Soltek SL-67G60E User Manual

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Notice to End Users
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(C)Copyright 1999 Soltek Computer Inc. All rights reserved

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Edition :August 1999
Version :1.0

SL-67G60E, SL-67G64E SERIALS

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CONTENT

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................... 6

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FEATURES ...........................................................................................6

1-1 CPU .................................................................................................6

1-2 CHIPSET............................................................................................ 6

1-3 L2 CACHE......................................................................................... 6

1-4 MAIN MEMORY ................................................................................. 7

1-5 BIOS................................................................................................7

1-6 SUPER I/O FUNCTION ........................................................................7

1-7 AC ’97 CODEC FUNCTION .................................................................8

1-8 VGA FUNCTIONS .............................................................................. 8

1-9 OTHER FUNCTIONS............................................................................9

1-10 MAINBOARD LAYOUT WITH DEFAULT SETTINGS............................... 10

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP.......................................................11

2-1 CPU TYPE CONFIGURATION.............................................................11

2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS ...........................................................................13

#FA1: Onboard FAN(12V) Connector ...............................................13

J2 Switch Signal Summary................................................................14

J3 Switch Signal Summary................................................................15

JP2/JP3: Line Out/Speaker Out ........................................................17

JP4: AMR Setting.............................................................................17

JP6/JP21: CPU Host Clock Select....................................................17

JP14: BIOS Boot Block Lock............................................................17

JP15: Clear CMOS Data..................................................................18

JP16/JP18: Onboard Sound Chip (AC’97 Codec).............................18

JKB1: Keyboard Power On Function................................................18

RT2: Thermal Sensor Connector.......................................................18

CD1/CD2: CD-ROM Audio Connector.............................................19

GAME / MIDI port:..........................................................................19

Mic: Microphone Jack......................................................................19

Line in: Audio in Jack ......................................................................19

Line Out / Speaker Out: Audio out Jack............................................19

JWOL1: Wake On LAN (WOL) Connector ........................................19

DRIVERS AND SOFTWARES SETUP PROCESS .............................................20

Flash Memory Programming Procedures..........................................20

Intel Chipsets INF driver..................................................................20

Onboard VGA driver........................................................................21

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Onboard Intel AC97 Audio Codec driver ..........................................21

CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP......................................................23

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MAIN MENU ......................................................................................23

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP...............................................................24

MAIN MENU SELECTIONS ......................................................................25

IDE ADAPTERS .....................................................................................26

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ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .........................................................27

VIRUS WARNING...................................................................................28

CPU INTERNAL CACHE/EXTERNAL CACHE.............................................28

CPU L2 CACHE ECC CHECKING ...........................................................28

QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST ................................................................28

FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/OTHER BOOT DEVICE ..........................................28

SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE .............................................................................29

BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK..........................................................................29

BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS..................................................................29

GATE A20 OPTION.................................................................................29

TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING.....................................................................29

TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC)..............................................................29

TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC).................................................................... 30

SECURITY OPTION.................................................................................30

OS SELECT FOR DRAM > 64MB ..........................................................30

REPORT NO FDD FOR WIN 95 ..............................................................30

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ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ..................................................31

SDRAM CAS LATENCY TIME ...............................................................32

SDRAM CYCLE TIME TRAS / TRC .........................................................32

SDRAM ADDRESS SETUP TIME.............................................................32

SDRAM RAS-TO-CAS DELAY..............................................................32

SDRAM RAS PRECHARGE TIME...........................................................32

SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE ...................................................................33

VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE...................................................................... 33

MEMORY HOLE AT 15M-16M................................................................33

DELAY TRANSACTION............................................................................33

ON-CHIP VIDEO WINDOW SIZE ..............................................................33

LOCAL MEMORY FREQUENCY................................................................34

CAS # LATENCY ...................................................................................34

PAGING MODE CONTROL.......................................................................34

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RAS-TO-CAS OVERRIDE.......................................................................34

RAS # TIMING ......................................................................................34

RAS # PRECHARGE TIMING...................................................................34

CPU VCORE SELECT .............................................................................35

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INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS.........................................................36

ON-CHIP PRIMARY / SECONDARY PCI IDE .............................................37

IDE PRIMARY / SECONDARY MASTER / SLAVE PIO................................. 37

IDE PRIMARY / SECONDARY MASTER / SLAVE UDMA.........................37

USB CONTROLLER................................................................................37

USB KEYBOARD SUPPORT.....................................................................37

INIT DISPLAY FIRST ...............................................................................37

AC97 AUDIO / MODEM .........................................................................38

IDE HDD BLOCK MODE .......................................................................38

KBC INPUT CLOCK................................................................................38

ONBOARD FDC CONTROLLER................................................................38

ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1/PORT 2 ..........................................................38

