Shuttle AV18, User Manual

Page 1: ...AV18 FC PGA PPGA Celeron and FC PGA Pentium III processor Based AGP MAIN BOARD User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...s given as to the correctness of the contents In the interest of continued product improvement this company reserves the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any persion of such revision or changes The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the ...

Page 3: ...TEP INSTALLATION 10 Accessories Of AV18 10 STEP 1 Install the CPU 11 STEP 2 Set Jumpers 12 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory 12 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case 13 STEP 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 14 STEP 6 Connect Front Panel Switches LEDs Speaker 15 STEP 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 17 STEP 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 18 STEP 9 Connect the Power ...

Page 4: ... 2 Mouse Connectors 30 USB1 USB2 Port Connectors 30 COM1 COM2 Connectors 30 Parallel Port Connector 30 Line Out and Line In and Mic In Header 31 MIDI GAME Port 31 Hardware Reset Connector RST 32 HDD LED Connector HDLED 32 Green LED Connector GLED 32 EPMI Connector EPMI 32 ATX Power On Off Switch Connector PWON 33 Speaker Connector SPEAKER 33 PWR LED Connector POWER LED 33 Enhanced IDE and Floppy C...

Page 5: ...D SOFTWARE 41 4 3 INSTALL Audio Device SOFTWARE 42 4 4 INSTALL VIA Hardware Monitor 43 4 5 TO VIEW THE USER S MANUAL 44 5 BIOS SETUP 45 5 1 ENTERING BIOS 45 5 2 THE MAIN MENU 46 Standard CMOS Setup 48 Advanced BIOS Features 50 Advanced Chipset Features 54 Integrated Peripherals 58 Power Management Setup 63 PnP PCI Configurations 67 PC Health Status 69 Frequency Voltage Control 70 Load Fail Safe Op...

Page 6: ...e 10 Jumper Settings A Closer Look Page 24 Software Utility How to Install Page 40 BIOS Setup How to Configure Page 45 About This Manual For First Time DIY System Builder Page 5 For Experienced DIY User Page 5 For System Integrator Page 5 WHAT S IN THE MANUAL ...

Page 7: ...new Shuttle AV18 mainboard is just that easy Bundled with an array of onboard functions the highly integrated AV18 mainboard pro vides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system Refer to section 3 2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Software Utility to find out how to get the best out of your new mainboard Chapter 5 BIOS Setup also contains relevant information on how to tu...

Page 8: ...A Hardware Monitor Ø The Award Flashing Utility PGA370 R i c h T e k R T 9 2 3 1 C S A H K 1 C A 3 7 5 7 A E S 0 0 0 5 9 2 4 8 C F 4 3 8 JP 7 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 V T 8 2 C 6 8 6 A 0 0 0 6 C F T A I W A N 1 E K 4 1 5 1 1 1 SPK P O W E R L E D RST H D L E D G L E D E P M I P W O N J 3 A W A R D A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d P C I P N P 5 8 6 S N 1 9 9 7 W 8 3 7 8 1 D 8 0 7 A B J P 1 0 A U X T A D I ...

Page 9: ...PU operating speed is software configurable from Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup program Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM banks of PC66 100 133 compliant SDRAM to provide up to 1 5GB of system memory Configurable support for EC Error Checking and ECC Error Checking and Correcting AGP Slot Supports up to 4X Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance component leve...

Page 10: ...chemes PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard Two UltraDMA 33 66 Bus Master Dual channel IDE ports provide support to a maximum of four IDE devices one Master and one Slave per channel The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 33 66 MB sec and also sup ports Enhanced PIO Modes 0 4 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply unit can connect to the onboard 20 pin ATX power connector suppo...

Page 11: ... card that supports this function to wake up the system via the LAN ØModem Ring Power On The system can be powered on automatically by activation of the modem ring Other Features Ø Voltage Monitoring Monitors various voltages of key elements such as the CPU and other critical system voltage levels to ensure stable current reach to mainboard components System voltages include Vcore onCPU and 2 5V 3...

Page 12: ...415111 FAN 2 1 FAN 3 1 FAN 1 1 JP 4 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 SPEAKER POWERLED HDLED RST EPMI GLED PWON J 3 JP 5 EXT USB PORT 1 JP 6 1 JP 1 IR 1 JP 2 1 JP 7 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 Wake On Lan J2 1 PS2 Keyboard Mouse Connectors Two USB Connectors Socket 370 Serial Port Connector COM2 Serial Port Connector COM1 Parallel Connector VIA 694X Chipset Line_In Line_Out Mic_In GAME MIDI Connectors Onboard Audio Connectors ...

