Biostar M6VLQ manual

M6V LQ Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.) Statement This de vice com plies with Par t 1 5 o f the FCC Rule s. Opera tion of this dev ice is sub ject to the follo wing two conditio ns: (1) t his de vice may not cause harm ful inte rfere nce, and ( 2) this device must acce pt any inter fere nce rece ived, inc luding in ter feren ce t hat may [...]

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

Contents ii 1.6. 1 F ron t Pa nel C on nect or : JPA NE L1 ........... .... .... ...... .... ..... ...... .... .... .... ....... .... 1- 18 1.6. 2 ATX 20-p in Pow er C onne ctor : JAT XPWR 1........ ....... ...... ........ ...... ....... .... 1-20 1.6. 3 Ha rd Di sk C onne ctor s: IDE 1/I DE2 .... ...... ........ ...... ....... ........ ...... ....[...]

Contents iii 1.7.6.3 F ront Aud io Head e r: JAU DI O1 . ..... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... ... .. .. .... .. .. .... .. .. ... .... .. .. .. . 1-31 1.7.6.4 T elephony Audio H eader: JT AD1 .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. ..... .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. ... .... .. .. .. . 1-31 2. BIOS Setu p .. ... ... ............ ............ ............ .........[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-1 Introduc tion System Over v ie w Cong ratul atio ns on t he pur chas e o f yo ur ne w sy ste m! This m othe rbo ard is desi gne d to ta ke adv anta ge of the late st industry te chnol og y t o pro v ide yo u w ith th e ultimat e solut io n in da ta proc e ssing. I n the tr a ditio n o f it s pre de cesso r s, [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-2 1. Moth erboard Description 1.1 Features 1.1. 1 Har dw are CPU − Supp orts the C e l e ron TM proce ssor (FC -PGA & FC-PGA 2) and the Pent ium ® !!! Micro-Pr oce ssor (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) and VIA C3 Sam ue l 2 fo r hig h -e nd wor k sta tio ns and se rv e rs . − CPU S ocket 370 . Speed − Runing at[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-3 Internal Accel erated Graphics Port (AGP) Control l er − AGP v1 .0 compliant. − Pipe line d split -t ransa ctio n long -burst tr ansfe rs up t o 533 M B/se c. − Eight level read request queue. − Fo ur l evel p ost ed-w ri te req ues t qu eue. − Thirty -two le ve l (quadw ords) re ad dat a FI FO (128 [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-4 High P erformance rCADE3D™ Accelerator − 32 entr y co m m a nd que ue , 32 ent ry da ta que ue. − 4Kby te te xture cac he wi th o v e r 90% hit ra te s. − Pipe li ne d Sing le Cy cl e Se tup / Te xturi ng /Re ndering Eng ine s. − DirectDr aw™ acceleration. − Multip le buffering an d page flippi n[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-5 DVD − Hardwa re - Ass iste d MPEG -2 Archite cture for DV D with AC -3. − Simu ltaneo us mo tion com pensa tion a nd front -end process ing (pars ing ,de c rypti on and deco de) . − Support s full DVD 1.0, VCD 2.0 and CD-Ka ra ok e . − Microsoft DirectShow 2 .x native su pport,b ackward compatib le to [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-6 − Hardw are SoundBla ste r Pro for Window s DOS bo x and re al-mode Dos legacy compatibil ity. − Plug and play wi th 4 IRQ, 4 DMA, and 4 I /O space options f or SoundBla ste r Pro and MI DI ha rdwar e. − Hardwar e assisted F M synthesis for legacy compatibil ity. − Direct two game ports and one MIDI po[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-7 1.1. 2 So ftw are BIOS − Phoenix leg al & us e r-friendly BIOS. − Support s PnP funct io ns. Operating Sys tems − Offers the hi g hest perfor mance for MS-D OS, Win dows NT, W indows 2000, Windows 95/ 98, Windows ME, Windows X P, Novell, LINU X (Red hat 7.0), SCO UNIT. 1.1. 3 Attachm ents − HDD Ca [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-8 1.2 Motherboard Installat ion 1.2. 