UART MODE SELECT ............................................................................38

UR2 DUPLEX MODE..............................................................................39

ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT.................................................................... 39

PARALLEL PORT MODE.......................................................................... 39

ECP MODE USE DMA...........................................................................39

GAME PORT ADDRESS............................................................................39

MIDI PORT ADDRESS .............................................................................39

MIDI PORT IRQ.....................................................................................39

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POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ....................................................40

ACPI FUNCTION ...................................................................................41

POWER MANAGEMENT ..........................................................................41

VIDEO OFF METHOD..............................................................................41

VIDEO OFF IN SUSPEND.........................................................................41

SUSPEND TYPE......................................................................................42

MODEM USE IRQ................................................................................ 42

SUSPEND MODE.....................................................................................42

HDD POWER DOWN..............................................................................42

SOFT-OFF BY PWR-BTTN ....................................................................42

WAKE-UP BY PCI CARD ........................................................................42

RESUME BY ALARM............................................................................... 42

Reload Global Timer Events.............................................................43

PRIMARY IDE 0/1, SECONDARY IDE 0/1................................................43

FDD, COM, LPT PORT.........................................................................43

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PCI PIRQ [A ~ D]# ..............................................................................43

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PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP..............................................44

RESET CONFIGURATION DATA................................................................45

RESOURCE CONTROLLED BY...................................................................45

IRQ RESOURCES ...................................................................................45

MEMORY RESOURCES............................................................................45

PCI / VGA PALETTE SNOOP ..................................................................45

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PC HEALTH STATUS .........................................................................46

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FREQUENCY / VOLTAGE CONTROL............................................47

AUTO DETECT DIMM / PCI CLK...........................................................47

CPU CLOCK / SPREAD SPECTRUM..........................................................48

CPU RATIO...........................................................................................49

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LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS.......................................................50

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SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD ..........................................51

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EXIT SELECTING.............................................................................52

SAVE & EXIT SETUP ..............................................................................52

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING..........................................................................52

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Chapter 1

Introduction

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Features

1-1 CPU

Ÿ Support Intel Celeron, Pentium II / Pentium III CPUs using SLOT1 at

300 ~ 700MHz or higher.

Ÿ Support CPU voltage auto-detect circuit.

1-2 Chipset

Ÿ Intel 82810E chipset (Graphics and Memory Controller Hub)
Ÿ PCI Rev 2.2 compliant, 5V, 33MHz PCI operations.
Ÿ Supports 66/133MHz, 3.3V AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot at

AGP Rev 2.0 compliant.

Ÿ Meet PC ’ 99 Requirements.
Ÿ Onboard integrated AGP graphics controller.
Ÿ AC ’ 97 2.1 compliant link for Audio and Telephony CODECs. (AC ’ 97

2.1 features: Variable sample rate & True line-level output)

Ÿ Integrated IDE controller with Ultra ATA 33/66.
Ÿ Alert On LAN.

1-3 L2 Cache

Ÿ Intel Pentium II / III CPU supports 512K and Celeron CPU supports

128K write back cache with Pipelined Burst SRAMs.

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1-4 Main Memory

Ÿ Memory range from 8MB(minimum) to 512MB(maximum) SDRAM with

DRAM Table Free configurations.

Ÿ Up to 2 double side DIMM module that support 16MB, 32MB, 64MB,

128MB, 256MB SDRAM technology.

Ÿ Supports SDRAM with 12ns/10ns/8ns speed.
Ÿ Supports 2pcs 168pin DIMM sockets (3.3V Unbuffered and 4 Clock

type).

Ÿ 4MB VGA SDRAM Display Cache onboard. (67G64E only)

NOTE: The SDRAM must be compatible with PC100 specification.

1-5 BIOS

Ÿ Award Plug & Play BIOS.
Ÿ Supports Advanced Power Management(APM) function and

ACPI(Advanced Configuration and Power Management) function.

Ÿ Flash Memory for easy upgrade.
Ÿ Select CPU Clock Bus Ratio & CPU Host Clock in the BIOS.
Ÿ Supports “Suspend to RAM” function.
Ÿ Supports “BIOS Virus Protection” function.
Ÿ Supports “CPU Core Voltage Setting” function.

1-6 Super I/O Function

Ÿ Integrated USB(Universal Serial Bus) controller with two USB ports.
Ÿ Supports 2 IDE channels with 4 IDE devices(including ZIP / LS-120

devices).

Ÿ Provides PCI IDE Bus Master function and supports Ultra ATA 33/66

function.

Ÿ One floppy port.
Ÿ Two high speed 16550 FIFO UART ports.
Ÿ One parallel port with EPP/ECP/SPP capabilities.
Ÿ PS/2 mouse connector.
Ÿ Built-in RTC, CMOS, keyboard controller on single I/O chip.
Ÿ Peripherals boot function(with ATX power).

