Mercury KOB KM266 FDSMx User`s manual
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1. 3 analog line level stereo inputs with 5 bit volume control LINE IN CD IN Three Audio Jacks Line Out Line In and Microphone In Sound Blaster Sound Blaster Pro Compatible e Advanced power management support Onboard VO Ports fete Oe Oo Provides PC99 Color Connectors for easy peripheral device connections Floppy disk drive connector with 1Mb s transfer rate Two PS 2 ports for keyboard and mouse One serial port with 16C550 compatible fast UART One parallel port with ECP and EPP support One VGA port Four back panel USB2 0 ports and extra two USB2 0 ports onboard USB header USB3 One infrared port connector for optional module Built in Ethernet LAN optional 10Base T 100Base TX Physical Layer Solution Dual Speed 100 10 Mbps MII Interface to Ethernet Controller Configuration amp Status Auto Negotiation 10 100 Full Half Duplex Meet All Applicable IEEE802 3 10Base T and 100Base TX Standards fe o USB 2 0 Compliant with Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision 2 0 Compliant with Intels Enhanced Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 0 95 Compliant with Universal Host Controller Interface Specification Revision 1 1 PCI multi function device consists of two UHCI Host Controller cores for full low speed signaling and one EHCI Host Controller core for high speed signaling Root hub consists 4 downstream facing ports with integrated physical layer transceivers shared by2. 133 MHz DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered DIMM module Ui l DDR1 In a i ti me ee BL ek 8 IE EH a y DDR2 I 10 Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 2 GB system memory Refer to the following to install the memory module Refer to the following to install the memory modules 1 Push the latches on each side of the DIMM socket down 2 Align the memory module with the socket The DIMM sockets are keyed with notches and the DIMMS are keyed with cutouts so that they can only be installed correctly 3 Check that the cutouts on the DIMM module edge connector match the notches in the DIMM socket 4 Install the DIMM module into the socket and press it firmly down until it is seated correctly The socket latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM 5 Install any remaining DIMM modules J umper Settings Jumpers are sets of pins connected together with jumper caps The jumper caps change the mainboard s operation by changing the electronic circuits on the mainboard If we connect two pins with a jumper cap these pins are SHORT if remove a jumper cap from these pins they are OPEN Jumper JP2 Clear CMOS Memory This jumper can clear the CMOS memory You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect that your mainboard can t operate To clear the CMOS memory d
3. Components This diagram below ene aT components on the mabat 7 eat Fa Le TER VEE F E H IT Fee bhna a sa LT Witte a TULL Lene te cA ce COC Perit onan ay 2 B E H l Hd H E E ma i to oo Note Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in the illustration above are for testing only I O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built in I O ports on the mainboard PS 2 Mouse se the upper PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 U pointing device Use the lower PS 2 port to connect a PS 2 keyboard PS 2 Keyboard parallel communications devices LPT1 Use LPT1 to connect printers or other COM1 Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax modems COM is identified by the system as COM1 VGA Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices LAN Port Connect an RJ 45 jack to the LAN port to optional connect your computer to the Network USB Ports Use the USB ports to connect USB devices Note The lower USB port located beside the VGA port is shared with the READERI connector Audio Ports Use the three audio ports to connect audio devices The first jack is for stereo Line In signal The second jack is for stereo Line Out signal The third jack is for Microphone Installing the Processor This mainboard has a Socket 462 processor socket When choosing a processor consider the perf
4. SESE Ee ME EETEETEE WELLL ELT ECE ET I ETIE MEd EE EES EE FPR FDC1 Floppy Disk Drive The mainboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can Support one or two drives Drives can be 3 5 or 5 25 wide with capacities of 360K 720K 1 2MB 1 44MB or 2 88MB Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDC1 IDE Devices IDE devices include hard disk drives high density diskette drives and CD ROM or DVD ROM drives among others The mainboard ships with an IDE cable that can support one or two IDE devices If you connect two devices to a single cable you must configure one of the drives as Master and one of the drives as Slave The documentation of the IDE device will tell you how to configure the device as a Master or Slave device The Master device connects to the end of the cable Install the device s and connect power from the system power supply Use the cable provided to connect the device s to the Primary IDE channel connector IDE1 on the mainboard 16 If you want to install more IDE devices you can purchase a second IDE cable and connect one or two devices to the Secondary IDE channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard If you have two devices on the cable one must be Master and one must be Slave Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD ROM drive or DVD ROM drive you can connect the driv
