MSi MS-6534 manuale d’uso

MSI MICRO-STAR INTERNATI ONAL MS-6534 Micro ATX Mainboard Version 1.0 G52-MA00417 i[...]

Manual Rev: 1.0 Release Date: August 2001 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to com ply with the lim its for a class B digital device, pursu an t to part 15 of th e FCC ru les. These limits are designed to provide reasonable prot ection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in[...]

Edition August 2001 Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of MICRO- STAR INTERNATIONAL . We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice. [...]

Safety Instructions 1. Always read the safety instructions carefully. 2. Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. 3. Keep this equipment away from humidity. 4. Lay this equipment on a reliable flat surface before setting it up. 5. The openings on the enclosure are for air convection hence protect s the equipment from overheating. DO NOT COVE[...]

v Contents Chapter 1. Introduction ............................................................... 1 - 1 Mainboard Specification ............................................................ 1 - 2 Mainboard Layout ..................................................................... 1 - 4 Quick Components Guide ......................................[...]

vi Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 ............................. 2-19 Wake On LAN Connector: JWOL1 .................................... 2-19 Wake On Ring Connector: JMDM1 (Optional) ................... 2-20 IrDA Infrared Module Connectors: IR1 & IR2 ...................... 2-21 Fan Power Connectors: C_F AN1/S_F AN1 ......................... [...]

vii Set Supervisor/User Password ................................................ 3-30 Save & Exit Setup ................................................................... 3-32 Exit Without Saving ................................................................. 3-33 Chapter 4. AMI® BIOS Setup .................................................[...]

Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing the MS-6534 Micro-A TX motherboard. The mainboard, based on Intel ® Brookdale (82845) & 82801BA chipsets, is a high-performance computer mainboard designed for Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor in the 478 pin package that provides a high-end and professional desktop platform solut[...]

Chapter 1 1-2 CPU z Supports Socket478 for Intel ® Pentium 4 (FC-PGA2) processor z Supports 1.3GHz, 1.4GHz and up to 2.xGHz Chipset z Intel ® Brookdale chipset - AGP 4x/2x universal slot - Supports 100MHz FSB - Supports 400MHz Intel NetBurst micro-architecture bus z Intel ® ICH2 chipset (360 BGA) - AC’97 Controller Integrated - 2 full IDE chan[...]

Introduction 1-3 - 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. - 2 serial ports (COMA / COMB) - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode - 4 USB ports (Rear * 2 / Front * 2) - PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse connector - 1 Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In/Game port H/W Audio (Optional) z C-media CMI8738-6CH-LX z Supports 6 channel Audio z [...]

Chapter 1 1-4 Mainboard Layout MS-6534 Micro-A TX Mainboard AGP Slot BA TT + ICH2 Intel Brookdale Chipset A T X P o w e r S u p p l y FWH PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 I D E 2 I/O Chip H / W A u d i o ( O p t i o n a l ) I D E 1 D I M M 2 D I M M 1 CNR Top : Para lle l Port Bottom: COM A COM B Top : m o u s e Bottom: key boar d USB port s Top : [...]

Introduction 1-5 Quick Components Guide Component Function Reference DIMM1~2 Installing DIMM mod ules See p. 2-5~2 -6 Socket 478 Installing CPU See p. 2-2~2 -4 C_FAN1 Connecting to CPU FAN See p. 2-22 S_FAN1 Connecting to SYSTEM FAN See p. 2-22 ATX Power Supply Installing power sup ply See p. 2-7 JPW1 Connecting to 12V ATX p ower supply See p. 2-8 [...]

Chapter 1 1-6 z Micro-A TX Form Factor z CPU: Socket 478 for Intel ® Pentium ® 4 Processors z Memory: 2 SDRAM DIMMs z Slot: 1 AGP slot, 1 CNR slot, 3 PCI slots z I/O: 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 4 USB 1.1 ports, 1 floppy port, 2 IrDA connectors, 1 Audio/Game port z PC2001 Compliant z LAN W ake up Function z Modem (External/Internal) Ring W a[...]

