Soltek SL-B5A-FGR, SL-B5A-FG User Manual

SL-B5A-FG / B5A-FGR Contents

Contents

Chapter 1 Specification ............................................. 8

1-1 Mainboard Layout ...................................................................9

1-2 Mainboard Specification Table ........................................... 10

1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram............................................11

1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features ............................ 12

1-4.1 CPU Socket ...................................................................................12

1-4.2 System Chipsets ........................................................................... 12

1-4.3 BIOS...............................................................................................12

1-4.4 Integrated VGA Interface .......................................................... 12

1-4.5 Memory ......................................................................................... 13

1-3.6 PCI Express Interface................................................................. 13

1-4.7 Advanced System Power Management .................................... 13

1-4.8 IEEE 1394a Interface.................................................................. 13

1-4.9 AC’97 Audio Codec on board .................................................... 13

1-4.10 Multi-I/O Functions ..................................................................14

1-4.11 SATA/AHCI/ / SATA RAID Interface (on SL-B5A-FGR) ..14

1-4.12 Hardware Monitor on board ................................................... 14

1-4.13 Gigabit Ethernet on board....................................................... 14

1-4.14 Form Factor................................................................................ 14

Chapter 2 Hardware Setup..................................... 15

2-1 P4 775-pin CPU and Socket LGA 775................................ 16

2-1.1 To Identify a P4 775-pin CPU.................................................... 16

2-1.2 To install P4 775-pin CPU into Socket LGA 775.................... 16

2-1.3 P4 775-pin CPU Installation with Hyper-threading.............. 18

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

2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 19

2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features............................................... 19

2-2.3 PCI Express Slot / VGA connector Installation .....................20

2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 21

2-5 SATA /AHCI/ RAID Connectors......................................... 22

2-6 Floppy Drive Installation ..................................................... 23

2-7 SFX Power Supply Installation ........................................... 24

2-8 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 25

2-8.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 25

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2-8.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up ............................................ 26

2-8.3 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 26

2-9 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 27

2-9.1 On-board FAN Connectors ........................................................27

2-9.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers ..............................................28

2-9.3 Back Panel Connectors ............................................................... 29

2-9.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard .....................................................29

2-9.5 RJ45 Connector ........................................................................... 30

2-9.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CD_In1).................................... 30

2-9.7 Thermal Detector......................................................................... 31

2-9.8 JAUD1: External Audio Connector ......................................... 31

2-9.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)..................... 32

2-9.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header ................................................... 33

2-9.11 CPU Smart Acceleration LED: LED1.................................... 34

Chapter 3 Software Setup ....................................... 36

3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 37

3-2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility........................ 38

3-3 DirectX Installation............................................................... 39

3-4 Graphics Driver Installation ............................................... 40

3-5 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 41

3-5.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver ............................... 41

3-5.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio ........................................................42

3-6 To Install RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet Drivers ............... 44

3-7 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 45

3-7.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45

3-7.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46

3-8 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP ............. 47

3-9 To Install SATA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP ..... 47

Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup.................................... 48

4-1 About BIOS Setup ................................................................. 49

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup ............................................................... 49

4-3 About CMOS .......................................................................... 49

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ) ....................................... 49

4-5 To Update BIOS ..................................................................... 50

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility................................ 51

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility ....................................................................51

4-6.2 Standard BIOS Features ............................................................53

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ........................................................... 54

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4-6.3.1 CPU Configuration.................................................................... 55

4-6.3.2 IDE Configuration ..................................................................... 56

4-6.3.3 Floppy Configuration ................................................................58

4-6.3.4 Super IO Configuration ............................................................ 59

4-6.3.5 Hardware Health Monitor ........................................................ 60

4-6.3.6 ACPI Configuration .................................................................. 62

4-6.3.7. Event Log Configuration ......................................................... 63

4-6.3.8. PCI Express Configuration .....................................................64

4-6.3.9. USB Configuration ................................................................... 64

4-6.3.10. Voltage Control ...................................................................... 65

4-6.3.11 APM Power Management ....................................................... 65

4-6.3.12. Soltek Performance Options.................................................. 67

4-6.3.13. PCI Device Configuration...................................................... 68

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................... 69

4-6.4.1 NorthBridge Configuration ...................................................... 70

4-6.4.2 SouthBridge Configuration ...................................................... 72

4-6.5 PCI/PNP Resource Management .............................................. 73

4-6.6 Boot Configuration Features ..................................................... 74

4-6.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration ..................................................... 75

4-6.6.2 Boot Device Priority .................................................................. 76

4-6.6.3 Hard Disk Drives ....................................................................... 76

4-6.6.4 Removable Drives ......................................................................76

4-6.6.5 CD/DVD Drives .........................................................................76

4-6.7. Boot Security Features .............................................................. 77

4-6.7.1. Supervisor Password ................................................................ 77

4-6.7.2. User Password ........................................................................... 77

4-6.7.3 Change Supervisor Password ................................................... 78

4-6.7.4 Change User Password.............................................................. 79

4-6.7.5 Boot Sector Virus Protection .................................................... 80

4-6.8 Save Changes and Exit ............................................................... 80

4-6.9 Discard Changes and Exit.......................................................... 80

4-6.10 Load Optimal Defaults .............................................................81

4-6.11 Discard Changes ........................................................................81

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Chapter 5 SATA RAID/AHCI Setup...................... 82

5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 83

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 83

5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 83

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by ICH6R .................................83

5-0-4 SATA Hard Disks Setup for RAID System .............................84

5-1 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS ................................. 85

5-2 To Enter Intel RAID BIOS Utility Setup........................... 86

5-3 To Create Disk Array ............................................................ 87

5-4 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2K/XP.......... 90

5-5 To Install SATA AHCI Hard Disks Driver ........................ 93

5-5-1 To Enable AHCI Function in BIOS Setup .............................. 93

5-5-2 Install Windows 2K/XP with 82801 FR AHCI Controller ...94

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Chapter 1 Specification

Introduction

This series of mainboards features an integration of the powerful In­tel 775-pin CPU (including P4Celeron D) and the North Bridge Intel
915G. The 775- pin CPU is a rapid execution engine providing 800/
533MHz system bus, while North Bridge Intel 915G is a high perfor­mance integrated chipset providing Dual Channel DDR 400/333 SDRAM
memory interface, DMI (Direct Media interface), VGA interface as well
as PCI Express bus up to x16.

Integrated with North Bridge Intel 915G, South Bridge Intel ICH6 of
B5A-FG supports the LPC I/O, upstream DMI, PCI interface (including
IEEE 1394a and Gigabit LAN), IDE interface, Serial ATA interface, USB

2.0 interface, AC’-Link interface and the interrupt control, while South
Bridge ICH6R of B5A-FGR is integrated with the additional SATA RAID
interface.

This chapter is to introduce to users every advanced function of this
high performance integration.

Topics included in this chapter are:
1-1 Mainboard Layout
1-2 Specification Table
1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram
1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

** If any difference is found between this manual and the Main­board you are using, please look up the ERRATA/UPDATE Slip
enclosed inside for the correction or updated information, or
else contact the Mainboard Dealer or visit our Web Site for the
latest manual update.

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1-1 Mainboard Layout

ICH6 for B5A-FG without SATA RAID interface
ICH6R for B5A-FGR with RAID interface

E

L

PCIEX

1

D

S ATA1

AC'97

Side Surround Out

ALC

850

PCI

Intel

ICH6

ICH6R

S ATA2

S ATA3

S ATA4

Line Out

CD-IN1

or

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VT6307S

PFAN2

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1-2 Mainboard Specification Table

B5A-FG/B5A-FGR Specifications and Features

CPU

North Bridge

South Bridge

Memory

I/O Chip

PCI Express

Audio

IDE Interface

Serial ATA RAID
Interface

VGA

Network

IEEE 1394
Interface

Socket 775 for P4 775-pin CPUs and 775-pin
Celeron D CPUs

Intel 915G, supporting FSB 800/533MHz

Intel ICH6(no RAID)/ICH6R(with RAID controller)

Supporting Dual Channel DDR 400/333 SDRAM,
up to 2GB in 2 DDR DIMM slots

Chip IT8712-F-A

PCI Express slot, supporting up to x16 Device
card

AC’97 Audio 2.3 compliant, 8-channel audio

1 ATA 100/66/33 IDE Connector

4 Serial ATA connectors in two sets supported by
ICH6R for RAID0/RAID1 setup

Integrated VGA, supporting 1 VGA connector

RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet Controller, supporting
1 RJ45 port on board

VIA VT6307S IEEE1394a Controller on board
supporting 2 IEEE1394a ports

PCI Slot

I/O Connectors

Other Common
Features

Optional
Feature

RAID Interface Yes (with ICH6R)

1 PCI Master slot on board

8 USB V2.0, 1 FDD port, 1 serial COM port,
5 Audio In/Out ports, 1IrDA, 1 PS/2 Keyboard,
1 PS/2 Mouse

Keyboard/ Mouse Wake up;

SAT(Smart Acceleration Technology) in BIOS

B5A-FG

No (with ICH6)

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1-3 Chipset System Block Diagram

Intel P4 775-pin CPUs

& 775-pin Celeron D

System Bus 800/533MHz

VGA

CRT Monitor

PCI Express
Device card

connector

PCI Express

(Up to x16)

North Bridge

Intel

915G

Dual Channel

DDR 400/333
SDRAM

System
Memory

1 IDE connector
for
2 IDE Devices,
Master/Slave

8-channel
Audio Codec

ICH6: 4SATA ports
ICH6R 4 SATA ports

for:
SATA/AHCI/RAID0,1
setup

ATA 100/66/33

AC Link

SATA /

SATA RAID

DMI

South
Bridge

Intel ICH6

or

ICH6R

RTL8110S

Gigabit LAN

PCI Bus

VIA
VT6307S

USB Bus V2.0

RJ45

1 PCI Slot

2x1394A

8 USB ports

LPC

Mouse/Keyboard

FDD

Serial Ports

H/Monitor

IR

LPC I/O
IT8712F

BIOS

775-pin Prescott CPU + Intel 915G + Intel ICH6/ICH6R Diagram

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1-4 Mainboard Specifications and Features

1-4.1 CPU Socket

CPU Socket LGA 775 on board, supporting Intel® Pentium 4 775-pin
processors(including Intel Celeron D, Hyper Threading and Prescott
CPUs) in 775-pin package for :

-- 800/533MHz System Bus

-- Hyper-pipelined technology -- Advanced dynamic execution;

-- Rapid Execution Engine -- Streaming SIMD Extensions 2

-- 128 Bit Enhanced Floating Point Unit -- Execution Trace Cache

1-4.2 System Chipsets

North Bridge Intel 915G:

• A high performance integrated chipset providing processor interface,

Dual channel DDR 400/333 SDRAM memory interface, DMI, VGA in-

terface and X16 PCI Express interface.

• Showing Hyper Threading Logo when booting with a Hyper-thread-

ing CPU.
South Bridge Intel ICH6 (for SL-B5A-FG):

• Supporting the LPC I/O, upstream DM interface, PCI interface

(including, IEEE 1394a and Gigabit LAN), IDE interface, USB 2.

