AICSYS SBC-6504 User manual

SBC-6504

PICMG 1.0

Single Board Computer

User Manual

2009/11/05

SBC-6504 User Manual

Copyright

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The company has the right to revise the manual or include changes in the specifications of the product described within it at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.

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Packing List

Please check the content:

SBC-6504 single board computer

Utility CD (including user manual)

SATA Cable

RS232 DB9 & Printer Port DB25 Cable

Jumpers (yellow)

1 PC

1 PC

1 PC

1 PC

5 PCS

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Index

Chapter 1 Product Introduction................................................. 7

1.1 Product Overview.............................................................7

1.2 Product Specification ........................................................8

1.3 Mechanical Drawing........................................................10

Chapter 2 Hardware Installing ................................................ 11

2.1 Board Layout.................................................................11

2.2 Connector List ...............................................................12

2.3 Jumper List ...................................................................13

2.4 CPU Installation .............................................................14

2.5 Memory Installation .......................................................15

2.6 CMOS Setup..................................................................16

2.7 IDE Interface ................................................................17

2.8 Floppy Interface ............................................................18

2.9 SATA Interface ..............................................................19

2.10 Ethernet Interface ........................................................20

2.11 Display Interface..........................................................22

2.12 USB Port .....................................................................23

2.13 Serial Port...................................................................24

2.14 Power & Fan Connectors................................................26

2.15 Printer Port .................................................................28

2.16 SMBus Connector .........................................................30

2.17 Keyboard & Mouse Ports................................................31

2.18 Front Panel Connector...................................................32

Chapter 3 System Configuration.............................................. 33

3.1 I/O Port Address Map .....................................................33

3.2 Interrupt Controller ........................................................34

3.3 Watchdog Timer ............................................................35

3.4 SATA Raid Configuration..................................................37

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup.............................................................. 47

4.1 Entering Setup ..............................................................47

4.2 Control Keys .................................................................48

4.3 Getting Help..................................................................49

4.4 The Main Menu ..............................................................49

4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Menu............................................50

4.6 Advanced BIOS Features.................................................53

4.7 Advanced Chipset Features..............................................58

4.8 Integrated Peripherals ....................................................59

4.9 Power Management Setup...............................................65

4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup..........................................69

4.11 PC Health Status..........................................................72

4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control.............................................74

4.13 Load Optimized Defaults ...............................................75

4.14 Set Supervisor/User Password........................................76

4.15 Save & Exit Setup ........................................................77

4.16 Exit Without Saving ......................................................78

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Chapter 1 Product Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

The SBC-6504 PICMG 1.0 full-size Single Board Computer supports

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo, Intel® Celeron® 400 Series, Intel® Pentium® 4 processor in the LGA775 Land Grid Array package or Intel® Pentium® D processor (supports 775-Land package) at FSB 533/800 MT/s (133/200

MHz).

The board integrates chipsets Intel® 945GC and ICH7/7R (Optional) that deliver outstanding system performance through high-bandwidth interfaces, multiple I/O functions for interactive applications and various embedded computing solutions. There are two 240-pin unbuffered DIMM sockets for dual channel DDR2-400/533/667 MHz memory, maximum memory capacity up to 2GB.

It also features Gigabit/Fast Ethernet, four serial ATA channels for total four Serial ATA hard drives at maximum transfer rate up to 300MB/sec, and six USB 2.0 compliant interfaces.

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1.2 Product Specification

General Specification

Form Factor

PICMG 1.0 full-size single board computer

CPU

Front Side Bus 533/800 MT/s (133/200 MHz)

Memory

Chipset

Two 240-pin unbuffered DDR2 DIMM sockets

Maximum to 2GB DDR2 400/533/667 MHz

Intel® 945GC & ICH7/ICH7R

BIOS

Intel® Core 2 Duo, Celeron® 400 series ,

Pentium® 4 processor and Pentium® D processor

(supports 775-Land package)

Watchdog

Timer

Phoenix-Award BIOS

8Mbit FWH Flash, DMI, Plug and Play

1~255 seconds; up to 255 levels

Multiple I/O Ports

Chipset

Intel ICH7 integrated with Winbond W83627HG

Enhanced IDE

SATA

Serial Port

1 x 40-pin IDE supports ATA100 up to 2 devices

4 x SATA ports support 300MB/s transfer rate

Optional SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH7R

1 x RS232 & 1 x jumper selectable

RS232/422/485 serial ports

Hardware monitor

Floppy

System temperature, voltage, fan speed, auto throttling control when CPU overheat

1 x 34-pin FDD port, up to 2 devices

USB

Six USB ports with fuse protection and complies with USB Spec. Rev. 2.0

Keyboard/Mouse 1 x internal PS/2 keyboard & mouse port

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Display

Graphic

Engine

Intel 945GC integrated GMA (Graphic Media

Accelerator) 950

Frame Buffer

Up to 224MB shard with system memory

Display Type

VGA D-sub 15-pin output

Ethernet

Controller

Speed

Realtek RTL8111B Gigabit Ethernet Controllers

10/100/1000Mbps

Power & Environment

Power

Requirement

Standard ATX power from backplane

Dimension

338(L) x 122(H)mm

Temperature

Operating temperature: 0°C ~ 60°C

Humidity

0 ~ 90% relative humidity, no condensing

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1.3 Mechanical Drawing

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Chapter 2 Hardware Installing