5. UHCI and EHCI Host Controller Support PCI Bus Power Management Interface Specification release 1 1 e Legacy support for all downstream facing ports Hardware Monitoring Built in hardware monitoring for CPU amp System temperatures fan speeds and mainboard voltages Onboard Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play configuration of peripheral devices and expansion cards Bundled Software PC Cillin2002 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP e Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 is the software to help users read PDF files Dimensions e Micro ATX form factor 24 4cm x 19cm Package Contents Your mainboard package ships with the following items Q Oooo The mainboard The User s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable optional One IDE drive ribbon cable Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard Q Q Extended USB module Card Reader You can buy your own Card Reader from the third party but please contact your local Card Reader vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility Static Electricity Precautions Components on this mainboard can be damaged by static electricity Take the following precautions when unpacking the mainboard and installing it in a system 1 2 Keep the mainboard and other components in their original static proof packaging until you are ready to install them During insta
6. is required to enter the Setup Utility Setup or required both at start up and to enter the Setup Utility Always Boot to OS 2 gt Enable this item if you are booting the OS 2 64MB operating system and you have more than 64MB of system memory installed L2 Cache Leave these items enabled since all the processors that can be installed on this board have internal cache memory System BIOS If you enable this item a segment of the Cacheable system BIOS will be cached to main memory for faster execution DRAM Timing by This item enables or disables the SDRAM SPD timing defined by the Serial Presence Detect electrical DRAM CAS This item determines the operation of SDRAM Latency memory CAS column address strobe It is recommended that you leave this item at the default value The 2T setting requires faster memory that specifically supports this mode DRAM Bank Enable this item to increase SDRAM memory Interleave speed When enabled separate memory banks are set for odd and even addresses and upcoming byte of memory is accessible while refreshing the current byte 23 AGP Mode This item provides the OnBoard VGA mode with three options of 1 2 4 multiplied freguency AGP Comp This item signals the auto or manual driving Driving current on AGP cards Some AGP cards need stronger driving current for operation We recommend you set this item to be default value Manual AGP This item d
7. please click the Setup button to run the software auto installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 The installation program loads and displays the following screen Click the Next button ees peers ee ore Ti eal crm rare AT RE ere mena ie amp EET ERF Feed frad de Nr ies ae nities OE j 2 Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it the default options are recommended Click the Next button to proceed 3 The support software will automatically install Once any of the installation procedures start software is automatically installed in seguence You need to follow the onscreen instructions confirm commands and allow the computer to restart as few times as needed to complete installing whatever software you selected When the process is finished all the support software will be installed and start working 34 Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT the auto installing program doesn t work out or you have to do the manual installation please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 1 Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen and then click the Install Path at the bottom of the screen 2 Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory 3 Install each software in accordance with the corresponding
8. s optional devices SPK1 Speaker Connector Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 header on the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 NC 3 GND 4 SPKR AUDIO2 Front Panel Audio Header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front oriented microphone and line out ports for easier access Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 AUD_MIC 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 AUD_RET_L Note If you want to connect the front panel sound jack you have to remove jumper caps of Pin 5 6 and Pin 9 10 from the AUDIO2 header USB3 Front panel USB Connector The mainboard has USB ports installed on the rear edge I O port array Additionally some computer cases have USB ports at the front of the case If you have this kind of case use auxiliary USB connector USB3 to connect the front mounted ports to the mainboard Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VERG FP USBPWRO 2 VERG FP USBPWRO 3 USB FP PO 4 USB_FP_P1 5 USB FP PO 6 USB FP Pi 7 GROUND 8 GROUND 9 KEY 10 NC Locate the USB3 header on the mainboard Plug the bracket cable onto the USB3 header 3 Remove a slot cover from one of the expansion slots on the system chassis Install an extension bracket in the opening Secure the extension bracket to the chassis with a screw Ne 14 READER1 USB Card
