Soltek SL-65DRV-T User Manual

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SL-65DRV-T

USER MANUAL v1.0

Product Model : SL-65DRV-T

NOTICE

his User’s Guide & Technical Reference is to help system manu­ facturers and end-users set up and install the mainboard.

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Manual Revision : V1.0
Release Date : August 2001

Copyright © 2001 Soltek Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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• VIA, VT8633T and VT8233 are trademarks of VIA Corporation.

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CONTENT

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................. 8

1-1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION ................................................. 9

1-1.1 PROCESSOR ................................................................................... 9

1-1.2 CHIPSET ........................................................................................... 9

1-1.3 AWARD BIOS V6.0 ........................................................................... 9

1-1.4 SOUND CONTROLLER .................................................................... 9

1-1.5 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS (AGP)

CONTROLLER .................................................................................. 9

1-1.6 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE SDR/DDR DRAM

CONTROLLER ................................................................................. 9

1-1.7 POWER MANAGEMENT ................................................................10

1-1.8 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION ....................................................................10

1-1.9 EXPANSION SLOTS ....................................................................... 10

1-1.10 FORM FACTOR ............................................................................ 10

1-1.11 HARDWARE MONITOR................................................................ 11

1-2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT --- 65DRV-T........................................ 12

1-3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM--- 65DRV-T ............................................ 13

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP......................................... 14

2-1 CPU INSTALLATION ............................................................... 15

2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION ....................................................... 16

2-3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT(AGP) PRO INSTALLATION ... 18

2-4 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION....................................................... 19

2-5 FSB FREQUENCY SELECT (BY SW1 DIP1~DIP4) ............... 21

2-6 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD .................... 22

2-6.1 JP3/JP4 AGP Voltage Select .......................................................... 22

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2-6.2 JDIMM1/JDIMM2 Memory Module Voltage Select.......................... 23

2-6.3 JBAT1 For Clear CMOS DATA ........................................................ 24

2-7 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS ...................................... 25

2-7.1 On board FAN Connector (FAN1, FAN2, FAN3) ............................. 25

2-7.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector..................................................... 26

2-7.3 JCD_IN1 CD-ROM Audio Connector .............................................. 26

2-7.4 RT2 Thermal Sensor Connector ..................................................... 27

2-7.5 Complex Header CON1 ................................................................. 28

2-7.6 ATX Power Supply Connector ........................................................ 29

2-7.7 Chassis Panel Connectors .............................................................30

2-7.8 SCR1 Smart Card Reader Connector ............................................. 31

2-7.9 CNR Communication And Networking Riser Slot............................ 32

2-7.10 USB Header (USB2 & USB3 Header) ........................................... 33

2-7.11 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard .................................................. 33

CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP ......................................... 34

3-1 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION (4-IN-1 DRIVER) ...... 35

3-2 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION ................................ 38

3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC DRIVER INSTALLATION .................... 40

CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP ..................................................... 41

4-1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP............................................................ 42

4-2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP ................................................... 42

4-3 WHAT IS CMOS ...................................................................... 42

4-4 WHAT IS POST ....................................................................... 42

4-5 BIOS UPGRADE ..................................................................... 42

4-5.1 BEFORE UPGRADING BIOS ......................................................... 43

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4-5.2 UPGRADE PROCESS ....................................................................43

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS SETUP UTILITY................................ 47

4-6.1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY .................................................................. 47

4-6.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ............................................................ 48

4-6.3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ....................................................... 51

4-6.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ................................................ 55

4-6.5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS .......................................................61

4-6.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ................................................... 67

4-6.7 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION ......................................................... 73

4-6.8 PC HEALTH STATUS ...................................................................... 76

4-6.9 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL.............................................. 78

4-6.10 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ..................................................... 80

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD .................................... 80

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.................................................................... 81

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING .............................................................. 81

APPENDICES ......................................................................... 83

APPENDIX-1 TECHNICAL TERMS .............................................. 84

APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART

NUMBER ............................................................... 85

APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER .... 87

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ITEM LIST CHECKUP

Mainboard

====Support CD
====User’s Manual
====Bundled Bonus Pack CD
====Bundled Bonus Pack Manual
====Temperature Sensor Cable
====ATA66/100 IDE Cable
====RS232 Cable

FDD Cable

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

• This chapter briefly introduces this characteristics of the mainboard. It
includes the information regarding the chipset, CPU types, built-in
functions and layout. Users will have more ideas about mainboards after
reading this chapter.

This chapter contains the following topics :

1-1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION
1-2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT
1-3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM

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1-1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION

1-1.1 PROCESSOR

• Supporting Intel® FC-PGA Pentium IIITM up to 1GHz.

• Supporting Intel

• Supporting Intel

• Supporting VIA Cyrix III up to 800MHz or above.

• Supporting CPU voltage Auto-Detect circuit.

®

FC-PGA 370 Celeron & PPGA 370 Celeron up to 900MHz.

®

FC-PGA2 processors.

1-1.2 CHIPSET

• Apollo Pro266T Chipset:

VT8633 V-Link Host system controller and VT8233 V-Link to PCI/LPC bridge.

• IT 8705F simple LPC I/O.

1-1.3 AWARD BIOS V6.0

• Plug & Play V1.0.

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade.

• BIOS writing protection.

• Year 2000 compliant.

• SmartDOC Anti-Burn shield.

• Redstrom Overclocking Tech.

1-1.4 SOUND CONTROLLER

• Sound Blaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC’97 Digital Audio
Controller with Codec ON BOARD.

1-1.5 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS
(AGP) CONTROLLER

• Synchronous and pseudo-synchronous with the host CPU bus with optimal
skew control PCI AGP CPU Mode 33/66/100 MHz DDR 3x synchronous.

• Supporting 66MHz 1x/2x/4x modes for AD and SBA signaling.

• AGP v2.0 compliant.

1-1.6 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE SDR/DDR DRAM CONTROLLER

• Supporting memory size up to 3GB.

• Supporting 184-pin DDR DRAM type only.

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1-1.7 POWER MANAGEMENT

• ACPI 1.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface).

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy power management).

• System event monitoring with two event classes.

• Supporting PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse power on.

• Supporting Wake On LAN (WOL) & Wake On Modem.

• Supporting real time clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and
century field.

• Supporting Keyboard power on & Mouse Power on.

1-1.8 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION

• Two Ultra DMA-33 / 66 /100 Master Mode PCI EIDE ports.

• Two UART’s for Complete Serial Ports.

• One dedicated IR connector:

-- At third serial port dedicated to IR function either through the two complete serial
ports or the third dedicated port Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR) and ASK (Amplitude Shift
Keyed) IR.

• Multi-mode parallel connector supporting:

-- Standard mode, ECP and EPP.

• Floppy Disk connector supporting:

Two FDDs with drive swap support .

