Soltek SL-85ERV-L User Manual

85ERV / 85ERV-L

Contents

Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 9

1-1 85ERV / 85ERV-L Components and Options ................... 10

1-2 Mainboard Specifications ..................................................... 11

1-2.1 CPU Socket ................................................................................... 11

1-2.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 11

1-2.3 Memory ......................................................................................... 11

1-2.4 AMI BIOS ..................................................................................... 11

1-2.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface........................... 11

1-2.6 Advanced System Power Management: ................................... 12

1-2.7 Multi-I/O Functions :.................................................................. 12

1-2.8 Expansion Slots ............................................................................ 12

1-2.9 AC’97 Audio Codec on board .................................................... 13

1-2.10 LAN on board (85ERV-L only) ............................................... 13

1-2.11 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 13

1-2.12 6-channel Sound Output Support (optional) ........................ 13

1-2.13 Form Factor................................................................................ 13

1-3 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 14

1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram........................................... 15

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup..................................... 16

2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 478B .................................... 17

2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation ......................................... 18

2-3 Memory Installation with Warning LED .......................... 19

2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this series ..................... 19

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM ....................................................................19

2-4 AGP 4X/8X Slot Installation ................................................ 20

2-5 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 21

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Contents

2-6 Flopy Drive Connector ( FDC ) Installation .................... 22

2-7 ATX V 2.03 Power Supply Installation .............................. 23

2-8 Jumper Settings ..................................................................... 24

2-8.1 Jp1: CPU Clock/Overclock Select ............................................25

2-8.2 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 26

2-8.3 Jp2: Flash ROM Write Protection ...........................................27

2-9 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 28

2-9.1 On-board FAN Connectors ........................................................28

2-9.2 Connector WOL1: Wake On LAN............................................ 29

2-9.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (CD1) ........................................... 29

2-9.4 Audio 1: 6-channel Sound Output Connector (optional) ..... 30

2-9.5 Chassis Panel Connectors .......................................................... 30

2-9.6 RJ45: LAN Connector ( 85ERV-L only) .................................. 31

2-9.7 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard............................................... 31

2-9.8 Thermal Sensor Connectors RT1 and RT2 ............................. 32

2-9.9 Complex Pin-header.................................................................... 33

2-9.10 USB Ports and USB Pin Headers............................................ 35

2-10 IRQ Description................................................................... 36

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 38

3-1 Open Up Suport CD: ............................................................ 39

3-2 Proceed to VIA 4-IN-1 Drivers Installation ...................... 40

3-3 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 42

3-4 Install USB 2.0 Driver for Win98 / Me / 2000 / XP.......... 43

3-5 Install Hardware Monitor Utility ....................................... 45

3-5.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45

3-5.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46

3-6 Install VIA LAN Drivers (for 85ERV-L only) ................. 47

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3-6-1. VIA6183 LAN driver on Windows 9X .................................... 47

3-6-2. VIA6183 LAN driver on Windows NT4.0 .............................. 49

3-6-3. VIA6183 LAN driver on Win ME / 2000 / XP ....................... 50

Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup.................................... 52

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 53

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 53

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 53

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 53

4-5 To Update BIOS ..................................................................... 54

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 56

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................56

4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup ...............................................................57

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 60

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 63

4-6.5 Power Management Features .................................................... 66

4-6.6 PNP / PCI Configurations .......................................................... 69

4-6.7 Integrated Peripherals................................................................ 71

4-6.8 Hardware Monitor Status .......................................................... 74

4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control....................................................... 76

4-6.10 Set Supervisor Password .......................................................... 78

4-6.11 Load Optimized Defaults ........................................................80

4-6.12 Save & Exit Setup...................................................................... 80

4-6.13 Exit Without Saving .................................................................. 80

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Chapter 1 Specification

Chapter 1 Specification

Introduction

This series of mainboards features an integration of the powerful
processor Intel Pentium 4 and the single-chip North Bridge VIA Apollo
P4X400 plus South Bridge VT8235, by which the whole system perfor­mance can be upgraded to 533 MHz system bus.

The Intel P4 processor is a rapid execution engine providing 4X100/
4X133MHz quadpumped system bus to allow 3.2GB data transfer rates
possible, while VIA Apollo P4X400 plus VT8235 supports Intel P4 pro­cessor to implement the 4X133 Front Side Bus, AGP 8X external bus,
the LPC Super I/O, the DDR SDRAM and UATA 133/100/66 data trans­fer rate. This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function
of this high performance integration.

Topics included in this chapter are:
1-1 Mainboard Components Locations
1-2 Mainboard Specifications
1-3 Mainboard Specification Table
1-4 Chipset Diagram

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1-1 85ERV / 85ERV-L Components and Options

PHY LAN Controller

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

FAN1

1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

CD1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

+12 Power

Connector

1

3

4

2

RJ45

}

Main Power
Connector

for 85ERV-L only

mPGA478B

1

VIA

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

RT1

FAN2

1 3

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM2

DIMM 3

IDE2

FAN4

1

IDE1

DIMM 1

FDC1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

AUDIO1

14

1

1

WOL1

JUSB2

10

1

Optional 6-channel Audio-Out Connector

10

JUSB1

Li

1

VIA

VT8235

1

Battery

SCR1

10

1

JBAT1

14

1

JP1

RT2

1

FAN3

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

1

PWR SMI

IR

JP2

HDD/LED

30

-

+

--

++

1

SAPK RST PLED SLED

Chapter 1 Specification

1-2 Mainboard Specifications

1-2.1 CPU Socket

CPU Socket 478B on board, supporting Intel® Pentium 4 processors in
478-pin package for :

-- 533/400MHz System Bus;

-- Hyper-pipelined technology;

-- Advanced dynamic execution;

-- Advanced transfer cache;

1-2.2 System Chipsets

• North Bridge VIA P4X400 for managing and supporting 4X133/

4X100MHz system Bus, DDR 333/266/200 SDRAM memory interface,
Hub interface and AGP4X/8X interface.

• South Bridge VIA VT8235 working with North Bridge supporting the

double speed V-Link, LPC Super I/O, upstream Hub interface, PCI
interface, IDE interface, LAN interface, USB V2.0 interface, as well
as AC’97 Audio 6-channel interface.

1-2.3 Memory

3 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board for DDR 333/266/200 SDRAMs :

• Supporting unregistered, non-ECC DDR333/266/200 SDRAM up to

3 GBs

• Supporting installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR

SDRAM modules

1-2.4 AMI BIOS

• Supporting Plug & Play V1.0

• Flash Memory for easy upgrade

• Supporting BIOS Writing Protection and Year 2000 compliant

• Supporting BIOS Setup (See Chapter 4 BIOS Setup)

1-2.5 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Interface

AGP Controller embedded on board, supporting:

• 1.5V(4X/8X) power mode only, 1 AGP Slot supported

• 4x AD and SBA signaling, AGP pipelined split-transection longburst

transfers up to 2GB/sec.

• AGP 4X/8X only, AGP v3.0 compliant

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1-2.6 Advanced System Power Management:

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

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)

• ACPI POS (Power On Suspend)

• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Power On

• Supporting Ring Power Up Control for Wake-on-Modem (external)

and Wake-on-LAN (via Connector WOL1)

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

field

1-2.7 Multi-I/O Functions :

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 2x Ultra ATA133 / 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 4 IDE
devices

• Dedicated IR Functions:

-- 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 data transfer:

-- Standard mode, high speed mode ECP and enhanced mode EPP

• Floppy Disk connector:

-- One FDD connector supporting 2 floppy drives with drive swap support

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 Mb/s USB Bus, supporting Win 2000 and later
operating system; USB drivers provided in Support CD for installation

-- 2 built-in USB connectors and 2 USB pin-headers which require 2 op­ tional USB cables to provide 4 more optional USB ports

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- Two complete serial ports (COM1 & COM2) on board

1-2.8 Expansion Slots

• 6 PCI bus Master slots

• 1 AGP 4X/8X slot

• 3 DDR DIMM slots

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1-2.9 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

AC’97 Audio Codec 2.2 compliant on board

• Supporting up to 6 channels of PCM audio output

• 6 channel audio consists of Front Left, Front Right, Back Left, Back

Right, Center and Woofer for complete surrround sound effect

• AC’97 Audio Codec Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s

installation.

1-2.10 LAN on board (85ERV-L only)

Fast Ethernet Controller integrated in VT8235 and PHY VIA VT6103:

• Supporting 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Base T LAN

• Supporting Wake On LAN through on-board WOL1 connector

• LAN Driver enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-2.11 Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor integrated in Super I/O IT8705F, providing moni-

toring and alarm for flexible desktop management of hardware voltage,

temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software SmartGuardian for displaying Monitoring status is

enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-2.12 6-channel Sound Output Support (optional)

• This series is designed with an optional 6-channel Audio-out connec-

tor “Audio1”. If this option is chosen, it will provide 3 additional audio-

out ports for the 6-channel sound.

