SOLTEK SL-75DRV3/75DRV3+ User Manual

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The Soul Of Computer Technology

Mainboard

SL-75DRV3/75DRV3+
User Manual V1.0

Product Model : SL-75DRV3/75DRV3+
Manual Revision : V1.0
Release Date : November 2001

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CONTENT

Chaper 1 Introduction......................................................................9

1-1 Mainboard Specification ...................................................................... 10

1-1.1 Processor ......................................................................................................10

1-1.2 Chipset ......................................................................................................... 10

1-1.3 AWARD BIOS V6.0 Supporting.................................................................. 10

1-1.4 Sound Controller .......................................................................................... 10

1-1.5 Power Management ..................................................................................... 10

1-1.6 Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Ports (AGP) Controller ...................... 11

1-1.7 Multi-I/O Function ....................................................................................... 11

1-1.8 Expansion Slots............................................................................................ 11

1-1.9 Advanced High Performance SDR/DDR DRAM Controller ...................... 11

1-1.10 Form Factor................................................................................................ 11

1-1.11 Hareware Monitoring .................................................................................12

1-1.12 Disk RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)...............................12

1-2 Mainboard Layout ............................................................................... 13

1-2.1 Mainboard Layout --- 75DRV3 ................................................................... 13

1-2.2 Mainboard Layout --- 75DRV3+ ................................................................. 14

1-3 Chipset Diagram .................................................................................. 15

Chaper 2 Hardware Setup ............................................................17

2-1 CPU Installation................................................................................... 18

2-2 Memory Installation............................................................................. 19

2-3 HDD/FDD Installation......................................................................... 21

2-4 Switch Setting For CPU Frequency And Voltage ................................ 23

2-4.1 Information On AMD Socket 462 Processor (Model 4, 5 Products) ........... 23

2-4.2 Information On AMD Socket 462 Processor (Model 6, 7 Products) ........... 24

2-4.3 Processor Core Voltage Select (By SW1 DIP1-DIP6).................................25

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2-4.4 CPU External Frequency Setting (By SW2)................................................26

2-5 Jumper Settings .................................................................................... 27

2-5.1 JP1 Power Lost Resume .............................................................................. 28

2-5.2 JP11 On-board RAID Controller Select ...................................................... 28

2-5.3 JBAT1 For Clear CMOS Data ..................................................................... 29

2-6 Connectors Configurations .................................................................. 30

2-6.1 On Board FAN Connector (FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, FAN4) ........................... 30

2-6.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN ................................................................................. 31

2-6.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (JCD_IN1) ...................................................... 31

2-6.4 Complex Header CON1 ............................................................................... 32

2-6.5 ATX Power Supply Connector..................................................................... 33

2-6.6 Chassis Panel Connector ..............................................................................34

2-6.7 Smart Card Reader Connector (SCR1) ........................................................35

2-6.8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot (CNR) ...................................36

2-6.9 USB Ports and USB Headers (Header USB 2 & 3) .....................................37

2-6.10 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard ............................................................... 37

Chaper 3 Software Setup ...............................................................39

3-1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities ................... 40

3-2 Proceed to VIA 4-In-1 Drivers Installation ......................................... 41

3-3 Proceed to AC’97 Audio Driver Installation ....................................... 43

3-4 Proceed to Hardware Monitor Installation .......................................... 44

Chaper 4 BIOS Setup .....................................................................47

4-1 What Is BIOS Setup............................................................................. 48

4-2 How To Run BIOS Setup ..................................................................... 48

4-3 What Is CMOS..................................................................................... 48

4-4 What Is POST ...................................................................................... 48

4-5 BIOS Upgrade ..................................................................................... 49

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS .............................................................................. 49

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4-5.2 Upgrade Process .......................................................................................... 49

4-6 BIOS Setup --- CMOS Setup Utility ................................................... 53

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility.....................................................................................53

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................................. 54

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features.............................................................................57

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features.......................................................................... 61

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals .................................................................................. 66

4-6.6 Power Management Setup ........................................................................... 72

4-6.7 PNP / PCI Configuration ............................................................................. 78

4-6.8 SmartDOC Anti-Burn Shield .......................................................................81

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control .......................................................................... 83

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................................... 85

4-6.11 Set Supervisor / User Password .................................................................85

4-6.12 Save & Exit Setup ...................................................................................... 86

4-6.13 Exit Without Saving...................................................................................86

Chaper 5 Raid Controller ..............................................................88

5-1 Creating Your Disk Array .................................................................... 90

5-1.1 Creating An Array For Performance ............................................................90

5-1.2 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With New Drives ................................ 92

5-1.3 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With An Existing Data Drive ..............94

5-2 Using FastBuildTM Configuration Utility .......................................... 97

5-2.1 Viewing FastTrak100-Lite BIOS Screen ..................................................... 97

5-2.2 Navigating the FastBuildTM Setup Menu ................................................... 98

5-2.3 Using the Main Menu .................................................................................. 98

5-2.4 Creating Arrays Automatically .................................................................... 99

5-2.5 Viewing Drive Assignments ...................................................................... 101

5-2.6 View an Array ............................................................................................ 101

5-2.7 Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive ............................................ 102

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5-2.8 Making a FastTrak100-Lite Disk Array Bootable ..................................... 103

5-2.9 Creating a “Hot” Spare Drive for Mirroring Arrays .................................. 104

5-2.10 How FastTrak100-Lite Orders Arrays ..................................................... 104

5-2.11 How FastTrak100-Lite Saves Array Information .................................... 105

5-2.12 Deleting An Array ....................................................................................105

5-2.13 Rebuilding A Mirroring Array ................................................................. 107

5-2.14 Viewing Controller Settings ..................................................................... 109

5-2.15 Halting FastTrak BIOS On Bootup Errors............................................... 109

5-3 INSTALLING DRIVERS .................................................................. 110

5-3.1 For Windows 2000 ..................................................................................... 110

5-3.2 Windows 95/98 .......................................................................................... 112

5-3.3 DOS/Windows 3.1x ................................................................................... 115

5-3.4 Windows NT4.0 ......................................................................................... 116

Appendix ......................................................................................... 118

Appendix-1 Identifying BIOS version and BIOS part Number .............. 119

Appendix-2 Identifying Mainboard model Number ............................... 120

Appendix-3 Technical Terms ................................................................... 121

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Mainboard

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

FDD Cable

ITEM LIST CHECKUP

Chapter 1 Introduction

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Chaper 1

Introduction

This chapter contains the following topics :

1-1 Mainboard Specification
1-2 Mainboard Layout
1-3 Chipset Diagram

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

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1-1 Mainboard Specification

1-1.1 Processor

• Supporting AMD Athlon™ Thunderbird processor up to 1.5GHz or above.

