Jetway M28GT3-PHG, M25SVP-PB, M25SVG-PB M25S series user manual

USER'S MANUAL

Of

NVIDIA

NF520 MCP

NF6100- 405

NF-7025-630A

NF-7050SE-630A

Platform Processor Chipset

M/B For Socket AM2 64-bit Dual Core

AMD Processor

NO. G03-M28PHG—FR111

Rev:1.0

Release date: May 2007

Trademark:

* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and ar e

subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.

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

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TABLE OF CONTENT

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

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

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

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF NVIDIA NF 520 / NF6100-405 / NF-7025-630A /

NF-7050SE-630A

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

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

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

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

1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING................................................................... 5

MOTHERBOARDS

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 7

2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING.................................................. 7

2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 8

2-3-1 GLOSSARY............................................................................................................. 8

2-3-2

ABOUT AMD Athlon64 940-PIN CPU

.............................................................. 9

2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 10

2-5 EXPANSION CARD............................................................................................................. 11

2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION............................ 11

2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD...................................................... 11

2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD.................... 11

2-5-4 PCI-EXPRESS SLOT............................................................................................. 12

2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS................................................................................................ 13

2-6-1 CONNECTORS....................................................................................................... 13

2-6-2 HEADERS ............................................................................................................... 16

2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER................................................................................. 19

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS

3-1 ENTERING SETUP.............................................................................................................. 20

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

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

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

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

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

3-6-1 DRAM TIMING SETTINGS................................................................................ 26

3-6-2 VGA SETTINGS (OPTIONAL)........................................................................... 27

3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS......................................................................................... 27

3-7-1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION................................................................................... 27

3-7-2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION........................................................................... 28

3-7-3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION........................................................................ 29

3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................................................... 30

3-9 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL........................................................................................ 31

3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.......................................................................................................... 32

3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATIONS (OPTION)................................................... 32

3-11 THERMAL THROTTLING OPTIONS ............................................................................ 33

3-12 POWER USER OVERCLOCK SETTINGS ..................................................................... 35

3-13 PASSWORD SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 35

3-14 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS............................................................... 35

CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION

MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/ XP....................................... 36

4-1 NF-ORCE INSTALL NFORCE INTEGRATED DRIVER.......................................... 37

4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC HD AUDIO DRIVER......................................................... 38

4-3 LAN INSTALL REALTEK LAN CONTROLLER DRIVER............................. 39

4-4 USB2.0 INSTALL INTEL USB2.0 DRIVER............................................................. 40

4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2006 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM ...........................40

4-6 PC-HEALTH INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY ........... 41

4-7 RAIDDISK INSTALL MYGUARD HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY .................41

4-8 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 42

4-9 NF-ORCE PLATFORM RAID FUNCTION INSTALLATION.................................. 42

4-10 PRO MAGIC PLUS FUNCTION INTRODUCTION.......................................................... 44

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USER’S NOTICE

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

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE NF-6100-400 / 405 PPC
MOTHERBOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT
WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS
MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (IN C L UDI NG
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).

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 INF-RINGE.

Manual Revision Information

Reversion Revision History Date

1.0 First Edition May 2007

Item Checklist

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NVIDIA NF520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A /NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor
Chipset based motherboard

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Cable for IDE

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CD for motherboard utilities

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Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port

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NVIDIA NF-520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A /NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor
Chipset 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
Socket-AM2 processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive
listing of all heatsinks that support Socket-AM2 processors.

For vendor list of heatsinks and Active cooling fans, please visit：

http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_869_9460^9515,00.html

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Chapter 1

Introduction of NF520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A/NF-7050SE-630A
Motherboards