Hardware Setup 2-1 Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures. While doing the installation, be careful in holding the compo- nents and follow the installation procedures. For some components, if you install in the wrong orientation, the components will not work properly. Use a grounded wrist strap[...]

Chapter 2 2-2 Central Processing Unit: CPU The mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor. The mainboard uses a CPU socket called Socket 478 for easy CPU installation. Make sure that the CPU has a Heat Sink and a cooling fan attached to prevent overheating. If you do not find the Heat Sink and cooling fan, contact your dealer or purchase th[...]

Hardware Setup 2-3 Installing the CPU Fan As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal management becomes increasingly important. T o dissipate heat, you need to attach the CPU cooling fan and heatsink on top of the CPU. Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink/Fan: 2. Position the heatsink onto the r[...]

Chapter 2 2-4 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure If CPU Clock = 100MHz Core/Bus ratio = 1 4 then CPU core speed = Host Clock x Core/Bus ratio = 100MHz x 14 = 1.4GHz Overclocking This motherboard is designed to support overclocking. However, please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, while doing overclocking. Any a[...]

Hardware Setup 2-5 The mainboard provides 2 sockets for 168-pin SDRAM DIMM (Double In-Line Memory Module) modules and supports a maximum memory size of 2GB. Memory DIMM Slots (DIMM 1~2) Introduction to SDRAM Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) is a type of dynamic RAM memory chip that has been widely used starting in the latter part of the 1990s. SDRAMs are b[...]

Chapter 2 2-6 Y ou can install memory modules in any combination as follows: DIMM Modules Combination DIMM 1 DIMM 2 S/D -- -- S/ D S D D S S S D D S (Single Side): 32MB ~ 512MB D (Double Side): 64MB ~ 1GB 1. The DIMM slot has 2 Notch Keys “VOL T and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module[...]

Hardware Setup 2-7 Power Supply A TX 20-Pin Power Connector This connector allows you to connect to an A TX power supply . T o connect to the A TX power supply , make sure the plug of the power supply is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned. Then push down the power supply firmly into the connector. AT X Power Connector The m[...]

Chapter 2 2-8 A TX 12V Power Connector: JPW1 Attaching the A TX power supply to the connector is helpful for offer- ing sufficient voltage to Pentium 4 CPU. 1 2 3 4 JPW1 PI N SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V[...]

Hardware Setup 2-9 The Back Panel provides the following connectors: Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® mouse. Y ou can plug a PS/2 ® mouse directly into this connector. Back Panel PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) 2 1 3 4 5 6 PI N SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 Mouse DA T A Mouse DA T A 2 N C [...]

Chapter 2 2-10 Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® keyboard mini DIN connec- tor for attaching a PS/2 ® keyboard. Y ou can plug a PS/2 ® keyboard directly into this connector. USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI (Universal Host Controller Interface) Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyb[...]

Hardware Setup 2-11 Parallel Port Connector The mainboard provides a 25-pin female centronic connector for LPT. A parallel port is a standard printer port that supports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode. 13 1 14 25 PI N SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DA T A0 Data0 3 DA T A1 Data1 4 DA T A2 Data2 5[...]

Chapter 2 2-12 Serial Port Connectors: COM A & COM B The mainboard has two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial port COM A and COM B. Y ou can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 D C D Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 D T R Data T erminal[...]

Hardware Setup 2-13 FDD1 1 2 33 34 The mainboard provides connectors to connect FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and CPU/System F AN. Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB floppy disk types. Connectors[...]

Chapter 2 2-14 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The mainboard uses an IDE controller on the Intel ® ICH2 chipset that provides PIO mode 0-4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 66/100 modes. It has two HDD connectors IDE1 (Primary) and IDE2 (Secondary). Y ou can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM or 120MB Floppy to IDE1 and IDE2. IDE1 (Primary[...]

