SOYO SY-P4-645DX DRAGON Ultra, User Manual

Page 1: ...SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra Motherboard mPGA Socket 478 Processors Supported AGP PCI Motherboard 400 533 MHz Front Side Bus supported ATX Form Factor User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...rights of third parties and not to infringe upon or to cause others to infringe upon such rights Disclaimer Please be advised that some SOYO motherboards are designed with overclocking features and may allow users to run the components beyond manufacturer s recommended specifications Overclocking beyond manufacturer s specifications is not recommended nor endorsed by SOYO Inc and will void your ma...

Page 3: ...ARDWARE INSTALLATION 10 2 1 PREPARATIONS 10 2 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE 11 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP 33 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY 36 3 1 SOYO COMBO SETUP 38 3 2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 46 3 3 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES 50 3 4 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES 54 3 5 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 56 3 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 62 3 7 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 66 3 8 PC HEALTH STATUS 69 3 9 LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS 70 3 10 LOAD OPTIM...

Page 4: ...R 6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION 84 CHAPTER 7 HIGHPOINT HPT 372 DRIVER INSTALLATION 85 APPENDIX A HIGHPOINT HPT 372 MANUAL 91 APPENDIX B C MEDIA6CHANNELAUDIOSOLUTIONMANUAL 123 APPENDIX C TROUBLESHOOTING AT FIRST START 162 APPENDIX D CONTACT INFORMATION 169 ...

Page 5: ...ltra uses SiS 645DX Chipset technology and supports Socket 478 class processors This motherboard is fully compatible with industry standards and adds many technical enhancements 1 2 UNPACKING THE MOTHERBOARD When unpacking the motherboard check for the following items The SY P4 645DX DRAGON UltraAGP PCI motherboard The M B RAID AUDIO user manual The Installation CD ROM SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM 3 IDE...

Page 6: ... be damaged by electrostatic discharge To avoid permanent damage to components ground yourself while working by using a grounding strap Otherwise ground yourself frequently by touching the unpainted portion of the computer chassis to drain the static charges Handle the motherboard carefully holding it by the edges You are now ready to start the installation 1 3 KEY FEATURES CPU SUPPORT Supports In...

Page 7: ...emory module EXPANDABILITY The SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra provides all the standard expansion slots and many more additional expansion features Expansion slots 1 x master AGP Pro slot 6 x 32 bit bus master PCI slots Enhanced IO Floppy disk controller 2x EIDE controllers with support for up to 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 devices Standard EPP ECP parallel port 2x 16550 compatible serial ports IrDA compa...

Page 8: ...ction Multiple boot Booting from devices such as CD ROM LS 120 etc Power on by modem or alarm This special feature enables the system to be switched ON from SUSPEND mode though a modem or RTC alarm Practical application of this feature includes remote access to switch the system on only after the modem receives a call Power on by Keyboard or PS2 mouse Support power on by K B press Ctrl Alt Backspa...

Page 9: ...s used for functions such as WOL SOYO Bonus Pack CD ROM COMPLIANCE The SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra complies with all important industry standards The following underlines the reliability of the SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra a motherboard to trust PC99 ACPI compliant WARRANTY All SOYO motherboards are back with one year manufacturer s warranty from the date of purchase Please retain your original receipt f...

Page 10: ...our dealer immediately 1 5 ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PRECAUTIONS Be sure to ground yourself before handling the motherboard or other system components Electrostatic discharge can easily damage the components Note that you must take special precautions when handling the motherboard in dry or air conditioned environment To protect your equipment from electrostatic discharge take the following precauti...

Page 11: ...m PRT PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector ATX Power LINE OUT LINE IN MIC GAME PORT COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_2 AGP PRO JP5 CD_SPDI 1 1 2 3 PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 IDE 1 FLP IDE 4 IDE 3 IDE 2 I O CHIP HighPoint IDE RAID CHIP Sound CHIP 3 1 JP10 WOL Header 1 4 CDIN1 SiS 961B 1 13 14 2 3V Lithium Battery ...

Page 12: ...Motherboard Description SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra 8 1 7 SY P4 645DXDRAGONUltraMOTHERBOARDCOMPONENTS A B C D E F G I H K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AA AB AC AD AE J ...

Page 13: ... Mastering Slots K South Bridge Chip L Floppy Disk Drive FDD Port M IDE RAID Ports N HighPoint IDE RAID Chip O 3V Lithium Battery P Front Panel Connectors Q 5V Stand By Indicator LED R Chassis Cooling Fan Connector S CMOS Clear Jumper T USB Ports U Serial Infrared IrDA Device Header V Smart Card Reader Connector W Flash BIOS X Wake On LAN WOL Header Y I O Chip Z SPK5 Connector AA CD_SPDI Connector...

Page 14: ...de the following preparations 2 1 PREPARATIONS Gather and prepare all the following hardware equipment to complete the installation successfully 1 Pentium 4 processor 2 CPU cooling fan 3 DDR RAM module s 4 Computer case and chassis with adequate power supply unit 5 Monitor 6 PS 2 Keyboard 7 Pointing Device PS 2 mouse 8 Speaker s optional 9 Disk Drives HDD CD ROM Floppy drive 10 External Peripheral...

Page 15: ... 1 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Step 2 Install memory modules Step 3 Install expansion cards Step 4 Connect cables case wires and power supply Step 5 Power on and enter BIOS setup Step 6 Install supporting software tools See Chapter 4 for more info Warning Turn off the power to the motherboard system chassis and peripheral devices before performing any work on the motherboard or system ...

Page 16: ...lation SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra 12 Step 1 Install the CPU CPU Installation 1 Lift the socket handle up to a vertical position 2 Align the blunt edge of the CPU with the matching pinhole distinctive edge on the socket ...

Page 17: ...mponent that will ensure system stability It prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of your CPU CPU Fan Installation Your Socket 478 processor kit comes with a cooling fan Mount the fan on the processor according to the instructions provided by the manufacturer The fan is a key component that will ensure system stability The fan prevents overheating therefore prolonging the life of you...

Page 18: ...herboard DRAM speed can be set independent from the CPU front side bus speed Depending on the DRAM clock speed setting in the BIOS setup appropriate memory modules must be used For 100MHz DRAM speed use PC1600 memory for 133MHz DRAM speed use PC2100 memory for 166MHz speed use PC2700 memory Memory Configuration Table Number of Memory Modules DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 RAM Type DDR RAM Memory Module Size...

Page 19: ...lot bracket of the expansion card 5 Install related driver from the operating system AGP Pro Slot This motherboard supports AGP 2x 4x Pro VGA CARD DO NOT remove the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card You can ...