1-1 Features of motherboard

The NVIDIA NF520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A/ NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor
Chipset based motherboard series are based on the latest NVIDIA NF520(MCP65S) /
NF6100-405(MCP61S) / NF-7025-630A(MCP68S) /7050PV-630A(MCP68PV) Platform
Processor Chipset which supports the innovative and supercharged new generation 64-bit
AMD Socket AM2 Athlon64 and Sempron processors with HyperTransport Technology up to
1000MHz. NVIDIA NF520 /NF6100-405 / NF-7025-630A / NF-7050SE-630A Platform
Processor Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and
professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD
Socket AM2 Athlon64 & Sempron processors with an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth
DDRII memory controller and a highly-scalable HyperTransport technology-based system
bus up to 1.0GHZ. With utilizing the 64-bit socket-AM2 processor and the dual channel
DDRII memory which size is expandable to 8.0GB, NVIDIA NF520/ NF6100-405/
NF-7025-630A / NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor Chipset motherboard series are the real
cost-effective and powerful integrated multimedia platform solutions and meet the demanding
usage of computing now and future.
By implementing the new generation NVIDIA NF520/ NF6100-405/ NF-7025-630A /
NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor Chipset integrated graphic processor which adopts the
innovative 90nm process technology, the GeForce 6100/GeFoece 7025 / GeFoece 7050PV
Graphics Core integrated video graphics array which is fully compatible with Microsoft®
DirectX® 9.0C and Shader Model 3.0 brings more compatibility, stability and reliability with
the widest range of games and applications to the desktop platform system. More over, the
NF7025-630A motherboard series integrated NVIDIA GeForce 7025 / GeFoece 7050PV
support Multiple Display configurations: CRT+ DVI-D on rear panel and give you the best
performance in game experience. The motherboards support the stunning video playback in
all formats and with superb picture clarity that brings the best visual experience and
ultra-realistic effects to the users.

And it also supports 1000 MHz HyperTransport speed of data transfer rate, the
NF520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A/ NF-7050SE-630A motherboards support new
generation Socket AM2 processors with an integrated DDRII memory controller which
provides with 200MHz / 266MHz / 333MHz/ 400MHz memory clock frequency for Dual
channel DDRII400/ DDRII533/ DDRII667 /DDRII800 (AM2 Sempron processor only
supports up to DDRII667 memory) DDRII Module up to 8.0GB. The NVIDIA NF-520/
NF6100-405/ NF-7025-630A/ NF-7050SE-630A single chipset offers ULTRA ATA 133 and
Serial ATA2 devices with RAID functions to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee the
data security without fail in advanced comp u t i n g p e rf o r m a n c e .
The motherboards provide optional 10/100 LAN or Gigabit LAN function with Realtek
RTL8100C or RTL8110SC LAN PHY which supports 10/100Mbps or 10/100/1000Mbps data
transfer rate. Embedded 8-channel Azalia High Definition Audio CODEC is fully compatible
with Sound Blaster Pro® standard that provides you with the home cinema quality and
absolutely software compatibility.

The NF520/NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A/NF-7050SE-630A motherboard series offer one
PCI-Express x16 graphics slot of 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which

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gets 3.5 times of bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it’s up to a peak concurrent bandwidth of
8Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU computing performance. Three 32-bit
PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals; the motherboards are
designed of tackling the profuse multimedia requirements nowadays. One PCI Express x1 I/O
slot offers 512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at
133Mbye/sec.
Embedded USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 8 or 10 of USB2.0 functional
ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the
future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to
monitor and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.

Some special features---

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--- (The CPU Overheat Protection Technology)

To prevent the increasing heat from damage of CPU or accidental shutdown while at high workload, the CPU Thermal
Throttling Technology will force CPU to enter partially idle mode from 87.5% to 12.5% according to preset CPU operating
temperature in BIOS (from 40℃ to 90℃). When the system senses the CPU operating temperature reaching the preset value,
the CPU operating bandwidth will be decreased to the preset idle percentage to cool down the processor. When at throttling
mode the beeper sound can be optionally selected to indicate it is in working.

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 31 steps for the precisely over-clocking of extra demanding computing performance.

Optional Debug Port -- The Professional Hardware Diagnosis System

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

Optional BIOS BACK Function--The BIOS Backup and Recovery Function

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

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1-2 Specification

Spec Description

Design
Chipset

CPU Socket AM2

Memory Socket

Expansion Slot

Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA2 RAID

Optional LAN

8CH-Audio

∗ Micro ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 29.5*19.5cm
∗ NVIDIA NF6100-405 Platform Processor Chipset (MCP61S)

∗ NVIDIA NF520 Platform Processor Chipset (MCP65S)
∗ NVIDIA NF-7025-630A Platform Processor Chipset (MCP68S)
∗ NVIDIA NF-7050SE-630A Platform Processor Chipset (MCP68PV)
∗ Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 940-Pin package utilizes Flip-Chip Pin