9. yet by Microsoft Therefore it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box shown as below pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers Click the Continue Anyway button and go ahead the installation A Tab arme rea eer EE ts PT aes Lange ekg Mes em NEER ais eia E ee ot dm ied fe ae i paa onside si iha vd oe map mes sa mi ieil ul IT 2 USB 2 0 Driver Limitations 2 1 The USB 2 0 driver only supports Windows XP and Windows 2000 2 2 If you connect a USB 2 0 hub to the root hub plugging USB devices into this hub the system might not successfully execute certain USB devices connection because it could not recognize these devices II Table of Contents Trad marks es ese iit RS LR Gee seine Ee GR Deeg I Chapter 1 Introduction eee se se se ee ee ee Ge Ge GR RA ek de 1 K y Feature RS RE LE N SEE EE 2 Package Contents Es Ee Ee es Ee VEG Ke Ge Sen ee Re aah 5 Static Electricity PrecautiOnS esse esse esse esse ee se ee Ge Ge Ge ee ee 6 Pre Installation Inspection sees see se se se ee ee ee Ge se 6 Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation esse se se se ee ee ee Ge 7 Mainboard Component iese see se ek se ee ee ee ee ee Ge 8 VO POrtS ies RE AM ER EK 8 Installing the Processor see see se ee ee Se AA ee ee Ge 9 Install Memory Modules 0
10. 000 0 0 see se se se Se ee Se ee ee 10 Jumper Setting 052 5 EG a SEE Se esta ees EER EK eee at Wee 11 Install the Mainboard cece see se ek GR Re Re ee ee ee 12 Connecting Optional Devices iese sees se se ee Se ee ee 13 Install Other bal RA N RE EER 16 lo USE DER N EE anes 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility sees se se ee Sk AR ee ee ee 19 Introduction AE AE AE N ER DAD 19 Running the Setup Utility se ek se ee ee ee 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page sees se sk se Ge Se ee ee 21 Advanced Setup Page iese see see ee ek ek Ge ee hei 22 Power Management Setup Page iese se se se se ee ee 24 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page see see se se ee ee ee 26 Load Optimal SettingS iese sees see ss ek ek Re ee ee ee 27 Load Best Performance SetiNgS esse sesse se se se se ee ee 27 Features S tup Pages esse es ite sd de en See ge de ge ge es ee 27 CPU PAP Sefup Page siet me ees settle re ee EN teats 29 Hardware Monitor Page sesse sees esse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ke ee 30 Change Passwords sr ER ee ie ek Es gee Pe ee gede 30 IS RE OR EE EK EE OR 31 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications 00 iese se see ee ee Ge ke de 32 IntroductHOn Es etn eet elie ee ee eles 32 Installing Support Software sesse sees ses ek ek Ge Re ee ee 33 Bundled Software Installation iese see see se se se ee ee 35 M IV Chapter 1 Introduction This mainboard has a Socket A support for the AMD K7 processors The Socket A processor s front
11. CPI are supported Hard Disk Time This sets the timeout to power down the hard Out disk drive if the time selected passes without any hard disk activity Suspend Time Out This item sets up the timeout minutes for Minute the Suspend mode The computer will be a power saving Suspend mode if the system has been inactive after the setup time LAN Ring Power The system can be turned off with a software On command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature Keyboard Power On Wake up key Wake up password If you enable this item system can automatically resume by pressing hot keys on the keyboard or typing in the password You must enable the Keyboard Power On jumper and use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature PowerOn by RTC Alarm Date Hour I Minute Second The system can be turned off with a software command If you enable this item the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system s RTC realtime clock Use the items below this one to set the date and time of the wake up alarm You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature 25 PCI Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability AMIBIOS SETUP PCI PLUG AND PLA
12. Reader Connector optional This connector is for connecting internal USB card reader You can use a card reader to read or transfer files and digital images to your computer Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 STANDBY 5V 2 USB 3 USB 4 GND 5 KEY The READER is shared with the lower USB port located beside the VGA port of the I O back panel Please see I O Ports for more information oe Please check the pin assignment of the cable and the USB header on the mainboard Make sure the pin assignment will match before plugging in Any incorrect usage may cause unexpected damage to the system The vendor won t be responsible for any incidental or consequential damage arising from the usage or misusage of the purchased product SIR1 Infrared Port The infrared port allows the wireless exchange of information between your computer and similarly equipped devices such as printers laptops Personal Digital Assistants PDAs and other computers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 2 KEY 3 5V 4 GND 5 IRTX 6 IRRX Locate the infrared port SIR1 header on the mainboard If you are adding an infrared port connect the ribbon cable from the port to the SIR1 header and then secure the port to an appropriate place in your system chassis Ne 15 Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below BER SESE ESR SESE BER
13. This publication including all photographs illustrations and software is protected under international copyright laws with all rights reserved Neither this manual nor any of the material contained herein may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer The information in this document is subject to change without notice The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes Trademarks IBM VGA and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines AMD Duron and Athlon are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Microsoft MS DOS and Windows 98 ME NT 2000 XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation PC cillin is a registered trademark of Trend Micro Inc AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc Other names used in this publication may be trademarks and are acknowledged Copyright 2003 All Rights Reserved KOB KM266 FDSM x Series V7 2A VKM266 November 2003 Notice 1 Owing to Microsoft s certifying schedule is various to every supplier we might have some drivers not certified
