DFI-ITOX G4S600-B, User Manual

Page 1: ...G4S600 B Rev A System Board User s Manual 935 G4S601 000 A76700331 ...

Page 2: ...s the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2003 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium 4 are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a regi...

Page 3: ...not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the ...

Page 4: ...electronic file of this manual is included in the CD To view the user s manual in the CD insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click User s Manual on the main menu ...

Page 5: ...stallation 2 1 System Board Layout 2 2 System Memory 2 3 CPU 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 4 3 Installation Notes 7 15 16 17 18 22 27 31 43 58 101 103 106 115 ...

Page 6: ... A Enabling the Hyper Threading T echnology A 1 Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 116 119 119 121 ...

Page 7: ...ocessor 533MHz 400MHz system data bus Intel Celeron Northwood processor 400MHz system data bus System Memory Supports dual channel 128 bit wide memory interface Each channel supports 2 DIMM sockets Supports up to 4GB system memory Synchronous operation with processor system bus PC2100 PC2700 PC3200 DDR266 DDR333 DDR400 with 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 8...

Page 8: ...aphics cards for 3D graphics applications It handles large amounts of graphics data with the following features Pipelined memory read and write operations that hide memory access latency Demultiplexing of address and data on the bus for nearly 100 percent efficiency Note AGP 2x and 3 3V AGP cards are not supported Onboard Graphics Features Graphics memory Shares 1MB 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB of the system...

Page 9: ...ull duplex codec with independent variable sam pling rate High quality differential CD input True stereo line level outputs S PDIF in out interface 2 channel audio output S PDIF S PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without having to be converted first to an analog format This prevents the quality of the audio signal from degrading wheneve...

Page 10: ...ve performance even in data intensive environments such as audio video consumer electronics and entry level servers Two SATA Serial ATA interfaces which are compliant with SATA 1 0 specification 1 5Gbps interface PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices Supports ATA 33 ATA 66 and ATA 100 hard drives PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE data transfer rate up to 14MB se...

Page 11: ...memory Desktop Management Interface DMI The system board comes with a DMI 2 0 built into the BIOS The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS DMI along with the appropriately networked software is designed to make inventory maintenance and ...

Page 12: ...2 88MB floppy drives 2 ATX power supply connectors 1 Wake On LAN connector 1 opened chassis alarm connector CPU fan chassis fan and second fan connectors 1 1 2 System Health Monitor Functions The system board is capable of monitoring the following system health conditions Monitors CPU system temperature and overheat alarm Monitors CPU 1 5V 5VSB VBAT 3 3V 5V 12V voltages Monitors the fan speed of t...

Page 13: ... modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the PC Important If you are using a modem add in card the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of 720mA Wake On LAN This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port via a PCI LAN c...

Page 14: ...C installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power on on the set date and time ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98...

Page 15: ...Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive 1 2 Hyper Threading Technology Functionality Requirements Enabling the functionality of Hyper Threading Technology for your computer system requires ALL of the following platforms Components CPU an Intel Pentium 4 Processor with HT Technology Chi...

Page 16: ...DE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One Main Board Utility CD One card edge bracket mounted with a serial port op tional One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF in and S PDIF out ports optional If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 17: ...17 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ...

Page 18: ... system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board supports DDR SDRAM DIMM Double Data Rate SDRAM DDR SDRAM is a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock This effectively doubles the speed of operation ...

Page 19: ...nnel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate BIOS Setting Memory Frequency For in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly DIMMs are on the same channel DIMMs in a channel can be identical or completely different Not all slots need to be populated DIMMs of different memory configurations are on different channels Odd number of s...

Page 20: ...nel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Virtual single channel Dual channel Dual channel Dual channel DDR 1 E P P E E E E E E E P P p P P P E P 1 3 P 1 3 DDR 2 E E P P E E E P P P E E E P P P P 2 4 E P 2 4 DDR 3 E E E E P P E E P P E P P E P P E P 1 3 P 1 3 DDR 4 E E E E E P P P E P P E P P E P P ...

