DFI AZ30-TC, User Manual

Page 1: ...AZ30 TC AZ30 TL Rev A System Board User s Manual 67920432 ...

Page 2: ...ke 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 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows NT 4 0 and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation AMD AthlonTM XP AthlonTM and DuronTM are registered trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a registered tra...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in accord ance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interfer ence 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: ...he most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear Click the TOOLS icon then click Manual on the main menu System Board This user s manual is for the AZ30 TC and AZ30 TL system boards The only difference between these boards is the AZ30 TL system boar...

Page 5: ...ut System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Features 3 1 4 Integrated Peripherals 3 1 5 Power Management Setup 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations 3 1 7 PC Health Status 3 1 8 Frequency Voltage Control 3 1 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults 3 1 11 Set Supervisor Password 3 1 12 Set User Password 3 1 13 Save Exit Setup 3 1 14 Exit Withou...

Page 6: ...rs Utilities and Software Applications 4 3 Installation Notes Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function A 1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix B System Error Messages B 1 POST Beep B 2 Error Messages Appendix C Troubleshooting C 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 83 86 96 101 101 97 103 ...

Page 7: ...re proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to replacing the CPU System Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports up to 2GB memory using PC1600 DDR200 or PC2100 DDR266 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 5V type L2 cache memory DuronTM processor built in 64KB Level 2 pipelined burst cache AthlonTM XP A...

Page 8: ...ter and better graph ics to your PC Onboard Graphics Features Integrated ProSavage8TM 2D 3D Video accelerator Shares 8MB to 32MB of the system memory Optimized Shared Memory Architecture SMA Full AGP 4x including sideband addressing and execute mode High quality DVD video playback 3D rendering features 32 bit true color rendering MPEG 2 video textures 2D hardware acceleration features Motion video...

Page 9: ...tem board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD recorders 6 channel Audio The 6 channel audio output function is supported by using the 4 channel connector the audio jacks at the rear panel and configuring the audio driver Please refer to chapters 2 and 4 PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Two PCI IDE interfaces support up t...

Page 10: ...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 troubleshooting of computer systems easier Refer to chapt...

Page 11: ...m temperature and overheat alarm Monitors CPU V VCC2 5 VCC3 5V 12V 3VSB V 5VSB V voltages Monitors CPU chassis fan speed and failure alarm Read back capability that displays temperature voltage and fan speed 1 1 3 Intelligence CPU Temperature Protection The CPU Temperature Protection function has the capability of moni toring the CPU s temperature during system boot up Once the sys tem has detecte...

Page 12: ...ically power on on the set date and time AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure you may choose to either power on the system manually let the system power on auto matically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI Advanced Con figuration and Power Interface specification ACPI has ene...

Page 13: ...our power supply must support 1A Virus Protection 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 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items The system board A user s manual One IDE cable for ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 or ATA 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk dr...

Page 14: ...6 Socket A VIA VT8235 Front Panel J18 JP4 FSB Select Mic in J7 COM 2 VGA COM1 J9 CPU Fan PCI Slot 1 Parallel Port Game MIDI J4 AUX in J5 CD in Line in Line out FDD PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 AGP Slot J10 S PDIF J8 4 Ch Audio J11 Front Audio J14 USB 5 6 J13 USB 3 4 Clear CMOS JP3 J16 Chassis Fan CN7 ATX Power USB 1 USB 2 P S2 KB Mouse J6 IrDA I O chip BIOS ...

Page 15: ...M 1 DIMM 2 IDE 2 IDE 1 VIA KM266 Socket A VIA VT8235 Front Panel J18 JP4 FSB Select Mic in VGA COM1 J9 CPU Fan PCI Slot 1 Parallel Port Game MIDI Line in Line out FDD PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 AGP Slot J10 S PDIF J8 4 Ch Audio J11 Front Audio J14 USB 5 6 J13 USB 3 4 Clear CMOS JP3 J16 Chassis Fan CN7 ATX Power USB 1 USB 2 RJ45 P S2 KB Mouse J6 IrDA J7 COM 2 J4 AUX in J5 CD in I O chip BIOS ...

Page 16: ...able you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the 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 is equipped with two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module sockets that support 2 5V DDR SDRAM DIMM ...

Page 17: ...module vertically into the socket Make sure it is com pletely seated The tabs will hold the DIMM in place 2 3 1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket Refer to chapter 1 System Memory section for detailed specifica tion of the memory supported by the system board Pin 1 Notch Key Tab...

Page 18: ...talling the CPU 1 Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down 2 Disconnect all power cords and cables 3 Locate Socket A on the system board 4 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 prop erly Lever ...

Page 19: ...et Important Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins 6 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 Gold mark Pin 1 ...

