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N250DAG
USER'S MANUAL
M/B For Socket 754 AMD Athlon64
Processor
NO. G03N250DAGR108
Rev:1.0
Release date: January 2005
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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TABLE OF CONTENT
USER’S NOTICE..................................................................................................................... ii
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION .............................................................................. ii
COOLING SOLUTIONS........................................................................................................ ii
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF N250DAG MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD ...................................................................................... 1
1-2 SPECIFICATION.................................................................................................................. 2
1-3 PERFORMANCE LIST........................................................................................................ 3
1-4 LAYOUT DIAGRAM & JUMPER SETTING ................................................................... 4
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION STEPS............................................................................. 6
2-2 CHECKING MOTHERBOARD'S JUMPER SETTING................................................... 6
2-3 INSTALL CPU....................................................................................................................... 7
2-3-1 GLOSSARY................................................................................................................ 7
2-3-2
2-4 INSTALL MEMORY............................................................................................................ 9
2-5 EXPANSION CARD.............................................................................................................. 10
2-5-1 PROCEDURE FOR EXPANSION CARD INSTALLATION ............................... 10
2-5-2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD......................................................... 10
2-5-3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD....................... 11
2-5-4 AGP SLOT.................................................................................................................. 11
2-6 CONNECTORS, HEADERS ................................................................................................ 12
2-6-1 CONNECTORS.......................................................................................................... 12
2-6-2 HEADERS .................................................................................................................. 15
2-7 STARTING UP YOUR COMPUTER.................................................................................. 18
ABOUT INTEL AMD K8 754-PIN CPU ............................................................. 8
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERING SETUP............................................................................................................... 19
3-2 GETTING HELP ................................................................................................................... 19
3-3 THE MAIN MENU................................................................................................................ 20
3-4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ........................................................................................ 21
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES.......................................................................................... 22
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES .................................................................................. 24
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.......................................................................................... 25
3-7-1 ONBOARD IDE FUNCTION................................................................................... 25
3-7-2 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION........................................................................... 26
3-7-3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION ....................................................................... 27
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...................................................................................... 28
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP ................................................................................ 29
3-9-1 IRQ RESOURCES.................................................................................................... 30
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS ........................................................................................................ 30
3-11 CLOCK/VOLTAGE CONTROL ....................................................................................... 31
3-12 LOAD STANDARD/OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............................................................... 32
3-13 SET SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD........................................................................... 32
CHAPTER 4 DRIVER & FREE PROGRAM INSTALLATION
MAGIC INSTALL SUPPORTS WINDOWS 9X/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP........................................ 33
4-1 NFORCE INSTALL NFORCE INTEGRATED DRIVER .................................... 34
4-2 SOUND INSTALL ALC655 AUDIO CODEC DRIVER..................................... 36
4-3 USB2.0 INSTALL INTEL USB2.0 DRIVER ...................................................... 37
4-4 PC-HEALTH INSTALL ITE SMART GUARDIAN SOFTWARE FOR HARDWARE
MONITORING DEVICE........................................................................ 37
4-5 PC-CILLIN INSTALL PC-CILLIN 2004 ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAM..................... 38
4-6 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS..................................................................................................... 40
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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 N250DAG MOTHER-
BOARD AND WE DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL
CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS
MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING
DAMANGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
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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
1.0 First Edition January 2005
Item Checklist
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N250DAG motherboard
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Cable for IDE/Floppy
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CD for motherboard utilities
□
Cable for USB Port 3/4 (Option)
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Cable for Serial ATA IDE Port
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N250DAG 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-A
processors by AMD. In addition, this collection is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all
heatsinks that support Socket-754 processors.
For vendor list of heatsinks and Active cooling fans, please visit：
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/DevelopWithAMD/0,,30_2252_869_9460^9515,00.html
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Chapter 1
Introduction of N250DAG Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
The N250DAG motherboard is design for use 64bit AMD Athlon64 (K8) Processor in 754
Pin HyperTrnsport Processor with the NVIDIA nForce3 250 serial Chipset delivers a high
performance and professional desktop platform solution. Which utilize the Socket 754 design
and the memory size expandable to 2.0GB.
The motherboard uses the newest nVIDIA nForce3 250 Chipset, supports 800MHz System
Bus in data transfer rate. The motherboard provided 133MHz/166MHz/200MHz Memory
clock frequency, support DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR Module. The motherboard offer
ULTRA
ATA 133
speedier HDD throughout that boosts overall system performance.