1-2.13 Form Factor

• ATX form factor, ATX power supply, version 2.03 compliant, supported

by one Main Power Connector, one +12V Power Connector and one

Peripheral Power Connector

• Mainboard size: 305mm x 220mm

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1-3 Mainboard Specification Table

SL-85ERV / 85ERV-L Specifications and Features

CPU

North Bridge

South Bridge

BIOS

Memory

I/O Chip

AGP interface

Audio

IDE Interface

Networking

PCI Slots

I/O Connectors

VGA Display

Other Features

Socket 478B for Intel Pentium 4 CPUs

VIA Apollo P4X400, supporting 533/400MHz FSB

VIA VT8235

AwardBIOS

Supporting DDR 333/266/200 SDRM, up to 3GB
in 3 DDR DIMM slots

IT8705F

1.5V AGP4X/8X mode only

AC’97 Audio V2.2 compliant, 6-channel interface

2 UATA 66/100/133 IDE ports

VIA LAN Controller, 1xRj45 (85ERV-L only)

6 PCI Master slots on board

6xUSB ports (V2.0), 1xFDD port, 2xCOM ports,
1xLPT, 1xIrDA, 1xPS/2 K/B, 1xPS/2 Mouse,

VGA not integrated on board

BIOS Writing Protection;
Hardware Monitoring in IT8705F
keyboard Power On;
ATX 2.03 Power Supply;
ATX form factor

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1-4 Chipset System Block Diagram

Intel

Pentium 4

CPU

478-pin package

533/400 MHz FSB

VIA

AGP

Slot

AGP 4X/8X Bus

P4x400

North Bridge

DDR 333/266/200

Memory Bus

DDR

SDRAMs

6 PCI Slots

Double Speed (533MB/sec) V-Link

SM Bus

PCI Bus

VT8235

UATA66/100/133

AC'97 Audio (6-channel)

6x USBs V2.0

South Bridge

VIA

BIOS

MII

Fast Ethernet Interface

Super I/O

PS/2 keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

LPC

(85ERV-L only)

10/100 Base T LAN

PHY(VT6103)

Intel Pentium 4 + VIA P4X400 + VIA VT8235 Diagram

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Game Port

Serial / IR
Parallel

Floppy Drive

H/W Monitor

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

To Get things ready for hardware setup !

1. We recommend to install your CPU before any other components.

For detailed installation instructions of processor, you can also refer
to the pamphlet enclosed in your CPU package.

2. Installing a cooling fan with a good heatsink is a must for proper heat

dissipation for your CPU. Get ready an appropriate fan with heatsink
for proper installation. Improper fan and installation will damage your
CPU.

3. In case CPU Vcore, CPU clock or Frequency Ratio is adjustable on

board, please follow the instructions described in the User Manual
for proper setup. Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU.

The following topics are included in this chapter:

2-1 Pentium 4 CPU Installation
2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation
2-3 Memory Installation with Warning LED
2-4 AGP4X/8X Slot Installation
2-5 IDE Connector Installation
2-6 Floppy Drive Connector ( FDC ) Installation
2-7 ATX 2.03 Power Supply Installation
2-8 Jumper Settings
2-9 Other Connectors Configuration
2-10 IRQ Description

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

mPGA478B

Intel Pentium

4

mPGA478B

Intel Pentium 4

2-1 CPU Installation with Socket 478B

This series is built with CPU Socket 478B ( 478-pin) supporting the
Intel Pentium 4 CPU:

• Follow the steps described in this section to install the 478-pin Pen­tium 4 CPU into the on board Socket 478.

• After installation of Pentium 4 CPU, you must also install the specific
Pentium 4 CPU fan designed in tandem with this CPU. This CPU
Fan installation is described in next section.

1. First pull sideways the lever of
Socket 478, and then turn it up

0

so as to raise the upper layer

90

mPGA478B

of the socket from the lower
platform.

Pin 1

2. Configure Pin 1 of CPU to Pin 1
of the Socket, just as the way
shown in the diagram on the
right. Adjust the position of CPU
until you can feel all CPU pins
get into the socket with ease.

3. Make sure that all CPU pins have
completely entered the socket
and then lower down the lever
to lock up CPU to socket.

Pin 1

Pin 1

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2-2 Pentium 4 CPU Fan Installation

Pentium 4 Fanbase CPU Fan Connector

Press down 4 corners to lock fan to fanbase

Connect Fan Connector to CPU FAN connector

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2-3 Memory Installation with Warning LED

How to tackle with the memory Modules:

• Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing

memory module. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your mainboard and the memory module.

• Pay attention to the orientation of the DIMM slots. Forcing a DIMM

into a slot improperly will damage the memory module and slot itself.

• Make sure you have the right type of memory module for your

mainboard.

2-3.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module for this series

• This series supports up to 3GB unbuffered DDR 333/266/200 SDRAM,

with 3 DDR DIMM slots on board. Do not insert other type of modules
into these slots.

• DDR DIMM slot has 184-pins and one notch. Insert a DDR SDRAM

vertically into the 184-pin slot with the notch-to-rib matching. Press
the Module down in a gradual way until it surely reaches the bottom
and clicks straight up the two latches on the left and right of the slot.
If any one of the latches has not turned up completely, you should
unplug the module and press it down a bit more firmly.

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions (2.5V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

2.5V

DDR Notch

DDR Rib

Module Latch

2-3.2 To Remove a DIMM

Press down the holding latches on both sides of slot to release the
module from the DIMM slot.

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2-4 AGP 4X/8X Slot Installation

The AGP slot on board supports 1.5V AGP4X/8X card only. A Rib is
specifically added to the 4X/8X AGP slot so as to match the AGP 4X/8X
card. To insert a 3.3V AGP 2X card into the AGP 4X slot will damage
the system chip and burn the 1.5V circuitry.

An AGP 4X card will support a data transfer rate up to 1GB/sec., while
an AGP 8X card will do up to 2GB/sec.

AGP Accelerator

8X/4X¤
Notch

AGP8X/4X Slot

8X/4X Rib

PS/2 Mouse

COM1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

Connector

1

3

4

2

1

Main Power
Connector

WOL1

JUSB2

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

20

JUSB1

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

DDR 333/266/200

VIA

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

VIA

1

VT8235

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

30

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

1

JBAT1

Li

Battery

SCR1

10

14

1

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-5 IDE Connector Installation

To install IDE Connector, you may connect the blue connector of IDE
cable to the primary (IDE1) or secondary(IDE2) connector on board,
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 jumpers correctly.
Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

+12 Power

Connector

Main Power

FAN1

1

3

1

Connector

4

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

2

1

WOL1

JUSB2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

Black connector

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

JUSB1

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

DDR 333/266/200

VIA

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

1

Li

VIA

VT8235

Battery

10

1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

30

PWR SMI

1

-

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

HDD/LED

++

1

1

1

JBAT1

SCR1

14

IDE2

IDE Connector

IDE1

Orient the red line on the
IDE Flat Cable to Pin1.

+

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

SAPK RST PLED SLED

Gray connector

red line

IDE Flat Cable

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2-6 Flopy Drive Connector ( FDC ) Installation

To install FDC (Floppy Drive Connector), you should connect the end of
FDC cable with single connector to the board , and connect the other
end with two connectors to the floppy drives.

PS/2 Mouse

COM1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

Connector

1

3

4

2

1

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

JUSB2

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

JUSB1

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

DDR 333/266/200

VIA

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

1

VT8235

Li

Battery

IDE1

FDC1

VIA

1

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

30

PWR SMI

1

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

HDD/LED

++

1

1

1

JBAT1

SCR1

10

14

1

Floppy Drive Connector:

Orient the red line of the

FDC

Floppy Flat Cable to Pin1.

-

+

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

SAPK RST PLED SLED

To 2nd Floppy Drive

red line

To 1st Floppy Drive

FDC Cable

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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-7 ATX V 2.03 Power Supply Installation

+12V Power Connector

3

Connector

1

2

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

JUSB2

4

1

2

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

GND
GND+12V

mPGA478B

1

VIA

JUSB1

1

Li

RT1

VIA

VT8235

Battery

10

1

1 3

1

JBAT1

SCR1

PS/2 Mouse

COM1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

AC'97

Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

1

+12V

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

3

4

1

FAN2

DIMM 1

14

DIMM2

1

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

30

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

Pin1

+12V

5SB

PWR_OK

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND
+3.3V
+3.3V

Main Power Connector
(20-pin)

Pin 1

Pin 4

Peripheral
Power Connector

Pin11

+5V
+5V

-5V
GND
GND
GND
PS_ON#
GND

-12V
+3.3V

+12V
GND
GND
+5V

ATX V2.03 power supply is strongly recommended for mainboard run­ning with 2GMHz or higher CPU.

