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    For the : SA76 XPC User Guide[...]

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    Shuttle® XPC Installation Guide Copyright © 2009 by Shuttle® Inc. All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, trans lated into a ny lan guage , or tr ansmi tted in any form o r by an y mean s such as ele ctron ic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, photocopy, manual, or oth[...]

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    Safety Information Read the following precautions before setting up a Shuttle XPC. Installation Notices Do not place this device underneath heavy loads or in an unstable position. Do not expose this device to high levels of direct sunlight, high-humidity or wet conditions. Do not use or expose this device around magnetic elds as magnetic interfe[...]

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    T ABLE OF CONTENTS Driver and Software Installation................................................................................... 1 Mainboard Driver CD ............................................................................................. 1 Install Mainboard Software ......................................................................[...]

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    1 English Driver and Software Installation  Motherboard Driver DVD Note : The DVD contents attached in SA76 motherboard are subject to change without notice. The product's specifications will depend upon the actually shipping product. The Motherboard Driver DVD contains all the motherboard drivers necessary to optimize the performance of th[...]

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    2 English  Installing Motherboard Software Insert the attached DVD into your DVD-ROM drive. The DVD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Click the “Install Motherboard Drivers“ bar. Individually install the followi[...]

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    3 English BIOS Settings The SA76 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains Setup information even if the system power is turned off. The system BIOS manages and executes variety of hardware related functions in- cluding: System da[...]

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    4 English The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description of each highl[...]

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    5 English PnP / PCI Congurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. PC Health Status This entry displays the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN settings. Frequency/V oltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Default Settings Use this menu to load the BIOS default values[...]

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    6 English  Standard CMOS Features The items in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes none, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. Date <Month> <DD> <YY[...]

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    7 English Base/Extended/Total Memory Theseitems are automatically detected by the system at start up time. These are display-only fields. You can't make change to these fields. ****************************************************** IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk dr[...]

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    8 English Cylinder Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.   Min = 0, Max = 65535 Head Set the number of read/write heads.   Min = 0, Max = 255 Precomp Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk.   Min = 0, Max = 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size.   Min = 0, Max = 65535 Sector Number [...]

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    9 English  Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, key- board operation, shadowing, and security. CPU Feature Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. AMD Co[...]

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    10 English Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up,causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.  The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Quick Po[...]

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    11 English HDD Security Freeze Lock This item allows you to enable/disable the HDD Security Freeze Lock. Enabled - prevents any external application from locking Hard drive except for BIOS.  The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Delay For HDD <Secs> This item allows you to set delay for HDD<secs>.  The choice: 0~15. Full Screen L[...]

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    12 English  Integrated Peripherals On-Chip SATA Device Option are in its sub-menu. Press<Enter>to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. OnChip SATA Channel This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller.  The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. OnChip SATA Type This item allows you to set the OnChip SATA Type.  The ch[...]

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    13 English UMA Frame Buffer Size This item allows you to set the UMA Frame Buffer Size.  The Choice: 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB or 512MB. Surround View This item allows you to set the Surround View.  The Choice: Auto, Disabled or Enabled. High Definition Audio This item allows you to set the High Definition Audio.  The choice: Enabl[...]

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    14 English CIR Function This item allows you to set the CIR Function.  The choice: Enabled, or Disabled. USB Device Setting Option are in its sub-menu. Press<Enter>to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. USB 2.0 Controller Enable or Disable Universal Host Controller Interfacefor Universal Serial Bus.  The choice: Enabled or Dis[...]

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    15 English   Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function Thi s i tem al lows y ou to en able /dis able t he Adv anc ed Con figu rati on and Power Management (ACPI).  Always[...]

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    16 English Date(of Month) Alarm This item selects the alarm Date (day of the month).  Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=31. Time(hh : mm : ss) Alarm This item selects the alarm Time. [hh]    Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=23. [mm/ss]  Key in a DEC number: Min=0, Max=59. Power on By PS2 Keyboard This item allows you to set the[...]

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    17 English  PnP/PCI Congurations This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Com- puter Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recom-me[...]

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    18 English  PC Health Status Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting, please make sure fan connectors are plug ged into the correct fan conne ctor on the motherboard. Warning: It is strongly recommended to disable 'Smart Fan' if you use an alternative fan to the default. CPU Voltage +5V +3.3V +12V DDR2 Voltage ChipSet Voltage +5V[...]

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    19 English HT Link Width This item allows you to enable or disable the HT Link Width.  The choice: Auto, 8 bit or 16 bit. HT Link Frequency This item allows you to set the HT Link Frequency.   The choice: Auto, 200 MHz~2.6 GHz. ******** Memory Timing Set ********* Timing Mode Auto, no user limit MaxMemClk, limit by Memory Clock value[...]

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    20 English (Trcd)RAS to CAS R/W Delay  The Choice: 3~6 clocks. (Trp)Row Precharge Time  The Choice: 3~6 clocks. (Tras)Minimum RAS Active T  The Choice: 5~18 bus clocks. ************** Voltage ************* Over voltage may destroy the devices like CPU, DRAM or Chipset!! CPU Voltage Offset This item allows you to set the DDR2 Volta[...]

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    21 English  Set Supervisor/User Password Steps to set supervisor/user password are described as follows: New Password Setting: 1. While pressing <Enter> to set a password, a dialog box appears to ask you enter a password. 2. Key in a new password. The password can not exc eed eight characters. 3. System will request you to confirm the new [...]

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    22 English  Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing "Y" stores th e selectio ns made in th e menus of CMO S - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system ac[...]