Biostar M7VKQ manuale d’uso

M7VKQ Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Statement This devic e compli es wit h Part 15 of the F CC Ru les. Op eration of this devi ce is sub ject to the foll owi ng two condit ions : (1) this device may not cause harm ful inte rfe re nce, and (2) thi s devi ce must ac cept a ny inter fere nce rece ive d, incl uding in ter f eren ce t hat m[...]

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

Contents ii 1.6 Connec tors, Heade rs & 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. BIOS Setu p .. ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ...... 2-1 2.1 Mai n Menu .... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... ......... ....... ....... ....... ....... ...... ....... ...... 2-3 2.2 St andard CMOS Featu res ....... ....... ....... ....... ......... ....... ...... ....... .......[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-1 Introduc tion System Over v ie w Cong ratulati ons on t he purchas e of y our ne w syste m! This m othe rboard is desig ned t o take adva ntage of t h e late st indust ry tec hnolog y to pr ovide you wit h the ul ti mate solut io n in da ta proc e ssing . In the tr adit io n o f it s pre dec e ss o r s, this m [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-2 1. Moth er board Description 1.1 Features 1.1. 1 Ha rdw a re CPU − Sing l e AMD S ocket-A for Athlon TM (Thun derbird TM )/ Athlon TM XP/ Dur on TM processors. − Running at 200/266 MHz Fro nt Side Bus (FS B) . Ch ipse t − Chi pset – VIA VT 83 61/ VT 82 C68 6B. − Chipse t – LAN Chip Rea l te k RTL 81[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-3 BUS Slots − Thre e 32-bit PCI bus m aste r slots. − One ISA slot . − One AMR sl ot. Flash Memory − Support s fla s h m e m o ry . − Support s ESC D Functi o n. ID E Bui l t- i n O n Boa rd − Support s four ID E hard disk drives . − Support s PI O Mode 4, Mast er Mode , hig h pe rfo r m ance ha rd [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-4 LAN Built-in On Board − 10 m b/ s and 100 m b/s ope ration. − Compliant to P C99 stan dard. − Sup ports Wake-On- LAN func tion and remote wake-up. − Contain s two lar ge (2KB) in dependen t receive and tran smit FIFO’s. − Support s Full Dupl ex Fl o w Contr o l. − Integrated Fast E thernet MAC , P[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-5 − Multip le buf fering and p age flippi ng Universa l Serial Bus − Supp orts two bac k Universa l Serial Bus (US B) Ports and tw o front Universal serial Bu s (USB ) Ports (Opti onal). − Support s 48 MHz USB. Hardwa re M onitor Function − CPU Fa n and Syste m Fa n Speed Monitor. − Syst e m and CPU Tem[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-6 1.1. 2 S oft w are BIOS − AWAR D legal BIOS. − Support s APM1. 2. − Sup ports US B Fun ction. − Support s ACPI . Operating Sys tem − Offers th e hi ghest p erformanc e for M S-DOS, Window s NT, Wi nd ows 2000, Wi ndows 95/98, Windows ME, Windows XP, SCO U NIX e tc. 1.1. 3 Accesso ri es − HDD Ca ble.[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-7 1.2 Motherboard Installatio n 1.2. 1 S ystem Bl ock Dia gra m ADDR/DAT A CNTL CNTL ADDR /DA T A DA T A CONN. US B US B VT8361 KLE 133 FLOPPY VT82C686B CPU CNTL ADDR MEMOR Y SOCKET 462 PG. 13 ISA BUS MOUSE FLASH PG. 7 HOST BUS CONT ROL CONN. PC I SER. KEYB OARD PC I US B I A S BIOS CLOCK ADD PCI BUS ID E HOST BU[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-8 1.2.2 Lay out of Mo therboard Model No . M7VKQ K/B & Mouse JKBMS1 JLAN USB & LAN JCOM1 COM1 Parall el Por t JPRNT 1 JVGA1 SPKR -OUT LINE-IN MIC-IN GAME Port VGA1 IDE1 IDE2 FDD 1 PRIMAR Y IDE CONN. SECONDAR Y IDE CONN. FLOPPY DISK CONN. AUD_GAME1 SOCKET A VT836 1 VT82C686 BIOS JP A NEL 1 JUSB2 ISA SL O T[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-9 1.2 . 