To set up Power Supply on this series:

1. Connect the on-board Main Power Connector (20-pin) to the Main
Power Connector (20-pin) of an ATX Power Supply which can be
either of the latest version 2.03 or of earlier ATX format.

2. If you use an ATX Power Supply Version 2.03 or later, you can now
connect the on-board square-shaped +12V Connector to the square­shaped +12V Connector of your ATX Power Supply. In this case, it is
not necessary for you to connect the on-board 4-pin Peripheral Power
Connector to your Power Supply.

3. If you use an ATX power Supply of an older version than V2.03, you
cannot find a square-shaped +12V Connector with your Power Supply;
you must then connect the on-board 4-pin Peripheral Power
Connector to the 4-pin Peripheral Power Connector of your Power
Supply.

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2-8 Jumper Settings

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

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

FAN1

1

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

1

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

14

1

JBAT1

Clear CMOS

1

1-2 closed
(default)
To hold data

1

2-3 closed
To clear CMOS

+12 Power

Connector

1

3

4

2

1

Main Power
Connector

WOL1

JUSB2

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

VIA

DIMM 1

VIA

VT8235

1

JBAT1

Li

Battery

IT8705F

LPC I/O

SCR1

10

JUSB1

14

1

1

Jp1:

CPU Clock Select

1

1-2 closed (default)
CPU Auto-detect
of
100 / 133MHz

1

2-3 closed

100MHz selected

1

Jumper open

133MHz selected

DIMM2

IDE2

1

JP1

RT2

1

FAN3

FLASH BIOS

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE1

FDC1

30

PWR SMI

-

+

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

Jp2

Flash ROM Write
Protection

1-2 closed
(default)

1

Enabled

2-3 closed

1

Disabled

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How to tackle the Jumpers:

A 3-pin Jumper

1 23

If a pin-header (of 2 or more pins) is
designed in such a way that its pins
can be closed or linked together to
set up a specific function,
is called a jumper in this manual.

this header

A 2-pin Jumper cap to link
two header-pins together.

• A Jumper is usually but not necessarily given a “JpX legend.

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

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Jp X

Jumper with

Pin 2-3 closed

Jumper with

all pins open

Jumper with

Pin 1-2 closed

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

2-8.1 Jp1: CPU Clock/Overclock Select

Jp1 designed on board for CPU clock select and 100MHz CPU
overclocking. With Jp1, user can choose the way for a 100MHz CPU to
run an overclock on board.

1. If Jp1 is set to 1-2 closed, the auto-detect
mode will recognize the CPU clock
automatically and send the signal to system
chips. No overclocking will be implimented
in this case. That is, a 100MHz CPU will boot
system with 100MHz CPU clock and provide
4X100 MHz system bus. A 133MHz CPU will
boot system with 133MHz and provide a
4X133 MHz system bus.

2. If Jp1 is set to 2-3 closed, CPU is set at
100MHz, indicating that 133MHz overclock
is not desired. The CPU will boot system with
100MHz even if a 133MHz CPU is used.

3. If Jp1 is set to 1-2-3 all open, CPU is set at
133MHz, indicating that 133MHz overclock
is desired. The CPU will try to boot system
with 133MHz even if a 100MHz CPU is used.

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Jp1:

CPU Clock Select

1

1-2 closed (default)
CPU Auto-detect
of
100 / 133MHz

1

2-3 closed

100MHz selected

1

Jumper open

133MHz selected

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Note on CPU Overclocking:

1. If you have successfully booted system with or without CPU overclock,
you still can do another CPU overclock in BIOS Setup. Please enter
BIOS Setup, choose “Frequency/Voltage Control” menu, and take
the “Use Linear” option of the “Use CPU Linear Frequency”. Then
configure the “CPU Clock” item to raise your CPU clock.

2. CPU overclocking should take all components on board into account.
If you fail in BIOS overclocking, you will not be able to restart system.
In such case, Power off system and clear CMOS by JBAT1 as stated
below and then restart your system. And remember reconfigure
whatever should be reconfigured.

3. If your system is already fixed in a cabinet or case, you may not like
to take the trouble to clear CMOS. Then power on your system with
the power button on the case and simultaneously press down the
“Insert” key of the keyboard until you see the initial bootup screen
appear. And remember you should also enter CMOS BIOS Setup
and choose “Load Optimized Defaults” to restore default BIOS .

2-8.2 JBAT1: Clear CMOS

When you have problem with rebooting your system, you can clear
CMOS data and restore it to default value. To clear CMOS with Jumper
JBAT1, please follow the steps below:

1. Power off system;

2. Set JBAT1 to Pin 2-3 closed.

3. After 2 or 3 seconds, return the JBAT1 setting to Pin1-2 closed.

4. CMOS data are restored to default. Remember never clear CMOS
when system power is on.

JBAT1

Clear CMOS

1

1-2 closed
(default)
To hold data

1

2-3 closed
To clear CMOS

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2-8.3 Jp2: Flash ROM Write Protection

Jp2 is designed to support the “Flash ROM write Protection” function
when you boot your system. Setting Jp2 1-2 closed will protect your
Flash ROM from virus attack every time you boot your system.

Jp2

Flash ROM Write
Protection

1-2 closed
(default)

1

Enabled

2-3 closed

Disabled

1

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2-9 Other Connectors Configuration

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

2-9.1 On-board FAN Connectors

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

1

VIA

P4x400

JUSB1

mPGA478B

Li

1

RT1

VIA

VT8235

Battery

10

1

FAN2

1 3

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

JP1

14

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

30

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

1

JBAT1

SCR1

PS/2 Mouse

COM1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

CD1

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

3

4

1

Connector

1

2

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

JUSB2

GND
+12V
SENSOR

Sensor Conn.

FAN2, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)

FAN4, No-sensor Fan Connector

FAN1, Sensor Fan Connector
(Yellow)

FAN3, No-sensor Fan Connector

Void

+12V

GND

No Sensor

Both Sensor and No-sensor Fan Connectors support CPU/AGP/Sys­tem/Case cooling fan with +12V mode. When connecting the wire to
any Fan Connector, user should make sure 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. A Hardware Moni­tor chipset is on board, with which user can install a Hardware Monitor
Utility and read the fan speed transmitted from the sensor fan. Otherwise,
user can read the fan speed from the “Hardware Monitor Status” in
CMOS BIOS.

A running fan will send out 2 electric pulses per rotation of its fan
blade. A Sensor Fan Connector will count the electric pulses and send
the information to the System Hardware Monitor which in turn will work
out the fan rotation speed and display it with the monitoring program.

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DIMM 3

DIMM 1

DIMM2

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

FLASH BIOS

Li

Battery

Peripheral Power
Connector

+12 Power

Connector

4

1

Main Power
Connector

VIA

P4x400

VIA

VT8235

1

mPGA478B

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1 3

FAN2

FAN1

1

FAN3

1

1

FAN4

IT8705F

LPC I/O

LPT1

COM1

MIC

GAME/MIDI PORT

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

USB1 (underside)

USB0 (middle)

Rj 45

(on top)

AC'97
Codec

JUSB2

1

10

JUSB1

1

10

SCR1

1

14

AUDIO1

1

14

AGP 4X/8X

WOL1

1

RT1

RT2

1

JP1

1

JBAT1

1

JP2

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

IR

PWR SMI

++

--

+

-

1

30

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PHY (LAN Controller)

CD1

1

3

2

COM2

Audio Codec

DDR 333/266/200

2-9.2 Connector WOL1: Wake On LAN

1. This connector connects to a LAN card with a Ring signal output.

The connector powers up the system when it receives a wake-up
packet or signal through the LAN card.

2. This feature requires that Resume On Ring feature is enabled in the

BIOS setting “Power Management Setup” and that your system must
be on ATX power supply with at least 720mA / +5V standby power.

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

VIA

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

Li

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

JUSB1

JUSB2

1

1

VT8235

Battery

10

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

VIA

1

JP1

30

1

JBAT1

RT2

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

IT8705F

LPC I/O

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

14

FLASH BIOS

1

SCR1

1

WOL 1

GND

+5V

Standby

Connect the Wake On LAN
signal from LAN card to WOL1

Ring

COM1

COM2

LINE

LINE

MIC

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

LPT1

+12 Power

Connector

Main Power

FAN1

1

3

1

Connector

4

2

OUT

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

1

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

14

1

1

WOL1

2-9.3 CD-ROM Audio Connector (CD1)

CD-In1 is audio connector connecting CD-ROM audio to mainboard.

