEL AUDIO DRIVER.................................. 44

4-3 LAN INSTALL MARVELL YUKON GIGABIT ETHERNET NIC DRIVER. 45

4-4 USB2.0 INSTALL INTEL USB2.0 DRIVER ............................................................ 45

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2006 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM........................... 46

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY............... 47

4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS .................................................................................................... 48

4-8 NFORCE4 PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION...................................... 49

4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction................................................................................ 51

APPENDIX: Debug Port Post Code.......................................................................................i1

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USER’S NOTICE

COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS
MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE
REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR
BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NFORCE 500 SERIES
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 (INCLUDING
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
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PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE
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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

2.0 Second Edition July 2006

Item Checklist

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nForce 500 Series MCP chipset based motherboard

5

Cable for IDE

5

CD for motherboard utilities

5

Optional SLI Bridge

5

Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port

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SPDIF-IN/SPDIF-OUT Adaptor

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nForce 500 Series MCP chipset based motherboard User’s Manual

AMD K8 Processor Family

Cooling Solutions

As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance with increasing operation
clock, thermal management becomes increasingly crucial while building computer systems. Maintaining
the proper computing environment without thermal increasing is the key to reliable, stable, and 24
hours system operation. The overall goal is keeping the processor below its specified maximum case
temperature. Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increasing surface area
and concentrated airflow from attached active cooling fans. In addition, interface materials allow
effective transfers of heat from the processor to the heatsink. For optimum heat transfer, AMD
recommends the use of thermal grease and mounting clips to attach the heatsink to the processor.

Please refer to the website below for collection of heatsinks evaluated and recommended for Socket­AM2 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 nForce 500 Series MCP Motherboards
1-1 Features of motherboard

The nForce 500 Series MCP motherboards are based on the latest revolutionary NVIDIA
nForce 570 SLI MCP(MCP55P) / NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra MCP(MCP55 Ultra) / nForce
550 MCP single chipset technology which supports the new generation innovative 64-b it AMD
Socket AM2 Athlon64 FX and dual core multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors
with integrated low-latency and high-bandwidth DDR2 memory controller and highly­scalable HyperTransport technology up to 1.0GHZ. The nForce 500 Series MCPs based
motherboards deliver the cutting-edge performance and professional desktop platform solution
with both the benefits of new generation 64-bit multi-tasking dual core AMD Socket AM2
processors and NVIDIA Scalable Link Interface Technology (8-LANE + 8-LANE) with the
latest Dual PCI Express for NVIDIA Dual Graphic Processing Unit ready platform (SLI
function only for nForce 570 SLI MCP). Utilize the 64-bit multi-tasking innovative socket
AM2 solution and the dual channel DDR2-800 memory which size is expandable to 8.0GB,
the nForce 500 Series MCPs based motherboards meet the demanding usage of computing in
the future.

The motherboards incorporate the advanced NVIDIA nForce 500 Series MCPs (Media
Communication Processor) single chipset with 1000 MHz HyperTransport technology system
bus of data transferring, the motherboards support new generation innovative Socket AM2
processors with integrated DDR2 memory controller which provides 200MHz / 266MHz /
333MHz / 400MHz memory clock frequency for Dual channel DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800
system memory modules. The nForce 500 Series MCPs offer ULTRA ATA 133 and Serial
ATA2 RAID0, 1, 0+1,5 functions (but the NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP supports no RAID 5
function) to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the data security without failed in
advanced computing performance.

The nForce 500 Series MCP motherboards provide offers optional dual or single gigabit LAN
function with MARVELL88E1116 gigabit LAN PHY which supports 10/100/1000Mbps data
transfer rate. Embedded optional 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC is fully
compatible with Sound Blaster Pro® standards that offers you with the home cinema quality
and absolutely software compatibility.

The nForce 500 Series MCP 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 NVIDIA SLI Technology. The two PCI-Express x16 graphics slots can
implement 8-LANE + 8-LANE when activates SLI mode to guarantee the fully operational
multi-GPUs graphics power and avoid the possible SLI hardware installation error. Two PCI
Express x1 I/O slot offers 512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than
PCI at 133Mbye/sec, tackling the most demanding multimedia tasks nowadays.

Embedded USB and optional VIA VT6307S IEEE 1394 controllers as well as capability of
expanding to 10 of USB2.0 functional ports and two IEEE1394 port delivering 480Mb/s and
400Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the future USB demands
and the high speed IEEE1394 data transport demands which are also equipped with hardware

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monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop
business computing.

Some special features---

Debug Port(Option)

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

in this motherboard are designed for power user to use the over-clocking
function in more flexible ways. But please be caution that the over-clocking maybe cause the
fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets
the demands of the next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system
performance with variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and
make sure to read the detailed descriptions of these value added product features, please get
them in the coming section.

1-1.1 Special Features of motherboard

CPU Thermal Throttling Technology

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)

Optional Debug Port

Being bugged of abnormal system failure through the tossed and turned nights no more, the
embedded Hardware Debug Port offers you the real-time visual system healthy for the
demanding usage of computing. No more bugging by unknown system failure and no more
time wasted in the first moment of 24-hour nonstop ping business computing, the embedded
Debug Port will turn you into a well training hardware professional with the seeing system
situation. (The Post Code please refer Appendix)

CPU Smart Fan---( The Noise Management System )

It’s never been a good idea to gain the performance of your system by sacrificing its acoustics.
CPU Smart Fan Noise Management System is the answer to control the noise level needed for
now-a-day’s high performance computing system. The system will automatically increase the
fan speed when CPU operating loading is high, after the CPU is in normal operating condition,
the system will low down the fan speed for the silent operating environment. The system can
provide the much longer life cycle for both CPU and the system fans for game use and
business requirements.

CPU Vcore 7-Shift--- ( Shift to Higher Performance )

The CPU voltage can be adjusted up by 7 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra
demanding computing performance.

---(The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)

Optional OC-CON capacitors

The working temperature is from 55 degrees centigrade below zero to 125 degrees centigrade,
OC-CON capacitors possess superior physical characteristics that can be while reducing the
working temperature between 20 degrees centigrade each time, intact extension 10 times of
effective product operation lives, at not rising degrees centigrade of working temperatures
each time a relative one, life of product decline 10% only too.

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1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design
Chipset

CPU Socket AM2

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2
RAID

∗ ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 24.4*30.48cm

∗

NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP(Media Communication Processor) single chip

technology

∗

NVIDIA nForce 570 MCP(MCP55 Ultra) single chip technology

∗

NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP(MCP55S) single chip technology

∗ 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 64 FX-62

processors, Athlon 64 X2 up to 5000+ with HTT Frequency of 1GHz

∗ 240-pin DDR2 Module socket x 4
∗ Support 4pcs DDR2 400 / 533 / 667 / 800 System Memory Modules which

are Expandable to 8.0GB

∗ Support Dual channel function
∗ PCI-Express x16 slot 2pcs deliver up to 8GB/s concurrent bandwidth in

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

∗ PCI-Express x1 slot 2pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent bandwidth
∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs

∗ One PCI IDE controller supports 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; 6 Serial ATA2 ports(4 for nForce 550 MCP motherboard)
provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 (Not for
nForce 550 MCP motherboard) functions.