• Universal Serial Bus connector supporting:

--- USB v1.1 and Intel Universal HCI v1.1 compatible.

--- 2 built-in USB connectors, in addition to one internal USB header which
requires a USB cable to support 2 more optional USB ports.

• PS/2 Keyboard connector.

• PS/2 Mouse connector.

1-1.9 EXPANSION SLOTS

• Six PCI bus Master slots.

• One CNR slot.

• One AGP 4x Pro mode slot.

• Three DIMM slots.

1-1.10 FORM FACTOR

• ATX from factor, 4 layers PCB.

• Mainboard size 22.0cm X 30.2cm.

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1-1.11 HARDWARE MONITOR

• Programmable control, status, to provide monitoring and alarm for flexible
desktop management (software include).

• 5 positive voltage statuses monitoring.

• 2 temperatures statuses monitoring.

• 1 Fan-speed status monitoring.

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1-2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT --- 65DRV-T

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

lower

upper

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

WOL1

lower

PS/2

USB1

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

K/B

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

14

FLASH BIOS

CNR 1

RT1

JP3

1 3

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

1 3

FAN2

JCD_IN1

JP4

1 3

VIA

VT8633T

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

1

1 3

FAN1

SOCKET 370

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

16

1

USB3

1 3

1

SW1

JDIMM1
JDIMM2

Battery

JBAT1

SCR1

ON

1 2 3 4

Li

DIP

FDC

1 3
1 3

FAN3

14

3 1

30

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

CON1

RT2

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

1

Using non-compliant memory with higher bus clock (over clocking) may
severely compromise the integrity of system.

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1-3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM--- 65DRV-T

Socket 370

CPU

Chapter 1 Introduction

3D Graphics

Controller

AC'97 Codec

USBx6

LPC lO

Serial Port x 2

Infrared Port x 1

Parallel Port x 1

FDD x1

Hardware Monitoring

AGP PRO Slot

BIOS
ROM

VIA

VT8633T

VIA

VT8233

PCI1

PCI2

Main
Memory
(DDR DRAM)

PCI3

PCI4

Keyboard
& Mouse

ATA 33/66/100

PM Control,
GPIO, Reset

PCI5

PCI6

Diagram of VIA VT8633T System Block Using the VT8233 South

Bridge

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CHAPTER 2

1. Please refer to your processor installation or other
documentation attached with your CPU for more de­tailed installing instruction.

2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for
proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Incorrect in­stallation may result in overheating and damage of
your CPU.

3. Before changing the setting of CPU Vcore from BIOS
program, user SHOULD make sure of correct specifi­cation both of CPU CLOCK and RATIO. Incorrect set­ting may cause damage to your CPU.

HARDWARE SETUP

ATTENTION !!!

This chapter contains the following topics :

2-1 CPU INSTALLATION

2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION

2-3 AGP PRO INSTALLATION

2-4 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION

2-5 BUS CLOCK SELECT

2-6 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD

2-7 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATION

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2-1 CPU INSTALLATION

WARNING !!!

• Make sure that +5V DCV and +3.3 DCV of your power supply are suitable
for the processor.

• Any attempt to operate the PIII or Celeron processor without a suitable
cooling Fan will damage processor and other component.

Pull out the lever from the socket,

1

and then raise the lever up to a
90-degree angle.

370

T

E

K

C

O

S

Take notice of the red circles

2

as shown below. While insert­ing the CPU into the socket,
you can find out there is a

0

7

3

T

E

K

C

O

S

definite pin orientation for
CPU and socket.

SOCKET 370

15

Make sure that the CPU is

3

placed into the socket tightly.
Then lower down the lever to
complete the CPU installation.

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2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION

WARNING!!!

• Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory
modules or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe
damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards.

• Be careful when inserting or removing DIMM. Forcing a DIMM in or
out of a socket improperly may damage the memory module or the socket.
Some DIMMs which contain EDO or FTP DRAM are incompliant with
the mainboard. The M/B supports 2.5V true SDRAM DIMMs only.

Installing DIMM

• Make sure you have the correct memory module type for your mainboard.

• Insert the module(s) as shown below, DIMMs have 184-pins and one notch
that will be matched by the ON BOARD DIMM socket. Memory modules are
installed by inserting them straight into the slot until they “click” in the right
place. They only fit in one direction, so do not force them in by a wrong
direction.

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions (2.5V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

2.5V

Removing DIMM

• Press down the holding clips on both sides of a DIMM socket and the
module will be released from it.

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upper

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

1 3

FAN2

JCD_IN1

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

USB3

SW1

CON1

NOTICE : When LED
“LED1” is on, meaning that

2.5V is on DIMM slots,
please do not add or remove
memory modules .

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2-3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT(AGP) PRO INSTALLATION

• The AGP Pro connector is an extension of the existing AGP connector
and it is compatible with existing AGP cards.

AGP Accelerator

blockader

AGP Pro slot

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot

20-pin bay

Rib(inside slot)

Rib(inside slot) 28-pin bay

CAUTION!!

The AGP Pro slot comes with a warning label over the 20-pin bay. Do not
remove this label and the safety tab underneath if you use an AGP card
without a retention notch. Without the labels, AGP cards may be placed
into the wrong place. If that’s the case, this action will damage your card,
slot, and mainboard. Remove the label ONLY if you will be using an AGP
Pro card.

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2-4 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION

• To install HDD (Hard Disk Drive), you may connect the cable’s blue con­ nector to the mainboard’s primary (IDE1) or secondary (IDE2) connector,
and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black
connector to your master device. If you install two hard disks, you must
configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly.
Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

upper

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

1 3

FAN2

JCD_IN1

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

USB3

SW1

CON1

Hard Disk Drive Connector:
Orient the red line on the
IDE ribbon cable to Pin1.

Gray connector

Black connector

red line

IDE Cable

Blue connector

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• To install FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), you may connect the end with single
connector to the board , and connect the other end with two plugs to the
floppy drives.

upper

PS/2

upper

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

COM2 COM1

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97

Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

1 3

FAN2

JCD_IN1

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1

IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

1

30

SCR1

ON

DIP

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1 2 3 4

USB3

SW1

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:

RT2

Orient the red line on the

3 1

floppy ribbon cable to Pin1.

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

1

CON1

To 2nd Floppy Drive

red line

To 1st Floppy Drive

FDD Cable

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To mainboard

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-5 FSB Frequency Select (By SW1 DIP1~DIP4)

• Over clocking is not recommended, your system may work unstable.

• SW1 DIP1~4 settings for FSB (Front Side Bus) Frequency Select is a
redundancy device designed for professional CPU overclocking only.
Since this mainboard is designed with CPU clock auto-detection function,
you are recommended to use the SW1 DIP1~4 default setting for a stable
system performance. In case of CPU overclocking to higher frequency,
these exists high possibility of failure due to the high complexity of
components adopted on board. On the other hand, selecting a lower
frequency setting for a CPU with higher frequency (e.g. select 100MHz
setting for a 133MHz CPU) will also cause system failure.