2.1 Board Layout

LAN2

LAN1 VGA1

USB3/4

COM1

COM2

MS1

FDD1

SATA2

CN7 CN6 CN4

PRINT1

SATA4

USB2

KB1

SATA1

IDE1

USB1

SATA3

CN3

DDR1

DDR2

FAN2

CN2

CN1

FAN1

FAN3

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2.2 Connector List

Connector Description

CN1

SM BUS Connector

CN7

CN2

CN3

CN4

CN5

IDE1

FDD1

PRINT1

COM1

COM2

USB1

USB2

USB3/4

CN6

LAN1

LAN2

VGA1

DDR1/2

FAN1

FAN2

FAN3

KB1

MS1

SATA1~4

LAN2 Link/Active & Speed LED Connector

ATX 4 Pin 12V In

Front Panel Connector

ACPI Connector

PS/2 KB/MS Connector (Optional)

Parallel IDE Connector

Floppy Connector

Printer Port Connector

Serial Port1 Connector

Serial Port2 Connector

USB Port5/6 Connector



LAN1 Link/Active & Speed LED Connector

LAN1 Connector

LAN2 Connector

VGA Connector

DDRII Long-DIMM Sockets

System FAN Connector 1

CPU FAN Connector

System FAN Connector 2

Internal PS/2 Keyboard Connector

Internal PS/2 Mouse Connector

Serial ATA Port Connectors

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2.3 Jumper List

Jumper Default

JP1 COM2 Mode Select COM2 Pin 1: DCD

JP2

JP3

JP6

JP7

COM2 Pin 8: RI

COM2 Mode Select COM2 Pin 1: DCD

COM2 Pin 8: RI

COM2 Mode Select : RS-232

ATX Auto Power On/Off : Disable

Clear CMOS Setting : Normal

JP2

JP1

JP3

JP6

Setting

Short 3-5

Short 4-6

Short 3-5

Short 4-6

Short 1-2

Short 1-2

Short 1-2

JP7

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2.4 CPU Installation

The board supports Intel Desktop Processors as:

Socket Type

LGA775

Front Side Bus

533/800MHz

Generation

Intel® Core 2 Duo, Celeron® 400 series ,

Pentium® 4 processor and Pentium® D processor

Please follow the installation steps:

1. Lift this bar

Check point

2. Uncover this plate

3. Place the CPU on the top of the pins

4. Lock this bar

3. Cover this plate

Notice: Please place the CPU on the pins tenderly to avoid bending the pins

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2.5 Memory Installation

The board supports four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM memory sockets with maximum memory capacity up to 2GB.

Please follow steps below to install the memory modules:

Push down latches on each side of the DIMM socket.

Align the memory module with the socket that notches of memory module must match the socket keys for a correct installation.

Install the memory module into the socket and push it firmly down until it is fully seated. The socket latches are levered upwards and clipped on to the edges of the DIMM.

Install any remaining DIMM modules.

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2.6 CMOS Setup

The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values.

Jumper: JP7

Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper

JP7

1-2

2-3

Default setting

Mode

Normal Operation S

Clear CMO

1 3

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2.7 IDE Interface

IDE1 is a 40-pin IDE interface connector for standard 3.5” IDE device.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

2 GND

Pin Signal

4 Data 8

7 Data 5

10 Data 11

13 Data 2

16 Data 14

19 GND

22 GND

28 CSEL

31 Interrupt

34 PDIAG#

37 HDC CS0 #

5 Data 6

8 Data 10

11 Data 3

14 Data 13

17 Data 0

20 NC

26 GND

29 DACK#

32 NC

35 SA0

38 HDC CSI #

6 Data 9

9 Data 4

12 Data 12

15 Data 1

18 Data 15

21 DREG#

24 GND

27 IOCHRDY

30 GND

33 SA1

36 SA2

39 HDD Active #

1

40

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2.8 Floppy Interface

The board provides a 34-pin header type connector, FDD1, supporting up to two floppy drives. The floppy drives may be any one of the following types: 5.25"

360KB/1.2MB and 3.5" 720KB/1.44MB/2.88MB.

Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 GND

7 GND

2 Drive Density Select 3 GND

5 GND

8 Index# 9 GND

10 Motor enable A# 11 GND

13 GND 14 Drive select A#

16 No connector

19 GND

17 GND

20 STEP#

12 No connector

15 GND

18 Direction#

21 GND

22 Write data#

25 GND

23 GND

26 Track 0 #

28 Write protect# 29 No connector

31 GND 32 Head selection#

34 Disk change#

24 Write gate#

27 GND

30 Read data#

33 No connector

1

34

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2.9 SATA Interface

These SATA connectors are for high-speed SATA interface ports and they can be connected to hard disk devices.