Gigabit LAN

(Option)

8CH-Audio

BIOS
Multi I/O

∗ Integrated MARVELL88E1116 10/100/1000 LAN
∗ Integrated optional dual Gigabit LAN function by using the dual Marvell

88E1116 10 / 100 / 1000 LAN PHY

∗ Supports Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10Mb/100Mb / s or

10Mb/100Mb/ 1Gb /s data transfer rate
RealTek ALC883 8-channel High Definition Audio Codec integrated

∗

Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

∗

∗ SPDIF-In/ SPDIF-Out Optical support (Module optional)

∗

Audio driver and utility included

∗ Award 4MB Flash ROM
∗ PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors

∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗ Parallel port x1
∗ Serial port x1
∗ SPDIF In/Out x1
∗ USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 6 (connecting cable option)
∗ Optional IEEE1394 headers x 4

∗

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:
DRAM:
VGA Card :
Hard Disk Driver:
BIOS:

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

OS:

Award Optimal default

AMD K8 Athlon 64 3500+ ( AM2 / 512K L2 cache)
ADATA (ELPIDA E5108AE) DDR2-667 512M X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory
Onboard VGA share 64M / Geforce4 6800XT 128M (1024X768X32BIT)

Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150

nFoece 570 SLI MCP nFoece 550 MCP nFoece 570 Ultra MCP

3D Mark 2001SE
3D Mark 2003
3D Mark 2005
AQUAMRK3
PCMark2004
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

Benchmark

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS 10366
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) 297.82 / 94.94 247.92 / 83.34
Quake3 DEMO1 / DEMO2 FPS
Return to Castle Wolfenstein FPS
Super Pi (1M) Second
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200 / 200 / 2000.9 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.3 200.9 / 200.9 / 2009.3

63572 (9999 / 8727

18975 18286 18280
13642 8101 8137

6184 3532 3545

53014 (7545 / 8912) 53336 (7569 / 9021

3810 / 3829 / 4386 4072 / 3846 / 4401 4089 / 3854 / 4427

5096 / 4676 4436 / 4663 4391 / 4619

31.1 31.5 31.7
23 22.8 23

20100 / 42800 18700 / 41000 20300 / 41900

1120 / 1930 1240 / 1930 1170 / 1990

171 (182 / 161

175 (184 / 167) 178

168 / 222 169 / 255 170 / 228

161 163 161

181 / 156 179 / 175 191 / 175

149 150 153

8576 8574

8531 3293 / 4275 3279 / 4256
3278 / 4237 4828 / 4828 4640 / 4643
4810 / 4800 19137 / 20650 19117 / 20669

234.04 / 81.74 N / A N / A

85.4 75.0 75.4
44s 44s 43s

184 / 172

253.46 / 85.33

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1-4.1 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting Type 1

Rear I / O for regular nForce 500 Series MCP Based Motherboards

SPDIF Out

PRINTER

SPDIF In

COM2

Gigabit
LAN

USB1

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

UL1

Rear I / O for dual RJ45 LAN Supported nForce 500 Series MCP Motherboards

SPDIF Out

PRINTER

Gigabit
LAN

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

SPDIF In

COM2

USB1

Gigabit
LAN

UL1

Surrback

Line-IN

CEN/LFE

Line-OUT

MIC-IN

Surround

Line-IN

CEN/LFE

Line-OUT

Surrback

Surround

MIC-IN

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

PC99 Back Panel

Marvel 88E1116

Gigabit LAN Chip

KBMS/USB Power On

USB Port / Giga

LAN Connector

USB Port / Giga

LAN Connector

1st PCI EXPRESS x16 for SLI

Optional Marvel 88E1116

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PCI EXPRESS x8 for SLI

8-CH HD Audio Codec

Optional IEEE1394 Connector

Jumper (JP1)

Audio Connector

PCI EXPRESSx1

Gigabit LAN Chip

PCI Slot

CD Audio In

Front Panel Audio

SFAN1

Optional IR Connector

ATX 12V Power Connector

USB Power
On Jumper (JP2)

USB Port

(USB1, USB2, USB3)

CHAFAN

CPU FAN

FINTEK
F71882FG I/O chip

DDR2 Socket X4

ATX Power Connector

CPU Socket

ATA 133 IDE Connector

(IDE1)

Floppy Connector

Serial-ATA2 Connector
(SATA5,6)

SFAN1

VIDIA MCP55S MCP
VIDIA MCP55P MCP
VIDIA MCP55 Ultra MCP

Reset Button

Power Button

4MBit Flash ROM BIOS

Serial-ATA Connector
(SATA1, 2, 3, 4)

De-Bug Port

Front Panel Connector

Speaker/Power LED Connector

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

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1-4.2 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting Type 2

Rear I / O for regular nForce 500 Series MCP Based Motherboards

SPDIF Out

PRINTER

SPDIF In

COM2

Gigabit
LAN

USB1

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

UL1

Rear I / O for dual RJ45 LAN Supported nForce 500 Series MCP Motherboards

SPDIF Out

PRINTER

Gigabit
LAN

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

SPDIF In

COM2

USB1

Gigabit
LAN

UL1

Surrback

Line-IN

CEN/LFE

Line-OUT

MIC-IN

Surround

Line-IN

CEN/LFE

Line-OUT

Surrback

Surround

MIC-IN

ATX 12V Power Connector

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

PC99 Back Panel

KBMS/USB Power On

USB Port/ Giga

LAN Connector
USB Port/ Giga

LAN Connector

1st PCI EXPRESS x16 for SLI

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PCI EXPRESS x8 for SLI

8-CH HD Audio Codec

Jumper (JP1)

Audio Connector

PCI EXPRESSx1

Marvel 88E1116

Gigabit LAN Chip

PCI EXPRESSx1

CD Audio In

PCI Slot

Front Panel Audio

SFAN1/2

IR Connector

USB Port

(USB1, USB2, USB3)

CHAFAN

CPU FAN

CPU Socket

FINTEK
F71882FG I/O chip

DDR2 Socket X4
ATX Power Connector

ATA 133 IDE Connector

(IDE1)

Floppy Connector

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATA5,6)

USB Power
On Jumper (JP2)

VIDIA MCP55P SLI Chip
VIDIA MCP55 Ultra Chip

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

De-Bug Port

4MBit Flash ROM BIOS

Serial-ATA Connector
(SATA1, 2, 3, 4)

Reset Button
Power Button

Front Panel Connector

Speaker/Power LED Connector

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Jumpers

Jumper Name Description Page

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.8

JP1 Keyboard/USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.9
JP2 USB Power On Enabled/Disabled 3-pin Block P.9

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR

ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.15

ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.15
KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female P.16
UL2 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.16
UL1 RJ45 Over USB Connector RJ-45 Connector P.16
PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.16
CN1/CN2 8-CH Audio Connector 6 phone jack Connector P.16
COM2 Serial Port COM2 Connector 9-pin Connector P.16
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.17
IDE1 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.17
SATAII1~6 Serial ATAII IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.17

SPDIF In/Out SPDIF In/Out Connector 1 phone jack Connector P.16
J1 SLI Power Supply 4-pin Block P.18

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.18
USB1, USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.18
IEEE1, IEEE2 (Option) Optional IEEE1394 Port Headers 9-pin Block P.17
SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.19
PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.19

JW_FP
(Power LED/Reset/
IDE LED/Power Button)

SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2
CPUFAN,CHAFAN
CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.20
COM1 COM1 Header 9-pin Block P.20

IR (Option) IR Header 5-pin Block P.20

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

ZIF Socket AM2 CPU Socket 940-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU Socket
DIMM1~4 DDR2 Module Socket 240-pin DDR2 Module Socket
PCI1∼ PCI3
PE1/ PE3 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot
PE2 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot
PE4 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-E x 8 Bandwidth for SLI Tech.

