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Sommario del manuale d’uso
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915GM-MIGF System Board User’ s Manual 91300607[...]
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Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No par t of it may be reproduced in any f or m or by an y means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior writ- ten permission from the copyr ight holders. This publication is pro vided for inf or mational pur poses onl y . The manufacturer makes n[...]
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FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device , pur suant to P ar t 15 of the FCC r ules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment gener ates, [...]
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T able of Contents About this Manual................................................................................ W arranty ................................................................................................. Static Electricity Precaution................................................................ Safety Measures................[...]
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About this Manual This user’ s manual contains detailed information about the system board. If, in some cases, some information doesn’t match those shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should al- ways be regarded as the most updated v er sion. The m ultilingual manual is included in the system board package. W arranty 1 . W[...]
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Introduction 1 6 Static Electricity Precautions It is quite easy to inadver tentl y damage your PC , system board, components or devices even before installing them in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of ph ysical damage . Y ou must take extra care in handling them to ensure agai[...]
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1 Introduction 7 About the Package The system board package contains the following items. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance. ; The system board ; A user’ s manual ; One IDE cable ; One floppy cable ; One Ser ial A T A data cable ; One Ser ial A T A power cable ; One “[...]
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Introduction 1 8 Chapter 1 - Introduction Specifications Processor Chipset System Memory Expansion Slots BIOS Power Management Hardware Monitor Graphics Intel ® P entium ® M Dothan processor - 533MHz/400MHz system data bus Intel ® Celeron ® M processor - 400MHz system data bus Processor socket: mPGA479M Intel ® chipset - Nor th bridge: Intel ?[...]
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1 Introduction 9 Audio LAN IDE Serial A T A IEEE 1394 Rear Panel I/O Internal I/O PCB Realtek ALC850 T r ue stereo line lev el outputs S/PDIF-in/out interface 8-channel audio output RTL8110SB Gigabit ethernet controller Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE- TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards Suppor ts up to Ultr aDMA 100Mbp[...]
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Introduction 1 10 Features PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infr astr ucture that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The system board cur rently suppor ts the physical lay er of x1 and x16 lane widths. The x1 PCI Express lane suppor ts tr ansf er r ate of 2.5 Gigab ytes (250MBbps) per sec- ond. The PCI Express archi[...]
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1 Introduction 11 The onboard Realtek ALC850 which is an A C’97 com- patible audio codec and the 6 audio jacks at the rear I/O panel provides 8-channel audio output for advanced 7.1-channel super surround sound audio system. ALC850 also suppor ts S/PDIF input and output, allo w- ing digital connections with D VD systems or other audio/video mul- [...]
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Introduction 1 12 The system board is equipped with an IrD A connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and per ipheral devices. The IRD A (Infr ared Data Association) specif ication suppor ts data tr ansfer s of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter . The system board suppor ts USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 por ts. USB 1.1 suppor ts 12Mb/second [...]
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1 Introduction 13 This function allows you to use a USB key- board or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend T o RAM) state . Important: If you are using the W ake-On-USB K eyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥ 1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source of you[...]
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14 2 Hardware Installation System Board La yout Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation[...]
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15 2 Hardware Installation System Memor y W arning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, proces- sor , disk dr ives , add-in boards , and other components . P erform the upgr ade instr uction procedures described at an ESD wor kstation only . If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protec- tion by wearing[...]
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16 2 Hardware Installation BIOS Setting Configure the system memor y in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS. Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. 1 . Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the si[...]
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17 2 Hardware Installation CPU Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount mPGA479M (Socket 479) CPU socket. This socket is exclusiv ely designed for in- stalling an Intel ® P entium ® M / Celeron ® M processor . Installing the CPU 1 . Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down. 2 . Dis[...]
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18 2 Hardware Installation 5 . P osition the CPU abov e the socket. The gold tr iangular mar k on the CPU must align with pin 1 of the CPU socket. Important: Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins. 6. Inser t the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place . The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inser ted w[...]
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19 2 Hardware Installation Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink. Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board. Note: • Use only the fan and heat sink assembly included in the system board package. • The fan an[...]
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20 2 Hardware Installation 2. Place the heat sink on top of the CPU . The 4 screws around the heat sink must match the screw holes of the retention module base. Refer to the figure below for the correct position of the heat sink. This is impor tant so that the fan / heat sink will pro- vide adequate cooling to the components of the system board. T [...]
