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1. Note any Vcore setting over CPU specification may cause CPU to be burned SW2 1 2 3 n 5 Ratio ON ON OFF ON ON 5 OFF ON OFF ON ON 5 5 ON OFF OFF ON ON 6 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 6 5 ON ON ON OFF ON T OFF ON ON OFF ON 7 5 ON OFF ON OFF ON 8 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 8 5 ON ON OFF OFF ON 9 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 9 5 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 10 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 10 5 ON ON ON ON ON 11 OFF ON ON ON ON 11 5 ON OFF ON ON ON 12 OFF OFF ON ON ON 12 5 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF AUTO Page 3 5 Installation JP1 EE CMOS Clear JP1 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS JP2 STR Function B JP2 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled JP3 mon Power Loss Recovery JP3 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled JP13 Keyboard Power ON Function B JP13 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled JP14 CE CPU Host Clock Select JP14 1 2 100MHz Default 2 3 133MHz JP18 CPU Vio Voltage Select JP17 EE JP16 JP17 JP18 CPU Vio V JP16 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 3 75 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 7 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 65 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 6 2 3 2 3 1 2 3 55 1 2 2 3 1 2 3 5 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 45 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 4 Page 3 6 Installation Section 3 3 System Memory Configuration Memory Layout The board supports 3 PC133 VC133 168 pin DIMMs Dual In line Memory Module The DIMMs is for SDRAM Synchronous DRAM only DIMM SDRAM may
2. 4 1 Standard CMOS Setup 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features 4 3 Appendix Advanced Chipset Features 4 8 Integrated Peripherals 4 12 Power Management Setup 4 16 PNP PCI Configuration Setup 4 19 PC Health Status ass seen een sen tin anses 4 21 Frequency Voltage Control 4 22 Defaults Meri aan 4 23 Supervisor User Password Setting 4 24 Exit Selecting sister 4 25 Appendix A Load Setup Defaults n A 1 Appendix B GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide B 1 Introduction Section 1 INTRODUCTION Components Checklist y A 1 Mainboard B 1 User s manual v C 1 Floppy ribbon cable D 1 ATA 66 100 Hard drive ribbon cable E 1 USB Cable Optional y F 1 Driver and utility USER S C MANUAL H D Og Page 1 1 Introduction Overview AMD Duron amp Athlon Processors The AMD Athlon is a seventh generation micro architecture with an integrated L2 cache which is powerful enough to support the bandwidth requirements of a large ran
3. Introduction 1 0 Shield Connector The board is equipped with an I O back panel Please use the appropriate I O shield figure 3 parallel port Joystick Midi port COMI COM2 Speaker Line_in Figure 3 1 0 back panel layout MIC Power On Off Remote The board has a single 20 pin connector for ATX power supplies For ATX power supplies that support the Remote On Off feature this should be connected to the systems front panel for system Power On Off button The systems power On Off button should be a momentary button that is normally open The board has been designed with Soft Off functions You can turn Off the system from one of two sources The first is the front panel Power On Off button and the other is the Soft Off function coming from the M B s onboard circuit controller that can be controlled by the operating system such asWindows 95 98 or Windows 2000 ji a ane SUPPLY ma J3 Case chassis Power 1 ON OFF button J 3 Figure 4 Simple ATX Power ON OFF Controller Page 1 5 Introduction System Block Diagram _ AMD Socket A Processors 100MHz 4X PAC MA 0 13 66MHz 133 100MHz PCI Bridge MD 0 63 AGP Bus lt gt and memory MPE 0 7 controller AGP Slot VT8363 AC Lo 97 lt D CD Rom Graphic I VT82C
4. Appendix Appendix B B 1 GHOST 5 1 Quick User s Guide Installation is very easy You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder or Ghost exe to your hard disk The current market version is for single Client so the LPT and NetBios portions will not be explained further Description of Menus Ghost clones and backs up Disk and Partition son viutricastine In which Disk indicates hard disk options Partition indicates partition options Check indicates check options Disk pllficusting B 1 Appendix There are 3 hard disk functions 1 Disk To Disk disk cloning 2 Disk To Image disk backup 3 Disk From Image restore backup Important 1 To use this function the system must have at least 2 disks Press the Tab key to move the cursor 2 When restoring to a destination disk all data in that disk will be completely destroyed Disk To Disk Disk Cloning 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location of the Destination drive 3 When cloning a disk or restoring the backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure Fat32 NO NAME Appendix 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Disk To Image Disk Backup 1 Select the location of the Source drive 2 Select the location for storing the backup file BACKUP Cc Appendix
5. 3 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Mus tui Disk From Image Restore Backup 1 Select the Restore file Appendix 3 When restoring disk backup set the required partition size as shown in the following figure 4 Click OK to display the following confirmation screen Select Yes to start Wes uu Partition elutricas rino Appendix There are 3 partition functions 1 Partition To Partition partition cloning 2 Partition To Image partition backup 3 Partition From Image restore partition Partition To Partition Partition Cloning The basic unit for partition cloning is a partition Refer to disk cloning for the operation method Partition To Image Partition Backup 1 Select the disk to be backed up 2 Select the first partition to be backed up This is usually where the operating system and programs are stored Appendix 3 Select the path and file name for storing the backup file O ORIGINAL GHO i 4 Is the file compressed There are 3 options 1 No do not compress data during backup 2 Fast Small volume compression 3 High high ratio compression File can be compressed to its minimum but this requires longer execution time Vuuyress Uuay sd Let Ho 5 During confirmation select Yes to start performing backup luzzu Appendix
6. Partition From Image Restore Partition 1 Select the backup file to be restored ORIGINAL GHO 89 871 827 10 02 1998 11 42 44 2 Select the source partition Select Suurss pusfifivu fryw Iway fil Fat32 NO NAME 2102 3 Select the disk to be restored Gi local dsztiua fiv drives by slicZziuy vi tus drive uunbas Appendix 4 Select the partition to be restored NO NAME 2102 5 Select Yes to start restoring Check This function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup or restoration error due to FAT or track error Appendix How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and if necessary reinstall Windows in 2 minutes Ghost can use different methods to complete this task The following two sections explain the creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD Emergency Recover Floppy Divide a hard disk into two partitions The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs The second partition is for backing up the operating system and data The size of the partition can be set according to the backup requirements For example the Windows operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space while the complete Office installation requires 360MB The remaining space can be used to store other data After installing Windows use Ghost to create a backup of the sourc
