Lucky Star P4A845S User Manual

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P4A845S

(INTEL i845 Chipset, S-478)

ATX Form Factor

Main Board

User’s Manual

(Ver.:1.0)

Copyright©2001 by this company. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrievable system, or translated into any natural or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained here are protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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1.0 June-2001 First Official Release

Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium®4 main board. Every has effort have been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or from the use of the system board that accompanies it.

Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer of the system board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein, nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing, performance, functionality or use. Subsequent changes to this manual will be incorporated into the next edition. We welcome any suggestion regarding this manual or our computer products.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction…………………………………………3

1-1 Main Specifications……………………………………………………4 1-2 System Configuration……………………………………………..……6

1-3 Notice of Hardware Installation………….……………………....……7

Chapter 2 Installation……………….……………………….…8

2-1 Component Locations …………………..…………………………..…8 2-2 Layout Reference……………………………………………..………..9 2-3 Jumper Setting……………………………………..………..……….10 2-3-1 JP2/ JP7: USB Wake Up Function …………………………………10 2-3-2 JP3: Keyboard Wake Up Function…………………………………11 2-4 CPU Installation………………. ……………………………………12 2-4-1 CPU and System Cooling………………….…………………15 2-5 Connectors………..……………………………………………………16 2-5-1 Front Panel…………………………………………………….………16 2-5-2 Back Panel Connectors………………………………………………18 2-5-3 Power Supply Connector……………………………………………20 2-5-4 Floppy Disk Connector………………………………………………21 2-5-5 IDE1 and IDE2………………………………………………………22 2-5-6 Internal Audio Connecotrs……………………………………………23 2-5-7 WOL1:WakeUp On LAN (Optional)………………………………24 2-6 Memory………………………………………………………………25 2-6-1 Memory Installation…………………………………………………26

Chapter 3 Software Installation………………………………27

3-1 Notice of Driver Installation…………………………………………27 3-2 How to Install Software Drivers…………………………………….28

Chapter 4 The BIOS…..………………………………………29

4-1 Updating the BIOS……………………………………………………30 4-2 The CMOS Memory…………………………………………………31 4-3 The BIOS Setup Pages………………………………………………33 4-3-1 Standard CMOS Setup………………………………………………36 4-3-2 BIOS Features Setup…………………………………………………40 4-3-3 Chipset Features Setup………………………………………..……44 4-3-4 Integrated Peripherals………………………………………..……...48 4-3-5 Power Management Setup………………………………………….53 4-3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup……………………………………….56 4-3-7 Frequency/Voltage Control.…………………………………………58 4-3-8 Passwords Setting……………………………………………………..59

Chapter 5 Appendix………………………………….………61

5-1 Memory Map………………………………………………….………61 5-2 I/O Map………………………………...….………………………….62 5-3 Time & DMA Channels Map…………………………………………63 5-4 Interrupt Map………………………………………….……………...64 5-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map………………………………………….65 5-6 ISA I/O Address Map……………………………………………..66

Chapter 6 Q & A…………………………………………………………………68

Important Warnings:

WARNING: NEVER run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly

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attached. This will damage the processor within SECONDS. Also do NOT try to use Pentium Heatsinks, these will NOT fit and do NOT provide adequate cooling.

WARNING: Make sure your power supply can deliver the power your system needs.

We recommend AT LEAST a 250W power supply. Even better, get a 300W power supply, especially when using many peripherals.

Chapter 1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this high quality motherboard, we are confident that you will be able to use this motherboard to your full satisfaction. This manual is divided into 6 main sections, as described below: .

Introduction

The introduction contains information on the main specifications for this motherboard, the package contents and cautionary notes.

Hardware Installation

The Hardware Installation section is the most important in the manual. It describes in detail how to set the motherboard up for operation. Read all information and follow all steps, especially if you are a new user.

Software Installation

The software section describes the drivers that need be installed to make your OS operates properly. The drivers are provided on the driver CD.

BIOS Setup

Information on how to enter the BIOS setup and change settings is given here. In addition all individual BIOS items are described. Although some BIOS setting information is given in the hardware installation section where appropriate, refer to the BIOS Setup Section for details.

Appendix

Provides useful information

Q & A

1-1 Main Specifications

 PCB board size and form factor: 23.0cm x 30.5cm, ATX type.

 PCB layer: 4 layers

 Supported CPUs

Can support the latest 400MHz system bus Socket-478 Intel P4 CPUs up to 2GHz.

 Intel i845 Chipset (Called MCH)

The Intel Controller Hub (MCH) and the Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2). All these components are interconneted via and Intel proproetary interface called Hub Interface. The Hub Interface is designed into the Intel 845 Chipset to provide efficient communication between components. Additional hardware platform features include AGP 4x mode, PC 133 System memory, Ultra ATA/100, and Universal Serial Bus (USB). The platform is also ACPI compliant and supports Full-on , Suspend to Disk, and Soft-off power management states.

 Memory

This motherboard comes equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets to support Intel PC100/ PC133 -compliant (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) DIMM modules up to 768MB.

 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Allows only AGP 2.0 including 4X AGP VGA cards.

 PCI Expansion Slots

With five 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion slots, which can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as LAN or Video-grabber cards (PCI supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput), this motherboard is ready for the most demanding applications.

 CNR Slot

A Communication Networking Riser (C.N.R.) slot can be fitted with CNR MODEM, or MODEM/ LAN 10/100M card.

 USB interface

With support for up to 4 USB ports, two on-board, this motherboard provides ample USB expansion room.

i845 chipset consists of the following main components: Intel® Memory

 IDE interface

This motherboard comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four ATA66/ 33 devices on two channels. Supports UDMA/66, UDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as CD-R/ RW, DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, Tape Backup and LS-120 drives. An IDE-3/4 RAID function is optional.

 Super Multi-I/O

This functionality is integrated into the southbridge of the chipset. It provides two highspeed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.

 Infrared (IrDA) Connector

This functionality is also integrated into the southbridge of the chipset. The IrDA connector supports an optional IR remote control device for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, personal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.

 System BIOS This motherboard comes with a 2MB BIOS that provides CPU/ SDRAM frequency, boot block write protection, and HD/ SCSI/ CD/ Floppy boot selection. DMI is also supported through BIOS, which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility.

 Special Function A. Over 300W P4 type power supply is needed, meanwhile over 250W PIII type

power supply is acceptable but not guaranteed for proper function.

B. Provides CPU over-clocking up to 133MHz by BIOS setting but not guaranteed

for this function. Vendor is not Responsible for any damage on CPU or main board due to the over-clocking failure (Jump cap to “2-3” of JP6 to reset BIOS if

over-clocking fails). C. Suspend to memory (S3 mode) is an optional function. D. AC-97 Sound Codec chip provides “ amplifier“ function. E. Optional IDE 0/1 RAID function by using “PROMISE“ PDC 20265R chipset.

Only 4X AGP is acceptable.

1-2 System Configurations

Below is the i845 chipset based system configuration:

Intel Pentium 4 processor

System Bus

3.2GB/s

AGP4X (1.5V)

A GP Graphics

1.06GB/s

Brookdale MCH

8-Bit Hub Inter face 266MB/s

1.06GB/s

S D

D R A M

4 USB 1.1 P orts

2 ATA 100 IDE Channels

LAN Connect

AC-97 Modem CODEC (op tion al)

SIO

PCI Bus

ICH2

Flash BIOS

1-3 Notice of Hardware Installation

Before hardware installation, make sure you have checked the following things.