Page 20: ...CPU fan with heat sink Without sufficient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board 1 Before you install the fan heat sink you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU The thermal paste which is usually supplied together with the CPU looks somewhat similar to the one shown below Do not spread the paste all over the surface W...

Page 21: ... the CPU fan and heat sink 2 After placing the fan heat sink on top of the CPU latch the retaining clip on one side of the fan heat sink onto the protrud ing tab on the side of the socket Retaining clip Tab Do not apply the paste if the fan heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste then place the fan heat sink on top of the CPU Strip ...

Page 22: ...tly set in the BIOS 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 and unplug the power cord 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 Plug the power cord and power on the system 1 2 7 8 2 9 10 1 1 ...

Page 23: ...he main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press En ter 6 Set the Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock Refer to Clock By Slight Adjust in the Frequency Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more infor mation 7 Press Esc to return to the main menu of the BIOS setup utility Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter 8 Type Y ...

Page 24: ...PU s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system perform ance If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking make sure to set the jumper back to its default setting To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system you must power off the system then turn off the power supply s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to altering the setting 1 3 2 2 3 On 1...

Page 25: ...ion 25 PS 2 Mouse RJ45 LAN Parallel GAME MIDI PS 2 K B USB 1 2 COM 1 VGA Line out Line in Mic in AZ30 TL PS 2 Mouse Parallel GAME MIDI USB 2 USB 1 COM 1 VGA Line out Line in Mic in PS 2 K B AZ30 TC 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports ...

Page 26: ...12 for other expansion cards Warning Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On Keyboard Mouse The Wake On Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the key board or mouse to power on the system To use this function BIOS Setting Refer to PS2KB Wakeup Select Wake Up Events section in the Power Ma...

Page 27: ...LAN port It allows 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 VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the VIA LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more informa tion ...

Page 28: ...tional USB ports which are mounted on a card edge brackets will be provided as options If you want 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 J13 or J14 BIOS Setting Enable or disable the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Refer to cha...

Page 29: ...USB function allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state To use this function BIOS Setting USB Resume From S1 S3 Wake Up Events section 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 function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power sup...

Page 30: ...erial de vices One card edge bracket mounted with a serial port cable will be provided as an option 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 connec tor J7 Mount the card edge bracket to the system chassis BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripher...

Page 31: ...anced Parallel Port 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 port operation at maximum speed BIOS Setting Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for m...

Page 32: ...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 Select the VGA s share memory size in the Advanced Chipset Fea tures submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more informa tion Driver...

Page 33: ...nnect an analog joystick to the 15 pin D sub connector Gold 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 section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Game Port W 1 2 7 8 2 9 10 1 1 2 9 10 ...

Page 34: ...uD_L_Return W Front audio 4CH audio SL Ground SR Ground Ground JS Center out Center Out Return LFE Out LFE Out Return Key 1 9 2 Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks A jack is a one hole connecting interface for inserting a plug Line out Jack Lime This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board Using this jack disables the front audio s l...

Page 35: ...e front audio cable connector Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J11 If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations The front audio is disabled The rear audio is enabled The front audio is enabled The rear audio is disabled Pins 5 6 and 9 10 short default Pins 5 6 and 9 10 open 4 Channel Audio The 4 channel...

Page 36: ...e Installation jumper caps back to their original pin locations Now install the card edge bracket to the system chassis Driver Installation Install the Realtek Audio Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information ...

Page 37: ... channel Left audio channel Ground Ground CD in AUX in 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground 2 6 I O Connectors 2 6 1 Internal Audio Connectors The AUX in J4 and CD in J5 connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card W ...

Page 38: ...th a S PDIF connector One card edge bracket mounted with S PDIF ports will be provided as an option Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then con nect the audio cable connector to J10 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J10 W 1 5 VCC Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in ...

Page 39: ...igned with 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 FDD 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 con nector of the cable to the drive The colored edge of the daisy chained ribbo...

Page 40: ...or supports 2 devices a Master and a Slave Use an IDE ribbon 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...

Page 41: ...ves 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 re...

Page 42: ...ure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Set UART Mode Select Super IO Device section in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA stand ard 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 ...

Page 43: ... with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J9 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 cur rent speed of the CPU fan Refer to chapter 3 for more informa tion 1 3 On 12V Sense X ...

Page 44: ...quate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the chassis fan BIOS Setting The PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS will display the cur rent speed of the chassis fan Refer to chapter 3 for more informa tion 1 2 7 8 2 9 10 1 1 2 9 10 X 3 1 On 12V Sense ...

Page 45: ... inserted onto the CN7 connector 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 require ment To ensure that adequate power is provided use a 300 Watt or greater power supply 1 2 7 8 2 9 10 1 1 2 9 10 12V 11 1 10 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 5V 3 3V 12V Gr...

