Shuttle XPC SN27P2, XPC SN26P, XPC SN21G5 User Manual

XPC User Guide

For the : SN27P2

Statement of Shuttle Mainboard via the EMI Test

Shuttle mainboards have been via the EMI test in terms of series of regulations: EN55022/CISPR22/
AS/NZS3548 Class B, EN55024 (1998/AS/NZS), EN4252.1 (1994), EN61000, ANSI C63.4 (1992),
CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B, and CNS13438 (1997). The items tested are illustrated as follows:

(A) Voltage: AC 110V/60HZ & AC 230V/50HZ

(B) Tested Product Information:

Product Name: PC Mainboard

Status: Sample

Model Name: SN27P2

S/N: N/A

CPU:

External Frequency: 200 MHz

AMD AthlonTM 64x2 : 5000+

Clear CMOS button: one port

USB 2.0 Port: eight ports with 4 pins respectively

1394 Port: one port with 6 pins respectively,one port with 4 pins.

LAN Port: one port with 8 pins (10Mbps/100Mbps/1000Mbps)

Mic-In & Line-In & Earphone Ports: one port for each

Center/Bass-Out Port: one port

Surround-Out Port: one port

Surround-Back Port: one port

Front-Out Port: one port

SPDIF-Out (Coaxial) Port: one port

SPDIF-Out (Optical) Port: one port

SPDIF-In (Optical) Port: one port

DIMM Memory (optional): DDRII 533/667 1GB *4

Power Cable: Detachable and Shielded (with a GND pin)

All CPUs have completely been tested, and values offered by the worst EMI combination of
CPU external frequency are listed as follows:

Test Mode External Frequency CPU CPU Open/Close

1 200MHz AMD Athlon

TM

64X2 5000+ Close

2 200MHz AMD Athlon

TM

64X2 5000+ Open

(C) Remedy for the Tested Product & Its EMI Interference:

Remedy: N/A

EMI Interference:

Crystal : 32.768 KHz(X1)/ 25 MHz(X2)/ 24.576 MHz(X1)

(D) Supported Host Peripherals:

Host Peripheral Product Name Model Name

# 1 Case SN27P2

# 2 Power Supply PC43I3503

# 3 Serial ATA II HITACHI HDS728080PLA380

# 4 Serial ATA II HITACHI HDS728080PLA380

# 5 DVD Dual Player CR40

# 6 Gigabyte 7800GTX GV-NX78X256V-B

# 7 Gigabyte 7800GTX GV-NX78X256V-B

(E) Notices for Assembling Computers:

1. Cases should be made of iron or other metal that has good electric conductivity.

2. Cylinders in a case should be made of metal, and as having a mainboard mounted

in a case, make sure screws are all utilized and fastened on a mainboard.

3. An I/O shielding should be contacted with I/O metallic parts of a mainboard.

4. Cables should appropriately be arranged and fixed in a case. Follow instructions:

Ø Leave IDE cables not crossed upon CPU and SDRAM;

Ø Leave power cables minimum in length, and not crossed upon a mainboard;

Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length, and not near CPU;

Ø Leave cables on panels and other spare cables tied in a computer case.

5. Make sure an EMI shielding attached to a case has properly been installed.

6. Make sure a 5.25" or 3.5" FDD and screws are fastened to an EMI shielding.

7. Make sure a case is closely in contact with EMI connected points.

8. Make sure there is no cleft in a case which is not deformed.

9. Make sure a PCI or AGP door is bound to a case.

10. Make sure cables of other devices (fans or some others) are fixed in a case.

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XPC Installation Guide

Copyright

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No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system,
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Disclaimer

Shuttle® Inc. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from
the performance or use of this product.

This company makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this ma­nual. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no
guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents. In the interest of continued product
improvement, this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in
the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without
obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes. The information contained in
this manual is provided for general use by customers.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Trademarks

Shuttle is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc.

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc.
Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

General Notice

Other brand and product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may
be trademarks of their respective owners.

Installation Notices

Do not place this device underneath
heavy loads or in an unstable position.

Do not expose this d evice to high
levels of direct sunlight, hig h-humidity
or wet conditions.

Do not use or expose this device
around magn etic fields as magnetic
interference may affect the
performance of the device.

Do not blo ck the air vents to this
device or impede the airflow in
any way.

CAUTION

Incorr ectly replacing the battery may damage this computer. Replace only with
the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle. Di spose of used batteries
accordi ng to the manufacturer's instructions.

Safety Informat ion

Read the followi ng precautions before setting up a Shuttle XPC.

