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1. a 3 _1 for USB 1 2 P1 D PS 2 A T lei L PS 2 power 23 a aZ select JP2 29 m Bin lt CNI ool ujo m 2 D 5 o o T A 1 E d COM 2 ze o Joo Po a oo A QO oo a ae 20 0 ojlo Parallel J3 i ATX power 024 12V power a ATXP 1 4 COM 2 4 ae fone ae VIA 3h S 7i VT8754 Delgo CPU FSB select a Pii JP3 and JP8 ic dI a El JP8 Second q8 uH ga SEH chassis fan J16 J AGP Slot Front i tS808 9 audio J10 I PCI Slot IDE 19 H audio JI4 TE VIA 2 ae PCI Slot 2 VT8235CD IDE 2 J20 2 8880 j PCI Standby Power LED HHRHH Di AUALII dalta Clear eno ig A 2108 Wake O ue 3 chip E P Wake On Ring 26 Chassis fan 25 E chip E CI Slot 4 LAN J27 Ring 26 25 me USB 3 4 L fog re TERRE PCI Slot 5 a USB 5 6 118 FDD J21 2 Lo i BIOS 555 IrDA J15 J lssss Battery l 9 PCI Slot 6 LED 2 L USB power LED 7 mm select for SPEAKERFEFET pep LED 41 USB 3 6 P4 wreesapeaganl 22 eee De eR LED 5 GSW olen CPWRLED ATX SW lm Square denotes pin Note D The illustrations on the following pages are based on the mainboard that supports onboard LAN Hardware Installation A Warning Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your mainboard processor disk drives add in boards and
2. The system board is equipped with onboard serial ports COM J2 and COM 2 J4 both in Teal Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 6C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You can select the serial ports O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS 3 f Hardware Installation 2 7 5 Parallel Port Parallel Port 7 Ooo OO OOOO OO B Y SS OC The mainboard has a standard parallel port J3 Burgundy located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPP ECP and EPP modes You can select the port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super O Device field of the BIOS Setting Function SPP Allows normal speed operation but Standard Parallel Port in one direction only ECP Allows parallel port to operate in Extended Capabilities Port bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port op Enhanced Parallel Port eration at maximum speed
3. a HD LED Front panel SPEAKER RESET connectors J22 m1 mm ee 19 0 OO OfOjo ojo ojm EEE solo 0 0 ol looloo ol2 LJ LI LJ LJ GLED PWRLED HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED GSW ATX SW This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed G LED Green LED This LED will not light when the system s power is on or when the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state It will light when the system is in the S POS Power On Suspend state 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 Refer to Soft Off By PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode 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 SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis 53 f 54 Hardware Installation 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 state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink 4 times in every s
4. 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 automatically be shown on the screen IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave If you wish to define your own drive type manually select Manual 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 Normal or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 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 57 3 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field d
5. is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and the receive Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different fro that to which the receiver is connected r m 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 authori to operate the equipment ty 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This user s manual contains detailed information about the mainboard If in some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the mainboard package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual Mainboard This users manual is for the PE2 EC PE2 EL PE2I EC A and PE2 EL A mainboards The di shown below fferences between these boards are PE2I1 EC PE2I EC A PE2I EL PE2I EL A RJ45 LAN port x x v Diagnostic LEDs x x v S PDIF in connector x v x v S PDIF out connector x v
6. 82 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB Resume from S3 This function when enabled allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state VGA When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any VGA activity LPT amp COM Select the port you would like the system to respond and wake up when an event occurs on that port HDD amp FDD When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any hard drive or floppy drive activity PCI Master When set to On the system will respond and wake up to any PCI or bus master activity Resume on PCI Event Set this field to Enabled if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Refer to the card s documentation for more information Resume On LAN Ring This field allows you to enable the Wake On LAN and Wake On Ring functions e f you are using a LAN card that supports the remote wake up function set this field to Enabled The will allow the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can wake up the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 for more information Award BIOS Setup Utility e When enabled the system will poweron to respond to calls coming
7. ala Ps 2 CPU fan A L_ power gt n 23 lect JP2 28 CN selet JFZ PI ujo m az ae fs a gt oo ja COM 2 4 of beg oo a oo a oo oo oo Parallel J3 12V power _ ATXP1 Y COM 2 J4 alo tine tee VIA 35 S 7 VT8754 Ds RJR CPU FSB select oo Pii JP3 and JP8 Ic dI a Blr JP8 Second 8 uH ss scat chassis fan J16 J AGP Slot Front i a8808 audio J10 Py AUX in JI 1 CI Slot IDE 19 aco72 4CH audio J14 T Eeoooeoooooogoooooad S PDIF in PCI Slot 2 VT8235CD IDE 2 J20 012 E320 PCI Standby Power LED moooooooooooo009009 a ort PCI Slot 3 to 2 Clear CMOS _g ff P6 f Wake On Wake On f E PCI Slot 4 LAN 27 Ring 26 Chassis fan J25 mT USB 3 4 om Fe psoooos9090000000 PCI Slot 5 ae USB 5 6 18 FDD J21 Zz 10 BIOS 555 r DA J15 bess lessee Battery 5 1 9 Ee USB power select SPEAKERS en 7 1 Eee alae le perege J22 z GWe L PWR LED ly ATX SW E Square denotes pin baer cle alia Hardware Installation M Square denotes pin I Leet es ee PE21 EL Support
8. Refer to Resume On Alarm IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Introduction ACPI STR The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving fea tures that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP_ supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function 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 Windows 98 2000 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into 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 Refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information G te sre Ne ae power source of your power supply must support AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either poweron the system manually let the system poweron
9. 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 FOOOOH FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 120 Appendix C Troubleshooting C I Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer To eff
10. 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 3 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 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 statement 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 2 C 122 Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure 2 Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two hard dri
11. 32 Hardware Installation 2 7 6 Game MIDI Port aL C Game MIDI Port e a OOO The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game O port Connect an analog joystick to the 5 pin D sub connector J7 Gold located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC Joystick You can configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS 33 f Hardware Installation 2 7 7 Audio Jacks L A OP B 0001 Line out O Line in Mic in esses ji0 Front Audio J10 Pin Function Pin Function Mic 2 Ground 3 Mic Power 4 AuD_Vcc Avec 5 AuD_R_Out 6 AuD_R_Return GND 7 N C 8 Key 9 AuD_L_Out 10 AuD_L Return GND 34 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The mainboard is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack Lime J5 This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the mainboard
12. 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K 2M 1 44M and 2 88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks When disabled the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track n umber Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB 3 1 2 8 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 n umeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 3 1 2 9 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but wil down first wait for a moment and if the key is still it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a featu re to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Ty pematic Delay Msec fields below 3 1 2 10 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 11 Typematic Delay This field allows you Msec to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the
13. CAS Latency The default setting is 3 which is 3 clock cycles for the CAS latency Bank Interleave The options are 2 Bank 4 Bank and Disabled Precharge to Active Trp The options are 2T and 3T Active to Precharge Tras The options are 5T and 6T Active to CMD Tred The options are 2T and 3T DRAM Command Rate The options are T Command and 2T Command Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Burst Len The options are 4 and 8 3 1 3 2 AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size 128M Item Help AGP Mode 4x AGP Driving Control Auto Menu Level X AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled DBI Output for AGP Trans Enabled gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS 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 AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting which is 128M AGP Mode for AGP 4X mode only This feld will appear only when you are using an AGP 4X mode card You may also select another mode from the options
