DFI KT600-AL, User Manual

Page 1: ...KT600 AL Rev A System Board User s Manual 78700345 ...

Page 2: ...o its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes 2003 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Microsoft MS DOS WindowsTM Windows 95 Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 200 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 regi...

Page 3: ...interfer ence 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 interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the rec...

Page 4: ...n in the multilingual manual the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the 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 ...

Page 5: ...emory 2 3 CPU 2 4 Jumper Settings 2 5 Rear I O Panel 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 VIA RAID BIOS 3 3 Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 4 2 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes 4 3 3D Audio Configuration 4 4 Installation Notes 7 15 16 17 19 23 25 34 45 86 87 89 92 102 104 ...

Page 6: ...ppendix 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 109 109 105 111 ...

Page 7: ...M 200 266MHz FSB AMD DuronTM 200 266MHz FSB Important 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 replacing the CPU System Memory Three 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports up to 3GB memory unbuffered DIMM Supports PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 PC2700 DDR333 and PC3200 DDR400 DDR S...

Page 8: ...is system board will deliver faster and bet ter graphics to your PC Onboard LAN Features VIA 6103 LAN Phy Integrated IEEE 802 3 10BASE T and 100BASE TX compatible PHY 32 bit PCI master interface Integrated power management functions Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps Supports IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation Supports wire for management Onboard Audio Features AC 97 2 2 S PDIF extension compli...

Page 9: ...speakers and to digital recording devices like CD re corders 6 channel Audio The 6 channel audio output function is supported by using the surround connector the audio jacks at the rear panel and configuring the audio driver and utility Please refer to chapters 2 and 4 SATA IDE Interface with RAID Supports two SATA Serial ATA interfaces which are compli ant with SATA 1 0 specification 1 5Gbps inte...

Page 10: ...sly accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS Award BIOS Windows 95 98 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades Supports DMI 2 0 function 2Mbit flash 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...

Page 11: ...xternal line out and mic in jacks Two internal audio connectors AUX in and CD in One surround connector One S PDIF in out connector Two SATA connectors Two IDE connectors One floppy connector One ATX power supply connector 2 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 overh...

Page 12: ...n added to protect the CPU from damage and insure a safe computing environment CPU Overclocking The CPU Overclocking function allows you to adjust the proces sor s bus clock However overclocking may result to the proces sor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance Overvoltage The Overvoltage function allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltag...

Page 13: ...n Soft Off PC It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME Power Man agement Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse This function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 m...

Page 14: ...er Management Currently only Windows 98 2000 ME XP supports the ACPI function allowing you to use the Suspend to RAM function With the Suspend to RAM function enabled you can power off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98 2000 ME XP with out having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating ...

Page 15: ...ems The system board A user s manual One Serial ATA cable One IDE cable for ATA 33 66 100 133 IDE drives One 34 pin floppy disk drive cable One I O shield One Main Board Utility CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance ...

Page 16: ...16 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ...

Page 17: ...lish 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 therefore doubling the speed of data transfer Refer t...

Page 18: ...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 19: ...stalling 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 properly Lever ...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...U 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 ther mal 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 Wh...

Page 22: ...U fan s cable connector to the CPU fan con nector on the system board 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 pro truding 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 ...

Page 23: ...re 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 JP1 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP1 back to its default setting pins 1 and 2 On 3 Plug the power cord and power on the system If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to inco...

Page 24: ...Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock field to its default setting or an appropri ate bus clock Refer to the Frequency Voltage 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 25: ... rear panel I O ports consist of the following PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM ports USB ports LAN port Line in jack Line out jack Mic in jack PS 2 Mouse RJ45 LAN Parallel USB 2 Line out Line in Mic in PS 2 K B COM 1 USB 3 4 USB 1 COM 2 ...

Page 26: ...off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard Failure to do so may dam age the system board Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse The Wake On PS 2 Keyboard Mouse function allows you to use the PS 2 keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system To use this function BIOS Setting Configure the KB mouse wake up function in the Power Man agement Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detec...

Page 27: ...rquoise color These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information ...

Page 28: ...e Integrated Peripherals submenu Super IO Device section of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Setting SPP Standard Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced 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 pa...

