Shuttle XPC SN27P2, User Manual

Page 1: ...XPC User Guide For the SN27P2 ...

Page 2: ... with 4 pins respectively 1394 Port one port with 6 pins respectively one port with 4 pins LAN Port one port with 8 pins 10Mbps 100Mbps 1000Mbps Mic In Line In Earphone Ports one port for each Center Bass Out Port one port Surround Out Port one port Surround Back Port one port Front Out Port one port SPDIF Out Coaxial Port one port SPDIF Out Optical Port one port SPDIF In Optical Port one port DIM...

Page 3: ...ed and fastened on a mainboard 3 An I O shielding should be contacted with I O metallic parts of a mainboard 4 Cables should appropriately be arranged and fixed in a case Follow instructions Ø Leave IDE cables not crossed upon CPU and SDRAM Ø Leave power cables minimum in length and not crossed upon a mainboard Ø Leave CPU fan cables minimum in length and not near CPU Ø Leave cables on panels and ...

Page 4: ...pany 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 person of such revision or changes The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by customers This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two condi...

Page 5: ...c fields as magnetic interference may affect the performance of the device Do not block the air vents to this device or impede the airflow in any way CAUTION Incorrectly replacing the battery may damage this computer Replace only with the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions Safety Information Read the following precaut...

Page 6: ...E MAIN MENU 4 Standard CMOS Features 6 Advanced BIOS Features 9 Advanced Chipset Features 13 Integrated Peripherals 15 Power Management Setup 18 PnP PCI Configurations 21 PC Health Status 23 Frequency Voltage Control 25 Load Fail Safe Defaults 27 Load Optimized Defaults 27 Set Supervisor User Password 27 Save Exit Setup 28 Exit Without Saving 28 ...

Page 7: ...Utility nVIDIA Chipset Driver High Definition Driver nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver nVIDIA Raid Tools Driver Win2000 Only F Install Utility Install Acrobat Reader WinFlash Utility F Manual SN27P2 user s guide and nVIDIA manual in PDF format F Link to Shuttle Homepage Link to shuttle website homepage F Browse this CD Allows you to see contents of this CD F Quit Close this CD Note The CD contents attached in...

Page 8: ...ppear double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Main board Software Setup screen Click the Install Main board Software bar Individually install the following drivers F Install DirectX9 Utility F Install nVIDIA Chipset Driver F Install High Definition Driver F Install nVIDIA USB 2 0 Driver F Install nVIDIA Raid Tools Driver Win2000 Only ...

Page 9: ...ecks Step2 Press the 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 of words mentioned in step2 the message disap pears 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 at the ...

Page 10: ...cludes the following main setup categories Recall that some systems may not include all entries Standard CMOS Features Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to change the values in the chipset registers and optimize your system s performance Integrated Periphera...

Page 11: ...ed Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values that are factory set for opti mal system operation While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance the factory has the right to change these defaults to meet users needs Set Supervisor User Password Use this menu to change set or disable password protection This allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or only to ...

Page 12: ... you set the date Time HH MM SS The time is converted based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 5 p m is 17 00 00 IDE Channel 0 Master Slave Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Drive A Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system Ø The choice None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in or 2 88M 3 5 in Halt On Sel...

Page 13: ...he remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk User Type will let you select the number of cylinders heads etc Note PRECOMP 65535 means NONE Ø The choice None Auto or Manual Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk Ø The choice CHS LBA Large or Auto Capacity Disk drive capacity Approximated Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a format...

Page 14: ...8 English Precomp Warning Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size Ø Min 0 Max 65535 Sector Number of sector per track Ø Min 0 Max 255 ...

Page 15: ... Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options K8 NPT C1E Support This item is select K8 NPT C1E Support Ø The Choice Disabled SoftWare SMI or HareWare C1E AMD K8 Cool Quiet control This item is select AMD K8 Cool Quiet Control Ø The Choice Auto or Disabled Removable Device Proirity Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Hard Disk Boot Priority Th...

Page 16: ...r or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled CPU Internal Cache All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 L1 cache memory to improve performance Leave this item at the de fault value for better performance Ø The choice Enabled or...