TABLE OF C ONTENTS

1 Driver and Software Installation........................................................................... 1

1.1 Mainboard Driver CD..................................................................................... 2

1.1.1 Install Mainboard Software..................................................................... 2

Appendix .................................................................................................................. 3

Enter the BIOS ..................................................................................................... 3

THE MAIN MENU ................................................................................................. 4

Standard CMOS Features.............................................................................. 6

Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................................... 9

Advanced C hipset Features ......................................................................... 13

Integrated Per ipherals .................................................................................. 15

Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 18

PnP/PCI Configur ations............................................................................... 21

PC Health Status.......................................................................................... 23

Frequency/Vol tage Control ........................................................................... 25

Load Fail-Safe Defaults................................................................................ 27

Load Optimized Defaults .............................................................................. 27

Set Supervisor/User Passw ord..................................................................... 27

Save & Exi t Setup ........................................................................................ 28

Exit Without Saving ...................................................................................... 2 8

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< 1.1 Mainboard Driver CD

The Mainboard Driver CD contains all the motherboard driver necessary to optimize
the performance of this XPC in a Windows(R) OS. Install these drivers after installing
Microsoft(R) Windows(R).

Navigation Bar Description :

F Install Mainboard Software - DirectX9 Utility, nVIDIA Chipset Driver,

High Definition Driver,nVIDIA USB 2.0 Driver,

nVIDIA Raid Tools Driver (Win2000 Only ).

F Install Utility - Install Acrobat Reader, WinFlash Utility.

F Manual - SN27P2 user's guide and nVIDIA manual in PDF format.

F Link to Shuttle Homepage - Link to shuttle website homepage.

F Browse this CD - Allows you to see contents of this CD.

F Quit - Close this CD.

Note : The CD contents attached in SN27P2 mainboard are subject to
change without notice.

1 Driver and Software Installation

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< 1.1.1 Install Mainboard Software

Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD AutoRun screen should
appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My
Computer to bring up Shuttle Main-board Software Setup screen.

Click the “Install Main-board Software“ bar. Individually install the following drivers.

F Install DirectX9 Utility

F Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver

F Install High Definition Driver

F Install nVIDIA USB 2.0 Driver

F Install nVIDIA Raid Tools Driver ( Win2000 Only)

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BIOS Settings

The SN27P2 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify basic
system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it re­tains Setup information even if the system power is turned off.

The system BIOS manages and executes a variety of hardware related functions
including:

System date and time

Hardware execution sequence

Power management functions

Allocation of system resources

Enter the BIOS

To enter the BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) utility, follow these steps:

Step1. Power on the computer. The system will perform its POST (Power-On

Self Test) routine checks.

Step2. Press the <Del> key immediately, or at the following message:

Press DEL to enter SETUP, or simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>,
<Esc> keys

Note 1. If you miss the train of words mentioned in step2 (the message disap-

pears before you can respond) and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup,
restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and
ON again or by pressing the <RESET> switch located at the
computer’s front-panel. You may also reboot by simultaneously
pressing the <Ctrl>,<Alt>, <Del> keys simultaneously.

Note 2. If you do not press the keys in time and system does not boot, the

screen will prompt an error message, and you will be given the
following options:

"Press F1 to Continue, DEL to Enter Setup”

Step3. When you enter the BIOS program, the CMOS Setup Utility will display the

Main Menu, as shown in the next section.

Appendix

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The Main Menu

Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from sev­eral setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select
among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.

Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the
bottom of the screen.

Setup Items

The main menu includes the following main setup categories. Recall that
some systems may not include all entries.

Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system configuration.

Advan ced BIOS Features

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

Advan ced Chipset Features

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

Integrated Peripherals

Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals.

Power Management Setup

Use this menu to specify your power management settings.

PnP / PCI Configurations

This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI.

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PC Healt h Status

This entry displays the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN
settings.

Frequency/Voltag e Control

Use this menu to specify your settings for Frequency/Voltage control.

Load Fail-Saf e Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable per­formance of your system to operate.

Load Optimized Defaults

Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory-set for opti­mal system operation. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to
maximize performance, the factory has the right to change these defaults
to meet users' needs.

Set Supervisor / User Password

Use this menu to change, set, or disable password protection. This allows
you to limit access to the system and Setup, or only to Setup.

Save & Exit Setup

Save CMOS value changes in CMOS and exit from setup.

Exit Without Savin g

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit from setup.

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@ Standard CMOS Features

The items in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several
categories. Each category includes none, one or more than one setup
items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp>
or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Date

<Month> <DD> <YYYY>

Set the system date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when
you set the date.

