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1. The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices The IRDA Infrared Data Association specification supports data transfers of 15K baud at a distance of meter Connect your IrDA cable to connector J22 on the system board Set UART2 Mode Select in the Integrated Peripherals submenu 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 The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions 36 Hardware Installation 2 89 CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function a EI m 12V The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heatsink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board The CPU Fan
2. Wake On LAN J10 Function Ground The Wake On LAN connector is used to connect to a LAN card that has the same connector This function will allow the network to remotely power on 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 Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup 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 JIO on the system board 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 V Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2 20mA Hardware Installation 2 8 16 Wake On Ring Connector s fede _ NENE TEN 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
3. SPEAKER Front panel connectors 26 PWR LED HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard dnive 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 3 STR Suspend To RAM state It will blink every second when the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state AT X 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 42 2 50 Hardware Installation PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light Vhen the system is in the SI POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the 53 STR Suspend To RAM state it will blink every 4 seconds Note If a system did not boot up and the Power Standby LED did not light after it was powered on it may indicate that the C
4. ower LED cn select P Eu or ERES 00000 D JP3 gt E EE Cru 090008 EA frequency ratio COM coa E EE J3 erue due EEE so E om Es A J3 BRIO EEE pico G JI6 EEE SWI O HR EEEI zi 5 fan EEBE E sol S oo 910 VIA E E n VT8365 i COM 2 FEE mio J50 ujiadigd JAIS CD in E EE gt E TAD EIS Jil Ello is DIMM DIMM3 E amp y DIMM 2 n Hi SS SS RA 4 J sooo AUX In i Description on SWI 2 p Black rectangle AC 97 AGP Slot denotes the part that 2 J25 is protruding the adjustable switch PCI Slot 9 9 9 9 0 0 O O O 0 O O O OF o 000000000000 0000000 oro KB Purple CE Mic In et e O O OT e COM VGA Line Out Line In Teal Turquoise Blue Lime Light Blue AM75 EC Lea JP EE JP4 JP6 Onboard audio codec settings VIA PCI 2 Slot VT82C686B Faa J10 JP8 2nd chassis fan Clear J PCI 3 Slot USB power Wake On JPSOf select for USB2 ipa LAN J22 PCI 4 Slot s Battery Wake On USB 2 J19 S29 g PCI 5 Slot IRIS BIOS ISA Slot Mouse USB Parallel Game MIDI m Square denotes pin Green Black Burgundy Gold Uses VIA KM 133 VT8365 and VI82C686B supports 100MHz FSB CPUS 2 Hardware Installation
5. oOB O o O Di do TMT On Off OOMHz 33MHz 200MHz DDR CPU 266MHz DDR CPU default CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP10 This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board 24 Hardware Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power USB power select for USB JP3 q OON a O 2 03 OX USB power select for USB 2 JP50 2 2 3 3 l 2 On 5V 2 3 On 5VSB default USB Power Select for USB JP3 and USB 2 JP50 These jumpers are used to select the power of the USB device connected to USB or USB 2 25 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 Ports and Connectors 2 8 1 Serial Ports COM COM Serial Port O 2 OO OO sol 059 9 O 10 COM 2 26 Hardware Installation The built in serial ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compat
6. 20K 1 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 number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric eypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys 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 will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature 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 Iypematic Delay Msec fields below Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password everytime the system boo
7. Device Manager 73 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 an ISA slot requires an IRQ set this field to Disabled The IRQ previously occupied by the USB device will be available for the ISA slot Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s Device Manager 74 3 1 7 PC Health Status Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PC Health Status Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU Fan Speed Current Chassis Fan Speed Vcore 3 3V SV 12V CPU Fan Protection 27C 80F 37C 98F 0 RPM 0 RPM 1 75 V 331V 5 05 V 12 03 V Disabled Item Help Menu Level CPU Temp Prot Function Disabled CPU Temp Prot Alarm 60 PU PD Value F10 Save F6 Fail Safe Defaults ESC Exit FI General Help F7 Optimized Defaults Tl Move Enter Select F5 Previous Values The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 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 temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute Vcore This field shows the voltage of the
8. If the serial device does not work either the cable or the serial device has a problem If the serial device works the problem may be due to the onboard I O or the address setting 4 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 System Board Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets 29 C Troubleshooting Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations If the board fails to function place the board on a flat surface and seat all socketed components Gently press each component into the socket If you made changes to the BIOS settings re enter setup and load the BIOS defaults 29
9. DIMM standby E USB power select power LED na a USB aoe echo CPU frequency J p p E ratio select SW I Eu m p E CPU FSB deo coset select JP 10 p E p4 E sono E J 3 00903 00000 E VGA ol JI6 A 3 CPU 2 fan ool T LI SIT i VIA E COM2 VT8365A B A e J50 O Qi D in ll a Sl o Ji H ES C E 5 JIS DIMM DIMM 3 DIMM 2 JI J rises AUX in Description on SW LAUDE AGP Slot dens deese J21 J25 is protruding the 33VSB BAGP 4x LED adjustable switch standb PCI Slot for PC l l Lea JP ele JP4 JP6 Onboard audio codec settings VIA PCI 2 Slot VT82C686B j26 PCI m3JIO JPeg standby 2nd chassis fan Clear ower 18 CMOS ED J PCI 3 Slot USE power Wake On JP50 select for USB 2 IrDA LAN p2 PCI 4 Slot ea fooooo Chassis vee USB 2 J19 far 2 ng PCI 5 Slot pL BIOS ISA Slot J23 Mouse USB Parallel Game MIDI m Square denotes pin Green Black Burgundy Gold P lo A AR 0 0 0 0 0 00 eJ III m Mic In Em CO e 222 Jo O O OQO Pink KB COM VGA Line Out Line In Purple Teal Turquoise Blue Lime Light Blue AM75 TC Uses VIA KM133A VT8365A and VT82C686B supports OOMHZ 33MHz FSB CPUS Hardware Installation Warning B Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your system board processor disk drives add in boards and other components Perform the upgrade instruction p
10. Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off By PWRBTN PWR Lost Resume State gt Wake Up Events Enabled Item Help Press Enter SI POS Menu Level Yes Suspend gt Off V H SYNC Blank 3 Instant off Keep Off Press Enter Tie Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 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 ACPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME supports this function When enabled the system will ignore the settings in Power Management 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 Power Management Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The Power Management HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields will appear Power Management This field allows you to select the type or degree of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields are activated 6 3 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility Min Saving Minimum power saving time for Doze and Suspend mode hr Max Saving Maximum power saving time for Doze and Suspend mode min User Define Allows you to set the power saving time in