0 interface, AC-Link interface , and PCI Express interface

South Bridge Intel ICH6R (for SL-B5A-FGR):

• Supporting the LPC I/O, upstream DM interface, PCI interface

(including IEEE 1394a and Gigabit LAN), IDE interface, SATA/SATA

RAID interface USB 2.0 interface, AC-Link interface , and PCI Ex-

press interface

1-4.3 BIOS

Flash Memory for easy upgrade, and supporting various hardware con­figuration during booting system (See Chapter 4 BIOS Setup):

• Standard CMOS Features (Times, Date, Hard Disk Type etc.)

• Advanced BIOS Features (Virus Protection, Boot Sequence etc.

• Advanced Chipset Features (AT Clock, DRAM Timing etc.)

• Power Management Features (Sleep timer, Suspend Timer etc.)

• PNP/PCI Configurations (IRQ Settings, Latency Timers etc.)

• Integrated Peripherals (Onboard IO,IRQ, DMA Assign. etc.)

• Hardware Health Monitor (CPU/System Temp.,Fan speed etc.)

• Frequency/Voltage (CPU clock, Voltage of CPU, DIMM, AGP etc.)

1-4.4 Integrated VGA Interface

VGA supported by i915G:

• one VGA connector integrated on board, CRT VGA display

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1-4.5 Memory

2 DDR DIMM 184-pin slots on board for non-ECC Dual Channel DDR
400/333 SDRAMs:

• DIMMs to be populated in identical pairs for Dual Channel operation

• Installation of mixed volumes yet same type of DDR SDRAM mod­ules supported

1-3.6 PCI Express Interface

PCI Express interface integrated in 915G:

• supporting a raw bit-rate of 2.5 Gb.s on the data pins, resulting in a
real bandwidth per pair of 250MB/s.

• Enhanced Addressing Machanism

• PCI Express Graphics card (not supporting AGP card) up to x16

1-4.7 Advanced System Power Management

Advanced Configuration and Power Interface incorporated in BIOS for
reducing power consumption :

• ACPI 1.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface)

• APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy Power Management)

• ACPI Suspend function supported

• PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Wake-up

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

1-4.8 IEEE 1394a Interface

The IEEE 1394a Controller, VIA VT6307S chipset on board, providing
enhanced PC connectivity for a wide range of devices, including con­sumer audio/video components, storage periperals, and other portable
devices.

• PCI-bus based open host controller, compliant with IEEE 1394a-2000
standard for high performance serial bus

• 2 fully compliant IEEE 1394a ports providing up to 400MB/sec trans­fer rate to fulfill various requirments of any multimedia devices.

1-4.9 AC’97 Audio Codec on board

AC’97 Audio Codec Realtek ALC850 on board

• 8 channel audio consists of Front-Out, Side Surround-Out, Center­Out, Subwoofer-out, Surround-Back-Out, MIC-In, Line-In, and
Front-MIC-In for complete surround sound effect

• SPDIF Out connector integrated in Front Panel

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

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1-4.10 Multi-I/O Functions

• PCI EIDE Controller, supporting:

-- 1 ATA 100 / 66 IDE connectors supporting up to 2 IDE devices

• Dedicated IR Functions:

-- 1x5 IR connector dedicated to IR function with Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR)
and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR

• Floppy Drive Connector:

-- 1 FDD connector supporting 1 floppy drive for barebone system

• Universal Serial Bus Transfer Mode:

-- USB V2.0 compliant, 480 Mb/s USB Bus, supporting Windows 98 and
later operating systems; USB drivers provided in Support CD for installation

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

• PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse

• UARTs (Universal Asynchronous Receiver / Transmitter):

-- 1 complete serial port on board.

1-4.11 SATA/AHCI/ / SATA RAID Interface (on SL-B5A-FGR)

Serial ATA/AHCI / RAID Interface supported by ICH6R:

• Supporting 4 Serial ATA / SATA RAID connectors for 4 SATA Hard
Disks with 150MB/s transfer rate

• SATA RAID Hard Disk should be set up in pair on SL-B5A-FGR

• Serial ATA AHCI/RAID Drivers enclosed in Support CD/Floppy Dis­kette for user’s installation

1-4.12 Hardware Monitor on board

• Hardware Monitor integrated, providing monitoring functions on hard­ware voltage, temperatures and fan speeds.

• Utility Software Soltek Hardware Monitor for displaying monitor sta­tus is enclosed in Support CD for user’s installation.

1-4.13 Gigabit Ethernet on board

PCI local bus single-chip Gigabit Ethernet Controller RTL8110S on
board:

• Supporting 10/100/1000Mb data transfer

• Supporting Wake On LAN function through the on-board RJ45 LAN
Connector

1-4.14 Form Factor

• Soltek SFX Power Supply

• Mainboard size: 180mm x 270mm

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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 heat sink is a must for proper
heat dissipation for your CPU. Get ready an appropriate fan with
heat sink 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’s manual
for proper setup. Incorrect setting will cause damage to your CPU.

The following topics are included in this chapter:

2-1 P4 775-pin CPU and Socket LGA 775................................ 16

2-1.1 To Identify a P4 775-pin CPU.................................................... 16

2-1.2 To install P4 775-pin CPU into Socket LGA 775.................... 16

2-1.3 P4 775-pin CPU Installation with Hyper-threading.............. 18

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

2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module .............................................. 19

2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features............................................... 19

2-2.3 PCI Express Slot / VGA connector Installation .....................20

2-4 IDE Connector Installation ................................................. 21

2-5 SATA /AHCI/ RAID Connectors......................................... 22

2-6 Floppy Drive Installation ..................................................... 23

2-7 SFX Power Supply Installation ........................................... 24

2-8 Jumper Setting ....................................................................... 25

2-8.1 How to tackle the Jumpers: ....................................................... 25

2-8.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up ............................................ 26

2-8.3 JBAT1: Clear CMOS .................................................................. 26

2-9 Other Connectors Configuration........................................ 27

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2-1 P4 775-pin CPU and Socket LGA 775

2-1.1 To Identify a P4 775-pin CPU

The pin-pad side of 775 CPU

This yellow triangle
denotes Pad 1 of CPU.

LGA 775 CPU
(with heat glue on surface)

2-1.2 To install P4 775-pin CPU into Socket LGA 775

1. LGA 775 socket is safeguarded by a metal cover and a protective cap on top.
Never remove the protective cap before CPU has already been installed into socket.

(Press down this tongue
to turn up the cover.)

(The protective cap is protecting
LGA 775 socket-pins from
unnecessary exposure.)

The Heat Glue
on surface is for
better heat dispersion

The yellow triangle
denotes location of
Pad 1.

(The Protrusion for turning up
the protective cover and cap.)

(Turn up the lever this way
to unlock the metal cover.)

2. Pull sideway the socket lever and turn it up so as to unlock the metal cover from the
socket base.

3. Since the metal cover together with the cap is unlocked from the socket base now,
use a fingertip to pull at the protrusion at one end of cap so as to turn the cover and
cap up.

4. The cover and the cap are turned open now, revealing the socket-pins.
We should be aware that the pins are so delicate they are forbidden to be touched
with anything other than a 775-pin CPU.

(The triangle here

(Turn open the cover and
cap this way to reveal the
socket pins.)

Attention: The pins are so delicate that they
are forbidden to be touched with anything
other than a 775-pin CPU.

(The socket pins)

denotes Socket
Pin1 location.)

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5. As soon as the Cover and Cap is lifted up, place down the 775 CPU gently into 775
Socket with Pad1 matching Socket Pin1.

(This triangle on socket denotes
Socket Pin1 location.)

(This yellow triangle on CPU
denotes Pad1of CPU.)

6. When you have made sure the 775-CPU is properly laid down, you should now return
the Metal Cover to Socket so as to fix down the CPU.

7. After returning the Metal Cover to Socket, pull back the Socket Lever to Socket until it
gets back to the latch.

8. Since the Metal Cover is returned to Socket, use a fingertip to lift and remove the
protective Cap for the Cooling Fan installation.

(The Cap is lifted up away from the

(The 775 CPU)

Cover and can be removed now.)

(Attention: Never remove this Protective
Cap if CPU is not in Socket.)

(Lever returned to Latch)

(The Metal cover)

(The 775-Socket)

9. CPU is installed, Metal cover fixed to socket, Protective Cap removed, we should install
CPU Cooling Fan now.

(CPU installed, Metal Cover fixed to Socket, and Protective
Cap removed, we should install CPU Cooling Fan now.)

( Cooling Fan
Support Hole)

( Cooling Fan
Support Hole)

10. Insert the 4 Fan Supporters into the Support Holes on board, and then connect the Fan
Power cable to the Fan Connector on board.

(The Fan cable is
connected to Fan
connector on board.)

(775 Cooling Fan
Supporter)

CPU Fan and Fan Power cable are set up.

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2-1.3 P4 775-pin CPU Installation with Hyper-threading

• 775-PinCPU also supports hyper-threading technology.

• After installation of 775-pin CPU, you should also install Windows XP
to enable Hyper-threading dual-in-one CPU function. Win98/Me/2K
do not support Hyper-threading dual-in-one CPU function.

GHz
GHz

( If Hyper-threading CPU is installed successfully with
O/S Win XP, the O/S will enable the dual-in-one CPU
function.)

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2-2 Memory Installation

2-2.1 To Install DDR SDRAM Module

• 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 in
a socket improperly will damage the memory module and slot.

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

2-2.2 Dual Channel Memory Features

• Dual Channel Memory Configuration is formed by couple of identical
DDR SDRAMs.

• Matched DIMMs need to have identical density, DRAM technology,
DRAM bus width, and equal number of memory banks.

• This Mainboard supports up to 2GB unbuffered Dual Channel DDR
400/333 SDRAM, with 2 DDR DIMM slots on board.
other type of modules into these slots.

• The dual memory controller can double the DDR memory bandwidth
up to 6.4GB/s with DDR400, 5.4GB/s with DDR333.

184-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definition

Do not insert

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

(2.5V Voltage Key) DDR Notch

DIMM1

DIMM2

Slot Rib

Module Latch

To Boot PC with Dual Channel Memory Configuration

Populate both DIMM1 and DIMM 2 with identical DIMMs

To Boot PC with Single Channel Memory Configuration

Populate DIMM1 or DIMM2 to boot system

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2-2.3 PCI Express Slot / VGA connector Installation

1. PCI Express Slot is provided on board for PCIE Device card
Attachment (including Graphics card, LAN card etc.) up to x16,
supporting a raw bit-rate of 2.5Gb/s on the data pins. It does not
support AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X card.

2. VGA connector is integrated on board for conventional VGA display.

3. This series of mainboard does not support simultaneous display of
VGA and PEX graphics card.

Connect VGA connector directly
to CRT monitor for CRT display.

Insert PCI Express
card for a bit-rate 2.
5Gb/s CRT display.

1

JBAT1

LED1

PCIEX

SATA 1

BIOS

Side Surround Out

ALC

AC'97

850

ICH6R

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2-4 IDE Connector Installation

IDE connector supports 2 IDE devices for up to 100MB/s data transfer.

IDEConnector
IDE: ATA IDE connector
Orient the red line on the IDE
Flat Cable to Pin1.

Pin 1 (to Red Line of IDE cable)

80-conductor IDE Cable
(for 2 IDE devices)

This kind of cable is dedicated for Mini­barebone system because the ribbon is
bundled up and will not block the air
flow in the barebone cabinet.

