User manual MATSONIC MS8107C

Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Product Specifications Ì Processor - Supports AMD Slot A processors up to 900MHz - 100MHz DDR (Double Data Rate) transfer on K7 CPU address and data buses - High efficiency switching power modules provides 1.6v for Vcc and up to 42A for Icc - Foldable universal Slot A retention mechanism with Grounding Ì Chipset - VIA Apollo KX133 (VT8371/686A) two chip AGPset Ì DRAM Memory - Three 3.3V 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 768MB - Supports PC-100, PC-133 SDRAM, and VCM - Provides single-bit ECC capability Ì Expansion Slots - One AMR slot (Rev 1.0 compliant) for cost effective soft modem riser - One 32-bit AGP slot for both 2x/4xAGP at 3.3v or 1.5v (Rev 2.0 compliant) - Five 32-bit PCI slots (Rev 2.2 compliant) - One 16-bit ISA slot (with sharing slot) Ì 2Mb Boot-Block Flash ROM - Award System BIOS, supports PnP, APM, DMI,ACPI & Multi-device booting features i.e. floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, HDD(IDE, SCSI), ZIP-ATAPI etc. - Includes Trend ChipAway Virus protection for virus-free boot and virus free operating system - BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus, Flash BIOS Write Protect, Embedded Flash Utility, Built-in Hard Disk Backup firmware - Optional TwinBIOS technology for security and management. Ì Embedded Ultra DMA-66 PCI IDE controller - Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices - Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi Mode 4 up to 66MBps with bus mastering - Bus Master software drivers for all common multi-task operating systems 1 7ata0-1.p65 1 2000/3/31, PM 01:08 Chapter 1 Ì Embedded Super I/O Functions - Two UARTs support two serial ports and IR function for HPSIR and ASKIR - One parallel supports SPP/ECP/EPP - One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB, Japanese 3- Mode and 1Mbps transfer rate - Supports Game/MIDI port for soft-audio Ì Double Stack Back-Panel I/O Connectors with PC99 Colored Codes - PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse ports - Two Channel USB ports - Two D-SUB 9-pin male serial port - One D-SUB 25-pin female Printer port - One D-SUB 15-pin female Game/MIDI port - Audio Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in jacks Ì Embedded PCI Audio Subsystem - Built-in Sample Rate Converter to ensure all internal operation at 48KHz - Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback - Built-in FM-emulation music synthesizer - With external high quality AC`97 ..CODEC provides 90dB+ SNR CD quality audio - Using wavetable data on the system memory - Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy compatibility - Complete software driver support for Win95/98/NT Ì Optional PCI Audio Subsystem - CMedia 8738 audio chip w/ legacy audio SB16/Pro compatible - Advanced 64-Voice Wavetable synthesizer - Programmable independent sample rate from 4KHz to 48KHz for recording and playback - Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback - Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless variety of instrument samples using PC RAM - Up to 8MB wavedata provides 128 GM, GS and WT-32 compatible instruments and 10 drum kits - Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal A3D and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions) APIs - 4-Channel speaker audio support is easy to build up a Home Theater environment - Supports 24-bit S/PDIF-in/out for digital audio (i.e. compressed AC3 data) - Supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD connections - Supports MIDI and dual game ports - Embedded 32OHM .5w earphone amplifier 2 7ata0-1.p65 2 2000/3/31, PM 01:08 Introduction Ì Embedded USB Controller - USB host controller (UHCI v1.0 compliant) with Root Hub - Four USB ports with over-current protection - Optional USB riser with 2 additional USB ports Ì Embedded System Monitoring Hardware Subsystem - 5 external voltage inputs for CPU Vcore, +12v, +5v, 2.5v and 3.3v (internal detecting) - 2 temperature sensor with thermistor for CPU & System - 2 Fan speed (CPU and System) monitoring and control with ON/OFF control in suspend Ì Board Dimensions - Standard ATX form factor, 305mm x 210mm, 4 Layers Ì Switching Power Supply Requirement Output Voltage Max. Regulation Requirement Min.Current Requirement(Amps) +12V +5V +3.3V -5V -12V +/- 5% +/- 5% +/- 5% +/- 10% +/- 10% 5.5 15 15 0.5 0.5 +5VSB +/- 5% Table 1-1 0.75 3.3Vat 15Amps is necessary to guarantee full loading operation because some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption. 3 7ata0-1.p65 3 2000/3/31, PM 01:09 Chapter 1 1-2 Product Feature Supports ACPI STR Embedded System Monitoring Hardware for electrical security Poly-fuse overcurrent protection for USB and keyboard circuitry Hardware design meets Microsoft PC99 requirements Complete Data Security: * Flash BIOS write protection against unauthorized access * Trend ChipAway Virus for a 100% virus free system boot-up * Embbeded Flash Utility to ease BIOS upgrade and eliminate in compatibility with the flash utility version. * Embedded HDD Instant Recovery to protect against system crash. - Advanced Management Features: * Power-on events: WOL(Wake-on-LAN) network card, Modem ring, RTC Alarm * Software power-off control for Win95 * Over-ride power button * Three states advanced Power-failure recovery: Always On, Always Off, Last state * Chassis intrusion detection with mnemonics during power loss * Blinking Power-LED in suspend 4 7ata0-1.p65 4 2000/3/31, PM 01:09 Introduction 1-3 Package Contents This product comes with the following components: Ì One mainboard Ì One 40-pin Ultra DMA-66 IDE connector ribbon cable (Figure 1-1) * Color coded connection for UDMA/66 cable Blue to mainboard, Gray to Master and