14. Ext Clock AGP Clock and PCI Clock will change accordingly To automatically adjust the CPU clock click the Autorun button When it reaches your desired CPU clock click the button again to stop Otherwise the CPU clock will continue to increase until it exceeds its maximum causing the system to restart The system will start with the speed that is most stable before it hanged Supported Software 4 To save the current setting click the Save button A screen will appear allowing you to save the setting Before you click Save make sure the Run button was clicked after you have selected the CPU clock You will not be able to save the setting if the Run button was not clicked 5 Click the Open button to open a previously saved setting 6 If you want to use the CPU clock that is most stable before the system hanged click the Reset button 109 110 Supported Software 4 2 8 McAfee VirusScan Online The McAfee VirusScan Online is the most reliable and convenient way of protecting your PC from computer viruses When you install McAfee VirusScan Online your computer is safe because it automatically scans for viruses and checks for virus updates so that PC protection stays up to date To install please follow the steps below Click McAfee VirusScan Online The following screen will appear Flaki ord 1 or Amis on Teen rebai Hokie coms kario Ondine sail be n
15. If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press lt Enter gt 2 In the ACPI Function field select Enabled 3 In the ACPI Suspend Type field select S3 STR Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off By PWRBTN Instant off PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter 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 not be identical to this one 4 Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu 5 Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive gt setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 114 Using the Suspend to
16. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The universal AGP slot supports AGP 8x with up to 2133MB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to 1066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this mainboard will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Audio Features Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC97 supported with full duplex independent sample rate converter for audio recording and playback e S PDIF in out compressed digital output PE2I EC A and PE2 EL A only e 2 channel audio output PE21 EC and PE21 EL only e 6 channel audio output PE21 EC A and PE21 EL A only Onboard LAN Features PE21 EL and PE21 EL A only e Integrated LAN controller e Integrated IEEE 802 3 OBASE T and OOBASE TX compatible PHY e 32 bit PCI master interface e Integrated power management functions e Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps e Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation Supports wire for management Rear Panel I O Ports PC 99 color coded connectors e Two USB 2 0 ports compliant with USB 1 1 e One RJ45 LAN port PE21 EL and PE21 EL A only e Two DB 9 serial ports e One DB 25 parallel port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port e One game MIDI port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in Introduction I O Connectors e Two connectors for 4 additional external USB 2 0 p
17. ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 or Windows XP operating system To install Hardware Monitor please follow the steps below Click Winbond Hardware Monitor The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Restart the system 106 Supported Software 4 2 6 Microsoft DirectX 8 1 To install Microsoft DirectX 8 1 please follow the steps below Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 The following screen will appear Man Enard Siap 2 Click Yes to continue 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 107 108 Supported Software 4 2 7 OverClock Cruise OverClock Cruise is an application program that allows you to set the CPU clock of the system It is supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP To run the program click OverClock Cruise on the autorun screen The following screen will appear CS 950905 Overclock Cruise CPU Ext Clock 101 MHz AGP Clock 67 MHz PCI Clock 34 MHz fooecuees Run Autorun Open Save Reset Help Close 2 The large digits in the middle of the screen is the current CPU clock Use the scrollbar below it to manually adjust the desired CPU clock then click the Run button The change will take effect only if this button is clicked Note that the CPU
18. Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Ttem Help Onboard Serial Port 1 Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 Disabled Menu Level UART Mode Select Normal RxD TxD Active Hi Lo IR Transmission Delay Enabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Use IR Pins RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP EPP Mode Select EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Game Port Address 201 Midi Port Address Disabled X Midi Port IRQ 10 PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults gt lt Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values 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 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 Disables the onboard serial port and or serial port 2 Disabled 74 Award BIOS Setup Utility UART Mode Select The mainboard supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA J15 and the COM 2 J4 serial port at th
19. RAM Function Boot Windows 98 In the Windows 98 desktop click the Start button Move the cursor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System devices E Vi ram be jor Pages eaa by porey iar ADP Daba iarach Lata ates aad Pred arach Pj Bar E teenie Paer eur Di cae E r EJ iiid dikh ponl bia Fs Fiap iad Fiap aa Spurs became r kr A A Snopes CAAT hal ie heck eet Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab Ceres homie Ming Homies Paia Pa Pestana opto Hamy GID HE of Fidi immen her Fis Sai En Frak Hee Tt Deh Cursjminanm Hed mal aiad PUGS PSC Be PD Ced ct er ed Using the Suspend to RAM Function 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer EELE Heed De Roppa Cisk COADA Fermes Dink Taaie winders ues iaae satings is miraia paora cl the SS beddi die achei bs yr conga Sain Topical nin i ont kadaa notre Hai carve Mainima pel phreab ved ahead yhoo popem quer doia repui n nogen of up be Ed ober N 10 Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon l
20. USB Enabled ESCD when you exit PCI Slot 1 amp 5 Use IRQ Auto Setup if you have PCI Slot 2 amp 6 Use IRQ Auto installed a new add on PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ Auto and the system PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ Auto reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot N e 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 3 1 6 1 PNP OS Installed The default setting is No The BIOS will detect the Plug and Play devices for some compatible resources 3 1 6 2 Reset Configuration Data Enabled The BIOS will reset the Extended System Configuration Data ESCD once automatically It will then recreate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 3 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 resources in the IRQ Resources field 85 86 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 4 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The IRQ 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserve
21. Use the correct AC 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 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 the battery manufacturer s instructions Joystick or MIDI port e Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than IOA current at 5V DC There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the lim for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 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 radi frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance wit the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to rad its io communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cau se harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user
22. acceleration begins Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 12 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 3 1 2 13 OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 The options are Non OS2 and OS2 3 1 2 14 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Note that some graphics boards require that this option be disabled The default value is Enabled Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled 63 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features gt DRAM Clock Drive Control Press Enter Item Help gt AGP amp P2P Bridge Control Press Enter gt CPU amp PCI Bus Control Press Enter Menu Level Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Ne Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimiz
23. is enabled and Boot Up NumLock Status On someone attempt to Typematic Rate Setting Disabled write data into this X Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 area BIOS will show a 250 warning message on X Typematic Delay Ms Security Option Setup screen and alarm beep OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled N e 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 3 1 2 1 Virus Warning This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive When this field is enabled the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this Award BIOS Setup Utility field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 98 2000 ME XP or the
24. operating system may not install nor work 3 1 2 2 CPU LI amp L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled 3 1 2 3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the mainboard come with built in Level 2 cache By default ECC is enabled to check the Level 2 cache If you are not using this function set this field to Disabled 3 1 2 4 Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the system When Enabled the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST 3 1 2 5 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 respectively 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 3 1 2 6 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this option is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function 6 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 7 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or