Time

<HH : MM : SS>

The time is converted based on the 24-hour military-time clock.
For example, 5 p.m. is 17:00:00.

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave

Options are in its sub-menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Drive A

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system.

Ø The choice: None, 360K, 5.25 in, 1.2M, 5.25 in, 720K, 3.5 in,

1.44M, 3.5 in, or 2.88M, 3.5 in.

Halt On

Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST
process and notify you.

Ø The choice: All Errors, No Errors, All, But Keyboard, All, But

Diskette, or All, But Disk/Key.

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Base/Extended/Total Memory

Theseitems are automatically detected by the system at start up time.
These are display-only fields. You can't make change to these fields.

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IDE Adapters

The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu
to configure each hard disk drive.

IDE HDD Auto-Detection

Press <Enter> to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is
successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu.

Ø Press Enter

IDE Channel 0 Master

Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and
select the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc., Note: PRECOMP=65535 means

NONE !

Ø The choice: None, Auto, or Manual.

Access Mode

Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

Ø The choice: CHS, LBA, Large, or Auto.

Capacity

Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly
greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

Ø Auto-Display your disk drive size.

The following options are selectable only if the 'IDE Primary Master'
item is set to 'Manual'

Cylinder

Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.

Ø Min = 0, Max = 65535

Head

Set the number of read/write heads.

Ø Min = 0, Max = 255

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Precomp

Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk.

Ø Min = 0, Max = 65535

Landing zone

Set the Landing zone size.

Ø Min = 0, Max = 65535

Sector

Number of sector per track.

Ø Min = 0, Max = 255

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@ Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You
have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence,
keyboard operation, shadowing, and security.

CPU Feature

Options are in its sub-menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

K8 NPT C1E Support

This item is select K8 NPT C1E Support.

Ø The Choice: Disabled, SoftWare SMI or HareWare C1E.

AMD K8 Cool & Quiet control

This item is select AMD K8 Cool & Quiet Control.

Ø The Choice: Auto or Disabled.

Removable Device Proirity

Options are in its sub-menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Hard Disk Boot Priority

This item allows you to select Hard Disk Book Device Priority.

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CD-ROM Boot Priority

This item allows you to select Hard Disk Book Device Priority.

Bios Write Protect

This item allows you to enable or disable the Bios Write Protect.
If you want to flash BIOS, you must set it [Disabled].

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Virus Warning

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

Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up, causing a

warning message to appear when anything attempts to access
the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to

access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

CPU Internal Cache

All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1
(L1) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the de­fault value for better performance.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

External Cache

Most processors that can be installed in this system use external level 2
(L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the de­fault value for better performance.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Quick Power On Self Test

This item speeds up Power-On Self Test (POST) after you power on the
computer. If it is set to enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check
items during POST.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.

Ø The Choice: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD,

USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, Legacy LAN, or Disabled.

Boot Other Device

Select Your Boot Device Priority.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot-Up. Disabling speed boots up. Enabled tests
floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects power on state for NumLock.

Ø The choice: Off or On.

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
When this controller enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay
can be selected.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second
when you hold the key down.

Ø The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24 or 30.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the
keystroke.

Ø The choice: 250, 500, 750 or 1000.

Security Option

Select whether the password is required every time the system boots or
only when you enter setup.

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

denied if the correct password is not entered promptly.

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

denied if the correct password is not entered promptly.

Ø The choice: System or Setup.

Note : To disabled security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu,

and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type any­thing and just press <Enter>; it will disable security.
Once the security is disabled, the system will boot, and you can
enter Setup freely.

HDD Security Freeze Lock

Selects enable/disable HDD Security Freeze Lock, Enable-prevents any
external application from locking Hard drive except for BIOS.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

APIC Mode

Selects enable/disable IO APIC function.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

MPS Version Control For OS

Selects the operating system multiprocessor support version.

Ø The choice: 1.1 or 1.4.

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@ Advanced Chipset Features

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features
of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to sys­tem memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordi­nates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus. It
states that these items should never need to be altered.

The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operat­ing conditions for your system. If you discovered that data was being lost
while using your system, you might consider making any changes.

K8 <--> SB HT Speed

This item allows you to set the HT Speed.

Ø The choice: Auto, 1x~5x.

K8<-->MCP55 HT Width

This item allows you to set the HT Width.

Ø The choice: 8 8 or 16 16.

DRAM Configuration

Options are in its sub-menu.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Timing Mode

Ø The Choice: Auto or MaxMemClk.

