ATX VC19E, Manual

Page 1: ...VC19G VC19E MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No M02702 M02703 Rev A0 Date 9 2002 Part No 25 11657 00 ...

Page 2: ...er components n Wear a static wrist strap which fits around your wrist and is connected to a natural earth ground n Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a water pipe n Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers connectors plugged into the expansion slot It is best to handle system components by their mounting brack...

Page 3: ... CPU Fan Installation 2 4 1 Set System Jumpers 2 4 ClearCMOS CLR 2 4 2 Install Memory Modules 2 5 3 Install the CPU 2 6 4 Install Expansion Cards 2 7 5 Connect Devices 2 8 Floppy Diskette Drive Connector 2 8 IDE Device Connectors 2 9 Game MIDI Connector optional 2 9 Fan Connectors 2 10 Wake On LAN Connector 2 10 Wake On Ring Connector 2 11 Power Connectors 2 11 CD Audio In Connector 2 12 Quick Ref...

Page 4: ...t Connectors 2 15 Printer Connector 2 18 Video Graphics Accelerator Connector VC19G only 2 18 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features 3 8 Integrated Peripherals 3 11 Power Management Setup 3 16 PnP PCI Configurations 3 20 PC Health Status 3 21 Frequency Voltage Control 3 21 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 23 Load Optimized ...

Page 5: ...cements to the computing platform It completely software compatible with parallel ATA requiring no mofication to your operating system The onboard serial ATA feature includes RAID function level 0 1 to provide you with a more efficient storage backup For more detail please read the help file in the lst Utilities CD The 1stMainboard comes with a versatile range of I O features such as 2 serial port...

Page 6: ...tically detect which software tools patch files drivers that the mainboard needs Press OK button to go through the whole instal lation procedure in a very straight forward and easy way It also provides you with a custom way to select wanted patch files and software drivers that for onboard chips use The top menu of lst Utilities lists all the functions that allowed by this board Package Checklist ...

Page 7: ...1 3 Overview The VC19G VC19E Mainboard ...

Page 8: ...eo features of the Intel chipset provide better visual performance with the Dynamic Video Memory Technology DVMT properties n Versatile Main Memory Support Accepts up to 2 GB DDR SDRAM using three memory sockets for allow ing that from 64 128 256 512MB with support for lightenning fast DDR SDRAM DDR200 266 333MHz n AGP and PCI Expansion Slots One AGP Bus VC19G supports DVO AGP DAC VGA VC19E suppor...

Page 9: ...ient Rear Panel USB Connection Support Four USB 2 0 ports integrated in the rear I O panel and one USB 2 0 pinheader for either front or rear panel connection allow convenient and high speed Plug and Play connections to the growing number of USB compliant peripheral devices on the market n LAN Support optional Onboard optional LAN controller with one optional jack integrated with other rear panel ...

Page 10: ... LogoGenie A user friendly GUI supporting Windows 95 98SE not Windows 2000 NT ME XP LogoGenie allows you to customize create or select a Logo which will be displayed when the system is booting NOTE Please read Page 3 7 for detail information n Easy Key Instead of completing the multi layered BIOS setup process these 3 Easy Key functions provide direct access to Sub Menu when completing BIOS settin...

Page 11: ...p 7 Install supporting software tools WARNING Excessive torque may damage the mainboard When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5 0 8 0kg cm Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To prevent static electricity from harming any of the sensitive components you should follow the following precau tio...

Page 12: ...2 2 VC19G VC19E Mainboard Manual Mainboard Layout Quick Reference from Page 2 2 to 2 4 When link to Line_Out jack please use a speaker that with amplifier Connector SIRQ is for system integration use ...

Page 13: ...2 3 Installation Procedures 1 Clear CMOS 2 Front Panel Block Cable Connection ...

Page 14: ... are used incorrectly These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins 1 Set System Jumpers NOTE Users are not encouraged to change the jumper settings not listed in this manual Changing the jumper settings improperly may adversely affect system performance Clear CMOS CLR 1 Turn off your computer 2 Place the jumper cap onto the pinpair 2 3 at least 6 seconds to clear CMOS 3 Place the...

Page 15: ...o hold the DDR DIMM in place when the DDR DIMM reaches the socket bottom NOTE Usually the DIMM3 socket is reserved It will be used only when users install two single bank DIMM modules on DIMM2 and DIMM3 respectively In other words only two types of DIMM installation are allowed 1 Socket 1 either single or double bank DIMM on it Socket 2 double bank DIMM on it Socket 3 left empty 2 Socket 1 either ...

Page 16: ...Place the CPU in the socket Do not force the chip The CPU should slide easily into the socket 4 Swing the lever to the down position to lock the CPU in place 5 Place the cooling fan with heatsink on top of the installed CPU When you install the CPU on this mainboard please use a power supply that designed and manufactured only for your CPUs use Your CPU fansink com bined with its retention module ...

