LanPorty UT 915P-T12 User Guide

System Board User’s Manual

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Trademarks

Windows® 2000, Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel® and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Award is a registered trademark of Award Software, Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders.

Caution

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s

instructions.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

About this Manual

This user’s manual contains detailed information about the system board. If, in some cases, some information doesn’t match those shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual manual is included in the system board package.

To view the user’s manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. Click the “TOOLS” icon then click “Manual” on the main menu.

Notice

The system board and accessories you receive in the package may not come similar to the information stated in this manual. This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more information about the standard package in your region, please contact your dealer or sales representative.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction

1.1 Specifications......................................................................................................................

1.2 Special Features of the System Board.....................................................

1.3 Package Checklist.........................................................................................................

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

2.1 System Board Layout ...........................................................................................

2.2 System Memory...........................................................................................................

2.3 CPU........................................................................................................................................

2.4 Jumper Settings.............................................................................................................

2.5 Rear Panel I/O Ports..............................................................................................

2.6 I/O Connectors...........................................................................................................

Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility

3.1 The Basic Input/Output System.....................................................................

3.2 Updating the BIOS.....................................................................................................

7 10 15

16 17 20 26 31 41

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Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

4.1 Desktop Management Interface.................................................................

4.2 Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications.....................................

4.3 Installation Notes......................................................................................................

104 107 116

Introduction

Appendix A - Enabling the Hyper-Threading

Technology

A.1 Enabling the Hyper-Threading Technology...........................................

Appendix B - System Error Messages

B.1 POST Beep....................................................................................................................

B.2 Error Messages...........................................................................................................

Appendix C - Troubleshooting

C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist.................................................................................

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

1.1 Specifications

Processor

• Intel® Pentium® 4 Prescott processor

- Hyper-Threading Technology

- 533MT/s and 800MT/s (200MHz) system bus interface

• Socket LGA 775 (LAN Grid Array)

Chipset

• Intel

915P chipset

- Intel® 915P Memory Controller Hub (MCH)

- Intel® 82801FB I/O Controller Hub (ICH6)

Introduction

System Memory

• Two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets that support DDR2 400 and DDR2 533 DIMMs

• Two 184-pin DDR1 DIMM sockets that support PC2700 (DDR333) and PC3200 (DDR400) DIMMs

• Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface

• Supports up to 2GB system memory

• Supports non-ECC x8 and x16 DIMMs

• Supports 256Mb and 512Mb DRAM densities

• Supports unbuffered DIMMs

Important:

Use either DDR1 or DDR2. Do not use both at the same time.

BIOS

• Award BIOS, Windows

• Genie BIOS provides:

- CPU/DRAM overclocking

- CPU/NB/DRAM overvoltage

• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up

• Supports DMI 2.0 function

• 4Mbit flash memory

2000/XP Plug and Play compatible

Introduction

Energy Efficient Design

• Supports ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management

• Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function

• Wake-On-Events include:

- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake-On-Ring (external modem)

- Wake-On-LAN

- RTC timer to power-on the system

• AC power failure recovery

Hardware Monitor

• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm

• Monitors 12V/5V/3.3V/Vcore/Vbat/5Vsb/3.3Vsb voltages

• Monitors the speed of the CPU/system fan

• CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot-up - automatic shutdown upon system overheat

Onboard Audio Features

• Azalia audio codec with independent variable sampling rate

• True stereo line level outputs

• S/PDIF-in/out interface

• 8-channel audio output

Onboard LAN Features

• Gigabit ethernet controllers - Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express and Marvell 88E8001 PCI

• Integrated power management functions

• Full duplex support at both 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1Gbps

• Supports IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation

• Supports wire for management

Serial ATA Interface

• Supports four SATA (Serial ATA) interfaces which are compliant with SATA 1.0 specification (1.5Gbps interface)

IEEE 1394 Interface

• Supports two 100/200/400 Mb/sec ports

Introduction

IDE Interface

• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives

Rear Panel I/O Ports

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

• 2 S/PDIF RCA jacks (S/PDIF-in and S/PDIF-out)

• Karajan audio card (6 audio jacks)

• 1 IEEE 1394 port

• 2 RJ45 LAN ports

• 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

I/O Connectors

• 1 connector for 2 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• 1 connector for 1 external IEEE 1394 por t

• 1 connector for 1 external serial port

• 1 front audio connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks

• 1 CD-in internal audio connector

• 1 S/PDIF connector for optical cable connection

• 1 IR connector

• 1 CIR connector

• 4 Serial ATA connectors

• 1 IDE connector

• 1 floppy connector

• 2 ATX power supply connectors

• 5 fan connectors

• 4 diagnostic LEDs

• 1 diagnostic LED connector for external 4 diagnostic LEDs display

• EZ touch switches (power switch and reset switch)

Expansion Slots

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot

• 3 PCI Express x1 slots

• 3 PCI slots

Compatibility

• PCI 2.2 and Azalia compliant

PCB

• 6 layers, ATX form factor

• 24.5cm (9.64") x 30.5cm (12")

Introduction

1.2 Special Features of the System Board

PCI Express

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The system board currently supports the physical layer of x1 and x16 lane widths.

The x1 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per second. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance graphics infrastructure by doubling the capability of the existing AGP 8x designs over a x16 PCI Express lane that provides 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.

Hyper-Threading Technology Functionality Requirements

The system board supports Intel processors with Hyper-Threading Technology. Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms.

Components:

• CPU - an Intel

• Chipset - an Intel® chipset that supports HT Technology

• BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled

• OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT Technology

Please refer to Appendix A for information about enabling the functionality of the Hyper-Threading Technology. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to: www.intel.com/info/ hyperthreading.

Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology

Introduction

CPU Overheat Protection

CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of monitoring the CPU’s temperature during system boot up. Once the CPU’s temperature exceeded the temperature limit pre-defined by the CPU, the system will automatically shutdown. This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment.

DDR2

DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3 GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the conventional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2 SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorporates new innovations such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger 4-bit pre-fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.

DDR1

DDR1 (Double Data Rate) is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore providing two times faster data transfer.

CMOS Reloaded

CMOS Reloaded is a technology that allows storing multiple userdefined BIOS settings by using the BIOS utility to save, load and name the settings. This is especially useful to overclockers who require saving a variety of overclocked settings and being able to conveniently switch between these settings simultaneously.

Karajan Audio Card

The Karajan audio add-in card at the rear I/O panel supports 8channel audio output via the audio jacks on the card.

