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  • Page 1 PM12-TC PM12-TL Rev. A+ Mainboard User’s Manual 67500250...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders. This publication is provided for informational purposes only. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any...

  • Page 3: Fcc And Doc Statement On Class B

    Battery: • Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. • Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer. • Dispose of used batteries according to the batter y manufacturer’s instructions. Joystick or MIDI port: • Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than 10A current at 5V DC.
  • Page 4 (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. Click the “Tools” icon then click “Manual” on the main menu. Mainboard This user’s manual is for the PM12-TC and PM12-TL mainboards. The only difference between these boards is the PM12-TL mainboard supports onboard LAN.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications.................. 1.2 Package Checklist......................Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Mainboard Layout ....................System Memory......................Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data........Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus..Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS/2 Power........ Rear Panel I/O Ports....................
  • Page 6 Introduction Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface..............4.2 Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications........4.3 Installation Notes...................... Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function........... Appendix B - System Error Messages B.1 POST Beep........................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset • VIA P4M266A/VT8235CD ® Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors. ® ® • Intel Pentium 4 processor (478-pin) 533MHz system data bus 400MHz system data bus ®...
  • Page 8 Introduction Expansion Slots The mainboard is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot and 3 PCI slots. AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending. The universal AGP slot supports AGP 2x with up to 533MB/sec.
  • Page 9 Introduction Single cycle 128-bit 3D architecture 8M triangles/second setup engine 140M pixels/second tri-linear fill rate Next generation 128-bit 2D graphics engine High quality DVD video playback 2D/3D resolutions up to 1920x1440 • 3D rendering features MPEG-2 video textures • 2D hardware acceleration features •...
  • Page 10 Introduction Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The mainboard comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier.
  • Page 11 Introduction 1.1.2 Intelligence Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWRBTN” field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode. Wake-On-Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming through an internal or external modem.
  • Page 12 Introduction Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system from the S5 state. Refer to “Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS/2 Power” in chapter 2 and “PS2KB Wakeup Select” (“IRQ/Event Activity Detect” field) in the Power Management section in chapter 3 for more information.
  • Page 13 Introduction ACPI STR The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configura- tion and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving fea- tures that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug- and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power ®...

  • Page 14: Package Checklist

    Introduction 1.2 Package Checklist The mainboard package contains the following items: The mainboard A user’s manual One card-edge bracket mounted with a serial port One IDE cable for ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 or ATA/133 IDE drives One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable One “Main Board Utility”...

  • Page 15: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 Mainboard Layout PM12-TC...

  • Page 16: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation PM12-TL (Supports onboard LAN) Note: The illustrations on the following pages are based on the mainboard that supports onboard LAN.

  • Page 17: System Memory

    Hardware Installation Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your mainboard, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis.

  • Page 18: Installing The Dim Module

    Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. Notch Pin 1 1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side. 2.

  • Page 19: Jumper Settings For Clearing Cmos Data

    Hardware Installation 2.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS (JP1) 1-2 On: Normal 2-3 On: Clear CMOS Data (default) Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP1 If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the keyboard, supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 3. Now power-on the system. If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4. 4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

  • Page 21: Jumper Settings For Selecting The Cpu's Front Side Bus

    Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus 2-3 On: 1-2 On: Auto 100MHz (default) CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumper J22 The default setting of this jumper is Auto. The system will automatically detect the front side bus of the processor installed on the system board.