Page 13: ...en lower the socket lever all the way down to its horizontal position and lock it to secure the CPU in place 5 The PGA 370 CPU requires a set of heatsink fan to ensure proper cooling of the processor If not already mounted on your CPU you must purchase the heatsink fan separately and have it installed Plug the cable from the heatsink fan to the CPU fan power connector located nearby Note that ther...

Page 14: ...if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configu ration procedures The factory set default settings are tuned for optimum system performance For the advanced users who wish to customize their system section 3 2 Jumper Settings will provide detailed information on how to configure your mainboard manually Step 3 Install SDRAM System Memory To install memory insert SDRAM memory module s in any ...

Page 15: ...equired jumpers on each device according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer IDE devices HDD and CD ROM have to set jumpers to Master or Slave mode depending on whether you install more than one device of each kind 2 Connect IDE cable and FDD cable on the back panel of the internal peripheral devices Note that the cable should be oriented with its colored stripe usually red or magenta...

Page 16: ...ssis and the mainboard The studs are used to fix the mainboard and to keep a certain distance between the system chassis and the mainboard in order to avoid any electrical shorts between the board and the metal frame of the chassis If your computer case is already equipped with mounting studs you will need to tighten screws to attach the mainboard Note In most computer housings you will be able to...

Page 17: ...tch PC Speaker etc These cables serve to connect the front panel switches and LEDs to the mainboard s front panel connectors group as shown below 1 ATX Soft Power On Off PWON 2 Green LED GLED 3 EPMI Hardware System Management Interface J3 1 RST SPEAKER POWER LED HDLED GLED EPMI PWON J3 RST SPEAKER POWER LED HDLED GLED EPMI PWON POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER HDLED GLED EPMI PWON POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER...

Page 18: ... Switch RST 6 PC Speaker SPEAKER 7 POWER LED POWER LED POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER HDLED GLED EPMI PWON POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER HDLED GLED EPMI PWON POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER HDLED GLED EPMI PWON POWER LED J3 RST SPEAKER HDLED GLED EPMI PWON ...

Page 19: ... 17 Step 7 Connect IDE Floppy Disk Drives 1 IDE cable connector 2 Floppy cable connector IDE 1 IDE 2 1 1 FDC1 1 ...

Page 20: ... 18 Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1 IR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1 System power connector JP1 1 ATX PWR ...

Page 21: ... 19 Step 10 Install Add on Cards in Expansion Slots 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Card 2 PCI Card 3 AMR Card 4 ISA Card ...

Page 22: ...w ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system s back panel 1 PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard 2 USB Devices 3 COM Ports PS 2 Mouse PS 2 keyboard USB1 USB2 COM1 COM2 KEYBOARD MOUSE USB PORT COM2 COM1 PRINT ...

Page 23: ... 21 4 Parallel Port 5 Audio Line_Out Line_In Mic_In 6 MIDI Game Port MIDI GAME Port Line_Out Line_In Mic_In Parallel Port ...

Page 24: ...ce available to the extended partition The FDISK utility will assign a drive letter i e C D E to each partition which will be shown in the FDISK program After FDISK procedure reboot your system by using the same system floppy disk Note DOS 6 2x and Windows 95A can only support up to 2 1GB of HDD partition If you use the FDISK utility with one of the operating systems mentioned above you can only d...

Page 25: ...ndled CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The auto run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen 2 Choose to Install Mainboard Software and complete it 3 Return to the SHUTTLE MAINBOARD SOFTWARE SETUP screen 4 Choose to Install Audio Device Software and complete it 5 Return to the SHUTTLE MAINBOARD SOFTWARE SETUP screen 6 Choose to Install VIA Hardware Monitor and complete it 7...

Page 26: ...m Jumpers with two pins are shown as for Close On or for Open Off To Short jumper pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the desired pair of pins Caution 1 Do not remove the mainboard from its antistatic protective packaging until you are ready to install it 2 Carefully hold the mainboard by its edges and avoid touching its components When putting the mainboard down place it on top of its ori...

Page 27: ...tors along with their assigned functions CPU Memory Expansion Slots Socket370 CPU Socket for FC PGA PGA 370 Celeron and FC PGA Intel Pentium III processors DIM1 2 3 Three DIMM Sockets for 16 32 64 128 256 512MB 3 3V SDRAM AGP One AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Slot PCI Five 32 bit PCI Expansion Slots AMR One AMR Expansion Slot for Audio Modem Riser Cards ISA One 16 bit ISA Expansion Slot B1 A2 A3 A...

