Chapter 1 Quick Installation Quick Installation Before Installation For installation, you may need some or all of the following tools: Medium size flat blade screwdriver Medium size Phillips head screwdriver A 3/16 inch nut driver or wrench Users must follow these guidelines to ensure the motherboard is protected during installation.
[ V ] Power Installer CD [ V ] 6-Channel Audio (Bracket) [ V ] Cable for 6 Channels Bracket. Optional USB riser kit Thermal Sensor for System Infrared port cable Optional Module (SPDIF v ersion only) IWILL SuperAudio (for SPDIF)
Chapter 1 Quick Installation ATX power connector PIN No. Definition PIN No Definition +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground Power Good +12V...
Chapter 1 Quick Installation Front panel connector F u n c t i o n P IN N O . D e f in i t i o n P W R _ O N 1 , 1 3 ( P o w e r / S o f t _ O f f ) P IN 3 : A n o d e A C P I(A C P I L E D ) 3 , 4...
Chapter2 Feature Features Motherboard Components Placement...
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DIMM sockets ATX Power connector IDE connector FDC connector IDE RAID Channels (KK266Plus-R only) VIA VT82C686B chipset AMI IDE RAID Chip (KK266Plus-R only) FWH chipset for programmable BIOS ISA slot PCI slot CMI 6 Channel sound chip AGP slot Joystick, Midi Line In / Out, Microphone In...
Chapter2 Feature Block Diagram Socket 462 CPU VIA VT8363A Chipset AGP 4X SDRAM (North Bridge) SM Bus PCI x 6 IDE Channel x 2 VIA VT82C686B 6 Channel Sound (South Bridge) Keyboard & Mouse USB Port 1&2 Internal USBx2 IDE RAID Super I/O Serial Port x 2 H/W Monitoring...
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Chapter2 Feature Management Supports voltage monitoring Supports fan control signal (CPU/SYS) Supports temperature sensor (CPU/SYS) Supports Power on by LAN/Ext. Modem/Int. Modem/RT C/PME Supports Resume by LAN/Ext. Modem/Int. Modem/PS2 Keyboard/ PS2 Mouse/RT C/PME Supports ACPI Supports APM Supports DMI Supports SMBUS Supports PnP Supports BIOS ROM Flash Control Supports Manually Assign PCI IRQ...
Chapter 3 Hardware Setup Hardware Setup Install the Processor The CPU should have a fan attached to prevent overheating. If this is not the case, then purchase a fan before you turn on your system. Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processors heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working.
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Chapter2 Feature Step3: When inserting the CPU Please note the correct orientation as shown. The notched corner should point toward the end of the lever. Step4: Push the lever down to close the socket.
Chapter 3 Hardware Setup Install Memory Modules T he motherboard has three Memory sockets and supports memory size up to 3GB. Step1: Step2: Open latches of DIMM socket. Proofread the RAM module to the DIMM Socket. Step3: Step4: Press the latches into the notches of the Insert the RAM module into the DIMM RAM module.
Chapter 3 Hardware Setup IWILL 6Channels Audio/ SuperAudio (Optional) Connectors and Jumpers J P 5 A u d i o E x t e n s i o n ( D i g i t a l I / O ) C o n n e c t o r...
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Chapter 3 Hardware Setup SuperAudio(Optional) Front-Speaker SuperAudio Line-IN Game/MIDI Rear-Speaker MIC-IN Center/BASS RCA SPDIF OUT RCA SPDIF IN Optical SPDIF OUT A u d i o C a b l e Optical SPDIF IN Please remove the cap from the optical cable first...
Chapter 3 Hardware Setup ATX Power Supply Connector Power on procedures STEP Description After all connections are made, close the system case over. Be sure that all switches are off. Connect the power cord into the power suppply located on the back of your system case. Connect the power cord a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector.
Chapter 3 Hardware Setup Back Panel Function color Description This connector can be used to support PS2/Mouse Green a PS/2 mouse PS2/ This connector can be used to support Purple keyboard a PS/2 keyboard. This motherboard has two USB ports, Universal any USB-compatible peripherals Black...