  • Page 22: Jumper Settings For Selecting The Ps/2 Power

    Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS/2 Power PS/2 power select (JP2) 1-2 On: VCC power 2-3 On: 5V_DUL power (default) Power Select for PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse - Jumper JP2 This jumper is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

  • Page 23: Rear Panel I/O Ports

    PS/2 Parallel GAME/MIDI Mouse PS/2 USB 2/1 COM 1 Line- Line- Mic- The Rear Panel I/O Ports on PM12-TL PS/2 Parallel GAME/MIDI Mouse USB 2 PS/2 USB 1 COM 1 Line- Line- Mic- The Rear Panel I/O Ports on PM12-TC...
  • Page 24 Hardware Installation 2.6.1 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard The mainboard is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location J11 of the ATX double deck ports of the mainboard. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12.
  • Page 25 Hardware Installation 2.6.2 RJ45 Fast-Ethernet Port (PM12-TL only) RJ45 LAN PM12-TL mainboard is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast- ethernet LAN port at location CN1 of the ATX double deck ports. It allows the mainboard to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.
  • Page 26 Hardware Installation 2.6.3 Universal Serial Bus Ports USB 2 USB 1 USB 3 and USB 4 (J13) Additional USB Ports (USB 3 and USB 4) Function Function Function Ground UP5- UP6- Ground UP5+ UP6+ UP5+ Ground Ground UP5- N. C.
  • Page 27 Hardware Installation The mainboard is equipped with two onboard USB 2.0 (compliant with USB 1.1) ports (CN1 - Black) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board. The system board is also equipped with J13 for connecting 2 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports.

  • Page 28: Serial Ports

    Hardware Installation 2.6.4 Serial Ports COM 1 Serial Port COM 2 (J4) The built-in serial ports are RS-232C asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A-compatible UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices. You can select the serial ports’ I/O address in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device”...

  • Page 29: Parallel Port

    Hardware Installation 2.6.5 Parallel Port Parallel Port The mainboard has a standard parallel port (J9 - Burgundy) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP, ECP and EPP modes. You can select the port’s mode in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device”...

  • Page 30: Vga Port

    Hardware Installation 2.6.6 VGA Port VGA1 VGA Port The system board can only be used with an analog video monitor. Connect the monitor’s 15-pin D-shell cable connector to the VGA port (VGA1 - Blue) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board.
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 2.6.7 Game/MIDI Port Game/MIDI Port CN301 The Game/MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I/O port. Connect an analog joystick to the 15-pin D-sub connector (CN301 - Gold) located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board.
  • Page 32 Hardware Installation 2.6.8 Audio Jacks Line-out Line-in Mic-in Front audio (J21) Front Audio (J21) Function Function Mic+ Ground Mic Power AuD_Vcc (Avcc) AuD_R_Out AuD_R_Return (GND) N. C. AuD_L_Out AuD_L_Return (GND)
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The mainboard is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a one-hole connecting interface for inserting a plug. Line-out Jack (Lime - CN3A1) This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the mainboard.

  • Page 34: I/O Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.7 I/O Connectors 2.7.1 Internal Audio Connectors CD-in (J19) AUX-in (J18) Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel The CD-in and AUX-in connectors are used to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.

  • Page 35: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.7.2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector FDD (J6) The mainboard is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

  • Page 36: Ide Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.7.3 IDE Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 (J1) (J2) The mainboard is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism.
  • Page 37 Hardware Installation Note: Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings. Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

  • Page 38: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.7.4 IrDA Connector 1 2 3 4 5 IrDA (J8) Function N. C. IRRX Ground IRTX The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless con- nectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infrared Data Association) specification supports data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter.

  • Page 39: Cpu Fan Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.7.5 CPU Fan Connector CPU fan (J15) Function Ground N. C. The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink. Connect the CPU fan to the 3-pin fan connector at location J15 on the mainboard.

  • Page 40: Chassis Fan Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.7.6 Chassis Fan Connector Chassis fan (J14) Function Ground N. C. If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit, connect the fan’s connector to location J14 on the mainboard. The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor.
  • Page 41 Hardware Installation 2.7.7 Wake-On-LAN Connector 3 2 1 Wake-On-LAN (J5) Function +5VSB Ground The mainboard supports the Wake-On-LAN function. This function will allow the network to remotely power-on a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.
  • Page 42 Hardware Installation 2.7.8 Wake-On-Ring Connector Wake-On-Ring Function (J7) Ground The Wake-On-Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem card that has the same connector. It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/ power-on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card.
  • Page 43 Hardware Installation 2.7.9 LEDs DIMM Standby Power LED PCI Standby Power LED DIMM Standby Power LED This LED will turn red when the system’s power is on or when it is in the Suspend state (Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM). It will not light when the system is in the Soft-Off state.

