Soltek SL-65MIE User Manual

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SL-65MIE

USER MANUAL V1.2

Product Model : SL-65MIE

NOTICE

his Users’ Guide & Technical Reference is to help system
manufacturers and end-users set up and install the mainboard.

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Manual Revision : V1.2
Release Date : June 2001

Copyright © 2001 Soltek Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.

• Intel, Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.

• Intel 82815 Graphic Memory Controller Hub(GMCH), 82801 I/O Controller Hub(ICH) are trade­marks of Intel Corporation.

• VIA Cyrix III is trademark of VIA Corporation.

SOLTEK AROUND THE WORLD

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C O N T E N T

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

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

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

1-1-2 CHIPSET ............................................................................................. 9

1-1-3 INTEGRATED SDRAM CONTROLLER.............................................. 9

1-1-4 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS ................... 9

(AGP) CONTROLLER ........................................................................ 9

1-1-5 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION ...................................................................... 10

1-1-6 EXPANSION SLOTS......................................................................... 10

1-1-7 AWARD BIOS V6.0, SUPPORTING ................................................. 10

1-1-8 SOUND CONTROLLER .................................................................... 10

1-1-9 POWER MANAGEMENT .................................................................. 10

1-1-10 FORM FACTOR .............................................................................. 11

1-1-11 HARDWARE MONITORING ........................................................... 11

1-2 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 65MIE ........................................ 12

1-3 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM...................................... 13

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP............................ 15

2- 1 CPU INSTALLATION ................................................................. 16

2- 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION ......................................................... 17

2- 3 SUPPORTED SYSTEM BUS AND SYSTEM MEMORY BUS

FREQUENCIES TABLE ............................................................. 18

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

2- 5 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD: ..................... 21

2-5-1 JUMPER JBAT1/2 FOR CLEARING CMOS DATA: .......................... 21

2-5-2 KEYBOARD POWER ON (JP2) ........................................................ 22

2-5-3 USB WAKE UP (JP3) ........................................................................ 22

2-5-4 BUS CLOCK SELECT (JP7/JP8) ...................................................... 23

2-5-5 BIOS BOOT BLOCK LOCK (JP16) ................................................... 23

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2-5-6 USB PORT SELECT (JP17/JP18) .................................................... 24

2-5-7 USB PORT SELECT (JP19/JP20) .................................................... 24

2-5-8 FACTORY DEFAULT (J1) ................................................................. 25

2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS ......................................... 26

2-6-1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (CPUFA1/AUXFA1/CHAFA1)......... 26

2-6-2 CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR (CD32/CD33) ................................ 27

2-6-3 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (JWOL1) ............................................. 27

2-6-4 THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR (RT2) ....................................... 28

2-6-5 COMPLEX HEADER J2&J3 .............................................................. 29

2-6-6 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR ...................................................... 30

2-6-7 SERIAL PORT CONNECTORS ........................................................ 31

2-6-8 SMART CARD READER CONNECTOR (SCR1) ............................. 32

2-6-9 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR .............................................. 32

2-6-10 COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING RISER SLOT (CNR) ...... 33

2-6-11 PS/2 MOUSE AND PS/2 KEYBOARD ............................................ 33

2-6-12 SECOND USB HEADER (USB2) .................................................... 34

2-6-13 IRQS DESCRIPTION FOR VARIOUS DEVICES............................ 35

CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP ............................ 37

3-1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION................................. 38

3-2 INTELL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION ......... 39

3-3 AC’97 DRIVER INSTALLATION.................................................. 41

3-4 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY

(SMARTGUARDIAM) .................................................................. 42

CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP ........................................45

THE BIOS ......................................................................................... 45

4-1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP............................................................... 46

4-2 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP ...................................................... 46

4-3 WHAT IS CMOS ......................................................................... 46

4-4 WHAT IS POST .......................................................................... 46

4-5 BIOS UPGRADE......................................................................... 46

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4-5-1 BEFORE UPGRADING BIOS ........................................................... 47

4-5-2 UPGRADE PROCESS ...................................................................... 47

4-6 BIOS SETUP-- CMOS SETUP UTILITY ..................................... 51

4-6-1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP .............................................................. 52

4-6-2 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ......................................................... 55

4-6-3 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES .................................................. 60

4-6-4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ......................................................... 64

4-6-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ..................................................... 69

4-6-6 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION ........................................................... 73

4-6-7 PC HEALTH STATUS........................................................................ 76

4-6-8 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL................................................ 77

4-6-9 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ......................................................... 78

4-6-10 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD ...................................... 80

4-6-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP ...................................................................... 81

4-6-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ................................................................ 81

APPENDICES ................................................................. 82

APPENDIX-1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION .................... 83

APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART

NUMBER.................................................................... 84

APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD / MODEL NUMBER ..... 86

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======ITEMLIST CHECKUP

Chapter 1 Introduction

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 the characteristics of this 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 !!!TM up to 1GHz.

• Supporting Intel

• Supporting VIA Cyrix !!! up to 800MHz.

• Supporting CPU voltage Auto-Detect circuit.

1-1-2 CHIPSET

• INTEL 82815 Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) & INTEL
82801BA I/O Controller Hub (ICH2).

• ITE 8712 EC-LPC I/O chip.