Page 20: ...M IDE3 IDE4 can support up to four high speed Ultra DMA 33 66 100 133 HDD CD ROM or other IDE peripherals is not supported on IDE3 4 Connect one side of the ATA66 100 flat cable to the IDE device HDD or CD ROM and plug the other end to the primary IDE1 IDE3 or secondary IDE2 IDE4 directionally keyed IDE connector on the motherboard The ATA 66 100 133 cable is backward compatible with ATA33 HDDs Th...

Page 21: ...here are four HDD connectors IDE1 IDE2 IDE3 IDE4 on the motherboard IDE3 IDE4 are provided for IDE RAID or standard IDE function Please refer to the Appendix A for more information on IDE RAID function 1 1 39 39 40 pin ATA 66 100 Flat Cable 80 Conductor ...

Page 22: ... 5 possible floppy drive types 720 KB 1 2 MB 1 44 MB 2 88 MB and LS 120 Connect one side of the 34 pin flat cable to the floppy drive and plug the other end to the floppy drive connector on the motherboard This motherboard can support only 1 floppy drives 1 1 33 33 FLP Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector ...

Page 23: ...ions Plug the computer case s front panel devices to the corresponding headers on the motherboard 1 Power LED Please install according to the following pin assignment pin 1 3 are for Power LED Power LED Pin Assignment 5V 5V GND _ NC NC Speaker Reset PWRBT Power LED HDD LED ...

Page 24: ...ot up sequence 3 Speaker Attach the 4 pin PC speaker cable from the case to the Speaker header on the motherboard 4 IDE LED Attach the 2 pin IDE device LED cable to the corresponding IDE LED header on the motherboard This will cause the LED to light up when an IDE HDD CD ROM device is active Reset Pin Assignment Power Good GND 1 Speaker Pin Assignment _ 5V Speaker out NC NC HDD LED Pin Assignment ...

Page 25: ...ions All external devices such as the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse printer modem USB can be plugged directly onto the motherboard back panel Only after you have fixed and locked the motherboard to the computer case can you start connecting the external peripheral devices PWRBT Pin Assignment Power On Off GND 1 PRT GAME PORT PS 2 KB Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector LINE OUT LINE IN MIC COM 1 COM 2 USB 1_...

Page 26: ...ear panel of the motherboard 2 Parallel Port PRT This parallel port is used to connect the printer or other parallel devices Plug the parallel device cable into the 25 pin female connector located at the rear panel of the motherboard 3 PS 2 Keyboard Plug the keyboard jack directly into the 6 pin female PS 2 keyboard connector located at the rear panel of the motherboard 4 PS 2 Mouse Similarly plug...

Page 27: ...andard device drivers come with the Win98 for commonly used USB devices With Win95 use the flow UHCI specifications To use USB devices under Win95 usually you have to install the device that driver comes with the USB device you have purchased To make use of USB3_1 and USB5_1 ports purchase a USB cable from your dealer The pin lay out of USB3 USB4 and USB5 USB6 are as follows 1 6 10 2 7 3 8 4 9 GND...

Page 28: ...o ports labeled line in line out and mic jack convenient to directly plug in all your external audio devices E Other Connections 1 Wake On LAN WOL Attach the 3 pin connector from the LAN card that supports the Wake On LAN WOL function to the JP10 header on the motherboard This WOL function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card Please install according to the following pin ...

Page 29: ... Standard Infrared SIRCON Plug the 10 pin infrared device cable to the SIRCON header This will enable the infrared transfer function This motherboard meets both the ASKIR and HPSIR specifications Please install according to the following pin assignment ...

Page 30: ... the 3 pin fan cable to the CPUFAN connector on the motherboard The fan will stop when the system enters into Suspend Mode Suspend mode can be enabled from the BIOS Setup Utility POWER MANAGEMENT menu To avoid any damage to the system install according to the following pin assignment CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPU Cooling Fan CPUFAN1 CPUFAN2 CPUFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 31: ...onnector to provide 12V power to the chassis fan Connect the cable from the chassis fan to the CHAFAN 3 pin connector Install according to the following pin assignment Note CPUFAN must be installed on this motherboard while CHAFAN is optional CHAFAN3 CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 Chassis Cooling Fan CHAFAN1 CHAFAN2 CHAFAN3 CHAFAN Pin Assignment SENSOR 12V GND 3 1 2 SENSOR 12V GND 1 3 2 ...

Page 32: ... connect the 4 pin audio cable from your CD ROM drive to either CDIN1 or CDIN2 It fits in only one depending on the cable that came with your CD ROM drive Please install according to the following pin assignment 5 Smart Card Reader CDIN1 Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 CDIN2 CDIN1 CDIN2 CD Line in Pin Assigment Right Left GND GND 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 33: ...other end to the small audio connector See unpacking the motherboard in Chapter 1 for more info on the audio flat cable Please refer to Appendix B the C Media 5 1 channel audio solution manual for more information on AUDIO function 7 CD_SPDIF CD_SPDIF 1 2 SPDIF IN2 GND CENTER BASS REAR_L R OPTICAL_INPUT SPDIF_INPUT SPDIF_OUTPUT OPTICAL_OUTPUT ...

Page 34: ...r that comply with the ATX specification Version 2 03 for M B specification a new 4 pin receptacle header combination the 12V power connector has been defined The presence of the 12V power connector indicates that a power supply is ATX12V the absence of the 12V power connector indicates that a supply is ATX To allow for greater than 3 3V current the Aux power connector is recommended for ATX and A...

Page 35: ...nector The P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra requires a power supply with at least 250 Watts and a power good signal Make sure the ATX power supply can take at 1 5 A max current load on the 5V Standby lead 5VSB to meet the standard ATX specification Note ATX 12V power supply is different from the normal ATX power supply If you use the Wake On LAN WOL function make sure the ATX power supply can support at leas...

Page 36: ... the ATX 12V power cable from the ATX 12V power connector when performing the CMOS Clear operation 2 Please do not clear the CMOS memory after re flashing the BIOS You need to boot up into the system once before clearing the CMOS memory to avoid Network ID lost Step 5 Power On You have now completed the hardware installation of your P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra successfully 1 Turn the power on 2 To enter...

Page 37: ...c Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage 2 3 QUICK BIOS SETUP This motherboard does not use any hardware jumpers to set the CPU frequency Instead CPU settings are software configurable with the BIOS SOYO COMBO FEATURE The SOYO COMBO FEATURE combines the main parameters that you need to configure all in one menu for a quick setup in BIOS After the hardware installation is c...

