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1. 2 On 2 5 in Default Safe boot This Jumper is used to safely reboot the system whenever the sys tem hangs and you are unable to restart the system Power off the system then unplug the power cord 2 Set pins 2 and 3 to On Wart for a few seconds then set the jumper back to tts default setting pins and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord then power on the system The system will reboot normally without losing all data stored in the CMOS Hardware Installation Secondary RTC Reset ttt Ce S B r O s JP12 1 2 3 12 3 Tn ned po O lt rt p C l 2 On Normal 2 3 OTT m a an BE G TD default RTC reset When the RIC battery is removed this Jumper resets the manageability regi
2. Ground Hardware Installation The power connectors from the power supply unit are designed to fit the 24 pin and 8 pin connectors in only one orientation Make sure to find the proper orientation before plugging the connectors The FDD type power connectors are additional power connectors If you are using more than one graphics cards we recommend that you plug power cables from your power supply unit to the 5V 12V power connectors This will provide more stability to the entire sys tem The system board will still work even if the additional power connector is not connected Lz 4 5V 12V Th erm Ground U Lll Ground Se CHRIST XE TTT The system board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate Yo
3. Bernstein audio a module connector 44 Hardware Installation 3 The length of the audio cable provides the option and flexibil ity of installing the module on any available expansion bracket slot at the rear of the system chassis Remove the screw of the bracket where you want the audio module installed then re move the bracket Place the Bernstein audio module on the Audio cable expansion bracket slot then secure the module by replacing the bracket screw you removed earlier I O Connectors Serial ATA Connectors les SATA 7 8 SATA 1 2 les SATA 3 4 SATA 5 6 The Serial ATA SATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA drives Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to a Serial ATA connector an
4. USB Ports The USB ports are used to connect USB 2 0 1 1 devices The 0 pin connectors allow you to connect 6 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports Your USB ports may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the USB port cables to these connectors LAN Ports The LAN ports allow the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub Hardware Installation Bernstein Audio Module eft audio channel Line in E Ground Ground Line out Right audio channel Mic in 15 4 Center CD in Subwoofer Rear R L 7 Side R L 7 Line out Jet Detect Line out_Left S PDIF out N C Sense S PDIF in Mic Jet Detect Line out_Right Vcc Mic_Right GND Mic_Left 2 Side view Front audio Bernstein audio module connector SPDIF in 5 GND SPDIF out Optical S PDIF Key 5V Line in Jack Light Blue This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player tape player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect to the front right and front left speakers of the audio system Mic in Jack Pink This jack Is used t
5. E a PCI Express x16 PCIE 4 D PCI Express xl6 Install PCI Express x 6 graphics card that comply to the PCI Ex press specifications into the PCI Express x16 slot To install a graph ics card into the xl 6 slot align the graphics card above the slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot The retaining clip of the slot will automatically hold the graphics card in place PCI Express Slots Configuration Bandwidth Sia s PCIE PCIE 3 PCIE 4 2 way CrossFire ale ale Ne 2 way CrossFire Physics x16 x16 x4 PCI Express xl Install PCI Express cards such as network cards or other cards that comply to the PCI Express specifications into the PCI Express x slot J Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and pe ripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various ad vanced features found in this system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to
6. Locate the LGA 5 EX R CPU socket on the S system board w Important p j The CPU socket must Ts 2 not come in contact with anything other than the CPU Avoid unnecessary exposure Remove the protective cap only when a oe you are about to install ial Omer 23 E Hardware Installation a The CPU socket comes with a cover that Is attached with a remov able protective cap The cap Is used to protect the CPU socket against dust and harmful parti cles Remove the protec tive cap only when you are about to install the CPU Lift the protective cap from the location pointed below to detach the cap trom the cover Unlock the socket by pushing the lever down moving it away trom the side tab of the socket then lifting rt up Now lift the cover Cover Protective cap Lever Lift this part up Hardware Installation 8 Position the CPU above the socket The gold mark on the CPU must align with pin of the een CPU socket azn Important BA 7 D Handle the CPU by its DEEA edges and avoid touch NE ing the pins SSS ee m da N N dN A ee m ae A A K
7. S 2 One Sv 2 3 On fol amp default 5VSB O O 3 A Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 720mA Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to wake up the system USB Power Select USB 6 1 P5 2 1 1 gi 1 2 On 5V 2 3 On at default 5VSB ips 1 3 On 5V 2 3 On default SVSB Selecting SVSB will allow you to use th
8. DRAM E 3 Power LED BR Standby _ M O tan S I Z Power LED SA m E T pp Diagnostic DRAM Power LED This LED will light when the system s power Is on Standby Power LED This LED will light when the system Is in the standby mode Diagnostic LED The Diagnostic LED displays POST codes POST Power On Self Tests which is controlled by the BIOS is performed whenever you power on the system POST will detect the status of the system and its components Each code displayed on the LED corresponds to a certain system status gt Warning cy When the DRAM Power LED and or Standby Power LED lit red it indicates that power is present on the DIMM sockets and or PCI slots Power off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components ai 50 Hardware Installation Power Connectors Use a power supply that complies with the AIXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Versio
9. 12 Supported Software 4 Click Install to begin the installation 5 After completing installa tion click Finish to exit setup Reboot your system for the new software installation to take effect i Marvell Miniport Driver InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation IF vou want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Install Cancel i Marvell Miniport Driver InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Completed The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Marvell Miniport Driver Click Finish bo exit the wizard Supported Software Marvell Teaming Utility On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon I Click Marvell Teaming Utility on the main menu 2 Setup is now preparing RII the wizard Marvell CPA Setup is preparing the InstallShield Wizard which will E guide you through the program setup process Please wait Configuring Windows Installer A Cancel 3 Setup IS NOW ready TO ENER TEETH N stal th e uti ity CI C k bb Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Marvell CPA Next The InstallShield R Wizard will install Marvell CPA on your computer To continue click Next WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties 13
10. Supported Software 4 Read the license IT TTT agreement click accept jj e l Please read the Following license agreement carefully the terms in the license M AR YEL LS agreement then click MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT Next The use of the Software as defined herein is exclusively governed by the terms of this End User Limited Use License Agreement the Agreement between MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD OMARVELL and you Licensee BY OPENING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND CLICKING I do accept the license agreement OF ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREETO CST T accept the terms in the license agreement C 71 do not accept the terms in the license agreement S Go through the readme i Marvell CPA InstallShield Wizard document for system Peadmetnformation requirements and installa tion tips then click Next Please read the following installation notes carefully MARVELL Copyright 2002 2006 Marvell All rights reserved SetupCPawin htm created 21 Jul 2006 Readme File for SETUPCPAWIN exe vo 61 1 35 Marvell Yukon Ethernet Controller Family 6 Click Install to begin the IT TT EL instal lation Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation M ARY RL LS Click Install to begin the installation TF vou want to review
11. 02 Supported Software Intel Chipset Device Software On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon Click Intel R Chipset d Device Software on the main menu install the utility Click Nextt Welcome to the Setup Program This setup program will install the Intel Chipset Device Software onto this computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing Cancel Intel Installation Framework 03 Supported Software 3 Read the license agree MEISTE ment then click Yes Intel Chipset Device Software License Agreement You must accept all of the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT OEM IHY f SV Distribution amp Single User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the Following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement IF you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Also Note TF vou are an Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM Independent Hardware vendor THY or Independent Software Vendor 15 this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT applies lt Back Mo 4 Go through the readme TTT Software document for
12. e sist lt e eT 8 BF NNN e E E itt 8 FS USS scree H E lO Chapter 2 Hardware Installation sss sees 6 T e AV HHH 16 Oe O ae e asters ste oaneerecrreceememeeremorietervernnuare 7 Fr S PE PEE E E E PEE E E E orto PE ST E La l wele aa EE E E 28 VIDS SSCS a E E E 34 E WO FOr te E A E I 4 Be Ste CIO IGU HHE 43 nemna WC ORS e E A E 45 Te E La eT er AEE 56 Award BIOS Setup LH 56 Per IG a E E 99 Updating the BO Sssssusisessessscssnsnipnanmann ai 00 Chapter 4 Supported Software esesesesesessssesesesesesesesssseseseseses 02 N T a E N EAA EAO 20 Chapter 6 ATI CrossFire Technology sss 27 Appendix A System Error Message sss sese 36 Appendix B roubleshooting s ssscsisessisrssisresisrssissscscsscusnssssssisess 138 Warranty Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product inability to use the product unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifica tions The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi cal abuse improper installation modification accidents or unau thorized repair of the product Unless otherwise instructed in this users manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjust ments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be returned to the purchase point factory or authorized service agency for all such work We will not be liable for an
13. 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AVVDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technologies Ltd All Rights Reserved The current BIOS information will appear in this area File Name to Program 5 ype the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt UU BIOS Setup 6 The following will appear Do You Want to Save BIOS Y N This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just In case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press lt Y gt then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press lt N gt 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press lt Y gt to flash the new BIOS 1Q Chapter 4 Supported Software Drivers Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup Main Board Utility x x4 li
14. When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP will be shown in the information box at the bottom Enter Setup to correct the error POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS One code indicates that a video error has occured and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by three short beeps The other code indicates that a DRAM error has occured This beep code consists of a single long beep Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BlOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturers instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS Is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on
15. amas 1 EF kel L l E lea Berii Te Q TIA e P k Pa Bos L ET BP Z R prt r ag eg ey ml m i R ma TD MI ee a a e har p a a a y b I J Lolo FERFI ba t ii Enlarged view of the heat sink base 30 Hardware Installation 5 With the raised bump of the mounting clip facing upward position the mounting clip on the heat sink as shown on the right s Mounting screws Mounting clip Mounting clip 6 With the mounting clip still in place as shown above insert the heat sink from a 45 angle You need to exert some force to be able to push tt all the way in You will notice that the mounting clip will hold the heat sink securely once It Is in place 3 Hardware Installation 7 With the clip already in place secure the heat sink by mounting the 2 provided screws ai ma ait N u i 1 i EL wI S A Fi J 4 lI 1 1 L Internal view of the chassis rear I O area Mounting holes ER EH D 1 Hardware Installation 8 The photos on the right show the properly installed heat sink PRRGRERE FFI PFR haa i f kL 1 11811 11111811 LU d LB 1114A LLL N ARTY eam iii e 4 beet kd N E n et m ml w l ee ml a l ba l bay t ee et E Q cru 4 6 Ger 22crHo r O A L Ladd l aasa sets 9 Replace the metal plate previously removed in step 3 Note The heat sink on the Northbridge is removabl
