JETWAY NF18GF, User Manual

Page 1: ... G03 NF18GF3A Release date October 2003 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without notice and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer ...

Page 2: ...UP 20 3 2 GETTING HELP 20 3 3 THE MAIN MENU 21 3 4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES 22 3 5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 23 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 25 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 26 3 7 1 ONCHIP IDE FUNCTION 27 3 7 2 ONCHIP DEVICE FUNCTION 28 3 7 3 ONCHIP SUPER IO FUNCTION 28 3 8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 29 3 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 30 3 9 1 IRQ RESOURCES 31 3 10 PC HEALTH STATUS 32 3 11 MISCELLANEOUS CON...

Page 3: ...394 Ports Option 5 SPDIF IN SPDIF OUT Adaptor 5 VGA Port 2 Bracket Option 5 NF18GF User s Manual AMD Athlon Duron Processor Family Cooling Solutions As processor technology pushes to faster speeds and higher performance thermal management becomes increasingly crucial when building computer systems Maintaining the proper thermal environment is key to reliable long term system operation The overall ...

Page 4: ...erboard provided SPDIF In SPDIF Out optical function through Audio bracket optional can connect to SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface Speaker for audio transmission with better quality Or use SPDIF In received digital signal from other SPDIF device The motherboard including PCI LAN Controller chip support 10 100 Mb sec Base transfer rate for network The NF18GF including the 1394 PCI controller p...

Page 5: ...slot x1 support AGP 3 0 4X 8X mode 32 bit PCI slot x1 Integrate IDE Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA and the ULTRA DMA 33 66 100 133 functions that deliver the data transfer rate up to 133 MB s TV Out Secondary CRT Bracket Option Integrated TV out encoder or Secondary through external bracket Provided S Video and RCA composite connector External bracket optional 1394 P...

Page 6: ...003 157 218 3D Winbench 2000 32 32bit 80 6 123 PC Mark 2002 CPU Memory HDD 6269 4276 868 6299 4663 885 Content Creation Winstone 2002 41 7 43 9 Content Creation Winstone 2003 37 1 37 8 Business Winstone 2002 34 2 34 8 Winbench 99 V1 2 Business Disk Winmark99 9440 9510 Hi end Disk Winmark99 31400 32000 Business Graphic Winmark 625 827 Hi end Graphic Winmark 1790 1880 SYS Mark 2001 2002 SISMark 2001...

Page 7: ...t X2 Floppy Connector nVIDIA nForce2 IGP SSP Chip ATA 100 IDE Conn Front Panel Conn ATX Power Conn USB Port nVIDIA nForce2 MCP2 T Chip Clear CMOS JP5 1394 Port Connector 1394B 1394A SFAN2 Front Panel Audio Conn Speaker Connector SPDIF In header CPU Socket CPU Frequency Select JP4 ATX 12V Power Conn SFAN1 SPDIF Out Optical Conn OPT Center Base REAR Speaker Front Speaker 2MBit Flash ROM BIOS CIR Con...

Page 8: ...t2 Header 15 pin Block P 15 COM1 COM2 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Headers 9 pin Block P 15 FPAUDIO Front Panel Speaker MIC Headers 9 pin Block P 15 USB1 USB2 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 15 1394A 1394B 1394 Port Headers 9 pin Block P 16 SPDIF SPDIF In Receiver Optical Header 3 pin Block P 16 JP2 option External Remote Control Connect Cable Header 2x5 pin Block P 16 SPEAK PC Speaker connector 4 pin Blo...

Page 9: ...ed USB Wake Up Disabled Default JP1 1 2 closed K B Power ON Disabled Default JP1 JP1 JP3 1 3 JP3 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting 4 pin JP4 CPU Front Side Bus Frequency Setting 1 2 133 166MHz AUTO JP4 1 4 2 3 166MHz JP4 1 4 3 4 100MHz JP4 1 4 OFF 133MHz JP4 1 4 Note CPU Front Side Bus Frequency also can change setting in BIOS SETUP please refer page 33 Miscellaneous Control in Ho...

Page 10: ...CI ISA RAM the slots used to mount adapter cards and system RAM AGP Accelerated Graphics Port a high speed interface for video cards runs at 1X 66MHz 2X 133MHz or 4X 266MHz or 8X 533MHz PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect a high speed interface for video cards sound cards network interface cards and modems runs at 33MHz ISA Industry Standard Architecture a relatively low speed interface primaril...

Page 11: ...n of protecting CPU you must connect the CPU FAN connector on CPUFAN location in order to obtain this feature Without connection on CPUFAN or you have connect CPU FAN on SFAN2 the system will shut down immediately to protect both your CPU and motherboard Over heat Protect Only for Athlon XP serial CPU when the CPU overheat system will auto shut down power supply You can hear a continue beep sound ...

Page 12: ... memory does not exceeds 2 0GB otherwise the system may hang during startup Generally installing DDR SDRAM modules to your motherboard is very easy you can refer to figure 2 4 to see what a 184 Pin DDR 266 333 DDR SDRAM module looks like DDR1 BANK0 BANK1 DDR2 BANK2 BANK3 NOTE When you install DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and...