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21 2 Hardware Installation Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following, a ) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) Y ou forgot the super visor or user password. c ) Y ou are unable to boot-up the computer system because the processor’s clock/ratio was incorrectly set in the BIOS. you can reconfigure the system with the default values [...]
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22 2 Hardware Installation 4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS. 5. Select the Genie BIOS Setting submenu and press <Enter>. 6. Set the processor’s clock/ratio to its default setting or an appro- priate bus clock/ratio. Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting section in chapter 3 for more information[...]
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23 2 Hardware Installation JP1 is used to select the pow er of the PS/2 keyboard/mouse por t. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system. BIOS Setting Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Inte- gr ated P er ipherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to cha[...]
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24 2 Hardware Installation JP2 and JP5 are used to select the pow er of the USB por ts. Select- ing 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up the system. BIOS Setting “USB KB W ake-Up From S3” in the P ower Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled. Refer to chapter 3 for more information. Important: [...]
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25 2 Hardware Installation X JP7 3 1 4 5 26 3 1 4 5 26 3 1 4 5 26 4-6 On: Dothan-A step FSB400 3-5, 4-6 On: Dothan-A step FSB533 1-3, 2-4 On: Dothan-B step Pentium M Processor FSB Select JP7 is used to select the front side bus of a P entium ® M processor . Important: Overclocking may result to the CPU’s or system’s instability and are not gua[...]
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26 2 Hardware Installation D VI-D/PCIE Select The system board allows connecting a device that suppor ts DVI-D (such as digital LCD monitor) to either the D VI-D por t at the rear panel or the D VI-D por t(s) on your PCI Express x16 card. Y ou cannot use devices connected to both the D VI-D por t and PCI Express x16 card at the same time . J23 is u[...]
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27 2 Hardware Installation P ow er -on Select JP8 is used to select the method of powering on the system. If you want the system to pow e r -on whenever A C power comes in, set JP8 pins 1 and 2 to On. If you want to use the power button, set pins 2 and 3 to On. Important: If you want the system to automatically power -on when power retur ns after a[...]
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28 2 Hardware Installation Rear Panel I/O Ports The rear panel I/O por ts consist of the f ollowing: • PS/2 mouse por t • PS/2 keyboard por t • Optical S/PDIF por t • V GA por t • D VI-D por t • 1394_1 por t • LAN por t • USB por ts • Center/subwoofer jack • Rear right/left jack • Side right/left jack • Line-in jack • Line[...]
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29 2 Hardware Installation PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 K eyboar d Por ts The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Pur ple) por ts - both at location CN1 of the system board. The PS/2 mouse por t uses IRQ12. If a mouse is not connected to this por t, the system will reser ve IRQ12 f or other expansion cards. W arnin[...]
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30 2 Hardware Installation • BIOS Setting: Configure the PS/2 wak e up function in the Integr ated P er ipherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information. Important: The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥ 720mA.[...]
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31 2 Hardware Installation S/PDIF W W The system board is equipped with an onboard optical S/PDIF-out por t at location CN9. It is also equipped with a connector at loca- tion SPDIF1 for coaxial RC A S/PDIF-in/out por t connection. S/PDIF por ts are used to connect audio output devices. Y our coaxial RC A S/PDIF por ts may come mounted on a card-ed[...]
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32 2 Hardware Installation W V GA P or t The V GA por t is used for connecting a V GA monitor . Connect the monitor’ s 15-pin D-shell cable connector to the V GA por t (Blue) at location CN2. After you plug the monitor’ s cable connector into the V GA por t, gentl y tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place. Dual Displa y Aside fr[...]
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33 2 Hardware Installation D VI-D The D VI-D (Digital Visual Interface) por t is used to connect a digital LCD monitor or LCD T V . Connect the display device’ s cable connector to the D VI-D por t at location CN3. After y ou plug the cable connector into the D VI-D por t, gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place. Dual Displ[...]
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34 2 Hardware Installation The system board is equipped with an onboard IEEE 1394 por t at location CN6 (IEEE 1394_1) of the system board. It is also equipped with an IEEE 1394 connector at location J5 (IEEE 1394_2) for connecting an additional 1394 device. The 1394 por t may come mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an [...]
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35 2 Hardware Installation W LAN The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 LAN por t at location CN5. This por t allows the system board to connect to a local area networ k b y means of a networ k hub . BIOS Setting Enab le or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated P e ripher als submenu (“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer [...]