CD-ROM Audio Pin Assignment

Connector CD1

Pin 1 Left-Channel
Pin 2 GND

Pin 3 GND

1

Pin 4 Right-Channel

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2-9.4 Audio 1: 6-channel Sound Output Connector (optional)

This series is designed with an optional 6-channel Audio-out connector
“Audio1”. If this option is chosen, it will provide 3 additional audio-out
ports for the 6-channel sound.

6-channel Audio-out Pin Assignment

Pin 1 LFE-out
Pin 3 Center-out
Pin 5 Surround-out-R
Pin 7 Surround-out-L
Pin 9 Jack-detect
Pin11 SPDIFI
Pin13 SPDIFO

2
1

Pin 2 Gnd
Pin 4 Gnd
Pin 6 Gnd
Pin 8 Gnd
Pin10 (Void)
Pin12 Gnd
Pin14 Gnd

14
13

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

+12 Power

Connector

FAN1

1

3

1

4

2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

1

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

14

1

1

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

VIA

P4x400

DIMM 1

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

VIA

PCI 3

VT8235

PCI 4

1

JBAT1

Li

PCI 5

Battery

PCI 6

SCR1

10

14

10

JUSB1

JUSB2

1

1

1

2-9.5 Chassis Panel Connectors

1

JP1

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

DIMM2

RT2

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE2

IDE1

30

PWR SMI

1

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

HDD/LED

++

1

FDC1

-

+

SAPK RST PLED SLED

1

A.

B. C. D.

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

A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT
B : Rj45 (85ERV-L only)
C : LPT1 PORT
D : GAME/MIDI PORT
E : PS/2 KEYBOARD PORT
F : USB 1 PORT (Bottom)
F : USB 0 (Middle)
G : COM1 PORT

H : COM2 PORT
I : LINE Out /
Front SPEAKER OUT
J : LINE IN /
Rear Speaker In
K : MICROPHONE INPUT /
Center Subwoofer Out

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2-9.6 RJ45: LAN Connector ( 85ERV-L only)

One RJ45 connector is on board for network connection.

Yellow LED “On” to indicate
Network hub is in connection
with the system.

Green LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is
undergoing in 10/100 Base T
mode.

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

GAME/MIDI PORT

MIC

1

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

RJ45 Connector

AUDIO1

1

2-9.7 PS/2 Mouse And PS/2 Keyboard

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

PS/2 MOUSE

PS/2 KEYBOARD

RT1

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

P4x400

JUSB1

1 3

mPGA478B

1

VIA

VIA

VT8235

1

JBAT1

Li

Battery

SCR1

10

1

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

Connector

1

3

4

2

Peripheral Power
Connector

1

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

JUSB2

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

DIMM 1

14

FAN2

DIMM2

1

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

30

PWR SMI

1

-

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

HDD/LED

++

1

1

+

SAPK RST PLED SLED

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2-9.8 Thermal Sensor Connectors RT1 and RT2

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

1

VIA

P4x400

JUSB1

mPGA478B

Li

1

RT1

VIA

VT8235

Battery

10

FAN2

1 3

RT1

RT1 is mounted with
Thermal Resistor
by default.

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

DIMM 1

FAN4

1

DIMM2

IDE2

IDE1

FDC1

1

JP1

14

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

30

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

1

JBAT1

SCR1

1

To R T2

RT2

To Devices

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

COM1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

Rj 45

(on top)

LPT1

GAME/MIDI PORT

CD1

AC'97
Codec

Audio Codec

AUDIO1

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

+12 Power

3

4

1

Connector

1

2

WOL1

Main Power
Connector

JUSB2

Thermal Cable

(Optional)

1. Connector RT1: A thermal resistor is mounted by default to connector
RT1 so as to detect the temperature of the CPU. What RT1 does is
to transmit the thermal signal to BIOS or Hardware Monitor.

2. Connector RT2: A thermal cable is needed to connect RT2 to on­board devices such as HDD, Graphics card etc., so as to detect the
temperature generated therein. Please connect the end (a) of the
thermal cable to RT2, and tape another end (b) of thermal cable on
to the device which you want to monitor. After you have finished the
thermal cable installation, you will see the detected temperature in

BIOS setup or Hardware Monitor utility.

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2-9.9 Complex Pin-header

This complex Pin-header consists of the following connectors for vari­ous supports:

2

Power Switch

3

Infrared(IR)

2nd HDD LED

4

1st HDD LED

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

Rj 45

(on top)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

COM1

LPT1

COM2

LINE

OUT

LINE

IN

MIC

1

CD1

Audio Codec

1

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

AUDIO1

1

SMI

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

1

+12 Power

Connector

Main Power

1

3

Connector

4

2

WOL1

SMI SIGNAL

GND

Vcc

ATX POWER SWITCH

Vcc

NO CONNECTION

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

Logic High

Logic High

GND

(+)

(-)
(-)
(+)

INFRARED TRANSMIT SIGNAL

HDD LED SIGNAL
HDD LED SIGNAL

JUSB2

P4x400

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

RT1

mPGA478B

1

VIA

VIA

VT8235

1

Li

Battery

SCR1

10

JUSB1

1

1

GND
SUSPEND LED SIGNAL

GND
KLOCK
GND
NO CONNECTION

Vcc

GND

RESET SIGNAL
SPEAKER SIGNAL
GND
NO CONNECTION
Vcc

1 3

JBAT1

FAN2

DIMM 1

14

(-)

(+)

DIMM2

IDE2

1

JP1

RT2

IT8705F
LPC I/O

FLASH BIOS

Keylock

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE1

FDC1

30

PWR SMI

1

-

+

FAN3

IR

JP2

--

SAPK RST PLED SLED

HDD/LED

++

1

1

Power LED

Reset Switch

Speaker

5

Suspend LED

(Optional)

6

9

7

8

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(1) SMI Connector (Optional):

Connection: Connected to the case-mounted Suspend Switch.

Function: Manually selecting system into the Suspend
Mode or “Green Mode” by System mangement nterupt.

(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 external IR device (transceiver).

Function: Supporting wireless transmitting and receiving module

on board.

(4) 1st HDD LED Connector/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”.

(6) keylock Connector (Optional):

Connection: Connected to keyboard.
Function: To lock keyboard and disable keyboard function.

(7) Power LED Connector:

Connection: Connected to System Power LED.
Function: To supply power to “System Power LED”.

(8) Reset Switch Connector:

Connection: Connected to case-mounted “Reset Switch”.

Function: To supply power to “Reset Switch” and support
system reboot function.

(9) Speaker Connector:

Connection: Connected to the case-mounted Speaker.
Function: To supply power to the case-mounted Speaker.

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2-9.10 USB Ports and USB Pin Headers

This series provides two USB ports USB0 and USB1 on board sup­porting various USB devices. In addition, pin headers JUSB1 and JUSB2
are added on board to provide expansion of 4 more optional USB ports
by using two additional USB Cables. User can order the optional USB
cables from your mainboard dealer or vender.

When plugging the USB cable to USB Header , user should make

sure the red wire is connected to Pin 1.

USB Ports USB 0 & 1(underside)

USB Cable (Optional)

Red wire

-

+

SAPK RST PLED SLED

1

USB Port

1

10

10

LINE

LINE

PS/2 Mouse

(on top)

Rj 45

(on top)

COM1

COM2

OUT

IN

MIC

1

CD1

Audio Codec

GAME/MIDI PORT

AC'97
Codec

AUDIO1

LPT1

1

PS/2 K/B¤
(underside)

USB0 (middle)

USB1 (underside)

FAN1

1

Peripheral Power
Connector

VIA VT6103

PHY (LAN Controller)

14

RT1

FAN2

1 3

mPGA478B

1

+12 Power

Connector

Main Power

1

3

Connector

VIA

4

2

P4x400

DIMM 1

AGP 4X/8X

PCI 1

DIMM2

IDE2

PCI 2

VIA

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

10

1

WOL1

JUSB1

JUSB2

1

1

VT8235

JP1

1

JBAT1

RT2

Li

Battery

10

1

1

FAN3

IT8705F

LPC I/O

SCR1

FLASH BIOS

14

1

Pin Header JUSB2 / JUSB1

DDR 333/266/200

DIMM 3

FAN4

1

IDE1

FDC1

30

PWR SMI

IR

JP2

--

HDD/LED

++

1

1

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2-10 IRQ Description

IRQ Function Description Priority

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

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

• The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as “Legacy” ISA
card, requires you to configure the card’s jumpers manually and then install
it in any available slot on the ISA bus. To see a map of your used and free
IRQs in Windows 98, the Control Panel in My Computer, contains a Sys-
tem icon, which gives you a Device Manager tab. Double-Clicking on a
specific hardware device gives you a Resources tab which shows the In­terrupt number and address. Double-Clicking Computers to see all the in­terrupts and addresses for your system. Make sure that each ISA device
should be assigned to one IRQ respectively. If ISA device share IRQ with
any other device, your computer will easily get into trouble.

