Soltek SL-68C User Manual

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SL-68C/68C+ V1.2

USER MANUAL

Product Model : SL-68C/68C+
Manual Revision : V1.2

USER NOTICE

Release Date : October 2000

This Users Guide & Technical Reference is for assisting system
manufacturers and end-users in setting up and installing the
mainboard.
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C O N T E N T

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7

1-1 ITEM LIST CHECKUP ............................................................................ 7

1-2 PROCESSOR ........................................................................................ 7

1-3 CHIPSET ................................................................................................ 7

1-4 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAM CONTROLLER ................ 7

1-5 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS (AGP)

CONTROLLER ....................................................................................... 8

1-6 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION ........................................................................... 8

1-7 ON-BOARD HIGH POINT 370 ATA/ATAPI CONTROLLER

(OPTIONAL FOR 68C+ ONLY) .............................................................. 8

1-8 EXTENSION SLOTS ..............................................................................9

1-9 BIOS ....................................................................................................... 9

1-10 SOUND CONTROLLER .......................................................................9

1-11 POWER MANAGEMENT ..................................................................... 9

1-12 FROM FACTOR ................................................................................... 9

1-13 HARDWARE MONITORING ................................................................ 9

1-14.1 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 68C ................................................. 10

1-14.2 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 68C+ ............................................... 11

1-15 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM ............................................. 12

CHAPTER 2

HARDWARE SETUP................................................................... 14

2-1 CPU INSTALLATION ............................................................................ 14

2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION ................................................................... 15

2-3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT(AGP) PRO INSTALLATION .......17

2-4 HDD / FDD INSTALLATION ................................................................. 18

2-5 CPU BUS RATIO SELECT ................................................................... 19

2-5.1 BUS CLOCK SELECT .......................................................................19

2-6 JUMPER DEFINITION ......................................................................... 20

2-6.1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3) ........................ 20

2-6.2 VIO SELECT (JP5/JP6)..................................................................... 20

2-6.3 USB PORT SELECT-1 (JP8/JP9) ..................................................... 20

2-6.4 POWER LOST RESUME (JP18)....................................................... 20

2-6.5 CLEAR CMOS DATA (JBAT1) ........................................................... 23

2-6.6 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (JWOL1)............................................... 23

2-6.7 CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR (CD-IN1/CD-IN2) ........................... 23

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2-7 CONNECTORS .................................................................................... 24

2-7.1 J2J3 ................................................................................................... 24

2-7.2 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR ...................................................... 27

2-7.3 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR .............................................. 28

2-7.4 PS/2 MOUSE AND PS/2 KEYBOARD .............................................. 28

2-7.5 SECOND USB CONNECTOR........................................................... 29

2-7.6 IRQ DESCRIPTION .......................................................................... 30

CHAPTER 3

SOFTWARE SETUP.................................................................... 31

3-1 ABOUT SOLTEK SUPPORT CD .......................................................... 31

3-2 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION (4-IN-1 DRIVER) ................... 31

3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION ................................................35

3-4 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION ............................................. 36

3-5 HPT370 BIOS: RAID/SETUP FUNCTIONS (FOR 68C+ ONLY) ......... 37

3-5.1 CREATING A RAID ARRAY WITH HARD DISKS ATTACHED TO THE

HPT370 ............................................................................................. 37

3-5.2 CREATING A DUPLICATED DISK (REQUIRE FOR PREPARATION OF

MIRROR ARRAYS WITH DISKS CONTAINING DATA) .................... 38

3-6 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION (FOR 68C+ ONLY) ... 39
3-6.1 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WIN9X ... 39
3-6.2 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR A PRE-IN

STALLED WIN NT SYSTEM ............................................................. 40

3-6.3 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DEVICE DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 2000

(WITH OPERATING SYSTEM ALREADY INSTALLED) .................. 41

3-6.4 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DEVICE DRIVER FOR WINDOWS 2000

(DURING A FRESH WIN2K INSTALLATION) ................................... 42

CHAPTER 4

BIOS SETUP ............................................................................... 43

4-1 INTRODUCE THE BIOS ...................................................................... 43

4-2 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP ........................................................................ 43

4-3 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP ............................................................... 43

4-4 WHAT IS CMOS ................................................................................... 43

4-5 WHAT IS POST .................................................................................... 44

4-6 BIOS UPGRADE .................................................................................. 44

4-6.1 BEFORE UPGRADE BIOS ............................................................... 44

4-6.2 UPGRADE PROCESS ...................................................................... 44

4-7 CMOS SETUP UTILITY ....................................................................... 48

4-8 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ................................................................. 49

4-9 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ............................................................ 51

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4-10 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ................................................... 55

4-11 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ........................................................... 61

4-12 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ...................................................... 66

4-13 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION ............................................................ 72

4-14 PC HEALTH STATUS ......................................................................... 75

4-15 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL ................................................. 76

4-16 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS .......................................................... 77

4-17 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD ......................................... 77

4-18 SAVE & EXIT SETUP ......................................................................... 78

4-19 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ................................................................... 78

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1-1 ITEM LIST CHECKUP

• Motherboard

• Support CD

• User’s Manual

• Bundle Bonus Pack CD

• Bundle Bonus Pack Manual

• ATA 66/100 IDE Cable

• FDD Cable

1-2 PROCESSOR

• Supports Dual Intel® FC-PGA Pentium !!!TM up to 1GHz or above.

• Supports Single Intel
700MHz or above.

• Supports Single VIA Cyrix !!! up to 600MHz or above.

• Supports CPU voltage Auto-Detect circuit.

®

FC-PGA 370 Celeron & PGA 370 Celeron up to

68C / 68C+

1-3 CHIPSET

• North Bridge - VIA VT82C694X APOLLO PRO 133A

• South Bridge - VIA VT82C686B

1-4 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAM CONTROLLER

• Supports FP, SDRAM, and VCM SDRAM memory types up to 3 DIMMs

• 64-bit data width and 3.3V DRAM interface

• Supports up to 1.5 GB memory space

• Different DRAM types may be used in mixed combinations

• PCI-2.2 compliant, 32 bit 3.3V PCI interface with 5V tolerant inputs

• DRAM interface synchronous with host CPU (66/100/133) or AGP (66MHz)
for most flexible configuration

• DRAM interface may be faster than CPU by 33MHz to allow use of PC100
memory modules with 66MHz Celeron or use of PC133 with 100MHz
Pentium II or Pentium III

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• DRAM interface may be slower than CPU by 33MHz to allow use of older
memory modules with newer CPUs (e.g., PC66 memory modules with
100MHz Pentium III)

1-5 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS
PORTS (AGP) CONTROLLER

• Synchronous and pseudo-synchronous with the host CPU bus with

optimal skew control PCI AGP Mode 33MHz/66MHz/100MHz DDR 3x

synchronous

• Supports 66MHz 1x, 2x and 4x modes for AD and SBA signaling

• AGP v2.0 compliant

1-6 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION

• Built-in Two UltraDMA-33/66 Master Mode PCI EIDE ports

• 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:

--Standard mode, ECP and EPP support

• Floppy Disk connector:

--Two FDDs with drive swap support

• Universal Serial Bus connector:

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

--Provides 2 build-in USB ports (another 2 internal USB ports for extensible pur-

pose require an optional USB connect cable)

• PS/2 keyboard connector

• PS/2 Mouse connector

1-7 ON-BOARD HIGH POINT 370 ATA/ATAPI CONTROLLER

(OPTIONAL FOR 68C+ ONLY)

• Ultra DMA 100MB/S operation per ATA channel.

