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NB73-EA

NB73-ES

Rev. A+

System Board
User’s  Manual

58600213

Summary of Contents for NB73-EA

Page 1: ...NB73 EA NB73 ES Rev A System Board User s Manual 58600213...

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 2002 All Rights Reserved Trademarks Wi...

Page 3: ...ot installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular in...

Page 4: ...egarded as the most updated version The multilingual manual is included in the system board package To view the user s manual insert the CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD...

Page 5: ...8 Factory Use Jumper 2 9 Ports and Connectors Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3 1 The Basic Input Output System 3 1 1 Standard CMOS Features 3 1 2 Advanced BIOS Features 3 1 3 Advanced Chipset Feat...

Page 6: ...s 4 5 Audio Drivers and Software Application 4 6 Onboard LAN Drivers for Windows 4 7 USB 2 0 Driver 4 8 Winbond Smart I O Drivers 4 9 Winbond SmartCard Application 4 10 Microsoft DirectX 8 1 Driver 4...

Page 7: ...ystem data bus System Memory Two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM sockets 2 5V unbuffered PC1600 DDR200 PC2100 DDR266 DDR SDRAM DIMM Supports maximum of 2GB system memory using 64Mbit 128Mbit 256Mbit or 512Mbit...

Page 8: ...efficiency CNR Communication and Networking Riser is an interface that supports multi channel audio V 90 analog modem phone line based networking or 10 100 Ethernet based networking riser board Onboar...

Page 9: ...rt 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 mouse port 1 mini DIN 6 PS 2 keyboard port 3 audio jacks line out line in and mic in Connectors 1 connector for 2 additional external USB 2 0 1 1 ports 1 connector for an external...

Page 10: ...mputer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals BIOS Award BIOS Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP Plug and Play compatible Supports SCSI sequential boot up Flash EPROM fo...

Page 11: ...r more information 1 1 3 Intelligence Automatic System Fan Off The system fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in...

Page 12: ...Keyboard Mouse Power On Onboard Super IO Device field in the Integrated Peripherals section in chapter 3 for more information Important The power button will not function once a keyboard password has...

Page 13: ...to implement Power Management and Plug and Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management Currently only Windows 98SE 2000 ME XP supports the ACPI function ACPI when enabled in t...

Page 14: ...destroy data stored in hard drives The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive 1 2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the follo...

Page 15: ...Power LED AGP Slot PCI 1 Slot PCI 2 Slot PCI 3 Slot PCI 4 Slot PCI 5 Slot CNR Slot Wake On Ring J12 DDR SDRAM DIMM 1 ATXP1 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 J20 Factory use only J3 CN4 LAN Line out Line in Mic in J6 R...

Page 16: ...CD in J7 DIMM Standby Power LED AGP Slot PCI 1 Slot PCI 2 Slot PCI 3 Slot PCI 4 Slot PCI 5 Slot CNR Slot Wake On Ring J12 DDR SDRAM DIMM 1 ATXP1 DDR SDRAM DIMM 2 J20 Factory use only J3 CN4 Line out...

Page 17: ...able establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection The system board is equipped with two 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM Dual In line Memory Module s...

Page 18: ...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...

Page 19: ...system because the processor s ratio clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM B...

Page 20: ...er the main menu of the BIOS 5 Select the CPU Frequency Voltage Control submenu and press Enter 6 Set the CPU Clock Ratio or Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate frequ...

Page 21: ...wer On Onboard Super IO Device field in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly Refer to chapter 3 for details Warning 1 If JP1 was enabled with a password set in the KB...

Page 22: ...ion once a keyboard password has been set in the KB Power On Password Onboard Super IO Device field of the Integrated Peripherals submenu You must type the correct password to power on the system 3 Th...

Page 23: ...8 and Wake On USB Keyboard for USBs 5 and 6 Jumper JP9 The Wake On USB Keyboard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 STR Suspend To RAM state Regardless of t...