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots

Front Panel Header(including Power LED/ IDE

9-pin Block P.19
activity LED/Reset switch / Power On Button
lead)

FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.19

P.10
P.11
P.13
P.13
P.13
P.13

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Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

Before using your computer, you had better complete the following steps:

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

5. Connect IDE and Floppy cables, Front Panel /Back Panel cable

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

(1) CMOS RAM Clear (3-pin) : JBAT

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2
pins of JBAT to store the CMOS data.

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

3. Locate JBAT and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds

4. Return JBAT to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

JBAT JBAT

2-3 C losed Clear CMOS

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(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2

JP2 JP2

1-2 closed USB Power On Disable

(Default)

USB Power On Setting

2-3 closed USB Power On E nab le d

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.

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Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and

speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

LAN (interface) - Local Area Network - the interface to your local area network.
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) - the program logic used to boot up a computer and

establish the relationship between the various components.
Driver - software, which defines the characteristics of a device for use by another device or
other software.
Processor - the "central processing unit" (CPU); the principal integrated circuit used for
doing the "computing" in "personal computer"

Front Side Bus Frequency -

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

by the clock generator for CPU, DRAM and PCI BUS.

CPU L2 Cache -

the flash memory inside the CPU, normal it depend on CPU type.

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 940-pin 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

The motherboards provide four 240-pin DDRII DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) sites for DDRII memory expansion available from minimum memory size of
128MB to maximum memory size of 8.0GB DDRII SDRAM.

Valid Memory Configurations

Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS Total Memory

Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1
Bank 4, 5 (DIMM3) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1

Bank 6,7 (DIMM4) DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 X1

Total System Memory (Max. 8.0GB) 4

Recommend DIMM Module Combination

1. One DIMM Module ----Plug in DIMM1

2. Two DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1 and DIMM3 for Dual channel function

3. Four DIMM Modules---Plug in DIMM1/DIMM2/DIMM3/DIMM4.

128MB∼2.0GB
128MB∼2.0GB
128MB∼2.0GB
128MB∼2.0GB
128MB∼8.0GB

For Dual channel Limited!

4. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1 &

DIMM3 or DIMM2 &DIMM4, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.

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

for dual channel function.

Generally, installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy, you can refer
to figure 2-4 to see what a 240-Pin DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 DDRII
SDRAM module looks like.

DIMM4 (BANK0+BANK1)

DIMM3 (BANK2+BANK3)

DIMM1 & DIMM3: Dual Channel 1

DIMM1 (BANK6+BANK7)

DIMM2 (BANK4+BANK5)

Figure 2-4

NOTE!

DIMM2 & DIMM4: Dual Channel 2

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.

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2-5 Expansion Cards

WARNING!

Turn off your power when adding or removing expansion cards or other
system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your motherboard and expansion cards.

2-5-1 Procedure For Expansion Card Installation

1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or

software setting for your expansion card such as jumpers.

2. Remove your computer’s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use.

3. Align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

4. Secure the card on the slot with the screen you remove above.

5. Replace the computer system’s cover.

6. Set up the BIOS if necessary.

7. Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card.

2-5-2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card

Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must exclusively assign to
one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use.

Standard Interrupt Assignments

IRQ Priority Standard function

0 N/A System Timer
1 N/A Keyboard Controller
2 N/A Programmable Interrupt
3 * 8 Communications Port (COM2)
4 * 9 Communications Port (COM1)
5 * 6 Sound Card (sometimes LPT2)
6 * 11 Floppy Disk Controller
7 * 7 Printer Port (LPT1)
8 N/A System CMOS/Real Time Clock

9 * 10 ACPI Mode when enabled
10 * 3 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
11 * 2 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering
12 * 4 PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port
13 N/A Numeric Data Processor
14 * 5 Primary IDE Channel
15 * 1 Secondary IDE Channel

* These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.

2-5-3 Interrupt Request Table For This Motherboard

Interrupt request are shared as shown the table below:

INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E INT F INT G INT H
Slot 1 √
Slot 2 √
Slot 3 √
Onboard USB 1 √

Onboard USB 2
Onboard USB 3

AC97/MC97 √

√

√

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IMPORTANT!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support
“Sh a r e d IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ a s s i gn m en t s . C o nf l i c ts w ill
arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or
cards inoperable.

2-5-4 PCI Express Slot

The motherboards provide three 16-lane PCI Express slot intended for Graphics Attach(Two
symmetrical PCI-Express x16 graphics slots in light green deliver up to 2Gbyte/sec data
transfer rate at each relative direction which is fully compatible with the latest NVIDIA SLI
Technology. One PCI-Express x16 graphics slot offers 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each
relative direction.), and one x1 PCI Express Slot. Fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification revision 1.0a , support PCI Express VGA card, and other PCI Express device.

IMPORTANT!

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 for full bandwidth

nd

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PCI-E x8 for SLI

The SLI Technology supports only nForce4 SLI chipset based
motherboard only. The modification for chipset is not an option for end
users. Or you may get no warranty for the motherboard you purchased.

Please make sure the major display output is out from the NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA
Card installed in the 2nd PCI EXPRESS x8 for SLI slot in light green while activating
the SLI technology with one pair NVIDIA SLI Supported VGA Cards . And install the
single PCI EXPRESS x16 interface supported VGA card to get the full speed of x16
bandwidth in the PCI EXPRESS x16 slot in light yellow as being marked above.

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2-5-5 SLI Bridge for NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards

In order to activate the NVIDIA SLI technology, you have to install the embedded SLI Bridge
for your NVIDIA SLI Tech. Supported VGA Cards before you activating the advance multi­GPUs functions.

1. Install your NVIDIA SLI Tech Supported VGA

Cards in the PCI-E x8 slots in the color of light
green.

3. Be careful with the position for the pin you

would like to set up.

2. Prepare with the SLI Bridge with your

NVIDIA SLI Tech Supported VGA
Cards.

4. Keep straight to force the SLI Bridge plug

into both sides of NVIDIA SLI Tech
Supported VGA Cards.

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2-6 Connectors, Headers

2-6-1 Connectors

(1) Power Connector (24-pin block) : ATXPWR

ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 24-pins connector that usually

comes with ATX case. The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary
switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2-pins Power On jumper pole on the
motherboard. When the power switch on the back of the ATX power supply turned on,
the full power will not come into the system board until the front panel switch is
momentarily pressed. Press this switch again will turn off the power to the system
board.