Grid Array package processor

∗ Support for future AMD Athlon64x2,Athlon 64 & Sempron Socket AM2

processors with HTT Frequency up to 1GHz & DDR2 Memory
controller integrated

∗ 240-pin DDRII Module socket x 4
∗ Support 2pcs DDRII400/DDRII533/DDRII667/DDRII800 DDRII

Modules Expandable to 8.0GB

∗ Support Dual channel function
∗ PCI-Express x16 slot 1pcs deliver up to 8GB/s concurrent bandwidth
∗ PCI-Express x1 slot 1pcs delivers up to 512MB/s concurrent bandwidth
∗ 32-bit PCI slot x 3pcs
∗ One IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA PIO/DMA and

the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that deliver the data transfer
rate up to 133 MB/s.

∗ Two Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with

RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions for NF6100-405 Series

∗ Four Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with

RAID 0, 1,0+1 functions for NF520 Series

∗ Four Serial ATA2 ports provide 300 MB/sec data transfer rate with

RAID 0, 1,0+1,5 functions for NF-7025-630A /NF-7050-630A Series

∗ Integrated Realtek RTL8100C 10/100 or Realtek RTL8110SC Gigabit

LAN.

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

10/100/100Mbps data transfer rate

∗ Realtek ALC861 or ALC883 Azalia 8-channel Audio Codec integrated
∗ Support 8-channel 3D surround & Positioning Audio

∗ Audio driver and utility included

BIOS
Multi I/O

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

∗ Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗ Parallel port header x1
∗ Serial port header x1
∗ VGA Port x1 (for NF6100-405/NF-7025-630A/ NF-7050SE-630A

series)

∗ DVI port x1(for NF-7025-630A/ NF-7050SE-630A series)
∗ TV OUT header x1 (for NF-7050SE-630A series)
∗ HDMI port x1 (for NF-7050SE-630A series)
∗ USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (for NF6100-405 series only)
∗ USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 6 (connecting cable option)
∗ Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC/ 8CH Audio)

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1-3 Performance List

The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark testing
programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for different
testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software coNF-iguration will
result in different benchmark testing results.)

Performance Test Report

CPU: AMD K8 Athlon 64 3500+ ( AM2 / 512K L2 cache)
DRAM:
VGA Card :

A-DATA

GeForce 6800XT 128

Hard Disk Driver:
BIOS:
OS:

Award Optimal default

Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)

ELPIDA E5 108AE DDR2-667 512M X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory

M (1024X768X32BIT Color)

Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150

M28SDG

3D Mark 2001SE
3D Mark 2003
3D Mark 2005
3D Mark 2006
AQUAMRK3 (GFX / CPU)
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
/ Data Analysis
SISOFT Sandra 2004 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU

Multi-Media Benchmar

1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS

2.Int/Float Buffered MB/S

3.Integer/Floating-Point IT/S
UT2003 Benchmark
Quake3 DEMO1 / FPS
DOOM3 FPS
Super Pi (1M) Second
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200.9 / 315.8 / 2210.2

15193 (1701/7087

2770 / 3219 / 3787

201.1 / 315.8 / 2212.0

5768
1637

827
426

1383 / 4603

33.2

23.1

8140 / 33100

953 / 2160

180 (197 / 164

186 / 242

169

158 / 181

155

7989
6761

4931 / 4896

20776 / 22512

59.26 / 36.66

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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

PS2 KB/Mouse Port

Optional VGA

Optional VGA

KBMS/USB Power On

CPU FAN

Jumper (JP1)

Optional
DVI

USB1

RJ45 LAN

UL2

DDR2 Socket x 4

Line-In

Surrback

Line-Out

CEN/LEF

Surround

MIC-IN

Optional DVI

USB Port

RJ45 Over

ATX 12V Power Connector

USB Connector

Audio Connector

Realtek T8100C/
RTL8110SC LAN

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

32-bit PCI Slo

8-CH Azalia HD
Audio Codec

CD Audio In

Front Panel Audio

SFAN1

SFAN2

PARALLEL Connector.

Floppy Connector

COM Connector

Front Panel Connector

ATX Power Conn.

CPU Socket AM2

ATA 133 IDE
Conn.