Gray connector

(To slave device)

Red line

Black connector

Blue connector

(To Mainboard)(To Master Device)

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2-5 SATA /AHCI/ RAID Connectors

(1) 4Serial ATA connectors for 4 SATA RAID Hard Disks setup.
(2) 4 Serial ATA connectors also supports 4 SATA AHCI all-master hard
disks setup. That means, SATA AHCI mode does not require mas
ter/slave differentiation.

Attention:
(1) Supporting SATA RAID, SATA1
plus SATA3 or SATA2 plus SATA4 are
liknked together for a pair of SATA
RAID hard disk setup. 4 SATA
connectors can also be applied to 4
hard disk at the same time for 0 or 1
mode RAID setup.
(2) Supporting SATA AHCI setup, 4
SATA connectors supports 1 to 4 all­master hard disks setup.

Serial ATA Cable

Serial ATA Connectors

SATA4

SATA3

SATA2

SATA1

SATA Connectors supported
by ICH6R for 2 sets of SATA
RAID Hard Disks setup.

To Power Supply

Serial ATA Hard Disk

SATA Power Connectors

Serial ATA Power Cable

(optional)

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HDD IR PWR

1

20

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(underside)

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(underside)

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2-6 Floppy Drive Installation

To install FDC on barebone system, you should connect the end with
Signal Swap of the floppy drive cable to floppy drive, and connect the
other end to the floppy drive connector (FDC) on Mainboard.

Floppy Drive Connector:

Orient the red line of the
Floppy Flat Cable to Pin1.

Pin 1 (to Red Line)

34-pin FDC cable

(Dedicated for Barebone)

This kind of cable is dedicated for Mini-barebone
system because the ribbon can be bundled up and
will not block the air flow in the barebone cabinet.
A dedicated cable supporting only one floppy drive
is dedicated for the Mini-barebone System.

Signal Swap End

To Floppy Drive

Red line

To mainboard

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AC'97

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HDD IR PWR

1

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2-7 SFX Power Supply Installation

+12V Power Connector

GND

1

3

+12V

GND

2

4

+12V

Main Power
Connector

+12V

5SB

PWR OK

GND

+5V

GND

+5V

GND

+3.3V

+5V
+5V

-5V
GND

GND

GND
PS ON#
GND

-12V

+3.3V +3.3V

Pin1 Pin11

Soltek SFXV3.01 Power Supply is strongly recommended for mainboard
running with this mainboard.

To set up Power Supply on this mainboard:

1. Connect the on-board Main Power Connector (20-pin) to the Main
Power Connector (20-pin) of an SFX Power Supply which can be of
the latest version V3.01 model, and then connect the square-shaped
+12V Power Connector on board to the square-shaped +12V Power
Connector of the Power Supply.

Warning: Both the Main Power Connector and the +12V Power
Connector should be connected to Power Supply; otherwise, the
system may either not start or be damaged.

2. This SFX Power Supply should be able to provide at least 720mA/
+5V standby power for Wake On Lan function.

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2-8 Jumper Setting

2-8.1 How to tackle the Jumpers:

123

A 3-pin Jumper

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

The conductor inside the cap
links 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 with jumper cap.

1 13313

Jp X

Jumper with

Pin 2-3 closed

Jumper with

all pins open

Jumper with

Pin 1-2 closed

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

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

2-8.2 JKB1: Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up

JKB1 is designed to enable / disable the
PS/2 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Wake-up

JKB1

Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up

2-3 closed

1

1

Disabled

1-2 closed

Enabled

(default)

(from suspend mode). Setting JKB1 to
1-2 closed will enable this function while
setting JKB1 to 2-3 closed will disable
this function.
Yet users still have to choose the KB/
Mouse Wake-up mode in BIOS setup.
USB KB/Mouse Wake-up is optionally
supported on this mainboard.

2-8.3 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

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1-2 closed
(default)
To hold data

2-3 closed
To clear CMOS

SL-B5A-FG / B5A-FGR Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

2-9 Other Connectors Configuration

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

2-9.1 On-board FAN Connectors

4-pin CPU Fan Connector

CPUFAN

(with Speed Sensor and Speed Control)

+12V

GND

Sense

Control

41

Sensor

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Control

GND

Sensor Conn.

PFAN2:
4-pin CPU Fan Connector
Red, smart sensor

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PFAN1:
CPU Fan Connector
smart sensor

SFAN1:
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PFAN1 is a 3-pin conventional CPU Fan connector.
PFAN2 is a standard 4-pin CPU Fan connector

SFAN1 is a 3-pin system Fan connector

All three Fan connectors are speed sensor and speed control Fan
connectors supporting temperature detection and subsequent speed
control.

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2-9.2 USB Ports and USB Pin-headers

This series provides 4 USB ports on board supporting various USB

devices. In addition, 2 USB pin-headers are added on board to provide
expansion of 4 more optional USB ports by using 2 additional USB
Cables. User can order the optional USB cables from your mainboard
dealer or vender.

When plugging the USB cable to USB Header, users must make sure

the red wire is connected to Pin 1.

All 8 USB ports are compliant with 1.0 / 2.0 USB Bus. Please refer to

Chapter 3 Drivers Setup for USB2.0 drivers setup.

4 USB ports

Side Surround Out

AC'97

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SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

DDR1

BIOS

DDR2

1

JBAT1

IDE

Header JUSB2
for 2 USB ports

1

HDD IR PWR

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+

1

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SPK RST

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ATX2

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for 2 USB ports

Red wire

1

1

Use a 4-pin connector to connect USB pin-header to 1 USB port

First USB Port Wiring for 1 Front USB port

USB Header

Pin Assignment

Red White

+5V

1

+5V
Red

D1-

D2-

White

Green

D1+

D2+

Green

black
GND

GND

black

10

Use 4-pin connector
to support 1USB port
only.

Second USB Port Wiring for another Front USB port

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2-9.3 Back Panel Connectors

A

B

C

D

E

F

M

G

HL

A : PS/2 Mouse
B : COM1
C : RJ45
D : IEEE 1394A
E : Center /
Subwoofer
F : Line In

I J K

G : PS/2 Keyboard
H : VGA
I : 2 USB ports
J : 2 USB ports
K : Rear Speaker-out
L : Line Out/Front Speaker Out
M : Side Surround Speaker Out

2-9.4 PS/2 Mouse , PS/2 Keyboard

A - PS/2 Mouse Connec­tor

(green, on top)

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

6 Void

4 VCC

2 Void

H - PS/2 Keyboard Connector

(purple, underside)

5 Mouse
Clock

3 GND

1 Mouse
data

5 Keyboard
Clock

3 GND

1 Keyboard
Data

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2-9.5 RJ45 Connector

One RJ45 connector is on board for LAN connection, supporting 10/
100/1000Mb data transfer.

Orange LED blinks to indicate
that data transmission is
undergoing in 1000 Base T
mode.

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

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PS/2 KB

VGA

1

(underside)

JKB1

F (in Back
Panel):

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

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or

ICH6R

SATA1

SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

DDR1

BIOS

DDR2

1

JBAT1

1

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HDD IR PWR

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1

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SPK RST

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2-9.6 CD-ROM Audio Connectors (CD_In1)

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

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USB Port

USB Port

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CD-ROM Audio Connector

1

CD-In1

Pin 1

Pin Signal

Left Channel

Pin 2

Pin 3

Pin 4

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SATA2

SATA3

SATA4

DDR1

BIOS

DDR2

1

JBAT1

1

IDE

HDD IR PWR

LED

-

+

1

+

SPK RST

GND

GND

Right Channel

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HDD IR PWR

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system temperature.

2-9.8 JAUD1: External Audio Connector

External Audio Out Connector supports Front Panel S/PDIF Output,
Front Panel Mic-In and Front Panel Line-out.
This External Audio-out Connector requires an S/PDIF Audio Cable to
connect itself to Front Panel Audio Connectors.

Audio-out Pin Assignment

Pin 1 SPDIFIN
Pin 3 GND
Pin 5 +5V
Pin 7 MIC IN
Pin 9 LINE IN L
Pin11 LINE IN R

1

11 12

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Pin 2 GND
Pin 4 +5V
Pin 6 SPDIF OUT
Pin 8 +5VA
Pin10 GNDA
Pin 12 Key

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2-9.9 Complex Pin-header (Front Panel Connectors)

This complex Pin-header consists of the following connectors for vari­ous front panel supports. When you have fixed the mainboard to the
case, join the connectors of this Complex Pin-header to the case Front
Panel.

(1)Power Switch

(2)Infrared(IR)

(3)HDD LED

Connect these connectors
to PC Front Panel.

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RST1

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Power LED (4)

Reset Switch(5)

Speaker (6)

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2-9.10 IEEE 1394a Port/Pin-header

1394A Interface, with VT6307S Open Host Controller on board, sup­porting 2 x 1394A serial ports:

• Each 1394A port supporting 400/200/100 Mbits transfer rate.

1394A port

Connect 1394A
port directly to
1394A device.

IEEE1 : 1394A connector

IEEE1

Pin Assignment

Pin 1 BPWR(+12V)
Pin 2 GND
Pin 3 TPB(0/1/2)­Pin 4 TPB(0/1/2)+
Pin 5 TPA (0/1/2)­Pin 6 TPA (0/1/2)+

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2-9.11 CPU Smart Acceleration LED: LED1

LED1 is a Smart CPU Acceleration LED
working under Smart Acceleration Technol­ogy (SAT) developed by Soltek itself.
To enable Smart Acceleration LED1,
please enter BIOS Setup and enable
Smart Acceleration Technology as illus­trated below.

Smart Acceleration LED: LED1

Choose Enhanced Mode/
Performance Mode/
Maximum Mode
in BIOS Setup for the Smart Acceleration
Technology and LED1 to work on.

Choose “Soltek Performance Options” in “Advanced BIOS Features”
and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for
configuration:

Soltek Performance Configuration

CPU FSB Selection Auto

CPU Linear Frequency Enabled
CPU Clock 200MHz

Smart Acceleration Technolog Disabled

(Advanced BIOS Setup)

Soltek Performance Options

Help Item

Smart Acceleration Technology

If CPU Linear Frequency is disabled, this item “Smart Acceleration Technology” will appear
to allow you to enable the CPU dynamic overclocking. If Smart Acceleration Technology is
enabled, a running CPU onboard will dynamically (automatically) adjust its own CPU perfor­mance during necessary or appropriate conditions.
Choices: Disabled;
Enhanced Mode;
Performance Mode;
Maximum Mode

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Chapter 3 Software Setup

Drivers, Utilities and Software Installation

• Support CD:
This series of mainboards 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.

This chapter is introduce the installations of all these essential drivers
and utilities on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. And installation on
Windows 2K is taken as the general illustration hereby.

3-1 To Open up the Support CD ................................................ 37

3-2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility........................ 38

3-3 DirectX Installation............................................................... 39

3-4 Graphics Driver Installation ............................................... 40

3-5 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation......................................... 41

3-5.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver ............................... 41

3-5.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio ........................................................42

3-6 To Install RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet Drivers ............... 44

3-7 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility.................................. 45

3-7.1 Installation ................................................................................... 45

3-7.2 Verification .................................................................................. 46

3-8 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP ............. 47

3-9 To Install SATA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP ..... 47

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3-1 To Open up the Support 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 automatic­ally 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. Drivers will be updated from time to time in our web site. If you are
installing a newer driver than the one illustrated in this chapter, please
be aware that the illustration pictures might be different.