Page 17: ...abled Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power on state for NumLock Ø The choice Off or On Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller When this controller enabled the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you ...

Page 18: ...ked to enter password Do not type any thing and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely HDD Security Freeze Lock Selects enable disable HDD Security Freeze Lock Enable prevents any external application from locking Hard drive except for BIOS Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled APIC Mode Selects enable disable IO APIC ...

Page 19: ...be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operat ing conditions for your system If you discovered that data was being lost while using your system you might consider making any changes K8 SB HT Speed This item allows you to set the HT Speed Ø The choice Auto 1x 5x K8 MCP55 HT Width This item allows you to set the HT Width Ø The choice 8 8 or 16 16 DRAM Configur...

Page 20: ...nstructions Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Select Enable allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program is writ ten to this memory area a system error may result Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled ...

Page 21: ...abled OnChip IDE Channel 0 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface select Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled Primary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supp...

Page 22: ...ield to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drivers do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read write per sector the drive can support Ø The Choice Enable...

Page 23: ... SuperIO Device Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detailed options Onboard FDC Controller This item specifices onboard floopy disk drive controller This setting allows you to connect your floopy disk drives to the onboard floopy connector Ø The Choice Enable or Disabled ...

Page 24: ...wer Management ACPI Ø Always Enabled ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend Ø The choice S1 POS or S3 STR Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving mode settings Min Saving Minimum power management Suspend Mode 15 min Max Saving Maximum power management Suspend Mode 1 min User Define Allows you to set each mode individ...

Page 25: ...n In Suspend The item allows you to enabled or disabled the HDD Down In Suspend Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Soft Off By PBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung Ø The choice Delay 4 Sec or Instant Off WOL PME From Soft Off If this item sets to Enable the system power will be turned on when the LAN port receiv...

Page 26: ... your system Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Day of Month Alarm This item selects the alarm Day of Month Ø The choice 0 31 Time hh mm ss Alarm This item selects the alarm Time hh Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 23 mm ss Ø Key in a DEC number Min 0 Max 59 PWRON After PWR Fail This item allows you to select power on function when power fail Ø The choice Former Sts Off or On ...

Page 27: ...onfiguration Data ESCD when you exit from Setup if you have installed a new device or software and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot Ø The choice Enabled or Disabled Resource controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically config ure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capa...

Page 28: ...cation PCI ISA PnP for devices is compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Ø The choice PCI Device or Reserved PCI VGA Palette 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 Enabled or Disabled...

Page 29: ... the CPU fan will be full speed Noise Control U Low When the CPU fan being set up as ULTRA LOW and the temperature of CPU is raising up to 80o C the CPU fan being full speed Noise Control Low When the CPU fan being set up as LOW and the temperature of CPU is raising up to 80o C the CPU fan being full speed Noise Control Mid When the CPU fan being set up as Mid and the temperature of CPU is raising...

Page 30: ...C Note Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting please make sure fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard System Fan Setting Set the System Fan ØThe choice Ultra Low Low Mid or Full LED Bright Setting Set the LED Bright ØThe choice 0 25 37 5 50 62 5 75 87 5 or 100 CPU Voltage Chipset Voltage 3 3V VIN 5V VIN 12V VIN 12V VIN RAM Voltage 5V SBVIN Volta...

Page 31: ...e spread spectrum modulation Ø The choice 200 300 Spectrum CPU Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the CPU spread spectrum Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled PCIE Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the PCIE spread spectrum Ø The Choice Enabled or Disabled SATA Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA spread spectrum Ø The Choice ...

Page 32: ...ice Enabled or Disabled Voltage CPU Voltage This item allows you to set CPU Voltage Ø The choice 0 800V 1 525V or Auto RAM Voltage This item allows you to set RAM Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 90V 1 95V or 2 00V ChipSet Voltage set This item allows you to set ChipSet Voltage Ø The choice Auto 1 55V or 1 60V ...

Page 33: ...h a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations LoadOptimizedDefaults When you press Enter on this item you will 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 set for optimal performance system operation...

Page 34: ... the system and clear CMOS Please refer to the tech notes at the end of section two for more information Save Exit Setup Pressing Enter on this item asks for confirmation SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system ...