A. Check the package

If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchase. Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it. In the package, there are:

➨

This motherboard

➨

1 Manual

➨

1 Driver Installation CD-ROM

➨

1 IDE ATA 66/100 Flat-Cable

➨

1 Floppy Disk Drive Flat-Cable

B. Make sure power is off.

During hardware installation, be sure that there is no power connected during this period.

C. Avoid ESD (Electrical Static Discharge.)

While installing the main board, wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD (Electrical Static Discharge).

Chapter 2 Installation

2-1 Component Locations

1 2 3 4

1 Power Suppl y 2 CPU Socket-478

3 CP _FA N1 4 DIMM 5 PW- FAN1 6 FD D 7 ID E 8 In tel i8 45 9 FW82801BA

10 BATTERY 11 BIOS 12 IDE-RAID-0/1 ( OPTIO NA L )

13 SY_FAN1 14 CNR slot 15 WOL1

16 PCI slot 17 Sound Codec 18 AGP slot

19 GAME PORT L I NE -I N

L I NE -O UT M IC- I N 20 L PT, CO M

21 USB 22 PS/2 Mouse & K / B

14 1 3

2-2 Layout Reference

PS/2 Mouse & K/B

USB

COM1

COM2

JP 2 JP 3

Socket-478

CP_FAN1

PW_FAN1

F D C 1

LINE-OUT

Intel i845

LINE-IN

MIC-IN

AUX_IN1

CD_IN1

TELE1

Sound Codec

JP 6

WOL1

I nt el

FW82801BA

IDE3 (optional)

BIOS

IDE4 (optional)

CNR1

JP 7

SY_FAN1

USB2

SPEAKER

RESET

HDD_LED

SUSLED

SOFT_PWR

PWR_LED

2-3 Jumper Setting

There is no Hardward jumper setting when install CPU, meanwhile user needs to set correct “CPU clock ration” under “Frequency/ Voltage Control” in the BIOS, e.g. the ratio for 1.5G CPU is “x15”, 20G CPU is “x20” …(Please refer to page

58).

2-3-1 JP2/ JP7: USB Wake Up Function

JP2/ JP7 are 3-pin selector which provides USB wake up function. Set “1-2” to disable and set “2-3” to enable USB wake up function.

JP2/ JP7: USB Wake Up

JP 2

Function Selector

3 2 1

JP 7

Set "1-2" Normal (5V USB)

3 2 1

Set "2-3" Enabled USB Wake Up Function

2-3-2 JP3: Keyboard Wake Up Function

JP3 is a 3-pin selector that provides keyboard wake up function. Set “1-2” to disable and set “2-3” to enable keyboard wake up function.

Jp3: Keyboard Wake Up Function Selector

JP 3

3 2 1

Set "1-2" Normal (default)

3 2 1

Set "2-3" Enabled keybaord Wake Up Function

2-4 CPU Installation

The first step in the installation of your CPU is the insertion of the CPU into the 478 pins CPU socket. Please follow the steps as outlined below carefully to avoid damage to the CPU.

Avoid Static Electricity

The Intel P4 processors and your motherboard contain sensitive electronic components that can be easily damaged by static electricity. We recommend that you leave the processor in its original packaging until you are ready to install it. You should only touch the edges of the processor, NEVER touch the processor pins to avoid static discharge.

First take a moment to inspect your CPU for obvious damage due to shipping or handling. Be sure that no noticeable damage exists before proceeding. You should have the following items:

 1 Intel P4 processor.  1 good heatsink and fan assembly.

Step 1

The following figure shows the processor socket. Note that the release lever on the right side of the socket is down and latched. This position is used to lock the processor in place. The lever must be raised to install the processor. To do this, first push the lever sideways to unlatch it, then raise it all the way up (approximately 90 degrees).

Step 2

The processor pin array at the top two corners is angled and has no pins in the corners. Notice that at the top of the socket on the motherboard (near where it says "Socket 478") the corners also do not have positions for pins. The processor must be positioned so the pins match up properly. When you do that, the corner of processor that is cut off will be positioned next to the release pivot.

It should take no force to install the processor, this is a zero insertion force (ZIF) socket. If it takes any force you are doing something wrong. Check the pin alignment and also make sure the release lever is raised up completely. After placing the CPU lower the release lever to lock the processor in place.

Now with the processor properly installed, you can proceed to install the heatsink. It is important to note that If you have never installed a heatsink on an Intel PIII or Celeron processor before it may be difficult. We recommend you do a dry run a few times before doing the final installation. To allow you to do this read the following instructions. Do not remove the film on the thermally conductive compound until you are ready to do the final installation.

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WARNING: Never run the processor without the heatsink properly

and firmly attached.

Step3

The picture below shows the bottom of the heatsink. Notice the step in the heatsink surface, this portion fits over the top of the socket, where the legend "Socket 478" is molded into the plastic. The heatsink must be mounted with this step above the top of the socket or the heatsink will not be touching the processor properly.

The next picture shows the removal of the plastic film from the thermally conductive compound. The thermal compound is a thin layer of material that increases the efficiency of the heatsink by filling microscopic surface voids in the processor or heatsink surface with a thermally conductive material. Please do not remove the plastic film until you have practiced installing the heatsink and mounting the clips on the socket. It can take a few tries to get used to doing this.

The following picture shows a side view of the heatsink with the retaining clip at the bottom of the heatsink. Make sure this retaining clip is at the bottom of the heatsink before trying to install it.

The following picture shows the non-moveable end of the heatsink retaining clip installed on the lug at the bottom of the processor socket. This end of the clip simply slides over the lug when you tilt the heatsink / fan assembly towards the lug. Now lock the locking clip for the retaining strap over the lug at the other (pivot end) of the processor socket. This is an easy procedure after you do it a few times, but initially it will require you to use a finger on one hand to push the latch down and use your other hand to push the latch in. This is the part you need to practice to install the clip properly. When you are holding the heatsink, make sure you do apply pressure to the fan. You could damage it and cause thermal failure of the processor.

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Now connect the wire from the heatsink fan to the CP_FAN1 connector on the motherboard. This connector is keyed and can only be installed one way. If you use a heatsink assembly that has two cooling fans, connect one to CP_FAN and the other PW_FAN1. For more information on the FAN connectors, refer to the FAN connector section later in this section.

WARNING: Be careful not to scrape the motherboard during the mounting

of the fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard.

2-4-1 CPU and System Cooling

Any attempt to operate the Intel P4 Processor without a suitable cooling solution will result in permanent damage to the processor and potentially other components within the system.

FAN Headers

Your motherboard allows the use of in all 3 FANs. Of these 3 FANs, 1 can be used by the CPU Heatsink assembly. The other 2 FAN Headers allow connection of a Chassis Fan and a Power Supply FAN respectively. For a the location of the FAN connectors, refer to the following picture:

Fan Signal

GND +12V

SENSE

No jumper is needed for CPU installation. But need to set “CPU clock ration“ under Frequency/ Voltage Control in BIOS, e.g. 1.5G is “x15”, 1.7G is “x17”.…..