Introduction

S/PDIF

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders.

Serial ATA Interface

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0 specification. With speed of up to 1.5Gbps, it improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

IEEE 1394 Interface

IEEE 1394 is fully compliant with the 1394 OHCI (Open Host Controller Interface) 1.1 specification. It supports up to 63 devices that can run simultaneously on a system. 1394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps. In addition to its high speed, it also supports isochronous data transfer which is ideal for video devices that need to transfer high levels of data in real-time. 1394 supports both Plug-and-Play and hot plugging.

IrDA Interface

The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

USB Ports

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/ second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Introduction

Dual Function Power Button

Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN” field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.

Wake-On-Ring

This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the PC.

Important:

If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥720mA.

Wake-On-LAN

This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

Introduction

Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

Important:

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A.

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

RTC Timer to Power-on the System

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and time.

ACPI STR

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct

®®

Power Management. Currently, only Windows the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”

®®

when you shut down Windows through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

®®

2000/XP without having to go

®®

2000/XP supports

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

1A.

AC Power Failure Recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs.

1.3 Package Checklist

; One LANPARTY UT 915P-T12 system board ; One Karajan audio card ; One Serial ATA to Parallel ATA adapter module ; One Serial ATA power cable for the adapter module ; One IDE round cable ; One floppy round cable ; Two Serial ATA data cables ; One Serial ATA power cable ; One card-edge bracket mounted with a DB-9 serial port ; One I/O shield ; One “Mainboard Utility” CD ; One LANPARTY UT 915P-T12 User’s Manual ; One CMOS Reloaded User Guide

Introduction

If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

Hardware Installation

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

2.1 System Board Layout

Mouse

S/PDIF-in S/PDIF-out

Line-in,

Center/ Subwoofer

Front R/L,

Rear R/L

Mic-in,

Side R/L

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USB 1 USB 2

LAN 1

(PCI Express x1)

USB 3 USB 4

LAN 2 (PCI)

USB 5 USB 6

S/PDIF

Audio

USB 1-6 power select (JP2)

PS/2 power select (JP1)

LGA 775 CPU Socket

Fan 5

Intel

915P

+12V power

DDR2_1

DDR1_1

CPU fan

DDR2_2

DDR1_2

ATX

power

Marvell

88E8053

Marvell

88E8001

1 1

I/O

chip

CIR

IDE

PCIEX16

PCIEX1 1

Fan 2

1394_2

JP8

Battery

USB 7-8

USB 7-8 power select (JP3)

VIA

PCIEX1 2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

Standby Power LED

VT6307

BIOS

COM

Fan 4

DRAM Power LED

Diagnostic LED

Intel

ICH6

Clear CMOS (JP4)

SATA 4

SATA 3

SATA 2

SATA 1

PCIEX1 3

FDD

LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4

Speaker On/Off (JP8)

Reset

Power

HD-LED

RESET

SPEAKER

Fan 3

PWR-LED

ATX-SW

Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

2.2 System Memory

Hardware Installation

DDR2_1 DDR1_1

DDR2_2 DDR1_2

JP8

The system board supports two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets and two 184-pin DDR1 DIMM sockets. Both types suppor t dual channel.

Note:

Use either DDR1 or DDR2. Do not use both at the same time.

The system board supports the following memory interface.

Single Channel (SC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory channels.

Hardware Installation

Virtual Single Channel (VSC)

If both channels are populated with different memory configurations, the MCH defaults to Vir tual Single Channel.

Dual Channel (DC)

Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate.

Single Channel

Virtual Single Channel

Dual Channel

BIOS Setting

Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS.

Only one socket is populated with DIMM.

The two DIMM sockets are populated with different memory configurations.

The two DIMM sockets are populated with identical memory configurations.

2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

Hardware Installation

Notch

Key

Tab

Pin 1

1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key” on the socket.

3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.

Tab

Hardware Installation

2.3 CPU

2.3.1 Overview

The system board is equipped with a surface mount LGA 775 socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing a LGA 775 packaged Prescott CPU.

2.3.2 Installing the CPU

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the LGA 775 CPU socket on the system board.

JP8

Important:

The CPU socket must not come in contact with anything other than the CPU. Avoid unnecessary exposure. Remove the protective cap only when you are about to install the CPU.

Hardware Installation

4. The CPU socket comes with a cover that is attached with a removable protective cap. The cap is used to protect the CPU socket against dust and harmful particles. Remove the protective cap only when you are about to install the CPU.

Cover

Protective cap

Lever

5. Lift the protective cap from the location pointed below to detach the cap from the cover.

Lift this part up

6. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever down, moving it away from the side tab of the socket, then lifting it up.

Ta b

Lever lifted

Hardware Installation

7. Now lift the cover.

Cover

8. Position the CPU above the socket. The gold mark on the CPU must align with pin 1 of the CPU socket.

Important:

Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins.

Gold mark

Pin 1 of the socket

Hardware Installation

9. Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place. The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Important:

Do not force the CPU into the socket. Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU.

10. Once the CPU is in place, move the cover down.

Hardware Installation

11. Push the lever down to lock the socket. The lever should hook onto the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket.

2.3.3 Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink. Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

• Use only certified fan and heat sink.

• The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and

heat sink assembly, and an installation guide. If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section, please follow the installation guide in the package.

1. Before you install the fan / heat sink, you must apply a thermal

paste onto the top of the CPU. The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly. Do not spread the paste all over the surface. When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU, the compound will disperse evenly.

Do not apply the paste if the fan / heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside. Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan / heat sink on top of the CPU.

Hardware Installation

2. Place the heat sink on top of the CPU. The 4 studs around the heat sink which are used to secure the heat sink onto the system board must match the 4 mounting holes around the socket.

Position each stud so that the groove faces the heat sink then push it down firmly until it clicks into place.

Note:

You will not be able to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if the groove is not facing the heat sink.

Mounting holes

Groove

Mounting holes

JP8

Fan

Heat sink

Stud

3. Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board.

Hardware Installation

2.4 Jumper Settings

2.4.1 Clear CMOS Data

JP4

312

JP8

If you encounter the following,

a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the

processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.

you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.

1. Power-off the system.

2. Set JP4 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP4 back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

3. Now power-on the system.

If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4.

Hardware Installation

4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

5. Select the Genie BIOS Setting submenu and press <Enter>.

6. Set the “CPU Clock” or “Multiplier Factor” field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock or multiplier factor. Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting section in chapter 3 for more information.

7. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility. Select “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

8. Type <Y> and press <Enter>.

Hardware Installation

2.4.2 PS/2 Power Select

JP1

1-2 On: 5V

JP8

2-3 On: 5VSB

(default)

JP1 is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard/mouse port. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:

The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support

≥

720mA.

2.4.3 USB Power Select

Hardware Installation

USB 1-6

(JP2)

USB 7-8

(JP3)

(default)

2-3 On: 5VSB1-2 On: 5V

312

JP8

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

JP2 and JP3 are used to select the power of the USB ports. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

“USB KB Wake-Up From S3” in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

2-3 On: 5VSB

Important:

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A.

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

Hardware Installation

2.4.3 Speaker On/Off Select

312

JP8

JP8 is used to turn on or off the PC’s speaker. Turning on the speaker will allow you to hear the system’s beep messages and warnings.

1-2 On:

Speaker Off

Speaker On

312

2-3 On:

(default)

2.5 Rear Panel I/O Ports

Front R/L

(Line-out)

PS/2

Mouse

S/PDIF-in

Line-in

Mic-in

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LAN 2LAN 1

PS/2

K/B

The rear panel I/O ports consist of the following:

• PS/2 mouse port

• PS/2 keyboard port

• S/PDIF-in jack

• S/PDIF-out jack

• Line-in jack

• Front right/left jack

• Mic-in jack

• Center/Subwoofer jack

• Rear right/left port jack

• Side right/left por t jack

• 1394_1 port

• USB ports

• LAN 1 port (PCI Express)

• LAN 2 port (PCI)

S/PDIF-out

Rear R/L

Center/

Subwoofer

Side R/L

USB 1-2 USB 3-4 USB 5-6

Hardware Installation

2.5.1 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 Keyboard

JP8

The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location CN1 of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12. If a mouse is not connected to this port, the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards.

Warning:

Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard. Failure to do so may damage the system board.

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

The Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. To use this function:

• Jumper Setting:

JP1 must be set to “2-3 On: 5VSB”. Refer to “PS/2 Power Select” in this chapter for more information.

• BIOS Setting:

Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

2.5.2 S/PDIF-in/out Jacks

S/PDIF-in

S/PDIF-out

Hardware Installation

SPDIF in

GND

SPDIF out

Key

+5V

The system board is equipped with an onboard S/PDIF-in RCA jack (red) and a S/PDIF-out RCA jack (yellow) at locations CN4 and CN5 respectively.

The S/PDIF connector at location J1 is for optical S/PDIF cable connection. Connect the optical audio cable connector of your S/PDIF module to J1. Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J1.

DO NOT use RCA S/PDIF and optical S/PDIF at the same time.

JP8

Hardware Installation

2.5.3 Karajan Audio Card

Line-in

Mic-in

Front R/L (Line-out)

Rear R/L

Center/

Subwoofer

13 14

Installing the Karajan Audio Card

Side R/L

1 2

JP8

1. An adhesive tape is located at the underside of the Karajan card. Peel off the strip that covers the tape.

2. Inser t the 14-pin connector at the solder side of the card to J5 on the system board.

Important:

The adhesive tape is used to stabilize Karajan to the system board. Make sure to peel off the strip of the adhesive tape.

3. The system board suppor ts 8-channel audio output. Connect audio devices to the audio jacks on the Karajan audio card.

Line-in (Light Blue)

This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi-fi set, CD player, tape player, AM/FM radio tuner, synthesizer, etc.

Hardware Installation

Front Right/Left Jack (Lime)

This jack is used to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system.

Mic-in Jack (Pink)

This jack is used to connect an external microphone.

Center/Subwoofer Jack (Orange)

This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speakers of the audio system.

Rear Right/Left Jack (Black)

This jack is used to connect to the rear right and rear left speakers of the audio system.

Side Right/Left Jack (Gray)

This jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speakers of the audio system.

Front Audio

Audio codec

Line-in

Front R/L

Mic-in

Center/Subwoofer

Rear R/L

Side R/L

Line out_Left

Line out_Right

Sense

N. C.

Mic Jet Detect

Line out Jet Detect

Mic_Right

Mic_LeftGND

Vcc

The front audio connector (J4) on the Karajan audio add-in card allows you to connect to the line-out and mic-in jacks that are at the front panel of your system. Using this connector will not disable the front right/left (line-out) and mic-in functions of the card. This is because the audio jacks on the Karajan audio card are 8 independent channels and they function independently from the front audio connector.

Hardware Installation

Driver Installation

Install the “Audio Drivers”. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.

2.5.4 IEEE 1394

Hardware Installation

1394_1

1394_2

TPA-

2 1

TPA+

Ground

TPB-

+12V (fused)

Ground

TPB+

+12V (fused)

Ground

Key

JP8

The system board is equipped with an onboard IEEE 1394 port at location CN8 (IEEE 1394_1) of the system board.

It is also equipped with an IEEE 1394 connector at location J6 (1394_2) for connecting an additional 1394 port. The 1394 port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the cable connector to the 1394 connector on the system board. Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of the J6. You can now connect an IEEE 1394 device to the port.

BIOS Setting

Enable or disable the onboard IEEE 1394 in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Hardware Installation

2.5.5 Universal Serial Bus Ports

USB 2 USB 1

USB 4 USB 3

USB 6 USB 5

JP8

Ground

N. C.

+Data

-Data

VCC

USB 7-8

+Data

Ground

Key

2 1

VCC

-Data

The system board supports 8 USB 2.0/1.1 ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Six onboard USB 2.0/1.1 ports (Black) are at locations CN8 (USB 1-2), CN7 (USB 3-4) and CN12 (USB 5-6) of the system board.

J9 (USB 7-8) allows you to connect 2 additional USB 2.0/1.1 ports. The USB ports may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J9.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Hardware Installation

Driver Installation

You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information.

Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

The Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. To use this function:

• Jumper Setting:

JP2 and/or JP3 must be set to “2-3 On: 5VSB”. Refer to “USB Power Select” in this chapter for more information.

• BIOS Setting:

“USB KB Wake-Up From S3” in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A.

• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

Hardware Installation

2.5.6 RJ45 LAN Port

LAN 1

LAN 2

JP8

The system board is equipped with 2 onboard RJ45 LAN ports. LAN 1 which is controlled by the Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express controller is at location CN7 and LAN 2 which is controlled by the Marvell 88E8001 PCI chip is at location CN12.

LAN allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.

BIOS Setting

Configure the onboard LAN in the in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Driver Installation

Install the “LAN Drivers”. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.