** 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

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 +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND

(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin block) : ATX12V1

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The

ATX Power Supply which fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this
connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.

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

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

(4) USB Port connector: UL2

(Optional 2nd LAN Support in certain models)

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

(5) LAN Port connector: UL1

This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network
The USBLAN1 support 10M/100M or 10M/100Mb/1G b/s data transfer rate

(6) Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PARALLEL

Parallel Port connector is a 25-pin D-Subminiature Receptacle connector. The On­board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3
“INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information.

(7) Audio Line-In,

Lin

-Out, MIC, Surrback, Surround, CEN/LEF Connector : CN1/CN2

This Connector are 6 phone Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC, Surrback, Surround,
CEN/LEF

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

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

(8) SPDIF In/Out connector: 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.

(9) Serial Port COM2:COM2

COM2 is the 9-pin D-Subminiature male connector. The On-board serial port can be
disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SETUP” sect ion for mo r e detail information.

LAN

Optional

Gigabit

LAN

SPDIF Out

PS/2

Mouse

Gigabit

PRINTER

SPDIF In

Keyboard

PS/2

COM2

UL1

UL2

Surrback

Line-IN

CEN/LFE

Line-OUT
MIC-IN

Surround

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(10) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD

This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.

Pin 1

FDD

Floppy Drive Connector

(11) 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.

IDE1

Pin 1

Primary IDE Connector

(12) Serial-ATAII Port connector:SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4/SATA5/SATA6

(

SATA5~6 is not an option for nForce 550 MCP Chipset Based Motherboards)

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

SATA6

SATA2

SATA1

Serial-ATAII1 & 2 Compatible Connectors

SATA5

SATA4

SATA3

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_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

_

(13) SLI Power Supply: J1

This connector is for SLI Power Supply

2-6-2 Headers

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

This header connect to Front Panel Line-out, MIC connector with cable.
Without install the cable, this header default setting is 5-6 short, 9-10 short. When you

install the cable you have take off these jumpers.

L

GND

AUD

VCC

AUD

R

RET

AUD

RET

AUD

AUDIO

Line-Out, MIC Headers

2

Pin 1

MIC

AUD

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB1/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.

USB1

Pin 1

VCC

VCC

OC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

GND

-DATA

+DATA

R

ON

BIAS

HP

FPOUT

MIC

AUD

AUD

USB2

Pin 1

10

9

L

FPOUT

AUD

VCC

VCC

OC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

GND

-DATA

+DATA

USB Port Headers

USB3

Pin 1

VCC

VCC

OC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

GND

-DATA

+DATA

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(3) Speaker connector: SPEAK

This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below.

(4) Power LED: PWR LED

The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED

from the system case to this pin.

(5) IDE Activity LED: HD LED

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.

(6) Reset switch lead: RESET

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your

computer without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of

rebooting in order to prolong the lift of the system’s power supply. See the figure

below.

(7) Power switch: PWR BTN

This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted power switch to power ON/OFF the

system.

PWRBTN

PWR LED

PWRLED

Pin 1

Pin 1

SPEAK

SPKR

System Case Connections

JW FP

Pin 1

NC

GND

VCC5

GND

VCC5

PWRLED

PWRBTN

NC

GND

VCC5

HDDLE

RSTSW

RESET

HDLED

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

These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the

fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive,

while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into

consideration the polarity of connector.

CPUFAN

3

1

1

3

13

SFAN2

13

CHAFAN

SFAN1

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(9) CD Audio-In Headers (4-pin) : CDIN

CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM

CD-Audio output connector.

CDI N

4 1

CD Audio-In Headers

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

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.

Pin 1

IR

GND

IRRX

2

6
5

NC

IRTX

VCC5

IR infrared module Headers

(11) IEEE 1394 Port Headers (9-pin): IEEE1 / IEEE2 (Option in certain models)

VCC

GND

TPA-

GND

TPB-

1394B

Pin 1

VCC

GND

TPA+

TPB+

1394 Port Headers

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(12) DIY Power-Reset Switches: (Option in certain models)

The innovative design for game enthusiasts to fine-tune the system before build up the
whole system with PC chassis. Without connecting to the JW_FP connectors, the end
users can use these two buttons to restart, power-on, and power-off in the shortest time
without using jumper caps or any other tooling that you have to pay the extra cost on
that.

POWER Switch

RESET Switch

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2-7 Starting Up Your Computer

1. After all connection are made, close your computer case cover.

2. Be sure all the switch are off, and check that the power supply input voltage is set to

proper position, usually in-put voltage is 220V∼240V or 110V∼120V depending on your
country’s voltage used.

3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system

case according to your system user’s manual.

4. Turn on your peripheral as following order:
a. Your monitor.
b. Other external peripheral (Printer, Scanner, External Modem etc…)
c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to turn on the power supply

and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case.

5. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. The LED on the monitor
may light up or switch between orange and green after the system is on. If it complies
with green standards or if it is has a power standby feature. The system will then run
power-on test. While the test are running, the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional
message will appear on the screen.

If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power. The
system may have failed on power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections
or call your retailer for assistance.

Beep Meaning

One short beep when displaying logo No error during POST
Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM install or detected
One long beep followed by three short

beeps
High frequency beeps when system is

working

Video card not found or video card memory
bad

CPU overheated
System running at a lower frequency

6. During power-on, press <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in
BIOS SETUP.

7.

Power off your computer:

You must first exit or shut down your operating system
before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power
switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X,
click

“Start”

button, click

“Shut down”

and then click

“Shut down the computer?”

The power supply should turn off after windows shut down.

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Chapter 3

Introducing BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a
bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS
program gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on
self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures
the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are completed done it
gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only
channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability,
and in ensuring that your system performance as its best.

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain
these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short
description of the function keys you may use here:

• Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.

• Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to

confirm or to modify.

• Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these

parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

• Press Page Up/Page Down or +/– keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for

the active option.

3-1 Entering Setup

Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup.
If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the
system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system
case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If
you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message
will be displayed and you will again be asked to

Press <F1> to continue, <Ctrl-Alt-Esc> or <Del> to enter Setup

3-2 Getting Help

Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the
screen.

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the
possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window, press <Esc>.

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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.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

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

Thermal Throttling Options
Power User Overclock Settings
Password Settings
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Standard Defaults
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

↑↓→←

: Select Item

Standard CMOS Features

Use this Menu for basic system configurations.

Advanced BIOS Features

Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system.

Advanced Chipset Features

Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’s
performance.

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your settings for power management.

Miscellaneous Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous control.

PC Health Status

This entry shows your PC health status.

Thermal Throttling Options

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

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Power User Overclock Settings

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

Password Settings

This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Load Standard Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the stable performance system operation
that are factory settings for normal use.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

Exit Without Saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

3-4 Standard CMOS Features

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and
then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, Mar, 09 2005
Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35

> IDE Channel 0 Master None
> IDE Channel 0 Slave None
> IDE Channel 1 Master None
> IDE Channel 1 Slave None

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

Menu Level >

Change the day, month,
year and century

Item Help

Date

The date format is <day><month><date><year>.

Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.

Day
Month
Date
Year

The month from Jan. through Dec.

The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.

The year depends on the year of the BIOS.

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Time

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

IDE Channel 0 Master / Channel 0 Slave / Channel 1 Master / Channel 0 Slave
SATA Channel 1, 2, 3, 4

Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the
specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work
properly if you enter improper information for this category. If the type of hard disk drives is
not matched or listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually.
If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. Enter
the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the
documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”

Access Mode
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

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced BIOS Features

CPU Feature Normal

Removable Device Priority Press Enter
Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
CD-ROM 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
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
APIC Mode Enabled
MPS Version Control For OS 1.4
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Disabled
Report No FDD For WIN 95 No
Full Screen Logo Show 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

Item Help

Menu Level >

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Removable Device Priority

The selection is for you to choose the removable devices (Such as USB floppy or other
related accessories) priorities to boot from.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

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

Virus Warning

Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a
warning message on screen and alarm beep.

Disabled

(default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Enabled

Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning
message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector
of hard disk partition table.

CPU Internal Cache

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled
Disabled

(default) Enable cache

Disable cache

Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.

External Cache

Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the Level 2 cache memory.

Quick Power On Self-Test

This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this
is set to Enabled. BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

Enabled
Disabled

(default) Enable quick POST

Normal POST

First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in
these items. The settings are Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0/HDD-1/HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAD
and Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive

Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B. Default is Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K
type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On
Off

Keypad is numeric keys.
Keypad is arrow keys.

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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.

3-6 Advanced Chipset Features

The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.

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Advanced Chipset Features

> DRAM Configuration Auto
> K8<->NB HT Speed Auto
> K8<->NB HT Width Auto

> System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
SLI Broadcast Aperture 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 >

HyperTransport Frequency

The default setting is “Auto” for this selection, and it provides with the frequency from 200 to
1000MHz for you to select manually. The AMD Athlon64 FX processor supports 1GHz
HyperTransport bus to access. We recommend you to use the frequency for both performance
and reliabilities of your system.

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HyperTransport Width

The default setting is “Auto” for this selection, and it provides with the adjustable bandwidth
selection for you to choose the combination of stream with x16 and x8 bandwidth of updoad
and down between the processor and system chip.

DRAM Timing Settings

Please refer to section 3-6-1

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in
better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system
error may result. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

3-6-1 DRAM Configuration

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DRAM Timing Settings

Timing Mode Auto

DRAM Bank Interleaving Enabled

DQS Training Control Perform DQS
CKE base Power down mode Enabled
CKE based powerdown per channel1
Memclock tri-stating Disabled

Memory Hole Remapping Enabled

Auto optimization Bottom IO Enabled

Bottom of [31:24] IO Space 192

DDRII Timing Item Disabled

TwTr Command Delay 3 bus clocks

Trfc0 for DIMM0 Reserved

Trfc1 for DIMM1 Reserved

Trfc2 for DIMM2 Reserved

Trfc3 for DIMM3 Reserved

<Twr> Write Recovery Time 6 bus clocks

<Trtp> precharge Time 3 clocks

<Trc> Row Cycle Time 26 bus clocks

<Trcd> RAS to CAS R/W Delay 6 clocks

<Trrd> RAS to RAS Delay 5 clocks

<Trp> Row precharge time 6 clocks

<Tras> Minimum RAS Active time 18 bus clocks

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 >>

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when
DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives
more stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the
system. The settings are: 4T and 3T.

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SDRAM Precharge Time

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before
DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain date. Fast
gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field applies only
when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. The settings are: 2T and 3T.

DRAM CAS Latency

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends
on the DRAM timing. The settings are: 2T and 2.5T.

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

> IDE Function Setup Press Enter
> Onboard Device Press Enter
> Super IO Function Setup Press Enter
Init Display First PCI Slot

Menu Level >

Item Help

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

↑↓→←

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

OnChip IDE Function

Please refer to section 3-7-1

OnChip Device Function

Please refer to section 3-7-2

OnChip Super IO Function

Please refer to section 3-7-3

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to activate whether PCI Slot or AGP VGA first. The settings
are: PCI Slot, AGP Slot.

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3-7-1 IDE Function Setup

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OnChip IDE Function

RAID Config Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled

Secondary Master PIO Auto

Secondary Slave PIO Auto

Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled
Serial-ATA Controller ALL Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode 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

Menu Level >>

Item Help

OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1

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

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of
the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide
successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode

4.

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the
operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus
master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and
Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings are: Auto, Disabled.

IDE Prefatch

The selection is for you to set the IDE device as the first priority to activate.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If
your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic
detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The
settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

Delay for HDD (Secs)

The selection is set for you to extend the time to search for the HDD which needs more time
to activate.

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3-7-2 Onboard Device

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OnChip Device Function

MAC Address
AC97 Audio
Onboard

MAC<NV> Address Input Press Enter

USB
USB Keyboard Support
USB Mouse Support

LAN Auto

Machine

MAC<NV> Address Disabled

= = = = = = USB Controller System = = = = = =
On Chip

Memory Type

↑↓→←

USB

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

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

Auto

Shadow

00-30-18

V1.1+ V2.0

Disabled

Disabled

Menu Level >>

Item Help

AC97 Sound Device

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Host Controller

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

USB Keyboard Support

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

3-7-3 Super IO Function Setup

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Onboard Super IO Function

Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
UART Mode Select Normal
UR2 Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode SPP
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
PWRON 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.

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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.

Onboard Parallel Port

There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that Provides Standard, ECP,
and EPP features. It has the following option:

Disabled
(3BCH/IRQ7)/
(278H/IRQ5)/
(378H/IRQ7)

Line Printer port 0

Line Printer port 2

Line Printer port 1

Parallel Port Mode

SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port

SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP

To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To
operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By
choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing
“ECP+EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes
simultaneously. The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel
port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear: “ECP Mode
Use DMA” at this time, the user can choose between DMA channels 3 to 1. The onboard
parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with
the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.”
At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen.

3-8 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save
energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Management User Define
Video off Method DPMS Support

HDD Power Down Disabled
HDD Down in Suspend Disabled
Soft-off by PBTN Instant-OFF
WOL<PME#> From Soft-off Disabled
WOR<RI#> From Soft-off Disabled
Power-on by alarm Disabled
Day of Month Alarm 0

Time<hh:mm:ss> Alarm 0
Wake Up by Mouse Disabled
Wake-Up by Keyboard 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 >

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ACPI Function

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

Video Off Option

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choice are Suspend → off, All
Modes → Off, and Always On.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

DPMS
Blank Screen
V/H SYNC+Blank

Modem Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The settings are: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Power Button Function

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state.
The settings are: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

(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.

Wake Up On Ring/PME

During Disabled, the system will ignore any incoming call from the modem. During Enabled,
the system will boot up if there’s an incoming call from the modem.

Wake-Up by Alarm

This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you
cannot use this function. During Enabled, choose the Date and Time Alarm:

Date(of month) Alarm

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

Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm

You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the

operating system, before this function will work.