25. peripheral devices Introduction USB Ports The mainboard supports 6 USB 2 0 compliant with USB 1 1 ports USB I 1 supports 2Mb second bandwidth while USB 2 0 supports 480Mb second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS e Award BIOS Windows 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades Supports DMI 2 0 function 2Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI utility 1 1 2 System Health Monitor Functions The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions e Monitors the temperature of the CPU and system and overheat alarm e Monitors CPU 3 3V 5V 12V VDIMM VBAT SVSB voltages and failure alarm e Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan and chassis fan and failure alarm e Automatic chassis fan on off control e
26. the system will power on when power returns Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 11 IRQ Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect PS2KB Wakeup Select Disabled Item Help USB Resume from 3 Disabled VGA Off Menu Level LPT amp COM LPT COM HDD amp FDD On PCI Master Off Resume On PCI Event Disabled Resume On LAN Ring Disabled Resume On Alarm Disabled Date of Month 0 Resume Time hh mm ss 0 0 0 gt IRQs Activity Monitoring Press Enter N e 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 PS2KB Wakeup Select Password To use a password to wake up the system select this option then press lt Enter gt Enter your password You can enter up to 5 characters Type in exactly the same password to confirm then press lt Enter gt gt Important N If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 Ctrl F Use the lt Ctrl gt and lt FI gt keys to wake up the system Disabled Disables the keyboard password function 8 3
27. 10 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 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 1990 to 2098 2 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 3 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays minutes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 3 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press lt Enter gt Award BIOS Setup Utility Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter Item Help IDE Primary Master Auto Menu Level A M Auto epas Made Change the day month Capacity OM year and century Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 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
28. 2 y pam fe el om F Fai 12V power ATXP1 EE TTT ofaololofo cfalajojo We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATXI2V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1 Connect the ATXI2V power supply s 20 pin ATX main power connector and 4 pin 12V power connector to J24 and ATXPI respectively The 4 12V VRM t pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more DC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module The mainboard requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greate r power supply 5 f Hardware Installation ATX Main Power Connector Pin Function Pin Function 3 3V 33V 2 33V 2 12V 3 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V 4 PS ON 5 Ground 5 Ground 6 5V 6 Ground 7 Ground 7 Ground 8 PW OK 8 5V 9 SVSB 9 5V lO 12V 20 5V 52 12V Power Connector Pin Function Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 2V Hardware Installation 2 7 21 Front Panel Connectors
29. 6 Click the Sound Effect tab then under Environment select the sound effect you want You must select one to create 6 channel audio output BOS Audi Centurion Sound Eed Eqairm Speaks Configuration Sprake Tot SPOIF An Gorana Ereingrancat a Note With the 6 channel mode supported using software both the line in and mic jacks at the rear panel will instead function as line out Therefore you can connect your speakers to these jacks line out line in and mic in for 6 channel audio output Under such circumstance line in will not be supported Mic in on the other hand is supported by using the Front Audio connector on the system board 112 4 4 Supported Software Installation Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP operating systems If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please go to DFl s web site at http www dfi com support download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A l Using the Suspend to RAM Function
30. Chip IDE Device Press Enter Item Help gt VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter gt Super IO Device Press Enter Menu Level Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help FS 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 3 1 4 1 VIA OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device On Chip IDE Channel 0 Enabled Item Help On Chip IDE Channel 1 Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto 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 not be identical to this one 3 72 Award BIOS Setup Utility On Chip IDE Channel 0 and On Chip IDE Channel These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secon
31. Connector O Wake On LAN 27 Pin Function 5VSB 2 Ground 3 WOL The mainboard supports the Wake On LAN function This function will allow the network to remotely poweron a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup IRQ Event Activity Detect field of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to location J27 on the mainboard The network will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Je mportant P gt The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA 47 f Hardware Installation 2 7 18 Wake On Ring Connector FAUT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT Ce J He g E Ee TTT D O gt Wake On Ring 26 Pin Function Ground 2
32. IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQS RTC Alarm Disabled IRQS IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Reserved Disabled IRQI1 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQIS Reserved Disabled N e 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 When the Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQ1 5 fields are enabled access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified IRQ 84 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section shows how to configure the PCI bus system It covers some very technical items 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 PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD a as X IRQ Resources Press Enter Default is Disabled Select Enabled to PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled reset Extended System Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Configuration Data Assign IRQ For
33. Line in Jack Light Blue J6 This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack Mic in Jack Pink J8 Connect a microphone to the mic in jack Front Audio J10 JTO provides you the option of connecting another line out and mic in jacks 35 f Hardware Installation 2 7 8 Internal Audio Connectors E Al 7 E E CD in Yo E 9 2 al o 2 Ch gl z pa MT a Pin Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel Alwi Nj AUX in and CD in These connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 36 Hardware Installation 2 7 9 S PDIF in and S PDIF out Connectors PE2I EC A and PE21 EL A only S PDIF in 2 l mm n fale S PDIF out 13 S PDIF in S PDIF out Pin Function Pin Function SPDIF in AVDD5 2 Ground 2 N C 3 SPDIF out 4 Ground The PE2I EC A and PE2I EL A system boa
34. OS 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 Chapter 4 Supported Software 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The mainboard comes with a DMI built into the BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier With DMI a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it Quite often a service call may be unnecessary as the problem can be solved remotely The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration Information about the type and speed of CPU type and amount of memory for each memory slot BIOS revision level types of add in PCI boards and components certain re vision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered 4 1 1 Running the DMI Utility To run the DMI utility type DMICFG EXE You can download this utility from ftp dfiusa
35. OtES istics assiges tsa tatacasiacacantaitaast salt 113 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM FUN ction mnsnstetennnntseee 114 Appendix B System Error Messages Billet POST BEED aarti t a a ER 118 B2 Error MESSAGES fa laisternsiasensstitntenuetstaudicqeeininnetinendainendertene ian MINES Appendix C Troubleshooting Cll Troubleshooting CHeGKIIS ts iccacrstanieiesstaeritdvtartcincteotertttettete 120 Chapter Introduction 1 1 Features and Specifications 1 1 1 Features Chipset e VIA P4X400 chipset VT8754 VT8235CD Processor The mainboard is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a Pentium 4 or Celeron processor e Intel Pentium 4 processor 478 pin 533MHz system data bus supports up to 2 53 GHz CPU speed 400MHz system data bus supports up to 2 4 GHz CPU speed e Intel Celeron processor 478 pin 400MHz system data bus supports up to 1 7 GHz CPU speed System Memory e Three 84 pin DDR DIMM sockets e Supports up to 3GB using PCI600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 or PC2700 DDR333 unbuffered DDR SDRAM DI MM 2 5V type DIMMs Memory Size DIMMs Memory Size 2MBx64 16MB 6MBx64 128MB 4MBx64 32MB 32MBx64 256MB 8MBx64 64MB 64MBx64 512MB Introduction Expansion Slots The mainboard is equipped with universal AGP slot and 6 PCI slots AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards
36. PE21 EC PE21 EL PE21 EC A PE21 EL A Rev A Mainboard User s Manual 60100225 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation adaptation without the prior written 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 express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2002 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 Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Award is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc Other trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders Caution To avoid damage to the system e