Page 38: ... input the desired FSB value of the CPU Set the DRAM Frequency Select to 100MHz x 2 133MHz x 2 or 166MHz x 2 depending on the DRAM frequency you have in the system or choose a desired DRAM frequency in the table to over clock your DRAM If you over clock your CPU s Front Side Bus it over clock your DRAM frequency as well AGP Frequency Select to choose a desired AGP frequency in the table to over cl...

Page 39: ... will have 117MHz x 2 option in the DDR table while 117MHz x 2 will not appear in the DDR table when you set the CPU FSB to 101MHz Step 4 Select SAVE EXIT SETUP Press Enter to save the new configuration to the CMOS memory and continue the boot sequence You are now ready to configure your system with the BIOS setup program Go to Chapter 3 BIOS SETUP ...

Page 40: ...tandard CMOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Selecting items Use the arrow keys to move between items and selec...

Page 41: ...turn to the Main Menu and keep current values R O M P C I I S A B I O S C M O S S E T U P U T I L I T Y A W A R D S O F T W A R E I N C S T A N D A R D C M O S S E T U P B I O S F E A T U R E S S E T U P C H I P S E T F E A T U R E S S E T U P P O W E R M A N A G E M E N T S E T U P P N P P C I C O N F I G U R A T I O N L O A D S E T U P D E F A U L T S L O A D B I O S D E F A U L T S I N T E G R ...

Page 42: ...ystem Freq CPU DRAM 100 100 CPU Frequency Select 100 DRAM Frequency Select 100 x 2MHz AGP Frequency Select Lock in 66MHz Ratio select Auto x CPU Clock Ratio 8 X CPU Voltage Select Default DDR 2 5V Voltage Select Default AGP 1 5V Voltage Select Default Advanced DRAM Control Press Enter C I H 4 WAY Protection Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Enabled Onboard IDE RAID Enabled Onboard 10 100 Lan Disabled...

Page 43: ...GP Frequency select option will be available CPU Frequency Select Min 100 Max 255 Press Page Up Page Down keyto Over Clock the CPU Front Side Bus in 1MHz increment or Press Enter key then type the desired CPU Front Side Bus Default DRAM Frequency Select DRAM frequency you have in the system or choose a desired DRAM frequency in the table to over clock your DRAM AGP Frequency Select Setting Descrip...

Page 44: ...1 650V 1 275V 1 675V 1 300V 1 700V 1 325V 1 725V 1 350V 1 750V 1 375V 1 775V 1 400V 1 800V 1 425V 1 825V 1 450V 1 850V CPU Voltage Select 1 475V This function allows you to adjust the CPU voltage DDR Voltage Select Setting Description Note Default Default DDR Voltage Select 2 6V 2 7V 2 8V 2 9V 3 0V 3 1V 3 2V 3 3V 3 4V 3 5V This function changes the DDR voltage AGP Voltage Select Setting Descriptio...

Page 45: ...sabled Enabled Disabled Onboard 6Ch H W Audio Onboard IDE RAID Setting Description Note Enabled Default Onboard IDE RAID Disabled Enabled Disabled Onboard IDE RAID Onboard 10 100 Lan Setting Description Note Disabled Onboard 10 100 Lan Enabled The function allow to Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Default Onboard Lan MAC Address Input Setting Description Note Onboard Lan MAC Address Input Press Enter ...

Page 46: ... CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD LAN First Second Third Boot Device Disabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Disabled Boot Other Device Enabled Select Your Boot Device Priority Default RAID ATA SCSI Default RAID ATA SCSI Boot Order SCSI RAID ATA Select Your RAID ATA SCSI Boot Device Priority ...

Page 47: ... Read Latency Control safe Time Constraint Control slow GW Write Mask AGP Request Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability Disabled Refresh Cycle Time tRAS tRP 1T DRAM Addr Cmd Rate AUTO Mode Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on...

Page 48: ...o CAS Delay 3T Increase DRAM performance Default 2T ACT TO ACT Delay 3T DRAM ACT to ACT Delay selection Default 2T Default Write Recovery Time 1T Increase DRAM performance safe Default normal R W Turn Around Time fast Read Write Turn Around Time Control selection safe Default normal fast Read Latency Control slow Increase DRAM performance slow Default Time Constraint Control normal Timing constrai...

Page 49: ...P Request Enabled When enable a Graphic window write operation will forbid Default Enabled AGP Fast Write Capability Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP fast write capability Default tRAS tRP Refresh Cycle Time tRAS tRP 1T DRAM refresh cycle time tRC selection Default Auto Mode Default 1T DRAM Addr Cmd Rate 2T Increase DRAM performance ...

Page 50: ...ve None IDE Secondary Master LTN485S IDE Secondary Slave None Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 130048K Total Memory 131072K Menu Level Change the day month year and century Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults This screen all...

Page 51: ...r Auto Access Mode Auto 0 Cylinder 0 Head 0 Precomp 0 Landing Zone 0 Sector 0 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Note This function is only valid for IDE type of hard disk drives Date Time Display Setting Please Note Date mm dd yyyy Type the current date You can also the PUp PDn keys to toggle Ti...

Page 52: ...etects hard disk mode automatically Default Normal Normal IDE hard disk 528MB LBA Enhanced IDE hard disk 528MB Access Mode Large Large IDE hard disk for certain hard disk Note If you have any questions on your hard disk type or mode ask your hard disk provider or previous user for details Floppy Drives Setting Description Note 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in Default 2 88MB 3...

Page 53: ...e EGA VGA Default CGA 40 CGA 80 Video MONO Monochrome Select the video mode ALL Errors Default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette Halt On All But Disk Key When the BIOS detects system errors this function will stop the system Select which type of error will cause the system halt ...

Page 54: ...re for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen ...

Page 55: ... Floppy Seek Enabled Default Boot Up NumLock Status Setting Description Note On Puts numeric keypad in NumLock mode at boot up Default Boot Up NumLock Status Off Puts numeric keypad in arrow key mode at boot up Gate A20 Options Setting Description Note Normal Lets chipset control GateA20 Gate A20 Options Fast A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Default ...

Page 56: ...ar sec 15 Char sec 20 Char sec 24 Char sec 30 Char sec Choose the rate at which a character is repeated when holding down a key Default Typematic Delay Msec 250 msec 500 msec 750 msec 1000 msec Choose how long after you press a key down the character begins repeating Default Security Option Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot up or use of BIOS Setup The following table describes t...