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1-7 AC ’ 97 Codec Function

Ÿ Full compliant AC ’ 97 analog I/O component.
Ÿ Multi-bit Sigma-Delta converter architecture for improved S/N ratio

greater than 90dB.

Ÿ Full duplex variable 7kHz to 48kHz sampling rate with 1Hz resolution.
Ÿ Extended 6-bit master volume control.
Ÿ Audio amp power down signal.
Ÿ Split power supplies. (3.3V Digital / 5V Analog )
Ÿ 3D stereo enhancement.
Ÿ Digital audio mixer mode.
Ÿ 16-bit stereo Full-Duplex Codec.
Ÿ Four analog line-level stereo inputs for connection from LINE, CD,

VIDEO and AUX; Two analog line-level inputs for speakerphone and
PC BEEP.

Ÿ Stereo line-level output & mono output for speakerphone.
Ÿ High quality CD input with ground sense.
Ÿ Power Management support.

1-8 VGA Functions

Ÿ Integrated 2D & 3D Graphics Engine.
Ÿ 64-bit System Memory Interface with optimized support for SDRAM at

100MHz.

Ÿ Integrated 24-bit 230MHz RAMDAC.
Ÿ Up to 1600 x 1200 in 8-bit color at 85Hz refresh in 2D graphics.
Ÿ 4MB Display Cache. (67G64E only)

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1-9 Other Functions

Ÿ ATX size 17cm x 30.5cm
Ÿ 5pcs PCI Master slots(67G60E/64E), 1 Audio Modem Riser(AMR) slot.
Ÿ Supports SCSI/CD-ROM/ZIP/LS-120 Boot up function.
Ÿ Supports jumperless setting.
Ÿ Supports 66/75/83/95/100/112/117/124/133/138/140/150 MHz Bus

Clock (from BIOS).

Ÿ Supports Wake On LAN(WOL)* function.
Ÿ Supports keyboard power on function.

* : For support WOL, the ATX power supply must have at least 5V/720mA

standby current.

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1-10 Mainboard layout with default settings

The mainboard default settings of the following is for the Celeron
300A/66MHz or Pentium II 450/100MHz.

LPT1

UPPER

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

CD2

UPPER

MOUSE

USB0

UPPER

LINE

LINE

K/B

LOWER

USB1

LOWER

COM1VGA

LOWER LOWER

OUT

IN

MIC

1 3
1 3

AC'97
Codec

I/O

Controller

BATTERY

WOL1

CPUFA1

COM2

JP4

JP2
JP3

AMR

1 3

1 3
1 3

ATX POWER

JKB1

1 3

RT1

SLOT 1

Intel

810E

chipset

VGA Display Cache

Clock
Generator

1 3

JP21
JP6

DIMM1

FDC

LED1

DIMM2

IDE1

IDE2

RT2

PCI1

JP18
JP16

PCI2

ICH

PCI3

PCI4

HDD LED IR PWR

J2 J3

CHAFA1

SPK RST KEYLOCK SUSPEND

1 3

PCI5

JP15

1 3

AUXFA1

FLASH

BIOS

JP14

NOTE: For 100/133MHz CPU environment, the SDRAM specification must

comply with PC-100 spec.

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Chapter 2

  :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

HARDWARE SETUP

This mainboard is jumperless for CPU settings, as a result that
user can select CPU settings in the Award BIOS program without
toggling the jumpers on the mainboard manually. Please refer to
the Chapter 3 ”Frequency / Voltage Control” sector at page 48 for
more descriptions.

2-1 CPU Type Configuration

CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software

Frequency/Voltage Control

CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum
CPU Ratio

CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum

95MHz/Off -----[n] 138MHz/Off-----[ ]
100MHz/Off-----[ ] 140MHz/On -----[ ]
100MHz/On -----[ ] 150MHz/Off-----[ ]
112MHz/On -----[ ]
117MHz/On -----[ ]
124MHz/Off-----[ ]
133MHz/Off-----[ ]
133MHz/On -----[ ]

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

Disabled
Default
X 3

BIOS Setup Screen 2-1

Item HelpAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

Menu Level

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CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software

  :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

Frequency/Voltage Control

Disabled
CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum
CPU Ratio

CPU Ratio

X 3 -----[n] X 7 -----[ ]
X 3.5-----[ ] X 7.5-----[ ]
X 4 -----[ ] X 8 -----[ ]
X 4.5-----[ ]
X 5 -----[ ]
X 5.5-----[ ]
X 6 -----[ ]
X 6.5-----[ ]

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

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

2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for
proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Uncorrected
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.
Uncorrected setting may cause damage to your CPU.

Default
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BIOS Setup Screen 2-2

M WATCH OUT!!