16. 2 7 28 ATI CrossFire Technology Features Regardless of the type of operating mode used the completed frames from both GPUs are sent to the Compositing Engine on the CrossFire Edition graphics card which then sends them on to the display device Supertile Mode Supertiling divides your screen image into subsections like tiles in alternating tile pattern such that half of the tiles are assigned to each of the two GPUs Scissor Mode In Scissor mode each frame is split into two sections either hori zontal or vertical with each section being processed by one GPU Alternate Frame Rendering AFR In AFR mode all even frames are rendered on one GPU while all odd frames are rendered on the other Super AA Anti Aliasing The Super AA mode provides even higher quality anti aliasing on multi GPU systems It works by having each GPU render the same frame with anti aliasing enabled but using different sample locations for each When both versions of the frame are com pleted they are blended in the CrossFire Compositing engine The resulting image is twice the number of samples so 4x and 6x AA become 8x and 2x Super AA respectively ATI CrossFire Technology Graphics Cards Requirements 2 One Radeon X850 Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition graphics card One standard PCI Express Radeon X850 or Radeon X800 graphics card The Radeon X850 CrossFire Edition card works with any standard PCI Expre
17. Enter Ctrl F1 Enabled 3F8 IRQ4 Disabled IrDA Half Item Help Menu Level KK PWRON After PWR Fail Off CIR Port Access CIR Port IRQ Tl e Move F5 Previous Values Enter Select Disabled 11 PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Power On By Mouse Disabled Mouse Move Mouse Click Disables the mouse power on function Move the mouse to power on the system Click the mouse to power on the system Power On By Keyboard This field allows you to use the keyboard to power on the system Button only Password Hot Key Any Key Keyboard 98 Default setting Uses the power button to power on the system When this option is selected set the password you would like to use to power on the system in the KB Power On Password field When this option is selected select the function key you would like to use to power on the sys tem in the Hot Key Power On field Press any key to power on the system When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windowsda 98 compatible key board to power on the system 69 7 U BIOS Setup Power On By Button To use the power button to power on the system set this field to Enabled KB Power On Password Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter g
18. Mc gii LAN LAN 2 ouse PS 2 USB 10 11 USB 6 7 KIB USB 8 9 PS 2 Ports and IEEE 1394 Ports PS 2 Mouse oj fog ill oj o Lry PS 2 KB 7 Ground TPB 12V fused Ground TPA 1394 a U L Bay oe So A a nn OFS VU wa N PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports These ports are used to connect a PS 2 mouse and a PS 2 key board IEEE 1394 Ports The IEEE 1394 0 port is used to connect audio video devices or storage peripherals The Q pin connector allows you to connect an additional 1394 port Your 1394 port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the 394 port cable to this connector 4 2 Hardware Installation USB Ports and LAN Ports
19. or lt gt to move It down the list Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 Bootable Add in Cards Item Help Menu Level KK Use lt T gt or lt l gt to select a device then press lt gt to move it up or lt gt to move it down the list Press lt ESC gt to exit this menu TL Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST whenever the sys tem Is powered on The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST To attain the shortest POST time select Fast First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields re spectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device BIOS Setup Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks When disabled the BIOS will not search for
20. AT bus specification PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture ESEM Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA PCI Latency Timer Per 8CLK This feature is used to select the length of time each PCI device will control the bus before another takes over The larger the value the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus Since each ac cess to the bus comes with an initial delay before any transaction can be made low values for the PCI Latency Timer will reduce the effectiveness of the PCI bandwidth while higher values will improve tt INT Pin Assignment to INT Pin 8 Assignment By default a device is automatically assigned to each INT You can also manually assign an INT for each device 78 BIOS Setup PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature 85 C 185 F A Item Help CPUFan Fully On If CPUTemp gt 50 C CPUFan Turn OFF if CPUTemp DC Menu Level K CHSFan Fully On I
21. B ee P Single channel B E ey P Virtual single channel E ae e Bon Virtual single channel S E Virtual single channel oe pe foe es Virtual single channel an a a r Virtual single channe een E ee E Virwal singe charel peh e fem e Virtual single channel pl pwa Ee SR Virtual single channel pw P Pe E Virtual single channel 2 a Dual channel ey Dual channel E Dual channel P 1 3 PC 2 4 PODS POC A4 Continued on the next page 20 Hardware Installation assan 88888 8 8 888 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 P denotes populated E denotes empty denotes DIMMs are identical _ denotes DIMMs are not identical SS denotes Single Sided DIMM DS denotes Double Sided DIMM 2 3 or 4 denotes the DDR DIMM slot Hardware Installation Installing the Memory Module K Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down Note The system board used in the following illustrations may not resemble the actual board These illustrations are for reference only 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate the DIMM socket on the system board 4 Push the ejector tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side DIMM sockets 5 Note how the module is keyed to the socket kingston 2 Hardware Installation 6 Grasping the module by its edges position the module above the socket
22. None None None None None None None None None 1 44M 3 5in All But Keyboard 640K 1046528K 1047552K F10 Save Item Help Menu Level K Change the day month year and century ESC Exit Fl General Help F7 Optimized Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the Standard CMOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Date The date format is lt day gt lt month gt lt date gt lt year gt Day displays a day from Sunday to Saturday Month displays the month from January to December Date displays the date from to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt second gt The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from UU to 23 Minute displays minutes trom OO to 59 Second displays seconds from UU to 59 a 58 BIOS Setup IDE Channel 0 Master to IDE Channel 5 Slave To configure the IDE drives move the cursor to a field then press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Channel 0 Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Channel 0 Master Auto Menu Level gt gt Access Mode Auto f To a
23. Pin of the socket I Gold mark 9 Insert the CPU into the socket until It Is seated in place The CPU will ft in only one orientation and can easily be in serted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU Pie 26 Hardware Installation Or nee ine CPU Js in place move the cover down I Push the lever down to lock the socket The lever should hook onto 1 the side tab to indicate that the CPU is com esses pletely secured in the socket Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note Use only certified fan and heat sink e The fan and heat sink package usually contains the fan and heat sink assembly and an installation guide If the installa tion procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the CPU or fan heat sink assembly Do not spread the paste all over the surface When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU the compound will
24. RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power on the system Introduction Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support SIA When power returns after an AC power fall ure you may choose to either power on the system manually or let the system power on POWER FAILURE RECOVERY automatically Chapter 2 Hardware Installation System Board Layout E T rsa power oToTo To select JP7 CPU DIMM 2 DIMM 4 K cop tfelelele DIMM uR SLL 120S USB 6 11 power select JP5 l E NB fan EEE P14 pepe JPIS 1 UB 3 LAN 3rd fan JPI USB lass CPU FSB select fees sviav PCIE Marvell 88E8053 Marvell 88E8052 Ist fan ine liss N 88 bm ml System A t THIER pn Re ST Clear reset TELIT CMOS JP2 USB 0 1 Safe boot co JPL USR 4 5 1USB2 3 1 USB 0 5 power Speaker on off n fy select OFS a 08 EE Standby Power LED 10D Front min GAR Apra 2nd fan Reset Power Hardware Installation d Warning E discharge ESD can damage your system board proces sor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protec tion by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist
25. Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track Drive A This field identifies the type of floppy disk drive installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in Al type high density drive 2MB capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 72OKB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity a7 EL BIOS Setup Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory inst
26. has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard drives make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the sec ond hard drive is configured as Slave he master hard drive must have an active bootable partition Excessively long formatting period If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to for mat it Is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured correctly If rt works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters Make sure that the serial device s power Is turned on and that the device Is on line 2 Verity that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer E Troubleshooting Verify that the attached serial device works by atta
27. input voltage range To reduce the risk of electric shock e Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing After installation or servicing cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord Battery e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced e Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer e Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance About the Package The system board package contains the following items If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance One system board One Bernstein audio module with cable One Flame Freezer heat sink kit One IDE round cable One floppy round cable Four Serial ATA data cables Four Serial ATA power cables One O shield One RAID driver diskette One Mainboard Utility CD One user s manual NANNNANANANANAAAN The system board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information listed above This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold For more infor mation about the standard package in your region please contact your dealer or sales representative Before Using the System Board Before using the system board prepare basic system components If you are installing the system board in a new system you will need at least the following internal components
28. not be identical to this one USB 1 0 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the Universal Host Controller Interface USB 1 0 USB 2 0 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the Enhanced Host Controller Interface USB 2 0 USB Operation Mode This field is used to select the USB s operation mode The options are Full Low Speed and High Speed USB Keyboard Function Due to the limited space of the BIOS ROM the support for legacy USB keyboard in DOS mode is by default set to Disabled With more BIOS ROM space available tt will be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices If a PS 2 keyboard is not available and you need to use a USB keyboard to install Windows installation is performed in DOS mode or run any program under DOS set this field to Enabled BIOS Setup USB Mouse Function Due to the limited space of the BIOS ROM the support for legacy USB mouse in DOS mode is by default set to Disabled With more BIOS ROM space available t will be able to support more advanced features as well as provide compatibility to a wide variety of peripheral devices Ifa PS 2 mouse Is not available and you need to use a USB mouse to install Windows installation is performed in DOS mode or run any program under DOS set this field to Enabled USB Storage Function This field is used to enable or disable the support for legacy USB
29. quality Aside from dual GPU for 3D rendering CrossFire s new feature asymmetric processing technology allows adding another dedicated GPU for physics processing he 3 GPUs simultaneously handle Data Parallel Processing DPP computing tasks such as game rendering and physics in a single system This provides more realistic cutting edge 3D graphics to run at high resolutions How CrossFire Works CrossFires key objective is to maximize the speed of a multi GPU system This is achieved by dividing the rendering workload to each of the two GPUs When each GPU has completed its assigned tasks for a given frame the Compositing Engine on the CrossFire Edition graphics card combines the results from each GPU according to the selected operating mode then sends the final frames out to the display device The result will be a complete frame rendered at up to twice the performance of a single graphics card 3D games are made up of a number of different tasks such as input processing game state updating artificial intelligence physics rendering networking audio etc The Data Parallel Processing DPP computing tasks simultaneously executes a common set of Instructions across a large set of input data Besides rendering the detailed physics simulations allow these GPUs to take on an expanded role in game computing Multiple GPUs can enhance a game by providing gener ous amounts of additional computing power for certain specific tasks