Black to slave Ì One 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable (Figure 1-2) Ì One User's Manual Ì One CD-ROM that includes - Acrobat Reader - Award Flash EPROM Utility - Award DMI Utility for DOS - VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers, AGP VxD and etc. - VIA Sound Driver for DOS/Win95/98/NT - Optional CMedia audio drivers for Win3.1, Win95/98/2000, NT4.0 and Linux - Optional CMedia Multimedia Decks - Optional AIRBAG2000 software group including Sheperd2000, Trend PC-cillin, Norton AntiVirus, ADOBE ActiveShare, Appio and X-stop Figure 1-1 UDMA66 IDE cable Figure 1-2 Standard Floppy cable 5 7ata0-1.p65 5 2000/3/31, PM 01:09 Chapter 1 Memo 6 7ata0-1.p65 6 2000/3/31, PM 01:09 Hardware Setup Chapter 2 Hardware Setup If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware. Be sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing any work on your mainboard, i. e. installing a CPU, memory module, changing a jumper setting, etc. Not doing so may result in electrical shock! 2-1 Introduction to Jumpers Jumpers are used to select between various operating modes. A jumper consists of a row of gold colored pins that protrude from the surface of the mainboard. It is important not to confuse jumpers with connectors or headers. Putting jumper caps on anything that is not a jumper may result in damaging your mainboard. Please refer to Section 1-3, Mainboard Layout, for the location of jumpers on your mainboard. As indicated in Figure 2-1 below, a cap is used to cover the pins of a jumper, resulting in shorting those pins that it covers. If the cap is removed from the top of the pins, the jumper is left "open." The number 1 shown both in the diagram below and in all multiple pin jumper and header diagrams in this manual indicates the pin designated with the number 1. The numbering of the remaining pins follows in sequence. Pins Cap Setting Cap Style 2 1 A 3-pin jumper 1 A cap over pin 1 and pin 2 shorts these pins Figure 2-1 7 7ata0-2.p65 7 2000/3/31, PM 01:11 Chapter 2 2-2 Installing an AMD Athlon Processor in Slot A 1. Insert the AMD Athlon processor into the retention mechanism. Press evenly and gently until the snaps on the upper side of the processor have been inserted into the holes at the top of the retention mechanism. 2. Note that when removing the processor, these snaps should be clicked into a completely vertical position, leaving your hands free to stabilize the board. Pull the processor evenly and gently out of the retention mechanism. 3. Also note that like PCI and ISA slots, Slot 1 has a divider that prevents backwards insertion of the CPU. Installing a heat sink with cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and possible burnout of your CPU. 2-3 Plug and Play CPU Configuration This board support plug and play CPU configuration, if you install a CPU on this mainboard, the board will automatically detect and set the CPU system bus frequency speed. It is no longer necessary to make many jumper settings as on conventional mainboards. CPU Host/PCI Clock Timing 1. After installing all your hardware into your PC system, turn on your system's power. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility by pressing the Delete key when your BIOS identification screen appears. 2. Move the cursor to Frequency/Voltage Control Setup menu and press Enter. Select the CPU Host/PCI Clock Setup commands at the left hand side of the BIOS screen. 3. Select the CPU Host/PCI Clock value according to the speed of your CPU processor and PCI bus. (See section 3-8) 4. Press Esc to return to the CMOS Setup Utility, press F10 to Save and Exit Setup and choose to confirm. The system will automatically reboot and during start-up you will see the correct CPU type shown on the screen. You do not need to make frequency ratio and voltage settings because this board will automatically sets your CPU frequency ratio & voltage. 8 7ata0-2.p65 8 2000/3/31, PM 01:11 Hardware Setup JP1, J1, J5 J2, J3, JP4 JP2/3, JP4 FAN1 CN5, CN6, FAN2 JP5, JP7, JP8 Jumper & Connector No. JP1 JP2/JP3 JP4 JP5 JP7 JP8 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 CN1 CN2 Onboard Audio select Function Page 13 13 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 17 10 17 Audio line out or speaker out Primary Audio CODEC select Boot BIOS select (Optional) Clear CMOS data jumper Chassis Intrusion Detection CD-ROM audio in connector Audio Mono-in/out connector AUX audio in connector Infrared / Consumer Infrared connector USB 2/3 connector PS/2 mouse and keyboard ports USB 0/1ports Over-ride power button connector Power indicator LED connector Green switch / Green LED connector CN5 System reset switch connector Speaker connector IDE activity LED connector Turbo LED connector CN6 PW1 FAN1/2 WOL(Wake On LAN) connector ATX Power supply connector CPU/ System cooling fan connector 9 7ata0-2.p65 9 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Chapter 2 2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of the system case. The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing a mainboard. Before connecting the power supply, please make sure it is not connected to the power source. ATX Power Supply Connector (PW1) The power cord leading from the system's power supply to the external power source must be the very last part connected when assembling a system. The ATX power supply provides a single 20-pin connector interface which incorporates standard +/ -5V, +/-12V, optional 3.3V and Soft-power signals. The Soft-power signal, a 5V trickle supply is continuously supplied when AC power is available. When the system is in the Soft-Off mode, this trickle supply maintains the system in it's minimum power state. Software Power-Off Control This mainboard can be powered down using