Item HelpAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

Menu Level

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CPU CLOCK / RATIO SELECT LIST

BIOS Setup “Frequency / Voltage Control”

CPU Model CPU

Celeron 300A/66
Pentium II / III 450/100
Celeron 333/66
Pentium II / III 500/100
Celeron 366/66
Pentium II / III 550/100
Celeron 400/66
Pentium II / III 600/100
Celeron 433/66
Pentium II / III 650/100
Celeron 466/66

Celeron 500/66
Celeron 533/66

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This Intel 82810E mainboard supports 168pin
DIMM of 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and

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256MB to form a memory size between 8MB to

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512MB(SDRAM). Intel 82810E chipsets provides

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“Table-Free” function, but do remember that the
DRAM must be 3.3V Unbuffered and 4-clock
type.

Clock/Speed

JP21
JP6

1 3

66/100/133MHz

Auto Select

CPU Ratio

4.5 x

5.0 x

5.5 x

6.0 x

6.5 x

7.0 x

7.5 x

8.0 x

2-2 Jumper Settings

#FA1: Onboard FAN(12V) Connector

#FA1 Function

CPUFA1 CPU FAN
AUXFA1 POWER FAN
CHAFA1 CHASSIS FAN

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J2 Switch Signal Summary

J2 Pin Signal Description

1 +5V

HDD LED Connector

N.C. 5 No Connection

Infrared Connector

N.C. 11 No Connection
ATX Power Switch

N.C.

2 HDD LED Signal
3 HDD LED Signal
4 +5V

Infrared Transmit Signal

6
7 GND

Infrared Receive Signal (low

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speed)

9 No Connection

10 +5V

12 ATX Power Switch
13 GND

No Connection

14

No Connection

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J2 pin1 ~ pin4: IDE LED Activity Light

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.

J2 pin6 ~ pin10: Infrared Port Module Connector

The system board provides a 5-pin infrared connector-R1 for an optional
wireless transmitting and receiving module. Pin 6 through pin 10 are
Transmit, GND, Receive (low speed), Receive (high speed), and Vcc,
Respectively.

J2 pin12, pin13: ATX Power Switch

Toggle this pin for turning on/off the ATX Power Supply.

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J3 Switch Signal Summary

J3 Pin Signal Description

Speaker Signal

1

Speaker Connector

Reset Switch
N.C. 7 No Connection

Keylock Connector
N.C. 13 No Connection
Suspend LED

2 No Connection
3 GND
4 +5V

Reset Signal

5
6 GND

8 +5V

9 No ConnectionPower LED Connector
10 GND
11 Keylock Signal
12 GND

14 Suspend LED Connector
15 +5V

J3 pin1 ~ pin4: Speaker Connector

The speaker connector is a 4-pin connector for connecting the system and
the speaker.

J3 pin5, pin6: Reset Switch

The system board has a 2-pin connector for rebooting your computer without
having to turn off your power switch. This prolongs the life of the system’ s
power supply.

J3 pin8 ~ pin12: Power LED and Keylock Switch

The keylock switch is a 5-pin connector for locking the keyboard for security
purposes. (See the following drawing for jumper position, and pin8 ~ pin10 is
connected to power LED and pin11 ~ pin12 is connected to keylock switch.)

J3 pin14 ~ pin15: Suspend LED

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• : HDD LED ‚ : INFRARED (IR)
ƒ : POWER SWITCH „ : No Connection
… : SPEAKER † : RESET SWITCH
‡ : POWER LED ˆ : KEYLOCK
‰ : SUSPEND LED

• : PS/2 mouse ‚ : USB0
ƒ : LPT port „ : GAME/MIDI port
… : PS/2 keyboard † : USB1
‡ : COM1 ˆ : VGA port
‰ : Line Out Š : Line In

: MIC

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JP2/JP3: Line Out/Speaker Out

Those jumpers control Line out or Speaker out.

Status JP2/JP3

Line out JP2

1 3

Speaker out

(default)

1 3

JP4: AMR Setting

Status JP4

Set AMR as secondary device

(default)

Set AMR as primary device

JP6/JP21: CPU Host Clock Select

These jumpers allow user to control CPU Host Clock.

Auto Select JP6/JP21

100MHz JP21

1 3

133MHz JP21

1 3

66/100/133MHz Auto Select

(default)

1 3

JP3
JP2

JP3

1 3

1 3

JP6

JP6
JP21

JP6

JP14: BIOS Boot Block Lock

Boot Block JP14

Unlocked(default)

Locked

1 3

1

3

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JP15: Clear CMOS Data

Clear the CMOS memory by shorting this jumper 2 & 3 momentarily, and
then remove the cap back to 1 & 2 to retain original setting.

CMOS data JP15

Clear Data

Retain Data (default)

NOTE: After updated newer BIOS version, user must set JP15 to clear CMOS

data. For more update BIOS information, please refer to Page 20.