Hardware Setup 2-15 Case Connectors: F_P1 & F_P2 The case connector block F_P1 allows you to connect to the Power Switch, Reset Switch, Speaker, Power LED, Keylock and HDD LED on the case. The other case connector block F_P2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide and can connect to the the Power Switch, Reset Switch, Po[...]

Chapter 2 2-16 Power Switch Connect to a 2-pin push button switch. Reset Switch Reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON/ OFF . A void rebooting while the HDD is working. Y ou can connect the Reset switch from the system case to this pin. Power LED (F_P1) The Power LED is lit while the system power is on. There are[...]

Hardware Setup 2-17 Power LED (F_P2) The Power LED is lit while the system power is on. There are two types of LEDs you can connect from the system case to the pin: 2-pin single color power LED: The power LED is not able to change its color. Therefore, you can only choose Blinking in the BIOS utility for the power LED to indicate the suspend/sleep [...]

Chapter 2 2-18 HDD LED HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive connected to the IDE1 or IDE2 connector . A void turning the power off while the HDD is working. Y ou can connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin. Speaker (F_P1 only) Speaker from the system case is connected to this pin. If on-board Buzzer is available, then: Short[...]

Hardware Setup 2-19 W ake On LAN Connector: JWOL1 This connector allows you to connect to a LAN card with W ake On LAN function. Y ou can wake up the computer via remote control through a local area network. JWOL1 5VSB GND MP_WAKEUP 1 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector. Pressing the switch once will h[...]

Chapter 2 2-20 W ake On Ring Connector: JMDM1 (Optional) This connector allows you to connect to a modem card with W ake On Ring function. The connector will power up the system when a signal is received through the modem card. JMDM1 NC MDM_WAKEUP NC 5VSB 1 GND Note: Modem wake-up signal is active “low”.[...]

Hardware Setup 2-21 IrDA Infrared Module Connectors: IR1 & IR2 These connectors allow you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules. Y ou must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function. The difference between IR1 & IR2 is that IR2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. 1 VCC 2N C 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 [...]

Chapter 2 2-22 Fan Power Connectors: C_F AN1/S_F AN1 The C_F AN1 (processor fan) and S_F AN1 (system fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. It supports three-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the black wire is Ground and should [...]

Hardware Setup 2-23 CD-In/Aux Line-In/Modem-In Connector: CD_IN1/AUX_IN1/ MDM_IN1 CD_IN1 connector is for CD-ROM audio connector. AUX_IN1 connector is for DVD add-on card with Line-in connector. MDM_IN1 connector is for modem with internal audio connector. CD_IN1 AUX_IN1 GND L R MDM_IN1 Phone_In GND Mono_Out GND L R Note: Mono_Out is connected to t[...]

Chapter 2 2-24 USB Front Panel Connectors: USB1 & USB2 The mainboard provides two Front USB (Universal Serial Bus) pin head- ers that allow you to connect optional USB ports for front panel. Different from USB1, USB2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. Pin Description P in Description 1 VCC 2 GND 3 USB2- 4 G ND 5 US[...]

Hardware Setup 2-25 Front Panel Audio Connector: JAUDIO1 Y ou can connect an optional audio connector to the Front Panel Audio Header. Pin number 1to 10 of the audio pin header is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. 1 20 JAUDIO1 2 19 10 9 Pin Signal Description 1 AUD_MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal 2 AUD_GND Gro un[...]

Chapter 2 2-26 JBA T1 Clear CMOS Jumper: JBA T1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration. W ith the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system configuration, use the JBA T1 (Clear CMOS Jumper ) to clear data. Fo[...]

Hardware Setup 2-27 PCI Slots Slots AGP Slot CNR Slot The motherboard provides three 32-bit Master PCI Bus Slots, one AGP and one CNR slot. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP 1.5V graphics card. AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics. It introduces a 66MHz, 32[...]

