Biostar M7VKG manual

M7VKG Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C) Statement This device complies w ith Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation o f this devic e is subj ect to the follo wing two cond itio ns: (1) this devic e may not cause harm ful interference, and (2) this device m ust accep t any interference received, includ ing interference that may cause undesired [...]

3. Conn ect the equipment in to an out let on a circuit diff er ent from t hat to whi ch the receiver is connected. 4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/T V technician for help. Cau tion: C hang es or m odif ication s not ex pressly appr oved by th e man ufacturer could void th e user’s aut hority to operate the equ ipment. Disclaimer Th[...]

Contents i Intr oduct ion ........ ........ ..... ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ...... ....... ..... .....1- 1 1. M other board Descr ipti on ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ..... ...... ....... .....1 -2 1.1 Feat ures ....... ..... ...... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... [...]

Contents ii 1.6 .2 .1 CPU Freq uency Selection: JCLK1 ......... .... ... .. ..... .. .. .. ..... .. ... . 1-21 1.6 .2.2 CPU Rat io Selectio n: JCLK2 ...... ....... .... ..... ...... ..... ..... ...... .... 1-21 1.7 J umper Settings ......... ...... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... . 1 -22 1.7. 1 CPU [...]

Contents iii 2.6 P ower Management Setup ......... .... ....... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... ..... . 2 -22 2.7 P nP/P CI Configuratio ns .. ....... ..... .... ....... ..... .... ....... .... ..... ..... ...... ..... ..... . 2 -27 2.8 P C Health Status ......... .... ..... ....... .... ..... ....... .... ..... ....... .... ....[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-1 Introduc tion System Over v ie w Thanks for b u ying th i s pr o d u ct! This manual was written to h elp you star t u s ing th is product as quick ly and s moothly as pos sible. In side you w ill f ind adequa te explan atio ns to sol ve most pr oblems. In or der fo r t his reference material to b e of greates[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-2 1. Moth er board De scription 1.1 Features 1.1.1 H ardw are CPU − Si ngle AM D So cket-A fo r Ath lon TM (T hunderbird TM ) / Duron TM proces sor Module- 500M Hz ~ 1.2GH z. − 200/266 MHz Front Side Bus . (Note: Chipset VT8365 for CPU 200 FSB only , Chipset VT8365A for CPU 200/266 FSB) Speed − Support 33M[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-3 − Provides CNR (Modem function only ) slot . The CNR slot only support the sec ondary codec on the CNR slot. Flash M em o ry − Supports f lash mem ory. − Supports E SCD Function. IDE B uil t - i n On B o a rd − Supports f our IDE hard dis k drive s. − Supports PIO Mode 4, Ma ster Mode, high perform a[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-4 Universal Serial Bus − Supports t wo back Univers al Seri al Bus (USB ) Ports and tw o fr ont Univer sal ser ial Bus (USB ) P orts (Op ti o n al) . − Supports 48 MHz USB . Hardware M onitor Function − CPU Fan Spe ed Monitor. − System and C PU Temperatur e Mo nitor (Op tion al). − System Voltage Moni [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-5 1.1. 2 Softw a re BIO S − AWARD l egal B IOS. − Supports A PM1.2. − Supports U SB Function. − Supports A CPI. Operating System − Off ers the highe st perf ormanc e for MS- DOS, Wi ndows NT, Windows 2000, W indows 95/98, Window s ME, LIN UX 7.0, Novell, U NIX, SCO UNIX etc. 1.1. 3 Attachments − HDD [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-6 1.2 Motherboard Inst alla tion 1.2. 