Page 28: ...de EPMI Hardware System Management Interface Momentary Type switch PWON ATX Power On Off Momentary Type Switch POWER LED System Power LED SPEAKER Housing Internal Speaker Internal Peripherals Connectors FDC1 Floppy Disk Drive Interface IDE1 IDE Primary Interface Dual channel IDE2 IDE Secondary Interface Dual channel Other Connectors JP10 On Board Audio Connector CD_IN JP11 On Board Audio Connector...

Page 29: ...serting mini jumpers on JP4 properly the user can configure the CPU Clock Ratio manually Note Normally JP4 is a backup function because for all the processors on market nowadays the ratio setting is alomst fixed A2 Frequency Ratio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 x ON OFF ON ON 3 5 x ON OFF OFF ON 4 x OFF ON ON ON 4 5 x OFF ON OFF ON 5 x OFF OFF ON ON 5 5 x OFF OFF OFF ON 6 x ON ON ON OFF 6 5 x ON ON OFF OFF 7 x...

Page 30: ...on settings and restoring the original factory set system settings Pin 1 2 Default Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Step 1 Turn off the system power PC Off Step 2 Remove jumper cap from JP2 pins 1 2 Step 3 Place the jumper cap on JP2 pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return the jumper cap to pin 1 2 Step 5 Turn on the system power PC On A3 JP2 1 ...

Page 31: ...n each FSB from Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup program For experienced users AV18 mainboard provides an alternative hardware configure function to adjust front side bus manually Please insert jumper caps perperly on JP7 and set CPU Host PCI Clock in Frequency Voltage Control of BIOS Setup program A4 Default Auto Configure Manual 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 2 4 6 8 1 3 5 7 System Clock 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8...

Page 32: ...responding connectors USB1 USB2 Port Connectors Two female connectors USB1 USB2 share the same USB Universal Serial Bus bracket at the rear panel of your mainboard Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1 USB2 connector COM1 COM2 Connectors This mainboard can accommodate two serial devices on COM1 COM2 Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 COM2 at the back panel of your ...

Page 33: ...In MIC_IN is a 1 8 inch jack that provides a mono input It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 Ohms MIDI GAME Port The MIDI GAME port is a 15 pin fe male connector This port can be con nected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15 pin D sub connector MIDI Instrument Connection You will need a MIDI adapter to connec a MIDI compatible instru ment to th...

Page 34: ...ly in one of the power savings mode Doze Standby Suspend When the sys tem resumes to normal operation mode the Green LED will go off Attach a 2 pin Green LED cable to GLED header EPMI Connector EPMI Hardware System Management In terface EPMI header may attach to a 2 pin momentary switch Press the EPMI switch to force the system into power savings mode press again to resume normal operation C1 C2 C...

Page 35: ...peaker con nector SPK POWER LED POWER LED Attach the 2 pin Power LED con nector cable from the housing front panel to the PW LED header on the mainboard The power LED stays light while the system is running C5 Note Please notice the Speaker and all the LED connector are directional If your chassis s LED does not light during running please simply change to the opposite direction C6 C7 1 RST SPEAKE...

Page 36: ...loppy disk controller FDC to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive F D D Moreover this mainboard comes with one 40pin ribbon cable to connect to IDE H D D and one 34 pin ribbon cable for F D D connection Important Ribbon cables are directional therefore make sure to always connect with the red cable stripe on the same side as pin 1 of the IDE1 IDE2 or FDC connector on the mainboard D1 Note Please conn...

Page 37: ...ct a modem audio line to AV18 mainboard Typically you would use this connector when running the voice mail soft ware on your system for audio input and output JP11 Pin Assignments 1 PHONE 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 MONO Audio AUX Header JP12 WHITE Port JP12 can be used to connect a stereo audio input from such as CD ROM TV turner or MPEG card JP12 Pin Assignments 1 AUX_L 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 AUX_R E1 E1 E...

Page 38: ...t IR transfer function To enable the IR transfer function follow these steps IR Pin Assignments 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Step 1 Attach the 5 pin infrared device cable to JP1connector Refer to the above diagram for IR pin assignment Step 2 Configure the Infrared transfer mode in the UR2 Mode field of integrated Peripherals menu in BIOS Setup program This mainboard supports IrDA ASKIR Normal t...

Page 39: ... Connectors FAN1 FAN2 FAN3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU FAN1 System FAN2 and AGP FAN3 cooling fans E4 E5 Note Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary depending on the fan maker Keep in mind that the red wire should always be connected to the 12V header and the black wire to the ground GND header 12V GND SENSE Wake On Lan 1 FAN 1 1 FAN 2 1...