Chapter 2 2-28 O rder 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 AGP INT A# INT B# PCI S lot 1 INT A# INT B# INT C# INT D# PCI S lot 2 INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A # PCI S lot 3 INT C# INT D# INT A# INT B # USB -1 IN T D# USB -2 IN T H# AC97 INT B# AGP & PCI Slot 1 shared. PCI Slot 2 & AC97 shared. PCI Slot 1~3: Bus Master PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IR[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-1 Chapter 3. A W ARD ® BIOS Setup 3 A W ARD ® BIOS Setup If your motherboard comes with the A W ARD ® BIOS ROM, read this chapter for an overview of the A ward ® BIOS settings. A W ARD ® BIOS ROM provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration. The information is stored in a battery-backed CMOS[...]

Chapter 3 3-2 Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self T est) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Hit DEL if you want to run SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-3 After entering the Setup utility, the first screen you see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies. Y ou can use the up/down arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description for the selected setup category is displayed on the bottom of the screen. Sub-Menu If[...]

Chapter 3 3-4 Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations, such as time, date etc. Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to setup the items of A ward ® special enhanced features. Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system’ s performance. Integrated Periph[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-5 PnP/PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. PC Health Status This entry displays the current status of your PC. Frequency/V oltage Contr ol Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal[...]

Chapter 3 3-6 The items inside Standard CMOS Features menu are divided into 13 categories. Each category includes none, one or more setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to modify and use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to switch to the value you prefer. Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-7 IDE Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/Secondary Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. Access Mode The settings are Auto, CHS, LBA and Large. Capacity The formatted size of th[...]

Chapter 3 3-8 Halt On The item determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected at boot. A vailable options are: All Errors The system stops when any error is detected. No Errors The system doesn’t stop for any detected error. All, But Keyboard The system doesn’t stop for a keyboard error. All, But Diskette The system doesn’t s[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-9 Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection The item is to set the V irus W arning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: Disabled and Enabled . CPU L1 & L2 Cache [...]

Chapter 3 3-10 Quick Boot The option speeds up Power On Self T est (POST) after you power on the computer. When setting the item to Enabled , BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST. Settings: Enabled and Disabled . 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk op[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-11 Gate A20 Option This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers to the first 64KB of extended memory. When Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is controlled by Port92 or chipset specific method resulting in faster system performance. When Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset hardware. T y[...]

Chapter 3 3-12 MPS V ersion Contr ol For OS This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) version to be used for the operating system. Y ou need to select the MPS version supported by your operating system. T o find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your operating system. Settings: 1.4 and 1.1 . Boot OS/2 f[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-13 Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset. Configure SDRAM Timing Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM on the DRAM module. Setting to By SPD enables CAS# Latency, RAS# Precharge, RAS# to CAS# Delay and RAS# Precharge automatically to be determined b[...]

Chapter 3 3-14 RAS# to CAS# Delay This field allows you to set the number of cycles for a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from or refreshed. Fast speed offers faster performance while slow speed offers more stable performance. Settings: 3 and 2 (clocks). RAS# Precharge This item controls the n[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-15 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Enabled] IDE Primary Master PI O [Auto] IDE Primary Slave P I O [Auto] IDE Secondary Master P I O [Auto] IDE Secondary Slave PI O [Auto] IDE Primary Master UD[...]

Chapter 3 3-16 On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Choose Enabled to activate each channel separately. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four items allow you to set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for each of the four IDE devices that the o[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-17 not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem. Settings: Auto and Disabled . Onboard/CNR LAN selection Use the item to enable or disable the onboard or external CNR LAN device. Settings: Auto , Onboard and Ext. CNR . IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk [...]

Chapter 3 3-18 abled and Disabled. IR Duplex Mode The field specifies a duplex value for the IR device connected to COM B. Full Duplex mode permits silmutaneous two-direction transmission. Half Duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. Settings: Half and Full . IR Pin Select Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-19 Power Management Setup IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE/2000/ME, select Enabled . Settings: Enabled and Disabled . ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for A[...]