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3-2 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

1. Following the procedures of opening the Support CD, click to “
Install Intel Chipset software installation Utility” to proceed.

2. The Intel Service Pack
InstallShield Wizard will pop
up to guide you to the Intel
Service pack installation.

Press “Next” button to

continue.

3. “Intel Software License

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

Next

Yes

4. After all the setup process

is finished, please restart
your computer by clicking
on “Finish” so as to take
the Utility into effect.

Finish

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3-3 DirectX Installation

Following the installation of INF, you have to restart system so that
your system can be reconfigured with the driver just installed. When
restarting procedures finish, please open the Support CD with your CD­ROM to enter the Main Installation Menu.
Then click to “Install DirectX”. This utility will support a better graphic
display of the built-in VGA interface.

1. When the screen of “Microsoft DirectX 9.X Setup” appears, please
press “Yes” button to continue.

Ye s

2. After all the setup procedures have completed, click to “OK” button
to exit the Installation program and re-start your system.

OK

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3-4 Graphics Driver Installation

Please open the Support CD with your CD-ROM to enter the Main In­stallation Menu.

1. For installation of on-board VGA driver, you must first connect the
monitor to the on-board VGA connector. Then click to “Install Graphics
Driver”. The Graphics Driver is specifically for on-board VGA.

2. When the screen of “Intel(R)
Extreme Graphics Driver
Software Setup” appears,
please press “Next” button to
continue.

Next

3.On the “Licence Agreement”
screen, click on “Yes” to
continue.

3. After all the setup procedures
have completed, click to
“Finish” button to exit the
Installation program and re­start your system.

Yes

Finish

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3-5 AC’97 Audio Driver Installation

RTL ALC850 8-channel AC97 Audio Codec on board, AC’97 2.3 compat­ible stereo audio code for PC multimedia systems. AC’97 Audio Codec Driver
is provided in Support CD for user’s installation.

3-5.1 Installing AC’97 8-channel Audio Driver

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 “AC’97
Audio Setup””.

Next

3. instantly, the Setup program
proceeds to install the
softwares. (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
“Finish” to restart your system.

Finish

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3-5.2 Verifying 8-channel Audio

After installation of AC’97 8-channel Codec, you must configure the 7.1
Speaker connection to enable the 8-channel audio.

1. Connect your on-board Audio Connector to your 8-channel speakers
as depicted in the figure below:

Line In

Orange Connector
Center/ Subwoofer
Speaker Out

Black Connector
To Rear Speaker Out

Gray Connector

to Side Speaker

Light Green Connector
to Front Speaker

Back Panel Audio Connectors

2. After Connection is done, start your Windows system and double
click the Sound manager icon to enter 8-channel configuration:

Sound Effect
Manager icon on
Windows XP

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3. The AC’97 Audio Configuration” screen will pop out. Clikc the “Speaker
Configuration” bar with your mouse.

4. Instantly, the “Speaker Configuration” screen will pop out. Pick the
items “8-channelSpeaker” and then click on the Auto Test button.
Instantly, the Speaker Auto-test starts until all speakers installed are
tested.

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3-6 To Install RTL8110S Gigabit Ethernet Drivers

RTL8110S Gigabit LAN driver for Windows 98/ME / 2000 / XP. After
restarting system, click on the Onboard Giga LAN Driver to start setup.

1. Instantly, the InstallShield Wizard
pop out. Click Next to continue.

2. Next, the program starts to copy
files.

3. In a few seconds, setup completes.
Restart system and complete
setup.

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3-7 To Install Hardware Monitor Utility

3-7.1 Installation

Hardware Monitor is built on this mainboard. Its installation is pro-

grammed to a fully automated mode on Windows 2000/XP. Users
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. The Soltek Hardware
Monitor InstallShield
Wizard will pop up to guide
you to the Intel Service pack
installation. Press “Next”
button to continue.

3. The InstallShield Wizard
screen will show the current
setting, please click the
“Install” button to continue.

Next

4. After all the setup process

is finished, click “Finish” to

exit the wizard.

Install

Finish

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3-7.2 Verification

1. After installing Soltek Hardware
Monitor, double click “SoltekHM”
icon on the desktop to open the main
window of the Soltek Hardware
Doctor.

2.Then the pop-up screen will show all information about CPU
Temperature, Fan Speed and various Voltages.

Showing the Fan Speed(s) that

Showing the temperature(s), the
function of which is supported by
the mainboard.

is supported by the mainboard.

Click on “Soltek” button to
display the function menu.

Showing the Voltage(s) that is
supported by the mainboard.

Status Warning LED

*Note: Not all items or functions showing in the above picture will
show up. Only those items or functions that are supported
by the mainboard will reveal themselves in the above
screen.

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3-8 To Install USB 2.0 Driver for Windows 2000/XP

USB V2.0 with its 480Mb/s transfer rate supports operating system
Windows 2000 and Windows XP via the Windows 2000 and Windows
XP Service Pack. For archieving Intel USB 2.0 support, users should
install the latest Service Pack for Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

1. After installation of Intel Chipset software installation Utility in Windows
2000 or Windows XP, start to install the latest Service Pack version
into the operating system. The installation of the latest Service Pack
will support USB2.0 in Windows 2000 or Windows XP now.(The latest
Service Pack can be found in Microsoft Web Site.)

2. To verify USB2.0 installation, please enter “Device Manager” of “My
Computer”. On the “Device Manager” screen, you should be able to
see the item “Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller”,
verifying USB2.0 Driver is installed successfully.

3-9 To Install SATA RAID Driver for Windows 2000/XP

SATA RAID driver for ICH6R RAID controller supports Windows 2000/
XP only. To install this SATA RAID driver, please refer to Chapter 5
SATA RAID Driver installation.

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Chapter 4 AMI BIOS Setup

THE BIOS

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..................................................................49

4-2 To Run BIOS Setup................................................................49

4-3 About CMOS............................................................................49

4-4 The POST ( Power On Self Test ).......................................49

4-5 To Update BIOS......................................................................50

4-6 BIOS SETUP --- CMOS Setup Utility.................................51

4-6.1 CMOS Setup Utility .................................................................... 51

4-6.2 Standard BIOS Features............................................................. 53

4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................ 54

4-6.4 Advanced Chipset Features ........................................................ 69

4-6.5 PCI/PNP Resource Management ............................................... 73

4-6.6 Boot Configuration Features ......................................................74

4-6.7. Boot Security Features ...............................................................77

4-6.8 Save Changes and Exit................................................................ 80

4-6.9 Discard Changes and Exit ..........................................................80

4-6.10 Load Optimal Defaults.............................................................. 81

4-6.11 Discard Changes ........................................................................ 81

Attention: The BIOS Setup is subject to constant update without further
notice to users. It is necessary for users to update the onboard BIOS
by the latest BIOS version provided in our web site: www.soltek.com.tw

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4-1 About BIOS Setup

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 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.

• 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.

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

Step 1. Please visit the board maker’s website, download the zip files
of the latest BIOS and AMI flash utility “amiflash.exe” for your
mainboard. After unzipping, 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 “amiflash.exe” into the diskette.

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

Step 4. Under “ A “ prompt, type “ amiflash *.ROM “ and then press
<Enter> to run BIOS update program. Please note that there should be
a space between amiflash 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). For example,
you may type “amiflash MP005.rom”.

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 Failsafe 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.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

Standard BIOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced Chipset Features

PCI/PNP Resource Management

Boot Configuration Features

BIOS Security Features

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimize Defaults

Configure Time and Date. Display System Information ...

Save Changes and Exit

Discard Changes and Exit

Load Optimal Defaults

Discard Changes

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 Changes and Exit” saves your changes and
reboots the system, and “Discard Changes and Exit” ignores your
changes and exits the program.

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6. In entering the Main option of the Main Menu, please use the func­tions in the Function List to configure the setting:

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Use [Enter], [Tab] or [Shift-Tab] to select a field.
Use [+] or [-] to choose the options.

<F1>: “General Help” provides explanations of the hot-key functions

available.
<F7>: “Previous values” allows user to discard previous values or not.
<F8>: “Fail-safe defaults” allows user to load Fail-safe Defaults or not. Save

and Exit Setup.
<F9>: “Optimized Defaults” alows user to load Optimal Defaults or not.

Attention: The BIOS Setup is subject to constant update without further
notice to users. It is necessary for users to update the onboard BIOS
by the latest BIOS version provided in our web site: www.soltek.com.tw

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4-6.2 Standard BIOS Features

“Standard BIOS Features” allows users to configure Time and Date.
This menu also displays system information.

Run the Standard BIOS Features as follows:
Choose “Standard BIOS Features” from the Main Menu and press
<Enter>. The following screen will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

System Overview

AMIBIOS

Version : XX.XX.XX
Build Date : 12/03/03
ID : 1ABRQ011

Processor

Type : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1500MHz
Speed : 1500MHz
Count : 1

System Memory

Size : 256MB

System Time 00 : 19 : 29
System Date Thu 12/04/2003

Standard BIOS Features

Help Item

Use [Enter], [Tab] or [Shift­Tab] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure
system Time.

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

AMIBIOS/Processor/System memory

These three items only show the respective current statuses. They cannot be changed in the
BIOS Setup.

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.

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4-6.3 Advanced BIOS Features

Advanced BIOS Features allows user to configure HDD, Floppy, Serial

Port, Parallel Port etc....

Run the Advanced BIOS Features as follows:

Choose “Advanced BIOS Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

Advanced Settings

Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.

CPU Configuration Press Enter
IDE Configuration Press Enter
Floppy Configuration Press Enter
SuperIO Configuration Press Enter
Hardware Health Monitor Press Enter
ACPI Configuration Press Enter
Event Log Configuration Press Enter
PCI Express Configuration Press Enter
USB Configuration Press Enter
Voltage Control Press Enter
APM Power Management Press Enter
Soltek Performance Options Press Enter
PCI Device Configuration Press Enter

Advanced BIOS Features

Help Item

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

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4-6.3.1 CPU Configuration

Choose “CPU Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

CPU Configuration

Configure advanced CPU settings

Module Version - xx.xx

Manufacturer : Intel
Brand String : Intel(R) Pentium (R) 4 CPU 1500MHz
Frequency : 1500MHz
FSB Speed : 400MHz
Cache L1 :16KB
Cache L2 :1024KB
Ratio Status: Locked
Ratio Actual Value 14

Ratio CMOS Setting 14

Max CPUID Value Limit Disabled
Hardware Prefetcher Disabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Disabled

Hyper Threading Technology Enabled

Module Version

BIOS shows the current Module Version.

Manufacturer

BIOS shows the current manufacturer of on-board CPU.

Brand String

BIOS shows the current brand of on-board CPU.

Frequency

BIOS shows the current on-board CPU frequency.

FSB Speed

BIOS shows the current Front Side Bus of the on-board CPU.

Cache L1/L2

BIOS shows the actual CPU internal Level 1/2/3 cache size.

Ratio Status

BIOS shows the current ratio (multiplier) status of on-board
CPU. For P4 CPUs, the ratio is usually locked.

Ratio Actual Value

BIOS shows the actual CPU ratio.

Ratio CMOS Setting

BIOS shows the CPU Ratio in CMOS. If an invalid ratio is
set in CMOS, then actual and setpoint values may differ.

Max CPUID Value Limit

To enable/disable the Max CPU ID Value Limit.