Page 21: ...e must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket 1 Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side 2 Position the DIMM above the socket with the notch in the module aligned with the key on the socket 3 Seat the module vertically into the socket Make sure it is completely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place Pin 1 Notch Key Tab Tab ...

Page 22: ... is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor 2 3 2 Installing the CPU 1 Locate Socket 478 on the system board 2 Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways away from the socket then lifting it up to a 90o angle Make sure the socket is lifted to at least this angle otherwise the CPU will not fit in properly Lever ...

Page 23: ...et Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins Gold mark 4 Insert the CPU into the socket until it is seated in place The CPU will fit in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force Important Do not force the CPU into the socket Forcing the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and damage the CPU Pin 1 ...

Page 24: ...nk the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board Note Only use Intel certified fan and heat sink An Intel boxed processor package contains a retention mechanism heat sink fan and installation guide If the installation procedure in the installation guide differs from the one in this section please follow the installation guide in the package If you are installing a non boxed processo...

Page 25: ...eat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU then align and snap the retention legs hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base Note You will not be able to snap the hooks into the holes if the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly did not fit properly onto the CPU and retention module base Unsnapped Fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly Sna...

Page 26: ...lever 4 Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down This will secure the fan heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base Note You will not be able to push the lever down if the direction is incorrect 5 Connect the CPU fan s cable connector to the CPU fan connector on the system board ...

Page 27: ...you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps below 1 Power off the system 2 Set JP3 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP3 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Now power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processo...

Page 28: ...nd press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock Refer to the CPU Frequency Control section in chapter 3 for more information 7 Press Esc to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter 8 Type Y and press Enter ...

Page 29: ...PU Auto 100MHz 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz JP1 1 2 On 2 3 On All Off All Off 2 3 On JP2 1 2 On 2 3 On 2 3 On All Off All Off denotes default setting These jumpers are used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board The default setting is Auto The system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU in stalled on the system board ...

Page 30: ...by the manufacturer overclocking will have no effect Overclocking may result to the CPU s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking make sure to set these jumpers back to their default settings ...

Page 31: ...e RJ45 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI USB 1 2 COM 1 VGA Line out Line in Mic in PS 2 K B The rear panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port LAN port USB ports Parallel port Serial port VGA port Game port Line out line in and mic in jacks ...

Page 32: ...re to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may damage the system board Wake On Keyboard Mouse The Wake On Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or mouse to power on the system To use this function BIOS Setting Keyboard Mouse Power On PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set acc...

Page 33: ... the system board It al lows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard LAN in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the Realtek LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information W ...

Page 34: ... you to connect 6 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports The additional USB ports which are mounted on card edge brackets will be provided as options If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cables to J9 J10 and or J14 BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals su...

Page 35: ...ard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled Refer to chapter 3 for more information Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of y...

Page 36: ...s serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices One card edge bracket mounted with a serial port cable is pro vided with the system board If you want to use the COM 2 serial port connect the serial port cable to connector J7 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of connector J7 Mount the card edge bracket to the system chas sis BIOS Setting Sele...

Page 37: ...ubmenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Parallel W Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port PntMode Function Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP s data transfer rate Allows bidirectional parallel po...

Page 38: ... adapter or optional cable After you plug the monitor cable into the VGA port gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place Some monitors have a switch that chooses between analog and TTL or digital operation If your monitor has such a switch set it for analog BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard VGA in the Advanced Chipset Fea tures submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 fo...

Page 39: ... Connect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector Gold at location CN9 of the system board This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick BIOS Setting Configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information W ...

Page 40: ...le connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack Lime CN2 This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Using this jack disables the front audio s line out function W Line out Line in Mic in W 1 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out GND AuD_Vcc Key 2 10 9 AuD_R_Return AuD_L_Return ...

Page 41: ...device to this line in jack Mic in Jack Pink CN4 This jack is used to connect an external microphone Front Audio The front audio connector J1 provides you the option of con necting devices to the line out and mic in jacks at the front panel Using the line out and mic in jacks will disable the rear audio s line out and mic in functions Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of J1 prior ...