11. Protection function supported by the system board has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment To use the CPU Fan Protection function please follow the steps below I Before you power on the system make sure the heatsink and CPU fan are correctly installed onto the CPU The system is capable of monitoring the CPU fan therefore you must use a fan 34 2 38 Hardware Installation with sense pin to support this function Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J16 on the system board Make sure the CPU Fan Protection field in the PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS is set to Enabled Refer to PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more information 3 You may now power on the system Two circumstances may occur causing the system to power off automatically A beeping alarm will sound before the system will power off The CPU fan did not rotate because the CPU fan is damaged When you boot up the system and the CPU fan did not rotate it may indicate that the fan is damaged Replace it with a new fan The CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system boot up or it took some time before the CPU fan rotated If the CPU fan did not rotate immediately upon system boot
12. What do veu wand the compe bo do C feat Restat i MS DUS mode IDEEN HESSEN pose Important P gt If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after berforming the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are n Windows 2000 ME 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 Appendix B System Error Message B B 2 When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message PRESS FI TO CONTINUE CIRL ALI 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 replace
13. addressed at FOQOOH 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 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 Disabled Frame Buffer Size The options are 8M 16M and 32M 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 64M AGP Mode This field is used to select the AGP mode of the AGP card installed on the system board The default setting is 4X 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 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 This function is supported only if this field is set to Enabled OnChip USB This field is used to enable or disable the onboard USB controller supported by the chipset If you are using a USB peripheral make sure to set this field to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are us
14. after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last State 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 lf the system s power is on when AC power failure occurs the system will power on when power returns Wake Up Events Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear USB Resume from S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the 53 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 PowerOn by PCI Card This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Award BIOS Setup Utility Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Refer to the card s documentation for more information Resume On LAN Ring This field supports two functions e When enabled the system will power on to respond to calls coming through an external
15. board 40 Hardware Installation 2 8 12 Game MIDI Port Game MIDI Port 9 9502235702209 OOO Game MIDI Gold The Game MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I O port Connect an analog joystick to the 5 pin D sub connector J9 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 4 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 13 Audio Jacks d ELE e 0 0 0 0 O O O O 000 Line out Line4 Mic in _ Line out Line in Lime Light Blue The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack J6 Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Line in Jack J7 Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out Jack of any external audio
16. chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J19 The USB ports cable connector can be inserted only if pin of the cable is aligned with pin of JI9 Insert the USB port cable connector to pins 1 10 if e One of the holes on the cable connector is plugged meaning the cable connector has a keying mechanism Insert the USB port cable connector to pins 6 15 if None of the holes on the cable connector is plugged meaning the cable connector has no keying mechanism Hardware Installation 2 8 7 VGA Port _ The system board can only be used with an analog video monitor Connect the monitors 15 pin D shell cable connector to the VGA port J O Blue located at the ATX double deck ports of the board If your monitor supports analog video but does not have a 5 pin D shell connector see your monitor dealer for the adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog 35 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 8 IrDA Connector
17. data by setting jumper JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Important Overclocking may result to the processors or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system berformance Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 tum 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 Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type lt Y gt and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press lt Enter gt 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 80 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry set a supervisors password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features If you want to protect access to setup on
18. dialog box click the Performance tab Fri cmm ibo GOD ME cd Fi Fla Dag Abk 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 Hai Des Popga Ces CD ROM Fermate Dink Tic lille V Oe pea nna ecd hae edu dive Aachen Vimus coradh tort atum qam disque dala vece mi morena cl up be E bbb O Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box Double click the Power Management icon Click the Advanced tab In the When press the power button on my computer field select Standby r Prap fe pima ahn apah gahi fl arty ili pri Ciak piedi Ces is p a 5 rain 9 72 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 2 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 Shit Doman erie a
19. fan speed Refer to the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 and the VIA Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPUS temperature during system boot up Once you have detected that the CPU is not automaticaly power ff after 5 warning beeps Refer to the PC Health Status 1 1 3 Intelligence CPU Temperature Protection The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once it has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the CPU temperature limit defined in the BIOS the system will automatically power off after 5 warming beeps Refer to CPU Temp Prot Function and CPU Temp Prot Alarm in the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more information CPU Fan Protection The CPU Fan Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate This preventive measure has been added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment Refer to CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function in chapter 2 and CPU Fan Protection in the PC Health Status section in chapter 3 for more information Introduction Over Voltage The Over Voltage function allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied
20. installation each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin of the connector is aligned with pin of the header You may enable or disable the onboard primary or secondary IDE controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable I If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pin connector of the IDE cable into the primary shrouded IDE header J21 If you are adding a third or fourth IDE device install the 40 pin connector of the other IDE cable into the secondary shrouded IDE header J25 2 Install the other 40 pin header connector s into the device with the colored edge of the ribbon cable aligned with pin of the drive edge connector s Note Refer to your disk drive users manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings 3 2 I2 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 system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA IOO 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 ha
