MSI MS-6398E, User Manual

Page 1: ...i Version 1 0 G52 MA00566 MS 6398E v1 X ATX Mainboard MSI MICRO STAR INTERNATIONAL 845E Max2 Series ...

Page 2: ...th the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his own expense Notice 1 The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party respon sible for compliance could void the user s authority to opera...

Page 3: ...ce Trademarks All trademarks are the properties of their respective owners Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation PS 2 and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation Windows 95 98 2000 NT XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Netware is a registered trademark of Novell Inc Award is a registered trademark of Phoenix Techno...

Page 4: ...r module 9 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 10 Never pour any liquid into the opening that could damage or cause electri cal shock 11 If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by a service personnel z The power cord or plug is damaged z Liquid has penetrated into the equipment z The equipment has been exposed to moisture z The equipment has not w...

Page 5: ...eSetup 2 1 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 2 CPU Installation Procedures 2 2 Installing the CPU Fan 2 3 CPU Core Speed Derivation Procedure 2 4 Memory 2 5 Introduction to DDR SDRAM 2 5 DDR Module Combination 2 6 Installing DDR Modules 2 6 Power Supply 2 7 ATX 20 Pin Power Connector JWR1 2 7 ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 2 7 Back Panel 2 8 Mouse Connector JKBMS1 2 8 Keyboard Connector JKBMS1 2 9 USB C...

Page 6: ...tor JGS1 2 18 Chassis Intrusion Switch Connector JCI1 2 18 Bluetooth Connector JBT1 Optional 2 19 Front Panel Connectors JFP1 JFP2 2 20 Front Panel Audio Connector JAUD1 2 21 Front USB Connector USB1 USB3 2 22 SPDIF Connector JSP1 or JSP3 2 24 D Bracket 2 Connector JDB1 2 26 Jumpers 2 27 Clear CMOS Jumper JBAT1 2 27 Slots 2 28 AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 2 28 PCI Slots 2 28 CNR Communicatio...

Page 7: ...ge Control 3 25 Set Supervisor User Password 3 27 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults 3 28 Appendix Using4 or6 ChannelAudioFunction A 1 Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Installation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP A 2 Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Attaching Speakers A 4 Selecting 4 or 6 Channel Setting A 9 Testing the Connected Speakers A 11 Testing Each Speaker A 11 Playing KaraOK A 12...

Page 8: ...Features 1 6 1 Getting Started Thank you for purchasing the MS 6398E v1 X ATX mainboard The MS 6398E v1 X is based on Intel Brookdale E ICH4 chipsets for optimal system efficiency Designed to fit the advanced Intel Pentium 4 processors in the 478 pin package the MS 6398E delivers a high performance and professional desktop platform solution ...

Page 9: ...ce 3 UHCI Host controllers and 1 EHCI Host controller MainMemory Supports four memory banks using three 184 pin DDR DIMM Supports up to 2GB PC2100 PC1600 DDR SDRAMs Supports 2 5v DDR SDRAM Slots One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port 4x slot 1 5V only Six PCI 2 2 32 bit Master PCI bus slots support 3 3V 5V PCI bus interface One CNR Communication Network Riser slot On BoardIDE An IDE controller on the I...

Page 10: ...F out through S Bracket only BIOS The mainboard BIOS provides Plug Play BIOS which detects the pe ripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface DMI function which records your mainboard specifications Dimension ATXFormFactor30 5cmx23cm Mounting 6 mounting holes Others Modem External Internal Ring Wake Up Function LAN Wake Up F...

Page 11: ...2 JFP1 USB1 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 IDE 1 IDE 4 IDE 3 P romise PDC20276 Winbond W83627HF AW BIOS CNR Top mouse Bottom keyboard Top LAN jack Bottom USB ports JCD1 JPW1 JBAT1 JBT1 Codec Top Game port Bottom Line Out Line In Mic FDD1 JAUD1 JDB1 USB3 JIR1 AGP Slot Intel 845E chipset JSP1 optional JSP3 optional Or ...

Page 12: ... 2 14 IDE3 IDE4 optional ATA133 RAID connectors See p 2 15 JCD1 CD in connector See p 2 16 JIR1 IrDA infrared module connector See p 2 16 CFAN1 SFAN1 PFAN1 Fan power connectors See p 2 17 JGS1 Power saving switch connector See p 2 18 JCI1 Chassis intrusion switch See p 2 18 JBT1 optional Bluetooth connector See p 2 19 JFP1 JFP2 Front panel connector See p 2 20 JAUD1 Front panel audio connector See...