the Windows 95/98 Software Power-Off function. To power down your computer, click the START button on the Windows 95 task bar. Select "Shut Down The Computer" and the system turns off. The message "It is now safe to turn off your computer" will not be shown when using this function. Power-On By Modem While in Soft-off state, if an external modem ring-up signal occurs, the system wakes up and can be remotely accessed. You may enable this function in BIOS's Power Management Setup menu. (See section 3-4) 10 7ata0-2.p65 10 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Hardware Setup Front Panel Connector Set (CN5) A through G A. Over-ride Power Button Connector The power button on the ATX chassis can be used as a normal power switch as well as a device to activate Advanced Power Management Suspend mode. This mode is used for saving electricity when the computer is not in use for long periods of time. The Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function in BIOS's Power Management Setup menu must be set to "Delay 4 Sec." to activate this function. (See section 3-5) When the Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function is enabled, pushing the power button rapidly will switch the system to Suspend mode. Any occurrence of external activities such as pressing a key on the keyboard or moving the mouse will bring the system back to Full-On. Pushing the button while in Full-On mode for more than 4 seconds will switch the system completely off. See Over-ride Power Button Operation diagram. Over-ride Power Button Operation Pin 1 Definition +5V DC Ground Key Lock Ground Power Indicator LED 2 No Connection 3 4 5 B. Power Indicator LED Connector The power indicator LED shows the system's power status. It is important to pay attention to the correct cables and pin orientation (i.e., not to reverse the order of these two connectors.) Keyboard Lock Blinking LED in Suspend Mode While in Suspend mode, the LED light on the front panel of your computer will flash. Suspend mode is entered by pressing the Override Power Button, pushing the Green button on your ATX case, or enabling the Power Management and Suspend Mode options in BIOS's Power Management menu. (See section 3-4) 11 7ata0-2.p65 11 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Chapter 2 C. Green Switch/Green LED Connector Some ATX cases provide a Green switch which is used to put the system in Suspend mode. In Suspend mode, the power supply to the system is reduced to a trickle, the CPU clock is stopped, and the CPU core is in it's minimum power state. The system is waken up whenever the keyboard or mouse is touched. The system resumes in different ways as defined by Power Management Setup screen in BIOS. D. System Reset Switch Connector This connector should be connected to the reset switch on the front panel of the system case. The reset switch allows you to restart the system without turning the power off. Pin 1 2 Definition System GND E. Speaker Connector Pin 1 2 3 4 Definition Speaker Signal No Connection No Connection +5V DC F. IDE Activity LED Connector The IDE activity LED lights up whenever the system reads/writes to the IDE devices. G. Turbo LED Connector This mainboard does not have a Turbo/De-turbo speed modes. So the turbo LED will always light . Poly-fuse Over Current Protection The poly-fuse protects the system from dangerous voltages the system might be exposed to via the keyboard or USB connectors. In case of such exposure, the polyfuse will immediately be disconnected from the circuit, just like a normal fuse. After being disconnected for a certain period of time, the poly-fuse will return to its normal state, after which the keyboard or USB can function properly again. Unlike conventional fuses, the poly-fuse does not have to be replaced, relieving the user wasted time and inconvenience. 12 7ata0-2.p65 12 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Hardware Setup Onboard Audio select (JP1) 1 Enabled (default) 1 Disabled This function allows you to enable and disable the on board audio. You must set the jumper's cap to pins 1-2 to enable or set pins 2-3 to disable this function. Audio Line_out or Speaker_out (JP2/JP3) JP2 1 JP3 Line_out (default) JP2 1 JP3 Speaker_ out This jumper allows you to select between audio line-out or speaker out function. Set both JP2 and JP3 pins to 1-2 for line-out function or set both JP2 and JP3 pins to 2-3 for speaker out function.. Primary Audio CODEC select (JP4) 1 1 Onboard CODEC (Default) AMR (Soft-Audio/Modem riser) Short pin 1-2 to enable onboard AC`97 CODEC. Short pin 2-3 to enable AMR (Soft Audio/Modem riser). 13 7ata0-2.p65 13 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Chapter 2 Optional Boot BIOS select (JP5) 1 1 Boot BIOS select (default) BIOS 1 (Power-on only) / BIOS 2 (Power-on + Reset ) This feature allows you to select a BIOS to boot up your system. Set the pin to 1-2 to enable Boot BIOS select in the BIOS Features Setup and then select either BIOS 1 or BIOS 2 for startup (see section 2-4).The feature also allows you to manually shift to another BIOS once the BIOS fail to boot. Set pin to 2-3 to boot from BIOS 1 and then press the power on button to boot up or press reset and power on button to boot from BIOS 2. Clear CMOS data jumper (JP7) 1 1 Normal (default) Clear CMOS To clear the contents of the CMOS, please follow the steps below. 1. Disconnect the system power supply from the power source. 2. Set the jumper cap at location 2~3 for 5 seconds, then set it back to the default position. 3. Connect the system's power and then start the system. 4. Enter BIOS's CMOS Setup Utility and choose Load Setup Defaults. Type Y and press enter. 