T he BIOS can be upgraded from a diskette with the Award Flash utility — AWDFLASH.EXE. T he BIOS image file, and update utility are available from IWILL’ s WEB site: sup port.iwill.net Enter BIOS setup program Power-on the system by either pressing the Power-On button, or by using any of the power-on features provided by the motherboard.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Using BIOS setup program Move to the previous field Down Move to the next field Left Move to the field on the left hand side Rig ht Move to the field on the right hand side <Esc>...
A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features IWILL Smart Setting Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Date T his field specifies the current date. T he date format is <month>, <day>, and <year>. Time T his field specifies the current time. T he time format is <hour>, <minute>, and <second>. T he time is calculated based on the 24-ho ur (military-time) clock.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Cylinders Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk. Heads Set the number of read/write heads Precomp Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk Sectors Set the number of sectors per track Drive A / Drive B T his field specifies the traditional type of floppy drives.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Video EGA/VGA Specifies EGA or VGA adapterd (Default Value) CGA 40 Specifies CGA adapter with 40 column mode CGA 80 Specifies CGA adapter with 80 column mode MONO Specifies Monochrome adapter Halt On Each time the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, All Errors the system will stop and display an error (Default Value)
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features [Disabled] I t e m H e l p [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] M e n u L e v e l [Enabled] [Floppy] Allows you to choose [HDD-0] the VIRUS warning [SCSI]...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup First / Second / Third / Boot Other Device T he BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. [Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2, HDD-3, Z IP100, LAN, Disabled] Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanged without the user physically changing the connection on the cable.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) When Typematic Rate Setting enabled, this field specifies how many characters will be displayed in one second when a key is held down co ntinuously. [ 6( Default Value)8,10,12,15,20,24,30]] Typematic Delay (Msec) When enabled, typematic delay allows you to select the time delay between when the key is first pressed and when the acceleration begins [250msec(Default Value)500msec,750msec,1000msec]...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features T his setup page is used to specify advanced features available through the chipset. T he default settings have been chosen carefully for most operating conditions. DO NOT change the value of any field in this setup page without full understanding.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Bank Interleave Select numbers of Bank to Bank to realize fast and seamless data access mode amony many different pages. [By SPD(Default Value), 2Bank, 4Bank] DRAM Clock T his field allows you to select the DRAM operating frequency to get better performance.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup PCI Master O WS Write [Enable(Default Value), Disalbed] Delay Transaction T he chipset has embeded 32-bit posted writer buffer to support delayed transaction cycles. When enable, the system is compliant with PCI specification version 2.2. [Enabled(Default Value), Disabled] System BIOS Cacheable When enable accesses to the system BIOS will be cached.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel 0 Item Help [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel 1 [Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode M e n u L e v e l [Auto] Primary Master PIO [Auto] Primary Slave PIO...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Auto(Default Value) Negotiated with device automatically Mode 0 Use Mode 0 timing to access device Mode 1 Use Mode 1 timing to access device Mode 2 Use Mode 2 timing to access device Mode 3 Use Mode 3 timing to access device Mode 4 Use Mode 4 timing to access device Primary Master / Slave UDMA...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup COM2 Mode Select A second serial port is using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening. [Standard(Default Value), HPSIR, ASKIR] RXD, TXD Active When setting the field to either IrDA or ASKIR, you must select the active level of receiving and transmission signal.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Setup [Press Enter] Power Management Item Help [Yes] PM Control by APM [Suspend->Off] Video Off Option Menu Level [V /H SYNC+Blank] Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ [Instant-Off] PWR-Off Mode by PWR-BTTN [Press Enter]...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup APM HDD Power Down Timer T his field specifies the time the system enters HDD power down. It is available only when the Power Management field is set to User Defi [1Min, 2Min, 3Min, 4Min, 5Min, 6Min, 7Min, 8Min, 9Min,1 0Min, 11Min, 12Min, 13Min, 14Min, 15Min, Disabled(Default Value)] APM Doze Timer Mode T his field specifies the timer value of Doze Mode.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Video off Method Turn off the vertical and horizontal V/H SYNC+Blank synchronization ports and write blanks (Default Vaule) to the video buffer. Blank Screen Writes blanks to the video buffer only. DPMS Support Initial display power management signaling with DPMS.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup When ON, your can set the VGA to awake n the system. [OFF(Default Value), ON] LPT & COM When On, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system. [LPT /COM(Default Value), COM, LPT, None] HDD &...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IRQs Activity Monitoring When O n, any eve nt that occurs will awaken the system after it has powered-down.T he following is a list of IRQ’ s, or “ Interrupt Requests,” which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup PnP/ PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed [No] Item Help Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Menu Level Resources Controlled By [Auto (ESCD)] x IRQ Resources Press Enter Select Yes if you are x DMA Resources Press Enter using a Plug and Play...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By T he Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows98/95/ NT.