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36 2 Hardware Installation Universal Serial Bus Connectors The system board suppor ts 8 USB 2.0/1.1 por ts. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultane- ously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. The 4 onboard USB 2.0/1.1 por ts (Black) are at locations CN5 (USB 3-4) and CN6 (USB 1-2). J13 (USB 5-6) and J1[...]
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37 2 Hardware Installation Driver Installation Y ou may need to install the proper dr iv e r s in y our oper ating system to use the USB device . Ref er to your oper ating system’ s manual or documentation for more information. Refer to chapter 4 for more information about installing the USB 2.0 dr iver . W ake-On-USB K eyboar d/Mouse The W ake-O[...]
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38 2 Hardware Installation Audio W Front audio W Rear audio Front R/L Line-in Mic-in Rear R/L Center/ Subwoofer Side R/L Rear Panel Audio (CN8) Center/Subwoofer Jack (Orange) This jack is used to connect to the center and subwoofer speak- er s of the audio system. Rear Right/Left Jack (Black) This jack is used to connect to the rear right and rear [...]
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39 2 Hardware Installation BIOS Setting Configure the onoard audio in the Integrated P er ipherals submenu (“Onboard Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information. Driver Installation Install the audio dr iv er s. Refer to chapter 4 for more inf or mation. The front audio is disabled. The rear audio is enabled. The front[...]
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40 2 Hardware Installation I/O Connectors CD-in Internal Audio Connector The CD-in connector at location J3 is use d to receive audio from a CD-R OM dr ive , TV tuner or MPEG card. W 1 4 Left audio channel Right audio channel Ground Ground[...]
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41 2 Hardware Installation Parallel Connector X The 25-pin connector at location CN10 is for connecting an external par allel por t . The par allel por t connects y our PC to a par allel pr inter . It suppor ts SPP , ECP and EPP . Setting SPP (Standard Parallel P or t) ECP (Extended Capabilities P o r t) EPP (Enhanced P ar allel P or t) Function Al[...]
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42 2 Hardware Installation BIOS Setting Configure the parallel por t in the Integrated P er ipher als submen u (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.[...]
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43 2 Hardware Installation Serial (COM) Connector X The system board is equipped with a 9-pin connector for connecting an exter nal ser ial por t. The ser ial por t cable is an optional item and must be purchased separ ately . Inser t the connector that is attached to the serial por t cable to the 9-pin connector (J8) then install the ser ial por t[...]
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44 2 Hardware Installation Flopp y Disk Driv e Connector The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector for connecting standard flopp y disk drives. T o prevent im- proper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the flopp y cable can be placed into the head[...]
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45 2 Hardware Installation Serial A T A Connectors The system board is equipped with two Serial A T A connector s for connecting Serial A T A devices. Connect one end of the Ser ial A T A cable to SA T A 1 or SA T A 2 and the other end to your Ser ial A T A device. BIOS Setting Configure the onboard Serial A T A in the Integr ated P e ripher als su[...]
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46 2 Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connectors The system board is equipped with a shrouded PCI IDE header that will interface two Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk dr ives. T o prevent improper IDE cab le installation, the shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into [...]
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47 2 Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slav e . Follow the instr uctions pro vided by the dr iv e manufacturer for setting the jumper s and/or switches on the dr iv es. The system board suppor ts Enhanced IDE or A T A-2, A T A/33, A T A/66 and A T A/100[...]
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48 2 Hardware Installation IrD A Connector Connect y our IrD A cable to connector J10 on the system board. Note: The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board. Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector accord- ing to their pin functions. BIOS Setting Configure the o[...]
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49 2 Hardware Installation Cooling Fan Connectors Connect the CPU fan’ s cable connector to the CPU fan connector (J15) on the system board. The 2nd fan (J21) and chassis fan (J22) connector s are used to connect additional cooling fans. The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and syste[...]
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50 2 Hardware Installation The system board suppor ts the chassis intr usion detection function. Connect the chassis intr usion sensor cable from the chassis to the chassis open connector . Whenever a chassis component has been remov ed, the sensor sends signal to the connector aler ting you of a chassis intr usion event. Hardware Doctor Install th[...]
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51 2 Hardware Installation Power Connector Use a po wer supply that complies with the A TX12V P ow er Supply Design Guide V er sion 1.1. An A TX12V pow er supply has a standard 20-pin A TX main power connector that m ust be inser ted onto the J19 connector . The system board requires a minimum of 150 W att po wer supply to oper ate . Y our system c[...]