5. Set the system configuration in the Standard CMOS Setup menu. Chassis Intrusion Detection (JP8) This board supports the chassis instruction monitoring feature of the management extension hardware by means of a mechanical or photo sensor switch attached to the motherboard through this 1x3-pin chassis security header. The mechanical switch is set to open for normal computer operation. 14 7ata0-2.p65 14 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Hardware Setup CD-ROM audio in connector (J1) Use the audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's audio function. GND L 1 R Audio Mono -in/out connector (J2) Use the mono audio cable enclosed with your CDROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your mainboard. This will enable mono audio in/out function. Auxiliary CD-ROM Audio-in Connector (J3) Use the auxiliary audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's audio function. 15 7ata0-2.p65 15 2000/3/31, PM 01:12 Chapter 2 Infrared/Consumer Infrared Connector (J4) If you enable the IR /CIR Address Select in BIOS's Integrated Peripherals menu the IR/CIR port will let you select the IRQ and IR/CIR Mode to support IR/CIR functions. (See section 3-9) 1 Vcc Ir-Rx GND Ir-Tx Vcc PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Ports (CN1) If a PS/2 mouse is used, BIOS will automatically detect and assign IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse. Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 Definition Data No Connection Ground + 5V (fused) Clock No Connection USB 0/1 Ports (CN2) and USB 2/3 Connector (J5) USB 2/3 USB 0/1 USB3 USB4 JP1 (Optional) If you want to use a USB keyboard, you must enable the onchip USB & USB keyboard support function in BIOS's Integrated Peripherals menu (See Section 3-4). USB is an open industry standard, providing a simple and inexpensive way to connect up to 125 devices to a single computer port. Keyboards, mice, tablets, digitizers, scanners, bar-code readers, modems, printers and many more can all be used at the same time. USB is a dynamically reconfigurable serial bus with an elementary data rate of 12Mbps. Based on off the shelf, low cost micro-controller technology, its modular layered software protocol supports sophisticated devices and application programs. This board contains a USB Host controller and includes a root hub with two USB 0/1 ports (meets USB Rev 1.0 spec.) and a connector for optional USB Adaptor (USB2/3). Four USB peripherals or hub devices are able to be connected. 16 7ata0-2.p65 16 2000/3/31, PM 01:13 Hardware Setup WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector (CN6) Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS's Power Management Menu to use this function. The capability to remotely manage PCs on a network is a significant factor in reducing administrative and ownership costs. Magic Packet technology is designed to give WOL (Wake-on-LAN) capability to the LAN controller. When a PC capable of receiving wake up command goes to sleep, the Magic Packet mode in the LAN controller is enabled. When the LAN controller receives a Magic Packet frame, the LAN controller will wake up the PC. This header is used to connect an add-in NIC (Network Interface Card) which gives WOL capability to the mainboard. To support this function, a switching power supply with a minimum of 750mA 5VSB standby signal is required. CPU/System Cooling Fan Connectors (FAN1/FAN2) FAN1 FAN2 GND +12 Rotation These added connectors allow the fan to draw their power from the mainboard instead of the disk drive connector. The board's management extension hardware is able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in rpm (revolutions per minute). These connectors supports 3-pin cooling fans with minimum of 3500 RPM. The wiring and plug may vary depending on the manufacturer. On standard fans, the red is positive (+12V), the black is ground, and the yellow wire is the rotation signal. 17 7ata0-2.p65 17 2000/3/31, PM 01:13 Chapter 2 2-5 Main Memory Configuration The DRAM memory system consists of three banks and the memory size ranges from 16~768 MBytes. It does not matter which bank you want to install first. DRAM Specifications FSB 66 FSB+33 FSB-33 100 FSB FSB+33 FSB-33 133 FSB 7.5ns or faster 10ns or faster 12ns or faster 10ns or faster 7.5ns or faster 10ns or faster 768MB SDRAM Type SDRAM Type Max Memory FSB 12ns or faster DIMM type: 3.3V, unbuffered, registered, 64/72-bit SDRAM with SPD* Module size: Single/double-side 16/32/64/128/256MBytes Parity: Either parity or non-parity The compatibility with 512MB and Registered DIMM is still under testing and cannot be guaranteed. This mainboard supports 3.3v, unbuffered, 4-clock, SDRAM DIMM only. Buffered, 5V, or 2-clock SDRAM DIMMs should not be used. Due to loading anomalies, using DIMM with an 'n x 4' DRAM base on this mainboard is not recommended. For example, a DIMM that uses sixteen 16Mb x 4 devices should not be used. 18 7ata0-2.p65 18 2000/3/31, PM 01:13 Hardware Setup SPD (Serial Presence Detect) This is an EPROM that contains speed and design information about the memory module. The mainboard queries the module and makes adjustments to system operation based on what it finds. ECC DRAM Capability This mainboard can be configured to support ECC (Error Check and Correct) function when utilizing parity DIMM modules. To utilize the chipset's ECC features, you must use a 72-bit DIMM module.These modules are automatically detected during bootup. However, the user must configure the DRAM Data Integrity Mode to "ECC" in BIOS's SeePU&Chipset Features Setup menu to enable the ECC function. ECC detects double bit errors and detects and corrects single bit memory errors on the fly without user intervention. Errors may be generated by a defective memory module, conflicting memory speeds between different banks, DMA, etc. 19 