The N250DAG integrated VSC8201GbE Giga LAN PHY chip supports 10/100/1000Mbps
data transfer rate full duplex, half duplex operation.
This motherboard also has an integrated 6-channel AC’97 CODEC on board which is fully
compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that gives you the best sound quality and compatibility.
For those wanting even greater graphic performance N250DAG provided an AGP slot
supports AGP 8X/4X capability and Fast write Transaction.
With USB control as well as capability of expanding to 8x USB2.0 function ports delivering
480Mb/s bandwidth and rich connectivity, this motherboard meet future USB demand also
has built-in hardware monitor function to monitor and protect your computer.
A useful software tool “Magic BIOS” examines the BIOS version automatically with the
correct version available on the web, links the site for users to download the latest version of
BIOS and updates the BIOS. Use “Magic BIOS”, users can download and update BIOS
automatically and completed under the OS easily.
This motherboard provide high performance & meets future specification demand. It is really
wise choice for your computer.
and
Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1
functions to provide
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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design
Chipset
CPU Socket 754
Memory Socket
Expansion Slot
Integrate IDE and
Serial ATA RAID
Giga LAN
Audio
BIOS
Multi I/O
ATX form factor 4 layers PCB size: 30.4x21.0cm
∗
nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb single Chipset for N250DAG
∗
Support 64bit AMD Athlon64 754-Pin package utilizes Flip-
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Chip Pin Grid Array package processor
Support CPU Frequency 800MHz
∗
Support up to 3200+ ~ 4000+ processor
∗
Reserves support for future AMD Athlon64 Sempron 754-pin
∗
processors
184-pin DDR Module socket x 2
∗
Support 2pcs DDR266/DDR33/DDR400 DDR Modules
∗
Expandable to 2.0GB
AGP slot x1 support AGP 2.0 & AGP 3.0 for 4X/8X mode
∗
32-bit PCI slot x5
∗
Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering, ATA
∗
PIO/DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33/66/100/133 functions that
deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB/s; Two Serial ATA
ports provide 150 MB/sec data transfer rate for two Serial ATA
Devices and offer RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1 functions
Integrated VSC 8102GbE Giga LAN PHY chip
∗
Support Fast Ethernet LAN function provide 10/100/1000 Mb/s
∗
data transfer rate
AC’97 Digital Audio controller integrated
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6-channel AC’97 Audio CODEC on board
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Audio driver and utility included
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Award 2MB Flash ROM
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PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse connectors
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Floppy disk drive connector x1
∗
Parallel port x1
∗
Serial port x2
∗
USB2.0 port x 4 and headers x 4 (connecting cable option)
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Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
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1-3 Performance List
The following performance data list is the testing result of some popular benchmark
testing programs. These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility
for different testing data values gotten by users (the different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)
Performance Test Report
CPU:
DRAM:
VGA Card :
Hard Disk Driver:
BIOS:
Windows XP Professional (SERVICE PACK 2)
OS:
3D Mark 2001SE 19240
3D Mark 2003 5709
3D Mark 2005 2421
AQUAMRK3 42733 (5646 / 8815)
PCMark2004
System / CPU / Memory 4271 / 4097 / 3502
Graph / HDD 3900 / 4486
Content Creation Winstone 2004 30.9
Business Winstone 2004 24.9
Winbench 99 V2.0:
Business/Hi-end Disk Winmark99 13200 / 25900
Business/Hi-end Graphic Winmark 1030 / 1800
SISMark 2004: SISMark Rating(Internet Content Creation / Office
Productivity )
SISMark 2004 170 (183 / 157)
3D Creation / 2D Creation 193 / 238
/ Web publication 133
Communication / Document Creation 140 / 187
/ Data Analysis 147
SISOFT Sandra 2005 : 1.CPU Arithmetic Benchmark 2.Memory
bandwidth Benchmark 3.CPU Multi-Media Benchmark
1.Dhrystone ALU MIPS 9466
Whetstone FPU iSSE2 FLOPS 3625 / 4706
2.Int/Float Buffered iSSE2 MB/S 2727 / 2728