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52 2 Hardware Installation DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system’ s pow er is on or when it is in the Suspend state (P ow er On Suspend or Suspend to RAM). It will not light when the system is in the Soft-Off state. PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power -on, Soft-Off or Suspend (P owe[...]
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53 2 Hardware Installation Front Panel Connectors HDD-LED - HDD LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed. RESET SW - Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system. PWR-BTN - Power Switch This switch is used to power on or off the system. PWR-LED - Power/Standby LED When the system’ s pow[...]
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54 2 Hardware Installation The system board is equipped with one PCI Express x16 and one PCI Express x1 slots. PCI Express x16 Install PCI Express x16 graphics card, that comply to the PCI Ex- press specifications, into the PCI Express x16 slot. T o install a gr aph- ics card into the x16 slot, align the graphics card above the slot then press it d[...]
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55 2 Hardware Installation Batter y The lithium ion batter y po wer s the real-time clock and CMOS memor y . It is an auxiliar y source of power when the main po wer is shut off. Safety Measures • Danger of explosion if batter y incor rectly replaced. • Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the man ufacturer . • Dispose o[...]
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56 3 BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and pe- ripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various ad- vanced f eatures found in this system board. This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the A ward BIOS. Af[...]
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57 3 BIOS Setup The settings on the screen are for ref erence only . Y our ver sion may not be identi- cal to this one. Date The date format is <day>, <month>, <date>, <year>. Day displays a day , from Sunday to Saturda y . Month displays the month, from Januar y to December . Date displays the date , from 1 to 31. Y ear dis[...]
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58 3 BIOS Setup The settings on the screen are f or reference only . Y our v er sion may not be identi- cal to this one. IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameter s of the dr iv e . The par ameter s will automati- cally be shown on the screen. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave The drive type information should be included[...]
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59 3 BIOS Setup Cylinder This f ield displays the n umber of cylinder s . Head This field displays the number of read/write heads. Precomp This field displa ys the number of cylinder s at which to change the write timing. Landing Zone This field displa ys the number of cylinder s specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads. Sector This f[...]
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60 3 BIOS Setup Video This field selects the type of video adapter used f or the primar y system monitor . Although secondar y monitor s are suppor ted, y ou do not hav e to select the type . The default setting is EGA/V GA. EGA/VGA Enhanced Gr aphics Adapter/Video Gr aphics Ar r ay . For EGA, V GA, SV GA and PGA monitor adapter s. CGA 40 Color Gr [...]
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61 3 BIOS Setup Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memor y detected dur ing boot-up . T otal Memor y Displays the total memor y a vailable in the system.[...]
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62 3 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows y ou to configure y our system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while other s, if enabled, will improv e the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference. The screen abo ve list all the f ields[...]
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63 3 BIOS Setup CPU Feature Mov e the cur sor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear . The settings on the screen are f or reference only . Y our ver sion may not be identi- cal to this one. Dela y Prior T o Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50% duty cycle when it exceeds it[...]
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64 3 BIOS Setup TM2 Bus VID This field is used to select the voltage of the throttled performance state that will be initiated when the on-die sensor turns from cool to hot. Execute Disable Bit When this field is set to Disabled, it will force the XD feature flag to always return to 0. Hard Disk Boot Priority This field is used to select the boot s[...]
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65 3 BIOS Setup CPU L1 & L2 Cache These fields speed up the memor y access. The default value is ena- bled. Enable the external cache for better performance. CPU L3 Cache This field is used to enab le or disable the CPU’ s L3 cache . Quick P o wer On Self T est This field speeds up P ow er On Self T est (POST) whenever the sys- tem is pow ere[...]
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66 3 BIOS Setup Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numer ic k eypad is the number keys. When set to Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys. Gate A20 Option This entr y allows y ou to select ho w ga[...]
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67 3 BIOS Setup Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password - ever ytime the system boots or only when y ou enter the BIOS setup . Set the passw ord in the Set Super visor/User Passw ord submenu. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the pr[...]
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68 3 BIOS Setup Full Screen Logo Show This f ield is applicable only if y ou want a par ticular logo to appear during system boot-up. Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot- up. Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot-up. Small Logo(EP A) Show Enabled The EP A logo will appear dur ing system boot-up . Disabled T[...]
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69 3 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific f eatures of the chipset. The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memor y resources. These items should not be alter ed unless necessar y . The default settings hav e been chosen because they provide the best operatin[...]