Page 29: ...o J9 or J10 BIOS Setting Configure the onboard USB in the Integrated Peripherals submenu VIA OnChip PCI Device section of the BIOS Driver Installation You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the USB device Refer to your operating system s manual or documentation for more information If you are using a USB 2 0 device install the USB 2 0 Drivers Refer to chapter 4 ...

Page 30: ... function in the Power Management Setup submenu IRQ Event Activity Detect section of the Award BIOS Important If you are using the Wake On USB function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 1 5A If you are using the Wake On USB function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A ...

Page 31: ...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 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 infor mation ...

Page 32: ...of any exter nal audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Connect a stereo cable from the line out jack of your external device to this line in jack 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 au dio s line out function 1 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out GND AuD_V...

Page 33: ...ctor is aligned with pin 1 of J18 If you are not using this connector make sure to replace the jumper caps back to their original pin locations Surround Connector The surr_connector J19 supports 4 audio output signals center channel subwoofer rear right channel and rear left channel The 4 audio output signals together with the 2 channel line out jack at the rear panel support 6 channel audio outpu...

Page 34: ...rs The CD in J15 and AUX in J14 connectors are used to re ceive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground 2 6 I O Connectors 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground CD in AUX in ...

Page 35: ...2 S PDIF Connector The S PDIF connector J16 is used to connect external S PDIF ports Connect the audio cable connector to J16 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J16 1 5 5V Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in ...

Page 36: ... 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 J2 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 37: ...he SATA drive set the RAID or SCSI Card Boot field to Onboard RAID in the Ad vanced BIOS Features submenu of the Award BIOS Configuring RAID on SATA Drives The system board allows configuring RAID on SATA drives It supports RAID 0 RAID 1 and JBOD The following must be set accordingly BIOS Setting Configure RAID e g creating or deleting RAID in the VIA RAID BIOS You can enter this utility by pressi...

Page 38: ...able 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 ID...

Page 39: ...es We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer In a few cases drives from two different manufacturers will not function prop erly 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 40: ... fan connec tor J3 on the system board The system fan connector J4 is used to connect an additional cooling fan The cooling fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent over heating the CPU and system board components CPU fan System fan 3 1 Ground Power Sense 1 3 Ground Power Sense ...

Page 41: ...when it is in the Suspend state Power On Sus pend or Suspend to RAM It will not light when the system is in the Soft Off state Important Lighted LED serves as a reminder that 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 42: ... that must be inserted onto the CN18 connector The system board requires a minimum of 250 Watt power sup ply 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 12V 11 1 10 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground PW OK 5VSB 5V 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON G...

Page 43: ... thus prolonging the life of the power supply or sys tem 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 PWRBTN in the Power Management Setup Chapter 3 J10 1 2 19 ...

Page 44: ...n 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 HDD N C N C PWRBT PWRBT N C...

Page 45: ...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 46: ... 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 47: ...o detect the HDD CD ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD CD ROM drive If a hard disk has not been installed select None Access Mode For hard drives larger than 528MB you would typically select the LBA type Certain operating systems require that you select CHS or Large Please check your operating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 3 1 1 3 IDE Primary Master IDE ...

Page 48: ...Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read write heads Sector This field displays the number sectors per track 3 1 1 4 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 1 2MB...

Page 49: ...ted during power up The default setting is All Errors No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors de tected All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS de tects a non fatal error All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a key board error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk er ror it will stop for all other erro...

Page 50: ...50 3 BIOS Setup 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 51: ...he system and an error message will appear After seeing the error message if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear If you are running such a program we recommend that you first disable this field Also disab...

Page 52: ... POST To attain the shortest POST time select Ena bled 3 1 2 5 RAID or SCSI Card Boot This field is used to select between booting from the drive con nected to the SATA connector and from the drive connected to the PCI SCSI add in card Onboard RAID The drive is connected to the SATA connec tor PCI SCSI Card The drive is connected to the PCI SCSI add in card that is installed in a PCI slot 3 1 2 6 ...

Page 53: ...loppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB 3 1 2 9 Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys When set to Off the function of the numeric keypad is the ar row keys 3 1 2 10...

Page 54: ...s Sec This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated 3 1 2 13 Typematic Delay Msec This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins 3 1 2 14 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the pass word everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the passwor...