Page 13: ...7 Install the necessary software driver for your expansion card 2 5 2 Assigning IRQs For Expansion Card Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must exclusively assign to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard function 0 N A System Timer 1 N A Keyboard Controller 2 N A Pr...

Page 14: ...GP VGA card AGP SLOT 2 6 Connectors Headers 2 6 1 Connectors 1 Power Connector 20 pin block PWR ATX Power Supply connector This is a new defined 20 pins connector that usually comes with ATX case The ATX Power Supply allows to use soft power on momentary switch that connect from the front panel switch to 2 pins Power On jumper pole on the motherboard When the power switch on the back of the ATX po...

Page 15: ...ector is standard RJ45 connector for network connection 6 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female LPT Parallel Port connector is a 25 pin D Subminiature Receptacle connector The On board Parallel Port can be disabled through the BIOS SETUP Please refer to Chapter 3 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information 7 Audio Connector CN1 LINE OUT LINE IN MIC This Connector are 3 phone J...

Page 16: ...ordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings 12 Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin block IDE2 This connector connects to the next set of Master and Slave hard disks Follow the same procedure described for the primary IDE connector You may also configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable...

Page 17: ... Port COM1 COM2 Header 9 pin COM1 COM2 COM2 Pin 1 Note Orient the read marking on the COM1 COM2 ribbon cable to pin 1 Serial Port COM1 COM2 Header COM1 Pin 1 3 Speaker MIC Header for Front Panel 5 pin FPAUDIO This header connect to Front Panel Speaker MIC connector with cable Speaker MIC Headers Pin 1 GND MIC 5VMIC SPEAKER R SPEAKER L 4 USB Port Headers 9 pin USB1 USB2 These headers are used for c...

Page 18: ...tical Receiver Connector by this connector you can in put digital signal from other device such like CD ROM CD player to get high quality audio SPDIF IN Optical Headers SPDIF 1 3 VCC5 GND SPDIF IN 7 External Remote Control Connect Cable Header JP2 JP2 is for connect External Remote Control when plug out the connect cable you have to insert the jumpers in 3 5 7 9 4 6 8 10 otherwise the On board Key...

Page 19: ...Power LED is light on while the system power is on Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin 12 Power switch PWR BTN This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted power switch to power ON OFF the system System Case Connections SPEAK SPKR GND NC VCC5 Pin 1 FP Pin 1 HDLED RESET VCC5 GND VCC5 ACPILED PWRBTN PWRBTN ACPILED HDDLED RSTSW NC GND 13 FAN Speed Headers 3 pin SFAN1 SFAN2 CPU...

Page 20: ...ect it to CD ROM CD Audio output connector CD Audio In Headers CDIN 4 1 16 SPDIF Bracket Connector SPDIF2 Option The connector allows you to connect a SPDIF Bracket for Sony Philips Digital Interface SPDIF The SPDIF Bracket offers 2 SPDIF jacks for digital audio transmission and receiver for optional optical fiber and 2 analog Line Out jacks for 4 channel audio output To attach the fiber optic cab...

Page 21: ...e system will then run power on test While the test are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional message will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power The system may have failed on power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Beep Meaning One short beep when displaying logo No er...

Page 22: ...ight to choose in the main menu the option you want to confirm or to modify Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Page Up Page Down or keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows you to enter Setup If the ...

Page 23: ...t User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 3 1 Standard CMOS Features Use this Menu for basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system ...

Page 24: ...Dn keys to select the value you want in each item CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Tue Apr 29 2003 Time hh mm ss 16 45 35 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All Bu...

Page 25: ...on shall be None Access Mode The settings are Auto Normal Large and LBA Cylinder number of cylinders Head number of heads Precomp write precomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disabled CPU L1 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache Enabled Quick Power On S...

Page 26: ...t to Enabled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Fourth Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items The settings are Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 HDD 1 HDD 3 SCSI CDROM LAD and Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Switches the floppy disk drives between ...

Page 27: ...OS Select For DRAM 64MB Allows OS2 to be used with 64MB or DRAM Settings are Non OS 2 default and OS2 Set to OS 2 if using more than 64MB and running OS 2 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features The Advanced Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers These registers control most of the system options in the computer CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Soft...

Page 28: ...ipherals CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help Onboard IDE Function Press Enter Onboard Device Function Press Enter Onboard Super IO Function Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot Power On Function Button Only X KB Power On Password Enter X Hot Key Power On Ctrl F1 Power Loss Function Always off Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ...

Page 29: ...ter Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The settings are Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra...

Page 30: ...m contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB peripherals The settings are Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The settings are Enabled Disabled 3 7 3 Onboard Super IO Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2003 Award Software Onboard Super IO Function Item Help On...

Page 31: ...in the EPP modes simultaneously choose EPP By choosing ECP the onboard parallel port will operate in ECP mode only Choosing ECP EPP will allow the onboard parallel port to support both the ECP and EPP modes simultaneously The ECP mode has to use the DMA channel so choose the onboard parallel port with the ECP feature After selecting it the following message will appear ECP Mode Use DMA at this tim...

