Acorp 6A815EPQ, User Manual

Page 1: ...otice IBM PC AT and PC XT are trademarks of Interna tional Business Machines Corporation Socket370 is a trademark of Intel Corporation AWARD is a registered trademark of Phoenix Software Inc MS DOS and WINDOWS NT are registered trade marks of Microsoft Corporation Trademarks and or registered trademarks are the properties of their respective owners User s Manual Version 1 0 6A815EPQ i ...

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Page 4: ... to the expanded table of contents to find relevant topics This board provides a total PC solution by incorporating the System I O and PCI IDE The mainboard is designed for Intel PIII Celeron Coppermine processors base PC ATX system support single processors with CNR Bus PCI Local Bus and AGP Bus to support upgrades to your system performance It is ideal for multi tasking and fully supports MS DOS...

Page 5: ...with 100 133MHz FSB Intel Tualatin Processor with 1 13GHz or higher processor Chipset North Bridge System Chipset Intel 815 B step support 66 100 133 FSB South Bridge System Chipset Intel ICH2 Biggest memory capacity 6A815EPQ is equipped with three DIMM socket to sup port 8MB to 512MB 168 pin 3 3v SDRAM SPD Special Presence Detect Maximum memory up to 512MB Supports up to 3 double sided DIMMs at 1...

Page 6: ... BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications BIOS support CD ROM SCSI LAN BOOT Temperature sensor Wake on modem Alarm Bus CLK setup with BIOS Support Ring on by modem Alarm on Support System power up from Modem ring up o...

Page 7: ...g Riser CNR slots provide interface to support very affordable multichannel audio V 90 analog modem Home PNA 10 100 Ethernet networking USB hub as well as future technologies such as XDSL 1 1 2 Software BIOS AWARD legal BIOS Supports APM 1 2 Supports USB Function Supports ACPI Operation System Supporting the highest performance for MS DOS Windows Windows NT Windows ME Windows 2000 Novell OS 2 Wind...

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Page 11: ...s not connected to the audio subsystem and does not receive output from the audio subsystem Hard Drive LED Connector HDLED This connector supplies power to the cabinet IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up ATX Power Switch PWBN The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lea...

Page 12: ...ppy drives 1 3 3 Hard Disk Connectors IDE1 IDE2 These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM boot up see HDD Sequence SCSI ...

Page 13: ...d Soft Power Off are supported on this motherboard This power connector supports instant power on functionality which means that the system will boot up instantly when the power connector is inserted on the board 1 3 5 Infrared Connector IR After the IrDA interface is configured files can be transferred from or to portable devices such as laptops PDAs and printers using application software Pin Si...

Page 14: ...onnector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse Keyboard directly into this connector 1 4 2 USB Connectors USB1 2 The motherboard provides a OHCI Open Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus Roots for attaching USB devices such as a keyboard mouse and other USB devices You can plug the USB devices directly into this connector Pin Signal 1 5V_SB 2 USBP0 USBP1 3 USBP0 USBP1 4 GN...

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Page 16: ...ometimes refered to as an RS 232 port or an asynchronous communication port Mice printers modems and other peripheral devices can be connected to a serial port The serial port can also be used to connect your computer system If you wish to transfer the contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each machine s serial port The serial port on this system has one 9 pi...

Page 17: ...n standardized and should not present any difficulty interfacing peripherals to your system Sometimes called a Centronics port the parallel port is almost exclusively used with printers The parallel port on your system has a 25 pin DB 25 connector see picture below Signal DB9 Pin DB25 Pin DCD 1 8 RX 2 3 TX 3 2 DTR 4 20 GND 5 7 DSR 6 6 RTS 7 4 CTS 8 5 RI 9 22 PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Fem ale Serial Port...

Page 18: ...I SLOT5 CNR SLOT J7 1 FAN2 JP4 BIOS I O CHIP LAN CHIP JP7 LED1 COM2 Optional Intel 1 6 CPU Installation 1 6 1 CPU Installation Procedure Socket 370 1 Pull the lever sideways away from the socket then raise the lever to a 90 degree angle 2 Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for the white dot or cut edge in the CPU Match Pin 1 with the white dot cut edge then insert the CPU 3 Press the lever down t...

Page 19: ...AN3 Intel PCI SLOT2 PCI SLOT1 PCI SLOT3 PCI SLOT4 PCI SLOT5 CNR SLOT J7 1 FAN2 JP4 BIOS I O CHIP LAN CHIP JP7 LED1 COM2 Optional Intel 1 7 Jumper Setting A jumper has two or more pins that can be covered by a plastic jumper cap allowing you to select different system options 1 7 1 CPU System Fan Connector Fan1 2 3 Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12VDC 3 Signal 1 3 2 FAN 2 Connector FAN 1 Connector FAN 3...