1 System Blo ck Dia gra m A DDR/DAT A CNTL CNTL CNTL A DDR/DAT A ADDR DA TA CONN. USB USB FLOPPY CPU MEMORY SOCKET 370 ISA BUS MOUSE FLASH CONN. HOST BUS CONTROL CONN. LPT. SER. KEYBOAR D PCI CON N USB IAS CON N BIOS CLO CK ADD PCI BUS IDE IDE HOST BUS DATA USB AMR SLO T AC&a[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-9 1.2.2 Lay out of M otherboard Model No .M6VLQ VT 8601T V T 82C686B BIO S LAN 8100 JUSB2 JCDIN1 JCDIN2 JTAD1 JWOL1 JWOM 1 JAUDIO 1 AMR1 BA T1 JCMOS1 JA TXPWR1 JPRNT1 JCOM 1 JVGA1 JKBMS1 JUS BLAN1 JCFAN1 CPU1 DIMM1 DIMM2 FDD1 IDE1 ID E2 JSFAN1 JP ANEL1 ROM 1 ISA 1 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 1 2 JSPKR1 SP-OU T JMIC 1 MIC-IN [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-10 1.2. 3 Qui ck Refer ence A . Back Panel I/O Connectors L. Front Pane l Connector (JPA NEL1) B. A MR Slot (A MR1) M. Sy stem FA N (JSFA N1) C. Wake-On-LA N Header (JWOL1) N. Secondary IDE Connector (ID E2) D. Wake-On-Modem Header O. Primary I DE Connector (I DE1 ) (*JWOM1) P. FDD Connector (FDD1) E. PCI Slots [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-11 1.3 CPU Installatio n 1.3. 1 CP U Ins tall atio n Pr ocedu re: So cket 37 0 1. Pull the lever sid eways awa y fro m th e socket t hen rais e the lev er up to a 90-deg ree a ng le . 2. Locate Pin A i n th e s ocket and l ook for th e wh ite d ot or cu t edge i n t he CPU . Match P in A with the white dot/ cut [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-12 CPU In s ta l l ati o n La yo ut 1.3. 2 CP U Fan Header : JCF A N1 Pin No. As signme nt 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense 1.3.3 Sy stem Fan Header: JSFA N1 Pin No. As signme nt 1 Ground 2 +12V 3 Sense VT 8601T V T 82C686B BIOS LAN 8100 DIM M1 DIMM2 JCF AN1 JSF AN1 1 1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-13 1.4 RA M Module Installation 1.4. 1 DIM M DRAM A cce ss T ime : 3. 3V Unbuff e r e d SDR AM PC100/133 Type re quired. DRAM T ype: 64M B/ 128MB / 256MB/512MB D IMM M o dule (168 pin) Total Bank 0 Bank 1 Memory Size (MB) DIMM1 DIMM2 64 M 64M x 1 pc ---- 128 M 128M x 1 pc ---- 256 M 256M x 1 pc ---- 512 M 512M x[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-14 1.4. 2 Ho w t o in stall a DIM M M odu le 1. Th e DIMM socket h as a “ Plast ic Safety Tab” and the DIMM me mo ry mo dule has an as ymmetr ical notc h”, so the D I MM memor y module can only fit in to the slot in one direction . 2. Push the tabs out. Inse rt the DI MM memory modu les into the s ocket at[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-15 1.5 Slots The slot s i n th is mot h erbo ar d are desi gn ed t o hold ex p an sion card s and con n ect th em to the sys tem b us. E xpan sion sl ots are a means of ad di ng or enhan cing t he m otherbo ard's featur es and capab ilities. Wi th th e se eff icient faci liti e s, you can increas e the moth[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-16 1.5. 1 AMR ( A udi o M odem Rise r) Sl ot (Only support slave ca rd) The A MR spe cifica tion is an open Indus try St andard A rchit ec ture and tha t def ines a hardwa re scalable riser card interface, which supports audi o and modem only. 1.5. 2 PC I (P eri pher al Co mpon ent Inte rconn ect) Slo ts This m [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-17 1.6 Connectors, Headers & Jumper s The con nectors, h eaders and j umpers i ntroduc e d bel ow prov ide you lot s of capab ilitie s such as pow er s upply, front pa nel s ignal re vela tion, I DE hard dis k conne ction, floppy disk conne ction, Wa ke On LAN func tion and Fr ont USB connecti on. Notic e ab[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-18 1.6 .1 Fr ont Pane l Co nnec tor: JPA NEL1 Pin A ssignment Function Pin A ssignment Function No. No. 1 Speaker 2 Sleep Co ntrol Sleep 3 NC Speaker 4 Ground Button 5 Ground Connector 6 NA 7 +5V 8 Powe r LE D (+) 9 HDD LED (+) Hard Disk 10 Powe r LE D (+) 11 HD D LED (-) LED 12 Power LED (-) POW ER LED 13 Groun[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-19 Reset Button This conn ect or can be atta ched to a m o ment ary S PS T swi tch . This swit ch is u sually op en a nd when cl os ed w ill cau se th e m oth erb oar d to r eset an d r un th e POS T (Power On Self Test). Pow er LED Connector This connector ca n be at tached to an LED on the fron t panel of a co[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-20 1.6.2 A TX 20-pin Pow er Connector: JA TXPWR1 This c onne ctor s upports the powe r button o n-boa rd. Using the ATX powe r supply , funct ion suc h as Soft Powe r Off is s upport ed on thi s mother board. This pow er connec tor suppo rts ins tant po wer-o n functio nalit y, whic h means that the system will [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-21 1.6.4 Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The m other board prov ides a standard floppy disk c onne ctor (FDC) that suppo rts 360K, 720K, 1. 