1 Layout of Motherbo ard Model No.M7 VKG[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-7 1.3 Motherboard Q uick Reference A. A TX Power Connector (JA TXPWR1) L. Front USB C onnector (JUSB2) B. Back Panel I/O Connectors M. Wake-On-LAN Header (JWOL1) C. Telep hony Header (JTA D1) N. Wake-On M ODEM Header (JWO M1*) D. AUX Audio-In Header (JAUX1*) O. System Fan Header (JSFAN1) E. CD A udi o-In Header [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-8 1.3. 1 Fron t Panel Connecto rs (JP A NE L1 / J PA NE L2) JPA NEL1 Pin Pin No. A ssi gnment Functi on No. Assignment Function 1 +5V 2 +5V VCC 3 No Co nnection Speaker 4 Ground Gr ound 5 Ground Conne ctor 6 No Connection No Connection 7 Speaker 8 Power L ED( -) PW R LED JPA NEL2 Pin Pin No. A ssi gnment Functi [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-9 Speaker Connector An offbo ard speaker can be i n stall ed on th e mothe rbo ard as a manu facturin g o p ti on . An o ffboard speaker can b e conn ected to the mo therb oard at the fro nt p anel connec tor. The speak er (onboard or offboar d) provides e rror beep code inform ation duri ng t he P ower O n Sel [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-10 Power On Butto n This con nect or can be co nnect ed t o a fro nt p anel power swit ch. Th e switch must pull the Power But ton pin to gr ound for at lea st 50 ms to sig nal the pow er supply to sw itch on or of f. (The t ime r equirem ent is due to int ernal debounce circ uitry on the mot herboard) . At le a[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-11 1.3.4 ATX 20-pin Powe r Connector (JAT XPW R1) This connector support s the pow er button on-boar d. Using the AT X power supply , functions such as Modem Ring Wa ke-Up and Sof t Power Of f are supporte d on this m otherboard. This pow er connec tor supports inst ant power- on functiona lity, which means that[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-12 1.4 Back Panel Connectors 1.4. 1 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard CONN.: JKBMS1 The motherb oard pro vides a stand ard PS/2 mouse / Keyboar d mini DI N conn ector for attachi ng a PS/ 2 mouse. You can p lug a PS /2 mou se / Keyboard d irectl y into this co n n ector . Th e conn ec to r lo cat ion an d pi n defini ti on [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-13 PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connectors Pin N o. Si gnal N am e 1 Data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 +5 V (fused) 5 Clock 6 No connection 1.4. 2 USB Co nnector: JUSB1 The moth erbo ard provid es a OHCI ( Open Ho st Co ntr oller In terf ace) Universa l Seria l Bus R oo ts for att achin g USB devi ces such as: keybo ard [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-14 1.4.3 Mo nitor Conne ctor: JV GA 1 This moth erboar d has bu ilt in vid eo faciliti es. Y our mo nito r will a ttach directl y to JVGA1 con necto r on th e moth erb o ard . Pin No. A ssignment Pin No. Assi gn me nt 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 +5V 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 +5V 10 Ground 11 +5V 12 DDC/D [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-15 1.4. 4 Front USB Conn ector: JUSB2 Pin No. Signal Name Pin No. Signal N ame 1 +5V 2 Ground 3 USBP2- 4 Ground 5 USBP2+ 6 USBP3+ 7 Ground 8 USBP3 - 9 Ground 10 +5V JUSB2 10 2 19[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-16 1.5 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This system comes equi pped with one serial p ort and one parall el port. B oth types of int erface po rts will be exp lain ed in th is chap ter. The Serial Interface: CN1 The serial inter face port is sometimes referred to as an RS-23 2 po rt or an asynchro nou s commu[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-17 Connectivity The serial po rt can b e us ed in man y ways, and it may be n ecessary to b ecome familiar with the pi nou t di agram. The foll owing ch art gi ves you t he funct ion of each pin on the 9-pin connec tor and s ome of the 25- pin connector . This inf ormat ion can b e used when co nfigur ing cer