Page 20: ...ng JP6 Pin Assignment 1 2 Normal Default 2 3 Clear CMOS NOTE Please follow the procedure below to clear CMOS data 1 Remove the AC power line 2 JP6 2 3 Closed 3 Wait five seconds 4 JP6 1 2 Closed 5 AC Power on 6 Reset your desired password or clear CMOS data 1 7 3 Keyboard wake up Setting JP7 Pin Assignment 1 2 Disabled 2 3 Enabled Default Keyboard Boot 1 7 2 BIOS Flash JP4 Pin Assignment 1 2 Unloc...

Page 21: ... 1 Mnshdranarc Cdrbrhoshnn Chaosdr 1 Mnshdranarc Cdrbrhoshnn Chaosdr 1 Mnshdranarc Cdrbrhoshnn 1 7 7 IrDA Connector IR Pin IR Assignment 1 5V 2 3 IRRX1 4 GND 5 IRTX 1 7 5 CNR Card Setting J8 Pin Assignment Close secondary Default Open primary 1 7 6 STR LED LED1 The LED is used for the STR ON OFF state ...

Page 22: ...MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Bank 4 5 168 pin 3 3v SDRAM Total System Memory Max 512MB 1 8 2 How to install a DIMM Module 1 The DIMM socket has a Plastic Safety Tab and the DIMM memory module has an asymmetrical notch so the DIMM memory module can only fit into the slot in one direction 2 Push the tabs out Insert the DIMM memory modules into the socket at a 90 degree angle then push down vertically so...

Page 23: ...stom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Celeron Coppermine PIII Processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for standard devices such as disk drives and serial and parallel ports The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using Setup Plug and Play Support This AWARD BIOS support the Plug and Play V...

Page 24: ...isk drives and video monitors can be managed by this AWARD BIOS DRAM Support SDRAM Synchronous DRAM are supported Support CPU This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel Celeron Coppermine PIII Processors Using Setup In general use the arrow keys to highlight items press Enter to select use the PgUp and PgDn keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit The following provides more detail a...

Page 25: ...nu Move Enter Move to item you desired PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Key Increase the numeric value or make changes Key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Esc Key Main menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and option Page Setup Menu Exit Current page and return to Main Menu F1 Key General he...

Page 26: ...7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 is just for reference please refer to the BIOS installed on the board for updated information Figure 1 Main Menu CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management ...

Page 27: ...is selection page includes all the items of the IDE hard drive and Programmed Input Output features Power Management Setup Introduce all the items of the power management features PnP PCI Configuration Introduce the user defined or default IRQ Setting PC Health Status Introduce the hardware Monitor information of the system Frequency Voltage Control This setup page controls the CPU s clock and fre...

Page 28: ...elect the BIOS Setup options and try to diagnose the problem after the computer boots These settings do not provide optional performance Set User Password You can specify both a User and a Supervisor password When you select either password option you are prompted for a 1 6 character password Enter the password and then re type the password when prompted Save Exit Setup Save CMOS value change to C...

Page 29: ...tandard CMOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Jun 6 2000 Item Help Time hh mm ss 11 26 10 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None Change the day IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None month year IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None and century Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video E...

Page 30: ...are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Master menu of detailed IDE Primary Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Slave menu of detailed IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Master menu of detailed IDE Secondary Options are in its sub Press Enter to enter the sub menu Slave menu of detailed Drive A None Select the type of floppy disk dr...

Page 31: ...t the situation in which you No Errors want the BIOS to stop the POST All but Keyboard process and notify All but Diskette All but Disk Key Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up Extended N A Displays the amount of conventional Memory memory detected during boot up Total N A Displays the total memory Memory available in the system ...

Page 32: ... Floppy Drive Disabled If this function Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled is enabled and Boot Up NumLock Status On someone attempts Gate A20 Option Fast to write data into Typematic Rate Setting Disabled this area BIOS Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 will show a Typematic Delay Msec 250 warning message Security Option Setup on screen and OS Select For DRAM 64MB Non OS2 sound an alarm HDD S M A R T Capability...

Page 33: ... better performance Enabled default Enabled cache Disabled Disabled cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled default Disabled Processor Number Feature The item will show up when you install the Pentium III processor Enabled default Pentium Processor Number Feature Disabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This category spe...