3.Integer/Floating-Point SSE2 IT/S 21056 / 22717
UT2003 Benchmark (flyby/botmatch) 259.31 / 93.17
Quake3 DEMO1 / DEMO2 FPS 326.9 / 323.1
Return to Castle Wolfenstein FPS 175.1
Super Pi (1M) Second 41s
CPUZ System / CPU Clock 200.9 / 2210.0
AMD K8 ATHLON 64 3400+ Support
TwinMOS Hynix HY5DU56822CT 512MB DDR400 X 2 (1Gbyte) Memory
ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 256M (1024X768X32BIT Color)
Seagate Barracude 7200.7 SATA150
Award Optimal default
200/200
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1-4 Layout Diagram & Jumper Setting
PRINT
PS/2 Mouse
LAN
MIC
LINE-IN
PS/2 Keyboard
KB/MS Power On Jumper
(JP1)
PS2 KB/Mouse Port
PC99 Back Panel
USB Power On Jumper (JP2)
USB Port
CPU FAN
USB Port/ LAN Connector
ATX 12V Power Connector
Audio Connector
Front Panel Audio
ITE IT8712 I/O chip
Floppy Connector
VSC8201GbE PHY LAN Chip
COM1 COM2 USB1
LINE-OUT
USB2
DDR Socket X2
CPU Socket
ATX Power Connector
ATA 133 IDE Connector
(IDE1, IDE2)
Serial-ATA Connector
(SATA1, 2)
AGP Slot
2MBit Flash ROM BIOS
PCI Slot
CD Audio In
6-CH AC’97 Audio Codec
SPDIF Connecto
SYSFAN2
USB Power On Jumper (JP6)
SYSFAN1
nVDIA nForce-3 250Gb
Chip
Clear CMOS (JP5)
Speaker Connector
USB Port
(USB3, USB4)
Power LED Connector
Front Panel Connector
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Jumpers
Jumper Name Description Page
JP5
JP1
JP2/JP6
CMOS RAM Clear
Keyboard Power On Enabled/Disabled
USB Power On Enabled/Disabled
3-pin Block P.6
3-pin Block P.7
3-pin Block P.7
Connectors
Connector Name Description Page
PWR ATX Power Connector 20-pin Block P.12
ATX12V ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Block P.12
KB1 PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard
Connector
USB1/USB2 USB Port Connector 4-pin Connector P.12
LAN LAN Port Connector RJ-45 Connector P.13
PARALLEL Parallel Port Connector 25-pin Female P.13
CN1 Audio Connector 3 phone jack Connector P.13
COM1/COM2 Serial Port COM1/COM2 Connector 9-pin Connector P.13
FDD Floppy Driver Connector 34-pin Block P.13
IDE1/IDE2 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector 40-pin Block P.14
SATA1/SATA2 Serial ATA IDE Connector 7-pin Connector P.14
6-pin Female P.12
Headers
Header Name Description Page
AUDIO SPEAKER, MIC header 9-pin Block P.15
USB3, USB4 USB Port Headers 9-pin Block P.15
SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4-pin Block P.16
PWR LED Power LED 3-pin Block P.16
FP
(Power LED/Reset/
IDE LED/Power
Button)
SYSFAN1, SYSFAN2,
CPUFAN
CDIN CD Audio-In Headers 4-pin Block P.17
SPDIF SPDIF Connector 9-pin Block P.17
Expansion Sockets
Socket/Slot Name Description Page
ZIF Socket 754 CPU Socket 754-pin mPGAB Athlon64 CPU
DIMM1, DIMM2 DDR Module Socket 184-pin DDR Module Socket P.9
PCI1∼ PCI5
AGP AGP 4X/8X Mode Slot AGP Expansion Slot P.11
Front Panel Header
9-pin Block P.16
(including Power LED/ IDE activity
LED/Reset switch / Power On Button
lead)
FAN Headers 3-pin Block P.16
P.8
Socket
PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Local Bus Expansion slots P.10
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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) : JP5
A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 1-2
pins of JP5 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 JP5 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds
4. Return JP5 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
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JP5
2-3 closed Clear CMOS
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JP5
1-2 closed Normal
CMOS RAM Clear Setting
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(2) Keyboard Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP1
JP1
1-2 closed KB Power ON Disable
(Default)
1
3
Keyboard/USB Power On Setting
(3) USB Power On function Enabled/Disabled: JP2, JP6
JP2
1-2 closed USB Power ON Disable
(Default)
JP6
1-2 closed USB Power ON Disable
(Default)
1
3
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USB Power On Setting
2-3 Install CPU
JP1
2-3 closed KB Power ON Enabled
1
3
JP2
2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled
JP6
2-3 closed USB Power On Enabled
1
3
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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 (AGP, PCI, ISA, 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),
PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect - a high speed interface for video cards, sound
cards, network interface cards, and modems; runs at 33MHz.