21. is damaged Replace it with a new one The CPU fan did not rotate immediately or it took some time before the fan rotated Check whether the heatsink 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 one that will rotate immediately once power comes in and also one that can dissipate heat more efficiently otherwise you have to disable this function in the CPU Fan Protection field PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS 25 C 26 Troubleshooting CPU Frequency Ratio The system did not boot up with the frequency ratio selected Selecting a higher frequency ratio may result to the CPU s or systems instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance Power off the system and set SWI pins 1 5 to Off Auto 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 systems display adapter Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitors bnghtness control knob The picture seems to be constantly moving 2 The monitor has lost its vertical sync Adjust the monitor s vert
22. more than one DIMM make sure you insert the same type of DIMMs into the DIMM sockets Using different types VCM or PC SDRAM of DIMMs may cause problems DIMMs DIMMs 2MBx64 6MB 6MBx64 28MB 4MBx64 32MB 32 MBx64 236MB 8MBx64 GAMBE 64MBx64 312MB Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with universal AGP slot 4 dedicated PCI slots and shared PCI ISA slot AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing z buffering and alpha blending The universal AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB sec bandwidth and AGP 4x with up to 1066MB sec bandwidth for 3D graphics applications AGP in this system board will deliver faster and better graphics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features Integrated Savage4 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 2MB to 32MB of the system memory Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA Full AGP 4x including sideband addressing and execute mode High quality DVD video playback e 3D rendering features 32 bit true color rendering MPEG 2 video textures e 2D hardware acceleration features e Motion video architecture e Software drivers Windows 95 98 2000 ME Windows NT 4 0 Introduction Onboard Audio Features e Supports Microsoft DirectSound DirectSound 3D e AC9 supported with full duplex independent sample rate con verter for audio recording and playback ATX Doubl
23. system performance If you are unable to boot up the system with the frequency ratio you selected please power off the system and set SW pins 1 5 to Off Auto 20 Hardware Installation 2 4 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data wo Clear CMOS JP8 2 2 3 3 2 On Normal 223 On default Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data Jumper JP8 If you encounter the following a CMOS data becomes corrupted b You forgot the supervisor or user password C You are unable to boot up the computer system because the processors bus clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below Poweroff the system and unplug the power cord 2 Set JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP8 back to its default setting pins and 2 On 2 2 22 Hardware Installation Plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processors bus clock in the BIOS please proceed to step 4 After powering on the system press Del to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select the Frequency Voltage Con
24. the screen to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect Audio Drivers and Software Application The CD in the system board package also includes audio drivers and audio playback software for Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 and Windows 2000 operating systems For installation instructions or information about their corresponding readme click the Read Me button in the autorun screen The autorun screen normally appears after the CD is inserted into a CD ROM drive 4 5 4 6 Supported Softwares Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click VIA PCI Audio Driver Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation Restart the system Graphics Drivers Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click VIA VGA Driver Follow the prompts on the screen to complete Installation Restart the system Microsoft DirectX 7 0 Driver Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click Microsoft DirectX 7 0 Driver Click Yes to continue Follow the prompts on the screen to complete Installation Restart the system 4 7 Drivers and Utilities Installatio
25. up or it took some time before the fan rotated check whether the heatsink 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 one that will rotate immediately once power comes in and also one that can dissipate heat more efficiently otherwise you have to disable this function in the CPU Fan Protection field PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS Hardware Installation 2 8 10 Chassis Fan Connector If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J23 on the system board 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 It will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode 39 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 11 Second Chassis Fan Connector EL O wn Ol If you are installing a second fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J18 on the system
26. use the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one On Chip Primary IDE and On Chip Secondary IDE These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary 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 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 sel
27. AM75 EC AM75 TC Rev At System Board User s Manual 48110117 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 O 2001 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS Windows Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD Athlon and Duron are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc 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 av
28. M above the socket with the notches in the module aligned with the keys 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 Hardware Installation 2 3 CPU Frequency Ratio CPU frequency ratio select SW S55 m E EH Ms EH 2 Hardware Installation CPU Frequency Ratio Select SWI The table above shows the available frequency ratios and their corresponding DIP switch setting The black rectangles on the SWI illustration denote the part that is protruding the adjustable switch Make sure SWI is set correctly before applying power otherwise you will not be able to power on the system Not all AMD CPUs support the multiplier overclocking function Please give special attention to LI on the CPU LI s four bridges must be closed short in order for the frequency ratio selected on SWI to take effect The figure below will help you identify the type of CPU that would allow you to adjust its frequency ratio LI s four bridges open Important We do not recommend that you adjust the CPU to a higher frequency ratio because it may result to the CPU s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better
29. PU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED 2 EA G LED 4 Green LED 5 ATX SW 7 ATX power switch 8 G SW Green switch RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector PWR LED Power Standby LED Pin Assignment HDD LED Power HDD N C Green LED Power Ground N C PWRBT PWRBT N C SMI Ground UM de H W Reset Ground N C Speaker Data N C Ground Speaker Power N C LED Power N C LED Power or Standby Signal Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 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 system board This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and lt Del gt keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear CMOS Setup Utility C
