MSi G52-MA00362 manual

MSI MICRO-ST AR INTERNA TIONAL MS-6391 A TX Mainboard V ersion 1.0 G52-MA00362 I 845 PRO4[...]

II Manual Rev : 1.0 Release Date : Jul. 2001 FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a c[...]

III 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. Trademarks All tr[...]

IV 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 protects the equipment from overheating. DO NOT CO[...]

V Contents Chatper 1 In troduction .......................................................................... 1-1 Mainboard Specifications ................................................................ 1-2 Mainboard Layout ............................................................................ 1-4 Quick Components Guide .....................[...]

VI LAN Jack (RJ-45) (optional) .................................................... 2-13 Parallel Port Connector: LPT1 ................................................ 2-14 Connectors ...................................................................................... 2-15 Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 ..................................... 2-[...]

VII Advanced BIOS Features ................................................................. 3-9 Advanced Chipset Features .......................................................... 3-14 Integrated Peripherales .................................................................. 3-17 Power Management Setup ............................................[...]

Introduction 1-1 Introduction 1 The 845 Pro4 (MS-6391) ATX mainboard is a high-performance computer mainboard based on Intel ® 82845 & 82801BA chipsets. The 845 Pro4 is designed for Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor in the 478 pin package that delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution. The Intel ® 82845 Memory Contr[...]

Chapter 1 1-2 CPU Support Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor in FC-PGA2 package Support 1.3GHz, 1.4GHz and up to 2GHz Chipset Intel ® 845 chipset (593 FC-BGA) - Support 400MHz Intel NetBurst micro-architecture bus - Support SDRAM at 133MHz operation (PC133) - 100MHz FSB - AGP 2x/4x universal slot Intel ® ICH2 chipset (360BGA) - Two full IDE channels[...]

Introduction 1-3 On-Board Peripherals On-Board Peripherals include: - One floppy port supports two FDDs with 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. - Two serial ports (COM A + COM B) - One parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode - Four USB ports (Rear * 2/Front * 2) - One RJ-45 connector (optional) - One audio/game port Audio ICH2 chipset integrat[...]

Chapter 1 1-4 MS-6391 ATX Mainboard Mainboard Layout AGP Slot BA TT + ICH2 F_P1 F_P2 (op tional ) USB 1 USB2 ( option al ) JGL1 JBA T1 J3 JGS1 S_FAN1 IR2 (opt ional) IR 1 JP1(o pti onal) JM DM1 JAUDIO2 (opt ional ) JAUDIO1 JWOL1 FWH PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 5 CNR ISA Slot (opti onal) Winbo nd W8 3628F Win bond W8 3629D I[...]

Introduction 1-5 Quick Components Guide Component Function Reference Socket 478 Installing CPU p. 2 -2 DIMM 1~3 Installing DIMMs p. 2 -7 A TX Power Connector Installing power supply p. 2- 8 JPW1 Connecting to a 12V power p. 2-8 FDD1 Connecting to Floppy disk drive p. 2-15 IDE 1~2 Connecting to IDE devices p. 2-16 P_F AN1 Connecting to Power Supply [...]

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 components 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 b[...]

Chapter 2 2-2 The mainboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 processor in FC-PGA2 package. The mainboard uses a CPU socket called PGA478 for easy CPU installation. When you are installing the CPU, make sure the CPU has a heat sink and a cooling fan attached on the top to prevent overheating. If you do not find the heat sink and cooling fan, contact y[...]

Hardware Setup 2-3 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 1. Overheating The issue of heat will seriously damage the CPU and system, always make sure the cooling fan can work prop- erly to protect the CPU from overheating. 2. Overclockin[...]

Chapter 2 2-4 Installing the CPU Fan As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance, thermal managment becomes increasingly important. To 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. NOTE: The figures in this section are for[...]

Hardware Setup 2-5 4. Press the two levers down to fasten the fan. Each lever can be pressed down in only ONE direction. 5. Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3-pin fan power connector on the mainboard. 3. Mount the fan on top of the heatsink. Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the retention mech[...]