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3-9 Miscellaneous Control

This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control.

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Miscellaneous Control

CPU Spread Spectrum

SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled
Flash Write Protect Enabled
Resource controlled by Auto<ESCD>
> IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled

*** PCIExpress Relative Items ***
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

Disabled

Menu Level >

Item Help

Auto Detect PCI Clock

This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect PCI Clock.

Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to set the CPU Host / SATA / PCI clock and Spread Spectrum.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on
the type of device using the interrupt.
Please refer to section 3-9-1

3-9-1 IRQ Resources

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IRQ Resources

IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

↑↓→←

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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3-10 PC Health Status

This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is
only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.

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PC Health Status

Show H/W Health in Post Enabled
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
Vcore 1.39V
NB 2.53V
+5V 4.99V
+12V 11.9V
5VSB 4.89V
VDIMM 2.67V
VBAT 3.12V
CPU Temperature 40°C/104°F
System 1 Temperature 36°C/96°F
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

Shutdown Temperature

This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature, when CPU temperature over this
setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU.

Show PC Health in Post

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

Smart FAN Configurations

Please refer to section 3-10-1

Current CPU Temperature/Current System Temp/Current FAN1, FAN2 Speed/Vcore/
Vdd/3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB(V)

This will show the CPU/FAN/System voltage chart and FAN Speed.

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3-11 Thermal Throttling Options

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Thermal Throttling Op

CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Throttling Temp 70
CPU Throttling Duty 87.50%
CPU Throttling Beep Enabled

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

↑↓→←

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

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Thermal Throttling Op

CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Throttling Temp 70
CPU Throttling Duty 87.50%
CPU Throttling Beep Enabled

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

↑↓→←

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

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Thermal Throttling Op

CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Throttling Temp 70
CPU Throttling Duty 87.50%
CPU Throttling Beep Enabled

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

↑↓→←

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

tions

CPU Thermal-Throttling

Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

tions

CPU Throttling Temp

Min = 40
Max = 90

Key in a Integral number:

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

tions

CPU Throttling Duty

87.50% ．．．．．[ ]

75.00% ．．．．．[ ]

62.50% ．．．．．[ ]

50.00% ．．．．．[ ]

35.50% ．．．．．[ ]

25.00% ．．．．．[ ]

12.50% ．．．．．[ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Menu Level >

Menu Level >

Menu Level >

Item Help

Item Help

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CPU Thermal Throttling Temp

This item allows you to activate the CPU Thermal Throttling function when the CPU
temperature is over the value which you set to low down the CPU temperature when at high
workload to protect processor from damage or accidental shutdown.

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Thermal Throttling Op

CPU Thermal-Throttling Disabled
CPU Throttling Temp 70
CPU Throttling Duty 87.50%
CPU Throttling Beep Enabled

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

↑↓→←

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

tions

Menu Level >

CPU Throttling Beep

Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

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3-12 Power User Overclock Settings

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Power User Overclock Settings

Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency

PCIE Clock 100MHZ
CPU Voltage at next Boot Default
CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Clock Setting 200
DIMM Clock Setting Auto
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 1.85V(Default)
VLDT Select 1.25V(Default)

VCHIP Select 1.50V(Default)

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

↑↓→←

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

Menu Level >

CPU/DRAM Clock at next Boot is

This item allows you change the CPU Host /DRAM clock for overclock demand.

Host clock is over the CPU default value BIOS will auto disabled Bi-Turbo function

CPU Vcore 7-Shift

This item allows you select the CPU Vcore Voltage xx% more than the standard value, by
this function for the precise over-clocking for extra demanding of performance.

VDIMM Select

This item allows you to select 2.5V of the DDR Module. The choice are: 2.55V, 2.6V, 2.65V,

2.7V.

NB Voltage

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

LDT Voltage

This item allows you to select value of Voltage for LDT.

Item Help

When the CPU

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Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency

PCIE Clock 100MHZ
CPU Voltage at next Boot Default
CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Clock Setting 200
DIMM Clock Setting Auto
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 1.85V(Default)
VLDT Select 1.25V(Default)

VCHIP Select 1.50V(Default)

PCIE Clock

Min= 100
Max= 150

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

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Power User Overclock Settings

Menu Level >

Item Help

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

↑↓→←

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

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Power User Overclock Settings

Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency

PCIE Clock 100MHZ
CPU Voltage at next Boot Default
CPU Ratio at next Boot Auto
CPU Clock Setting 200
DIMM Clock Setting Auto
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Normal
Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 1.85V(Default)
VLDT Select 1.25V(Default)

VCHIP Select 1.50V(Default)

CPU Vcore 7-Shift

Normal ．．．．．[ ]
+ 5% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 10% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 15% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 20% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 25% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 30% ．．．．．[ ]
+ 35% ．．．．．[ ]

↑↓:Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Menu Level >

Item Help

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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3-13 Password Settings

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Password Settings

Set Supervisor Password Press Enter
Set User Password Press Enter

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

↑↓→←

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

3-14 Load Standard/Optimized Defaults

Load Standard Defaults

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

Load Standard Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing <Y> loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system
operations.

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? N
Pressing <Y> loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system
operations.

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Chapter 4

DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

Check your package and there is A MAGIC INSTALL CD included. This CD consists of all
DRIVERS you need and some free application programs and utility programs. In addition,
this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed,
and which DRIVERS needed so that your system can function properly. We call this auto
detect software MAGIC INSTALL.

MAGIC INSTALL supports WINDOWS 9X/NT/2K/XP

Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below.
If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or
click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).

From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may take 8 selections:

1. nFORCE install nFORCE integrated driver

2. SOUND install ALC883 HD Audio Codec driver

3. USB2.0 install USB 2.0 driver

4. LAN install LAN driver

5. DirectX9 install Microsoft DirectX 9 driver

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

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

8. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD

9. EXIT to exit from MAGIC INSTALL menu

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4-1 nForce Install nForce Integrated Driver

* nForce Integrated driver pack include following device driver:

NVIDIA GART driver : If you are using an AGP VGA Card, please install NVIDIA

AGP GART driver which provides service routines to your
VGA driver and interface directly to the hardware for speedy

graphic access.

NVIDIA SMBUS driver : Install NVIDIA SMBUS driver

NVIDIA ETHERNET driver : Install NVIDIA 10/100 Fast Ethernet device driver.

Install NVIDIA firewall and Forceware Network Access

Manager utility.

NVIDIA IDE driver : Install NVIDIA IDE driver

1. Click nForce in the MAGIC INSTALL

MENU

2. Click NEXT when nForce Integrated driver

Install windows appears

3. Please select the features you wish to install . 4. Click NEXT to install IDE driver and click

“Yes” to proceed while system asking “Do you
want to install the NVIDIA IDE SW Driver?”

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5. Please choose to install the NVIDIA firewall

and Forceware Network Access Manager
Utility Driver for demanding on you own.

6. If you want to install NVIDIA firewall and

Forceware Network Access Manager utility

7. Select install complete software and Click

NEXT

8. Select interface language and Click NEXT

9. Please choose NVIDIA or Windows firewall

for your system.