30. ard BIOS Setup Utility Primary INTR When set to On the system will respond and wake up to an IRQ activity that has been detected IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The IRQ3 to IRQ15 fields will appear When enabled access to the specified IRO 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 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level Default is Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Select Enabled to Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled reset Extended System ion IRO E B Enabl Configuration Data Assign IR For US nated ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot TI 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 t
31. ate the new BIOS file to the programmable flash EEPROM that is on the system board The new BIOS will permanently replace the original BIOS content after flashing 8 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board 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 revision numbers of hardware installed etc are automatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board 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 utili
32. d DI Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturers instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY The display switch on the motherboard can be set to erther monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different 23 D 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 S
33. day 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 3l Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 Time The time format is hour lt minute gt second The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays minutes from OO to 59 Second displays seconds from OO to 59 IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave de Move the cursor to the IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master or IDE Secondary Slave field then press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary 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 dnve If a hard disk has not been installed select None Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Access Mode For ha
34. 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 J8 Pink Connect a microphone to the mic in Jack 42 Hardware Installation 2 8 14 Internal Audio Connectors CD in cS OOON 2 3 4 amp IA TAD 015 AUX in J14 234 HOOO AUX in and CD in These audio in connectors are used Pin Function to receive audio from a CD ROM dnve TV tuner or MPEG card a Left audio channel 3 4 Right audio channel TAD TAD is a connector for telephon audio devices such as voice sie Pin Function cards By installing a PCI voice ERI from modem modem card that is also equipped with a AD connector connect one Ground end of the cable that came with the card to the card s TAD connector and the other end to the TAD connector on the system board Ihe voice modem will interface with the onboard audio allowing voice to come from the extemal speaker Modem in to modem 2 44 Hardware Installation 2 8 15 Wake On LAN Connector a
35. e Deck Ports PC 99 color coded connectors Two USB ports e One NS1I6C550A compatible DB 9 serial port e One DB 15 VGA port One SPP ECP EPP DB 25 parallel port e One mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port One mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port One game MIDI port e Three audio jacks line out line in and mic in Connectors e One connector for 2 additional external USB ports One connector for external serial port e One connector for IrDA interface Two IDE connectors e One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2 88MB floppy drives One ATX power supply connector One Wake On LAN connector One Wake On Ring connector e CPU chassis and second chassis fan connectors Three internal audio connectors AUX in CD in and TAD PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices e Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives e PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 16 6MB sec Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer e Supports ATAPI CD ROM LS 120 and ZIP Introduction IrDA Interface The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices It supports peripheral devices that meet the HPSIR and ASKIR standard USB Ports The system board supports 4 USB ports Iwo onboard USB ports are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board The JI9 connector on the syste
36. e Use DMA This is used to select a DMA channel for the parallel port The options are and 3 Default setting 3 EPP Mode Select The options are EPPI 9 and EPPI 7 Default setting EPP I 7 Onboard Legacy Audio By default this field is enabled allowing you to use the audio fea tures in DOS mode The following fields are selectable only when this field is set to Enabled Sound Blaster This field is used to enable or disable the sound blaster SB I O Base Address This field is used to select the sound blasters I O base address The options are 220H 240H 260H and 280H SB IRQ Select This field is used to select the sound blasters IRQ The options are IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 and IRQ 10 65 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility SB DMA Select This field is used to select the sound blasters DMA The options are DMA 0 DMA DMA 2 and DMA 3 MPU 40 1 This field is used to enable or disable MPU 40I MPU 401 I O Address This field is used to select MPU 401 I O address The options are 330 333H 300 303H 310 313H and 320 323H Game Port 200 207H This field is used to enable or disable the onboard game port 66 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 CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Power Management ACPI Suspend Type PM Control by APM Video
37. e for save Press lt Enter gt Enter the directory and filename under which you would like the DMI file saved Supported Softwares 42 VIA Hardware Monitor The system board comes with the VIA 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 chassis 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 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows NT9 4 0 operating system To install the utility insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the VIA Hardware Monitor button to install the utility Refer to its readme file for instructions on using the utility 4 3 VIAS Service Pack The CD in the system board package also comes with the VIA Service Pack The service pack includes the following drivers Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP VxD Driver VIA Chipset Functions Registry VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver To install the dr
38. ected the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard dnve or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories 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 IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block 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 Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller 63 3 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 IRO3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port and serial port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard serial port and or serial port 2 UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices You may not use IrDA J22 and the COM 2 50 serial port at the same time If you are us
39. el in order to enter the main menu of the BIOS If you did not press Del the system will automatically power off after the 5 warning beeps You may erther Press Del then enter a new CPU temperature limit or 2 Allow the system to power off after the 5 warning beeps then check whether the heatsink and fan are mounted properly onto the CPU because high CPU temperature may be due to incorrect fan heatsink installation Now restart the system If the same problem persist it may be that the CPU fan is damaged or it is not rotating properly Try replacing it with a new fan If it is due to other contributing factors that resulted to high CPU temperature you may need to set a lower CPU temperature limit CPU Temperature References When you power up a system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the CPU temperature range is normally between 32 C and 35 C When you run an operating system then tried to reboot the system the CPU temperature range at this time is between 40 C and 45 C These temperature references serve as a guide when you select the CPU temperature limit 3 1 8 Award BIOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Vcore Select Default Item Help Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled CPU Host PCI Clock Default Menu Level Tie Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 Sa