Page 40: ...er connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly Make sure that pin 1 is properly positioned Note 2 Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment Note 3 Your ATX power supply must be supplied to ACPI 5V standby power and at least 720mA compatible Note 4 Make sure your power supply have enough power for higher speed pro...

Page 41: ...stall Memory Install memory in any or all of the banks and in any combination as follows Note You do not need to set any jumper to configure memory since the BIOS utility can detect the system memory automatically You can check the total system memory value in the BIOS Standard CMOS Setup menu Upgrade Memory You can easily upgrade the system memory by inserting additional SDRAM modules in availabl...

Page 42: ...run D Autorun exe assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D Navigation Bar Description F F Install Mainboard Software Installing Mainboard Drivers for Windows F F Install Audio Device Software Installing Audio Driver F F Install VIA Hardware Monitor Installing VIA Hardware Monitor Driver F F Manual AV18 series mainboard user s manual in PDF format F F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle webs...

Page 43: ...the system to take the installation effect Note The mainboard software VIA 4 In 1 Driver includes four drivers VIA Registry ACPI Driver VIA AGP VxD driver VIA ATAPI Vender sup port Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport Driver According to the operating system users may have different selection to install driver Please refer to the following table Windows 2000 Windows 98 SE Windows 95 Windows NT VIA Regi...

Page 44: ...ear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install Audio Device Software bar Once you made your selection a Setup window runs the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect ...

Page 45: ...ear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Install VIA Hardware Monitor bar Once you made your selection a Setup window runs the installation automatically When the copying files is done make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect ...

Page 46: ...ar double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen Select using your pointing device e g mouse on the Manual bar Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen Click on the Install Acrobe Reader 3 0 bar if you need to install acrobe reader Then click on AV18 Manual bar to view AV18 user s manual ...

Page 47: ...its POST Power On Self Test routine checks Step 2 Press Del key immediately or at the following message Press DEL to enter SETUP or simultaneously press Ctrl Alt Esc keys Note 1 If you miss the train the message disappears before you can respond and you still wish to enter BIOS Setup restart the system and try again by turning the computer OFF and ON again or by pressing the RESET switch located a...

Page 48: ...S Features This setup page includes all items in a standard compatible BIOS Advanced BIOS Features This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced features Advanced Chipset Features This setup page includes all items of chipset features Integrated Peripherals This setup page includes all items of peripheral features Power Management Setup This setup page includes all items of Power Ma...

Page 49: ...ad Optimized Defaults BIOS defaults loads the values required by the System for the maximum performance However you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu Set Supervisor Password Change set or disable supervisor password It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup Set User Password Change set or disable user password It allows you to limit access to the system ...

Page 50: ...ct a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press Enter Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this item If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu ...

Page 51: ...sed for the primary system moni tor that must matches your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup Halt On This item determines if the system will stop when an error is detected during power up Memory This item is display only It is automatically detected by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the ...

Page 52: ...he system and the following error message will appear Afterwards if necessary you will be able to run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done Ø The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Internal Cache This item enables CPU internal cache to speed up memory access Ø The choice Enabled Disabled WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to a...

Page 53: ...abled BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Ø The choice Enabled Disabled First Second Third Boot Device This BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items Ø The choice Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN Disabled Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority Ø The choice Enabled Disabled Swap Floppy Drive...

Page 54: ... key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin the report that the key has been depressed repeatedly For example you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor move ments with the arrow ke...

Page 55: ...ompt Ø The choice Setup System OS Select For DRAM 64MB This item allows you to access the memory that over 64 MB in OS 2 Ø The choice Non OS2 OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional depending on chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Ø The choice Enabled Disabled XX000 XXFFF Shadow These categories determine whether option...

Page 56: ...e choice SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 8ns Normal Medium Fast Turbo SDRAM Cycle Length This field allows you to set the SDRAM latency timer Ø The choice 2 3 DRAM Clock This item set the DRAM Read Write timings that the system uses Ø The choice Host CLK HCLK 33M HCLK 33M Memory Hole In order to improve performance some space in memory can be re served for ISA cards Ø The choice Disabled 15M 16M ...

Page 57: ...is on the default setting of Disabled if your display card cannot support this feature or else your system may not boot Ø The choice Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size This item allows the user to set memory mapped graphics data struc tures can reside in Graphics Aperture Ø The choice 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M 128M AGP 4X Mode This item allows you to enable disable AGP 4X function See www apgforum org for...

