NB72-SC NB72-SR Rev.
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Battery: Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the batter y manufacturers instructions. Joystick or MIDI port: Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than 10A current at 5V DC . There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit.
Notice This users manual contains detailed information about the system board. If, in some cases, some information doesnt match those shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual manual is included in the system board package. To view the users manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear. Click Users Manual.
Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications.................................................................................. 7 1.2 Package Checklist......................................................................................................... 14 Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 System Board Layout .......................................................................................... System Memory...............................
Introduction Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Desktop Management Interface..................................................................... 85 Hardware Doctor.......................................................................................................... 88 Intel 845 INF Update Utility for Windows 98/2000/ME... 88 Audio Drivers and Software Application............................................... 89 Microsoft DirectX 8.0 Driver...................................
Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset Intel® 845 chipset - Intel® 82845 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) - Intel® 82801BA I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a Pentium® 4 processor. Intel® Pentium® 4 processor (478-pin) 400MHz system data bus System Memory Three 168-pin PC SDRAM DIMM sockets Supports 3GB system memory - Uses 64Mbit, 128Mbit, up to 1.
Introduction Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot, 4 dedicated PCI slots and 1 shared PCI/CNR slot. The AGP slot only supports 1.5V AGP 4x (1066MB/sec. bandwidth) add-in cards. AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applications. It handles large amounts of graphics data with the following features: Pipelined memory read and write operations that hide memor y access latency.
Introduction Connectors One connector for 2 additional external USB ports One connector for IrDA interface Two IDE connectors Two RAID IDE connectors (NB72-SR) One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2.
Introduction mounted on a card-edge bracket, will be provided as an option. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. BIOS Award BIOS, Windows® 98/2000/ME Plug and Play compatible Supports SCSI sequential boot-up Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades Supports DMI 2.0 function Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS.
Introduction 1.1.3 Intelligence Automatic System/Second Fan Off The system and second fans will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode. Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.
Introduction Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse This function allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake-OnKeyboard/Wake-On-Mouse in chapter 2 and Keyboard/Mouse Power On in the Integrated Peripherals section in chapter 3 for more information. Important: The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in the KB Power On Password field of the Integrated Peripherals submenu.
Introduction ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. Currently, only Windows® 98/2000/ME supports the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.
Introduction Virus Protection Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives. The system board is designed to protect the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. 1.
Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.
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Hardware Installation Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis.
Hardware Installation detailed specification of the memory supported by the system board. Memory Frequency For in the Advanced Chipset Features submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly. 2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. Notch Tab Pin 1 Tab Key 1. Pull the tabs which are at the ends of the socket to the side. 2.
Hardware Installation 2.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data 1 2 3 1-2 On: Normal (default) 1 2 3 2-3 On: Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP6 If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the processors ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS. you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.
Hardware Installation 3. Now power-on the system. If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processors ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4. 4. After powering-on the system, press to enter the main menu of the BIOS. 5. Select the CPU Frequency Control submenu and press . 6. Set the CPU Clock Ratio or Clock By Slight Adjust field to its default setting or an appropriate frequency ratio or bus clock.
Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Wake-On-Keyboard/ Wake-On-Mouse 1 1 2 2 3 3 1-2 On: Disable (default) 2-3 On: Enable Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse - Jumper JP1 The Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. By default, JP1 is disabled. To use this function, set JP1 to 2-3 On. Keyboard/ Mouse Power On in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS must be set accordingly. Refer to chapter 3 for details.
Hardware Installation 2. The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in the KB Power On Password field of the Integrated Peripherals submenu. You must type the correct password to power-on the system. 3. The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥720mA.
Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Wake-On-USB Keyboard 3 3 2 2 1 1 1-2 On: Disable (default) 2-3 On: Enable Wake-On-USB Keyboard for USB 1 and 2 - JP2 Wake-On-USB Keyboard for USB 3 and 4 - JP5 The Wake-On-USB Keyboard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. By default, this function is disabled. To use this function, JP2 and JP5 pins 2 and 3 must be set to On.