7. 12345 DR VIA VT8363 4X AGP Slot PCI Slot 1 leur sie sess sssce PCI Slot 2 e iui AUX MODEM1 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 Gn ee e PCI Slot 5 Se mie ee semis PCI Slot 6 SOCKET462 DIMM3 1 J4 ummu ma JS CPU SYS 1 FAN FAN 1 JP14 a ar CPU Host CPU Vio Voltage Select Clock Power on and DIMM Socket remain powered LED DIP Type Re LEDI d FDD1 4 POWER Loss j3 VIA VT82C686B Figure 1 JP1 Recove JP3 1 m m m CLL Clear CMOS JP2 STR Function H POWER_ON OFF TB LED HD LED n nnnm sw IR CONN CHASSIS FAN z 1 PWR_LED gt SPK H RESET 1 Page 3 2 Installation Easy Installation Procedure The following must be completed before powering on your new system 3 1 CPU Insertion 3 2 Jumper Settings 3 3 System memory Configuration 3 4 Device Connectors 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO 3 6 STR Function Section 3 1 CPU Insertion CPU Insertion use AMD Athlon as reference aj N ar A Step 1 Open the socket by raising the actuation lever Step 2 Insert the processor Ensure proper pin 1 orientation by aligni
8. BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults 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 F9 Menu in BIOS Ti Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 CMOS Setup Utility Page 4 1 BIOS The menu displays all the major selection items Select the item you need to reconfigure The selection is made by moving the cursor press any direction key to the item and pressing the Enter key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as the cursor is moved to various items which provides a better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of the selected item will appear so that the user can modify associated configuration parameters Choose Standard CMOS Setup in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu Figure 2 The Standard CMOS Setup allows the user to configure system settings such as the current date and time type of hard disk drive installed floppy drive type and display type Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted use direction keys to move the cursor and the lt Enter gt key to select the entries in the field can be changed by pressing the lt PgDn gt or th
9. No if Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled you need the BIOS to Assign IRQ For USB Enabled configure non boot PCI Latency Timer CLK 32 devices Menu Level gt INT Pin 1 Assignment Auto INT Pin 2 Assignment Auto INT Pin 3 Assignment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto Figure 7 PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed Do you have a PNP OS installed on your system The default is No Yes Select if you are using a PNP OS No Select if your OS does not support PNP Resources Controlled By Who controlled the system PNP PCI resources The default is Auto Manual PNP Card s resources will be controlled manually You can set which IRQ X and DMA X are assigned to PCI ISA PNP or Legacy ISA Cards Auto If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards BIOS will assign the interrupt resource automatically Page 4 19 BIOS Reset Configuration Data This setting allows you to clear ESCD data The default is Disabled Disabled Normal Setting Enabled If you have plugged in some Legacy cards to the system and they were recorded into ESCD Extended System Configuration Data you can set this field to Enabled in order to clear ESCD PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB This item allows BIOS to assign whether IRQ is with VGA USB or not If you have not connect the VGA USB device Can release the IRQ for other device The default i
10. be 83MHz 12ns 100MHz 10ns or 125MHz 8ns bus speed If you use both 50ns and 60ns memory you must configure your BIOS to read 60ns When using Synchronous DRAM we recommend using the 4 clock variety over the 2 clock Figure 6 and Table 1 show several possible configurations for memory modules available in the market DIMM 1 Bank 0 1 DIMM 2 Bank 2 3 Synchronous DIMM 3 Bank 4 5 Figure 6 Ta DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 2 Bank 0 1 Bank 2 3 Bank 4 5 SDRAM iu 32MB 64MB 128MB None None 256MB X 1 simp SPRAM SDRAM Mai 32MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB None axmum 256MB X 1 128MB 256MB X 1 5 7egmp SPRAM SDRAM SDRAM Maximum 32MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB X 1 256MB 512MB X 1 256MB 512MB X 1 Table 1 SDRAM supports 32 64 128 256MB or higher DIMM modules We recommend to use PC100 Memory Module for bus speed 100MHz and PC133 Memory for bus speed over 100MHz Using non compliant memory with higher bus speed over clocking may severely compromise the integrity of the system Page 3 7 Installation DIMM Module Installation Figure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMM memory module DIMMs have 168 pins and two notches that will match with the onboard DIMM socket DIMM modules are installed by placing the chip firmly into the socket at a 90 degree a
11. power management Video Off Method This option allows you to select how the video will be disabled by the power management The default is V H Sync Blank V H Sync Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer MODEM Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Default is IRQ 3 N A No IRQ is used 3 IRQ3 4 IRQ4 5 IRQS 7 IRQ7 9 IRQ9 10 IRQ 10 11 IRQ 11 Page 4 17 BIOS Soft Off by PWRBTN Use this to select your soft off function The default is Delay 4 sec Instant Off Turns off the system instantly Delay 4 Second Turns off the system after a 4 second delay If momentary press of button the system will go into Suspend Mode Press the power botton again to make system back to work State After Power Failure This field lets you determine the state that your PC returns to after a power failure If set to Off the PC will not boot after a power failure if set to On the PC will restart after a power failure VGA When se
12. recover CD Use the Recover CD to boot up the system and restore the backup files automatically For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions Note For more details regarding the creation program and method for creating the recover CD please refer to the legal software and relevant operation manual Appendix Ghost Command Line Switches Reference Ghost may be run in interactive or in batch mode Batch mode is useful for automat ing installations for backups using Ghost Most of the Ghost switches are used to assist with batch mode operation To list switches from Ghost type ghost exe h clone The full syntax for this switch is clone MODE copy load dump pcopy pload pdump SRC drive file drive partition DST drive file drive partition SZE F L n nnnnMnnP F V Clone using arguments This is the most useful of the batch switches and has a series of arguments that define a MODE COPY LOAD DUMP PCOPY PLOAD PDUMP b SRC Mode COPY DUMP LOAD PCOPY PDUMP PLOAD This defines the type of clone command to be used disk to disk copy file to disk load disk to file dump partition to partition copy file to partition load partition to file dump This defines the source location for the operation Meaning Source drive e g 1 for drive one Disk image filename or device e g g Images system2 img Source partition e g 1 2 indicates