Hardware Prefetcher

To enable/disable the hardware prefetcher.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

To enable/disable the Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch.

Hyper Threading Technology

BIOS shows the current status of Hyper Threading Technology. If a Hyper Threading CPU is
running on board, this item will show “Enabled” status. If a Hyper-threading CPU is not on­board, this item shows “Disabled”.

Help Item

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4-6.3.2 IDE Configuration

Choose “IDE Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for IDE Devices
configuration:

IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration Enhanced
Configure SATA as IDE

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave ATAPI CDROM
Secondary IDE Master Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
Third IDE Master Not Detected
Third IDE Slave Not Detected

Hard Disk Write Protect Disabled
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) 35
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection Host & Device
S-ATA Detection Delay Enabled

4-6.3.2-1 ATA/IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration

Allows you to configurare IDE device mode.
Choices: Disabled; Compatible; Enhanced

Disabled: If disabled, no Primary/Secondary IDE mode will be presented
for configuration.

Compatible: If Compatible selected, Legacy IDE Channels will be
presented for configuration.

Enhanced: If Enhanced selected, Configure SATA as mode will
be presented for configuration.

Configure SATA As:

This item allows you to configure SATA mode
Choices: IDE;

RAID (for ICH6R only);
AHCI: If AHCI is chosen, it allows you to enable the Stagger Spinup Support

and take all hard disks on board as master.

IDE Configuration

Help Item

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4-6.3.2-2 Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave and Third IDE Master/
Slave

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave ATAPI CDROM
Secondary IDE Master Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
Third IDE Master Not Detected
Third IDE Slave Not Detected

If any IDE device is detected in any one of the above items press <Enter>
to reveal the IDE information:

Primary/(Secondary/Third/Fourth) IDE Master/(Slave)

Primary/(Secondary/Third/Fourth) IDE Master/(Slave)

Device : Hard Disk
Vendor : WDC WD400BB-00DEA0
Size : 40.0GB
LBA Mode : Supported
Block Mode : 16Sectors
PIO Mode : 4
Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2
Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5
S.M.A.R.T. : Supported

Type Auto
LBA/Large mode Auto
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) Auto
PIO Mode Auto
S.M.A.R.T. Auto
32Bit Data Transfer Disabled

Help Item

Select the type of device
connected to the system.

Type

To select the types of the IDE devices:

Not Installed;
Auto: Setting type automatically
CD-ROM: ATAPI (Packet Interface) CD-ROM drive
ARMD: ATAPI Removable Media Device

LBA/Large mode

To select or disable LBA/Large mode.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

To select or disable Block Mode. The data transfer from and to the device occurs one
sector or multiple sectors at a time.

PIO Mode

To select or disable PIO Mode.
Choices: Disabled; 1, 2, 3, 4

DMA Mode

To select DMA Mode.
Choices: Auto; SWDMAn; MWDMAn; UDMAn

S.M.A.R.T

Allows you to enable / disable the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology for the
hard disk.

32Bit Data Transfer

To auto-select (default) or disable 32Bit Data Transfer.

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4-6.3.2-3 Hard Disk Write Protect

Hard Disk Write Protect

Allows you to Enabled / Disable(default) Hard Disk Write Protection

4-6.3.2-4 IDE Detect Time Out

IDE Detect Time Out(Sec)

Allows you to set time out for IDE Detection.
Choices: 0 ~ 35 seconds in 5 seconds stepping

4-6.3.2-5 ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection

ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection

Allows you to select ATA(PI) devices for 80Pin Cable Detection. To set Host & Device allows
onboard IDE controller and IDE disk drive to detect the type of IDE cable used.
Choices: Host & Device, Host, Device

4-6.3.2-6 S-ATA Detection Delay

S-ATA Detection Delay

Allows you to enable/disable the S-ATA Detection Delay
function. Detection.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

4-6.3.3 Floppy Configuration

Choose “Floppy Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

Floppy Configuration

Floppy Configuration

Floppy A 1.44 MB 3.5 in
Floppy B Disabled

Help Item

Select the type of floppy
drive connected to the
system.

Floppy A/B

Press Enter on “Floppy A/B” will let you select this field to the types of floppy disk drives
installed in your system.

The choices are: 360KB 5.25 in.; 1.2MB, 5.25 in.

720KB, 3.5 in.; 1.44MB, 3.5 in.

2.88MB, 3.5 in.; Disabled

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4-6.3.4 Super IO Configuration

Choose “SuperIO Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

SuperIO Configuration

Configure ITE8712 Super IO Chipset

OnBoard Floppy Controller Enabled
Floppy Drive Swap Disabled
Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4
Serial Port1 Mode Normal
Serial port2 Address 2F8/IRQ3
Serial port2 Mode Normal

OnBoard Floppy Controller

Allows you to enable / disable the Onboard Floppy Controller.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

Floppy Drive Swap

Allows you to enable / disable the Floppy Drive Swap function..
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

Serial Port1/2 Address

Allows you to set the Onboard Serial Port1/2 Address.
Choices: Disabled; 2E8/IRQ3; 3F8/IRQ4; 3E8/IRQ4;

Serial Port 1/2 Mode

If Serial Port2 Address is not disabled, it allows you to set
the Serial Port 2 Mode. Choices:

-- Normal;

-- IrDA: Providing 2 items for configuration:
IR I/O Pin Select: SINB/SOUTB; IRRX/IRTX
IR Duplex Mode: Half Duplex; Full Duplex

-- ASK IR: Providing 2 items for configuration:
IR I/O Pin Select: SINB/SOUTB; IRRX/IRTX
IR Duplex Mode: Half Duplex; Full Duplex

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4-6.3.5 Hardware Health Monitor

Choose “Hardware Health Monitor” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

Hardware Health Monitor

Hardware Health Monitor Help Item

CPU FAN(4PIN) Mode Setting Automatic mode
CPU FAN(4PIN) Limit of Off 000
CPUFAN(4PIN) Limit of Start 020
CPU FAN(4PIN) Limit of Full 065
CPU FAN(4PIN) Start PWM 049
Slope PWM 1 0 PWM

CPU FAN(3PIN) Mode Setting Automatic mode
CPU FAN(3PIN) Limit of Off 000
CPUFAN(3PIN) Limit of Start 020
CPU FAN(3PIN) Limit of Full 065
CPU FAN(3PIN) Start PWM 070
Slope PWM 1 0 PWM

System FAN Mode Setting Automatic mode
System FAN Limit of Off 000
System FAN Limit of Start 020
System FAN Limit of Full 050
System FAN Start PWM 070
Slope PWM 1 0 PWM

System Temperature :34˚C/93˚F
CPU Temperature :45˚C/113˚F

CPU FAN(4PIN) Speed :3515 RPM
CPU Fan(3PIN) Speed :N/A
System Fan Speed :3169 RPM

CPU Voltage :1.360 V
DIMM Voltage :2.576 V
+3.30V :3.258 V
Vcc5 :5.094V
+12.0V :12.074 V
Vcc1.5 :1.504 V
5VSB :5.088 V
VBAT :3.136 V

Enables Hardware Health
Monitoring Device.

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

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CPU FAN(4PIN) / CPU FAN(3 PIN) / System FAN Mode Setting

To select and set up the cooling fan mode.
Choices:

Automatic mode: There are 5 settings for Automatic mode:
(1) CPU/System Fan Limit of Off:
Fan will stop when CPU/system temperature is lower than the Off Limit.
To set Temperature Off Limit, Min=0; Max=127
Key in a decimal number for Off Limit.
(2) CPU/System Fan Limit of Start:
Fan will spin in a Start PWM value when CPU/System temperature exceeds the Start
Limit.
To set Temperature Limit of Start, Min=0; Max=127
Key in a decimal number for Start Limit.
(3) CPU/System Fan Limit of Full:
Fan speed will be full on when CPU/System temperature exceeds Full Limit.
To set Full Temperature Limit, Min=0; Max=127
Key in a decimal number for Full Temperature Limit.

(4) CPU/System Fan Start PWM:
PWM is the Power Management level of a smart fan.
To set a Start PWM, Min=0 (Level); Max=127(Level);
Key in a decimal number for Start PWM Level.

(5) Slope PWM 1/2/3
Slope PWM is the Power Management Grading of the CPU/System Fan.
Press Enter to choose a PWM value for the CPU/System Fan PWM.
Choices: 0 PWM; 1 PWM; 2 PWM; 4 PWM; 8 PWM; 16 PWM; 32 PWM; 64 PWM

Full On mode: Full On mode for CPU/System Fan mode setting will not allow manual setting
of temperature limits.

PWM Manually mode: PWM Manually mode will allow manual setting of CPU/System Fan
PWM Control.
To set a Start PWM, Min=0 (Level); Max=127(Level);
Key in a decimal number for Start PWM Level.

System Temperature

Shows current system temperature.

CPU Temperature

Shows current CPU internal temperature.

0

C;

0

C;

0

C;

CPU Fan (4PIN)/(3PIN) Speed

Shows the CPU Fan speed.

System Fan Speed

Shows the System Fan speed.

CPU Voltage/DIMM Voltage

Showing the Running CPU / DIMM voltage value.

3.3V/Vcc5/+12V/Vcc1.5 /5VSB/Battery

Showing current voltage against the 3.3V/+12V/Vcc1.5V/5VSB/Battery power supply.

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4-6.3.6 ACPI Configuration

Choose “ACPI Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for ACPI configuration:

ACPI Configuration

ACPI Settings

General ACPI Configuration Press Enter

Advanced ACPI Configuration Press Enter
Chipset ACPI Configuration Press Enter

Help Item

General ACPI Configuration:

Press< Enter > on General ACPI Configuration to reveal following items.

Suspend mode

This item allows you to select the Suspend mode. 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 ACPI mode.
Choices: S1(POS); S3(STR)

Advanced ACPI Configuration:

Press< Enter > on Advanced ACPI Configuration to reveal following.

ACPI 2.0 Features

To enable / disable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) 2.0 Support function.
Choices: Yes; No

ACPI APIC Support

Allows you to enable / disable ACPI APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller)
Support function.

AMI OEMB table

To include AMI OEBM table pointer to R(X) SDT pointer lists.

Headless mode

To enable / disable Headless operation mode through ACPI.

Chipset ACPI Configuration:

Press< Enter > on Chipset ACPI Configuration to reveal following.

APIC ACPI SCI IRQ

To enable / disable APIC ACPI SCI IRQ.

USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4

This item allows you to enable / disable the USB device Wakeup function from S3/S4 mode.

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4-6.3.7. Event Log Configuration

Choose “Event Log Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

Event Log Configuration

Event Logging details

View Event Log Press Enter
Mark all events as read Press Enter
Clear Event Log Press Enter
Event Log Statistics Press Enter

View Event Log

To press Enter to reveal the Event Log. For Example:

01/02/02 03:05:16

Keyboard not functional

Mark all events as read

Press Enter to mark up all events as read. Example:

Mark all events as read now?

[OK] [Cancel]

Help Item

Clear Event Log

Press Enter to clear event log.

Clear Event Log now?

[OK] [Cancel]

Event Log Statistics

Press Enter to reveal Event Log Statistics.

Event Log Statistics

Total size (in events)

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Free size (in events)

63

unread events

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4-6.3.8. PCI Express Configuration

Choose “PCI Express Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

PCI Express Configuration

PCI Express Configuration

Active State Power management Disabled

Active State Power Management

To enable / disable Active State Power Management.