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.
or 8X (533MHz).
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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 754-pin CPU
This motherboard provides a 754-pin surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket,
referred to as the mPGA754 socket supports AMD Athlon64 processor in the 754 Pin package
utilizes Flip-Chip Pin Grid Array package technology.
The CPU that comes with the motherboard should have a cooling FAN attached to prevent
overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a correct cooling FAN before you turn on
your system.
WARNING!
Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink and CPU cooling FAN is working correctly, otherwise it may
cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage, you may install
an auxiliary cooling FAN, if necessary.
To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF socket and
open it by first pulling the level sideways away from the socket then upward to a 90-degree
angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown below. The notched corner
should point toward the end of the level. Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the
four corners, the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown.
Colden Arrow
Socket 754
CPU ZIF mPGAB Socket
When you put the CPU into the ZIF socket. No force require to insert of the CPU, then press
the level to Locate position slightly without any extra force.
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2-4 Install Memory
This motherboard provides two 184-pin DDR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULES
(DIMM) sites for DDR memory expansion available from minimum memory size of 64MB to
maximum memory size of 2.0GB DDR SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 184-pin DDR DIMM PCS Total Memory
Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR DRAM
X1 64MB∼1.0GB
Module
Bank 2, 3 (DIMM) DDR266/DDR333/DDR400 DDR DRAM
X1 64MB∼1.0GB
Module
Total System Memory (Max. 2.0GB) X2 64MB∼2.0GB
Generally, installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy, you can refer
to figure 2-4 to see what a 184-pin DDR SDRAM module looks like.
DIMM1 (BANK0+BANK1)
DIMM2 (BANK2+BANK3)
Figure 2-4
NOTE!
When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab
should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its
indention on both sides.
WARNING!
For the DDR SDRAM CLOCK is set at 200MHz, use only DDR400- compliant
DDR Modules. When this motherboard operate at 200Mhz, most system will
not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict
timing issues, if your DDR Modules are not DDR400-compliant, set the
SDRAM clock to 133MHz to ensure system stability.
2-5 Expansion Cards
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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
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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
Slot 4
Slot 5
Onboard USB 1
Onboard USB 2
AC97/MC97
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
IMPORTANT!
If using PCI cards on shared slots, make sure that the drivers support
“Shared IRQ” or that the cards don’t need IRQ assignments. Conflicts will
arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or
cards inoperable.
2-5-4 AGP Slot
This motherboard provides an AGP Slot, support the 8X/4X AGP VGA card.
2x notch 4x notch
AGP SLOT
2-6 Connectors, Headers
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2-6-1 Connectors
(1) Power Connector (20-pin block) : PWR
ATX Power Supply connector. This is a new defined 20-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.
Pin 1
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
(2) ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin block) : ATX12V
This is a new defined 4-pins connector that usually comes with ATX Power Supply. The
ATX Power Supply which fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this
connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption.
Without this connector might cause system unstable because the power supply can not
provide sufficient current for system.
Pin 1
(3) PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connector: KB1
The connectors for PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 Mouse.
(4) USB Port connector: USB1/USB2
The connectors are 4-pin connector that connect USB devices to the system board.
(5) LAN Port connector: LAN
This connector is standard RJ45 connector for Network
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(6) Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female): PARALLEL
Parallel Port connector is a 25-pin D-Subminiature Receptacle connector. The Onboard Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3
“INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP” section for more detail information.
(7) Audio and Game Connector : AUDIO (LINE-OUT/ LINE_IN/MIC)
This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC.
Line-out :
Line-in :
Audio input to sound chip
MIC :
Audio output to speaker
Microphone Connector
(8) Serial Port COM1/COM2 : COM1/COM2
COM1 is the 9-pin D-Subminiature male connector. The On-board serial port can be
disabled through BIOS SETUP. Please refer to Chapter 3 “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SETUP” section for more detail information.
