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  • Page 1 NB71-SC Rev. A+ System Board User’s Manual 58100209...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No par t 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.

  • 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: Table Of Contents

    Introduction Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications.................. 1.2 Package Checklist......................Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation System Board Layout ..................System Memory......................Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data........Jumper Settings for Wake-On-Keyboard/Mouse........Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus..Jumper Settings for USB 4................
  • Page 5 Introduction Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface..............4.2 Hardware Doctor...................... 4.3 Intel 845E INF Update Utility for Windows 98/2000/ME..4.4 Intel Application Accelerator for Windows..........4.5 Audio Drivers and Software Application..........4.6 Microsoft DirectX 8.0 Driver................4.7 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes.............

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset • Intel 845E chipset ® ® Intel 82845E Memory Controller Hub (MCH) ® Intel 82801BA I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a ®...
  • Page 7 Introduction Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots (1 shared with CNR slot) and 1 CNR slot. The AGP slot only supports 1.5V AGP 4x (1066MB/sec. bandwidth) add-in cards. AGP is an interface designed to suppor t high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applications.
  • Page 8 Introduction Connectors • One connector for 2 additional external USB ports • One connector for IrDA interface • Two IDE connectors • One floppy drive interface supports up to two 2.88MB floppy drives • Three ATX power supply connectors • One Wake-On-LAN connector •...

  • Page 9: System Health Monitor Functions

    Introduction BIOS • Award BIOS, Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play ® compatible • Supports SCSI sequential boot-up • Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades • Supports DMI 2.0 function Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board 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 par t of the system board's Plug and Play...
  • Page 10 Introduction 1.1.3 Intelligence Automatic Chassis Fan Off The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode. Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWR-BTTN” field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.
  • Page 11 Introduction Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse This function allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. Refer to “Jumper Settings for Wake-On- Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse” in chapter 2 and “Keyboard/Mouse Power On” in the Integrated Peripherals section in chapter 3 for more information.
  • Page 12 Introduction ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct ® Power Management.

  • Page 13: Package Checklist

    Introduction 1.2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items: The system board A user’s manual One IDE cable for ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 IDE drives One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable One “Main Board Utility” CD If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 System Board Layout CPU fan Factory use only (J3A) System fan (J1/J2/J4/J6/J7) (J8) Wake-On- Socket 478 KB/Mouse (JP1) ATXP1 DIMM Standby COM 1 Power LED Parallel COM 2 +12V power (ATXP2) Line- Intel CD-in 82845E...

  • Page 15: System Memory

    Hardware Installation Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, 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 16: 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 17: Jumper Settings For Clearing Cmos Data

    Hardware Installation 2.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data 1-2 On: Normal 2-3 On: (default) Clear CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP3 If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the 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 18 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 19: Jumper Settings For Wake-On-Keyboard/Mouse

    Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Wake-On-Keyboard/ Wake-On-Mouse 1-2 On: Disable 2-3 On: Enable (default) Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse - Jumper JP1 The Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse function allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. By default, JP1 is disabled. To use this function, set JP1 to 2-3 On. “Keyboard/ Mouse Power On”...
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 2. The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in the “KB Power On Password” field of the Integrated Peripherals submenu. You must type the correct password to power-on the system. 3. The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥...

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

    Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus 2-3 On: Auto 1-2 On: 100MHz (default) CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumper JP2 The default setting is Auto. The system will run according to the front side bus of the CPU installed on the system board.

  • Page 22: Jumper Settings For Usb 4

    Hardware Installation 2.6 Jumper Settings for USB 4 J24 J25 J24 J25 2-3 On: USB 4 on CNR 1-2 On: USB 4 on J21/J23 (default) USB 4 Select - Jumpers J24 and J25 These jumpers are used to select USB 4’s location. Set pins 1 and 2 to On if you want USB 4 on J21/J23.

  • Page 23: Factory Use Jumpers

    Hardware Installation 2.7 Factory Use Jumpers Factory Use Only - Jumpers J1, J2, J4, J6 and J7 These jumpers are for factory use only. Please leave them in their default settings - pins 1 and 2 On. Reconfiguring these jumpers may cause problems.

  • Page 24: Ports And Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.8 Ports and Connectors 2.8.1 Serial Ports COM 1 COM 2 Serial Port Serial Port The system board is equipped with onboard serial ports (COM 1: CN1 and COM 2: CN3) - both in Teal/Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board.
  • Page 25 Hardware Installation 2.8.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) por ts - both at location J5 of the ATX double deck ports of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12.