13. select Windows and Application Programs the latest backup file Recent gho is restored skipping the installation and setup of application programs For description of relevant parameters refer to Introducing Ghosts Functions For more information about menu design refer to Config sys and Autoexec bat under Menu in the CD You can also create a backup CD containing Ghost exe and these two files Appendix Recover CD In recent years well known computer manufacturers such as IBM Acer Compag etc bundle Recover CDs with their computers to reduce the cost resulting from servicing while at the same time increasing their market competitiveness The following is a simple guide to how to create a recover CD 1 For extremely easy creation of the recover floppy disk use the copy program for example Easy CD Creator Note 2 First create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com and Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys Configuration setup file Autoexec bat Auto execution batch file Mscdex exe CD Rom execution file Ghost exe Ghost execution file Oakcdrom sys ATAPI CD ROM compatible driver The content of Config sys is DEVICE Oakcdrom sys d idecd001 The content of Autoexec bat includes MSCDEX EXE D IDECD001 L Z Ghost exe clone mode load src z original gho dst 1 sure rb 2 Write the backup image file original gho of the entire hard disk or partition into the
14. the second partition on drive one Partition image filename or device and partition number Example g images disk1 img 2 indicates the second partition in the Image file B 13 Appendix c DST This defines the destination location for the operation Mode Meaning COPY LOAD Destination drive e g 2 for drive two DUMP Disk image filename or device e g g images system2 img PCOPY PLOAD Destination partition e g 2 2 indicates the second partition on drive two PDUMP Partition image filename e g g images partl img c SZEy Used to set the size of the destination partitions for either a disk load or disk copy operation Available y Options F L n xxxxM n F n V Resizes the first partition to maximum size allowed based on file system t type Resizes the last partition to maximum size allowed based on file system type indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of xxxx Mb e g SZE2 800M indicates partition two is to have 800 mb n mmP indicates that the n h destination partition is to have a size of mm percent of the target disk indicates that the n h destination partition is to remain fixed in size Indicates that the partition will be resized according to the following rules Rule 1 If the destination disk is larger than the original source disk then the partition s will be expanded to have the maximum amount of space subject to the f
15. this option CPU Host PCI Spread Spec Allows the external clock to be modified depending upon what FSB has been selected Should not be used to clock proces sor faster than it was designed for The default is Default Page 4 22 BIOS 4 9 Defaults Menu Selecting Defaults from the main menu shows you two options which are described below Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal perfor mance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal perfor mance system operations Page 4 23 BIOS 4 10 Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus user password just can only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eig
16. 017870009 User s Manual An AMD Socket A Processor based mainboard 100MHz Supports PC133 VC133 Memory Modules TRADEMARK All products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders These specifications are subject to change without notice Manual Revision 1 0 September 22 2000 Table of Contents Page Section 1 Introduction Components Checklist 1 1 Overview AMD Duron amp Athlon Processors 1 2 Accelerated Graphics Port 1 3 Ultra ATA 66 100 1 3 Hardware Monitoring 1 3 Mainboard Form Factor 1 4 V O Shield Connector 1 5 Power On Off Remote 1 5 System Block Diagram iii 1 6 Section 2 Features Mainboard Features 2 1 Section 3 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout 3 2 Easy Installation Procedure CPU Insertion aria iaia 3 3 Jumper Settings 3 5 System Memory Configuration 3 7 Device Connectors n 3 9 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Function KBPO 3 12 STR Suspend To RAM Function 3 13 Section 4 Award BIOS Setup BIOS Instructions
17. 686B j 1 0 Bridge Video PCI Slots 3 2 HDD USB 0 1 USB 2 3 ATA 66 100 D ISA Slots Serial Port 1 Serial Port 2 Flash Memory LPT Port PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Figure 5 System Block Diagram Page 1 6 Features Section 2 FEATURES Mainboard Features The board is based on the AMD Socket A Processors operating at 600MHz 1 1GHz Designed with VIA KT133 VT8363 AGPset Supports up to 1 5GB of PC133 VC133 memory minimum of 32 MB on board please see Section 3 3 Supports 1 16 bit ISA slots 6 32 bit PCI slots 1 4X AGP slot and provides 2 independent high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting PIO Mode 3 4 and Ultra DMA 66 100 devices The board supports 6 PCI Bus Master slots and a jumperless PCI INT control scheme which reduces configuration confusion when plugging in PCI card s Supports ATAPI e g CD ROM devices on both Primary and Secondary IDE interfaces Designed with on chip Multi I O 1 floppy port 1 parallel port EPP ECP and 2 serial ports 16550 Fast UART Note Japanese Floppy 3 mode is also supported Features Award Plug amp Play BIOS With Flash Memory you can always upgrade to the current BIOS as they are released please visit our Technical Support section for the latest updates Utilizes a Lithium battery which provides environmental protection and longer battery life Supports the 4 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports 2 por
18. CFFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow Page 4 6 BIOS D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether ROMSs from option cards will be copied into RAM This will be in 16K byte or 32K byte units and the size will depend on chipset of the option card Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled Page 4 7 BIOS 4 3 Advanced Chipset Features Choose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu to display following menu DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled x DRAM lt 100MHz SDRAM 3 x Bank r leave sabled DRAM Page Mode Enabled Memory Hole Disabled PCI Master Pipeline Req Enabled P2C C2P Concurrency Enabled Fast R W Turn Around Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP 4K Mode Enabled AGP Driving Control Auto lt AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled K CLK_CTL Select Optimal OnChip USB Enabled OnChip USB 2 Enabled Menu Level gt Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup DRAM Timing By SPD Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD The Choice Enabled Disabled DRAM Clock The item will synchronize asynchronize DRAM operation clock Host Clock DRAM has same working clock with CPU host bus 2 3 Host DRAM running with lower operation clock SDRAM Cycle length This setting defines the CAS timing paramete
19. Page 4 12 BIOS Primary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Primary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Master PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Master PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Secondary Slave PIO The default is Auto Auto BIOS will automatically detect the Onboard Secondary Slave PCI IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Programmed interrupt mode Primary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Primary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Secondary Master UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Sec