ta[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-18 Parallel Interface P ort : CN2 Unli ke the serial p ort, paral lel interface p ort h as been standardize d and should no t presen t any difficulty interfacin g perip herals to your system. S ometimes called Centr oni cs por t, th e par allel po rt i s almost exclu sivel y used with p rint ers. The parall el p[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-19 1.6 CPU Installation 1.6.1 C PU Insta llation Proce dure: S ocket A 1. Pull the l ever si deways away fro m th e socket t hen ra ise t he lever up t o a 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pi n A in th e socket and l ook for t he whit e dot or cut edge in the CPU. Match Pin A with the white dot/cut edg e t hen insert [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-20 1.6. 2 CPU Jum per Settings This mo therbo ard pro duces a featur e which can a uto-d etect the speed witho ut ju mper setti ng. Also, you can us e the JC LK1 and JCLK2 jumpers to set the ap pro pri ately speed of CP U when th e auto -d etect fun ctio n is d isab led. This s ection des cribes how to conf igur[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-21 1.6.2.1 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1 JCL K1 F R E Q . 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 *100MH z OFF OFF OFF O FF 133MHz OFF OFF ON OFF 1.6.2.2 CPU Ratio Selection : JCLK2 CPU (MHz) JCLK2 *100MHz ON 133MHz OFF NOTES: The “ * ” mark indicate primitive value.[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-22 1.7 Jumper Settings A j umper has two or more pin s that can be co vered b y a plastic ju mper cap, allowin g you to sel ect different system optio n s. 1 JCF A N1 3 JWOL1 1 1 JSF AN1 JSF AN 3 3 3 JCMOS1 3 1 JWOM1 1 3 1 3[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-23 1.7.1 CPU Fan Head er: JCFA N1 Pin N o. As si gnm e nt 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.7.2 Sy stem Fan H eader: JS FA N1 Pin No. As si gnm e nt 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.7.3 Sy stem Fan H eader: JSF A N3 (Opt ional ) Pin No. As si gnm e nt 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.7. 4 Wak e-On MODEM Head er: JW OM1 (Optiona l) Pi[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-24 1.7.5 Wake-On- LA N He ader: JWOL 1 Pin No. As si gnm e nt 1 5V_SB 2 Ground 3 Wake-up 1.7. 6 CMOS Functi on Sel ec tion : JCMOS 1 This jumper is s et during the process of cl ear ing BIOS configurat io ns whi ch may be necessary in certain circum stances (i.e. forgotten BIOS pass words) JCM OS1 Assig nmen t 1[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-25 1.8 DRA M Installation 1.8.1 DIMM DRA M Acce ss T ime : 3.3V Unbuff ered SDRA M PC66/ PC100 and PC133 Ty pe r e q u i r e d . DRA M Ty pe : 8MB/ 16MB/ 32MB/ 64M B/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB DIMM Module (168pi n) Tota l Bank 1 Bank 2 Memory Size (MB) DIMM 2 DIMM3 8 M 8M x 1 p c ---- 16 M 16M x 1 pc ---- 32 M 32M x 1[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-26 1.8. 2 How to ins tall a DIMM Mod ule 1. The DIMM socket has a “ P lastic Safety Tab” a nd the DI MM me mory modul e has an as ym met r ic a l n ot c h ”, so th e D IM M memo ry m odule c an only fit int o the slot in one dire ction. 2. Push the tabs ou t . Inse rt the DI M M me mo r y mod ul es in t o [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-27 1.9 A udio Subsy stem Mod el No .M7VK G JCDIN2 1 4 14 JCDIN1 14 14 JAUX1 14 14 JT AD1 14 JF_AUDIO 10 2 91[...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-28 1.9. 1 CD A udio-I n Head ers: J CDIN1/JCD IN2 Pin No . of JCDIN1 A ssig nmen t 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right C hannel Input Pin No . of JCDIN2 A ssig nmen t 1 Left Channel Inp ut 2 Ground 3 Right C hannel Input 4 Ground 1.9. 2 Teleph ony Header: JT A D1 Pin No. TA D 1 MON O_ I N 2 Ground 3 [...]