2.6 I/O Connectors

2.6.1 CD-in Internal Audio Connector

Hardware Installation

Ground Ground

Left audio

channel

Right audio channel

Audio codec

Line-in

Front R/L

Mic-in

Center/Subwoofer

Rear R/L

Side R/L

The CD-in (J2) connector on the Karajan audio add-in card is used

to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.

Hardware Installation

2.5.2 Serial Ports

DSR

DTR

CTS

RTS

JP8

2 1

The system board is equipped with a COM connector (Teal/ Turquoise) at location J4 of the system board for connecting an external serial port. It is a RS-232C asynchronous communication port with 16C550A-compatible UART that can be used with a modem, serial printer, remote display terminal or other serial devices.

The serial port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the cable connector to J4. Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of J4.

BIOS Setting

Select the serial ports’ I/O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” field) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

2.6.3 Floppy Disk Drive Connector

Hardware Installation

JP8

133

The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable

Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header (J18) on the system board and the other endmost connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A. If you are connecting another drive (Drive B), install the middle connector of the cable to the drive. The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable should be aligned with pin 1 of J18.

BIOS Setting

Enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super I/O Device” field) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Hardware Installation

2.64 Serial ATA Connectors

JP8

TXP

GND

TXN

RXN

GND

RXP

SATA 4

SATA 3

SATA 2

SATA 1

GND

The system board is equipped with four Serial ATA connectors for connecting Serial ATA devices. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to J14 (SATA 4), J13 (SATA 3), J12 (SATA 2) or J11 (SATA

1) and the other end to your Serial ATA device.

Connecting the Serial ATA to Parallel ATA Adapter Module

The SATA to PATA module provides more flexibility to the system board by allowing you to connect an additional parallel IDE drive via a SATA connector.

1. Connect the IDE connector on the module to the IDE connector at the rear of the parallel IDE drive.

2. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to a Serial ATA connector on the system board and the other end to the Serial ATA connector on the module.

3. Connect one end of the provided power cable to the power connector on the module and the other end to the power supply.

Hardware Installation

Serial ATA connector

BIOS Setting

Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“OnChip IDE Device” field) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Power connector

IDE connector

Hardware Installation

2.6.6 IDE Disk Drive Connector

JP8

The system board is equipped with a 90o shrouded PCI IDE header that will interface two Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, the shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive.

Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable

Install one end of the IDE cable into the IDE header (J17) on the system board and the other connectors to the IDE devices.

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings.

Hardware Installation

Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive

When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 hard drives. We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not the system board.

Important:

If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM drive that is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive to Slave mode. Some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.

BIOS Setting

Enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“OnChip IDE Device” field) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Hardware Installation

2.6.7 IrDA Connector

CIRRX

N. C.

5VSB

CIR

N. C.

VCC

GND

IRRX

Ground

CIRTX

IRTX

JP8

Connect the cable connector from your CIR/IR module to the CIR connector (J24) or IR connector (J8).

Note:

The sequence of the pin functions on some CIR/IR cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board. Make sure to connect the cable connector to the CIR/IR connector according to their pin functions.

BIOS Setting

Configure CIR/IR in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” field) of the BIOS.

Driver Installation

You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the CIR/IR function. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information.

2.6.8 Cooling Fan Connectors

Hardware Installation

Sense

Power

Ground

Speed Control

CPU fan

Sense

Power

Ground

Fan 5

Power

Ground

Sense

Fan 4

Power

Ground

JP8

Ground

Sense

Fan 2

Power

Sense

Fan 3

Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connector (J21) on the system board. Fan 2 (J19), Fan 3 (J20), Fan 4 (J22) and Fan 5 (J23) are used to connect additional cooling fans. The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components.

BIOS Setting

The “PC Health Status” submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Hardware Installation

2.6.10 LEDs

DRAM

Power LED

Standby

Power LED

D-LED1-

D-LED2-

D-LED3-

D-LED4-

N. C.

2 1

D-LED1+

D-LED2+

LED 1 LED 2

JP8

LED 3 LED 4

Key

D-LED3+

D-LED4+

Diagnostic LEDs

DRAM Power LED

This LED will light when the system’s power is on.

Standby Power LED

This LED will light when the system is in the standby mode.

Diagnostic LEDs

LED 1 to LED 4 are diagnostic LEDs. The connector at location J3 allows you to connect to the diagnostic LEDs that may be present at the front panel of your system. These LEDs will indicate the current condition of the system.

Refer to the table on the next page for a list of LEDs’ status and their corresponding system condition.

Hardware Installation

Early program chipset register before POST.

Testing memory presence.

Detecting memory size.

No memory present.

Programming DRAM timing register.

Calculating DRAM size variable including row, column and bank.

Initializing JEDEC of current DRAM row.

LED 1

Off

LED 2

Off

LED 3

Off

LED 4

Off

Checking CMOS checksum and battery.

Initializing the clock generator.

Initializing USB.

Testing all memory (cleared all extended memory to 0).

Initializing the onboard Super IO.

Detecting and installing an IDE device.

Final initialization.

Booting the system.

Off

Hardware Installation

2.6.11 Power Connectors

JP8

+12V

+3.3VDC

+12VDC +12VDC

+5VSB

PWR_OK

COM

+5VDC

COM

+5VDC

COM +3.3VDC +3.3VDC

12 24

131

GroundGround

+12V

COM +5VDC +5VDC +5VDC NC COM COM COM PS_ON#

COM

-12VDC +3.3VDC

We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply has a standard 24-pin ATX main power connector and a 4-pin +12V power connector that must be inserted onto CN11 and CN10 connectors respectively.

The 4-pin +12V power connector enables the delivery of more +12VDC current to the processor’s Voltage Regulator Module (VRM).

The system board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate. Your system configuration (CPU power, amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may exceed the minimum power requirement. To ensure that adequate power is provided, we

strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt (or greater) power supply.

2.6.12 Front Panel Connectors

Hardware Installation

HD-LED

RESET

J15

JP8

HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED

This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed.

RESET: Reset Switch

This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.

SPEAKER: Speaker Connector

This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis.

ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch

Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup, this switch is a “dual function power button” that will allow your system to enter the SoftOff or Suspend mode. Refer to “Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN” in the Power Management Setup (Chapter 3).

SPEAKER

PWR-LED

ATX-SW

Hardware Installation

PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED

When the system’s power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) or S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink every second.

Note:

If a system did not boot-up and the Power/Standby LED did not light after it was powered-on, it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly. Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket.