20. U Internal Cache This controls the status of the processor s internal cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the processor s internal cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the processor s internal cache thereby lowering performance External L2 Cache This controls the status of the external L2 cache area The default is Enabled Enabled This activates the CPU s L2 cache thereby increasing performance Disabled This deactivates the CPU s L2 cache thereby lowering performance CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This control if the CPU s L2 Cache will support Error Checking and Correcting ECC The default is Disabled Enabled Enables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Performance will decrease 2 4 Disabled Disables ECC support for the CPU s L2 cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up the Power On Self Test POST The default is Enabled Enabled This setting will shorten or skip of the items checked during POST Disabled Normal POST Page 4 4 BIOS First Second Third Other Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operat ing system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The choice Floppy LS120 HDD SCSI CDROM Disabled Swap Floppy Drive This will swap your physical drive letters A amp B if you are using two floppy disks The default is Disabled Enabled Floppy A amp B will be swapped under t
21. age and RPM of fan Page 1 3 Introduction Mainboard Form Factor The board is designed with ATX form factor the new industry standard of chassis ATX form factor is essentially a Baby AT baseboard rotated 90 degrees within the chassis enclosure and a new mounting configuration for the power supply With these changes the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots allowing them all to hold full length add in cards ATX defines a double height aperture to the rear of the chassis which can be used to host a wide range of onboard I O Only the size and position of this aperture is defined allowing PC manufacturers to add new I O features e g TV input TV output joystick modem LAN etc to systems This will help systems integrators differentiate their products in the marketplace and better meet your needs e Smaller size promotes a smaller system size e I O shield does not need to be retooled in an ATX 2 01 or later The mainboard should be used in an ATX 2 01 or later compliant case e A smaller power supply can be used High integration on mainboard reduces the system costs Expandable I O Single chassis fan for system ATX power connec tor Full length slots m CPU located near Power Supply Floppy IDE 31 2 5 1 4 connectors close to Bay Bay peripheral bays Figure 2 Summary of ATX chassis features Page 1 4
22. aining the appropriate states on the SDRAM interface signals The power source must be kept alive to the SDRAM during STR ACPI S3 Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that supporting Instant ON and QuickStart function 1 To enable the ACPI function and use the STR functionally to save your system energy you are recommended to confirm the following requirements a Please do install all ACPI qualified add on cards such as AGP LAN Modem cards In BIOS please select ACPI function Enable and ACPI Suspend Type S3 STR in the Power Management Setup menu Then please install the Windows 98SE or Windows 2000 Restart your system Getting in to the Advanced of the Power Management icon of Control Panel and selecting the Stand By in the Power Buttons 2 Getting start with STR function please click the START button and choose Shut Down Then select the Stand By option in the Shut Down Windows box to get into STR mode Here are the differences between STR power saving mode and Green or Suspend mode a b It is the most advanced Power Management mode It cuts all the power supplied to peripherals except to Memory max power saving It saves and keeps all on screen data including any executed applications to SDRAM Page 3 13 Installation eC d You must push the Power button connected with onb
23. ccess Disabled Reduced video performance AGP Aperture Size The amount of system memory that the AGP card is allowed to share The default is 64 4 4MBof systems memory accessable by the AGP card 8 8MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 16 16MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 32 32MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 64 64MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card Page 4 9 BIOS 128 128MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card 256 256MB of systems memory accessable by the AGP card AGP 4X Mode Chipset AGP Mode support Options x1 x2 and x4 AGP Driving Control This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choose Manual to key in a AGP Driving Value in the next selection This field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your system AGP Fast Write Selecting Enabled allows to use Fast Write Protocol for 4X AGP K7 CLK_CTL Select Use this item to specify the clock control for ramp rate Select default for a defaulted time value and optimal for optimum time value which depends on different CPU ratio The choice Default Optimal OnChip USB USB2 USB Connector Port 0 1 Port 2 3 The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support This controls the activation status of an optional USB keyboard that may be attached The default is disabled Enabled Enable USB keyboard support Disabled Disable USB keyboard su
24. d VIA686B s Serial port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 This field allows the user to configure the 2nd serial port The default is Auto AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is Auto adjusted COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COM4 Enable Onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s Serial port 2 UART 2 Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choice Standard ASKIR HPSIR Page 4 14 BIOS Onboard Parallel port This field allows the user to configure the LPT port The default is 378H IRQ7 378H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 378H and IRQ7 278H Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 278H and IRQS 3BCH Enable Onboard LPT port and address is 3BCH and IRQ7 Disabled Disable Onboard VIA686B s LPT port Onboard Parallel Port Mode This field allows the user to select the parallel port mode The default is Normal Normal Standard mode IBM PC AT Compatible bidirectional parallel port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port mode ECP Extended Capabilities Port mode EPP ECP ECP Mode amp EPP Mode ECP Mode USE DMA This field allows the user to select DMA1 or DMA3 for the ECP mode The default is DMA3 DMAI This field selects the routing of DMAI for
25. e First Boot Device Floppy the VIRUS warning Second Boot Device HDD IDE Hard Third Boot Device LS120 D 3 Boot Other Device Enabled protection If this Swap Floppy Drive Disabled function is enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled and someone attempt to Boot Up NumLock Status On write data into this Gate A20 Option Normal area BIOS will show a Typematic Rate Setting Disabled warning message on Typematic Rate Ch Sec 6 screen and alarm beep Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non 0 2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup Page 4 3 BIOS Virus Warning During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an error message will appear You should then run an anti virus program to locate the virus Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive The default value is Disabled Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector Note Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning CP