7ata0-2.p65 19 2000/3/31, PM 01:13 Chapter 2 Memo 20 7ata0-2.p65 20 2000/3/31, PM 01:13 Award BIOS Setup Program Chapter 3 3 Award BIOS Setup Program Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it can retain the setup information, even when the power is turned off. When you turn on or restart the system, press the Delete key to enter the Award BIOS setup program. The primary screen as shown in Figure 3-1 is a list of the menus and functions available in the setup program. Select the desired item and press enter to make changes. Operating commands are located at the bottom of this and all other BIOS screens. When a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed on the right side of the screen. CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configurations PC Health Status Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving : Select Item Figure 3-1 Setup Program Initial Screen 21 7ata0-3.p65 21 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual 3-1 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a mainboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD, FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data has been lost or contaminated. Choose the Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 31) to display the following screen. When a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed on the left bottom edge of the screen. CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm : dd : yy) Time (hh : mm : ss) IDE IDE IDE IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Mon, Mar 6 2000 17 : 14 : 44 Press Press Press Press Enter Enter Enter Enter None None None None Items Help Menu Level Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory Move Enter:Select F5:Previous Values 1.44M, 3.5 in. None Disabled EGA/VGA All Errors 640K 65472K 1024K +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Genaral Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Features Screen Date/Time Set the date and time. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such as power management, saving files, etc. are based on this timer. Hard Disk Setup (Primary/Secondary; Master/Slave) This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer. This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as CD-ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives. 22 7ata0-3.p65 22 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program Type (Auto/User/None): Use the fields under the Type column to determine the method you will use to configure the IDE devices. If you choose Auto, BIOS will automatically detect and make optimal settings for most IDE hard drives. The mainboard manufacturer recommends that you choose Auto for all drives. Choose User to define your own drive type manually. You must enter values indicated in the table below into each drive parameter field. This information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or system manufacturer: TYPE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Setting method Number of cylinders Number of heads Write precompensation cylinder Landing zone Number of sectors Mode type Table 3-1 Hard Disk Drive Parameters Cyls/Head/Sector: The number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors can usually be found written on the top of the hard disk. If you have a relatively new hard drive, entering this information alone is usually sufficient for normal hard disk operation. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for these categories. Precomp: Older hard drives (i.e., MFM or RLL drives) have the same number of sectors per track at the innermost tracks as at the outermost tracks. Thus, the data density at the innermost tracks is higher and the bits are lying closer together. Even though the physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes, each sector must still hold 512 bytes. Write precompensation circuitry compensates for the difference in sector size by boosting the write current for inner track sectors. Landz: This defines the address of the landing zone and is only used for older hard drives which do not have an auto-parking feature. Mode: If the Type value is not None for any device, you must set the Mode value for that device. There are four different Mode values: Auto, Normal, Large, and LBA. * Auto - BIOS detects and enters the IDE drive type during boot up. * Normal - for IDE drives that meet the old IDE specification which support a maximum capacity of 528MB (1024 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors). 23 7ata0-3.p65 23 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual * Large - for IDE drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. Try this setting if your hard disk does not operate properly with the LBA setting. Large mode is not supported by all operating systems, i.e., only certain versions of DOS support large mode. * LBA - (Large/Logical Block Addressing) With LBA, the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. This mode is for drives with greater than 1024 cylinders and between 528MB and 8.4GB in size. This protocol is the current common standard. Choose None for Type if there are no IDE HDD devices in your system. @ You can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function to auto detect your hard drive parameters. Using this function will automatically insert the parameters discussed under Hard Disk Setup and will indicate User for the Field value. Please see Section 3-9 for more information. Floppy Disk Drives Choose the memory capacity and disk size that corresponds with that of your floppy disk drive(s). Video Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting if you are using a VGA monitor since VGA BIOS automatically configures this setting. Halt When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnosis tests called POST (Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a hardware error. You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on specific errors. 