DFI LanParty PRO875B, User Manual

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Page 2: ... 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 regis...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in ac cordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful 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...

Page 4: ...dio Drivers 2 Install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 3 Install the other drivers and utilities Make sure to follow this sequence Doing it otherwise will slow down the boot up time and affect the performance of the sys tem Notice This user s manual contains detailed information about the system board If in some cases some information doesn t match those shown in the multilingual ma...

Page 5: ...gs 2 5 Rear Panel I O Ports 2 6 I O Connectors Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 2 Intel LAN BIOS Setting Utility 3 3 Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting Utility 3 4 HighPoint BIOS Configuration Utility 3 5 Updating the BIOS Chapter 4 Supported Softwares 4 1 Desktop Management Interface 4 2 Drivers Utilities and Software Applications 4 3 3D Audio Configuration 4 4 Installation Notes 7 16 16...

Page 6: ...ing T echnology A 1 Enabling the Hyper Threading Technology Appendix B CPU Fan Protection B 1 CPU Fan Protection Appendix C System Error Messages C 1 POST Beep C 2 Error Messages Appendix D Troubleshooting D 1 Troubleshooting Checklist 132 135 136 136 138 ...

Page 7: ...FSB 533MHz and 800MHz Intel Celeron processor 400MHz system data bus Note Refer to section 1 2 and appendix A for more information on the Hyper Threading Technology System Memory Supports dual channel 128 bit wide memory interface Each channel supports 2 DIMM sockets Supports up to 4GB system memory Supports Dynamic mode to optimize system performance Synchronous operation with processor system bu...

Page 8: ...to conveniently switch between these configurations simultaneously Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot and 5 PCI slots AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Supports AGP 3 0 AGP 4x and 8x and AGP 2 0 AGP 1x and 4x spec Supports 1 5V AGP 8x 2 13GB sec and AGP 4x 1066MB sec add in cards AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applic...

Page 9: ...of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog S PDIF is usu ally found on digital audio equipment such as a DAT machine or audio processing device The S PDIF connector on the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal outputs to am plifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like CD re corders 6 channel Audio The center bass and rear out jacks which su...

Page 10: ...ID 1 5 performs data stripping and mirroring simultane ously using two drives only Two independent IDE channels support up to 4 drives ATA 33 ATA 66 ATA 100 ATA 133 or EIDE Supports PIO modes 0 1 2 3 4 DMA modes 0 1 2 and UDMA modes 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 ID...

Page 11: ...nt 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 troubleshooting of comp...

Page 12: ...an and chip fan connectors 1 diagnostic LED connector for 4 external diagnostic LEDs display EZ touch switches power switch and reset switch 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 and failure alarm Monitors the fan speed...

Page 13: ...utomatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft Off By PWR BTTN field of the Power Management Setup this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft Off or Suspend mode Wake On Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake up power on to respond to calls coming from an ...

Page 14: ...e This function allows you to use the keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Important The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 720mA Wake On USB Keyboard This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Important If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply...

Page 15: ...ower button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files applications and operating system This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM Random Access Memory when it powers off The operating session will resume exactly where you...

Page 16: ...rmation about enabling the functionality of the Hyper Threading Technology For more infor mation on Hyper Threading Technology go to www intel com info hyperthreading 1 3 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items One LANPARTY PRO875B system board One LANPARTY PRO875B user s manual One LANPARTY Features user s manual Two IDE round cables One floppy round cable Two seri...

Page 17: ... Drivers diskette One Intel ICH5R RAID Driver diskette One Mainboard Utility CD One WinDVD WinRIP Utility CD If any of these items are missing or damaged please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance Please refer to the LANPARTY Features manual for more infor mation on the FrontX device ...

Page 18: ...18 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 System Board Layout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation ...

Page 19: ... 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 20: ...ks allowing for row switching to be done less often 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 slots can be populated DIMMs of...

Page 21: ...single channel Virtual single channel 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 ...

Page 22: ...ng DDR 1 E P 1 3 DS P 1 3 DS E P 1 3 SS P 1 3 SS DDR 2 P 2 4 DS E P 2 4 DS P 2 4 SS E P 2 4 SS DDR 3 E P 1 3 DS P 1 3 DS E P 1 3 SS P 1 3 SS DDR 4 P 2 4 DS E P 2 4 DS P 2 4 SS E P 2 4 SS P denotes populated E denotes empty denotes DIMMs are identical denotes DIMMs are not identical SS denotes Single Sided DIMM DS denotes Double Sided DIMM 1 2 3 or 4 denotes the DDR DIMM slot ...