  • Page 44: Power Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.7.10 Power Connectors +12V power ATX power (ATXP1) (J17) We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. Connect the ATX12V power supply’s 20-pin ATX main power connector and 4-pin +12V power connector to J17 and ATXP1 respectively.
  • Page 45 Hardware Installation ATX Main Power Connector Function Function 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS-ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PW-OK 5VSB +12V +12V Power Connector Function Ground Ground +12V +12V...

  • Page 46: Front Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.7.11 Front Panel Connectors HD-LED SPEAKER RESET Front panel connectors (J10) G-LED PWR-LED G-SW ATX-SW HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed. G-LED: Green LED This LED will not light when the system’s power is on or when the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
  • Page 47 Hardware Installation PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED When the system’s power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) state, it will blink every second. When the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink 4 times in every second.

  • Page 48: Chapter 3 - Award Bios Setup Utility

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this mainboard.
  • Page 49 Award BIOS Setup Utility Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Mon, Dec 9 2002 Time (hh:mm:ss) 4 : 35 : 5 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter None Change the day, month, IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None year and century...

  • Page 50: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master Item Help Press Enter IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu Level IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Change the day, month, year and century Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector...
  • Page 51 Award BIOS Setup Utility checking program. Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders. Head This field displays the number of read/write heads. Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing. Landing Zone This field displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write heads.
  • Page 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter. Power up in 80-column mode. Mono Monochrome adapter. Includes high resolution monochrome adapters. 3.1.1.6 Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors. No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected.

  • Page 53: Advanced Bios Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the mainboard, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
  • Page 54 Award BIOS Setup Utility field. Also, disable this field if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows ® 98/2000/ME/XP or the operating system may not install nor work. 3.1.2.2 CPU L1 & L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access. The default value is enabled.
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2.7 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish between 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M drive types as they are all 80 tracks.
  • Page 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2.12 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password - everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup. Set the password in the Set Supervisor/User Password submenu. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.

  • Page 57: Advanced Chipset Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Clock/Drive Control Press Enter AGP & P2P Bridge Control Press Enter Menu Level CPU & PCI Bus Control Press Enter Memory Hole Disabled System BIOS Cacheable...

  • Page 58: Dram Clock

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3.1 DRAM Clock/Drive Control Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock/Drive Control Item Help Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Current DRAM Frequency 133MHz Menu Level DRAM Clock...
  • Page 59 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Timing This field is used to select the timing of the DRAM. By SPD The EEPROM on a DIMM has SPD (Serial Presence Detect) data structure that stores information about the module such as the memory type, memory size, memory speed, etc.

  • Page 60: Agp Aperture Size

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3.2 AGP & P2P Bridge Control Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP & P2P Bridge Control Item Help AGP Aperture Size 128M AGP Mode Menu Level...
  • Page 61 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Driving Value This field is used to select a value for the AGP Driving control. We recommend that you leave this field in its default setting. AGP Fast Write Select Enabled to support the AGP Fast Write function. AGP Master 1 WS Write Set this field to Enabled to add one clock tick to AGP write operations.
  • Page 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3.3 CPU & PCI Bus Control Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU & PCI Bus Control Item Help CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled...
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3.4 Memory Hole This field is used to select the memory area that must not be addressed to the ISA bus. 3.1.3.5 System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled.

  • Page 64: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Menu Level Super IO Device Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller All Enabled USB Keyboard Support...
  • Page 65 Award BIOS Setup Utility On-Chip IDE Channel 0 and On-Chip IDE Channel 1 These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and secondary IDE controller. The default is Enabled. Select Disabled if you want to add a different hard drive controller. IDE Prefetch Mode This allows data and addresses to be stored in the internal buffer of the chip, thus reducing access time.
  • Page 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4.2 VIA OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device Item Help Enabled Onboard AC97 Audio Onboard LAN Enabled Menu Level Onboard LAN Boot ROM...