• Supporting AMD Duron™

processor up to 1.2GHz or above.

• Supporting 200MHz & 266MHz FSB bus.

• Supporting Processor VID(voltage ID) and FID(Frequency ID) auto
detection.

• Supporting Atholon™ XP Processors.

1-1.2 Chipset

• VIA VT8366A DDR V-Link Host North Bridge.

• VIA VT8233 V-Link Client South Bridge.

• ITE 8705 LPC I/O.

1-1.3 AWARD BIOS V6.0 Supporting

• Plug & Play V1.0.

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade.

• Year 2000 compliant.

• BIOS writing protection.

• SmartDOC Anti-Burn shield.

1-1.4 Sound Controller

• SoundBlaster Pro Hardware and Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio
Controller with Codec onboard.

1-1.5 Power Management

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

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

• Supporting ACPI suspend STR mode (Suspend To RAM) and POS mode
(Power On Suspend).

• System event monitoring with two event classes.

• Supporting PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse power on.

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

• Supporting Real Time Clock (RTC) with date alarm, month alarm, and
century field.

• USB boot-up Function.

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1-1.6 Full Featured Accelerated Graphics Ports (AGP) Controller

• AGP v2.0 compliant.

• Supports Side Band Addressing(SBA) mode (non-multiplexed address /
data).

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

1-1.7 Multi-I/O Function

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

• Two UARTs for complete Serial Ports.

• One dedicated IR connector:

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

• Multi-mode parallel connector supporting:

--Standard mode, ECP and EPP.

• Floppy Disk connector supporting:

--One FDD with drive swap function.

• Universal Serial Bus connector supporting:

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

-- 2 built-in USB connectors, in addition to one internal USB header which requires

a USB cable to support 2 more optional USB ports.

• PS/2 keyboard connector.

• PS/2 Mouse connector.

1-1.8 Expansion Slots

• Six PCI bus Master slots.

• One CNR slot.

• One AGP 4x mode slot.

• Three 184-pin DIMM slots.

• One SCR (Smart Card Reader) slot.

1-1.9 Advanced High Performance SDR/DDR DRAM Controller

• Supporting memory size up to 3GB.

• Supporting 184-pin DDR SDRAM type only.

• Supporting PC1600 and PC2100 DDR SDRAM.

1-1.10 Form Factor

• ATX form factor, 4- layer PCB.

• Mainboard size 22.0cm x 30.5cm.

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1-1.11 Hareware Monitoring

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

• 5 positive voltage statuses monitoring.

• 2 temperatures statuses monitoring.

• 2 Fan-speeds statuses monitoring.

1-1.12 Disk RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks)

• Promise FastTrak100-Lite RAID controller on board.

• Supporting striping (RAID 0) and mirroring (RAID 1) Disk Arrays.

• Supporting Ultra ATA/100 / 66 /33 specification up to 100MB/sec.

• Two RAID Connectors IDE3 and IDE4 on board, compatible with Ultra

ATA/100/66/33 and EIDE, supporting up to 2 RAID disks.

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1-2 Mainboard Layout

1-2.1 Mainboard Layout --- 75DRV3

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

1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1

16

1

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

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1-2.2 Mainboard Layout --- 75DRV3+

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

1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

IDE RAID

controller

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

IDE4

USB2

1

16

1

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JP11

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

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1-3 Chipset Diagram

• The VT8366A and VT8233 chipset is a high performance, cost-effective
and energy efficient system controller for the implementation of AGP /
PCI / ISA desktop personal computer system based on 64-bit Socket-A
(AMD Athlon) processors.

DDR Vlink

Host North

552 BGA

VT8233

Vlink

Client South

352 BGA

3D

Graphics

Controller

Athlon

Host CPU

SDR/VCM

& DDR

SDRAM

Clock

Buffer

Clock

Generator

SDR/DDR Memory Bus

AGP Bus

SYSCLK, SYSCLK#
INTR, NMI, SM#, STPCLK#,
IGNNE#, FERR#, A20M#,
PWROK, INIT#, RESET#

GCLK

PCLK

PCKRUN#

ATA33/66/100

MII/LAN

6x USB

LPC

SMBus

Power Plan & Peripheral Control

GPIO and ACPI Events

PCI Bus

CKE#

MCLK

HCLK

PCLK

CPUSTP#

PCISTP#

SUSCLK,
SUSST1#

GCKRUN#

Address

Out

CFWDRST

CONNECT

PROCRDY

In

Data

VT8366A

Diagram of Apollo Pro266A System Block Using the VT8233 V-Link

South Bridge

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-1 CPU Installation
2-2 Memory Installation
2-3 HDD/FDD Installation
2-4 Switch Setting For CPU Frequency And Voltage
2-5 Jumper Settings
2-6 Connectors Configuration

This chapter contains the following topics :

ATTENTION !!!

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

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

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

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WARNING !!!

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

• Any attempt to operate the AMD Athlon or Duron processor without a
suitable cooling Fan will damage processor and other component.

2-1 CPU Installation

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

2

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

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A

M

D

S

O

C

K

E

T

4

6

2

Make sure that the CPU is

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

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

Installing DIMM

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

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

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions(2.5V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

2.5V

2-2 Memory Installation

Removing DIMM

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

WARNING!!!

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

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

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97

Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

NOTICE: When LED “ZD1”

is on, meaning that 2.5V is
operating and flowing into
DIMM slots, please do not
add or remove memory
modules .

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

IDE RAID

controller

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

IDE4

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JP11

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

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

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

2-3 HDD/FDD Installation

Gray connector

Blue connector

IDE Cable

Black connector

red line

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

IDE RAID

controller

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

IDE4

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JP11

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

• 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 floppy drives.