Page 57: ...nction Consult your HDD provider for details Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and if it has BIOS present These 16 segments can be shadowed from ROM to RAM BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM BIOS can then execute from RAM Default LOGO 0 Default EPA LOGO SELECT LOGO 1 Allows user to display SOYO logo or own logo Logo 0 ...

Page 58: ... Caching Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64MB Item Help Graphic Window WR Combin Enabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Spread Spectrum Disabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit...

Page 59: ...t the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Disabled Graphic Window WR Combin Enabled Enabled Disabled Graphic window write combin Default Disabled Default Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled When enabled this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices When disabled it will send the clock signal to all DIM...

Page 60: ... Peripherals SiS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Onboard SuperIO Device Press Enter Item Help USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Init Display First AGP AGP Auto Calibration Enabled IDE Access Interface Embedded Bus MAC Access Interface Embedded Bus USB1 Access Interface Embedded Bus USB0 Access Interface Embedded Bus Audio Access Interface Embedded Bus Me...

Page 61: ...ntroller and you have a USB keyboard Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Invokes multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Not all HDDs support this function Default PCI Slot Init Display First AGP Choose which card AGP Display card or PCI VGA card to initialize first Default Enabled Default AGPAuto Calibration Disabled Enabled Disabled AGP Auto Calibration Embedded Bus Default IDE ...

Page 62: ...SiS OnChip IDE Device Internal PCI IDE Both IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Item Help IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary Master UltraDMA Auto Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto IDE Burst Mode Enabled Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Valu...

Page 63: ...t speed IDE Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Auto For better performance and stability we suggest you use the Auto setting to set the HDD control timing Default Disabled IDE Primary Master UltraDMA Primary Slave UltraDMA Secondary Master UltraDMA Secondary Slave UltraDMA Auto Select Auto to enable Ultra DMA Mode support Default Disabled IDE Burst Mode E...

Page 64: ...led Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Item Help Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal x UR2 Duplex Mode Half Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode SPP x ECP Mode Use DMA 3 Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc and follow the in...

Page 65: ...nlt UART Mode Select SCR SCR mean Smart Card Reader If UART Mode Select is set to IrDA ASKIR Half Default UR2 Function Duplex Full Choose Half or Duplex to set UR2 in half duplex mode or full duplex mode respectively Refer to your IR device specifications to select the suitable mode Disabled 378 IRQ7 Default 278 IRQ5 Onboard Parallel Port 3BC IRQ 7 Choose the printer I O address SPP Default EPP EC...

Page 66: ... F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Phoenix Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility PM Wake Up Events IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled Item Help IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled RING Power Up Control Disabled MACPME Power Up Control Disabled PCIPME Power Up Control Disabled USB Port Wake Up Control Disabled PS2 KB Power Up Control Hot key PS2 Mouse Power Up Control Disabled Power Up by Alar...

Page 67: ...gns an IRQ to the modem device Power off Default Disabled Hot Key Function As Suspend Select hot key function to Power off or suspend Disabled Default HDD Off After Power Failure 1 Min 15 Min Lets you define the system power down times Off The system will remain off when power comes back after a power failure Default On The system will switch on when power comes back after a power failure PWPON Af...

Page 68: ...d Disabled IRQ 8 Break Suspend Default IRQ 8 Break Suspend Enabled RING Power Up Control Disabled An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem LAN awakens the system from a soft off state Default Enabled MACPME Power Up Control Disabled Enabled Disabled MAC PME signal power up control Default Enabled PCIPME Power Up Control Disabled Enabled Disa...

Page 69: ...use Power Up Control Disabled Enabled Disabled PS2 Mouse signal power up control Default Enabled The system ignores the alarm Power Up by Alarm Disabled Set alarm to power on the system by the date 1 31 or time hh mm ss If the date is set to 0 the system will self power on by alarm everyday at the set time Default ...

Page 70: ...ment Auto INT Pin 4 Assignment Auto Menu Level Default is 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 OS cannot boot Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaul...

Page 71: ... The Plug and Play BIOS auto manages PCI ISA PnP card IRQ assignment automatically Recommended If Resources Controlled By is set to Manual PCI Device Choose IRQ assigned to PCI ISA PnP card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 IRQ Resource Press Enter Reserved Choose IRQ assigned to Legacy ISA card IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 Under this item the user can assign an IRQ to a PCI slot However there under some con...

Page 72: ...bled 4 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT Disabled BIOS will assign IRQ for VGA USB port Assign IRQ For VGA USB Enabled BIOS won t assign IRQ for VGA USB port Default 5 Your OS may reassign another interrupt to a PCI slot after BIOS passes control to the OS especially if you use Windows 95 98 or NT INT ...

Page 73: ...AN1 Speed 0 RPM Menu Level Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults After you have completed the changes press Esc key and follow the instructions on your screen to save your settings or exit without saving CPU Device Monitoring Setting Description Note Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V V Show the current voltage status CPU Temp...

Page 74: ... Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Menu...

Page 75: ...d Fail Safe Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Set User Password Power Management Setup Save Exit Setup PnP PCI Configurations Exit Without Saving Esc Quit Select Item F10 Save Exit Setup Change CPU s Clock Voltage Type Y to use the Setup Defaults followed by Enter or otherwise N to return to the Main Men...

Page 76: ...tem The password is required every time the system is booted This means only a person who knows the password can use this computer b Setup The password is required only when you attempt to enter the BIOS Setup program 2 Choose SUPERVISOR PASSWORD from the Main Menu and press Enter The following prompt appear Warning If you forget or lose the password the only way to access the system is to set jum...

Page 77: ...er to section 3 11 ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Esc F10 Quit Save Exit Setup Shift F2 Select Item Change Color ...

Page 78: ...vice without going into the BIOS setup To enable boot Menu press ESC after memory initialization user will see a device menu in which user can choose the device they wish to boot from Boot Menu Select a Boot First device Floppy Ls120 HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 ZIP100 LAN USB FDD USB ZIP USB CDROM USB HDD ...

Page 79: ... PDF format b The drivers software available for installation and c A database in HTML format with information on SOYO motherboards and other products Step 1 Insert the SOYO CD into the CD ROM drive If you are running Windows NT 2K XP the SOYO CD will not detect your motherboard type In that case the following dialog will pop up Please choose your motherboard model number and press OK Now the SOYO...

Page 80: ...to read a PDF file the appropriate Acrobat Reader software must be installed in your system Note The Start Up program automatically detects if the Acrobat Reader utility is already present in your system and otherwise prompts you on whether or not you want to install it You must install the Acrobat Reader utility to be able to read the user s manual file Follow the instructions on your screen duri...