2M, 1.44M and 2. 88M fl oppy di sk type s. This c onnect or suppo rts the pro vide d floppy driv e ribbo n c able s. 1.6. 5 Wake On LAN Heade r: JWOL1 Pin No. As signme nt 1 5V [...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-22 1.6.8 5V/ 5VSB Selection for KB: JKBV1 (Optional) JKBV1 A ssi gn ment 1 3 1-2 Clo sed 5V 1 3 2-3 Clo sed 5V_SB 1.6. 9 Fro nt U SB He aders : JUSB 2 Pin A ssignment Pin A ssignment 1 +5V 2 +5V 3 USB1 D ata(-) 4 USB2 Data(-) 5 USB1 Da ta(+) 6 USB2 Data(+) 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 KEY 10 NA 1.6.10 Clea r CMOS Jumper:[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-23 1.7 Peripheral Por t 1.7.1 PS/2 Mo use / Key board Connector: JKBMS1 The mo therbo ard prov ide s a standard PS/2 m ouse / Keybo ard mi ni DIN co nnecto r for atta ching a PS/2 mouse. You can p lug a PS/2 mou se / Keyb oard d irectly int o this c onne ctor . The connec tor loca tion and pin de finition ar e s[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-24 1.7.2 USB & LAN Connector: JUSBLAN1 The m otherbo ard pr ovide s an OH CI (Open H os t Co ntroll er In te rf ace) Uni versal Seria l Bus Roots for attach ing US B devic es such as: k eyboard, mouse and oth er USB dev i c es . You can plug the USB de v ice s direct ly into this co nne c to r . 1.7.2.1 Stac[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-25 1.7. 3 M on i to r C o nn ector : JV GA1 This motherboard has buil t in video fa cilities. Y o ur monitor wil l attach directly t o JVGA1 c o nnec tor on the m othe rboa rd. Pin No. A ssignment Pi n No. A ssignment 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 +5V 5 Ground 6 G round 7 Ground 8 G round 9 +5V 10 Ground 11 +5V 12 DD C[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-26 1.7.4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports This s ystem comes e quippe d with tw o ser ial ports and one paral lel port. Both type s of interface ports will b e explain e d in th is chapter. 1.7.4.1 The Serial Interface: JCOM1 The se rial interf ace po rt is sometime s re ferre d to as an RS-232 po rt o r an a[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-27 Con nectivity The ser ia l po r ts c an be use d i n ma ny wa ys , a nd i t ma y be nec es sa r y to be com e famil iar wit h the pinout diag ram. The follow ing chart g ives you the func tion of each pi n on the 9-pin co nnec tor and some o f the 25-pin co nnect or. This inf o rm a tion can be use d wh e n c[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-28 1.7.4.2 Parallel Interface Port: JP RNT1 Unli ke th e s eri al por ts, p ar all el in terfa ce port h as b een stan dar diz ed an d s hou ld n ot present a ny diff iculty in te rfacin g periph e rals to your s ystem. Som e ti mes called centr onics port, the par alle l port is a lmos t e xclus ive ly used wit[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-29 1.7. 5 Game (J o ysti ck / M ID I ) P ort C o nn ector : JGA M E 1 This connect or allows you to c onnect a j oystick or game p ad for pla ying co mput er ga m e s. Als o , you m a y pla y o r e dit pro fe ssional m us ic by co nne c ti ng MI DI de v ic e s. 1.7.6 A udio Port Connectors: JSPKR1/JLIN1/JM IC1 S[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-30 1.7. 6 Audio Sub sy stem 1.7.6.1 CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDIN1 Pin No. A ssignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right Chan nel Input VT 8602 V T 82C686B BIOS LAN 810 0 DIMM1 DIMM2 JAUDIO1 JT AD1 JCDIN2 JCDIN1 1 1 1 1[...]