Chapter 3 3-20 S1/POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hard- ware maintains all system context. S3/STR The S3 sleep mode is a power-down state in which power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wake-capable devices and all system context is saved to ma[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-21 enters the suspend/sleep mode, but if the button is pressed for more than four seconds, the computer is turned off. W ake Up On PME/Ring/LAN, USB W akeup From S3 These fields specify whether the system will be awakened from power saving modes when activity or input signal of the specified hardware peripheral or component is[...]

Chapter 3 3-22 Hot Key Power ON If POWER ON Function is set to Hot KEY , you can assign a hot key combina- tion in the field for the PS/2 keyboard to power on the system. Settings: Ctrl- F1 through Ctrl-F12 . Power Again This item specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs. A vailable settings are: Power Off[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-23 PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed When set to YES , BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operat- ing system like W indows ® 98. When set to NO , BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. So, select Ye s if the operating system is[...]

Chapter 3 3-24 98. If you want to configure the system by yourself, select Manaul . IRQ Resources This item is adjustable only when Resources Controlled By is set to Manual . Press <Enter> and you will enter the sub-menu of this item. The item lists IRQ resources and allows you to set each IRQ a type depending on the type of device using the [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-25 Current System T emp., Current CPU T emperature, POWER/SYSTEM/CPU fan, Vcore, VTT , 3.3 V/+ 5V/+12V/-12V/- 5V , VBA T(V), 5VSB(V) These items display the current status of all monitored hardware devices/ components such as CPU voltages, temperatures and all fans’ speeds. CPU Critical T emperature This item is used to spec[...]

Chapter 3 3-26 Frequency/V oltage Control CPU Ratio Selection End users can overclock the processor by specifying the CPU ratio (clock multiplier) in this field. Settings: x 8(Safe) to x 23 . Auto Detect PCI Clock This item is used to auto detect the PCI slots. When set to Enabled , the system will remove (turn off) clocks from empty PCI slots to m[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-27 frequency. It provides end users an overclocking method. Settings: 100/ 33Mhz and higher frequency combination.[...]

Chapter 3 3-28 The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail-Safe or Optimized values. The Optimized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail-Safe Defaults are the default values set by the BIOS vendor [...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-29 When you select Load Optimized Defaults, a message as below appears: Pressing Y loads the default factory settings for optimal system performance. 8 Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility[...]

Chapter 3 3-30 Set Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: T ype the password, up to eight characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory . Y ou will be prompted to confirm the password. Re-type the password[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-31 use of your computer. The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the Security Option in the Advanced BIOS Features menu. If the Security Option is set to System , the password is required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to Setup , password prompt only occurs when trying to enter Setup. About[...]

Chapter 3 3-32 Save & Exit Setup When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to save the changes and quit. A message as below will appear on the screen: T yping Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to R TC CMOS. T yping N will return to the Setup Utility . 8 Frequency/Voltage Control Lo[...]

AWARD ® BIOS Setup 3-33 Exit Without Saving When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandon the changes. A message as below will appear on the screen: T yping Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to R TC CMOS. T yping N will return to the Setup Utility . 8 Frequency/Voltage Control Load [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-1 Chapter 4. AMI ® BIOS Setup 4 AMI ® BIOS Setup If your motherboard comes with the AMI ® BIOS ROM, read this chap- ter for an overview of the AMI ® BIOS settings. AMI ® BIOS ROM provides a Setup utility for users to modify the basic system configuration. The informa- tion is stored in a battery-backed CMOS RAM so it retain[...]

Chapter 4 4-2 Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self T est) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. DEL:Setup F11:Boot Menu F12:Network boot TAB:Logo If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by t[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-3 Control Keys < ↑ > Move to the previ ous item < ↓ > Move to the next i tem < ← > Mo ve to the i tem in the left h and < → > Mo ve to the i tem i n the right hand <Enter> Select t he item <Esc> Jumps to th e Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu <+/PU> Increase th[...]