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70 3 BIOS Setup select the best option in the “C AS Latency Time” to “System Memor y Frequency” fields. C AS Latency Time This field is used to select the latency between the DRAM read command and the time that the data was received. DRAM RAS# to C AS# Dela y This field is used to select the latency between the DRAM active command and the r[...]
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71 3 BIOS Setup System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM ad- dressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The lar ger the r ange of the Cache RAM, the higher the efficiency of the system. Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS, enabling the Video BIOS cach[...]
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72 3 BIOS Setup PCI Express Port 1 This f ield is used to enable or disab le the PCI Express por t function. PCI-E Compliancy Mode This field is used to select the mode for the PCI Express add-in card. PEG/Onchip V GA Contr ol This field is used to select the graphics controller that will ser ve as the pr imar y boot device . The options are Auto, [...]
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73 3 BIOS Setup D VMT Mode This field shows the current D VMT mode . D VMT/Fix ed Memor y Size This field is used to select the graphics memor y size used by D VMT/ Fixed mode. Boot Displa y This field is used to select the type of display to use when the system boots. Auto The system will automatically detect the display that is available when the[...]
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74 3 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals The settings on the screen are f or reference only . Y our ver sion may not be identi- cal to this one. OnChip IDE Device Mov e the cur sor to this f ield and press <Enter>. The follo wing screen will appear . The settings on the screen are for ref erence only . Y our ver sion may not be identi- cal to t[...]
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75 3 BIOS Setup IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode. The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maxi- mum b lock siz e the system can tr ansf e r . The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive. Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode. IDE DMA T ransfer Access This field, when Enabled, will enhance[...]
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76 3 BIOS Setup IDE Primary/Secondary Master UDMA and IDE Primary/Second- ary Slave UDMA These fields allo w you to set the Ultra DMA in use . When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM. Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you. Disabled The BIOS will not detect[...]
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77 3 BIOS Setup Onboard Device Mov e the cur sor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear . The settings on the screen are for reference onl y . Y our ver sion ma y not be identi- cal to this one. USB Controller Enabled Enables the onboard USB. Disabled Disables the onboard USB. USB 2.0 Controller If you are using a U[...]
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78 3 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN.[...]
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79 3 BIOS Setup Super IO Device Mov e the cur sor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear . The settings on the screen are f or reference onl y . Y our ver sion may not be identi- cal to this one. Power On Function This field allo ws you to use the k eyboard or PS/2 mouse to pow e r - on the system. Button only Defau[...]
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80 3 BIOS Setup KB Power On Password Mov e the cur sor to this field and press <Enter>. Enter your pass- w ord. Y ou can enter up to 5 char acter s. T ype in exactly the same password to confirm, then press <Enter>. The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this f ield. Y ou must type the correct passwo[...]
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81 3 BIOS Setup RxD , TxD Active The options are Hi, Lo; Lo, Hi; Lo, Lo; and Hi, Hi. IR T ransmission Dela y If this field is Enab led, tr ansmission of data will be slower . This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device. The options are: Enabled and Disabled. U AR T2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted be[...]
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82 3 BIOS Setup ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select a DMA channel of the par allel por t. PWR ON After PWR-Fail Off When pow er retur ns after an A C po wer failure , the system’ s pow er is off. Y ou must press the P o wer but- ton to pow er -on the system. On When pow er retur ns after an A C po wer failure , the system will automatically p[...]
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83 3 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The P ow er Management Setup allows y ou to configure y our system to most effectiv ely sa ve ener gy . A CPI Function This function should be enabled only in operating systems that sup- por t A CPI. Cur rently , only Windows ® ® ® ® ® 2000/ME/XP suppor ts this function. If you want to use the Suspend to [...]
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84 3 BIOS Setup Power Management This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode and HDD P o wer Down fields are activated. Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode (1 hour) and HDD P o wer Down (15 min.) Max Saving Maximum power saving ti[...]
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85 3 BIOS Setup Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the P ow er Management field is set to User Define. When the system enter s the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected, the CPU and onboard peripherals will be shut off. HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the P ow er Management field is set to User Define. When the[...]
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86 3 BIOS Setup Power On By Ring Set this field to Enab led to use the modem r ing-on function. This will allow y our system to power -on to respond to calls coming from an external modem. USB KB W ak e-Up Fr om S3 This field, when enabled, allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend T o RAM) state . This c[...]