2-5 Connectors

There are many connectors on this main board. Refer to the following pages for details.

2-5-1 Front Panel

Front panel has connectors as “SPEAKER,” “RESET,” “HDD_LED,” “SUSLED,” “PWR_LED,” “SOFT-PWR.” Please refer the details as below.

SUSLED

PWR_LED

SOFT_PWR

HDD_LED

SPEAKER

RESET

SPEAKER is a 4-pin keyed Berg strip. This speaker connector is for the internal case speaker. This speaker will enable the BIOS to give spoken messages in case of boot up trouble. The BIOS been codes also use this speaker. For Games and Music this speaker will not be used, but rather the back panel line-out connector.

RESET connector is a 2 -pin keyed Berg strip, connected to the push button reset switch on the case front panel. Shorting both pin 1 & pin 2 can reset the system, which is similar to the power off and then on again.

HDD-LED (Hard Disk activity LED connector) is a 2-pin keyed Berg strip. It is used to connect to front panel Hard Disk LED. This LED will light up whenever one of your IDE devices is being accessed.

SUSLED

PWR-LED is a 3-pin connector. It is used to connect to the LED on the case front

panel. The LED shows the status of the power.

SOFT_PWR with a 2-pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current power status of system. It is used to connect to the Power Button on the front panel of the case (if there is).

2-5-2 Back Panel Connectors

There are PS/2 keyboard/ mouse, USB, COM1/2, LPT1, MIC, LINE-IN, LINE-OUT and GAME Port on case back panel. Please refer to more details as below.

COM1/COM2

The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9-pin D-subminiature male connector COM1 and COM2. COM1 and COM2 can be disabled in BIOS setup. Please refer to Chapter 3 “Integrated Peripherals” for more information.

PS2 Keyboard/ Mouse

The Keyboard can be plugged in in only one way. Please do nor force the connector in, it may get damaged by use of excessive force. It is easy to make the mistake of reversing the PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors. If your keyboard does not work, check this first. The keyboard must be inserted into the lower connector. The Mouse can be plugged in in only one way, too. Please do not force the connector in, it may get damaged by use of excessive force.

LPT

The onboard parallel port is a 25-pin female connector. It supports standard printer port, Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), Extended Capabilities Port (ECP), Standard Parallel Port (SPP).

USB:USB (Universal Serial Bus) Connector

Universal Serial Bus connector, marked as “USB,”is used to connect USB devices. There are 2 USB connectors on this main board.

Midi/Game Port & External Audio Connectors

Midi/Game port has 15 pins connecting to the game joystick. External Audio connectors are ”LINE-OUT,LINE-IN, MIC-IN ” for audio functions.

2-5-3 Power Supply Connector

This main board needs P4 power supply which contains ATX, AUX_1 & AUX_PW1 3 power connectors, ATX power supply connector has 20 pins, which is especially designed for ATX case. AUX_1 power supply connector has 4 pins. The ATX power supply supports the function of the “Soft Power

On Momentary switch” which connects the front panel switch to the 2-pin SOFT-PWR on the system board. While the power switch on the back of

ATX power is turned on, the full power will not go into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed. Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board.

ATX Power

AUX_1

ATX

AUX_1

AUX_PW1

Traditional PIII power supply over 300W also acceptable but not

been guaranteed for proper function.

2-5-4 Floppy Disk Connector

Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and allows connection of a floppy drive. In all two floppy drives can be connected to the mother board, known as floppy A and B. The BIOS allows you to disable the floppy controller if you do not use any floppy driver, that will free an Interrupt. The BIOS also allows swapping of floppy A and B although this will not be useful to most users.

2-5-5 IDE1 and IDE2

The IDE connectors are used to connect IDE devices such as Harddisks and CDROM drives to the motherboard. Each connector constitutes an IDE channel, each channel accepts 2 IDE devices, one Master and one Slave. The IDE 1 connector is also known as the primary channel, IDE 2 is the secondary channel. Therefore the primary Master is the IDE device connected to IDE1 as Master, the primary Slave is the IDE device conneced to IDE 1 as Slave. Jumpers on the IDE device determine Master and Slave settings. Your harddisk or CD-ROM should have a sticker with jumper settings. Make sure that you set these jumpers correct. Please use the following advice as reference:  If you have only device connected to an IDE connector, always set it as

Master.

 If you have one HDD and CD-ROM in your system, then connect the HDD

to IDE1 as Master, and the CD-ROM to IDE 2 as Master

 If you have one Harddisk and one CD-ROM connected to the same IDE

connector set the HDD to Master and the CD-RAM to Slave.

IDE1 IDE2

2-5-6 Internal Audio Connectors

Internal Audio Connectors are “CD_IN.” It is a CD ROM external audio input signal to line-out (speaker) of the main board.

CD_IN

2-5-7 WOL1: Wake up on LAN (Optional)

Wake up on LAN marked as “WOL1,” is a 3-pin connector. To support this

feature, a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed, too.

WOL1

WOL1 (Wake up on LAN) function requirement:

Power supply should be able to offer at least 1A current driving

ability to the signal “5V trickle voltage.”

2-6 Memory

This motherboard supports only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Two sockets are available for 3.3 Volt unbuttered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). The sizes that are supported are:8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 , memory sizes between 64MB to 512MB can be formed this way. Refer to the picture below for the position of the DIMM slots:

Memory speed is controlled through the BIOS, on the Advanced Chipset Features Setup page. you will find several items related to SDRAM speed. Refer to the BIOS section for more details.

WARNING:

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 DIMM modules that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this

motherboard. (Due to signal integrity)

 If the system CPU bus operates at 100MHz/133MHz, use only PC100-

/PC133-compliant DIMMs. (System won’t boot otherwise)

2-6-1 Memory Installation

The DIMM modules can be inserted in DIMM slots 1 to 2. Because of the two notches in the DIMM module it can be inserted in only one way. Please refer to the picture below for information on how to insert the DIMM modules.

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WARNING:

Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards

DIMM

Chapter3 Software Install

3-1 Notice of CD Driver Installation

This CD contains below drivers. The user must read “Index” before installing required drivers. Index offers all the information on all the drivers.

1. Main boards: 5gxm, 6aap5, 6va693a, 6va693am, 6va694, 6vapm, 6vmpl,

2. DX8: Windows DirectX8 driver.

CD driver is always updated with the latest version, so the actual CD content may be somewhat different from the above picture.