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1 3

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JP16/JP18: Onboard Sound Chip (AC’97 Codec)

This jumper allows user to control onboard sound chip function. “Enabled”
uses onboard sound chip(AC’ 97 Codec)

AC ’97 Codec JP16/JP18

Disabled

Enabled (default)

1 3

1 3

JP18
JP16

JP18
JP16

JKB1: Keyboard Power On Function

Keyboard Power On JKB1

Enable

Disable(default)

1 3

1 3

RT2: Thermal Sensor Connector

a. : Connect to RT2.
b. : Connect this thermal sensor to

some device which generates
heat such as Hard Disk, VGA
chip etc. When connected,
user could watch the
temperature change from the
BIOS program.

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CD1/CD2: CD-ROM Audio Connector

Connect CD1 & CD2 to the CD-ROM Audio Connector.

GAME / MIDI port:

Connect the joystick or MIDI to this connector.

Mic: Microphone Jack

Connect to microphone device.

Line in: Audio in Jack

Control Audio line in.

Line Out / Speaker Out: Audio out Jack

Control speaker out or line out.

JWOL1: Wake On LAN (WOL) Connector

This connector is designed to use LAN to boot up the system. Connect the
wake on signal from LAN card to this connector.

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Drivers and Softwares setup process

Flash Memory Programming Procedures

1. Please be sure that JP14 is set to 1-2 short first.

2. Download BIOS files and flash utility from your board vendor. They are:
awdflash.exe and .bin file.

3. Copy them to bootable diskette and boot from diskette.

4. The diskette does not include memory manager e.g. emm386.exe, qemm

or himem.sys

5. Type "awdflash filename(XXXX.bin)".

6. Next screen will ask you save current bios to file or not? Depend on your

diskette capacity, choose Y or N for this option.

7. Then screen asks you programming the flash memory now? type Y for this
option.

8. Programming finish, utility will ask you reboot system. In this step, please
shut down the system.

9. Clear CMOS data. Please refer to Page 18 “JP15: Clear CMOS Data” for

the process.

10. Boot up system and press DEL key enter bios setup screen.

11. Select LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS, press ENTER, press Y,press

F10,press Y

12. Finish update procedure.

***NOTE: Before update the BIOS Flash Memory, user must confirm the Flash

Utility V7.20 version.***

Intel Chipsets INF driver

1. “Start”-->”Program”-->”Windows Explorer”.

2. Change directory to CD label, we suggest the CD label is D:\.

3. Go to and run D:\Driver\Intel\810_2INF\Setup.exe

4. The setup window will appear “INF for Intel® 810, Intel® 820

Chipsets” process.

5. The default setup directory is C:\Program Files\Intel\IntelINF.

When installation is finished, restart your system.

***User must install Intel Chipsets INF driver after installed

Windows95/98. ***

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***If user’ s O.S. is Windows 98 Second Edition, then user can skip

“Intel Chipsets INF driver” sector. ***

Onboard VGA driver

For Windows 95/98:

1. “Start”-->”Program”-->”Windows Explorer”.

2. Change directory to CD label, we suggest the CD label is D:\.

3. Go to and run D:\Driver\Intel\vga\Win9xcd(or Winnt4cd, only

Windows NT 4.0)\Graphics\Setup.exe

4. The setup window will appear “Intel® 810 Chipset Graphics

Driver Software” process.

5. The default setup directory is C:\Program Files\Intel\GfxDrvEUD.

6. When installation is finished, restart your system.

Onboard Intel AC97 Audio Codec driver

For Windows 95:

1. Be sure that the CD is in the CD-ROM.

2. Change directory to CD label, we suggest the CD label is D:\.

3. Run D:\Driver\Audio\Intel AC97\Win95\SETUP.EXE.

4. Then Windows95 will finish the left process and find new device:

“SoundMAX AC’ 97 Audio Device”

5. Restart your system.

For Windows 98&2000:

1. Be sure that the CD is in the CD-ROM.

2. Change directory to CD label, we suggest the CD label is D:\.

3. Run D:\Driver\Audio\Intel AC97\Win98&2000\SETUP.EXE.

4. Then Windows98 will finish the left process and find new device:

“SoundMAX AC’ 97 Audio Device”

5. Restart your system.

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NOTE: If user wants to use external sound card, then user must

DISABLE “AC97 Audio”, “Game Port Address”and “MIDI Port
Address” Option in the BIOS “Integrated Peripherals”.

NOTE: Before you setup any driver, you can check your device

information in:

1.”Start”-->”Settings”-->”System”-->”Device Manager”.

2. In the”Device Manager”, you will find out there are three
unknown devices describe:

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?PCI Card

Refer to “Appendix-1”

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?PCI Multimedia Audio Device

Refer to “Intel AC ’97 Audio driver”

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?PCI System Management Bus

Refer to “VGA driver”

After your setup finished, the three unknown devices will

disappear from”Device Manager”.

