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  • Page 1 AD72-SC AD72-SN Rev. A+ System Board User’s Manual "&% %...
  • Page 2 Copyright Trademarks Caution...
  • Page 3 FCC and DOC Statement on Class B...
  • Page 4 Notice System Board AD72-SC AD72-SN (Supports onboard audio) ü û ü û ü û ü û ü û ü û...
  • Page 5 Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility...
  • Page 6 Introduction Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix B - System Error Messages Appendix C - Troubleshooting...

  • Page 7: Features And Specifications

    Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset • VIA KT-266 - VT8366 and VT8233 ® Processor The system board is equipped with Socket-A for 462-pin PGA processor. It is also equipped with a switching voltage regulator that automatically detects 1.100V to 1.850V.
  • Page 8 64MB 512MB Expansion Slots The AD72-SC system board is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot, 4 dedicated PCI slots and 1 shared PCI/CNR slot. The AD72-SN system board is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot and 5 dedicated PCI slots.
  • Page 9 Introduction Onboard Audio Features (AD72-SC) ATX Double Deck Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors) Connectors PCI Bus Master IDE Controller...
  • Page 10 Introduction IrDA Interface USB Ports BIOS Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
  • Page 11 Introduction 1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions 1.1.3 Intelligence CPU Fan Protection Over Voltage...
  • Page 12 Introduction CPU Overclocking Automatic Chassis Fan Off Dual Function Power Button Wake-On-Ring Important: If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥ 720mA. RTC Timer to Power-on the System...
  • Page 13 Introduction Wake-On-LAN Important: The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥ 720mA. AC Power Failure Recovery ACPI STR ® ® Important: The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥ 1A.
  • Page 14 Introduction Virus Protection 1.2 Package Checklist þ þ þ þ þ...

  • Page 15: System Board Layout

    Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 System Board Layout AD72-SC (Uses VIA KT-266 - VT8366 and VT8233; supports onboard audio) ®...
  • Page 16 Hardware Installation AD72-SN (Uses VIA KT-266 - VT8366 and VT8233; does not support onboard audio) ® Note: The illustrations on the following pages are based on the AD72-SC system board, which is the board that supports onboard audio.

  • Page 17: System Memory

    Hardware Installation Warning: • To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system, you must power-off the system then turn off the power supply’s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to altering the setting of a jumper or replacing the CPU. •...

  • Page 18: Installing The Dim Module

    Hardware Installation The system board is also equipped with two 168-pin PC SDRAM DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) sockets that support 3.3V PC SDRAM DIMM. PC SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) uses a fast memory interface technology that includes using the clock on the chip to synchronize with the CPU clock so that the timing of the memory chips and the timing of the CPU are synchronized.
  • Page 19 Hardware Installation Inserting a DDR SDRAM DIMM into the DDR SDRAM Socket...
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 2.3 CPU Frequency Ratio Ratio...
  • Page 21 Hardware Installation CPU Frequency Ratio Select - SW1 Important: We do not recommend that you adjust the CPU to a higher frequency ratio because it may result to the CPU’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance.

  • Page 22: Jumper Settings For Clearing Cmos Data

    Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP8 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 bus clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.
  • Page 23 Hardware Installation...

  • Page 24: Jumper Settings For The Onboard Audio Codec

    Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for the Onboard Audio Codec (AD72-SC) Onboard Audio Codec Settings - Jumpers JP12 and JP13...
  • Page 25 Hardware Installation 2.6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumper JP7 Warning: To ensure proper boot up and operation of your system, you must power-off the system then turn off the power supply’s switch or unplug the AC power cord prior to altering the setting of the jumper.

  • Page 26: Jumper Settings For Selecting The Usb Power

    Hardware Installation 2.7 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power Power Select for USB 1 (JP3) and Power Select for USB 2 and USB 3 (JP9)
  • Page 27 Hardware Installation 2.8 Jumper Settings for the CNR (AD72-SC) CNR Settings - Jumper JP11...
  • Page 28 Hardware Installation 2.9 Ports and Connectors 2.9.1 Serial Ports...
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation 2.9.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports Warning: Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard. Failure to do so may damage the system board.
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation 2.9.3 Parallel Port Setting Function...
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 2.9.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable...

  • Page 32: Ide Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.9.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable Note: Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings.
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive Important: If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM drive that is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive to Slave mode. Some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation 2.9.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports Function Function Function...
  • Page 35 Hardware Installation...

