Biostar M7TDE manual

M7T DE Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Statement This de vice com plies with Par t 1 5 o f the FCC Rule s. Opera tion of this dev ice is sub ject to the follo wing two conditio ns: (1) t his de vice may not cause harm ful inte rfere nce, and ( 2) this device must acce pt any inter fere nce rece ived, inc luding in ter feren ce th at ma y[...]

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Contents i Introduction .... ............ ............ ............ ............ ............... ............ ... 1-1 1. Motherboar d Description ........ ... ............ ... ............ ... ............ ... 1-2 1.1 Feat ures ....... ......... ......... ......... ......... ............ ......... ......... ......... ......... ........ 1-2 1.1. 1 H[...]

Contents ii 1.6 Connec tors , Header s & Jumpers .... ......... ....... ......... ....... ......... ....... .......1-17 1.6. 1 F ron t Pa nel C on nect or : JPA NE L1 ....... .... .... ...... .... .... ....... .... .... .... ....... .... .... 1- 18 1.6. 2 ATX 20-p in Pow er C onne ctor : JAT XPWR 1........ ....... ...... ........ ...... .......[...]

Contents iii 2.1 Mai n Menu .... ......... ......... .......... ......... ........... ......... ......... ......... ......... ...... 2-3 2.2 St andard CMOS Features ..... ........... ......... ......... .......... ........... ......... ........ 2-6 2.3 A dvanced BIOS Featur es ... ......... ......... ........... ......... ......... ......... ......[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-1 Introduc tion System Over v ie w Cong ratul atio ns on t he pur chas e o f yo ur ne w sy ste m! This m othe rboa rd is desi gne d to ta ke adv anta ge of the late st industry te chnol og y t o pro v ide yo u w ith th e ultimat e solut io n in da ta proc e ssing. I n the tr a ditio n o f it s pre de cesso r s, [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-2 1. Moth erboard Description 1.1 Features 1.1. 1 Har dw are CPU − Single Socket-47 8 for an Intel Pentium ® 4 proce ssor. − Supp orts the Intel Pent ium ® 4 proce ssor subse t of the Enhance d Mode Sc alea ble B us P rot ocol . − Inte l Pentium ® 4 Syst em Bus i nte r rupt de livery . − Sup ports sys[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-3 DRAM Memo ry − Support s 200MHz or 266MHz DDR SD RAM dev i ce s. − Suppor ts 128MB, 256MB, 512 MB/ 1GB te chnolog ies for x8 and 16 devices. − Support s one DD R-SD RAM c hanne l , 64 wide (72b wi th ECC) . − No s upport for D Sx16 DI MMs. Shadow RAM − Mot herbo ard is e quippe d wit h a memory c ont[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-4 Bu ilt in ID E Fac ilit ie s − Support s fou r IDE ha rd dis k driv es. − Suppor ts PIO Mo de 4, Maste r Mo de, an d high perf ormance hard disk drive s. − Support s dis k tra ns fe r ra te s up to 100 MB/s e c o nd. − Suppor ts Ultra DMA 33, Ultra DMA 66, Ultra DMA 100 Bus Mast er Modes. − Sup ports[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-5 Super I/O Bu ilt- in onboard − Support o ne m u lti- m o de Pa ra l le l Port . (1) Standard & B idire c tion Paral lel Po rt ( SPP). (2) Enha nced Paral lel Po rt ( EPP). (3) Exte nded Ca pa bilitie s Port ( ECP). − Supports two se rial ports, 16550 UART wit h 16 byte FIFO . − UART data ra t es up t[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-6 1.1. 2 BIOS − AWAR D leg al BIOS. − Support s APM1. 2. − Sup ports USB Function . − Support s ACPI . 1.1. 3 So ftw are Operating Sys tem − Offers the hi g hest perfor mance for MS-DOS, Windo ws NT, Wi ndows 2000, Windows 95/98, Window s ME, W indows X P, LINUX, SCO UNIX etc. 1.1. 4 Accessor ies − H[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-7 1.2 Motherboard Installat ion 1.2. 