Page 23: ...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 24: ... 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 25: ...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 26: ...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 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ...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 JP5 pins 2 and 3 to On Wait for a few seconds and set JP5 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 30: ...bmenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock or CPU Clock Ratio field to its default setting or an appropriate bus clock or frequency ratio Refer to the Genie BIOS Setting 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 31: ...re information Warning 1 If JP1 was enabled with a password set in the KB Power On Password field and now you wish to disable the keyboard password function make sure to set the Keyboard Mouse Power On field to Disabled prior to setting JP1 to disabled You will not be able to boot up the system if you fail to do so 2 The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in the K...

Page 32: ...ake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS is 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 your power supply must support 1 5A If you are using the Wake On USB Keyboard function for 3 or more USB ports the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support 2A X USB...

Page 33: ...ing PS 2 mouse port PS 2 keyboard port Parallel port COM port S PDIF in S PDIF out USB ports LAN port Mic in jack Line in jack Line out jack Center Bass jack Rear out jack PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B COM S PDIF in S PDIF out Rear out USB 1 USB 3 4 RJ45 LAN Mic in Center Bass Line in Line out Parallel USB 2 ...

Page 34: ...ter 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 Jumper Setting JP1 must be set to 2 3 On Enabled Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake On Keyboard Wake On Mouse in this chapter for more information BIOS ...

Page 35: ...ystem board It is a RS 232C asynchronous communication port with 16C550A compatible UART that can be used with a modem serial printer remote display terminal or other serial devices BIOS Setting Select the serial ports I O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super IO Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information ...

Page 36: ...ties 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 parallel port op eration at maximum speed BIOS Setting Select the parallel port s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super IO Device field of the BIOS ...

Page 37: ...ns CN20 and CN21 respectively The S PDIF connector at location J4 is for optical S PDIF cable connection Connect the optical audio cable connector of your S PDIF module to J4 Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connec tor is aligned with pin 1 of J4 DO NOT use RCA S PDIF and optical S PDIF at the same time S PDIF in S PDIF out 1 5 VCC Key SPDIF out GND SPDIF in W J4 ...

Page 38: ...s allow you to connect 4 additional USB 2 0 1 1 ports One of these connectors allows you to connect to the 2 USB ports that are on the FrontX de vice The FrontX device which comes with LANPARTY series products must be installed into a drive bay of the chassis Con nect the USB cable connector from FrontX to J13 or J14 Make sure pin 1 of the cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J13 or J14 1 VCC ...

Page 39: ... The Wake On USB Keyboard 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 Jumper Setting JP2 and or JP6 must be set to 2 3 On Enabled Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake On USB Keyboard in this chapter for more information BIOS Setting USB KB Wake Up From S3 in the Power Management Setup submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enable...

Page 40: ...N8 of the system board 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 Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more information Driver Installation Install the LAN Drivers Refer to chapter 4 for more information W ...

Page 41: ...e the C Media application software to select between using this jack and the front audio s mic in jack Line in Jack Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack 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 Mic Mic Power AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out GND...

Page 42: ...e FrontX device Using the line out and mic in jacks will disable the rear audio s line out and mic in functions The FrontX device which comes with LANPARTY series products must be installed into a drive bay of the chassis Remove the jumper caps from pins 5 6 and pins 9 10 of J19 prior to connecting the front audio cable connector Connect the audio cable connector from FrontX to J19 Make sure pin 1...

Page 43: ... game MIDI port cable is provided with the system board Install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the game MIDI port cable to connector J8 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of connector J8 BIOS Setting Configure the game port in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super I O Device field of the BIOS Refer to chapter 3 for more infor...

Page 44: ... Connectors The CD in J10 and AUX in J11 connectors are used to receive audio from a CD ROM drive TV tuner or MPEG card 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground 1 4 Right audio channel Left audio channel Ground Ground AUX in CD in W ...

Page 45: ...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 J15 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 should b...

Page 46: ...iguring RAID on Serial ATA Drives The ICH5R south bridge chip allows configuring RAID on serial ATA drives It supports RAID 0 and 1 The following must be set accordingly BIOS Setting 1 Enable the RAID function for Serial ATA drives in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu Intel OnChip IDE Device field of the Award BIOS 2 Configure and manage RAID in the Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting Utility Refer to chap...