30. section in this chapter for the location of the Standby Power LED to lit off After the Standby Power LED has lit off wait for 6 seconds before powering on the PC If the system board Is already enclosed in a chassis which appar ently will not make the Standby Power LED visible wait for 15 seconds before you restore power connections 5 seconds is approximately the time that will take the LED to lit off and the time needed before restoring power The above will ensure protection and prevent damage to the motherboard and components Hardware Installation Front Panel Connectors S E O O Q O O SS G5355 Sa O O Q Elo odin T T lI 11 Latent T RESET m z aa SPEAKER HD LED a L 2 HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SP
31. strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce dures requiring ESD protection System Memory gt Warning m When the DRAM Power LED lit red it indicates that power is present on the DIMM sockets Power off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components a eet 9 DIMM es Channel A DIMM 2 G DI DIMM 3 5 S E anne S i DIMM 4 sens sii d Tn II i Power LED The four DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into 2 channels Channel A DIMM and DIMM 2 Channel B DIMM 3 and DIMM 4 Hardware Installation The system board supports the following memory interface Single Channel SC Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits 8B from the memory c
32. system requirements and instal lation tips then click N ext Refer to the Readme file below to view the system requirements and installation information Press the Page Down key bo view the rest of the file Intel Chipset Device Software Readme File Information KERR ERATE ERASER ERE ERA AEE RAE EERE RARER REAR AREER Product InteliR Chipset Device Software He lease Production wersion Version amp 3 0 1013 Date March 05 2007 TETAS TTT AAPA Aaa Target Chipset 033 G633 G31 P35 S lt Back Cancel 5 Setup Is now installing ian the driver Click Next to Intel Chipset Device Software continue Ne Setup Progress Please wait while the Following setup operations are performed Installing Driver Intek Fi ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller 2938 Version amp 3 0 1011 Installing Driver IntelfR ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller 2939 Version 5 3 0 10111 Installing Driver IntelfR ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller 2934 Version 6 3 0 1011 Installing Driver Intek Fi ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller 293C Version 6 3 0 1011 Glick Next Eo continue O4 6 Click Yes want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect Supported Software Intel Chipset Device Software Setup Is Complete You must restart this computer for the c
33. the highest set in the NB Fan Fully On If NB Temp field and lowest set in the NB Fan Turn Off If NB Temp field temperature the system will automatically adjust the fan speed of the Northbridge chip according to the temperature CPU Core Voltage to CHIPSET Fan Speed These fields will show the output voltage temperature and fan speed of the monitored devices or components 8O Genie BIOS Setting K CPU Feature gt DRAM Timing Exit Setup Shutdown Clock VCO Divider CPU Clock Ratio Target CPU Clock CPU Clock Boot Up Clock DRAM Speed Target DRAM Speed PCIE Clock Voltage Setting PCIE Slot Config CPU Spread Spectrum PCIE Spread Spectrum SATA Spread Spectrum Tl gt e Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Genie BIOS Setting Press Enter Item Help Press Enter Mode 2 Menu Level gt Auto 100 MHz Press Enter 1x Ix Disabled Disabled Disabled PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CPU Feature Exit Setup Shutdown Refer to the following pages for more information on DRAM Timing these submenus The options are Mode and Mode 2 Clock VCO Divider The options are Auto 2 3 and 4 CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequenc
34. the motherboard can be set to erther monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting Is correct either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection FLOPPY DISK S fail 80 Unable to reset floppy subsystem FLOPPY DISK S fail 40 Floppy type mismatch Hard Disk s fail 80 HDD reset failed Hard Disk s fail 40 HDD controller diagnostics failed Hard Disk s fail 20 HDD initialization error Hard Disk s fail 10 Unable to recalibrate fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard Is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FOQQQH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 13 7 138 Appendix B Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may en
35. to ACT Delay tRFC Auto Rank Write to Read t WTR Auto ACT to ACT Delay RRD Auto Read CAS Precharge tRTP Auto DIMM 1 CLK Fine Delay Current 2 DIMM 2 CLK Fine Delay Current 10 DIMM 3 CLK Fine Delay Current 0 DIMM 4 CLK Fine Delay Current 14 All Precharge to Act Auto All PRE to Refresh Auto Tlo Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CAS Latency Time tCL This field is used to select the clock cycle of the CAS latency time The option selected specifies the timing delay before SDRAM starts a read command after receiving it Precharge Delay tRAS The options are Auto and 9 tol5 RAS Precharge tRP This field is used to select the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM RAS to CAS Delay tRCD This field is used to select the RAS to CAS delay time when reading and writing to the same bank 85 BIOS Setup Write to PRE Delay tWR The options are Auto and 6 to 18 REF to ACT Delay tRFC The options are Auto and 6 to 33 Rank Write to Read tWTR The options are Auto and 6 to 1 8 ACT to ACT Delay tRRD The options are Auto and to 15 Read CAS Precharge tRTP The options are Auto and to I5 DIMM 1 2 3 4 CLK Fine Delay The options are Current O t
36. 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio fre quency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communi cations However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur In a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas ures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver Is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Table of Contents UAL Tyr S ee en ere nee ee eee ee ere ene eee ee 5 Static Electricity Precautions sese reece dente nnn 6 Be wa HT 6 POE ie a senecaene E EEES 7 Before Using the System Board 7 Chapter
37. Adjust the monitor s vertical SYNC Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens EE E Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one If necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive 2 The floppy diskette may not be formatted Format the diskette and try again The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that Is not write protected You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path state ment to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space 139 40 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure L Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive
38. Audio Driver Setup 7 34 R1 69 Welcome to the InstaliShenld Wizard for Apalak High Definition Aude Dire The Irtad Wizard wal inital Rasdek High Defintien Audo Driver on pour computer To contrwe cick Met V w T r S pwen H natah Miah Daina lla Biar eis HAUL ace Realtek High Dej fii nition Audio Driver R1 69 Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 7 34 R169 Setup Sinus Peel High Delrd Auda Dee a omgang pour r eaae rai Maion LC Vp Sn Files Pleat e e Tat AL rl ced imini 09 Supported Software 4 Setu D IS NOW PrOcessl ng Realtek High Definition Audio Driver RI 69 th setti LIS aiia High Oufinttion 190 Diet satis LMI RILA Software Update lnm1iasllaiion Wizard Upeleliny Yeu Syabom 5 Select the desired option Li iri then click Next Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard Windows will search for current and updated software by looking on your computer on the hardware installation CD or on the Windows Update Web site with pour permission Read our privacy policy Can Windows connect to Windows Update to search for software Yes this time only G Yes now and every time connect a device C 7 No not this time Click Next to continue R U aanak gts Definition Ane Dijar else fe a 6 Click Yes want to p Hish Definition Audio Driver R169 restart my computer Halts igh Definition Audio Driver Setup 2 34 R69 now then click Finish Res
39. BIOS The Intel RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives connected to SATA to SATA 6 When the system powers up and all drives have been detected the Intel RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives JMicron RAID BIOS The JMicron RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives connected to SATA 7 and SATA 8 When the system powers up and all hard disk drives have been detected the JMicron RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt gt keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives Important sehr creating RAID make sure you have installed the Serial ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you wont be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility Refer to chapter 5 for steps in configuring RAID CL BIOS Setup Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE You can download them from DiS web site or contact technical support or your sales representative I Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AVVDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy
40. EA H System Board User s Manual Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of tt may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior writ ten permission from the copyright holders This publication is provided for informational purposes only The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any ex press or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par ticular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer re serves the right to revise this publication and make changes to Its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or en tity of such revisions or changes 2008 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Tech nologies Inc Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products ap pearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part
41. EAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode 53 2 Hardware Installation sassaen eee 888 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the system is In the SI POS Power On Suspend or 3 STR Suspend To RAM state rt will blink every second K Note If a system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket 54 PCI Express Slots Hardware Installation HA Warr Y D ag E Q PCI Express x16 PCIE PCI Express x PHHH PCI Express x16 PCIE 3
42. PU for 3D rendering CrossFire s new feature asymmetric processing technology allows adding another dedicated GPU for physics processing The 3 GPUs simultaneously handle Data Parallel Processing DPP computing tasks such as game rendering and physics in a single system This provides more realistic cutting edge 3D graphics to run at high resolutions BERNSTEIN The Realtek ALC885 on the Bernstein audio module supports audio jacks that provide o channel audio C pp 6 audio jacks that provide 8 channel audi output for advanced channel super surround sound AUDIO audio system It is also equipped with a CD in connector front audio connector and S PDIF output allowing digital connections with DVD systems or other audio video multimedia Introduction transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PDIF is usually found oyn digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device The S PDIF interface on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders JMB363 The JMicron JMB363 controller supports up to two UltraDMA Q0Mbps IDE devices and two Serial ATA devices S S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that S PDIF SATA 3Gb s Serial ATA is a storage interfa
43. Wizard Ready to Install the Program nN ctal lati O nN The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation If you want to review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Pe 26 RAID 4 Setup is now installing the driver 5 Fo low the remal n der of JMB36X Raid Configurer InstallShield Wizard the steps listed on the screen clicking next each time you finish a step 6 Click Yes want to restart my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect _ InstallShield Wizard JMB36X Raid Configurer is configuring your new software installation Installing JMB3Ex Driver InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wiza sfully installed JMB36 Raid Configurer Before you can use the program you must mputer Q Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Chapter 6 ATI CrossFire Technology All s CrossFire technology drives your PC to a new peak of per formance By connecting a Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics card and a standard PCI Express graphics card the power of these multi ple GPUs Graphics Processing Units within the system will acceler ate your gaming performance and improve image
44. alled on the motherboard Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features gt Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter Item Help Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Hard DINS Menu Level K Second Boot Device CDROM Third Boot Device D LOY Select Hard Disk Boot Boot Other Device Enabled Device Priority Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status Security Option MPS Version Control For OS HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Full Screen LOGO Show Enabled Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 6 BIOS Setup Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot sequence of the hard drives Move the cursor to this field then press lt Enter gt Use the Up or Down arrow keys to select a device then press lt gt to move It up