  • Page 26: Parallel Port

    Hardware Installation 2.8.3 Parallel Port Parallel Por t The system board has a standard parallel port (CN2 - Burgundy) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP, ECP, EPP and PntMode modes.
  • Page 27 Hardware Installation Setting Function Allows normal speed operation but (Standard Parallel Port) in one direction only. Allows parallel por t to operate in (Extended Capabilities Port) bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the SPP’s data transfer rate. Allows bidirectional parallel port op- (Enhanced Parallel Port) eration at maximum speed.

  • Page 28: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.8.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (J18) The system board 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 29: Ide Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.8.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector The system board 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. The 40-pin connector on the IDE cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation 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. The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66 or ATA/100 hard drives.
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 2.8.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports Onboard USB Ports (USB 1 and USB 2) Additional USB Ports (USB 3 and USB 4) Function Function Function Ground UP2- UP3- Ground UP2+ UP3+ UP2+ Ground Ground UP2- N. C .
  • Page 32 Hardware Installation The system board supports 4 USB ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use the USB ports.

  • Page 33: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.8.7 IrDA Connector Function N. C. IRRX Ground IRTX The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infr ared Data Association) specification suppor ts data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J19 on the system board.
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation 2.8.8 CPU Fan Connector Function Ground Power Sense The processor must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink. Connect the CPU fan to the 3-pin fan connector at location J3A on the system board. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan.

  • Page 35: Chassis Fan Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.8.9 Chassis Fan Connector Function Ground On/Off Sense If you are installing a chassis fan in the system unit, connect the fan’s connector to location J22 on the system board. The fan will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the processor.
  • Page 36 Hardware Installation 2.8.10 System Fan Connector Function Ground Power Sense If you are installing a system fan in the system unit, connect the fan’s connector to location J8 on the system board. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the system fan.
  • Page 37 Hardware Installation 2.8.11 Game/MIDI Port Game/MIDI Port 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 (CN6 - Gold) located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board.
  • Page 38 Hardware Installation 2.8.12 Audio Jacks Onboard Audio Jacks Line-out Line-in Mic-in Front Audio (J16) Function Function Mic+ Ground N. C . AuD_Vcc (Avcc) AuD_R_Out N. C. N. C . AuD_L_Out N. C.
  • Page 39 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a one- hole connecting interface for inserting a plug. Line-out Jack (CN4 - Lime) This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board.

  • Page 40: Internal Audio Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.8.13 Internal Audio Connectors AUX-in and CD-in These connectors are used to Function receive audio from a CD-ROM Left audio channel drive, TV tuner or MPEG card. Ground Ground Right audio channel TAD is a connector for telephony Function audio devices such as voice modem Modem-out...
  • Page 41 Hardware Installation 2.8.14 Wake-On-LAN Connector Function Ground +5VSB The system board 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 2.8.15 Wake-On-Ring Connector Function 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 2.8.16 Chassis Open Connector (optional) Function Ground Chassis signal N. C . The “chassis open” function, when enabled, will alert you that the system chassis is open. To use this function, connect the “chassis sensor” cable that is attached on your system chassis to location J17 on the system board.
  • Page 44 Hardware Installation 2.8.17 LEDs DIMM Standby Power LED AGP Warning LED PCI Standby Power LED AGP Warning LED The AGP slot supports 1.5V AGP add-in cards. If this type of AGP card is used, the AGP Warning LED will not light. However, if no AGP card is installed in the slot or you installed a +3.3V AGP card, the LED will light indicating that a non-1.5V card was used.

  • Page 45: Power Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.8.18 Power Connectors We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply has a standard 20-pin ATX main power connector, a 4-pin +12V power connector and a 6-pin auxiliary power connector that must be inserted onto ATXP1, ATXP2 and ATXP3 connectors respectively.
  • Page 46 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 Auxiliary Power Connector Function Function +3.3V Ground Ground +3.3V Ground...

  • Page 47: Front Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.8.19 Front Panel Connectors 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. It will blink every second when the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) state.
  • Page 48 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 ever y second. When the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink every 4 seconds.

  • Page 49: 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 system board.
  • Page 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Thu, Mar 21 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 51 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave If you wish to define your own drive type manually, select “Manual”. The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If you select ”Auto”, the BIOS will auto-detect the HDD & CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD &...
  • Page 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected. All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error.

  • 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 system board, 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 After seeing the error message, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done. Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear.
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility 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 Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password - ever ytime 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 Award BIOS Setup Utility Small Logo(EPA) Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot-up. Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot-up.

  • Page 58: Advanced Chipset Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Item Help By SPD DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time Menu Level Active to Precharge Delay DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay DRAM RAS# Precharge Non-ECC DRAM Data Integrity Mode...
  • Page 59 Award BIOS Setup Utility CAS Latency Time This field is used to select the local memory clock periods. Active to Precharge Delay The options are 5, 6 and 7. DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay The options are 2 and 3. DRAM RAS# Precharge This field controls RAS# precharge (in local memory clocks).
  • Page 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility Video BIOS Cacheable As with caching the system BIOS, enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addresssed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the faster the video performance.