Page 17: ...on card follow the steps below 1 Remove the computer chassis cover and select an empty expansion slot 2 Remove the corresponding slot cover from the computer chassis Unscrew the mounting screw that secures the slot cover and pull the slot cover out from the computer chassis Keep the slot cover mounting screw nearby 4 Install Expansion Cards This section describes how to connect an expansion card t...

Page 18: ...the expansion card 3 Holding the edge of the peripheral card carefully align the edge connector with the expansion slot 4 Push the card firmly into the slot Push down on one end of the expansion card then the other Use this rocking motion until the add on card is firmly seated inside the expansion slot 5 Connect Devices Floppy Diskette Drive Connector This connector provides the connection with yo...

Page 19: ...or your IDE hard disk drives CD drives LS 120 drives or IDE ZIP drives The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1 Game MIDI Connector optional This pinheader is used to connect with some types of game joysticks or game pads Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing audio ...

Page 20: ... respectively CHIP_FAN can be used with North Bridge chip fan Wake On Lan Connector This 3 pin connector allows the remote servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL When you install such a LAN card please read its installation guide for more information ...

Page 21: ...ll via the modem card Power Connectors The 20 pin male block connector is connected to the ATX power supply The 4 pin male block connector is for the ATX_12V power use All two connectors are linked with your ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pi...

Page 22: ...eep LED reset but ton on the front panel of the system case Please identify polarities of plug wires for the case speaker and LEDs Please ask vendor about this information when you buy them and install the system by yourself The plug wires polari ties of these buttons will not affect the function CD Audio In Connectors The connectors CD_IN and AUX_IN are for CD ROM drive audio analog input use ...

Page 23: ...nd on 2 HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator This LED will blink when the hard disk drives are activated IR is a pinheader that is used for linking with your ID device to allow transmis sion of data to another system that also supports the IR feature 4 Power Button is connected with power button Push this switch allows the system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supp...

Page 24: ...ration use Serial ATA Connectors optional The 2 optional connectors provide you with the connection two serial ATA devices that confirm to the Serial ATA specification Serial ATA sup ports all ATA and ATAPI devices including high capacity removable devices optical devices tape storage devices and zip devices The connectors also allows two RAID hard disks for level 0 and 1 RAID functions ...

Page 25: ...d are used for linking with USB 2 0 peripheral devices This board also provides one USB pinheader two extra USB 2 0 ports for either linking with some system cases Please note that your operating system must support USB features Universal Serial Bus Connectors Serial Port Connectors COM1 9 pin D sub male connector with teal color and COM2 9 pin male connector allow you to connect with your devices...

Page 26: ...Audio I O Jacks LINE_OUT lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers LINE_IN light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the LINE_OUT MIC_IN pink allows microphones to be connected for voice input The mainboard also has a front panel audio connector Intel spec F_AUDIO with an op tional cable ...

Page 27: ...udio bracket When use the bracket plug in the LINE_OUT jack for the front speaker audio output LINE_OUT MICROPHONE jacks can be the 5 1 channel audio out put NOTE If your mainboard has 5 1 channel audio option use LINE_IN NOTE If you do not use F_AUDIO please keep the pinpair 5 6 9 10 short as default also when the front headphone is plugged in the rear audio output will be disabled ...

Page 28: ...Manual Printer Connector This 25 pin D Sub female burgundy colored connector is attached to your printer Video Graphics Accelerator Connector VC19G only This 15 pin female D sub blue connector is connected to your display monitor ...

Page 29: ...ion error and asks the user to run the Setup program Use the arrow keys to select and press Enter to run the selected program The mainboard comes with the chip that Award BIOS that contains the ROM Setup information of your system This chip serves as an interface between the processor and the rest of the mainboard components This section ex plains the information contained in the Setup program and...

Page 30: ...ecessary Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press Page Up Page Down or keys to set the current time Follow the hour mi...

Page 31: ...er at which the disk drive changes the write current LandingZone The cylinder number that the disk drive heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked Sector The sector number of each track defined on the hard disk Drive A Drive B This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corre sponding fi...

Page 32: ...e options are Enabled Disabled Quick Power On Self Test When enabled allows the BIOS to bypass the extensive memory test The options are Enabled Disabled Hard Disk Boot Priority This feature will auto detect all hard disks of bootable device on the sys tem It also allows users to select hard disk device booting priority CPU Hyper Threading Hyper Threading Technology is a term of simultaneous Multi...

Page 33: ...e under Protected mode The options are Fast Normal Typematic Rate Setting The term typematic means that when a keyboard key is held down the character is repeatedly entered until the key is released The options are Disabled Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This feature is available only if the above item Typematic Rate Setting is set at Enabled Sets the rate of a character repeat when the key is h...

Page 34: ...setting Non OS2 The options are Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring and Analysis Reporting Technol ogy which allows your hard disk drive to report any read write errors and issues a warning with LDCM installed The options Disabled Enabled Security Option Allows to set the security level of the system The options Setup System APIC Mode Allows you to decide if t...