Chapter 1 Motherboard Descr iption 1-31 1.7.6.2 CD-ROM Audio-In Header: JCDIN2 Pin No. A ssignment 1 Left Channel Input 2 Ground 3 Right Chan nel Input 4 Ground 1.7.6.3 Front Audio H eader: JA UDIO1 Pin No. A ssignment Pin No. A ssignment 1 Mi c In 2 Ground 3 Mi c Po wer 4 Audio P ower 5 RT Line Out 6 RT Line Out 7 Reser ved 8 Key 9 LFT Line Out 10[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-1 2. BIOS Se tup Introdu ction This m anual dis cusse d Awar d™ Setup prog ram built into the ROM BI OS. The Setup prog ram al low s use rs to modify the ba sic sys tem co nf igura tion. T his s pe cial infor ma tion is t hen store d in battery -backe d RAM so tha t it reta ins the Setup infor m a t io n whe n [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-2 PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports V ersion 2.1 of the Int el PCI (Perip heral Com ponent I nt e rc o nne ct ) lo c a l bus sp e c if i cat io n. DRAM Support SDRAM (S ynchronous D RAM) are supported. Supported CPUs This AWAR D BI OS s upport s the I nte l Pent ium ® 4 CPU. Usi ng Se tu p In genera [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-3 2.1 Main Menu Once yo u e nter Award BIOS™ CMO S Setup Util ity, the Main Me nu will appe ar on the s cree n . The M ain Me nu allo ws you to select from se veral se tup functio ns. Use th e arrow keys t o select amon g th e items and pr ess <Ent er> to ac cept and ente r the s ub-me nu.  Figure 1. M[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-4 Advanced Chipset F eatures This submenu allow s you to conf igure special chi pset features. Integrated Peripherals This subme nu allo ws yo u to conf igure cert ain ID E har d drive o ptions and Prog ramm e d I nput / Output f e a tur e s. Power Manage ment Setup This subm e nu all o ws yo u to c o nfig ure th[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-5 Set User Passw ord If the Superv isor Pa sswo rd is not set, then the User Pas swor d will func tion i n the same way a s the Superv isor Passw ord. If the Super visor Password i s set and the U se r Pass word is set, th e “Use r” will only be a ble to view config urati ons but will no t be a ble to c hang [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-6 2.2 Standard CM OS Features The i tems in Standard CMOS S etup M e nu ar e divi ded into 10 c ategories. E ach category includ es no, on e or mor e tha n one set up items. Use the a rrow keys to highli ght the it em and then us e the<P g Up> or <P gDn> k e ys t o select the valu e you wan t i n ea c[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-7 Mai n M enu Selecti o ns This table shows t he selections th at you can m ake on the Mai n Menu. Item O p tions Description Da te MM DD Y YYY S et t he sys te m da te . Not e that the ‘ Day’ automati cally changes w hen y ou set the date. IDE P rimary M aster Option s are i n i ts sub menu. Press <Enter [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-8 Item Options Description Halt On All Errors No Errors All , but Key board All , but D i skette All, but Disk/ Key Select the si tuation i n which you wan t the BIOS to stop the POS T process and notify y ou. Base Mem ory N/A Displ ay s the amou nt of conventi onal memor y detected duri ng boot up. Ex tended Mem[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-9 2.3 A dv anced BIOS Featur es  Figure 3. Advanc e d BIOS S etup Boot Devi ce select These B IOS att em pt s to load the op erating s ystem fro m the devic es in th e seq uen ce sel ected in thes e item s. First/ Second/Th ird Bo ot Device The Cho ices: Floppy , LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDRO M, H DD -1, HDD- 2, HD[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-10 Enabled (default) Option al ROM i s shadowed. D i s a b l e d O p t i o n a l R O M i s n o t s h a d o w e d . C8000 - C FFFF Sha dow / D000 0 - DFFFF S hadow Det er min es w het her th e opt ion al R OM will b e cop ied t o RA M f or fa ster exec uti on . E n a b l e d O p t i o n a l R O M i s s h a d o w e[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-11 Processo r Numb er Feature The Intel p rocessor serial nu m ber control option. The Cho ices: Ena bled (def a ult ), Dis a bl ed . Quick Pow er On Self Test Enab ling this option will caus e an abridged version of the Pow er On Self- Test (P OS T) t o exec ut e after you pow er up th e comp uter . Ena bled (d [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-12 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Sets th e rate at which a keystroke is repeated w hen you hold the key down. The Cho