1 System Blo ck Dia gram DA T A CTR L AD DR Te rm VRM ICH2 Keyboard Mouse Floppy Parallel Seria l 1 SIO Cloc k PCI CONN 1 PCI CONN 2 Bloc k D iagra m 2 DD R Modules USB Po rt 1 CTR L DA TA ADDR IDE Prim ary IDE Se cond a r y UltraDMA/33 /66/100 USB PCI CNTRL PCI ADDR /DAT A L[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-8 1.2.2 Lay out of M otherboard Model No .M7TDE JA TXPWR2 JKBMS1 JPRNT1 JGAM E 1 Socket 478 BA T1 Intel 82801BA K/B & Mou se JRJ45USB 1 USB & LAN COM1 CO M2 Parallel Port JSPKR1 SP-OUT JLIN1 LINE-IN JMIC1 MIC- IN GAME Port JCO M1 JCO M2 JLIN1 LINE-IN JMIC1 DDR1 DDR2 JAUDIO1 JT AD1 JT AD1 Intel 82845 AGP1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-9 1.2 . 3 Qu i ck R ef e r en ce A . Bac k Panel I/O C onnectors M. Secondary IDE Conn ector ( IDE2) B. Front A udio Header (JA UDIO1) N. A TX Pow er Co nnector (JA TXPWR1) C. CD-R OM A udio Header (JCD IN1) O. A uxiliary Pow er Connecto r D. PCI BUS Slo ts (PCI1- 3) (JA UXPWR1) E. CNR Slot (CNR1) P. DIMM Voltag[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-10 1.3 CPU Installatio n 1.3. 1 0CP U In stall atio n Pr ocedu re: So cket 478 1. Pull t he lever si deways away from th e socket th en raise th e lever up to 90-deg ree a ng le . 2. Locate Pin A i n th e s ocket and l ook for th e wh ite d ot or cu t edge i n th e CPU . Match P in A with the white dot/cu t e dg[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-11 CPU In s ta l l ati o n La yo ut 1.3. 2 CP U Fan Header : JCF A N1 Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.3.3 Sy stem Fan Header: JSFA N1 (Optional) Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense Socket 4 78 82801BA DIMM1 DIMM2 8284 5 ROM1 LPC I/O LAN CHI P JSF AN1 JCF AN1 1 1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-12 1.4 RA M Module Installation 1.4. 1 DIM M DRAM Ac cess Time : 2.5V Unbuff ere d/ Reg istered D DR SDRAM PC 200/266 Type re quire d. DRAM T ype: 64M B / 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB/ 1GB DI MM Modul e ( 184 pin) Total Memor y Sizes Wit h Unbuff ered DIMMs Total Me mory Size (MB) 1 DIMM 2 DMMs 64 M 64 M ---- 128 M 128 M[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-13 Total Me mory Size (MB) 1 DIMM 2 DMMs 576 M 64 M 512 M 640 M 128 M 512 M 768 M 256 M 512 M 1024 M 512 M 512 M 1.512 G 1 G 512 M 1.064 G 64 M 1 G 1.128 G 128 M 1 G 1.256 G 256 M 1 G 1.512 G 512 M 1 G 2 G 1 G 1 G * The l ist sh own above for DRAM con figurati on is on ly for reference.[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-14 1.4. 2 Ho w t o ins tall a DIM M M odul e 1. The DIMM soc ket ha s a “ Plasti c Safe ty Tab”, and the DIMM memory module has an “A symmetrical notch”, s o the DIM M memory mod ule can on ly fit into th e slot in one direction . 2. Pus h the tabs o ut. Inse rt the DI M M memory modu les into th e sock [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-15 1.5 Slots The slot s i n th is mot h erbo ar d are desi gn ed t o hold exp an sion card s and con n ect th em to the sys tem b us. E xpan sion sl ots are a means of ad di ng or enhan cing t he m otherbo ard's featur e s a nd capabi lities. With these eff icient faci lities, you can incr ease the moth e r[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-16 1.5.1 A GP (A ccele rated Graphics Port) Slot Unli ke th e m ou s e ports , k e yb oard p orts and p rin ter ports, thi s m otherb oard does not have buil t in vide o facili ties and th ere fore re quires a vide o card for one of the expa nsion slo ts. Your monito r will attach dire ctly to that video car d. [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-17 1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumper s The con nectors, head ers and j umpers i ntroduced b elow pr ovide you lot s of capab ilitie s such as pow er s upply, front pa nel s ignal re vela tion, I DE hard dis k conne ction, floppy disk conne ction, Wa ke On LAN func tion and Fr ont USB conne ction. Not icea