(IDE1)

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATAII 3，4)(Optional)

VIDIA NF-610- 405/
F-7025-630A/NF-7050SE-630A/
F520 Chipset

Serial-ATAII Connector
(SATAII1, 2)

Optional USB Port

(USB2, USB3,USB4)

Clear CMOS (JBAT)

USB Power On Jumper (JP2)

Speaker Connector
Power LED Connector

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Jumpers

Jumper Name Description Page

JBAT CMOS RAM Clear 3-pin Block P.7

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

Connectors

Connector Name Description Page

ATXPWR

ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block P.13

ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 8-pin Block P.13
KB PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Key board Connector 6-pin Female P.13
USB1 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.14
UL2 Optional Gigabit LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.14
CN1 / CN2 8-CH HD Audio Connector 6- phone jack Conn. P.14
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.15
IDE1 Primary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.15
SATA1~4

Serial ATAII IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.15
(Optional)
Optional VGA Video Graphic Attach Connector 15-pin Female P.14

Optional DVI Digital Video Interface Connector 15-pin Female P.16
Optional HDMI High Definition Media Interface Connector 15-pin Female P.16

Headers

Header Name Description Page

AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.16
USB2, USB3 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.16
SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16
PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16
JW_FP

(Reset/IDE LED/Power Button)

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

Power On Button lead)
SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.17
CDIN CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block P.18
PARALLEL Parallel Port Header 25-pin male P.18
COM Serial Port Headers 9-pin male P.18
Optional TV OUT TV OUT Headers 9-pin male P.18

Expansion Sockets

Socket/Slot Name Description Page

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

PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots
PE1 PCI-Express x16 Slot PCI-Express x16 Expansion Slot
PE2 PCI-Express x1 Slot PCI-Express x1 Expansion Slot

9-pin Block P.16

P.9
P.10
P.12
P.12
P.12

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Chapter 2

Hardware Installation

2-1 Hardware installation Steps

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

1. Check motherboard jumper setting

2. Install CPU and Fan

3. Install System Memory (DIMM)

4. Install Expansion cards

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

6. Connect ATX Power cable

7. Power-On and Load Standard Default

8. Reboot

9. Install Operating System

10. Install Driver and Utility

2-2 Checking Motherboard’s Jumper Setting

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

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

To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below:

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power

2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector

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

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

5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector

Note: When should clear CMOS

1. Troubleshooting

2. Forget password

3. After over clocking system boot fail

JBATJBAT

1-2 Closed Normal

CMOS RAM Clear Setting

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2-3 Closed Clear CMOS

(2) Keyboard function Enabled/Disabled: JP1

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

JP3JP3

1-2 closed USB Powe r On Disable

(Default)

USB Power On Setting

2-3 closed USB Power O n Enabled

2-3 Install CPU

2-3-1 Glossary

Chipset (or core logic) - two or more integrated circuits which control the interfaces between
the system processor, RAM, I/O devises, and adapter cards.
Processor slot/socket - the slot or socket used to mount the system processor on the
motherboard.

Slot (PCI-E, PCI, RAM) - the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM.
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port - a high speed interface for video cards; runs at 1X

(66MHz), 2X (133MHz), or 4X (266MHz), or 8X (533MHz).
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound
cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
PCI Express- Peripheral Component Interconnect Express- a high speed interface for video
cards, sound cards, network interface cards, and modems.

Serial Port - a low speed interface typically used for mouse and external modems.
Parallel Port - a low speed interface typically used for printers.
PS/2 - a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards.
USB - Universal Serial Bus - a medium speed interface typically used for mouse, keyboards,

scanners, and some digital cameras.
Sound (interface) - the interface between the sound card or integrated sound connectors and
speakers, MIC, game controllers, and MIDI sound devices.

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

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

Front Side Bus Frequency -

the working frequency of the motherboard, which is generated

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

CPU L2 Cache -

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

2-3-2 About AMD Athlon64 Socket AM2 CPU

This motherboard provides a 940-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket,
referred to as the mPGA940 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 940 Pin package
utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.

The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent
overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on
your system.

WARNING!

Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install
an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and
open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree
angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner
should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the
four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.

Colden Arrow

Socket AM2

CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket

When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket, No force require to insert of the CPU, then press
the level to Locate position slightly without any extra force.