Help Item

4-6.3.9. USB Configuration

Choose “USB Configuration” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and press
<Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

USB Configuration

USB Configuration

Help Item

Module Version - 2.23.2-9.4

USB Devices Enabled :

USB Function 8 USB Ports
Legacy USB Support Enabled
USB 2.0 Controller Enabled
USB 2.0 Controller Mode Full Speed

USB Function

Allows you to set the USB Function on the USB port(s).
Choices: 8 USB Ports; Disabled

None

Legacy USB Support

Allows you to enable / disable the Legacy USB support.

USB 2.0 Controller

Allows you to enable/ disable the USB 2.0 Controller.

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

Allows you to configure the USB 2.0 Controller Mode.
Choices: FullSpeed; HiSpeed.

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4-6.3.10. Voltage Control

Choose “ATXP6 Voltage Control” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

Voltage Control

Voltage Configuration

Chipset Voltage Control 1.5V
DIMM Voltage Control 2.6V
CPU Voltage Control Auto

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Core Voltage Control

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

DIMM Voltage Control

Allows you to configure the DIMM Voltage.
Choices: 2.6V; 2.7V; 2.8V; 2.9V

CPU Voltage Control

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; 0.8500V ~1.6000V in 0.0125V stepping

Help Item

4-6.3.11 APM Power Management

Choose “APM Power Management” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

APM Power Management

APM Configuration

Help Item

Power Management/APM Enabled
Video Power Down Mode Suspend
Hard Disk Power Down Mode Suspend
Standby Time Out Disabled

Suspend Time Out Disabled
Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Monitor
FDC/LPT/COM Ports Monitor
Primary Master IDE Monitor
Primary Slave IDE Monitor
Secondary Master IDE Monitor
Secondary Slave IDE Monitor

Power Button Mode On/Off

Resume On Ring Disabled
Resume On LAN Disabled
Resume On PME# Disabled
Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

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Power Management/APM

Allows you to enable / disable APM (Advanced Power Management).

Video Power Down Mode

To power down video to Suspend or Standby mode.
Choices: Disabled; Suspend; Standby

Hard Disk Power Down Mode

To power down Hard Disk to Suspend or Standby mode.
Choices: Disabled; Suspend; Standby

Standby Time Out

This item allows you to select the time for Standby Time Out mode..
Choices: Disabled; 1 min; 2 min; 4 min; 8 min; 10 min; 20 min; 30 min; 40 min; 50 min;

60 min

Suspend Time Out

This item allows you to select the time for Suspend Time Out mode..
Choices: Disabled; 1 min; 2 min; 4 min; 8 min; 10 min; 20 min; 30 min; 40 min; 50 min;

60 min

Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse

To ignore or monitor the Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse with Power Management/APM.
Choices: Ignore; Monitor

FDC/LPT/COM Ports

To ignore or monitor the FDC/LPT/COM ports with Power Management/APM.
Choices: Ignore; Monitor

Primary Master/Slave IDE

To ignore or monitor the Primary Master/Slave IDE with Power Management/APM.
Choices: Ignore; Monitor

Secondary Master/Slave IDE

To ignore or monitor the Secondary Master/Slave IDE with Power Management/APM.
Choices: Ignore; Monitor

Power Button Mode

To select the Power Button function.
Choice: On/Off; Suspend

Resume On Ring / LAN / PME# / RTC Alarm

To enable / disable the Resume on Ring / LAN / PME# / RTC(Real Iime Clock) alarm.
Choices:Disabled; Enabled

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4-6.3.12. Soltek Performance Options

Choose “Soltek Performance Options” in “Advanced BIOS Features”
and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for
configuration:

Soltek Performance Options

Soltek Performance Configuration

CPU FSB Selection Auto

CPU Linear Frequency Enabled
CPU Clock 200MHz

Smart Acceleration Technology(optional) Disabled

CPU FSB Selection

This item allows you to select CPU Front Side Bus.
Choices: Auto (Auto-selection); 133MHz; 200MHz

CPU Linear Frequency

To enable / disable CPU Linear Frequency adjusment.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled;

CPU Clock

If CPU Linear Frequency is enabled, this item “CPU Clock” will appear to allow you to adjust
(with “+/-” key) CPU clock in linear format.
Choices: 200 ~350 MHz in 1MHz stepping

Help Item

Smart Acceleration Technology

If CPU Linear Frequency is disabled, this item “Smart Acceleration Technology” will appear
to allow you to enable the CPU dynamic overclocking. If enabled, a running CPU onboard
will dynamically (automatically) adjust its own CPU performance during necessary or
appropriate conditions.
Choices: Disabled;
Enhanced Mode;
Performance Mode;
Maximum Mode

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4-6.3.13. PCI Device Configuration

Choose “PCI Device Configurationl” in “Advanced BIOS Features” and
press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for configuration:

PCI Device Configuration

PCI Device management Options

PCI Auto Detection feature Enabled
ClockGen Spread Spectrum Disabled

IEEE1394 Enabled
GIGA LAN Enabled

PCI Auto Detection feature

To enable / disable the PCI auto-detection feature.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

ClkGen Spread Spectrum

To set the Clock Generation Spread Spectrum.
Choices: Disabled; -0.25%; -0.50%; 0.125%; 0.250%; 0.
375%; 0.500%; 0.750%

IEEE1394

To enable / disable the IEEE1394 interface.

GIGA LAN

To enable / disable the Gigabit LAN interface.

Help Item

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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:
Choose “Advanced Chipset Features” from the Main Menu and a
list of option will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

Advanced Chipset Settings

Advanced Chipset Features

Help Item

Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.

NorthBridge Configuration Press Enter
SouthBridge Configuration Press Enter

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Options for NBEnable
USB host controllers.

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4-6.4.1 NorthBridge Configuration

Choose “NorthBridge Configuration” in “Advanced Chipset Features”
and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for
configuration:

North Bridge Chipset Configuration

DRAM Frequency Auto
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled
Memory Hole Disabled

Boots Graphic Adapter Priority PEG/PCI
Internal Graphics Mode Select Enabled, 8MB
Graphics Aperture Size 256MB

PEG Port Configuration
PEG Port Enabled

PEG Port VC1/Map Enabled/TC7
PEG Force x1 Disabled

Video Function Configuration Press Enter

North Bridge Configuration

Help Item

DRAM Frequency

Allows you to set the current SDRAM frequency.
Choices: Auto; 333MHz; 400MHz

Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD

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, the following items will appear for user’s
configuration:

DRAM CAS# Latency

With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can select the SDRAM CAS# (Column Address
Strode)latency manually.
Choices: 2 Clocks; 2.5 Clocks; 3 Clocks

DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay

With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can select the SDRAM RAS# to CAS# delay
cycle manually.
Choices: 2 DRAM Clocks; 3 DRAM Clocks; 4 DRAM Clocks; 5 DRAM Clocks

DRAM RAS# Precharge

With SDRAM Timing by SPD disabled, you can select the SDRAM RAS# (Row Address
Strode)Precharge cycle manually.
Choices: 2 Clocks; 3 Clocks; 4 Clocks; 5 Clocks

DRAM RAS# Activate to Prec

Allows you to set the DRAM RAS Activate to Precharge cycle.
Choices: 4 Clocks ~15 Clocks with 1 clock stepping

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Memory Hole

Allows you to enable / disable (default) the support of Memory Hole which is reserved for
ISA card.
Choices: Disabled; 15MB-16MB

Boots Graphic Adapter Priority

Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.
Choices: IGD; PEG(PCI Express Graphics)/IGD; PEG/PCI; PCI/PEG; PCI/IGD

Internal Graphics Mode Select

Select the amount of system memory used by the Internal Graphics device.
Choices: Disabled; Enabled, 1MB; Enabled, 8MB

Aperture Size Select

To select the Aperture size of the Graphics adapter.
Choices: 256MB; 128MB

PEG(PCI Express Graphics) Port Configuration:
PEG Port

To enable / disable the PEG port.

PEG Port VC1/Map

To select / disable the PEG Port VC1/Map.
Choices: Disabled; Enabled/TC1; Enabled/TC2; Enabled/TC3; Enabled/TC4; Enabled/TC5;
Enabled/TC6; Enabled/TC7

PEG Force x1

To enable / disable PEG Force x1

Video Function Configuration: Press Enter to show the following items:
DVMT Mode Select

To select the video mode.
Choices: Fixed mode; DVMT mode; Combo mode

Boot Display Device

To select the Boot Display device.
Choices: Auto; CRT on Port0; LFP on Port 2;LFP on Port3;
DFP on Port2; DFP on Port3; TV on Port2; TV on Port3;
CRT-Port 0 & CRT-Port2; CRT-Port 0 & CRT-Port3;
CRT-Port 0 &LFP-Port2; CRT-Port 0 & LFP3;
CRT-Port 0 & DFP-Port2; CRT-Port 0 & DFP-Port3;
DFP-Port2 & DFP-Port3

Flat Panel Type

To select the Flat Panel Type.
Choices: Type 1~ Type 16 (totally 16 types)

Local Flat Panel Scaling

To set the local flat panel scaling
Choices: Auto; Forced Scaling; Disabled

TV Connector

To select the TV connector.
Choices: Auto; Composite; Component; Composite & Component; SCART Composite;

SCART Component; SCART Compos & Compon; SCART Compos & Compon RGB;

HDTV Serial; HDTV Component; HDTV Component RGB; HDTV PnP HDMI

HDTV Output

To select the HDTV Output mode.
Choices: Auto; 480i60; 480p60; 576i50; 576p50; 720p60; 1080i50 1080i60;
1080p24; 1080p25; 1080p30; 1080p50; 1080p60

TV Standard

To select the TV standard.
Choices: VBIOS-default; NTSC; PAL; SECAM; SMPTE240M; SMPTE260M; SMPTE274M;

SMPTE295M; SMPTE296M; SMPTE293M; SMPTE170M; ITURBT601

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4-6.4.2 SouthBridge Configuration

Choose “SouthBridge Configuration” in “Advanced Chipset Features”
and press <Enter>. The following sub-screen will appear for
configuration:

SouthBridge Configuration

South Bridge Chipset Configuration

AC’97 Selection Auto
PRO-NIC Controller Enabled
SMBUS Controller Enabled
CHAP Controller Disabled

Reserved Page Route LPC
SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width 2 to 3 seconds
Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off

VC1 for Azalia & Root Ports Disabled

AC’97 Selection

To auto-select or disable Audio Codec on board.
Choices: Disabled; Auto

PRO-NIC Controller

To enable / disable PRO-NIC Controller.

SMBUS Controller

To enable / disable SMBUS Controller.

CHAP Controller

To enable / disable the CHAP Controller

Reserved Page Route

To select the reservered Page route.
Choices: PCI; LPC

SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width

To select the SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width.
Choices: 4 to 5 seconds; 3 to 4 seconds; 2 to 3 seconds; 1 to 2 seconds

Restore on AC Power Loss

To select the Restore on AC Power Loss mode.
Choices: Power Off; Power On; Last State

VC1 for Azalia & Root Ports

To enable / disable VC1 for Azalia & Root Ports.

Help Item

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4-6.5 PCI/PNP Resource Management

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

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

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

PCI/PNP Resource Management

Advanced PCI/PNP Settings

Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.

