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DOC No.: M01301
Rev.
: A0
Date
: 7, 2001
Part No. : 25-11618-00

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Summary of Contents for eMachines VC31

  • Page 1 DOC No.: M01301 Rev. : A0 Date : 7, 2001 Part No. : 25-11618-00...
  • Page 2 Notice Handling Precautions Warning: 1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body. 2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents Quick Reference (German) Quick Reference (French) Quick Reference (Spanish) Quick Reference (Japanese) Quick Reference (Chinese) Quick Reference (Simplified Chinese) |||||||||||||SC-1 Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Installation Procedures...
  • Page 4 VC31 Mainboard Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup...
  • Page 5 The 1stMainboard VC31 comes with a versatile range of I/O features such as 2 serial ports, 1 parallel port, 1 LAN jack (optional), 1 PS/2 mouse and keyboard connector, 4 USB connectors, 1 media connector (front audio, Line-in, Line- out and Mic-in, game/MIDI port).
  • Page 6 VC31 Mainboard Manual Package Checklist If you discover any item below was damaged or lost, please contact your vendor. The mainboard This user manual One FDD cable One HDD cable One ATA/100 cable Two software CDs (CD Pro, CD Plus)
  • Page 7 Overview Main Features Easy Installation ||BIOS with support for Plug and Play, auto detection of IDE hard drives, ||LS-120|drives, IDE ZIP drives, Windows 95, Windows 98/SE, Windows ||ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, |and OS/2. Leading Edge Chipset Intel 845 provides integrated DRAM controllers with new Dynamic Power Management Architecture (DPMA), concurrent PCI , AGP compliant and USB.
  • Page 8 VC31 Mainboard Manual LAN Support (optional) Onboard (optional) LAN controller with one optional jack integrated with other rear panel I/O connectors pvovides users with a convenient connection with network environment. Integrated Audio Subsystem Embedded audio features in the ICH2 with an integrated PCI audio con- troller, DOS games compatible engine.
  • Page 9 Overview FIC Unique Innovation for Users (NOVUS) - Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support LogoGenie A user friendly GUI supporting Windows 95/98/98SE (not Windows 2000/ NT/ME), LogoGenie allows you to customize, create or select a Logo which will be displayed when the system is booting. NOTE: 1.
  • Page 10 VC31 Mainboard Manual NOTE: However, if it is disabled and while boot the system, the POST screen will be held and shows you the message to let you know the current status of BIOS Guardian. To press G key will en- able the BIOS Guardian again;...
  • Page 11 Installation Procedures Chapter 2 Installation Procedures WARNING: Excessive torque may damage the mainboard. When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard, make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5.0 ~ 8.0kg/cm. Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips.
  • Page 12 VC31 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4) Mainboard Layout 2 - 2...
  • Page 13 Installation Procedures Clear CMOS, Clear Password, FSB Speed Select Front Panel Block Cable Connection 2 - 3...
  • Page 14 VC31 Mainboard Manual CPU Fan Installation 1). Set System Jumpers/Switches NOTE: Users are not encouraged to change the jumper settings not listed in this manual. Changing the jumper settings improperly may adversely affect system performance. 2 - 4...
  • Page 15 Installation Procedures 2 - 5...
  • Page 16 VC31 Mainboard Manual 2). Install Memory Modules 2 - 6...
  • Page 17 Installation Procedures 3). Install the CPU 2 - 7...
  • Page 18 VC31 Mainboard Manual 4). Install Expansion Cards CAUTION: Make sure to unplug the power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the mainboard and expansioncards. Always observe static electricity precautions.
  • Page 19 Installation Procedures 5). Connect Devices 2 - 9...
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  • Page 27 BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility 3 - 1...
  • Page 28 VC31 Mainboard Manual Standard CMOS Setup Date Time 3 - 2...
  • Page 29 BIOS Setup Hard Disks Hard Disk Configurations Drive A / Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On 3 - 3...
  • Page 30 VC31 Mainboard Manual Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU L1 & L2 Cache Quick Power On Self Test Hard Disk Boot Priority First/Second/Third Boot Device 3 - 4...
  • Page 31 BIOS Setup Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) 3 - 5...
  • Page 32 VC31 Mainboard Manual Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 BIOS Guardian NOTE: Please disable this BIOS feature about BIOS Guardian before you start to reflash BIOS.
  • Page 33 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay DRAM RAS# Precharge Time 3 - 7...
  • Page 34 VC31 Mainboard Manual DRAM Data Integrity Mode Memory Frequency For Dram Read Thermal Mgmt System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M 3 - 8...
  • Page 35 BIOS Setup Delayed Transaction AGP Graphics Aperature Size (MB) Delay Prior to Thermal Integrated Peripherals 3 - 9...
  • Page 36 VC31 Mainboard Manual On-Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO 3 - 10...
  • Page 37 BIOS Setup IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support AC97 Audio AC97 Modem Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode 3 - 11...
  • Page 38 VC31 Mainboard Manual POWER ON Function Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode 3 - 12...
  • Page 39 BIOS Setup RxD , TxD Polarity Active Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address 3 - 13...
  • Page 40 VC31 Mainboard Manual Midi Port IRQ Power Management Setup ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Power Management 3 - 14...
  • Page 41 BIOS Setup Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down 3 - 15...
  • Page 42 VC31 Mainboard Manual Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN PWRON After PWR-Fail CPU Thermal-Throttling Wake-Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Wake Up On LAN Resume by Alarm Date (of Month) 3 - 16...
  • Page 43 BIOS Setup Timer (hh:mm:ss) Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD, COM, LPT Port PCI PIRQ[A-D]# 3 - 17...
  • Page 44 VC31 Mainboard Manual PnP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 3 - 18...
  • Page 45 BIOS Setup INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature CPU Temperature / System Temperature / Vcore (Fom VID) / Vccp / +3.3V / +5V / +12V / HVcc / +1.5V / +1.8V / Current CPU FAN Speed / Current System FAN Speed 3 - 19...
  • Page 46 VC31 Mainboard Manual Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk Spread Spectrum Modulated 3 - 20...
  • Page 47 BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Supervisor/User Password 3 - 21...
  • Page 48 VC31 Mainboard Manual Save and Exit Setup Exit without Saving 3 - 22...
  • Page 49 Quick Reference Quick Reference WARNING: Excessive torque may damage the mainboard. When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard, make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5.0 ~ 8.0kg/cm. Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips.
  • Page 50 VC31 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference Mainboard Layout 6 - 2...
  • Page 51 Quick Reference Clear CMOS, Clear Password, FSB Speed Select Front Panel Block Cable Connection 6 - 3...
  • Page 52 VC31 Mainboard Manual CPU Fan Installation 6 - 4...