Pin Signal

1 GND

2 SATA_TX+

3 SATA_TX-

4 GND

5 SATA_RX-

6 SATA_RX+

7 GND

1 7

19

6

7

8

4

5

2

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2.10 Ethernet Interface

The board is equipped with two high performance Plug and Play Ethernet interface fully compliant with the IEEE 802.3 standard. To connect the board to 10-Base-T,

100-Base-T or 1000 Base-T hub, just plug one end of cable to the Ethernet connector and connect the other end (phone jack) to a 10-Base-T, 100-Base-T or

1000 Base-T hub.

Pin

1

Signal

RJ-1(For 1000 base T-Only)


Rx- (Data reception negative)



Rx+(Data reception positive)

Tx- (Data transmission negative)

Tx+ (Data transmission positive)

B 100 LAN LED(Green)/

1000 LAN LED(Orange)

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LAN1/LAN2 Link/Active & Speed LED Connectors (CN6, CN7)

Pin Signal

1 Link/Active LED (+)

2 Link/Active LED (-)

3

Speed LED-10/100, Low

Active

4 + 3.3V

5 Speed LED-1000, Low Active

5

1

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2.11 Display Interface

The VGA connector VGA1 is a standard 15-pin connector commonly used for the

CRT VGA display.

Pin Signal

1 Red

2 Green

3 Blue

4 N.C

5 Ground

6 Ground

7 Ground

8 Ground(GND)

9 +5V

11 N.C

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2.12 USB Port

The 4-pin standard Universal Serial Bus (USB) port connector on the board is for the installation of peripherals supporting the USB interface.

Connector: USB1/2


5

7

1 +5V

3 USB D4-

USB D4+

Ground (GND)

9 NC

Connector: USB3/4

Pin Signal

6

8

2 +5V

4 USB D5-

USB D5+

Ground (GND)

4 GND

USB1/2

USB3/4

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2.13 Serial Port

The serial interface for the board consists of COM1 port (COM1) support for

RS-232 and COM2 (COM2) for RS-232/RS422/RS485.

Please refer to the RS-232 pin assignment as listed below:

Connector: COM1


1 Data Carrier Detect (DCD)

3 Receive Data (RXD)

5 Transmit Data (TXD)

2 Data Set Ready (DSR)

4 Request to Send (RTS)

6 Clear to Send (CTS)

7 Data Terminal Ready (DTR) 8 Ring Indicator (RI)

9 Ground (GND) 10 Ground (GND)

Connector: COM2

Pin #

Signal Name

RS-422 RS-485

1 TX- DATA-

2 No connector No connector

3 TX+ DATA+




9 GND GND

10 GND GND

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COM1

COM2

JP2

JP3

JP1

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2.14 Power & Fan Connectors

Connect the power cable to CN2 for +12V ATX power supply

Pin Signal

1 GND

2 GND

3 +12V

4 +12V

CN4 is a 6-pin header connector that provides ACPI interface.

Pin Signal

1 EXTSMI

2 GND

4 GND

5 PSON

6 +5VSB

5

CN4

1

CN2

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You can connect the system cooling fan cable to FAN1, FAN3

Pin Signal

1 Ground

2 +12V

3 Sensor

You can connect the CPU cooling fan cable to FAN2. It is for CPU cooling fan power.

Pin Signal

1 GND

2 +12V

3 Sensor

4 NC

FAN1

1

FAN3

1

FAN2

1

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2.15 Printer Port

This board has a multi-mode parallel port to support:

1. Standard Mode:

IBM PC/XT, PC/AT and PS/2™ are compatible with bi-directional parallel port.

2. Enhanced Mode:

Enhance parallel port (EPP) is compatible with EPP 1.7 and EPP 1.9 (IEEE 1284 compliant).

3. High Speed Mode:

Microsoft and Hewlett Packard extended capabilities port (ECP) is IEEE 1284 compliant.


1 Strobe# 2 Auto Form Feed#

4 Error#

6 Initialize#

8 Printer Select In# 7 Data 2

11 Data 4

13 Data 5

15 Data 6

17 Data 7

10 GND

12 GND

14 GND

16 GND

18 GND

19 Acknowledge# 20 GND

21 Busy 22 GND

23 Paper Empty# 24 GND

25 Printer Select 26 GND

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1

29


2.16 SMBus Connector

This connector CN1 is for SMBUS interface support.

Pin Signal

1 SMBUS_CLOCK

2 NC

3 GND

4 SMBUS_DATA

5 +5V

1

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2.17 Keyboard & Mouse Ports

The board provides the Keyboard (KB1)/ Mouse (MS1) interface with a 5-pin connector.

KB1 MS1

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2.18 Front Panel Connector

Power LED

This 3-pin connector named as Pin 1, 3 and Pin 5 connect the system power LED indicator to such a switch on the case. Pin 1 is assigned as +, and Pin 3, Pin 5 as

-. The Power LED lights up when the system is powered ON.

External Speaker and Internal Buzzer Connector

Pin 2, 4, 6 and 8 can be connected to the case-mounted speaker unit or internal buzzer. While connecting the CPU card to an internal buzzer, please short pins 2-4; while connecting to an external speaker, you need to set pins 2-4 to Open and connect the speaker cable to pin 8 (+) and pin 6 (-).

ATX Power On/Off Button

This 2-pin connector named as Pin 9 and 10 connect the front panel’s ATX power button to the CPU card, which allows users to control ATX power supply to be power on/off.

System Reset Switch

Pin 11 and 12 can be connected to the case-mounted reset switch that reboots your computer, not turns OFF the power switch. It is a better way to reboot your system for a longer life of the system’s power supply.