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

FDD Cable

To 1st Floppy Drive

To mainboard

To 2nd Floppy Drive

red line

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2-4.1 Information On AMD Socket 462 Processor (Model 4, 5
Products)

• On the AMD Socket 462 Processor, you can find a codified identification
marking which is to provide useful information about the CPU. The
marking is interpreted as below.

2-4 Switch Setting For CPU Frequency And Voltage

AMD

XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXX

AMD XXXX

A 0850

0850

A P T 3 B

T 3 B

Speed: 0850= 850MHz, 0900= 900MHz,
1000= 1000MHz, 1100= 1100MHz, etc.

Package Type: M= Card Module, A= PGA.

Operating Voltage: S= 1.5V, U= 1.6V, P= 1.7V, M= 1.75V, N= 1.8V.

Case Temperature: Q= 60

0

C, X= 650C, R= 700C, Y= 750C,

T= 90

0

C, S=950C.

Size of L2 Cache: 1= 64Kbyte, 2= 128Kbyte, 3= 256Kbyte.

Max FSB: A= B= 200MHz, C or others= 266MHz. (For correct
FSB setting, please refer to next chapter)

Family/Architecture:
A= AMD Athlon™Model 4 Processor Architure.
D= AMD Duron™Processor Architecture.

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2-4.2 Information On AMD Socket 462 Processor (Model 6, 7
Products)

Speed: 0900= 900MHz, 1000= 1000MHz, 1100= 1100MHz,
1133=1133MHz, 1200=1200MHz, 1300=1300MHz,
1333=1333MHz, 1400=1400MHz, 1500=1500MHz,
1533=1533MHz etc.

Package Type: D=OPGA, A= CPGA.

Operating Voltage: M= 1.75V, N= 1.8V.

Case Temperature: T= 90

0

C, S=950C.

Size of L2 Cache: 1= 64Kbyte, 3= 256Kbyte.

Max FSB: B= 200MHz, C= 266MHz.

Family/Architecture:
A= AMD Athlon™XP Processor Model 6 Architecture.
D= AMD Duron™ Model 7 Processor Architecture.

Generation: HD=Desktop Processor,
X=High-Performance Desktop Processor.

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5

6

7

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2-4.3 Processor Core Voltage Select (By SW1 DIP1-DIP6)

• DIP1-DIP6 SW1 allow you to adjust processor core voltage manually.
We recommend to leave SW1 DIP1 at default, the default means the
correct processor core voltage is generated according to VID of CPU.

SW1 DIP2 ~ DIP6 SETTING

SW1 DIP1

Auto

(Default)

By DIP 2-6

1.475v

1.550v

1.625v

1.375v

1.325v

1.175v

0.0v

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

1.450v

1.525v

1.600v

1.675v 1.700v

1.775v

1.850v

1.750v

1.825v

1.400v

1.350v

1.300v

1.250v

1.200v

1.150v

1.100v 1.125v

1.225v

1.275v

1.425v

1.500v

1.575v

1.650v

1.725v

1.800v

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

DIPON

1 2 3 4 5 6

(Default)

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2-4.4 CPU External Frequency Setting (By SW2)

IMPORTANT:

• Do figure out the correct processor type by processor’s OPN (Ordering
Part Numbers). Correct CPU external frequency is key to ensure reliability
of your system.

• Incorrect CPU external frequency or overclocking might cause unstable
performance, so we strongly recommend to leave “SW2” at default setting
or legal operation.

33.3MHz 200MHz

SW2 CPU EXTERNAL CLOCK PCI CLOCK FSB CLOCK

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5

30.0MHz120MHz 240MHz

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5

33.3MHz133.3MHz 266MHz

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5

35.0MHz140MHz 280MHz

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5

37.5MHz

150MHz 300MHz

ON DIP

1 2 3 4 5

(Default)

100MHz

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2-5 Jumper Settings

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

1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED
HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

IDE RAID

controller

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

IDE4

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JP11

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

Enabled

1 3

JP1

1 3

JP1

Disabled (default)

JP1: Power Lost Resume

Enabled (default)

1 3

JP11

1 3

JP11

Disabled

JP11: On-Board RAID Controller Select

Clear CMOS Data

Retain Data (Default)

JBAT1

JBAT1

1 3

1 3

JBAT1: Clear CMOS Data

How to tackle with Jumpers:

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

• In the Jumper setting diagram, all jumper pins covered with black marks
stand for closed pins by jumper caps.

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2-5.2 JP11 On-board RAID Controller Select

Before installing disk array, you must first set JP11 enabled. (See chapter 5
for Disk Array Installation.)

Enabled (default)

1 3

JP11

1 3

JP11

Disabled

JP11: On-Board RAID Controller Select

2-5.1 JP1 Power Lost Resume

NOTE: This jumper allows user to use the switch of ATX power supply to

control ON/OFF switch directly instead of using the power switch on the
mainboard.

Enabled

1 3

JP1

1 3

JP1

Disabled (default)

JP1: Power Lost Resume

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2-5.3 JBAT1 For Clear CMOS Data

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

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

OFF. Then, return to 1-2 pin closed position (default). You may damage
the mainboard if clearing the CMOS with POWER ON. Unplugging the
power cord from power supply before clearing CMOS will be a safest bet
for user.

Clear CMOS Data

Retain Data (Default)

JBAT1

JBAT1

1 3

1 3

JBAT1: Clear CMOS Data

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

2-6.1 On Board FAN Connector (FAN1, FAN2, FAN3, FAN4)

GND
+12V
SENSOR

2-6 Connectors Configurations

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

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

NOTE:

1. Always consult vendor for proper CPU cooling fan.

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.

3. 2“Yellow” fan connectors are used on this series to mark that they
support fan speed sensor function. The other 2 white fan connectors
do not support sensor function.

FAN1

FAN2

FAN3

FAN4

CPU FAN1

CPU FAN2

SYSTEM FAN

CHASSIS FAN

On-Board FAN Connectors

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED
HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED
HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

2-6.2 WOL1 Wake On LAN

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

2-6.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (JCD_IN1)

PIN NO.