Hardware Installation Important: If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your must support ≥1.5A. If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your must support ≥2A.
Hardware Installation 2.6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPUs Front Side Bus 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 1-2 On: Auto (default) 2-3 On: 100MHz All Off: 133MHz CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumper JP4 This jumper is used to select the front side bus of the processor installed on the system board.
Hardware Installation 2.7 Jumper Settings for USB 4 JP9 JP8 JP9 JP8 1 1 2 2 3 3 1-2 On: USB 4 on J16 (default) 2-3 On: USB 4 on CNR USB 4 Select - Jumpers JP8 and JP9 These jumpers are used to select USB 4s location. Set pins 1 and 2 to On if you want USB 4 on J16. Set pins 2 and 3 to On if you want USB 4 on CNR.
Hardware Installation 2.8 Ports and Connectors 2.8.1 Serial Ports COM 1 Serial Port COM 2 Serial Por t The system board is equipped with onboard serial ports (COM 1: CN3 and COM 2: CN5) - both in Teal/Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board. These ports are RS-232C asynchronous communication por ts with 16C550A-compatible UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices.
Hardware Installation 2.8.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location CN1 of the ATX double deck ports of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12. If a mouse is not connected to this por t, the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards. Warning: Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard.
Hardware Installation 2.8.3 Parallel Port Parallel Port The system board has a standard parallel port (CN4 - Burgundy) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP, ECP, EPP and PntMode modes. You can select the ports mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS.
Hardware Installation Setting 30 Function SPP (Standard Parallel Port) Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only. ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) Allows parallel por t to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPPs data transfer rate. EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed. PntMode Allows parallel por t to operate in bipolar mode.
Hardware Installation 2.8.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header. You may enable or disable this function in the Integrated Peripherals submenu of the BIOS.
Hardware Installation 2.8.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.
Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives. The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 hard drives. We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together.
Hardware Installation 2.8.6 RAID IDE Disk Drive Connectors (NB72-SR) The system board is equipped with two shrouded RAID IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded RAID IDE header has a keying mechanism. The 40pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.
Hardware Installation Note: Only connect IDE hard drives to the RAID IDE connectors. PCI slot 3 and RAID IDE use the same IRQ. If you are using add-in cards such as PCI audio card or SCSI card, please do not install it into PCI slot 3. By default, the Promise RAID controller is enabled. If you are not using this function, set the Promise RAID Control field (Advanced BIOS Features) to Disabled. The IRQ previously occupied by the controller will be available for other devices.
Hardware Installation 2.8.
Hardware Installation The system board supports 4 USB ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use the USB ports. Refer to your operating systems manual or documentation. Two onboard USB ports (CN2 - Black) are located at the ATX double deck ports of the board.
Hardware Installation 2.8.8 IrDA Connector Pin Function 1 VCC 2 N. C. 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infr ared Data Association) specification suppor ts data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J1 on the system board.
Hardware Installation 2.8.9 CPU Fan Connector Pin Function 1 Ground 2 Power 3 Sense The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink. Connect the CPU fan to the 3-pin fan connector at location J14 on the system board. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan.
Hardware Installation 2.8.10 System Fan Connector Pin Function 1 Ground 2 On/Off 3 Sense If you are installing a system fan in the system unit, connect the fans connector to location J15 on the system board. The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor. The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the system fan. The system fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode.
Hardware Installation 2.8.11 Second Fan Connector Pin Function 1 Ground 2 On/Off 3 Sense If you are installing a second fan in the system unit, connect the fans connector to location J19 on the system board. The system is capable of monitoring and controlling the speed of the second fan. The second fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode.
Hardware Installation 2.8.12 Game/MIDI Port Game/MIDI Port The Game/MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I/O port. Connect an analog joystick to the 15-pin D-sub connector (CN8 - Gold) located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board. This port works well with any application that is compatible with the standard PC joystick.