HDD Activity LED

This connection is linked to hard drive activity LED on the control panel. LED flashes when HDD is being accessed. Pin 13 and 14 connect the hard disk drive to the front panel HDD LED, Pin 13 assigned as -, and Pin 14 as +.

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Chapter 3 System Configuration

3.1 I/O Port Address Map

The Intel

®

Core™ 2 Duo Processor, Intel

®

Pentium

®

D Processor, Intel

®

Celeron

®

Processor can communicate via I/O ports. There are total 1KB port addresses available for assignment to other devices via I/O expansion cards.

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3.2 Interrupt Controller

The board is a 100% PC compatible control board. It consists of 16 interrupt request lines, and four out of them can be programmable. The mapping list of the

16 interrupt request lines is shown as the following table.

IRQ Parity check error

IRQ1

IRQ2

IRQ3

IRQ4

IRQ6

Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2

Keyboard

Interrupt rerouting from IRQ8 through IRQ15

Serial port #2

Serial port #1

Standard floppy disk controller

IRQ8

IRQ9

IRQ12

IRQ13

System CMOS/real time clock

Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System

PS/2 Compatible Mouse

Numeric data processor

IRQ15 Secondary IDE channel

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3.3 Watchdog Timer

Watchdog Timer Setting

After the system stops working for a while, it can be auto-reset by the Watchdog

Timer. The integrated Watchdog Timer can be set up in the system reset mode by program.

Programming Guide

Start

↓

Un-Lock WDT:

↓

Select Logic device:

O 2E 87 ; Un-lock super I/O

O 2E 87 ; Un-lock super I/O

↓

Activate WDT:

O 2E 07

O 2F 08

O 2E 30

↓

O 2F 01

Set Second or Minute:

O 2E F5

O 2F N N=00 or 08 (Note#)

↓

Set base timer:

↓

O 2E F6

O 2F M=00, 01, 02,…FF(Hex) ,Value=0 to 255

WDT counting re-set timer:

O 2E F6

O 2F M; M=00, 01, 02,…FF

; IF to disable WDT:

O 2E 30

O 2F 00; Can be disable at any time

z

Timeout Value Range

1 to 255

Minute / Second

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z

Program Sample

2E, 87

2E, 87

2E, 07

2F, 08

2E, 30

2F, 01

2E, F5

2F, N

2E, F6

2F, M

Logical Device 8

Activate

Set Minute or Second

N=08 (Min),00(Sec)

Set Value

M = 00 ~ FF

Note#:

N=00

M= 00h: Time-out Disable

01h: Time-out occurs after 1 second



……………………….......................................

FFh: Time-out occurs after 255 second

N=08

M= 00h: Time-out Disable

01h: Time-out occurs after 1 minute

02h: Time-out occurs after 2 minutes

03h: Time-out occurs after 3 minutes

……………………….......................................

FFh: Time-out occurs after 255 minutes

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3.4 SATA Raid Configuration

Configuring SATA Hard Drive(s) for RAID Function (Controller: Intel®

ICH7R only)

Please follow up the steps below to configure SATA hard drive(s):

(1) Install SATA hard drive(s) in your system.

(2) Enter the BIOS Setup to configure SATA controller mode and boot sequence.

(3) Configure RAID by the RAID BIOS.

(4) Create a floppy disk for the SATA controller driver.

(5) Install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation.

Before you begin the SATA configuration, please prepare:

(a) Two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use two hard drives with identical model and capacity).

(b) An empty formatted floppy disk

(c) Windows XP setup disk

(1) Installing SATA hard drive(s) in your system

Connect one end of the SATA signal cable to the rear of the SATA hard drive, and the other end to available SATA port(s) on the board. Then, connect the power connector of power supply to the hard drive.

(2) Configuring SATA controller mode and boot sequence by the BIOS

Setup

You have to make sure whether the SATA controller is configured correctly by system BIOS Setup and set up BIOS boot sequence for the SATA hard drive(s).

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1. Turn on your system and press the Del button to enter BIOS Setup during running POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, just select

RAID for SATA Mode (default IDE) under the Integrated Peripherals menu.

2. Turn on your system and press the Del button to enter BIOS Setup during running POST (Power-On Self Test). If you want to create RAID, just select

RAID for SATA Mode (default IDE) under the Integrated Peripherals menu.

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3. Set CDROM for First Boot Device under the Advanced BIOS Features menu to boot CD-ROM after system restarts

4. Save and exit the BIOS Setup.

5. Configuring RAID by the RAID BIOS

Enter the RAID BIOS setup utility to configure a RAID array.

After the POST memory testing and before the operating system booting, a message "Press <Ctrl-I> to enter Configuration Utility" shows up, accordingly, press <CTRL+ I> to enter the RAID BIOS setup utility.

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After you press <CTRL+ I>, the Create RAID Volume screen will appear. If you want to create a RAID array, select the Create RAID Volume option in the Main

Menu and press ENTER.

After entering the CREAT VOLUME MENU screen, you can type the disk array name with 1~16 letters (letters cannot be special characters) in the item “Name”.

When finished, press ENTER to select a RAID level. There are two RAID levels,

RAID0 and RAID1. Select a RAID level and press ENTER.

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Set the stripe block size. The KB is the standard unit of stripe block size. The stripe block size can be 4KB to 128KB. After the setting, press ENTER for the array capacity.