HD-LED

(Primary/Secondary IDE LED)

Reserved

ATX-SW

(ATX power switch)

Reserved

RESET

(Reset switch)

SPEAKER

(Speaker connector)

PWR-LED

(Power/Standby LED)

Pin Assignment

HDD LED Power

HDD

N. C.

PWRBT+

PWRBT-

N. C.

Ground

H/W Reset

Speaker Data

N. C.

Ground

Speaker Power

LED Power (+)

LED Power (-) or Standby Signal

2.6.13 EZ Touch Switches

JP8

Hardware Installation

Reset Switch

Power Switch

The presence of the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user-friendly especially to DIY users. They provide convenience in powering on and/or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board before it is installed into the system chassis.

Hardware Installation

2.6.13 PCI Express x16 and x1 Slots

PCI Express x16

PCI Express x1

JP8

The system board allows installing one x16 and three x1 PCI Express cards.

Install PCI Express x16 graphics card, that comply to the PCI Express specifications, into the PCI Express x16 slot. To install a graphics card into the x16 slot, align the graphics card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot. The retaining clip of the slot will automatically hold the graphics card in place.

Install PCI Express x1 cards such as network cards or other cards that comply to the PCI Express specifications into the PCI Express x1 slot.

PCI Express x1

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

3.1 Award BIOS Setup Utility

The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board. This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS.

After you power up the system, the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins. After the memory test, the following message will appear on the screen:

Press DEL to enter setup

BIOS Setup

If the message disappears before you respond, restart the system or press the “Reset” button. You may also restart the system by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> and <Del> keys simultaneously.

When you press <Del>, the main menu screen will appear.

BIOS Setup

3.1.1 Standard CMOS Features

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Standard CMOS Features” and press <Enter>. A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear.

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.1.1 Date

The date format is <day>, <month>, <date>, <year>. Day displays a day, from Sunday to Saturday. Month displays the month, from January to December. Date displays the date, from 1 to 31. Year displays the year, from 1990 to 2098.

3.1.1.2 Time

The time format is <hour>, <minute>, <second>. The time is based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Hour displays hours from 00 to 23. Minute displays minutes from 00 to 59. Second displays seconds from 00 to 59.

3.1.1.3 IDE Channel 0 Master and IDE Channel 0 Slave

Move the cursor to the “IDE Channel 0 Master” or “IDE Channel 0 Slave” field, then press <Enter>.

BIOS Setup

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

IDE HDD Auto Detection

Detects the parameters of the drive. The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen.

IDE Channel 0 Master and IDE Channel 0 Slave

The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If you select ”Auto”, the BIOS will autodetect the HDD & CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD & CD-ROM drive. If a hard disk has not been installed, select “None”.

BIOS Setup

Access Mode

For hard drives larger than 528MB, you would typically select the LBA type. Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large. Please check your operating system’s manual or Help desk on which one to select.

Capacity

Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

Cylinder

This field displays the number of cylinders.

Head

This field displays the number of read/write heads.

Precomp

This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.

Landing Zone

This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads.

Sector

This field displays the number sectors per track.

3.1.1.4 Drive A and Drive B

These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed.

None No floppy drive is installed 360K, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 in. standard drive; 360KB capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 in. AT-type high-density drive; 1.2MB capacity 720K, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 720KB capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 1.44MB capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 in. double-sided drive; 2.88MB capacity

3.1.1.5 Video

This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select the type. The default setting is EGA/VGA.

EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For

CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter. Power up in 40-column

CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter. Power up in 80-column

Mono Monochrome adapter. Includes high resolution mono-

3.1.1.6 Halt On

BIOS Setup

EGA, VGA, SVGA and PGA monitor adapters.

mode.

chrome adapters.

This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors.

No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected. All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects

a non-fatal error.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error;

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or

3.1.1.7 Base Memory

Displays the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

error; it will stop for all other errors.

it will stop for all other errors.

keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors.

BIOS Setup

3.1.1.8 Extended Memory

Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot-up.

3.1.1.9 Total Memory

Displays the total memory available in the system.

3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features

The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.

BIOS Setup

The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

BIOS Setup

3.1.2.1 CPU Feature

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

Delay Prior To Thermal

This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50% duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment..

Thermal Management

Thermal Monitor 1 On-die throttling Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio and VID transition

TM2 Bus Ratio

This field is used to select the frequency (bus ratio) of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor turns from cool to hot.

TM2 Bus VID

This field is used to select the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor turns from cool to hot.

Limit CPUID MaxVal

The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3. Problems will occur only in certain operating systems. The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems. If you are using an operating system other than Windows, this problem may occur. To avoid tihs problem, enable this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than

NX BIOS Control

The default is Enabled. When this function is disabled, it forces the NX features flag to always return to 0.

3.1.2.2 Hard Disk Boot Priority

BIOS Setup

This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives. Move the cursor to this field then press <Enter>. Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press <+> to move it up or <-> to move it down the list.

3.1.2.3 Virus Warning

This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. When this field is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear.

After seeing the error message, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done.

Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear. If you are running such a program, we recommend that you first disable this field.

BIOS Setup

3.1.2.4 CPU L1 & L2 Cache

These fields speed up the memory access. The default value is enabled. Enable the external cache for better performance.

3.1.2.5 CPU L3 Cache

This field is used to enable or disable the CPU’s L3 cache.

3.1.2.6 Hyper-Threading Technology (for Intel with Hyper-Threading Technology only)

This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology and will appear only when using this processor.

3.1.2.7 Quick Power On Self Test

This field speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) whenever the system is powered on. The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. To attain the shortest POST time, select “Fast”.

3.1.2.8 First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device

and Boot Other Device

Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the “First Boot Device” “Second Boot Device” and “Third Boot Device” fields respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected. Set “Boot Other Device” to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device.

Pentium® 4 Processor

3.1.2.9 Swap Floppy Drive

When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A. When this field is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive A. You must have two floppy drives to use this function.

3.1.2.10 Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks. When disabled, the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB.

3.1.2.11 Boot Up NumLock Status

This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys.

BIOS Setup

3.1.2.12 Gate A20 Option

This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled. Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte. Initially, gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controller. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.

Fast The chipset controls Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.

3.1.2.13 Typematic Rate Setting

Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will

cause the BIOS to report that the key is down.

Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down,

but will first wait for a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin to repor t that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys. You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the “Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)” and “Typematic Delay (Msec)” fields below.