Page 47: ...s To prevent improper IDE cable installation the shrouded RAID IDE header has a keying mechanism The 40 pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header Hard drives must be Ultra ATA 133 Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 Ultra ATA 33 EIDE and or Fast ATA 2 compatible For optimal performance install identical drives of the same...

Page 48: ...channels not between 2 drives that are chained on the same channel Note Only connect IDE hard drives to the RAID IDE connectors BIOS Setting 1 Enable or disable the HighPoint RAID controller in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the Award BIOS If the hard drives connected to the RAID IDE connectors will not be configured as RAID make sure to set the RAID Device Control field in the Award BIOS to Di...

Page 49: ...e 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 IDE 1...

Page 50: ...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 recogn...

Page 51: ...em board Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions BIOS Setting Configure IrDA in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super IO Device field of the BIOS 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 for more information W 1 5 ...

Page 52: ...verheating the CPU and system board components The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the chip fan and second fan These fans will automatically 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 CPU fan chip fan and second fan Refer to chapter 3 for more information More Information ...

Page 53: ...d The network 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 field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS 1 3 WO...

Page 54: ...ghted 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 or add in cards Diagnostic LEDs The Diagnostic LED connector at location J30 is used to connect to the 4 diagnostic LEDs that are on the FrontX device The FrontX device which comes with LANPARTY series products must be installed into a drive bay of the chassis...

Page 55: ...ng CMOS checksum and battery Initializing the clock generator Initializing USB Testing all memory cleared all extended memory to 0 Initializing the onboard Super IO Detecting and installing an IDE device Final initialization Booting the system LED 1 On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On Off On LED 2 Off On On Off Off On On Off Off On On Off Off On On LED 3 Off Off Off On On On On Off Off Of...

Page 56: ...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 12V 10 1 20 11 ...

Page 57: ... 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 J5 PWR L...

Page 58: ...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 59: ...he presence of the power switch and reset switch on the sys tem board are user friendly especially to DIY users They provide convenience in powering on and or resetting the system while fine tuning the system board before it is installed into the system chassis Power Switch Reset Switch ...

Page 60: ...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 61: ...lays the date from 1 to 31 Year displays the year from 1990 to 2098 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 Features and...

Page 62: ...DD 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 Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master and IDE Channel 1 Slave Move the cu...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...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 errors All But Disk Key The system boot will no...

Page 65: ...s sary updating 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 The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu for ease of reference in this manual In the actual CMOS setup you have to use the s...

Page 66: ...default value is enabled Enable the external cache for better performance 3 1 2 5 CPU L3 Cache This field is used to enable or disable the CPU s L3 cache 3 1 2 6 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 Technology and will appear only when using ...

Page 67: ...isk to HDD mode Floppy Emulates the USB flash disk to floppy mode 3 1 2 10 First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected Set Boot Other Device to E...

Page 68: ...efault 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 14 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down but will first wait for a ...

Page 69: ...when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Pass word submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be de nied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt 3 1 2 18 APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting 3 1 2 19 MPS ...

Page 70: ...ault 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 22 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 boot up Disabled The logo will not appear during system boot up 3 1 2 23 ...

Page 71: ...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 option is selected the system will run ac cording to the information in the EEPROM Th...

Page 72: ... memory clocks 3 1 3 6 Memory Frequency For This field is used to select the memory clock speed of the DIMM The system board supports DDR266 DDR333 or DDR400 when using 800MHz FSB CPU DDR333 will run at 320MHz memory frequency when used with 800MHz FSB CPU Under such circumstance make sure this field is set to Auto or DDR320 Refer to chapter 1 System Memory section for detailed specifi cation of t...

Page 73: ...of the Cache RAM the faster the video perform ance 3 1 3 10 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 computing environment 3 1 3 11 AGP Aperture Size MB This field is relevant to the memory mapped grap...

Page 74: ...re for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one 3 1 4 1 Intel 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 75: ...ontroller 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 Mode 0 4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive s timi...

Page 76: ...the onboard SATA Auto The system will detect the existing SATA and IDE drives then automatically set them to the available master slave mode Combined Mode This option 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 Port1 Mode and Serial ATA Port2 Mode fields Enhanced Mode This option allows you to u...

Page 77: ...IOS Setup Serial ATA Port1 Mode and Serial ATA Port2 Mode These fields are used to select the master slave mode of the serial ATA drives Make sure they do not conflict with the settings of the IDE hard drives ...