Page 42: ...97 Audio Drivers An audio software application program will at the same time be installed into your system This program will allow you to configure 2 channel and 4 channel au dio modes as well as configure the audio effects Refer to chapter 4 for more information ...

Page 43: ...e Installation 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 Internal Audio Connectors The CD in J5 connector is used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground W ...

Page 44: ...nnector One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF ports is provided with the system board Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J3 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J3 1 5 VCC Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in W ...

Page 45: ...pin 1 of the header Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the floppy disk drive cable into the shrouded floppy disk header J20 on the system board and the other end most connector to the drive you want to designate as Drive A If you are connecting another drive Drive B install the middle connector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbon cable shou...

Page 46: ... Connect one end of the cable to J18 SATA 2 or J19 SATA 1 and the other end to your serial ATA device BIOS Setting Configure the onboard Serial ATA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information 1 7 GND TXP TXN GND RXN RXP 1 7 GND SATA 2 SATA 1 X ...

Page 47: ...n cable to connect the drives to the system board An IDE ribbon cable have 3 connectors on them one that plugs into an IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Install one end of the IDE cable into the...

Page 48: ...es We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together The problem lies in the hard drives not the system board Important If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD ROM drive that is set in Master mode please set the CD ROM drive to Slave mode Some ATAPI CD ROMs may not be rec...

Page 49: ...ct the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Set UART2 Mode Select Super IO Device field in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the IrDA function Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation ...

Page 50: ...Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J13 of the system board The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the CPU fan Refer to chapter 3 for more information X 1 3 Ground Power Sense ...

Page 51: ... prevent overheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the second fan The second fan will auto matically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans Refer to chapter 3 for more information 1 3 Ground Power N C Chassis fan 1...

Page 52: ...work will detect Magic Packet and assert a wakeup signal to power up the system Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support the remote wake up function Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA BIOS Setting To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable the Resume On LAN PM Wake Up Events field in the Power Management Setup of the BI...

Page 53: ...ion event To disable this function place a jumper cap over J2 Hardware Monitor Setting Install the Winbond HW Doctor utility By default the chassis intrusion detection function is disabled When enabled a warning message will appear when the chassis is open The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound when the chas sis is open Refer to the Winbond HW Doctor section in chap ...

Page 54: ... in the Suspend state Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state Important If the DIMM Standby Power LED is lighted you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules DIMM Standby Power LED ...

Page 55: ... 4 pin 12V power connector enables the delivery of more 12VDC current to the processor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power supply to operate Your system configuration amount of memory add in cards peripherals etc may exceed the minimum power requirement To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply X X 12V 11 1 10 ...

Page 56: ...thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis ATX SW ATX Power Switch Depending on the setting in the BIOS setup this switch is a dual function power button that will allow your system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Refer to Soft Off By PWR BTTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 X J17 1 2 1...

Page 57: ...light after it was powered on it may indicate that the CPU or memory module was not installed properly Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket Pin 3 5 14 16 8 10 18 20 7 9 13 15 17 19 2 4 6 HD LED Primary Secondary IDE LED Reserved ATX SW ATX power switch Reserved RESET Reset switch SPEAKER Speaker connector PWR LED Power Standby LED Pin Assignment HDD LED Power...

Page 58: ...apter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the following message will appear on the screen Press DEL to enter setup If the message disappears before you respond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del k...

Page 59: ... displays the date from 1 to 31 Year displays the year from 1994 to 2079 3 1 1 2 Time The time format is hour minute second The time is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Hour displays hours from 00 to 23 Minute displays min utes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight Standard CMOS Feature...

Page 60: ...vary in accordance to the settings in the On Chip Serial ATA field OnChip IDE Device section of the Integrated Peripherals submenu IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will auto matically be shown on the screen IDE Channel 0 Master Slave and IDE Channel 1 Master Slave The drive type information should be included in the documenta tion from your hard disk vendor...