3 Qu i ck R ef e r en ce A C D G H J M N O P K L Q R S B I T E F U A. Back Panel I/ O Connectors L. North Bridge Fan Header (JNFAN1)* B. AMR BUS S lot (AMR1) M. Floppy Disk Connec tor (FDD1) C. AMR Code Selection ( JA M RS1) N. IDE Connectors (IDE1-2) D. Telephony He ader (JTAD 1) O. Frequency Selection ([...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-10 1.3 CPU Installatio n 1.3.1 CPU Installation Procedure: Socket A 1. Pull the l ever sid eways away fr om t he sock et then rais e the l ever u p to a 90-deg re e a ng le. 2. Locate Pin A i n th e s ock et and l ook for t he w hit e d ot or cu t edge i n t he C PU. Match P in A with th e white dot/cut edge then[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-11 1.3.2 CPU Frequency Selection: JCLK1 *100MHz 133MHz JCKL1 1-2 2-3 NOTES: The “ * ” mark indicate primitive value. JCLK1 JSFAN1 1 1 JCF AN1 1 JNF AN1 1 SOCK ET A VT836 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 VT82 C686 BIOS[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-12 1.3.3 CPU Fan Co nnector: JCFA N1 Pin N o. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.3.4 Sy stem Fan Conn ector: JSFA N1 (Opti onal) Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.3. 5 No r th Br id ge C hi pset Fan Head er: JNFAN1 (O ptiona l) Pin No. Assignment 1 Ground 2 +12V[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-13 1.4 RA M Module Installation 1.4. 1 DI M M DRAM A ccess Time : 3.3V Unbu ff ered SDRAM PC66/ PC100 and PC133 Type requi red. DRAM T ype: 32MB/ 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512M B DIMM Mo dule (168pin) . Tota l Bank 0 Bank 1 Memory Size (MB) DIMM1 DIMM2 64 M 64M x 1 pc ---- 128 M 128M x 1 pc ---- 256 M 256M x 1 pc ---- [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-14 1.4. 2 Ho w to in stal l a D IM M M od ul e 1. The DIMM s ocket h as a “ Pl astic Safety T ab”, an d th e DIMM me mory mo dule has an “Asym m etrica l notch”, so th e D IMM memor y modul e ca n only fit in to the slot in on e d irection. 2. Pus h the ta bs out. Inser t the DIMM memo ry module s into th[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-15 1.5 Slots The slot s in this motherbo ar d ar e desi gned to hol d ex pa nsion card s an d connect th em to the syste m bus. Expansio n sl ot s are a me an of adding or enhanc ing the mother board's featur es and capabi lities. With these effici ent facili ti es, you can in crease t he moth erboard's[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-16 1.5. 1 AMR (Audi o M od em Ri ser ) Sl ot The AMR sp ecification is an op en Indu stry Stan dard Archit ecture th at d efines a hard ware scalabl e riser card interface, wh ich on ly sup ports audio and modem . 1.5. 2 P CI (Pe ri pher al Co mpon ent In ter conn ect ) Sl ot s This mo th e rboard is equippe d wi[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-17 1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumper s The c onnect ors, h eaders an d jump ers in troduced below p rov ide you lots of capab ilitie s such as pow er supply, f ront panel s i g nal r e velatio n , I DE hard di sk conne ction, flo ppy disk connec tion, Wake On LAN func tion a nd USB co nnectio n . Notice ably, [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-18 1.6 .1 Front Pane l Conne ctor: J PA NEL1 Pin A s signment Function Pin A ss ignment Function No. No. 1 +5V 2 Sl eep Control Sleep 3 NA Speaker 4 Ground Bu tton 5 NA Conn ector 6 NA NA 7 Speaker 8 P owe r LE D (+ ) 9 HDD LED (+) Hard Dr i ve 10 Po wer LED (+) PO W ER 11 HDD LED (- ) LED 12 Power LE D (-) LED 1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-19 RST (Reset Button) This conn ect or can b e attach ed to a m o ment ar y SPS T swi tch . This swit ch is usuall y ope n, and when it is c losed, it w ill cause the mo therboa r d to rese t and run t he POST (Power On Self Test). POW-LED (Power LED Connector) This connect or can be atta ched t o an LE D on th e[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-20 1.6.2 A TX 20-pin Pow er Connector: JA T XP WR1 This c onnector support s the powe r button on-bo ard. Using the ATX power supply func tio ns , such as Mode m Ring Wake -U p and Soft Powe r Off are suppor te d on this mothe rboard. This powe r conne ctor support s instant po w er-on functio nality, whic h mean[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-21 1.6.4 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The m otherboa rd prov id e s a standard f loppy disk co nn e ctor (FDC) that suppo rts 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M and 2.88M f loppy dis k types . This conne ctor supports the pro vide d floppy driv e r ibbon c abl e s . 