PIN 1

Left

Channel

PIN 2

GND

PIN 3

Right

Channel

PIN 4

GND

CD1

JCD_IN1: CD ROM Audio Connector

JCD_IN1

1 4

Connect the Wake On
LAN signal from LAN
card to WOL1

WOL1

WOL1: Wake On LAN

GND

PME

+5V

Standby

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2-6.4 Complex Header CON1

11

15 15

(+)

(+)

(-)

(-)

(+)

(-)

Logic High

Logic High

SPEAKER SIGNAL

NO CONNECTION

GND

RESET SIGNAL

GND

Vcc

NO CONNECTION

GND

NO CONNECTION

NO CONNECTION

SUSPEND LED SIGNAL

GND

Vcc

Vcc

ATX POWER SWITCH

Vcc

SMI SIGNAL

GND

HDD LED SIGNAL

HDD LED SIGNAL

GND

NO CONNECTION

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

1st HDD LED

2nd HDD LED

INFRARED(IR)

POWER SWITCH

SMI

SPEAKER

RESET SWITCH

POWER LED

NO CONNECTION

SUSPEND LED

CON1

1

2

3

4

4

5

6

7

8

6

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

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

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

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

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

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

board.

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

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

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2-6.5 ATX Power Supply Connector

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

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

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

VCC
VCC

-5V
GND
GND
GND
Power Supply on
GND

-12V
VCC3

+12V

+5V Standby

Power Good

GND

VCC

GND

VCC

GND
VCC3
VCC3

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

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

reboot function.

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

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2-6.6 Chassis Panel Connector

A.

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

B. C. D.

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

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLEDKEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1

16

1

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

SCR1 pin assignment

14

1

VCC

LED

RFU

SCRIO

RFU

NC

NC

SCRFET#

SCRPRES#

SCRREST

NCNCSCRCLK GND

2-6.7 Smart Card Reader Connector (SCR1)

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

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

USB2

1

16

1

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97

Codec

FAN3

1 3

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

2-6.8 Communication And Networking Riser Slot (CNR)

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

Note:

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

2. Only one LAN CNR can be supported.

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

4. CNR devices are not provided with this mainboard.

CNR slot

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

PS/2 MOUSE

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

PS/2 KEYBOARD

• When plugging the USB cable into Header USB2 / 3, user must make
sure the red wire is connected to Pin 1.

1

16

Red
VCC

Green

DO+

Green

DO+

White

DO-

White

DO-

Black

GND

Black

GND

Red

VCC

GND
Black

GND
Black

USB 2 / USB3 Header

1

16

USB 2 / USB 3 Header

1

Additional USB Cable (Optional)

red wire

2-6.9 USB Ports and USB Headers (Header USB 2 & 3)

• This series of mainboards provides two USB ports USB0 and USB1
on board supporting various USB devices. In addition, 2 USB headers
are added on board to provide four additional USB ports by using two
additional USB Cables. User can order the additional USB cables from
your mainboard dealers or venders.

2-6.10 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard

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MEM

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Chapter 3 Software Setup

This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these essential
drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME, Windows NT4.0,
Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The installation procedures for all
these operating sistems are all programed into an auto-run mode. What
users have to do is to read and follow the pop-up instructions to carry out
the installation. We therefore take the installation on Windows 98 as the
general illustration hereby.
The priority of drivers to be installed should also be noted.

Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation

• Support CD:

This series of mainboards will always be shipped with a Support CD which
contains those necessary driver files, Application Softwares and some
helpful utilities. It is a user-friendly, auto-run CD which will open itself up
in a CD-ROM automatically.

• Contents of Support CD:

For this series, user will be able to find in the Support CD the following
drivers and utilities:

1. VIA 4-in-1 Drivers;

2. AC’97 Audio Drivers;

3. Hardware Monitor Utility;

Chaper 3

Software Setup

3-1 Open Support CD and choose your drivers
3-2 4-in-1 Drivers Installation
3-3 AC’97 Audio Drivers Installation
3-4 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation

This chapter contains the following topics :

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3-1 Open up the Suport CD and choose Drivers and Utilities

1 Please put the Support CD enclosed in your mainboard package into
the CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the Main Menu will automatically
appear, displaying the contents to be installed for this series:

Install VIA 4in1 Driver
Install AC’97 Audio Driver
Install Hardware Monitor Utility
Install Acrobat Reader
Browse CD-ROM
Exit

2 In case your system does not open the Support CD automatically,
please click to the following path to enter the Main Installation Menu:

D:\ Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

3 Users are recommended to install all the drivers and utilities at a time,
though they can be installed separately.
Also, we should take “VIA 4in1 Driver” as first installation priority to
optimize the VIA system.

From next section, we provide detailed descriptions of all these
instal lations with graphical illustrations.

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3-2 Proceed to VIA 4-In-1 Drivers Installation

1 Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ VIA 4in1
Drivers” to proceed.

3 “VIA Service Pack README”

screen will appear, please click
the “Yes” button to agree with
the Licence Agreement and
continue.

2 The VIA Service Pack
InstallShield Wizard will pop up
to guide you to the VIA Service
pack installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.

Next

Yes

VIA ATAPI Vendor Support
Driver
AGP VxD Driver
IRQ Routing Miniport Driver
VIA Chipset Function’s
Registry

5 Select the checkbox as below
and click “Next” to continue:

4 On the screen below, check
”Normally Install” and click
“Next” to continue. (If you check
“Quickly Install”, you will skip
the detailed procedures of the
VIA 4in1 Setup.)

Next

Next

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7 Click on “Click to enable DMA
Mode” checkbox to enable DMA

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

6 Select “Install VIA ATAPI
Vendor Support Driver”

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

Next

Next

8 Select “Install VIA AGP VxD”
in turbo mode and press

“Next” button to continue.

Next

Next

9 Select “Install VIA IRQ Routing
Miniport Driver” checkbox, then
click the “Next” button to continue.

10 After all these setup procedures have finished, you should restart your
computer by clicking on “Finish” so as to put VIA 4in1 drivers into
effect and proceed to second driver installation.