• One PCI function supports two independent ATA channels.

• Supports all ATAPI CD/ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, LS-120, MO,
Tape and ZIP devices.

• Supports up to 4 IDE devices.(Coexist with on-board IDE)

• RAID function supported (RAID 0, 1, 0+1).

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1-8 EXTENSION SLOTS

• Five PCI bus Master slots

• One AGP Pro 4x mode slot

• Three DIMM slots

1-9 BIOS

• Award BIOS V6.0

• Supports Plug & Play V1.0

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade

• Year 2000 compliant

• Supports BIOS writing protection

1-10 SOUND CONTROLLER

• SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio

Controller with Codec onboard

1-11 POWER MANAGEMENT

• ACPI 1.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

• APM V1.2 compliant (legacy power management)

• System event monitoring with two event classes

• Supports Wake On LAN (WOL) & Wake On Modem

• Supports real time clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and century

field

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1-12 FROM FACTOR

• ATX from factor, 4 layers PCB

• Motherboard size 24.5cm x 30.5cm

1-13 HARDWARE MONITORING

• Programmable control, status, monitor and alarm for flexible desktop man-

agement (software include)

• Five-positive voltage monitoring

• Two-temperature monitoring

• 3 Fan-speed monitoring

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1-14.1 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 68C

• Default Setting: Intel Celeron 300A/66 MHz

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

upper

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

Codec

1

lower

OUT

IN

AC'97

lower

PS/2

K/B

USB1

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

USB2

16

1 3

1 3

CD_IN1

CD_IN2

414

1

JWOL1

JP8

JP9

FAN3

3
1

FAN1

SOCKET 370

RT2

RT1

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

VIA

694X

AGP PRO

331

JP5

1

JP6

VIA

686B

Li

Battery

1

JBAT1

ATX POWER

SOCKET 370

LED2

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

FLASH BIOS

3

Clock
Generator

1

3

JP18

IP

8

D

7
6
5

SW1

4
3

N

2
1

O

FDD1

11

1

FAN2

IDE1

IDE2

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

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

1-14.2 MOTHERBOARD LAYOUT --- 68C+

• Default Setting: Intel Celeron 300A/66 MHz

68C / 68C+

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

upper

USB0

COM2 COM1

LINE

LINE

MIC

AC'97

Codec

1

lower

OUT

IN

lower

PS/2

K/B

USB1

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

USB2

16

1 3

1 3

CD_IN1

CD_IN2

414

1

JWOL1

JP8

JP9

FAN3

3
1

FAN1

SOCKET 370

RT2

RT1

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

VIA

694X

AGP PRO

331

JP5

1

JP6

VIA

686B

Li

Battery

1

JBAT1

ATX POWER

SOCKET 370

LED2

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

IDE3
IDE4

1

1

FLASH BIOS

3

Clock
Generator

1

3

JP18

HPT

370

IP
D

SW1

N

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

O

FDD1

11

1

FAN2

IDE1

IDE2

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

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

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1-15 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM

Dual
CPU

Socket

(Socket -370)

HOST BUS

AGP Slot or

3D Graphics

Controller

High point 370

(ATA100x2)

Hardware
Monitoring

AC'97
Codec

USBx4

Super lO

Serial Port x 2
Infrared Port x 1
Parallel Port x 1

FDD x 2

VIA

VT82C

694X

VIA

VT82C

686B

BIOS
ROM

DRAM InterfaceAGP (4X) BUS

PCI BUS

PCI1

Main
Memory
(DRAM)

PCI3

PCI2

Keyboard
& Mouse

ATA33/66 x 2

PM Control,
GPIO,Reset

PCI4

PCI5

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ATTENTION !!!

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.

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CHAPTER 2

HARDWARE SETUP

2-1 CPU INSTALLATION

(Note : When installing only one CPU, Socket 370 teminator is
unnecessary to install, you can put it on any 370 socket,
whatever you want.)

1. Pull the lever sidways away from the socket, and then raise the lever up
to a 90-degree angle.

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SOCKET 370

2. Take note of the red circle as below picture. When insert the CPU into
socket, you can find out there is a definite pin orientation for CPU and
socket.

SOCKET 370

3. Make sure that the CPU positions in the socket tightly, and then put the
lever down to complete the CPU installation.

ET 370

K

C

SO

2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION

68C / 68C+

WARNING!!!

• Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or re-

moving 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, fouceing 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 motherboard, the M/B only
supports 3.3V true SDRAM DIMMs

Installing DIMM

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

• Insert the module(s) as shown, DIMMs have 168-pins and two notches
that will match with the onboard DIMM socket, memory modules are
installed by inserting them straight into the slot until they “click”
into place. They only fit in one direction so do not force them into
place.

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168-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions(3.3V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

Unbuffered

3.3V

Removing DIMM

• Press the holding clips on both sides of socket out ward to release
the DIMM out of the socket.

FAN1

lower

upper

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

lower

upper

USB1

USB0

LINE

LINE

COM2 COM1

MIC

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

SOCKET 370

RT2

RT1

SOCKET 370

LED2

DIMM1

DIMM2

VIA

694X

AGP PRO

PCI 1

FAN3

AC'97

CD_IN1

CD_IN2

Codec

414

1

3
1

JWOL1

USB2

16

1

JP8

JP9

1 3

1 3

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

1

Battery

331

JP5
JP6

VIA

686B

Li

1

3

JBAT1

ATX POWER

DIMM3

1

1

FLASH BIOS

P

8

I

1

D

7
6
5

SW

4
3
2

N

1

O

Clock
Generator

1

3

JP18

FDD1

11

1

FAN2

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3
IDE4

HPT
370

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

NOTICE : When LED “LED2” light is on
, meaning that 3.3V is operating and
flowing into DIMM slots, please do not
add or remove memory modules .