ices: 6 (defau lt) , 8, 10,12, 15,20, 24,30. Typematic Delay (M sec) Sets th e delay t ime after t he key is held dow n before it begin s to rep e at the keystroke. The Cho ices: 250 (default) , 500,[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-13 2.4 A dv anced Chipset Features This submenu allow s you to confi gure the sp ecific f eatures of th e chipset inst alled on your s ystem. Th is chipset manages bu s speeds and access t o system memory resourc es, such as DRAM and ext ernal cach e. It al so coordi nates co mm un ications with the PCI bus. The [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-14 Mem or y H ole When enabl ed, you can rese rve an area of system m emory for I SA adapt er ROM. When th is area is reserved, it can not be cach ed. Refer to the user documentati on of the p e ripheral you are instal ling for more information . The Choices: Disa bled (defa ult ), 15M-16M . Video RAM Cacheable E[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-15 OpChip Sound The de fault se tting of this item util ize s an onboa rd sound c hip f or audi o output. There is no need to buy and insert a sound ca rd. If sound car d is installe d , disable this it e m . The Cho ices: Auto (def ault), Disable d. OnChip M odem This item allows you to cont rol the onboard MC 9[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-16 2.5 Integrated Peripherals  Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Contro l The ch ipset contains a PCI IDE in terface w ith sup port for two IDE channels . Sele ct “Enable d” to activ ate the fi rst and / or second I DE inter face. Se lect “Disa bled” to d eactivate an interfac e, if you i ns[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-17 IDE Prefetc h The o nboa rd IDE dri ve inte rfaces support s IDE pre fetc hing, for faster drive access. If you install a pri m ary and/or secondar y add -in IDE inte rface , set thi s fie ld to Disa bled if the i nter face doe s not suppo rt pr efetc hi ng. The Choi ces: Enab led (defau lt), Disabl ed. IDE Pr[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-18 SB IRQ Se lect Chan ge the SoundBla st e r Pr o inte rrupt sig na l. The Cho ices: IRQ5 (default), IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10. SB DMA Se lect Change th e SoundBlas ter Pro dir ect me m ory access setting. The Cho ices : DMA0, DMA1 (de fa ult), DMA2, DMA3. MPU -401 Enable or Disa ble M PU-401 func tion. The Cho ices: En[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-19 Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an addr e ss and corresp onding interrup t for the first and second se rial ports. The Cho ices: Auto (defaul t), Di sable d, 3F8/IR Q4, 2F8/I RQ3, 3E8/I RQ4, 2E 8/IRQ 3. Onboard IR Port Sele ct IR Addre ss . The Cho ices: Auto, 3F8/I R Q4, 2F8/ I RQ3, 3E8/I R Q4, 2 E 8 / I R Q 3 ,[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-20 Parallel Port Mode The de fa ult va l ue i s SPP. EPP Using Paral lel Port a s Enhanced Pa ralle l Port. ECP Using Paral lel Port as Extende d Capabi litie s Port. ECP+EPP (default ) Usi ng Par all e l Por t as ECP & EPP mo de . Norm al Supports EPP o r ECP m o de . ECP Mode Use DMA Sele ct a DMA Cha nne l[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-21 2.6 Pow er Management Setu p The Powe r Manage ment Set up Menu allow s you to config ure your system to utilize e ne rgy co ns e rv a tio n a nd pow e r up/po w e r down fe atures .  Figure 6. Power Manageme nt Set u p ACPI f unction This ite m displa ys the st atus of the Advanced Configur ation and Powe [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-22 Min. Po w er Saving Mi ni mu m po wer man ag ement . Do ze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr Suspe nd Mode = 1 hr . HDD Po we r Down = 15 min Max. Pow er Sav ing Maxim um pow e r m ana g eme nt onl y av aila ble for sl CPU’ s. Do ze Mode = 1 m in Standby Mode = 1 min. Suspe nd Mode = 1 m i n. HDD Po we r Down[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-23 Video Off M et h od This option dete rmines the manner in which the mo nitor is go es blank. V/H SYNC+ Blank (defau lt) Thi s selection will caus e the s ystem to tu rn off th e vertical and hori zontal s ynchro nizati o n por ts and w rite blank s to the v ide o buff er. Blank Screen This op tion only writ e [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-24 Wake Up Events If yo u highlig ht the lite ral “ Press Ente r” n ext to the “Wake Up Events ” labe l and then pr e ss the e nter key, it will take you a submenu with th e following option s: VG A W hen set t o on , any event