6vmple1, 6vmple2, 6vple1, Amdk7, I810, I815e, I845, Intv, K7mkle, K7vat,

Ktapro, Kx133, P4vas, Vap266a (please select I845 directory for this main

board)

3. Flashrom: BIOS flash upgrade utility .

3-2 How to Install Software Driver

Installation Procedure:

1. Setup 1: Install 845 INF (Path: root: \ Intel inf\ Setup.exe)

2. Setup3: Install Sound Driver

For Windows95: (Path: root: \ IntelAC97\ Alc\ Win95\ Setup.exe) For Windows98: (Path: root: \ IntelAC97\ Alc\ Win98\ Setup.exe) For Windows2000: (Path: root: \ IntelAC97\ Alc\ Win2000\ Setup.exe) For WindowsNT: (Path: root: \ IntelAC97\ Alc\ Winnt\ Setup.exe)

Chapter4 The BIOS

The BIOS is a piece of software (Basic Input Output System) that performs most low level tasks. When you start up your system, the BIOS is the first code that gets to run. The BIOS resides in a FLASH ROM, and the code in the FLASH ROM can be updated through a special utility called AWDFLASH. (Award Flash). This is generally not necessary, but in some cases updating the BIOS is necessary to support new devices that were not on the market at the time the motherboard was released. For the physical location of the BIOS FLASH ROM IC on your motherboard, refer to the picture below:

BIOS

The BIOS IC is inserted in an IC socket, which means that it can be removed and exchanged for another IC if necessary.

Is updating my BIOS necessary?

As a general rule if your system is functioning properly and you are not an experienced user, do not try to update the BIOS. Only if you have specific problems that a BIOS update may solve may it be advisable to update the BIOS. The update process is pretty complex, and you should bear in mind that if updating the BIOS goes wrong you may render your system unbootable. Therefore, do not update unless you know what you are doing.

Finding the latest official BIOS revision

For the latest official BIOS revision, please go to our website at www.lucky-star.com.tw. On the support page you can find the latest BIOS files for our motherboards.

4-1 Updating the BIOS

As said, this procedure is complicated, only update your BIOS when you experience

problems with your system. Because each BIOS release completely overwrites the previous version and there is no need to update to intermediate BIOS releases when updating the BIOS. Therefore always use the latest BIOS revision when doing a BIOS update. The BIOS update procedure is as follows:

 In order to flash update the BIOS, you will need 2 files:

The BIOS binary file (.bin file from the website)

AWDFLASH.EXE utility file. (This utility can be downloaded from our website)

 Create a directory on your C harddisk drive: and name it FLASH  Put the BIOS .bin file and the AWDFLASH utility in the FLASH directory.

You may want to jot the BIOS .bin file name down on a piece of paper.

 Restart the computer, press DEL to go into the BIOS, then please disable the

following:

System BIOS Cacheable (in Advanced Chipset Features)

Video BIOS Shadow (in Advanced BIOS Features)

Save the changes by selecting ‘save and exit’, and restart the computer.  Press Ctrl + F5 just before Windows is starting up (right after the second BIOS

screen) for a DOS boot, you will see the message "Windows is bypassing all your

startup files". You end up at a DOS prompt.

 Now type cd FLASH to change to the newly created directory.  Here type AWDFLASH mybios.bin /py /cc /sn /cd, where mybios.bin is the file name

for the BIOS binary file you want your BIOS to upgrade to. Now the upgrading will

begin.

WARNING:

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 After the upgrading has ended press F1 to reset, press DEL to go into BIOS and make

the following changes:

Load Setup Defaults.

Do NOT in any way disturb the system during upgrading. If for any reason the system is stalled your system may not be able to boot again.

Go into the Frequency/Voltage Control page to adjust your CPU speed and voltage

(please make sure the CPU voltage matches your CPU specs, in case of doubts leave it

to ‘default’). Save your settings and you are done.

4-2 The CMOS memory

The BIOS uses the CMOS memory to store all the settings that have been made through the BIOS Setup pages.

Battery

The CMOS memory remembers all settings, even when the system is switched off, by use of a 3V Lithium battery. If this battery runs low CMOS is unable to keep its settings and you will need to replace the battery. The BIOS will give you an error message when it detects a low battery voltage. The error message ‘CMOS checksum error’ may also point to a low battery problem.

Restoring default settings

You can load default values into the CMOS memory by selecting ‘Load Optimized Defaults’ in the BIOS Setup. If you need to force the CMOS settings to default without entering the BIOS Setup page you can use the JP6 jumper. For the location of the jumper and the battery, refer to the following picture:

JP 6

Battery

BIOS

Normally JP6 will be in the 1-2 position, this will connect the battery to the southbridge of the chipset which contains the CMOS memory. If JP6 is temporarily set to 2-3 this will interrupt the battery electricity flow, and the CMOS memory will be erased, this will however only work if the power supply is not switched on. Now at the next reboot the BIOS will automatically load the CMOS default values. Take the following steps to clear CMOS memory:

 Take the power cord from the power supply.

 Temporarily set JP6 to 2 – 3, and set it back to 1 – 2.  Put the power cord back and restart the system, the default values will

be loaded.

CMOS Status

JP6 Retain CMOS settings Clear CMOS Settings

CMOS

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The following part of this chapter will describe the individual BIOS Setup pages and all the items that can be adjusted to fine tune your system.

4-3 The BIOS Setup Pages

To enter the BIOS Setup pages, thke the following steps:

 Start up the system.  After memory counting has finished, press [DEL] to enter the BIOS Setup

pages.

Now the following menu will appear:

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

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type . . .

Selecting items

To Select items, use the following method:

 Use the arrow keys to move between items and select fields.  Press [enter] to enter the selected submenu.

Submenus

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item

All items that start with a " are submenus. Pressing [enter] when a submenu is selected will enter that submenu.

Modifying selected items

The [Up]/[Down] keys can be used to modify values within the selected fields. Note that some fields also let you enter values directly.

Hot Keys

Throughout the BIOS Setup Pages the hot keys will give you access to a group of commands. Refer to the following table for the hot keys and their function:

Key Command Description

Save & Exit Setup Saves the changes made and reboots the system.

F10

Quit Returns to the previous menu

[Esc]

Help General Help

Help Help for specific item

Previous values Restores the previous values. These are the values that the

Optimized Defaults Loads all options with the Optimized Default values.

user started the current session with.

Save & Exit Setup

When you select the [SAVE & EXIT SETUP] option from the Main Menu, all changes that you made will be saved to the CMOS memory and the setup utility will exit, rebooting your system.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Periph

Power Manag

PnP/PCI Conf

PC Health Status

Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)?

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

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Exit: Without Saving

Pressing [Y] and [enter] will save the changes, pressing [N] and [enter] will keep the old settings.

Exit Without Saving

Selecting ‘Exit Without Saving’ will exit Setup without saving changes to CMOS.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Periphral

Power Manag

PnP/PCI Conf

PC Health Status

Pressing [Y] and [enter] will Exit without saving, pressing [N] and [enter] will not Exit.

Quit without Saving (Y/N)?

PC Health Status

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

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Exit: Without Saving

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4-3-1 Standard CMOS Setup

Select the [STANDARD CMOS SETUP] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

Date (mm:dd:

Time (hh:mm:ss) 11 : 51 : 58

IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave

IDE Secondary Master

IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.

Drive B None

Video EGA / VGA

Halt On All, But Keyboard

Base Memory: 640K

Extended Memory: 31744K

Total Memory: 32768K

↑ ↓ → ←

: Move Enter: Select + / - / PU / PD: value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

This screen allows you to change the basic CMOS Settings such as date and time, harddisk type etc. After you have made the changes you need to make press [ESC] to return to the main menu.

