FIC FR33E, Manual

Page 1: ...FR33E MAINBOARD MANUAL DOC No M01503 Rev A0 Date 9 2001 Part No 25 11620 00 ...

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

Page 3: ... Set System Jumpers 2 4 ClearCMOS CLR_CMOS 2 5 2 Install Memory Modules 2 5 3 Install the CPU 2 6 4 Install Expansion Cards 2 7 5 Connect Devices 2 9 Floppy Diskette Drive Connector 2 9 IDE Device Connectors 2 10 ATX Power Connector 2 10 Fan Connectors 2 11 Wake On LAN Connector 2 11 Wake On Ring Connector 2 12 CD Audio In Connector 2 12 Front Panel Block and Speaker Connector 2 13 PS 2 Keyboard a...

Page 4: ...O Jacks 2 17 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility 3 1 Standard CMOS Setup 3 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features 3 7 Integrated Peripherals 3 10 Power Management Setup 3 15 PnP PCI Configurations 3 19 PC Health Status 3 21 Frequency Voltage Control 3 22 Load Fail Safe Defaults 3 23 Load Optimized Defaults 3 23 Supervisor User Password 3 23 Save and Exit Setup 3 24 Exit without...

Page 5: ... Support for the Ultra DMA 100 protocol and its high speed interface further ensures that data transfer speeds are improved especially for long sequential transfers required by audio visual applications With 2 DIMM sockets the mainbard allows up to total 1GB PC 133 SDRAM The board comes with a versatile range of I O features such as 2 serial ports 1 parallel port 1 front audio 1 PS 2 mouse and key...

Page 6: ... found in your mainboard package Please install it right after your Windows operating system installa tion is done Place your CD Pro in the drive an operating menu will appears in your monitor Please select Auto Installation It will auto matically detect which software tools patch files drivers that the mainboard needs Press OK button to go through the whole instal lation procedure in a very strai...

Page 7: ...1 3 Overview The FR33E Mainboard ...

Page 8: ...0 drives IDE ZIP drives Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows NT Windows 2000 Windows XP and OS 2 n Leading Edge Chipset VIA Apollo PLE133T VT 8601T is a North Bridge with integrated 2D 3D graphics accelerator The chip is designed for offering a reliable effective and excellent performance It contains internal AGP controller concurrent PCI bus controller advanced DRAM controller and power management sup...

Page 9: ...andard ECP EPP parallel port one IR port and one FDD connector n Convenient Rear Panel USB Connection Support Two USB ports integrated in the rear I O panel with two extra USB pin heads for either front or rear panel connections to the growing number of USB compliant peripheral devices on the market n AMR ISA and PCI Expansion Slots One AMR one ISA Bus expansion slot and two PCI Bus expansion slot...

Page 10: ...ings and restart FIC Unique Innovation for Users NOVUS Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support ACPI Ready This mainboard fully implements the new ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface 1 0B Hardware and BIOS requirement If you install ACPI aware of operating system such as Windows 98 you fully utilized the power saving under ACPI Windows ME 2000 Professional XP supports ACPI func t...

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

Page 12: ...2 2 FR33E Mainboard Manual Mainboard Layout Quick Reference from Page 2 2 to 2 4 ...

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

Page 14: ...ins The types of jumpers used in this manual are shown below NOTE Users are not encouraged to change the jumper settings not listed in this manual Changing the jumper settings improperly may adversely affect system performance 3 CPU Fan Installation This connector is linked to the CPU fan When the system is in power saving mode the CPU fan will turn off when it reverts back to full on mode the fan...

Page 15: ...reaches the slot s bottom Clear CMOS CLR_CMOS The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer 2 Place the jumper cap onto the pinpair 2 3 to clear CMOS 3 Turn on your computer until CMOS checksum error appears 4 Turn off your computer 5 Place the jumper cap onto the pinpair 1 2 to Normal 6 Turn on your computer 7 Hold down theDelete key whe...

Page 16: ... built in Switching Voltage Regulator to support CPU Vcore autodetection That is It has the ability to detect and recognize the CPU voltage clock ratio and enables users to set up the CPU frequency from the BIOS Setup Screen Users can adjust the frequency through Frequency Voltage Control of the BIOS Setup Screen ...

Page 17: ...correctly locate the chip Align two notches of the processor with the two triangular marks on the socket Do not force the chip The CPU should slide easily into the socket 4 Swing the lever to the down position to lock the CPU in place 5 Install the cooling fan with heatsink on top of the installed CPU 6 Place the mainboard with the CPU its cooling fan and heatsink into the system chassis and affix...