Chapter 4 4-4 Getting Help After entering the Setup utility, the first screen you see is the Main Menu. Main Menu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies. Y ou can use the arrow keys ( ↑↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description for the selected setup category is displayed on the bottom of the screen. General Help <[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-5 The Main Menu Once you enter AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Setup Use this menu for basic system configurations, [...]

Chapter 4 4-6 PNP/PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Hardware Monitor Setup This entry shows your PC’ s current status, and allows you to adjust CPU clock etc. The hardware monitoring data appears only if your motherboard c[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-7 Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want (usually the current date). The format is <day><month> <date> <year>. day Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Read-only. month The month from Jan. through Dec. date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function k[...]

Chapter 4 4-8 Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specification of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection. TYPE T ype of the device. SIZE Capacity of the device. C Y L S Number of cylinders. HEAD Number of heads. PRECOMP W rite p[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-9 BIOS Features Setup Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds by skiping some check items. Settings: Enabled and Disabled . 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where AMIBIOS attempts to load the operating system. Possible settings are: IDE-0 Th[...]

Chapter 4 4-10 CDROM The system will boot from the CD-ROM. SCSI The system will boot from the SCSI. NETWORK The system will boot from the Network drive. BBS-0 The system will boot from the first BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-1 The system will boot from the second BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant device. BBS-2 The system[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-11 Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. Settings: On and Off . Swap Floppy Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A: and B:. Seek Floppy Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy drive A: before booting the system. Settings: Disabled and Enabled . Password Check This specifies [...]

Chapter 4 4-12 Chipset Features Setup Configure DRAM Timing by Selects whether DRAM timing is controlled by the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM on the DRAM module. Setting to SPD enables CAS# Latency, RAS# Precharge, RAS# to CAS# Delay and Precharge Delay automatically to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD. Selecting M[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-13 allowed to precharge. If insufficient time is allowed for the RAS to accumu- late its charge before DRAM refresh, refresh may be incomplete and DRAM may fail to retain data. This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. A vailable settings: 3 Clocks and 2 Clocks . RAS# to CAS# Delay This field allow[...]

Chapter 4 4-14 Power Management Setup IPCA Function This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, such as W indows 98SE/2000/ME, select Ye s . Settings: Ye s and No . ACPI Standby State This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. Options [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-15 USB W akeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 sleep state. S3 is the STR (Suspend to RAM) mode. A vailable settings: Enabled and Disabled . Mouse W akeup Fr om S3 The item controls which button on the PS/2 mouse can wake up the system from S3 mode. Settings: Disabled , Left-[...]

Chapter 4 4-16 FDC/LPT/COM Ports, Primary Master IDE, Primary Slave IDE, Secondary Master IDE, Secondary Slave IDE These items specify if the BIOS will monitor the activity of the listed hard- ware peripheral or component. If set to Monitor , any activity detected on the specified hardware peripheral or component will wake up the system or prevent [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-17 Note : If you change these settings, you must reboot the system until it enters the operating system and then power off the system. By doing so, the changed settings will come into effect next time you power on the system. Power Again This item specifies whether you system will reboot after a power failure or interrupt occurs[...]

Chapter 4 4-18 PNP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system and PnP (Plug & Play) feature. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its special components. This section covers some very technical [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-19 registers of both VGA devices to be identical. The setting must be set to Enabled if any non-standard VGA adapter card, such as MPEG card, installed in the system requires VGA palette snooping. DMA Channel 0/1/3/5/6/7 These items specify the bus that the system DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel is used. The settings determin[...]

Chapter 4 4-20 USB Controller This is used to enable or disable the USB ports. Settings: Disabled , USB Port 0&1 , USB Port 2&3 and All USB Port . USB Legacy Support Set to All Device if you need to use any USB device in the operating system that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. Set to No Mice if [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-21 AC’97 Audio This item is used to enable or disable the onboard AC’97 (Audio Codec’97) feature. Selecting Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If an audio device is detected, the onboard AC’97 controller will be enabled; if not, the controller is disabled. Disable the function if you wan[...]