14. To cycle through the Setup Utility s optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2 Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values In these pages use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items Other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys If you have already made changes to the setup utility press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values Press F6 to install the setup utility with a set of default values Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high performance values 20 Standard CMOS Setup Page Use this page to set basic information such as the date the time the IDE devices and the diskette drives If you press the F3 key the system will automatically detect and configure the hard disks on the IDE channels AMIBIOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Date mm dd yy Tue May 13 2003 Time hh immi ss 13 51 23 LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode Pri Master Auto On Pri Slave Auto On Sec Master Auto On Sec Slave Auto On Floppy Drive A 1 44 MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed Month Jan Dec ESC Exit Day 01 31 N Select I
15. Y SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Plug and Play Aware O S Yes Share Memory Size 32MB Primary Graphics Adapter PCI Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes PCI IDE BusMaster Disabled Quit Ne Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Plug and Play Enable this item if you are using an O S that Aware O S supports Plug and Play such as Windows 95 or 98 Share Memory This item lets you allocate a portion of the Size main memory for the onboard VGA display application with 8 16 32MB options Primary Graphics This item indicates if the primary graphics Adapter adapter uses the PCI or the AGP bus The default PCI setting still lets the onboard display work and allows the use of a second display card installed in a PCI slot Allocate IRQ to If this item is enabled an IRQ will be PCI VGA assigned to the PCI VGA graphics system You set this value to No to free up an IRQ PCI IDE BusMaster This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode We recommend you to leave this item at the default value 26 Load Optimal Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of fail safe default values These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips Note It is highly r
16. ccordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance A few of the chipset s advanced features are An advanced V Link memory controller architecture that provides the bandwidth up to 266 MB s and performance necessary for even the most demanding Internet and 2D 3D graphics Support for an 4xAGP interface providing vivid 2D 3D graphics and video performance Memory Support Two 184 pin DIMM slots for DDR memory modules Support for 100 133 MHz memory bus e Maximum installed memory is 2GB Expansion Slots One CNR slot One 4X AGP slot for AGP 2 0 compliant interface Two 32 bit PCI slots for PCI 2 2 compliant bus interface Onboard IDE channels Primary and Secondary PCI IDE channels Support for PIO programmable input output modes Support for Multiword DMA modes Support for Bus Mastering and Ultra DMA ATA 100 33 66 100 133 modes Power Supply and Power Management e ATX power supply connector ACPI and previous PMU support suspend switch keyboard power on off Supports Wake on LAN VGA Single cycle 128 bit 3D architecture 128 bit 2D graphic engine 8 16 32 MB frame buffer using system memory Supports AGP 4X 266 MHz mode up to 1GB s bandwidth Supports 250MHz RAMDAC 2D 3D resolutions up to 1920x1440 Supports AGP Rev 2 0 Spec Compliant AC97 Codec e Compliant with AC 97 2 1 specification 16 bit stereo full duplex CODEC with fixed 48KHz sampling rate
17. driver path Bundled Software Information All bundled software available on the CD ROM is for users convenience You can install bundled software as follows 1 Click the Application button while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD ROM 2 A software menu appears Click the software you want to install 3 Follow onscreen instructions to install the software program step by step until finished 35
18. e CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer Holding down the Page Up key also clears the setup information You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the mainboard such as the CPU system memory disk drives etc Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to Hit lt DEL gt if you want to run SETUP Whenever you see this message press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY VERSION 1 21 12 C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Features Setup Advanced Setup CPU PnP Setup Power Management Setup Hardware Monitor PCI Plug and Play Setup Change Password Load Optimal Settings Exit Load Best Performance Settings Esc Quit t 1 lt Select Item Shift F2 Change Color F5 Old Values F6 Optimal values F7 Best performance values F10 Save amp Exit Standards COMOS setup for changing time date hard disk type etc You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page Press Enter to select the highlighted option To leave the setup utility press the Escape key