Page 18: ...below 1 Remove the computer chassis cover and select an empty expansion slot 2 Remove the corresponding slot cover from the computer chassis Unscrew the mounting screw that secures the slot cover and pull the slot cover out from the computer chassis Keep the slot cover mounting screw nearby 3 Holding the edge of the peripheral card carefully align the edge connector with the expansion slot 4 Push ...

Page 19: ...he red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1 5 Secure the board with the mounting screw removed in Step 2 Make sure that the card has been placed evenly and completely into the expansion slot 6 Replace the computer system cover 7 Setup the BIOS if necessary 8 Install the necessary software drivers for the expansion card ...

Page 20: ...ll only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IDE Device Connectors These two connectors are used for your IDE hard disk drives CD drives LS 120 drives or IDE ZIP drives The red stripe of the ribbon cable must be the same side with the Pin 1 ...

Page 21: ... either with the case fan or North Bridge chip fan For preventing the system and chip from overheat damage the fans on this board will keep running when the system in suspend mode Wake On Lan Connector This 3 pin connector allows the remote servers to manage the system that installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL ...

Page 22: ...nnectors are used for different types for CD drive audio in port Wake On Ring Connector This 3 pin connector allows the modem ring call to wake up your computer system by connecting a wire between this connector and your modem card that installed on the AMR slot ...

Page 23: ...m is on off It will blink when the system enters suspend mode 2 Reset Button is connected to the reset button Push this switch to reboot the system instead of turning the power button off and on 3 HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator This LED will blink when the hard disk drives are activated 4 Dual Power LED it is in green light when the system in power on status It is in yellow light...

Page 24: ... and Mouse Connector These two 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard is purple color and PS 2 mouse is green color connectors are used for your PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse LAN Jack Please plug your LAN cable into this jack to connect with network system ...

Page 25: ...two black connectors integrated on the edge of the board are used for linking with USB peripheral devices This board also provides two extra USB connectors USB2 3 either for the front panel USB sockets or for rear panel Please note your operating system must support USB features such as MS Windows 98 MS Windows 95 OSR2 5 with USB Supplement The figure below is the pin assignment of USB2 3 connecto...

Page 26: ...d Manual Printer Connector This 25 pin D Sub female burgundy colored connector is attached to your printer Video Graphics Accelerator Connector This 15 pin female D sub blue connector is connected to your display moni tor ...

Page 27: ... Jacks LINE_OUT lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers LINE_IN light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the LINE_OUT MIC_IN pink allows microphones to be connected for voice input The mainboard also provides you with a front panel audio port connector F_AUDIO when needed Its pin definitions were presented be...

Page 28: ...2 18 FR33E Mainboard Manual SPDIF Connector This 3 pin connector offers the audio output in a SPDIF specification to achieve a better sound performance ...

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

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

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

Page 32: ...e When enabled supports CPU L2 cache This feature allows you to disable the cache function when the system performance is unstable to run some software The options are Enabled Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When enabled it activates the CPU L2 cache check and error correction The options are Enabled Disabled Processor Number Feature If a Pentium III processor is installed on this mainboard the...

Page 33: ... automatically enable the Num Lock Function when the system boots up The options are On Off Gate A20 Option When set at Fast allows a faster access response of address Line No 20 The options are Fast Normal First Second Third Boot Device This feature allows user to select the boot device priority The options are Floppy LS120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB H...

Page 34: ...be released MPS Version Control For OS When two CPUs onboard not this board this feature allows you to select MPS Multi Processor Spec version control for OS when logo test ex ecutes The options are 1 1 1 4 OS Select For DRAM 64MB If your operating system OS is OS 2 select the option OS2 Otherwise stay with the default setting Non OS2 The options are Non OS2 OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability S M A R T ...

Page 35: ...ually please set this feature at Dis abled The options are Enabled Disabled SDRAM Cycle Length This item will function only when SDRAM DIMM s are installed on the mainboard BIOS auto detection If the CAS latency of your SDRAM DIMM is 2 set it at 2 to enhance your system performance If the CAS latency of your SDRAM DIMM is 3 stay with the default setting 3 The options are 3 2 Bank Interleave This i...

Page 36: ...e will cause access to the video BIOS addressed at C0000H C7FFFH to be cached if the cache controller is also enabled The options are Enabled Disabled Memory Hole When you install a Legacy ISA card this feature allows you to select the memory hole s address range of the ISA cycle when the processor ac cesses the selected address area Please read your card manual for detail information When disable...

Page 37: ... same 1KB space This improves the PCI bus throughput The options are Enabled Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled allows data and address access to the internal buffer of the system controller so the processor can be released from the waiting state The options are Enabled Disabled OnChip Modem This feature allows you to disable the CNR modem function if needed The options are Enable Disab...