Page 58: ...s item allows you to control the onboard MC97 Modem Ø The choice Auto Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four Dwords of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the PCU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data Ø The choice Enabled Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting...

Page 59: ...two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability Ø The choice Enabled Disabled Memory Parity ECC Check This item allows you to Enabled Disabled memory error checking and correction ECC In order for ECC to function 9 chip 8 memory chips 1 ECC chip SDRAM modules must be installed on the mainboard Ø The choice Enabled Disabled CPU Voltage Regulator This item allows user to adjust...

Page 60: ...ller is Enable or Disable setting Ø The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE ...

Page 61: ...to is the default settings for on board Primary Master Slave UltraDMA 33 66 Note Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work Ø The choice Auto Disabled Secondary Master Slave UDMA On this mainboard AV18 PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 66 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33 66MB sec Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Master...

Page 62: ...item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2 Ø The choice Standard HPSIR ASKIR IR Function Duplex This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex function Ø The choice Half Full TX RX inverting enable This item allows you to enable the TX RX inverting which depends on different H W requirement This field is not recommended to change its default setting for avoiding any...

Page 63: ...udio to Game Port control the onboard legacy audio Onboard Legacy Audio This item controls the onboard legacy audio Ø The choice Enable Disable Sound Blaster This item allows to emaluate the sound as Sound Blaster Ø The choice Enable Disable SB I O Base Address This item allows to select Sound Blaster I O address Ø The choice 220H 240H 260H 280H SB IRQ Select This item allows to select Sound Blast...

Page 64: ...PU 401 I O Address This item allows to select the I O address for MPU 401 Ø The choice 300 303H 310 313H 320 323H 330 333H Game Port 200 207H This item allows to Enable Game Port Ø The choice Enable Disable ...

Page 65: ...of the power management function Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is the same as Max Saving except the time of the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving feature User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Ø The choice User Define Min Saving Max Saving ACPI Susp...

Page 66: ...tal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Ø The choice V H SYNC Blank Blank Scrren DPMS Support Modem Use IRQ This item determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use Ø The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 N A Soft Off by PWRBTN The setting of Instant Off allows the ATX switch ...

Page 67: ...m is in a power down mode Wake Up Events This item allows user to determine the wake up events Ø The choice Press Enter key to the sub menu VGA Set the item ON while you wake up the system by LAN the VGA is waken too Ø The choice ON OFF LPT COM Set the item Enabled users can awaken the system by any device connected to LPT COM ports Ø The choice NON LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD Set the item ON users ca...

Page 68: ... choice Enabled Disabled Date of Month This is for specifying the alarm Date which the system will awaken the system from Suspend mode Ø The choice Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 31 Resume Time hh mm ss This is for specifying the alarm Hour Minute Second which the system will awaken the system from Suspend mode Ø The choice Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 59 Primary INTR Set the item Enabled users...

Page 69: ...PNP OS Installed When this item is set to Yes it will allow the PnP OS Windows 95 control the system resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices Default setting is No Ø The choice Yes No Reset Configuration Data This item allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not Ø The choice Enabled Disabled Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability...

Page 70: ...you to determne the DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available for PCI slot Ø The choice Legacy ISA PCI ISA PnP PCI VGA Pallete Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not If you have MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards and PCI VGA Card worked Enable this field Otherwise Please Disable it Ø The choice Disabled Enabled Assign IRQ for VGA This item allows the user ...

Page 71: ...e the current main board temperature Current CPU1 2 FAN Speed The mainboard can detect two fans rotation speed for PCU cooler Vcore This mainboard supports CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU voltage Vcore and the voltage output from power supply 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V The mainboard supports CPU and mainboard voltages monitoring The onboard hardwa...

Page 72: ...k Ø The choice Enabled Disabled Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable disable the spread spectrum modulate Ø The choice Disabled 0 25 0 5 CPU Host PCI Clock Note Before set this item check your processor firstly This item allows you to select CPU host clock and PCI clock Ø The choice Default 66 33MHz 166 41MHz ...

Page 73: ...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 dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations ...

Page 74: ...s to the options By setting seperate Supervisor and User password a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values Enter Password Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press Enter You may also press Esc to abor...

Page 75: ...em is rebooted or any time you try to enter Setup If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup Warning Retain a record of your password in a safe place If you forget the password the only way to access the system is to clear CMOS memory please refer to page 28 Clear CMOS ...

Page 76: ...ff The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system restarts again Exit Without Saving Pressing Enter on this item and a similar dialog box shows up to ask you the following confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selec...