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

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2-3 ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT(AGP) PRO INSTALLATION

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

AGP Accelerator

blockader

AGP Pro slot

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot

20-pin bay

Rib(inside slot)

CAUTION!!
The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a warning label over the 20-pin bay.Do not remove
this lable and the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without
a retention notch.Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to
your card , slot , and motherboard. Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP
Pro card.

Rib(inside slot) 28-pin bay

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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 motherboard’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.

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

upper

upper

PS/2

USB0

LINE

LINE

1

MOUSE

COM2 COM1

MIC

AC'97
Codec

lower

PS/2

K/B

lower

USB1

LPT1

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

USB2

1 3

1 3

CD_IN1

414

16

JP8

CD_IN2

1

JWOL1

JP9

FAN3

FAN1

RT1

SOCKET 370

VIA

RT2

694X

ATX POWER

SOCKET 370

LED2

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

AGP PRO

PCI 1

331

JP5

1

PCI 2

3
1

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

Li

Battery

JP6

VIA

686B

JBAT1

IDE3
IDE4

1

1

FLASH BIOS

1

3

Clock
Generator

1

JP18

HPT
370

1

DIP

SW

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

ON

3

FDD1

Floppy Disk Drive Connector:
Orient the red markings on
the floppy ribbon cable to
Pin1.

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1

IDE1

IDE2

--

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

Hard Disk Drive Connector:
Orient the red markings on

FAN2

the IDE ribbon cable to Pin1.

-

+

SPK RST PWR/LED T/LED

1 15

1 15

J2

J3

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2-5 CPU BUS RATIO SELECT

• Normally, the Bus Ratio (Frenquency Multiple) of your processor is locked
by processor’s Vendor,setting of the CPU Bus Ratio will have no effect.

• Bus Ratio exceed 8.0X, user can not change all values from DIP switch,
bus ratio will be detected by BIOS automatically.

SW1 DIP1 ~ DIP4 SETTING

ONONON

ON

3.0x 3.5x

4.0x 4.5x

5.0x 5.5x

6.0x 6.5x

7.0x 7.5x

8.0x

OFF

12345678

ONONON

OFF

12345678

ON

OFF

OFF

12345678

ONONON

ON

12345678

ONONON

OFF

12345678

ON

ON

OFF

12345678

ON

ON

ON

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

ONONON

OFF

12345678

ONONON

OFF

12345678

ON

OFF

OFF

12345678

ONONON

12345678

ON

ON

OFF

12345678

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

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2-5.1 BUS CLOCK SELECT

SW1 DIP5 ~ DIP8 SETTING

ON

ON

12345678

ON

12345678

ON

12345678

ON

12345678

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

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

OFF

ON

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

OFF

OFF

Auto Select 66/100/133 MHz

(default)

66MHz

100MHz

133MHz

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2-6 JUMPER DEFINITION

• The figure below shows the location of the motherboard’s jumper blocks.

CAUTION

• Do not move the jumper with the power on. Always turn off the power and unplug
the power cord from the computer before changing the jumper. Otherwise, the
motherboard could be damaged.

2-6.1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3)

FAN1/FAN2/FAN3 : ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (12V)

CPU FAN1

FAN1

CPU FAN2

SYSTEM FAN

Those connectors support processor/system/chassis cooling fan with +12V. Those
support three pin head connector. When connecting the wire to FAN connectors,
user should give attention that the red wire is the positive and should be connected
to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND. If your
motherboard 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 fan speed sensor, every rotation of the fan will send out 2 pulses.
System Hardware Monitor will count and report the fan rotation speed.

FAN2

FAN3

GND
+12V
SENSOR

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 VIO SELECT (JP5/JP6)

68C / 68C+

JP5/JP6: VIO SELECT

3.3V (default)

3.4V

3.5V

3.6V

JP5
JP6

JP5
JP6

JP5
JP6

JP5
JP6

1 3

1 3
1 3

1 3
1 3

1 3
1 3

1 3

This function allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM.
The default voltage (3.3V) should be used unless processor
overclocking requires a higher voltage.

NOTE: Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the
shortening of your computer components’s life. It is strongly recommended that
you leave this setting on its default.

2-6.3 USB PORT SELECT-1 (JP8/JP9)

JP8/JP9: USB PORT SELECT (1)

Redirect USB port 2 to USB2
connector (default)

Redirect USB2 to AGP slot

JP8
JP9

JP8
JP9

1 3

1 3

2-6.4 POWER LOST RESUME (JP18)

JP18: POWER LOST RESUME

Disabled (default)

Enabled

This jumper allows you to use the switch of ATX power supply
to control ON/OFF switch directly instead of using the power
switch on the motherboard.

JP18

JP18

1

1

3

3

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2-6.5 CLEAR CMOS DATA (JBAT1)

JBAT1: CLEAR CMOS DATA

CLEAR CMOS DATA

JBAT1

1 3

Retaia Data (default)

A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM.

NOTE : You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin when the system is POWER

OFF. Then, return to 1-2 pin position (default). It may damage the
motherboard if clearing the CMOS in POWER ON status. Unplug the
power cord from power supply before clearing CMOS will be a best bet
for user.

JBAT1

2-6.6 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (JWOL1)

JWOL1 : WAKE ON LAN (WOL) FUNCTION

Connect the Wake On LAN signal from LAN card
to JWOL1

+5V standby

GND

PME

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 at the BIOS “Power
Management Setup” and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least

720mA / +5V standby power.

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JWOL1

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2-6.7 CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR (CD-IN1/CD-IN2)

CD_IN1/CD_IN2: CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR

CD_IN1PIN NO.

PIN 1 Left Channel
PIN 2

GND

Left Channel

GNDPIN 3

Right ChannelPIN 4

USB1: 2nd USB Port

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC port: Microphone Jack

Line In port: Audio In Jack

Line Out / Speaker Out port: Audio Out Jack

RT1 / RT2: CPU1 and CPU2 Thermal sensor

CD_IN2

GND
GND

Right Channel

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2-7 CONNECTORS

• In this section we list all external connectors that user will use them.

2-7.1 J2J3

12345 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

J2

HDD LED CONNECTOR

PIN 1 +5V
PIN 2 HDD LED SIGNAL
PIN 3 HDD LED SIGNAL
PIN 4 +5V

This connector supplies power to the cabinet's IDE

DESCRIPTION

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J2

activity LED. Read and write activity by devices
connected to the Primary or SecondaryIDE
connector will cause the LED to light up.