45. am S pet to raya parent S installation information Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the file installation information ee then click Next Installation Readme for Intel Matix Storage Manager Refer to the system requirements for the operating systems supported by Intel R Matrix Storage Manager This document makes references to products developed by Intel There are some restrictions on how these products may be used and what information may be disclosed to others Please read the Disclaimer section at the bottom of this document and contact your Intel field representative if you would like more information KXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX w lt Back Cancel ntel F Installation Frameworks 8 Follow the remainder of the steps shown on the screen clicking next each time you finish a step 9 Click Finish to complete installation and reboot the system 24 On the left side of the autorun screen click the RAID icon I Click JMB36X Driver on the main menu 2 Setup is NOW ready to 1836X Raid Configurer InstallShield Wizard install the driver Click Next Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for JMB36X Raid Configurer The InstallShield Wizard will install JMB 36 Raid Configurer on your computer To continue Kca Cancel 3 CI ick nN sta TO begi N th e JMB36X Raid Configurer InstallShield
46. and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive The colored edge of the cable should align with pin of this connector Note When using two IDE drives one must be set as the master and the other as the slave Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and or switches on the drives Hardware Installation IrDA CIR and Serial COM Connectors IrDA and CIR Connectors These connectors are used to connect an IrDA module and or CIR module Note The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA CIR cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board Make sure to connect the cable connector to the IrDA CIR connector according to their pin functions You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA CIR function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information Se
47. ard JMB363 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard JMicron JMB363 controller Controller Mode This field is used to configure the SATA devices supported by the JMicron JMB363 The options are AHCI IDE RAID IDE and Native IDE 6 68 BIOS Setup Onboard PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Onboard PCI Device Onboard Lan Controller Enabled Item Help Onboard Lan2 Controller Enabled IEEE 1394 Controller Enabled Menu Level gt Onboard HD Audio Enabled Tlso lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Onboard Lan Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN controller Onboard Lan2 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN 2 controller IEEE 1394 Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard IEEE 394 Onboard HD Audio This field is used to enable or disable the onboard HD audio Super IO Device Power On By Mouse Power On By Keyboard Power On By Button KB Power On Password Hot Key Power On Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port Onboard IRDA Select IR Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Disabled Button Only Enabled
48. ardless of whether the Power Management func tion is enabled or disabled if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this func tion Is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power but ton Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system PCI Express PME This field is used to configure the PCI Express PME Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state This can be configured only If the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 S TR When this feature is disabled the system resume time is shortened but system will need an AGP driver to initialize the VGA card Therefore if the AGP driver of the card does not support the initialization feature the display may work abnormally or not function after resuming from S3 Wake Up by PCI Card Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to re motely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information Disable
49. at the cables with extreme caution especially while creating RAID A dam aged cable will ruin the entire installation process and operating system The system will not boot and you will lost all data in the hard drives Please give special attention to this warning because there is no way of recovering back the data Step 2 Configure Serial ATA in the Award BIOS Power on the system then press lt Del gt to enter the main menu of the Award BIOS 2 Select the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device section of the BIOS Configure Serial ATA in the appropriate fields 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup then press lt Enter gt 5 ype lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Reboot the system UJ Step 3 Configure RAID in the RAID BIOS Configure RAID in the Intel RAID BIOS When the system powers up and all drives have been detected the Intel RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system on Serial ATA drives 21 22 RAID Configure RAID in the JMicron RAID BIOS When the system powers up and all hard disk drives have been detected the JMicron RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt J gt keys simultaneously to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID syst
50. ce that is compli ant with SATA 1 0 specification Intel ICHIR and JMicron JMB363 both support speed of up to 3Gb s Serial ATA improves hard drive performance faster than the standard par allel ATA whose data transfer rate is QQMB s O The Intel ICH9R chip allows configuring RAID on Serial ATA devices It supports RAID 0 RAID RAID 0 and RAID Cet J The JMicron JMB363 chip allows configuring RAID on an Pe other 2 Serial ATA devices It supports RAID O and RAID RAID DUAL The Marvell 88E8052 and Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit LAN controllers support up to Gbps data rate GIGABIT LAN Introduction Yes IEEE 1394 is fully compliant with the 1394 OHCI Open Host Controller Interface 1 specification It supports up L Ce to 63 devices that can run simultaneously on a system 1394 is a fast external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400Mbps In addition to its high speed it also supports isochronous data transfer which is ideal for video de vices that need to transfer high levels of data in real time 394 supports both Plug and Play and hot plugging CMOS Reloaded is a technology that allows storing multiple user defined BIOS settings by using the BIOS utility to save load and name the settings This is especially useful to overclockers who require sav ing a variety of overclocked settings and being able to conveniently switch between these settings simultaneous
51. ching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting Make sure the COM settings and I O address are configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 2 Make sure the keyboard Is properly connected Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card Is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system Check the Jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are prop erly set Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each compo nent into the socket If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults 14
52. computing environment The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of meter The system board supports USB 2 0 and USB l l GAE ports USB I I supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth USB providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals WAKE ON RING This feature allows the system that is in the WAKE ON RING Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to Wake up power on to respond to calls coming from an external mo dem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 20mA This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 20mA Introduction Th
53. counter with your personal computer To efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on 2 All cables and power cords are tightly connected 3 The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are con nected is working lest the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted prop erly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 2 Make sure that the monitor s power switch is on Check that one end of the monitors power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet If necessary try another outlet Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system s display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor s brightness control knob Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost rts vertical sync
54. d The system will not wake up desprte access to the PCI card 76 BIOS Setup Resume By Alarm Enabled Disabled When Enabled you can set the time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Time dd hh mm of Alarm field However If the system Is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the time set in the field the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disables the automatic power on function default Day of Month Alarm The system will power on everyday according to the time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Time hh mm ss Alarm field Time hh mm ss of Alarm This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on HPET Support This field is used to enable or disable HPET HPET Mode This field is used to select the HPET mode WDRT Support This field is used to enable or disable WDRI WDRT Run Stop and WDRT Count These fields are used to configure WDRI BIOS Setup PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical tems and It Is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By Au
55. d the other end to your Serial ATA device ICHIR supports SATA to SATA 6 JMB363 supports SATA 7 and SATA 8 Configuring RAID Refer to the RAID chapter in this manual for more information about creating RAID on Serial ATA drives lo 46 Hardware Installation Floppy Disk Drive Connector and IDE Connector LS O O ss ag 10 T a IDE FDD Floppy Disk Drive Connector he floppy disk drive connector is used to connect a floppy drive Insert one end of the floppy cable into this connector and the other end most connector to the floppy drive The colored edge of the cable should align with pin of this connector IDE Disk Drive Connector The IDE disk drive connector is used to connect 2 IDE disk drives An IDE cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into this connector
56. dis perse evenly Do not apply the paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on tS underside Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan heat sink on top of the CPU Hardware Installation 2 Place the heat sink on F E Mounting hole top of the CPU The Ar T studs around the heat Le sink which are used to TNS secure the heat sink h onto the system board must match the 4 mounting holes around the socket Latarty Kell TTT TT Mounting hole Kell ol TTT ATTA AEST Ta TTT TTT KSS Ss Position each stud so that the groove faces the heat sink then push it down firmly until it clicks into place Groove 1 EI PAm n nnti U WI UI E il E are c ay Stud l ta Ah Note You will not be able to secure the fan and heat sink assembly in place if the groove is not facing the heat sink 3 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board Note LP UT series provides
57. e Help Documentation Start Menu Shortcuts System Tray Icon Service Event Monitor Service Click Next to continue the setup Click Cancel to exit the setup lt Back Cancel IntelfFl Installation Frameworks 6 Read the icine AAAA x asreement then cl ick Yes Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 7 5 0 1017 License Agreement gt x Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the Page Down key n tel to view the rest of the agreement INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT DEM 7 IHY Z ISV Distribution amp A Single User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Also Note IF you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM Independent Hardware Vendor IHY or Independent Software Vendor IS this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT applies v You must accept all of the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms oa a IntelfA Installation Frameworks 7 Go through the readme anns d oc ument to VI ew Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 7 5 0 1017 Readme File Information syste Mm re q u re M e nts d N d i n tel Kae A Ke ra
58. e A CPU e Memory module e Storage devices such as hard disk drive CD ROM etc You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use which will normally include at least a keyboard a mouse and a video display monitor Processor O Chipset System Memory Expansion Slots O L Audio SUG 715 Set Tor Intel Core Quad and Intel Core 2 Duo Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology EMT64T Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST Supports Intel HyperThreading Technology Supports 600 1333 1066 800MHz FSB Intel chipset Northbridge Intel X48 Express chipset Intel Fast Memory Access technology Southbridge Intel ICHIR Four 240 pin DDR2 DIMM sockets Supports DDR2 667 800 MHz Delivers up to 12 8Gb s bandwidth Supports dual channel 28 bit wide memory interface Supports up to 8GB system memory Supports unbuffered x8 and xl6 DIMMs S Sores Gen 2 x lt io slew ele ene Pele 3 2 way CrossFire at x 6 x 16 bandwidth 2 way CrossFire Physics at xl 6 xl6 x4 bandwidth S 1G exoress shore Ele 2 Fl i CiEX ress a EST 2 5 PS Sher e Award BIOS 8Mbit flash memory e CMOS Reloaded Bernstein audio module Realtek ALC885 8 channel High Definition Audio CODEC Center subwoofer rear R L and side R L Jacks Line in line out front R L and mic in jacks 2 coaxial RCA S PDIF in out jacks optical S PDIF connector CD i