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2-4 Install Memory

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 CoNF-igurations

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, and 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 2
Onboard USB 3

√

√

HD Audio √

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IMPORTANT!

If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support “Shared IRQ” or
that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. CoNF-licts will arise between the two PCI
groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable.

2-5-4 PCI Express Slot

The NF-520/NF-6100-405/NF-7025-630A motherboard series offer one PCI-Express x16
graphics slot of 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction which gets 3.5 times of
bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it’s up to a peak concurrent bandwidth of 8Gbyte/sec at
full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU computing performance. Two32-bit PCI slots
guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals; the motherboards are designed of
tackling the profuse multimedia requirements nowadays. One PCI Express x1 I/O slot offers
512Mbyte/sec concurrently, over 3.5 times more bandwidth than PCI at 133Mbye/sec Fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a , support PCI Express VGA
card, and other PCI Express device.

PCI-E x1 Slot

PCI-E x16 Slot

32-bit PCI Slot

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

** We recommend that you use an ATX 12V Specification 2.0-compliant power supply

unit (PSU) with a minimum of 350W power rating. This type has 24-pin and 4-pin
power plugs.

** If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin

power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and the power supply unit has a minimum
power rating of 350W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the
power is inadequate.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

20-Pin

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

This is a new defined 8-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply.
The ATX Power Supply which fully supports Socket AM2 processor must including
this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.

ROW1 ROW2

Pin 1

24-Pin

PIN ROW1 ROW2

1 3.3V 3.3V
2 3.3V -12V
3 GND GND
4 5V Soft Power On
5 GND GND
6 5V GND
7 GND GND
8 Power O K -5V
9 +5V (for Soft Logic) +5V
10 +12V +5V
11 +12V +5V
12 +3V GND

Pin 1

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

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

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(4) USB Port connector: USB1

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

(5) LAN Port connector: UL2

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

(6) 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

(7) D-Sub 15-pin Connector: VGA (Optional)

VGA is the 15-pin D-Subminiature female connector; it is for the display devices, such
as the CRT monitor, LCD monitor and so on.

Mouse

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

PS/2

Mouse

PS/2

Keyboard

PS/2

VGA

VGA

Gigabit LAN

DVI

USB1

Optional 10/100 LAN

USB1

Optional 10/100 LAN

UL2

Line-IN

Surrback

Line-OUT
CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

UL2

Line-IN

Surrback

Line-OUT

CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

Line-IN

Surrback

Line-OUT

CEN/LFE

Surround

MIC-IN

PS/2

Keyboard

USB1

UL2

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Gigabit LAN

USB1

Line-IN

Line-OUT

MIC-IN

UL2

PS/2

Mouse

HDMI

PS/2

Keyboard

VGA

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

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

FDD

Pin 1

Floppy Drive Connector

(9) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1

This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the

single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by
setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for
the jumper settings.

IDE1

Pin 1

Primary IDE Connector

• Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the

“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.

• For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM

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

(10)Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATAII1 / SATAII2/ SATAII3/ SATAII4 (SATAII3/
SATA II4 are optional)

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_

_

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

SATAII3

SATAII4

SATAII1

SATAII2

Serial-ATAII 1 & 2 Compatible Connectors

(11) DVI: Digital Visual Interface (Optional)

This interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such

as flat panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors.

(12) HDMI:

High-Definition Multimedia Interface

(Optional)

This point-to-point interface is for audio and video signals designed as a single-cable solution

for home theater and consumer electronics equipment.

2-6-2 Headers

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

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

you install the cable you have take off these jumpers.

L

AUDIO

Pin 1

Line-Out, MIC Headers

(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB2/USB3/USB4 (USB3 is optional)

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.

R

_

_

GND

RET

RET

VCC

_

_

_

_

AUD

AUD

AUD

AUD

2

MIC

_

AUD

BIAS

MIC

AUD

_

_

R

FPOUT

AUD

_

ON
HP

_

_

10

9

L

FPOUT

AUD

USB2

Pin 1

VCC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

VCC

GND

-DATA

+DATA

USB Port Headers

USB3

OC

Pin 1

VCC

-DATA

VCC

-DATA

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

OC

USB4

Pin 1

-DATA

-DATA

GND

+DATA

GND

+DATA

OC

VCC

VCC

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

These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 Watts) or less, depending on the
fan manufacturer, the wire and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive,
while the black should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into
consideration the polarity of connector.