INFRARED CONNECTOR

PIN 6 INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL
PIN 7 GND
PIN 8 INFRARED RECEIVE SIGNAL
PIN 9 NONE
PIN 10 +5V

This connector supports an optional wireless
transmitting and receiving infrared module. This
module mounts to a small opening on system cases
that support this feature.

DESCRIPTION

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User must also configure the setting through
BIOS program "Peripheral Setup" to select whether
UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA.
Use the five pins and connect a ribbon cable from
the module to the motherboard's IR connector
according to the pin definitions.

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J2

ATX POWER SWITCH

PIN 12 ATX POWER SWITCH
PIN 13 GND

The system power is controlled by a momentary
switch connected to this lead.
Pressing the button once will switch the system

DESCRIPTION

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J2

between ON and SOFT OFF.
Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more
4 seconds will turn the system off.
The system power LED shows the status of the
system's power.

SMI CONNECTOR

PIN 14 SMI(System Managment Interrupt) SIGNAL
PIN 15 GND

This allows user to manually place the system into a
suspend mode or "Green" mode, where system
activity is decreased to save electricity and prolong
the life of certain components when the system is
not in use. This 2-oin connector connects to the
case-mounted suspend switch. If you do not have a

DESCRIPTION

switch for the connector, you may use the "Turbo
Switch".
SMI is activated when it detects a short to open
moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not
cause any problems. This may require one or two
presses depending on the position of the switch.
Wake-Up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS
but the keyboard will always allow wake-up(the SMI
lead cannot wake up the system).

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SPEAKER CONNECTOR

PIN 1 SPEAKER SIGNAL
PIN 2 NONE
PIN 3 GND
PIN 4 +5V

This SPEAKER connector connects to the case-

DESCRIPTION

J3

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mounted speaker. Two sources (LINE OUT and
SPEAKER) allow you to hear system beeps and
warnings. Only SPEAKER allows you to hear system
beeps before the integrated audio has been properly
initialized.

RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR

PIN 5 RESET SIGNAL
PIN 6 GND

RESET SWITCH connector connects to the case-

DESCRIPTION

mounted reset switch for rebooting your system
without having to turn off your power switch. This is
a preferred method of reboot to prolong the life of
the system's power supply.

J3

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POWER LED CONNECTOR

PIN 8 +5V
PIN 9 NONE
PIN 10 GND

DESCRIPTION

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This Power LED connector connects the system
power LED, which lights when the system is
powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode.

J3

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SUSPEND LED

PIN 14 SUSPEND LED SIGNAL
PIN 15 GND

DESCRIPTION Connect to Suspend indicator light.

2-7.2 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR

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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 : COM2 PORT
I : LINE / SPEAKER OUT
J : LINE IN
K : MICROPHONE

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2-7.3 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR

• This connector connects to an ATX power supply. The plug from the power
supply only inserts in an orientation because of the different hole sizes.
Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that all pins
are aligned.

• Reminding that your power supply should support at least 10mA on the
5V standby voltage. It may cause an difficulty to power on the system if
the power supply cant support the load.

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

+5V Standby

+12V

Power Good

GND

VCC

GND

VCC

GND
VCC3
VCC3

VCC
VCC

-5V
GND
GND
GND
Power Supply on
GND

-12V
VCC3

2-7.4 PS/2 MOUSE AND PS/2 KEYBOARD

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

PS/2 MOUSE




PS/2 KEYBOARD

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

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2-7.5 SECOND USB CONNECTOR

• This motherboard provides 4 sets of USB connector. Besides 2 sets of
them can be connected directly by USB devices, the other are built onboard
for user to extend the USB function.

2nd USB Connector (Optional)

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GND
Black

GND
Black

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Red
VCC

White

DO-

Green

Red

DO+

VCC

White

Black
GND

USB 1

DO-

Green

DO+

Black

GND

1

1

USB 1

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• When plugs the USB connector to USB1 Port, user can see every color of
wires to determine which is first pin.

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2-7.6 IRQ DESCRIPTION

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 13
IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller 14
IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1) 15
IRQ 8 Real Time Clock (RTC) 3
IRQ 9 4
IRQ 10 5
IRQ 11 6
IRQ 12 PS/2 Mouse Port 7
IRQ 13 Coprocessor 8
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel 9
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel 10

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• Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require IRQs. System IRQs are
available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, 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 that you configured 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, the Control Panel in My Computer, contains
a System icon, which gives you a Device Manager tab. Double-Clicking on
a specific hardware device gives you a Resources tab which shows the
Interrupt number and address. Double-Clicking Computers to see all the
interrupts and addresses for your system. Make sure that no two devices
use the same IRQ or your computer will experience problems when those
two devices are in use at the same time.

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CHAPTER 3

SOFTWARE SETUP

3-1 ABOUT SOLTEK SUPPORT CD

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

3-2 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION (4-IN-1 DRIVER)

Step 1:

• Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive.

• When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver”.

Step 2:

• Click on the “VIA Chipsets Driver”.

Step 3:

• Click on the “4-in-1 driver”.

Step 4:

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

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Step 5:

• Press Next button to continue.

Step 6:

• Click “Yes ” to continue.

Step 7:

• Press select the checkbox as below:
Bus Master PCI IDE Driver
AGP VxD Driver
VIA Chipset Function’s Registry
IRQ Routing Miniport Driver

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Note: For user who are upgrading VIA Drivers. We

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

Step 8:

• Click “Install” and Press Next button to continue.

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Step 9:

• We recommend user to leave “Enable / Disable

[Ultra] DMA” checkbox empty.

Note: Whether select this item or not, user needs to

enable the Hard Disk DMA function in Control
Panel manually. (For further details, please
refer to next page)

Step 10:

• The default setup destination is C:\VIADMATOOL,

press Next button to continue.

Step 11:

• Press Next button to continue.

Step 12:

• Select “Install VIA AGP VxD” in turbo mode and

press Next button to continue.

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Step 13:

• After all the setup process is finished, please restart

your computer by clicking on Finish.

bout Hard Disk DMA Function

A

Last but not least, user must enable the Hard Disk DMA function. The process is below:

1. [Start] [Setting] [Control Panel] [System] [Device Manager].

2. In Device Manager, select [Disk Drivers] [GENERIC IDE TYPEXX].

3. Select [Properties] for GENERIC IDE TYPEXX.

4. In Properties, select [Settings].

5. In Option item, select the DMA checkbox.

6. Restart your computer.

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3-3 AC’97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION

Step 1:

• Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive.

• When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver”.

Step 2:

• Click on the “VIA Chipsets Driver”.

Step 3:

• Click on the “AC’97 driver”.