Page 61: ...y of the disk drive Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders Head This field displays the number of read write heads Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landi...

Page 62: ...s Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SVGA and PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Power up in 80 column mode Mono Monochrome adapter Includes high resolution monochrome adapters 3 1 1 6 Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up The default setting is All Errors No ...

Page 63: ... the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard 3 1 1 8 Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up 3 1 1 9 Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system ...

Page 64: ... the scroll bar to view the fields The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 2 1 CPU L1 L2 Cache This field speeds up the memory access 3 1 2 2 Hyper Threading Technology for Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Technology only This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel Pentium 4 Processor with Hyper Threading Tec...

Page 65: ... Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device 3 1 2 6 Swap Floppy Drive When this field is enabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive B instead of drive A When this field is disabled and the system is booting from the floppy drive the system will boot from drive A You must have two floppy drives to use this function 3 1 2 7 Boot Up Fl...

Page 66: ...OS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the Typematic Rate Chars Sec and Typematic Delay Msec fields below 3 1 2...

Page 67: ...field in its default setting 3 1 2 14 MPS Version Control for OS This field is used to select the MPS version that the system board is using 3 1 2 15 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS 2 3 1 2 16 HDD S M A R T Capability The system board supports SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology hard drives SMART is a reliability predic...

Page 68: ... only if you want a particular logo to ap pear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system boot up Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 19 Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot up Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot up ...

Page 69: ...or that data was being lost while using your system 3 1 3 1 DRAM Timing Selectable This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD Serial Pres ence Detect data structure that stores informa tion about the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this op tion is selected the system will run according to the information in the EEPROM Th...

Page 70: ...ck speed of the DIMM The system board supports DDR333 or DDR400 when using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory fre quency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU Under such circum stance make sure this field is set to Auto or DDR320 Refer to chapter 1 System Memory section for detailed specifi cation of the memory supported by the system board 3 1 3 7 DRAM R W Timing This field is used to select...

Page 71: ...s range actually contains DRAM memory If more than 16MB of system memory is installed this field must be disabled to provide contiguous system memory 3 1 3 11 Delay Prior To Thermal This field is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50 duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating tem perature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe c...

Page 72: ...p 3 1 3 14 On Chip VGA This field is used to enable or disable the onboard VGA 3 1 3 15 On Chip Frame Buffer Size This field is used to select the onboard VGA s frame buffer size that is shared from the system memory ...

Page 73: ...n are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one ...

Page 74: ... ent hard drive controller IDE Primary Master Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master Slave PIO PIO means Programmed Input Output Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the com plete task by themselves Your system supports five modes 0 de ...

Page 75: ... allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 4 drives You must manually set the SATA drives master slave mode in the Serial ATA Port0 Mode and Serial ATA Port1 Mode fields Enhanced Mode This option allows you to use both IDE and SATA drives allowing a maximum of 6 drives SATA Only This option automatically sets the SATA drives to Primary Master and Secondary Master modes Since...

Page 76: ...ntroller All Enabled Enables all USB ports USB 2 0 Disabled USB 2 0 is disabled USB 1 1 is enabled All Disabled Disables all USB ports USB Keyboard Support If you are using a USB keyboard under DOS set this field to Enabled This field can be configured only if the USB Controller field is enabled AC97 Audio Auto Select this option when using the onboard audio codec Disabled Select this option when ...

Page 77: ...g or flashing of the BIOS When enabled it secures the BIOS therefore any updates to the BIOS will not take effect Disabled Disables the BIOS flash lock function allowing you to update or flash the BIOS any time needed Onboard LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the onboard LAN control ler ...

Page 78: ...yboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto The system will automatically select an I O ad dress for the onboard serial port 1 and serial port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port 1 a...

Page 79: ...IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30o angle and within a distance of 1 meter 3 Set the RxD TxD Active and IR Transmission Delay fields appropriately RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo and Hi Hi IR Transmission Delay If this field is Enabled transmission of data will be slower This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device Onboard Parallel Port 378 ...