After setting all the items on the menu, select Create Volume and press ENTER

(as Figure 7) to start creating the RAID array.

When prompting the confirmation, press “Y“ to create this volume, or “N“ to cancel the creation.

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After the creation is completed, you can see detailed information about the RAID

Array in the DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION section, including RAID mode, disk block size, disk name, and disk capacity, etc.

Delete RAID Volume

If you want to delete a RAID volume, select the Delete RAID Volume option in

Main Menu. Press ENTER and follow on-screen instructions.

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Please press [ESC] to exit the ICH7MR RAID BIOS utility.

Now, you can proceed to install a SATA controller and the operating system.

Making a SATA Driver Disk

To install the operating system onto a serial ATA hard disk successfully, you need to install the SATA controller driver during the OS installation. Without the driver, the hard disk may not be recognized during the Windows setup process. First of all, please format a blank floppy disk. Secondly, follow up these steps below to produce a SATA driver disk.

Users can insert the Driver CD and the formatted blank floppy disk in another system. And then, please execute the f6flpy32.exe file in the folder of the Driver

CD.

Note Please execute the f6flpy64.exe file, if installing 64-bit Windows

Operating System.

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When this screen pops out, please click the “CONFIRM” button.

When the Driver is written to the floppy disk, the SATA driver disk is completed.

Installing the SATA controller driver during the OS installation

Now, the SATA driver disk is ready, and BIOS settings configured, you can proceed to install Windows XP onto your SATA hard drive using the SATA driver.

Here is an example for Windows XP installation.

Restart your system to boot the Windows XP Setup disk, and press F6 button as soon as you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or

RAID driver" (as Figure 11). After pressing the F6 button, there will be a few moments for some files being loaded before next screen appears.

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When you see the screen below, insert the floppy disk containing the SATA driver and press “S”.

If the Setup correctly recognizes the driver of the floppy disk, a controller menu

(as Figure 13) will appear below. Use the ARROW keys to select Intel(R)

82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH7R/DH) and press

ENTER. Then it will begin to load the SATA driver from the floppy disk.

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Note If a message on the screen saying that one or some file(s) cannot be found, please check the floppy disk or copy the correct SATA driver again from the driver CD.

When the screen appears as below, press ENTER to continue installing the SATA driver through the floppy disk. It will take about one minute to finish the driver installation.

After the SATA controller driver installation is completed, you can proceed to install the Windows XP

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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

The Phoenix-Award BIOS provides users with a built-in Setup program to modify basic system configuration. All configured parameters are stored in a battery-backed-up RAM (CMOS RAM) to save the Setup information whenever the power is turned off.

4.1 Entering Setup

There are two ways to enter the Setup program. You may either turn ON the computer and press <Del> immediately, or press the <Del> and/or <Ctrl>,

<Alt>, and <Esc> keys simultaneously when the following message appears at the bottom of the screen during POST (Power on Self Test).

TO ENTER SETUP PRESS DEL KEY

If the message disappears before you respond and you still want to enter Setup, please restart the system to try it again. Turning the system power OFF and ON, pressing the “RESET” button on the system case or simultaneously pressing

<Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Del> keys can restart the system. If you do not press keys at the right time and the system doesn’t boot, an error message will pop out to prompt you the following information:

PRESS <F1> TO CONTINUE, <CTRL-ALT-ESC> OR <DEL> TO ENTER

SETUP

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4.2 Control Keys

Up arrow

Move cursor to the previous item

Down arrow

Move cursor to the next item

Left arrow

Move cursor to the item on the left hand

Right arrow

Move to the item in the right hand

Esc key

Main Menu -- Quit and delete changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup

Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main

Menu

PgUp/“+” key

Increase the numeric value or make changes

PgDn/“−“ key

Decrease the numeric value or make changes

F1 key

General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu

(Shift) F2 key

F3 key

Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward, (Shift) F2 to select color backward

Reserved

F4 key

Reserved

F5 key

F6 key

F7 key

Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu

Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu

Load the Setup default, only for Option Page

Setup Menu

F8 key

Reserved

F9 key

Reserved

F10 key

Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu

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4.3 Getting Help

z

Main Menu

The online description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. z

Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu

Press <F1> to pop out a small Help window that provides the description of using appropriate keys and possible selections for highlighted items. Press

<F1> or <Esc> to exit the Help Window.

4.4 The Main Menu

Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu appears on the screen. In the Main Menu, there are several Setup functions and a couple of

Exit options for your selection. Use arrow keys to select the Setup Page you intend to configure then press <Enter> to accept or enter its sub-menu.

NOTE If your computer can not boot after making and saving system changes with

Setup, the Award BIOS will reset your system to the CMOS default settings via its built-in

override feature.

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4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

The Standard CMOS Setup Menu displays basic information about your system.

Use arrow keys to highlight each item, and use <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the value you want in each item. z

Date

The date format is <day>, <date> <month> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar.

day date

It is determined by the BIOS and read only, from

Sunday to Saturday.

It can be keyed with the numerical/ function key, from 1 to 31.

month

It is from January to December.

year

It shows the current year of BIOS.

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z

Time

This item shows current time of your system with the format <hour> <minute>

<second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. z

IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave

These items identify the types of each IDE channel installed in the computer.