1-1-3 INTEGRATED SDRAM CONTROLLER

• Provides 3pcs DIMM slots supporting double-sided DIMMs.

• Supporting 100/133MHz SDRAM spec.

• Supporting total memory from 32MB to 512MB using 32Mb/64Mb/128Mb/
256Mb technology.

• Supporting up to 3 double sided DIMMs at 100MHz system memory bus.

• Supporting up to 2 double sided or 3 single sided DIMMs at 133MHz
system memory bus.

• Unbuffered , Non-ECC SDRAM only supported.

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FC-PGA 370 Celeron & PPGA 370 Celeron up to 850MHz.

1-1-4 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS (AGP) CONTROLLER

• Supporting 64-bit 66/ 100/ 133 MHz System Bus Frequency.

• Provides 1x/ 2x/ 4x AGP controller.

• Integrated 2D & 3D Graphics Engines.

• Integrated H/W Motion Compensation Engine.

• Integrated 24-bit 230 MHz DAC.

• Supporting 133MHz System Memory while running in non-CPC mode:

--AGP v2.0 compliant.

--Full 2D H/W Acceleration.

--2D Graphics up to 1600 x 1200 in 8--bit Color at 85 Hz Refresh.

--H/W Motion Compensation Assistance for S/W MPEG2 Decode.

--Integrated Graphics Memory Controller can be disabled to support an

external AGP Card or PCI Graphics card.

--Provided an AGP 4X Slot which is compatible for AGP 1X/2X/4X mode

and AGP In-Line Memory Module (AIMM) up to 4 MB.

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1-1-5 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION

• Integrated IDE Controller.

• Supporting Ultra ATA33/66/100, BMIDE and PIO modes.

• Two UARTs for complete Serial Ports.

• One dedicated IR connector:

--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 function.

• 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.

1-1-6 EXPANSION SLOTS

• Three PCI bus Master slots.

• One AGP 4x mode slot.

• One CNR slot.

• Three DIMM slots.

• One SCR (Smart Card Reader) slot.

1-1-7 AWARD BIOS V6.0, SUPPORTING

• Plug & Play V1.0.

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade.

• Year 2000 compliant.

• BIOS writing protection.

1-1-8 SOUND CONTROLLER

• AC 97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODECs.

• AC 97 2.1 compliant.

1-1-9 POWER MANAGEMENT

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

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

• Supporting ACPI suspend POS mode. (Power On Suspend)

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• 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 USB wake-up Function

1-1-10 FORM FACTOR

• Micro ATX form factor, 4 layer PCB.

• Motherboard size: 20.0cm x 24.5cm

1-1-11 HARDWARE MONITORING

• Programmable control, status, to provide monitoring and alarm for flex­ible desktop management of hardware temperature. (software included
in support CD)

• 8 positive voltages status monitoring.

• 3 fan speeds status monitoring.

• 2 temperature status monitoring.

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1-2 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 65MIE

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

upper

USB0

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

lower

lower

PS/2

K/B

JP2

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AUXFA1

AC'97

CD32

Codec

CD33

JWOL1

CNR 1

CPUFAN1

1 3

JP3

1

1 4

1 4

I/O

Controller

SCR1

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

LED1

Generator

FDC1

IDE2

IDE1

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel

815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

PCI 1

FWH

Intel

ICH2

JP16

1 3

JP17

JP18

JP19

JP20

1 3

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

16
1

USB2

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

CHAFA1

-

+

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWR SUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

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

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1-3 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM

Soket 370 Processor

System Bus (66/100/133MHz)

Intel 82815 Chipset

AGP Connector

4 IDE Drivers

Ultra DMA100/66/33

4 USB Ports

Audio Codec(s)

Keyboard

Mouse,FD,PP

SP,IR

LAN Connect

Analog Display

AGP Graphics

Display Cache
(4MB SDRAM,

133MHz)

AC'97 2.1

Super

I/O

LPC I/F

-Memory Controller

-AGP Controller

-Graphics Controller

-3D Engine

-2D Engine

AGP 2.0

-Video Engine

(I/O Controller Hub)

(Firmware Hub)

Intel 82815

(GMCH)

ICH2

FWH

64bit /

66/100/133MHz

PCI Slots

PCI Bus

GPIO

System

Memory



PCI

Agent

Intel 82815 GMCH Chipset Diagram

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MEMO

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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.

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

HARDWARE SETUP

ATTENTION !!!

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS :

2-1 CPU INSTALLATION
2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION

2-3 SUPPORTED SYSTEM BUS AND SYSTEM MEMORY
BUS FREQUENCIES TABLE
2-4 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION
2-5 FOR DEVICE ON BOARD
2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATION

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2- 1 CPU INSTALLATION

WARNING !!!

Never run you processor without the heat sink properly and firmly attached.
PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT!

• Pull out the lever from the

1

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

SOCKET 370

• Take notice of the red circles

2

as shown below. While insert­ing the CPU into the socket,
you can find out there is a defi­nite pin orientation for CPU
and socket.

SOCKET 370

SOCKET 370

16

• Make sure that the CPU is

3

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

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2- 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION

WARING !!!