Page 24: ...sing 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...

Page 25: ...electing the CPU s Front Side Bus CPU Front Side Bus Select Jumper JP2 This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board 1 2 On 100MHz 2 3 On Auto default All O...

Page 26: ...J22 default 2 3 On USB 6 on CNR USB 6 Select Jumpers J20 and J21 These jumpers are used to select USB 6 s location Set pins 1 and 2 to On if you want USB 6 on J18 J22 Set pins 2 and 3 to On if you wan...

Page 27: ...on 27 2 8 Factory Use Jumper 1 2 3 1 2 On Default Factory Use Only Jumper J3 This jumper is for factory use only Please leave it in its default setting Reconfiguring the jumper may cause problems Fact...

Page 28: ...s ATX Double Deck Ports on NB73 EA ATX Double Deck Ports on NB73 ES PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B COM 1 RJ45 LAN USB 4 3 Parallel USB 1 USB 2 COM 2 Line out Line in Mic in PS 2 Mouse PS 2 K B COM 1 USB 3 Parall...

Page 29: ...m will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards The Wake On Keyboard Wake On Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or PS 2 mouse to power on the system Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake On Keyb...

Page 30: ...s of the board These ports are RS 232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A compatible UARTs that can be used with modems serial printers remote display terminals and other serial devices You...

Page 31: ...t CN2 Burgundy located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer It supports SPP ECP and EPP modes You can select the port s mode in the Integrated Periph...

Page 32: ...bilities 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 dat...

Page 33: ...tion VCC UP5 UP5 Ground Key Pin 6 7 8 9 10 Function VCC UP6 UP6 Ground N C Pin 11 12 13 14 15 Function Ground Ground UP5 UP5 VCC Onboard USB Ports USB 1 2 3 4 Additional USB Ports USB 5 6 J5 USB 1 Bla...

Page 34: ...edge bracket will be provided as an option If you wish to use the optional USB ports install the card edge bracket to the system chassis then insert the connector that is attached to the USB port cabl...

Page 35: ...e ATX double deck ports It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub The Realtek RTL8100 chip that controls this port can be enabled or disabled in the Integ...

Page 36: ...9 6 Audio Jacks Front Audio J13 Pin 1 3 5 7 9 Function Mic Vbias AuD_R_Out N C AuD_L_Out Function Ground AuD_Vcc Avcc N C Key N C Pin 2 4 6 8 10 CN4 Line In Light Blue Line Out Lime Mic In Pink Front...

Page 37: ...io output from the system board Line in Jack Light Blue This jack can be connected to the line out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi fi set CD player AM FM radio tuner synthesizer etc Conn...

Page 38: ...he system chassis then connect the game MIDI port cable to connector J15 Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of connector J15 The Game MIDI port is identical to that...

Page 39: ...AD TAD is a connector for telephony audio devices such as voice modem cards By installing a PCI voice modem card that is also equipped with a TAD connector connect one end of the cable that came with...

Page 40: ...o signal from degrading whenever it is converted to analog One card edge bracket mounted with 1 S PDIF in connector and 1 S PDIF out connector will be provided as an option Install the card edge brack...

Page 41: ...2 Hardware Installation 41 The Card Edge Bracket Mounted with S PDIF in and S PDIF out Connectors S PDIF OUT S PDIF IN...

Page 42: ...t Connector Pin 1 3 5 7 Function SL Ground SR Ground Function Center out Ground LFE Out Key Pin 2 4 6 8 The 4 channel audio connector J25 supports 4 audio output signals center channel subwoofer rear...

Page 43: ...he extent and type of security will depend on the settings built into the card Memory Stick is an IC memory media that has a large storage capacity It can store any format of digital data as well as t...

Page 44: ...2 44 Hardware Installation The optional Smart I O Drive Smart Card Memory Stick Secure Digital Memory Card...