26. e lt PgUp gt key 0 e 98 066 A 0 e Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Menu Level gt Thu Jun 15 2000 ir 12502 Change the day month vear and century 1 44M 3 5 in None EGA VGA A11 But Keyboard 640K 654 72K 1024K Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup Page 4 2 BIOS NOTE If the hard disk Primary Master Slave and Secondary Master Slave are set to Auto then the hard disk size and model will be auto detected NOTE The Halt On field is used to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if an error occurs NOTE Floppy 3 Mode support is a mode used to support a special 3 5 drive used in Japan This is a 3 5 disk that stores only 1 2 MB the default setting for this is disabled 4 2 Advanced BIOS Features Selecting the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menu allows users to change system related parameters in the displayed menu This menu shows all of the manufacturer s default values for the board Pressing the F1 key will display a help message for the selected item 0 e o 98 000 A 0 e Virus Warning Disabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Menu Level gt CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Allows you to choos
27. e system and store the file Image file in drive D The file is named as Original gho Then create a recover floppy disk containing Bootable files Command com Io sys and MSDOS SYS Config sys configuration setup file Autoexec bat auto execution batch file Ghost exe Ghost execution file There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration 1 To load Windows automatically after booting set the Autoexec bat command as Ghost exe clone mode pload src d original gho 2 dst 1 1 fx sure rb Description Runs the restore function automatically using the Image File After execution it exits Ghost and boots the system automatically Refer to the Introducing Ghosts Functions B 10 Appendix 2 A fter booting the screen displays the Menu Select Backup or Restore Since the user may install other applications in the future he she may design Autoexec bat as a Menu to back up or restore the user defined Image file as follows ce Backup Back up Windows and application programs as a file Recent gho Command is Ghost clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d Recent gho fx sure rb ce Restore Restore types include General Windows and Windows and Application Programs If you select General Windows the system is restored to the general Windows operation condition The command is Ghost exe clone mode pload sre d Original gho dst 1 1 fx sure rb If you
28. enus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selec tions stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again Exit Without Saving Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer Page 4 25 BIOS Page Left Blank Page 4 26 Appendix Appendix A NOTE The LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS function loads the system default data directly from ROM and initializes the associated hardware properly This function will be necessary when you accept this mainboard or the system CMOS data is corrupted CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1998 Standard CMOS Feature Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Feature Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Feature Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password RME RE Load Optimized Defaults Y N Y PnP PCI Configurati Dd PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit TLe gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type LOAD Optimized DEFAULTS A 1 Appendix A 2 Page Left Blank
29. ge of applications hardware graphics and memory technologies These processors implement advanced design techniques such as Socket A PGA 462 200MHz system interface based on the Alpha EV6 bus protocol Three out of order superscalar pipelined Multimedia Units Three out of order superscaler pipelined Integer Units Fixed sized internal instruction formats MacroOPs 72 entry Instruction Control Units AMD enhanced 3DNow technology LI and L2 caches Dynamic branch prediction Socket A is the name for AMD s new socketed interface designed to support both AMD Duron and AMD Athlon processors This innovation is made possible by integrating the L2 cache memory on chip with the processor Socket A will help enable smaller enclosures and ultimately result in a wider variety of solu tions in the market The AMD Duron amp Athlon processors in the Socket A format continue to deliver the ultimate performance for cutting edge applications Both bring to desktop systems running industry standard x86 software superscalar RISC performance Being provided in the Socket A format they are the world s most powerful x86 processors They easily deliver the highest integer floating point and 3D multimedia performance for applications running on x86 platforms around Page 1 2 Introduction see The AMD Duron processor is derived from the AMD Athlon processor core It features full
30. he O S Disabled Floppy A amp B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek During Power On Self Test POST BIOS will deter mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Only 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2MB and 1 44MB are all 80 tracks The default is Enabled Enabled The BIOS will search the floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Disabled The BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note BIOS can not tell the difference between 720K 1 2MB and 1 44MB drive types as they are all 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status This controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots The default is On On The keypad acts as a 10 key pad Off The keypad acts like the cursor keys Gate A20 Option This refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB extended memory The default is Normal Normal The A20 signal is controlled by the keyboard controller or chipset hardware Fast The A20 signal is controlled by Port 92 or chipset specific method Typematic Rate Setting This determines the keystrokes repeat rate The default is Disabled Enabled Allows typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled The typematic rate and typematic delay will be controlled by the keyboard controller in your system Page 4 5 BIOS Typematic Rate Chars Sec This is the number of characters that will be repeated by a keyboard pres
31. ht characters in length and press lt Enter gt The pass word typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the pass word is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is rebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 3 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup Page 4 24 BIOS 4 11 Exit Selecting Save amp Exit Setup Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the m
32. idden security files that are in specific positions on the partition the only way to reproduce them accurately on the target partition is via an image or sector by sector copy enables spanning across volumes splits image file into x Mb Mb spans Use this to create a forced size volume set For example if you would like to force smaller image files from a 1024 Megabyte drive you could specify 200 megabyte segments For example ghost exe split 200 will divide the image into 200 Megabyte segments use the sure switch in conjunction with clone to avoid being prompted with the final Proceed with disk clone destination drive will be overwritten question This command is useful in batch mode B 15 Appendix Example 1 To copy drive one to drive two on a PC without final prompt if OK to proceed ghost exe clone mode copy src 1 dst 2 sure Example 2 To connect via NetBIOS to another PC running Ghost in slave mode and dump a disk image of local drive two to the remote file c drive2 gho ghost exe clone mode dump src 2 dst C drive2 gho nbm Note The slave Ghost can be started with ghost nbs Example 3 To copy drive one second partition on a PC to drive two first parti tion the same PC without final prompt ghost exe clone mode pcopy src 1 2 dst 2 1 sure Example 4 To dump the second partition of drive one to an image file on a mapped drive g ghost exe clone mode pd