Page 13: ...g The CPU FSB will automatically increase the testing value until the PC reboots After rebooting click Turbo to apply the test result Click Default to restore the default values Features z MSI Logo links to the MSI Web site z CPU Speed allows users to adjust the CPU speed through CPU Multiplier and FSB z Voltage allows user to adjust the voltage of CPU Memory AGP z MSI Info provides information ab...

Page 14: ...al time operation monitor CPU system temperatures monitor fan speed s monitor system voltage monitor chassis intrusion If one of the items above is abnormal the program main screen will be immediately shown on the screen with the abnormal item highlighted in red This will continue to be shown until users disable the warning Note Items shown on PC Alert III vary depending on your system s status ...

Page 15: ...con and the following screen will appear Five buttons are placed on the leftmost pane of the screen Click the desired button to start the update process z z z z z Live BIOS Updates the BIOS online z z z z z Live Driver Updates the drivers online z z z z z Live VGA BIOS Updates the VGA BIOS online z z z z z Live VGA Driver Updates the VGA driver online z z z z z Live Utility Updates the utilities o...

Page 16: ... the lower right corner of the taskbar and the following dialog box will appear You can specify how often the system will automatically search for the BIOS drivers version or change the LAN settings right from the dialog box You can right click the MSI Live Monitor icon to perform the functions listed below z z z z z Auto Search Searches for the BIOS drivers version you need immediately z z z z z ...

Page 17: ...feature is very useful for the overclocking users These users can use the feature to detect if there are any problems or failures D Bracket 2 D Bracket TM 2 Description System Power ON The D LED will hang here if the processor is damaged or not installed properly Early Chipset Initialization Memory Detection Test Testing onboard memory size The D LED will hang if the memory module is damaged or no...

Page 18: ... video adapter BIOS Sign On This will start showing information about logo processor brand name etc Testing Base and Extended Memory Testing base memory from 240K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns Assign Resources to all ISA Initializing Hard Drive Controller This will initialize IDE drive and controller Initializing Floppy Drive Controller This will initializing Floppy ...

Page 19: ...o operation for wonderful surround sound effect or connect to Sony Philips Digital Interface SPDIF speakers for audio transmission with better quality The S Bracket offers two types of SPDIF connectors one for optical fiber and the other for coaxial connection Select the appropriate one to meet your own need For more information on S Bracket refer to Appendix Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function S ...

Page 20: ...is chapter provides you with the information about hardware setup procedures While doing the installation be careful in holding the components and follow the installation procedures For some components if you install in the wrong orientation the components will not work properly Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Static electricity may damage the components ...

Page 21: ...n Lever Dot Cut edge Sliding Plate Close Lever Overheating will seriously damage the CPU and system always make sure the cooling fan can work properly to protect the CPU from overheating WARNING The mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4 processor in the 478 pin package The mainboard uses a CPU socket called PGA478 for easy CPU installation When you are installing the CPU make sure the CPU has a heat ...

Page 22: ...of the CPU Follow the instructions below to install the Heatsink Fan 2 Position the heatsink onto the reten tion mechanism 1 Locate the CPU and its retention mechanism on the motherboard 3 Mount the fan on top of the heatsink Press down the fan until its four clips get wedged in the holes of the reten tion mechanism 4 Press the two levers down to fasten the fan Each lever can be pressed down in on...

Page 23: ...ocking However please make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting while doing overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond product specifications is not recommended We do not guarantee the damages or risks caused by inadequate operation or beyond product specifications WARNING 5 Connect the fan power cable from the mounted fan to the 3 pin fan power connector on the board fa...

Page 24: ...ires 184 pin DIMM mod ules rather than 168 pin DIMM modules used by SDR SDRAM Two types of DDRareavailableatthetimeofwriting PC1600 PC2100 PC1600DDRSDRAM running at 100MHz will produce about 1 6GB s memory bandwidth PC2100 running at 133MHz will produce 2 1GB s memory bandwidth High memory bandwidth makes DDR an ideal solution for high performance PC worksta tions and servers DDR DIMM Slots DDR 1 ...