bly[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-18 1.6 .1 Fr ont Pane l Co nnec tor: JPA NEL1 Pin A ssignment Fun cti o n Pin A ssignment Function No. No. 1 Speaker 2 Sleep Co ntrol Sl eep 3 NC 4 Ground Button 5 Ground 6 NA 7 5V Speaker Connector 8 Powe r LE D (+) 9 HDD LED (+) Hard Di sk 10 Powe r LE D (+) 11 HDD LED (- ) L ED 12 Pow er LED (-) POW ER LED 13[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-19 Reset Button This conn ect or can be atta ch ed to a mo me nt ary S PS T swi tch . This swit ch is u su all y open, and when it is closed, it will caus e th e motherb oard to reset and ru n the POST (Power On Self Test). Pow er LED Connector This connector ca n be at tached to an LED on the front panel of a c[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-20 1.6.2 A TX 20-pin Pow er Connector: JA TXPWR1 This c onne ctor support s the power button o n-boa rd. Using the ATX po wer suppl y, funct ion such as Soft Power Off is sup ported on this moth erboard. Th is power conne ct o r support s instant power -on func tiona lity, which mea ns that the sys tem will b oo[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-21 1.6.5 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/IDE 2 The m other board has a 32-bit En hance d PCI IDE Co ntrolle r that pr ovide s PIO Mode 0~ 4, Bus Master, and Ult ra DMA / 33, Ultra DMA / 66, Ultra DMA / 100 functio nality . It has two HDD connec tors IDE1 (pr imary ) and IDE2 (se condary ). Yo u can conne ct up to fou[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-22 1.6. 8 Cle ar CM OS Ju mper: JCM OS 1 JCM OS1 Assi gnment 1 3 1-2 Clo sed Normal Operation ( default) 1 3 2-3 Clo sed Clea r CMO S Dat a 1.6. 9 Fro nt U SB He aders : JUSB2 Pin A ssignment Pin A ssignment 1 +5V 2 +5V 3 USB1 D ata(-) 4 USB2 Data(-) 5 USB1 Da ta(+) 6 USB2 Data(+) 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NA 1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-23 1.7 Peripheral Por t 1.7.1 PS/2 Mo use / Key board Connector: JKBMS1 The mo therbo ard prov ide s a standard PS/2 m ouse / Keybo ard mi ni DIN co nnecto r for atta ching a PS/2 m ous e. You ca n plu g a PS/ 2 mouse / Keyboard directl y into this c onne ctor . The connec tor loca tion and pin de finition ar e [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-24 1.7. 2 USB & LAN Co nnect or: JR J45US B1 The m otherbo ard pr ovide s an OH CI (Open H os t Co ntroller Interfa ce) Universal Seria l Bus Roots for attach ing US B devic es such a s: keyb oard, m ouse an d other USB dev i c es . You can plug the USB device s dir e ct l y into thi s co nne ctor. Stacked U[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-25 1.7.3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system is equipp e d w ith two s e rial ports an d one p arallel p ort. Both types of inte rf ac e por ts will be e xpla i ne d in this cha pt e r. 1.7.3.1 The Serial Interface: JCOM1/ JCOM2 The se rial interf ace po rt is sometime s refe rred to a s an RS-232 po[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-26 Con nectivity The ser ia l po r ts c an be use d i n ma ny wa ys , a nd i t ma y be nec es sa ry to be com e famil iar wit h the pinout diag ram. The follow ing chart g ives you the func tion of each pin on the 9-pi n conne ctor and so me of the 25- pin co nnect or. This info rma tion can be use d wh e n conf[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-27 1.7.3.2 Parallel Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unlike the seria l ports, paralle l interfa ce port has be en standa rdize d, and it shou ld not pre s e nt any diffi culty inte rfacing periphe rals of your sys tem. Som etim es it is calle d centroni cs por t and the parall el po rt is a lmo st excl usive ly use d wit[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-28 1.7. 