BIOS Setup

3.1.2.14 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated.

3.1.2.15 Typematic Delay (Msec)

This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins.

3.1.2.16 Security Option

This field determines when the system will prompt for the password

- everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup. Set the password in the Set Supervisor/User Password submenu.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied

unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.

3.1.2.17 APIC Mode

Leave this field in its default setting.

3.1.2.18 MPS Version Control for OS

This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using.

3.1.2.19 OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2.

3.1.2.20 Report No FDD For WIN 95

The options are Yes and No.

3.1.2.21 Small Logo(EPA) Show

Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot-up. Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot-up.

3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

BIOS Setup

This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset. The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources. These items should not

be altered unless necessary. The default settings have been chosen

because they provide the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system.

3.1.3.1 DRAM Timing Selectable

This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM.

By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD (Serial Pres-

ence Detect) data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type, memory size, memory speed, etc. When this option is selected, the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM. This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system. The “CAS Latency Time” to “System Memory Frequency” fields will show the default settings by SPD.

Manual If you want better performance for your system

other than the one “by SPD”, select “Manual” then

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select the best option in the “CAS Latency Time” to “System Memory Frequency” fields.

3.1.3.2 CAS Latency Time

This field is used to select the latency between the DRAM read command and the time that the data was received.

3.1.3.3 DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

This field is used to select the latency between the DRAM active command and the read/write command.

3.1.3.4 DRAM RAS# Precharge

This field is used to select the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM.

3.1.3.5 Precharge Delay (tRAS)

The options are Auto, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.

3.1.3.6 System Memory Frequency

This field is used to select the memory clock speed of the DIMM.

Refer to chapter 1 (System Memory section) for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board.

3.1.3.7 SLP_S4# Assertion Width

The options are 1 to 2 Sec., 2 to 3 Sec., 3 to 4 Sec. and 4 to 5 Sec.

3.1.3.8 System BIOS Cacheable

When this field is enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the higher the efficiency of the system.

3.1.3.9 Video BIOS Cacheable

As with caching the system BIOS, enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addresssed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the faster the video performance.

3.1.3.10 Memory Hole At 15M-16M

In order to improve system performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB. When enabled, the CPU assumes the 1516MB memory range is allocated to the hidden ISA address range instead of the actual system DRAM. When disabled, the CPU assumes the 15-16MB address range actually contains DRAM memory. If more than 16MB of system memory is installed, this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory.

3.1.3.11 PCI Express Root Port Func

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

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The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

PCI Express Port 1 to PCI Express Port 4

These fields are used to enable or disable the PCI Express port function.

PCI-E Compliancy Mode

This field is used to select the mode for the PCI Express add-in card.

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3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.4.1 OnChip IDE Device

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

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IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode. The system

BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer. The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive.

Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode.

IDE DMA Transfer Access

This field, when Enabled, will enhance the IDE DMA transfer of an IDE hard disk drive.

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE

These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller. Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller.

IDE Primary Master PIO and IDE Primary Slave PIO

PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves. Your system supports five modes, 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive.

Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according

to your hard disk drive’s timing.

Mode 0-4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk

drive’s timing. Caution: Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors.

IDE Primary Master UDMA and IDE Primary Slave UDMA

These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM.

Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for

you.

Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories.

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On-Chip Serial ATA Setting

On-Chip Serial ATA

Disabled Disables the onboard SATA. Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and

IDE drives then automatically set them to the available master/slave mode.

Combined Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and

SATA drives; allowing a maximum of 4 drives 1 IDE Master, 1 IDE Slave and 2 SATA. You must manually set the SATA and PATA drives’ mode in the “PATA IDE Mode” and “SATA Port” fields.

Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and

SATA drives; allowing a maximum of 6 drives 1 IDE Master, 1 IDE Slave and 4 SATA.

SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives

to Primary Master mode. Since the SATA drives are in Master mode, you cannot set the IDE drive to Master mode.

PATA IDE Mode

This field is used to select the function mode for the IDE 1 connector and its relation to the SATA ports.

Primary IDE 1 serves as Primary Master and Primary

Slave channel. SATA 2 and SATA 4 serve as Secondary Master and Secondary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 3 are disabled.

Secondary IDE 1 serves as Secondary Master and

Secondary Slave channel. SATA 1 and SATA 3 serve as Primary Master and Primary Slave channel. SATA 2 and SATA 4 are disabled.

SATA Port

If the “PATA IDE Mode” field is set to Primary, this field will show “P1, P3 is Secondary”; meaning SATA 2 and SATA 4 are Secondary.

If the “PATA IDE Mode” field is set to Secondary, this field will show “P0, P2 is Primary”; meaning SATA 1 and SATA 3 are Primary.

3.1.4.2 Onboard Device

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

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The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

USB Controller

Enabled Enables the onboard USB. Disabled Disables the onboard USB.

USB 2.0 Controller

If you are using a USB 2.0 device, this field must be set to Enabled.

USB Keyboard Support

By default, this field is Disabled. However, if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS, make sure to enable this function.

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USB Mouse Support

This field is used to enable or disable the USB mouse.

Azalia Audio

Enabled Select this option when using the onboard Azalia codec. Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card.

Onboard PCI-E LAN

This field is used to enable or disable LAN 1 which is controlled by the Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express controller.

Remote Boot from LAN

By default, this field is disabled. Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly.

If you wish to change the boot ROM’s settings, type the <Shift> and <F10> keys simultaneously when prompted during boot-up. Take note: you will be able to access the boot ROM’s program (by typing <Shift> + <F10>) only when this field is enabled.

Onboard PCI LAN

This field is used to enable or disable LAN 2 which is controlled by the Marvell 88E8001 PCI chip.

Onboard 1394

This field is used to enable or disable the onboard IEEE 1394.

3.1.4.3 Super IO Device

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

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The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

Power On Function

This field allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to poweron the system.

Button only Default setting. Uses the power button to power

on the system.

Password When this option is selected, set the password you

would like to use to power-on the system in the “KB Power On Password” field.

Hot Key When this option is selected, select the function key

you would like to use to power-on the system in the “Hot Key Power On” field.

Mouse Left When this option is selected, double-click the left

button of the mouse to power-on the system.

Mouse Right When this option is selected, double-click the right

button of the mouse to power-on the system.

Any Key Press any key to power-on the system. Keyboard 98 When this option is selected, press the “wake up”

key of the Windows power-on the system.