Page 34: ... Disabled default Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Seek disk drives during boot up Disabled speeds boot up The Choices Enabled default Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status Select power on for Numlock On default Numpad is number keys Off Numpad is arrow keys Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20 Fast default ...

Page 35: ...The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered in prompt Setup default The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered in prompt HDD S M A R T Capability Enabled Enabled HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled default Disabled HDD S M A R T Capability OS Select For DRAM 64MB Select the operating system tha...

Page 36: ...best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Figure 4 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time 3 Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras Trc 7 9 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 Menu Level SDRAM RAS Pr...

Page 37: ...5 7 Set SDRAM Tras Trc Cycle time in 5 7 SCLKs SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3 default Set SDRAM RAS to CAS delay 3 SCLKs 2 Set SDRAM RAS to CAS delay 2 SCLKs SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 default Set SDRAM RAS Precharge Time to 3 2 Set SDRAM RAS Precharge Time to 2 System BIOS Cacheable When enabled the access to the system BIOS ROM address at F0000H FFFFFFH is cached The Choices Disabled default Enabled V...

Page 38: ...y s space below 16MB The Choices Diasbled default Enabled CPU Latency Timer Enabled default Enabled Disabled Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled default Slow speed ISA device in system Disabled Disabled AGP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB default AGP Graphics Aperture Size is 64 MB 32MB AGP Graphics Aperture Size is 32 MB System Memory Frequency Auto default System Memory Frequency to Auto 100MHz Set...

Page 39: ...uto USB Controller Enabled USB Mouse Support Enabled USB Keyboard Support Enabled Init Display First PCI Slot AC97 Modem Auto AC97 Audio Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Power On Function Button Only KB Power On Password Enter Hot Key Power On Ctrl F1 Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal RxD TxD Active Hi Lo IR Tran...

Page 40: ...hannel Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode IDE Primary Slave PIO for onboard IDE 2nd channel Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Mode 0 4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode IDE Secondary Master PIO for onboard IDE 1st channel Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Ac...

Page 41: ...aster UDMA Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Disabled Disabled IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto default BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing mode Disabled Disabled USB Controller Enabled default Enabled USB Controller Disabled Disabled USB Controller USB Mouse Support Enabled default Enabled USB Mouse Support Disabled Disabled USB Mouse Support USB...

Page 42: ... automatically detect onboard Modem Disabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled default Enabled Disabled Disabled Power On Function Password Enter from 1 to 7 characters to set the Keyboard Power On Password Hot Key Hot Key Mouse Left Mouse Left Mouse Right Mouse Right Any Key Any Key Button Only Button Only Keyboard 98 If your keyboard has an Owner key button you can press the key to power on yo...

Page 43: ...r Enabled default Enabled onboard FDC Controller Disabled Disabled onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port1 Port2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The Choices Disabled Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which Infra Red IR function of the onboard I O chip you wish to use The Choices Normal de...

Page 44: ...er a power failure The Choices Off default On Parallel Port Mode SPP default Using Parallel port as Standard Parallel Port EPP Using Parallel port as En hanced Parallel Port ECP Using Parallel port as Ex tendedCapabilites Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode Game Port Address 201 Set onboard game port to 201 209 Set onboard game port to 209 Disabled default Disabled Midi Port Address 3...

Page 45: ...m Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HDD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTN Instant Off Wake Up by PCI Card Disabled Power On by Ring Enabled PWRON After PWR Fail Off CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0 Resume by Alarm Disabled Data of Month Alarm 0 Time of hh mm ss Alarm 0 0 0 Reload Global Timer Events Primary IDE 0 Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FDD ...

Page 46: ... No Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Initial display power default management signaling Suspend Type Stop Grant default Set Suspe...

Page 47: ...inutes or when the rest or the system goes into a suspend mode The Choices Disabled default 1 15 mins Modem Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which can be applied in Modem use 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The Choices Instant Off default Delay 4 Sec Wake Up by PCI ...

Page 48: ...isabled default Disabled Enabled Enabled monitor Primary IDE 0 1 for Green event Secondary IDE 0 1 Disabled default Disabled Enabled Enabled monitor Secondary IDE 0 1 for Green event FDD COM LPT Port Disabled default Disabled Enabled Enabled monitor FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D Disabled default Ignore PCI PIRQ A D Active Enabled Monitor PCI PIRQ A D Active PWRON After PWR Fail The Choices Off def...

Page 49: ...ight C 1984 2001 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed No Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD Menu Level IRQ Resources Press Enter When resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 G...

Page 50: ...when the new configuration varies from the last one If Enabled is chosen the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the Disabled mode IRQ3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ6 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ8 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ9 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ11 ...