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Appendix-1

When “?PCI Card” appears, that means “AC ’ 97 MODEM” function is
“ENABLED” from BIOS program “Integrated Peripherals” sector, if user
doesn’ t use this function, it’ s better for user to “DISABLED” with it.

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Appendix-2

NOTE !! IF USER’ S HARD DISK SUPPORTS UDMA/66, THEN USER
MUST USE SPECIFIC CABLE FOR UDMA/66 TO GET THE BEST
TRANSMISSION!!

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Chapter 3

AWARD BIOS SETUP

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Main Menu

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

CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configuration
PC Health Status

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

AT Clock, DRAM timings...

Frequency/Voltage Control
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

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

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Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories.
Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow
keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select
the value you want in each item.

CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

Wed, Apr 21 1999

Time (hh:mm:ss)
IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master
IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A
Drive B

Video
Halt On

Base Memory
Extended Memory
Total Memory

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Press Enter None

Press Enter None
Press Enter None
Press Enter None

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None

EGA/VGA
All Errors

640K
63488K
64512K

Figure 1: The Main Menu

Item HelpDate (mm:dd:yy)

Change the day,
month, year and
century

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Main Menu Selections

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Standard CMOS Features

Wed, Apr 21 1999

Time (hh:mm:ss)
IDE Primary Master

IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master
IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A
Drive B

Video
Halt On

Base Memory
Extended Memory
Total Memory

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Press Enter None

Press Enter None
Press Enter None
Press Enter None

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64512K

Item HelpDate (mm:dd:yy)

Change the day,
month, year and
century

This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu.

Item Options Description

Date Mm:dd:yy

Time hh: mm:ss Set the system time
IDE Primary Master
IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master
IDE Secondary Slave

Options are in its sub

menu

(described below)

Set the system date. Note that the
‘Day’ automatically change when
you set the date.

Press <Enter> to enter the sub menu

of detailed options

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IDE Adapters

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

Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main
menu. Use below table to configure the hard disk.

Item Options Description

IDE HDD Auto-

Detection

IDE Primary Master None

Capacity Auto Display your disk drive

Access Mode

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

Cylinder

Head Min=0

Precomp

Landing zone Min=0

Sector Min=0

Press <Enter>

Auto

Manual

size

Normal

LBA

Large

Auto

Min=0

Max=65535

Max=255

Min=0

Max=65535

Max=65535

Max=255

Press <Enter> to auto-detect the
HDD on this channel. If detection
is successful, it fills the remaining
fields on this menu.
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen.
Selects the type of fixed disk.
“User Type” will let you select the
number of cylinders, heads, etc.

NOTE: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE!

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

Set the number of cylinders for
this hard disk.
Set the number of read/write
heads.
**** Warning: Setting a value of
65535 means no hard disk.
****

Numbers of sectors per track.

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Advanced BIOS Features

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

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Advanced BIOS Features

Disabled
CPU Internal Cache
External Cache
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
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(Char/Sec)
Typematic Delay(Msec)
Security Option
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Report No FDD For Win95

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Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Floppy

HDD-0

LS/ZIP

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

Off

Fast

Disabled

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Setup

Non-OS2

No

Item HelpVirus Warning

Menu Level
Allows you to choose

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

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Virus Warning

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

The Choice:
Disabled --- Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a

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

Enabled --- No warning message will appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

CPU Internal Cache/External Cache

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU/chipset design.

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking.
The Choice: Disabled, Enabled

Quick Power On Self Test

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

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled

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 Choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, LAN, and Disabled.

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Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive name
assignments.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Select power on state for NumLock.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Gate A20 Option

Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20.
The Choice:

Normal --- A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.
Fast --- Lets chipset control Gate A20.

Typematic Rate Setting

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the
key down.

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

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Typematic Delay (Msec)

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

The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000.

Security Option

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

The Choice:
System --- The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.
Setup --- The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the

correct password is not entered at the prompt.

NOTE: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and
then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just
press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM
on the system.

The choice: Non-OS2, OS2.

Report No FDD For WIN 95

Whether report no FDD for Windows 95 or not.
The choice: Yes, No.

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Advanced Chipset Features

This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific
features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and
access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.
It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and
the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be
altered. The default settings have been chosen because they provide the
best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might
consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was
being lost while using your system.

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Advanced Chipset Features

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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
Delayed Transaction
On-Chip Video Window Size
Local Memory Frequency

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

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5/7

3

3

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

64MB

100 MHz

3

Close

By CAS# LT

Slow

Slow

Default

Item HelpSDRAM CAS Latency Time

Menu Level

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DRAM Settings

The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access
memory (DRAM). The default timings have been carefully chosen and
should only be altered if data is being lost. Such a scenario might well occur
if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays
may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower
memory chips.