Hardware Installation 2.8.13 Audio Jacks Onboard Audio Jacks Line-out Line-in Mic-in Additional Line-out/Mic-in (J3) Pin Function Pin Function 1 Mic+ 2 Ground 3 N. C . 4 AuD_Vcc (Avcc) 5 AuD_R_Out 6 N. C. 7 N. C . 8 Key 9 AuD_L_Out 10 N. C.
Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a onehole connecting interface for inserting a plug. Line-out Jack (CN6 - Lime) This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board. Line-in Jack (CN7 - Light Blue) This jack can be connected to the line-out jack of any external audio devices such as Hi-fi set, CD player, AM/FM radio tuner, synthesizer, etc.
Hardware Installation 2.8.14 Internal Audio Connectors CD-in This connector is used to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card. Pin Function 1 Left audio channel 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 Right audio channel TAD TAD is a connector for telephony audio devices such as voice modem cards.
Hardware Installation 2.8.15 Wake-On-LAN Connector Pin Function 1 WOL 2 Ground 3 +5VSB The system board supports the Wake-On-LAN function. This function will allow the network to remotely power-on a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt. To use the Wake-On-LAN function, you must enable the Resume on LAN field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS.
Hardware Installation 2.8.16 Wake-On-Ring Connector Pin Function 1 Ground 2 RI# The Wake-On-Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem card that has the same connector. It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/ power-on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card.
Hardware Installation 2.8.17 DIMM and PCI Standby Power LEDs DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the systems power is on or when it is in the Suspend state (Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM). It will not light when the system is in the Soft-Off state. PCI Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power-on, Soft-Off or Suspend (Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM) state. 3.3VSB Standby for PCI (Jumper J5) The default setting of jumper J5 is On. It provides 3.
Hardware Installation 1 2 On: Default 3.3VSB Standby Power to PCI slots - PCI 2.2 spec. 1 2 Off: Non-PCI 2.2 spec. Important: Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power-off the system then turn off the power supplys switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add-in cards.
Hardware Installation 2.8.18 Power Connectors We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply has a standard 20-pin ATX main power connector, a 4-pin +12V power connector and a 6-pin auxiliary power connector that must be inserted onto PL1, ATXP1 and ATXP2 connectors respectively. The 4-pin +12V power connector enables the delivery of more +12VDC current to the processors Voltage Regulator Module (VRM).
Hardware Installation ATX Main Power Connector Pin Function Pin Function 1 3.3V 11 3.3V 2 3.3V 12 -12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 +5V 14 PS-ON 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 +5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 PW-OK 18 -5V 9 5VSB 19 +5V 10 +12V 20 +5V +12V Power Connector Pin Function 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 +12V 4 +12V Auxiliary Power Connector Pin Function Pin Function 4 +3.3V 1 Ground 2 Ground 5 +3.
Hardware Installation 2.8.19 Front Panel Connectors HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed. G-LED: Green LED This LED will not light when the systems power is on or when the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. It will blink every second when the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) state.
Hardware Installation PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED When the systems power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) state, it will blink every second. When the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink every 4 seconds. Note: If a system did not boot-up and the Power/Standby LED did not light after it was powered-on, it may indicate that the CPU or memor y module was not installed properly.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board. This chapter explains the Setup Utility for the Award BIOS. After you power up the system, the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features K K K K Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Tue, Jun 5 2001 4 : 35 : 5 IDE IDE IDE IDE Press Press Press Press Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Enter Enter Enter Enter None None None None Drive A Drive B 1.44M, 3.5 in.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary/Secondar y Master/Slave If you wish to define your own drive type manually, select Manual. The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If you select Auto, the BIOS will auto-detect the HDD & CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD & CD-ROM drive. If a hard disk has not been installed, select None. Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected. All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error. All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear. After seeing the error message, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done. Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the First Boot Device Second Boot Device and Third Boot Device fields respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the sequence of the drive selected. Set Boot Other Device to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down. Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down, but will first wait for a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability The system board supports SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) hard drives. SMART is a reliability prediction technology for ATA/IDE and SCSI drives. The drive will provide sufficient notice to the system or user to backup data prior to the drives failure. The default is Disabled. If you are using hard drives that support S.M.A.R.T., set this field to Enabled. SMART is supported in ATA/33 or later hard drives.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! 3.1.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility CAS Latency Time This field is used to select the local memory clock periods. Active to Precharge Delay The options are 5, 6 and 7. DRAM Data Integrity Mode If you are using DIMMs that support the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) function, set this field to ECC. It will allow the system to recover from memory failure. It detects single-bit and multiple-bit errors, then automatically corrects single-bit error.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! AGP Aperture Size (MB) This field is relevant to the memory-mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system. Leave this in its default setting, which is 64. AGP 4X Mode This field is used to enable the AGP 4x interface which transfers video data at 1066MB/sec. bandwidth thus delivering faster and better graphics to your PC. Make sure your graphics card suppor ts the AGP 4x mode.