THE CPU IS Item Help THE CPU ID IS CPU Micro Code Updated to Menu Level Spread Spectrum Modulated =**= IWILL Micro Stepping =**= CPU Clock CPU Clock Ratio CPU Vcore Setting BIOS-ROM Flash Protect : Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IWILL MicroStepping MicroStepping Microstepping is Iwill's another step forward to provides users a fuss free CPU frequency set up procedure. It contains two main functions, Auto Detecting CPUs speed and Micro Adjustable CPU FSB speed. Auto Detecting CPU speed: IWILL MicroStepping will auto detect the CPU's factory multiplier setting and CPU FSB to the factory default.
Pressing ‘ Y’ loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal-performance system operations. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features IWILL Smart Setting Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Set Supervisor/ User Password Setting CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features IWILL Smart Setting Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup...
BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup Saves current CMOS value and exit BIOS setup program. CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright(c) 1984-2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features IWILL Smart Setting Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals...
Chapter 5 On board Audio On board Aud io Audio Features Special Feature 1. Full-duplex playback and recording. Built-in 16-bit CODEC. 2. HRT F 3D positional audio, supporting both DirectSound 3D&A3D interfaces. Also supports earphones, 2/4/6 channel speakers mode. 3. Support Windows 98/Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0. 4.Built-in 32 OHM Earphone buffer.
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Chapter 5 On board Audio Stereo Mixer 1. Stereo analog mixing from CD-Audio and Line-in 2. Stereo digital mixing from Voice, FM/Wave-table, and Digital CD-Audio 3. Mono mixing from MIC. Software adjustable volume. Game and Midi Interface Fully compatible with MPU-401 Midi UART and Sound Blaster Midi mode/Standard IBM PC joystick/game port...
Chapter 5 On board Audio Driver Installation DOS Installation Before beginning the installation, please make sure that your hard disk has sufficient space(min. 4MB). Insert the Power Installer CD into the CD-ROM Drive. 1. Change directory to PCI audio DOS drivers folder ( ex .
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Chapter 5 On board Audio Windows NT4.0 Installation We recommend that you have Microsoft Windows NT intalled, and remove any exsisting sound drivers from your current system, before you install this PCI sound device driver. 1. Click “ Start” , move the highlig ht bar to “ Setting” , and select the “...
Chapter 5 On board Audio The Audio Rack Introduction By means of a user-friendly interface (as easy as operating your home stereo system), this PCI audio rack provides you with the control over your PC’ s audio functions, including the advantage of six speakers mode enable/ disable, and perfect digital sound ( SPDIF version ONLY) input / output.
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Chapter 5 On board Audio Mixer Volume Control For each output signal, the control slider regulates the loudness whereas a ho rizontal slid er the balance between the two s peakers . T he mute button can temporarily stop the output without changing slider positions. A button with a lit LED means the o utput is available, and vice ve rsa.
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Chapter 5 On board Audio Advanced - SPDIF SPDIF dialog provides a full control over SPDIF IN/OUT functions. You can use these settings to connect your computer to other pieces of au- dio device, such as: Mini Disc players, amplifiers… etc. Advanced - Speakers Speakers dialog provides an interface allowing you to set your speakers configurations.
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