Page 46: ...will light when the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system SPEAKER Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis G SW Green Switch This switch will allow your system to enter the Suspend mode G LED Green LED This LED will not light...

Page 47: ...IOS 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 PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 PWR LED Power Standby LED When the system s power is on this LED will light When the sys tem is in the S1 POS Power On Suspend state it will blink every second When the system is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM stat...

Page 48: ...creen 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 press ing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Featur...

Page 49: ...ve field then press Enter The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be iden tical to this one Move Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized ...

Page 50: ...would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select Normal or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select Drive A and Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drives installed None No floppy drive is installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 in standard drive 360KB capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 in AT type high density drive...

Page 51: ...t stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory Displays the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 5...

Page 52: ... such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disable this field if you are installing or running certain Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning m...

Page 53: ...t Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields re spectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device 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 option is di...

Page 54: ...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 Typematic Rate Chars Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accel erated Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the ac...

Page 55: ...ves SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA IDE and SCSI drives The drive will provide suffi cient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drive s failure The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is sup ported in ATA 33 or later hard drives Small Logo EPA Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during sy...

Page 56: ...er The following fields will appear Current CPU Frequency is This field will show the detected frequency of the CPU Current FSB Frequency is This field will show the detected FSB of the CPU Current DRAM Frequency is This field will show the detected frequency of the DDR SDRAM DIMM Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features The settings on the screen are for reference only Your ...

Page 57: ...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 This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system The DRAM CAS Latency t...

Page 58: ...d Rate The options are 1T Command and 2T Command AGP P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear AGP Aperture Size This field is relevant to the memory mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting AGP Mode This field allows you to select the AGP mode data transfer rate that your AGP card suppor...

Page 59: ...CPU PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear PCI Master 0 WS Write and AGP Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI or AGP bus are executed with zero wait state CPU PCI Post Write and CPU AGP Post Write The options are Enabled and Disabled PCI Delay Transaction When enabled this function frees up the PCI bus for other PCI masters during...

Page 60: ...ot sup port this function leave this field in its default setting Disabled I O Recovery Time Selecting Enabled will allow additional time for I O devices to re spond to the system However if your I O devices are capable of fast I O select Disabled to speed up system operation VGA Share Memory Size This field is used to select the memory size that will be shared by the VGA ...

Page 61: ... 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 complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes 0 Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Periphe...

Page 62: ... select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD ROM Auto The BIOS will automatically detect the settings for you Disabled The BIOS will not detect these categories IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maxi mum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk dri...

Page 63: ...used to enable or disable the onboard USB USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy dis...

Page 64: ...a 30o angle and within a distance of 1 meter UR2 Duplex Mode The options are Half or Full Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Selects the I O address and IRQ for the onboard parallel port Disabled Disables the onboard parallel port Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP EPP ECP and ECP EPP These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of your device Refe...

Page 65: ... used for the parallel port Game Port Address This field is used to select the game port s address Midi Port Address This field is used to select the MIDI port s address If you have selected the MIDI port s address you may select its IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the MIDI port s IRQ Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize AG...

Page 66: ...ct the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function If you are us ing the Windows 98 operating system refer to Us ing the Suspend to RAM Function in appendix A for more information Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off O...

Page 67: ...main active Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the Suspend mode according to the power saving time selected the CPU and onboard peripher als will be shut off Video Off Option Always On The system BIOS will never turn off the screen Suspend Off The screen is off when the system is in the Suspend mode Video Off Method Thi...

Page 68: ...nd then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state This can be configured only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off When power returns after an AC power failure the system s power is off You must ...

Page 69: ...S2KB Wakeup Select From S3 S4 S5 and PS2MS Wakeup Select From S3 S4 S5 fields will not be configurable Important If you forgot the password you must power off the system unplug the power cord then clear the CMOS data Follow the steps in the Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data section in chapter 2 PS2KB Wakeup Select from S3 S4 S5 This field when enabled allows you to use a PS 2 keyboard to wake...

Page 70: ... LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME Power Management Event signal to remotely wake up the system Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system 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 LAN Ring This field supports two functions When enabled the system will power on to respond to ca...

Page 71: ...31 Select a date you would like the system to power on The system will power on on the set date and time set in the Resume Time hh mm ss field Resume Time hh mm ss This is used to set the time you would like the system to power on If you want the system to power on everyday as set in the Date of Month field the time set in this field must be later than the time of the RTC set in the Standard CMOS ...

Page 72: ...D The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ resources in the IRQ Re sources field The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be iden tical to this one X Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources PCI VGA Palette Snoop PCI IRQ Assignment Slot 1 S...

Page 73: ... Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA or not The default value is Disabled Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA 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...