There are 45 predefined types (Type 1 to Type 45) and 2 user’s definable types (Type User) for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Press <PgUp>/<+> or

<PgDn>/<−> to select a numbered hard disk type, or directly type the number and press <Enter>. Please be noted your drive’s specifications must match the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information. If your hard disk drive type does not match or is not listed, you can use Type User to manually define your own drive type.

If selecting Type User, you will be asked to enter related information in the following items. Directly key in the information and press <Enter>. This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

If the HDD interface controller supports ESDI, select “Type 1”.

If the HDD interface controller supports SCSI, select “None”.

If the HDD interface controller supports CD-ROM, select “None”.

CYLS.

HEADS

number of cylinders

LANDZONE

landing zone number of heads

SECTORS

number of sectors

PRECOMP

write precom

MODE

HDD access mode

If there is no hard disk drive installed, select NONE and press <Enter>.

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z z

Drive A

Select the type of floppy drive installed in your system, and the default is

“None”.

Halt On

This item determines whether the system will halt or not, if an error is detected while powering up.

No errors

All errors

All, But d

The system booting will halt on any errors d (d f l ) ll d ll b d

The system booting will not stop for a keyboard f h f h

i k/

d k ll

Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page. f h

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4.6 Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure and improve your system, to set up some system features according to your preference. z

CPU Feature

Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the CPU Feature sub menu.

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Delay prior to Thermal

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This filed is used to select the time that would force the CPU to a 50% duty cycle when it exceeds its maximum operating temperature therefore protecting the CPU and the system board from overheating to ensure a safe computing environment.

Thermal Management

Thermal Monitor 1 On-die throttling

Thermal Monitor 2 Ratio and VID transition

Limit CPUID MaxVal

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The CPUID instruction if some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3. The default is “Disabled“, because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems. If you are using an operating system other than Windows, this problem may occur. To avoid this problem, you can enable this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than 3.

C1E Function

The Intel

®

CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function is a CPU power-saving function in system halt state. When enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during system halt state to decrease power consumption.

Execute Disable Bit

Use this item to enable the hardware-based security feature that reduces exposure to viruses and malicious-code attacks.

Virtualization Technology

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Wnen this feature is enabled, the computer system can operate as multiple "virtual" systems.

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page.

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z

Hard Disk Boot Priority

Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu to decide the disk boot priority.

Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features page. z

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

These two options speed up memory access. However, it depends on the

CPU/chipset design. The default setting is “Enabled”. CPUs without built-in internal cache will not provide the “CPU Internal Cache” item on the menu.

Enabled

Enable cache

Disabled

Disable cache z

Quick Power On Self Test

This option speeds up Power on Self Test (POST) after you turn on the system power. If set as Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

The default setting is “Enabled”.

Enabled

Enable Quick POST

Disabled

Normal POST

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z

First/Second/Third Boot Device

These items let you select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd devices that the system will search for during its boot-up sequence. There is a wide range of options for your selection. z

Boot Other Device

This item allows the user to enable/disable the boot device not listed on the

First/Second/Third boot devices option above. The default setting is “Enabled”. z

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive type, 40 or 80 tracks. The

360Kb type is 40 tracks while 720Kb, 1.2MB and 1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default value is “Enabled”.

Enabled

Disabled

BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks. Please be noted BIOS can not differentiate 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive types as they all are 80 tracks.

BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. There will be no warning message displayed if the installed drive is 360K. z

Boot Up NumLock Status

Set the the Num Lock status when the system is powered on.

The default value is “On”. z

Security Option

This item allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is “Setup”.

System

Setup

If a wrong password is entered at the prompt, the system will not boot, the access to Setup will be denied, either.

If a wrong password is entered at the prompt, the system will boot, but the access to Setup will be denied.

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NOTE To disable the security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and

then you will be asked to enter a password. Do not type anything, just press

<Enter> and it will disable the security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

z

APIC Mode

Use this item to enable or disable APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt

Controller) mode that provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems. z

MPS Version Control For OS

This item specifies the version of the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS). Version

1.4 has extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and provide future expandability. z

OS Select for DRAM >64MB

This item allows you to access the memory over 64MB in OS/2. z

Report No FDD For WIN 95

Select Yes to release an IRQ when the system doesn’t have any floppy drive, for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification. In the Integrated Peripherals screen, select Disabled for the Onboard FDC Controller field.

Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page.

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4.7 Advanced Chipset Features

This section contains completely optimized chipset’s features on the board that you are strongly recommended to leave all items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware. z

PCI-E Compliancy Mode

This item allows users to set the version of the PCI Express based on the specification by which the motherboard has to comply.

*** VGA Setting ***

z

On-Chip Frame Buffer Size

Use this item to set the VGA frame buffer size. z

DVMT Mode

DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) helps you select the video mode. z

DVMT/Fixed Memory Size

DVMT (Dynamic Video Memory Technology) allows you to select a maximum size of dynamic amount usage of the video memory. The system would configure the video memory dependent on your application.


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4.8 Integrated Peripherals

This section allows you to configure your OnChip IDE Device, Onboard Device and

SuperIO Device. z

OnChip IDE Device

Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu OnChip IDE Device.

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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

¾ mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support.