Clear NVRAM No
Plug & Play O/S No
PCI Latency Timer 64
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes
Palette Snooping Disabled
PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card Auto

IRQ3 Available
IRQ4 Available
IRQ5 Available
IRQ7 Available
IRQ9 Available
IRQ10 Available
IRQ11 Available
IRQ14 Available
IRQ15 Available

DMA Channel 0 Available
DMA Channel 1 Available
DMA Channel 3 Available
DMA Channel 5 Available
DMA Channel 6 Available
DMA Channel 7 Available

Reserved Memory Size Disabled

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Clear NVRAM

To select the Clear NVRAM during system boot.
Choices: No; Yes

Plug & Play O/S

Allows you to configure the PNP devices by BIOS or O/S.
Choices: No; Yes

PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)

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

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

Allows you to assign IRQ to PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ.
Choices: Yes; No

Help Item

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Palette Snooping

This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA status, and to
modify the information delivered from the feature Connector
of the VGA card to MPEG card. This option can solve the
display inversion to black after you have used a MPEG card.

PCI IDE BusMaster

Allows you to enable / disable(default) the PCI IDE Bus
Master function.

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

Some PCI IDE cards may require this to be set to the PCI
slot number that is holding the card.
Choices: Auto; PCI Slot1; PCI Slot2;

IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/14/15

Allows you to specify available IRQs to be used by PCI/PNP
devices.
Choices: Available(default); Reserved

DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7

Allows you to specify available DMAs to be used by PCI/
PNP devices.
Choices: Available(default); Reserved

Reserved Memory Size

Allows you to specify memory size to reserve for legacy ISA
devices.
Choices: Disabled(default); 16K; 32K; 64K

4-6.6 Boot Configuration Features

Boot Configuration Setup allows you to modify the system’s boot
settings.

Choose “Boot Configuration Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

Boot Configuration Setup

Boot Settings

Boot Setting Configuration Press Enter

Boot Device Priority Press Enter
Hard Disk Drives Press Enter
Removable Drives Press Enter
CD/DVD Drives Press Enter

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Help Item

Configure Settings
during System Boot.

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4-6.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration

Choose “Boot Settings Configuration” in “Boot Configuration Setup” and
press <Enter>. The following items will appear for onfiguration:

Boot Configuration Setup

Boot Settings

Quick Boot Enabled
Quiet Boot Disabled
AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS
Bootup Num-Lock On
PS/2 Mouse Support Auto
Wait For ‘F1’ If Error Enabled
Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display Enabled
Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled

Quick Boot

Allows you to enable (default)/ disable quick boot of your system. If enabled, BIOS will skip
certain tests whle booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

Quiet Boot

The bootup screen displays normal POST messages with Disabled selected; the bootup
screen displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages with Enabled selected.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled

AddOn ROM Display Mode

If “Force BIOS” is chosen, the vendor’s logo screen will be followed by the “AddOn ROM”
initial screen (the screen showing the add-on card BIOS message). If “Keep Current” is
chosen, no “Add-On ROM” screen is followed.
Choices: Force BIOS; Keep Current

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.

PS/2 Mouse Support

Enabled (default), PS/2 mouse is supported. Disabled, PS/2
Mouse is not supported. If “Auto” is set, the system will auto
detect the PS/2 Mouse.

Wait For ‘F1’ If Error

Allows you to hit F1 key when errors occur.
Choices: Enabled(default); Disabled

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

The system will show “Press DEL key to run Setup when enabled.
Choices: Enabled(default); Disabled

Interrupt 19 Capture

Allows option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
Choices: Enabled; Disabled(default)

Help Item

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4-6.6.2 Boot Device Priority

Choose “Boot Device Priority” in “Boot Configuration Setup” and press
<Enter>. The bootable devices installed on board will appear and are
allowed to assign the Boot Priority.

Boot Device Priority

Boot Device Priority

1st Boot Device 1st FLOPPY DRIVE
2nd Boot Device PM-WDC WD400BB-00

Help Item

1st/2nd Boot Device

Allows you to set (by pressing <Enter>) floppy or IDE devices
already installed to be the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device.
Choices: Disabled; Device(s) installed

4-6.6.3 Hard Disk Drives

Choose “Hard Disk Drives” in “Boot Configuration Setup” and press
<Enter>.

Removable Drives

Removable Drives

1st Drive PM-WDC WD400BB-00
2nd Drive PS-WDC WD400BB-00

1st Drive/2nd Drive

Allows you to set (by pressing <Enter>) which hard disk as
1st boot drive/2nd boot drive.

Help Item

4-6.6.4 Removable Drives

Choose “Boot Device Priority” in “Boot Configuration Setup” and press
<Enter>.

Removable Drives

1st Drive 1st FLOPPY DRIVE

1st Drive

Removable Drives

Help Item

Allows you to set (by pressing <Enter>) the available drive
as 1st removable drive.

4-6.6.5 CD/DVD Drives

Choose “Boot Device Priority” in “Boot Configuration Setup” and press
<Enter>.

1st Drive CD/DVD: 3S-Pioneer

Removable Drives

Help ItemRemovable Drives

1st Drive

Allows you to set (by pressing <Enter>) the boot sequence
from the available devices.

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4-6.7. Boot Security Features

Boot Security Features allows you to modify the system’s boot security
settings.

Choose “Boot Security Features” from the Main Menu and a screen
with a list of options will appear:

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2002, American Megatrends, Inc.

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed
User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password Press Enter
Change User Password Press Enter
Clear User Password Press Enter

Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled

: : Move Enter : Select +/- : Values F10: Save Esc: Exit F1: General Help
F7 : Previous Values F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults F9: Optimized Defaults

Boot Security Features

Help Item

Install or Change the
password.

4-6.7.1. Supervisor Password

To show the status of Supervisor Password. “Installed” is displayed when
supervisor password is set up. Otherwise, “Not Installed” is displayed.

4-6.7.2. User Password

To show the status of User Password. “Installed” is displayed when
supervisor password is set up. Otherwise, “Not Installed” is displayed.

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4-6.7.3 Change Supervisor Password

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

1. Choose “Change Supervisor Password” in the “BIOS Security Fea­tures” 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 6 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 New 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.

[ Password installed ]

[OK]

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

7. 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:

[ Password uninstalled ]

[OK]

User Access Level Allows you to set four different Access Levels when

Supervisor Password has been set.
Choices: Full Access; Limited; View Only; No Ac­cess

Note: “User Access Level” and “Password Check” will appear when “Su-

pervisor Password” has been set.

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User Access Level

If Supervisor Password is set up, this item appears to allow you to set
the User Access mode.
Choices: No Access; View only; Limited; Full Access

4-6.7.4 Change User Password

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

1. Choose “Change User Password” in the “BIOS Security Features”
and press <Enter>. Then the following message appears:

[ Enter New Password ]

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password up to 6 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 New 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.

[ Password installed ]

[OK]

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

Pass word Check

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

password prompt at BIOS Setup or whenever re­starting system. This option will appear when you
have set Supervisor Password or User Password.
Choices: Setup (default); Always

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4-6.7.5 Boot Sector Virus Protection

Boot Sector Virus

Protection

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.

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.

4-6.8 Save Changes and Exit

Save Changes and Exit 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 configuration changes and exit setup? ]

[OK] [Cancel]

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

4-6.9 Discard Changes and Exit

Discard Changes option allows you to exit (or not exit) the Setup Utility
without saving the modifications that you have specified. Highlight this
option on the Main Menu and press <Enter> and the following message
appears:

Discard Changes and exit setup?

[OK] [Cancel]

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

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4-6.10 Load Optimal Defaults

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

[ Load Optimal Defaults ?]

[OK] [Cancel]

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

4-6.11 Discard Changes

Discard Changes option allows you to cancel the modifications that you
have specified in the Setup Utility. Highlight this option on the Main
Menu and press <Enter> and the following message appears:

[ Discard Changes?]

[OK] [Cancel]

Follow the message and press <Enter> key to cancel the modifications
that you have specified.

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Chapter 5 SATA RAID/AHCI Setup

ICH6R RAID Controller & RAID Driver

Intel ICH6R RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) Controller
is built in the South BridgeICH6R. With this RAID Controller, the
IntelSATA RAID BIOS is built into the system to help configure the
Redundant Disk Array. ICH6R supports RAID 0 / RAID 1 configuration
as well as SATA AHCI configuration. SATA AHCI supports 1 to 4 SATA
all-master hard disks

This Chapter is to introduce the SATA RAID/SATA
AHCI Configurations :

5-0 About Disk Array................................................................... 83

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation.......................................................... 83

5-0-2 Disk Array Member .................................................................... 83

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by ICH6R .................................83

5-0-4 SATA Hard Disks Setup for RAID System ............................. 84

5-1 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS ................................. 85

5-2 To Enter Intel RAID BIOS Utility Setup........................... 86

5-3 To Create Disk Array ............................................................ 87

5-4 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2K/XP.......... 90

5-5 To Install SATA AHCI Hard Disks Driver ........................ 93

5-5-1 To Enable AHCI Function in BIOS Setup .............................. 93

5-5-2 Install Windows 2K/XP with 82801 FR AHCI Controller ...94

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5-0 About Disk Array

5-0-1 Disk Array Interpretation

A “Disk Array” is formed from a group of 2 or more disk drives with the
RAID (Redundent Array of Independent Disks) technology. The aim of
a Disk Array is to provide better perfornance and/or data fault tolerance.

5-0-2 Disk Array Member

The individual disk drive in an array is called a “member”. Each member
of a specific disk array is coded in their “reserved sector” with
configuration information that identifies the drive as a member. All disk
members in a formed disk array are recognized as a single physical
drive to the system.

5-0-3 Disk Array Types Supported by ICH6R

Different types or modes of Disk Array have different formation models
and functions. The South Bridge on this mainboard supports RAID 0
or RAID 1 mode only

1. RAID 0 (or Striping mode):

RAID 0 is a group of 2 to 4 Disk Drives configured together with

RAID technology to provide better data transfer performance than a
single drive since the workload is balanced between the array
members. Reads and Writes of RAID 0 data are interleaved between
multiple drives. When any disk member fails, it affects the entire array.
The disk array size is equal to the number of drive members times
the smallest member capacity. For example, one 1GB and three 1.
2GB drives will form a 4GB (4x1GB) disk array.

2. RAID 1 (or Mirroring mode):

RAID 1 is a group of 2 Disk Drives configured together with RAID

Technology to provide the fault tolerance function. Writes duplicate
data on to RAID 1 while reads are performed in parallel. If one of the
mirrored drives suffers a mechanical failure (e.g. spindle failure) or
does not respond , the remaining drive will continue to function. This
is called Fault Tolerance.

The drive capacity of RAID 1 is half the total drive capacity of two

equal-size drive.

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5-0-4 SATA Hard Disks Setup for RAID System

(1) 4Serial ATA connectors for 4 SATA RAID Hard Disks setup.
(2) 4 Serial ATA connectors also supports 4 SATA AHCI all-master hard
disks setup. That means, SATA AHCI mode does not require mas
ter/slave differentiation.

Attention:
(1) Supporting SATA RAID, SATA1
plus SATA3 or SATA2 plus SATA4 are
liknked together for a pair of SATA
RAID hard disk setup. 4 SATA
connectors can also be applied to 4
hard disk at the same time for 0 or 1
mode RAID setup.
(2) Supporting SATA AHCI setup, 4
SATA connectors supports 1 to 4 all­master hard disks setup.