SW1 DIP1 ~ DIP4 SETTING

ON DIP

66MHz

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

ON DIP

1 2 3 4

100MHz

133MHz

Auto Select (default)

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2-6 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD

• The following diagrams show the locations of jumper blocks on the
mainboard.

CAUTION

• Do not remove the jumper when power is on. Always make sure the
power is off before changing any jumpers. Otherwise, mainboard could
be damaged.

• All jumper pins covered with black marks are closed pins.

2-6.1 JP3/JP4 AGP Voltage Select

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

upper

USB0

LINE

LINE

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

COM2 COM1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

JCD_IN1

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

LED1

PCI 1

FAN2

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

IDE1
IDE2

VT8233

VIA

PCI 5

PCI 6

16

USB2

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

To Select AGP Voltage Select:

1.5V
(default)

1.6V

1.7V

JP3 JP4

13

13

JP3 JP4

13

13

JP3 JP4

13

13

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2-6.2 JDIMM1/JDIMM2 Memory Module Voltage Select

This function allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM. The
default voltage (2.5V) should be used unless processor overclocking
requires a higher voltage.

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

LPT1

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

WOL1

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

GAME/MIDI PORT

FLASH BIOS

CNR 1

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

1 3

14

ATX POWER

FAN2

JCD_IN1

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

JDIMM1/JDIMM2 To Select Memory
Module Voltage:

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

2.5V (default)

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

2.6V

2.7V

JDIMM1

JDIMM2

JDIMM1

JDIMM2

JDIMM1

JDIMM2

NOTE! Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result

in shortening of your computer components’s life. It is strongly recommended
that you leave this setting at its default.

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13

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Clear CMOS
Data

Retain Data
(default)

JBAT1

JBAT1

1 3

1 3

2-6.3 JBAT1 For Clear CMOS DATA

A battery should be used to supply the power for the CMOS RAM to
retain the mainboard configuration.

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

LPT1

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

WOL1

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

GAME/MIDI PORT

FLASH BIOS

CNR 1

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

1 3

14

ATX POWER

FAN2

JCD_IN1

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

JBAT1 To Clear CMOS DATA:

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

NOTE: You can clear CMOS by setting Pin 2-3 closed when the system is

POWER OFF. Then, return to Pin1-2 position (default). You may damage
the mainboard if clearing the CMOS with POWER ON. Unplugging the
power cord from power supply before clearing CMOS will be the safest bet
for user.

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CPU FAN1

SYSTEM FAN

CHASSIS FAN

FAN3

FAN2

FAN1

2-7 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS

• This section list out all connectors configurations for users’ reference.

2-7.1 On board FAN Connector (FAN1, FAN2, FAN3)

GND

upper

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

JCD_IN1

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

On Board FAN Connector (FAN1):

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

LED1

PCI 1

FAN2

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

IDE1
IDE2

VT8233

VIA

PCI 5

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

1

SCR1

PCI 6

ON

16

USB2

1

1

DIP

16

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1 2 3 4

USB3

SW1

On Board FAN Connector (FAN2):

On Board FAN Connector (FAN3):

RT2

3 1

30

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

1

CON1

+12V
SENSOR

These connectors support CPU/System/chassis cooling fan with +12V.
When connecting wire to FAN connectors, users should pay attention
that the red wire is for the positive and should be connected to pin +12V,
and the black wire is Ground and should be connected to pin GND. If
your mainboard has Hardware Monitor chipset on-board, you must use a
specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of this
function.
For fans with speed sensors, each rotation of the fan blades will send out
2 electric pulses, by which System Hardware Monitor will work out the
fan rotation speed.

NOTE 1: Always consult vendor for proper CPU cooling fan.
NOTE 2: CPU FAN supports the FAN control. You can install PC Alert

utility. This will automatically control the CPU FAN speed according to
the actual CPU temperature.

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Connect the Wake
On LAN signal from
LAN card to WOL1

WOL1

2-7.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN Connector

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

LPT1

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

JCD_IN1

FAN2

This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output. The
connector powers up the system when it receives a wake-up packet or
signal through the LAN card.
This feature requires that Wake On LAN feature is enabled in the BIOS
setting called “Power Management Setup” and that your system must
be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA / +5V standby power.

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

+5V standby

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Wake On LAN:

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

GND

PME

2-7.3 JCD_IN1 CD-ROM Audio Connector

upper

PS/2

upper

USB0

LINE

LINE

MIC

lower

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

COM2 COM1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

JCD_IN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN1

14

RT1

SOCKET 370

JCD_IN1

CD-ROM Audio Connector:

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

USB2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

PIN NO.

PIN 1

PIN 2

PIN 3

PIN 4

JCD_IN1

GND

Left
Channel

GND

Right
Channel

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2-7.4 RT2 Thermal Sensor Connector

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

LPT1

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

CNR 1

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

JCD_IN1

FAN2

We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package. This thermal cable
is to monitor device which will generates a lot of heat, such as HDD,
Graphics card etc. Please connect one end of the thermal cable (A) to
mainboard RT2 header, and tape the other end of thermal cable (B) on to
the device which you want to monitor. After you finish the thermal cable
installation, you will see the detected temperature in BIOS setup or

Hardware monitor utility.

1 3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

JP3

JP4

VT8633T

1 3

1 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

Thermal Sensor Connector
(RT2):

RT2

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2-7.5 Complex Header CON1

• This complex Header consists of 9 connectors providing various supports:

CON1

15 15

SMI SIGNAL

Logic High

Logic High

GND

Vcc

Vcc

GND

(+)

(-)
(-)
(+)

2

POWER SWITCH

INFRARED(IR)

3

4

2nd HDD LED

4

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

1st HDD LED

1

SMI

ATX POWER SWITCH

NO CONNECTION

HDD LED SIGNAL
HDD LED SIGNAL

1. SMI Connector (System Management Interrupt):
CONNECTION: This 2-pin connector is connected to the case-mounted

Suspend Switch.
FUNCTION: Manually placing the system into a Suspend mode or “Green”
mode.

2. Power Switch Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to a momentary button or switch.
FUNCTION: Manually switching the system between “On” and “Soft Off”.

Pressing the momentary button for more than 4 seconds will also turn
the system off.

GND
SUSPEND LED SIGNAL

GND
NO CONNECTION

GND
RESET SIGNAL

GND
NO CONNECTION
SPEAKER SIGNAL

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NO CONNECTION
NO CONNECTION

(-)

Vcc

(+)

Vcc

SUSPEND LED

NO CONNECTION

POWER LED

RESET SWITCH

SPEAKER

5

6

6

7

8

3. IR Connector (Infrared Connector):
CONNECTION: Connected to Connector IR on board.
FUNCTION: Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module on

board.