CPUFAN IN

GND

CPUFAN OUT

+12V

CPUFAN

4

1

SYSFAN1

3

1

SYSFAN2

3

1

FAN Power Headers

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

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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

(9)Serial Port COM1: COM1

COM1 is the 9-pin D-Subminiature male connector. The On-board serial port can be
disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED
PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information.

Pin1

Serial COM Port 9-pin Block

(10)Parallel Port Connector (25-pin male header): PARALLEL

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

Pin 1

PARALLEL

(12) TV-OUT Header (optional)

TV-OUT is the 9-pin block pin-header. TV-out is

commonly used to label the connector of equipment offering
an analog video signal that is acceptable for a television AV
input.

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Pin1

TV-OUT Conn. 9-pin Block

2-7 Starting Up Your Computer

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

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

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

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

case according to your system user’s manual.

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

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

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

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

Beep Meaning

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

beeps
High frequency beeps when system is

working

Video card not found or video card memory
bad

CPU overheated
System running at a lower frequency

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

7.

Power off your computer:

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

“Start”

button, click

“Shut down”

and then click

“Shut down the computer?”

The power supply should turn off after windows shut down.

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Chapter 3

Introducing BIOS

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

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

• Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.

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

confirm or to modify.

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

parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

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

the active option.

3-1 Entering Setup

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

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

3-2 Getting Help

Main Menu

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

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup M enu

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

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3-3 The Main Menu

Once you enter Award® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear
on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two
exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter
the sub-menu.

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 Fail-Safe 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.

Power User Overclock Settings

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

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Password Settings

This entry for setting Supervisor password and User password

Load Optimized Defaults

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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

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

Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35
> IDE Channel 0 Master None

> IDE Channel 0 Slave None

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.

Halt On All, But Keyboard

SATA Channel 1 None
SATA Channel 2 None
SATA Channel 3 None
SATA Channel 4 None

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 522240K
Total Memory 523264K

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

↑↓→←

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

Date

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

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

Day
Month
Date
Year

The month from Jan. through Dec.

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

The year depends on the year of the BIOS.

Time

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

Item Help

Menu Level >

Change the day, month,
year and century

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

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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 Press Enter

Removable Device Priority Press Enter

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

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
Full Screen Logo show Enabled

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 >

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.

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Virus Warning

The selection 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

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

Boot Up Floppy Seek

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

Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

(default)

On
Off

Keypad is numeric keys.

Keypad is arrow keys.

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the
typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The settings are: Enabled/Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

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The selection is to set 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.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced Chipset Features

VGA Settings Press Enter
> DRAM CoNF-iguration Press enter

K8<_>MB HTSpeed Auto

K8<_>MB HTSpeed Auto

System BIOS Cacheable Disabled

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

↑↓→←

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

Menu Level >

HyperTransport Settings

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.

Item Help

DRAM Configuration

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.

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3-6-1 DRAM Configuration

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

DRAM Timing Settings

Timing Mode Auto

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

(CASL) CAS # Latterly Auto

DRAM Command Rate 2T
DDR II Timing Item Disabled

* Tw Tr Command delay 3 bus clock
* Trfc 0 for DIMM 0 75ns
* Trfc 1 for DIMM 1 75ns
* Trfc 2 for DIMM 2 75ns
* Trfc 3 for DIMM 3 75ns
* (Twr) write Recovery Time 6 bus clock
* (Trtp) Precharge Time 3 bus clock
* (Trc) Row Cycle Time 26 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to CAS# Delay 6 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to RAS Delay 5 bus clock
* (Trcd) RAS# to RAS Delay 5 bus clock
* （Trp）Row Precharge time 6 clocks
* (Tras)Mimnum RAS Active Time 18 Bus Clock

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

↑↓→←

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

Item Help

Menu Level >>

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.

Row Precharge Time

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

DRAM CAS Latency

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

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3-6-2 VGA Settings (Option)

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

VGA Settings

> Onboard Share Memory 64MB

> Obboard VGA Core Frequency Auto

Obboard VGA Device

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

↑↓→←

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

Auto

Menu Level >

Item Help

3-7 Integrated Peripherals

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Integrated Peripherals

> IDE Function Setup Press Enter
> Onchip Device Function 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.