Chapter 2 2-6 Synchronous DRAM is a type of dynamic RAM memory chip that has been widely used starting in the latter part of the 1990s. SDRAMs are based on standard dynamic RAM chips, but have sophisticated features that make them considerably faster . First, SDRAM chips are fast enough to be synchronized with the CPU's clock, which eliminates[...]

Hardware Setup 2-7 Memory Installation Procedures You can install memory modules in any combination as follows: Installing DIMM Modules 1. The DIMM slot has 2 Notch Keys “VOLT and DRAM”, so the DIMM memory module can only fit in one direction. 2. Insert the DIMM memory module vertically into the DIMM slot. Then push it in. 3. The plastic clip a[...]

Chapter 2 2-8 The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system. Before inserting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused. ATX 20-Pin Power Connector This connector allows you to connect to an ATX power supply. To connect to the ATX power supply, make[...]

Hardware Setup 2-9 PIN SIGNAL 1 1 3.3V 12 -12V 13 GND 14 PS_ON 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 -5V 19 5V 20 5V PIN SIGNAL 1 3.3V 2 3.3V 3 GND 4 5 V 5 GND 6 5 V 7 GND 8 PW_OK 9 5V_SB 10 12V ATX Power Connector Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 12V 4 12V JPW1 Pin Definition ATX Power Connector 11 1 20 10 JPW1 21 43[...]

Chapter 2 2-10 The Back Panel provides the following connectors: Mouse Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® mouse mini DIN con- nector for attaching a PS/2 ® mouse. You can plug a PS/2 ® mouse di- rectly into this connector. The connector location and pin assignments are as follows: Back Panel Mouse L A N Paraller Port Midi/Joystic[...]

Hardware Setup 2-11 Keyboard Connector The mainboard provides a standard PS/2 ® keyboard mini DIN connector for attaching a PS/2 ® keyboard. You can plug a PS/2 ® key- board 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 [...]

Chapter 2 2-12 Serial Port Connector: COM A & COM B The mainboard offers two 9-pin male DIN connectors for serial port COM A and COM B. The ports are 16550A high speed communica- tion ports that send/receive 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial mouse or other serial devices directly to them. Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 DCD Data C[...]

Hardware Setup 2-13 LAN Jack (RJ-45) (optional) The mainboard provides one standard RJ-45 jack for connection to Local Area Network (LAN). You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack. LAN RJ-45 Jack Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 R D N Receive Differential Pair 2 R DP Receive Differential Pair 3 GN D Ground 4 GN D Ground 5 GN D Ground [...]

Chapter 2 2-14 Parallel Port Connector: LPT1 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. 1 3 1 2 5 1 4 P I N SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DA TA0 Data0 3 DA TA1 Data1 4 DA TA2 Data2[...]

Hardware Setup 2-15 Connectors The mainboard provides connectors to connect to FDD, IDE HDD, case, modem, LAN, USB Ports, IR module and fans. Floppy Disk Drive Connector: FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. FDD1 34 33 2 1[...]

Chapter 2 2-16 Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1 & IDE2 The mainboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 controller that provides PIO mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ul- tra DMA/33/66/100 function. It has two HDD connectors: IDE1 (Primary) and IDE2 (Secondary). You can connect up to four hard disk drives, CD-ROM or 120MB Floppy to IDE1 an[...]

Hardware Setup 2-17 Fan Power Connectors: P_FAN1/C_FAN1/S_FAN1 The C_FAN1 (processor fan), S_FAN1 (system fan) and P_FAN1 (power supply fan) support system cooling fan with +12V. They support 3-pin head connector. When connecting the wire to the connector, always take note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V, the b[...]

Chapter 2 2-18 Case Connector: F_P1 & F_P2 (optional) The case connector block F_P1 allows you to connect the Power Switch, Reset Switch, Power LED, Speaker, HDD LED. 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, Power LED and HDD LED on[...]

Hardware Setup 2-19 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. Avoid rebooting while the HDD is working. You 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. 2-pin si[...]

Chapter 2 2-20 Power Saving Switch Connector: JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector. Pressing the switch once will have the system enter the sleep/suspend state. Press any key to wake up the system. JGS1[...]