Chapter 1 Mo therboard Description 1-29 1.9. 4 Fron t A udio Connec tor: JF_AUDIO (Optiona l) Pin N o. Si gnal N am e 1 AUD_MI C 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_M IC_BIAS 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOU T_R 6 AUD_RET_R 7 HP_ON 8 KEY 9 AUD_FPOU T_L 10 AUD_RET_L[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-1 2. BIOS Se tup Intr oduction This manua l di scussed Award™ S etup p ro gram buil t into th e ROM BIOS. The Setup prog ram al lows use rs to modi f y the basic sys tem conf igurat ion. This spec ial informati on is then s tored in battery-b acked RAM so t hat i t r etain s the S etup informati on wh en t he po wer is t urn[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-2 PCI Bus Support This A WA RD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Inte l PCI ( P eriphe ral Compon ent Interc onn ect) l ocal bus s pecificat ion. DRAM Support SDRA M (Sync hronous DRA M) ar e supported. Supported CPUs This A WA R D BI OS supports the A MD Athlon TM / Du r on TM CPU. Using Se tu p In general, you use the ar[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once you en ter Aw ar d BIOS™ CMO S Setup Ut ility, the M ain Men u will a ppear on th e screen . The Main Menu allows you to sel ect f rom several setup fun ctions. Use th e arro w keys to select among th e items and pr ess <Ent er> to accept and enter the sub- menu.  Figure 1. Main Menu CMOS Setup [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-4 Integrated Peripherals This secti on page i ncludes all the i tems of IDE hard driv e and Prog ram med Input/ Outpu t featu res. Power M ana gement Setup This set up page i nclu des all th e items o f power man agement featur es. PnP/ PCI C onfig ura tion s This s etup page inc ludes IRQ Setting by user defi ne or defa ult. [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-5 2.2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Stan dard CMOS Setu p Men u are divi ded in to 10 ca tegori es. Each category in clu des no , o ne or more th an o ne set up i tems. Use th e a rrow keys to high light the item and th en use the<P gUp> or <P gDn> keys to sel ect th e value you w ant in ea ch i tem.  F ig[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-6 Main M enu Selections This t able shows t he select ion s that you can make o n th e Main Men u. Item O ptions Description Dat e MM DD YYYY Set t he sys te m dat e. Note that the ‘Da y’ automatically changes w hen you set the date. IDE Primary Master Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter > to enter the sub menu[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-7 Item Options Description Halt On A l l Errors No Errors All, but Keyboard All, but D iskette All, but Disk/ Key Select the situati on in which you wan t the BIOS to stop the POS T process and notify y ou. Base M emory N/A Displays the amount of conventi onal mem ory detected duri ng boot up. Ex tended M emory N/A Displ ays t[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-8 2.3 A dv anced BIOS Features  Figure 3. Advanc e d BIOS Set up CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are Advanced BIOS Features ► Boo t Device Sele ct Pr e s s Ent er ► Shadow Control Pres s Enter Item H elp Anti-Virus Pr otection Enabled Menu Level ► CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-9 Shadow Control If you highli ght the lit eral “P ress Ent er” next to the “Sh ado w Contr ol” label and then pr ess th e enter key, it will take you a sub menu with th e foll o win g op t io ns: Video BIOS Shadow Determin es whet h er vid eo BI OS will be co p ied to RAM for fas ter exec ution. Enabled (default) O p [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-10 Quick Pow er On Self Test This catego ry speed s up Power on Self-Test ( POS T) after you power u p th e com puter. If it is set to Enable , Bios w ill shorten or s kip som e check item s during POS T. Ena bl ed (de fault) Enab le qu ick P OST. Disa bled Norm al POST. Swap Floppy Drive If t he sy stem ha s two f loppy drive[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-11 Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec) 6 (default) 6 ch aract ers p er secon d 8 8 charact ers p er secon d 10 10 ch aract ers per seco n d 12 12 ch aract ers per seco n d 15 15 ch aract ers per seco n d 20 20 ch aract ers per seco n d 24 24 ch aract ers per seco n d 30 30 ch aract ers p er secon d Typematic D ely (M sec) Choose the [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-12 2.4 A dv anced Chipset Features This section all ow s y o u to configure the system