IDE DMA transfer access

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Automatic data transfer between system memory and IDE device with minimum CPU intervention. This improves data throughput and frees

CPU to perform other tasks.

On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE

The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. The default value is “Enabled”.

NOTE Choosing Disabled for these options will automatically remove the IDE

Primary Master/ Slave PIO and/or IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO items on the menu.

¾

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO

¾ mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 to 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Select the mode of operation for the IDE drive. Ultra

DMA-33/66/100/133 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver.

If the hard drive and system software both support Ultra

DMA-33/66/100/133, select Auto to enable UDMA mode by BIOS.

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*** On-Chip Serial ATA Setting ***

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SATA Mode

¾

¾

¾

There are these options for you to set up SATA mode: IDE or RAID.

On-Chip Serial ATA

Use this item to enable or disable the built-in on-chip serial ATA.

SATA PORT Speed Settings

Use this item to select SATA I or SATA II device support forcedly.

PATA IDE Mode

¾

Use this item to set the PATA IDE mode. When the PATA IDE mode is set for Primary, P1 and P3 are Secondary; on the other hand, when set for Secondary, P0 and P2 are Primary.

SATA Port

When the “PATA IDE Mode“ is Primary, SATA Port will be ” P1, P3 is

Secondary” that means SATA 2 and SATA 4 are Secondary; when

Secondary, it will be “P0, P2 is Primary “, SATA 1 and SATA 3 are

Primary.

Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page.

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z

Onboard Device

Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Onboard Device.

¾

USB Controller

¾

Enable this item if you are using the USB in the system. You should disable this item if a higher-level controller is added.

USB 2.0 Controller

Enable this item if you are using the EHCI (USB2.0) controller in the system.

USB Keyboard Support

¾

Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page.

Enable this item if the system has a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller, and you have a USB keyboard.

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z

Super IO Device

Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the sub menu Super IO Device.

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¾

¾

¾

¾

Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled, if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it. If you install and-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. Options: “Enabled” and “Disabled”.

Onboard Serial Port 1/2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port.

Parallel Port Mode

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select

Normal unless your hardware and software require another mode in this field. There are several options for your selection, “EPP1.9”, “ECP”,

“SPP”, “ECPEPP1.7”, “EPP1.7”, etc.

EPP Mode Select

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port while using the ECP mode.

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¾

PWRON After PWR-Fail

This item enables your computer to automatically restart or return to its operating status.

Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals page. z

Onboard Lan Boot ROM

Use this item to enable or disable the Boot ROM function of the onboard LAN chip when the system boots up.

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4.9 Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video display after a period of inactivity. z

ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power

Management (ACPI). The function is always “Enabled”.

ACPI Suspend Type

This item specifies the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your operating system supports ACPI, such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this field. Options are:

[S1(POS)] The S1 sleep mode is a low power state. In this state, no system context is lost (CPU or chipset) and hardware maintains all system context.

[S3(STR)] The S3 sleep mode is a lower power state where the information of

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system configuration and open applications/files is saved to main memory that remains powered while most other hardware components turn off to save energy. The information stored in memory will be used to restore the system when a “wake up” event occurs. z

Power Management

This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze,

Standby, and Suspend modes. The table below describes each power management mode:

Max Saving

User Define

It is maximum power savings, only available for

SL CPUs. The inactivity period is 1 minute in each mode.

It sets each mode. Select time-out periods in the

PM Timers section.

Min Saving

It is minimum power savings. The inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode (except the hard drive). z

Video Off Method

This setting determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank

Turns OFF vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer

DPMS

Select this option if your monitor supports the Display

Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the

Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values.

System only writes blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen

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z

Video Off In Suspend

This item defines if the video is powered down when the system is put into suspend mode. z

Suspend Type

If this item is set to the default Stop Grant, the CPU will go into Idle Mode during power saving mode. z

Suspend Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU shut off. The default value is “Disabled”.

Disabled

System will never enter SUSPEND mode

1/2/4/6/8/10

/20/30/40

Min/1 Hr

Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering SUSPEND mode.

If any item defined in (J) is enabled & active, SUSPEND timer will be reloaded z

HDD Power Down

If HDD activity is not detected for the length of time specified in this field, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. z

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN

This option only works with systems using an ATX power supply. It also allows the user to define which type of soft power OFF sequence the system will follow. The default value is “Instant-Off”.

Instant-Off

This option follows the conventional manner systems perform when power is turned OFF. Instant-Off is a soft power OFF sequence requiring only the switching of the power supply button to OFF

Upon turning OFF system from the power switch, this option

Delay 4 Sec.

will delay the complete system power OFF sequence by approximately 4 seconds. Within this delay period, system will

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temporarily enter into Suspend Mode enabling you to restart the system at once. z

Power On by Ring

This option allows the system to resume or wake up upon detecting any ring signals coming from an installed modem. The default value is “Enabled”. z

Resume by Alarm

If enable this item, the system can automatically resume after a fixed time in accordance with the system’s RTC (realtime clock). z

Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1

Use this item to configure the IDE devices monitored by the system. z

FDD, COM, LPT Port

Use this item to configure the FDD, COM and LPT ports monitored by the system.