Serial ATA Cable

Serial ATA Connectors

SATA4

SATA3

SATA2

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SATA Connectors supported
by ICH6R for 2 sets of SATA
RAID Hard Disks setup.

To Power Supply

Serial ATA Hard Disk

SATA Power Connectors

Serial ATA Power Cable

(optional)

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5-1 Enable SATA RAID in System BIOS

To enable SATA RAID controller, boot the system and watch for the
following initial screen to appear:

Inrel (R) Application Acceleration RAID Option ROM vxxxxxxx
Copyright (C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All right reserved.

RAID Volumes:
None defined.

Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX 115.0GM Non-RAID Disk
2 Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX 114.0GM Non RAID Disk

Press <CTRL-I > to enter Configuration Utility..

(The above message indicates that the SATA hard disks on board are detected by the
RAID BIOS.)

As soon as the above screen appears, press < Delete > key

(not <CTRL-I> key) to enter CMOS BIOS Setup. Choose “Advanced

(not <CTRL-I> key)

BIOS Features” and “IDE Configuration” to configure S-ATA as RAID.

IDE Configuration

IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration Enhanced
Configure SATA as RAID

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave Hard Disk
Secondary IDE Master CD-ROM
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
Third IDE Master Not Detected
Third IDE Slave Not Detected

Hard Disk Write Protect
Disabled
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) 35
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection Host & Device
S-ATA Detection Delay Enabled

Help Item

Configure SATA As:

This item allows you to configure SATA mode
Choices: IDE;

RAID (for ICH6R only): Supporting RAID0 or 1 mode
AHCI: If AHCI is chosen, it allows you to enable the Stagger Spinup Support

and take all hard disks on board as master.

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5-2 To Enter Intel RAID BIOS Utility Setup

Boot the system with “SATA-RAID ” enabled in system BIOS Setup and
watch for the following initial screen to appear:

Inrel (R) Application Acceleration RAID Option ROM vxxxxxxx
Copyright (C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All right reserved.

RAID Volumes:
None defined.

Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status(Vol ID)
0 ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX 115.0GM Non-RAID Disk
2 Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX 114.0GM Non RAID Disk

Press <CTRL-I > to enter Configuration Utility..

(The above message indicates that the SATA hard disks on board are detected by the
RAID BIOS.)

As soon as the above screen appears,

press < CTRL-I > key to enter
Intel RAID Configuration Utility.
In a few seconds, the Intel RAID Setup Utility appears as shown below:

Inrel (R) Application Acceleration RAID Option ROM vxxxxxxx
Copyright (C) 2003-04 Intel Corporation. All right reserved.

[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ Disk/Volume Information ]

RAID Volumes:
None Defined.

Phical Disks:
Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status
0 ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX 115.0GM Non-RAID Disk
2 Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX 114.0GM Non-RAID Disk

[ ]-Select [ESC] - Exit [Enter] - Select Menu

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5-3 To Create Disk Array

(5-3-1) When you press <Enter> on the “1. Create RAID Volume” bar,
the following screen shows up. Enter a name for the volume to be
created.

[ Create Array MENU ]

Name: RAID Volume 1
RAID Level: RAID1(Mirror)
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 228.9GB

Create Volume

[ Help ]

Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used
to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This name is case sensitive and
cannot contain special characters.

[ ]-Change [Tab] - Next [ESC] - Previous Menu [Enter] - Select Menu

(5-3-2) Next, press <Tab> key to jump to RAID Level bar and press
Arrow key to select the RAID mode.

[ Create Array MENU ]

Name: RAID Volume 1
RAID Level: RAID1(Mirror)
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 228.9GB

Create Volume

[ Help ]

Choose the RAID level best suited to your usage model.

RAID0(Stripe) - Create a volume where equal portions of the volume

RAID1(Mirror)) - Create a volume where a redundant copy of the data is

[ ]-Change [Tab] - Next [ESC] - Previous Menu [Enter] - Select Menu

are spread accross all the disks. This creates a volume
with higher performance by accessing all disks at once.

stored on each disk. This creates a volume protected
from a single hard disk failure.

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(5-3-3) After selecting the RAID mode, press <Enter> to confirm your
choice. Then press <Enter> again on the Create Volume bar to proceed.

[ Create Array MENU ]

Name: RAID Volume 1
RAID Level: RAID1(Mirror)
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 228.9GB

Create Volume

[ Help ]

Press “Enter” to Create the Specified volume.

[ ]-Change [Tab] - Next [ESC] - Previous Menu [Enter] - Select Menu

(5-3-4) Press <Y> on the following screen to proceed.

[ Create Array MENU ]

Name: RAID Volume 1
RAID Level: RAID1(Mirror)
Strip Size: 128KB
Capacity: 228.9GB

Create Volume

Are you sure you want to create this volume? (Y/N):

Press “Enter” to Create the Specified volume.

[ ]-Change [Tab] - Next [ESC] - Previous Menu [Enter] - Select Menu

[ Help ]

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(5-3-5) Instantly, the RAID 1 mode is set up and shown on the screen.
Then press <Esc> key to exit the screen.

[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ Disk/Volume Information ]

RAID Volumes:
ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable
0 RAID_Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 114.4GB Normal Yes
ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX Port0 114.4GB Normal
Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX Port1 115.0GM Normal

Phical Disks:

Port Drive Model Serial # Size Type/Status

0 ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX 115.0GM Member Disk(1)

2 Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX 114.0GM Member Disk(1)

[ ]-Select [ESC] - Exit [Enter] - Select Menu

(5-3-6) On the next screen, enter Y to confirm exit.

Intel(R) for Serial ATA-RAID Configuration Utility

Copyright 2003 Intel Corporation. All Right Reserved. vxxxxxxxxx

[ MAIN MENU ]

1. Create RAID Volume

2. Delete RAID Volume

3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID

4. Exit

[ Confirm Exit ]

Are you sure you want to exit? (Y/N):

[ Help ]

[ Disk/Volume Information ]

RAID Volumes:

ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable

0 RAID_Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) N/A 114.4GB Normal Yes

ST380023AS XXXXXXXXX Port0 114.4GB Normal

Maxtor 6Y120M0 XXXXXXXXX Port1 115.0GM Normal

[ ]-Select [ESC] - Exit [Enter] - Select Menu

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5-4 To Install SATA RAID Driver on Windows 2K/XP

SATA-RAID Driver is incorporated in Support CD/Floppy Diskette for
user’s installation.
Since Intel has not yet provided RAID driver for Win98, ICHR RAID
system run with Win98 is not recommended

(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the RAID Driver.
(This Driver Diskette should have been enclosed in the mainboard

Package. If you cannot find one, you must make one with the RAID
Driver CD before system installation.)

(2) Check that SATA Hard Disks are connected properly to the SATA

Connectors.

(3) Start your PC system and use RAID BIOS Setup Utility to configure

RAID 0 or RAID 1 to the hard disks. (For SATA Interface, skip the

RAID configuration.)
(4) Restart System and format the bootable hard disks.
(5) Now, apply the Windows 2000/XP CD to CD-ROM for operating

system installation.
(6) On the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press “F6” key to set up RAID

driver for Windows 2000/XP.

This driver is intended forWinXP/2K only.

Windows

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(7) On next screen press “S” to confirm the mass storage device setup.

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage
devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually
specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the
following mass storage devices(s):

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

(8) On next screen apearing, insert the RAID Driver Diskette to Drive

“A” and then press <Enter>.

Windows Setup

Please insert the disk labeled

Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk

into Drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready.

Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit

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(9) On the next screen, you are prompted to install the “Intel(R) 82801FR

Controller” driver.

So, select 82801 SATA RAID Controller and press<Enter> on to

continue.

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press
ESC to return to the previous screen.

Intel(R) 82801FR AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller

Enter=Select F3=Exit

(10) Next screen will show that you have chosen the RAID device driver

to set up. Press Enter to continue, and the Installation Program will
then guide you through the rest of system setup.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage driver(s):

Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

(11) When the system is completely installed, the RAID driver will also

be installed into the system.

Attention: ICH6R RAID Controller does not support Windows Me/9X.

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5-5 To Install SATA AHCI Hard Disks Driver

SATA-AHCI hard Disks system requires AHCI driver support. User should
install the AHCI driver as illustrated below.

5-5-1 To Enable AHCI Function in BIOS Setup

Enter CMOS BIOS Setup and choose “Advanced BIOS Features” and
“IDE Configuration” to configure S-ATA as AHCI.

IDE Configuration

IDE Configuration

ATA/IDE Configuration Enhanced
Configure SATA as AHCI

Primary IDE Master Hard Disk
Primary IDE Slave Hard Disk
Secondary IDE Master CD-ROM
Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected
Third IDE Master Not Detected
Third IDE Slave Not Detected

Hard Disk Write Protect
Disabled
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) 35
ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection Host & Device
S-ATA Detection Delay Enabled

Help Item

Configure SATA As:

This item allows you to configure SATA mode
Choices: IDE;

RAID (for ICH6R only): Supporting RAID0 or 1 mode
AHCI: If AHCI is chosen, it allows you to enable the Stagger Spinup Support

and take all hard disks on board as master.

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5-5-2 Install Windows 2K/XP with 82801 FR AHCI Controller

(1) Get ready the Floppy Diskette holding the RAID Driver which

includes the AHCI controller driver as well.

(This Driver Diskette should have been enclosed in the mainboard

Package. If you cannot find one, you must make one with the RAID
Driver CD before system installation.)

(2) Check that SATA Hard Disks are connected properly to the SATA

Connectors.

(3) Now, apply the Windows 2000/XP CD to CD-ROM for operating

system installation.

(4) On the Windows 2000 Setup screen, press “F6” key to set up RAID

driver for Windows 2000/XP.

Windows

Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver....

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(5) On next screen press “S” to confirm the mass storage device setup.

Windows Setup

Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage
devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually
specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the
following mass storage devices(s):

<none>

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

(6) On next screen apearing, insert the RAID Driver Diskette to Drive

“A” and then press <Enter>.

Windows Setup

Please insert the disk labeled

Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk

into Drive A:

* Press ENTER when ready.

Enter=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit

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(7) On the next screen, you are prompted to install the “Intel(R) 82801FR

AHCI Controller” driver.

So, select 82801 AHCI Controller and press <Enter> on to continue.

Windows Setup

You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows,
using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer.

Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list, or press
ESC to return to the previous screen.

Intel(R) 82801FR AHCI Controller
Intel(R) 82801FR SATA RAID Controller

Enter=Select F3=Exit

(8) Next screen will show that you have chosen the AHCI device driver

to set up. Press Enter to continue, and the Installation Program will
then guide you through the rest of system setup.

Windows Setup

Setup will load support for the following mass storage driver(s):

Intel(R) 82801FR SATA AHCI Controller

* To specify additional SCSI adapters, CD-ROM drives, or
special disk controllers for use with Windows, including
those for which you have a device support disk from a
mass storage device manufacturer, press S.

* If you do not have any device support disks from a mass
storage device manufacturer, or do not want to specify
additional mass storage devices for use with Windows,
press ENTER.

S=Specify Additional Device Enter=Continue F3=Exit

(11) When the system is completely installed, the AHCI driver will also

be installed into the system.

Attention: ICH6R AHCI Controller does not support Windows Me/9X.

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