1.6. 5 Wake On LAN He ader : JWOL1 Pin No. Assignment 1 5V[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-22 1.6. 8 AMR Co dec P ri mary/Se cond ary Se lecti on : JA M RS1 PIN A ssignment On Secondary Off Primary 1.6. 9 K eyboard Vol tag e Se lect io n: JKB V1 ( Opt ion al) Pin No. Assignment 1-2 +5V (de f ault) 2-3 +5V Standby Voltage[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-23 1.7 Peripheral Por t Connectors 1.7.1 PS/2 Mo use / Key board Connector: JKBMS1 The mo therboar d pr ovides a s tandard PS/2 m ouse / Key board mini DI N connecto r for attach ing a PS /2 mous e. You can plu g a PS/2 m ouse / K eyboard di rectly into this c onnecto r. The conne ctor lo catio n and pin de finit[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-24 PS/2 Mouse / Key board Connect ors Pi n Assi gnm ent 1 Data 2 No connection 3 Ground 4 +5 V (f use d ) 5 Cloc k 6 No connection 1.7.2 USB & LAN Port Connectors: JLA N 1.7.2.1 USB Conn ectors The moth erboard provid es a OHC I (Open Host Co ntroller Interfa ce) Universa l Seria l Bus Roo ts f or att achin g[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-25 1.7.2.2 LAN Port Con nector This co nnector al lows you to conne ct to th e Inte rnet throug h a Local Are a Netwo r k (LAN ). Yo u can set up the connec tion by e nt ering an acco unt informa tion prov id ed by yo ur ISP. LA N Por t Connector Pi n Assi gnm en t 9 VCC 10 TD+ 11 TD- 12 RD+ 13 RD- 14 NC[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-26 1.7.3 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports and Video Graphi c s Po r t This system is equipped on e serial port, on e parallel port and a VGA port . These type s of inte rfac e por ts will be e xpla ine d in this chapt e r . 1.7.3.1 The Serial Interface port: COM1 The se rial inte rface por t is som etimes re f[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-27 Con nectivity The seri al port can b e used in many wa ys, and it ma y be n ecessary t o beco me famil iar wit h the pinout diag ram. The follow in g c hart g i ves you the functio n of each pi n on the 9-pin co nnect o r and some o f the 25-pin c onnec tor. This inform ation can be use d when config uring ce [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-28 1.7.3.2 Video Graphics Adapter Po rt: JVGA1 This m other board has built in video f a c ilitie s. Your monito r will at tach dire ctly to JVGA1 c o nnecto r on the mothe rboard. Pin No . A ssignment Pin No. A ssignment 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 Ground 6 G round 7 Ground 8 G round 9 +5V 10 Ground 11 NC 12 DDC[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-29 1.7. 3. 3 P arallel Interface Port: JPRNT1 Unli ke the s erial port , par allel in terfac e port has b een st andard ized, and it sh ould not p resent any diffi cult y int erfacing perip herals of your syst em. So metimes call ed centr onics po rt, the para llel port is alm ost exclus ively used wit h printer [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-30 1.7.4 Game and A ud io Port Conn ector: A UD_GA M E1 This connector is composed of a Game port connector and an Audio por t connector. Ga me P ort Connecto r: Game port conne ctor allo w s yo u to conne ct a joystick or a gam e pad for pla ying compu ter games . Also, you may play or edit profe ssional mu sic [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-31 1.7. 