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87 3 BIOS Setup Init Displa y First This field is used to select whether to initialize the onboard VGA, PCI Express or PCI first when the system boots. Onboard When the system boots, it will first initialize the onboard VGA. PCIEx When the system boots, it will first initialize the PCI Express x16 graphics card. PCI Slot When the system boots, it w[...]
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88 3 BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By The A ward Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. Auto The system will automatically detect the settings for you. Manual Choose the specif ic IRQ in the “IRQ Resources” f ield respectively . IRQ Resources Mo ve the cur sor to [...]
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89 3 BIOS Setup PC Health Status Shutdown T emperature Y ou can prevent the system from o verheating by selecting a tem- perature in this field. If the system detected that its temperature exceeded the one set in this field, it will automatically shutdown. Curr ent System T emperature to 5VSB(V) These fields will show the output voltage, temperatur[...]
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90 3 BIOS Setup Genie BIOS Setting PPM Function The options are Enabled and Disabled. CPU FSB Ratio Setting This f ield is used to select the frequency r atio of the processor . Important: The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manuf acturer . If you are using this kind of processor , setting an extended ratio for the pr[...]
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91 3 BIOS Setup CPU Clock Setting This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor . The a vailable options allow y ou to adjust the processor’ s b us clock by 1MHz increment. Important: Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor’s or system’s inst[...]
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92 3 BIOS Setup CPU V oltage Setting This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU. DRAM V oltage Setting This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM. Chips V oltage Setting This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the chipset. Important: Alt[...]
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93 3 BIOS Setup Chassis Fan PWM Control This f ield is used to adjust the chassis fan’ s speed. The higher the value, the faster the chassis fan’ s speed. Curr ent Chassis F AN Speed This field will show the current speed of the chassis fan in RPM (Revo- lutions P er Minute). Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled, the system will automatically send [...]
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94 3 BIOS Setup Hot K eys Reloading the Default CPU Clock Setting If the ov erclocked settings resulted to the system’ s instability or w or se y et, not being able to boot up the system, follow the steps below to restore the clock’ s settings back to their default value . 1 . P ow er -off the system. 2 . Press the Inser t key fir st then while[...]
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95 3 BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults The “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting default values per manently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not optimal and turn off all high perfor mance features. Y ou should use these values only if you have hardware problems. Highlight this option in the main menu and press [...]
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96 3 BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults The “Load Optimized Defaults” option loads optimized se ttings from the BIOS ROM. Use the default values as standard values for your system. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>. T ype <Y> and press <Enter> to load the Setup default values.[...]
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97 3 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entr y , set a super visor’ s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only , but not y our system, set a super visor’ s passw ord with the “Setup” option selected[...]
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98 3 BIOS Setup Set User Password If you want another user to ha ve access only to your system but not to setup, set a user’ s password with the “System” option se- lected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want a user to enter a password when tr ying to access setup, set a user’ s password with the “Setup” option selected in the Adv[...]
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99 3 BIOS Setup Sa v e & Exit Setup When all the changes ha ve been made, highlight “Sa ve & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. T ype “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications y ou hav e made will be wr itten into the CMOS memor y , and the system will reboot. Y ou will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If[...]
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100 3 BIOS Setup Exit Without Sa ving When you do not want to save the changes you have made, highlight “Exit Without Saving” and press <Enter>. T ype “Y” and press <Enter>. The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make an y changes to the setup, press <Ctr l>[...]
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101 3 BIOS Setup Updating the BIOS T o update the BIOS, you will need the new BIOS f ile and a flash utility , A WDFLASH.EXE. Y ou can do wnload them from DFI’ s web site or contact technical suppor t or your sales representativ e . 1 . Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility A WDFLASH.EXE to a floppy disk. 2 . Reboot the system and e[...]
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102 3 BIOS Setup 6 . The following will appear . Do Y ou W ant to Sa ve BIOS (Y/N) This question refer s to the current existing BIOS in your system. W e recommend that you sa ve the current BIOS and its flash utility; just in case y ou need to reinstall the BIOS. T o sav e the current BIOS, press <Y> then enter the file name of the current B[...]
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103 4 Supported Software Drivers, Utilities and Softwar e Applications The CD that came with the system board contains dr iver s, utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board. Inser t the CD into a CD-ROM drive . The autor un screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear . If after inser ting the CD , &quo[...]