Finish

Should restart system

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3-3 Proceed to AC’97 Audio Driver Installation

1 Following the installation of VIA 4in1 drivers, you have to restart system
so that your system can be reconfigured with VIA 4in1. When restarting
procedures finish, please open the Support CD with your CD-ROM to
enter the Main Installation Menu. Then click to “Install VIA AC’97 Audio
Driver”.

4 After all these setup procedures
have completed, click to “Finish”
button to exit the Installation
program.

Finish

Next

2 The VIA Audio Driver Setup
InstallShield Wizard will pop up
to guide you to the VIA Audio
Driver installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.

3 When asked to install or remove
the audio driver, please select
“Install” and press “Next” button
to continue.

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3-4 Proceed to Hardware Monitor Installation

3 Once you enter the path and
click to the file “Install.exe”, in­ stantly the “ITE SmartGuardian
Install” pops up. Please click to
“Install” to continue.

Install

4 In a few second, installation of
Hardware Monitor is complete.
Please click on the “OK” Dialog
Box to finish installation.

OK

2 In case you are already on the Installation Main Menu of the Support
CD, please click to the “Install Hardware Monitor”. Instantly, a message
shows up to inform you of the correct path of installing “Hardware
Monitor”. Please Exit the message and follow the path as instructed:

For user who wants to install Hardware monitor
utility, please install it through this path:

D:\hardwaremonitor\ITE8705\install.exe
(assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

1 Following the installation of AC’97 driver, you have to install Hardware
Monitor manually. Please click to the following path to execute Hardware
Monitor installation:

D: \ Hardwaremonitor\ ITE8705 \ Install.exe
(assuming that your CD-ROM Drive is Drive D)

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5 To display the Hardware Monitor Utility, just click on the “ITE
SMARTGUARDIAM” icon in your program file, and the following screen
of Smartguardian Control Panel will show up, displaying the information
about system temperatures, voltages and Fan speed. Clicking to the
“Option” menu of the Control Panel, you can also change some Value
settings for your system to optimize its performance.

“Exit” “Option”

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4-1 What Is BIOS Setup
4-2 How To Run BIOS Setup
4-3 What Is CMOS
4-4 What Is POST
4-5 BIOS Upgrade
4-6 BIOS Setup

THE BIOS

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

• BIOS performs the following functions:

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

2. Loading and running your operating system.

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

This chapter contains the following topics :

Chaper 4

BIOS Setup

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4-1 What Is BIOS Setup

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

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

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

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

4-2 How To Run BIOS Setup

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

Press DEL to enter SETUP

4-3 What Is CMOS

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

4-4 What Is POST

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

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4-5 BIOS Upgrade

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

• The upgrade utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette and used to 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.

4-5.1 Before Upgrading BIOS

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

4-5.2 Upgrade Process

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

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

Upgrading the system BIOS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this change.

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Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen

Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen

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The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE

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

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

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

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4-6 BIOS Setup --- CMOS Setup Utility

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

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

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

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

3. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option, and press
<Enter>. Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in
your system.

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

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your changes and
reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” ignores your changes
and exits the program.

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

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

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Integrated Peripherals

Power Management Setup

PnP/PCI Configurations

SmartDoc Anti-Burn shield

Frequeny/Voltage Control

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

SAVE & EXIT SETUP

EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Esc : Quit
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

: Select Item

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

Run the STANDARD CMOS SETUP as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the
selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys.

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup

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

IDE Primary Master None
IDE Primary Slave CREATIVEDVD1240E
IDE Secondary Master IBM-DTLA-307045
IDE Secondary Slave 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

Item Help

Menu Level

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Standard CMOS Features

: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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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.

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

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

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

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

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter

IDE Primary Master Auto
Access Mode  Auto

Capacity 13022 MB

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

Item Help

Menu Level

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IDE Primary Master

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

Base Memory Typically 640KB. Also called conventional memory.

The DOS operating system and conventional
applications use this area.

Extended Memory Above the 1MB boundary. Early IBM personal

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

Total Memory This option shows system memory capacity.

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

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

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

1.44MB, 3.5in;

2.88MB, 3.5in;
None.

Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your

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

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

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

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4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features

• ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or sets

up system features according to your preference.

Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows:

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

screen with a list of options will appear:

Virus Warning
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 (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Security Option
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Video BIOS Shadow

Item Help

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Advanced BIOS Features

: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

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
CDROM
HDD-0
LS120
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
On
Fast
Disabled
6
250
Setup
Non-OS2
Enabled

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CPU L2 Cache ECC

Checking

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

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

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

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

CPU Internal Cache/

External Cache

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

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

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

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

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

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Boot Up NumLock

Status

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

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

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

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

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

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

without any physical connection and modification on the
cables.

Quick Power On Self

Test

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to
run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST skips
certain steps. We recommend that you normally enable
quick POST.

First/Second/Third/

Other Boot Device

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

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

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

Typematic Rate (Chars

/ Sec)

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

OS Select For DRAM >

64MB

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

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

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

Video BIOS Shadow Performance will be improved by copying Video

BIOS to Shadow RAM.

Typematic Delay

(Msec)

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

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

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

buffers. These buffers control the system options.

Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as follows:

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

list of option will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Colck/Drive Control
AGP & P2P Bridge Control
CPU & PCI Bus Control
Memory Hole
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM Cacheable

Item Help

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Advanced Chipset Features

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

Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

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* Current FSB Fre-

quency

This item allows you to control the FSB Frequency.

DRAM Clock/Drive Control

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

Item Help

Menu Level

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DRAM Clock/Drive Control

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

100MHz
100MHz
By SPD

2.5
Disabled
1T Command

* DRAM Clock The value represents the performance parameters

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

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

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

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

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

* Bank Interleave

The choices: Disabled; 2 Bank; 4 Bank.

* DRAM Command

Rate

The choices: Disabled; 2 Bank; 4 Bank.

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

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

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

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

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

AGP & P2P Bridge Control

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

Item Help

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AGP & P2P Bridge Control

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

64M
4X
Auto
DA
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

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* AGP Master 1 ws

write

Leave this field at default.

* AGP Master 1 ws

read

Leave this field at default.