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

• Be careful when inserting or removing DIMM, forcing a DIMM in or out of a socket
can be damaged the memory module or the socket. Some of DIMMs contain EDO or
FTP DRAM that accept only 5V power. These DIMM types are incompliant with the
mainboard, the M/B only supports 3.3V true SDRAM DIMMs.

Installing DIMM

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

• Insert the module(s) as shown below, DIMMs have 168-pins and two
notches that will be matched by the onboard 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.

168-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions(3.3V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

Unbuffered

3.3V

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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2-3 SUPPORTED SYSTEM BUS AND SYSTEM MEMORY
BUS FREQUENCIES TABLE

• The 82815E GMCH has a new type of clocking architecture. It has inte­grated SDRAM buffers that run at either 100 or 133 MHz, independent of
the system bus frequency. See table below for supported system bus and
system memory bus frequencies.

Front Side Bus
Frequency

66MHz 66MHz 33MHz 3single sides DIMMs

100MHz 100MHz

133MHz

133MHz 133MHz

System Memory
Bus Frequency

100MHz

100MHz

AGP Bus
Frequency

66MHz

66MHz

66MHz

PCI Bus
Frequency

33MHz

33MHz

33MHz

Supported
Maximum DIMM
numbers

3single sides DIMMs

2 doubled sides or 3
single sides DIMMs

2 doubled sides or 3
single sides DIMMs

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2- 4 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION

• To install HDD (Hard Disk Drive), you may connect the cable’s blue

connector to the mainboard’s primary (IDE1) or secondary IDE 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.

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

upper

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

lower

AC'97
Codec

PS/2

K/B

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AUXFA1

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

14

1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

RT1

Intel

815E

GMCH

J1

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel

ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

Hard Disk Drive Connector:

Orient the red line on the IDE
ribbon cable to Pin1.

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

CHAFA1

+

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

JP20

1 3

black connector

gray connector

red line

blue connector

IDE Cable

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• To install FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), connect the end with single connector
to the mainboard, and connect other end with two connectors to the floppy
drives.

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

upper

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

lower

AC'97
Codec

PS/2

K/B

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AUXFA1

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

14

1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

RT1

Intel

815E

GMCH

J1

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel

ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:

Orient the red line on the

floppy ribbon cable to Pin1.

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

CHAFA1

+

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

JP20

1 3

To 1st Floppy Drive

To 2nd Floppy Drive

red line

To mainboard

FDD Cable

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2- 5 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD:

• The following diagrams show the location for 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 with block marks are closed pins.

2-5-1 JUMPER JBAT1/2 FOR CLEARING CMOS DATA:

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

Jumper JBAT1/2 for Clearing
CMOS Data

Clear CMOS Data

Retain Data (default)

JBAT1

JBAT1

JBAT2

JBAT2

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

3

3

1

1

3

3

1

1

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

NOTE : You can clear CMOS by setting pin 2-3 closed when the system is POWER OFF. Then,

return to pin 1-2 closed 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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2-5-2 KEYBOARD POWER ON (JP2)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

Keyboard Power On (JP2)

Disabled (default)

Enabled

JP2

JP2

3

1

3

1

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

When keyboard power on function shows any compatible problem, choose
disabled and report the keyboard model to the board maker.
Keyboard power on function must be set from the BIOS .Refer to the “Integrated
Peripherals” section.

2-5-3 USB WAKE UP (JP3)

upper

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

CPUFAN1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

USB Wake up (JP3)

Disabled (default)

Enabled

JP3

JP3

3

1

3

1

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

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2-5-4 BUS CLOCK SELECT (JP7/JP8)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

Bus Clock Select (JP7/JP8)

66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz
Auto Select (default)

100MHz

133MHz

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

2-5-5 BIOS BOOT BLOCK LOCK (JP16)

JP7
JP8

JP7
JP8

JP7
JP8

3

1

3

3

1

1

3

1

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

BIOS Boot Block Lock (JP16)

Locked

Unlocked (default)

JP16

JP16

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

IMPORTANT NOTE : When upgrading new BIOS version for 65MIE, the “BIOS Boot

Block” must be unlocked.

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3

1

3

1

65MIE

2-5-6 USB PORT SELECT (JP17/JP18)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Li

Battery

Intel

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

JP20

CHAFA1

1 3

1 3

USB Port Select (JP17/JP18)

1

-­++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

J2

Redirect USB port 0

1

RT2

to USB1 connector (default)

Redirect USB port 0

-

+

to CNR port

SAPK RST PLED SLED

1 15

J3

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

2-5-7 USB PORT SELECT (JP19/JP20)

JP17

JP18

JP17

JP18

3

3

1

1

3

3

1

1

upper

upper

PS/2

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

OUT

IN

MIC

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

CPUFAN1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

USB Port Select (JP19/JP20)

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

Redirect USB port 1
to USB1 connector (default)

Redirect USB port 1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

to AGP slot

JP19

JP20

JP19

JP20

3

3

1

1

3

3

1

1

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

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2-5-8 FACTORY DEFAULT (J1)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

1 3

JP2

JP3

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

COM2

LPT1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

I/O

Controller

LINE

IN

SCR1

14

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

AUXFA1

AC'97

CD32

1 4

Codec

1 4

CD33

JWOL1

CNR 1

This jumper is only for factory test.

