Notice Handling Precautions Warning: 1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the mainboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that your body is not electrostatically charged. 2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or an equivalent type of battery as recommended by the manufacturer.
FA13 Mainboard Manual Package Checklist The mainboard This user manual One FDD cable One HDD cable Advantage Card One ATA/66 cable Two Software CDs (CD Pro, CD Plus and its manual) 1 - 2...
FA13 Mainboard Manual Main Features NOTE: 1. The PCI5 slot is shared with the (optional) ISA1 Slot. 2. The PCI5 slot only allows a slave card on it. 1 - 4...
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Overview NOTE: USB3 connector is manufacturing optional. Ô Ô Ò 1 - 5...
FA13 Mainboard Manual ACPI Ready NOTE: If BIOS date is after 12/02/1999, the ACPI will be installed automatically. Users do not need to setup in the above-mentioned way. 1 - 6...
Overview FIC Unique Innovation for Users (NOVUS) - Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support NOTE: 1. LogGenie supports Award BIOS only. 2. If you create a Logo file (.bmp) by LogoGenie, the file size must ||||be 640 x 464 x 16 colors (around 145K).
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FA13 Mainboard Manual WARNING: While excute Step3 below, please do not turn off the sytsem power in order to avoid BIOS damage. NOTE: However, if it is disabled and while boot the system, the POST screen will be held and shows you the message to let you know the current status of BIOS Guardian.
Installation Procedures Chapter 2 Installation Procedures WARNING: Excessive torque may damage the mainboard. When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard, make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5.0 ~ 8.0kg/cm. Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips.
FA13 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4) Mainboard Layout NOTE: 1. The PCI5 slot is shared with the (optional) ISA1 Slot. 2. The PCI5 slot only allows a slave card on it. 2 - 2...
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Installation Procedures CPU/BUS Speed Ratio Select, Clear CMOS, Clear Password, FSB Speed Select, Over Voltage Driving, Keyboard Power On 2 - 3...
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FA13 Mainboard Manual Front Panel Block Cable Connection CPU Fan Installation 2 - 4...
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Installation Procedures 1). Set System Switches/Jumpers NOTE: When SW1-6 set at Enabled, the keyboard password (K/B Wake-up function, BIOS Setup) will be cleared too. Users can power on the system by pushing power button. 2 - 5...
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FA13 Mainboard Manual NOTE: To use this function and WOL connector together, your power supply should have a current of above 1A at 5 V Stand-by. WARNING: Voltage and frequency above CPU’s specifications are not guaranteed to be stable. 2 - 6...
FA13 Mainboard Manual 3). Install the CPU CAUTION: 1. Always turn the system power off before installing or removing any device. 2. Always observe static electricity precautions. See “Handling Pre- cautions” at the start of this manual. 3. Inserting the chip incorrectly may damage the chip.
Installation Procedures 4). Install Expansion Cards NOTE: 1. The PCI5 slot is shared with the (optional) ISA1 Slot. 2. The PCI5 slot only allows a slave card on it. CAUTION: Make sure to unplug the power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components.
BIOS Setup BIOS Features Setup Anti-Virus Protection CPU Internal Cache External Cache Processor Number Feature Boot From LAN First 3 - 3...
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FA13 Mainboard Manual Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status Gate A20 Option Memory Parity Check Typematic Rate Setting 3 - 4...
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BIOS Setup Security Option PCI/VGA Palette Snoop OS Select For DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 Video BIOS Shadow 3 - 5...
FA13 Mainboard Manual BIOS Guardian NOTE: Please disable this BIOS feature about BIOS Guardian before you start to reflash BIOS. Chipset Features Setup Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing; Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing; Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing; Bank 6/7 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Length...
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BIOS Setup DRAM Clock Memory Hole Read Around write Concurrent PCI/Host Video RAM Cacheable System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 3 - 7...
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FA13 Mainboard Manual AGP Aperture Size AGP-2X Mode OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk CPU Clock/Spread Spectrum 3 - 8...
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FA13 Mainboard Manual OnChip IDE Channel0 OnChip IDE Channel1 IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO 3 - 18...
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BIOS Setup Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master/Slave UDMA Secondary Master/Slave UDMA NOTE: two features Primary UDMA Cable and Secondary UDMA Cable were added. Please stay with the default value 40 Pin when you use a 40- pin cable for your 33MHz hard drive/CD-ROM. Please select the option 80 Pin when you use a 80-pin cable for your 33MHz (or 66MHz) hard drive/CD-ROM.
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FA13 Mainboard Manual KB Power On Password Hot Key Power ON KBC input clock Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 3 - 20...
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BIOS Setup Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UART2 Duplex Mode RxD , TxD Active IR Transmission Delay Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode 3 - 21...