Standard CMOS Features

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Press Enter None Change the day, month, year and Century

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Date and Time

Default Possible Settings Notes Date

Time

Weekday, month, day ,year hh:mm:ss Type the current time 24-hour clock format. (15:15:00

Type the current date. (weekday auto changes)

Using the P-Up / P-Dn keys to toggle is possible

= 3:15:00)

IDE Devices

When you select one of the IDE devices, a submenu will pop up. Refer to the picture below.

IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Ente

IDE Primary Master Auto

Access Mode Auto

To auto-detect the HDD’s size, head… on this

Capacity 0 MB channel

Cylinder 0

Head 0

Precomp 0

Landing Zone 0

Sector 0

This Menu is the same for all 4 IDE devices:

 Primary Master IDE 1 first device  Primary Slave IDE 1 second device  Secondary Master IDE 2 first device  Secondary Slave IDE 2 second device

Values Meaning

IDE HDD Auto Detection

Press Enter

Pressing Enter will make the BIOS auto detect the IDE device on this channel. The result will be displayed below, starting with the ‘capacity’ item. (These items are read only)

IDE xxx Auto This will auto detect the device at each boot up.

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Manual

None

This will use the setting set by the user. No auto detection at start up will take place. This setting means no device is present. This will prevent the BIOS from looking for a device and speed up booting.

CHS Selects the CHS access mode.

Access Mode

LBA

Large For very large HDDs.

Logical Block Addressing, for HDD drives larger than 504MB (All modern HDDs)

Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the best access mode.

Drive A and Drive B

The Drive A / B items allow you select the type of device that you have attached to the Floppy (FDD1) connector on the motherboard. You can select between different floppy disk drive types by using the Page-Up and Page-Down keys. If you press [enter] while Drive A or B is selected the following menu will pop up that will allow to choose a device as well:

Drive X

None … [ ]

360K, 5.25 in. ... [ ]

1.2M, 5.25 in. … [ ] 720K, 3.5 in. … [ ]

1.44M, 3.5 in. …

2.88M, 3.5 in. … [ ]

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: Move Enter:Accept ESC: Abort

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Video

The Video item allows you to select a video mode. Since most modes are outdated we advise you to always select EGA/VGA. You can select between different video modes by using the Page-Up and Page-Down keys. If you press [enter] a menu pops up. (Mono is for a monochrome screen that can only display one color)

Video

EGA/VGA … CGA 40 ... [ ]

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CGA 80 … [ ] MONO … [ ]

↑ ↓

: Move Enter:Accept ESC: Abort

Halt On

The BIOS will stop booting when an error is detected. You can set through this item what errors will stop the system booting. You can select between different error modes by using the Page-Up and Page-Down keys.

Values Meaning

All Errors Stop booting on all errors. No Errors Always Boot, no matter what error is detected.

Halt On

ALL, BUT KEYBOARD All, but diskette All, but disk/key

Stop booting on all errors, but not on a keyboard error.

Stop booting on all errors, but a diskette error.

Stop booting on all errors, but keyboard and diskette errors.

4-3-2 BIOS Features Setup

Select the [Advanced BIOS Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

Virus Warnin

CPU L1 & L2 Cache Enabled

Quick Power On Self Test Enabled

ATA100 Chip Boot Device ATA100 Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning

First Boot Device Floppy feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector

Second Boot Device HDD 0 protection. If this function is enabled and

Third Boot Device LS 120 someone attempt to write data into this area,

Boot Other Device Enabled BIOS will show a warning message on

Swap Floppy Drive Disabled screen and clarm beep.

Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled

Boot Up NumLock Status On

Gate A20 Option Fast

Typematic Rate Setting Disabled

X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6

X Typematic Delay (Msec) 250

Security Option Setup

APIC Mode

MPS Version Control For OS 1.4

OS Select For DRAM > 64 MB Non-OS2

Report No FDD For WIN 95 No

Advanced BIOS Features

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Small Logo (EPA) Show Enabled

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: Move Enter: Select + / - /PU / PD: value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

The screen is not as long on your monitor. You can use the arrow keys to scroll down and up the page. The following explains all individual items and their meaning.

Virus protection

Values Meaning

Virus Warning

Enabled

Disabled The BIOS will allow write attempts to the boot sector

The BIOS will give a beep and a warning whenever an attempt is made to write to the boot sector of the HDD.

CPU Cache settings

Values Meaning

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

Disabled

Enabled

Quick Power On Self Test

Values Meaning

Quick Power On Self Test

Enabled

Disabled

The BIOS will execute test routines that test most parts of the motherboard during boot up. The BIOS will skip the tests, speeding up the boot process. Errors will on the other hand not be detected.

Floppy Drive Settings

Values Meaning

Swap Floppy Drive

Enabled

Disabled Floppy A and B are not swapped

This will swap floppy A and B. Most systems not even have 2 floppy drives, so this item is irrelevant .

Boot-up Floppy Seek

Enabled

Disabled The BIOS will not test the amount of tracks.

The BIOS will test whether the floppy has 40 or 80 tracks during boot up. All new floppy drives are 80 tracks.

Boot Devices

The first to third boot device items allow you to select what device the system should boot from. If the BIOS fails to boot from the first boot device, it will attempt to boot from the second boot device, if that fails too, the third boot device is tried. If you set the boot other device item to enabled, the BIOS will try to boot from other devices if the first to third choices all fail. If you set this item to disabled, the BIOS will not boot if the first to third devices all fail to boot.

Values Meaning

The system attempt to boot from diskette. (first boot device default) The system will attempt to boot from an attached LS 120 drive. (Third boot device default) The system will attempt to boot from the first HDD. (Second boot device default) The system will attempt to boot from the first device attached to the first SCSI interface.

The system will attempt to boot over the network. You will require a LAN card with boot BIOS for this option to function.

First ~ Third boot device

Floppy

LS 120

HDD 0

SCSI

CD-ROM The system will attempt to boot from the first CD-ROM found. HDD1 The system will attempt to boot from the second HDD. HDD2 The system will attempt to boot from the third HDD. HDD3 The system will attempt to boot from the fourth HDD. ZIP100 The system will attempt to boot from an attached ZIP 100 drive

LAN

Disabled This disables booting from this device.

Keyboard Typematic Rate and Delay Settings

If you set the typematic rate setting item to disabled, the system will use the defaults of 6 and 250 for the rate and delay items. If you set it to enabled you can select the values yourself. Refer to the table below:

Values Meaning

Typematic Rate

Typematic Delay

6 ~ 30

250 ~ 1000

This value sets the amount of time a character is repeated per second if it is kept down on the keyboard. Choose from the following values: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.

This value sets the amount of time in ms before a character starts repeating after it was pressed on the keyboard. Choose from 250, 500, 750 and 1000 ms.

Security Option

The security option item allows you to select when the password needs to be entered. Refer to the table below:

Values Meaning

Security Option

Setup

System The password must always be entered at boot.

Password must be entered only when the user wants to enter the BIOS setup.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Values Meaning

OS select for DRAM > 64MB

Non-OS2 If your OS is not OS2, always select this setting.