19. e audio cable to the onboard sound system CD2 When you first start up your system the BIOS should automatically detect your CD ROM DVD drive If it doesn t enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD ROM DVD drive that you have installed On the mainboard locate the 4 pin connector CD2 CD2 Pin Signal 1 CD IN L 2 GND 3 GND 4 CDINR 17 Expansion Slots This mainboard has one AGP one CNR and two 32 bit PCI slots CNR1 Ed PCl2 PCI1 EER IR Follow the steps below to install a PCVAGP CNR expansion card 1 Locate the CNR AGP or PCI slots on the mainboard 2 Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis 3 Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot 4 Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your computer such as date and time the type of hardware installed and various configuration settings Your computer applies the information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect it may cause the system to malfunction It can even stop your computer booting properly If it happens you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear th
20. ecides the AGP current driving Comp Driving value while AGP Driving is set to Manual AGP Aperture This option determines the effective size of the Size AGP Graphic Aperture where memory mapped graphic data structures are located CLK Gen Spread This item enables the clock to generate spread Spectrum spectrum Auto Detect When this item is enabled BIOS will disable DIMM PCI Clk the clock signal of free DIMM PCI slots Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation AMIBIOS SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ACPI Aware O S Yes Power Management Enabled Hard Disk Time Out Suspend Suspend Time Out Minute Disabled LAN Ring Power On Disabled Keyboard Power On Disabled Wake Up Key Any Key Wake Up Password NIA ESC Quit Ne Select Item PowerOn by RTC Alarm Disabled F1 Help PU PD Modify RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color RTC Alarm Minute F6 Load BIOS Defaults RIG Alarm Second F7 Load Setup Defaults 24 ACPI Aware O S This item supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power management Interface Use this item to enable or disable the ACPI feature Power This item enables or disables a power Management management scheme If you enable power management there are some options for you to decide the power management operation Both APM and A
21. ecific address the resources are assigned to the IR port and you can use the five items below to determine the operation of the IR port Onboard Parallel Port This item enables or disables the onboard LPT1 parallel port and assigns a port address The Auto setting will detect and available address Parallel Port Mode This item decides the parallel port mode You can select SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port or ECP EPP Parallel Port IRQ This item assigns either IRQ 5 or 7 to the parallel port Parallel Port DMA This item assigns a DMA channel to the parallel port The options are 0 1 and 3 OnBoard IDE This item enables or disables either or both of the onboard Primary and Secondary IDE channels Ethernet Device This item enables or disables the onboard Ethernet LAN Audio Device This item enables or disables the onboard AC 97 audio chip Modem Device This item enables or disables the onboard AC 97 modem chip USB Controller Enable this item to select the USB ports or disable USB Device Legacy Support This item enables the USB device if you have installed a USB device on the system board 28 ThumbDrive Enable this item to make a small portion of Support for DOS memory storage device for the USB ports CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you manually configure the mainboard for t
22. ecommend that users enter this option to load optimal values for accessing the best performance Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears If you press Y and then Enter the Setup Utility loads a set of best performance default values These default values are quite demanding and your system might not function properly if you are using slower memory chips or other low performance components Features Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for peripheral devices connected to the system AMIBIOS SETUP FEATURES SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved OnBoard FDC Enabled OnBoard Serial PortA 3F8h COM1 OnBoard IR Port Disabled OnBoard Parallel Port 378h Parallel Port Mode ECP Parallel Port IRQ 7 Parallel Port DMA 3 OnBoard IDE Both ESC Quit Ne Select Ethernet Device Enabled Item Audio Device Enabled Modem Device Auto F1 Help PU PD Modify ae sae ari ES F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color evice Legacy Support isable ThumbDrive Support For DOS Disabled F6 Load BIOS Defaults F7 Load Setup Defaults 27 OnBoard FDC This item enables or disables the onboard floppy disk drive interface OnBoard Serial PortA These items enable or disable the onboard COM serial port and assign a port address OnBoard IR Port This item enables or disables the Infrared port and assigns a port address If you select a sp
23. he CPU The system will automatically detect the kind of CPU that you have installed and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page AMIBIOS SETUP CPU PnP SETUP 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved ECPU PnP Type CPU Brand CPU Type CPU Frequency DRAM Frequency ESC Quit N lt Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load Optimal values F7 Load Best performance values CPU Brand Type These items show brand and type of the CPU installed in your system CPU DRAM These items decide frequency of the Frequency CPU SDRAM installed in your system 29 Hardware Monitor Pag e This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard AMIBIOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved System Hardware Vcore 1 616 V 2 496 V 3 392 V 4 945 V 12 032V 12 032V eee f 5 026 V Quit Ne 4 Select Item 3 472 V Help PU PD Modify SYSTEM Fan Speed 0 RPM Old Values Shift F2 Color CPU Fan Speed 1308 RPM SYSTEM Temperature 41 C 105 F Load BIOS Defaults CPU Temperature 33 C 91 F Load Setup Defaults System CPU These items display CPU and system Temperature temperature measurement FANs amp Voltage These items indicate cooling fan speeds in Measurements RPM and the various system voltage measurements Change Pa