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Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drives timing. Mode 0-4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drives timing. Caution: Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors. IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/ Slave UDMA These fields allow you to set the Ultra DMA in use. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available option after checking your hard drive or CD-ROM.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility AC97 Modem Auto Select this option when using a primary or secondary modem riser card, or audio/modem riser card. Disabled Select this option when using a PCI modem card. Onboard AC97 Codec Enabled This option is used to enable the onboard AC97 codec. Disabled This option is used to disable the onboard AC97 codec. Disable the onboard AC97 codec when using a 6-channel audio CNR card or an audio PCI card. IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Password When this option is selected, move the cursor to the KB Power On Password field and press . Enter your password. You can enter up to 5 characters. Type in exactly the same password to confirm, then press . Important: The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in the KB Power On Password field. You must type the correct password to power-on the system.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use IrDA (J1) and the COM 2 serial port (CN5) at the same time. If you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure this field is set to Normal. To use the IrDA function, follow the steps below. 1. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J1 on the system board. 2.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! SPP Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only. ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal modes data transfer rate. EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed. PntMode Allows parallel port to operate in bipolar mode. If you selected EPP, the EPP Mode Select field is configurable.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility Game Port Address This field is used to select the game ports address. The options are 201, 209 and Disabled. Midi Port Address This field is used to select the midi ports address. The options are 290, 292 and Disabled. If you have selected the midi ports address, you may select its IRQ in the Midi Port IRQ field. Midi Port IRQ This field is used to select the midi ports IRQ. The options are 5 and 10.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! 3.1.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend mode and HDD Power Down fields are activated. Min Saving Max Saving User Define Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 hr. Maximum power saving time for the. Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 min. Allows you to set the power saving time in the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down fields.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system. Hold 4 Sec. Regardless of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the Suspend mode. The purpose of this function is to prevent the system from powering off in case you accidentally hit or pushed the power button. Push and release again in less than 4 sec to restore.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Set this field to Enabled to use the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function. This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. Refer to Jumper Settings for Wake-On-USB Keyboard in chapter 2 for more information.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! 3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Legacy ISA or PCI. PCI For devices compliant with the PCI bus architecture. Legacy ISA For devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. The default value is Disabled. Enabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards wor k with PCI/VGA. Disabled MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards does not work with PCI/ VGA.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! 3.1.7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PC Health Status Current System Temp. Current CPU Temperature Current System FAN Speed Current CPU FAN Speed Current Second FAN Speed CPU (V) : +3.3 V : +5 V : +12 V : -12 V : VBAT (V) : 5VSB (V) : Item Help 27C/80F 40C/66F 0 RPM 0 RPM 0 RPM 2.06 V 3.31 V 5.05 V 12.03 V -11.37 V 3.21 V 5.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 CPU Frequency Control CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software CPU Frequency Control CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Modulated Clock By Slight Adjust X8 Enabled Disabled 102MHz ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults Item Help Menu Level ESC:Exit F1:General Help F7:Optimized Defaults The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor. The available options allow you to adjust the processors bus clock by 1MHz increment. Important: Selecting an external bus clock other than 100MHz may result to the processors or systems instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults The Load Fail-Safe Defaults option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features. You should use these values only if you have hardware problems. Highlight this option in the main menu and press . The message below will appear. Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N)? N If you want to proceed, type and press .