Page 25: ... occupies two memory banks the rest two banks are shared by DDR 2 DDR 3 You may install memory modules in the following combination S Single Side 64MB 512MB D Double Side 128MB 1GB Combination Slot 1 2 3 DDR 1 S D S D S D DDR 2 D S DDR 3 S D Total Memory 64MB 2GB 64MB 2GB 64MB 2GB Installing DDR Modules 1 The DDR DIMM has only one notch on the center of module The module will only fit in the right...

Page 26: ...tely when the power supply connector is inserted on the board The mainboard supports ATX power supply for the power system Be fore inserting the power supply connector always make sure that all compo nents are installed properly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 12V Power Connector JPW1 This 12V power connector is used to provide power to the CPU JWR1 10 1 20 11 PIN SIGNAL 1 GND 2 GND 3 ...

Page 27: ...inboard provides a standard PS 2 mouse mini DIN connector for attaching a PS 2 mouse You can plug a PS 2 mouse directly into this connector The connector location and pin assignments are as follows PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 MouseDATA MouseDATA 2 NC Noconnection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC Noconnection Pin Definition PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 28: ... Pin Definition PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 1 3 4 5 6 USB Connectors The mainboard provides a UHCI Universal Host Controller Interface Universal Serial Bus root for attaching USB devices such as keyboard mouse or other USB compatible devices You can plug the USB device directly into ths connector USB Ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5V 2 Data 0 Negative Data Channel 0 3 Data0 Po...

Page 29: ...ial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS RequestToSend 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI RingIndicate Pin Definition RJ 45 LAN Jack Optional The mainboard provides one standard RJ 45 jack for connection to Local Area Network LAN You can connect a network cable to the LAN jack RJ 45 LAN Jack Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPT...

Page 30: ...P mode 13 1 14 25 PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 1 1 BUSY Busy 12 PE PaperEnd 13 SELECT Select 14 AUTO FEED AutomaticFeed 15 ERR Error 16 INIT Initialize Printer 17 SLIN SelectIn 18 GND Ground 19 GND Ground 20 GND Ground 21 GND Ground 22 GND Ground 23 GND Groun...

Page 31: ... In is used for external CD player Tape player or other audio devices Mic is a connector for microphones 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors Line Out Line In MIC TIP The mainboard offers support for 6 channel audio operation and can turn rear audio connectors from 2 channel to 4 6 channel audio For more information on the issue refer to Appendix Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function ...

Page 32: ... to connect to FDD IDE HDD case modem LAN USB Ports IR module and CPU System FAN Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD1 The mainboard provides a standard floppy disk drive connector that supports 360K 720K 1 2M 1 44M and 2 88M floppy disk types Connectors FDD1 ...

Page 33: ...ided IDE hard disk cable IDE1 PrimaryIDEConnector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure second hard drive to Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly IDE2 Secondary IDE Connector IDE2 can also connect a Master and a Slave drive TIP If you install two hard disks on cable you must configure the second drive to Slave...

Page 34: ...solution integrates two IDE RAID connectors that support PIO mode 0 4 Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 modes The IDE RAID connectors allow you to connect Ultra ATA DMA hard disks and use RAID technology RAID 0 strip ing or RAID 1 mirroring for high performance data security and fault tolerance ATA133 RAID Connectors You can connect a Master drive to each IDE RAID connector The two connectors...

Page 35: ...RTX 6 IRRX Pin Signal Pin Definition IrDA Infrared Module Header JIR1 This connector allows you to connect to IrDA Infrared modules You must configure the setting through the BIOS setup to use the IR function The IR2 is compliant to Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide 1 2 5 6 JIR1 JCD1 GND R L ...

Page 36: ...to the 12V the black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND If the mainboard has a System Hardware Monitor chipset on board you must use a specially designed fan with speed sensor to take advantage of the CPU fan control Note 1 Always consult the vendor for proper CPU cooling fan 2 CPU Fan supports the fan control You can install the PC Alert utility that will automatically control the CPU ...

Page 37: ...ort The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen To clear the warning you must enter the BIOS utility and clear the record Power Saving Switch Connector JGS1 Attach a power saving switch to this connector Pressing the switch once will have the system enter the sleep suspend state Press any key to wake up the system JCI1 JGS1 ...