Hardware Setup 2-21 Power Saving LED Connector: JGL1 JGL1 is connected to a power saving LED. There are two types of LED that you can use: 3-pin or 2-pin (ACPI request) LED. If connected to a dual color LED, the LED light is green when system in turned on, and turns to orange color while entering the sleep state. For single color LED, the LED is li[...]

Chapter 2 2-22 Wake On Ring/Wake On LAN Connectors: JMDM1/JWOL1 Wake On Ring (JMDM1) connector allows you to connect to a modem card with Wake On Ring function; Wake On LAN (JWOL1) con- nector allows you to connect to a LAN card with Wake On LAN function. The two connectors provide system the feature to boot up when a signal is received through the[...]

Hardware Setup 2-23 CD-In Connector This connector allows you to connect to CD-ROM audio connector. AUX Line-In Connector This connector is used for a DVD add-on card with line-in connector. Modem-In Connector This connector is for Modem with internal voice connector. Mono_Out is connected to the Modem Speaker Out connector. Phone_In is connected t[...]

Chapter 2 2-24 IrDA Infrared Module Connector: IR1 & IR2 (optional) These connectors allow you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules. You 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. PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC 2 N C[...]

Hardware Setup 2-25 USB PC To PC Connector: USB1 & USB2 (optional) The mainboard provides two Front USB (Universal Serial Bus) pin headers that allow you to connect optional USB ports for front panel. Different from USB1, USB2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Con- nectivity Design Guide. USB2 *USB_FP_OC0 is Front Panel USB Overcurrent sign[...]

Chapter 2 2-26 Front Panel Audio Header: JAUDIO1 & JAUDIO2 (optional) You can connect an optional audio connector to the Front Panel Audio Header. JAUDIO2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide . JAUDIO1 9 1 18 10 JAUDIO2 2 1 0 1 9[...]

Hardware Setup 2-27 Caution!!! If you don’t want to connect to the optional front audio, pins 6 and 15, 7 and 16 have to be shorted by jumper caps in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports. 7 6 16 15 Pi n Signal Description 1 AUD_MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal 2 AUD _GN D Ground used by Analog Audio Circuits 3 AUD_M[...]

Chapter 2 2-28 Jumpers The mainboard provides the following jumpers for you to set the computer’s function. This section will mention how to change your mainboard’s function through the use of jumpers. Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM on board that has a power supply from external battery to keep the data of system configuration. Wi[...]

Hardware Setup 2-29 Onboard Audio Jumper: JP1 (optional) This jumper is used to enable/disable the onboard soft audio codec. Auto (default) Disabled JP1 1 3[...]

Chapter 2 2-30 Slots AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot The AGP slot allows you to insert the AGP graphics card. AGP is an interface specification designed for the throughput demands of 3D graphics. It introduces a 66MHz, 32-bit channel for the graphics con- troller to directly access main memory and provides three levels of throughputs: 1x (266M[...]

Hardware Setup 2-31 ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) Slot (optional) The ISA slot provides one 16-bit interface that are used to add expansion card to the computer. CNR (Communication & Networking Riser) Slot The CNR slot allows you to insert the CNR expansion cards. CNR is a specially designed network, audio, or modem riser card for ATX fa[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-1 This mainboard uses Award ® BIOS ROM that has a built-in Setup program to allow users to modify the basic system configuration. The information is stored in battery-backed RAM (CMOS RAM) so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. This chapter provides you with the overview of the BIOS Setup progr[...]

Chapter 3 3-2 Power on the computer. When the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys to enter Setup. TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT, PRESS <CTRL-ALT-ESC> OR <DEL> KEY If the message disappear[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-3 After entering the Setup program, the first screen you will see is the Main menu. Main Menu The Main menu lists the setup functions you can make changes to. You can use the control keys ( ↑ , ↓ ) to select the item. The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Sub-Me[...]

Chapter 3 3-4 Once you enter Award ® BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from twelve setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configurations. Adv[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-5 Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings of power management. PnP/PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP/PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows your PC health status. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings of frequency/voltage control. Load Fail-Safe D[...]