3-7-1 Onchip IDE Function

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

OnChip IDE Function

RAID CoNF-ig Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled
SATA Controller Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode 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

OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1

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

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

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

Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

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

IDE Prefatch

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

IDE HDD Block Mode

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

Delay for HDD (Secs)

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

3-7-2 Onchip Device Function

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

OnChip Device Function

HD Audio Auto

PCI LAN Device

Onboard

*** USB Controller System ***

USB
USB Keyboard Support

LAN Boot ROM Auto

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

Shadow

Auto

Disabled

V1.1+ V2.0

Menu Level >>

Onboard HD Audio Device

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

Item Help

USB Controller System

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

USB Keyboard Support

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

3-7-3 Onchip Super IO Function

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Onboard Super IO Function

Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode SPP
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
PWRROM After PWR-Fail off

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

↑↓→←

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

Menu Level >>

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board
and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select
Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.

Item Help

Onboard Serial Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and the second serial ports. The
settings are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

Onboard Parallel Port

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

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

Line Printer port 0

Line Printer port 2

Line Printer port 1

Parallel Port Mode

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

SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP

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

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3-8 Power Management Setup

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

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power Management Setup

ACPI function Enabled
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 PWRBTN Instant off
WOL(PME#) From Soft-Off Auto
WOR(RI#) From Soft-Off Auto
Power-on by Alarm Disabled
Day of Month Alarm 0
Time<hh:mm:ss> Alarm 0
HPET Support Enabled
Wake up By Mouse Enabled
Wake up By Mouse 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

ACPI Function

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

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

DPMS
Blank Screen
V/H SYNC+Blank

(default) Initial display power management signaling.

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and

horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Power Button Function

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

Wake Up 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.

Power-On 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.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Miscellaneous Control

PCIE Spread Spectrum Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum Disabled
HT Spread Spectrum Disabled
Flash Write Protect Enabled

Resource Controlled By Auto(ESCD) Disabled

* IRQ Resource 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

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

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

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-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

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Item Help

Menu Level >>

3-10 PC Health Status

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

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

Show H/W Health in Post Enabled
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
Smart Fun Configuration Press Enter
Vcore 1.39V
NB 2.53V
+5V 4.99V
+12V 11.9V
5VSB 4.89V
VDIMM 2.67V
VBAT 3.12V
CPU Temperature 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.

3-10-1 Smart FAN Configurations(Option)

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Smart FAN CoNF-igurations

CPUFAN Smart Mode Disabled
CPU SmartFAN Full-Speed Temp 50
CPU SmartFAN Idle Temp 30
SFAN1 Smart Mode Disabled
SFAN1 SmartFAN Full-Speed Temp 50
SFAN1 SmartFAN Idle Temp 30
SFAN2 Smart Mode Disabled

SFAN2 SmartFAN Full-Speed Temp 30
SFAN2 SmartFAN Idle Temp 30

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

↑↓→←

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

Menu Level >

Item Help

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CPU/SFAN1 Smart FAN Full-Speed Temp

This item allows you setting the FAN works in full speed when the temperature over the value
which out set. If the temperature below the value but over the Idle Temperature, the FAN
will works over 60% of full speed, and the higher temperature will gain higher FAN speed,
after over the temperature which this item setting, the FAN works in full speed.

CPU/SFAN1 Smart FAN Idle Temp

This item allows you setting the FAN works in 60% of full speed, when the temperature
lower than the temperature which you setting.

3-11 Thermal Throttling Options

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Thermal Throttling Op

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

tions

CPU Thermal-Throttling

Disabled ．．．．．[ ]
Enabled ．．．．．[ ]

↑↓: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

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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3-12 Power User Overclock Settings

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power User Overclock Settings

*Current FSB Frequency 200MHz
* Current DRAM Frequency 667MHz
PCI-E Clock 100MHz

CPU Ratio Auto
CPU at next boot is 200MHz
DIMM clock setting Auto
CPU Voltage at next boot Deafault
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Default
VDIMM Select 1.86v(Default)
VLDT Select 1.86v(Default)
NB Chip 1.2v Select 1.2v (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 >

Item Help

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

When the CPU

.

CPU Vcore

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

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.