based on th e specific features of the install ed chipset. This chipset m anages bus speed s and ac cess to sy stem m e m ory resources , s uch as DRA M and the external cach e. I t also coordinates com munications the PCI bus. It must be st[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-13 OnChip Modem Th is item al lows y ou to control the onboa rd MC97 Modem controlle r. The Cho ices: Auto (defaul t) , Disable d. OnChip U SB/ USB2 This should be enable d if y our sy stem ha s an USB inst alled on the system board and you wish to u se it . Even when so equ ipped , if you add a high er perfo rmance con tro ll[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-14 PCI Dynam ic Bursting When Enab led, every write tran sactio n goes to the write buffer. Burstab le tran saction s th e burst on the P CI bu s and non bur stabl e trans actions don't. The Cho ices: Ena bled (defaul t ) , Di sabled . PCI Master 0 Ws Write When En abled , writ es to th e P CI bu s are execu ted wit h zer[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-15 AGP D riving Co ntro l By choosing " Auto" t he syst em BIOS will the AGP output Buffe r Driv e stre ngth P C trl by AGP C ard. By choosing "Manual ", it all ows user to set AG P output Buff er Dr ive s trength P Ctrl by manua l. The Cho ices: Auto (defaul t), M anual. AGP D riving Va lue While AGP drivi[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-16 Bank Interleave This item allo ws you to en ab le or d is able th e b an k in ter leave feature. The C hoice s: Di sabl ed (d efault) , 2Bank, 4Bank. System BIOS Cacheable When enabl ed, accesses to system BIOS ROM ad dr essed at F00 00H -FFFFF H ar e cached , pr ovid ed th at th e cache con troll er is e nab led. The Ch oi[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-17 2.5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated P eripherals CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are Integrated Peripherals ► OnChip IDE Contr ol Pr ess En te r Ite m Help ► Mut i-Media s etting Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Menu Level ► Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Se[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-18 OnChip I DE Cha nnel 1 The chip set con tains a P CI IDE inter face with su ppo rt for t wo I DE chann els. Sel ect En abled to act ivate the sec ond ary IDE inter face. Select Disa b led to d eacti vate thi s in te rface. The Cho ices: Ena bled (d efault) , Di sabled . IDE Prefetch Mode Th e onboard IDE driv e inte rf aces[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-19 Muti-M edia setting The mul timedia s ettin g sub menu is us ed to configur e variou s multimed ia perip herals su ch as aud io and game equip ment. If you hi ghlight the l iteral “Press Enter” next to the “ Muti-Medi a setting ” label and the n press the enter ke y, it w ill take you a subm enu wit h the f ollowing[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-20 Onboard FDD Controller Select E n ab led if your system has a floppy disk con tro lle r (F DC) inst alled on th e system board and if you wish t o use it . If ins tal l and FD C o r th e system has no flopp y drive, s elect Dis abled in this field. The Cho ices: Enab led ( default ), Disabl ed. Onboard Serial Port 1 Select [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-21 ECP Mode Us e DMA Select a DMA ch anne l for the p arallel po rt for use d urin g EC P mod e. The Cho ice: 3 ( default), 1. Parall el Port EPP Typ e Select a DMA C hann el for th e por t. The Cho ice: EPP1.9 (default), E P P1 .7.[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-22 2.6 Pow er Management Setup The P ower Man agement Se tup allo ws you to co nfigu re your system to mos t effectively save energy while o perat ing i n a mann er cons isten t with your own style of comput er u se.  Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Setup CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are Po wer [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-23 2.Doz e Mode. 3.Suspend M ode. If you hi ghligh t th e lit eral “P ress E nter” n ext t o th e “Po wer Man agement” labe l and t hen press th e ent er key, it wil l take you a su bmenu with th e follo wing options: Power M anagement This op tion allo ws you to set each mode indivi duall y. When not disabl ed, each o[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-24 Video O ff Option This field d etermines when to activate th e vid eo off featur e for mon itor po wer managemen t. The Ch oices : Always on, Suspend → → → → Off (d efault), All Mo des → Of f. Video