Page 74: ...2V 3VSB V 12V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be iden tical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature CPU V VCC 2 5 VCC 3 5 V 12 V 3VSB V 12 V 5VSB V Current CPU Temperature Current System Temp Current CPU FAN Speed Current Chassis FAN Speed Disabl...

Page 75: ...PU and chassis fans in RPM Revolutions Per Minute 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 Hardware Moni tor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the Winbond Hardware ...

Page 76: ...ue F10 Save ESC Exit Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk When enabled the system will automatically send clock signals to existing PCI or DIMM devices Spread Spectrum Modulated Leave this field in its default setting Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor The ...

Page 77: ...heir default settings Method 2 Press the Insert key and power button simultaneously then re lease the power button first Keep on pressing the Insert key until the power on screen appears This will allow the system to boot according to the FSB of the processor Now press the Del key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Select Frequency Voltage Control and set the Clock By Slight Adjust field to its de...

Page 78: ...his option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N If you want to proceed type Y and press Enter The default settings will be loaded 3 1 10 Load Optimized Defaults 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 pres...

Page 79: ...in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the pass word function highlight Set Supervisor Password and press En ter instead of typing in a new password Press the Esc key to return to the main menu 3 1 12 Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup set ...

Page 80: ...tics 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 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made high light Exit Without Saving and press Enter The message below will appear Quit Without Saving Y N N Type Y and press Enter The system will reboot and you will once again see ...

Page 81: ...Reboot the system 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 ap pear 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 15...

Page 82: ...ting BIOS in your system 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 cur rent 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 83: ...n numbers of hardware installed etc are au tomatically detected and stored in the DMI pool which is a part of the mainboard s Plug and Play BIOS Additional information such as ISA based peripherals which may not be automatically detected can be manually recorded in the DMI pool by using the Add DMI menu The DMI pool data is then verified or updated whenever the system hardware or setup is altered ...

Page 84: ...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 CopyrightAward Software Inc 1996 Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI File Save DMI File ...

Page 85: ... 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 S...

Page 86: ...red to enhance the perform ance 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 Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup AZ30 T Chipset Drivers VIA Service Pack ...

Page 87: ...tall VIA Service Pack please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click VIA Service Pack on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Click Next Please read the VIA Service Pack Readme carefully before proceeding to step 3 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete the installation 5 Reboot the system for the drivers to take effect ...

Page 88: ...e the case for some AGP cards Please read carefully the following information Important The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems If you are using this type of card we recommend that you install first the AGP car...

Page 89: ...e driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the GRAPHICS icon 2 Click S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers on the main screen The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 90: ...s NT 4 0 Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems To install the audio driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Realtek Audio Drivers on the main screen The screen below will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 91: ...e USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click VIA USB 2 0 Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system ...

Page 92: ...TWORK icon 2 Click VIA LAN Drivers The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect The LAN driver for Windows NT 4 0 does not support Autorun Once the system has detected the fast ethernet con troller it will prompt you to install the driver for Windows NT 4 0 The driver is in the LANDRV root directory o...

Page 93: ... set range a warning message 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 To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Winbond Hardware Monitor on...

Page 94: ...n 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main menu The follow ing screen will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note If you are using Windows XP you do not need to install Microsoft DirectX 8 1 because it is already supported by the operating system ...

Page 95: ...your computer is safe be cause it automatically scans for viruses and checks for virus up dates so that PC protection stays up to date To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click McAfee VirusScan Online on the main menu The fol lowing screen will appear 3 Click Yes to continue 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installa...

Page 96: ...utomatically 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 go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support1 download2 asp for the latest version of the drivers or soft...

Page 97: ...up p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to up grade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft for upgrade information The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be iden tical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function ACPI Suspend Type Power Management Option HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Vi...

Page 98: ...rsor to Settings then click Control Panel To check whether ACPI was properly installed double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Device Manager tab In View devices by type click System devices 8 Double click the System icon In the System Properties dialog box click the Performance tab ...

Page 99: ...og box Double click the Power Management icon 11 Click the Advanced tab In the When I press the power but ton on my computer field select Standby 9 Click File System In the Typical role of this computer field select Mobile or docking system Click Apply then click OK Restart the computer ...

Page 100: ...ating session where you left off when you power off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds If you have changed the color or resolution in the Display Properties dialog box do not apply the settings without re starting You must restart the computer Important If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are in Windows 20...

Page 101: ...nsists 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 equivalent typ...

Page 102: ...ixed 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 whi...

Page 103: ...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 prop erly 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 M...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...inter 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 settings are configured correctly 4 Verify that the attached device works by attaching it to a parallel port that is working and configured corre...

Page 106: ... there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 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 power up the system 2 Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are prop erly set 3 Verify that all memory modules are seated secure...

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