DDRII Timing Item

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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SSE/SSE2 Instructions

This item allows you to enable/disable the SSE/SSE2 Instructions.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

Select Enable allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h-FFFFFh,
resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is writ­ten to this memory area, a system error may result.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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@ Integrated Peripherals

Onboard IDE Device

Options are in its sub-menu.
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

RAID Function Setup

Press <Enter> to enter the RAID Function Setup.

RAID Enable

This setting item need to be configued as “Enabled” in order that the
“SATA 1 Primary / Secondary and SATA 2 Primary / Secondary
RAID” setting item could be configuable.

ØThe Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

OnChip IDE Channel 0

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels.
Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. select Disabled to
deactivate this interface.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Primary Master/Slave PIO

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

Ø The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4.

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Primary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Win­dows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If both of your hard
drive and your system software support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to
enable BIOS support.

Ø The choice: Auto or Disabled.

Serial-ATA Controller

This item allows you to enable/disable the SATA transfer access.
Ø The choice: All Enabled, Disabled or SATA-1.

IDE Prefetch Mode

The onboard IDE drive interface support IDE prefetching for faster drive
access. If you install a primary and /or secondary add-on IDE interface, set
this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

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

Ø The Choice: Enable or Disabled.

Onboard Device

Options are in its sub-menu.
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Init Display First

This item is used to determine initial device when system power on.
Ø The choice: PCI Slot or PCI-Ex Slot.

OnChip USB

This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system
board and you want to use it.

Ø The choice: Desable, V1.1+V2.0 or V1.1.

HD Audio

This item allows you to control the HD Audio.
Ø The Choice: Auto or Disabled.

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MAC Lan

This item allows you to control the MAC Lan.
Ø The Choice: Auto or Disabled.

Onboard SuperIO Device

Options are in its sub-menu.
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.

Onboard FDC Controller

This item specifices onboard floopy disk drive controller. This setting
allows you to connect your floopy disk drives to the onboard floopy

connector.

Ø The Choice: Enable or Disabled.

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@ Power Management Setup

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

ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and
Power Management (ACPI).

Ø Always "Enabled".

ACPI Suspend Type

This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend.

Ø The choice: S1(POS) or S3(STR).

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving
mode settings.

Min Saving Minimum power management.

Suspend Mode=15 min.

Max Saving Maximum power management.

Suspend Mode=1 min.

User Define Allows you to set each mode individually.

Suspend Mode= Disabled or 1 min ~15min.

Ø The choice: User Define, Min Saving or Max Saving.

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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 Supported Initial display power management signaling.

Ø The choice: V/H SYNC+Blank, Blank Screen or DPMS Supported.

HDD Power Down

The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified
length of time. Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Disable.

Ø The choice: Disabled or 1 Min ~ 15 Min.

HDD Down In Suspend

The item allows you to enabled or disabled the HDD Down In Suspend.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Soft-Off By PBTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to
enter the Soft-Off state when the system has " hung".

Ø The choice: Delay 4 Sec or Instant-Off.

WOL(PME#) From Soft-Off

If this item sets to Enable, the system power will be turned on when the
LAN port receives an incoming signal. You have to connect the fax/mo­dem to the mainboard Wake On LAN connector for this feature to work.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

MAC Resume from S4/S5

If this item sets to Enable, the system power will be turned on when the
LAN port receives an incoming signal. You have to connect the fax/mo­dem to the mainboard Wake On LAN connector for this feature to work.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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Power-On by Alarm

When set to Enabled, the following three fields become available and
you can set the month, date (day of the month), hour, minute and second
to turn on your system.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

Day of Month Alarm

This item selects the alarm Day of Month.

Ø The choice: 0~31.

Time (hh : mm : ss) Alarm

This item selects the alarm Time.

[hh] Ø Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=23.

[mm/ss] Ø Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=59.

PWRON After PWR-Fail

This item allows you to select power on function when power fail.

Ø The choice: Former-Sts, Off or On.

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This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Per­sonal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to
operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating with its
own special components.

This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recom­mended that only experienced users should make any changes to the
default settings.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended
System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit from Setup if you have
installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has
caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled .

Resource controlled By

The Award Plug-and-Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config­ure all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices. However, this
capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug-and-Play
operating system such as Windows 95.

If you set this field to "manual" , choose specific resources by going into
each of the sub-menu that follows this field (a sub-menu is proceeded by
a ">").

Ø The choice: Auto(ESCD) or Manual.

@ PnP/PCI Configurations

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IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a
type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.

IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned

This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is
not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the
original PC AT bus specification; PCI/ISA PnP for devices is compliant
with the Plug-and-Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus
architecture.

Ø The choice: PCI Device or Reserved.