Off M ethod This field d ete rmin es th e manner in which the moni tor is bl an ked . V/H SY NC+Blank Th is select i[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-25 HDD & FDD When set to On (default ), an y event occu rrin g at a har d o r flop py drive wil l awaken a system which h as b een p owered down . The Cho ices: OFF, ON (default). PCI M ast er When set to On , any event occu rrin g at P CI wil l awaken a system w hic h has been pow ered dow n. The Cho ices: OFF (default ) [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-26 I R Q 3 ( C O M 2 ) I R Q 4 ( C O M 1 ) I R Q 5 ( L P T 2 ) I R Q 6 ( F l o p p y D i s k ) IRQ7 (LPT1) I R Q 8 ( R T C A l a r m ) I R Q 9 ( I R Q 2 R e d i r ) IRQ1 0 (Reserved ) IRQ1 1 (Reserved ) IRQ12 (P S/2 Mouse) IRQ13 ( Coproces sor) IRQ14 ( Hard Disk ) IRQ1 5 (Reserved )[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-27 2.7 PnP/PCI Configurations This s ection desc ribes conf iguring the PCI bus syst em. PCI, or Personal Comput er Inter conn ect, is a system which allo ws I/O d evices to operat e at s peeds nearin g th e speed o f the C PU itsel f use s when co mm un icat ing with i ts own speci al com ponents. This se ction cov ers som e [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-28 Reset Configuration D ata The system BIOS supp ort s th e Pn P feature so th e system needs to reco rd which resou rce i s assi gned and p roc eeds reso urces fro m conflict. Every perip her al devic e has a node, whic h is call ed ESCD. This node r ecords w hich res ources are assign ed to it. The system need s to record a[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-29 IRQ Resources When r esourc es are con trol led manually, assi gn each system int errup t a type, depending on the t ype of devi ce using the int errupt. DMA R esources When res ou rces are con tro lled manuall y, assign each system DM A chan nel a type, depending on the type of dev ice using the DMA cha nnel. PCI / VGA Pal[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-30 2.8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health St atus CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are PC Health St atus Show H/W Monitor in POST 3 sec Current CPUFAN1 Speed 4783RPM Item Help Current SysFAN Speed 0RP M M enu Level ► Vcore XXX VccSRAM XXX 3.3V XXX 5V XXX 12V XXX : Mov e Enter : Select +/-/ [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-31 2.9 Frequency /Voltage Control  Figure 9. Frequ ency/Voltage Contro l CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are Frequency / Voltage Control Auto De tec t D IMM / PC I Clk Enabled CPU Host/PCI/ Spr ead Spec. Default Item Help Menu Level : Mov e Enter : Select +/-/ PU/PD :Value F10 :Sa ve ESC :Exit [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-32 2.10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Whe n you pr ess < Enter> on thi s item , you ge t a confi rmati on dialog box w ith a message similar to:  Figure 10. Load Fail-Sa f e Defaults CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are ► Standard CMOS Featur es ► Fr equency/Voltage Control ► Advanced BIOS[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-33 2.11 Load Optimized Defaults Whe n you pr ess < Enter> on thi s item , you ge t a confir ma tion dialog box w ith a message similar to:  Figure 11. Load Op timized De faults CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are ► Standard CMOS Featur es ► Fr equency/Voltage Control ► Advanced BIOS[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-34 2.12 Set Superv isor / User Passw ord  F igure 12. Set Superviso r / Us er Passw ord CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are ► Standard CMOS Featur es ► Fr equency/Voltage Control ► Advanced BIOS Featur es Load Fail-Safe Defaults ► Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults ► In[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-35 PASSW ORD DISAB LED If you select “System” at the Secur ity Optio n of BIOS Features Setup Menu, y o u will b e p ro mp ted for th e pass word ever y time when t he system i s r ebo o t ed , or an y time when you try to ent er Se tup . If you selec t “Setu p” at Securi ty Optio n o f BIOS Fea ture Setup Me nu, you w[...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-36 2.13 Sav e & Exit Setup  Figure 13. Save & Ex it Setup CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are ► Standard CMOS Featur es ► Fr equency/Voltage Control ► Advanced BIOS Featur es Load Fail-Safe Defaults ► Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults ► Integrated Per ipherals [...]