Step 4:

• Press Next button to continue.

Step 5:

• When asking you install or remove the audio driver,

please select “Install” and press Next button to
continue.

Step 6:

• It’s recommended for user to restart the computer

after the audio driver is finished. Please select “Yes,

I want to restart my computer now”.

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3-4 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION

Step 1:

• Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive.

• When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver”.

Step 2:

• Click on the “VIA Chipsets Driver”.

Step 3:

• Click on the “Hardware Monitor Utility”.

Step 4:

• Press Next button to continue.

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Step 5:

• The default destination is C:\VIAhm, then press
Next button to continue.

Step 6:

• Press Next button to finish the Hardware Monitor
setup process.

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3-5 HPT370 BIOS: RAID/SETUP FUNCTIONS (FOR 68C+ ONLY)

• To enter the HPT370 BIOS setup and RAID utility, press Control + H
when the HPT370 BIOS text is first displayed during the boot process.

• The setup menu also allows users to change mode settings for hard drives
attached to the HPT370 and select which drive will function as the boot
unit.

IDE Device Mode settings:

UDMA4+, 5: ATA-100 devices
UDMA4, UDMA3: ATA66 drive settings (UDMA4 is optimal)
UDMA0-2: ATA33 device settings
PIO1-4: Pre or Non-ATA33 IDE device settings
MW-DMA: Older hard drives and CD-ROM devices (usually auto­ detected)

Note: Some IDE devices have settings that can not be altered.

3-5.1 CREATING A RAID ARRAY WITH HARD DISKS ATTACHED
TO THE HPT370

STRIPE ARRAY - Recommended for High-Performance (2-4 disks
required)

1. Select the “Create RAID” selection from the main menu

2. Select “Striping (RAID 0)” in the “Array Mode” pop-up menu

3. Select the disk drives to be used with the “Select Disk Drives”
selection

4. Select the appropriate block size in the “Block Size” pop-up menu

5. Select the “Start Creation Process” selection

MIRROR ARRAY - Recommended for Data Redundancy (2 disks
required)

1. Select the “Create RAID” selection from the main menu

2. Select “Mirror (RAID 1)” in the “Array Mode” pop-up menu

3. Select the disk drives to be used with the “Select Disk Drives”
selection

4. Select the “Start Creation Process” selection

Note: The source disk must be equal or larger than the target disk.

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STRIPING + MIRROR ARRAY (RAID 0 + 1) - Recommended for High­Performance with Data Redundancy (3-4 disks required)

1. Select the “Create RAID” selection from the main menu

2. Select “Striping + Mirror(RAID 0+1)” in the “Array Mode” pop-up
menu

3. Select the disk drives and/or RAID 1 arrays to be used with the
“Select Disk Drives” selection

4. Select the “Start Creation Process” selection

Note: The source disk/array must be equal or larger than the target disk/
array.

SPANNING (JBOD) (2-4 disks required) - Recommended for Full Data
Storage Capacity

1. Select the “Create RAID” selection from the main menu

2. Select “Spanning(JBOD)” in the “Array Mode” pop-up
menu

3. Select the disk drives to be used with the “Select Disk Drives”
selection

4. Select the “Start Creation Process” selection

DELETING A RAID ARRAY FROM THE HPT370

1. Select the “Delete RAID” selection from the main menu

2. Select the RAID Array from the “Channel Status” menu

3. Confirm the deletion of the RAID Array.

3-5.2 CREATING A DUPLICATED DISK (REQUIRE FOR
PREPARATION OF MIRROR ARRAYS WITH DISKS

CONTAINING DATA)

1. Select the “Duplicate Mirror Disk” selection from the main menu

2. Select the Source Disk to be copied

3. Select the Target Disk to be duplicated

4. Select the “Start Duplication Process” selection

Note: The source disk must be equal or larger than the target disk.

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3-6 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION (FOR 68C+ ONLY)

3-6.1 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR WIN9X

Usually, when you boot up the Windows 95/98 system, the system will detect the
HPT370 Ultra DMA host Adapter automatically, and ask you to install the driver for
HPT370.
Follow the instructions as promoted by the system to install the driver.

If Windows 95/98 dose not automatically detect the HPT370 controller, follow the
instructions outlined below:

Using the Windows Add New Hardware function:

1. Close any running applications.

2. Open “My Computer”.

3. Double click on the “Control Panel” icon.

4. Double click on the “Add New Hardware” icon.

5. Click on the “Next” button.

6. A window will ask: “Do you want Windows to search for new hardware?”, select
“No” then click on the “Next” button.

7. Various device types will be listed. Select SCSI controllers and press Next.

8. Insert the driver installation diskette into driver A, then click on the “Have Disk...”
button.

9. Click on the “OK” button.

10. Click on the “Next” button.

11. If you see a window that displays the settings (resources) to be used by the driver,
click on “Next” again. Windows will then install the driver.

12. Click on the “Finish” button.

13. The system will ask you to restart the system.

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3-6.2 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DRIVER INSTALLATION FOR
A PRE-INSTALLED WINDOWS NT 4.0

When Windows NT is up and running, install HPT370 device driver as follow:

1. Open My Computer

2. Open Control Panel

3. Double click icon SCSI Adapters

4. Click Drivers

5. Click Add...

6. Click Have Disk...

7. Insert the floppy diskette containing HPT370 Windows NT4.0 device driver into driver
A, and type in “A:\NT [Enter]”, then click OK

8. Select HPT370 Ultra DMA Controller, you will be asked to enter the full path to the
HPT370 Ultra DMA Controller files, type in “A:\NT” and then click Continue

9. When asked to restart your computer, click Yes

Your hard disk drive attached to the HPT370 host adapter must be partitioned and formatted
before you access it. Please see Partitioning Your Hard Disk to know how to partition and
format a hard disk drive.

PARTITIONING YOUR HARD DISK

If the hard disk drive attached to the HPT370 has not been partitioned and formatted yet,
you need to partition it first. To partition the hard disk drive attached to the HPT370, follow
the following steps:

1. Click the Start up button

2. Go to Administrative Tools (Common)

3. Run Disk Administrator

4. Select disk number you would like to partition

5. Select the menu Partition

6. Decide the partition size create partition of the size

7. Exit Disk Administrator

8. Select the new created partition (logical disk drive) and format it

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3-6.3 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DEVICE DRIVER FOR
WINDOWS 2000 (WITH OPERATING SYSTEM ALREADY
INSTALLED)

Usually, when you boot up the Windows 2000 system, Windows will detect the HPT370
Ultra DMA host Adapter automatically, and ask you to install the driver for HPT370.
Follow the instructions as promoted by the system to install the driver.