Award BIOS Setup Utility ! 3.1.11 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisors password with the System option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only, but not your system, set a supervisors password with the Setup option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. You will not be prompted for a password when you cold boot the system.
! Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight Save & Exit Setup and press . The message below will appear: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Type Y and press . The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen.
Supported Softwares " Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier. With DMI, a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it.
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Supported Softwares " Add DMI 1. Use the ← or → arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu. 2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys, then press . 3. The cursor will move to the screen you select allowing you to enter information about the added item. 4. Press to save information into the flash ROM. To view information about the added items, go to the Edit DMI menu. Load DMI File 1.
" Supported Softwares 4.2 Hardware Doctor The system board comes with the Hardware Doctor utility contained in the provided CD. This utility is capable of monitoring the systems health conditions and allows you to manually set a range (Highest and Lowest Limit) to the items being monitored. If the settings/ values are over or under the set range, a warning message will popup. The utility can also be configured so that a beeping alarm will sound whenever an error occurs.
Supported Softwares " 4. The Software License Agreement screen will appear. Click Yes. 5. The Readme Information screen will appear. You can view the content of the utilitys readme in this screen. Click Next. 6. The Choose Destination Location screen will appear showing where the utility will be located. Click Next. 7. The Actions screen will appear. Click Next to install the utility. 8. Restart the system. 9. Follow the prompts on the screen to continue with the installation. 4.
" Supported Softwares 4.6 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes 1. "Autorun" ONLY supports the Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems. If after inserting the CD, "Autorun" did not automatically start (which is, the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup". 2. Please go to DFI's web site at "http://www.dfi.com/suppor t/ download1.
Using the Suspend to RAM Function ) Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function If you are using the Windows® 98 operating system, please follow the steps below. 1. Select Power Management Setup in the main menu screen and press . 2. In the ACPI Function field, select Enabled. 3. In the ACPI Suspend Type field, select S3(STR).
) Using the Suspend to RAM Function 7. Boot Windows® 98. In the Windows ® 98 desktop, click the Start button. Move the cursor to Settings, then click Control Panel. To check whether ACPI was properly installed, double-click the System icon. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab. In View devices by type, click System devices. 8. 92 Double-click the System icon. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab.
Using the Suspend to RAM Function 9. ) Click File System. In the Typical role of this computer field, select Mobile or docking system. Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. 10. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Doubleclick the Power Management icon. 11. Click the Advanced tab. In the When I press the power button on my computer field, select Standby.
) Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12. After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operating system. You can poweroff the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting Standby when you shut down Windows® 98. To power-on the computer, just press the power button. The operating session where you left off when you power-off the computer will resume in not more than 8 seconds.
System Error Message * Appendix B - System Error Message When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom. Enter Setup to correct the error. B.1 POST Beep There are two kinds of beep codes in the BIOS.
* System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) Unable to reset floppy subsystem. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Floppy type mismatch. Hard Disk(s) fail (80) HDD reset failed. Hard Disk(s) fail (40) HDD controller diagnostics failed. Hard Disk(s) fail (20) HDD initialization error. Hard Disk(s) fail (10) Unable to recalibrate fixed disk.
Troubleshooting + Appendix C - Troubleshooting C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes. Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below. 1.
+ Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitors vertical sync. 2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display. 3. Make sure your video cards output frequencies are supported by this monitor. The screen seems to be constantly wavering. 1. If the monitor is close to another monitor, the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off.
Troubleshooting + Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS. 2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (first) hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave. The master hard drive must have an active/bootable partition. Excessively long formatting period. 1.
+ Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesnt output anything or is outputting garbled characters. 1. Make sure that the serial devices power is turned on and that the device is on-line. 2. Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer. 3. Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and configured correctly.