4 Game (J o ysti ck / M IDI ) Por t C on n ector : JGAM E 1 This connect or allows you to c onnect a j oystick or game p ad for pla ying co mput er ga m e s. Als o , yo u m a y pla y o r e dit pro fe ssional m usic by co nne c ti ng MI DI dev ic e s. 1.7.5 A udio Port Connectors: JSPKR1/JLIN1/JM IC1 Spea[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-29 1.7. 6 Audio Sub sy stem Socket 478 82801BA DIMM1 DIMM2 8284 5 ROM1 LPC I/O LAN CHIP JCDIN1 JT AD1 JAUDIO1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-30 1.7.6.1 CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDI N1 Pin No. A ssignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Chan nel Input 1.7.6.2 Front Audio Header: JA UDIO1 Pin No. A ssignment Pi n No. A ssignment 1 Mi c In 2 Groun d 3 Mi c Po wer 4 Audio P ower 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reser ved 8 9 LFT Line Out 10 L[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-1 2. BIOS Se tup Introdu ction This ma nual disc ussed Awa rd™ Setup prog ram built into the ROM BIO S. The Setup pr ogram allow s users to modify the ba sic system confi gura tion. This spec ial infor ma tion is the n store d in batt ery- bac ked RAM so tha t it ret ains the Setup infor m a t io n whe n the pow e r is turn[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-2 PCI Bus Support This AW ARD BI OS al so support s Ver sion 2. 1 of the Inte l PCI (Pe riphe ral Com ponent I nt e rc o nne ct ) lo c a l bus sp e c if i cat io n. DRAM Support DDR SDR AM (Double Data Rat e Synchron ous DRAM) are sup ported. Supported CPUs This AWAR D BI OS s upport s the I nte l Pent ium ® 4 CPU. Usi ng Se[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once yo u enter A war d BIO S™ CMOS Se tup Util it y, the M ain Menu wi ll appe a r on the sc reen. The Main Menu all ows you to sele ct f rom seve ral setup func tions . Use the arr ow keys to sele ct amo ng the item s and press < Enter> to acce pt and ente r the sub-m e nu.  Figure 1. Main Menu !![...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-4 Standard CMOS Features This subm e nu contains indus try s ta nda rd co nf ig ur a ble opti o ns. Advanced BIOS Fea tures This subm e nu all ows yo u to c onfi g ure e nha nce d fe a ture s of the BI OS. Advanced Chipset F eatures This submenu allows you to conf ig ure special ch ipset features. Integrated Peripherals This [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-5 Set Supervisor Passw ord Sett ing t he supe rvisor pas swo rd will prohi bit e ver yone exce pt the s uper visor from maki ng change s using t he CMOS Setup Uti lity. Yo u will be prom pted with to enter a password. Set User Passw ord If the Supe rv isor Pass word is not se t , then the Use r Passwo rd will func tion in the[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-6 2.2 Standard CM OS Features The i tems in Stand ard CMOS Setup Menu ar e divi ded int o 10 cat egori e s. Each category includ es no, one or more th an one s etup items . Use t he arrow keys t o highli ght th e item and th en us e th e<P gUp> or <PgDn > k eys to sel ect th e valu e you want in each it e m .  [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-7 Mai n M enu Selecti o ns This table shows t he sele ctions t hat you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Descri ption Date mm : dd : y y Set the syst em date. Note that the ‘ Day’ automati cally changes when y ou set the date. Tim e hh : mm : ss Set the sy stem int ernal clock. IDE Prim ary Master Option s are in it[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-8 Item Opti o ns D e scription Halt On Al l Errors No Erro rs All , but Key board All , bu t Di skette All , but Di sk/ Key Select the si tuati on in w hich you want the BIOS to st op the POST pr ocess and notify you. Base Memory N/A Di splay s the amount of convention al memory detected dur ing boo t up. Ext ended Memory