Page 81: ...r Installation Menu A short description of all available drivers follows SiS AGP Driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP SiS AGP VxD Driver is to be installed if you are using an AGP VGA device SiSAGP VXD will provide service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware providing fast graphical access driver revision SiS AGP Driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP SiS ATA133 IDE Driver for Win 9x ME 2K XP...

Page 82: ...th the control over your PC s audio functions ITE SIM Card Reader Driver Utility for Win 9x ME NT 2000 XP Install this driver if you have a card reader and a PC SC compliant software Com 2 in the BIOS setup should be set to SCR P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra Hardware monitor for Win 9x ME 2000 NT XP Your motherboard comes with a hardware monitoring IC By installing this utility Temperature Fan speed and Vo...

Page 83: ...t the SOYO CD to begin the driver installation program When the installation is complete most drivers require restarting your system before they can become active Step 3 Check the Latest Releases Click the Check the latest Releases button to go the SOYO Website to automatically find the latest BIOS manual and driver releases for your motherboard This button will only work if your computer is conne...

Page 84: ...Drivers installation SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra 80 After Windows XP installation your device manager should look like this ...

Page 85: ...Drivers installation SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra 81 After driver installation your Windows XP device manager should look like this ...

Page 86: ...Drivers installation SY P4 645DX DRAGON Ultra 82 Drivers directory list in the CD driver ...

Page 87: ...fy the correct path 5 The Lan Driver For NT4 0 Path is in SOYO CD lan sis nt40 6 Select one of the following models 7 SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter then click OK 8 In the dialog box that appears select the Media Type and enter the Network address for the adapter if necessary You can click Help for more detailed information about these settings 9 Click OK to complete this dialog box or Cancel t...

Page 88: ...o your CD drive and type in D win98 assuming your CD ROM in driver D Audio Driver Installation for Windows NT 1 Double click my computer 2 Double click control panel 3 Double click multimedia and select devices 4 Select ADD and select OK 5 Click on Browse then point it to the SOYO CD for the Audio driver 6 The audio driver path is in SOYO CD d audio cmi8738_6ch Win_NT40 drv where D is your CD ROM ...

Page 89: ...please do the following steps 1 Enable on board IDE RAID in the bios 2 Install the HP372 driver see driver installation instruction below To use IDE3 and IDE4 as RAID controller see Appendix A page 92 getting started section for installation procedure To boot from the HPT372 controller IDE 3 or IDE 4 1 Go to the BIOS setup and set the First Boot device to SCSI 2 Set the RAID ATA SCSI boot order to...

Page 90: ...low on window Select SCSI Controllers and then click Next to continue 6 Insert the floppy disk of driver into the floppy drive then click Have Disk 7 A dialog box will pop up input the path of driver SOYO CD Raid Hpt372 Win98_ME Then click OK to continue 8 In the follow on window driver will list out the controller type you need to install please just click Next to continue 9 Follow the system pro...

Page 91: ...diskette 8 Browse to the directory that contains the missing file D raid hpt372 winxp 9 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation and restart the computer 10 After restart Win 2k will detect HPT RCM device 11 Choose search for a suitable driver click next 12 Follow the system prompt to finish the installation Windows XP 1 Click Start Setup Control Panel Switch to classic View system hard...

Page 92: ...ion 3 Press F6 key the installation will continue Later installation program will remind user to press S key to specify other devices Please press S key 4 In the follow up Device Type window select Other item then press Enter to confirm 5 The installation program will prompt users to insert the floppy disk of driver Please insert it and then press Enter to confirm 6 In the follow on window select ...

Page 93: ...SI or RAID driver appears 3 Press S key to specify additional devices when the Windows 2000 Setup window appears 4 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue 5 The system will ask whether to install driver under WinNT or under Windows 2000 please select to install driver under Windows 2000 6 In the follow on window of device type please select Other and press Enter to continue 7...

Page 94: ...r to install driver under WinNT or under Windows XP please select to install driver under Windows XP 5 Insert the floppy disk of driver then press Enter to continue 6 In the follow on window of device type please select HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller for Windows XP to continue 7 Win XP will prompt you that a message that the driver is newer than the default driver press S to continue 8 The...

Page 95: ...91 APPENDIX A HighPoint HPT 372 ...

Page 96: ...on to every controller Does not support ATAPI devices Hot swapping failed hard disk in mirror array Support independent use of hard disk Support hot spare disk Support Operating Systems DOS Windows 3 x Windows98 Me Windows NT4 0 Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows based software for RAID management compatible with BIOS Disk error alarm mechanism Event log for easy trouble shooting Plug and play Gettin...

Page 97: ...etting up the RAID 0 or RAID 1 please use the IDE 3 master and IDE4 master We do not recommend configuring the RAID array on the same IDE Create a Disk Array You can create a disk array using 1 HPT372 BIOS Utility Configuration Need to use this utility if you plan to install an operating system on IDE3 4 2 Highpoint ATA RAID Management software Recommend using this software if you already have an ...

Page 98: ...tion When it is active users can select the device to be operated I Create RAID The following steps shall be taken to create RAID in BIOS 1 Use the arrow key to select 1 Create RAID 2 Press Enter to confirm and go to next 3 Select 1 Array Mode in the next menu and press Enter 4 Select the intended RAID level in the popup selection box and press Enter 5 Select 2 Select Disk Drives in the menu and p...

Page 99: ...evels II Delete RAID The following steps shall be taken to delete RAID 1 In the menu zone select 2 Delete RAID press Enter to confirm this operation and go to next 2 In the validated channel status use the arrow key to select the disk array to be deleted and press Enter to confirm 3 Press Y when warned Are you sure you want to remove the disk array III Rebuild Mirror Array The following steps shal...

Page 100: ...rm 2 In menu select 1 Select Mirror Array None and press Enter to confirm 3 In the validated channel status select the mirror array and press Enter to confirm 4 In the menu select 2 Select Spare Drive None and press Enter to confirm 5 In the validated channel status select the spare disk to be added and press Enter to confirm V Remove Spare Disk The following steps shall be taken to remove the spa...

Page 101: ...In the validated channel status zone use the arrow key to select the boot device and press Enter to confirm Note 1 The Set Boot Disk item appears on condition that no hard disk is connected to IDE on motherboard 2 After the boot disk is set its status will become Boot Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Install Software Insert SOYO driver utility CD Highlight the driver HighPoint Utility for Wi...

Page 102: ... group contains the following contents Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Readme Uninstall Highpoint ATA RAID Management Software Creating a RAID Array Click on the Configuration tab the Configuration window appears There are four sub tabs in this screen The Create RAID window is the active screen by default Array Type Select the array type you want to create by RAID 0 RAID 1 JBOD and RAID 0 1...