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Chapter 3 Software Setup

Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation

Support CD:
This mainboard will 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 mainboard, 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. VIA USB 2.0 Drivers

4. Hardware Monitor Utility

5. Other drivers (including VIA6183 LAN drivers)

This chapter is devoted to describing the installations of all these

essential drivers and utilities on Windows 9X, Windows ME , Windows
2000 and Windows XP. The installation procedures for all these oper­ating systems are programed into an auto-run mode. What users have
to do is read and follow the pop-up instructions. We therefore take the
installation on Windows 98 as the general illustration hereby.

The priority of driver installation should also be noted. Users are rec-

ommended to take the following installation order:

3-1 Open Support CD and choose your drivers
3-2 VIA 4-in-1 Drivers Installation
3-3 AC’97 Audio Drivers Installation
3-4 USB 2.0 Drivers Installation
3-5 Hardware Monitor Utility Installation
3-6 VIA6183 LAN Drivers Installation

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3-1 Open Up Suport CD:

1. Please put the Support CD enclosed in your mainboard package

into the CD-ROM drive. In a few seconds, the Main Menu will
automatic ally appear, displaying the contents to be installed for this
series:

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 4-in-1 Drivers” as first installation priority

to optimize the VIA system.
From next section, we provide detailed descriptions of all these
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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 4-

in-1 Drivers” to proceed.

2.The VIA Service Pack

InstallShield Wizard will pop up
to guide you to the VIA Service
pack installation. Click “Next”
button to continue.

Next Yes

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 4-in-1 Setup.)

3. “VIA Service Pack README”
screen will appear, please click
the “Yes” button to agree with
the Licence Agreement and
continue.

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

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

Next

Next

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6. Select “Install VIA ATAPI
Vendor Support Driver”
checkbox, then click the “Next”
button to continue.

Next

8. Select “Install VIA AGP VxD” in
turbo mode and press “Next”
button to continue.

Next

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

Next

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

Next

10. After all these setup procedures have finished, you should restart
your computer by clicking on “Finish” so as to put VIA 4-in-1

drivers

into effect and proceed to second driver installation.

Finish

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3-3 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation

Avance AC97 Audio Codec on board, AC’97 2.2 compatible stereo audio
code for PC multimedia systems. Avance AC’97 Audio Codec Driver is pro­vided in Support CD for user’s installation.

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “ AC’97
Audio Driver” to proceed.

2. Instantly, the “installShield Wizard” screen appears to guide you
through the “Avance AC’97 Audio Setup””.

3. Instantly, the Setup program
proceeds to install the softwares
which include AC’97 driver and
AVRack. (If you want to stop
setup, click the “Cancel”
button.)

4. After the setup process is
finished, please check the radial
button “Yes, I want to restart my
computer now.” and click “OK”
to restart your system.

OK

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3-4 Install USB 2.0 Driver for Win98 / Me / 2000 / XP

VIA USB V2,0is already integrated on board. Its 480Mb/s transfer rate
supports operating system Win98/Me/2000/XP. USB Driver installa­tion procedures are of similar steps in these systems. Please take the
following illustrations from Win XP as the USB driver installation guide:

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to
“Motherboard Drivers” and then choose “VIA USB 2.0 Driver” to
proceed. Please notice that the USB card driver is different from the
USB 2.0 driver typically for the on-board USB. Do not use the USB
card driver here.

2. Instantly the “USB 2.0 Setup Program” will pop up on screen. Click
“Next” to continue.

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3. Instantly, next screen will pop up to prompt you to select component.
Select “Install USB Driver” and click “Next” button to continue.

Next

4. The USB 2.0 Setup Program will then guide you through the whole
driver setup until the “Finish” screen appears to prompt you to restart
your system. Please click “Finish” button to restart system to put the
new driver into effect.

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3-5 Install Hardware Monitor Utility

3-5.1 Installation

Hardware Monitor is built in chip IT8705F of this series. Its in­stallation is programed to a fully automated mode on Windows 9X/
Me/NT4/2000/XP. User can follow the model installation below for
its installation on various Windows System.

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “
Hardware Monitor Utility” to proceed.

2. Instantly the “ Smart Guardian Setup” screen appears to announce
the setup of Hardware Monitor software “Smart Guardian”.

3. Next, the Setup Program will
suggest to you the destination
directory where the “Smart
Guardian” will be installed. Select
the Program folder and click “Next”
to continue.

Next

4. Instantly, Setup Program starts to
copy files and install the software.

4. In one or two second, the “Setup
complete” screen appears. Click
“Finish” to restart your computer so
that the Utility can be put into effect.

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3-5.2 Verification

1. After restarting your computer,
click “Start” and choose the path
\Programs \ITE Smart
Accessories\ITE Smart Guardian
to open the main window of the
Hardware Doctor.

2. Instantly, the Smartguardian Main Panel appears, telling you the CPU
current temperature, CPU current Voltage and Current fan speed.

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3-6 Install VIA LAN Drivers (for 85ERV-L only)

3-6-1. VIA6183 LAN driver on Windows 9X

The LAN driver contained in the Support CD is not included in the
Autorun Menu. To install VIA LAN driver on Windows 9X, please follow
the steps shown below:

1. On the “Start” screen of your system, please click to the following
path:

\My Computer\properties\Device manager

2. In the “Device manager” screen, you can see the item “ PCI Ethernet
Controller” with a yellow question mark on its left side, which indicates

that the LAN controller is already detected by system but the driver

for the on-board LAN Ethernet Controller is not installed yet. Please
point to this item with your mouse and double click on it (or click the
“Properties” button).

3. Instantly, the “PCI Ethernet Controller Properties“ screen shows up.
Please click the “General” bar to continue.

4. In the “General” screen, click “reinstall Driver” button to continue.
Please note that the status of “Device Usage” should stay at “Exists
in all hardware profiles”.

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5. In the “Update device Driver Wizard” screen, click “Next” to continue
until you see a dialog box asking you to “Specify a location” for the
driver. You should now insert the Support CD into your CD-ROM.

6. As illustrated in the picture below, check the item “Specify a location”
and click the “Browse” button to find out the correct path for the
driver. Supposing your CD-ROM drive is Drive E, please type:

E:\Driver\Network\VIA6183 into the blank bar. (If you are
installing on Win 95OSR2, you should type W95OSR2 instead of

Win98.) Then click the “Next” button to continue.

Enter the correct path for the
location of LAN driver

7. The Update Device Driver Wizard will then go on installing the driver,

until the “Insert Disk” dialog box shows up. Please withdraw your

Support CD and insert the Win 98 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive
for updating system and click “OK” to continue.

8. The Update Device Driver Wizard will then proceed to update the
system with the LAN driver. When the “Finish” screen shows up,
click “Finish” to continue.

9. Final Dialog box will appear to remind you that you must restart your
computer to finish updating the new hardware. Please click “Yes” to
restart system and finish the LAN driver installation.

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3-6-2. VIA6183 LAN driver on Windows NT4.0

1. When you newly install Win NT4, the Setup program will ask you
whether your computer will participate on a network. please check
“Do not connect this computer to a network at this time” and continue
with your installation. That means, you are going to install the LAN
Adapter and driver after you have finished system installation. By
this way, you will set up your LAN Adapter and driver more surely.

2. If you have now installed Win NT4 in your computer, please boot
your system and in the “Start” screen click the following path to install
your computer networking:

\Start\Settings\Control Panel\Network (double click)

3. Instantly, a dialog box pops up, asking you, “Windows NT Networking
is not installed. Do you want to install it now?” Please click “Yes” to

continue.

4. The Network Setup Wizard will then proceed to guide you to the
installation of LAN Adapter and Driver, until the “Select Network
Adapter” screen pops up, on which you should click “Have Disk” to
install the on-board VIA LAN Controller.

5. Instantly, the “Insert Disk” dialog box pops up. You should now insert

the Support CD into your CD-ROM drive
bar the correct path for the location of the LAN driver. Supposing

your CD-ROM drive is drive D, please type the following path:

D:\Driver\Network\VIA6183\Winnt4 and click “OK” button to

continue.

6. Instantly, the Setup program detects the “VIA PCI 10/100MbFast
Ethernet Adapter” and shows it on the “Select OEM

Option” screen. Please click “OK” to continue.

7. The Setup program will then proceed to install the VIA PCI LAN
Adapter and then other networking components such as TCP/IP
protocol.

8. During the setup process, if “windows NT Setup” needs to copy

some Windows files, you should then withdraw the Support CD and

insert back the Win NT4 CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive to
continue.