4. 1st HDD LED Connector / J2 2nd HDD LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to HDD LED.
FUNCTION: To supply power to HDD LED.

5. Suspend LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to Suspend indicator.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “Suspend indicator”.

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6. Power LED Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to System Power LED.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “System Power LED”.

7. Reset Switch Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted “Reset Switch”.
FUNCTION: To supply power to “Reset Switch” and support system re-

boot function.

8. Speaker Connector:
CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted Speaker.
FUNCTION: To supply power to the case-mounted Speaker.

2-7.6 ATX Power Supply Connector

• This connector connects to an ATX power supply. The plug from the
power supply should only be inserted to ATX Power connector in a
specific orientation. Find the proper orientation and push it down firmly
to make sure that all pins are aligned.

• Your power supply should support at least 10mA on the 5V standby voltage.
There may be difficulty to turn on the system power if the power supply
does not support the load.

• For Wake On LAN function, the power supply should support at
least 720mA current.

+5V Standby

+12V

Power Good

GND

VCC

GND

VCC

GND
VCC3
VCC3

VCC
VCC

-5V
GND
GND
GND
Power Supply on
GND

-12V
VCC3

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2-7.7 Chassis Panel Connectors

A.

B. C. D.

E. F. G. H. I. J. K.

A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT
B : USB 0 PORT
C : LPT1 PORT
D : GAME/MIDI PORT
E : PS/2 KEYBOARD PORT
F : USB 1 PORT
G : COM 1 PORT
H : COM 2 PORT
I : LINE OUT / SPEAKER OUT PORT
J : LINE IN
K : MICROPHONE

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2-7.8 SCR1 Smart Card Reader Connector

• The connector “SCR1” allows you to use Smart Card Reader. It compliant
with Personal Computer Smart Card (PC/SC) working group standard and
smart card (ISO 7816) protocols.

LED

SCRREST

upper

upper

RFU

lower

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

USB0

LPT1

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

AC'97
Codec

LPC I/O

Controller

WOL1

SCRIO

AGP PRO 4X

14

FLASH BIOS

CNR 1

SCRPRES#

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

1 3

FAN2

JCD_IN1

NC

RT1

JP3

1 3

JP4

1 3

VT8633T

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

VIA

1

1 3

FAN1

SOCKET 370

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

RT2

1 3

JBAT1

FAN3

14

3 1

1

30

SCR1

-

+

ON

DIP

16

USB3

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

1 2 3 4

SW1

CON1

14

1

VCC

SCRFET#

NCNCSCRCLK GND

RFU

NC

SCR1 pin assignment

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2-7.9 CNR Communication And Networking Riser Slot

• This connector allows you to use network, modem or audio riser cards.

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

upper

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

lower

lower

AC'97
Codec

WOL1

USB1

Controller

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

CNR 1

ATX POWER

Clock
Generator

AGP PRO 4X

1 3

FAN2

14

JCD_IN1

RT1

JP3

JP4

1 3

1 3

VIA

VT8633T

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

USB2

1

1 3

FAN1

SOCKET 370

LED1

IDE1
IDE2

VIA

VT8233

16

1

FDC

1 3

JDIMM1

1 3

JDIMM2

Li

Battery

JBAT1

SCR1

ON

1 2 3 4

RT2

FAN3

14

3 1

30

-

+

DIP

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1

CON1

1 3

1

16

USB3

SW1

CNR slot

Note:

1. If modem CNR is installed, the modem CNR must be set as primary.

2. LAN CNR is not supported.

3. The audio CNR must be set as secondary, if on-chip AC 97 is enabled.

4. CNR devices are not provided with this mainboard.

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2-7.10 USB Header (USB2 & USB3 Header)

• This header is for connecting the additional USB cable to provides you
additional two USB ports. User can order the additional USB cable from
your mainboard dealer and vender.

Additional USB Cable (Optional)

GND
Black

GND
Black

red wire

16

1

Red
VCC

White

DO-

Green

DO+

Black

GND

Red

VCC

White

DO-

Green

DO+

Black

GND

USB 2 / USB3 Header

USB 2 / USB 3 Header

1

1

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• When plugging the USB cable into USB2/USB3 HEADER, users must
make sure the red wire is connected to the first pin.

2-7.11 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard

PIN 6 : None
PIN 5 : Mouse Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : None
PIN 1 : Mouse Data

PS/2 MOUSE

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PIN 6 : None
PIN 5 : Keyboard Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : None
PIN 1 : Keyboard Data

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CHAPTER 3

SOFTWARE SETUP

ABOUT SUPPORT CD

• In Support CD, it contains most informations for user’s requirement, such
as Acrobat Reader, BIOS, User’s full version Manual, Driver, Hardware
Monitor (if mainboard supports this function), Patch, and Utilities etc. User
can browse the CD and get further details in regard of our mainboard. Of
course, welcome to vendor’s website for the newest release.

This chapter contains the following topics :

3-1 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION
(4-IN-1 DRIVER)
3-2 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION
3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION

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3-1 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION (4-IN-1 DRIVER)

• Please put the Support CD

1

provided in your mainboard
package into the CD-ROM
drive.

• Click on the “VIA Chipset

3

Driver(2)”.

• Click on the “Install via 4-in-1 driver” to continue.

2

4

5

Next

6

• When a welcome window
appears on the screen, us­ ers should choose “Install
Driver”.

• Click on the “4-in-1 driver”.

• When the welcome screen
appears, press “Next” button
to continue.

Yes

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• “VIA Service Pack REA-

7

DME” screen will appear,
please click the “Yes” button
to continue.

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• Press select the

8

checkbox as below:

Bus Master PCI IDE
Driver
AGP VxD Driver
VIA Chipset Function’s
Registry
IRQ Routing Miniport
Driver

Next

Note: For user who is upgrading VIA Drivers, we recommend to install the

4-in-1 as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers.

Next

Next

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• Select “Install VIA ATAPI

9

Vendor Support Driver”

checkbox, then click the
“Next” button to continue.

• Click on “Click to enable

10

DMA Mode” checkbox to
enable DMA function, then
click the “Next” button to
continue.

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Next

Next

Finish

• Select “Install VIA AGP

11

VxD” in turbo mode and
press Next button to co­ ntinue.

• Select “Install VIA IRQ

12

Routing Miniport Driver”
checkbox, then click the
“Next” button to continue.

• After all these setup proce-

13

dures have finished, please
restart your computer by
clicking on “Finish”.

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3-2 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION

• Please put the Support CD

1

provided in your mainboard
package into the CD-ROM
drive.

• Click on the “VIA Chipset

3

Driver(2)”.

• Click on the “Explore CD” or user can install it through directory
CD-ROM \hardware monitor utility\ITE\install.exe.

5

• When a welcome window

2

appears on the screen, us­ ers should choose “Install
Driver”.