Page 103: ...to detected available disks of your computer are listed in this pane Selected Disks Select the physical disks from the Available Disks list box and click the right hand button to add them to the Selected Disks list box You may cancel your selection First click the disks from the Selected Disks list box Next click the left hand button to return the disks to the Available Disks list box If the selec...

Page 104: ...eboot later Warning If you have created an array and try to use it without first rebooting you can get possible data corruption Deleting a RAID Array Warning Deleting an existing disk array could result in its data loss To delete an array follow these steps 1 Click Configuration Delete RAID in the main window the Delete RAID window appears 2 Select an array from the Available Array list box and cl...

Page 105: ...e Array Structure pane shows the device information in the selected array such as Model Number and Location If you want to unselect the array just click the left hand button to return it from the Selected Array list box back to the Available Array list box 3 Click Delete A warning will be displayed Click OK to delete the array Click Cancel to cancel this operation ...

Page 106: ...tion Managing a Spare Pool With a spare disk you can enhance security of RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 array If one of the disks in the array fails the system will rebuild the array using a spare disk automatically HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software provides you the function of managing a spare pool You can add one disk to the spare pool or remove it from the pool one time To add remove a disk to from t...

Page 107: ... you are sure to add the selected disk to the spare pool Click Yes to continue or No to cancel the addition To remove a disk from the spare pool select a disk from the Pool list box and click the left hand button to return it back to the Available Disks list box Or double click a disk in the Pool list box A confirmation screen will pop up inquiring you if you are sure to remove the selected disk f...

Page 108: ... be added removed to from the spare pool You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Spare Pool Management window Note 1 When a disk is added removed to from the spare pool the software will ask you to reboot the system you can reboot at once or later 2 When there is no RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array if you want to add a disk to spare pool the spare disk will not take effect wh...

Page 109: ...y Duplicating will copy data from the source disk to the target disk to ensure data consistency on the mirroring array This operation will be performed when a failed array member is replaced Only RAID 1 array and RAID 0 1 array can be duplicated To duplicate an array follow these steps 1 Click Configuration Duplicate in the main window the Duplicate window appears ...

Page 110: ...ays from the Array List box The array information will display on the right pane including Name Type and Capacity 3 Click Start A progress indicator will appear showing duplicating in progress Click Abort to abort the duplication ...

Page 111: ...tware supports event notification function When a specified event occurs the administrator will receive an email in time To set an event notification follow these steps 1 Click on the Management tab in the main window the Management window appears There are two sub tabs in this screen The Event Notification window is the active screen by default ...

Page 112: ... option to send a warning event to the administrator Error Select this option to send a critical event to the administrator You may also select one or more of the three options at one time 4 Set the other layout options as follows SMTP Server You will type the name of your outgoing mail server SMTP This setting is provided to you by your Internet Service Provider ISP Port You will type the server ...

Page 113: ...be displayed Fail to send the mail to the administrator Click OK to return to the Event Notification window to modify the options in it You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event Notification window Refresh When you click on the Refresh tab in the Management window the Refresh window will not appear The system will rescan all devices and jump to the System View win...

Page 114: ...fault And the System View window is the default screen in it The devices that the system auto detected show in this window including the logical devices the physical devices and the controllers The status bar displays information about Chip count Logical device count etc You ll get additional info when moving you mouse over an icon for a while You can perform the following operations in this windo...

Page 115: ...wing items with their corresponding descriptions and the structure information for that array Those items include Array Name Array Type Array Capacity and Status The structure displays the member disks of the array with their Model Number and Location information Click OK to return to the System View window ...

Page 116: ...ons will invoke the Physical Device Information window listing the following items with their relevant descriptions Those items include Model Number Location Capacity Type Status Transfer Mode and Array Name Click OK to return to the System View window 3 Viewing Controller Information ...

Page 117: ...vices are the array members 2 Viewing Relationship between Physical Device and Controller The blue lines represent data channels between the physical devices and the controllers 3 Deleting a RAID array Right click the array icon you want to delete you will activate a drop down menu Choose the Delete item on the menu A warning message box appears prompting you all data will be deleted Click Yes to ...

Page 118: ...he new array name and then click OK Note If the array is broken or disabled or being duplicated it can not be renamed 5 Refreshing System Devices Right click your mouse on the blank place in the System View window will appear the Refresh menu Click the menu to refreshing the system devices You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the System View window ...

Page 119: ... The filter divides them into three types Information Warning and Error Select the Information check box to view common events Select the Warning check box to view warning events Select the Error check box to view critical events Or you may select all the three check boxes to view all events info at one time ...

Page 120: ...or Clear to clear all events logs in the system You may also refer to the brief help information at the bottom of the Event View window Note You can enable mail notification function when an event occurs See the Setting Event Notification section Viewing Icon Legend Each icon has its unique meaning in HighPoint ATA RAID Management Software You can get its meaning from the Icon View window Click Vi...

Page 121: ...egrity and consistency in arrays Auto detect hot plug disks If a disk is removed when it is running I O operations or when some I O errors occur in this disk users will be informed When the disk doesn t run read write operations users can use the refresh function to scan the system Similarly when you insert a new disk refresh it the software will find the disk ...

Page 122: ...isk If a mirror disk fails the spare disk will auto replace it to be the mirror disk 2 When a disk is added to a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array and the array resumes normal the auto rebuild function will be started Add disks to broken arrays If a RAID 1 or RAID 0 1 array is broken and there is an idle physical disk you can add it to the array The system will auto rebuild the array at the same time You c...

Page 123: ...from the popup menu 2 Select Device Manager item from the popup window If there is an HPT370 HPT372 item under SCSI Controllers it indicates that the driver has been installed properly If you cannot find these two above mentioned device items or there are or on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and needs reinstallation Verify Installation on Windows NT 4 0 W...

Page 124: ...e users need to reinstall the driver Verify Installation on Windows 2000 When the driver has been successfully installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon select Property item in the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware item and then click Device Manager button If there is HPT370 HPT372 UDMA ATA RAID Controller item in the popup Device Manager window it indicate...

Page 125: ...driver Verify Installation on Windows XP After the driver has been installed and the computer restarted 1 Right click My Computer icon then select Property item from the popup menu 2 In the popup window select Hardware tab and then click Device Manager button ...

Page 126: ...e Manager window see above it indicates that the driver has been successfully installed Otherwise if user cannot find these four device items or there is or markings on device icon it indicates that the driver has not been correctly installed and user needs to delete the devices and reinstall the drivers ...