  • Page 61: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Menu Level IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto...
  • Page 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility Auto The BIOS will automatically set the system according to your hard disk drive’s timing. Mode 0-4 You can select a mode that matches your hard disk drive’s timing. Caution: Do not use the wrong setting or you will have drive errors.
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility Init Display First This field is used to select whether to initialize the AGP or PCI first when the system boots. When the system boots, it will first initialize the AGP. PCI Slot When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI. Onboard AC97 Codec Enabled This option is used to enable the onboard AC97 codec.
  • Page 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility (1-2 On). You will not be able to boot up the system if you fail to do so. Password When this option is selected, move the cursor to the “KB Power On Password” field and press <Enter>.
  • Page 65 Award BIOS Setup Utility UART2 Mode Select The system board supports IrDA function for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. You may not use IrDA (J19) and the COM 2 serial port (CN3) at the same time. If you are using the COM 2 serial port, make sure this field is set to Normal.
  • Page 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only. ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) Allows parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the normal mode’s data transfer rate. EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed.
  • Page 67 Award BIOS Setup Utility Game Port Address This field is used to select the game por t’s address. Midi Port Address This field is used to select the midi port’s address. If you have selected the midi port’s address, you may select its IRQ in the “Midi Port IRQ”...

  • Page 68: 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. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Menu Level...
  • Page 69 Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management 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 and HDD Power Down fields are activated. Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down = 1 hr.
  • Page 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system. Hold 4 Sec. Regardless of whether the Power Management function is enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the Suspend mode.
  • Page 71 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Set this field to Enabled to use the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function. This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. Refer to “Jumper Settings for Wake-On-USB Keyboard”...

  • Page 72: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring 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. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations Item Help Reset Configuration Data...
  • Page 73 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources This field is used to set each system interrupt to either Legacy ISA or PCI. For devices compliant with the PCI bus architecture. Legacy ISA For devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification.

  • Page 74: Pc Health Status

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.7 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PC Health Status Item Help Current System Temp. 27C/80F Current CPU Temperature 40C/66F Menu Level Current Chassis FAN Speed 0 RPM Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM...
  • Page 75 Award BIOS Setup Utility Note: The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting “system health” conditions but if you want a warning message to pop-up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs, you must install the Hardware Doctor utility. This utility is included in the CD that came with the system board.

  • Page 76: Cpu Frequency Control

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 CPU Frequency Control CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software CPU Frequency Control Item Help CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect PCI Clk Disabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled Linear Spread Mode1 Linear Spread Base Linear Spread Range Clock By Slight Adjust 100MHz...
  • Page 77 Award BIOS Setup Utility Linear Spread Mode1 The options are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Linear Spread Base The options are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Linear Spread Range The options are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15.
  • Page 78 Award BIOS Setup Utility PCI/AGP Clock Adjust This field is used to select the AGP clock. The number that appeared before the AGP clock is its corresponding PCI clock. For example, if you selected “33/66 MHz”, 66MHz is the AGP clock and 33MHz is the PCI clock.

  • Page 79: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 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 80: Set Supervisor Password

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.11 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 81: Save & Exit Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.13 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 memor y, and the system will reboot.

  • Page 82: Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

    Supported Software Chapter 4 - Supported Software 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board 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 par ticular computer system without physically going to it.

  • Page 83: 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 84 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 85: Hardware Doctor

    Supported Software 4.2 Hardware Doctor The system board comes with the Hardware Doctor utility contained in the provided CD. This utility is capable of monitoring the system’s “health” conditions and allows you to manually set a range (Highest and Lowest Limit) to the items being monitored. If the settings/ values are over or under the set range, a warning message will pop- up.

  • Page 86: Intel Application Accelerator For Windows

    Supported Software 4. The “Software License Agreement” screen will appear. Click “Yes”. 5. The “Readme Information” screen will appear. You can view the content of the utility’s readme in this screen. Click “Next”. 6. The “Choose Destination Location” screen will appear showing where the utility will be located.

  • Page 87: Drivers And Utilities Installation Notes

    Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup". 2. Please go to DFI's web site at "http://www.dfi.com/suppor t1/ download2.asp" for the latest version of the drivers or software applications.

  • Page 88: 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” in the main menu screen and press <Enter>.
  • Page 89 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. In the System Proper ties dialog box, click the “Device Manager”...
  • Page 90 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 91 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 selecting “Standby”...

  • Page 92: 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 93 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 94: 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 95: Power Supply

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

  • Page 96: 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 97: 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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