• Click on the “Hardware
Monitor Utility”.

4

• When “Exploring-ITE

6

8705” window appears,
please click on the file
“Install”.

Install

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• After which Follow the
instruction on screen to

7

complete the installation.

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• Click on the “OK” button.

8

• The following screen shows the

9

ITE SMARTGUARDIAM, which
shows the information about
system temperatures, voltages
and Fan speed. You can also
change some Value settings
for your system to optimize
its performance.

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3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC DRIVER INSTALLATION

• Please put the Support CD

1

provided in your mainboard
package into the CD-ROM
drive.

• Click on the “VIA Chipset
Driver(2)”.

3

Next

Next

• When a welcome window

2

appears on the screen, us­ ers should choose “Install
Driver”.

• Click on the “AC’97

4

driver”.

• Press “Next” button to

5

continue.

• When asking you install or

6

remove the audio driver,
please select “Install” and
press “Next” button to co­ ntinue.

Finish

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• After all the setup process
is finished, please restart

7

your computer by clicking
on “Finish”.

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

CHAPTER 4

BIOS SETUP

THE BIOS

• BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System. It is sometimes called
ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory(ROM) chip on
the mainboard. BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your
computer.

• BIOS performs the following functions:

1. Initializing and testing hardware in your computer (a process called
“POST”, for Power On Self Test).

2. Loading and running your operating system.

3. Helping your operating system and application programs to manage
your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run­ Time Service.

This chapter contains the following topics :

4-1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP
4-2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP
4-3 WHAT IS CMOS
4-4 WHAT IS POST
4-5 BIOS UPGRADE
4-6 BIOS SETUP

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4-1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP

• BIOS setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when:

1. Changing the hardware of your system. (For example: installing a new
Hard Disk etc.)

2. Modifying the behavior of your computer. (For example: changing the
system time or date, or turning special features on or off etc.)

3. Enhancing your computer’s behavior. (For example: speeding up
performance by turning on shadowing or cache)

4-2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP

• To access BIOS setup menu, press < DEL > key after “POST”, and before
the OS is loaded. The BIOS usually displays the following message:

Press DEL to enter SETUP

4-3 WHAT IS CMOS

• CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery. The BIOS uses CMOS to
store the settings you have selected in SETUP. CMOS also maintains the
internal clock. Every time you turn on your computer, the BIOS Looks into
CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures your computer
accordingly. If the battery is out of power, the CMOS data will be lost and
POST will issue a “CMOS invalid” or “CMOS checksum invalid” message.
If this happens, you have to replace the battery and do some proper set­ tings in SETUP.

4-4 WHAT IS POST

• POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. POST will test all things the
BIOS does before the operating system is started. Each of POST routines
is assigned a POST code, a unique number which is sent to I/O port 080h
before the routine is executed.

4-5 BIOS UPGRADE

• System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component of the
mainboard. Flash BIOS allows user to upgrade BIOS without the need
to replace an EPROM component.

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• The upgrade utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette and used to provide
the capability to save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade
utility can be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive.

4-5.1 BEFORE UPGRADING BIOS

• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard
BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility (AWDFLASH.EXE)
to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later.

4-5.2 UPGRADE PROCESS

Note: Normally, to upgrade BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working

fine without any problem. Users should not upgrade the BIOS unless you
experience incompatible problems or need to create new features. However,
please read all information in this section before upgrading.

“AWDFLASH.EXE” is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that updates the
BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the
mainboard, This program only works in DOS environment only, the utility

can not be executed in win95/98, ME, NT or WINDOWS 2000 environment.

Upgrading the system BIOS

Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download latest BIOS file
and award flash utility “AWDFLASH.EXE”. The BIOS file format
will be *.bin, of which “*” stands for the specific file name.

Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and award flash utility
“AWDFLASH.EXE” into the diskette.

Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, reboot your system and boot from the
diskette.

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Step 4. Type awdflash *.bin /sn/py/cc and then press <Enter> to run
BIOS upgrade program. (*.bin depends on your mainboard model
and version code. Instead of typing “*”, you should type specific
file name for your specific mainboard).

Step 5. Please press <F1> or <F10> to exit or reset your system, Warning !
If the message “Write Fail” appears while Award “FLASH MEMORY
WRITER” is verifying Flash memory, just repeat the process. Please
DO NOT reset or turn off the system. If the award memory flash utility
is not able to update the BIOS successfully, your system may not be
able to boot up.

Step 6. You will need a message “CMOS checksum error-Default loaded” during
booting the system. Press <Del> to run CMOS setup utility, then reload
“LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” or “Load Optimized Defaults” and save
this change.

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Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen

Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen

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The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

/sn: No original BIOS backup
/py: Program flash memory
/cc: Clear CMOS data (and update data automatically) after pro­ gramming

NOTE: Users can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about the

parameters. Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS
information, so we strongly recommend user to leave parameters alone unless
you fully understand their function.

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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS SETUP UTILITY

4-6.1 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

• This mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software
Inc. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by:

1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the
following message will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press the <DEL> key and the main program screen will appear as follows.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

: Select Item

3. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option, and press

<Enter>. Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in
your system.

4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing <ESC>.

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your changes and

reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” ignores your changes
and exits the program.

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4-6.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

• Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration

and sets the system clock and error handling. You only need to modify the
configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hard­ ware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost
or damaged.

Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen

with a list of options will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software

Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, January 15 2001
Time (hh:mm:ss) 9 : 52 : 15

IDE Primary Master Press Enter 13022 MB
IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None

Drive A None
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

Standard CMOS Features

Item Help

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

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Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the

other date information. This field is for information
only.
Press the left or right arrow key to move to the
desired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp
or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the
desired value into the field.

Time (hh:mm:ss) The time format is based on the 24-hour military-time

clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Press the
left or right arrow key to move to desired field. Press
the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or
type the desired value into the field.

Primary / Secondary

Master / Slave

This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI
hard disk drives installed in your system. Refer to
the respective documentation on how to install the
drives.

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IDE Primary Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Secondary Master Auto
Access Mode  Auto

Capacity 13022 MB

Cylinder 25232
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone 25231
Sector 63

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

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Drive A / Drive B Select this field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s)

installed in your system. The choices are:
360KB, 5.25in;

1.2MB, 5.25in;
720KB, 3.5in;

1.44MB, 3.5in;

2.88MB, 3.5in;
None.

Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your

computer. The BIOS usually detects the correct video
type automatically. The BIOS supports a secondary
video subsystem, but you do not select it in setup.

Halt On During the power-on self-test (POST), the computer

stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error. You can
tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST
and continue the boot-up process.

Base Memory Typically 640KB. Also called conventional memory.

The DOS operating system and conventional appli­cations use this area.

Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary. Early IBM personal

computers could not use memory above 1MB, but
current PCs and their software can use extended
memory.

Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

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4-6.3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES

• ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or sets

up system features according to your preference.

Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows:

1. Choose “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear:

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Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning
CPU Internal Cache
External Cache
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
Processor Number Feature
Quick Power On Self Test
First Boot Device
Second Boot Device
Third Boot Device
Boot Other Device
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Security Option
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Video BIOS Shadow

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Floppy
HDD-0
CDROM
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
On
Fast
Disabled
6
250
Setup
Non-OS2
Enabled

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

Virus Warning When enabled, you receive a warning message if a

program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the
boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive.
You should then run an antivirus program. Keep in
mind that this feature protects only the boot sector,
not the entire hard drive.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table

can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a program,
we recommend that you disable the virus warning.

CPU Internal Cache/

External Cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

Cache memory is additional memory that is much
faster than conventional DRAM (system memory).
CPUs from 486-type up contain internal cache
memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have
additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU
requests data, the system transfers the requested
data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for
faster access by the CPU.

When you select Enabled, it will speed up memory
checking when the external cache contains ECC
SRAMs.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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Processor Number

Feature

Quick Power On Self

First/Second/Third/

Other Boot Device

Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanging

Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives

Choose Disabled or Enabled. When enabled, the
processor serial number will display during the boot
up screen.

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to

Test

run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST skips
certain steps. We recommend that you normally enable
quick POST.

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from
the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
The choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM;
Disabled.

without any physical connection and modification on the
cables.

to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only
360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with
270KB, 1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all have 80
tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40-track
floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field
to disabled to save time.

Boot Up NumLock

Status

Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses

Toggle between On or Off to control the state of
the NumLock key when the system boots. If On,
the numeric keypad is in numeric mode. If off, the
numeric keypad is in cursor control mode.

memory above 1 MB (extended memory). When
set to Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20.
When set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard control­ler controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast
improves system speed, particularly with OS/2 and
Windows.

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Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic Rate

and Typematic Delay) are irrelevant. Keystroke repeats
at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your
system.
When Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and
typematic delay.

Typematic Rate (Chars

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Security Option If you have set a password, select whether the

OS Select For DRAM >

Video BIOS Shadow Performance will be improved by copying Video

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can

/ Sec)

select a typematic rate (the rate at which character
repeats when you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12,
15, 20, 24, or 30 characters per second.

Choices: 250; 500; 750; 1000. This option sets the
time interval for displaying the first and the second
characters. If enabled, the time interval is optional.

password is required every time the System
boots, or only when you enter setup.
The choices: system; setup.

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating

64MB

system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your
system.

BIOS to Shadow RAM.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

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4-6.4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES

• ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset
buffers. These buffers control the system options.

Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as follows:

1. Choose “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a
list of option will appear:

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Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Colck/Drive Control
AGA & P2P Bridge Control
CPU & PCI Bus Control
Memory Hole
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM Cacheable
Memory Parity/ECC Check

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the
user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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DRAM CLOCK/DRIVE CONTROL

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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DRAM Clock/Drive Control

Current FSB Frequency
DRAM Clock
DRAM Timing
SDRAM Cycle Length
Bank Interleave
DRAM Command Rate

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

By SPD
By SPD
3
Disabled
2T Command

Item Help

Menu Level

* Current FSB Fre-

This item allows you to control the FSB Frequency.

quency

* DRAM Clock The value represents the performance parameters

of the installed memory chips (DRAM). Do not
change the value from the factory setting unless you
install new memory that has a different performance
rating.

* DRAM Timing When this item Enabled, DRAM Timing is set by

SPD.
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is located on the
memory modules, BIOS reads information coded in
SPD during system boot up.

* SDRAM Cycle Length Select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 or 3. The

system designer already set the values. Do not change
the default value unless you change specifications of
the installed DRAM or the installed CPU.

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* Bank Interleave

* DRAM Command

The choices: Disabled; 2 Bank; 4 Bank.

The choices: Disabled; 2 Bank; 4 Bank.

Rate

AGP & P2P BRIDGE CONTROL

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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AGP & P2P Bridge Control

AGP Aperture Size
AGP Mode
AGP Driving Control
AGP Driving Value
AGP Fast Write
AGP Master 1 WS Write
AGP Master 1 WS Read

64M
2X
Auto
DA
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

Item Help

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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

* AGP Aperture Size Series of options are available: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128

or 256 MB. Memory mapped and graphics data
structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. This
area is like a linear buffer. BIOS will automatically
report the starting address of this buffer to the O.S.
The default setting is 64MB.

* AGP Mode This item allows you to select AGP Mode.

The choices: 1x, 2x, 4x.

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* AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.

Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the
next selection. This field is recommended to set in
Auto for avoiding any error in your system.
The choices: Manual; Auto.

* AGP Driving Value This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.

The choices: Min=0000 ~ Max=00FF.

* AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP model into fast write

mode. If your graphics card does not support this
function, please do not enable this function.

* AGP Master 1 ws

write

* AGP Master 1 ws

read

Leave this field at default.

Leave this field at default.

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CPU & PCI BUS CONTROL

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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CPU & PCI Bus Control

CPU to PCI Write Buffer
PCI Master 0 WS Write
PCI Delay Transaction

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

* CPU to PCI Write

Buffer

* PCI Master 0 WS

Write

* PCI Delay Transac-

tion

Enabled
Enabled
Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level

When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to
the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the
speed differences between the CPU and the PCI
bus. When Disabled, the writes are not buffered and
the CPU must wait until the write is complete before
starting another write cycle.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed
with zero wait states.
The choices: Enabled, Disabled.

Leave this field at default

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Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in

memory is reserved for ISA cards. This memory must
be mapped into the memory space below 16MB.
The choices: 15M-16M; Disabled.

System BIOS

Cacheable

Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory

Memory Parity/ECC

Check

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system
BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better
system performance.

(RAM) at A0000h-AFFFFh, resulting in better video
performance. However, check your AGP manual to
find out if any compatibility problem exists.

This item enabled to detect the memory parity and
Error Checking & Correcting.
The choices: Enabled, Disabled.

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4-6.5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

• INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some information
inside your system when it is working.

Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows:

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a list

of options will appear:

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Integrated Peripherals

VIA OnChip IDE Device
VIA OnChip PCI Device
VIA SuperIO Device
Init Display First
OnChip USB Controller
USB keyboard Support
IDE HDD Block Mode

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
PCI Slot
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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VIA OnChip IDE Device

OnChip IDE Channel0
OnChip IDE Channel1
IDE Prefetch Mode
Primary Master PIO
Primary Slave PIO
Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Primary Master UDMA
Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA
Secondary Slave UDMA

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

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

* On-Chip IDE channel

0/1

Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
support from two IDE channels. Select Enabled

Item Help

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to activate the first and/or the second IDE
interface. Select Disabled to inactivate an interface
if you install a primary and/or second add-on IDE
interface.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

* IDE Prefetch Mode The on-board IDE drive supports IDE perfecting for

faster drive accesses. If the IDE device doesn’t
support perfecting, set this field to Disabled.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

* Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

Choose Auto or Mode 0~4. The BIOS will detect the
HDD mode type automatically when you choose
Auto. You need to set to a lower mode than Auto
when your hard disk becomes unstable.
The choices: Auto; Mode 0; Mode 1; Mode 2; Mode
3; Mode 4.