  • Page 67: Super Io Device

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4.3 Super IO Device Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Item Help Enabled Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Disabled Menu Level Onboard Serial Port 2...
  • Page 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility UART Mode Select The mainboard supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use IrDA (J8) and the COM 2 (J4) serial port at the same time. If you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure this field is set to Normal.
  • Page 69 Award BIOS Setup Utility Parallel Port Mode The options are SPP, EPP, ECP and ECP+EPP. These apply to standard specifications and will depend on the type and speed of your device. Refer to your peripheral’s manual for the best option. Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only.
  • Page 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4.4 Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the onboard VGA, AGP or PCI first when the system boots. Onboard/AGP When the system boots, it will first initialize the onboard VGA or AGP. PCI Slot When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI.

  • Page 71: Power Management Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Menu Level Power Management Option...
  • Page 72 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5.3 Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the “Suspend Mode” field is activated. Min Saving Minimum power saving time for Suspend mode = 1 Max Saving Maximum power saving time for Suspend mode = 1 min.
  • Page 73 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5.8 MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system. 3.1.5.9 Soft-Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system.
  • Page 74 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5.12 IRQ/Event Activity Detect Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ/Event Activity Detect Item Help PS2KB Wakeup Select Disabled USB Resume from S3 Disabled Menu Level LPT &...
  • Page 75 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB Resume from S3 This function, when enabled, allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. When set to On, the system will respond and wake up to any VGA activity.
  • Page 76 Award BIOS Setup Utility • When enabled, the system will power-on to respond to calls coming through an external or internal modem. Refer to “Wake-On-Ring Connector” in chapter 2 for more information. Resume on Alarm Enabled When Enabled, you can set the date and time you would like the Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC to power-on in the “Date (of Month)”...

  • Page 77: Irqs Activity Monitoring

    Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Item Help Primary INTR IRQ3 (COM 2) Enabled Menu Level IRQ4 (COM 1) Enabled IRQ5 (LPT 2)

  • Page 78: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations This section shows how to configure the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configurations Item Help...
  • Page 79 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6.4 IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The “IRQ-3” to “IRQ-15” fields will appear. Set each system interrupt to either PCI Device or Reserved. 3.1.6.5 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not.
  • Page 80 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6.8 PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 3 Use IRQ By default, an IRQ is automatically assigned to the PCI devices that are installed in the PCI slots. If a PCI device has not been assigned an IRQ, you must manually assign an IRQ for the device.

  • Page 81: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.7 Frequency/Voltage Control Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency/Voltage Control Item Help CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk Enabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Enabled CPU Clock 100MHz ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults...
  • Page 82 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.7.4 CPU Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the CPU. The available options allow you to adjust the CPU’s bus clock in 1MHz increment. The default setting is “100MHz”. Important: Overclocking may result in the processor’s or system’s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system performance.

  • Page 83: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 Load Fail-Safe Defaults The “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features. You should use these values only if you have hardware problems. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>.

  • Page 84: Set Supervisor Password

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.10 Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisor’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only, but not your system, set a supervisor’s password with the “Setup”...

  • Page 85: Save & Exit Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. The message below will appear: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot.

  • Page 86: Updating The Bios

    3.2 Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS, you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility, AWDFLASH.EXE. You can download them from DFI’s web site or contact technical support or your sales representative. 1. Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH.EXE to a floppy disk.
  • Page 87 Award BIOS Setup Utility 6. The following will appear. Do You Want to Save BIOS (Y/N) This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system. We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility; just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS. To save the current BIOS, press <Y>...

  • Page 88: Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

    Supported Software Chapter 4 - Supported Software 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The mainboard comes with a DMI built into the BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier. With DMI, a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a particular computer system without physically going to it.