USB1PS/2 Mouse PRINT
LAN
MIC
LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
PS/2 Keyboard USB2
COM1
COM2
(9) Floppy drive Connector (34-pin block): FDD
This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to the floppy drives.
Pin 1
FDD
Floppy Drive Connector
(10) Primary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE1
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This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the
single plug end to motherboard, connect the two plugs at other end to your hard disk(s).
If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by
setting its jumpers accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for
the jumper settings.
Primary IDE Connector
IDE1
Pin 1
(11) Secondary IDE Connector (40-pin block): IDE2
This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks. Follow the
same procedure described for the primary IDE connector. You may also configure two
hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and
another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector.
Two hard disks can be connected to each connector. The first HDD is referred to as the
•
IDE2
Pin 1
Secondary IDE Connector
“Master” and the second HDD is referred to as the “Slave”.
For performance issues, we strongly suggest you don’t install a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM
•
drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk. Otherwise, the system performance on this
channel may drop.
(12) Serial-ATA Port connector: SATA1/SATA2
This connector support the provided Serial ATA IDE hard disk cable to connecting the
motherboard and serial ATA hard disk.
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A
A
A
A
SATA1
SATA2
Serial-ATA Port Connector
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.
AUDIO
AUD_MIC
AUD
MIC_BIAS
AUD_FPOUT_R
HP_ON
FPOUT_L
AUD
Line-Out, MIC Headers
(2) USB Port Headers (9-pin) : USB3/USB4
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.
Pin 1
2
910
AUD_GND
VCC
AUD
RET_R
AUD
RET_L
AUD
USB3
Pi n 1
OC
VCC
GND
-DAT
+ DATA
VCC
GND
-DAT
+ DATA
USB Port Headers
USB4
Pi n 1
OC
VCC
GND
-DAT
+ DATA
VCC
GND
-DAT
+ 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.
PWRLED
Pi n 1
Pin 1
SPKR
System Case Connections
JW FPSPEAK
Pin 1
NC
GND
VCC5
(8) FAN Headers (3-pin) : 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.
PWRBTN
PWR LED
GND
VCC5
PWRLED
PWRBTN
NC
GND
VCC5
HDDLE
RSTSW
RESET
HDLED
CPU FAN
SYSFAN1
SYSFAN2
1
3
1
3
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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) SPDIF IN/OUT Headers (9-pin) : SPDIF
SPDIF
2
Pi n 1
SPDIF In/Out Header
OUT
GND
GND
CENTER
SPDIF
10
9
12V
BASS
SPDIF-I N
SURROUTL
SURROUTR
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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.
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Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
PC Health Status
Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Figure 3-1
Clock/Voltage Control
Load Optimized Defaults
Load Standard Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
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.
PnP/PCI configurations
This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI.
PC Health Status
This entry shows your PC health status.
Clock/Voltage Control
Use this menu to specify your settings for Miscellaneous control.
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Load Optimized Defaults
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values these are setting for optimal performances system
operations for performance use.
Load Standard Defaults
Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the stable performance system operation
that are factory settings for normal use.
Set Supervisor/User Password
Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords.
Save & Exit Setup
Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.
Exit Without Saving
Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.
3-4 Standard CMOS Features
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category
includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and
then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
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Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu, Jan, 13 2005
Time (hh:mm:ss) 16 : 48 : 35
> IDE Primary Master None
> IDE Primary Slave None
> IDE Secondary Master None
> IDE Secondary Slave None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 522240K
Total Memory 523264K
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >
Item Help
Date
The date format is <day><month><date><year>.
Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only.
Day
Month
Date
Year
The month from Jan. through Dec.
The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys.
The year depends on the year of the BIOS.
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Time
The time format is <hour><minute><second>.
Primary Master/Primary Slave
Secondary Master/Secondary Slave
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<–> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications
of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you
enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or
listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually.
If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. Enter
the information directly from the keyboard. This information should be provided in the
documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be “None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, the selection shall be “None”
Access Mode
Cylinder
Head
Precomp
Landing Zone
Sector
number of sectors
The settings are Auto Normal, Large, and LBA.
number of cylinders
number of heads
write precomp
landing zone
3-5 Advanced BIOS Features
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Advanced BIOS Features
Anti-Virus Protection Disabled
CPU L1 Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
> Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device Hard Disk
Third Boot Device CDROM
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
Report No FDD For Windows Yes
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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Anti-Virus Protection
Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a
warning message on screen and alarm beep.