SDRAM CAS Latency Time

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing.

The Choice: 2, 3

SDRAM Cycle Time Tras / Trc

Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle.
The Choice: 5 / 7, 6 / 8

SDRAM Address Setup Time

This item controls the Address Setup to the SDRAM timing.
The Choice: 1, 2

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

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

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

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

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stable performance. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is
installed in the system.

The Choice: 2, 3

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h­FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Video BIOS Cacheable

Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS , resulting in better system
performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system
error may result.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

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.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Delay 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.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

On-Chip Video Window Size

Select the on-chip video window size for VGA drive use.
The Choice: 32MB, 64MB, Disabled.

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Local Memory Frequency

The Choice: 100MHz, 133MHz.

Onboard Display Cache Setting

Setting the onboard display cache timing.

CAS # Latency

Select the local memory clock periods.
The Choice: 2, 3

Paging Mode Control

Select the paging mode control.
The Choice: Close, Open.

RAS-to-CAS Override

Select the display cache clock periods control
The Choice: By CAS# LT, Override (2)

RAS # Timing

This item controls RAS# active to Protegra, and refresh to RAS# active delay
( in local memory clocks).

The Choice: Fast, Slow.

RAS # Precharge Timing

This item controls RAS# precharge (in local memory clocks).
The Choice: Fast, Slow.

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CPU Vcore Select

The Choice: default, -0.05V, -0.1V, +0.05V, +0.1V, +0.2V, +0.3V, +0.4V.

NOTE: Wrong setting of CPU Vcore may cause damage to

CPU. In consequence of such a potential risk, we
strongly recommend user to leave DEFAULT
setting unless user does comprehend how to set
accurate CPU Vcore.

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Integrated peripherals

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Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO
IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA
USB Controller
USB Keyboard Support
Init Display First
AC97 Audio
AC97 Modem
IDE HDD Block Mode
KBC Input clock
Power On Function
KB Power On Password
Hot Key Power On
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

Enabled

Enabled

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Auto

Enabled

Disabled

PCI Slot

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

8 MHz

Password

Enter

Ctrl-F1

Enabled

3F8/IRQ4

2F8/IRQ3

Normal

Half

378/IRQ7

SPP

3

Disabled

Disabled

10

Item HelpOn-Chip Primary PCI IDE

Menu Level

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On-Chip Primary / Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO

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

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

IDE Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA 33/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows
95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your
system software both support Ultra DMA33/66, select Auto to enable BIOS
support.

The Choice: Auto, Disabled.

USB Controller

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB)
controller and you have USB peripherals.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB)
controller and you have a USB keyboard.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA
first.

The choice: PCI Slot, Onboard.

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AC97 Audio / Modem

This item allows you to decide to enable/disable the 810 chipset family to
support AC97 Audio/Modem.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

KBC Input clock

The choice: 8 MHz, 12 MHz.

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial
ports.

The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto.

UART Mode Select

The Choice: Normal (Default), IrDA, ASKIR or SCR.

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UR2 Duplex Mode

Use default setting.

Onboard Parallel Port

The Choice: 378H/IRQ (Default), 3BCH/IRQ7, 278H/IRQ5, Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

Parallel port mode depends on the external device connects to this port.
The Choice: Normal (Default), ECP/EPP, EPP or ECP mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Most sound cards use DMA1, check with your sound card configuration to
make sure that there is no conflict with this function.

The Choice: DMA3 (Default), DMA1.
NOTE: THIS OPTION WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED UNLESS THE EPP / ECP

FUNCTION IS SELECTED.

Game Port Address

Use factory fault setting.

Midi Port Address

Use factory fault setting.

Midi Port IRQ

Use factory fault setting.

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Power Management Setup

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

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function
Power Management
Video Off Method
Video Off In Suspend
Suspend Type
MODEM Use IRQ
Suspend Mode
HDD Power Down
Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
Wake-Up by PCI card
Resume by Alarm
Date (of Month) Alarm
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm

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

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F7:Optimized Defaults

Enabled
User Define
DPMS
Yes
Stop Grant
3
Disabled
Disabled
Instant-Off
Disabled
Disabled
0
0 0 0

Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

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ACPI Function

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

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Power Management

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is
directly related to the following modes:

The Choice:
User Define --- Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled,

each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down
which ranges from 1min. to 15 min. and disable.

Min Saving --- Minimum power management. Doze mode = 1 hr., Standby
mode = 1 hr., Suspend mode = 1 hr. and HDD power down = 15 min.

Max Saving --- Maximum power management --- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR
SL CPU’ s. Doze mode = 1 min., Standby mode = 1 min., Suspend mode = 1

min. and HDD power down = 1 min.