  • Page 89: Using The Dmi Utility

    Supported Software 4.1.2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information Processor Handle : 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name : Memory Module...
  • Page 90 Supported Software Add DMI 1. Use the ← or → arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu. 2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys, then press <Enter>. 3.

  • Page 91: Drivers, Utilities And Software Applications

    Supported Software 4.2 Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers, utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board. Inser t the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear.
  • Page 92 Supported Software ® 4.2.1 VIA Service Pack ® The VIA Service Pack contains the following drivers. • VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver • AGP VxD Driver • IRQ Routing Miniport Driver • VIA INF Driver To install VIA Service Pack, please follow the steps below. 1.
  • Page 93 Supported Software ® Service Pack Installation Notes The “AGP VxD Driver” and “VIA INF Driver” drivers in the “VIA ® ® Ser vice Pack” are suppor ted in Windows 95, Windows ® ® ® Windows 98 SE, Windows ME and Windows 2000.
  • Page 94 Supported Software 4.2.2 S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers To install the driver, please follow the steps below. 1. On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “GRAPHICS” icon. 2. Click “S3 ProSavage VGA Drivers” on the main screen. The following screen will appear.

  • Page 95: Realtek Audio Drivers

    Supported Software 4.2.3 Realtek Audio Drivers   The Realtek audio drivers support the Windows 98, Windows    SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and  Windows XP operating systems. To install the audio driver, please follow the steps below. 1.
  • Page 96 Supported Software 4.2.4 VIA USB 2.0 Drivers To install the USB 2.0 driver, please follow the steps below. 1. On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “USB” icon. 2. Click “VIA USB 2.0 Drivers”. The following screen will appear. 3.
  • Page 97 Supported Software 4.2.5 VIA LAN Drivers (PM12-TL only)    The LAN drivers for Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows   ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP support “Autorun”. To install the LAN driver, please follow the steps below. 1.
  • Page 98 Supported Software 4.2.6 Microsoft DirectX 8.1 To install, please follow the steps below. 1. On the left side of the autorun screen, click the “TOOLS” icon. 2. Click “Microsoft DirectX 8.1” on the main screen. The screen below will appear. 3.
  • Page 99 Supported Software 4.2.7 McAfee VirusScan Online (English OS only) The McAfee VirusScan Online is the most reliable and convenient way of protecting your PC from computer viruses. When you install McAfee VirusScan Online, your computer is safe because it automatically scans for viruses and checks for virus updates so that PC protection stays up-to-date.

  • Page 100: Installation Notes

    2. All steps or procedures to install software drivers are subject to change without notice as the softwares are occassionally updated. Please go to DFI's web site at "http://www.dfi.com/support1/ download2.asp" for the latest version of the drivers or software applications.

  • Page 101: Appendix A - Using The Suspend To Ram Function

    Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® ® ® ® ® If you are using the Windows 98 operating system, please follow the steps below. Select “Power Management Setup”...
  • Page 102 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® Boot Windows 98. In the Windows 98 desktop, click the Start button. Move the cursor to Settings, then click Control Panel. To check whether ACPI was properly installed, double-click the System icon.
  • Page 103 Using the Suspend to RAM Function Click File System. In the “Typical role of this computer” field, select “Mobile or docking system”. Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. 10. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double- click the Power Management icon.
  • Page 104 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12. After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operating system. You can power- off the computer at once by pressing the power button or ®...

  • Page 105: Appendix B - System Error Messages

    System Error Message Appendix B - System Error Message When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom.
  • Page 106 System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) Unable to reset floppy subsystem. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Floppy type mismatch.

  • Page 107: Appendix C - Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Appendix C - Troubleshooting C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.

  • Page 108: Power Supply

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’s vertical sync. 2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display. 3.

  • Page 109: Hard Drive

    Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS. 2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (first) hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave.

  • Page 110: Serial Port

    Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. 1. Make sure that the serial device’s power is turned on and that the device is on-line. 2. Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.

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