10. Select Finish and restart your computer

* The path of the file is X:\NFORCE4\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE

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4-2 SOUND install ALC883 8-Channel Audio Driver

1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click NEXT When Realtek AC97Audio driver

windows appears

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

5. Speaker configuration setting 6. SPDIF N/OUT setting

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4-3 LAN Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet NIC Driver

1. Click LAN when Magic Install Menu appear 2. Click Next to install Marvell LAN driver

3. Please Accept the license agreement and read
the “Readme” file for detailed information , then
click Next to proceed.

4. Click Install to install driver and Click Finish
end the installation

4-4 USB2.0 Install Intel 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 .

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4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2006 Anti-virus program

1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

3. This is license agreement, select "I Accept

the terms" and Click NEXT

2. Please select “Install program” when the

"Trend Micro internet security" installshield
wizard windows appears

4. Click NEXT or choose Change to change the

path for the file to be stored

5. Click INSTALL, Start to install the software Setup Complete and click FINISH

Note : Please install ACROBAT READER for reading PC-CILLIN 2006 User Manual
which locates at the path “X:\acrobat\adberdr6_enu_full.exe”.

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4-6 PC-HEALTH Install MyGuard Hardware monitor Utility

1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click Next when Install shield wizard Window

appears, Choose destination location and click
Next, when the start copy file windows appear,
click next

3. Select Finish after setup complete 4. Execute MY GUARD utility, On-time

Monitoring your system health

NOTE:
MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NFORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE

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4-7 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS

Before updating the BIOS, users have to “Disable” the “Flash Part Write Protect” selection in
“Miscellaneous Control” of BIOS SETUP. Otherwise the system the will not allow you to
upgrade BIOS by Award Flash Utility.

STEP 1. Prepare a boot disc. (you may make one by click START click RUN type SYS A:

click OK)

STEP 2. Copy utility program to your boot disc. You may copy from DRIVER CD

X:\FLASH\AWDFLASH.EXE or download from our web site.

STEP 3. Download and make a copy of the latest BIOS for nForce 500 Series MCPs based

motherboard series from the web site to your boot disc.

STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,

start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\nForce500xxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”

nForce500xxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be nForce50003.BIN or
nForce50002.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.

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4-8 Nforce4 Platform RAID Function Installation

Step 1.

Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onchip IDE function \
RAID Configuration to enable the RAID function and choose the RAID hard drive channel.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

RAID Configuration

RAID Enable Enabled
IDE Primary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Primary Slave RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Master RAID Disabled
IDE Secondary Slave RAID Disabled

SATA Channel 1
SATA Channel 2

SATA Channel 3

SATA Channel 4

RAID
RAID

RAID

RAID

Enabled
Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Menu Level >>

Item Help

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

↑↓→←

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

Step 2.

After the System boot up in the second page , you can find the NVIDIA RAID IDE ROM
BIOS windows appear. It will ask you to “Press F10 to enter RAID setup utility …“ ?
Please press “F10” key to RAID utility now , then you can select the RAID functions on your
own with the optional RAID functions as below,

1. Mirroring 2. Striping 3. Striping Mirroring 4. Spanning

2.

Array 1 : NVIDIA MIRROR 74.50G

- Array Detail -

Striping Width : 1 Striping Block: 64K

Adapt Channel M/S Index Disk Model Name Capacity

1 0 Master 0 WDC WD800JB-75JMA0 75.50GB

1 0 Master 0 WDC WD800JB-75JMA0 75.50GB

RAID Mode : Mirroring

[R] Rebuild [D] Delete [C] Clear Disk [ENTER] Return

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Step 3.

Making RAID driver diskette before Install WindowsXP/2000

Before you install the Windows XP or Windows 2000, you will need to make a RAID driver
diskette before you start to install the Operating System.

How to make a RAID driver diskette?

1: Insert the diskette which is being formatted in floppy drive on a system which can start OS.
2: After booting OS insert the bundle CD in your CD-ROM
3: Copy all the files from \Nforce4\RAIDDisk to floppy diskette
Once you have the SATA driver diskette ready, you may start to install Windows XP or
Windows 2000 on your System.

Installation of Windows XP/ Windows 2000

For installation of Windows XP or Windows 2000, please insert Windows XP or Windows
2000 CD into the CD-ROM drive. Then remove the floppy diskette, and boot the system. At
the very beginning, you will see the message at the bottom of screen, “Press F6 if you need to
install a third party SCSI or RAID driver….”
At this moment, please press <F6> key and follow the instructions of Windows XP or
Windows 2000 for the proper installation.

Execute Start Æ programs Æ NVIDIA corporation Æ RAID manager , you can view RAID
function status or rebuild RAID function from Windows OS

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4-9 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

What’s Pro Magic Plus?

Tired with reinstall OS each time when it doesn’t work? Does your computer often crash
down or unable to work after installed new software? Have you had great loses and troubles
because of computer problems? Still using time-consuming backup software that occupies
lots of HD space?

Pro Magic Plus- an instant system recovery software tailored to solve these problems for
you. It combines various application tools (e.g. anti-virus, backup software, uninstall
software, multi-boot software) to satisfy your needs of all sorts of system protections.

What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?

1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install

Pro Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by
simply reboot your computer.

2. Easy-to-use – Auto installation from CD ROM; Supports Mouse

3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely

test any software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer
to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you
computer.

4. Password Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user

password for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’, which
can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or data from
being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)

5. Complete Protection – Pro Magic not only protects the system disk, but also can

protect your data disk, and does not require to reboot when backup or restore data disk.

6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and

restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points
are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)

7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides

complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)

8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and

‘Outlook Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will
not be restored as well. (This is optional, you can leave it as it is).

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NOTE: Functions of each version will differ from each other, and will be based on the function

descriptions of each version.

System Requirements

◇ First OS must be Windows 98 SE/ME/2000/XP
◇ Support Only Windows OS (No Linux)
◇ Windows server OS and Windows NT not supported
◇ Minimum of Intel 486 or above, 16MB of memory or above
◇ Minimum of 500MB free/usable space or above
◇ Support for SCSI & SATA Hard disk

Pro Magic Plus only supports SCSI hard disk with Windows 2000 or OS above

Notice Before Installation

1. Before install Pro Magic Plus, turn off all anti-virus software. (Include BIOS anti-virus
function)

2. Pro Magic Plus does not support multiple PRI partitions. If you have multiple PRI
partitions, please repartition your HD before installation.

3. If your HDD is not fully partitioned (with un-partitioned/unused space at end of HDD),
please repartition the HDD before install Pro Magic Plus.

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APPENDIX

Debug Port Post Code

Normal POST Codes

NOTE: EISA POST codes are typically output to port address 300h.

ISA POST codes are output to port address 80h.