  • Page 36: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.9.7 IrDA Connector Function Note: The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board. Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions.
  • Page 37 Hardware Installation 2.9.8 CPU Fan Connector with CPU Fan Protection Function Function...
  • Page 38 Hardware Installation...
  • Page 39 Hardware Installation 2.9.9 Chassis Fan Connector Function...
  • Page 40 Hardware Installation 2.9.10 Second Chassis Fan Connector Function...
  • Page 41 Hardware Installation 2.9.11 Game/MIDI Port (AD72-SC)
  • Page 42 Hardware Installation 2.9.12 Audio Jacks (AD72-SC) Function Function...
  • Page 43 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks Line-out Jack (J8 - Lime) Line-in Jack (J9 - Light Blue) Mic-in Jack (J11 - Pink) Additional Line-out/Mic-in (J26)
  • Page 44 Hardware Installation 2.9.13 Internal Audio Connectors (AD72-SC) AUX-in and CD-in Function Function...
  • Page 45 Hardware Installation 2.9.14 Wake-On-LAN Connector Function Important: The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥ 720mA.
  • Page 46 Hardware Installation 2.9.15 Wake-On-Ring Connector Function Important: If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support a minimum of ≥ 720mA.
  • Page 47 Hardware Installation 2.9.16 DIMM/PCI Standby Power LED DIMM Standby Power LED PCI Standby Power LED 3.3VSB Standby for PCI (Jumper JP10)
  • Page 48 Hardware Installation Important: Lighted LEDs serve as a reminder that you must power-off the system then turn off the power supply’s switch or unplug the power cord prior to installing any memory modules or add-in cards.

  • Page 49: Power Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.9.17 Power Connector Function Function Important: The system board requires a minimum of 300W electric current.

  • Page 50: Front Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.9.18 Front Panel Connectors HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED G-LED: Green LED ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch G-SW: Green Switch RESET: Reset Switch SPEAKER: Speaker Connector...
  • Page 51 Hardware Installation PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED Note: If a system did not boot-up and the Power/Standby LED did not light after it was powered-on, it may indicate that the CPU or memor y module was not installed properly. Please make sure they are properly inserted into their corresponding socket. Pin Assignment HD-LED G-LED...
  • Page 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup...

  • Page 53: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Award BIOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, Mar 21 2001 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 54 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary/Secondar y Master/Slave Capacity Access Mode Drive A and Drive B None 360K, 5.25 in. 1.2M, 5.25 in. 720K, 3.5 in. 1.44M, 3.5 in. 2.88M, 3.5 in. Video EGA/VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 Mono...
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On No Errors All Errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key Base Memory Extended Memory T otal Memory...

  • Page 56: Advanced Bios Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Virus Warning Disabled CPU L1 Cache Enabled Menu Level CPU L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Allows you to choose Quick Power On Self Test...
  • Page 57 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU L1 Cache and CPU L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device and Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive...
  • Page 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Enabled Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec)
  • Page 59 Award BIOS Setup Utility Security Option System Setup OS Select for DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability...

  • Page 60: 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 Press Enter DRAM Clock/Drive Control Press Enter AGP & P2P Bridge Control Menu Level Press Enter CPU & PCI Bus Control Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Disabled...
  • Page 61 Award BIOS Setup Utility SDRAM Clock This field is used to select the clock speed of the PC SDRAM DIMM. By SPD The EEPROM on a PC SDRAM DIMM has SPD (Serial Presence Detect) data structure that stores information about the module such as the memor y type, memor y size, memor y speed, etc.
  • Page 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility SDRAM Cycle Length This field is used to select the clock cycle for the CAS latency. Bank Interleave The options are Enabled and Disabled. DDR DRAM Command Rate The options are 1T Command and 2T Command. AGP &...
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU & PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write and AGP Master 0 WS Write CPU to PCI Post Write and CPU to AGP Post Write PCI Delay Transaction System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable I/O Recovery Time...

  • Page 64: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software 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...
  • Page 65 Award BIOS Setup Utility Auto Mode 0-4 IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Auto Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device VIA-3058 AC97 Audio (AD72-SC) Auto Disabled VIA-3068 MC97 Modem Auto Disabled...
  • Page 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility Super IO Device Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Por t 2 Auto 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3 Disabled UART2 Mode Select RxD, TxD Active...
  • Page 67 IR Transmission Delay Onboard Parallel Por t 378/IRQ7, 3BC/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5 Disabled Parallel Port Mode “ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)” “EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)” EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address (AD72-SC) Midi Por t Address (AD72-SC) Midi Port IRQ (AD72-SC)
  • Page 68 Award BIOS Setup Utility Init Display First PCI Slot OnChip USB Controller USB Keyboard Support IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Disabled...