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
The Choice:
V/H SYNC+Blank --- This selection will cause the system to turn off the

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

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

Video Off In Suspend

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.
The choice: Yes, No.

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Suspend Type

Select the Suspend Type
The choice: PWRON Suspend, Stop Grant.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Suspend Mode

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except
the CPU will be shut off.

The Choice: Disabled, 1 min, 2 min, 4 min, 8 min, 12 min, 20 min, 30 min, 40
min, 1 hour.

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.

The Choice: Disabled, 1 min to 15 min.

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

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

The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

Wake-Up by PCI card

The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant-Off.

Resume by Alarm

The choice: Disabled, Enabled.

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Reload Global Timer Events

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

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled.

FDD, COM, LPT Port

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled.

PCI PIRQ [A ~ D]#

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled.

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PnP / PCI Configuration Setup

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal
Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at

speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its
own special components. This section covers some very technical items and
it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any
changes to the default settings.

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PnP/PCI Configurations

Disabled

Resources Controlled By
IRQ Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

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Auto (ESCD)
Press Enter

Disabled

Item HelpReset Configuration Data

Menu Level
Default is Disabled.

Select Enabled 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 OS cannot
boot.

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Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled 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 can not boot.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Resource controlled by

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure
all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this
capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
operating system such as Windows95. If you set this field to “manual”
choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows
this field (a sub menu is preceded by a “Ø” ).

The choice: Auto (ESCD), Manual.

IRQ Resources

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

Memory Resources

This sub menu can let you control the memory resource.

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

Leave this field at Disabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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PC Health Status

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PC Health Status

Item HelpVoltage0
Voltage1
Voltage2
Voltage3
Voltage4
Voltage5
Voltage6
Voltage7
Voltage battery
Temperature1
Temperature2
Temperature3
Fan1 speed
Fan2 speed
Fan3 speed

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F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
F7:Optimized Defaults

Menu Level

This sector window only displays the computer’ s information, there is no any
selection for user to change or select.

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Frequency / Voltage Control

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Disabled
CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum
CPU Ratio

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Default

X 3

Item HelpAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

Menu Level

Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk

This item allows you to enable/disable auto detect DIMM/PCI Clock.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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CPU Clock / Spread Spectrum

  :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulate.

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Disabled
CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum
CPU Ratio

CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum

90MHz/Off -----[n] 138MHz/Off-----[ ]
100MHz/Off-----[ ] 140MHz/On -----[ ]
100MHz/On -----[ ] 150MHz/Off-----[ ]
112MHz/On -----[ ]
117MHz/On -----[ ]
124MHz/Off-----[ ]
133MHz/Off-----[ ]
133MHz/On -----[ ]

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F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
F7:Optimized Defaults

Default

X 3

Item HelpAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

Menu Level

The choice: 90MHz/Off, 100MHz/Off, 100MHz/On, 112MHz/On, 117MHz/On,
124MHz/Off, 133MHz/Off, 133MHz/On, 138MHz/Off, 140MHz/On,
150MHz/Off.

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CPU Ratio

  :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abort

This item allows you to select the CPU ratio.

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Frequency/Voltage Control

Disabled
CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum
CPU Ratio

CPU Ratio

X 3 -----[n] X 7 -----[ ]
X 3.5-----[ ] X 7.5-----[ ]
X 4 -----[ ] X 8 -----[ ]
X 4.5-----[ ]
X 5 -----[ ]
X 5.5-----[ ]
X 6 -----[ ]
X 6.5-----[ ]

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Default

X 3

Item HelpAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

Menu Level

The choice: x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x7.5, x8

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Load Optimized Defaults

Selecting “Defaults” from the main menu shows you two options which are
described below

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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
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

AT Clock, DRAM timings...

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N)? ___

Frequency/Voltage Control
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit Without Saving

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

Pressing ‘ Y’ loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal
performance system operations.

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Set Supervisor / User Password

You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The
differences between are:

supervisor password : can enter and change the options of the setup
menus.

user password : just can only enter but do not have the right to change the
options of the setup menus. When you select this function, the following
message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a
password.

ENTER PASSWORD:

Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The
password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS
memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password
again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection
and not enter a password.

To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter
the password. A message will confirm the password will be disabled. Once
the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup
freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED.

When a password has been enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every
time you try to enter Setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from
changing any part of your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to
request a password every time your system is rebooted. This would
prevent unauthorized use of your computer.

You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features
Setup Menu and its Security option (see Section 3). If the Security option is

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set to “System” , the password will be required both at boot and at entry to
Setup. If set to “Setup” , prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup.

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Exit Selecting

Save & Exit Setup

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:
Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Pressing “Y” stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS – a special

section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time
you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the
Setup selections stored in CMOS. After saving the values the system is
restarted again.

Exit Without Saving

Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation:

Quit without saving (Y/N)? Y

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