59. e USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 21 5A For 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 2A Speaker On Off Select 1 2 3 1 2 3 l 2 On 2 3 On Speaker Off Speaker On default JP8 Hardware Installation Buzzer The system board is equipped with a buzzer which serves as the PC s speaker By default the buzzer is on allowing you to hear the system s beep messages and warnings If you intend to use an exter nal speaker turn this function off by setting JP8 pins and 2 to On ay 38 Hardware Installation Safe Boot
60. e allowing you to install a heat sink of your choice Make sure to use a heat sink that will provide sufficient heat dissipation EE a4 Hardware Installation Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Data Clearing CMOS Data using JP2 lm Go P2 1 2 3 1 2 3 ee s po Be dee TL H 2 On Normal 2 3 On EE secs default Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the supervisor or user password c The overclocked settings in the BIOS resulted to the system s in stability or caused system boot up problems you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Power off the system then unplug the power cord 2 Set JP2 pins 2 and 3 to On Wart for a few seconds and set JP2 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 3 Now plug the power cord then power on the system Hardware Installation Clearing CMOS Data using the EZ Clear Function EZ Clear bypass
61. e arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features K CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Baada XIL Setup PC Health Status out Saving Esc Q uit ees F10 Save amp Exit Setup J gt Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again Io delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt En ter gt instead of typing In a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to retum to the main menu CEE BIOS Setup Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set a users password with the System option se lected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a users password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using users password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Pas
62. efined Setting Bank when you use the Save to this Bank function of that bank Current BIOS Setting This option will save the current BIOS setting to the User Defined Setting Bank Last BIOS Setting This option will save the last saved BIOS set ting to the User Defined Setting Bank User Defined Setting Bank 1 2 3 4 Bank Description To name the BIOS setting move the cursor to Bank Description then press lt Enter gt You can enter up to 60 characters Providing a name to the BIOS setting will allow you to easily remember the settings in the bank Save to this Bank To save the BIOS setting move the cursor to Save to this Bank then press lt Enter gt ype lt Y gt then press lt Enter gt This will save the current setting or the last saved setting to this bank depending on the option selected in the Save Setting to Bank With field If you want to immediately reboot to use the new settings make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting T in the Save amp Exit Setup submenu BIOS Setup Load from this Bank To load the setting saved in the bank move the cursor to Load from this Bank then press lt Enter gt The setting in this bank will replace the current setting Make sure to save before you exit the BIOS setup utility by selecting Y in the Save amp Exit Setup submenu Hotkey You can now load a BIOS setting during system boot up bypassing the l
63. em on Serial ATA drives Step 4 Install the RAID Driver During OS Installation The RAID driver must be installed during the Windows XP or Windows 2000 installation using the F6 installation method This is required in order to install the operating system onto a hard drive or RAID volume when in RAID mode or onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode Start Windows Setup by booting from the installation CD 2 Press lt F6 gt when prompted in the status line with the Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message 3 Press lt S gt to Specify Additional Device 4 At this point you will be prompted to insert a floppy disk containing the RAID driver Insert the provided RAID driver diskette 5 Locate for the drive where you inserted the diskette then select RAID or AHCI controller that corresponds to your BIOS setup Press lt Enter gt to confirm You have successfully installed the driver However you must continue installing the OS Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots Itself because Windows setup will need to copy the files again from the floppy disk to the Windows installation folders After Windows setup has copied these files again remove the floppy diskette so that Windows setup can reboot as needed RAID Step 5 Install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager The Intel Matrix Storage Manager can be installed from within Windows It allows RAID volume
64. engthy process of entering the BIOS utility to load a setting Move the cursor to Hotkey then press lt Enter gt Select the key you would like to use to load the settings from the bank When the system boots up press the key to load the setting 2 3 BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features K CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management word PnP PCI Configurat imi faults Y N etup PC Health Status aving Esc Quit tJ peer FIO Save amp Exit Setup gt amp elect item Load Fail Safe Defaults Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values a BIOS Setup Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisors password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup only but not your system set a supervisors password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use th
65. ent ACPI and OS Directed Power Management Sr olin T EG T TTI TIG Wake On PS 2 Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse e Wake On LAN and Wake On Ring RTC timer to power on the system AC power failure recovery Hardware Monitor gt Monitors CPU syster Northbndge temperature and overheat alarm Monitors Vcore Vdimm Vnb VCCS5 12V V5sb Vbat voltages Monitors the speed of the cooling fans CPU Overheat Protection function monitors CPU temperature and fan during system boot up automatic shutdown upon sys tem overheat J f Y JJ 6 layers AIX form factor eI R OU Sem Introduction Features bh Ihe data transfer rate of the high performance DDR2 technology delivers bandwidth of 2 8 Gb s and beyond That is twice the speed of the conventional DDR with See out increasing its power consumption DDR2 SDRAM modules work at 8V supply compared to 2 6V memory voltage for DDR modules DDR2 also incorporates new innovations such as the On Die Termination ODT as well as larger 4 bit pre fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle eet All s CrossFire technology drives your PC to a new peak of performance by combining multiple GPUs in a single sys tem By connecting a Radeon CrossFire Edition graphics card and a standard PCI Express graphics card the power of the dual GPUs Graphics Processing Units within the system will accelerate your gaming performance and improve image quality Aside from dual G
66. enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by press ing the lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press lt Del gt the main menu screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features K CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit T 1 gt lt Select Item FIO Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features BIOS Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features then press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one below will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Date lt mm dd yy gt Time lt hh mm ss gt IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel Master IDE Channel 1 Slave IDE Channel 2 Master IDE Channel 3 Master IDE Channel 4 Master IDE Channel 4 Slave IDE Channel 5 Master IDE Channel 5 Slave Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Drive A Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory T gt e Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults Standard CMOS Features Tue Oct 30 2007 20 20 30 None
67. es data simultaneously PWRON After PWR Fail Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Former Sts When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power Is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns CIR Port Address This field is used to select an I O address for the CIR device CIR Port IRQ This field is used to select an IRQ for the CIR device 7 BIOS Setup USB Device Setting Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility USB Device Setting USB 1 0 Controller Enabled Item Help USB 2 0 Controller Enabled USB Operation Mode High Speed Menu Level gt gt USB Keyboard Function Enabled l USB Mouse Function Enabled Enable or Disable USB Storage Function Enalbed Universal Host Controller USB Mass Storage Device Boot Setting Interfacefor Universal Serial Bus USB Operation Mode Tl gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may
68. es the manual process of using a jumper to clear the CMOS by simply using the reset and power buttons Important EZ Clear is supported only if standby power is present in the system To use EZ Clear Make sure the standby power Is present 2 Using the EZ touch switches on the system board first press the Reset button then the Power button simultaneously for approxi mately 4 seconds Reset Power If the system board is already enclosed in a chassis apply the same method using the Reset button and Power button located at the front panel of the chassis 3 After 4 seconds release the power button first then the Reset button 4 The CMOS will restore the clock settings back to their default values E 36 Hardware Installation PS 2 Power Select JP7 3 21 3 21 Ba oo
69. f CHS Temp gt 35 C CHSFan Turn OFF if CHSTemp lt 25 NB Fan Fully On If NB Temp Sale NB Fan Turn OFF if NB Temp lt 2 CPU Core Voltage DS HR DRAM Voltage 1 96V NB Core Voltage EPAI CPU VTT Voltage 1 21V ATX 3 3V Voltage 3 13V ATX 12V Voltage 11 84V 5V Standby Voltage 4 78V Battery Voltage 329V CPU CORE Temperature 43 C PWM AREA Temperature 40 C CHIPSET Temperature 40 C CPU FAN Fan Speed 3308 RPM CHS Fan Speed ORPM CHIPSET Fan Speed ORPM E SE Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the PC Health Status submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one Shutdown Temperature You can prevent the system from overheating by selecting a tem perature at which the system will shutdown If the system detected that Its temperature exceeded the one set in this field t will auto matically shutdown CPUFan Fully On If CPUTemp This field is used to select the CPU s temperature at which the CPU fan will rotate at full speed CPUFan Turn Off If CPUTemp This field is used to select the CPU s temperature at which the CPU fan will rotate at a start speed which is the slowest speed Note B If the CPU tem
70. gy Enabled Tl Move PU PD Change Priority F10 Save ESC Exit F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Thermal Management Control This field is used to enable or disable thermal management Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 Problems will occur only in certain operating systems The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems If you are using an operating system other than Windows this problem may occur lo avoid tihs problem enable this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than 3 CIE Function The options are Auto and Disabled Execute Disable Bit When this field is set to Disabled it will force the XD feature flag to always return to U 8 3 BIOS Setup Virtualization Technology When this field is set to Enabled the VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology 94 BIOS Setup DRAM Timing Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Timing CAS Latency Time tCL Auto Item Help Precharge Delay tRAS Auto RAS Precharge tRP Auto Menu Level gt gt RAS to CAS Delay tRCD Auto Write to PRE Delay tWR Auto REF
71. hanges to take effect Would you like to restart the computer now Yes I want to restart this computer now C No Iwill restart this computer later Click Finish then remove any installation media From the drives Finish Os Supported Software Microsoft NET Framework On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon Click Microsoft NE Seams Framework on the main menu 2 Setup is now ready to TIS instal the utility Click K ae ace etup Next This wizard will guide you through the installation process Cases Cena 06 3 Read the license agreement then click l accept the terms of the License Agreement Click Install 4 Setup is now installing the driver Supported Software li Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Setup End User License Agreement End User License Agreement MICROSOFT SOFTWARE SUPPLEMENTAL LICENSE TERMS MICROSOFT MET FRAMEWORK 2 0 Microsoft Corporation for based on where you live one of its affiliates licenses this supplement to you IF you are licensed to use Microsoft Windows operating system software the software you may use this supplement You may nok use it iF you do not have a license For the software You may use a copy of this supplement with each validly licensed copy of the software xe By clicking I accept the berms of the License Agreement and proceeding to use the product I indicate that I have read unders
72. hannels Virtual Single Channel VSC If both channels are populated with different memory configurations the MCH defaults to Virtual Single Channel Dual Channel DC Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate Dynamic Mode Addressing This mode minimizes the overhead of opening closing pages in memory banks allowing for row switching to be done less often Single Channel DIMMs are on the same channel DIMMs in a channel can be identical or com pletely different Not all slots need to be populated Virtual Single DIMMs of different memory configurations Channel are on different channels Odd number of slots can be populated Dual Channel DIMMs of the same memory configuration are on different channels Dynamic Mode In single channel requires even number or Addressing rows side of the DIMM populated This mode can be enabled with SS 2 SS or eS In VSC mode both channels must have identical row structure BIOS Setting Configure the system memory in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Hardware Installation The table below lists the various optimal operating modes that should be configured for the memory channel operation Config DIMM DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4 Nio memory a ae ae E Single channel A TARNA E Single channel A oe amp E Single channel A ee ee ee E Single channel B ea eee oe E Single channel