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4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

This section describes the configuration of PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) bus system, which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds close to the CPU speed while communicating with other important components. This section covers very technical items that only experienced users could change default settings. z

PNP OS Installed

Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play aware (e.g.,

Windows 95). The default value is “No”. z

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide whether PCI Slot or Onboard to be the first primary display card. z

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this item Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System

Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup or if installing a new add-on cause the system reconfiguration a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot. Options: Enabled, Disabled.

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z

Resources Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all boot and Plug and

Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all interrupt request (IRQ), DMA assignment, and Used DMA fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. The default value is “Auto (ESCD)”. z

IRQ Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt to one of the following types in accordance with the type of devices using the interrupt:

1. Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1).

2. PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

The default value is “PCI/ISA PnP”. z

DMA Resources

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt:

Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a specific DMA channel.

PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

The default value is “PCI/ISA PnP”. z

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly. This item allows you to set whether MPEG ISA/VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI/VGA or not. When enabled, a PCI/VGA can work with a MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card; when disabled, a PCI/VGA cannot work with a MPEG ISA/VESA Card.

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** PCI Express relative items **

z

Maximum Payload Size

When using DDR SDRAM and Buffer size selection, another consideration in designing a payload memory is the size of the buffer for data storage. Maximum

Payload Size defines the maximum TLP (Transaction Layer Packet) data payload size for the device.

Press <Esc> to return to the Main Menu page.

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4.11 PC Health Status

This section supports hardware monitoring that lets you monitor those parameters for critical voltages, temperatures and fan speed of the board. z

Current GMCH Temperature

The current GMCH temperature will be automatically detected by the system. z

Current CPU Temperature

These read-only fields show the functions of the hardware thermal sensor by CPU thermal diode that monitors the chip blocks to ensure a stable system. z

Current SYS Temperature

Show you the current system temperature. z

Current CPU FAN Speed

These optional and read-only items show current speeds in RPM (Revolution Per

Minute) for the CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring

IC. z

Current SYSTEM FAN1 Speed

Show you the current system fan1 speed.

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z

Current SYSTEM FAN2 Speed

Show you the current system fan2 speed. z

Vcore +3.3V/+5V/+12V/VBAT(V)/5VSB

It shows the voltage of +3.3V/+5V/+12V.


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4.12 Frequency/Voltage Control

This section is to control the CPU frequency and Supply Voltage, DIMM

OverVoltage and AGP voltage. z

Auto Detect PCI Clk

The enabled item can automatically disable the clock source for a PCI slot without a module, to reduce EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference). z

Spread Spectrum

If spread spectrum is enabled, EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) generated by the system can be significantly reduced.


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4.13 Load Optimized Defaults

This option allows you to load your system configuration with default values.

These default settings are optimized to enable high performance features.

To load CMOS SRAM with SETUP default values, please enter “Y”. If not, please enter “N”.

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4.14 Set Supervisor/User Password

You can set a supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are:

1. Supervisor password: You can enter and change the options on the setup menu.

2. User password: You can just enter, but have no right to change the options on the setup menu.

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD

Type a maximum eight-character password, and press <Enter>. This typed password will clear previously entered password from the CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm this password. Type this password again and press <Enter>.

You may also press <Esc> to abort this selection and not enter a password.

To disable the password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter a password. A message will confirm the password is getting disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED

When a password is enabled, you have to type it every time you enter the Setup.

It prevents any unauthorized persons from changing your system configuration.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time the system reboots. This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.

You decide when the password is required for the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is set to “System”, the password is required during booting up and entry into the Setup; if it is set as “Setup”, a prompt will only appear before entering the Setup.

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4.15 Save & Exit Setup

This section allows you to determine whether or not to accept your modifications.

Type “Y” to quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory.

Type “N” to bring you back to the Setup utility.

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4.16 Exit Without Saving

Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving changes you have made in this session. Type “Y”, and it will quit the Setup utility without saving your modifications. Type “N” to return to the Setup utility.

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Packing List

Index

Chapter 1 Product Introduction................................................. 7

Chapter 2 Hardware Installing ................................................ 11

Chapter 3 System Configuration.............................................. 33

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup.............................................................. 47

Chapter 1 Product Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

1.2 Product Specification

General Specification

Form Factor

CPU

Front Side Bus 533/800 MT/s (133/200 MHz)

Memory

Chipset

BIOS

Watchdog

Timer

Multiple I/O Ports

Chipset

Enhanced IDE

SATA

Serial Port

Hardware monitor

Floppy

USB

Keyboard/Mouse 1 x internal PS/2 keyboard & mouse port

Display

Graphic

Engine

Frame Buffer

Display Type

Ethernet

Controller

Speed

Power & Environment

Power

Requirement

Dimension

Temperature

Humidity

1.3 Mechanical Drawing

Chapter 2 Hardware Installing

2.1 Board Layout

2.2 Connector List

Connector Description

2.3 Jumper List

Jumper Default

Setting

2.4 CPU Installation

Socket Type

Front Side Bus

Generation

2.5 Memory Installation

2.6 CMOS Setup

JP7

Mode

2.7 IDE Interface

Pin Signal Pin Signal

Pin Signal

2.8 Floppy Interface

Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal

2.9 SATA Interface

Pin Signal

2.10 Ethernet Interface

Pin

Signal

Pin Signal

2.11 Display Interface

Pin Signal

2.12 USB Port

Pin Signal Pin Signal

Pin Signal