ASROCK M266A, User Manual

Page 1: ...1 M266A User Manual Version 3 0 Published July 2003 Copyright 2003 ASRock INC All rights reserved...

Page 2: ...to change without notice and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual With respect to the content...

Page 3: ...n Menu 15 3 3 Legend Bar 16 3 4 Standard CMOS Setup 16 3 5 Advanced CMOS Setup 19 3 6 Advanced Chipset Setup 20 3 7 Power Management Setup 22 3 8 PCI Plug and Play Setup 23 3 9 Peripheral Setup 24 3 1...

Page 4: ...he motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice In case any modifications of this manual occur the updated vers...

Page 5: ...mperature sensing Chassis temperature sensing Voltage monitoring 12V 5V 3V Vcore CPU fan tachometer Chassis fan tachometer PCI slots 2 slots with PCI Specification 2 2 AGP slot 1 universal AGP slot su...

Page 6: ...nt at http www microsoft com whdc hwdev bus USB USB2support mspx 3 Although M266A offers stepless control it is not recommended to perform over clocking When the CPU frequency of M266A is set to perfo...

Page 7: ...O CODEC 22 Front Panel Audio Connector AUDIO1 23 JR1 Jumper 24 JL1 Jumper 25 Flash Memory 26 Internal Audio Connector AUX1 White 27 Internal Audio Connector CD1 Black 28 LAN PHY 29 ATX Power Connector...

Page 8: ...8 1 4 ASRock I OTM 1 Parallel Port 2 RJ 45 Port 3 Game Port 4 Microphone Pink 5 Line In Light Blue 6 Line Out Lime 7 USB 2 0 Ports 8 VGA Port 9 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 10 PS 2 Mouse Port Green...

Page 9: ...wing precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherb...

Page 10: ...he CPU is in place press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked 2 4 Installation of CPU Fan and H...

Page 11: ...ansion cards that have the 32 bit PCI interface AMR slot AMR slot is used to insert an ASRock MR card optional with v 92 Modem functionality AGP slot The AGP slot is used to install a graphics card Th...

Page 12: ...and front panel at the same time 1 If the jumpers JL1 and JR1 are short see fig 1 both front panel and rear panel audio connectors can work 2 If both jumper caps on JL1 and JR1 are removed see fig 2 o...

Page 13: ...e please connect your hard disk drive to the primary IDE connector IDE1 blue and CD ROM to the secondary IDE connector IDE2 black USB 2 0 header ASRock I OTM provides you 9 pin USB45 4 default USB 2 0...

Page 14: ...3 panel functions External speaker connector This connector allows you 4 pin SPEAKER 1 to attach to an external see p 7 item 12 speaker Chassis fan connector Connect the fan cable to the 3 pin CHA_FAN...

Page 15: ...for refer ence purpose only and may not exactly match what you see on your screen 3 2 BIOS Setup Utility Main Menu When you enter the BIOS Setup utility the following screen appears The main menu of t...

Page 16: ...the system date that you specify Valid values for month day and year are Month Jan to Dec Day 1 to 31 Year 1980 to 2099 Use keys to move between the Month Day and Year fields System Time Hour Minute...

Page 17: ...tomatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub menu If the auto detection fails it may due to that the hard disk is too old or too new If the hard disk was already format...

Page 18: ...de This allows user to select the LBA mode for a hard disk 512 MB under DOS and Windows for Netware and UNIX user select Off to disable the LBA mode Block Mode Set the block mode to On will enhance ha...

Page 19: ...selected the Password Check is performed before both boot up and BIOS setup Boot From Network Use this to enable or disable boot from network feature Boot Device Priority Use this to select the priori...

Page 20: ...rted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically AGP Mode The default is 4X You may also choose 1X or 2X for older version of VGA cards AGP Aperture Size It refers to a section of the PCI memory a...

Page 21: ...ystem stability PCI Delay Transaction Enable PCI Delay Transaction feature will free the PCI Bus when the CPU is accessing 8 bit ISA cards Disable this feature when using ISA cards that are not PCI 2...

Page 22: ...or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power soft off mode Keyboard Power On Use this to enable or disable keyboard to turn on the system from the power soft off mode RTC Alarm Power O...

Page 23: ...aphics Adapter Select PCI Add On AGP or OnBoard AGP as the primary graphics adapter AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY VERSION 3 31a Primary Graphics Adapter Setup Help F1 Help Esc Previous Menu F9 Setup Defaults...

Page 24: ...ble Midi Port Configuration options Disabled 330 300 290 292 OnBoard Game Port Select address for Game Port or disable Game Port Configuration options Disabled 200h 208h AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY VERSION...

Page 25: ...annels by selecting Both Set to Disabled will disable the both Configuration options Disabled Primary Secondary Both OnBoard LAN This allows you to enable or disable the OnBoard LAN feature OnBoard AC...

Page 26: ...y the supervisor user password Valid password can be a 1 to 6 alphanumeric characters combination 3 12 Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings When you select this option it will pop up a dialog box...

Page 27: ...ck on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the Support CD to display the menus 4 2 2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices In...