OS2 Select this setting only if your OS is OS2

Report No FDD For WIN 95

Values Meaning

Report No FDD For WIN 95

Yes

4-3-3 Chipset Features Setup

Select the [Advanced BIOS Features] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

DRAM Timing Selectable

CAS Latency Time 1.5

Active to Precharge Delay 7

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay 3

DRAM RAS# Precharge Time 3

DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non-ECC

Memory Frequency For

Dram Read Thermal Mgmt Disabled

System BIOS Cacheable Enabled

Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled

Video RAM Cacheable Disabled

Memory Hole At 15M-16M Disabled

Delayed Transaction Enabled

AGP Aperture Size (MB) 64

Delay Prior to Thermal 16Min

Flash BIOS Use GPIO 23 Disabled

Advanced BIOS Features

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F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

The screen is not as long on your monitor. You can use the arrow keys to scroll down and up the page. The following explains all individual items and their meaning.

SDRAM Timing

If the DRAM Timing by SPD item is set to Enabled, the three items below will automatically be set be the BIOS. To do this the BIOS will read information out of the SPD EPROM that is located on the DIMM module, this information will tell the BIOS how to best accesses the memory. If you set this item to disabled, you can set the memory access items yourself. A word of warning though, if you are not familiar with DRAM settings does NOT make any changes (for the sake of system stability). Refer to the table below for the meaning of the individual DRAM items:

Values Meaning

DRAM Timing Selectable

CAS Latency Time

SDRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

SDRAM RAS

Normal

By SPD

1.5

2.5

These controls the DRAM page miss and row miss lead off timing.

SDRAM precharge time by RAS.

Precharge Time DARM Data Integrity Mode

Non-ECC

ECC

BIOS Cacheable

System BIOS Cacheable

Video BIOS Cacheable

Values Meaning

Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled

Define whether system BIOS area cacheable or not.

To define whether video BIOS area cacheable or not.

Memory Hole

Some old devices need a memory hole to be present between 15M and 16M. CPU Cycles matching the hole will be passed on to the PCI bus instead of accessing the memory. Normally you can disable this setting, but if one of your devices needs it set it to enabled.

Values Meaning

Memory Hole at 15M-16M

Disabled There is no memory hole. Enabled A memory hole exists between 15 and 16MB.

Delay Transaction

Values Meaning

Delay Transaction

Enabled Disabled

AGPAperture Size (MB)

Values Meaning

On-Chip Video Window Size

4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256

4-3-4 Integrated Peripherals

Select the [Integrated Peripherals] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

Onchip Primary PCI IDE

IDE Primary Master PIO Enabled

IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto

IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto

IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto

Onchip Secondary PCIIDE Enabled

IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto

IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto

IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto

USB Controller Enabled

USB Keyboard Support Disabled

USB Mouse Support Disabled

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AC97 Audio Auto

AC97 Modem Disabled

Init Display First PCI Slot

GPIO 28 Set Enabled

IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled

POWER ON Function Any KEY

KB Power ON Password Enter

Hot Key Power ON Ctrl-F1

Onboard FDD Controller Enabled

Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto

Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto

UART Mode Select Normal

RxD , TxD Active Hi, Lo

IR Transmission Delay Enabled

UR2 Duplex Mode Half

Use IR Pins IR-Rx2Tx2

Onboard Parallel Port 378/ IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode SPP

EPP Mode Select EPP1.7

ECP Mode Select 3

PWRON After PWR-Fail Off

Game Port Address 201

Midi Port Address Disabled

X Midi Port IRQ 10

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: Move Enter: Select + / -/ PU / PD: value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

The screen is not as long on your monitor. You can use the arrow keys to scroll up and down the page.

IDE Channel Settings

The following table explains IDE channel settings and what they mean:

Values Meaning

Onchip Primary PCI IDE

Onchip Secondary PCI IDE

xxx PIO

Enabled Enables the use of the first (primary) IDE channel.

Disabled This will disable the use of the first (primary) IDE channel.

Enabled Enables the use of the secondary IDE channel.

Disabled This will disable the use of the secondary IDE channel.

Auto

The BIOS will assign a PIO mode to this device automatically when appropriate

Mode 0 Select a PIO Mode here. PIO mode 0 is slowest, PIO mode 4 is

xxx - UDMA

Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4

Auto

fastest, check your HDD to see what PIO mode it supports.If your IDE device supports UDMA mode, then it best to enable that mode since it is considerably faster than PIO mode. (Set to auto for auto-detection)

The BIOS will automatically use Ultra DMA Mode if the IDE device supports it.

Disabled This will disable the use of Ultra DMA for this device.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Enabled

Disabled Block Mode is not used.

Block mode allows faster transfer of data between the system and the HDD. Most modern HDDs support it.

USB Setting

Values Meaning

USB Controller

USB Keyboard Support

USB Mouse Support

Enabled This will allow use of a USB drive. Disabled If you do not need a USB drive, set this item to disabled.

Enabled This will allow use of a USB keybaord.

Disabled If you do not need a USB keyboard, set this item to disabled.

Enabled This will allow use of a USB mouse.

Disabled If you do not need a USB mouse, set this item to disabled.

Display Initialization

Values Meaning

Inie Display First

PCI Slot

Onboard The onboard AGP is first scanned.

The BIOS will first search for a VGA adapter on the PCI bus, if one is found it will be used as primary display.

Floppy Drive

Values Meaning

Onboard FDD Controller

Enabled This will allow use of a floppy drive.

Disabled If you do not need a floppy drive, set this item to disabled.

AC97 Setting

Values Meaning

AC97 Audio

Enabled This will allow use of a onboard AC97 sound codec.

Disabled

If you do not need a onboard AC97 sound codec, set this item to disabled.

AC97 Modem

Enabled

Disabled

Power On Function

Values Meaning

Any Key Turn on power by click and key. Button Only Only push power-on button.

Power On Function

KB Power On Password

Hot Key Power On

Keyboard 98 Click with muti-media keyboard power-on Password Power-on after key-in password (Must key-in password first). Hot Key Power-on by not key (must set hot-key first). Mouse Lelt Power-on when mouse left key click Mouse Right Power-on when mouse right key dick.

Enter

Ctrl-F1~ Ctrl-F12

COM ports (Serial Ports)

Values Meaning

Auto The bios will automatically use serial ports.

If you do not need the serial port in question, set this item to disabled.

Set an IO address and an IRQ to be used by serial ports.

Onboard serial port 1 / 2

Disabled

3F8/IRQ4 2F8/IRQ3 3E8/IRQ4 2E8/IRQ3

IR Control

Values Meaning

Normal

UART Mode Select

IrDA Allows use of the IR port in IrDA mode. ASKIR Allows use of the IR port in ASKIR mode. SCR Allows use of the IR port in SCR mode.

UR2 Duplex Mode

Half Select if your IR device supports Half duplex only. Full For IR devices that support full duplex.

Parallel Port (Printer Port)

Values Meaning

Disable Disables use of the parallel port.

On board Parallel Port

3BC / IRQ7 378 / IRQ7 278 / IRQ5

Select an IO Address and an IRQ to be used by the parallel port.

SPP Enables use of SPP devices.

Parallel Port Mode

EPP Enables use of EPP devices. ECP Enables use of EPP devices. ECP + EPP Enables use of ECP + EPP devices.