CPU & PCI Bus Control

* PCI1 Master 0 WS

Write

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

PCI1 Master 0 WS Writer
PCI2 Master 0 WS Write
PCI1 Post Write
PCI2 Post Write
PCI Delay Transaction

Item Help

Menu Level

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CPU & PCI Bus Control

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

Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled

* PCI2 Master 0 WS

Write

Leave this field at default.

* PCI Delay Transac-

tion

Leave this field at default.

* PCI2 Post Write Leave this field at default.

* PCI1 Post Write Leave this field at default.

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

System BIOS

Cacheable

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

Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory

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

Memory Hole In order to improve performance, certain space in

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

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• INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some information

inside your system when it is working.

Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows:

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

of options will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.5 Integrated Peripherals

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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Integrated Peripherals

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

Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
PCI Slot
All Enabled
Disabled
Enabled

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* Primary

Master / Slave PIO

Secondary

Master / Slave PIO

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

* On-Chip IDE channel

0/1

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with
support from two IDE channels. Select Enabled
to activate the first and/or the second IDE
interface. Select Disabled to inactivate an inter­face if you install a primary and/or second add­on IDE interface.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

VIA OnChip IDE Device

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

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

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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VIA OnChip IDE Device

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

Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto

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* Primary

Master / Slave UDMA

Secondary

Master / Slave UDMA

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

VIA OnChip PCI Device

* VIA-3058 AC’97

Audio

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

* VIA-3068 MC97

Modem

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

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

Item Help

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VIA OnChip PCI Device

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

Disabled
Auto

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* Onboard Serial

Port 1 / Port 2

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

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

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

VIA SuperIO Device

* Onboard FDC

Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy drive
controller (FDC) installing in the system board and
you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this
field.
The choices: Enabled; Disabled.

Item Help

Menu Level

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

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VIA SuperIO Device

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

Enabled
3F8/IRQ4
2F8/IRQ3
Normal
Half
378/IRQ7
SPP
3

Disabled
Disabled

10

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

port I/O address.

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

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

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

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

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

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

duplex function.
The choices: Half; Full.

* Midi Port Address This item allows you to select the onboard Midi port

I/O address.

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

Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any

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

OnChip USB Control-

ler

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

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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 choices: Enabled; Disabled.

USB Keyboard Sup-

port

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

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

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

saving functions.

Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows:

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

list of options will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.6 Power Management Setup

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

Item Help

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Power Management Setup

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

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

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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.

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

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

ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating

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

Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity, the

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

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

to operate in a power saving mode.

Power Management

Option

This option allows you to select the type (or degree)
of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend
modes.
This table describes each power management
mode:

Max Saving

User Define

Min Saving

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

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

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

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State After Power

Failure

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

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

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

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

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

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

blanked.

V/H SYNC +
Blank

DPMS Supports

Blank Screen

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

This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

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

All Modes -->Off

Suspend -->Off

Monitor will remain on during power saving
modes.

Monitor blanked when the systems enters the
Suspend mode.

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

Always On

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IRQ/Event Activity Detect

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

system.

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

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

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

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

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

the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the
system.

* USB Resume from S3 This item will enable you to wake-up the system by

USB keyboard when you shut down the computer
in S3 mode.
The choices: Enabled, 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

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

USB Resume from S3
VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
PCI Master
PowerOn by PCI Card
Wake Up On LAN/Ring
RTC Alarm Resume
Date (of Month)
Resume (hh:mm:ss)
IRQs Activity Monitoring

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

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

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

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

* Resume Time (hh:

mm:ss)

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

* 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 choices: Enabled; Disabled.

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

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

IRQ Activity Monitor-

ing

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.

* IRQ Activity Monitoring

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

Item Help

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IRQ Activity Monitoring

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

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

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

saving functions.

Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as follows:

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

with a list of options will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.7 PNP / PCI Configuration

PNP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data

Resources Controlled By
IRQ Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Assign IRQ For VGA
Assign IRQ For USB
PCI SLOT1/5 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT2 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT3 IRQ Assigned
PCI SLOT4 IRQ Assigned

Item Help

Menu Level

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PnP/PCI Configurations

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

No
Disabled

Auto(ESCD)
Press Enter

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto

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Reset Configuration

Data

Normally, you leave this 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 cannot boot.

Resource ControlledByThe Plug and Play AwardBIOS can automatically

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

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is

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

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

PCI SLOT1/5, 2, 3, 4

IRQ Assigned

These options allow you to assign an IRQ for each
PCI SLOT and this is a useful function when you
want to clear the IRQ conflict for a specific device.
The options are available : Auto; 3; 4; 7; 9; 10; 11.

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

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

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IRQ Resources

: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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• 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 mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting
of the CPU temperature.

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

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

screen with a list of options will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.8 SmartDOC Anti-Burn Shield

Shutdown Temperature 60˚C/140˚F
CPU Vcore
DDR DIMM

3.3V
+5V
+12V

-12V

-5V
5VSB
Voltage Battery
Temperature 1
Temperature 2
Fan 1 Speed
Fan 2 Speed

Item Help

Menu Level

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SmartDOC Anti-Burn shield

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

0
1

3

2

4
5
6
7

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Shutdown Tempera-

ture

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

CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.

DDR DIMM Shows DDR DIMM actual voltage value.

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

items.

FAN 1/2 Speed These fields display the current speed of up to three

CPU fans, if your computer contains a monitoring
system.

Temperature 1/2/3 This field displays the current CPU temperature, if

your computer contains a monitoring system.

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Run the “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” as following:

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

a screen with a list of options will appear:

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

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

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

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control

Red Storm Overclocking
CPU Vcore Select
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI CIK
Spread Spectrum
CPU Skew Adjust
CHIP Skew Adjust
PCI Skew Adjust
AGP Skew Adjust
Use CPU Linear Freq
CPU Clock

Item Help

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Frequency/Voltage Control

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

Press Enter
Default
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Use Linear
100

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CPU Skew

Adjust

Leave this field at default.

Auto Detect

DIMM/PCI CLK

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

Spread Spec-

trum

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

Redstorm

Overclocking

Tech

Please press <Enter> to start RED STORM OVER­CLOCKING TECH, this option helps user an easy

way to overclocking, it will increase CPU external
clock automatically, when CPU external clock in­creasing to unacceptable value, BIOS will restart
your system, then running at acceptable CPU ex­ternal clock.