73. id not boot up the setting will not be stored You may then follow the steps in the next section to load the last bootable setting Load Last Bootable Setting If during the trial and error process the setting resulted to the sys tem s instability or worse yet not being able to boot up the system please follow the steps below to use the Load function Note You can use the Load function only if you have set the Auto Save Bootable Setting to Enabled If the system did not boot up properly but you were able to enter the BIOS utility a Select CMOS Reloaded in the main menu then press lt En tele b Move the cursor to Load Last Bootable Setting then press Load c Press lt Y gt to load the last bootable setting that was stored in the backup bank 2 If you cannot enter the BIOS utility a Use the Clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS Refer to chapter 2 for more information about clearing CMOS b Enter the BIOS utility then perform steps la to Ic 9 BIOS Setup Saving Loading and Naming BIOS Settings For overclockers who require different sets of settings for various system environments or operating systems CMOS Reloaded allows you to save load and name up to four sets of BIOS settings In the User Defined Setting Bank 1 to User Defined Setting Bank 4 fields Save Setting to Bank With This field is used to select the type of setting you would like saved to a User D
74. in tts default setting The CPU s Vcore will be generated according to the CPU VID configuration Important D gt neee this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage CPU VID Special Add This field provides more options to further adjust the voltage of the CPU DRAM Voltage Control This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM 8 88 BIOS Setup SB 1 05V Voltage The options are 05V 133V 1 217V and 3V SB Core CPU PLL Voltage The options are 5V 1 6V 7V and 1 8V NB Core Voltage The options are 25V to 1 55V CPU VTT Voltage This field is used to select the CPU s voltage Vcore Droop Control This field is used to enable or disable the Vcore Droop control Clockgen Voltage Control This field is used to select the clock generator s voltage GTL Buffers Strength This field is used to configure the GTL Buffers Strength Host Slew Rate This field is used to configure the Host Slew Rate GTL REF Voltage Control The options are Enabled and Disabled CPU GTL 1 3 REF Volt and CPU GTL 0 2 REF Volt These fields are used to configure the CPU GIL REF voltage Northbridge GTL REF Volt This field is used to configure the Northbridge GTL REF voltage BIOS Setup CPU Core Voltage This field will show the CPU s current voltage DRAM Voltage This field
75. ire Technology 5 Remove the screw of the bracket that is opposite the PCIE 3 slot then remove the bracket 6 Align the standard PCI Express graphics card Slave above the PCIE 3 slot then press tt down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot Standard U m PCI Express graphics card ZA iim a op y r x i 5 ms gf ee See ge 7 Secure the graphics card with the screw you removed in step 5 32 ATI CrossFire Technology 8 The CrossFire Edition graphics card comes with an external cable Plug one end of the external cable to a connector on the CrossFire Edition graphics card as shown below CrossFire Edition graphics card iin bids ERAS HTI THIS 9 Now plug the other end of the external cable to the DVI I con nector on the standard PCI Express graphics card Standard 10 PC Express graphics card 10 Connect the loose end device 133 ATI CrossFire Technology 1 Connect auxiliary power source from the power supply unit to the graphics cards 2 Install the graphics cards drivers then restart the system for the drivers to take effect 13 When you enter the operating system you will no tice the ATI Catalyst Control Center icon added Z onto your desktop Double click this icon ATI Catalyst Control Center 14 Click the View tab then L em select Custom View ina lt gt Check for drive
76. is function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the WAKE ON PS 2 system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support gt 20MA This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state WAKE ON U SB Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 I 5A For 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Ad vanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function STR With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down the system without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operat ing system This is because the system is capable of storing all pro grams and data files during the entire operating session into
77. ly The system board supports Intel proces HYPER THREADING ae sors with Hyper Threading Technology Ena bling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms Components e CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology e Chipset an Intel chipset that supports HT Technology e BIOS a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled e OS an operating system that includes optimizations for HT Technology For more information on HyperThreading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading PCLS PCI Express is a high bandwidth I O infrastructure EXPRESS that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming multiple lanes The system board currently supports the physical layer of x and xl6 lane widths The x PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 2 5 Gigabytes 2Z5OMBbps per sec ond The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Ex press lane to provide 4 Gigabytes per second transfer rate Introduction CPU CPU Overheat Protection has the capability of moni aie toring the CPU s temperature during system boot up PROTECTION c Once the CPU s temperature exceeded the tempera ture limit pre defined by the CPU the system will automatically shut down This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe
78. management create delete migrate from within the operating system It will also display useful SATA device and RAID volume information The user interface tray icon service and monitor service allow you to monitor the current status of the RAID volume and or SATA drives It enables enhanced performance and power management for the storage subsystem Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive 2 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 3 Click Intel R Matrix Storage Manager on the main menu 4 Setup is now ready tO gms install the utility Click Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 7 5 0 1017 Welcome to the setup for the Intel R Matrix Storage Next sy Manager This setup program will install Intel R Matrix Storage Manager onto your computer It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing setup ns e IntelfA Installation Frameworks 23 RAID 5 Read the warning carefully then click Next Warning Please read the following information The driver you are about to install might be used to control the hard drive from which this computer is booting or to control a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or uninstall this driver from the computer after installation However you can uninstall other non critical components The following components can be uninstalled Intel R Matris Storage Consol
79. mass storage ge BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup 74 ACPI Suspend Type USB KB WakeUp From S3 S4 Soft Off By PWR BTTN PCI Express PME Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Wake Up by PCI Card Resume by Alarm Date Of Month Alarm Time hh mm ss Alarm HPET Support HPET Mode WDRT Support WDRT Run Stop WDRT Count Tl gt e Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values PU PD Value F6 Fail Safe Defaults S3 STR Disabled Instant Off Enabled Auto Enabled Disabled U 0 0 0 Disabled 32 bit Mode DIREI al Stop 1023 Item Help Menu Level gt F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode S I POS S3 STR Enables the Power On Suspend function Enables the Suspend to RAM function USB KB Wakeup From S3 S4 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state This can be configured only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR BIOS Setup Soft Off by PWWR BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Reg
80. n did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utilrty CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup The drivers for Windows 2000 are also included in the CD however Autorun is not supported for this operating system Therefore you must manually install the drivers from the respec tive folders of each driver All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please contact technical support or your sales representative for the latest version of the drivers or software applications 20 Chapter 5 RAID The Intel ICH9R chip alows configuring RAID on Serial ATA drives connected to SATA to SATA 6 It supports RAID O RAID RAID UTI and RAID 5 The JMicron JMB363 chip allows configuring RAID on another 2 Se rial ATA drives connected to SATA 7 and SATA 8 It supports RAID O and RAID I RAID Levels RAID O Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance RAID O uses two new identical hard disk drives to read and write data in parallel interleaved stacks Data is divided into stripes and each stripe Is written alternately between two disk drives This im proves the I O performance of the drives at different channel how ever It is not fault tolerant A failed disk will result in data loss in the disk array RAID I Mirroring Disk Array with Fault Tolerance RAID copie
81. n I I An AIXI2V power supply unit has a standard 24 pin ATX main power connector that must be inserted into this connector lag T oF S EE EE O O amp O i a fF T Il ge Be oD LS TTT eee 2 TT T L m IG 2 24 sup Ao DIS COM FIOS TV L sd RAR 5VDC 5VSB 5VDC PWR_OK NC OM COM 5VDC COM COM COM Val PS_ON COM COM a Ve 2VDC VC 3 5 VIC 13 Your power supply unit may come with an 8 pin or 4 pin 1 2V power connector The 12V power enables the delivery of more 2VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM If available rt is preferable to use the 8 pin power otherwise connect a 4 pin power to this connector
82. n connector front audio connector DAC SNR ADC SNR of 06dB 101dB Full rate lossless content protection technology Marvell 88E8052 and Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controllers Fully compliant to IEEE 802 3 IOBASE T 802 3u QOBASE TX and 802 3ab OOOBASE T standards Storage Intel ICHIR chip Intel Matrix Storage technology Supports up to 6 SATA devices Se soeecl UD Te Sos VAI O PRAP L FRAD Ose and RAID 5 JMicron JMB363 PCI Express to SATA and PATA host controller Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 00Mbps IDE devices Supports 2 SATA devices SATA speed up to 3Gb s RAID 0 and RAID Supports two 100 200 400 Mb sec ports Rear Panel I O Mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port and PS 2 keyboard port s EEE ISIA POr SOTIB O MEP Kas PAN on 6 2 3 connectors for 6 additional external USB 2 0 ports connector for an external COM port connector for an IEEE 1394 port connector for the Bermstein audio module front audio connector on the Bernstein audio module CD in connector on the Bernstein audio module S PDIF connector on the Bernstein audio module IrDA connector E E KONNE eT 8 Serial ATA connectors 40 pin IDE connector floppy connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 2V power connector 2 4 pin 5V I 2V power connectors FDD type front panel connector 6 fan connectors diagnostic LED EZ touch switches power switch and reset switch Power Managem
83. nd N C 3 System fan These fan connectors are used to connect cooling fans Cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent over heating the CPU and system board components EZ Touch Switches E oo KO O Llar Re pie STT TDTO Reset Power The presence of the power switch and reset switch on the system board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide conven lence In powering on and or resetting the system while fine tuning 48 the system board before it Is installed into the system chassis Hardware Installation LEDs
84. nt Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurati etup PC Health Status Esc Quit T Select It F10 Save amp Exit Setup J gt lt Select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Type Y and press lt Enter gt The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done Zt 9 8 BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made high light Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features K CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurati gt Setup PC Health Status it Wi i J Saving Esc Quit E EEN FIO Save amp Exit Setup gt amp elect Hem Load Fail Safe Defaults Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simulta neously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done BIOS Setup RAID BIOS Intel RAID