37. RI The Wake On Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem card that has the same connector It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the cards wake on ring connector and the other end to ocation J26 on the mainboard You must also enable Resume on LAN Ring in the Power Management Setup IRQ Event Activity Detect field of the BIOS f you are using an external modem the ring on function will come through the serial port where the external modem is connected Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA 48 Hardware Installation 2 7 19 LEDs gt DIMM Standby Power LED i iY PCI Standby J S A LED5 LED 4 LED 3 LED 2 l 757 Hue m DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system s power is on or when it is in the Suspend state Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power on Soft Off or Suspend Power O
38. Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed Introduction Refer to the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 and the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information Intelligence Automatic Chassis Fan Off The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWRBTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming through an internal or external modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important M If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 720mA Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN function allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC Your LAN card must support the remote wakeup function Refer to Wake On LAN Connector in chapter 2 and Resume On LAN Ring IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important P gt The 5VSB power source of you
39. VIA OnChip IDE Device field of Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable If you are connecting two DE drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header IDE J19 If you are adding a 40 pin connector of the third or fourth IDE device install the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header IDE 2 J20 Install the other 40 pin header connector s into the device with the colored edge of the ri drive edge connector s Note ibbon cable aligned with pin of the Refer to your disk drive user s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive 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 The mainboard supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the mainboard Important M gt If you encounter problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master
40. VIA USB 2 0 Drivers To install the USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Restart the system 104 Supported Software 4 2 4 Realtek Audio Drivers The audio drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 To install the audio driver please follow the steps below Click Realtek Audio Drivers The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect 105 Supported Software 4 2 5 Winbond Hardware Monitor The system board comes with the Hardware Monitor utility contained in the provided CD It is capable of monitoring the system s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system voltage and speed of the CPU and system fans It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored If the 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 Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Note Use this utility only in Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows
41. akki on yan compar Demy eas bs ial ee 2 Click Yes to continue 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system Supported Software 4 3 6 Channel Audio Output via Software PE2I EC A and PE2I EL A only The line in and mic in jacks at the rear panel together with the 4 channel audio connector supports 6 channel audio output If for any reason you are not using the 4 channel audio connector which is made possible by connecting a 4 channel audio cable the 6 channel audio output function can be supported using software Please follow the steps below Insert the provided CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Install the audio driver Refer to the Realtek Audio Drivers section in this chapter 3 After installing the audio driver the SoundEffect icon will appear on the taskbar 4 Click the SoundEffect icon The AC97 Audio Configuration screen will appear 5 Click the Speaker Configuration tab then select 6 channels mode for 5 1 speakers output ACS Aids Contiguraties E Saud Efi Ega Epeka Conga Spano Teal SATFia pessas Ma of Epemi Fhathaigh icayal Dp D d chersk moiin d paskan cupi a Danie Sauber Speaker Dud ie Alea Spaa Cul Lines Dd Fraga a Perigi the pared peach eth i imi jiii miaj Sisia jid F chamb ede tor 1 pada ript Ce 4 Supported Software
42. ance 25 2 Hardware Installation 2 7 Ports and Connectors RJ45 PS 2 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI PS 2 USB 2 1 COM COM 2 K B Line Line Mic out in in ATX Double Deck Ports on PE2 EL and PE21 EL A PS 2 Parallel GAME MIDI PS 2 USB COM COM 2 K B Line Line Mic out in in ATX Double Deck Ports on PE21 EC and PE2I EC A 26 274 1 Hardware Installation PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports PS 2 Mouse Hh PS 2 Keyboard e B The mainboard is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location Jl of the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard The PS 2 mouse port uses IRQI2 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ 2 for other expansion cards The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function allows you to use a PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S5 state To use this function JP2 must be set to 2 3 On Refer to Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power in this chapter 2 PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for more information Warning gt Moke sur Make sure to turn off your computer prior to conn
43. automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs Refer to PWR Lost Resume State in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The mainboard is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Introduction 1 2 Package Checklist The mainboard package contains the following items O OWN ARA The mainboard A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF in port and S PDIF out port optional One card edge bracket mounted with a 4 channel audio output connector optional One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Mainboard Layout USB power select PE21 EC i Square denotes pin 3 1 fo
44. available in this field AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field 67 3 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We recommend that you leave this field in its default setting AGP Fast Write Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function AGP Master WS Write Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations AGP Master WS Read Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP read operations DBI Output for AGP Trans for AGP 8X mode only This field will appear only when you are using an AGP 8X mode card When enabled it will provide better stability to the entire system The default is Enabled Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 3 CPU amp PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU amp PCI Bus Control CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Item Help PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Disabled Menu Level 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 4 he settings on the screen are for reference only Your
45. ay power management signaling Select this if your video board supports it 19 3 80 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 8 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system 3 1 5 9 Soft Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management field Instant Off 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 function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button 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 Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 10 PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off Turn On Last State 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 When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on 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
46. ce 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 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Mainboard 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 properly set Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations f the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket f you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and oad the BIOS defaults 23
47. com utilities DMI directory The DMI utility must run in real mode with at least 180K of base memory Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by Windows must not be installed You may do this by using one of the 3 meth ods listed below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIGSYS files 2 REM HIMEMSYS in the CONFIGSYS or 3 Press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and COMFIGSYS files 4 Supported Software 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File BIOS Auto Detect Type BIOS Information andle 0000 Vendor Name BIOS Version BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 BIOS Build Date BIOS Characteristics Size of BIOS ROM 0256K Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit The four menus located on top of the DMI Configuration Utility screen are Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File and Save DMI File Use the lt or gt left or right arrow keys to select a menu from the Menu bar On the left side of the screen is a list of the system configuration items Use the T or up or down arrow keys to select an item The commands at the bottom of the screen will allow you to navi gate through the various setup menus Edit DMI Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen t