33. lect ACPI Function The default is Enabled Enabled Support ACPI function for new O S Disabled No Support ACPI function You can only change the content of Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode when the Power Management is set to User Define Power Management Use this to select your Power Management selection The default is User define Disabled The system operates in NORMAL conditions Non GREEN and the Power Management function is disabled Max saving Maximum power savings Inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode Min saving Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode Page 4 16 BIOS User define Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to control power saving mode ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select SI POS or S3 STR function The choice S1 POS S3 STR PM controlled by APM This option shows weather or not you want the Power Management to be controlled the Advanced Power Management APM The default is Yes Yes APM controls your PM No APM does not control your PM Video Off Option Tells you what time frame that the video will be disabled under current power management settings The default is Standby Standby Video powers off after time shown in standby mode setting Doze Video powers off after time shown in doze mode setting Suspend Video powers off after time shown in suspend mode setting N A Video power off not controlled by
34. ng the FC PGA corner marking with the socket corner closest to the actuation arm tip The pin field is keyed to prevent mis oriented insertion Don t force processor into socket If it does ES not go in easily check for mis orientation and Figure 3 debris Make sure the processor is fully inserted into the socket on all sides Page 3 3 Installation Step 3 Close the socket by lowering and locking the actuation lever Figure 4 Step 4 Thermal compound and qualified heatsink recommended by AMD are a must to avoid CPU overheat and burned Please refer to AMD web www amd com for heatsink recommendation Figure 5 Page 3 4 Installation Section 3 2 J umper Settings The mainboard was designed with very few jumpers to make your installation faster and easier SWI CPU Vcore Voltage Selection SW1 Pin6 OFF Vcore adjustable by switch ON Vcore auto detected SW2 CPU Ratio Selection ON 12345 SWI CPU Vcore 1 2 3 4 5 v OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 1 475 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 1 500 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 1 525 ON ON OFF OFF ON 1 550 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 1 575 ON OFF ON OFF ON 1 600 OFF ON ON OFF ON 1 625 ON ON ON OFF ON 1 650 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 1 675 ON OFF OFF ON ON 1 700 OFF ON OFF ON ON 1 725 ON ON OFF ON ON 1 750 OFF OFF ON ON ON 1 775 ON OFF ON ON ON 1 800 OFF ON ON ON ON 1 825 ON ON ON ON ON 1 850
35. ngle and pressing straight down figure 8 until it fits tightly into the DIMM socket figure 9 4 LEFT KEY ZONE CENTER KEY ZONE UNBUFFERED 3 3 V DRAM Figure 7 x Figure 8 DIMM Module clip before installation x Figure 9 DIMM Module clip after installation To remove the DIMM module simply press down both of the white clips on either side and the module will be released from the socket Page 3 8 Installation Section 3 4 Device Connectors Joystic Midi PQ parallel port PS 2 KEYBOARD COMI COM Spea ker l me MIC Figure 7 J2 J3 Chassis Panel Connector e Power_LED Speaker Reset Sleep Turbo LED and HDD LED J4 CPU Fan Power e A plug in for the CPU Fan Power J5 SYS Fan Power e A plug in for the Power Supply Fan Power J6 Chassis Fan Power e A plug in for the chassis Fan Power J7 WOL Wake On Lan Connector IDE1 Ultra ATA66 100 Primary IDE Connector Blue color IDE2 Ultra ATA66 100 Primary IDE Connector Blue color FDD1 Floppy Controller Connector Black Color PW1 ATX Power Connector e 20 pin power connector CDI CD Audio IN Connector e Pinl CD IN Left Pin2 Pin3 CD Reference Pin4 CD IN Right Page 3 9 Installation AUXI Auxiliary Line IN Connector Pinl Left Line_IN Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Right Line IN MODEMI Telephony Connector e Pinl Audio_in Pin2 Pin3 GND Pin4 Mic out to Modem USB2 USB port header pins fo
36. oard J3 pin to wake up you system not to click to mouse or press keyboard to wake up the system Just pushing Power button your system will quickly back to the last screen for you The LED Indicator for ACPI Status table shown below will guide you and give you a reference for ACPI status on this mainboard ACPI Onboard s LED Status Indicator Table Onboard s Status LED Plug inthe ATX PowerON Green Mode STR CA Location Power Core J3 PW ON S1 S3 S5 LED1 Red LED OFF ON ON ON OFF J2 VITE REA PW LED OFF ON Blinking Blinking OFF Page 3 14 BIOS Section 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Award s ROM BIOS provides a built in Setup program which allows user to modify the basic system configuration and hardware parameters The modified data will be stored in a battery backed CMOS so that data will be retained even when the power is turned off In general the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is a configuration change in the system such as hard drive replacement or a device is added It is possible for the CMOS battery to fail this will cause data loss in the CMOS only If this does happen you will need to reconfigure your BIOS settings To enter the Setup Program Power on the computer and press the lt Del gt key immediately this will bring you into the BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY Frequency Voltage Control Advanced
37. of bounded functions in I O chipset the two serial ports are able to support the External Modem Ring in Power ON function Once users connect the external modem to COMI or COM2 the mainboard allows users to turn on their system through the remote and host s dial up control Exclusive Keyboard Power ON Function To innovate a unique feature to benefit users we devoted the easiest and most convenient way to turn on your system based on the the ATX power supply How to work with it Step 1 Please check JP13 at the position 2 3 after you finished the system installation JP13 Keyboard Power ON Function JP13 1 2 Disabled Default 2 3 Enabled Step 2 You can enjoy the Keyboard Power ON function KBPO by pressing any key and BUTTON only to turn on your system Your system will be turned on automatically after releasing the keys To power off you system you can use the Soft OFF function under Windows 95 98 or Windows 2000 Notes ATX version 2 0 specification has recommended you use the power supply with 0 72A 720mA in 5 0VSB With our mainboard the 5 0VSB standby power only has to be gt 0 72A 720mA then you can enjoy this unique benefit However the ATX power supply which is lt 0 72A 720mA is still applicable to your system by placed JP13 at the position 1 2 to disable this feature Page 3 12 Installation 3 6 STR Suspend To RAM Function The board supports the STR power management state by maint