40. he system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME 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 Introduction 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 Important Di ui 5VSB power source of your power supply must support Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items The system board A users manual One card edge bracket with a serial port One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD I ESL ESL EE ESI ISI If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 System Board Layout 3 3VSB standb tor PC DIMM standby I AGP 4x LED
41. hen the system is in the Doze Standby or Suspend mode Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H 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 display power management signaling Select this if your video board supports it MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 IO or I1 for the modem installed in your system 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 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 Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 69 3 7 0 Award BIOS Setup Utility PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns
42. ible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You can set the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the Serial Ports The system board is equipped with an onboard serial port J3 Teal Turquoise for COM primary serial port located at the ATX double deck ports of the board It is also equipped with a 9 pin connector at location J50 for COM 2 secondary serial port One card edge bracket mounted with a serial port cable is provided with the system board If you want to use the secondary serial port connect the serial port cable to connector J50 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin of connector J50 Mount the card edge bracket to the system chassis 24 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 2 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Ports E PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Keyboard The system board is equipped with an onboard PS 2 mouse Green and PS 2 keyboard Purple ports both at location of the ATX double deck ports of the system board The PS 2 mouse port uses IROI2 If a mouse is not connected to this port the system will reserve IRQ 2 for other expan
43. ical Sync Move away any objects such as another monitor or fan that may be creating a magnetic field around the display Make sure your video card s output frequencies are supported by this monitor The screen seems to be constantly wavering If the monitor is close to another monitor the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering Power Supply When the computer is turned on nothing happens 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 Troubleshooting 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 2 The diskette may be write protected Use a diskette that is not write protected 3 You may be writing to the wrong drive Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive 4 There is not enough space left on the diskette Use another diskette with adequate storage space Hard Drive Hard disk failure Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS If the system is configured with two ha
44. ing a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function OnChip Sound By default this field is set to Auto the onboard sound controller enabled If you are using an audio add in card set this field to Disabled 6 3 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary IDE Enabled Item Help On Chip Secondary IDE 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 Init Display First PCI Slot IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART2 Mode Select Standard Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 ve ESC Exit Fl General Help EPP Mode Select EPPI 7 Orti Onboard Legacy Audio Enabled O a ra Sound Blaster Disabled SB I O Base Address 220H SB IRQ Select IRQ 5 SB DMA Select DMA 1 MPU 401 Disabled MPU 401 I O Address 330 333H Game Port 200 207H Enabled The screen above list all the fields available in the Integrated Peripherals submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to
45. ing 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 J22 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of IrDA standard supported by your IrDA peripheral device HPSIR or ASKIR For better transmission of data your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of meter 3 Set the IR Function Duplex and TX RX Inverting Enable fields appropriately IR Function Duplex Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Ful Transmits and receives data simultaneously TX RX Inverting Enable The options are No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Award BIOS Setup Utility Parallel Porc Mode The options are Normal EPR ECP and ECP EPP These apply to a standard specification and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refer to your peripherals manual for the best option Normal Allows normal speed 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 modes data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Mod
46. ivers insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the VIA Service Pack button For installation instructions or information click the Read Me button in the autorun screen 66 Supported Softwares 44 VIA Service Pack Installation Notes The AGP VxD Driver and VIA Chipset Functions Registry drivers in the VIA Service Pack are supported in Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 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 M gt Ihe 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 To install the VIA Service pack please follow the steps below Insert the CD that came with the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear 2 Click VIA Service Pack 3 The Welcome screen will appear Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack readme carefully before proceeding to step 4 4 Follow the prompts on
47. jumper JPI is On It provides 3 3VSB Standby power to the PCI slots If you are using a PCI modem card that does not comply to the PCI 2 2 specification please set this jumper to Off The PCI Standby Power LED s light will subsequently turn off 46 Hardware Installation 2 2 On Off 3 3VSB Standby Non PCI 2 2 spec Power to PCI slots PCI 2 2 spec default Important Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power off the system then tum off the power supplys switch or unplug the bower cord prior to installing any memory modules or add in cards 47 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 18 Power Connector q c N e 33 Power di na o O Y v N N O O O o feYeyo ofeYe o eo fo a o The pin assignment of the ATX power connector is shown below Function Ground Ground Ground Ground Important The system board requires a minimum of 300W electric current 40 Hardware Installation 2 8 19 Front Panel Connectors HD LED G LED u ATX SW G SW RESET
48. lect the Edit DMI menu 2 Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to edit by using the T or 4 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 Information 4 Press FIO to update the edited information into the flash ROM 84 Supported Softwares Add DMI 2 A Use the or arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the T or 4 arrow keys then press lt Enter gt The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item Press FIO to save information into the flash ROM To view information about the added items go to the Edit DMI menu Load DMI File 2 Use the or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press Enter 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 L D Use the or arrow keys to select the Save DMI File menu The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI fil