9. After you have finished other networking components setup, you
should restart your syustem to put all the new setups into effect.

, and then type to the white

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10. To verify that the onboard VIA LAN Controller has been set up in

system, please click “Start”, then “Control Panel”, then “Network”.

11. In the “Network” screen, click the “Adapter” bar. You can now see

the “VIA PCI 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet Adapter is
already installed in system.

3-6-3. VIA6183 LAN driver on Win ME / 2000 / XP

1. When you newly install Windows ME , Windows 2000or windows
XP, the system will detect the LAN Controller on board and configure
it automatically into system. Therefore, user needs not bother to
install the LAN controller into these operating systems.

2. To verify the existence of VIA6183 LAN Controller and Driver, please
enter the “Control Panel” of your system and click “Network” to open
the “Configuration” screen. You can then see the “VIA PCI 10/
100MbFast Ethernet Adapter” is already installed in system.

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Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup

THE BIOS

BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System. It was once called
ROM BIOS when it was stored in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) chip
Now manufacturers would like to store BIOS in EEPROM which means
Electrically Erasable Programmable Memory. BIOS used in this series
of mainboard is stored in EEPROM, and 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 manage
your PC hardware by means of a set of routines called BIOS Run­Time Service.

This Chapter includes the following topics :
4-1 About BIOS Setup
4-2 To Run BIOS Setup
4-3 About CMOS
4-4 The POST (Power On Self Test)
4-5 To Update BIOS
4-6 BIOS Setup

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4-1 About BIOS Setup

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

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

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

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

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup

First access BIOS setup menu by pressing < DEL > key after “POST” is
complete ( before OS is loaded ). BIOS will then display the following
message:

DEL:SETUP

4-3 About CMOS

CMOS is the memory maintained by a battery. CMOS is used to store
the BIOS settings you have selected in BIOS Setup. CMOS also
maintains the internal clock. Every time you turn on your computer, the
BIOS Looks into CMOS for the settings you have selected and configures
your computer accordingly. If the battery runs 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 check and configure the BIOS Setup for the new start.

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test )

POST is an acronym for Power On Self Test. This program 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 To Update BIOS

• System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component. 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 for upgrading

saving, and verifying the system BIOS. The Update Utility can also be
run from a hard disk drive or a network drive.

• It is highly recommended that you save a copy of the original mainboard

BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming utility (AMIXXX.EXE)to a
bootable floppy disk so that you can reinstall the BIOS when in need.

• Normally, to update BIOS is unnecessary if the system is working fine.

Users should only update BIOS when incompatible problems are encoun­tered or new features have to be added to system.

• “AMIFLASH.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, the

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

• Please follow the steps below for updating the sys­ tem BIOS:

Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download latest BIOS
file and AMI update utility. The file name of AMI update utility will be
“AMIXXX.EXE” of which “ XXX ” stands for the version number of the
file. The BIOS file format will be *.ROM, of which “ * ” stands for the
specific BIOS file name.

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

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

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Step 4. Under “ A “ prompt, type “ AMIXXX.EXE *.ROM “ and then
press <Enter> to run BIOS update program. Please note that there
should be a space between AMIXXX.EXE and *.ROM. (*.ROM depends
on your mainboard model and version code. Instead of typing “*”, you
should type the specific file name for your specific mainboard).

Step 5. When the message “Flash ROM Update Completed - Pass.”
appears, please restart your system.

Step 6. You will see a message “CMOS Memory Size Wrong” during
booting the system. Press <Del> or <F1> to run CMOS setup utility,
then reload “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” or “Load Optimal Defaults”
and save this change.

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4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility

This mainboard comes with the AMI BIOS from American Megatrends
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 RUN SETUP

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

AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

Power Management Features

PNP/PCI Configurations

Integrated Peripherals

Hardware Monitor Status

Frequency/Voltage Control

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Exit : Select Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

Set Time, Date, Hard Disk Type ...

Set Supervisor Password

Load Optimal Defaults

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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 & Exit Setup” saves your changes and
reboots the system, and “Exit Without Saving” ignores your changes
and exits the program.

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4-6.2 Standard CMOS Setup

Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware
configuration and sets the system clock and error handling. Modify the
configuration values of this option if you want to change your system
hardware configuration or after you clear CMOS data.

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:

Standard CMOS Features Setup Help

System Time 00 19 29
System Date Dec 05 2001 Wed

Floppy options.
IDE Devices Config

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
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System Time The BIOS shows the time of the day in the format:

hh:mm:ss. Choose the field with the Arrow keys
and change the time with the Page Up/Page
Down +/- keys.

System Date The BIOS shows the date of the day in the format:

mm:dd:yy :day of the Week. Choose the field with
the Arrow keys and change the value with the
Page Up/Page Down +/- keys.

Floppy options Press Enter on “Floppy options” will let you select

this field to the type(s) of floppy disk drive(s) installed
in your system. The choices are:

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

1.44MB, 3.5 in.

2.88MB, 3.5 in.
Not Installed

IDE Device Config Press Enter on IDE Device Config will let you

configure the IDE devices on board and the fol­lowing menu will reveal the following submenu
for your configuration of the hard Disk you have
installed:

Primary IDE Master :Maxtor 82560 A4 Setup Help

Type Auto
Cylinders 4962
Heads 16
Write Precompensation
Sectors 63
Maxium Capacity 2561 Mb
LBA Mode On
Black Mode On
Fast Programmed I/O Modes 4
32 Bit Transfer Mode On

F1: Help
Esc: Previuos Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu

: Select Item

+/- : Change Values F9 : Setup Defaults

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Type This option shows the types of configuration for the

IDE devices:
1-50: Predefined types
USER: set Parameters by User
Auto: Set parameters automatically
CD-ROM: Use for ATAPI CD-ROM drives
Double click [Auto] to set all HDD parameters
automatically, including “Cylinders, Heads, Write
Precompensation, Sectors, Maximum Capacity and
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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:

AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a

Advanced BIOS Features

Quick Boot Enabled
Delay for Hard Drive (Sec.) 2
Boot Device Priority
1st Floppy: 1.44 MB 3.5
2nd CD-ROM
3rd IDE-0 :Maxtor 20560 A4 ­Try Other Boot Devices Yes
Initial Display Mode Silent
Display Mode at Add-On ROM Init Force BIOS
S.M.A.R.T for Hard Disks Disabled
Bootup Num-lock On
Floppy Drive Swap Disabled
Floppy Drive Seek Disabled
PS/2 Mouse Support Enabled
Primary Display VGA/EGA
Password Check Setup
Boot To OS/2 No
CPU Microcode Update Enabled
L1 Cache Enabled
L2 Cache Enabled
System BIOS Cacheable Enabled
C000,32K Shadow Cached
C800,16K Shadow Disabled
CC00,16K Shadow Disabled
D000,16K Shadow Disabled
D400,16K Shadow Disabled
D800,16K Shadow Disabled
DC00,16K Shadow Disabled

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the
selected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation
of the <F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide.

Quick Boot

Delay for Hard Drive

(Sec.)

1st/2nd/3rd Boot

Device

Try Other Boot De-

vices

Initial Display Mode

Display Mode at Add-

On ROM Init

S.M.A.R.T. for Hard

Disks

Allows you to enable / disable quick boot of your
system.

Allows you to adjust the time of detecting hard disk
on board at booting system.
Choices: Disabled; 1~10 sec. in 1 sec. stepping.

Allows you to set floppy or IDE devices already in­stalled on board to be the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device.
Choises: Disabled; Device(s) installed

Allows you to enable/disable system to try to boot
with other boot devices.
Choises: Yes; No

If option is “Silent”, the initial display mode will be
set to one with Soltek logo. If option is “BIOS”, the
normal BIOS display mode will be shown.
Choices: silent (default); BIOS

If the item “Initial Display Mode” is set to “Silent”, two
sub-modes are provided for the initial display mode. If
“Force BIOS” is chosen, the vendor’s logo screen will be
followed by the “Add-on ROM” initial screen (the screen
showing the add-on card BIOS message). If “Keep Cur­rent” is chosen, no “Add-On ROM” screen is followed.

Allows you to enable / disable the Self Monitoring
Analysis and Reporting Technology for the hard disk.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

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Bootup Num-lock Allows you to toggle between On or Off to control

the state of the NumLock keys when the system
boots. If On, the numeric keypad is in numeric
mode. If off, the numeric keypad is in cursor con­trol mode.

Floppy Drive Swap

Floppy Drive Seek

PS/2 Mouse Support Enabled (default), PS/2 mouse is supported. Disabled,

Primary Display Allows you to choose the primary display for the system.