CPU Vcore

Select

This item allows users to adjust the CPU Vcore
voltage. The instant damage of CPU is due to the
wrong Vcore voltage setting, so we highly recom­mend that user should leave this item to Default
setting unless you fully understand it.

CHIP Skew

Adjust

Leave this field at default.

AGP Skew

Adjust

Leave this field at default.

PCI Skew Adjust Leave this field at default.

Use CPU Linear

Freq

If users would like to adjust CPU clock, this items
must be “Linear”.
The choices: Default; Linear.

CPU Clock These items allows users to adjust CPU frequency.

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

items.

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4-6.11 Set Supervisor / User Password

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

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

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

“Enter Password : “

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 8 characters
and press <Enter>. (The screen does not display the entered characters.)

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

“Confirm Password : “

4. Enter the same password “exactly” the same as you have just typed to
confirm the password and press <Enter>.

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

6. If you need to delete the password entered before, choose the Supervisor
Password and press <Enter>. It will delete the password that you have
entered before.

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

box with a message similar to:

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

Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values that are factor settings for
optimal performance of system operations.

4-6.10 Load Optimized Defaults

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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.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option you have just

configured; otherwise the old password will still be there the next time
you turn your system on.

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

4-6.12 Save & Exit Setup

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

specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu
and the following message appears:

“SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “

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

4-6.13 Exit Without Saving

• EXIT WITHOUT SAVING option allows you to exit the Setup Utility without

saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this option on
the Main Menu and the following message appears:

“Quit Without Saving (Y/N) ? N “

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

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MEMO

MEM

O

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5-1 CreatingYour Disk Array
5-2 Using FastBuildTM Configuration Utility
5-3 Installating Drivers For FastTrak100-LITE

This chapter contains the following topics :

Chaper 5

RAID Controller

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1 3

USB0

USB1

PS/2

MOUSE

PS/2

K/B

LPT1

COM1COM2

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

FDC1

NJP1

SAPK RST PLED KEYLOCK SLED

HDD/LED IR PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

Li

Battery

SCR1

CNR1

FLASH BIOS

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

IDE RAID

controller

LPC I/O

Controller

Clock

Generator

AGP 4X

VIA

VT8366A

DDR 266

SSF1

ZD1

VIA

VT8233

SW2

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5

SW1

ON

DIP

1 2 3 4 5 6

CN1

JCD_IN1

IDE1

IDE2

IDE3

IDE4

USB2

1161

16

USB3

SOCKET A

RT1

FAN1

FAN2

1 3

FAN4

1 3

1 3

1 3

WOL1

1 3

AC'97
Codec

FAN3

1 3

JP11

JBAT1

1 4

DIMM1

DIMM2

DIMM3

3 1

JP1

Before Creating Disk Array

(1) Please locate the Promise RAID Controller on your mainboard to make
sure that you are using the right board.
(2) Locate the RAID Controller Select Jumper JP11 on board, and make
sure this Jumper is set at Pin 1-2 closed for enabling IDE RAID controller.
Please refer to the following Setup illustration of JP11 on board:

Enabled (default)

1 3

JP11

1 3

JP11

Disabled

JP11: On-Board RAID Controller Select

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5-1.1 Creating An Array For Performance

FastTrak100-Lite allows users to create striped arrays with 1 or 2 drives.

To create your disk array, you have to open the FastBuild Utility, which
should have already been built in your system BIOS through the Promise
Controller. You can create two types of array with the help of FastBuild
Utility.
(1) An array for Performance in Striping type with 1 or 2 drives (or called
RAID 0).
(2) An array for Data Security in Mirroring type with 2 drives treated as one
disk array (or called RAID 1).

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

5-1 Creating Your Disk Array

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP11

and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is

the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

WARNING :

WARNING :

To create a Security array using an existing hard drive, backup

any necessary data. Failure to follow this could result in data loss.

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

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4. Using the Spacebar, choose “Performance” under the Optimize Array

for section.

5. Select how you will use your PC under the Typical Application usage

section The choices are A/V Editing, Server, and Desktop (the default).

6. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to save and create the array.

7. Reboot your system.

8. Once the array has been created on new drive(s), you would need to

FDISK and format the array as if it were a new single hard drive.

9. Also proceed to “Installing Drivers” section of this Chapter (see Section

5-3) for system and FastTrak100 Driver setup.

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and

easiest method to create your first array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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5-1.2 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With New Drives

FastTrak100-Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a single
Mirroring array with FastBuild Utility.

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and

easiest method to create your first array.

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP11

and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is
the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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4. Using the Spacebar, choose “Security” under the Optimize Array for

section.

5. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to save and create the array.

6. The window below will appear:

7. Press “N” for the Create Only option.

8. A window will appear almost immediately confirming that your Security

array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system.

Array has been created.

<Press Any key to Reboot>

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther? (Yes/No)

Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only

9. Proceed with normal FDISK and format procedures as if you had just

installed a new hard drive.

10. Once the arrayed drives have been formatted, proceed to Section 5-3

“Installing Driver” to install your operating system and FastTrak100-
Lite driver.

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5-1.3 Creating A Security (Mirror) Array With An Existing Data
Drive

FastTrak100-Lite on board permits only two drives to be used for a single
Mirroring array with FastBuild Utility.

Checkpoints before creating a Security Array:

(1) You may use a drive that is containing data or a bootable O/S. Then you will
need another new drive of identical or larger storage capacity.
(2) Backup any necessary data before proceeding. Failure to follow this accepted
PC practice could result in data loss.
(3) If you wish to include your current bootable drive holding Window NT 4.x
or Windows 2000 O/S as part of a bootable Mirroring (RAID 1) array on
your FastTrak100-Lite controller , you SHOULD first install the Windows
NT4 or 2000 driver software to this drive while it is still attached to your
system hard drive controller (e.g. IDE1/IDE2). For all other Operating
Systems except Win NT4.0 and 2000, you can proceed with your hard driver(s)
connected to IDE3/DIE4.

