.............................................................................................................................................1 What's in this manual ....................................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 Before You Start ............................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Feature Highlight ............................................................................................................................................................................ 11 Quick Installation Procedure ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Motherboard Map ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Block Diagram................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Hardware Installation ..................................................................................................................17 About "Optional" and "Upgrade Optional"................................................................................................................................... 18 Clear CMOS Data ........................................................................................................................................................................... 19 CPU Installation .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ......................................................................................................... 28 DIMM Socket ................................................................................................................................................................................... 29 Front Panel Connector................................................................................................................................................................... 31 ATX Power Connector.................................................................................................................................................................... 32 AC Power Auto Recovery .............................................................................................................................................................. 33   IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................................ 34 IrDA Connector ............................................................................................................................................................................... 36 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .................................................................................................................................................... 37 Support 2 nd USB Port ..................................................................................................................................................................... 38 CD Audio Connector ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39 Modem Audio Connector ............................................................................................................................................................... 40 Front Audio Connector................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Over-current Protection ................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Hardware Monitoring ...................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Resettable Fuse.............................................................................................................................................................................. 45 Year 2000 (Y2K) ............................................................................................................................................................................. 46 Low ESR Capacitor ........................................................................................................................................................................ 47 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)................................................................................................................................................ 49 Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................50 Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc ............................................................................................................................................ 51 Installing Chipset Software Installation Utility............................................................................................................................. 52 Installing Onboard AGP Driver ..................................................................................................................................................... 53 Installing Ultra ATA/100 IDE Driver .............................................................................................................................................. 54 Installing LAN Driver (Optional) .................................................................................................................................................... 55   Installing Onboard Sound Driver .................................................................................................................................................. 56 Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility .......................................................................................................................................... 57 ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive ........................................................................................................................................................ 58 AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................63 How To Use AwardTM BIOS Setup Program ............................................................................................................................... 64 How To Enter BIOS Setup ............................................................................................................................................................. 65 BIOS Upgrade ................................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Overclocking ................................................................................................................................68 VGA Card & Hard Disk .................................................................................................................................................................. 69 Glossary .......................................................................................................................................70 AC97 ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 70 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ................................................................................................................... 70 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) .................................................................................................................................................. 70 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ........................................................................................................................................................... 71 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ................................................................................................................................................................. 71 APM (Advanced Power Management) ......................................................................................................................................... 71 ATA (AT Attachment) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 71 ATA/66.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 71 ATA/100............................................................................................................................................................................................ 72   BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)............................................................................................................................................... 72 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)........................................................................................................................................................ 72 CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ............................................................................................................................ 72 CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ................................................................................................................................................... 73 DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM .............................................................................................................................................. 73 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) .......................................................................................................................................... 73 DMA (Direct Memory Access)....................................................................................................................................................... 73 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ......................................................................................................................................... 74 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ........................................................................................................................................ 74 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ............................................................................................................... 74 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .................................................................................................................................... 74 EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 75 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ......................................................................................................................................... 75 FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) .............................................................................................................................................. 75 Flash ROM 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