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* Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA33/66/100 implementation is possible only
if your IDE hard drive supports it, if the operating
environment includes a DMA drive, and if your sys­tem software supports Ultra DMA33/66/100. Select
“Auto” to enable BIOS support.
The choices: Auto; Disabled.

VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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VIA OnChip PCI Device

VIA-3058 AC'97 Audio
VIA-3068 MC97 Modem

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

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

Auto
Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

* VIA-3058 AC’97

Audio

* VIA-3068 MC97

Modem

Select “Disabled” to use the on-chip audio capability of
your system. Most of the field do not appear when this
field is “Disabled”, for user who wants to use add-on sound
card, this item must be disabled.

This option allows you to decide to enable/disable
the Onchip Modem.
The choices: Auto; Disabled.

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VIA SUPERIO DEVICE

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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VIA SuperIO Device

Onboard FDC Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
UART Mode Select
UR2 Duplex Mode
Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
ECP Mode Use DMA
Game Port Address
Midi Port Address
Midi Port IRQ

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

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

* Onboard FDC

Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive
controller (FDC) installing in the system board and

Enabled
Auto
Auto
Normal
Half
378/IRQ7
SPP
3
201
330
10

Item Help

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you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this
field.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

* Onboard Serial

Port 1 / Port 2

Select a logical COM port name and matching
address for the first and second serial ports.
Select an address and corresponding interrupt
for the first and second serial ports.

* UART Mode Select The second serial port on your system may offer a

variety of infrared port modes. Click here for a
description of various modes. (Click your browser’s
Back button, or your right mouse button, to return to
this page.)
The choices: Standard; HPSIR; ASKIR

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* UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half / full

duplex function.
The choices: Half; Full.

* Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel

port controller I/O address setting.
The choices: 378H/IRQ7; 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/IRQ7;
Disabled.

* Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the on-board parallel

(printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP
unless you are certain your hardware and software
both support one of the other available modes.

* ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port.

* Game Port Address This item allows you to select the Game Port

Address.
The choices: Disabled, 201, 209

* MIDI Port Address Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use

during ECP mode.
The choices: Disabled, 330, 300

* MIDI Port IRQ This item allows you to select the MIDI Port IRQ.

The choices: 5, 10

Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any

other display device on the system. Thus the AGP
display becomes the primary display.

OnChip USB Control-

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal

ler

Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have USB
peripherals.

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USB Keyboard Sup-

IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal

port

Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB
keyboard.

commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE
hard drive supports block mode (most new drives
do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the
optimal number of block read/write per sector the
drive can support.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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4-6.6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

• POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power
saving functions.

Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows:

1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a

list of options will appear:

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function
ACPI Suspend Type
Power Management
HDD Power Down
Suspend Mode
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
MODIM Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
State After Power Failure
IRQ/Event Activity Detect

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Enabled
S1(POS)
User Define
Disabled
Disabled
Suspend->Off
V/H SYNC+Blank
3
Instant-Off
Off
Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating

system supports the Advanced Configuration and
Power Interface (ACPI) specification. Currently,
Windows NT 5.0 supports ACPI.

ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select the ACPI suspend

type. You can select S3(STR) for suspending to
DRAM or S1(POS) for power on suspend under
Windows 98 ACPI mode.
The choices: S1(POS), S3(STR).

Power Management This option allows you to select the type (or degree)

of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend
modes.
This table describes each power management
mode:

Max Saving

User Define

Min Saving

Maximum power savings. Only Available for SL
CPUs. Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

Set each mode individually. Select time-out period
in the section for each mode stated below.

Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour
in each mode (except the hard drive).

HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system

inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down
while all other devices remain active.

Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity, the

chipset enters a hardware suspend mode, stopping
the CPU clock and possibly causing other system
devices to enter power management modes.

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Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter

to operate in a power saving mode.

Always On

Suspend -->Off

All Modes -->Off

Monitor will remain on during power saving
modes.

Monitor blanked when the systems enters the
Suspend mode.

Monitor blanked when the system enters either
Suspend or Standby modes.

Video Off Method This determines the manner by which the monitor is

blanked.

V/H SYNC +
Blank

Blank Screen

DPMS Supports

This selection will cause the system to turn off
the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports
and write blanks to the video buffer.

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

Select this option if you monitor supports the
Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS)
standard of the Video Electronics Standards to
select video power management values.

MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to

the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the
selected IRQ always awakens the system.
The choices: 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; NA.

Soft-Off by PWRBTN When Enabled, turning the system off by pressing

the on/off button places the system in a very low­power-usage state.

State After Power

Failure

This field lets you determine the state that your PC
returns to after a power failure.
The choices: On, Off, Auto

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IRQ/EVENT ACTIVITY DETECT

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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IRQ/Event Activity Detect

VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
PCI Master
PowerOn by PCI Card
Modem Ring Resume
RTC Alarm Resume
Date (of Month)
Resume (hh:mm:ss)
IRQs Activity Monitoring

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

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

OFF
LPT/COM
ON
OFF
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
0
0 0 0
Press Enter

Menu Level

Item Help

* VGA When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the

system

* LPT & COM When LPT & COM is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes
up the system.

* HDD & FDD When HDD & FDD is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

* PCI Master When PCI Master is ON, any activity from one of

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

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* PowerOn by PCI Card This item allows system wake up by PCI Device.

* Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) Line

(in other words, an incoming call on the modem)
Awakens the system from a soft off state.

* RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled, you can set the data and time at

which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens
the system from suspend mode.
The choices: Disabled (default); Enabled.

* Date (of Month) Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume

option is Enabled to awaken the system. This
option is concurrent with Resume Time option.

* Resume Time (hh:

mm:ss)

Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume
option is Enabled to awaken the system. This
option is concurrent with Date option.

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* IRQ ACTIVITY MONITORING

• When this option is chosen, the following item appears for user’s
configuration.

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IRQ Activity Monitoring

Primary INTR
IRQ-3 (COM2)
IRQ-4 (COM1)
IRQ-5 (LPT2)
IRQ-6 (Floppy Disk)
IRQ-7 (LPT1)
IRQ-8 (RTC Alarm)
IRQ-9 (IRQ2 Redir)
IRQ-10 (Reserved)
IRQ-11 (Reserved)
IRQ-12 (PS/2 Mouse)
IRQ 13 (Coprocessor)
IRQ 14 (Hard Disk)
IRQ 15 (Reserved)

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

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

IRQ Activity Monitor-

The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt Requests),

ing

which can be exempted much as the COM ports

ON
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants
to gain the attention of the operating system, it sig­nals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the op­erating system is ready to respond to the request, it
interrupts itself and performs the service. When set
On, activity will neither prevent the system from go­ing into a power management mode nor awaken it.