Page 38: ...e bottommost USB2 0 port will not function when you attach a bluetooth module to this connector Bluetooth Connector JBT1 Optional This connector is used to connect a bluetooth module for wireless application PIN SIGNAL PIN SIGNAL 1 VCC5 2 3VDUAL 3 D USB signal 4 GND 5 D USB signal 6 GND JBT1 Pin Definition JBT1 1 5 2 6 ...

Page 39: ... LED Power Switch PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 HD_LED_P Hard disk LED pull up 2 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 3 HD_LED_N Hard disk active LED 4 FP PWR SLP MSG LED pull up 5 RST_SW_N Reset Switch low reference pull down to GND 6 PWR_SW_P Power Switch high reference pull up 7 RST_SW_P Reset Switch high reference pull up 8 PWR_SW_N Power Switch low reference pull down to GND 9 RSVD_DNU Reserved Do not use J...

Page 40: ...circuits 5 AUD_FPOUT_R Right channel audio signal to front panel 6 AUD_RET_R Right channel audio signal return from front panel 7 HP_ON Reserved for future use to control headphone amplifier 8 KEY No pin 9 AUD_FPOUT_L Left channel audio signal to front panel 10 AUD_RET_L Left channel audio signal return from front panel Pin Definition JAUD1 1 2 9 10 Note If you don t want to connect to the front a...

Page 41: ...adersUSB1 USB3 optional USB 2 0 Bracket available USB 2 0 technology increases data transfer rate up to a maximum throughput of 480Mbps which is 40 times faster than USB 1 1 and is ideal for connecting high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modems and the like Both USB1 USB3 are compliant with Intel Front Panel I O Connectivity Design Guide USB1 1...

Page 42: ...ds compatible with USB 1 1 spec To use the USB 2 0 ports you still need to install USB 2 0 driver which is supplied by Microsoft for Windows 2000 and XP If you have any problems regarding USB 2 0 driver please visit Microsoft website for more information Connected to USB3 the USB pinheader in blue color USB 2 0 Bracket This USB 2 0 port will not function when a Bluetooth module is connected to the...

Page 43: ...n Users can choose either the JSP1 or the JSP3 depending on their needs JSP1 1 3 Connected to JSP1 SPDIF Bracket The JSP1 supports SPDIF output only and can be con nected to an external SPDIF Bracket for digital audio transmission JSP3 optional 1 11 2 12 1 3 JSP1 optional JSP1 Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 1 VCC VCC5V 2 SPDIF S PDIFOutput 3 GND Ground ...

Page 44: ...l Analog Line Out jacks Plug The JSP3 supports SPDIF input output and 4 channel audio output It allows users to connect an external S Bracket The S Bracket offers 2 SPDIF jacks for digital audio transmission one for optical fiber connection and the other for coaxial connection and 2 analog Line Out jacks for 4 channel audio output To attach the fiber optic cable to optical SPDIF jack you need to r...

Page 45: ... LED signals For definitions of 16 signal combinations please refer to D Bracket 2 in Chapter 1 Pin Signal 1 DBG1 high for green color 2 DBR1 high for red color 3 DBG2 high for green color 4 DBR2 high for red color 5 DBG3 high for green color 6 DBR3 high for red color 7 DBG4 high for green color 8 DBR4 high for red color 9 Key 10 NC JDB1 Pin Definition JDB1 1 9 2 10 D Bracket 2 Connected to JDB1 C...

Page 46: ... the system configuration use the JBAT1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Follow the instructions below to clear the data Jumpers The motherboard provides one jumper for you to set the computer s function This section will explain how to change your motherboard s function through the use of the jumper You can clear CMOS by shorting 2 3 pin while the system is off Then return to 1 2 pin position Avoi...

Page 47: ...ts allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your needs When adding or removing expansion cards make sure that you unplug the power supply first Meanwhile read the documentation for the expansioncard The motherboard provides six 32 bit Master PCI bus slots one AGP slot and one CNR slot PCI Slots AGP Slot CNR Slot The AGP slot DOES NOT support 3 3V AGP card Use of 3 3V AGP card may cause dama...

Page 48: ...rough software and controlled by the motherboard s chipset PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line and pronounced I R Q are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A INT D pins as follows Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4 PCI Slot 1 INT A INTB INTC INTD PCI Slot...

Page 49: ...lth Status 3 24 Frequency Voltage Control 3 25 Set Supervisor User Password 3 27 Load High Performance BIOS Setup Defaults 3 28 3 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to configure the system for optimum use You may need to run the Setup program when An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and requests you to run SETUP You...