Disabled
(default) No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the
boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Enabled
Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning
message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector of
hard disk partition table.
CPU Internal Cache
The default value is Enabled.
Enabled
Disabled
(default) Enable cache
Disable cache
Note: The internal cache is built in the processor.
External Cache
Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option enables the Level 2 cache memory.
Quick Power On Self-Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer. If this
is set to Enabled. BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
Enabled
Disabled
(default) Enable quick POST
Normal POST
First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in
these items. The settings are Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD-0/HDD-1/HDD-3, SCSI, CDROM, LAD
and Disabled.
Swap Floppy Drive
Switches the floppy disk drives between being designated as A and B. Default is Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K
type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.
Boot Up NumLock Status
The default value is On.
(default)
On
Off
Keypad is numeric keys.
Keypad is arrow keys.
Typematic Rate Setting
Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the
typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. The settings are: Enabled/Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down. The
settings are: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.
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Typematic Delay (Msec)
Sets the delay time after the key is held down before is begins to repeat the keystroke. The
settings are 250, 500, 750, and 1000.
Security Option
This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
System
The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.
Setup
(default) The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct
password is not entered prompt.
3-6 Advanced Chipset Features
The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.
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Advanced Chipset Features
DRAM CAS Latency Auto
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay Auto
SDRAM Cycle Time Auto
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Auto
1T/2T Aperture Size 128M
AGP 3.0 Speed Auto
AGP 2.0 Speed Auto
AGP Sideband Address Auto
HT Frequency 4x
Special I/O for PCI Card Disabled
Base I/O Address 0000
I/O Length 1 Byte
System BIOS Cacheable 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
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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3-7 Integrated Peripherals
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Integrated Peripherals
> Onboard IDE Function Press Enter
> Onboard Device Function Press Enter
> Onboard Super IO Function Press Enter
Init Display First PCI Slot
Power On Function Button Only
KB Power On Password Enter
Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1
PWR Status after PWR Failure Always Off
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Onboard IDE Function
Please refer to section 3-7-1
Menu Level >
Item Help
Onboard Device Function
Please refer to section 3-7-2
Onboard 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 Onboard IDE Function
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Onboard IDE Function
OnChip IDE Channel0 Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel1 Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
Primary Master RAID Disabled
Primary Slave RAID Disabled
Secondary Master RAID Disabled
Secondary Slave RAID Disabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
IDE DMA Transfer Access Enabled
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
SATA Controller Enabled
SATA DMA Transfer Disabled
SATA Primary Master RAID Disabled
SATA Secondary Master RAID Disabled
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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OnChip IDE Channal0/Channel1
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE
channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The settings are: Enabled and
Disabled.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of
the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide
successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the
best mode for each device. The settings are: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode
4.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the
operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus
master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33 and
Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The settings are: Auto, Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If
your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic
detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. The
settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
3-7-2 Onboard Device Function
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Onboard Device Function
AC97 Sound Device Auto
nVIDIA LAN Function Auto
Current LAN MAC Address is 03018-xxxxxx
LAN MAC Address Input Press Enter
USB Host Controller Enabled
USB 2.0 Support Enabled
USB KB/Storeage Support Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
AC97 Sound Device
This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the chipset family to support AC97 Audio.
The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
Item Help
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 KB/Storage Support
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have
a USB keyboard. The settings are: Enabled, Disabled.
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3-7-3 Onboard Super IO Function
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Onboard Super IO Function
Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
UART Mode Select Normal
x UR2 Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Parallel Mode SPP
x ECP Mode Use DMA 3
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >>
Item Help
Onboard FDD Controller
Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDD) installed on the system board
and you wish to use it. If you install add-on FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select
Disabled in this field. The settings are: Enabled and Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and the second serial ports. The
settings are: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.