38. ondary Slave UDMA This allows you to select the mode of operation for the hard drive The default is Auto Auto The computer will select the optimal setting Disabled The hard drive will run in normal mode Page 4 13 BIOS Init Display First If two video cards are used 1 AGP and 1 PCI this specifies which one will be the primary display adapter The default is PCI Slot PCI Slots PCI video card will be primary adapter AGP AGP video card will be primary adapter IDE HDD Block Mode IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocks of sectors rather than a single sector at a time The default is Enabled Enabled Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Provides higher HDD transfer rates Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller This controls the state of the onboard floppy controller The default value is Enabled Enabled Enable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Disabled Disable the Onboard VIA686B s floppy drive interface controller Onboard Serial Port 1 This field allows the user to configure the Ist serial port The default is Auto AUTO Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is Auto adjusted COMI Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8H IRQ4 COM2 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8H IRQ3 COM3 Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8H IRQ4 COMA Enable Onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8H IRQ3 Disabled Disable Onboar
39. pport OnChip Sound Turn on off onchip sound device CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interruting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled data transfers on the PCI bus where possible make use of the high performance PCI bust protocol in which graeater amounts of data are transferred at a single command The Choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 10 BIOS PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The Choice Enabled Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you enabled disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled writes to the AGP Accelerated Graphics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled read to the AGP Accelerated Graph ics Port are executed with one wait states The Choice Enabled Disabled Page 4 11 BIOS 4 4 Integrated Pe
40. r adding two additional USB ports USB port header pin descriptions PIN Wire color Signal Name Comment 1 Red Vcc Cable Power 2 White Data Data 3 Green Data Data 4 Black Ground Cable Ground 5 Black Ground Case Ground 6 Black Ground Case Ground 7 Black Ground Cable Ground 8 Green Data Data 9 White Data Data 10 Red Vcc Cable Power Page 3 10 Installation HE e _ Too OE Device Connectors continued This is connected to the power button on the case Using the Soft Off by Pwr BTTN feature you can choose either Instant Off turns system off immediatly or 4 sec delay you need to hold the button down for 4 seconds before the system turns off When the system is in 4 sec delay mode there is a special feature to make the system to go into suspend mode when the button is pressed momentarily Power On Off Turbo LED indicator LED ON when higher speed is selected IDE LED indicator LED ON when Onboard PCI IDE Hard disks is activate IR Connector 1 VCC 4 GND 2 NC 5 IRTX 3 IRRX Power LED Power LED connector 1 Power LED 4 NC 2 N C 5 GND 3 GND Speaker Connect to the system s speaker for beeping 1 Speaker 3 GND 2 N C 4 GND Reset Closed to restart system Page 3 11 Installation Section 3 5 External Modem Ring in Power ON and Keyboard Power ON Functions KBPO On the basis
41. r of the SDRAM in terms of clocks The default is 3 2 Provides faster memory performance 3 Provides better memory compatibility Auto Determined by BIOS Bank Interleave The item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard The Choice 2 Bank 4 Bank Disabled Page 4 8 BIOS DRAM Page Mode The item will active or inactive chipset page registers Enabled Page Mode Enabled Disabled No page registers update and non Page Mode operation Memory Hole You can reserve this memory area for the use of ISA adaptor ROMs The default is Disabled Enabled This field enables the main memory 15 16MB to remap to ISA BUS Disabled Normal Setting Note If this feature is enabled you will not be able to cache this memory segment P2C C2P Concurrency This item allows you to enable disable the PCI to CPU CPU to PCI concurrency Fast R W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing It allows you to enable disable the fast read write turn around System BIOS Cacheable This allows you to copy your BIOS code from slow ROM to fast RAM The default is Disabled Enabled The option will improve system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Disabled System BIOS non cacheable Video RAM Cacheable This option allows the CPU to cache read writes of the video RAM The default is Enabled Enabled This option allows for faster video a
42. ree space available and the partition type e g FAT 16 partitions will have a maximum size of 2048Mb Rule 2 If the destination disk is smaller than the original source disk but still large enough to accommodate the data from the source disk the free space left over after the Appendix fx span split x sure data space has been satisfied will be distributed between the destination partitions in proportion to the data usage in the source partitions Someexamples follow that will help illustrate flag Exit Normally when Ghost has finished copying a new system to a disk it prompts the user to reboot with a press Ctrl Alt Del to reboot window However if Ghost is being run as part of a batch file it is sometimes useful to have it just exist back to the DOS prompt after completion so that further batch commands may be processed fx enables this See rb for another option on completing a clone Image All The Image All switch forces Ghost to do a sector by sector copy of all partitions When copying a partition from a disk to an image file or to another disk Ghost examines the source partition and decides whether to copy just the files and directory structure or to do an image sector by sector copy If it understands the internal format of the partition it defaults to copying the files and directory structure Generally this is the best option but occasionally if a disk has been set up with special h
43. ripherals OnChip IDE Channel9 Enabled OnChip IDE Channell Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level gt Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto UART 2 Mode Standard Figure 5 Integrated Peripherals Note Ifyou do not use the Onboard IDE connector then you will need to set Onboard Primary PCI IDE Disabled and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Disabled Note The Onboard PCI IDE cable should be equal to or less than 18 inches 45 cm OnChip IDE Channel0 The default value is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE primary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE primary port OnChip IDE Channel1 The default is Enabled Enabled Enables Onboard IDE secondary port Disabled Disables Onboard IDE secondary port IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The Choice Enabled Disabled