ECP mode use DMA

1 or 3

Select either DMA channel 1 or 3 (This is only relevant if ECP was selected above). Default is channel 3.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

Values Meaning

PWRON After PWR-Fail

Off Default On Power-on when power-fail Former-Sts If before power-fail is power-on (off) then turn on (off) PC

MIDI

Values Meaning

Midi Port Address

Midi Port IRQ

300 Set mpu401 port address at 300. 330 Set mpu401 port address at 330. Disabled Without midi port or none AC97 m/b

5 Set mpu-40 port IRQ address at 5. 10 Set mpu-40 port IRQ address at 5.

Game Port

Values Meaning

201 Setting game port address at 201

Game Port

209 Setting game port address at 209. Disabled Disabled game port.

4-3-5 Power Management Setup

Select the [Power Management Setup] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

ACPI Function

ACPI Suspend Type S1 (POS)

Power Management User Define

Video Off Method DPMS

Video Off In Suspend Yes

Suspend Type Disabled

MODEM Use IRQ 3

Suspend Mode Disabled

HDD Power Down Disabled

Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant-Off

CPU THRM-Throttling 50.0%

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Power On by Ring Enabled

X USB KB Wake-Up Form S3 Disabled

Resume by Alarm Disabled

X Date(Of Month) Alarm 0

X Time(hh: mm: ss) Alarm 0 0 0

** Reload Global Timer Events **

Primary IDE 0 Disabled

Secondary IDE 0 Disabled

Secondary IDE 1 Disabled

FDD, COM, LPT Port Disabled

PCI PIRQ[A-D]# Disabled

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: Move Enter: Select PU / PD / + / - : value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Values Meaning

ACPI Function

Enabled Disabled User Define The three items below can be set by the user

Power Management

HDD Power Down

Suspend Mode

Min Saving

Max Saving

1 – 15 Min

Disabled Will not power down the HDD.

1 Min to 1 Hour

The three items below are set to: disabled, 1 hour, 1hour respectively. The three items below are set to: disabled, 1 min, 1min respectively.

Will power down the HDD if it is idle for the amount of minutes selected here.

Selecting a time will force the system into suspend mode after being idle for that time. Choose from the following time intervals: 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 20, 30, 40 min and 1 Hour

Disabled The system will never enter suspend mode.

Video Options

Values Meaning

Video Off Method

Video Off In Suspend

Blank Screen V/H sync + blank DPMS support

Yes No

The screen will be blank (black) only.

The vertical and horizontal sync pulses will be stopped, and the screen will be blank. If your monitor supports DPMS, it can be switched off through that.

Stop Grant

Suspend Type

PwrOn Suspend

Modem IRQ

Values Meaning

Modem Use IRQ

NA This disables the modem IRQ

3 - 11

Select an IRQ line that will be assigned to your modem here. Choose from: 3 (default), 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11.

Power Button

Values Meaning

Soft off by power button

Instant-off

Delay 4 Sec

Wake Event s Values Meaning

Wake-Up By PCI Card

Enabled Allow the system to wake up on a PCI card IRQ. Disabled Will not allow the system to wake up on a IRQ form a PCI card.

Resume By Alarm Values Meaning

Switches the system off immediately when pressing the power button. This requires you to press the power button for at least 4 seconds before the system switches off.

Resume By Alarm

Enabled

Disabled Disabled this function.

You can set the date and time on RTC (real-time clock) alarm awaken a system which has been powered down.

Date Setting Values Meaning

Date (of Month) Alarm/ Time (HH:MM:SS)

You can set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring will awaken a system which has been powered down.

IDE Values Meaning

Primary (Secondary ) IDE 0/1

Enabled Enabled monitor Primary (Secondary) IDE 0/1 for Green event/

Disablec Disabled this function.

FDD, COM, LPT Port Values Meaning

FDD, COM, LPT Port

Enabled Disabled

Wake Ev ent s Values Meaning

PCI PIRQ {A-D}#

Enabled Disabled

4-3-6 PnP / PCI Configurations

Select the [PnP / PCI Configurations] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

PnP / PCI Configurations

Reset Configuration Data Disabled

Resources Controlled by Auto (ESCD)

X IRQ Resources Press Enter

Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to reset

PCI/VGA Palette snoop Disabled Extended System Configuration Data ESCD>

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: Move Enter: Select + / - /PU / PD: value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

Reset Configuration Data

Values Meaning

This will not reset the system configuration data (IRQs, DMAs) on reboot. This will reset the configuration data. Remember to enable this item every time you make a change to your system (such as

Reset Configuration Data

Disabled

Enabled

switching PCI cards etc).

Resources Controlled by

Values Meaning

The table will show the below items: “Reset Configuration

Resources Controlled By

Manual

Auto

Data, IRQ-3 assigned to, DMA-0 assigned to.” The user can adjust the shown items as required. The table will not show the above items, and the system will automatically assign the above setup.

Resources

If you set the Resources Controlled by item to Auto (ESCD), the BIOS will manage all resources for you. If you set it to manual to two items below will allow you to assign the resources manually.

Values Meaning

IRQ-x assigned to (x = 3 to 15)

DMA-x assigned to

PCI/ISA PnP

Legacy ISA

PCI/ISA PnP

This setting means the BIOS will assign the interrupt as needed. This means that it is not fixed to a device If you need to make sure that a certain interrupt is assigned to an ISA device, set that interrupt to legacy ISA.

This setting means the BIOS will assign the DMA Channel as needed, it is not fixed to a device

(x = 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7)

Legacy ISA

If you need to make sure that a certain DMA channel is assigned to an ISA device, set that channel to legacy ISA.

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Values Meaning

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Disabled Default setting.

This will allow the system to look at the palette the VGA uses

Enabled

to display. Some applications speed up with this setting but it is mostly obsolete.

4-3-7 PC Health Status

Select the [PC Health Status] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

CPU Warning Temperature Disabled

Current CPU1 Temperature

Current CPUFAN1 Speed

Current CPUFAN2 Speed

Current CPUFAN3 Speed

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IN2 (V)

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- 12

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VBAT (V)

5VSB (V)

Shutdown Temperature Disabled

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: Move Enter: Select + / - / PU / PD: value F10: save ESC: Exit F1: General Help

F5 : Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults

CPU Warning Temperature

Values Meaning

CPU Warning Temperature

Disabled 50℃/ 122℉, 53℃/ 127℉, 56℃/ 133℉, 60℃/ 140℉, 63℃/ 145℉, 66℃/ 151 ℉, 70℃/ 158℉,

Values Meaning

Shutdown Temperature

Disabled 60℃/ 140℉, 65℃/ 149℉, 70℃/ 158℉, 75℃/ 167℉,

4-3-8 Frequency/ Voltage Control

Select the [Frequency / Voltage Control] option from the Main Menu and press [Enter] key.

CPU Clock Radio

Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled

Spread Specrurm Disabled

CPU Clock 100

Frequency / Voltage Control

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CPU Clock Ratio

Values Meaning

CPU Clock Ratio

X8 ~ X23

Auto Detect PCI Clk

Values Meaning

Auto Detec DIMM/ PCI Clk

Enabled

Disabled

If set to enabled the BIOS will detect the values for the PCI clock. If disabled, the BIOS will use the values set on this page and on the Advanced Chipset Features page.

Spread Spectrum

Values Meaning

Spread Spectrum

0.25%

0.50% Disabled

CPU Clock

Values Meaning

CPU Clock

Min = 100

Max = 132

4-3-9 Passwords

The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu. The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup. The passwords are not case sensitive. In other words, it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters. The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords:

 Supervisor password

 User password.