Password Check Allows you to set BIOS to check up password with a

Boot to OS/2

CPU Microcode

Update

L1 /L2 Cache

System BIOS

Cacheable

C000, 32K Shadow Allows you to set these addresses cached, Enabled or

C800,CC00,D000,D400,

D800,DC00 16K

Shadow

Disabled (default), Floopy Drive A will not be chnged to
B, nor B to A. Enabled, Floppy Drive a and B will change
position.

Disabled (default), Floppy Drives will not be checked and
diagnosed at system bootup; Enabled, Floppy Drives
will be checked and diagnosed at system bootup.

PS/2 Mouse is not supported

Choices: VGA/EGA (default); CGA40x25; CGA80x25;
Mono; Absent

password prompt at BIOS Setup or whenever re­starting system.
Choices: Setup; Always

Allows you to set your system to OS/2 operating
system.
Choices: Yes; No (default)

Allows you to enable/disable the CPU Microcode
Update function.
Choices: Disabled; Enabled (default)

Allows you to set the Internal/External Cache Mode.
Choices: WriteBack (default); WriteThru; Disabled

Allows you to enable / disable the System BIOS
Cacheable function.

Disabled. Default: Cached
Allows you to set these addresses cached, Enabled or

Disabled. Default: Disabled

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4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features

Advanced Chipset Features is used to modify the values of chipset
buffers. These buffers control the system options.

Run the Advanced Chipset Features as follows:

1. Choose “Advanced Chipset Features” from the Main Menu and a

list of option will appear:

AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a

Advanced Chipset Features Setup Help

DRAM Timing
Configure SDRAM timing by SPD Enabled
SDRAM Frequency Auto
SDRAM CAS# Latency 2.5
SDRAM Bank Interleave Disabled

SDRAM Burst Length 4
SDRAM Command Rate 2T
Memory Hole Disabled
AGP Mode 8X
AGP Read Synchronization Disabled
AGP Fast Write Disabled
AGP Comp. Driving Auto
Manual AGP Comp. Driving CB
AGP Aperture Size 64MB
AGP Master 1 W/S Write Disabled
AGP Master 1 W/S Read Disabled
APIC interrupt Mode Disabled
USB Controller 6 USB Ports
USB 1.1 Device Legacy Support Disabled
USB 1.1 Port 64/60 Emulation Disabled

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
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Configure SDRAM

Timing by SPD

SDRAM Frequency Allows you to set the SDRAM frequency.

SDRAM CAS# Latency With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can se-

SDRAM Bank Inter-

SDRAM Burst Length With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can se-

SDRAM Command

SPD (Serial presence detect) is a device in memory
module for storing the module information such as
DRAM timing and chip parameters. If this option is
enabled, BIOS will access SPD automatically to
configure module timing. If disabled, DRAM timing
can be configured manually.

Choices: Auto; 200MHz; 266MHz

lect the SDRAM CAS# (Column Address Strode)la­tency manually.
Choices: 2Clocks; 2.5 Clocks

This item allows you to enable / disable SDRAM

leave

Bank Interleave function.
Choices: Disabled (default); Enabled

lect the SDRAM Burst length manually.
Choices: 8; 4

Allows you to set the SDRAM Command Rate.

Rate

Choices: 1T; 2T

Memory Hole Allows you to enabled / disabled (default) the sup-

port of Memory Hole which is reserved for ISA card.

AGP Mole Allows you to see the AGP Mode on board. The

default setting is Auto. This item support 4X/8X AGP
Mode

AGP Read Synchroni-

zation

AGP Fast Write Allows you to enable / disable the AGP Fast Write

AGP Comp. Driving Allows you to Auto or manually set the AGP Comp.

Allows you to enabled / disabled (default) the AGP
Read Synchronization function.

function

Driving.

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Manual AGP Comp.

Driving

AGP Aperture Size Allows you to set the AGP Aperture Size.

AGP Master 1 W/S

AGP Master 1 W/S

APIC Interrupt Mode

USB Controller Allows you to set the USB Controller on the USB

USB 1.1 Device Legacy

Support

USB 1.1 Port 64/60

Emulation

If AGP Comp. Driving is set to Manual, this
itemAllows you to set the AGP Comp. Driving.
Choices: 00h ~ FFh

Choices: 4MB; 8MB; 16MB; 32MB; 64MB; 128MB;
256MB;

Allows you to enable / disable (default) the support

Write

of AGP Master 1 Waite State Write.

Allows you to enable / disable (default) the support

Read

of AGP Master 1 Waite State Read.

Allows you to enable / disable (default) the APIC
function for selecting the APIC interrupt Mode.

port(s).
Choices: 6 USB Ports; 4 USB Ports;
2 USB Ports; disabled

Allows you to select the USB Device Legacy support.
Choices: No Mice; all Devices; Disabled

Allows you to enable / disable (default) the Port 64/
60 Emulation.

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4-6.5 Power Management Features

Power Management Features allows you to set the system’s power
saving functions.

Run the Power Management Features as follows:

1. Choose “Power Management Features” from the Main Menu and a
list of options will appear:

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Power Management Features Setup Help

ACPI Standby State S1/POS
Power Management/APM Enabled
Video Power Down Mode Suspend
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Suspend
Standby Time Out (Minute) Disabled
Suspend Time Out (Minute) Disabled
Power Button Function On/Off
Restore on AC/Power Loss Last State
Resume On Ring Disabled
Resume On LAN Disabled
Resume On PME# Disabled
Resume On KBC Disabled
Wake-Up Key Any Key
Resume On PS/2 Mouse Disabled
Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled
RTC Alarm Date 15
RTC Alarm Hour 12
RTC Alarm Minute 30
RTC Alarm Second 30

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide to your setup.

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ACPI Standby State This item allows you to select the ACPI Suspend

type. You can select S3(STR) for suspending to
DRAM if your system supports this mode. Or you
can select S1 (POS) for Power on Suspend under
Windows 98 ACPI mode..

Power Management/

APM

Video Power Down

Mode

Hard Disk Power

Down Mode

Standby Time Out

(Minute)

Suspend Time Out

(Minute)

Power Button Function

Restore on AC/Power

Loss

Resume on Ring

Allows you to enable / disable the Power manage­ment / Advanced Power Management function.

Allows you to select the Video Power Down Mode.
Choices: Disabled; Standby; Suspend

Allows you to select the Hard Disk Power Down
Mode.
Choices; Disabled; Standby; Suspend

To set the duration of Standby Time Out.
Choices: 1; 2; 4; 8; 10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60

To set the duration of Suspend Time Out.
Choices: 1; 2; 4; 8; 10; 20; 30; 40; 50; 60

allows you to set power Button function.
Choices: On/Off; Suspend

Allows you to set the restore state from AC/Power
Loss.
Choices: Last State; Power Off; Power On

Allows you to enable / disable the Resume on Ring

Signal function.
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.

Resume on LAN

Allows you to enable / disable the Resume on LAN
function.

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Resume on PME#

Resume on KBC

Wake Up Key

Resume on PS/2

Mouse

Resume On RTC Alarm Allows you to enable / disable the Resume On RTC

RTC Alarm Date / Hour

/ Minute / Second

Allows you to enable / disable the Resume on PME

function.

Allows you to select S4/S5 mode or disable the Re-

sume on Keyboard clock function.

If Resume On KBC is set at S4/S5 mode, this item

allows you to select any key to wake up system.

Allows you to S4/S5 mode or disable the Resume

on PS/2 Mouse function.

Alarm function.

If resume On RTC Alarm is enabled, this field al­lows you to set the Alarm date Hour, Minute and
second.
Date Choices: Every Day; 01 ~ 31
Hour Choices: 00 ~ 23
Minute Choices: 00 ~ 59
Second Choices: 00 ~ 59

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4-6.6 PNP / PCI Configurations

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

Run the PNP/PCI Configurations as follows:

1. Choose “PNP/PCI Configurations” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

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PNP/PCI Configurations Setup Help

Plug and Play Aware O/S No
Clear NVRAM No
PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) 32
Primary Graphics Adapter PCI
PCI IDE Busmaster Disabled
PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority Auto
PCI Slot2 IRQ Priority Auto
PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority Auto
PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority Auto
PCI Slot5 IRQ Priority Auto
PCI Slot6 IRQ Priority Auto

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide to your setup.

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Plug and Play Aware

Clear NVRAM

PCI Latency Timer (PCI

Clocks)

Primary Graphics

Adapter

PCI IDE BusMaster Allows you to enable / disable the PCI IDE Bus

PCI Slot 1/2/3/4/5/6 IRQ

Priority

Allows BIOS to recognize the Plug and Play Aware

O/S

Operating System.
Choices: No (default); Yes

Allows BIOS to clear the NVRAM data.
Choices: No (default); Yes

Allows you to set the PCI Latency Time.
Choices: 32; 64; 96; 192; 128; 160; 192; 224; 248;

Allows you to select the primary Graphics Adapter.
Choices: PCI; AGP

Master function.