5 Audi o S ubsystem JCDIN1 JAUDIO1 1 1 2 10 JT AD1 1 SOCK ET A DIM M 1 DIMM2 VT8361 VT82C686 BIOS[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description 1-32 1.7.5.1 CD-ROM Audio-In Co nnector: JCDIN1 Pin No. A ssignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Cha nnel Input 1.7.5.2 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1 Pin No. A ssignment Pin No. A ssignment 1 Mi c In 2 Ground 3 Mic Power 4 Audio Power 5 AU D FPOUT R 6 AUD RET R 7 Reserved 8 Key 9 AU D FPOUT[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-1 2. BIOS Se tup Introdu ction This ma nual discusse d Award™ Setup prog ram built into the ROM BIO S. Th e Setup pr ogram al l ow s use rs to modify the basic system configura tion. This sp e cial infor mation i s then store d in battery -backe d RAM s o that it reta ins 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 BIO S also s upport s Versio n 2.2 of the I nt el PCI (Periphe ral Com pone nt I nt e rc o nne ct) lo c al bus spe cifi ca tio n. DRAM Support SDRAM (S ynchron ous DRAM) are supp orted. Supported CPUs This AWARD BI OS supports the AMD Athlo n TM / Duron TM CPU. Usi ng Se tu p In gen eral, you use[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once yo u enter A war d BIO S™ CMOS Se tup Utility, the Ma in Menu wi ll appe ar on the sc r ee n. The Main Menu a llows yo u t o selec t from se veral setup func tions. U s e the arr ow keys to sele ct among the ite ms and press < Enter> to acce pt and ente r the sub-m enu.  Figure 1. Main Menu Sta[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-4 Advanced Chipset F eatures This submenu a llows you t o configure sp ecial chi pset features. Integrated Peripherals This subm enu al lows you to co nfigure certain IDE hard drive optio ns and Prog ram m e d Input/ Output f ea t ur es . Power Manage ment Setup This subm e nu allows yo u to co nfi g ure the po we r m a nag e[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-5 Set User Passw ord If the Supe rviso r Pass w or d is not set, the n the Use r Pas sword will func tion in the same wa y as the Supervi sor Passwor d. If the Supe rvisor Pass w ord is set and the User Password i s s e t, the “U ser” will only b e able t o view con figurati ons but wi ll not be able to change them. Save [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-6 2.2 Standard CM OS Features The i tems in St andard CM OS Set up M enu ar e divi ded in to 1 0 cat egori es. E ach category inclu des n o, on e or more t han on e s etup it ems. Us e th e arrow keys to 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 em [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-7 Mai n M enu Selecti o ns This table sh ows the selections that you can make on the Mai n Menu. Item Options Description Date MM DD YY YY Set the system date. Note that the ‘ Day’ auto matically changes when you se t the date. Tim e HH MM SS Set the sy stem int ernal clock. IDE Primary Master Option s ar e in its sub men[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-8 Item Opti on s Description Halt On All Errors No Erro rs All , but Key board All , but Di skette All , but Disk/ Key Select the situa t ion in w hich you want the BIOS t o stop the POST pr ocess and notify you. Base Memory N /A Display s the amount of convention al memory detected dur ing boot up. Ext ended Memory N /A Disp[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-9 2.3 A dvanced BIO S Features  Figure 3. Ad vanced BIOS S etup Virus Warning This opti on allo ws you to c hoose the VIRUS Wa rning feat ure that is used to pro tect the ID E Ha rd Disk bo o t sect or. If this func tion is ena bl ed and an atte m pt is made to write to the boot sector, B IOS w ill disp lay a warni ng mess[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-10 CPU Internal Cache Depend ing on th e CPU/ch ips et in use, you may b e abl e to i ncr ease m emory access tim e w ith thi s