Page 45: ...SCAPSNT Pin 6 7 8 9 10 Smart Card Interface Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function Ground MSA1 VCC3 MSA2 MSA3 Function MSA4 MSA5 MSACLK MSAPWC MSALED Pin 6 7 8 9 10 Memory Stick Interface Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Function Grou...

Page 46: ...may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu Onboard Super IO Device field of the BIOS Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 1 Install the 34 pin header connector of the...

Page 47: ...controller in the Integrated Peripherals submenu INTEL OnChip IDE Device field of the BIOS Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable 1 If you are connecting two IDE drives install the 40 pin connector of t...

Page 48: ...A 2 ATA 33 ATA 66 or ATA 100 hard drives 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 to...

Page 49: ...ector J16 on the system board Set UART2 Mode Select Onboard Super IO Device field in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS to the type of IrDA standard supported by your device You must have...

Page 50: ...Pin 1 2 3 Function Ground Power Sense The CPU must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink Connect the CPU fan to the 3 pin fan connector at location J1 on the system board The system is capable of...

Page 51: ...ystem unit connect the fan s connector to location J4 on the system board The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU The system is capable of controlli...

Page 52: ...ou are installing a second fan in the system unit connect the fan s connector to location J23 on the system board The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the system fan The sy...

Page 53: ...MA interrupt To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable the Resume on LAN field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS Your LAN card package should include a cable Connect one end of the cable...

Page 54: ...ternal modem card To use this function connect one end of the cable that came with the card to the card s wake on ring connector and the other end to location J12 on the system board You must also ena...

Page 55: ...ion Ground Chassis signal N C 5V The chassis open function when enabled will alert you that the system chassis is open To use this function connect the chassis sensor cable that is attached on your sy...

Page 56: ...ype of AGP card is used the AGP Warning LED will not light However if no AGP card is installed in the slot or you installed a 3 3V AGP card the LED will light indicating that a non 1 5V card was used...

Page 57: ...nitializing JEDEC of current DRAM row Checking CMOS checksum and battery Initializing the clock generator Initializing USB Testing all memory cleared all extended memory to 0 Initializing the onboard...

Page 58: ...rocessor s Voltage Regulator Module VRM The 6 pin auxiliary power connector provides additional current for the board s 3 3VDC and 5VDC Using a power supply that does not have this connector will stil...

Page 59: ...PW OK 5VSB 12V Pin 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Function 3 3V 12V Ground PS ON Ground Ground Ground 5V 5V 5V Pin 1 2 3 Function Ground Ground Ground Function 3 3V 3 3V 5V Pin 4 5 6 Pin 1 2 3 4 ATX M...

Page 60: ...etting 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 Chapt...

Page 61: ...as 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...

Page 62: ...espond restart the system or press the Reset button You may also restart the system by pressing the Ctrl Alt and Del keys simultaneously When you press Del the main menu screen will appear 3 1 1 Stand...

Page 63: ...ter or IDE Secondary Slave field then press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Detects the parameters of the drive The parameters will automatically be shown on the screen The settings on the screen are for...

Page 64: ...erating system s manual or Help desk on which one to select 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...

Page 65: ...system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error it will stop for all other errors Base Memory...

Page 66: ...atures Item Help Menu Level Allows you to choose the VIRUS warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS wi...

Page 67: ...dows 98SE 2000 ME XP or the operating system may not install nor work CPU L1 L2 Cache This field speeds up the memory access Quick Power On Self Test This field speeds up Power On SelfTest POST after...

Page 68: ...not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360KB Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad By default the system boots up with NumLock on w...

Page 69: ...r only when you enter the BIOS setup Set the password in the Set Supervisor User Password submenu System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is ente...

Page 70: ...re The default is Disabled If you are using hard drives that support S M A R T set this field to Enabled SMART is supported in ATA 33 or later hard drives Full Screen Logo Show This field is applicabl...

Page 71: ...ese two fields CAS Latency Time This field is used to select the local memory clock periods Active to Precharge Delay The options are 5 6 and 7 The settings on the screen are for reference only Your v...