Page 50: ... by pressing F11 When the same message as listed above appears on the screen press F11 to trigger the boot menu The POST messages might pass by too quickly for you to respond in time If so restart the system and press F11 after around 2 or 3 seconds to activate the boot menu similar to the following The boot menu will list all the bootable devices Select the one you want to boot from by using arro...

Page 51: ...F10 Save all the CMOS changes and exit Getting Help After entering the Setup utility the first screen you see is the Main Menu MainMenu The main menu displays the setup categories the BIOS supplies You can use the arrow keys to select the item The on line description for the selected setup category is displayed at the bottom of the screen Default Settings The BIOS setup program contains two kinds ...

Page 52: ...alues in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance PowerManagementFeatures Use this menu to specify your settings for power management PNP PCIConfigurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP PCI Once you enter AMIBIOS NEW SETUP UTILITY the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu displays twelve configurable functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to ...

Page 53: ...rol Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords LoadHighPerformanceDefaults Use this menu to load the BIOS values for the best system performance but the system stability may be affected LoadBIOSSetupDefaults Use this menu to load factory default settings into the BIOS for stable system performance operations Save ExitSetup Save changes to CMOS and exit setup Ex...

Page 54: ... you prefer System Date This allows you to set the system to the date that you want usually the current date The format is day month date year day Day of the week from Sun to Sat determined by BIOS Read only month The month from Jan through Dec date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys year The year can be adjusted by users System Time This allows you to set the system time ...

Page 55: ... SECTOR Number of sectors MODE Access mode FloppyDriveA B This item allows you to set the type of floppy drives installed Available options Not Installed 360 KB 5 1 2 MB 5 720 KB 3 1 44 MB 3 and 2 88 MB 3 Boot Sector Virus Protection The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection When Enabled BIOS will issue a virus warning message and beep if a write to the ...

Page 56: ...le options Enabled and Disabled Full Screen Logo Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen Set tings are Silent Shows the POST messages at boot BIOS Shows a still image logo on the full screen at boot Boot Device Select Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears Advanced BIOS Features ...

Page 57: ...rom the first BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 1 The system will boot from the second BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 2 The system will boot from the third BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device BBS 3 The system will boot from the fourth BBS BIOS Boot Specification compliant device Disabled Disable this sequence Try Other Boot Devices Setting the option to Ye...

Page 58: ... CPU L1 L2 Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The setting controls the internal cache also known as L1 or level 1 cache and external cache also known as L2 or level 2 cache Setting options Disabled Wr...

Page 59: ...a system error may result Setting options Enabled Disabled APIC Interrupt Mode This field is used to enable or disable the APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide the system is able to run in APIC mode Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ resources for the system Settings Enabled and Disabled MPS Revision This field allows you to select wh...

Page 60: ... timing is controlled by the SPD Serial Presence Detect EEPROM on the DRAM module Setting to Ena bled enables the following fields automatically to be determined by BIOS based on the configurations on the SPD Selecting Disabled allows users to configure these fields manually Advanced Chipset Features Note Change these settings only if you are familiar with the chipset ...

Page 61: ...cks SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay When DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The less the clock cycles the faster the DRAM performance Setting options 3 Clocks 2 Clocks SDRAM Precharge Delay This setting controls the precharge delay which determines the ...

Page 62: ...saving modes for ACPI function Options are S1 POS The S1 sleep mode is a low power state In this state no system context is lost CPU or chipset and hardware maintains all system context S3 STR The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the infor mation of system cofiguration and open applications files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off t...

Page 63: ...ed for more than four seconds the computer is turned off Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies whether your system will reboot after a power failure or interrupts occurs Available settings are Power Off Leaves the computer in the power off state Power On Reboots the computer Last State Restores the system to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs SetMonitorEvents Press Enter...

Page 64: ...akened from the power saving modes through any event on PME Power Man agement Event Settings Enabled and Disabled ResumeOnRTCAlarm This is used to enable or disable the feature of booting up the system on a scheduled time date from the soft off S5 state Settings Enabled and Disabled RTCAlarmDate Hour Minute Second If Resume On RTC Alarm is set to Enabled the system will automatically resume boot u...