Code(hex) Name Description

C0 Turn Off Chipset

And CPU test

C1 Memory Presence First block memory detect

C2 Early Memory

Initialization

C3 Extend Memory DRAM

select

C4 Special Display

Handling

C5 Early Shadow OEM specific- Early shadow enable for

C6 Cache presence test 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

message
F Reserved
10 Auto detec EEPROM Check Flash type and copy flash

write/erase routines to 0F000h segments
11 Reserved
12 Cmos Check Check Cmos Circuitry and reset CMOS
13 Reserved
14 Chipset Default

load
15 Reserved
16 Clock Init Init onboard clock generator
17 Reserved
18 Identify the CPU Check the CPU ID and init L1/L2 cache
19 Reserved
1A Reserved
1B Setup Interrupt

Vector Table

1C Reserved
1D Early PM Init First step initialize if single CPU

1E Reserved
1F Re-initial KB Re-init KB
20 Reserved
21 HPM init If support HPM, HPM get initialized here
22 Reserved
23 Test CMOS

Interface and

Battery Status
24 Reserved
25 Reserved
26 Reserved
27 KBC final Init Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data

28 Reserved
29 Initialize Video

Interface

2A Reserved
2B Reserved
2C Reserved
2D Video memory test Test video memory, write sign-on

2E Reserved Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow

Program the chipset registers with CMOS
values

Initialize first 120 interrupt
vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and
initialize
INT 00h-1Fh according to INT_TBL

onboard

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

area

Read CMOS location 14h to find out type
of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

message to screen.

according to Setup.

i2

Code(hex) Name Description

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

Controller 0
36 Reserved
37 Test DMA

Controller 1
38 Reserved
39 Test DMA Page

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

3D Reserved
3E Test 8259-1 Mask

Bits

3F Reserved
40 Test 8259-2 Mask

Bits

41 Reserved
42 Reserved
43 Test Stuck8259's

Interrupt Bits

Test 8259

Interrupt

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

48 Reserved
49 Size Base and

Extended Memory
4A Reserved
4B Reserved
4C Reserved
4D Reserved
4E Test Base and

Extended Memory

4F Reserved
50 USB init Initialize USB controller
51 Reserved

Test DMA channel 0

Test DMA channel 1

Test DMA Page Registers.

Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts
by alternately turning off
and on the interrupt lines.

Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts
by alternately turning off
and on the interrupt lines.

Turn off interrupts then verify no
interrupt mask register is on.
Force an interrupt and verify the
interrupt occurred.

good, execute EISA initialization.
If not, execute ISA tests an clear
EISA mode flag.

Size base memory from 256K to 640K and
extended memory above 1MB.

Test base memory from 256K to 640K and
extended memory above 1MB using
various patterns.

NOTE: This test is skipped in EISA
mode and can be skipped with ESC key
in ISA mode.

i3

Code(hex) Name Description

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

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

64 Reserved
65 PS2 Mouse special Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
66 Reserved
67 ACPI init ACPI sub-system initializing
68 Reserved
69 Setup Cache

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

6C Reserved
6D Initialize Floppy

Drive & Controller
6E Reserved
6F FDD install Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

70 Reserved
71 Reserved
72 Reserved
73 Initialize Hard

Drive & Controller
74 Reserved
75 Install HDD IDE device detection and install
76 Reserved
77 Detect & Initialize

Serial/Parallel

Ports
78 Reserved
79 Reserved
7A Detect & Initialize

Math Coprocessor
7B Reserved

Detect if mouse is present, initialize
mouse, install interrupt
vectors.

Initialize cache controller.

configuration check up

Initialize floppy disk drive controller
and any drives.

parameters

Initialize hard drive controller and
any drives.

Initialize any serial and parallel
ports (also game port).

Initialize math coprocessor.

i4

Code(hex) Name Description

7C HDD Check for

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

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

84 Pre-boot Enable Enable parity checker

85 Initialize Initialize any option ROMs present

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

detection
94 Final Init Final init for last micro details

95 Special KBC patch Set system speed for boot

96 Boot Attempt Set low stack

FF Boot

HDD check out

and ask for user intervention

clear screen.

Enable NMI, Enable cache before boot.

Option ROMs from C8000h to EFFFFh.
NOTE: When FSCAN option is enabled,
ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh.

Read and store boot partition head and
cylinders values in RAM

before boot

Setup NumLock status according to
Setup

Boot via INT 19h.

Quick POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

65 Init onboard

device

Early Initialized the super IO
Reset Video controller
Keyboard controller init
Test the Keyboard Initialized the
mouse Onboard audio controller
initialize if exist. Check the
intergraty of the ROM, BIOS and
message Check Flash type and copy
flash write/erase routines to 0F000h
segments Check Cmos Circuitry and
reset CMOS Program the chipset
registers with CMOS values
Init onboard clock generator

i5

Code(hex) Name Description

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

Initialize first 120 interrupt
vectors with SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR and
initialize INT 00h-1Fh according to
INT_TBL First step initialize if single
CPU onboard. Re-init KB
If support HPM, HPM get initialized
here

67 KBC and CMOS Init Verifies CMOS is working correctly,

detects bad battery. If failed, load
CMOS defaults and load into chipset
Final Initial KBC and setup BIOS data
area.

68 Video Init Read CMOS location 14h to find out

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.
69 8259 Init Init 8259 channel 1 and mask IRQ 9
6A Memory test Quick Memory Test
6B CPU Detect and IO

init

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

71 Setup Cache

Controller

72 Install FDD Enter setup check and auto-

73 Install HDD Initialize hard drive controller and

74 Detect &

Initialize Math
Coprocessor

75 HDD Check for

Write protection

76 Reserved

Detect CPU speed and display

CPU vendor specific version string

and turn on all necessary CPU features

Display PnP logo and PnP early init

Setup virus protect according to

Setup. If required, will auto load

Awdflash.exe in POST

Initializing onboard superIO

functions Detect if mouse is present,

initialize mouse, install interrupt

vectors. Special treatment to PS2

Mouse port

ACPI sub-system initializing

Initialize cache controller.

configuration check up

Initialize floppy disk drive

controller and any drives.

Install FDD and setup BIOS data area

parameters

any drives.

IDE device detection and install

Initialize any serial and parallel

ports (also game port).

Initialize math coprocessor.

HDD check out

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Code(hex) Name Description

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

S4 POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

5A Early Chipset Init Early Initialized the super IO

Reset Video controller

Keyboard controller init

Test the Keyboard

Initilized the mouse
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

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

i7

Code(hex) Name Description

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

Read CMOS location 14h to find out
type of video in use.
Detect and Initialize Video Adapter.

message to screen.
Setup shadow RAM - Enable shadow
according to Setup.
Setup PS2 Mouse and reset KB
Test DMA channel 0

initialize mouse, install interrupt
vectors.
Special treatment to PS2 Mouse port
ACPI sub-system initializing
Initialize cache controller.
Enter setup check and auto­configuration check up
Initialize floppy disk drive
controller and any drives.
Install FDD and setup BIOS data area
Parameters Initialize hard drive
controller and any drives.
IDE device detection and install

Final init Before resume

BootBlock POST Codes

Code(hex) Name Description

1 Base memory test Clear base memory area (0000:0000--

9000:ffffh)

5 KB init Initialized KBC
12 Install interrupt

vectors

0D Init Video Video initializing
41 Init FDD Scan floppy and media capacity for

FF Boot Load boot sector

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

onboard superIO

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