occu rring at a VGA po rt will aw ake n a syste m which ha s bee n powere d do[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-25 Date (of Month) You can cho ose w hich mo nth the system will b oot up. Resu me Time (h h: mm: ss ) You c an cho ose the hour , m i nute and second th e system will boot u p. IRQs Acti vity Moni toring When set to O N (default), a ny event occurrin g at Pri m ary INT R will aw aken a sys te m whi ch has be e n[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-26 2.7 PnP/PCI Configuration s This section descr ibes confi guring th e PCI bus s ystem. PC I, or Per sonal Compu ter Intercon nect, is a system which al lows I/O devices t o operat e at speed s nearin g the spe e d o f the CP U itself uses w hen comm unicat ing w ith its own s pec ial compon ents. This section [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-27 Reset Co nfiguration D ata The sys tem BIOS supports the PnP fea ture whic h requir es the sys tem to reco rd which re sour ces are as signe d and prot ects re sources from conflic t. Every peri phera l device has a node, whic h is calle d ESCD. This node reco rds which resourc e s are a ssigned to it. The s y[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-28 DMA R esources Whe n you press the “Press Ente r” tag, you will be direc ted to a subme nu that will allow you to ma ke confi gurati on chan ges th e system D MA chan nels. Thi s is on ly configura ble whe n “Resources Controll e d By” is set to “Man ual”. When r es ou rces are con tr olled m an ua[...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-29 2.8 PC Health Status  Figure 8. PC Health St atus Show H /W Moni tor in Post If yo u com puter cont ain a m onitori ng sys tem, i t will sho w PC hea lth sta tus duri ng POST st ag e . The ite m offe r s s e v e r a l de la y ti m e to se lect y o u want . The Cho ices: 3 sec (def ault), 2 se c, 1 se c, No [...]

C h a p t e r 2 B I O S S e t u p 2-30 2.9 Frequency Control  Figure 9. Freq uen c yContr ol Auto De tect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enabl e/ disable auto Detect DIMM/ PCI Clock. The Cho ices: Ena bled (defaul t), Disabled. CPU Host/PCI Cloc k The item allows you select CPU Host/P CI clock.[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-1 3. Trouble Shootin g PROBLEM No pow er to th e system at all. Power light does not illu m inat e , f an insid e pow er supply do e s not turn on. I ndi ca to r lig ht on k e y bo a rd do e s no t tur n o n. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N Power cable is unplugged. Visual ly inspect power cable. Make sure po wer c[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-2 PROBLEM Syste m doe s no t boot fro m ha rd disk driv e, can be bo ote d from C D-RO M driv e. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N Connector be tween hard drive a nd syst em board unplugged. W hen attempti ng to r un the FDI SK util it y y ou get a message, IN VALID DRIVE SP ECIFICATION. Check cable r unning from dis[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-3 PROBLEM Error mess age reading “SECTO R NOT FOUND ” or o the r error me ssag es no t allo wi ng c er tain da t a to be r etr ie v ed. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N A number of causes could be behin d thi s. Use a fil e by file backup inste ad of an i mage backup to backup the hard disk. Back u p any salvage[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-4 PROBLEM No scr een. PROBABLE CA USE DI AG NOSIS SOLUTI O N Memory problem . Reboot comput er. Rein s tall me mo ry, mak e sure that al l me m ory modul es are install ed in correct socket s. Computer virus. U se anti -virus programs to detect and clean v iruses. PROBLEM Screen goes blan k periodicall y. PRO BABLE CAUS[...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-5 PROBLEM No color on screen. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N Faulty Monito r. If possible , connect moni tor to another syst em. If no color replace moni tor. CMOS i ncorrectl y set up. Call techni cal support. PROBLEM C: driv e failur e . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N Hard dri ve cable not connected prope [...]

Chapter 3 Trouble Shooting 3-6 PROBLEM Miss ing o pe rat ing sy s t e m o n har d driv e . PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N CMOS setup has b een changed. Run setup and sel ect correct drive type. PROBLEM Cer tain k e ys do no t funct ion. PRO BABLE CAUSE DIAGN OSIS SOLUTIO N Keys j ammed or defective. R eplace keyb oard.[...]

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