Page 127: ...lution in the way sound is heard and enjoyed in the multi channel audio environment Simply via an open aired ear headphone like structure device C Media XeaR technology is capable of providing virtual rear sound effect compensation for the multi channel audio system For other virtues C Media XeaR technology helps to eliminate installation works for example speaker placement and installations reduc...

Page 128: ...major vintage benefits provide by the multi channel audio system accurate HRTF 3D impressive EAXTM effects to name a few By way of software technology XeaR supply all customers of C Media Audio solution to enjoy this function Moreover its can unrestricted any brand of headphone and base on your budget to choice any device what you like Special Features Full duplex playback and recording Built in 1...

Page 129: ...PCI 6CH with XeaR technology support Digital Audio SPDIF IN OUT Up to 24 bit stereo 44KHz sampling rate voice playback recording Full duplex playback and recording 120dB audio quality measured Auto detectable SPDIF IN signal level from 0 5V to 5V 120dB audio quality in playback recording and bypass modes Stereo Mixer Stereo analog mixing from CD Audio and Line in Stereo digital mixing from Voice F...

Page 130: ... type INSTALL Enter Type the DOS utilities path you want to install the file in Program will expand the file to the path you ve specified Install program will add initial drivers into AUTOEXEC BAT file WIN95 98 98SE ME 2000 XP INSTALLATION C Media audio device driver and software media application provide much more than your imagination When you insert installation CD set up program will automatic...

Page 131: ...127 User can choose favorite language This dialog box was reminded you some information about agreement ...

Page 132: ...128 Select folder to set up program Recommend select as default setting ...

Page 133: ...129 Proceeding install procedure Include components copy and device search Setup program will extract Microsoft DirectX and Direct media components ...

Page 134: ...gram will install device driver and this step will take some time please be patient When finished set up the program will pop up a dialog picture to show multi channel speaker environment User should select which speaker mode he or she wants ...

Page 135: ...s finish you will need to restart your computer for enable driver and application functions 3 3 WIN95 98 98SE ME 2000 XP UN INSTALLATION If you want to remove audio driver or application you can use uninstall function on PCI Audio Application ...

Page 136: ...NT 4 0 INSTALLATION We recommend that you install Windows NT 4 0 before you install this PCI audio card and you not install any other sound card device drivers in your current system 1 Click Start move the highlight bar to Setting and select the Control Panel 2 Double click Multimedia 3 Select Devices and press Add 4 Select Unlisted or Updated Driver in List of Drivers ...

Page 137: ...tion program are in for example D Audio cmi8738_6Ch NT40 Drv APP SETUP EXE 14 Click OK to start the installation procedure and follow the on screen instructions to complete the installation When all of application software has been installed shut down the Windows NT system and then reboot your system C Media Power Mixer Volume Control For each output signal the control slider regulates the loudnes...

Page 138: ...gulates the Auxiliary input play level LINE IN Regulates the Line In levels Advanced Regulates the advanced settings Recording Control For each input signal a control slider regulates the loudness whereas a horizontal slider the balance between the two channels The select button can temporarily select input signal without changing slider positions A button with a lit LED means it is available and ...

Page 139: ... multi channels audio through SPDIF users should choose AC 3 Dolby encoded format or DTS like DVD titles Users can choose 44 1K or 48K Hz sampling rate of PCM data when using SPDIF Out 2 SPDIF Input Loopback is used for digital in to digital out 3 Monitoring is used for digital in to analog out 4 Validity Detection is for data validity correction check 5 Format option is reserved for input digital...

Page 140: ...onfiguration tag shows the speakers figure corresponding to your setting 2 The Phone Jacks tag shows the correct phone jack configuration for your Motherboard sound card First you should make sure what type your speakers are and what the correct configurations are You can always refer to this to make sure whether or not the connections of your speakers and plugs are correct ...

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Page 142: ...hnology It will be also convenient for gamers to enjoy multi channel 3D sound effect when playing games especially in Internet Cafés which usually have less space By clicking Using XeaR option you can enter into XeaR Mode When choosing XeaR Mode the driver will exchange the output channels of Front Out and Rear Out since the Rear Out channels do not have earphone driving power Therefore users need...

Page 143: ...our machine and then enjoy your XeaR listening experience To reduce the inconvenience of manual changing plugs it s recommended for users to always choose XeaR mode to enjoy personal listening environment and do not need to adjust plugging Front Out Line Out Earphone Rear Out Phone Jacks Panel Front Speakers Earphone XeaR Mode ...

Page 144: ...hannels digital output You can adjust the volume of sounds from your respective speakers in this dialog It will be also useful in XeaR mode to optimize the best 3D sound effects Please note that the volume of analog path is not controlled by this function Channels Exchanged In XeaR Mode ...

Page 145: ...ayback their music Virtual 5 1 option will try to simulate surround sounds even your digital audio sources are only 2 channels Advanced Options Options dialog provides a hot key setting to control the Mixer in an easy way Please note that this might affect other applications if you use the same hot key setting Please use Load Mixer Defaults to change all settings to default values Enable Microphon...

Page 146: ...reo system this PCI audio rack provides you with control over your PC s audio functions including the advantage of 4 6 speakers mode enable disable and perfect digital sound SPDIF input output control Control Center Control Center Controls the display of the PCI Audio Rack components This Audio Rack consists of several major components ...

Page 147: ... a wave file as well Mixer controls the volume level of your audio inputs and outputs Showing or Hiding Audio Rack Components To show or hide a component from the display click the component button s listed on the top CD Player CD Player Plays standard audio CDs and allows you to create your own playlist Current Track field shows the number of the currently selected CD track CD title and track nam...

Page 148: ...e last track will become the current track Next song Loads the next track of playlist If current track is the last track the first track will become the current track Playback Starts to playback the current track Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback forward for 10 seconds...

Page 149: ...led button function descriptions About Shows software version and copyright information Exit Stops and leaves the CD player MIDI Player MIDI Player can play MIDI files mid rmi and allow you to create your own playlist Current file field shows the number of the currently selected MIDI files File name field shows the file name Total length field displays the total length of the selected file in minu...

Page 150: ...rent selection Next song Loads the next MIDI file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current MIDI file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the current playback action Stop Stops playback Playback Backward for 10 seconds Playback the current to 10 seconds before Playback Forward 10 seconds Playback the current to...