Chapter 3 3-6 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Features menu are divided into 13 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 (mm:dd:yy) This item allows you to se[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-7 Time (hh:mm:ss) This item allows you to set the system to the time that you specify (usually the current time). The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. IDE Primary Master/IDE Primary Slave/ IDE Secondary Master/IDE Secondary Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/< - > to select the hard disk drive c[...]

Chapter 3 3-8 Drive A/B The two items allow you to set the type of floppy drivers installed. Avail- able options are [None], [360K, 5.25 in], [1.2M, 5.25 in], [720k, 3.5 in], [1.44M, 3.5in], and [2.88M, 3.5in]. Default value for Drive A is [1.44M, 3.5in], and for Drive B is [None]. Video This item allows you to set the type of video card. Available[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-9 Advanced BIOS Features Anti-Virus Protection This item allows you to choose the virus-warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beeps. Available options are [Disabled] and [Enabl[...]

Chapter 3 3-10 CPU L1 & L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than the system memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main memory into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. Available options are: Enabled (default) Enable cache function Disabled Disable cache functi[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-11 Seek Floppy This function allows the system to check if floppy installed or uninstalled when booting up the computer. Available options are [Disabled] and [Enabled]. Default value is [Disabled]. Boot Up Num-Lock LED This item allows you to set the NumLock status when you boot up your computer. When you choose from the defau[...]

Chapter 3 3-12 Security Option This item allows you to limit access to the system and Setup program, or just to Setup program. When set to [Setup], the system will boot, but access to Setup program will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. When you choose [System], the system will not boot and access to Setup program will[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-13 BIOS Flash Write Control The item is used to enable or disable the BIOS Flash Write Control for non-Award flash utility. Select [Enabled] when performing BIOS update with the non-Award flash utility. Ignore this option if you use the Award flash utility. Default value is [Disabled].[...]

Chapter 3 3-14 Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset Item Help Menu Level 8 Configure DRAM Timing [by SPD] CAS# Latency [ 3 ] Prechare Delay [ 7 ] RAS# to CAS# Delay [ 3 ] RAS# Precharge [ 3 ] DRAM Data Integrity Mode [Non-ECC] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Memory Hole At 15M-16M [Disabled] Delayed Transaction [Enabled] AGP [...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-15 RAS# to CAS# Delay This item allows you to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. The setting [2] gives faster performance and [3] gives more stable performance. This item applies onl when synchronous DRAM is intalled in the system. RAS# Precharge[...]

Chapter 3 3-16 AGP Aperture Size (MB) This item allows you to select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. Aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. Avail- able options are [4], [8], [...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-17 Item Help Menu Level 8 CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherales ↑ ↓ → ← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherales OnChip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] OnChip Secondar[...]

Chapter 3 3-18 OnChip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. Available options are [Enabled] and [Disabled]. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a P[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-19 AC’97 Audio This item allows you to enable/disable the 845 chipset’s feature to support AC97 Audio. AC’97 Modem This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard AC97 Modem function. Onboard/CNR LAN Selection This item allows you to select using the onboard LAN connector or CNR LAN function. Available options are [Au[...]

Chapter 3 3-20 RxD, TxD Active This item allows you to determine the active of RxD, TxD. Available options are [Hi,Hi], [Lo,Lo], [Lo,Hi], and [Hi,Lo]. IR Transmission Delay This item allows you to enable/disable the IR transmission delay. Avail- able options are [Enabled] and [Disabled]. IR Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half.ful[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-21 Onboard Midi Port The items disable or assign the address of the Midi port. Midi IRQ Select The item specifies an IRQ for the Midi port.[...]

Chapter 3 3-22 The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ↑ ↓ → ← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Ge[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-23 IPCA Function This item allows you to set ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Management) function. Available options are [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Default value is [Enabled]. ACPI Standby State This item allows you to set the ACPI standby state you will use. Available options are [S1/POS] and [S3/STR]. Default value is [...]