Page 55: ... 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 supported in ATA 33 or later hard drives 3 1 2 18 Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicable only if you want a particular logo to ap pear during system boot up Enabled The logo will appear in full screen during system bo...

Page 56: ...esources These items should not be altered unless necessary The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered some incompatibility or that data was being lost while using your system The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical...

Page 57: ... the module such as the memory type memory size memory speed etc When this option is selected the system will run ac cording to the information in the EEPROM This option is the default setting because it provides the most stable condition for the system 133 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 266MHz 166 MHz The memory clock speed will run at 333MHz 3 1 3 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control Move the curs...

Page 58: ...m patibility problems may occur with some DRAMs If you encounter any problems set this field to By SPD or Manual Ultra If you want the system to run at a speed faster than Turbo select this option However com patibility problems may occur with some DRAMs If you encounter any problems set this field to By SPD or Manual Manual This option allows you to manually select the options in the DRAM CAS Lat...

Page 59: ...T 6T 8T and 7T 10T Active to CMD Trcd The options are 2T 3T 4T and 5T DRAM Burst Length The options are 4 and 8 DRAM Command Rate The options are 1T Command and 2T Command Write Recovery Time The options are 2T and 3T tWTR for DDR400 Only The options are 1T 2T and 3T ...

Page 60: ...ec 8X provides data transfer rate of up to 2133MB sec AGP Driving Control Set this field to Manual only if there are compatibility problems with some AGP cards When set to Manual you must select a value in the AGP Driving Value field AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control We recommend that you leave this field in its default setting The settings on the s...

Page 61: ...AGP 3 0 calibration cycle operations DBI Output for AGP Trans This field when enabled will provide better stability to the entire system The default is Enabled 3 1 3 3 PCI1 Master 0 WS Write and PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state 3 1 3 4 PCI1 Post Write and PCI2 Post Write The options are Enabled and Disabled 3 1 3 5 VLink 8x Support Enabled...

Page 62: ...ld is enabled accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H FFFFFH are cached provided that the cache controller is enabled The larger the range of the Cache RAM the higher the efficiency of the system 3 1 3 9 Video RAM Cacheable When enabled it allows the video RAM to be cacheable thus pro viding better video performance If your graphics card does not sup port this function leave this field...

Page 63: ...are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 VIA 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 64: ... 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 fault to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode after checking your drive Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system ac cording to your hard disk drive s timing...

Page 65: ...he screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following screen will appear IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard disk dri...

Page 66: ...aneously when prompted during boot up Take note you will be able to access the boot ROM s program by typing Shift F10 only when this field is enabled OnChip USB Controller This field is used to enable or disable the onboard USB OnChip EHCI Controller If you are using USB 2 0 this field must be set to Enabled USB Keyboard Support By default USB Keyboard Support is Disabled However if you are using ...

Page 67: ...4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard se rial port 1 and serial port 2 Disabled Disables the onboard serial port 1 and or serial port 2 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 3 1 4 3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The f...

Page 68: ...ws parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode s data transfer rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select the DMA channel of the parallel port 3 1 4 4 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots...

Page 69: ...s this function When this field is enabled the system will ignore the settings in the HDD Power Down field If you want to use the Suspend to RAM function make sure this field is ena bled then select S3 STR in the field below 3 1 5 2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend mode S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function The set...

Page 70: ...4 HDD Power Down This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the HDD Power Down mode according to the power saving time selected the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain ac tive 3 1 5 5 Suspend Mode This is configurable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define When the system enters the power ...

Page 71: ... of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled if the power but ton is pushed and released in less than 4 sec the system enters the Suspend mode The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore Pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will po...

Page 72: ... the Power button to power on the system Turn On When power returns after an AC power failure the system will automatically power on 3 1 5 11 IRQ Event Activity Detect 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 73: ... CMOS data by setting JP1 pins 2 and 3 to On PS2KB Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 The options in this field will allow you to use the PS 2 keyboard to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 state PS2MS Wakeup from S3 S4 S5 This field when enabled allows you to use a PS 2 mouse to wake up the system from the S3 S4 S5 state USB Resume from S3 This field when enabled allows you to use a USB device to wake up the...

Page 74: ...m will power on to respond to calls coming from an external modem RTC Alarm Resume 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 and Resume Time hh mm ss fields However if the system is being accessed by incoming calls or the network prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to t...