Page 151: ... Wave Player can play mp3 wave and MPEG 1 files It provides EAX and equalizer to improve the sound effects when you playback the audio files MP3 Wave Player can record input signals and save it into a wave file as well Current file field shows the number of the currently selected audio files in the playlist Frequency display field shows the frequency distribution Total length field displays the to...

Page 152: ...les include wave MP3 and MPEG 1 encoding files Previous song Loads the previous audio file of playlist If current file is the first file the last one will become the current selection Next song Loads the next audio file of playlist If current file is the last one the first file will become the current selection Playback Starts to playback the current audio file Pause Restart Pauses or restarts the...

Page 153: ...ct of the song being played Currently these effectors can only be used for 44 1 KHz 16 bit format Recording You can use this function to record a wave file from any recording channel Setting You can use this dialog to set the playback parameters and the status of SPDIF IN OUT For more information of SPDIF please refer to the Appendixes C and D ...

Page 154: ...D AC 3 home theater available Compatible with EAXTM Environment Audio eXtention KARAOKE ascending descending keys Echo Supports Center Subwoofer side speakers for chip model 039 and the following models To let everyone avail himself herself of the above functions a user friendly interface Multi Channel Audio Demo was designed with the following functions 4 CH speakers mode including Demo1 and Demo...

Page 155: ...an open speakers page and selected 4 Speaker 5 Speakers or 5 1 Speakers mode to let the audio driver recognize your rear or center subwoofer speakers and have the front rear center subwoofer speakers work The audio driver will activate the audio chip to output different sounds from the front rear center subwoofer speakers based on different playback formats For more information please refer to the...

Page 156: ...152 Beside this you can open multi channel audio program and click the TV on home theater graphic picture The program will pop up a dialog box to set up advanced setting ...

Page 157: ...ers it will cause feedback between the two Also unusual high frequencies or buzzing sounds might be heard from the speakers To avoid this you have to adjust the microphone volume in both recording and playback Sometimes you might have to adjust the main and Wave volume as well Please left click the mouse to adjust the microphone MIC in both Volume and Recording Control ...

Page 158: ... Each music output is different for distinction You can move your mouse on any speaker which at the graphic user interface When you click speaker then its will sound from correct channel Demonstrations C Media provided three music melodies which are specially designed for Multi channel speakers system demonstration Select Music by left clicking the mouse Sit back and relax and let the music take c...

Page 159: ...ve sound effects in different environments In this Demo you can hear a lady wearing high heels walk in different surroundings generic environment bathroom sewer pipe and underwater Left click the mouse to activated this Demo and feel the differences ...

Page 160: ... in three dimension measured from the listener s eardrum This technology and special digital signal processing are used to recreate spatial hearing cues making our ears hear realistic and three dimensional sounds coming from a pairs of loud speakers or headphones When you activate this Demo you can simply shooting fire missile and fly helicopter ...

Page 161: ... solve this problem this demo is designed to include the Echo function Please left click the upper right of the demo screen as shown below and choose your own music file to play Please note the file type has to be MP3 file Please left click Echo to activate the function For pitch adjustment please use and keys on the keyboard For microphone pitch adjustment please use and keys on the numeric keybo...

Page 162: ...UT of C Media s sound card The following 4 steps can help you create your album into Mini Disc easily STEP 1 Using optical fiber to connect the sound card and the MD player MD player will start to do the recording and turning on the SYNC mode STEP 2 To execute MP3 Wave Player and modify the playlist You should select those files whose format can be recognized by the MD Player You can also change t...

Page 163: ...5 seconds to meet all type of MD player requirements STEP 4 Start to play the songs You will see that the MD player starts to do the recording as well Recording From SPDIF In The optical module can be connected to SPDIF IN device such as the portable CD ROM player the CD ROM drive the MD Player to name a few The Windows application and the MP3 Wave player can be used to do the recording of the sig...

Page 164: ...l or 0 5 Vp p Coaxial STEP 3 In Wave Recording dialog you should select the recording format and SPDIF IN recording channel Then input the file name Before recording please turn on your SPDIF IN device and start to playback Finally press Record to start the recording process ...

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Page 166: ...e system The M B might be shorted to the case The system power up no video no beeping sound heard but the CPU fan is turning 1 Clear CMOS battery JP5 connector see Quick start guide for more info on how to clear the CMOS 2 Check all the jumper settings on the M B if the M B have any 3 Check if the CPU is ok by using another CPU check the Quick start guide for CPU supported on this M B 4 Check if t...

Page 167: ... the CMOS 4 Make sure the power supply you have on your system support the M B specification Example If you have a P4 M B you need to use a P4 power supply 5 If you already checked the power supply specification change the power supply it might be defective The minimum is 250 watts 6 Remove the M B from the case and test the system The M B might be shorted to the case When I boot up my system ever...

Page 168: ...ase check if the system performance in the BIOS setup is set to Turbo Maximum 5 Check website for latest bios update 6 Check website for FAQ s regarding instability issue 7 Change the memory module or CPU 8 The power supply might not have enough wattage to support all the peripherals If your system has other peripherals connected like CD RW extra HDD etc disconnect them 9 Install SiS AGP driver My...

Page 169: ...ow can I flash the BIOS 1 Download the BIOS on our support website 2 Make a bootable floppy disk with out any memory manager loaded i e himem emm386 etc 3 Copy the BIOS file and awdflash utility to the diskette 4 Type awdflash biosname bin sn py 5 Then reboot After flashing the BIOS my system will not boot up 1 Try clearing the CMOS 2 The BIOS chip is defected due to unsuccessful flash contact you...

Page 170: ...et the sound working on my system 1 Check if the speaker wire is connected to the line out connector in the M B 2 Check if the speaker power is powered on 3 Install the audio driver supplied on our driver disc 4 Check BIOS setup if onboard 6CH H W audio is enabled 5 If sound already installed check our website for audio driver update I cannot get the sound working on the 5 1 channel speaker 1 Inst...

Page 171: ...one do not work What is wrong 1 Please go to sound properties and check if the recorder and microphone in the are enabled 2 Check if Microphone is ok Hard disk FDD CD ROM issue My Western digital HDD is not detected during boot up Change the jumper settings to cable select or single Sometimes the system finds my CD ROM sometimes not 1 Check CD ROM if it is working properly 2 The power supply might...

Page 172: ...t get the HDD to boot from IDE 3 or IDE 4 why Make sure that the 1st boot device in the BIOS is set to SCSI USB Issues Can I use USB port 3_4 for keyboard resume function This M B has 4 USB ports but only the 2 at the back panel can be used for USB keyboard resume function My USB device sometimes doesn t work This is sometimes caused by static a workaround is to unplug plug the USB device LAN Issu...

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