Page 78: ...e USB 2 0 Controller and USB Key board Support fields Disabled Disables the onboard USB USB 2 0 Controller and USB Keyboard Support fields are not configurable USB 2 0 Controller If you are using a USB 2 0 device this field must be set to Ena bled USB Keyboard Support By default this field is Disabled However if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS make sure to enable this function AC97 Audio Au...

Page 79: ...This is used to select the input clock of your keyboard Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Enables the onboard floppy disk controller Disabled Disables the onboard floppy disk controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto The system will automatically select an I O ad dress for the onboard serial port 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Allows you to manually select an I O address for the onboard serial port ...

Page 80: ... a 30o angle and within a dis tance of 1 meter 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 The options are Enabled and Disabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data Full Transmits and rece...

Page 81: ... Capabilities Port Allows 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 If you selected EPP the EPP Mode Select field is selectable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA field is selectable If you selected ECP EPP both EPP Mode Select and ECP ...

Page 82: ...elect its IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the midi port s IRQ 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 AGP When the system boots it will first initialize the AGP PCI Slot When the system boots it will first initialize PCI ...

Page 83: ...y only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP sup ports this function If you want to use the Suspend to RAM func tion make sure this field is enabled then select S3 STR in the ACPI Suspend Type field 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 settings on the screen are for reference on...

Page 84: ...power saving time in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields 3 1 5 5 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal 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 manag...

Page 85: ...se 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 power off the system Instant Off Pressing and then releasing the power button at once will immediately power off your system 3 1 5 10 Resume on PCI Event Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or mo...

Page 86: ...STR Suspend To RAM state This can be configured only if the ACPI Suspend Type field is set to S3 STR 3 1 5 15 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 d...

Page 87: ...ld like to use to power on 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 Keyboard 98 When this option is selected press the wake up key of the Windows 98 compatible keyboard to power on th...

Page 88: ...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 State When power returns after an AC power failure the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs If the system s power is off when AC power failure occurs it will remain off when power returns If the system s power is on when ...

Page 89: ...ices Auto The system will automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field respectively 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 Device 3 1 6 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system It covers some very technical...

Page 90: ... 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 does not have an IRQ assigned ...

Page 91: ... field If the system detected that its temperature exceeded the one set in this field it will automatically shutdown This function will work only when you enable this function in the Hardware Monitor utility 3 1 7 3 Current System Temperature Current CPU Temperature Current Chip Fan Speed Current CPU Fan Speed and Cur rent Second Fan Speed These fields show the internal temperature of the system c...

Page 92: ...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 Hardware Monitor utility This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board Refer to the Hardware Monitor section in chapter 4 for more information ...

Page 93: ...MHz increment Important Selecting an external bus clock other than the default setting may result to the processor s or system s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance 3 1 8 2 CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU s frequency ratio Important The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind of ...

Page 94: ...etting Do not alter this setting un less advised by an engineer or technician 3 1 8 7 Current CPU Voltage This field will show the current CPU voltage 3 1 8 8 CPU Voltage Control This field allows you to manually adjust to a higher core voltage that is supplied to the CPU If you want to use the CPU s default core voltage leave this field in its default setting The CPU s Vcore will be generated acc...

Page 95: ...mportant 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 11 CSA LAN Giga LAN This field is used to enable or disable the onboard CSA Gigabit LAN 3 1 8 12 CSA LAN Boot ROM Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM instead of a disk drive to boot up the system and access t...

Page 96: ...Re loaded in the main menu then press Enter The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one You can save load and name up to four sets of configurations in the User Define Config 1 to User Define Config 4 fields Saving a Configuration After you have made the proper settings move the cursor to Backup of User Define Config 1 then press Enter The messag...

Page 97: ...e message below will appear Renaming a Configuration The default name given in the User Define Config 1 field is Config 1 To rename move the cursor to Rename then press Enter The message below will appear You can enter up to 16 characters To save another configuration repeat the procedures above but this time in the User Define Config 2 or the fields that follow ...

Page 98: ...r Defined Config 2 etc then pressing the Reset button The system will instantly reboot with the configuration you have selected Use Hot Keys to Load a Configuration During System Boot Up To load a configuration during system boot up press the configu ration number e g 1 2 etc in 0 5 seconds once the system boots The system will run according to the configuration you have selected Use Hot Keys to C...

Page 99: ... 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 100: ...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 101: ...ccess 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 p...

Page 102: ...ss 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 103: ...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 104: ...e boot ROM s settings 3 3 Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting Utility The Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting Utility is used to configure and manage RAID on Serial ATA drives Important Before you run the Intel ICH5R BIOS Setting Utility make sure SATA Mode Intel OnChip IDE Device section in the Inte grated Peripherals submenu of the Award BIOS is set to RAID After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have ...