48. cy Voltage Control submenu and press lt Enter gt Set the CPU Clock Ratio or CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Press lt Esc gt to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power I Li E seres f Ol J 7 aE 3 3 2 T 2 l EE 1 2 On VCC power 2 3 On SVDUL power default Power Select for PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Jumper JP2 This jumper is used to select the power of the PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse Note If you wish to use the Wake On PS 2 Keyboard function make sure this jumper is set to 2 3 On PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly 23 f Hardware Installation 2 5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power USB power select C for USB 1 2 JP1 USB power Bi H select fo
49. d 3 1 6 5 PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESAVGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 6 Assign IRQ for VGA When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the VGA card installed Your VGA card will need an IRQ only when using the video capture function of the card If you are not using this function and a new device requires an IRQ you can set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the VGA card will be available for your new device 3 1 6 7 Assign IRQ for USB When Enabled the system automatically assigns an IRQ for the USB device connected to your system However if you are not using USB devices and a new device requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the new device 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 6 8 PCI Slot 1 amp 5 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that does not have an IRQ assigned 87 3 88 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 7 PC Health Status Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Util
50. d Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Instal ZN 2 Instal Align the 34 pin header connector of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J21 on the mainboard The colored edge of the ribbon should be aligned with pin of the other 34 pin header connector s into the disk drive s the colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable with pin of the drive edge connector s The end most connector should be attached to the drive you want to designate as Drive A 39 f 40 2 7 12 Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connector E B O EEE 2 40 O00000000 oooo0o000000 O wmooooo0oo0oo0000000000000 39 The mainboard that wi is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers ll interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives To prevent improper IDE cable installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying the IDE cable can be placed connector is aligned with pin disable the onboard primary ntegrated Peripherals submen the BIOS mechanism The 40 pin connector on into the header only if pin of the of the header You can enable or or secondary IDE controller in the u
51. dary IDE controller The default is Enabled Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip thus reducing access time Enable this field to achieve better performance IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes O default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drive s timing Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timing Caution Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors IDE Primary Master Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Mo
52. dows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 10 Supported Software You must first install VIA Service Pack prior to installing any other drivers However this may not be the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP cards VGA driver before installing the VIA Service Pack 102 Supported Software 4 2 2 VIA LAN Drivers PE21 EL and PE2I EL A only The LAN drivers for Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP support Autorun To install the LAN driver please follow the steps below I Click VIA LAN Drivers The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory of the CD Please refer to README for the exact location of the drivers 103 Supported Software 4 2 3
53. e same time If you are using the COM 2 serial port make sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below Connect your IrDA cable to connector J15 on the mainboard 2 Set the UART Mode Select field to the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA peripheral device For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of meter 3 Set the RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode and Use IR Pins fields appropriately RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay If this option is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously Use IR Pins The options are IR Rx2Tx2 and RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BCIIRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port 75 3 76 Award BIOS Setup Utility Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPR ECP and ECP EPPR These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripherals manual for the best option SPP Allows normal spe
54. econd Note If your 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 Pin Pin Assignment HD LED 3 DD LED Power Primary Secondary IDE LED 5 DD G LED 14 Green LED Power Green LED 16 Ground ATX SW 8 PWRBT ATX power switch 10 PWRBT G SW 18 Ground Green switch 20 SMI RESET 7 Ground Reset switch 9 H W Reset SPEAKER 13 Speaker Data Speaker connector I5 NC 17 Ground 19 Speaker Power PWR LED 2 LED Power Power Standby LED 4 LED Power 6 LED Power or Standby Signal Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 The Basic Input Output System BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals In addition the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this mainboard 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 enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button Yo
55. ecting or goei a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the mainboard 27 f 28 Hardware Installation 2 7 2 RJ45 Fast Ethernet Port PE2I EL and PE2I EL A only RJ45 LAN Pee eiio The PE2 EL and PE2I EL A mainboards are equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast ethernet LAN port at location CNI of the ATX double deck ports It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub You can enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device field of the BIOS Hardware Installation 2 7 3 Universal Serial Bus Ports USB use 2 i CNI g E USB 3 4 USB 5 6 017 o000d mooo 9 I mooo Additional USB Ports USB 3 to USB 6 Pin Function Pin Function 5V_Dul 2 5V_Dul 3 Data 4 Data 5 Data 6 Data 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 ey 10 Ground 29 f 30 Hardware Installation The mainboard is equipped with two onboard USB 2 0 compliant with USB 1 1 ports CNI Black located at the ATX double deck ports of the board The system board is also equi
56. ectory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved 99 Supported Software 4 2 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 Main Board Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 100 Supported Software 4 2 1 VIA Service Pack The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver AGPVxD Driver IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below Click VIA Service Pack The following screen will appear wee i n a eemi meemi ia ee dee ee eres hep mre EERE tie pape eal re ood iieii im ete pare e se ed Po ee ee wT 2 es E a 2 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 4 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA INF Driver drivers in the VIA Service Pack are supported in Win
57. ed Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be entical 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 The 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 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Drive Control Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Item Help Current DRAM Frequency 133MHz DRAM Clock By SPD Menu Level DRAM Timing By SPD X SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 X Bank Interleave Disabled X Precharge to Active Trp 3T X Active to Precharge Tras 6T X Active to CMD Tred 3T X DRAM Command Rate 2T Command DRAM Burst Len 4 MN 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 Current FSB Frequency This fi
58. ed operation but in one direction only ECP Extended Capabilities Port Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel used for the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address The options are 201 209 and Disabled Midi Port Address This field is used to select the MIDI port s address If you have selected the MIDI port s address you may select tts IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the MIDI port s IRQ Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 4 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize AGP or PCI first when the system boots AGP When the system boots it will first initialize AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI 3 1 4 5 OnChip USB Controller This field is used to select the USB ports you want Enabled 3 1 4 6 USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function 3 1 4 7 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum b
59. eld shows the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency This field shows the detected frequency of the DRAM DRAM Clock This field is used to select the clock speed of the DIMM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM 100 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 20OMHz 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 65 3 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility 166 MHz 200 MHz DRAM Timing The memory clock speed will run at 333MHz The memory clock speed will run at 400MHz This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD Manual The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system The SDRAM CAS Latency to DRAM Command Rate fields will show the default settings by SPD If you want a better performance for your system other than the one by SPD select Manual Then select the best option in the SDRAM CAS Latency to DRAM Command Rate fields SDRAM