49. ly 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 lo delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press lt Enter gt instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc 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 setup set a users 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 users 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 users password follow the procedures described in the section Set Supervisor Password Award BIOS Setup Utili
50. m board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 98 2000 ME Plug and Play compat ible e Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades e Supports DMI 2 0 function e 2Mbit flash memory e Vcore and CPU external bus clock selectable in the BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board 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 Introduction 1 1 2 System Health Monitor Functions The system board is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions e Monitors CPU system temperature and overheat alarm e Monitors 12V 5V 3 3V VC ORE voltages and failure alarm e Monitors CPU chassis fan speed and failure alarm e Automatic chassis fan on off control e Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and
51. n Notes Autorun ONLY supports the Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4 0 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 6 69 Supported Softwares 2 Please go to DFl s web site at http www dfi com support 3 download l asp for the latest version of the drivers or software applications All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please refer to the readme files if available for the latest information Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows 98 operating system please follow the steps below l 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 53 STR CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ltem Help gt Power Management Press Enter Menu Level PM Control by APM Yes 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 Wake Up Eve
52. ncouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reonent or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Notice l The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment 2 Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the system board 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 system board 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 System Board This users manual is for the AM 5 EC and AM 5 TC system boards The differences between these boards are shown below AM75 EC AM75 TC VIA KM133 VIA KM133A VT8365 686B VT8365A 686B IOOMHz FSB 100 133MHz FSB JP10 x v CPU FSB select Table of Contents Chapter Introduction lil Features ang Special S sussun 7 IN Pae SC AIG
53. nts Press Enter Tie Move EnterSelect PU PD Value Fl0 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 Enter lype 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 If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to upgrade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information 89 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7 8 ri 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 Uem desc be por Pila dp be prati ADP 5 aer ion nr dus im USE LL e Tulum M connie Poor lever Disgri masso iz DHI consola i miki chao poi ba Fs Pigi ci Fip Sa WM tekari mmm Hosen bari EI li FT bos aL EK id Ez RIPA ine Syrian boa eter ky API TI ip cai e choc n nma molla nn x rm Double click the System icon In the System Properties
54. o this one 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 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The IRO 3 to IRQ 15 fields will appear Set each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved 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 VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 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 Note When Disabled a Yellow mark will appear in Windows 95 s
55. oid damage to the system 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 e Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions Joystick or MIDI port o 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 limits 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 radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is e
56. on to respond to calls coming through the intemal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J12 on the system board You must also enable Resume on LAN Ring Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS If you are using an external modem the ring on function will come through the serial port where the external modem is connected V Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 720mA 5 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 17 AGP 4x LED and DIMM PCI Standby Power LED DIMM standby power LED a 33VSB AGP 4x LED standby for PCI PI PCI standby power LED AGP 4x LED This LED will light only when the AGP slot is installed with a 4x add in card 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 On Suspend or Suspend to RAM state 3 3VSB Standby for PCI Jumper JPI The default setting of
57. opyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit gt e Select Item FIO Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Features and press Enter A screen similar to the one on the next page will appear 5 3 24 Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Mon Apr 23 2001 Tiai Melp Ti hh mm 4 35 5 TEn alaia 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 Tl Move Enter Select PU PD Value Fl0 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
58. or internal modem Refer to Wake On Ring Connector in chapter 2 for more information When enabled the LAN card in the system will allow the network to power on 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 Resume By 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 hh mm ss 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 power on everyday according to the time set in the Resume Time hh mmiss field I 31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mmyss 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 power on 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 3 Dy Aw
59. p Sound Auto Tie Move EnterSelect 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 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 DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled The EEPROM on a PC SDRAM DIMM that has SPD Serial Presence Detect data structure stores information about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this field is enabled the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Disabled It allows you to configure the 2 fields that follow SDRAM Cycle Length and DRAM Clock The system will run according to the settings in these fields 59 3 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility SDRAM Cycle Length This field is used to set the clock cycle for the CAS latency DRAM Clock This field allows you to set the DRAM clock System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM
60. processor 3 3V 5V and 12V 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 warming alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the VIA Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the VIA Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information 7 5 3 76 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU Fan Protection The CPU Fan Protection function when enabled has the capability of monitoring the CPU fan during system boot up and will automatically power off the system once it has detected that the CPU fan did not rotate Set this field to Disabled if you are not using this function Refer to CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function in chapter 2 for more information CPU Temp Prot Function and CPU Temp Prot Alarm The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of monitoring the CPU s temperature during system boot up To use this function set the CPU Temp Prot Function field to Enabled then select the desired CPU temperature limit in the CPU Temp Prot Alarm field Once the system has detected that the CPU s temperature exceeded the limit 5 warning beeps will sound and at the same time a warning message will appear on the boot up screen instructing you to press D
