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AX64 ......................1 What’s in this manual........................2 Before You Start .......................... 9 Quick Installation Procedure ...................... 10 Motherboard Map ........................11 Block Diagram ........................... 12 Hardware....................13 JP14 Clear CMOS ........................14 CPU Slot............................ 15 CPU and Housing Fan Connector....................16 CPU Jumper-less Design......................
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ATX Power Connector........................ 28 AC Power Auto Recovery ......................29 IDE and Floppy Connector......................30 IrDA Connector .......................... 33 WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) ..................34 WOL (Wake on LAN) ......................... 37 4X AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ................... 39 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ......................
Hardware Monitoring........................50 Resettable Fuse......................... 51 Year 2000 (Y2K) ........................52 Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall)....................55 Driver and Utility ..................56 Autorun Menu from Bonus CD Disc ................... 57 Installing Windows 95 ........................ 58 Installing Windows 98 ........................ 59 Installing Windows 98 SE & Windows2000 ................60 Installing VIA 4 in 1 Driver......................
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Change Language ........................75 Standard CMOS Setup ......................76 BIOS Features Setup......................... 82 Chipset Features Setup ......................92 Power Management Setup....................... 101 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ....................109 Load Setup Defaults ........................ 117 Load Turbo Defaults......................... 118 Integrated Peripherals......................119 Password Setting........................131 IDE HDD Auto Detection......................
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AC97 ............................142 ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface) ..............142 AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ....................143 AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ...................... 143 AOpen Bonus Pack CD ......................143 APM............................143 ATA/66 ............................. 144 ATA/100 ........................... 144 BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)................... 144 Bus Master IDE (DMA mode)....................
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DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module)..................145 ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ..................145 EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory ..................146 EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) .............. 146 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ................. 146 FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity) ..................146 FC-PGA...........................
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PnP (Plug and Play)......................... 149 POST (Power-On Self Test) ..................... 149 RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)......................150 RIMM............................150 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ....................150 SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..................150 SMBus (System Management Bus) ..................151 SPD (Serial Presence Detect)....................151 Ultra DMA/33 ...........................
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a component.
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When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking… 2. Forget password… 3. Troubleshooting…...
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Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
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VIA 694X chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage. If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use <Home> key to restore the default setting (233MHz). ...
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!" VIA 694X chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage....
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The driving capability of new generation chipset is limited due to the lack of a memory buffer (to improve performance). This makes DRAM chip count an important factor to take into consideration when you install DIMMs. Unfortunately, there is no way that the BIOS can identify the correct chip count, you need to calculate the chip count by yourself.
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To identify 2-clock and 4-clock DIMM, you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM. If there are traces, the SDRAM is probably 4-clock; otherwise, it is 2-clock. To identify single-side or double-side DIMM, check golden finger pin 114 and pin 129.
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The specification of the IDE cable is a maximum of 46cm (18 inches), make sure your cable does not exceed this length. For better signal quality, it is recommended to set the far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device.
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To achieve the best performance of Ultra DMA/66 hard disks, a special &$"!'( for Ultra DMA/66 is required.....
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#$ Although we have implemented protection circuit try to prevent any human operating mistake, there is still certain risk that CPU, memory, HDD, add-on cards installed on this motherboard may be damaged because of component failure, human operating error or unknown nature reason. %
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Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 Windows...
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If you want to uninstall the VIA AGP Vxd driver, please remove the AGP card driver first. Otherwise, the screen may go black at rebooting after the un-installation.
Installing this Bus Master IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure.
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Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the motherboard design, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different with actual BIOS that come with your motherboard....
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Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
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Auto, User None For an IDE hard disk, we recommend that you use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" to enter the drive specifications automatically. See the section "IDE HDD Auto Detection"....
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! WARNING ! Disk Boot Sector is to be modified Type "Y" to accept write, or "N" to abort write Award Software, Inc.
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The F000 and E000 segments are always shadowed because BIOS code occupies these areas....
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Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings to improve system performance. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration....
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You cannot use both USB driver and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. Disable "USB Keyboard Support" if you have USB driver in the operating system. ...
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The upgrade of new BIOS will permanently replace your original BIOS content after flashing. The original BIOS setting and Win95/Win98 PnP information will be refreshed and you probably need to re-configure your system. ...
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The design of this product follows CPU and chipset vendor's design guideline. Any attempts to push beyond product specification are not recommended and you are taking your own risk to damage your system or important data. Before doing overclocking, you must make sure your components are able to tolerate such abnormal setting, especially CPU, memory, hard disks, and AGP VGA cards. Note that overclocking may also cause thermal problem.