24 7ata0-3.p65 24 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program 3-2 Advanced BIOS Features By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard. CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Items Help Boot ROM by BIOS setting Boot BIOS HDD Instant Recovery Anti-Virus Protection CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) X Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option Enabled BIOS 1 Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Floppy HDD-0 CDROM Enabled Disabled Enabled On Disabled 6 250 Setup Menu Level Move Enter:Select F5:Previous Values +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Genaral Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 3-3 Advanced BIOS Features Screen A. Boot ROM by BIOS Setting(Optional for Twin BIOS) Enabling this function allows you to choose between BIOS1(default) or BIOS2 option to boot your system. B. HDD Instant Recovery This board supports HDD Instant Recovery, select enabled to use this function. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on the screen. Selet Install or Do Not Install to continue booting. (See Appendix III) 25 7ata0-3.p65 25 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual C. Anti-Virus Protection Trend ChipAway Virus Trend ChipAway Virus is a code incorporated in the mainboard's BIOS firmware. During the boot-up sequence, BIOS loads before loading of the partition table or boot sector. ChipAway Virus loads with BIOS and is able to detect bootup viruses before they have a chance to infect the hard drive. ChipAway Virus employs rule-based logic that doesn't look for specific viruses but rather detects patterns found in every virus, eliminating the need to perform periodical version updates after new viruses have been found. D. Cache Control CPU Internal Cache/External Cache Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These fields allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level 2 external cache. Both settings are left enabled to significantly increase the performance of your computer. E. Boot Up Features After turning on the system, BIOS will perform a series of device initialization and diagnostic tests discussed below. Quick Power On Self Test (POST) Enable this function to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST (Power On Self Test). BIOS saves time by skipping some items during POST. It is recommended that you disable this setting. Discovering a problem during boot up is better than loosing data during your work. First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device This option sets the sequence of drives BIOS attempts to boot from after POST completes. BIOS will search these drives for an operating system. Swap Floppy Drive Enabling this function will swap the floppy drive assignment so that drive A will function as drive B, and drive B will function as drive A. Note that the boot sequence assignment mentioned directly above does not include booting from floppy drive B. This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of a different format and you want to boot from floppy drive B. Boot up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the installed floppy disk drive has 40 or 80 tracks. A 360K drive has 40 tracks and 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M drives have 80 tracks. All modern floppy disk drives have 80 tracks. Boot Up NumLock Status This function defines the keyboard's number pad as number keys or arrow keys. 26 7ata0-3.p65 26 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program F. Keyboard Interface Typematic Rate Setting When enabled, you can set the following two typematic control items. When disabled, keystrokes are determined arbitrarily by the keyboard controller in your system. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down. Typematic Delay (Msec) The typematic delay sets how long after you press a key that a character begins repeating. G. Security Option The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be set to take advantage of this function. See Section 3-11 for password setting information. When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be entered to boot the system or enter the BIOS setup program. When the Security Option is set to Setup, a password is required to enter the BIOS setup program. H. OS Select (For DRAM >64MB) If your system's DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS/2 , select OS/2 as the item value. Otherwise, set the item value to Non-OS/2 for all other operating systems. I. Shadow Memory Software such as system BIOS, video BIOS, SCSI BIOS, etc that resides in ROM (Read Only Memory) chips is called firmware. Shadowing of firmware occurs when BIOS is copied to RAM address C0000h through DFFFFh. Video BIOS loads into the C0000-C7FFF memory area when video shadowing is enabled. If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct area of RAM. Shadowing improves the firmware's performance because the firmware can be read by the CPU through the 16- or 32-bit DRAM bus as opposed to the 8-bit XT bus. However, shadowing also results in reducing the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) for loading device drivers. Shadowing is used mostly for ROM chips on ISA cards and not for PCI cards. Shadowing and playing games at the same time may result in system instability as some games access the RAM memory area being shadowed. 