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Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration 
Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system 
reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot.  
The settings are: Enabled and Disabled. 
Resource Controlled By 
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot 
and Plug and Play compatible devices.  However, this capability means absolutely nothing 
unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows

95/98.  If you set 

this 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 are Enabled, Disabled. 

3-9-1   IRQ Resources 

 

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IRQ Resources 

 

Item Help 

 

   IRQ-3  assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-4  assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-5  assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-7  assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-9  assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-10 assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-11 assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-14 assigned to              PCI Device 

   IRQ-15 assigned to              PCI Device 

      

 

 

 
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 Move Enter:Select  +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit  F1:General Help 

F5:Previous Values    F6:Optimized Defaults    F7:Standard Defaults 

 
 

3-10  PC Health Status 

 
This section shows the Status of you CPU, Fan, Warning for overall system status.  This is 
only available if there is Hardware Monitor onboard. 

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PC Health Status 

   Shutdown Temperature            Disabled 

 

Item Help 

Summary of Contents for S446R2A

Page 1: ...NO G03 S446R2A Release date March 2002 Trademark Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only and are subject to change at any time without not...

Page 2: ...LLATION 12 2 5 2 ASSIGNING IRQ FOR EXPANSION CARD 12 2 5 3 INTERRUPT REQUEST TABLE FOR THIS MOTHERBOARD 13 2 5 4 AGP SLOT 13 2 6 CONNECTORS HEADERS 13 2 6 1 CONNECTORS 13 2 6 2 HEADERS 17 2 7 STARTING...

Page 3: ...DATE BIOS 50 USER S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER NO PART OF THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED I...

Page 4: ...case temperature Heatsinks induce improved processor heat dissipation through increased surface area and concentrated airflow from attached fans In addition interface materials allow effective transfe...

Page 5: ...rmance use RAID1 function it can protect data which save in hard disk drive These motherboards also has an integrated AC 97 2 1 CODEC on board which is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro that giv...

Page 6: ...RAM Modules Expandable to 3 0GB Expansion Slot Headers AGP slot x1 support AGP 2 0 4X mode 32 bit PCI slot x5 CNR slot x1 Integrate IDE Two PCI IDE controllers support PCI Bus Mastering ATA PIO DMA an...

Page 7: ...erformance Test Report DDR266 DDR333 3D Mark 2000 5369 5477 3D Mark 2001 2492 2519 3D Winbench 2000 103 104 Final Reality 9 76 10 60 Content Creation Winstone 2000 42 5 43 6 Content Creation Winstone...

Page 8: ...Power Conn ITE 8705 Chip IR Connector CNR Slot Front Panel Audio PC99 Back Panel CD Audio PCI Slot AGP Slot K B Power ON Jumper JP1 Floppy Connector SiS 645 Chip Front Panel Connector ATA 100 IDE Conn...

Page 9: ...or 40 pin Block P 16 IDE3 IDE4 IDE RAID Connectors 40 pin Block for S446R P 16 Headers Header Name Description Page FAUDIO SPEAKER MIC header 9 pin Block P 17 USB2 USB Port Headers 9 pin Block P 17 HD...

Page 10: ...oard s Jumper Setting 1 CMOS RAM Clear 3 pin JP2 A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM short 2 3 pins of JP2 to store the CMOS data To clear the CMOS follow the pr...

Page 11: ...ate When JP4 2 3 closed the IDE3 IDE4 are setting in RAID Mode supports RAID 0 striping to increase hard drive performance or RAID 1 mirroring to protect hard drive data for more detail information pl...

Page 12: ...ow speed interface typically used for printers PS 2 a low speed interface used for mouse and keyboards USB Universal Serial Bus a medium speed interface typically used for mouse keyboards scanners sca...

Page 13: ...FAN is working correctly otherwise it may cause the processor and motherboard overheat and damage you may install an auxiliary cooling FAN if necessary To install a CPU first turn off your system and...

Page 14: ...port 2 pcs DDR333 module when DDR clock setting in 166MHz 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 SDRAM module loo...

Page 15: ...m s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary 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 a...

Page 16: ...rds don t need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 2 5 4 AGP Slot This motherboard provides an AGP Slot support the 1...

Page 17: ...hich fully support Pentium 4 processor must including this connector for support extra 12V voltage to maintain system power consumption Without this connector might cause system unstable because the p...

Page 18: ...TEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP section for more detail information 7 Audio and Game Connector AUD_GAME This Connector are 3 phone Jack for LINE OUT LINE IN MIC and a 15 pin D Subminiature Receptacle Conne...

Page 19: ...ard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumpers accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper setting...

Page 20: ...1 Mode for mirroring capable for data protection For more detail description please read PROMISE DOC in CD PACK X MANUAL PROMISE DOC file IDE RAID Connectors Pin 1 IDE3 IDE4 Pin 1 2 6 2 Headers 1 Lin...