opt io n. The Cho ices: Ena bled (default ) Enab le cache. Disabl ed Disab le cach e. External Cache This opt ion you to enable or di sable “Leve l 2” s eco ndary cache on the CPU which may impro[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-11 Boot Up Flopp y See k Enab ling this option will test the fl oppy d rives to deter mine if they have 40 or 80 tracks. Disab ling this op tion reduces the time it takes to boot-up . The Cho ices: Enabled (de f au lt), Disabl e d. Boot Up Num Lock Status Selects the NumLock. State after power on. The Cho ices: On (d efa ul t[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-12 Security Option This option will enabl e on ly in divid uals w ith p asswords to brin g the syst em on line and/or to use the C MOS Setup Utility. The Cho ices: Syst em A passwo rd is requi r e d for the sys t em to boot a nd is also requi r e d to access the Se tup Utilit y. Setup (defa ult) A passwo rd is require d to ac[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-13 C8000 - CFFFF Shad ow / D0000 - DFFFF Sh adow Det ermi n es wh eth er t he o pt io na l RO M w il l b e cop ied to R AM for fa ster exec u tio n. The Cho ices: Enab led Optiona l ROM is shadow ed. Disa bled (defau lt) Opti onal ROM is n ot shadowed. Note : For C8000 - D FFFF option - R OM on PCI BIOS, BIOS will automa tica[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-14 2.4 A dvanced Chipset F e atures This submenu allows you to configur e th e specific f eatures of th e chip set instal led on your s ystem. Th is chi pset m anages b us speeds and acc ess to the syst em m emory resourc es, s uch as DRAM and exter nal ca che. It al so co ordin ates co mmun ication s with the PCI bus . The d[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-15 SDRA M Cycle Len gth Whe n synchrono us DRAM is instal led, the num ber of cloc k cycles of CA S latency depe nds on the DRAM tim in g. D o no t r ese t this f ield from the def ault value sp eci fi ed by th e sy st em d esi gner . The Ch oices: 3 (defau lt) , 2. Bank Interleave This ite m allo ws y o u to e na ble or disa[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-16 AGP Driv ing Co ntro l By choos ing “ Auto” th e system BIOS wi ll th e AGP out put Buf fer Drive st rength P Ctrl by AGP Ca rd. By choosing “Man ual”, it allo ws user to se t A GP output Buff er Drive strength P Ctrl by manual . The Ch oic es: Auto (d efault), Manu al. AGP Driving Value While AGP driving contr ol [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-17 2.5 Integrated Peripherals  Fig ure 5. Integrated P eripherals Onboard PCI LAN This item allows you to En abled/ Dis abled On board P CI LAN fu nction . The Ch oi ces: E n able d (default ), Disab led. OnCh i p IDE Ch annel 0/1 The motherboard ch ipset contai ns a PCI IDE interface with supp ort for two IDE chan nels. S[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-18 IDE Prefetch M ode The “ onboard” IDE dri ve interf aces su ppor ts IDE pr efetchi ng for fa ster driv e acces s, if the i nter face does n ot su pport prefetch ing. If you i nstall a prim ary and/or secondary ad d-in IDE in terface, se t this option to “ Disabled”. The Ch oi ces: E nable d (defau lt), Dis abled. P[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-19 Onboard FDD Control ler Select En abled, if your system has a flopp y disk controller ( FDC) install ed on the syst em bo ard, and if you wish to us e it. I f insta ll and FDC o r the s ystem has no flopp y drive, select Disab led in th is field . The Cho ices: En abled (default ), Disabl ed. Onboard Serial Port Select an [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-20 Onboard Paral lel M ode Select an op eratin g mode f or the on board parall el (pri nter) po rt. Nor mal EPP (Exte nded Para llel Port) ECP (Ext ended Ca pabilities Po rt) ECP+EPP PC AT paral lel por t Bidirec tional Po rt Fast, buffered port Fas t, buffere d, Bidirec tional P