Page 65: ...from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Settings Enabled and Disabled Specific Key for Wakeup This setting allows users to set a specific key for the Keyboard Wakeup From S3 function Mouse Wakeup From S3 This item allows the activity of the mouse to wake up the system from S3 Suspend to RAM sleep state Settings Enabled and Disabled Note If you change these settings you must reboot the system until it e...

Page 66: ...nd Play Aware O S When set to Yes BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 95 or 98 When set to No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards So select Yes if the operating system is Plug Play aware ClearNVRAM The ESCD Extended System Configuration Data NVRAM Non volatile Ran dom Access Memo...

Page 67: ...ows BIOS to automatically determine the IR line for each PCI slot Set IRQs to PCI or ISA Press Enter to enter the sub menu and the following screen appears IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 These items specify the bus where the specified IRQ line is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove an IRQ from the pool of available IRQs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS Theavai...

Page 68: ...e system DMA Direct Memory Access channel is used The settings determine if AMIBIOS should remove a DMA from the avail able DMAs passed to devices that are configurable by the system BIOS The available DMA pool is determined by reading the ESCD NVRAM If more DMAs must be removed from the pool the end user can reserve the DMA by assigning an ISA EISA setting to it ...

Page 69: ... mouse Setting options Disabled No Mice All Device OnboardIDE This setting controls the on chip IDE controller Setting options Disabled Primary Secondary Both OnboardIDE RAIDChip This allows you to enable disable the onboard ATA133 RAID controller Set ting options Disabled Enabled OnboardAC 97Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If the device is detected the on...

Page 70: ...ntroller Onboard Serial Port A B These items specify the base I O port addresses of the onboard Serial Port 1 COM A Serial Port 2 COM B Selecting Auto allows AMIBIOS to automati cally determine the correct base I O port address Settings Auto 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM2 3E8 COM3 2E8 COM4 and Disabled Serial Port B Mode This item sets the operation mode for Serial Port B Settings Normal 1 6uS 3 16 Baud and AS...

Page 71: ...ects the EPP version used by the parallel port if the port is set to EPP mode Settings 1 7 and 1 9 Parallel Port IRQ When Parallel Port is set to Auto the item shows Auto indicating that BIOS determines the IRQ for the parallel port automatically Parallel Port DMA Channel This feature needs to be configured only when Parallel Port Mode is set to the ECP mode When Parallel Port is set to Auto the f...

Page 72: ...eeds Vcore etc Monitor function is available only if there is hardware monitoring mechanism onboard CPU System Power Fan Speed CPU System Temperature Vcore 3 3V 5 0V 12 0V 12 0V 5 0V Battery These items display the current status of all of the monitored hardware de vices components such as system voltages temperatures and fan speeds ...

Page 73: ...uces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the pulses are reduced to flatter curves If you do not have any EMI problem leave the setting at Disabled for optimal system stability and performance But if you are plagued by EMI setting to Enabled for EMI reduction Remember to disable Spread Spectrum if you are overclocking be cause even a slight jitter can introduce a tempor...

Page 74: ...he CPU core voltage Vcore making overclocking possible DDR AGP Power Voltage The item is to adjust the DDR AGP voltage to increase the DDR AGP rate Modifying the setting may lead to unstable system so changing the DDR AGP Vcore for long term use is not recommended Note Changing CPU Vcore could result in unstable system therefore it is not recommended to change the default setting for long term pur...

Page 75: ...r when you are prompted to enter the password A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration ...

Page 76: ...erformance of the mainboard When you select Load High Performance Defaults a message as below appears Pressing Y loads the default BIOS values that enable the best system perfor mance but may lead to a stability issue The option is for experienced or overclocking users only Use of high performance defaults will tighten most timings to increase the system performance Therefore a high end system con...

Page 77: ... audio output including 2 Front 2 Rear 1 Center and 1 Subwoofer channel ALC650 allows the board to attach 4 or 6 speakers for better surround sound effect The section will tell you how to install and use 4 6 channel audio function on the board TOPICS Installing the Audio Driver A 2 Using 4 6 Channel Audio Function A 4 Testing the Connected Speakers A 11 Playing KaraOK A 12 ...

Page 78: ...ation for Windows 98SE ME 2000 XP For Windows 2000 you must install Windows 2000 Service Pack2 or later before installing the driver The following illustrations are based on Windows XP environment and could look slightly different if you install the drivers in different operating systems 1 Insert the companion CD into the CD ROM drive The setup screen will automatically appear 2 Click AvanceALC650...