RT1

Intel
815E

GMCH

J1

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel
ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

1 3

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

CHAFA1

+

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWR SUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

JP19

JP20

1 3

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J1

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2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS

• This section lists out all connectors configurations for users’ reference:

2-6-1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (CPUFA1/AUXFA1/ CHAFA1)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

OUT

IN

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

14

1

AUXFA1

CD32

1 4

1 4

CD33

RT1

Intel
815E

GMCH

J1

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel
ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

1 3

Onboard FAN Connector (CPUFA1/

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

CHAFA1

+

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWR SUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

JP19

JP20

1 3

AUXFA1/CHAFA1)

CPU FAN

SYSTEM FAN

CHASSIS FAN

CPUFA1

AUXFA1

CHAFA1

GND
+12V
SENSOR

These connectors support CPU/System cooling fan with +12V. When
connecting wire to FAN connectors, users should pay attention that the red wire
is for the positive current 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, the 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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2-6-2 CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR (CD32/CD33)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

1 3

JP2

JP3

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

COM2

LPT1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

I/O

Controller

LINE

IN

SCR1

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

AUXFA1

AC'97

CD32

1 4

Codec

1 4

CD33

JWOL1

CNR 1

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

Intel
ICH2

DIMM2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

CD-ROM Audio Connector (CD32/
CD33)

PIN 1 Left Channel
PIN 2 GND

SAPK RST PLED SLED

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel

815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

41

CD32

41

CD33

CD32PIN NO. CD33

GND

Left Channel

GNDPIN 3

Right ChannelPIN 4

2-6-3 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (JWOL1)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

1 3

JP2

JP3

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

COM2

LPT1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

I/O

Controller

LINE

IN

SCR1

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

AUXFA1

AC'97

CD32

1 4

Codec

1 4

CD33

JWOL1

CNR 1

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

Wake On Lan Function (JWOL1)

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel
ICH2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

Connect the Wake On LAN
signalfrom LAN card to
JWOL1

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel

815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

+5V standby

GND
PME

GND

Right Channel

JWOL1

This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output. The connector
powers up the system when a wake-up packet or signal is received 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 have an ATX power
supply with at least 720mA / +5V standby power.

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2-6-4 THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR (RT2)

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

1 3

JP2

JP3

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

COM2

LPT1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

I/O

Controller

LINE

IN

SCR1

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

AUXFA1

AC'97

CD32

1 4

Codec

1 4

CD33

JWOL1

CNR 1

We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package. This thermal cable
is to monitor device which will generate 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.

ATX POWER

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

Clock

DIMM1

ICH2

Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

DIMM2

DIMM3

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

Intel

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

+

JP20

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

1 3

J2

J3

RT1

SOCKET 370

Intel
815E

GMCH

14

AGP 4X

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

FWH

16
1

USB2

RT2

Thermal Sensor Connector
(RT2)

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2-6-5 COMPLEX HEADER J2&J3

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

J2J3

15 15

SMI SIGNAL



Logic High (+)

Logic High (+)

GND

Vcc

Vcc

GND

2

POWER SWITCH

INFRARED(IR)

3

4

2nd HDD LED

4

1st HDD LED

1

SMI

ATX POWER SWITCH

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

NO CONNECTION

HDD LED SIGNAL (-)
HDD LED SIGNAL (-)

1. J2 SMI Connector (System Management Interrupt):

CONNECTION: This 2-pin connector is connected to the case-mounted
Suspend Switch or to the “Turbo Switch”.

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

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GND

SUSPEND LED SIGNAL

NO CONNECTION
NO CONNECTION



GND (-)
NO CONNECTION

Vcc (+)

GND
RESET SIGNAL

Vcc
GND
NO CONNECTION
SPEAKER SIGNAL

SUSPEND LED

NO CONNECTION

6

POWER LED

6

RESET SWITCH

SPEAKER

8

7

5

J2 Power Switch Connector:

2.

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.

3. J2 IR Connector (Infrared Connector):

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

4. J2 1st HDD LED/J2 2nd HDD LED:

CONNECTION: Connected to HDD LED.
FUNCTION: To supply power to HDD LED.

5. J3 Suspend LED Connector:

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

6. J3 Power LED Connector:

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

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7. J3 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. J3 Speaker Connector:

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

2-6-6 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR

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 : COM1 PORT
H : VGA PORT
I : LINE / SPEAKER OUT
J : LINE IN
K : MICROPHONE

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2-6-7 SERIAL PORT CONNECTORS

• One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices. A second
serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the
motherboard to an expansion slot opening.

COM2

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

JFAN1

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Clock

Generator

FDD1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

AC'97
Codec

1 4

1 4

COM2

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

JCD1
JCD2

JP4

JP5

USB2

9 16

1 8

JFAN2

13

13

13

JP9

ATX POWER

SOCKET 370

PIN1

VIA

VT8605

SW1

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

WOL1

VT82C

VIA

686A

PC100/PC133 SDRAM

IDE1

Li

JBAT1

13

-­++

HD/LED IR PW_BN SMI

1 15

1 15

FLASH BIOS

J2

IDE2

Battery

-

+

SPKRST_SW POWER/LED SUSLED

J3

1

1

Serial Port Connector:

Orient the red line on the
serial ribbon cable to PIN1.