Allows you to specify the IRQ for the PCI slots.
Choices: Auto; 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11

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4-6.7 Integrated Peripherals

Integrated Peripherals option allows you to get some information inside
your system when it is working.

Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows:

1. Choose “Integrated Peripherals” from the Main Menu and a list of
options will appear:

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Integrated Peripherals Setup Help

Onboard FDC Auto
Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto
Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto
Serial Port 2 Mode Normal
Onboard Parallel Port Auto
Parallel Port Mode ECP
Parallel Port IRQ Auto
Parallel Port DMA Channel Auto
Onboard MIDI Port Disabled
MIDI Port IRQ 5
Onboard Game Port 200
Onboard IDE Both
Onboard LAN (Optional) Disabled
Onboard AC’97 Audio Enabled

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide to your setup.

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OnBoard FDC Allows you to enable / disable the Onboard FDC.

Choices: Auto; Enabled; disabled

Onboard Serial Port 1

Onboard Serial Port 2 Allows you to set the Onboard Serial Port B.

Serial Port 2 Mode

OnBoard Parallel Port Allows you to configure onboard Parallel port .

Parallel Port Mode If Parallel Port is not disabled, this item allows you

Parallel Port IRQ If Parallel Port Mode is set at EPP, this item allows

Parallel Port DMA

Channel

OnBoard MIDI Port

Allows you to set the Onboard Serial Port A.
Choices; auto; Disabled; 3F8/COM1; 2F8/COM2;
3E8/COM3; 2E8/COM4;

Choices; auto; Disabled; 3F8/COM1; 2F8/COM2;
3E8/COM3; 2E8/COM4;

Allows you to set the Serial Port B Mode.
Choices: Normal; 1.6 uS; 3/16 Baud; ASKIR;

Choices: auto; Disabled; 378; 278; 3BC;

to configure parallel port mode.
Choices: ECP; EPP + ECP; Normal; EPP

you to set the Parallel Port IRQ.
Choices: 5; 7

If Parallel Port Mode is set at ECP, this item allows
you to set the DMA Channel.
Choices: 0; 1; 3

Allows you to configure onboard MIDI port address.
The choices: Disabled; 300h; 330h

MIDI IRQ If the onboard MIDI port is set at 300h or 330h, this

item shows up to allow you to configure the MIDI
Port IRQ to IRQ 5.

OnBoard Game Port Allows you to configure Onboard Game port

address.
The choices: Disabled; 200h; 208h

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Onboard IDE Allows you to choose the Onboard IDE Mode.

Choices: Disabled; Primary; Secondary; Both

(Optional) Onboard

Onboard AC‘97 Audio Allows you to disable AC’ 97 Audio.

If your mainboard is LAN on board, this item allows

LAN

you to enable / disable onboard LAN.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

Choices: Auto; Disabled

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4-6.8 Hardware Monitor Status

This menu helps you to read only and get more information on the
working CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage.

1. Choose “Hardware Monitor Status” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of current status of your working system will appear:

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Hardware Monitor Status Setup Help

CPU Vcore +1.680 V
+2.5V +2.504 V
+3.3V +3.408 V
+5.0V +5.126 V
+12.0V +11.187V

-12.0V -11.972V
5V SB +5.164V
Battery +3.296V
Fan 1 Speed 0 RPM
Fan 2 Speed 4905 RPM
Temperature 1 0
Temperature 2 31 0C/87 0F
Temperature 3 38

0

C/32 0F

0

C/100 0F

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

2. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu. In case any irregular read­ing appears about your system, it indicates that a problem exists
therein. To solve the problem, a hardware engineer or your dealer is
recommended.

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CPU Vcore Shows CPU core actual voltage value.

+2.5V Shows current voltage against the +2.5V power

supply.

+3.3V Shows current voltage against the +3.3V power

supply.

+5.0V Shows current voltage against the +5.0V power

supply.

+12V Shows current voltage against the +12V power

supply.

-12V Shows current voltage against the -12V power
supply.

-5.0V Shows current voltage against the -5.0V power
supply.

+5V SB Shows current voltage against the +5V SB power

supply.

Battery Shows current voltage against battery power supply.

Fan 1 / 2 Displays the current speed of CPU Fan, and other

onboard device which user has connected to the
onboard Fan Connectors.

Temperature 1 Shows current CPU internal temperature.

Temperature 2 Shows current CPU external temperature.

Temperature 3 Shows current system temperature.

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4-6.9 Frequency/Voltage Control

Run the “Frequency/Voltage Control” as following:

1. Choose “Frequency/Voltage Control” from the Main Menu and a
screen with a list of options will appear:

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Frequency/Voltage Control Setup Help

CPU Linear Freq Disabled
CPU Clock 100 MHz
Spread Spectrum Selection Disabled

CPU Voltage Control Auto
AGP Voltage Control 1.5V
DIMM Voltage Control 2.5V
CPU Ratio Selection Locked

F1: Help : Select Item +/- : Change Values F9: Setup Defaults
Esc: Previous Menu Enter: Select Sub-Menu F10: Save and Exit

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.
<F9>: Setup BIOS default values.
<F10>: Save and Exit Setup.

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up
all items. The following item descriptions are provided as a quick
guide to your setup.

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CPU Linear

Frequency

CPU Clock If CPU Linear Frequency is set at Enabled, this item

Spread Spec-

trum Selection

CPU Voltage

Control

AGP Voltage

Control

DIMM Voltage

Control

This item allows you to enable / disable this setting
function.

allows you to set CPU Clock.
Choices: 100MHz ~200MHz in 1MHz stepping.

Allows you to enable / disable this Spread
Speectrum Selection function. If enabled, this func­tion will reduce the EMI (Electromagnetic
Interference) in your system. If you do not have an
EMI problem, leave this item disabled.

allows you to configure the CPU Voltage. Usually,
to raise CPU voltage will raise the chance of CPU
overclocking and yet risk damage of CPU.
Choices: Auto; 1.100V ~1.850V in 0.025 stepping

allows you to configure the AGP Voltage.
Choices: 1.5V; 1.6V; 1.7V; 1.8V

allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage.
Choices: 2.5V; 2.6V; 2.7V; 2.8V

CPU Ratio

Selection

If CPU onboard is one with an adjustable or un­locked CPU ratio, this item allows you user to ad­just the CPU Ratio. If your CPU is one with the
CPU Ratio locked, this item will be invalid.

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4-6.10 Set Supervisor Password

This option allows you to set a Supervisor password for the system:

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

[ Enter new supervisor 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:

[ Retype new supervisor Password ]

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

5. The following message appears to confirm the new password setup.

[ New supervisor password installed ]

Any Key to Continue

6. Then press any key to continue your CMOS Setup. To save the pass­word setup, you should press “Save & Exit Setup” and choose “yes”
to exit and save setup.

7. After the Supervisor password is set, you have to choose whether
the password is for entering the system or only for entering BIOS
Setup program. To make the choice, please enter BIOS Setup and
choose “Advanced BIOS Features” in the main menu. (At entering
BIOS Setup, you have to enter the password now.) In “Advanced
BIOS Features”, choose “Password Check” and change the option.
The “Setup” option is to set the password only for entering BIOS
Setup. The “Always” option is to set the password for entering the
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8. To change or remove a current supervisor password, choose “Set
Supervisor Password” and press <Enter>. An instruction box appears
on the screen, prompting you to enter the current password first:

[ Enter current supervisor password ]

9. Type the current password with keyboard and then press <Enter>.
An instruction box appears, prompting you to enter new supervisor
password:

[ Enter new supervisor password ]

10. If you enter a new password into the box, you will be using this new
password after you have finished and saved this new setup. Instead,
if you press <Enter> before you enter any new password into the
instruction box, another message box appears, telling you that you
have disabled the Supervisor password. That means, no password
is set for either entering BIOS Setup or system:

[ Supervisor password disabled ]

Any Key to Continue

NOTE: If you forget or lose a supervisor password, the only
way to access the system is to clear the CMOS. All setup
informations will then be cleared including the password and
you need to run the BIOS setup program again so as to
reconfigure BIOS.

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4-6.11 Load Optimized Defaults

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

[ Load Optimized Defaults ]

Press [Enter] to continue

or [ESC] to abort

Press <Enter> now to load Optimal values for all the Setup options.

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
press <Enter>. The following message appears:

[ Saving current settings and exit ]

Press [Enter] to continue

or [ESC] to abort

Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes and exit CMOS
Setup to restart your system.

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 Changes ]

Press [Enter] to continue

or [ESC] to abort

Follow the message and press <Enter> key to exit CMOS Setup and
restart system.

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