Page 79: ...Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function A 3 4 Click Finish to restart the system Click here Click here Select this option ...

Page 80: ...ange their audio channels when you play video or music on the computer a converter may be required to exchange center and subwoofer audio signals You can purchase the converter from a speaker store Using 4 or 6 Channel Audio Function After installing the audio driver you are able to use the 4 6 channel audio feature now To enable 4 or 6 channel audio operation first connect 4 or 6 speakers to the ...

Page 81: ...tput We recommend that you should still attach the speakers to BACK PANEL s Line Out connector during 2 channel audio mode even though S Bracket s Line Out connectors function properly Back Panel S Bracket 1 2 3 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC Back Panel 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC 4 Optical SPDIF jack 5 Coaxial SPDIF jack 6 Line Out Center and Subwoofer channel 7 Line Out ...

Page 82: ...annel audio operation only S Bracket offers two types of SPDIF jacks one for fiber optic cable and the other for coaxial cable Select the connector according to the type of your SPDIF speakers 6 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput Description Connect two speakers to back panel s Line Out connector and four speakers to both Line Out connectors of S Bracket 1 2 3 Back Panel S Bracket 1 Line Out Front channels ...

Page 83: ... in the section Make sure all speakers are connected to Line Out connectors Diverse connector configurations for 2 4 and 6 channel using back panel connec tors are described below 1 2 3 2 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line In 3 MIC Description Line Out Line In and MIC functions all exist under 2 channel configuration S Bracket 1 Optical SPDIF jack 2 Coaxial SPDIF jack 3 Line...

Page 84: ... Out Center and Subwoofer channel Description Both Line In and MIC are converted to Line Out function under 6 channel configuration 1 2 3 4 ChannelAnalogAudioOutput 1 Line Out Front channels 2 Line Out Rear channels 3 MIC Description Line In is converted to Line Out function under 4 channel configuration ...

Page 85: ...1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Select any surround sound effect you prefer from the Environment pull down menu under the Sound Effect tab 3 Click the Speaker Configuration tab Click here and the pull down menu will appear Click here ...

Page 86: ...you want to use audio connectors on the back panel only Refer to Using BACK PANEL connectors only earlier in the section for how to attach speakers Select Use S Bracket if you want to use audio connectors supplied by the connected S Bracket Refer to Using S BRACKET connectors earlier in the section for how to attach speakers 7 ClickOK Note It is useless to select Use S Bracket if your motherboard ...

Page 87: ...tor or replace the bad speakers with good ones Testing Each Speaker 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Click the Speaker Test tab 3 The following window appears 4 Select the speaker which you want to test by clicking on it Subwoofer Front Right Rear Right Center Front Left Rear Left Note 6 speakers appear on the Speaker Test window only when you select 6 chan...

Page 88: ...ction is applied only for 2 channel audio operation so make sure 2 channels mode is selected in the No of Speakers column before playing KaraOK PlayingKaraOK 1 Click the audio icon from the window tray at the bottom of the screen 2 Make sure the Sound Effect tab is selected 3 Select Voice Cancellation in the KaraOK column 4 ClickOK Click this ...

Page 89: ...mproves many placement of components and makes a more efficient design BIOS basic input output system On PCs an essential software that contains all the control code of input output inter face such as keyboard disk drives etc It executes hardware test on booting the system starts the OS and provides an interface between the OS and the components The BIOS is stored in a ROM chip Bus A set of hardwa...

Page 90: ...complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS is a widely used type of semiconductor which features high speed and low power consumption PCs usually contain a small amount of battery powered CMOS memory to retain the date time and system setup parameters COM In MS DOS system the name of a serial communications port DOS supports four serial ports For example if a modem is connected to one serial por...

Page 91: ... for transmitting data via infrared light waves This enables you to transfer data from one device to another without any cables LAN local area network A computer network that covers a relatively smaller area such as in a building or an enterprise It is made up of servers workstations shared resources a network oper ating system and a communications link These individual PCs and devices on a LAN ar...

Page 92: ...k drives etc to see if they are properly connected and operating PS 2 Port A type of port developed by IBM for connecting a mouse or keyboard to a PC The PS 2 port supports a mini DIN plug containing just 6 pins Most modern PCs equipped with PS 2 ports so that the special port can be used by another device such as a modem USB universal serial bus A hardware interface for low speed peripherals such...