N/A[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-9 2.3 A dv anced BIOS Featur es  Figure 3. Advanc e d BIOS S etup Virus Warning This opti on all ows you to c hoose the VI RUS War ning fe ature tha t is used to prote ct the ID E Ha rd Disk boot sect or. If this funct ion is en a bled and an attem pt is made to write to the boot s e ctor , BIOS wil l display a warn ing me[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-10 CPU L1 & L2 Cach e This option allows you to enable o r disabl e the C PU L1 & L2 C ache wh ich i m prov e perf orm anc e. The Choi ces: Enabled (de f a ult ), D isa bl e d. Quick Pow er On Self Test Enab ling this option wil l caus e an abr idged version of th e Power On S e lf-T est (P OS T) t o exec ut e a fter [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-11 Ty pe m ati c Ra t e Sett ing Whe n a key is he ld dow n, the key stro ke will repea t at a rate de termine d by the keyboar d cont roller. When enabled, the t ypematic rate and typ ematic d elay c an b e confi gur ed. Disa bled (default ) Enable d Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets th e rate at wh ich a keystroke is r e peat[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-12 OS Select For DRAM > 64M B A choi ce other than Non- OS2 is onl y used fo r OS2 sys tems with me mory exc ee ding 64M B. The Cho ices: Non-OS2 (default), OS2. Repor t No FD D Fo r WIN 95w Whe the r repo rt no FDD fo r Win 95 or no t. The Choices: No (de fa ult ) , Ye s .[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-13 2.4 A dv anced Chipset Features This submenu al lows you to configur e the specific f eatures of the chip set install ed on your sy stem. Th is chip set mana ge bus speeds an d access t o system memory r esources, such as DRAM an d ext ernal cach e. It als o coordi nates co mmunication s with the PCI bus. Th e d efault set[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-14 DRAM Ti ming Select a bl e The de fa ult is B y SPD . C AS Late nc y Time When syn chronou s DRAM is installed , the n um b e r of clock c ycles of CAS la te nc y de pe nds on the DRAM ti m ing . The Choic e s : 1.5 (de fa ult ), 2, 2.5, 3. Active to Precha rge Delay This it em con trols the n u mber of DR AM clo cks to ac[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-15 Syste m BIOS Cach eable Selectin g Enabl e d all ows you cachin g of th e system B IOS ROM at F0000h ~FFFF Fh, r esult ing a bette r system perfo rmance . Ho wever, if any program writes to this memory are a, a system e rror may result. The Cho ices: Disab led (defau lt), Enabl ed. Video BIO S Cach eable Select Enabled al [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-16 2.5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals Onboard LA N Boot ROM This item allows you to enable or d isable On board LAN Boot ROM. The Choi ces: Enabled (de f a ult ), D isa bl e d. Onboard PCI L AN This item allows you to enable or di sable Onb oard PCI LAN . The Choi ces: Enabled (de f a ult ), D isa[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-17 On-Chip IDE Contro l The ch ipset contain s a PCI IDE in terface with sup port for two IDE chann e ls. Select “ Enabled” t o activat e the first an d / or second IDE int erface. If you install a primary and / or s econ dary ad d-i n IDE i n terfac e, s el ect “ Disab led ” to d eacti vat e an inte rface . If you hi[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-18 USB Con troller Select E nab led if you r syst em con tain s a Univ ersal Serial Bus (USB ) contr oll er an d you hav e USB pe ripherals . The Choi ces: Enabled (de f a ult ), D isa bl e d. USB Keyboard Support The default valu e is Disabled. Enabl ed Enable USB Ke yboar d Support . Disabled (de fa ult) Disable USB Ke y bo[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-19 RxD , T xD Acti ve The item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) fun ction of onb oard I/O chip. The Choi ces: Hi/ Lo ( def aul t), Hi / Hi, Lo/ Hi , Lo / Lo. IR Tran smission Delay This item allows you to enabl e / disa ble I R transmiss ion delay. The Choi ces: Enabled (de f a ult ), D isa bl e d. UR2 Dup lex Mode[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-20 EPP Mo de Select Sele ct EPP port type 1. 