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Power User Overclock Settings
*Current FSB Frequency 200MHz
* Current DRAM Frequency 667MHz
PCI-E Clock 100MHz

CPU Ratio Auto
CPU at next boot is 200MHz
DIMM clock setting Auto
CPU Voltage at next boot Deafault
CPU Vcore 7-Shift Default
VDIMM Select 1.86v(Default)
VLDT Select 1.86v(Default)
NB Chip 1.2v Select 1.2v (Default)

CPU Clock

Min= 200
Max= 400

↑↓: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

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Password Settings

Set Supervisor Password Press Enter
Set User Password Press Enter

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

↑↓→←

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

Menu Level >

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:

Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the

setup menus. When you select this function, the following message
will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed
now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to
confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc>
to abort the selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A
message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter
Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system
configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password
every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its
Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at
boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

Item Help

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 9 selections:

1. NFORCE install NFORCE integrated driver

2. SOUND install ALC HD Codec Audio driver

3. LAN install Realtek LAN controller driver

4. USB2.0 install USB 2.0 driver

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

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

7. RAIDDISK Install MCP51 RAID DRIVER DISK(option)

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 :

NVIDIA SMBUS driver : Install NVIDIA SMBUS driver

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

NVIDIA IDE driver : Install NVIDIA IDE 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.

Install NVIDIA firewall and Forceware Network Access

Manager utility.

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. Select Finish and restart your computer

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

4-2 SOUND Install ALC HD Codec Audio Driver

1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL

MENU appears

2. Click NEXT When Realtek High Definition

Audio driver windows appear

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

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5. Speaker configuration setting 6. SPDIF out setting

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

4-3 LAN RealTek 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 “Read me” file for detailed information , then
click Next to proceed.

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

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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 .

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,

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

Monitoring your system health

NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NF-ORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE

4-7RAID DISK

DISK

1.Click RAIDDISK when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears

NOTE: MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X:\NF-ORCE4\MYGUARD\SETUP.EXE

(Option)

Install MCP51 WINXP RAID DRIVER

2.Select Install to begin the installation.

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4-8 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 l atest BIOS for MCP61/ MCP65/ MCP68S/

MCP68PV motherboard series from the web site to your boot disc.

STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,

start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\ MCP61/ MCP65/ MCP68S/ MCP68PV.BIN
/SN/PY/CC/R”

MCP61/ MCP65/ MCP68S/ MCP68PVxxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can
be MCP61/ MCP65/ MCP68S/ MCP68PV 03.BIN or MCP61/ MCP65/ MCP68S/
MCP68PV02.BIN

SN means don’t save existing BIOS data
PY means renew existing BIOS data
CC means clear existing CMOS data
R means restart computer

STEP 5. Push ENTER to update and flash the BIOS, then the system will restart

automatically.

4-9 nForce Platform RAID Function Installation

Step 1.

Please get into the location: BIOS setup \ Integrated Peripherals \ Onchip IDE function \
RAID CoNF-iguration 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

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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

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 \NF-orce4\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

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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

4-10 Pro Magic Plus Function Introduction

What’s Pro Magic Plus?

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

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

What functions does Pro Magic Plus have?

1. Instant System Restoration – Regardless of mis-operation or system crash, install Pro
Magic Plus beforehand would allow you to instantly restore your system back by simply
reboot your computer.

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

3. System Uninstall – Pro Magic provides a protection mode, which allows user to freely
test any software. If user does not want to keep the software, just reboot the computer
to restore back to the previous state, and Pro Magic will remove it completely from you
computer.

4. Password Security – Pro Magic provides double password protection, including user
password for entering each OS and manager password for managing ‘Pro Magic’, which
can effectively prevent others from using your computer without permission or data from
being stolen. (disable item for OEM version)

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.

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6. Multipoint Save/Restore – You can backup your system whenever you need and
restore them back to anytime you wish, 1 hour, 1 day or 1 month ago. Restore points
are unlimited. (disable item for OEM version)

7. Data Disk Protection – Pro Magic Plus now comes with data disk protection, provides
complete protection for your computer! (disable item for OEM version)

8. You can choose to change the default path of ‘My Document’, ‘My Favorite’ and
‘Outlook Express’, so that when you are restoring the system, data in these folders will
not be restored as well. (This is optional, you can leave it as it is).

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

descriptions of each version.

System Requirements

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

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

Notice Before Installation

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

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

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

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