Onboard Parallel Port
There is a built-in parallel port on the on-board Super I/O chipset that Provides Standard, ECP,
and EPP features. It has the following option:
Disabled
(3BCH/IRQ7)/
(278H/IRQ5)/
(378H/IRQ7)
Line Printer port 0
Line Printer port 2
Line Printer port 1
Parallel Port Mode
SPP : Standard Parallel Port
EPP : Enhanced Parallel Port
ECP : Extended Capability Port
SPP/EPP/ECP/ECP+EPP
To operate the onboard parallel port as Standard Parallel Port only, choose “SPP.” To
operate the onboard parallel port in the EPP modes simultaneously, choose “EPP.” By
choosing “ECP”, the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only. Choosing
“ECP+EPP” will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes
simultaneously. The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel, so choose the onboard parallel
port with the ECP feature. After selecting it, the following message will appear: “ECP Mode
Use DMA” at this time, the user can choose between DMA channels 3 to 1. The onboard
parallel port is EPP Spec. compliant, so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with
the EPP function, the following message will be displayed on the screen: “EPP Mode Select.”
At this time either EPP 1.7 spec. or EPP 1.9 spec. can be chosen.
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3-8 Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save
energy saving while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.
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Power Management Setup
ACPI Function Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Video Off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
Power Button Function Instant-Off
Wake-Up on PCI PME Disabled
Wake-Up on Ring/LAN Disabled
USB Resume from S3/S4/S5 Disabled
Wake-Up on RTC Alarm Disabled
Day of Month Alarm 0
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm 0:0:0
AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet Control Auto
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.
Wake-Up on RTC Alarm
This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you
cannot use this function. During Enabled, choose the Date and Time Alarm:
Date(of month) Alarm
You can choose which month the system will boot up. Set to 0, to boot every day.
Time(hh:mm:ss) Alarm
You can choose what hour, minute and second the system will boot up.
Note: If you have change the setting, you must let the system boot up until it goes to the
operating system, before this function will work.
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3-9 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer
Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the
CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers
some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should
make any changes to the default settings.
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PnP/PCI Configurations
Resources Controlled By Manual
x IRQ Resources Press Enter
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
Menu Level >
Item Help
Resource Controlled By
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and
Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless
you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows95/98. If you set this field
to “manual” choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this
field (a sub menu is preceded by a “>”).
The settings are: Auto(ESCD), Manual.
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
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Leave this field at Disabled. The settings are Enabled, Disabled.
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3-9-1 IRQ Resources
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IRQ Resources
IRQ5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ15 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
Menu Level >>
Item Help
3-10 PC Health Status
This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status. This is
only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard.
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PC Health Status
Shutdown Temperature Disabled
Show PC Health in Post Enabled
Vcore 1.51V
1.5V 1.5V
+5 5.22V
+12 12.02V
+5VSB 5.17V
VDIMM 2.51V
+3.3 3.44V
Vbat 3.29V
CPU Temperature 49°C/120°F
System Temperature 28°C/82°F
CPUFAN 3060 RPM
SYSFAN 1 0 RPM
SYSFAN 2 0 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 PCHealth in Post
During Enabled, it displays information list below. The choice is either Enabled or Disabled
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 Clock/Voltage Control
This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control.
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Miscellaneous Control
** Current CPU Clock is 200MHz **
CPU Clock at Next Boot is 200
** Current AGP Clock is 66MHz **
AGP Clock at Next Boot is 66
Men Clock at Next Boot is Auto
VDIMM/VDDQ Over Voltage Enabled
VDIMM Select 2.65V(Default)
VDDQ Select 1.55V(Default)
Vcore Over Voltage Disabled
Hammer FID Select Default
Hammer Vcore Select Default
Menu Level >
Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
↑↓→←
F5:Previous Values F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults
CPU Clock at next Boot is
This item allows you to select CPU frequency step by step increasing.
The choice are: 200MHz∼300MHz.
Item Help
Mem Clock at next Boot is
This field displays the capability of the memory modules that you can use
VRAM Output
This item allows you to select 2.5V of the DDR Module. The choice are: 2.5V, 2.6V, 2.7V,
2.8V.
VAGP Output
This item allows you to select 1.5V of the AGP 4X/8X VGA card. The choice are: 1.5V, 1.6V,
1.7V, 1.8V.
VCC2.5V Voltage Select
This item allows you to select 2.5V of the VCC2.5V Voltage. The choice are: 2.5V, 2.6V.
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3-12 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.
3-13 Set Supervisor/User Password
You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences are:
Supervisor password: Can enter and change the options of the setup menus.
User password: Can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the
setup menus. When you select this function, the following message
will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed
now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to
confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press
<Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter the password. A
message will confirm that the password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to
enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system
configuration.
Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a
password every time your system is rebooted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your
computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its
Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both
at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter
Setup.
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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 98SE/ME/NT4.0/2000/XP
Insert CD into your CD-ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below.
If the menu does not appear, double-click MY COMPUTER / double-click CD-ROM drive or
click START / click RUN / type X:\SETUP.EXE (assuming X is your CD-ROM drive).
From MAGIC INSTALL MENU you may make 8 selections:
1. nFORCE install nFORCE integrated driver
2. SOUND install ALC AC97’ Codec Audio driver
3. USB2.0 install USB 2.0 driver
4. DirectX9 install Microsoft DirectX 9 driver
5. PC-CILLIN install PC-CILLIN2004 anti-virus program
6. PC-HEALTH install ITE Smart GUARDIAN driver
7. BROWSE CD to browse the contents of the CD
8. 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 AGP GART driver is to be installed,
If you are using an AGP VGA Card, NVIDIA AGP GART
Driver will provide service routines to your VGA
driver and interface directly to hardware, providing fast
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 you want to install driver . 4. click NEXT to start install IDE driver ,
When ask you “Do you want to install the
NVIDIA IDE SW driver” , Please select
“Yes” and continue install IDE driver .
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5. The NVIDIA provide a NVIDIA firewall and
Forceware Network Access Manager utility .
6. If you want to install NVIDIA firewall and
Forceware Network Access Manager utility
You can decide to install this software or
not by yourself .
7. Select install complete software and Click
8. Select interface language and Click NEXT
NEXT
9. Please choose Nvidia or Windows firewall for
10. Select Finish and restart your computer
your system.
* The path of the file is X:\NFORCE3\DRIVER\SETUP.EXE
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4-2 SOUND Install ALC655 Audio Codec Driver
1. Click SOUND when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
2. Click NEXT when the realtek AC97 Audio
Setup windows appear
3. Click Finish and Restart Windows 4. Realtek AVRACK utility
5. Sound Effect select and KaraOK Mode
Function
6. Manual Sound Effect Setting
7. This is 2/4/6 channel speakers configuration
setting
8. This is 2/4/6 channel speakers position test
The path of the file is X:\CODEC\ALC\SETUP.EXE
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4-3 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 .
4-4 PC-HEALTH install ITE SMART GUARDIAN Software for
Hardware M
1. Click PC-HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appears
onitoring Device
2. Click OK when SMART GUARDIAN
INSTALL appears
3. This to assign the path of the file, click NEXT 4. Click FINISH after the software is installed
The path of the file is X:\ALI689\SMARTGD\SETUP.EXE
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4-4-1 HOW TO UTILIZE PC-HEALTH
1. Click START/PROGRAMS/ITE SMART
ACCESSORIES / ITE SMART GUARDIAN
2. You will see a real time report about FAN
SPEED, VOLTAGE and TEMPERATURE
System will make a warning if any value is
beyond Initial setting value
3. You can click OPTION to re-set cpu / system
smart fan speed by yourself
4. You can click OPTION to re-set voltage
warning range
4-5 PC-CILLIN Install PC-CILLIN 2004 Anti-virus program
1. Click PC-CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL
MENU appear
2. Click NEXT when the "Trend Micro internet
security" installshield wizard windows appear
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3. This is license agreement, select "I Accept
the terms" and Click NEXT
4. Click NEXT and Enter your Customer
Information, Click NEXT or choose Change
to change the path for the file to be stored
5. Click INSTALL, Start to install the software 6. Setup Complete and click FINISH
7. After PC-CILLIN 2004 complete, Please
register your information and we recommend
select update item to download newest
engine code and virus code
Note : Please install ACROBAT READER, Before you read PC-CILLIN 2004 User
Manual, the path at X:\acrobat\adberdr6_enu_full.exe
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4-6 HOW TO UPDATE BIOS
Before update BIOS users have to “Disable”, “Flash Part Write Protect” item which 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. Copy latest BIOS for N250DAG from our web site to your boot disc.
STEP 4. Insert your boot disc into A:,
start the computer, type “Awdflash A:\n250xxx.BIN /SN/PY/CC/R”
n250xxx.BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be n250DAGA03.BIN or
n250DAGB02.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 and the BIOS will be updated, computer will be restarted
automatically.
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