Page 38: ...e options are Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read When enabled the AGP bus master read access to the DRAMs will add one wait state cycle The options are Disabled Enabled OnChip IDE Channel0 When enabled allows you to use the onboard primary PCI IDE If a hard disk controller card is used set at Disabled The options are Enabled Disabled Memory Parity Check ECC Check This feature enables BIOS to pe...

Page 39: ...de 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Slave PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI primary IDE hard disk slave mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Secondary Master PIO Allows an automatic or a manual configuration of the PCI secondary IDE hard disk master mode The options are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Secondary Slave PIO Allows an aut...

Page 40: ...al Port 1 If the serial port 1 uses the onboard I O controller you can modify your serial port parameters If an I O card needs to be installed COM3 and COM4 may be needed The options are 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 2E8 IRQ3 Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 If the serial port 2 uses the onboard I O controller you can modify your serial port parameters If an I O card needs to be installed COM3 and COM4...

Page 41: ... signals of the recep tion end and the transmission end The options are No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Onboard Parallel Port Allows you to select from a given set of parameters if the parallel port uses the onboard I O controller The options are 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Disabled Onboard Parallel Port Mode Allows you to connect with an advanced printer The options are Normal EPP ECP ECP ECP ECP Mode...

Page 42: ...hosen The options are DMA 1 DMA 2 DMA 3 DMA0 MPU 401 This feature allows you to enable MPU 401 if the onboard Legacy audio chosen The options are Disabled Enabled MPU 401 I O Address This feature allows you to select the MPU 401 I O address if the onboard Legacy audio chosen Theoptionsare 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H 300 303H Game Port 200 207H This feature allows you to select the game port 200 207...

Page 43: ...ir minimum values Max Saving on the other hand initiates maximum values The options are User Define Min Saving Max Saving HDD Power Down The option lets the BIOS turn the HDD motor off when system is in Sus pend mode Selecting 1 Min 15 Min allows you define the HDD idle time before the HDD enters the Power Saving Mode The options 1 Min 15 Min will not work concurrently When HDD is in the Power Sav...

Page 44: ...No allows the APM Advanced Power Management specifi cation be ignored Selecting Yes will allow the BIOS wait for APM s prompt before it enters Doze mode Standby mode or Suspend mode If the APM is installed it will prompt the BIOS to set the system into power saving mode when all tasks are done The options are No Yes Video Off Option This feature provides the selections of the video display power s...

Page 45: ...llows you to select the IRQ to meet your modem s IRQ The options are NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Soft Off by PWR BTTN The selection Delay 4 Sec will allow the system shut down after 4 seconds after the power button is pressed The selection Instant Off will allow the system shut down immediately once the power button is pressed The settings are Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Video Off Method The option V H SYNC Bl...

Page 46: ...Enabled an input signal that comes from the other client server of the network or from a modem ring can awake the system from a soft off state The options are Disabled or Enabled Modem Ring Resume An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The options are Enabled Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Enabled allows...

Page 47: ... minute 0 1 2 59 ss second 0 1 2 59 IRQs Activity Monitoring After the time period which you set the system advances from doze mode to suspend mode in which the CPU clock stops and the screen display is off At this moment if the IRQ activity occurs the system goes back to full on mode directly If the IRQ activity which is defined as Non Primary takes place the system remains off until the correspo...

Page 48: ... such as Windows NT Windows 95 select Yes The options are No Yes Reset Configuration Data Enabling it to reset the system Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operat ing system can not boot The options are Disabled Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA If your PCI VGA card...

Page 49: ...is mainboard Some of them are not user configurable Current CPU Temp Current System Temp Current CPU FAN Speed Current System FAN Speed These items allow end users and technicians to monitor data such as the current CPU temperature CPU and case cooling fans rotating speed PC Health Status ...

Page 50: ... is used to activate spread spectrum feature The options are Disabled Enabled CPU Host Clock CPU PCI This feature allows you to set the CPU PCI clock frequency The default setting Default will detect your CPU PCI clock frequency automatically If you set a unappropriate option which leads to a booting problem keep pressing the Insert key until the display appears will solve it The option list offer...

Page 51: ...provide the best system performance Supervisor User Password To enable the Supervisor User passwords select the item from the Standard CMOS Setup You will be prompted to create your own password Type your password up to eight characters and press Enter You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter To disable password press Enter twice when you are prompted to en...

Page 52: ... If System is selected and the Supervisor User Password is enabled you will be requested to enter the Password every time when you reboot the system or enter the CMOS Setup utility Save and Exit Setup After you have made changes under Setup press Esc to return to the main menu Move cursor to Save and Exit Setup or press F10 and then press Y to change the CMOS Setup If you did not change anything p...