Page 80: ... Select field is configurable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA field is configurable If you selected ECP EPP both EPP Mode Select and ECP Mode Use DMA are configurable EPP Mode Select This is used to select the EPP mode ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel of the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address Midi Port Address This f...

Page 81: ... in operating systems that support ACPI Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP sup ports this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the field below 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Susp...

Page 82: ...off the vertical and horizontal syn chronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initializes display power management signaling Use this option if your video board supports it 3 1 5 5 Video Off In Suspend This field is used to activate the video off feature when the sys tem enters the Suspend mode 3 1 5 6 Suspend Mode ...

Page 83: ...onds will power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 9 PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must press the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on Last Sta...

Page 84: ...stem to wake up Refer to the card s documentation for more information Disabled The system will not wake up despite access to the PCI card Resume On Ring When this field is set to Enabled the system will power on to re spond to calls coming from an external modem The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 5 10 PM Wake Up Events Move the curs...

Page 85: ... if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR Resume By Alarm Enabled When Enabled you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down Soft Off PC to power on in the Date of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network Resume On Ring LAN prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priorit...

Page 86: ...the sys tem in the KB Power On Hot Key field Mouse Left When this option is selected double click the left button of the mouse to power on the system Mouse Right When this option is selected double click the right button of the mouse to power on the sys tem Any Key Press any key to power on the system Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible keybo...

Page 87: ...87 3 BIOS Setup KB Power On Hot Key This field is used to select a function key that you would like to use to power on the system ...

Page 88: ...ura tion Data ESCD once automatically It will then rec reate a new set of configuration data Disabled The BIOS will not reset the configuration data 3 1 6 2 Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Auto ESCD The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the speci...

Page 89: ...VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 3 1 6 5 PCI IRQ Assignment By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ you must manually assign an IRQ for the device During system boot up you will see NA for the device that doe...

Page 90: ...ture Cur rent CPU Fan Speed and Current Second Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system current temperature of the CPU and the current fan speed of the CPU and second fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 3 1 7 2 CPU V This field shows the voltage of the processor 3 1 7 3 1 5V 3 3V 5V 12V 12V VBAT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply ...

Page 91: ...ll work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility Note The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting system health conditions but if you want a warning message to pop up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs you must install the Winbond HW Doctor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the ...

Page 92: ... some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of processor setting an extended ratio for the processor will have no effect The system will instead use its factory default ratio 3 1 8 2 Auto Detect PCI Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI devices 3 1 8 3 Spread Spectrum Leave this field in its default setting Do not...

Page 93: ... of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method 1 Clear the CMOS data by setting JP3 to 2 3 On All fields in the BIOS Setup will automatically be set to their default settings Method 2 Press the Insert key and power button simultaneously then release the power button first Keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen appears This will allow the system to boot ac...

Page 94: ...his function is supported we do not recommend that you use a higher voltage because unstable current may be sup plied to the system board causing damage 3 1 8 6 DDR DIMM Voltage Adjust This field allows you to manually select higher voltage supplied to the DRAM If you want to use the DRAM s default voltage leave this field in its default setting Important Although this function is supported we do ...

Page 95: ...values permanently stored in the ROM chips These set tings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded ...

Page 96: ... The Load Optimized Defaults option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM Use the default values as standard values for your system Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter Type Y and press Enter to load the Setup default values ...

Page 97: ...be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system Use the arrow keys to highlight Set Supervisor Password and press Enter Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password aga...

Page 98: ...cess only Set User Password that appears in the main menu screen Access to all other options is denied Use the arrow keys to highlight Set User Password and press Enter Type in the password You are limited to eight characters When done the message below will appear Confirm Password You are asked to verify the password Type in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be pr...

Page 99: ...s Enter Type Y and press Enter The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory and the system will reboot You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make additional changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simultaneously or Del after memory testing is done ...

Page 100: ...you have made highlight Exit Without Saving and press Enter Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen If you wish to make any changes to the setup press Ctrl Alt Esc simul taneously or Del after memory testing is done ...