7 o r 1.9. The Choices: EPP 1.7 (de fa ult ), EPP1. 9. ECP Mode Use DMA Sele ct a DMA Cha nne l fo r the po rt . The Choi ces: 3 (default), 1. Game Por t Address Gam e Port I/ O Addre ss. The Choices: 20 1 (d efau lt) , 20 9, Di sab led. Midi Port Address Midi Por t Base I / O Addr[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-21 2.6 Pow er Management Setu p The Po wer Ma nageme nt S etup Me nu allow s you to confi gure your sy stem t o utilize ene r g y conse rvatio n a nd powe r up/powe r dow n fe ature s.  Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Set u p ACPI f unction This i tem di splay s the status o f the Advance d Conf igura tion and Powe r Manag e m[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-22 ACPI Suspend Type The item allows you to select the suspend typ e und er the A CPI operating system . The Cho ices: S1 (POS ) (default) Power on S uspend S3 (STR) S u s p e n d t o R A M S1 & S3 Pow er M ana g ement This category allows you to select t he typ e (or d egree) of power s aving an d is directly related to [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-23 Video Off M et h od This option dete rmines the manner in which th e m onitor is g oe s blank. V/H SY NC +Blank This se lection will c ause the sy stem to tur n off the ver tica l and hori zontal s ynchro nizati o n por ts and w rite blank s to the v ide o buff er. Blank Screen This op tion only writ e s blanks to th e vid[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-24 Soft -Off by PW R-BT TN Pressing th e power button for more than 4 seconds forces t he system to enter the Soft-O ff state whe n the system has “h ung.” The Cho ices: Del ay 4 Sec, Instant- Off (de fa ult ) . PWRON Afte r PWR-Fail This fie ld de termi nes the actio n the sys tem wi ll autom atic ally take whe n power i[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-25 Pow er On by Ring An i nput signal on th e serial Rin g Indi cator (RI) li ne (in other wo rds, an i ncomin g call on the modem) awakens the sys te m from a soft off state. The Choi ces: Disabl ed (default), E nabled. WakeUp On LAN To use this func tion, y ou nee d a LAN add-on c ard whic h support po wer on func tion. It [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-26 2.7 PnP/PCI Configuration s This s ecti on des cribe s conf iguri ng the PCI bus sys tem. PCI, or Persona l C ompute r Intercon nect , is a syst em whi ch a llow s I/O d evic es t o op erat e at sp eeds n earing t he speed of th e CPU it self us e s wh en communi cating w ith its own sp ecial co mponents. This se cti on co[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-27 Reset Co nfiguration D ata The sy stem BIO S supports th e PnP feat ure which re quires the sy stem to record which re sources are assig ned and pro tect s resour ces f rom confli ct. Eve ry peri phera l device has a node, which i s cal led ESCD. This node rec ords wh ich reso urce s are assig n e d to it. The sys tem nee [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-28 PCI / VGA Palette Sn oop Choos e Disabl e d or E nabled. Some gra phic con trollers w hich ar e not VGA compati ble take the ou tput from a VGA contr oller and m ap it to th e ir disp lay as a way to provid e boot inf orm ation an d VGA compatibili ty. Howe ver, t he colo r info rmatio n comi ng from the VG A contro lle r [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-29 2.8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health St atus