User manual

Table of Contents
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................ 1
BOARD LAYOUT.................................................................................................................................................. 1
FEATURE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................................ 2
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT................................................................................................................................ 2
MEMORY............................................................................................................................................................ 3
CACHE MEMORY ................................................................................................................................................ 3
IDE PERIPHERAL INTERFACE............................................................................................................................... 3
SUPER I/O .......................................................................................................................................................... 3
SYSTEM BIOS .................................................................................................................................................... 4
UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) OPTION............................................................................................................... 5
EXPANSION SLOTS .............................................................................................................................................. 5
SYSTEM SECURITY.............................................................................................................................................. 5
KEYBOARD/MOUSE CONTROLLER ....................................................................................................................... 6
REAL-TIME CLOCK AND CMOS RAM................................................................................................................. 6
FAN CONNECTOR................................................................................................................................................ 6
SPEAKER ............................................................................................................................................................ 6
USING THE BIOS SETUP PROGRAM............................................................................................................. 7
RECORD THE SETUP CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................. 7
AMI BIOS SETUP MENU OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................7
OVERVIEW OF THE SETUP KEYS ...........................................................................................................................9
STANDARD CMOS SETUP ................................................................................................................................. 11
ADVANCED CMOS SETUP................................................................................................................................. 12
ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP............................................................................................................................... 14
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP............................................................................................................................ 15
PCI/PLUG AND PLAY SETUP .............................................................................................................................. 16
PERIPHERAL SETUP ........................................................................................................................................... 18
AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS .............................................................................................................................. 19
CHANGE USER PASSWORD & CHANGE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD .......................................................................... 19
AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH OPTIMAL SETTINGS .............................................................................................. 19
AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH FAIL SAFE SETTINGS............................................................................................. 19
SAVE SETTINGS AND EXIT ................................................................................................................................. 20
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING..................................................................................................................................... 20
INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING JUMPERS & OPTIONAL COMPONENTS...................................... 21
BEFORE YOU BEGIN.......................................................................................................................................... 21
JUMPER BLOCK OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................ 22
CPU / BUS SPEED / CLOCK RATIO JUMPERS ....................................................................................................... 24
HOW TO CLEAR CMOS CONTENTS: J8 ............................................................................................................. 25
BIOS MODE SELECT JUMPERS: J11 .................................................................................................................. 26
CASE CONNECTOR BLOCK: J36 ........................................................................................................................ 27
MAIN POWER CONNECTORS: J12, J13............................................................................................................... 28
ON-BOARD SCSI BIOS AND DRIVERS (MANUFACTURING OPTION)..................................................................... 28
UPGRADING P54C TO P55C .............................................................................................................................. 35
INSTALLING THE OPTIONAL USB/PS2 ADD-ON CARD.......................................................................................... 37
INSTALLING SIMMS ......................................................................................................................................... 38
REMOVING SIMMS........................................................................................................................................... 40