RS232 SERIAL CABLE

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2-6-8 SMART CARD READER CONNECTOR (SCR1)

• 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.

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

upper

LINE

LINE

MOUSE

USB0

VGA1 COM1

MIC

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

COM2

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

JWOL1

CNR 1

AUXFA1

CD32
CD33

1 3

JP2

JP3

I/O

Controller

SCR1

14

1

1 4

1 4

RT1

Intel

815E

GMCH

J1

PCI 3

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

PCI 1

PCI 2

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel

ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

JP20

1 3

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

RFU

SCRPRES#

SCRIO

SCRREST

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

+

--

CHAFA1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 3

1 15

J2

J3

LED

1

VCC

RFU

SCRFET#

NCNCSCRCLK GND

SCR1 pin assignment

2-6-9 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR

• This connector is connected to an ATX power supply by a plug from the
power supply. The plug can only be inserted in a specific orientation be­cause of the different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push
down the plug 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.

NC

14

NC

+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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2-6-10 COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING RISER SLOT (CNR)

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

CPUFAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

1 3

JP2

JP3

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

COM2

LPT1

VGA1 COM1

LINE

OUT

I/O

Controller

LINE

IN

SCR1

AUXFA1

CD32
CD33

1

1 4

1 4

14

MIC

AC'97

Codec

GAME/MIDI PORT

JWOL1

CNR 1

NOTE:

1. If only one modem CNR installed, the modem CNR must be primary.

2. Only one LAN CNR can be supported.

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

4. CNR devices are not included with this motherboard.

RT1

Intel

815E

GMCH

PCI 1

J1

PCI 2

PCI 3

16
1

USB2

ATX POWER

AGP 4X

JP7

JP8
1 3
1 3

SOCKET 370

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

Intel
ICH2

FWH

JP16

JP17

JP18

JP19

1 3

Clock
Generator

LED1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

1

1

RT2

Li

Battery

-

1 3

JBAT1

JBAT2

+

JP20

1 3

CHAFA1

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

++

HDD/LED IR PWRSUSPEND

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

2-6-11 PS/2 MOUSE AND PS/2 KEYBOARD

PIN 6 : Void
PIN 5 : Mouse Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : Void
PIN 1 : Mouse Data

PS/2 MOUSE

PS/2 KEYBOARD

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PIN 6 : Void
PIN 5 : Keyboard Clock
PIN 4 : Vcc
PIN 3 : GND
PIN 2 : Void
PIN 1 : Keyboard Data

65MIE

2-6-12 SECOND USB HEADER (USB2)

• This header is for the additional USB cable to provide you two additional
USB ports. Users can order the additional USB cable from your mainboard
dealers or venders.

Additional USB Cable (Optional)

GND
Black

GND
Black

16

1

Red
VCC

White

DO-

Green

Red

DO+

VCC

White

Black

GND

USB 2

DO-

Green

DO+

Black

GND

1

1

USB 2

16

USB2 HEADER

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

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2-6-13 IRQs DESCRIPTION FOR VARIOUS DEVICES

IRQ Function Description Priority

IRQ 0 System Timer 1
IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller 2
IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt N/A
IRQ 3 Serial Port (COM 2) 11
IRQ 4 Serial Port (COM 1) 12
IRQ 5 Free 13
IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller 14
IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1) 15
IRQ 8 Real Time Clock (RTC) 3
IRQ 9 Free 4
IRQ 10 Free 5
IRQ 11 Free 6
IRQ 12 PS/2 Mouse Port 7
IRQ 13 Coprocessor 8
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel 9
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel 10

• Both ISA and PCI expansion cards require IRQs. System IRQs are avail­able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and then any remain­ing IRQs are available to PCI cards. Currently, there are two types of ISA
cards.

• The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as “Legacy” ISA
card, requires you to configure the card’s jumpers manually and then in­stall it in any available slot on the ISA bus. To see a map of your used and
free IRQs in Windows 98, please click the My Computer



system, in which you can see the Device Manager tab. Double click on a
specific hardware device to display the Resources tab which shows the
Interrupt number and address. Double-Clicking the first option Computers
of the Device Manager screen to see all the interrupts and addresses for
your system. Make sure that ISA devices should not share IRQ with other
devices; otherwise your computer will get into trouble when those two
devices are used at the same time.

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CHAPTER 3

SOFTWARE SETUP

ABOUT SUPPORT CD

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

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS :

3-1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION
3-2 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION
3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION
3-4 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY
(SMARTGUARDIAM)

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3-1 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION

• Please put the Support CD

1

3

into the CD-ROM drive.

• Click on the “INTEL
Chipsets Driver”.

Next

• When a welcome window

2

4

5

6

appears on the screen,

choose “Install Driver”.

• Click on the “INF Utility
for All INTEL Chipsets”.

• Press Next button to
continue.

• Press “Yes” to accept Soft­ware License Agreement.

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Finish

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• After all the setup process
is finished, please restart

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on Finish.

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3-2 INTELL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION

• Please put the Support CD

1

into the CD-ROM drive.

• When a welcome window

2

appears on the screen,

choose “Install Driver”.

• Click on the “INTEL
Driver”.