Page 75: ...rd CMOS Features submenu IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The Primary INTR and IRQ3 IRQ15 fields will appear When enabled access to the specified IRQ will cause the system to wake up completely from the power management mode When disabled the system will not wake up from the power management mode despite access to the specified IRQ The settings on the screen a...

Page 76: ...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 77: ...atically 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 does not have an IRQ assigned 3 1 6 3 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press Enter This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Reserved or PCI Devic...

Page 78: ...ction in the Hardware Monitor utility 3 1 7 2 CPU Voltage to Battery Voltage These fields show the detected voltage of each item 3 1 7 3 CPU Temperature and System Temperature These fields show the current temperature of the CPU and the current internal temperature of the system 3 1 7 4 CPU Fan Speed and System Fan Speed These fields show the current fan speed of the CPU fan and sys tem fan in RPM...

Page 79: ...s advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 3 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external sys tem bus clock of the processor The available options allow you to adjust the processor s bus clock by 1MHz increment Important Overclocking may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance The settings on the sc...

Page 80: ...ontrol 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 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 AGP Voltage Control This field allows you to manu...

Page 81: ...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 82: ... 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 83: ...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 84: ...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 85: ...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 86: ... Esc simul taneously or Del after memory testing is done 3 2 VIA RAID BIOS The VIA RAID BIOS utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected the VIA RAID BIOS status message screen will appear Press the Tab key to enter the utility The utility allows you to build a RAID system using two Serial ATA SATA hard...

Page 87: ... 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 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 Pho...

Page 88: ...OS 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 89: ...on 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 90: ...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 91: ... 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 92: ...to enhance the perform ance of the system board Insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard 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 VIA KT600 chipset Chipset Drivers VIA Service Pack ...

Page 93: ...all 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 screen 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 94: ...drivers However this may not be 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...

Page 95: ...d in the following operating sys tems Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 and Windows XP To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the AUDIO icon 2 Click Audio Drivers on the main menu The following screen will appear ...

Page 96: ...creen to complete installation 5 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note The 3D Audio Configuration software which is an audio panel for setting basic audio configurations will at the same time be installed into your system Refer to the 3D Audio Configuration section in this chapter for more information ...

Page 97: ... USB 2 0 driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 Click USB 2 0 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 98: ...ck VIA LAN Drivers on the main screen 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 VIALAN root director...

Page 99: ... the main screen The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system Important Notice for Windows XP 2000 and SATA RAID Users If you are 1 using a SATA drive to install the Windows XP 2000 operating system or 2 you are configuring RAID on SATA drives you must install the SATA drivers from a diskette whenever you are prompted by the syst...

Page 100: ...pare a blank formatted diskette then copy all the SATA driver files from the SATA DRIVERDISK SATA directory of the CD into the blank diskette You can now use the diskette to install the drivers Note Refer to the VIA SATA RAID manual for information on using the utility The manual is included in the CD ...

Page 101: ...l please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Microsoft DirectX 8 1 on the main screen The screen below will appear 3 Click Yes 4 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 5 Restart the system ...

Page 102: ...hannel and 6 channel audio modes as well as configure the audio effects After installing the audio driver and rebooting the system you can run 3D Audio Configuration either from the taskbar or from the Control Panel a Right click the 3D Audio Configuration icon which you will find in the taskbar at the lower right corner of the desktop screen b On your Windows desktop click Start point to Settings...

Page 103: ...ere you will configure analog output settings to speakers S PDIF This panel is used to configure S PDIF output which provides a low dis tortion digital data transfer between audio devices Volume Control This panel provides digital volume control for all 6 channels You can regulate each volume to the speaker when playing dig ital sound sources ...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...R Appendix A Using the Suspend to RAM Function 4 Press Esc to return to the main menu 5 Select Save Exit Setup and press Enter Type Y and press Enter 6 Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported drive setup p j If you have previously installed Windows 98 you need to up grade the system in order to support ACPI Please contact Microsoft...

Page 106: ...ursor 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 107: ...log 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 108: ...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 109: ... explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manu facturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak bat tery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISPLAY ...

Page 110: ... 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 while the keyboard controller is pull low This is also used for the M B burn in test at the factory BIOS ROM checksum error Syste...

Page 111: ...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 112: ...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 113: ...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 114: ... 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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