85. o 15 ALL Precharge to Act The options are Auto and 2 to 9 ALL PRE to Refresh The options are Auto and to 15 Voltage Setting Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear BIOS Setup Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU VID Control CPU VID Special Add DRAM Voltage Control SB 1 05V Voltage SB Core CPU PLL Voltage NB Core Voltage CPU VTT Voltage Vcore Droop Control Voltage Setting Auto Item Help Auto 1 972V Menu Level KEK 1 070V 1 55V 1 33V 1 20V Enabled Clockgen Voltage Control 3 45V GTL Buffers Strength Strong Host Slew Rate Weak GTL REF Voltage Control Disabled CPU GTL 1 3 REF Volt 110 CPU GTL 0 2 REF Volt 110 North Bridge GTL REF Volt 110 CPU Core Voltage 1 31V DRAM Voltage 1 96V NB Core Voltage 1 34V CPU VTT Voltage 1 24V PS Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F6 Fail Safe Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the Voltage Setting submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be Identical to this one F5 Previous Values F7 Optimized Defaults CPUVID Control This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you want to use the CPU s default core voltage leave this field
86. o connect an external microphone Center Subwoofer Jack Orange This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speakers of the audio system Rear Right Left Jack Black This jack is used to connect to the rear right and rear left speakers of the audio system Side Right Left Jack Gray This jack is used to connect to the side left and side right speakers of the audio system te Hardware Installation Coaxial RCA S PDIF in and SPDIF out Jacks These jacks are used to connect external audio output devices using coaxial S PDIF cables CD in Connector The CD in connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card Front Audio Connector The front audio connector is used to connect to the line out and mic in jacks that are at the front panel of your system Optical S PDIF Connector The optical S PDIF connector is used to connect an external audio output device using an optical S PDIF cable Important DO NOT use optical S PDIF and coaxial RCA S PDIF at the same time Installing the Bernstein Audio Module I The Bernstein audio module connects to the system board by means of the provided audio cable 2 Insert one end of the cable to the Bernstein audio connector on the system board and the other end to the corre sponding connector on the audio module _ d SS
87. or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard Supported Software 7 Click Finish i Marvell CPA InstallShield Wizard A InstallShield Wizard Completed MARVELL The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Marvell CPA Click Finish to exit the wizard 16 Supported Software Smart Guardian The Smart Guardian utility is capable of monitoring the system s tempera ture fan speed voltage etc and allows you to manually set a range Highest and Lowest Limit to the tems being monitored If the settings values are over or under the set range a warning message will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Set ting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good work ing condition On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon Click Smart Guardian Sas on the main menu X48 Ces install the utility Click Next Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Hardware Doctor The InstallShield Wizard will install Hardware Doctor on your computer To co Installshield Supported Software 3 Fill in the necessary lal Customer Information information then click Hija Next Instalisiiald 4 Click Next to Install or naiai click Browse to select an oth e r fo de r Setup will in
88. otkey gt 1 Description Options DESE Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The screen above list all the fields available in the CMOS Reloaded submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one CMOS Reloaded is especially helpful to overclockers who often go through the tiresome trial and error process of repeatedly changing the BIOS settings to come up with the most ideal overclocked set ting By being able to save and load the settings t eliminates the tedious job of remembering several settings and or repeatedly reset ting settings during the trial process he settings are stored in the SEEPROM SEEPROM is divided into 5 banks the backup bank and the 4 user defined banks BIOS Setup Auto Save Bootable Setting This field is used to automatically save the last bootable setting from CMOS to an area in the SEEPROM referred to as the backup bank To use this function Set this field to Enabled 2 Select Save amp Exit Setup in the main menu then press lt Enter gt 3 Type lt Y gt then press lt Enter gt If the changes to the setting allowed the system to boot the setting will be stored in the SEEPROM In other words if the system d
89. perature runs between the highest set in the CPUFan Fully On If CPUTemp field and lowest set in the CPUFan Turn Off If CPUlemp field temperature the system will automatically adjust the CPU fan s speed accord ing to the temperature 7 BIOS Setup 2 If you want to reduce the CPU fan s noise or prevent CPU overheat select a lower temperature in the CPUFan Fully On If CPUlemp field to allow the CPU fan to rotate full speed at the selected lower temperature CHSFan Fully On If CHS Temp This field is used to select the system s temperature at which the chassis fan will rotate at full speed CHSFan Turn Off If CHS Temp This field is used to select the system s temperature at which the chassis fan will rotate at a start speed which is the slowest speed Note B If the systems temperature runs between the highest set in the CHSFan Fully On If CHSlemp field and lowest set in the CHSFan Tum Off If CYS Temp field temperature the system will automatically adjust the chassis fans speed according to the temperature NB Fan Fully On If NB Temp This field is used to select the Northbridge chip s temperature at which the chip s fan will rotate at full speed NB Fan Turn Off If NB Temp This field is used to select the Northbridge chip s temperature at which the chip s fan will rotate at a start speed which is the slowest speed Note If the Northbridge chip s temperature runs between
90. phics card PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 65 66 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Hain satel Onboard PCI Device Press Enter Super IO Device Press Enter USB Device Setting Press Enter Menu Level gt 1 Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility OnChip IDE Device SATA Mode IDE Item Help Legacy Mode Support Disabled Onboard JMB363 Controller Enabled Menu Level d Controller Mode NELA 0D S Tl gt o lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one BIOS Setup SATA Mode This field is used to configure the SATA devices supported by the Intel ICHYIR IDE This option configures the Serial ATA drives as Parallel AIA storage devices RAID This option allows you to create RAID or Intel Matrix Storage configuration on Serial ATA devices AHCI This option allows the Serial ATA devices to use AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface Legacy Mode Support The options are Enabled and Disabled Onbo
91. r updates Contact CUSTOMER CARE Customer reviews gt Send ATI your feedback Visit ati com cCararysr y COANTROL ERATE 7 5 In the Graphics Settings menu left side of screen click CrossFire The CrossFire Settings screen will appear on the man HES cus mentary 1 t Ip aT window Click Enable R trite Core CrossFire then click Tes cae to continue J E ay da foes rasa a aakogtne minnan da Invader ary umappied nation mou may hae changed alitahans vd be inmechately piad Do yeti pazh Bes Gordas inno T 134 8888888888888888 All CrossFire Technology 16 The screen on the right indicates that CrossFire has been enabled Make sure to restart the PC for CrossFire to take effect Crossrire Graphics Adapter 1 RADEON X850 CrossF re Editon DOC Depla CrossFue delivers exceptional pedomance on a single diau by ee T Gi Enable GunsFie Enabley Cross ee allows bor feue baby 30 sellinge Also when enabling Craze is recommended that Cotelyat AL be enabled wi the SD selira by dei aZ d enabled Chk on 3D in the navgabon lee to serven or change esther of haze 30 seang e CrossFire hat now stated When you ditable this feature by wil reed lo restore yous previous cheplay rerus dpr e Laa rezz Dick the Help button lor more nfonnabon 35 136 Appendix A System Error Message
92. rial COM Connector The serial COM connector is used to connect modems serial print ers remote display terminals or other serial devices Your COM port may come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the serial port cable to this connector The colored edge of the cable should align with pin of this connector 47 Hardware Installation Cooling Fan Connectors N C 3 Power sa 9 S Bape Ground O S NB fan ol B Power Ground N C i E i E T d l P 3 Sa SNE Ll h 3rd fan O T Powe r e Sa i S Saal L m 1 L se am RI 2 ani kend is E 2 a ay 2nd fan Sl PE RRR Ground Power Sense 4 Speed CPU fan Control Power Ground N C E Ist fan Power Grou
93. s and maintains an identical image of the data from one drive to the other drive If a drive fails to function the disk array management software directs all applications to the other drive since it contains a complete copy of the drive s data This enhances data protection and increases fault tolerance to the entire system Use two new drives or an existing drive and a new drive but the size of the new drive must be the same or larger than the existing drive RAID O 1 Striping and Mirroring RAID Q I is a combination of data striping and data mirroring providing the benefits of both RAID O and RAID Use four new drives or an existing drive and three new drives for this configuration RAID 5 RAID 5 stripes data and parity information across hard drives It is fault tolerant and provides better hard drive performance and more storage capacity RAID Settings To enable the RAID function the following settings are required Connect the Serial ATA drives Configure Serial ATA in the Award BIOS Configure RAID in the RAID BIOS Install the RAID driver during OS installation Install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Install the JMB36X Driver O UU KRWN Step l Connect the Serial ATA Drives Refer to chapter 2 for details on connecting the Serial ATA drives Important Make sure you have installed the Serial ATA drives and connected the data cables otherwise you won t be able to enter the RAID BIOS utility 2 Tre
94. ss Radeon X850 graphics card Radeon X850 PRO Radeon X850 XT or Radeon X850 XT Platinum Edition from AII or any of its partners including cards previously sold The Radeon X800 CrossFire Edition card works with any standard PCI Express Radeon X800 graphics card Radeon X800 Radeon X800 PRO Radeon X800 XL Radeon X800 XT or Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition from ATI or any of its partners Note Er the clock speed of the CrossFire Edition graphics card and standard PCI Express graphics card are different both cards will operate at their individual clock speeds Pe ATI CrossFire Technology The PCI Express x16 Slots PCIE 4 Configurations e 2 way CrossFire at x 6 x 6 bandwidth e 2 way CrossFire Physics at x 6 x 6 x4 bandwidth 30 ATI CrossFire Technology CrossFire Setup Note The system board used in the following illustrations may not resemble the actual board These illustrations are for reference only Power off the system and monitor then unplug the power cord 2 Remove the screw of the bracket that is opposite the PCIE slot then remove the bracket eee tees See gi LET KH EL 1 T I i 3 Align the CrossFire Edition graphics card Master above the PCIE slot then press it down firmly until it is completely seated in the slot CrossFire Edition graphics card 4 Secure the graphics card with the screw you removed in step 2 13 ATI CrossF
95. stall Hardware Doctor in the following folder To install to this folder click Next To install to a different folder click Browse and select another folder Select folder where setup will install files Destination Folder C Winbond Electronics Corp Hardware Doctor InstallShield gt Select an option in Nuala accordance to the system jill that you are using then click Next InstallShield 118 Supported Software 6 After completing installa iaiia tion click Finish to exit setu D 1 InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Hardware Doctor Click Finish to exit the wizard Restarting the system will allow the utility to take effect garai Supported Software USB 2 0 Drivers Windows XP If your Windows XP CD already includes Service Pack the USB 2 0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system If the CD does not include Service Pack It is available for download at Microsofts Windows Update website Windows 2000 If your Windows 2000 CD already includes Service Pack 4 the USB 2 0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system If the CD does not include Service Pack 4 it Is available for download at Microsofts Windows Update website Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems If after inserting the CD Autoru
96. ster bits in the RTC Note B l The SRICRST input must always be high when all other RIC power planes are on 2 In the case where the RIC battery is dead or missing on the platform the SRICRST pin must rise before the RSMRST pin 39 Hardware Installation CPU FSB Select TH l Edk m laaa foad D Hi S dh R rar 62883 mj sss HHT s TS Go HS P14 JPIS JP13 By default JP 3 to JPI5 are set to pins and 2 On This setting will allow the system to automatically run according to the CPU s FSB If you want to change the setting please refer to the table below By CPU JPI4 1 2 On JPI3 1 2 On JPI5 1 2 On SI FSB 800 3 4 On ES Slr 2 3 On FSB 1066 2 3 On 2 3 On 2 3 On FSB 1333 2 3 On 2 3 On 3 4 On Hardware Installation Rear Panel I O Ports
97. sword that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features gt CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurati it Setup PC Health Status at Saving Esc Quit tJ er FIO Save amp Exit Setup gt select Item Load Fail Safe Defaults Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again lo delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set User Password and press lt Enter gt in stead of typing In a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu BIOS Setup Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features K Genie BIOS Setting Advanced BIOS Features K CMOS Reloaded Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Manageme