2. Press <Ctrl-F> keys to display the FastBuild (tm) Utility Main Menu.

1. Boot your system with FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled by JP11

and your hard drive(s) connected to IDE3/IDE4. Suppose this is
the first time to create a Disk Array. The Promise BIOS on board with
FastBuild Utility built in will scan the IDE devices and display the result
as below:

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version 1.xx (Build xxxx)
(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

No array is defined...

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility
Or press <ESC> key to continue booting the system.

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4. Using the Spacebar, choose “Security” under the Optimize Array for

section.

5. Press <Ctrl-Y> keys to Save your selection. The window below will appear:

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to anther? (Yes/No)

Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only

3. Press “1” to display the Auto Setup Menu below. This is the fastest and

easiest method to create your first array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Auto Setup Options Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: Desktop

[Array Setup Configuration]

Mode ............................................... Stripe

Spare Drive .............................................0

Drives used in Array ................................1

Array Disk Capacity .........................38166

[Keys Available]

[] Up [] Down [,, Space] Change Option

[ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

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Array has been created.

<Press Any key to Reboot>

11. Proceed to Section 5-3 Installing Driver to install the FastTrak100-Lite

driver and/or operating system.

Source Disk

Channel: ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)
Target Disk

Channel: ID Drive Model Capacity(MB)
[Please Select A Source Disk]

Channel: ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)
1 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063

2 : Master QUANTUMCR8.4A 8063
[] Up [] [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save

9. Select “Y” continue. If you choose “N”, you will return to step 4.

10. Once complete, the following screen will appear confirming that your

Security array has been created. Press any key to reboot the system.

6. Press “Y” for the “Create and Duplicate” option. The window below

will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use.

7. Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to

be copied. FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the
Target drive.

8. Press [Ctrl-Y] keys to save selection and start duplication. The following

progress screen will appear:

Start to duplicate the image .....

Do you want to continue? (Yes/No)
Y - Continue N - Create Only

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If an array exists already, the BIOS will display the following screen
showing the Promise BIOS version and status of the array.

The FastBuild

TM

Configuration Utility offers several menu choices to
create and configure the drive array on the Promise FastTrak100-Lite.
In this Section, it is assumed you have already created an array in the
previous Section and now wish to make a change to the array or view
other status .

5-2 Using FastBuildTM Configuration Utility

When you boot your system with the FastTrak100-Lite Controller enabled
and drives connected to RAID IDE3 / IDE4, the Promise BIOS on board will
detect the drives attached and show the following screen.

The array status consists of three possible conditions: Functional, Critical,
Off-line.

Functional - The array is operational.
Critical - A mirroring array contains a drive that has failed or disconnected.

The remaining drive member in the array is functional. However, the array
has temporarily lost its ability to provide fault tolerance. The user should
identify the failed drive through the FastBuild

TM

Setup utility, and then
replace the problem drive.
Off-line - A striped array having only 1 drive has failed or been disconnected.
When the array condition is “Off-line”, the user must replace the failed drive (s),
then restore data from a backup source.

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version1.xx (Build xx)

(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Scanning IDE drives .......

FastTrak100-Lite (tm) BIOS Version1.xx (Build xxxx)

(c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

ID MODE SIZE TRACK-MAPPING STATUS
1* 2+0 Stripe 16126M 611/128/32 Functional

Press <Ctrl-F> to enter FastBuild (tm) Utility .......

5-2.1 Viewing FastTrak100-Lite BIOS Screen

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To create a new array automatically, follow the setups under “Creating
Arrays Automatically” in Section 5-1. Promise recommends this option
for most users.
To view drives assigned to arrays, see “Viewing Drive Assignments” in
Section 5-2.5.
To delete an array (but not delete the data contained on the array), select
“Deleting An Array” in Section 5-2.12.
To rebuild a mirroring array, see “Rebuilding an Array” in Section 5-2.13.
To view controller settings, see “Viewing Controller Configuration” in
Section 5-2.14.

When using the menus, there are some of the basic navigation tips:
Arrow keys highlights through choices; [ESC] key is used to abort or
exit the current menu.

This is the first option screen when entering the FastBuild

TM

Setup.

5-2.2 Navigating the FastBuildTM Setup Menu

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

[Main Menu]

Auto Setup ..............................................................[1]

View Drive Assignments .........................................[2]

View Array ...............................................................[3]

Delete Array ............................................................[4]

Rebuild Array ..........................................................[5]

Controller Configuration ..........................................[6]

[Keys Available]
Press 1...6 to Select Option [ESC] Exit

NOTE: After configuring an array of new blank drive(s) using

FastBuild, you should FDISK and format the arrayed drive(s) , in a
way depending on the type of system you are using.

5-2.3 Using the Main Menu

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The Auto Setup <1> selection from the Main Menu can intuitively help
create your disk array. It will assign all available drives appropriate for the
disk array you are creating. After making all selections, use Ctrl-Y to save
selections. FastBuild will automatically build the array.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.
[Auto Setup Option Menu]

Optimize Array for: Performance
Typical Application usage: A/V Editing

[Auto Setup Option Menu]

Mode ...................................................... Stripe

Spare Drive Count ..........................................1

Drives used in Array ....................................... 2

Array Disk Capacity ................................ 16126

[Keys Available]

Press 1...6 to Select Option [ESC] Exit

5-2.4 Creating Arrays Automatically

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Allows the user to choose the type of PC usage that will be performed in
order to optimize how FastTrak100-Lite handles data blocks to enhance
performance. Your choice will determine the block size used. You may
choose from: A/V Editing (for audio/video applications, or any similar
application that requires large file transfers), Server (for numbers of small
file transfers), or Desktop (a combination of large and small file sizes).

(2) Security (RAID 1 Mirroring)

Creates a mirrored (or fault tolerant) array for data security.

NOTE: Under the Security setting, FastTrak100-Lite permits two drives

to be used for a single Mirrored array.

NOTE: FastTrak100-Lite permits striped arrays of 1 or 2 drives

attached in Auto Setup mode.

5-2.4-2 Defining Typical Application Usage

5-2.4-1 Optimize Array For

Select whether you want Performance (RAID 0), or Security (RAID 1) under
the “Optimize Array for” setting.

(1) Performance (RAID 0 Striping)

Supports the maximum performance. The storage capacity equals the
number of drives times the capacity of the smallest drive in the disk

array.