Chapter 4 4-22 Full-Duplex mode permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half- Duplex mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. Settings: Half Duplex and Full Duplex . IR Pin Select Set to IRRX/IRTX when using an internal IR module connected to the IR (IR1 or IR2) connector. Set to SINB/SOUTB. when connecting an IR adapter [...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-23 9 , 10 and 11 . OnBoard Game Port The item specifies I/O port address for the onboard Joystick/Game port. Settings: Disabled , 200 and 208 .[...]

Chapter 4 4-24 CPU Ratio Selection The item is used to adjust the CPU clock multiplier (ratio). The item enables you to overclock the processor. CPU FSB Clock (Mhz) This item is used to set clock frequencies (in MHz) for CPU FSB (Front Side Bus). The field provides you an overclocking method. Settings include 100 (MHz) and above . Spread Spectrum T[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-25 Chassis Intrusion (Optional) The field enables or disables the feature of recording the chassis intrusion status and issuing a warning message if the chassis is once opened. T o clear the warning message, set the field to Reset . The setting of the field will automatically return to Enabled later. Settings: Enabled , Reset an[...]

Chapter 4 4-26 Load Optimal/Fail Safe Defaults The two options on the main menu allow users to restore all of the BIOS settings to the default Fail Safe or Optimal values. The Optimal Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufacturer specifically for the optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail Safe Defaults are the default va[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-27 AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.41 (C)1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS HARDWARE MONITOR SETUP LOAD OPTIMAL DEFAULTS LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASS[...]

Chapter 4 4-28 Supervisor/User Password When you select this function, a message as below will appear on the screen: T ype the password, up to six characters in length, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will replace any previously set password from CMOS memory . Y ou will be prompted to confirm the password. Retype the password and pr[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-29 Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also have AMIBIOS to request a password each time the system is booted. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer. The setting to determine when the pass- word prompt is required is the P ASSWORD CHECK option of the BIOS FEA- TURES SETUP menu. If the P ASSWORD CHECK[...]

Chapter 4 4-30 IDE HDD AUTO Detection Y ou can use this utility to AUTOMA TICALL Y detect the characteristics of most hard drives. AMIBIOS SETUP - ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP (C)1999 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved ESC : Exit ↑ ↓ : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify (Shift) F2 : Color Date (mm/dd/yyyy) : Thu Aug 02, 2001 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 00[...]

AMI ® BIOS Setup 4-31 Save & Exit Setup When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to save the changes and quit. A message as below will appear on the screen. T yping Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to R TC CMOS. T yping N will return to the Setup Utility . AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP U[...]

Chapter 4 4-32 Exit Without Saving When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to abandon the changes. A message as below will appear on the screen. T yping Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to R TC CMOS. T yping N will return to the Setup Utility . AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.41[...]

Using 4-/6-channel Audio Function A-1 Appendix A. Using 4-/6-channel Audio Function The mainboard comes with C-Media 6-channel audio function, which allows you to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better space sound effect. The section will tell you how to activate 4-/6-channel audio function. This section includes the following topics: Installing C-Media[...]

Appendix A A-2 The mainboard is able to transform the audio connectors on the back panel from 2-channel to 4-/6-channel. T o use the function, you need to install the C-Media drivers. T o install C-Media drivers: 1. Insert the companion CD into the CD-ROM drive. The setup screen will automatically appear. 2. Click on C-Media Sound Drivers . 3. Foll[...]

Using 4-/6-channel Audio Function A-3 T o have 4-/6-channel audio work, you must set appropriate configuration in the C-Media software application. T o set the multi-channel configuration: 1. Click the C-Media Mixer icon from the window tray on the bottom. 2. The following screen appears. Click the indicated button. 3. The “Advanced” window app[...]