Page 101: ...and enter the Award BIOS Setup Utility to set the first boot drive to Floppy 3 Save the setting and reboot the system 4 After the system booted from the floppy disk execute the flash utility by typing AWDFLASH EXE The following screen will appear 5 Type the new BIOS file name onto the gray area that is next to File Name to Program then press Enter Award BIOS Flash Utility V 8 15B C Phoenix Technol...

Page 102: ...IOS in your sys tem We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS To save the current BIOS press Y then enter the file name of the current BIOS Otherwise press N 7 The following will then appear Press Y to Program or N to Exit 8 Press Y to flash the new BIOS ...

Page 103: ...umbers of hardware installed etc are au tomatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the system board s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically de tected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated when ever the system hardware or setup is altere...

Page 104: ...or arrow keys then press Enter 3 The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to edit information The screen will also display the auto detected information 4 Press F10 to update the edited information into the flash ROM s n Move cursor ENTER Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort Exit Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File...

Page 105: ...e or arrow keys to select the Load DMI File menu 2 The following message will appear Press Enter to select DMI file for load Press Enter 3 The DMI files will appear on the screen Select the file you would like to load and press Enter 4 The following message will appear Do you want to execute Y N Type Y All previous DMI structures will be destroyed and the new file will be saved into the flash ROM ...

Page 106: ...re applications required to enhance the performance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup ...

Page 107: ... INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel Chipset Software Utility on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the utility to take effect ...

Page 108: ...rivers To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel 865G Graphics Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 109: ... Click Realtek LAN Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the Windows NT 4 0 system has detected the Realtek fast ethernet controller it will prompt you to install the driver The driver is in the Realtek_LAN...

Page 110: ...all the USB 2 0 driver The drivers are supported in the following operating systems Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click Intel USB 2 0 Drivers on the main menu If you are using Windows 98 SE or Windows ME the following screen will appear ...

Page 111: ...iver which comes available after you have installed the operating system 2 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Windows 2000 does not support auto installation of the USB 2 0 driver When you click Intel USB 2 0 Drivers the readme screen will appear ...

Page 112: ...rating sys tems Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 Click AC 97 Audio Drivers The following screen will appear 2 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 113: ...ssage will pop up The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs We recommend that you use the Default Setting which is the ideal setting that would keep the system in good working condition Note Use this utility only in Windows 98SE Windows ME Win dows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 or Windows XP operating system To install the utility please follow the steps ...

Page 114: ...To install please follow the steps below 1 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main menu The follow ing screen will appear 2 Click Yes to continue 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 115: ...omatically start which is the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated Please contact technical support or your sales repre sentative for the latest version of the drivers or software ap pl...

Page 116: ... install cooling fans The system requires adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor 3 The CPU Hyper Threading field in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS setup will appear Make sure this field is set to Enabled 4 Currently only Windows XP supports the Hyper Threading Technology If this OS has been previously installed you must REINSTALL it 5 Aft...

Page 117: ...y 117 d Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below c Click the General tab The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below ...

Page 118: ...Threading Technology e Lastly press the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear Click the Performance tab The diagram under CPU Usage History should resemble the one shown below ...

Page 119: ...ode consists of a single long beep B 2 Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BIOSes CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED The CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced Caution Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivale...

Page 120: ...te fixed disk Hard Disk s fail 08 Sector Verify failed Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked Keyboard controller is pulled low Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot Manufacturing POST loop System will repeat POST procedure infinitely...

Page 121: ...est the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Ma...

Page 122: ...thing happens 1 Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Floppy Drive The computer cannot access ...

Page 123: ... a cable connection problem However if your hard drive has a large capacity it will take a longer time to format Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn t respond when you try to print 1 Make sure that your printer is turned on and that the printer is on line 2 Make sure your software is configured for the right type of printer attached 3 Verify that the onboard LPT port s I O address and IRQ set...

Page 124: ... configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process Mainboard 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and po...