24. isconnect all the power cables and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds Function Jumper Setting Normal Short Pins 1 2 Clear CMOS Short Pins 2 3 Jumper JP3 CPU Clock Selector This 3 pin jumper selects the processor 133 MHz or 100 MHz Function Jumper Setting 100 MHz Short Pins 1 2 133 MHz Short Pins 2 3 Install the Mainboard Install the mainboard in a system chassis case The board is a Micro ATX size mainboard You can install this mainboard in an ATX case Ensure your case has an I O cover plate that matches the ports on this mainboard Install the mainboard in a case Follow the instructions provided by the case manufacturer using the hardware and internal mounting points on the chassis CPUPW1 a el PANELI i 12 Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATX1 connector on the mainboard CPUPW1 is the CPU Vcore power connector If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFANI fan power connector on the mainboard Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 HDD_LED_P 2 PWR ACPI LED 3 HDD_LED_N 4 PWR ACPI LED 5 RESET 6 POWER BUTTON 7 RESET 8 POWER BUTTON 9 NC 10 KEY Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard
25. llation wear a grounded wrist strap if possible If you don t have a wrist strap discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis Handle the mainboard carefully by the edges Avoid touching the components unless it is absolutely necessary During installation put the mainboard on top of the static protection packaging it came in with the component side facing up Pre Installation Inspection 1 2 Inspect the mainboard for damage to the components and connectors on the board If you suspect that the mainboard has been damaged do not connect power to the system Contact your mainboard vendor and report the damage Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation To install this mainboard in a system please follow these instructions in this chapter DO DDDDO D Identify the mainboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Make sure all jumpers and switches are set correctly Install this mainboard in a system chassis case Connect any extension brackets or cables to connecting headers on the mainboard Install other devices and make the appropriate connections to the mainboard connecting headers Note 1 Before installing this mainboard make sure jumper JP2 is under Normal setting See this chapter for information about locating JP2 and the setting options Never connect power to the system during installation otherwise it may damage the mainboard Mainboard
26. ormance requirements of the system Performance is based on the processor design the clock speed and system bus frequency of the processor and the quantity of internal cache memory and external cache memory CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU 1 Unhook the CPU socket s locking lever by pulling it away from socket and raising it to the upright position 2 Match the pin 1 corner of CPU socket to the one of processor and insert the processor into the socket Do not use force 3 Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket Apply thermal grease to the top of the CPU 5 Lower the CPU fan heatsink unit onto the CPU and CPU socket and then use the retention module clamps to snap the fan heatsink into place 6 Plug the CPU fan power cable into the CPU cooling fan power supply CPUFAN1 on the mainboard Install Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates two 184 pin 2 5V unbuffered Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets and supports up to 2 0 GB of 200 266 MHz DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that supports data transfers on both edges of each clock cycle the rising and falling edges effectively doubling the memory chip s data throughput DDR DIMMs can synchronously work with 100 MHz or 133 MHz memory bus DDR SDRAM provides 1 6 GB s or 2 1 GB s data transfer rate depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or
27. rleave AGP Mode AGP Comp Driving On Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled ESC Quit Ne Select Item Disabled Help PUI PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F6 Load BIOS Defaults Manual AGP Comp Driving F7 Load Setup Defaults AGP Aperture Size Quick Boot If you enable this item the system starts up more guickly be elimination some of the power on test routines 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start up time Try Other Boot If you enable this item the system will also Device search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations S M A R T for Enable this item if any IDE hard disks support Hard Disks the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology feature 22 BootUp Num Lock This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system start up time Floppy Drive If you have two diskette drives installed and Swap you enable this item drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A Floppy Drive If you enable this item your system will check Seek all floppy disk drives at start up Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive Password Check If you have entered a password for the system use this item to determine if the password