Page 35: ...Set the feature BIOS Guardian at Disabled 4 Save the setting and exit The system restarts 5 POST screen holds A message about BIOS Guardian shows 6 Press Space bar 7 Reflash BIOS Restart the system after complete it 8 POST screen holds A message about BIOS Guardian shows 9 Press G key The feature BIOS Guardian will be enabled again NOTE 1 LogoGenie supports Award BIOS only 2 If you create a Logo f...

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Page 37: ...AS The options are 3 2 DRAM RAS Precharge The feature allows user to set the DRAM RAS Precharge Time The options are 3 2 Memory Frequency For This feature allows users to set the memory frequency The options are PC100 PC133 Auto System BIOS Cacheable SettingatEnabledwillallowthecachingoftheBIOSROMF0000H FFFFFH resulting in better system performance It may cause system error when some programd try ...

Page 38: ...e to the original PCI master It will enhance the system performance The options are Disabled Enabled Delay Prior to Thermal It allows user to select the Delay Prior to Thermal The options are 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min On Chip VGA It allows user to disable the onchip video function The options are Enabled Disabled On Chip Frame Buffer Size It allows user to select the main memory frame size of AGP ...

Page 39: ... hard drive master mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Slave PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive slave mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Master UDMA Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive master mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboa...

Page 40: ...mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboard and the hard disk The options are Auto Disabled IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI secondary IDE hard drive slave mode if Ultra DMA is supported both on the motherboard and the hard disk The options are Auto Disabled IDE Primary Slave UDMA Allows an automatic configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard drive sl...

Page 41: ...system case mounted ON OFF switch The options are BUTTON ONLY Any KEY Keyboard 98 Onboard Serial Port 1 2 If the serial port 1 2 uses the onboard I O controller you can modify your serial port parameters If an I O card needs to be installed COM3 and COM4 may be needed The options are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Allows you to select the IR modes if the serial port ...

Page 42: ...se IR Pins Allows you to select IR pin mode Theoptionsare RxD2 TxD2 IR Rx2Tx2 IDE Secondary Slave PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI secondary IDE hard drive slave mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IR Transmission Delay When Enabled the transmission delays 4 characters time 40 bit time if SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode When Disabled no t...

Page 43: ...eature allows you to select the Midi port address or disable it The options are Disabled 330 300 290 PWRON After PWR Fail When the system is shut down owing to the power failure the system will not be back to power on by itself This feature allows you to set the system back to which power status of the system when the system power is resumed The options are Former Sts On or Off Midi Port IRQ It al...

Page 44: ...n the other hand initiates maximum values The options are User Define Min Saving Max Saving ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select suspend mode when the system in ACPI mode The options are S1 POS S3 PTR S1 S3 Power Management This item allows you to adjust the power management features Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume This feature allows you to decide the way if VGA BIOS should be called when th...

Page 45: ...R BTTN The selection Delay 4 Sec will allow the system shut down after 4 seconds after the power button is pressed The selection Instant Off will allow the system shut down immediately once the power button is pressed The settings are Instant Off Delay 4 Sec Suspend Mode When disabled the system will not enter Suspend mode The specified time option defines the idle time the system takes before it ...

Page 46: ...tling The options are 87 5 75 0 62 5 50 0 37 5 25 0 12 5 Resume by Alarm This feature allows you to set the when the system being turned on from the system power off status The options are Enabled Disabled Date of Month Alarm This feature allows you to set the day of the alarm starts when the RTC Alarm Resume From Soft Off is set to be Enabled The options are 0 1 31 USB KB Wake Up From S3 When set...

Page 47: ... system timer will be re loaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode The options are Disabled Enabled Primary IDE 0 When the primary master HDD is working the system timer will be re loaded and the system will not be into the suspend mode The options are Disabled Enabled FDD COM LPT Port When FDD COM or LPT is working the system timer will be reloaded and the system will not be into th...

Page 48: ...noop function The options are Disabled Enabled Resources Controlled By If set at Auto the BIOS arranges all system resources If there exists con flict select Manual The options are Auto ESCD Manual If the manual options after the featrue IRQ Resources being pressed of IRQ Assigned To are PCI Device Reserved When resources were con trolled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on e...

Page 49: ... Fan Speed Current SYS FAN Speed Current Chip Fan Speed CPU Vcore 1 5V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V VBAT V 5VSB V These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data provided by the BIOS on this mainboard It is not user configurable Shutdown Temperature This feature helps to shutdown the system when the system temperature is as high as the selected temperature to prevent from the overheat prob lem T...

Page 50: ... allows you to select the combinations of CPU onboard de vices such as AGP bus South Bridge that runs with 66MHz frequency and PCI clock frequency The default setting Default will detect your CPU 3V66 PCI clock frequency automatically If you set a unappropriate option which leads to a booting problem keep pressing the Insert key until the display appears will solve it The options lists all combina...

Page 51: ... Security Option field and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be prompted password every time you try to enter the CMOS Setup Utility If System is selected and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be requested to enter the Password every time when you reboot the system or enter the CMOS Setup utility Exit without Saving If you select this feature the following message wil...

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