Chapter2 BIOS Setup 2-37 2.14 Exit Without Sav i ng  Figure 14. Exit With out Saving CMOS Setup Ut ility -Copy righ t (C ) 1984-2000 A wa rd Softw are ► Standard CMOS Featur es ► Fr equency/Voltage Control ► Advanced BIOS Featur es Load Fail-Safe Defaults ► Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults ► Integrated Per ipherals Set[...]

Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-1 3. Softw are Set up 3.1 Softw are List Category Descr iption Platform Location i n CD VI A Ser vice Pack (4 In 1) * VIA 4 In 1 driver includes ( VIA Registry (ACPI ) Driver /VIA AGP VxD driver /VIA A T API V endor Support Driver /VIA PCI IRQ Mini por t D r iv er ) four system driver s to im prov e the performanc e and m[...]

Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-2 3.2 Softw are Installation We provide an instal lation w izard, Dr iver C D Insta llation Util ity (SET UP.EXE), located in t he roo t o f Driver CD to let u sers i nstall some common u sed drivers conve niently . The Wizar d can auto matically d etect OS and switch to the p roper page , so you don’t need to wor r y a[...]

Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-3 There are tw o kinds of Insta llation Proce dure:  A utoma tically Install d rivers from CD by usin g CD In stallation Ut ility : Use the m ouse curs or to cl ick t he proper option on the page. Ut ility will inv oke other appl ications to compl e te the res t of insta llation.  When the driv ers CAN NOT be instal[...]

Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-4 3.3 Using Softw are  In general, y ou can get more det ailed informa ti on in the on-line help or readme for the softwares.  Using V IA Har dw are Monitor After the ut ilit y is instal led, you can fo llow the s equen ce, Start → → → → Progra ms → → → → VIA HM → → → → VIA Ha rdw are M onit [...]

Chapter 3 Software Setup 3-5 The follow ing fig ure is the m ain panel of VIA Har dware Monitor. In the panel, you can get some real-t ime and import ant info rm at ion -- Voltage, Fan speed , and temperatu re, for examp le. If ther e is an abno rmal sit uatio n, you c an res olve it immediately.[...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-1 4. Trouble Shooting PROBLEM No p ower to the system at all . Po w er light d oes not illuminat e , fan insi de power supply does not turn on. Indic ator lig ht on key board does not turn on. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION Powe r cable is unplugged. Visually inspect power cable. M ake sure pow er cable is secur[...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-2 PROBLEM Sys tem does not boot from ha rd disk driv e , can be booted f r om CD-R OM drive. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION Connector be tween hard drive a nd system board unplugged. W hen attempt ing to run the FDI SK utility y ou get a message, INVALI D DRIVE SP ECIFICATIO N. Check cable running fr om disk to [...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-3 PROBLEM Erro r message reading “SECTOR NOT FO UND” or oth er err or messages n ot allowin g cert ain d ata to b e retr ieved . PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION A number of causes could be behind this. Use a file by fi le backup instead of an image backup to backup the hard disk. Back u p any salvageabl e dat[...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-4 PROBLEM PROBABLE CA USE DIAG NOS I S SOLUTI ON Me m ory prob lem. Reboot computer. Reinstall memory , make sure that all memory modules are installed in correct socket s. Computer v irus. U se anti-virus programs to detect and clean viruse s. PROBLEM Screen goes b lan k perio dic ally. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOL[...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-5 PROBLEM No co lor on screen. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION Faulty M onitor. If possible, connect monitor to another system. If no color replace monitor. CM OS incorrectly set up. Call technical support. PROBLEM C: dri ve failur e. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION Hard driv e cable not connected prope rly[...]

Chapter 4 T rouble Shooting 4-6 PROBLEM Miss ing operating syst em on hard dri v e. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION CMOS set up has been changed. Run setup and select correct drive ty pe. PROBLEM Certa in key s do not functi on. PRO BABLE CAUSE DI AGN OSIS SOLU TION Keys jammed or defective . Replace keyboard. PROBLEM Key board is locked, and[...]

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