ort. Sele ct Normal unl ess you are certain y [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-21 SB DMA Sel ect Chan ge the Soun dBlaster P ro di rect mem ory access setting. The Cho ices: DMA0, DMA1 (default), DMA2, DMA3. MPU-401 Enable o r Dis a ble MPU -401 func ti on. The Cho ices: Disa bled (defaul t), Enabl ed. MPU-401 I/O Address Chang e the SoundBlast er Pro MPU-401 I/O a ddress. The Cho ices: 300-303H, 310-31[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-22 2.6 Pow er Management Setup The Po wer Manag eme nt S etup Me nu allows yo u to confi gure your system t o utilize ene rgy conse r vation a nd powe r up/power down fe ature s.  Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Setup ACPI f unction This item disp lays the status of the Adv anced Configurat ion and Power Manag e me nt (ACPI ).[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-23 Power Manageme nt Option This categor y allow s you to selec t th e type ( or d egr ee) of power s avin g and i s directly related to th e following modes: 1. HD D Power Down. 2. Do ze Mode . 3. Suspe nd Mode. Pow er Managem ent There are four o ptions of Powe r Manage ment, t hree of which ha ve fixed m o de se tting s . [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-24 Doze Mode/ Suspend Mode The it em allow s you to sel ect t he su spend t ype un der ACP I op eratin g system. The Cho ices: Di sabled (default ), 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min. Suspend Mode When enabled and wh en after the s et time of system i nactivit y, al l devic es except the CPU w [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-25 buf fer. Blank Screen This option only writes bl anks to t he video b uffer. DPMS Suppo rt Initial d isplay p owe r m an age ment signalin g. Mod em U se I RQ This de te r m i ne s the I RQ, which can be appl ie d in M ODEM us e . The Cho ices: 3 (def aul t), 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA. Soft -Off by PW RBT N Pressing th e powe[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-26 PCI Master Whe n set to On, any eve nt occurring at PCI will a waken a syste m whic h has be en pow e re d down. The Cho ices: OFF (default), ON. PowerO n by PCI Ca rd When you s el ect Enabl ed, a PM E signal fr om PC I card r eturns t he system to Full ON state. The Cho ices: Disa bl ed (default), E nabl ed. Wake Up On L[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-27 awa ken a s ystem , whi c h has be e n powe red do wn. The Cho ices: ON (de fault), OFF. IRQs Acti vi ty M oni t ori ng Press Ente r to acce s s ano t he r s ub me nu used to config ure the diffe rent wake up eve nts (i.e. wake on L PT & COMM activity). IRQ3 (COM 2) Enabl ed IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabl ed IRQ 5 (LPT2) Enabled I[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-28 2.7 PnP/PCI Configuration s This s ection de scribes configur ing the P C I bus syste m. PCI, o r Perso nal Com puter Intercon nect , is a syst em, which all ows I/O d evic es to op erat e at sp eeds n earin g th e speed of th e CP U its elf us es wh en co mmunicati ng wi th i ts own sp ecial componen ts. This se ct ion co[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-29 Reset Co nfigurati on Data The sy stem BIO S support s the PnP fe ature , which requi res the sys tem to rec ord which re sources a re assig n ed and pr otects re source s from conflic t. Every peri pheral dev ice has a node, which is c alled ESCD. This node reco rds which reso urces are as signed to it. T he system nee ds[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-30 IRQ Reso urces This su bmenu wil l allow you to assign each system in te r rupt a t ype, dep e n ding on the type of dev ice using the inte rrupt. When yo u pre ss the “Press Ente r” tag, you will be directe d to a subme nu that wi ll allow you to config ure the sys t em inte rrupts. This is onl y configurab le when ?