98. t Enter your pass word You can enter up to 5 characters ype in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this field You must type the correct password to power on the system If you forgot the password power off the system and remove the battery Wait for a few seconds and install tt back be fore powering on the system Hot Key Power On This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power on the system Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port Auto The system will automatically select an I O ad dress for the onboard serial port SFE IRQ4 2FE IRQ3 3ES IRQO4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port Disabled Disables the onboard serial port Onboard IRDA Select SFE IRQ4 2FE IRQ3 SES IRQO4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard IrDA Disabled Disables the onboard IrDA BIOS Setup IR Mode Select This field is used to select the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA device For better transmission of data your IrDA periph eral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of Meet UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receiv
99. tOLESCD1 Item Help IRQ Resources Press Enter Menu Level gt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled PCI Latency Timer Per 8CLK 8 INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto INT Pin 5 Assignment Auto INT Pin 6 Assignment Auto INT Pin 7 Assignment Auto INT Pin 8 Assignment Auto e S Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for YOU Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field ri BIOS Setup IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this fleld and press lt Enter gt This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources IRQ 3 assigned to Device Item Help IRQ 4 assigned to Device IRQ 5 assigned to Device Menu Level gt gt IRQ 7 assigned to Device IRQ 9 assigned to Device IRQ 10 assigned to Device IRQ 11 assigned to Device IRQ 12 assigned to Device IRQ 14 assigned to Device IRQ 15 assigned to Device Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC
100. tarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect Supported Software Marvell LAN Driver On the left side of the autorun screen click the NETWORK icon Click Marvell LAN p Driver on the main menu 2 Setup is now ready to InstallShield Wizard Eg install the driver Click Next Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Marvell Miniport Driver The InstallShield Ri Wizard will install Marvell Miniport Driver on your computer To continue click Mex WARMING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties lt Back Cancel 3 Read the license E Marvell Miniport Driver InstallShield Wizard agreement then click H ame srei eriti 0 0 accept the terms in the license agreement Click MARVELL END USER LIMITED USE LICENSE AGREEMENT M AR YEL LS N ext The use of the Software as defined herein is exclusively governed by the terms of this End User Limited Use License Agreement the Agreement between MARVELL INTERNATIONAL LTD MARVELL and you Licensee BY OPENING THE SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND CLICKING I do accept the license agreement OF ANY ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THIS AGREEMENT YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THE AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO w CST I accept the terms in the license agreement C L da not accept the terms in the license agreement nts tie Installshield
101. the option of using the Transpiper heat sink However instead of using the push pin type of CPU heat sink fan assembly opt for an assembly that uses mounting screws Refer to the Transpiper Heat Sink section for details 2 28 Hardware Installation Flame Freezer Heat Sink The heat dissipating effect of a heat sink mounted directly at the place where the heat is produced such as that of a northbridge Is usually lim ited Io overcome this problem the system board uses the heat pipe technology which is an extremely high thermal conductor that can dissipate heat effectively The Flame Freezer heat sink when installed at the rear of the chassis provides additional cooling to the entire system The right photo shows the heat pipe assembly on the system board Heat pipe assembly 2 Before you proceed make sure you have already installed the provided I O shield and system board Into the chassis Hardware Installation I O shield SS aS Se of Rd t T er mer ee ERRRRBLT EEF Hidi ij pipit PRN R H PE RE DR E B B E B BP T Z Saf P n R R P PE ee Internal view of the chassis rear I O area 29 Hardware Installation 3 Remove the screws that hold the metal plate covering of the I O shield Metal plate covering of the I O shield 4 The base of the heat sink which is used to stabilize the Flame Freezer heat sink Is now accessible Heat sink base i U
102. the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message If the drive installed is 360KB Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password Is entered at the prompt MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board Is USING HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide suffi cient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is sup ported in ATA 33 or later hard drives BIOS Setup F
103. tood and agreed to the terms of the End User License Agreement I accept the terms of the License Agreement li Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 Setup Installing components The items you selected are being installed Installation Progress aed Copying new Files File IEExec exe Directory C WINDOW S Microsoft NET Frameworkive 0 507271 Size 97265 Cancel 1Q7 1Q8 Supported Software 5 Click Finish Reboot the ITS T system for the New setupcompiete software installation to take effect Microsoft NET Framework 2 0 has been successfully installed Tt is highly recommended that you download and install the latest service packs and security updates for this product For more information visit the Following Web site Product Support Center Graphics Drivers The CD provides both ATI Radeon driver and nVidia GForce 8 series driver Install the driver according to the graphics card that you are using For ATI Radeon graphics card select AII Radeon Driver For nVidia graphics card select nVidia GForce 8 Series Driver On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon Click Realtek Audio Driver on the main menu 2 Setu D IS NOW ready to lagi ak Da initton Astin Bim Sate H install the audio driver Click Next 3 Setup is currently configuring the new driver s installation Realtek High De R Audio Driver R1 69 Realtek High Definition
104. ull Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to appear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot UD Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up GA BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features PCI E Compliancy Mode v1l 0a Item Help PEG Force X1 Disabled Init Display First PCL Slot Menu Level gt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit Fl General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources These items should not be altered unless necessary he default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be If you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system PCI E Compliancy Mode This field is used to select the mode for the PCI Express add in card PEG Force xl The options are Enabled and Disabled Init Display First PCI Express Slot When the system boots It will first initialize the PCI Express Master gra
105. ur system configuration CPU power amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement Io ensure that adequate power is provided we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt or greater power supply Important Insufficient power supplied to the system may result in instabil ity or the add in boards and peripherals not functioning prop erly Calculating the systems approximate power usage is im portant to ensure that the power supply meets the system s consumption requirements 5 52 Hardware Installation Restarting the PC Normally you can power off the PC by 2 Pressing the power button at the front panel of the chassis or Pressing the power switch that is on the system board note not all system boards come with this switch If for some reasons you need to totally cut off the power supplied to the PC switch off the power supply or unplug the power cord Take note though that if you intend to restart it at once please strictly follow the steps below The time where power Is totally discharged varies among power supplies It s discharge time is highly dependent on the system s configuration such as the wattage of the power supply the se quence of the supplied power as well as the number of periph eral devices connected to the system Due to this reason we strongly recommend that you wait for the Standby Power LED refer to the LEDs
106. uto detect the Capacity HDD s size head on Cylinder this channel Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector e S Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automati cally be shown on the screen IDE Channel 0 Master to IDE Channel 5 Slave The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor If you select Auto the BIOS will auto detect the HDD amp CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD amp CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select BIOS Setup Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders Head This field displays the number of read write heads Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing
107. will show the DRAM s current voltage NB Core Voltage This field will show the VBS current core voltage CPU VTT Voltage This field will show the HT Link s current voltage 89 90 The CMOS Reloaded submenu allows you to save different configu rations and when needed allows you to conveniently restore one of these previously saved configurations Highlight CMOS Reloaded in the main menu then press lt Enter gt Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CMOS Reloaded Auto Save Bootable Setting Enabled Item Help Load Last Bootable Setting Load Menu Level gt gt Last Saved CMOS This item will immediately decide Save Setting to Bank with User Defined Setting Bank TL Sea m Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey gt 1 which setting will be saved to User Defined Setting Banks The option is one of following 1 Current BIOS setting 2 Last BIOS setting Description Options User Defined Setting Bank 2 E m Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey gt 1 which already exists in CMOS Description Options User Defined Setting Bank 3 m Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank Hotkey gt 1 Description L Options User Defined Setting Bank 4 m Options Bank description Save to this bank Load from this bank H
108. with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket The keying mechanism ensures the module can be plugged into the socket in only one way 7 Seat the module vertically pressing tt down firmly until it is com pletely seated in the socket Kingston 8 The ejector tabs at the ends of the socket will automatically snap into the locked position to hold the module in place F Hardware Installation CPU Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount LGA 775 socket This socket Is exclusively designed for installing a LGA 7 5 packaged Intel CPU Important P gt Before you proceed make sure I the LGA775 socket comes with a protective cap 2 the cap is not dam aged and 3 the socket s contact pins are not bent If the cap is missing or the cap and or contact pins are damaged contact your dealer immediately 2 Make sure to keep the protective cap RMA requests will be accepted and processed only if the LGA775 socket comes with the protective cap Installing the CPU Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down Disconnect all power cords and cables
109. y indirect special incidental or consequencial damages to the product that has been modified or altered Static Electricity Precautions It Is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC system board components or devices even before installing them in your system unit Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage You must take extra care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build up To prevent electrostatic build up leave the system board in Its anti static bag until you are ready to install tt 2 Wear an antistatic wrist strap Do all preparation work on a static free surface 4 Hold the device only by its edges Be careful not to touch any of the components contacts or connections 5 Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connec tors Hold modules or connectors by their ends LU Important Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable estab lish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection Safety Measures To avoid damage to the system e Use the correct AC
110. y ratio Target CPU Clock This field will show the targeted CPU clock CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processor s bus clock by MHz increment 8 BIOS Setup Important Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processors or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance Boot Up Clock This field is used to select the boot up clock DRAM Speed This field is used to select the clock speed of the DIMM Target DRAM Speed This field will show the targeted DRAM speed PCIE Clock This field is used to select the bus clock of the PCI Express Voltage Setting Refer to the following pages for more information on this submenu PCIE Slot Config This field is used to configure PCI Express CPU Spread Spectrum The options are Disabled 0 5 0 25 1 0 and 0 5 PCIE Spread Spectrum The options are Disabled 0 5 and 1 0 SATA Spread Spectrum The options are Enabled and Disabled 82 BIOS Setup CPU Feature Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt the following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU Feature Thermal Management Control Enabled Item Help Limit CPUID MaxVal Disabled C1E Function Auto Menu Level K Execute Disable Bit Enabled Virtualization Technolo

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