  • Page 69: Power Management Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 Power Management Setup CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS) Menu Level Power Management Option User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option...
  • Page 70 Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management Option Min Saving Max Saving User Define HDD Power Down Suspend Mode Video Off Option Always On Suspend -> Off All Modes -> Off Video Off Method V/H SYNC + Blank Blank Screen DPMS Support...
  • Page 71 Award BIOS Setup Utility MODEM Use IRQ Soft-Off by PWRBTN Delay 4 Sec Instant-Off PWR Lost Resume State Keep Off Turn On Last State...
  • Page 72 Award BIOS Setup Utility Wake Up Events USB Resume from S3 LPT & COM HDD & FDD PCI Master PowerOn by PCI Card Resume On LAN/Ring • •...
  • Page 73 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume by Alarm Enabled Disabled Date (of Month) 1-31 Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) IRQs Activity Monitoring...

  • Page 74: Reset Configuration Data

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations Item Help Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD) IRQ Resources Press Enter Default is Disabled. Select Enabled to PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled reset Extended System...
  • Page 75 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources PCI/ISA PnP Legacy ISA PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enabled Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA Note: When Disabled, a “Yellow” mark will appear in Windows 95’s  Device Manager. Assign IRQ for USB Note: When Disabled, a “Yellow” mark will appear in Windows 95’s ...

  • Page 76: 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 CPU Fan Protection Disabled Current System Temp. 27C/80F Menu Level Current CPU Temperature 37C/98F Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Current Chassis FAN Speed 0 RPM...
  • Page 77 Award BIOS Setup Utility +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V) and 5VSB(V) 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 Monitor utility.

  • Page 78: Spread Spectrum Modulated

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Item Help CPU Vcore Adjust Default Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Clock By Slight Adjust ↑↓→← Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save...
  • Page 79 Award BIOS Setup Utility Clock By Slight Adjust Important: Overclocking may result to the processor’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance. Note: Use a PS/2 or AT (requires a DIN to mini DIN adapter) keyboard for method 2.
  • Page 80 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults 3.1.10 Load Optimized Defaults...
  • Page 81 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.11 Set Supervisor Password 3.1.12 Set User Password...
  • Page 82 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup 3.1.14 Exit Without Saving 3.2 Updating the BIOS...
  • Page 83 " Supported Softwares Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 4.1.1 Running the DMI Utility...
  • Page 84 " Supported Softwares 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 :...
  • Page 85 " Supported Softwares Add DMI ← → ↑ ↓ Load DMI File ← → Press [Enter] to select DMI file for load Do you want to execute? (Y/N) Save DMI File ← → Press [Enter] to select DMI file for save...

  • Page 86: Hardware Monitor

    " Supported Softwares 4.2 Hardware Monitor Note: Use this utility only in Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ® ® ® 98 SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 or Windows NT ® ® ® operating system. 4.3 VIA Service Pack ®...
  • Page 87 " Supported Softwares Service Pack Installation Notes ® Important: The VGA driver that came with some AGP cards is already bundled with the AGP VxD driver. Since the version of the bundled VxD driver may be older than the one provided in the CD, installing the bundled VxD driver may cause problems.

  • Page 88: Drivers And Utilities Installation Notes

    " Supported Softwares 4.4 Audio Drivers and Software Application (AD72-SC)       4.5 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes      ...
  • Page 89 Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® 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 90 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® ®...
  • Page 91 Using the Suspend to RAM Function...
  • Page 92 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® Important: If you are unable to use the Suspend to RAM function (after performing the steps above in Windows 98 or when you are ® i n Windows 2000/ME), please check whether your add-in ®...
  • Page 93 System Error Message Appendix B - System Error Message B.1 POST Beep B.2 Error Messages CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED Caution: Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions.
  • Page 94 System Error Message FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (80) Hard Disk(s) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (20) Hard Disk(s) fail (10) Hard Disk(s) fail (08) Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Manufacturing POST loop BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted Memory test fail...
  • Page 95 Troubleshooting Appendix C - Troubleshooting C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist CPU Fan Protection After booting up the system, a beeping alarm sounded then the system’s power was turned off:...

  • Page 96: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting CPU Frequency Ratio The system did not boot up with the frequency ratio I selected. Monitor/Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on: The picture seems to be constantly moving. The screen seems to be constantly wavering. Power Supply When the computer is turned on, nothing happens.

  • Page 97: Floppy Drive

    Troubleshooting Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive. Hard Drive Hard disk failure. Excessively long formatting period. Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn’t respond when you try to print.
  • Page 98 Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed. System Board...
  • Page 99 Troubleshooting...

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