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

It determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with
PCI/VGA or not. If you have MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards and PCI/VGA
Card worked, Enable this field. Otherwise, please Disable it.

Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled.

** PCI Express relative items **

Maximum Payload Size

Set maximum TLP payload size for the PCI Express devices.
The unit is byte.

Ø The choice: 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048 or 4096.

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@ PC Health Status

Advanced CPU Fan Setting

Set the CPU Fan Speed.
ØThe choice : Smart Fan, Noise Control - U Low, Noise Control - Low,

Noise Control - Mid, Noise Control - Full,
Temp Control - 40oC, Temp Control - 45oC,
Temp Control - 50oC, Temp Control - 55oC,
Temp Control - 60oC.

Smart Fan : The CPU fan speed will be increased when the temperature

of CPU is raising up. Upon the temperature raising up to 80oC,
the CPU fan will be full speed.

Noise Control-U Low : When the CPU fan being set up as ULTRA LOW

and the temperature of CPU is raising up to 80oC,
the CPU fan being full speed.

Noise Control-Low : When the CPU fan being set up as LOW and the

temperature of CPU is raising up to 80oC, the CPU
fan being full speed.

Noise Control-Mid : When the CPU fan being set up as Mid and the

temperature of CPU is raising up to 80oC, the CPU
fan being full speed.

Noise Control-Full : CPU fan full speed.

Temp Control-45oC : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified,

the temperature of CPU will be remained as 45oC.

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Temp Control-45oC : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified,

the temperature of CPU will be remained as 45oC.

Temp Control-50oC : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified,

the temperature of CPU will be remained as 50oC.

Temp Control-55oC : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified,

the temperature of CPU will be remained as 55oC.

Temp Control-60oC : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified,

the temperature of CPU will be remained as 60oC.

Note : Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting, please make

sure fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector
designations on the mainboard.

System Fan Setting

Set the System Fan.
ØThe choice : Ultra Low, Low, Mid or Full.

LED Bright Setting :

Set the LED Bright.
ØThe choice : 0%, 25%, 37.5%, 50%, 62.5%, 75%, 87.5% or 100%.

CPU Voltage

Chipset Voltage

+3.3V VIN

+5V VIN

+12V VIN

-12V VIN

RAM Voltage

5V SBVIN

Voltage Battery

CPU Temperature

System Temperature

CPU Fan Speed

Fan 2 Speed

Fan 3 Speed

Fan 4 Speed

SYSTEM Fan Speed

Warning : It is Strongly reco-mmended to

disable CPU Fan Auto Guardian
feature, if you wish to use other
fan cooler, allowing the fan to
run at its default speed.

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@ Frequency/Voltage Control

******CPU******

CPU Clock Multiplier

This item allows you to auto enable/disable a CPU Clock Multiplier.

Ø The choice: Auto or 4.0x~25.5x.

CPU Frequency

This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulation.

Ø The choice: 200~300.

****** Spectrum******

CPU Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable or disable the CPU spread spectrum.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

PCIE Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable or disable the PCIE spread spectrum.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

SATA Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA spread spectrum.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

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HT Spread Spectrum

This item allows you to enable or disable the HT spread spectrum.

Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled.

****** Voltage ******

CPU Voltage

This item allows you to set CPU Voltage.

Ø The choice: 0.800V~1.525V or Auto.

RAM Voltage

This item allows you to set RAM Voltage.

Ø The choice: Auto, 1.90V, 1.95V or 2.00V.

ChipSet Voltage set

This item allows you to set ChipSet Voltage.
Ø The choice: Auto, 1.55V or 1.60V.

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@ Set Supervisor/User Password

Steps to set supervisor/user password are described as follows:

@ Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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

Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal
performance system operations.

@ Load Optimized Defaults

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

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N

Pressing 'Y' loads the default values that are factory-set for optimal
performance system operation.

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New Password Setting:

1. Press the <Enter> key. A dialog box appears to ask you to “Enter password: “.

2. Key in a new password.

The password can not be over eight characters or numbers.

3. The system will then request you to confirm the new password by asking you to
key in the new password again.

4. Once the confirmation is completed, new code is in effect.

No Password Setting:

5. If you want to delete the password, just press the <Enter> key instead of
typing a new password. Follow the procedure as above.

If You Forget Password:

6. If you forget your password, you must turn off the system and clear CMOS.

Please refer to the tech notes at the end of section two for more information.

@ Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y

Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special
section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next
time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system accord­ing to the Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the
system is restarted again.

@ Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

This allows you to exit from Setup without storing in CMOS any change.
The previous selections remain in effect. This exits from the Setup utility
and restarts your computer.