44. s The default is 6 6 6 characters per second 8 8 characters per second 10 10 characters per second 12 12 characters per second 15 15 characters per second 20 20 characters per second 24 24 characters per second 30 30 characters per second Typematic Delay msec This setting controls the time between the first and the second character displayed by typematic auto repeat The default is 250 250 250 msec 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the System and Setup or just to Setup The default is Setup System The system will not boot and the access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but the access to Setup will be denied if the incorrect password is not entered at the prompt OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Some operating systems require special handling Use this option only if your system has greater than 64MB of memory The default is Non OS2 OS2 Select this if you are running the OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM Non OS2 Select this for all other operating systems and configurations Video BIOS Shadow This option allows video BIOS to be copied into RAM Video Shadowing will increase the video performance of your system The default is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000
45. s Enabled Enabled Provides IRQ for VGA USB device Disabled Release IRQ for other device PCI Latency Timer CLK The latency timer defines the minimum amount of time in PCI clock cycles that the bus master can retain the ownership of the bus The Choice 0 255 INT Pin1 to Pin4 Assignment These settings allow the user to specify what IRQ will be assigned to PCI devices in the chosen slot Options available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 amp 15 The defaults are Auto Page 4 20 BIOS 4 7 PC Health Status _ 31 C 87 F Item Help 0 C 32 F 6135RPM Menu Level gt ORPM 162V 3 22V 5 01V 12 12V Current CPU Temperature This is the current temperature of the CPU Current System Temperature This is the Current temperature of the system Current CPU FAN Speed The current CPU fan speed in RPMs Current Chassis FAN Speed The current chassis fan speed in RPMs CPU V The voltage level of the CPU Vcore 3 3V SV 12V The voltage level of the switch power supply Page 4 21 BIOS 4 8 Frequency Voltage Control Gato Detect DPI Clk Gaal CPU Host PCI Spread Spec Default Menu Level gt Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket which does not have a module in it Same applies for PCI slots The default is Enabled Enabled Enables this option Disabled Disables
46. speed on chip cache memory a 200MHz front side system bus and enhanced 3DNow technology Although both processors are related there are key differences The AMD Athlon processor is targeted at the performance segment and as such will have more cache memory and higher clock speeds Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P Typically 3D graphics rendering requires a tremendous amount of memory and demands ever increasing throughput speed as well As 3D products for the personal computer become more and more popular these demands will only increase This will cause a rise in costs for both end users and manufacturers Lowering these costs as well as improving performance is the primary motivation behind AGP By providing a massive increase in the bandwidth available between the video card and the processor it will assist in relieving some of these pressures for quite sometime Ultra ATA 66 100 The board provides two channel Ultra ATA 66 100 Bus Master IDE controller that support Ultra ATA 66 100 protocols perfect for such demanding applications as real time video multimedia and high performance operating system A new IDE cable is required for Ultra ATA 66 100 This cable is an 80 conductor cable however the connectors are of course backwards compatible with ATA 33 Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring allows you to monitor various aspects of your systems operations and status The features include CPU temperature volt
47. t to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT amp COM When set to On default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down PCI Card When set to On default any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down Modem Ring Resume When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable rtc alarm resume you could set the date of month and timer hh mm ss any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Primary INTR When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Page 4 18 BIOS The PNP PCI configuration program is for the user to modify the PCI ISA IRQ signals when various PCI ISA cards are inserted in the PCI or ISA slots WARNING Conflicting IRQ s may cause the system to not find certain devices 0 e O 98 900 A 0 e D Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD IRQ Resources P Enter Select Yes if you are DHA Resources P Enter using a Plug and Play capable operating PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled system Select
48. the ECP mode DMA3 This field selects the routing of DMA3 for the ECP mode Parallel Port EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip The Choice EPP1 9 EPP1 7 Onboard Legacy Audio Legacy Audio enabled disabled Sound Blaster Sound Blaster compatible device enabled disabled SB I O Base Address Sound Blaster I O resource selection SB IRQ Select Legacy audio device IRQ selection SB DMA Select Sound Blaster DMA channel selection MPU 401 MPU 401 function enabled disabled MPU 401 I O Address Built in MPU 401 compatible MIDI I O port selection 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H default Game Port 200 207H Built in joystick port support disabled enabled default Page 4 15 BIOS 4 5 Power Management Setup Choose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY to display the following screen This menu allows the user to modify the power management parameters and IRQ signals In general these parameters should not be changed unless it s absolutely necessary ACPI function Enabled Power Management Press Enter ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Menu Level PM Control by APH Ves Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PHRBTN Instant 0ff State After Power Failure Off Wake Up Events Press Enter Figure 6 Power Management Setup ACPI Function This option allows you to se
49. ts on board and another 2 ports for option The onboard VT82C686B chip provides the means for connecting PC peripherals such as keyboards joysticks telephones and modems Page 2 1 Features Ze Built in ATX 20 pin power supply connector Software power down when using Windows 95 98 or Windows 2000 e Supports ring in feature remote power on through external modem allows system to be turned on remotely e Resume by Alarm Allows your system to turn on at a preselected time e Power Loss Recovery In the event of a power outtage your system will automatically turn itself back on without user intervention e Supports CPU Hardware sleep and SMM System Management Mode Supports Keyboard power ON function KBPO Built in WOL Wake up On Lan Connector e Built in AC97 PCI Audio Supports STR Suspend to RAM function e Supports CPU Front Side Bus setting via BIOS e Supports CPU Vcore and Vio Voltage setting via DIP Switch e Supports CPU multiplier setting via DIP Switch Page 2 2 Installation Section 3 INSTALLATION Page 3 1 Installation Mainboard Detailed Layout Keyboard rep use Bottom _ JP13 m KBPO nl COMI Parallel Port SW1 CPU TATAN Game Port PW1 ATX Power Conn Vcore Select O O CPU Socket A S N CPU Ratio Select G
50. ump src 1 2 dst g part2 gho Example 5 To load partition 2 from a two partition image file on a mapped drive g onto the second partition of the local disk ghost clone mode pload src g part2 gho 2 dst 1 2 Example 6 To load drive 2 from an image file and resize the destination partitions into a 20 40 allocation ghost exe clone mode load sre g 2prtdisk gho dst 2 sze1 60P sze2 40P B 16

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