61. r All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system 24 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 system board while others if enabled will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled Menu Level CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Allows you to choose First Boot Device the VIRUS warning Second Boot Device feature for IDE Hard Third Boot Device Disk boot sector Boot O
62. r Messages Bel POF 23 b EI MED dO seed tendi beu d 23 Appendix C Troubleshooting C Troubleshooting Checklist rn vis Chapter Introduction Il Features and Specifications 1 1 Features Chipset VIA KMI33 VT8365 and VT82C686B AM75 EC VIA KMI33A VT8365A and VT82C686B AM75 TC Processor The system board is equipped with Socket A for 462 pin PGA processor It is also equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects 100V to 1 850V e AM75 EC AMD Athlon Duron 100MHz 200MHz DDR FSB pro cessor 600 650 700 750 800 850 900 950MHz GHz Il GHz 2GHz or future processors e AM75 TC AMD Athlon Duron 100 133MHz 200 266MHz DDR FSB processor 600 650 00 750 800 850 900 950MHz GHz I I GHz 2GHz or future processors System Memory e Supports up to 5GB using VCM Virtual Channel Memory or PC SDRAM DIMM unbuffered or registered Registered DIMM PC 100 only e Three 168 pin DIMM sockets e Uses x64 PC SDRAM 3 3V PC 100 SDRAM DIMM for 100MHz memory bus PC 133 SDRAM DIMM for 133MHz memory bus e 2 cache memory Duron processor built in 64KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache Athlon processor built in 256KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache Introduction Important A PC 100 SDRAM DIMM is supported when used with OOMHz FSB processor e PC 133 SDRAM DIMM is supported when used with OOMHz FSB or 133MHz FSB processor e f you are using
63. rating system may not install nor work 55 3 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU LI Cache and CPU L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access The default value is enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board 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 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 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 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 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between
64. rd drives 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 it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 2 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 21 C Troubleshooting 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ settings are configured correctly 4 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 Serial Port The serial device modem printer doesn t output anything or is outputting garbled characters l Make sure that the serial devices power is turned on and that the device is on line 2 Verify that the device is plugged into the correct senal port on the rear of the computer 3 Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly
65. rd drives not the system board Important If you encountered 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 mode 2 8 6 Universal Serial Bus Ports Hardware Installation 00000 5 LOQUO OM HOOO Ground 33 2 SA Hardware Installation The system board supports 4 USB ports USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use the USB ports Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation Two onboard USB ports J2 Black are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board Depending on the type of USB port cable that you are using the I9 connector on the system board allows you to connect the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports These optional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional 3rd and 4th USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system
66. rd 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 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 20KB capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 44MB capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 in double sided drive 2 88MB capacity 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 CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 33 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal erro
67. rd 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 may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable l Install the 34 pin header connector of the floppy disk dnve cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J24 on the system board The colored edge of the ribbon should be aligned with pin of Pes 2 Install the other 34 pin header connector s into the disk drive s Align 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 30 Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connector 40 39 n Primary IDE__ OO 21 b oO oo Secondar OO IDE 125 e E Oo Oo oo 2 OM The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE Integrated Drive Electronics disk drives To prevent improper IDE cable
68. rocedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strab 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 68 pin DIMM Dual In lime Memory Module sockets that support VCM or PC SDRAM DIMM PC SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory uses a fast memory interface technology that includes using the clock on the chip to synchronize with the CPU clock so that the timing of the memory chips and the timing of the CPU are synchronized This saves time during transmission of data subsequently increasing system performance Refer to chapter System Memory section for detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board 2 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 NA Notch d lab Pin Sepe m I Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIM
69. sion cards gt Warning gt Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board 28 Hardware Installation 2 8 3 Parallel Port The system board has a standard parallel port JA Burgundy located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports Normal ECP and EPP modes You can set the ports mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS Setting Function Normal Allows normal speed operation but Standard Parallel Port in one direction only ECP Allows parallel port to operate in Parallel Burgundy e 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 29 2 Hardware Installation 2 8 4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 OO 33 n The system boa
70. stem The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time Refer to Resume By Alarm Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information 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 Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 720MA AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system poweron 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 ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME supports the ACPI function allowing you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off t
71. t E Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Zil erba ost m 5 MES una 0 eee eee ee ee eee re ee ee 7 CI CPU Freduro Ri oe ee a 2 4 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Dil 2 5 Jumper Settings for the Onboard Audio C0deC Z3 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU s Front Side Bus 24 2 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power 25 Z0 FORO 26 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 24 The Basic Input Output SA 5 Solel Standard CMOS Features seseina ai 5 Dus Advanc d BIOS FSS e titt ote niin ce 55 A Advanced Chipset Features iui cuestion tents 59 3AA Integrated Perpleralssseedoxteetiendetd enitn dites 62 oL Power Management Selupissseisiesntentiteaiesidess 67 culo PRECARI 72 7 Rebel 75 346 Frequency Voltage CORTO ira 74 31 9 Load Fail Safe JSIGUlls ian iratis 79 3 1 10 Load Optimized DIO S anstatt tint 79 lil Ser Supervisor FASS WOM na 80 LZ PE 80 Sl eee 8 Lc Bait Without bia 8 Dae 110 11 9 1e BDO eee bbc tenda 8 Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 44 Destop Management Itelddeeeseeuaadniitta ise tum tii tntro 82 dons VIA Hardware IIOP INO sauntogatasaatactondt n iin catieduanmennadd 85 qo AA TA E 85 44 Audio Drivers and Software ApplicatiOMsssuissusiisisasisiia 86 BOF r NE O a een eee 87 do MEZ on Em 87 4 Drivers and Utilities Installation INOIeS utt 87 Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A Using the Suspend to RAM Function 89 Appendix B System Erro