CPU Warn ing Temp eratu re The item will prevent CPU from overheating. The Cho ices: Disab led (d efault), 50 O C/ 122 O F, 53 O C/127 O F, 56 O C/1 33 O F, 60 O C/140 O F, 63 O C/145 O F, 66 O C/151 O F, 70 O C/158 O F. Current CPU1 Temperature Sh ow yo u th e cur ren t[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-30 Current CPUFAN Speed This field dis plays the current CPUF AN spee d. CPU Vcore /A G P Voltage/+3.3V/+-5V/+-12V/VBAT (V)/5VSB( V) Detect the system’s voltage status au tomatically. Shutdow n Temp erature This item all ows you to set up t he CPU sh utdown Temperatur e. This item onl y eff e ctive unde r Windows 98 AC PI m[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-31 2.9 Frequency Control  Figure 9. Frequency Control CPU Clock R atio This item allows you to se lect the CPU Ratio. Auto De tect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable / di sable auto D e tect DIMM/PC I Clock. The Ch oices: En abled (d e fault ), Disab led. Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable / di sable s[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-32 Clock by Slight Adjust This item allows you to adjus t CPU frequ e ncy when “ Slight Adj ust” enab le. The Ch oices: Disab led ( default), E nabled. CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Cl ock . If unfo r tuna te ly, the sy s te m ’s freq ue ncy t hat yo u are sele c te d is not fu nctioning, there are two me[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-1 3. Trouble Shootin g PROBLEM No pow er to th e system at all. Power light do e s not illuminat e , f an insid e pow er supply do e s not turn on. I ndi ca to r lig ht on k e y bo a rd do e s no t tur n o n. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N Power cable is unplugged. Visuall y i nspect power cable. Make sure po wer [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-2 PROBLEM Syste m doe s no t boot fro m ha rd disk driv e, can be bo ote d from C D-RO M driv e. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N Connector be tween hard drive a nd syst em board unplugged. W hen attempti ng to r un the FDI SK util it y y ou get a message, IN VALID DRIVE SP ECIFICATION. Check cable r unning from dis[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-3 PROBLEM Error mess age reading “SECTO R NOT FOUND ” or o the r error me ssag es no t allo wi ng c er tain da t a to be r etr ie v ed. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N A number of causes could be behin d thi s. Use a fi le by f ile backup inste ad of an i mage backup to backup the hard disk. Back u p any salvag[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-4 PROBLEM No scr een. PROBABLE CA USE DI AG NOSIS SOLUTION Memory problem . R eboot computer. Rein s tall me mo r y, ma ke sure that al l m em ory modul es are install ed in correct socket s. Computer virus. Use anti -virus programs to detect and clean v iruses. PROBLEM Screen goes blan k periodicall y. PRO BABLE CAUSE [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-5 PROBLEM No color on screen. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N Faulty Monito r. If possible, connect moni tor to another syst em. If no color replace moni tor. CMOS i ncorrectl y set up. Call techni cal support. PROBLEM C: driv e failur e . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N Hard dri ve cable not connected prope r[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-6 PROBLEM Miss ing o pe rat ing sy s t e m o n har d driv e . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N CMOS setup has b een changed. R un setup and select correct drive type. PROBLEM Cer tain k e ys do no t funct ion. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAG NOSIS SOLUTIO N Keys j ammed or defective. R eplace keyboard .[...]

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