Chapter 3 3-24 Suspend Time Out When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. Available options are [1 Min], [2 Min], [4 Min], [8 Min], [12 Min], [20 Min], [30 Min], [40 Min], [1 Hour], and [Disabled]. Power Button Function This item allows you to set the functoin of pressing the power button[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-25 CPU THRM-Throttling This item allows you to select the CPU THRM-Throttling rate. Available options are [12.5%], [25.0%], [37.5%], [50.0%], [62.5%], [75.0%], and [87.5%]. Resume by RTC Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up. During Disabled, you cannot use this function. During Enabled,[...]

Chapter 3 3-26 Power Again This item determines how the system will power on after a power failure. Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Reboots the computer Last State Restores the system to the state before power failure Sleep State LED This item determines which state the Power LED will use. The settings are [Single], [D[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-27 This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when commu- nicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that o[...]

Chapter 3 3-28 Resource Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 98. When set to[manual], you can choose specific resources by goi[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-29 PC Health Status This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltages. It is recommended that you contact with your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your setting of the CPU temperature. Current SystemTemp. This item shows the current system temperat[...]

Chapter 3 3-30 Power Fan This item shows the status of power supply’s fan. CPU Fan This item shows the status of CPU’s fan. Vcore This item shows the current system voltage. CPU Critical Temperature This item allows you to set the shutdown temperature level for the processor. When the processor reach the temperature you set, this will shutdown [...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-31 This section is for setting CPU Frequency/Voltage Control. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2001 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Item Help Menu Level 8 ↑ ↓ → ← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Frequency/V[...]

Chapter 3 3-32 CPU FSB Clock (Mhz) This item specifies the clock frequency of CPU host bus (FSB) and pro- vides a method for end users to overclock the processor accordingly. CPU Vcore Adjust This item allows you to adjust CPU Vcore voltage. The adjustable value is up to 1.85 V. DRAM Voltage Adjust This item allows you to adjust DRAM voltage. Avail[...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-33 Load Fail-Safe/Optimized Defaults 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 Opti- mized Defaults are the default values set by the mainboard manufac- turer specifically for the optimal performance of the mainboard. The Fail-Safe Default[...]

Chapter 3 3-34 CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright(C) 1984-2001 Award Software 8 Standard CMOS Features 8 Advanced BIOS Features 8 Advanced Chipset Features 8 Integrated Peripherals 8 Power Management Setup 8 PnP/PCI Configurations 8 PC Health Status 8 Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set [...]

Award ® BIOS Setup 3-35 You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup. If set to “Setup”, prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup. About Supervisor Password & Us[...]

Chapter 3 3-36 When you finish the changes and want to quit the Setup program, select Save & Exit Setup . A message as below will appear on the screen: Type “Y” to quit the Setup program and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type “N” to return to Setup program. When you want to quit the Setup program and leave the original settings[...]

A-1 Glossary Appendix A: USB PC to PC Networking Function Glossary A ACPI ( A dvanced C onfiguration & P ower I nterface ) This power management specification enables the OS (operating system) to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer. Windows 98/98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows ME can fully support ACPI to allo[...]

Appendix A A-2 Bus A set of hardware lines within the computer system, through which the data is transferred among different components. In a PC, the term bus usually refers to a local bus that connects the internal components to the CPU and main memory. Cache A special memory subsystem that is used to speed up the data traffer. It stores the conte[...]

A-3 Glossary DMA ( d irect m emory a ccess ) A transfer mode between the main memory and the peripheral devices that without passing through the CPU. Using the DMA controller, data is transferred much faster. DRAM ( D ynamic RAM ) A most common type of computer memory. It usually uses one transistor and a capacitor to represent a bit. As the develo[...]

Appendix A A-4 IEEE 1394 A new, high speed external bus standard, also known as FireWire or iLink , which supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps for connect- ing up to 63 external devices. IrDA ( I nfra r ed D ata A ssociation ) A group of device vendors, including computer, component and telecommunications, who have developed a standard fo[...]

A-5 Glossary PnP ( P lug a n d P lay ) A set of specifications that allows a PC to configure itself automatically to work with peripherals. The user can "plug" in a peripheral device and "play" it without configuring the system manually. To implement this useful feature, both the BIOS that supports PnP and a PnP expan- sion card[...]