If the controller is not detected automatically, follow the procedure outlined below:

1. Windows 2000 must be installed on the system prior to installing the driver.

2. Close any running applications.

3. Open “My Computer”.

4. Double click on the “Control Panel” icon.

5. Double click on the “System” applet.

6. Click on the “Hardware” button.

7. Click on the “Device Manager” button.

8. There is a Window listing hardware types, select the “SCSI and RAID Controllers”
then double click it.

9. There is a Window listing drivers types, select the “HPT370 Ultra DMA 66 controllers”
then click the right key of mouse.

10. Double Click on the “Properties”.

11. Click on the “Driver” button.

12. Click on the “Update Driver” button.

13. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device”, then Click on then “Next”
button.

14. Select “Floppy disk drivers” and insert the HPT370 Windows2000 driver disk into
A:, then click on the “Next” button.

15. The wizard found HPT370 Ultra DMA100 Controllers, Click on the “Next” button.

16. To continue, Click on the “Next” button.

17. Completing the Upgrade Device Driver Wizard. Click on the “Finish” button.

18. Restart the System.

PARTITIONING YOUR HARD DISK

If the hard disk drive attached to the HPT370 has not been partitioned and formatted yet,
you need to partition it first. To partition the hard disk drive attached to the HPT370, follow
the following steps:

1. Click the Start up button

2. Go to Administrative Tools (Common)

3. Run Disk Administrator

4. Select disk number you would like to partition

5. Select the menu Partition

6. Decide the partition size create partition of the size

7. Exit Disk Administrator

8. Select the new created partition (logical disk drive) and format it

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3-6.4 HPT370 HOST ADAPTER DEVICE DRIVER FOR
WINDOWS 2000 (DURING A FRESH WIN2K
INSTALLATION)

1. During the first part of the setup procedure, Win2K will prompt you to press F6 to
specify an additional device. Press F6, and let Windows continue on with setup. It will

continue to scroll through various device listings for several minutes, then prompt you
to press the “S” key to Add a device.

2. Press S, and insert the HPT370 driver diskette. Press Enter when prompted and allow
Win2K to install the HPT370 drivers.

3. Win2K will continue and complete the installation procedure.

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CHAPTER 4

BIOS SETUP

4-1 INTRODUCE THE BIOS

• BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is sometimes called ROM
BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory(ROM) chip on the
motherboard. 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.

4-2 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP

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

1. Changing the hardware on 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 caching)

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4-3 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP

• One way of running SETUP is to press a special function key or key combi­nation during POST, before the operating system is loaded during POST,
the BIOS usually displays a prompt such as:

Press DEL to enter SETUP

4-4 WHAT IS CMOS

• CMOS is a special kind of memory maintained by a battery after you turn
your computer off. The BIOS uses CMOS to store the settings you selected
in SETUP. The CMOS also maintains the internal clock. Every time you
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lected and configures your computer accordingly. If the battery charge runs
too low, the CMOS content will be lost and POST will issue a “CMOS in­valid” or “CMOS checksum invalid” message. If this happens, you may
have to replace the battery. After the battery is replaced, the proper set­tings will need to be stored in SETUP.

4-5 WHAT IS POST

• POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. It’s a traditional name for the
routines that the BIOS uses to test and initializes the devices on your sys­tem when the PC is powered on. Its meanings has grown to include any­thing the BIOS does before the operating system is started. Each of POST
routines is assigned a POST code, an unique number which is sent to I/O
port 080h before the routine is executed.

4-6 BIOS UPGRADE

• Motherboards incorporate the system BIOS in a Flash memory component.
Flash BIOS allows user upgrades without the need to replace an EPROM
component.

• The upgrade utility fits on a floppy diskette and provides the capability to
save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade utility can be run
from a hard disk drive or a network drive, but no memory managers can be
installed during upgrades.

4-6.1 BEFORE UPGRADE BIOS

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

4-6.2 UPGRADE PROCESS

Note: Normally, to upgrade BIOS that is unnecessary if the system is working fine
without any problem, user should upgrade the BIOS unless you experienced
incompatible problem or need BIOS upgrade to create new features. However,
please read all information in this section before upgrading.

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

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

Upgrading the system BIOS

Set 1. Pleas visit the board maker’s website, download the newest BIOS file and
newest award flash utility “AWDFLASH.ESE” for the motherboard. The BIOS
file you downloaded will be a *. bin format.

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 you system and boot form the diskette.

Step 4. When booting is finished type awdflash *.bin/sn/py/cc and then press
<Enter> to run BIOS upgrade program. (*.bin depends on your motherboard
model and version code).

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

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

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Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen

Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen

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The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

/sn: No original BIOS backup
/py: Program flash memory
/cc: Clear CMOS data after programming

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

parameters. Wrong usage of parameter will damage the
BIOS information, so that we strongly recommend user to
leave parameters away unless you realize their function.

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4-7 CMOS SETUP UTILITY

1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the

following message will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

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

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software

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 (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

: Select Item

3. Using the arrows on your keyboard, 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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4-8 STANDARD CMOS SETUP

• Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system hardware
configuration and set the system clock and error handling. You only need
to modify the configuration values of this option when you change your
system hardware configuration or the configuration stored in the CMOS
memory gets lost or damaged.

Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as following:

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

with a list of option will appear:

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Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, August 11 2000
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,But Keyboard

Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 31744K
Total Memory 32768K

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

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.

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Date (mm:dd:yy)

Time (hh:mm:ss)

Set the current date and time.

Primary / Secondary

Master / Slave

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

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

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.

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

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

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

cause the system to halt. The choices are:
No Errors,
All, But Keyboard,
All, But Diskette,
All, But Disk / Key.

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

items.

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4-9 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES

• ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES allows you to improve your system perfor­mance or set up system features according to your preference.

Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as following:

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

with a list of option will appear:

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

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

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<Shift> + <F2>: Change color.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user started in 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
Process or Number Feature Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Disabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device HDD-0
Third Boot Device LS120
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
MPS Version Control For OS 1.1
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Non-OS2
Video BIOS Shadow Enabled
C8000-CBFFF Shadow Disabled
CC000-CFFFF Shadow Disabled
D0000-D3FFF Shadow Disabled
D4000-D7FFF Shadow Disabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow Disabled
DC000-DFFFF Shadow Disabled

Item Help

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

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Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system

boots up causing a warning message to
appear if there is anything attempting 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 at-

tempt 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 Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option allows you

to enable or disable the CPU’s internal cache.

External Cache Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option allows you

to enable or disable the external cache.

CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

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

Quick Power On Self

First/Second/Third/

Other Boot Device

Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option allows you

Test

to speed up the Power-On Self-Test routine.

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,

Disabled.

Swap Floppy Drive Choose Enabled or Disabled. This option swaps

floppy drive assignments when it is enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled : During POST, BIOS checks the track num-

ber of the floppy disk drive to see whether
it is 40 or 80 tracks.

Disabled: During POST, BIOS will not check the track

number of the floppy disk drive.

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Boot Up NumLock

Status

Choose ON or OFF. This option lets user activates
the NumLock function at boot-up.

Gate A20 Option Choose Normal or Fast. This option allows the RAM

to access the memory above 1MB by using the fast
gate A20 line.

Typematic Rate Setting Choose Enabled or Disabled. Enable this option to

adjust the keystroke repeat rate.

Typematic Rate (Chars

/ Sec)

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

Range between 6 and 30 characters per second. This
option controls the speed of repeating keystrokes.

Choose 250, 500, 750 and 1000. This option sets
the time interval for displaying the first and the sec­ond characters.

Security Option Choose System or Setup. This option prevents un-

authorized system boot-up or use of BIOS setup.

OS Select For DRAM >

64MB

Non-OS/2 : For Non-OS/2 system.
OS: For OS/2 operating system.

Video BIOS Shadow Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM for im-

proving performance.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

C8000-CBFFF to

DC000-DFFFF Shadow

These options are used to shadow other expansion
card ROMs.

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

items.

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4-10 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES

• ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES allows you to change 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

screen with a list of option will appear:

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

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

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<Shift> + <F2>: Change color.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user started in 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

DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled
Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns
Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns
Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns
DRAM Clock Host CLK
SDRAM Cycle Length 3
Bank Interleave Disabled
DRAM Drive Strength Auto
DRAM Drive Value 2F
Memory Hole Disabled
P2C/C2P Concurrency Enabled
System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable Disabled
AGP Aperture Size 64M
AGP-4X Mode Enabled
AGP Driving Control Auto
AGP Driving Value DA
AGP Fast Write Disabled
OnChip USB Enabled
USB Keyboard Support Disabled
OnChip Sound Auto
OnChip Modem Disabled
CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled
PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled
PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled
PCI Delay Transaction Enabled
PCI#2 Access #1 Retry Enabled
AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled
Memory Parity/ECC Check Disabled

: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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DRAM Timing by SPD This item allows you to select DRAM Timing by SPD

or not.
SPD (Serial Presence Detect) you can find it located
on your memory modules, BIOS reads information
coded in SPD during system boot up resulting in a
accurate memory operation.

SDRAM Cycle Length

You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2/2 or

Time

3/3. The system board designer should have set the
values in this field, depending on the DRAM installed.
Do not change the values in this field unless you
change specifications of the installed DRAM or the
installed CPU.

DRAM Clock This item allows you to control the DRAM speed.

The choice: Host Clock, HCLK+33M.

DRAM Drive Strength Leave this item with Auto mode.

The choice: Auto, Manual.

DRAM Drive Value When “DRAM Drive Strength” is set to “Auto”, this

item will be unable to be selected. We don’t recom­mend user to adjust this item.

Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in

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

P2C/C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable/disable the PCI to CPU,

CPU to PCI concurrency.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

System BIOS

Cacheable

Choose Enabled or Disabled. When enabled, the
access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at
F0000H - FFFFFH is cached.

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Video RAM Cacheable Choose Enabled or Disabled. When enabled, the

access to the VGA RAM addressed is cached.

AGP Aperture Size Choose 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.

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

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

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

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

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

mode.

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OnChip USB This should be enabled if our system has a USB in-

stalled on the system board and you wish to use it.
Even when so equipped, if you add a higher perfor­mance controller, you will need to disable this feature.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard

Support

Enabled: Enable function when the USB keyboard is

being used.

Disabled : When the AT keyboard is being used,

choose disabled.

OnChip Sound Enabled : Turn on AC’97 codec chip controller.

Disabled : Turn off AC’97 codec chip controller or user

can plug external add-on sound card.

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OnChip Modem Enabled: Turn on MC99 feature.

IDE HDD Block Mode Choose Enabled or Disabled. If your hard disk size is

larger than 540MB, then choose Enabled. If you are
using the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION option, the
BIOS will choose this option automatically.

NOTE: Some older model HDDs do not provide this feature.

CPU to PCI Write

Buffer

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

PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the

write buffer. Bursting transactions then burst on the
PCI bus and non-bursting transactions don’t.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI / VGA Palette

Snoop

Choose Enabled or Disabled. It determines whether
or not the MPEG ISA cards can work with PCI / VGA.

PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed

with zero wait states.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Delay Transaction The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI #2 Access #1 Retry The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Master 1 ws write The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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AGP Master 1 ws read The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Memory Parity/ECC

Check

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

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

items.

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4-11 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

• INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some informations

inside your system when it is working.

Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as following:

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

with a list of option will appear:

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Integrated Peripherals

On-Chip IDE Channel 0 Enabled
On-Chip IDE Channel 1 Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
Init Display First PCI Slot
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Onboard FDD Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8/IRQ4
Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8/IRQ3
UART 2 Mode Standard
IR Function Duplex Half
TX, RX inverting enable No, Yes
Onboard Parallel Port 378/IRQ7
Onboard Parallel Mode Normal
ECP Mode Use DMA 3
Parallel Port EPP Type EPP1.9
Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled
Sound Blaster Disabled
SB I/O Base Address 220H
SB IRQ Select IRQ 5
SB DMA Select DMA 1
MPU-401 Disabled
MPU-401 I/O Address 330-333H
Game Port (200-207H) Enable

: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

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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. An explanation of the
<F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<Shift> + <F2>: Change color.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

user started in 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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On-Chip IDE channel

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with sup-

0/1

port 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.

IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE

prefetching for faster drive accesses. If you install a
primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interfaces, set
this field to Disabled if the interface does not support
prefetching.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

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

Mode 4.

Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible only if your
IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environ­ment includes a DMA drive and your system software
both support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable
BIOS support.
The choice: Auto, Disabled.

Init Display First This option allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot

or AGP first.
The choice: PCI Slot, AGP.

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/write per sector the drive can
support.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Onboard FDC

Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive con­troller (FDC) installed on 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 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 2 Mode This item allows you to select which mode for the

Onboard Serial Port 2.
The choice: Standard, HPSIR, ASKIR

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

function.
The choice: Half, Full.

TX, RX inverting

enabled

This item allows you to enable the TX, RX inverting
which depends on different H/W requirement. This
field is not recommended to change its default set­ting for avoiding any error in your system.
The choice: “No, No”, “No, Yes”, “Yes, No”, “Yes, Yes”.

Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel

port controller I/O address setting.
The choice: 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.
The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP + EPP.

ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use

during ECP mode.
The choice: 3, 1.

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Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9

The choice: EPP1.7, 1.9.

Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard audio.

• Sound Blaster

• SB I/O Base Address

• SB IRQ Select

• SB DMA Select

• MPU-401

• MPU-401 I/O Address

• Game Port (200-207H)

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

items.

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4-12 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

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

saving functions.

Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as following:

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

screen with a list of option will appear:

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Power Management Setup

ACPI Function Enabled
Power Management Press Enter
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
PM Control by APM Yes
Video Off Option Suspend -> Off
Video Off Method V/H SYNC+Blank
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant-Off
Wake Up Events Press Enter

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

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

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

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<Shift> + <F2>: Change color.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

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

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ACPI Function Enabled: Turn on ACPI function.

Disabled: Turn off ACPI function.

• Press <Enter> on the Power Management item, then there is a list of it

appears for you to choose further setting.

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Power Management

Power Management User Define
HDD Power Down Disable
Doze Mode Disable
Suspend Mode Disable

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

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

of power saving and is directly related to the follow­ing modes:

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.

Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system

inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed while
all other devices still operate at full speed.

Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system

inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off.

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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
98 ACPI mode.
The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR).

PM Control by APM When enabled, an Advanced Power Management

device will be activated to enhance the Max. Power
Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock, If Ad­vanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your
system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. If
the Max. Saving is not enabled, this will be present to
No.

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

to operate in a power saving mode.

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use.
The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

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Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant-Off: Turn off the system power at once after

pushing the power button.
Delay 4 Sec: Turn off the system power 4 seconds
after pushing the power button. (to meet PC97/98
spec)

• Press <Enter> on the Wake Up Events item, then there is a list of it appears

for you to choose further setting.

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Wake Up Events

VGA OFF
LPT & COM LPT/COM
HDD & FDD  ON
PCI Master OFF
Wake Up On LAN/Ring Disabled
Modeam Ring Resume Disabled
RTC Alarm Resume Disabled
Date (of Month) 0
Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 0 0
Primary INTR ON
IRQS Activity Monitoring Press Enter

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

VGA When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the

system

LPT & COM When On of LPT & COM, any activity from one of the

listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up
the system.

HDD & FDD When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one of the

listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system.

PCI Master When On of PCI Master, any activity from one of the

listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system.

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Wake Up On LAN/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.

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

which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens the
system from suspend mode.
The choice: Disabled , Enabled.

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

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

Resume Time (hh:mm:

Set a certain time when RTC Alarm Resume option is

ss)

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

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

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

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The following is a list of IRQ’s (Interrupt ReQuests), which can be exempted
much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device
wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing
an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the
request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. When set On, activity
will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode
nor awaken it.

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IRQ Activity Monitoring

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

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

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

items.

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4-13 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION

• PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to set the system’s power saving

functions.

Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as following:

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

with a list of option will appear:

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PnP/PCI Configurations

PNP OS Installed No
Reset Configuration Data Disabled

Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD)
IRQ Resources Press Enter
DMA Resources Press Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled
Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled
Assign IRQ For USB Enabled

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

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

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

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<Shift> + <F2>: Change color.
<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the

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

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PNP OS Installed Yes: OS supports Plug and Play function.

No : OS doesn’t support Plug and Play function.

NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PNP resources except

the boot device card when you select Yes on Non-PNP
operating system.

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Reset Configuration

Choose Enabled or Disabled. Disabled retains PNP

Data

configuration data in BIOS and Enabled resets the
PNP configuration data in BIOS.

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

DMA channel number on the ISA and PCI card manu­ally 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 below list.

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IRQ Resources

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

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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DMA Resources Press Enter. Please refer to the below list.

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DMA Resources

DMA-0 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-1 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-3 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-5 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-6 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP
DMA-7 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP

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

Menu Level

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled : Add one IRQ to VGA controller.

Disabled: Remove IRQ from USB controller. The sys­tem will have extra IRQ for other devices but the VGA
controller will still not be disabled. (only IRQ was
removed)

Item Help

Assign IRQ for USB Enabled : Add one IRQ to USB controller.

Disabled: Remove IRQ from USB controller. The sys­tem will have extra IRQ for other devices but the USB
controller will still not be disabled. (only IRQ was
removed)

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

items.

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4-14 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 with your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your set­ting of the CPU temperature.

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PC Health Status

Current CPU Temp. 36˚C/96˚F
Current System Temp. ˚C/32˚F
Current CPUFAN1 Speed 5120 RPM
Current CPUFAN2 Speed 0 RPM
Vcore 1.53V

2.5V 3.25V

3.3V 3.28V
5V 5.00V
12V 11.76V

: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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Current CPU Temp. Shows current CPU temperature.

Current System Temp. Shows current system temperature.

Current CPUFAN1

Speed

Shows current CPUFAN1 speed. The fan must pro­vide rotary pulse. (Normally these types of fan have
a three-wire connector)

Current CPUFAN2

Speed

Shows current CPUFAN2 speed. The fan must pro­vide rotary pulse. (Normally these types of fan have
a three-wire connector)

Voltage Shows power supply actual voltage value.

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

items.

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4-15 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL

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Frequency Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled
Spread Spectrum  Disabled
CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) Default

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

Auto Detect

DIMM/PCI CLK

This item allows you to enable/disable detect DIMM/
PCI Clock.

Item Help

Menu Level

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Spread Spec-

trum Modulated

This item allows you to enable/disable the spread
spectrum modulate.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

CPU Host Clock

(CPU/PCI)

This item allows you to select CPU/PCI frequency.
The choice: Default, 66/33MHz, 75/37MHz, 83/
41MHz, 95/41MHz, 100/33MHz, 103/34MHz, 112/
37MHz, 124/31MHz, 129/32MHz, 133/33MHz, 138/
34MHz, 140/35MHz, 150/37MHz.

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

items.

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4-16 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS

• When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box

with a message similar to:

“ Load Optimized Defaults (Y / N) ? N ”

Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for opti-

mal performance system operations.

4-17 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

• These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the

supervisor has a higher ability to change the CMOS setup option than the
user. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are
as follows:

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

following message appears:

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“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” as you just typed again 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 or entered before, choose the Super-

visor Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you
had before.

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7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you did, other-

wise the old password will still be there the next time you turn your system
on.

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

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

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

4-18 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 “

Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

4-19 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 “

You may change the prompt to “Y” and press <Enter> key to leave this op­tion .

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