Item Help

Menu Level

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

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4-6.7 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

• PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system’s power
saving functions.

Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as follows:

1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION” from the Main Menu and a screen

with a list of options will appear:

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PnP/PCI Configurations

PNP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data

Resources Controlled By
IRQ Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Assign IRQ For VGA
Assign IRQ For USB
PCI SLOT1/5 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT2/6 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT3 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT 4 IRQ Assigned

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

No
Disabled

Auto(ESCD)
Press Enter

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is

Plug-and-Play aware (e.g., Windows95).

NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PnP resources except the boot

device card when you select Yes on Non-PnP operating system.

Reset Configuration

Normally, you leave this Disabled. Select Enabled

Data

to reset Extended System Configuration Data
(ESCD), when you exit Setup if you have installed
a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has
caused such a serious conflict that the operating
system cannot boot.

Resource ControlledByThe Plug and Play AwardBIOS can automatically

configure all the boot and Plug and Play-compat­ible devices. If you select Auto, all the interrupt re­quest (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear,
as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

IRQ RESOURCES Press Enter. Please refer to the list below:

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IRQ Resources

IRQ-3 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP

Item Help

Menu Level

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status,

and to modify the information delivered from the
feature Connector of the VGA card to MPEG card.
This option can solve the display inversion to black
after you have used MPEG card.

Assign IRQ for VGA Select Enabled if you system has a VGA controller

and you have one or more VGA devices connected.
If you are not using your system’s VGA controller,
select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

Assign IRQ for USB Select Enabled if you system has a USB controller

and you have one or more USB devices connected.
If you are not using your system’s USB controller,
select Disabled to free the IRQ resource.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all

items.

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4-6.8 PC HEALTH STATUS

• This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU
temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact your
mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU temperature.

Run the “SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD” as follows:

1. Choose “SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD” from the Main Menu and a

screen with a list of options will appear:

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PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature 60˚C/140˚F
Voltage 0
Voltage 1
Voltage 2
Voltage 3
Voltage 4
Voltage 5
Voltage 6
Voltage 7
Voltage Battery
Temperature 1
Temperature 2
Temperature 3
Fan 1 Speed
Fan 2 Speed

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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Shutdown Tempera-

CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.

DDR DIMM Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value.

Voltage Shows power supply actual voltage value.

System Temperature Shows current system temperature.

CPU Temperature Shows current CPU temperature.

FAN 1 Speed These fields display the current speed of the CPU

This feature prevents your CPU from damage by

ture

over heat. If the CPU’s temperature is higher than
“CPU warning temperature” that you select in this
field, the BIOS will shut down your system within 3
seconds.

fan, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all
items.

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4-6.9 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL

Run the “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” as following:

1. Choose “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” from the Main Menu and

a screen with a list of options will appear:

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CPU Vcore Select
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CLK
Spread Spectrum
CPU Clock
CPU Ratio

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Frequency Control

Default
Enabled
Disabled
100
X 3

Item Help

Menu Level

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the

selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user starts the current session.
<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values.
<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values.

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CPU Vcore

Select

Auto Detect

DIMM/PCI CLK

Spread Spetrum When the system clock generator pulses, the ex-

CPU Clock This items allows users to adjust CPU frequency.

CPU Ratio This item allows you to select the CPU ratio, if CPU

This item allows you to adjust the CPU core Voltage.
Using higher CPU core Voltage may help, when
overclocking but may in shortening of your
processor’s lite. It is strongly recommended that
you leave this item at default.

To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic inter­ference (EMI), the BIOS detects the presence or
absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and
turns off system clock generator pulses to empty
slots.

treme values of the pulse generate excess EMI.
Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation
changes the extreme values from spikes to flat
curves, thus reducing EMI. This benefit may in some
cases be outweighed by problems with timing-criti­cal devices, such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device.

clock Ratio is locked, the function will have no effect.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all
items.

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4-6.10 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 ”

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values that are factor settings for opti­mal performance of system operations.

4-6.11 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

• These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the
supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than
the users. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and
Users are as follows:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press <Enter>. Then

following message appears:

“Enter Password : “

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 8 characters

and press <Enter>. (The screen does not display the entered characters.)

3. After you enter the password, the following message appears prompting

you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password : “

4. Enter the same password “exactly” the same as you have just typed to

confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the password.

6. If you need to delete the password entered before, choose the Supervi-

sor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you
have entered before.

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7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you have just
configured; otherwise the old password will still be there the next time

you turn your system on.

8. Press <Enter> to exit to the Main Menu.

NOTE: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access the

system is to clear the CMOS RAM. All setup informations will be lost and
you need to run the BIOS setup program again.

4-6.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

• SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci­fied into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and
the following message appears:

“SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

4-6.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

• EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility with­out saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this option
on the Main Menu and the following message appears:

“Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N “

“Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”.
You may change the prompt to “Y” and press <Enter> key to leave this
option .

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APPENDIX-1 TECHNICAL TERMS
APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION/
BIOS PART NUMBER
APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD
MODEL NUMBER

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Technical Terms Introduction

Tec h Term

AGP

AMR

ACR

CPU Central Processing Unit

CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor

CRIMM Continuity RIMM

CNR Communication and Networking Riser

DMA Direct Memory Access

DMI Desktop Management Interface

DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module

DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory

DDR Double Data Rate

ECP Extended Capabilities Port

ESCD Extended System Configuration Data

ECC Error Check and Correct

EPP Exhanced Parallel Port

FDD Floppy Disk Device

IDE Integrated Dual Channel Enhanced

IRQ Interrupt ReQuest

I/O Input/Output

LAN Local Area Network

LBA Logical Block Addressing

LED Local Emitting Diode

MHz Megahertz

PNP

USB

VCM

Accelerated Graphic Port

Audio Modem Riser

Advanced Communication Riser

Plug & Play

Universal Serial Bus

Virtual Channel Memory

Meaning

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APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS
PART NUMBER

• When you boot up your computer, you may see a screen which shows
your computer is phoenixnet™ enabled. Please see Picture-1 below for
an illustration.

• When the screen shows up press “Tab” key for BIOS information.

Picture-1

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• See Picture-2 below for BIOS version and BIOS part number identification.

1

Picture-2

1. BIOS VERSION

example: REV T2.1

2. BIOS ID STRING

example: 6A69RSNCC

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APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER

• Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA side of
slot or PCI slot. Please see the picture below as an illustration:

2

1. MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER

example: SL-65KV2

2. MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER

example: 0012000T005679

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