60. etup set a user s password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup set a user s password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features Using user s password to enter Setup allows a user to access only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied To set confirm verify disable or delete a user s password follow the procedures described in the section Set Supervisor Password 93 3 94 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Save to CMOS and Exit Y N N 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 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press lt Enter gt The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial dia
61. gnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Esc gt simultaneously or lt Del gt after memory testing is done Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 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 DF s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the system and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AWDFLASH 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 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press lt Enter gt 95 3 96 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 BI
62. hat you would like to edit by using the or arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected informa tion 4 Press lt F10 gt to update the edited information into the flash ROM 98 Supported Software Add DMI Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the or arrow keys then press lt Enter gt 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item 4 Press lt F10 gt to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press lt Enter gt 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press lt Enter gt 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type lt Y gt All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM Save DMI File Use the lt or arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for save Press lt Enter gt 3 Enter the dir
63. he key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place 20 Hardware Installation 2 3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data Jumper JP6 If you encounter the following ci i E a ci ATTA TATTOO 3 OP a Clear CMOS P6 O 3 2 l 1 2 On Normal default t 3 2 2 3 On Clear CMOS Data a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the keyboard supervisor or user password c You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processor s ratio clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To the l 2 steps below oad the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow Power off the system and unplug the power cord Set JP6 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP6 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 21 f 22 Hardware Installation Now power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor s ratio clock in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 After powering on the system press lt Del gt to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select the Frequen
64. iciently 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 I 2 3 The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on All cables and power cords are tightly connected The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device The monitor is tumed on The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 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 monitors 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 The monitor has lost its vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vertical sync Move away any objects
65. in and mic in jacks at the rear panel together with tput One card edge bracket mounted with a 4 channel audio output connector will be provided as an option Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J14 Make sure pin of the cable connector is aligned with pin of Jl4 Now connect the external speakers cable connector to the 4 channel audio output connector that bracket is on the Note D If for any reason you are not using the 4 channel audio connector which is made possible by connecting a 4 channel audio cable the 6 channel audio output function can be supported using software Refer to chapter 4 for more information 2 7 11 Flop Hardware Installation py Disk Drive Connector O 2 Es gt ooooo0oo0o00000000000 moo0oo0oo0oo000000000000 l FDD J21 The mai nboard is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives To prevent improper floppy cable installation the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism The 34 pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You can enable or disable this function in the Integrate
66. isplays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 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 720KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 1 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 3 1 1 5 Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type The default setting is EGA VGA EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode Award BIOS Setup Utility CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 1 1 6 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 All Errors The system boot will sto a non fatal error stop for any errors detected p whenever the BIOS detects All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop All But Diskette The system boot it will stop for all All B
67. ity PC Health Status Current System Temp 31 C 8 PF Item Help Current CPU Temperature 18 C 64 F Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Menu Level Current Chassis FAN Speed 0 RPM CPU V 145 V 43 3 y 3 26 V 5 V 5 10 V 12 V 11 73 V 12 V 11 45 V VDIMM 2 63 V VBAT V 3 28 V 5VSB V 5 45 V N Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults The settin gs on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 7 1 Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system current tem perature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan A beeping alarm will sound once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate Three poss sound The CP ible circumstances may have occured causing the alarm to U fan is not connected to the CPU fan connector that is on the mainboard 2 The CP 3 It took the hea U fan may be damaged Replace it with a new fan some time before the CPU fan rotated Check whether tsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU then restart the system If the same problem occurs you must replace it with a good quality fan
68. l Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power button on my computer field select Standby Foon firme Sterced Hier Tps T Shee penran eke D inal Pan jiire es fa ely Pose butane halipi preii elie ecard balia i Fp Coa 116 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12 After completing the steps above and you want to power off the computer you do not need to go through the process of closing files applications and operating system You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 To power on the computer just press the power button The operating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without restarting You must restart the computer Shat Dhan aac a What do you wani the compair bode C Aasiat S005 moda L J em ae Important Mr you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 2000 MEI XP please check whether your add in cards or devices support this function If this function is not supported you need to download the appropriate driver from their respective website 118 Appendix B System Error Message B B 2 When the BIOS encounters an er
69. lock size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode 77 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 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 ACPI Function Enabled tem Help ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank MODEM Use IRQ 3 Soft Off By PWRBTN Instant off PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off gt IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter N e 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 3 1 5 1 ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the ACPI Suspend Type field 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode SI POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM f
70. mode 41 f Hardware Installation 2 7 13 IrDA Connector EE E O 12345 m 000 IrDA J15 Pin Function VCC N C IRRX Ground uria oa a Mm IRTX 42 Hardware Installation The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless con nectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 15K baud at a distance of meter Connect your IrDA cable to connector J15 on the mainboard Set UART Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use this connector Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation Note D The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the mainboard Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions 43 f Hardware Installation 2 7 14 CPU Fan Connector O Pin Functi
71. n Suspend or Suspend to RAM state N Important Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards 49 f Hardware Installation Diagnostic LEDs PE21 EL and PE21 EL A only LED 2 to LED 5 are diagnostic LEDs These LEDs will indicate the current condition of the system LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 LED 5 CPU initially failed Off Off Off Off Early program chipset register Off Off Off On before POST Testing memory presence Off Off On Off nitializing the DRAM Off Off On On controller sizing nitializing the FSB frequency Off On Off Off nitializing the DRAM Off On Off On frequency Programming the DRAM Off On On Off timing Programming the GTL timing Off On On On Checking CMOS checksum On Off Off Off and battery Initializing the clock generator On Off Off On Initializing USB On Off On Off Testing all memory cleared all On Off On On extended memory to 0 Initializing the onboard Super On On Off Off lO Detecting and installing an On On Off On IDE device Final initialization On On On Off Booting the system On On On On 50 Hardware Installation 2 7 20 Power Connectors ATX power 24 4