Page 51: ...PCI ISA PnP signifies that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add on cards and peripherals Resources Controlled By By Choosing Auto default the system BIOS will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQ and DMA channel for each peripheral By Choosing Manual the user will need to assign IRQ DMA for add on cards Be sure that there are no IRQ DMA...

Page 52: ...er colors and the graphic controller needs to know what is in the palette of the VGA controller To do this the non VGA graphic controller watches for the write access to the VGA palette and registers the snoop data In PCI based systems the Write Access to the palette will not show up on the ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write In this case the PCI VGA controller should not respo...

Page 53: ... 5578PRM Current CPU Fan3 Speed IN0 V 1 61V IN1 V 1 82V IN2 V 3 31V 5V 4 99V 12V 11 91V 12V 12 11V 5V 5 75V VBAT V 3 05V 5VSB V 4 75V Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Current Voltage V Vcore 12V 5V 5VSB VBAT Detect system s voltage status automatically Current CPU System Temperature This field displays th...

Page 54: ... Bhapter 1 BIOS Settp CPU Warning Temperature Disabled default Disabled 60 140 Monitor CPU Temp at 60 140 50 122 Monitor CPU Temp at 50 122 53 127 Monitor CPU Temp at 53 127 56 133 Monitor CPU Temp at 56 133 63 145 Monitor CPU Temp at 63 145 66 151 Monitor CPU Temp at 66 151 70 158 Monitor CPU Temp at 70 158 ...

Page 55: ...U PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Auto Detect DIMM PCI CLK This item allows you to enable disable auto detect DIMM PCI CLOCK The Choices Disabled default Enabled CPU Host PCI Clock This item allows you to select CPU Host Clock The Choices 66 166MHz default you can key in DEC number CPU Clock Ratio This option will not be sho...

Page 56: ...ement Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Figure 10 Load Fail Safe Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software ...

Page 57: ...ement Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 11 Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Figure 11 Load Optimized Defaults CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software ...

Page 58: ...2 Set Supervisor User Password CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Enter Password When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password Enter Password Type a password up to eight characters and press Enter The password you type now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be a...

Page 59: ...Password Disabled If you select System at the Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted for the password every time when the system is rebooted or any time when you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at the Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup ...

Page 60: ...ed Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 13 Save Exit Setup Figure 13 Save Exit Setup CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Save Exit Setup Y N Y Typing Y will quit the Setup Utility a...

Page 61: ...ted Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PNP PCI Configuration Save Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type 2 14 Exit Without Saving Figure 14 Exit Without Saving CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Exit Without Saving Y N Y Typing Y will quit the Se...

Page 62: ...c You don t need to install all of them in order to boot your system But after you finish the hardware installation you have to install your operation system first such as windows 98 before you can install any drivers or utilities Please refer to your operation system installation guide 3 1 Auto run Menu You can use the auto run menu of Bonus CD disc Choose the utility or driver and select model n...

Page 63: ... 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn 3 2 Installing Intel INF Driver You can install the Intel inf driver IDE Bus master For Windows NT use Intel ATAPI Vendor Support Driver Intel AGP IRQ Routing Driver For Windows 98 use Intel Registry INF Driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 1 Click Intel Driver Item 2 Click Intelinf Item For Windows NT no Support ...

Page 64: ... 3 3 3 3 3 3 Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn 3 Click Disk1 Item 4 Click Setup 5 Click Next ...

Page 65: ...hver Inrsallashnn Note Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure 3 3 Installing Ultra ATA Driver It is necessary to install Bus Master IDE drive to support ATA hard disk You can find the Ultra ATA driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto run menu 1 Click Intel Driver Item 2 Click Uatadrv Item 3 Click intelata603_multi ...

Page 66: ...allashnn 3 4 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature fans and system voltage The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software No hardware installation is needed 1 Click Intel Driver Item 2 Click HWM Item 3 Click Setup Item 5 Click OK 4 Click Setup ...

Page 67: ...ility 2 If you want to overclock you should make sure of the following a Setup CPU SDRAM frequency in BIOS EX CPU SDRAM 66 100 100 100 133 100 or 133 133 b Adjust the FSB of CPU to the frequency you want then press Run Setting to start overclocking SDRAM 3V66 PCI will be adjusted in the same rate at same time 3 Boostek 9x for win95 98 4 Boostek 2000 NT for Win2000 Winnt 4 0 1 Click Intel Driver It...

Page 68: ... 7 3 7 Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn Chaoser 3 Crhver Inrsallashnn 3 Click Realtek AP Item 4 Boostekis Overclock Run Setting ...