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98 compatible keyboard to

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KB Power On Password

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. Enter your password. You can enter up to 5 characters. Type in exactly the same password to confirm, then press <Enter>.

The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this field. You must type the correct password to poweron the system. If you forgot the password, power-off the system and remove the battery. Wait for a few seconds and install it back before powering-on the system.

Hot Key Power On

This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power-on the system.

Onboard FDC Controller

Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller. Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller.

Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2

Auto The system will automatically select an I/O address for

the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2.

3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 Allows you to manu-

ally select an I/O address for the onboard serial port 1 and serial por t 2.

Disabled Disables the onboard serial port 1 and/or serial port 2.

UART Mode Select

This field is used to select the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA device. For better transmission of data, your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 of 1 meter.

angle and within a distance

UR2 Duplex Mode

Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data. Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously.

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CIR Port Address

This field is used to select an I/O address for the CIR device.

CIR Port IRQ

This field is used to select an IRQ for the CIR device.

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3.1.5 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy.

The screen above list all the fields available in the Power Management Setup submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.5.1 PCI Express PM Function

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear.

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

PCI Express PME

This options are Enabled and Disabled.

3.1.5.2 ACPI Function

This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI. Currently, only Windows If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function, make sure this field is enabled then select “S3(STR)” in the “ACPI Suspend Type” field.

3.1.5.3 ACPI Suspend Type

This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode.

S1(POS) Enables the Power On Suspend function. S3(STR) Enables the Suspend to RAM function.

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2000/XP supports this function.

3.1.5.4 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume

When this field is set to Auto, the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state. This can be configured only if the “ACPI Suspend Type” field is set to “S3(STR)”.

3.1.5.5 Power Management

This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode and HDD Power Down fields are activated.

Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode

(1 hour) and HDD Power Down (15 min.)

Max Saving Maximum power saving time for the. Suspend

Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 min.

User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the

“Suspend Mode” and “HDD Power Down” fields.

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3.1.5.6 Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC + Blank This selection will cause the system to turn

off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Initializes display power management signaling. Use

this option if your video board supports it.

3.1.5.7 Video Off In Suspend

This field is used to activate the video off feature when the system enters the Suspend mode. The options are Yes and No.

3.1.5.8 Suspend Type

The options are Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend.

3.1.5.9 MODEM Use IRQ

This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system.

3.1.5.10 Suspend Mode

This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define. When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected, the CPU and onboard

peripherals will be shut off.

3.1.5.11 HDD Power Down

This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define. When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

3.1.5.12 Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system.

Delay 4 Sec. Regardless of whether the Power Management func-

tion is enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the Suspend mode. The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally “hit” or pushed the power button. Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore. Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system.

Instant-Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at

once will immediately power off your system.

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3.1.5.13 Wake-Up By PCI Card

Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI

card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the system. Access to the LAN card or PCI

card will cause the system to wake up. Refer to the

card’s documentation for more information.

Disabled The system will not wake up despite access to the PCI

card.

3.1.5.14 Power On By Ring

Set this field to Enabled to use the modem ring-on function. This will allow your system to power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem.

3.1.5.15 USB KB Wake-Up From S3

This field, when enabled, allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. This can be configured only if the “ACPI Suspend Type” field is set to “S3(STR)”.

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3.1.5.16 Resume By Alarm

Enabled When Enabled, you can set the date and time you

would like the Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC to power-on in the “Date (of Month) Alarm” and “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” fields. However, if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network (Resume On Ring/LAN) prior to the date and time set in these fields, the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network.

Disabled Disables the automatic power-on function. (default)

3.1.5.17 Date (of Month) Alarm

0 The system will power-on everyday according to the

time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field.

1-31 Select a date you would like the system to power-on.

The system will power-on on the set date, and time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field.

3.1.5.18 Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

This is used to set the time you would like the system to power-on. If you want the system to power-on everyday as set in the “Date (of Month) Alarm” field, the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu.

3.1.5.19 Reload Global Timer Events

When enabled, access to the specified field (Primary IDE 0/1, FDD/ COM/LPT Port or PCI PIRQ[A-D]#) will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode. When disabled, the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified field.

3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It 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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The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.6.1 Init Display First

This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots.

AGP When the system boots, it will first initialize the AGP. PCI Slot When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI.

3.1.6.2 Reset Configuration Data

Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration

Data (ESCD) once automatically. It will then recreate a new set of configuration data.

Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data.

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3.1.6.3 Resources Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices.

Auto The system will automatically detect the settings for you. Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the “IRQ Resources” field

respectively.

3.1.6.4 IRQ Resources

Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device.

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.6.5 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. The default value is Disabled.

Enabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards work with PCI/VGA. Disabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI/

VGA.

3.1.6.6 INT Pin 1 Assignment to INT Pin 8 Assignment

By default, a device is automatically assigned to each INT. You can also manually assign an INT for a device.

3.1.6.7 Maximum Payload Size

This field is used to select the maximum TLP payload size of the PCI Express devices. The unit is byte.

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3.1.7 PC Health Status

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.7.1 Shutdown Temperature

You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a temperature in this field. If the system detected that its temperature exceeded the one set in this field, it will automatically shutdown. This function will work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility.

3.1.7.2 CPU Core Voltage

This field will show the voltage of the processor.

3.1.7.3 DRAM Voltage

This field will show the voltage of the DRAM.

3.1.7.4 ATX +3.3V, ATX +12V., ATX +5V, NB +1.5V and +5V Standby Volt

These fields will show the output voltage of the power supply.

3.1.7.5 Voltage Battery

This field will show the voltage of the battery.

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3.1.7.6 PCB Board Tempr, VRM Power Tempr and CPU Chip Tempr

These fields will show the temperature monitored by the system.

3.1.7.7 CPU Fan Speed, Sys Fan3 Speed and Sys Fan2 Speed

These fields will show the fan speed of the cooling fans in RPM (Revolutions Per Minute).

Note:

The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting “system health” conditions but if you want a warning message to pop-up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs, you must install the Hardware Monitor utility. This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board. Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information.

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3.1.8 Genie BIOS Setting

The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

3.1.8.1 Auto Detect PCI Clk

When enabled, the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI devices.

3.1.8.2 Spread Spectrum

Leave this field in its default setting. Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician.

3.1.8.3 CPU Operating Speed

Default Default setting. Manual Select this option to manually configure the “CPU

Clock” to “N/B Strap CPU As” fields.

3.1.8.4 CPU Clock

This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor. The available options allow you to adjust the processor’s bus clock by 1MHz increment.