Page 21: ...to prolong the lift of the system s power supply See the figure below 5 Speaker connector SPK2 This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker See the figure below 6 Power LED ACPILED The Po...

Page 22: ...2 Watts or less depending on the fan manufacturer the wire and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into c...

Page 23: ...ripheral Printer Scanner External Modem etc c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to turn on the power supply and press the ATX power switch on the front side of the case 5 The power LED...

Page 24: ...uter the BIOS program gain control The BIOS first operates an auto diagnostic test called POST power on self test for all the necessary hardware it detects the entire hardware device and configures th...

Page 25: ...ue Ctrl Alt Esc or Del to enter Setup 3 2 Getting Help Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page S...

Page 26: ...Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to...

Page 27: ...84 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date mm dd yy Mon Oct 26 2001 Time hh mm ss 16 48 35 IDE Primary Master Press Enter None IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None IDE Secondary Master...

Page 28: ...ecomp Landing Zone landing zone Sector number of sectors 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Anti Virus Protection Disab...

Page 29: ...abled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled default Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST First Second Third Boot Device Boot Other Device The BIOS attempts to load the opera...

Page 30: ...elect 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 Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD fo...

Page 31: ...le at 15M 16M You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system mem...

Page 32: ...ous DRAM is installed in the system The settings are 2T and 3T CAS Latency Setting When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The settings...

Page 33: ...IDE Function CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software OnChip IDE Function Item Help Internal PCI IDE Both Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Second...

Page 34: ...e Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the o...

Page 35: ...erial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART2 Mode Normal IR Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 Gener...

Page 36: ...A channels 3 to 1 The onboard parallel port is EPP Spec compliant so after the user chooses the onboard parallel port with the EPP function the following message will be displayed on the screen EPP Mo...

Page 37: ...Soft Off state The settings are Delay 4 Sec Instant Off PM Wake Up Events Please refer to section 3 8 1 3 8 1 PM Wake Up Events CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software PM Wake Up Event...

Page 38: ...stem PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This secti...

Page 39: ...rolled 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 ar...

Page 40: ...e chart and FAN Speed 3 11 Miscellaneous Control This section is for setting CPU Frequency Control CMOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 2001 Award Software Miscellaneous Control Item Help CPU Clock Rat...

Page 41: ...dard Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations Load Optimized Defaults When you press Enter on this item you get a confirmation...

Page 42: ...ized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option If the Security option is set to System the password will be required...

Page 43: ...monitoring device 7 MAGIC BIOS install BIOS Live Update Utility 8 PC CILLIN install PC CILLIN2000 anti virus program 9 DIRECTX8 install Microsoft DirectX 8 0 driver 10 BROWSE CD to browse the contents...

Page 44: ...xt when SiS Aceleration Graphic Port appears 3 Click NEXT or choose BROWSE to change the path For the file to be stored 4 After Setup complete please select restart my computer now and click Finish to...

Page 45: ...Rack table can play CD WAV MID MP3 AVI MPG Format File 6 This is a Sound Environment Simulator and Karaok function table NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect file path X SIS645 SOUND SETUP EXE for WIND...

Page 46: ...ll Finish NOTE The path of the file For Windows 95 98 is X PROMISE ATA100 WIN95 98 including Win95 98 For Windows ME is X PROMISE ATA100 WINME For Windows 2000 is X PROMISE ATA100 WIN2000 For Windows...

Page 47: ...ROMISE IDE RAID Controller Utility 1 Click PROMISE RAID Controller Utility in MAGIC INSTALL MENU 2 In this screen please click Next to install PROMISE Monitoring Utility NOTE The path of the file For...

Page 48: ...t the FastCheck Monitoring Utility automatically run after windows starts 6 Click Finish after complete Setup 7 After Windows restart click FastCheck Monitoring Utility you can monitor the RAID Status...

Page 49: ...k PC HEALTH when MAGIC INSTALL MENU appears 2 Click Install when SMART GUARDIAN INSTALL appears 3 Click OK after the software is installed 4 SMART GUARDIAN Utility NOTE MAGIC INSTALL will auto detect...

Page 50: ...3 After finish Setup you will have a Magic BIOS icon in your screen 4 Double click the Magic BIOS icon you will have this picture choose from internet you can upgrade BIOS On line 5 When On line upda...

Page 51: ...hen System programming BIOS don t turn off power after finish update BIOS the system will clear CMOS and automatically Restart 9 When choose From Local Driver to update BIOS you must have the correct...

Page 52: ...hen the announcement of copywrite appears Software is starting to detect HD for virus 3 Click NEXT and Enter User Information Click NEXT or choose BROWSE to change the path For the file to be stored 4...

Page 53: ...Setup Complete and click Finish 9 Enter Your name and E mail address Register PC cillin 2000 or Click Cancel Register Later 10 After install PC cillin 2000 complete we recommend select update item to...

Page 54: ...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 S446 S446R from our web site to your boot di...

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