28. side bus speed is 266MHz This mainboard has a KM266 chipset that supports one 4X AGP slot for highly graphics display 100 133 MHz DDR and Ultra DMA ATA100 133 function to provide outstanding high system performance under all types of system operations The mainboard has the built in AC97 Codec a CNR Communications and Networking Riser slot and a built in 10BaseT 100BaseTX Network Interface This mainboard has the 128 bit 2D 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator with 32MB frame buffer supporting AGP 4X 266MHz mode up to 1GB s bandwidth which provides a direct connection between the graphics sub system and memory so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus There is a full set of VO Ports including PS 2 keyboard and mouse ports one serial port one onboard VGA S3 port one parallel port and maximum six USB2 0 ports four back panel ports and onboard USB header USB3 providing two extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the mainboard This mainboard has all the features you need to develop a powerful multimedia workstation that is network ready The board is Micro ATX size and has power connectors for an ATX power supply Key Features The key features of this mainboard include Socket A Processor Support Supports AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron processors Supports 266 MHz Front Side Bus Chipset There are VIA KM266 Northbridge and VT8235 Southbridge in this chipset in a
29. ssword If you highlight this item and press Enter a dialog box appears which lets you enter a Supervisor password You can enter no more than six letters or numbers Press Enter after you have typed in the password A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation Press Enter after you have retyped it correctly The password is then required to access the Setup Utility or for that and at start up depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup 30 Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item press Enter and type in the current password At the next dialog box type in the new password or just press Enter to disable password protection Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program When the Save and Exit dialog box appears press Y to save and exit or press N to exit without saving 31 Chapter 4 Software amp Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD ROM that comes with the mainboard package The support CD ROM contains all useful software necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products More program information is available in a README file located in the same directory as the software To run the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out and then you can go on
30. tem Year 1901 2099 PU PD 7 Modify ShifQF2 Color F3 Detect All HDD Date amp Time Use these items to set the system date and time Pri Master Use these items to configure devices connected Pri Slave to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels Sec Master To configure an IDE hard disk drive choose Sec Slave Auto If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive set it to User and then fill in the hard disk characteristics Size Cyls etc manually If you have a CD ROM drive select the setting CDROM If you have an ATAPI device with removable media e g a ZIP drive or an LS 120 select Floptical Floppy Drive A Use these items to set the size and capacity of Floppy Drive B the floppy diskette drive s installed in the system 21 Advanced Setup Page Use this page to set more advanced information about your system Take some care with this page Making changes can affect the operation of your computer AMIBIOS SETUP ADVANCED SETUP C 2000 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Quick Boot 1s Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices Enabled CLK Gen Spread Spectrum Disabled IDE 0 Auto detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Floppy CD DVD 0 Yes S M A R T for Hard Disks Disabled BootUp Num Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Password Check Boot To OS 2 gt 64MB L2 Cache System BIOS Cacheable DRAM Timing by SPD DRAM CAS Latency DRAM Bank Inte
31. the auto installing or manual installation depending on your operating system If your operating system is Windows 98 ME 2000 XP it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your mainboard if Windows NT or manual installation please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section Installing Support Software 1 Insert the support CD ROM disc in the CD ROM drive 2 When you insert the CD ROM disc in the system CD ROM drive the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen 3 The screen displays three buttons of Setup Browse CD and Exit on the right side and three others Setup Application and ReadMe at the bottom Please see the following illustration The Setup button runs the software auto installing program as explained in next section The Browse CD button is a standard Windows command that you can check the contents of the disc with the Windows 98 file browsing interface The Exit button closes the Auto Setup window To run the program again reinsert the CD ROM disc in the drive or click the CD ROM driver from the Windows Explorer and click the Setup icon The Application button brings up a software menu It shows the bundled software that this mainboard supports The ReadMe brings you to the Install Path where you can find out path names of software driver 33 Auto Installing under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP If you are under Windows 98 ME 2000 XP
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