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104 4 Supported Software Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is used for updating Windows ® INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and conf igured proper ly in the system. On the left side of the autor un screen, click the “CHIPSET” icon. 1 . Click “Intel Chipset Software[...]
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105 4 Supported Software 3 . Read the license agreement then click Y es. 5. Setup is currently installing the files for the utility . 6. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. 7 . Reboot the system for the utility to take effect. 4. Go through the readme document to view system requirements and installation information then clic[...]
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106 4 Supported Software Intel Graphics Drivers On the left side of the autor un screen, click the “GRAPHICS” icon. 2 . Read the license agreement then click Y es. 1 . Click “Intel Gr aphics Media Acceler ator Dr iver” on the main menu . When the screen on the right appear s, click Next to install the dr iv er . 3 . Click “Y es, I want to[...]
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107 4 Supported Software Realtek Audio Driv ers On the left side of the autor un screen, click the “AUDIO” icon. 1 . Click “Realtek Audio Driver” on the main menu. The installation wizard will extract the files needed to install A C97 audio. 2. A C97 audio is configur ing the new software installation. 3 . Click “Y es, I want to restar t [...]
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108 4 Supported Software Realtek LAN Drivers On the left side of the autor un screen, click the “NETW ORK” icon. 1 . Click “Realtek LAN Driver” on the main menu. LanSetup is now preparing the installation wizard. 2 . Y ou are now ready to install the driver . Click Next. 3. LanSetup is installing the new dr iver .[...]
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109 4 Supported Software 4. Click Finish. Reboot the system for the driver to take effect.[...]
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110 4 Supported Software Hardware Doctor The system board comes with the Hardware Doctor utility . This utility is capable of monitor ing the system’ s temper ature , fan speed, v oltage , etc . and allows you to manually set a range (Highest and Lowest Limit) to the items being monitored. If the settings/values are over or under the set r ange, [...]
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111 4 Supported Software 4 . Click Next to add the program icon to the Progr am Folder . 5 . Click Finish to exit the wizard. 3. Click Next to install to the designated location or click Browse to select another folder .[...]
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112 4 Supported Software 6 . Click “Y es, I want to restar t my computer now” then click Finish. Restar ting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect. W arning Message: When a chassis intrusion is detected or the settings/values of the monitored items are over or under the set range, a warning message will pop-up . On [...]
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113 4 Supported Software Microsoft DirectX 9.0C On the left side of the autor un screen, click the “T OOLS” icon. 1. Click “Microsoft DirectX 9.0C” on the main menu. Click “I accept the agreement” then click Next. 2 . Y ou are no w ready to install DirectX. Click Next.[...]
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114 4 Supported Software 3. Click Finish. Reboot the system for DirectX to take effect.[...]
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115 4 Supported Software Intel USB 2.0 Drivers The Intel chipset does not suppor t USB 2.0 dr iver s f or Windows ® 98 SE and Windows ® ME. Windows ® XP If your Windows ® XP CD already includes Ser vice P ack 1, the USB 2.0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system. If the CD does not include Ser vice Pack 1, it is[...]
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A 116 System Error Message When the BIOS encounter s an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 T O CONTINUE, CTRL-AL T -ESC or DEL T O ENTER SETUP , will be shown in the information box at the bottom. Enter Setup t[...]
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A System Error Message 117 setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) Unable to reset floppy subsystem. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Floppy type mismatch. Hard Disk(s) fail (80) HDD reset failed. Hard Disk(s[...]
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B 118 T r oubleshooting T r oubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that y ou ma y encounter with your per sonal computer . T o eff iciently troubleshoot y our system, treat each problem individuall y . This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes. Some[...]
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B T r oubleshooting 119 The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its v er tical sync . Adjust the monitor’s v er tical sync. 2. Mov e aw ay any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that ma y be creating a magnetic field around the displa y . 3. Make sure y our video card’ s output frequencies are suppor ted by this[...]
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B 120 T r oubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS. 2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (f i r st) hard drive is configured as Master and the sec- ond hard dr ive is conf igured as Slav e . The master hard dr iv e must[...]
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B T r oubleshooting 121 3. V e rify that the attached ser ial device wor ks b y attaching it to a ser ial por t that is wo r king and configured cor rectl y . If the ser ial device does not wo r k, either the cable or the serial device has a prob lem. If the ser ial device w or ks, the problem ma y be due to the onboard I/O or the address setting. [...]