[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-31 Assign IRQ For USB Lets the user cho os e which IR Q to a ss i g n for t he USB . The Ch oic es : Enable d (def au lt ), Di sa bl ed . PCI Master Pipeline Req This item al lows you to enable/di sable the PCI master pipeline request feature. The Cho ices: En abled (d efault) , Disabled. P2C/C2P Concurrency This item allows [...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-32 PCI ＃ ＃ ＃ ＃ 2 Access ＃ ＃ ＃ ＃ 1 Retry Wh en ena bl ed, PC I ＃ 2 w ill b e discon nected if max retri es ar e a ttempted withou t success. Whe n di sabled, PCI ＃ 2 will not be disconnected u ntil access fini shes. The Cho ices: Enabled (de f au lt), Disabl e d. AGP Master 1 WS Write When E nabled, wri tes[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-33 2.8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Healt h Status Current CPU Tem p This field displays th e current temperature of CPU. Show H /W M onitor i n POST If you r compu ter con tains a m onitori ng syst em, it will sh ow P C he alth st atus d urin g POST stage. The item offers several d elay time for you to choose. The Ch oi[...]

Chapter 2 BIOS Setup 2-34 2.9 Frequency Control  Frequency Control Auto De t ect DIMM / PCI Clk This ite m all o ws y o u to e na ble /disa bl e a uto de tec t DI M M/PC I Cl o c k . The Ch oices: E nabled (default ), Disabled. CPU Host / PCI / Spread Spec. This item allows you to select CPU Host Cloc k (CPU / PCI). If unfo r tuna te ly, the sy [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-1 3. Trouble S hooting PROBL EM No powe r to the system at all. Powe r light does no t illumi nat e , fan inside powe r supply do e s not turn o n. I ndi c ato r lig ht on k e y bo a rd do e s no t tur n o n. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Power ca ble is unplugged . Visual ly i nspect power cable. Make sure pow er [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-2 PROBL EM Syste m do es not boot fr om ha rd disk dri ve, can be boote d from CD-ROM dr ive. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Connector bet ween hard drive and sy stem board unplugged . W hen attem pt ing to run the FDISK uti lity you get a message, I NVALID DRIVE SPE CIFICATION. Check cable run ning from disk t o di[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-3 PROBL EM Error message re ading “SECT OR NOT FOU ND” or othe r e rror mes sages will not allow certai n dat a to b e retrieve d. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION A num ber of causes could be behi nd t his. Use a file by f il e backup instead of an image backup to ba ckup the hard disk. Back up any sal vageable d[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-4 PROBL EM No sc reen . PROBAB LE CAUSE DI AGNO SIS SOLUTIO N Memory problem. Reboot com puter. Re insta ll me mor y, mak e sure that al l memor y modules are install ed in correct sockets. Com puter virus. Use anti-vi rus programs to detect and clean viruse s. PROBL EM Screen goes blan k periodi cally. PROBABLE CAUSE [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-5 PROBL EM No color on screen. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Fault y Monitor . If possible, connect monit or to anoth er syst em. If no col or replace monit or. CMOS in correc tly set up. Call technical support. PROBL EM C: driv e fai lure. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Hard drive cabl e not connected pr operly[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooti ng 3-6 PROBL EM Miss ing o pe rating sy s te m on har d driv e . PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION CMOS setu p has been changed. Run setup and select correct dr i ve type. PROBL EM Cer tain ke ys do no t functio n. PROBABLE CAUSE DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION Key s jammed or defective. Replace keyboard. PROBL EM Key board is locke d, [...]

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