27 7ata0-3.p65 27 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual 3-3 Advanced Chipset Features By choosing the Advanced Chipset Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard. CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM Clock Memory Hole P2C/C2P Concurrency Fast R-W Turn Around System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size AGP-4X Mode AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write K7 CLK_CTL Select Flash BIOS Protection OnChip Sound OnChip Modem SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 10ns 3 Host CLK Disabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled 64M Disabled Auto DA Disabled Optimal Disabled Auto Auto Items Help Menu Level Move Enter:Select F5:Previous Values +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Genaral Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 3-4 Chipset Features Setup Screen All of the above settings have been determined by the mainboard manufacturer and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing. Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features setup is lengthy, highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual. Below are abbreviated descriptions of the functions in this setup menu. You can look on the world wide web for helpful chipset and RAM configuration information including AWARD's web site at http://www.award.com. A. BANK 0/1, 2/3 & 4/5 DRAM Timing This item allows youto select the value in this field, depending on whether the board has paged DRAM or EDO (Extended Data Output) DRAMs. B. SDRAM Cycle Length When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of the clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this setting from the default value specified by the system designer. 28 7ata0-3.p65 28 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program C. Memory Hole at 15M-16M Enabling this function will reserve the memory address space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards. However, enabling this function will result in not allowing the system to have access to memory above 16MB. Please note that some expansion cards require this setting to be enabled. The default setting is Disabled. If Auto Configuration is enabled, you must set the DRAM timing function to 60ns or 70ns, depending on the type of DRAM you install. D. System BIOS Cacheable Enabling this function allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000hFFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. Caching the system BIOS results in better performance than shadowing the system BIOS as discussed in Section 3-2. E. Video RAM Cacheable Enabling this function will allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance. However, if any programs write to this memory area, a system error may occur. F. AGP Aperture Size This function determines the amount of system memory that is given to the AGP card. Options range from 4MB to 128MB. This is a dynamic memory allotment in that the AGP card will only use the amount of memory that it needs. The remaining memory not in use will be available for the system to use. For example, if 16MB is alloted to the AGP card and the card only needs 8MB, the remaining 8MB will be available for system use. G. AGP-4X Mode Enable this setting to utilize the4X mode (twice as fast as2X) offered by advanced AGP cards. Your VGA card must support 4X mode in order to take advantage of the faster speed. H. Flash BIOS Protection The mainboard manufacturer developed BIOS protection technology that protects the System BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer viruses. When enabled, the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempting to update BIOS with the the FLASH utility. When disabled, the BIOS data can be updated by using the FLASH utility. 29 7ata0-3.p65 29 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual I. Hardware Reset Protect When this function is enabled, your PC's hardware reset button will not function. This function is especially useful to prevent accidental resets for file servers and routers, etc., which should be available 24 hrs/day. When disabled, your PC's hardware reset button will function normally. J. OnChip Sound This function must be enabled in order to use the onboard audio function. To terminate this function set it to disabled. K. OnChip Modem This function must be enabled in order to use the soft modem riser card on AMR slot. To terminate this function set it to disabled. Be sure to set AMR/MR Setting jumpers (JP4A/B/C/D) as discussed in Section 2-4 of this manual to enable this function. L. CPU to PCI Write Buffer When Enabled, CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus. M. PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. N. Memory Parity/ECC Check If the DRAM chips in your system support parity/ECC check, select Enabled 30 7ata0-3.p65 30 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program 3-4 Integrated Peripherals This section provides information on setting peripheral devices. By choosing the I egrat Per pheral opton f om t CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the nt ed i sir he screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard. CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel 0 On-Chip IDE Channel 1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Init Display First OnChip USB X USB Keyboard Support IDE HDD Block Mode Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 COM 2 Mode Enabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto PCI Slot Disabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Auto Auto Standard Items Help Menu Level Move Enter:Select F5:Previous Values +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Genaral Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 3-5 Integrated Peripherals Screen A. On Board IDE Control On-chip IDE channel 0/1 You can set this to disable the On-chip IDE controller if you are going to add a higher performance IDE board. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (04) for each IDE device that the internal PCI IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. B. Init Display First This function allows user to choose between AGP slot or VGA slot to initialize Display first . 31 7ata0-3.p65 31 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual C. OnChip USB Enable the on-board Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller if you want to connect a USB keyboard to your system. Note that if this setting is disabled, you can still temporarily use a USB keyboard during bootup so that you can enter BIOS and enable this setting. If you pass the bootup stage without enabling this function, your PS/2 keyboard will no longer work. D. USB Keyboard Support Set to Button Only to control the system power via the button on your system case. Set to Mouse Left/Right Click to turn on the power via a PS/2 mouse, and set to Keyboard 98, Hot Key or Password to turn on the power via keyboard. With Hot Key and Password you must decide on which keys will turn on the power. E. 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 drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. F. Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. G. COM2 Mode Select This function allows you to select an operating mode for the second serial port. (Normal RS-232C serial port/IrDA SIR 1.0 specification/ASKIR 0.57-MB/sec infrared port) H. Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical parallel port. I. Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software support one of the other available modes. 32 7ata0-3.p65 32 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program 3-5 Power Management Setup This section provides information on the Green PC power management functions. By choosing the Power Management Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-1999 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Power Management ACPI Suspend Type PM Control by APM Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft-Off by PWRBTN State After Power Failure Wake Up Events Enabled Press Enter S1(POS) Yes Suspend -> Off DPMS Support 3 Delay 4 Sec Auto Press Enter Items Help Menu Level Move Enter:Select F5:Previous Values +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:Genaral Help F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Figure 3-6 Power Management Setup Screen A. Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) ACPI management enables the operating system to control the amount of power given to each device attached to the computer. With ACPI, the operating system can turn off peripherals devices, such as CD-ROM players, when they are not in use. B. Power Management Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram below. Figure 3-7 Power Saving Mode Flow Chart 33 7ata0-3.p65 33 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 User's Manual C. Video Off Option This setting allow you to selects the power-saving modes during which the monitor goes blank: D. Video Off Method This function serves as both a screen saver and power saver for monitors. See the next function, Video Off After, for setting the video timer. Blank - BIOS will only blank the monitor's screen. The electricity saved in this mode is negligible and this function is only used as a screen saver to prevent screen damage while the screen is on but not in use. V/H SYNC+Blank - The system turns off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports, writes blanks to the VGA buffer and the monitor's electron gun turns off. This function requires a monitor with Green features in order to take advantage of the power saving function. If you enable this function and do not have a Green monitor, the result will be the same as if you had selected Blank. This function serves as both a screen saver and an electricity saver. DPMS Supported - Select this option if your video card supports the Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard (i.e., you have a monitor that supports Green features). Use software supplied by your video subsystem to set video power management options. E. Modem Use IRQ If your computer has an modem, use this function to tell BIOS which IRQ is being occupied by the modem card. When the system is in Green mode, the modem requires an IRQ assignment to wake up the system and perform tasks. This assignment is compliant with the APM 1.2 specification and is to be used in coordination with APM 1.2 compliant operating systems. F. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When set to Delay 4 Sec., this function allows the power button to put the system in Suspend, a power saving mode. See Section 2-4 for operation instructions of the override power button operation which puts the system in Suspend mode. When set to Instant-Off the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN function is disabled and the computer turns completely off when the power button is pressed. 34 7ata0-3.p65 34 2000/3/31, PM 01:14 Award BIOS Setup Program H. Power On By Modem When enabled, a modem/LAN that receives a signal will wake up the system from soft off and green mode. You should connect the modem to the COM port and turn on the resume event in green mode. I. Power On By Alarm When enabled, this setting allows the system to turn back on at a designated time of the month. User must designate date of month and time of day. This function is only available when using an ATX power supply and the Software Power-Off function to turn off the computer. See the Software Power-Off feature in Section 2-4 of this manual for instructions. 35 7ata0-3.p65 35 2000/3/31, PM 01:14