Page 32: ...g call from the modem Wake Up on RTC Alarm This function is for setting date and time for your computer to boot up During Disabled you cannot use this function During Enabled choose the Date and Time Alarm Time dd hh mm of Alarm You can choose which day of month what hour minute the system will boot up Note If you have change the setting you must let the system boot up until it goes to the operati...

Page 33: ...is field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a The settings are Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt Please refer to section 3 9 1 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The settings...

Page 34: ...V 12 36V VBAT V 3 21V 5VSB V 5 02V Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Optimized Defaults F7 Standard Defaults Shutdown Temperature This item can let users setting the Shutdown temperature when CPU temperature over this setting the system will auto shutdown to protect CPU Show PC Health in Post During Enabled it displays information list...

Page 35: ...frequency by BIOS setting The choice are 100 133 166 200 236 240 242 244 245 250 MHz DRAM Clock at next Boot is This field displays the capability of the memory modules that you can use The choice is either 100 110 125 133 138 166 200 208 221 229 MHz CPU Vcore Select This item allows you to select Vcore of the CPU The choice are 1 100V 1 850V CPU Ratio Select This item allows you to select Ratio o...

Page 36: ...n only enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confi...

Page 37: ...ed so that your system can function properly We call this auto detect software MAGIC INSTALL MAGIC INSTALL Supports WINDOWS 98SE ME NT4 0 2000 XP Insert CD into your CD ROM drive and the MAGIC INSTALL Menu should appear as below If the menu does not appear double click MY COMPUTER double click CD ROM drive or click START click RUN type X SETUP EXE assuming X is your CD ROM drive From MAGIC INSTALL...

Page 38: ... COMPATIBILITY ISSUE FOR IDE DEVICES AGP NVIDIA AGP DRIVER IS TO BE INSTALLED IF YOU ARE USING AN AGP VGA CARD NVIDIA GART WILL PROVIDE SERVICE ROUTINES TO YOUR VGA DRIVER AND INTERFACE DIRECTLY TO HARDWARE PROVIDING FAST GRAPHIC ACCESS MEMCTL NVIDIA Memory Controller driver SMBUS NVIDIA SMBUS Controller driver ETHERNET NVIDIA nFORCE MCP networking 1 Click nFORCE when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 ...

Page 39: ...IDIA VGA Driver 1 Click VGA when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click NEXT When NVIDIA Win95 98 ME 2000 XP Display Driver Windows appear 3 If You Want Re start Computer Click FINISH 4 3 Sound Install ALC650 Audio Codec Driver ...

Page 40: ...and KaraOK Mode Function 6 Manual Sound Effect Setting Note The path of the file For WIN98 NT4 0 WIN2K XP is X CODEC ALC SETUP EXE Note In Win2K WinME users have to click Control Panel System Device Manager DVD CD ROM drives to Enabled digital CD Audio for the CD ROM Device when use the SPDIF Out digital signal 4 4 USB2 0 Install NVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver Windows 98SE ME 2000 USB 2 O Driver installati...

Page 41: ...ller And USB2 0 Root Hub Device 4 5 PC CILLIN Install PC CILLIN 2002 Anti virus program 1 Click PC CILLIN when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appear 2 1 Click Install PC CILLIN when PC CILLIN 2002 main menu appears and Click NEXT when Install Shield Wizard For PC CILLIN 2002 2 Click Open Manual you can learn PC CILLIN 2002 how to use 3 This is license agreement select I Accept the terms and Click NEXT 4 Click...

Page 42: ...ister process we recommend select update item to download newest engine code and virus code Note Please install ACROBAT READER Before you read PC CILLIN 2002 User Manual the path at X acrobat ar500eng exe 4 6 PC HEALTH Install NFORCE2 Hardware Doctor Utility The path of the file is X 83627HD SETUP EXE support WINDOWS 98SE ME 2000 XP 1 Click PC Health when Magic Install Menu appears 2 Click Next wh...

Page 43: ...ll appears You can remove the Utility in Control Panel Add Remove Program icon 2 After executing Winbond Hardware Doctor it supports system voltage Fan speed and CPU SYSTEM Temperature Because this is a On time Monitoring program therefore the value will change after it detected if the value is over default setting the system will have warning picture and beeps This is a System Voltage status 3 Th...

Page 44: ...n you will have this picture choose from internet you can upgrade BIOS On line 5 When On line update BIOS the program will auto check your BIOS version 6 Click Next if you need update BIOS after upgrade BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically restart 7 Click Yes if you want to update the BIOS otherwise choose No to exit 8 When System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish upd...

Page 45: ...by click START click RUN type SYS A click OK STEP 2 Copy utility program to your boot disc You may copy from DRIVER CD X FLASH AWDFLASH EXE or download from our web site STEP 3 Copy latest BIOS for NF18GF from our web site to your boot disc STEP 4 Insert your boot disc into A start the computer type Awdflash A NF18GFAxxx BIN SN PY CC R NF18GFxxx BIN is the file name of latest BIOS it can be NF18GF...