Page 72: ...AM the higher the efficiency of the system Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addresssed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cache...

Page 73: ...s data of the AGP card installed in your system Leave this in its default setting AGP 4X Mode This field is used to enable the AGP 4x interface which transfers video data at 1066MB sec bandwidth thus...

Page 74: ...BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves Your system supports five modes 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timi...

Page 75: ...DD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer The block size will depend on the type of hard d...

Page 76: ...O Device Move the cursor to this field and press Enter The following fields will appear KBC Input Clock This is used to select the input clock of your keyboard Keyboard Mouse Power On This field allow...

Page 77: ...k before powering on the system Hot Key When this option is selected move the cursor to the KB Power On Hot Key field to select a function key you would like to use to power on the system The options...

Page 78: ...sure this field is set to Normal To use the IrDA function follow the steps below 1 Connect your IrDA cable to connector J16 on the system board 2 Set the UART2 Mode Select field to the type of IrDA st...

Page 79: ...r rate EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed If you selected EPP the EPP Mode Select field is configurable If you selected ECP the ECP Mode Use DMA f...

Page 80: ...t appears before the IRQ selected is the SC port s address MS SD Port Address IRQ This field is used to select the MS or SD port s IRQ The number that appears before the IRQ selected is the MS SD port...

Page 81: ...ured only if the USB Controller field is enabled USB Mouse Support This field is used to enable or disable the USB mouse It can be configured only if the USB Controller field is enabled Init Display F...

Page 82: ...en select S3 STR in the field below 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 X X...

Page 83: ...em to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initializes display power man...

Page 84: ...system Resume on PCI Event Enabled Access to the onboard LAN or a PCI card such as a modem or LAN card will cause the system to wake up The PCI card must support the wake up function Disabled The syst...

Page 85: ...Ring LAN prior to the date and time set in these fields the system will give priority to the incoming calls or network Disabled Disables the automatic power on function default Date of Month Alarm 0...

Page 86: ...ll automatically detect the settings for you Manual Choose the specific IRQ in the IRQ Resources field The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one X...

Page 87: ...I VGA or not Enabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards work with PCI VGA Disabled MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI VGA PCI IRQ Assignment By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI dev...

Page 88: ...AT V and 5VSB V These fields show the output voltage of the power supply The settings on the screen are for reference only Your version may not be identical to this one Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Ut...

Page 89: ...nboard 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 ins...

Page 90: ...CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the frequency ratio of the processor Important The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer If you are using this kind o...

Page 91: ...rmance If you selected an option other than the default setting and is unable to boot up the system there are 2 methods of booting up the system and going back to its default setting Method 1 Clear th...

Page 92: ...turn off all high performance features You should use these values only if you have hardware problems Highlight this option in the main menu and press Enter The message below will appear Load Fail Saf...

Page 93: ...in exactly the same password If you type in a wrong password you will be prompted to enter the correct password again To delete or disable the password function highlight Set Supervisor Password and p...

Page 94: ...tics 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 3 1 14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the...

Page 95: ...umbers of hardware installed etc are automatically 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 whi...

Page 96: ...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 ed...

Page 97: ...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 wou...

Page 98: ...ME operating system To install the utility insert the CD included in the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the Hardware Doctor for Wi...

Page 99: ...he utility insert the CD included in the system board package into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Main Board Utility CD will appear Click the Intel Application Accelerator for Windows button to ins...

Page 100: ...readme file for instructions on using the driver 4 9 Winbond SmartCard Application If you are using a Smart Card install the Winbond SmartCard Application to configure the the card for system security...

Page 101: ...Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup 2 Please go to DFI s web site at http www dfi com support1 download2 asp for the l...

Page 102: ...e consists of a single long beep A 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 A...

Page 103: ...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...

Page 104: ...st 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 sl...

Page 105: ...hing 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...

Page 106: ...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 tha...

Page 107: ...onfigured 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...

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