3

• Click on the “INTEL ATA
66/100 Driver”.

5

Next

• Click on the “INTEL 815EP
Chipsets”.

4

• Press “Next” button to
continue.

6

• Press “Yes” to continue.

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• Press “Next” to continue.

8

Next

• Press “Next” to continue.

9

Next

Finish

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• After all the setup process
is finished, please restart
your computer by clicking
on Finish.

3-3 AC’97 DRIVER INSTALLATION

Chapter 3 Software Setup

• Please put the Support CD

1

3

into the CD-ROM drive.

• Click on the “INTEL
Driver”.

• Click on the “AC’97 Driver”.

• When a welcome window
appears on the screen,

2

choose “Install Driver”.

• Click on the “INTEL 815EP
Chipsets”.

4

5

• The next screen will appear for user to select which AC’97 driver you
need to install depending on what operation system you are using.

6

• Supposing that your system is Windows 98SE/ ME/ Win2000, then click
on the “Install AC’97 Driver for Win98SE/ME/Win2000”.

• Press “Next” to continue.

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Next

OK

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• After all the setup process
is finished, please restart

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3-4 INSTALLING ITE HARDWARE MONITOR UTILITY (SMARTGUARDIAM)

• Please put the Support CD

1

3

5

into the CD-ROM drive.

• Click on the “INTEL
Driver”.

• Click on the “Hardware
monitor utility”.

• When a welcome window

2

4

6

7

appears on the screen,

choose “Install Driver”.

• Click on the “INTEL 815EP
Chipsets”.

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

• When “Exploring-ITE”
window appears, please
click on the file “install”.

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• Then Follow the instruction
on screen to complete the

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

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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 sys-

tem time or date, or turning special features on or off etc..)

3. Enhancing your computer’s behavior. (for example: speeding up perfor-

mance 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 display 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. The 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 settings in SETUP.

4-4 WHAT IS POST

• POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. POST will test all things that
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
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replace an EPROM component.

• 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 also 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 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.

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
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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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Figure 4-5-1 Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen

Figure 4-5-2 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
programming

Users can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about the parameters. Incorrect

NOTE:

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

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4-6 BIOS SETUP-- 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.

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Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

PC Health Status

Esc : Quit F9 : Menu in BIOS
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

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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4-6-1 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 hard­ware 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 list of

options will apear:

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Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu, Jun 5 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 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None

Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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

lected 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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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

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

Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed

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.

stalled 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.

in the system. The choices are:
Monochrome;
Color 40x25;
VGA / EGA;
Color 80x25.

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Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of errors that will

cause the system to halt. The choices are:
All Errors;
Post stops for all error.
No Errors;
Post does not stop for any error.
All, But Keyboard;
Post stops for all, but not for keyboard error.
All, But Diskette;
Post stops for all, but not for Diskette error.
All, But Disk / Key;
Post stops for all, but not for Disk / Keyboard.

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IDE Primary Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary 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

Item Help

Menu Level

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

items.

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4-6-2 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 list of

options will appear:

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

lected 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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Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Processor Number Feature Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device  HDD-0
Third Boot Device CDROM
Boot Other Device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Gate A20 Option Fast
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)  6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
Report No FDD For WIN95 No

: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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Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system

boots up showing a warning message if
anything attempts to access the boot sec­tor or hard disk partition table.

Disabled: No warning message will appear when there

is something attempting to access the boot
sector or hard disk partition table.

NOTE: Many diagnostic (or boot manager) programs which attempt

to access the boot sector table can cause the above warning message.
If you will be running such a program, we recommend that you disable
the virus protection first.

CPU Internal Cache/

External Cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

Processor Number

Feature

Quick Power On Self

Test

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
even 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.

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 run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST
skips certain steps. We recommend that you nor­mally enable quick POST. Better to find a problem
during POST than lose data during your work.

First/Second/Third/

Other Boot Device

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;
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Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchang-

ing status without any physical connection and modi­fication on the cables.

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

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
a disabled to save time.

Boot Up NumLock

Status

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

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

Typematic Rate (Chars

/ Sec)

Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the
NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled
On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead
of controlling cursor operations.

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.

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.

When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can
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.

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

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.

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

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

OS Select For DRAM >

64MB

Report No FDD For

Win95

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

items.

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating
system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your
system.

Yes:BIOS reports “NO FDD” to Win95.
No(default):BIOS will not report “NO FDD” to Win95.

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4-6-3 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES

• ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset

registers. These registers control the system options.

Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as following:

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

list of options will appear:

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

lected 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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Advanced Chipset Features

SDRAM CAS Latency Time
SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc
SDRAM RAS-To-CAS Delay
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time
System BIOS Cacheable
Video BIOS Cacheable
Memory Hole At 15M-16M
CPU Latency Timer
Delayed Transaction
AGP Graphics Aperture Size
Display Cache Frequency
System Memory Frequency

* Onboard Display Cache Setting *
CAS# Latency
Paging Mode Control
RAS-to-CAS Override
RAS# Timing
RAS# Precharge Timing

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

3
7/9
3
3
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Enabled
64MB
100MHz
Auto

3
Open
by CAS# LT
Fast
Fast

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SDRAM CAS Latency

Time

SDRAM Cycle Time

Tras/Trc

SDRAM RAS-To-CAS

Delay

SDRAM RAS

Precharge Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of
clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM
timing. Do not reset this field from the default value
specified by the system designer.

Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle.
The choice: 5/7; 7/9.

This field lets you insert a timing delay between the
CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is
written to, read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster
performance and Slow gives more stable
performance. This field applies only when synchro­nous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choice: 2; 3.

If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the
RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh,
the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may
fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and
Slow gives more stable performance. This field ap­plies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in
the system.
The Choice: 2; 3.

System BIOS

Cacheable

Video BIOS Cacheable

Memory Hole At 15M-

16M

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

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS
ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in video
performance. However, if any program writes to this
memory area, a system error may result.

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA
adapter ROM. When this area is reserved, it cannot
be cached. The user information of peripherals that
need to use this area of system memory usually dis­cusses their memory requirements.

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CPU Latency Timer Please use Default setting.

Delayed Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write

buffer to support delay transactions cycles.
Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI speci­fication version 2.1.

AGP Graphics Aper-

ture Size

Display Cache

Frenquency

System Memory

Frequency

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

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.

Use Default setting.
The choice:100MHz,133MHz.

Set SDRAM clock speed.
The choice:Auto,100MHz,133MHz.

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4-6-4 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:

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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Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE  Enabled
IDE Primary Master PIO Auto
IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto
IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto
IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
USB Controller Enabled
USB Keyboard Support Disabled
USB Mouse Support Disabled
Init Display First PCI Slot
AC97 Audio Auto
AC97 Modem Auto
Onboard/CNR LAN Selection Auto
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Power ON Function BUTTON ONLY
KB Power ON Password Enter
Hot Key Power On Ctrl - F1
Onboard FDC Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto
Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto
UART Mode Select Normal
UR2 Duplex Mode Half
Onboard Parallel Port  378/IRQ7
Parallel Port Mode SPP
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
PWRON After PWR-Fail Off
Game Port Address 201
Midi Port Address 330
Midi Port IRQ 10

Item Help

Menu Level

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On-Chip Primary/

Secondary PCI IDE

Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with sup­port from two IDE channels. Select Enabled to acti­vate the first and/or the second IDE interface. Select
Disabled to deactivate an interface if you install a pri­mary and/or second add-on IDE interface.
The choice: Enabled; Disabled.

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.

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 support Ultra DMA33/66/100. Select “Auto”
to enable BIOS support.
The choices: Auto; Disabled.

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

USB Keyboard Sup-

USB Mouse Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal

Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any

AC97 Audio/Modem This option allows you to decide to enable/disable

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal

port

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

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

other display device on the system. Thus the AGP
display becomes the primary display.
The choices: PCI Slot; AGP.

the 815 chipset to support AC97 Audio/Modem.
The choice:Auto; Disabled

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Onboard/CNR LAN

Selection

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

Power ON Function This option allows you to select <KB Power ON

KB Power ON Pass-

Hot-Key Power ON Boot up the system via predetermined keyboard hot

Onboard FDC

Controller

Use the default setting.
The choice: Auto; Onboard

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.

Password> , <Hot-Key Power ON> or others.
The choice:Any Key; Button only; Keyboard 98;
Password; Hot-Key; Mouse Move; Mouse Click.

When user sets a password for keyboard, the pass-

word

word user set that return the system to Full On state.

key.
The choice: <Ctrl>+<F1>...<F12>

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive con­troller (FDC) installing in the system board and 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 / Port2

UART Mode Select This item allows you to select UART mode.

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

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the
first and second serial ports.
The choices: 3F8/IRQ4; 2E8/IRQ3; 3E8/IRQ4;
2F8/IRQ3; Disabled; Auto.

The choice: Normal; IrDA; ASKIR; SCR.

function.
The choice: Full; Half.

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Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address

for the physical parallel (printer) port.
The choices: 378H/IRQ7; 278H/IRQ5; 3BC/IRQ7;
Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard 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 parallel port for use

during ECP mode.
The choices: 3; 1.

PWRON After PWR-

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

Midi Port Address Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use

Midi Port IRQ This item allows you to select the Midi Port IRQ.

Off:Disable Power Lost Resume function.

Fail

On:Enable Power Lost Resume function.
Former Sts.:Use Former status.
The choice: Off; On; Former Sts.

The choice: Disabled; 201; 209.

during ECP mode.
The choice: Disabled; 330; 300.

The choice: 5; 10.

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

items.

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4-6-5 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 Enabled
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
Power Management User Define
Video Off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
Video Off In Suspend Yes
Suspend Type Stop Grant
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Suspend Mode Disabled
HDD Power Down Disabled
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Instant-Off
Wake-up by PCI card Disabled
Power On by Ring Disabled
USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Disabled
Resume by Alarm Disabled
Date (of Month) Alarm  0
Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 0 0

** Reload Global Timer Events **
Primary IDE 0 Disabled
Primary IDE 1 Disabled
Secondary IDE 0 Disabled
Secondary IDE 1 Disabled
FDD, COM, LPT Port Disabled
PCI PIRQ[A-D] # Disabled

: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

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

lected 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.

ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating sys-

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

ACPI Suspend Type This item will allow 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
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The choice: 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 periods
in the section for each mode stated below.

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

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

blanked.