72. on Ground 2 12V 3 Sense The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J23 on the mainboard The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan 44 Hardware Installation 2 7 15 Chassis Fan Connector Q O Q gt Chassis fan 25 Pin Function l Ground 2 On Off Sense If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J25 on the mainboard The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the chassis fan The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state 45 f Hardware Installation 2 7 16 Second Chassis Fan Connector a z l e o j3 Second chassis fan J16 Pin Function Ground 2 Power 3 N C If you are installing a second chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J16 on the system board 46 Hardware Installation 2 7 17 Wake On LAN
73. one that will rotate immediately once Award BIOS Setup Utility power comes in and also one that can dissipate heat more efficiently 3 1 7 2 CPU V This field shows the voltage of the processor 3 1 7 3 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VDIMM VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up or a waring alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the mainboard Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information 89 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio 8x Hem Help Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Enabled Menu Level CPU Clock 100MHz CPU Voltage Regulator Default DRAM Voltage Regulator 2 63 V AGP Voltage Regulator 1 50 V N e 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 3 1 8 1 CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio mportant M gt x frequency ratio of some processo
74. orts compliant with USB 1 1 One connector for external line out and mic in jacks e Two internal audio connectors AUX in and CD in e One 4 channel audio output connector PE2I EC A and PE2 EL A only One S PDIF in connector PE21 EC A and PE21 EL A only e One S PDIF out connector PE2 EC A and PE21 EL A only One connector for IrDA interface Two IDE connectors e One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives Two ATX power supply connectors One Wake On LAN connector One Wake On Ring connector e CPU fan chassis fan and second chassis fan connectors PCI Bus Master IDE Controller e Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 and ATA 133 hard drives e UDMA Modes 3 4 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 133MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP S PDIF PE2I EC A and PE21 EL A only The system board is equipped with the S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface digital audio interface S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that 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 IrDA Interface The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and
75. 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 establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection 2 2 System Memory The system board is equipped with three 84 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support 2 5V DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This ffectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the speed of data transfer w Q Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board f Hardware Installation 2 2 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin of the DIM module must correspond with Pin of the socket Pin Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with t
76. pped with J 7 and J18 for connecting 4 external USB 2 0 1 1 ports The USB 2 0 1 1 ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional USB 2 0 1 1 ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB 2 0 1 1 port cables to JIZ or J18 The USB ports cable connector can be inserted only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of JIZ or J18 Now connect the interface cable connector of your USB 2 0 1 1 device to the USB 2 0 1 1 port that is on the bracket You can enable or disable the USB ports in the Integrated Peripher als submenu OnChip USB Controller field of the BIOS The Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function JPI and JP4 must be set to 2 3 On Refer to Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power in this chapter 2 USB Resume from 3 IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Hardware Installation 2 7 4 Serial Ports CELEC piee Yo 4 COM COM 2 L Serial Port Serial Port
77. ption loads optimized settings from the default values as standard values for your option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt to load the Setup default values 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisor s 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 supervisor s 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 the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Enter Password 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 To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu 3 1 12 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to s
78. r USB 3 6 JP4 O 3 3 2 T 2 i a 2 On VCC power 2 3 On SVDUL power default Power Select for USB and USB 2 JPI and Power Select for USB 3 to USB 6 JP4 These jumpers are used to select the power of the USB ports Note D e You can enable or disable the USB ports in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip USB Controller field of the BIOS e If you wish to use the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function make sure this jumper is set to 2 3 On USB Resume From 3 IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled 24 Hardware Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus m m JP8 JP3 CPU FSB select JP3 and JP8 JP3 JP8 Auto 1 2 On 1 2 On OOMHz 2 3 On 1 2 On 33MHz All Off 2 On 66MHz All Off 2 3 On 2 3 2 3 2 3 pe oe O js E oma jps WE O O p3 O je3 E ome mE O O l 2 On 2 3 On All Off CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP3 and JP8 These jumpers are used to select the front side bus of the processor installed on the system board cvercocn Overcl ca may result in the processor s or system s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system perform
79. r USB 1 2 PI at al aE ae oP CPU fan D a Lo power 23 ale select JP2 89 P3 a i Wn C jo m EE g Be fs COM 2 8 s oo ja 2 amp TE o o K oo A O oo a oo oo 20 0 ojlo Parallel J3 12V power a ATXP1 UI J com 2 4 42 jee VIA S _ VT8754 SSP l CPU FSB select 5 JP3 and JP8 E l amp E JP8 eond ig 2 P3 weal lt assis fan J16 AGP Slot Front i m8800 9 audio J10 AUX in J1 1 PCI Slot IDE 919 a VIA 00900000000000000000 ACT PCI Slot 2 IDE 2 20 g PCI Standby Power LED p5000900000900000000 eae Clear CMOS g P6 i Wake On WEKE OD Chassis fan 25 3 PCI Slot 4 LAN 27 Ring 26 mmm USB 3 4 Som Fe poooo09090000000 PCI Slot 5 al USB 5 6 J18 FDD J21 2 10 4 BIOS zza IrDA J15 es385 gess Battery i PCI Slot 6 USB power select SPEAKERFERET L HD LED TORUSB ap ie Sepp 22 Gaa I L PWR LED T ATXSW f Hardware Installation PE21 EC A Supports 6 channel audio S PDIF in out and 4 channel audio connectors USB power select 1 3 JI J for USB 1 2 JP
80. r power supply must support 2720mA Introduction Wake On PS 2 Keyboard This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S5 state Refer to Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power in chapter 2 and PS2KB Wakeup Select IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management section in chapter 3 for more information Important M e Ifyou forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 e The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2720mA Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse 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 Refer to Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power in chapter 2 and USB Resume from S3 IRQ Event Activity Detect field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important e 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 e If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard Mouse function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 22A RTC Timer to Power on the System The RTC installed on the mainboard allows your system to auto matically power on on the set date and time
81. rds are equipped with the S PDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface digital audio interface S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quali degrading wheneve One card edge bracket mounted wi S PDIF out port w bracket to the sys cable connectors connectors is aligned with p ill be provided as an ty of the audio signal from r tt is converted to analog th S PDIF in port and option Install the card edge tem chassis then connect the appropriate audio to Jl2 and J13 Make sure pin of the cable in of Jl2 and JIl3 Now connect external speakers or a device that supports digital output to the S PDIF in and S PDIF out ports for digital audio output 37 f 38 Hardware Installation 2 7 10 4 Channel Audio Output Connector PE21 EC A and PE21 EL A only 555 lt 1 jmooo 7 F 4CH audio 014 Pin Function Pin Function SL 2 Center out 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 SR 6 LFE Out 7 Ground 8 Key The 4 channel audio connector J14 supports 4 audio output signals center channel subwoo the 4 channel audio connector supports 6 channel audio ou fer rear right channel and rear left channel The line
82. ror 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 Fl 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 manufacturer s 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 the mainboard can be set to either
83. rs may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician 90 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 4 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the CPU The available options allow you to adjust the CPU s bus clock in IMHz increment The default setting is 1 00MHz s Important 9 Overclocking may result in the processor s or system s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system performance If in the CPU Clock or CPU Clock Ratio field you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method I Clear the CMOS data by setting JP6 to 2 3 On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Method 2 Press the lt Insert gt key and power button simultaneously then release the power button first Keep on pressing the lt Insert gt key until the power on screen appears This will allow the s