The function of the supervisor password depends on the setting for the Security Option item on the Advanced BIOS Features page. If set to System, the supervisor password must be given every time the system boots, if set to setup, the password must be given only when you want to enter the BIOS Setup.

The user password has the same functionality, with the only difference that anybody logging in with the user password may only change the user password when entering the BIOS Setup page. All other items in the BIOS Setup will be disabled (unchangeable).

When both passwords are disabled, anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions.

Setting the password

To set the Supervisor password, select the Set Supervisor Password item in the main BIOS Setup Menu. Now a dialog will pop up asking you to enter a password.

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Manag

PnP/PCI Conf

Enter Password:

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

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Now you can enter your password, after entering the password the menu will pop up again and will ask you to reconfirm the password. After entering and pressing [enter] the password will be stored to CMOS RAM and the password will be enabled.

Disabling the password

To disable the password, simply press [enter] without entering any other letters or numbers. This will disable the password, the BIOS will tell you by displaying the following dialog:

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Power Manag

PnP/PCI Conf

Password Unknown

If you forgot the password, you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS RAM. The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery. Please refer to the CMOS RAM section earlier in this chapter. After clearing the CMOS memory, hold down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences.

Password Disabled!!!

Press any key to continue

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Chapter 5 Appendix

5-1 Memory Map

Address range Size Description 00000-7FFFF 512K Conventional memory 80000-9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00-9FFFF 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is

installed A0000-C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000-DFFFF 96K Available for hi DOS memory and adapter

ROMs E0000-EEFFF 60K Available for UMB EF000-EFFFF 4K Video service routine for monochrome &

CGA adapter F0000-F7FFF 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility F8000-FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine (2) FD000-FDFFF 4K Plug and play ESCD data area FE000-FFFFF 8K BIOS runtime service routine (1)

5-2 I/O Map

000-01F DMA controller (master)

020-021 Interrupt controller (master) 022-023 Chipset control registers. I/O ports

040-05F Timer control registers

060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042) 070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports

080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (slave)

0F0-0FF Math coprocessor

1F0-1FB Hard disk controller

278-27F Parallel port 2

2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller

2F8-2FF Serial port 2 360-36F Network ports 378-37F Parallel port 1

3B0-3BF Monochrome & parallel port adapter

3C0-3CF EGA adapter 3D0-CDF CGA adapter

3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller

3F8-3FF Serial port-1

5-3 Time & DMA Channels Map

Time map:

Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator

DMA channels:

DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP (option) DMA channel 2 floppy disk (SMC chip) DMA channel 3 onboard ECP (default) DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available DMA channel 6 available DMA channel 7 available

5-4 Interrupt Map

NMI: non-maskable interrupt

IRQ(H/W):

0 system timer interrupt from timer 0

1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRQ 8-15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk (SMC chip) 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available 11 available 12 PS/2 mouse 13 math coprocessor 14 onboard hard disk (IDE1) channel 15 onboard hard disk (IDE2) channel

5-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map

RTC & CMOS : 00 seconds 01 seconds alarm 02 minutes 03 minutes alarm

04 hours 05 hours alarm 06 day of week 07 day of month 08 month 09 year 0a status register a 0b status register b 0c status register c 0d status register d 0e diagnostic status byte 0f shutdown byte 10 floppy disk drive type byte 12 hard disk type byte 13 reserve 14 equipment type 15 base memory low byte 16 base memory high byte 17 extension memory low byte 18 extension memory high byte 19-2d 2e-2f 30 Reserved for extension memory low byte 31 reserved for extension memory high byte 32 date century byte 33 information flag 34-3f reserve

40-7f reserved for chipset setting data

5-6 ISA I/O Address Map

I/O Address (HEX) I/O device

000 - 01F DMA Controller 1, 8237A-5 020 - 03F Interrupt Controller 1, 8259A

I/O Address (HEX) I/O device

040 - 05F System Timer, 8254-2 060 - 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 - 07F real-time Clock/CMOS and NMI Mask

080 - 09F DMA Page Register, 74LS612 0A0 - 0BF Interrupt Controller 2, 8259A 0C0 - 0DF DMA Controller 2, 8237A-5

0F0 - 0FF i486 Math Coprocessor

1F0 - 1F8 Fixed Disk Drive Adapter

200 - 207 Game I/O

20C - 20D Reserved

21F Reserved

278 - 27F Parallel Printer Port 2 2B0 - 2DF Alternate Enhanced Graphic Adapter

2E1 GPIB Adapter 0 2E2 - 2E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 0 2F8 - 2FF Serial Port 2 (RS-232-C) 300 - 31F Prototype Card

360 - 363 PC Network (Low Address)

364 - 367 Reserved 368 - 36B PC Network (High Address) 36C - 36F Reserved 378 - 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 380 - 38F SDLC, Bisynchronous 2

3B0 - 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter

I/O Address (HEX) I/O device

390 - 393 Cluster

3A0 - 3AF Bisynchronous 1

3C0 - 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter

3D0 - 3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter

I/O Address (HEX) I/O device

3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port 1 (RS-232-C) 6E2 - 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1

790 - 793 Cluster Adapter 1

AE2 - AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2

B90 - B93 Cluster Adapter 2

EE2 - EE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 3

1390 - 1393 Cluster Adapter 3

22E1 GPIB Adapter 1

2390 - 2393 Cluster Adapter 4

42E1 GPIB Adapter 2 62E1 GPIB Adapter 3

82E1 GPIB Adapter 4 A2E1 GPIB Adapter 5 C2E1 GPIB Adapter 6 E2E1 GPIB Adapter 7

Chapter 6 Q & A

6-1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test

During power on self test (post), BIOS will automatically detect the system devices. Below is the question that users most often meet. The user may press “Esc” key to skip the full memory test.

1. Beep sound

On power on, the system make beep sound to offer different messages. If the system is configured correctly, it prompts a short beep to show device configuration is done correctly. When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plugged well, the system makes longer and constant beep sounds.

2. BIOS ROM checksum error

It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on power on screen. Contact the dealer to exchange a new BIOS.

3. CMOS battery fails

It indicates the CMOS battery does not work. Contact the dealer to exchange a new battery.

4. CMOS checksum error

It indicates the CMOS checksum is incorrect. Load the default values in BIOS to solve this problem. This error may result from a weak BIOS, so exchange a new BIOS if necessary.

5. Hard disk initialize

Please wait a moment…

Some hard drives require more time to initialize.

6. Hard disk install failure

The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive. Check if the controller is set correctly. If no hard disk is installed, “Hard drive selection” must be set to “none.”

7. Keyboard error or no keyboard present

This means the system can not initialize the keyboard. Check if the keyboard is plugged well and be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test.

8. Memory test fails

There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error.

9. Primary master hard disk fail

The BIOS find an error in the primary master hard disk drive.

10. Primary slave hard disk fail

The BIOS finds an error in the primary slave hard disk drive.

11. Secondary master hard disk fail

The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave master hard disk drive.

12. Secondary slave hard disk fail

The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave IDE hard disk drive.

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