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Video Off in Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is

blanked.
The choice: Yes, No.

Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type.

The choice:PWRON Suspend, Stop Grant.

MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use.

The choices: 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; NA.

Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity, all de-

vices except the CPU shut off.

HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity, the hard

disk drive powers down while all other devices re­main active.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When Enabled, turning the system off with the on/off

button places the system in a very low-power-usage
state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to
detect power button activity or Resume by Ring
activity.

Wake-up by PCI card This function allows you to enabled the system by

wake-up by PCI card.
The choice:Delay 4 Sec,Instant-Off.

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Power On by Ring 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.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB KB Wake-Up

From S3

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

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

Resume Time (hh:mm:

Reload Global Timer

Events

This item will enable you to Wake-up the system by
USB keyboard when you shut down the computer in
S3 Mode.
The choice:Enabled,Disabled.

which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens the
system from suspend mode.

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

Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is

ss)

Enabled to awaken the system. This option is con­current with Date option.

Reload Global Timer Events are I/O events whose
occurrence can prevent the system from entering a
power saving mode or can awaken the system from
such a mode. In effect, the system remains alert for
anything which occurs to a device which is config­ured as Enabled, even when the system is in a power
down mode.
Primary IDE 0/1;
Secondary IDE 0/1;
FDD, COM, LPT Port;
PCI PIPQ[A-D]#.

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

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4-6-6 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 list of

options will appear:

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PnP/PCI Configurations

Reset Configuration Data Disabled

Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD)
IRQ Resources Press Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled

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

Item Help

Menu Level

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

lected 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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Reset Configuration

Normally, you leave this Disabled. Select Enabled to

Data

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

Resource ControlledByChoose Manual or Auto. The BIOS checks the IRQ /

DMA channel number on the ISA and PCI card manu­ally set up if you choose Manual, and the IRQ / DMA
channel number will be checked automatically if you
choose Auto.

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

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IRQ Resources

IRQ-3 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-4 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-5 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-7 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-9 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-10 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-11 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-12 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-14 assigned to PCI Device
IRQ-15 assigned to PCI Device

Item Help

Menu Level

: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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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.

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

items.

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4-6-7 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 value about your setting of
the CPU temperature.

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PC Health Status

Shutdown Temperature Disabled
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
Fan 3 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

Shutdown Tempera-

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown

ture

Temperature. This item only effective under Windows
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The choice:60

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C/140oF , 65oC/149oF , 70oC/158oF ,

Voltage Shows current voltage value.

Temperature Shows current temperature.

FAN 1/2/3 Speed Shows current FAN speed. The fan must provide ro-

tary pulse. (Normally these types of fan have a three­wire connector)

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

items.

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4-6-8 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL

Run the “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” as follows:

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

a list of options will appear:

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Frequency Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled
Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled
Linear Spread Model 3
Linear Spread Range 0
CPU Skew Adjust Disabled
PCI Skew Adjust Disabled
SDRAM Skew Adjust Disabled
AGP Skew Adjust Disabled
CPU Host/PCI Clock 66
CPU Voltage Regulator Default
CPU Clock Ratio x3

: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 se-

lected 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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Auto Detect

DIMM/PCI CLK

Spread Spec-

trum Modulated

Linear Spread

Model

Linear Spread

Range

CPU Skew

Adjust

PCI Skew

Adjust

SDRAM Skew

Adjust

This item allows you to enable/disable to detection of
DIMM/PCI Clock.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread
spectrum modulation.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

This item allows you to enable/disable the lineaer
spread model.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

This item allows you to enable/disable the lineaer
spread range.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

Please use default setting.
The choice: Disabled; 150ps; 300ps; 450ps.

Please use default setting.
The choice: Disabled; 150ps; 300ps; 450ps.

Please use default setting.
The choice: Disabled; 150ps; 300ps; 450ps.

AGP Skew

Adjust

CPU Host/PCI

Clock

CPU Voltage

Regulator

CPU Clock

Ratio

Please use default setting.
The choice: Disabled; 150ps; 300ps; 450ps.

Select Default or select a timing combination for the
CPU and the PCI bus. When set to Default, the BIOS
uses the actual CPU and PCI bus clock values.

This item allows you to select CPU Voltage.
The choice: Default; +0.05V; +0.10V; +0.20V; +0.30V;
+0.40V; -0.10V; -0.05V.

This item allows you to select the CPU ratio, if CPU
clock Ratio is locked, the function will have no effect.

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

items.

4-6-9 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.

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4-6-10 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

the 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 Supervisor

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

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.

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4-6-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

• SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci-

fied 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.

4-6-12 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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APPENDICES

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS :

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

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APPENDIX-1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION

Technical Terms Introduction

Tech 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

ESCE Extended System Configuration Data

ECC Error Check and Correct

EPP Enhanced 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 Light 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 tells
your computer is phoenixnet™ enabled, please see the example below.
When the main screen Figure1 shows up, press “Tab” key to display BIOS
information (Figure2).

Figure 1 - Phoenixnet screen

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Figure2 shown below displays the BIOS version and BIOS part number
identification.

1

Figure 2

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 slot or

PCI slot. Please see the picture shown below:

2

1. MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER

example: SL-65KV2

2. MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER

example: 0012000T005679

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MEMO

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