84. s onboard LAN and Diagnostic LEDs USB power select DDR2 8 Ji dy for USB 1 2 P1 DDR p PBR ig BE CPU fan o ower at selec PD oo Va 2R CNI ee alah are es amp o oo f a z T d COM 2 amp so o o Sal Q oo P o o 20 0 ojio Parallel J3 i ATX power 024 12V power ATXP1 COM 2 j4 l y _ 04 4 2 Tine Se VIA a S 7I VT8754 By EIG CPU FSB select o Pii JP3 and JP8 IC 8 JA dina Second 16 8 e chassis fan e JP3 2 J sas AGP Slot 7 o Front ilmes00 9 audio J10 AUX in J11 PCI Slot IDE 19 mT VIA AC 97 PCI Slot 2 IDE 2 20 g PC Standby Power LED kooeooocooogooo0930 p ULI oe Clear MO f O Wake On Fe i chip PCI Slot 4 Wake On Ring 26 Chassis fan 125 LAN J27 TmT USB 3 4 Bon Fo mo000009090000000 PCI Slot 5 al USB 5 6 J18 FDD J21 2 10 R BIOS ce3 IrDA J15 2fgeese i9 s835 Battery PCI Slot 6 LED 3 USB power LED 2T T select for SPEAKERFETET tiie LED 4 USB 3 6 JP4 2fescofs o ojo ojm J22 LED 5 veao eses a ORO GSW iep LPWRLED J ATX SW f Hardware Installation PE21 EL A Supports onboard LAN Diagnostic LEDs and 6 channel audio S PDIF in out and 4 channel audio connectors USB power select
85. through an external or internal modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 for more information Resume on Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month and Resume Time hhimmiss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month 0 The system will poweron everyday according to the time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field l 31 Select a date you would like the system to poweron The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to poweron everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS Features submenu 83 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON Item Help IRQ3 COM 2 Enabled IRQ4 COM 1 Enabled Menu Level IRQS LPT 2 Enabled
86. u may also restart the system pressing 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 Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Frequency Voltage Control Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F10 Save amp Exit Setup Noe Select Item Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features by Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press lt Enter gt A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear S3 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility Ikk Sell a Pe 56 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Jun 18 2002 Item Help Ti hh H 4 35 5 ime hh mm 48 Menu Level gt IDE Primary Master Press Enter None gt IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day month gt IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None year and century gt IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K gt lt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F
87. unction If you are using the Windows 98 operating system refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information 78 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 5 3 Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend Mode field is activated Min Saving Minimum power saving time for Suspend mode hr Max Saving Maximum power saving time for Suspend mode min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode field 3 1 5 4 HDD Power Down After the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active 3 1 5 5 Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off 3 1 5 6 Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode 3 1 5 7 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked WH SYNC Blank This will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initializes displ
88. ut Disk Key The system boot for all other errors will not stop for a disk error other errors will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors 3 1 1 7 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 motherboard 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory memory installed on the Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 53 3 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation Some entries are defaults required by the mainboard 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 Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU L1 amp L2 Cache Enabled 2 e a CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Menu Level Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Allows you to choose Second Boot Device HDD 0 the VIRUS warning Third Boot Device LS120 feature for IDE Hard Boot Other Device Enabled Disk boot sector Swap Floppy Drive Disabled protection If this Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled function
89. ve the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device Onboard AC97 Audio Enabled ltem Help Onboard LAN Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Menu Level MN 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 AC97 Audio Enabled Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card Onboard LAN PE2I EL and PE21I EL A only By default the onboard LAN is enabled If you are not using the onboard LAN set this field to Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM PE21 EL and PE2I EL A only By default this field is disabled Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access the local area network directly If you wish to change the boot ROM s settings type the lt Shift gt and lt FIO gt keys simultaneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing lt Shift gt lt F10 gt only when this field is enabled 73 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear
90. version may not be dentical to this one CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to offset the speed difference between the CPU and PCI bus Disabled Writes are not buffered therefore the CPU must wait until the write cycle is complete before starting another write cycle PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during the PCl to ISA transactions This allows PCI and ISA buses to be used more efficiently and prevents degradation of performance on the PCI bus when ISA accesses are made 69 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 4 Memory Hole This field is used to select the memory area that must not be addressed to the ISA bus 3 1 3 5 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at FOOOOH FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system 3 1 3 6 Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus providing better video performance If your graphics card does not support this function leave this field in its default setting Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals gt VIA On
91. ves make sure the bootable first hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave The 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 format it is likely a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity tt 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 it works the printer can be assumed to be in good condition If the printer remains inoperative replace the printer cable and try again Troubleshooting 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 Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly If the serial devi
92. x v 4CH audio connector x v x v Table of Contents Chapter Introduction Features and Specifications k2 Package Ch cklistin sinisisi aaa Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Li r MainbOatd layout assosieer R l5 2 28 Systemi Memo yacan a n E 2 3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data 2 4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS 2 Power 2 5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB PoWer sss 24 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus 25 2 7 Port vamd COnme ctor sis sastatutiassaaitanscnasiiencltatadiamduiinatian 26 3 1 The Basic Input Output SYSTEM ZLI Standard CMOS Features iss cnactdannissunscsslicisatiecs 3 12 Advanced BIOS Features snssnsnssssnsnunansnansnanns 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features i 3 1 4 Integrated Peripheralsiisissiiuasiisiininsasiinsa 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6 PAP PC Configurations Saleh PO Heii AUSE 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults ssssnsssinmnstennatsnnanannst 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults uses 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password 3 1 12 Set User Password 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup B 1 14 Blt Without Saving 3 2 Updating the BIOS mimi canton tu tencetctni ihe cmndecans Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 97 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 100 4 3 6 Channel Audio Output Via SOFWAFE tsetse ae 44h alain N
93. ystem to boot according to the FSB of the processor Now press the lt Del gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select Frequency Voltage Control and set the CPU Clock or CPU Clock Ratio field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock or ratio Note Use a PS 2 or AT requires a DIN to mini DIN adapter keyboard for method 2 3 1 8 5 CPU Voltage Regulator PE21 EL and PE2I EL A only This field allows you to adjust the voltage that is supplied to the CPU 92 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 8 6 DRAM Voltage Regulator PE2I EL and PE2I EL A only This field allows you to adjust the voltage that is supplied to the DRAM 3 1 8 7 AGP Voltage Regulator PE21 EL and PE2I EL A only This field allows you AGP to adjust the voltage that is supplied to the 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults The Load Fail Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proce settings will be loaded ed type lt Y gt and press lt Enter gt The default 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized the BIOS ROM Use system Highlight this Defaults o

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