Page 105: ...evice Control field in the Genie BIOS Setting submenu of the Award BIOS is set to Enabled After you power up the system and all hard disk drives have been detected the boot ROM message screen will appear as shown below Press the Ctrl and H keys simultaneously The BIOS Con figuration Utility screen will appear Note Refer to the BIOS Configuration Utility section in the HighPoint RAID User s Manual ...

Page 106: ... floppy disk 2 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 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 ...

Page 107: ...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 108: ... numbers 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 alte...

Page 109: ...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 110: ...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 111: ...omatically 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 Intel 875P chipset Chipset Drivers Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility Important Installation Rules Please follow the installation sequence below 1 Install the Audio Drivers 2 Install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility 3 Install the...

Page 112: ...g sys tems Windows 98 Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 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 Click Install Device Driver ...

Page 113: ...lete 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 114: ...ntel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the CHIPSET icon 2 Click Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Reboot the system for the utility to take effect ...

Page 115: ...ers are supported in the following operating sys tems Windows 98 SE Windows ME and Windows 2000 To install the driver please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the USB icon 2 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 116: ...iver which comes available after you have installed the operating system 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 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 117: ...s will install the LAN application software After installing the software run the application soft ware by double clicking the icon on the lower right of the taskbar The Intel R PROSet II screen will appear For more information about using the utility click View User Guide on the screen above 5 Go back to the screen above to install the LAN driver Click Install Base Driver 6 Follow the prompts on ...

Page 118: ...ch contains the RAID drivers installation instructions will appear The installation procedure will lead you to install the driver from a diskette The diskette is included in the system board package To install the RAID drivers 1 Insert the HighPoint 372 N RAID Drivers diskette 2 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 3 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note Refer to...

Page 119: ... the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click HighPoint RAID Utility on the main menu The follow ing screen will appear 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect Note Refer to the HighPoint RAID User s Manual for more informa tion about the utility The manual is included in the CD ...

Page 120: ...river Insert the Intel ICH5R RAID Driver diskette 5 Select Intel 82801ER SATA RAID Controller from the list then press Enter 6 The next screen should confirm that you have selected the Intel r RAID controller Press Enter again to continue 7 Finish the Windows installation Leave the floppy disk in the floppy drive until the system reboots itself Windows setup will need to copy the files from the fl...

Page 121: ...age RAID on Serial ATA drives To install the utility please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click Intel Application Accelerator RAID Edition on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the installation instructions shown on the screen 4 Reboot the system for the driver to take effect ...

Page 122: ... 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 recom mend 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 Hardware Monitor on the main m...

Page 123: ...on 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 124: ... 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 install...

Page 125: ...ng Internet connec tion the utility can automatically connect to the web server Installing RadarSync 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click RadarSync on the main menu 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 Launching RadarSync Click Start on your Windows desktop poi...

Page 126: ...re Updating the System When RadarSync is running and you are online the Update Win dow will from time to time pop up on your computer screen This means RadarSync has found an update file for the system s BIOS By finding the updates for you and downloading them RadarSync saves you time To get an update once RadarSync notifies you about it click Download on the Update Window Note Refer to the RadarS...

Page 127: ...an operating system To install please follow the steps below 1 On the left side of the autorun screen click the TOOLS icon 2 Click WinFlash on the main menu The following screen will appear 3 Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation 4 Restart the system To flash the BIOS run the WinFlash utility ...

Page 128: ...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 129: ...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 130: ... tual surround adjustable multi channel sound field innovative listening mode amazing sound effects and 3D positional audio It has 3 functional blocks Virtual Speaker Shifter Sound Ef fect and Multi channel Mu sic Demo X Note Refer to the Audio User s Manual for more information about 3D Audio Configuration The manual is included in the CD ...

Page 131: ...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 132: ... 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 133: ...y 133 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 134: ...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 135: ...le of monitoring the CPU fan therefore you must use a fan with sense pin to support this function Connect the CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on the system board 2 The CPU Fan Protection field in the PC Health Status submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled 3 You may now power on the system Three circumstances may occur causing the system to detect CPU fan failure 1 The CPU fan is not connected...

Page 136: ...ode consists of a single long beep C 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 137: ...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 138: ...Test 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 M...

Page 139: ...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 140: ... 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 141: ...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 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 ...