Important:

Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance.

3.1.8.5 PCI-Express Frequency

Default Default setting. Fix100MHz This option will set the PCI Express frequency to

100MHz.

3.1.8.6 Multiplier Factor

This field is used to select the multiplier factor for the CPU.

Important:

The multiplier factor of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer. If you are using this kind of processor, setting a multiplier factor for the processor will have no effect. The system will instead use its factory default multiplier.

3.1.8.7 Estimated New CPU Clock

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This field will show the estimated new CPU clock.

3.1.8.8 N/B Strap CPU As

This field is used to select the external hardware reset strap for the north bridge (MCH).

3.1.8.9 System Power Supply

Default Default setting. Manual Select this option to manually configure the “CPU VID

Voltage” to “NB 1.5V Voltage” fields.

3.1.8.10 CPU VID Voltage

This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU. If you want to use the CPU’s default core voltage, leave this field in its default setting. The CPU’s Vcore will be generated according to the CPU VID configuration.

Important:

Although this function is supported, we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage.

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3.1.8.11 DRAM Voltage

This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM. If you want to use the DRAM’s default voltage, leave this field in its default setting.

Important:

Although this function is supported, we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage.

3.1.8.12 NB 1.5V Voltage

This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the north bridge. If you want to use the default voltage, leave this field in its default setting.

Important:

Although this function is supported, we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage.

3.1.9 CMOS Reloaded

The CMOS Reloaded submenu allows you to save different configurations and when needed, allows you to conveniently restore one of these previously saved configurations. Highlight CMOS Reloaded in

the main menu then press <Enter>.

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The screen above list all the fields available in the CMOS Reloaded submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.

CMOS Reloaded is especially helpful to overclockers who often go through the tiresome trial and error process of repeatedly changing the BIOS settings to come up with the most ideal overclocked setting. By being able to save and load the settings, it eliminates the tedious job of remembering several settings and/or repeatedly resetting settings during the trial process. The settings are stored in the SEEPROM. SEEPROM is divided into 5 banks - the backup bank and the 4 user defined banks.

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Auto Save Bootable Setting

This field is used to automatically save the last bootable setting from CMOS to an area in the SEEPROM referred to as the backup bank. To use this function:

1. Set this field to Enabled.

2. Select “Save & Exit Setup” in the main menu then press <Enter>.

3. Type <Y> then press <Enter>.

If the changes to the setting allowed the system to boot, the setting will be stored in the SEEPROM. In other words, if the system did not boot up, the setting will not be stored. You may then follow the steps in the next section to load the last bootable setting.

Load Last Bootable Setting

If, during the trial and error process, the setting resulted to the system’s instability or worse yet, not being able to boot up the system, please follow the steps below to use the Load function.

Note:

You can use the Load function only if you have set the “Auto Save Bootable Setting” to Enabled.

1. If the system did not boot up properly but you were able to enter the BIOS utility: a. Select “CMOS Reloaded” in the main menu then press

<Enter>.

b. Move the cursor to “Load Last Bootable Setting” then press

“Load”.

c. Press <Y> to load the last bootable setting that was stored

in the backup bank.

2. If you cannot enter the BIOS utility: a. Use JP3 to clear the CMOS. Refer to chapter 2 for more

information about clearing CMOS.

b. Enter the BIOS utility then perform steps 1a to 1c.

Saving, Loading and Naming BIOS Settings

For overclockers who require different sets of settings for various system environments or operating systems, CMOS Reloaded allows you to save, load and name up to four sets of BIOS settings - in the “User Defined Setting Bank #1” to “User Defined Setting Bank #4” fields.

Save Setting to Bank With

This field is used to select the type of setting you would like saved to a User Defined Setting Bank when you use the “Save to this Bank” function of that bank.

Current BIOS Setting This option will save the current BIOS setting

to the User Defined Setting Bank.

Last BIOS Setting This option will save the last saved BIOS

setting to the User Defined Setting Bank.

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User Defined Setting Bank #1/2/3/4

Bank Description

To name the BIOS setting, move the cursor to “Bank Description” then press <Enter>. You can enter up to 60 characters. Providing a name to the BIOS setting will allow you to easily remember the settings in the bank.

Save to this Bank

To save the BIOS setting, move the cursor to “Save to this Bank” then press <Enter>. Type <Y> then press <Enter>. This will save the current setting or the last saved setting to this bank; depending on the option selected in the “Save Setting to Bank With” field.

If you want to immediately reboot to use the new settings, make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting “Y” in the “Save & Exit Setup” submenu.

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Load from this Bank

To load the setting saved in the bank, move the cursor to “Load from this Bank” then press <Enter>. The setting in this bank will replace the current setting. Make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting “Y” in the “Save & Exit Setup” submenu.

Hotkey

You can now load a BIOS setting during system boot up; bypassing the lengthy process of entering the BIOS utility to load a setting. Move the cursor to “Hotkey” then press <Enter>. Select the key you would like to use to load the settings from the bank. When the system boots up, press the key to load the setting.

3.1.10 Load Optimized Defaults

The “Load Optimized Defaults” option loads optimized settings from

the BIOS ROM. Use the default values as standard values for your system. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>.

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Type <Y> and press <Enter> to load the Setup default values.

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3.1.11 Set Supervisor Password

If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisor’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only, but not your system, set a supervisor’s password with the “Setup” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system.

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Set Supervisor Password” and press <Enter>.

Type in the password. You are limited to eight characters. When done, the message below will appear:

Confirm Password:

You are asked to verify the password. Type in exactly the same password. If you type in a wrong password, you will be prompted to enter the correct password again. To delete or disable the password function, highlight “Set Supervisor Password” and press <Enter>, instead of typing in a new password. Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.

3.1.12 Set User Password

If you want another user to have access only to your system but

not to setup, set a user’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup, set a user’s password with the “Setup” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features.

Using user’s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only “Set User Password” that appears in the main menu screen. Access to all other options is denied.

Use the arrow keys to highlight “Set User Password” and press <Enter>.

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Type in the password. You are limited to eight characters. When done, the message below will appear:

Confirm Password:

You are asked to verify the password. Type in exactly the same password. If you type in a wrong password, you will be prompted to enter the correct password again. To delete or disable the password function, highlight “Set User Password” and press <Enter>, instead of typing in a new password. Press the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.

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3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup

When all the changes have been made, highlight “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>.

Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make additional changes to the setup, press <Ctrl> <Alt> <Esc> simultaneously or <Del> after memory testing is done.

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