72. the Doze Mode and Suspend Mode fields HDD Power Down After the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Doze Mode This is configurable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Doze mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU clock will run at a slower speed 1 2 of full speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode This is configurable 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 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 function Refer to Using the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information PM Control by APM Yes An Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPUS in ternal clock Use this option in Windows 95 98 2000 ME default No The system BIOS will ignore APM when initiating the Power Management mode Award BIOS Setup Utility Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never tum off the screen Suspend gt Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off The screen is off w
73. ther Device Enabled protection If this Swap Floppy Drive Disabled function is enabled and Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled someone attempt to Boot Up NumLock Status Off write data into this Typematic Rate Setting Disabled area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Security Option Setup OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled TI 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 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 field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows 95 98 2000 ME or the ope
74. to the CPU Although this function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage Refer to CPU Vcore Select in the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information CPU Overclocking The CPU Overclocking function allows you to adjust the processor s bus clock However overclocking may result to the processors or systems instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance Refer to CPU Host PCI Clock in the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information Automatic Chassis Fan Off The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode 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 Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information V Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 2 20mA Introduction RTC Timer to Power on the Sy
75. trol submenu and press Enter Set the CPU Host PCI Clock field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock Refer to CPU Host PCI Clock in 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 Enter Hardware Installation 2 5 Jumper Settings for the Onboard Audio Codec OO OO NA OON CET CET laoi Onboard audio codec settings JP4 JP6 a JP4 JP5 JP6 3 EZA 9 2 On Enable the 2 3 On Disable the Onboard Audio Codec Onboard Audio Codec default Onboard Audio Codec Settings Jumpers JP4 JP5 and JP6 The default setting is 2 On the onboard audio codec enabled If you are not using the onboard audio codec set this jumper pins 2 and 3 to On Disabled and set the OnChip Sound field in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS to Disabled 29 2 Hardware Installation 2 6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU Front Side Bus AM75 TC CPU FSB select JP10 T TTT OU T N
76. ts 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 o 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in 05 2 The options are Non OS2 and OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drives failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is supported in ATA 33 or later hard drives 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing By SPD Disabled Item Help 3 SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM Clock s 133M Menu Level System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Frame Buffer Size 8M AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP Mode 4X AGP Driving Control Auto AGP Fast Write Disabled OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChi
77. ty 3 1 13 Save amp Exit Setup When all the changes have been made highlight Save amp Exit Setup and press Enter 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 Ctrl Alt lt Esc gt simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving 32 When you do not want to save the changes you have made highlight Ext Without Saving and press Enter 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 diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt lt Esc gt simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility AW DFLASH EXE You can download them from DF s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative I Save the BIOS along with the flash utility AWDFLASH EXE to a floppy disk 2 Insert the floppy disk into a floppy drive and power on the system Press the lt Alt gt and lt F2 gt keys simultaneously The utility which works only in DOS mode will upd
78. ty from ftp dfiusa 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 methods listed below Boot up from a system diskette without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or 3 Press F5 during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files Supported Softwares 4 1 2 Using the DMI Utility System Processor Handle 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name Memory Module BIOS Version Memory Module BIOS Starting Address Segment E000 Memory Module BIOS Build Date Memory Module BIOS Characteristics Cache Size of BIOS ROM 0256K Cache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System Slots TI 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 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 4 up or down arrow keys to select an item The commands at the bottom of the screen will allow you to navigate through the various setup menus Edit DMI I Use the or arrow keys to se
79. ve 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 CPU Vcore Select This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you wish to use the CPU s default core voltage leave this field in its default setting which is Default The CPU s Vcore will be generated according to the CPU VID configuration Important Although this function is subported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be supplied to the system board causing damage Spread Spectrum Modulated Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician T7 3 78 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU Host PCI Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor When selecting the external bus clock the PCI clock will at the same time appear next to the external bus clock selected For example if you selected 66 33 66MHz is the external bus clock and 33MHz is the PCI clock Regardless of the type of processor used the default setting is Default Under this setting the system will run according to the processors clock frequency If you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system clear the CMOS
80. ystem will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B bum in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of ROM address FO000H FFFFFH is bad Memory test fail The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error s 24 Appendix C Iroubleshooting 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 efficiently troubleshoot your system treat each problem individually This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below ls 2 3 The power switch of each peripheral device is tumed 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 he displays 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 CPU Fan Protection After booting up the system a beeping alarm sounded then the system s power was turned off The CPU fan did not rotate because the fan

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