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MINIX User's Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Package Checklist Thank you for choosing our product. Please check the following packing and accessories, if there is any broken or part missing, please contact with your franchiser. • Rear I/O Panel X 1 •...
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MINIX User's Manual 4200+ 2.8GHz Main Chipset/ Integrated Graphics Main Memory Rear Panel I/O Internal I/O Connectors Sound Onboard LAN Expansion Slots - 5 -...
MINIX User's Manual 1.4 Connecting Rear Panel I/O Devices The rear I/O part of these mainboard provides the following I/O ports: devices. • HDMI:Connects to multimedia devices of HDMI protocol. • VGA: Connects to a monitor's VGA input. • DVI: Connects to monitor input.
MINIX User's Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis • Choose a chassis big enough to install this mainboard. • As some features for this mainboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the mainboard to indicators and switches or buttons on the chassis, make sure your chassis supports all the features required.
MINIX User's Manual 2.3 Installation of the CPU and CPU Cooler 1. Please make sure that the mainboard supports the CPU. 2. Please take note of the one indented corner of the CPU. If you install the CPU in the wrong direction, the CPU will not insert properly.
MINIX User's Manual 2.3.2 Installation of the CPU Cooler We suggest there should be active cooling to the chipset area in order to let the motherboard in chipset overheat, which is not recommended. 2.4 Installation of Memory Modules to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. Otherwise, it will operate at single channel mode.
MINIX User's Manual 2.5 Connecting Peripheral Devices 2.5.1 Serial ATA Connectors Each SATA connector serves as one single channel to connect one SATA device by SATA cable. 2.5.2 PCIE slot Install PCIE card into slot “PCIE1” . 2.5.3 MINIPCIE slot PCIE1”...
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MINIX User's Manual mini card at the bottom side of the motherboard. Identify the 2 connectors for the antennas, please note that ANT1 is assigned for Wifi and ANT2 c o n n e c t b o t h c o n n e c t o r s t o t h e antennas in order to enjoy full function of the card.
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MINIX User's Manual After you have installed the motherboard and the I/O shield into the computer case, you could start mounting the antennas onto the I/O shield, keep the ring of both antennas within the side of the computer case...
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MINIX User's Manual Checking Jumper Settings How to identify the PIN1 jumpers? Please check the mainboard carefully, the PIN1 is marked by "1" or white thick line. Pin No. Header PORT1L Microphone AGND Ground Ground PORT1R MIC Power PRESENCE# PORT2R...
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MINIX User's Manual This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS • Pins 2 and 3 shorted: Clear CMOS memory. Hard Driver LED connector SPEAK: Pin No. HD LED cable, and the LED will light when the Reset Switch...
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MINIX User's Manual This JCOM1 header supports a serial port module. Pin No. Pin No. Install the motherboard battery. 9/11- ATX Power Input Connectors ATXPWR We recommend to use our motherboard with a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1.
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MINIX User's Manual CPU fan connectors Pin No. These fan connectors are not jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors. Control 13-JHPD HDMI device detection. Pin No. Auto HDMI/DVI EN 14-S/PDIF Output Connection Header conversion to and from an analog format, which could degrade the signal quality.
MINIX User's Manual Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Utility 2. Loading and running your operating system. 3. Helping your operating system and application programs manage your PC hardware by means of 4.1 About BIOS Setup 4.2 To Run BIOS Setup 4.3 About CMOS computer accordingly.
MINIX User's Manual before the operating system is started. Each of POST routines is assigned a POST code, a unique number which is sent to I/O port 080h before the routine is executed. 4.5 BIOS Setup — CMOS Setup Utility •...
MINIX User's Manual The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Main Advanced Boot Security Power Exit 4.5.2 Control Keys possible selections for the highlighted item. Please check the following table for the function description of each control key.
MINIX User's Manual 4.5.3 Main Menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security JUSTw00t! Power Exit System Overview System Information System Time [22:15:32] System Date [Thu 06/19/2008] Language [English] "] Floppy A [1.44 MB 3 Power on Beep [Enabled] Select Screen...
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MINIX User's Manual • System time • System date • Language SATA Port 1/2/3/4 will auto detects the presence of SATA/IDE devices. Press "Enter" Key to enter the submenu. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main SATA Port1 Disabled: Disables LBA Mode. Device...
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MINIX User's Manual • PIO Mode Allows you to select the data transfer mode. • DMA Mode Selects the DMA mode. • S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. • 32Bit Data Transfer • Back to Main Setup Menu •...
MINIX User's Manual 4.5.4 Advanced Setting BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTwoot! Exit Advanced Settings Configure CPU. WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections Select Screen may cause system to malfunction. Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen...
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MINIX User's Manual This is CPU related parameter and CPU setting. • Cool N Quiet Disabled: Disables this function. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced NorthBridge Chipset Configuration Options NB CIMx Version:5.9.2 Disable Internal Graphics configuration UMA+SIDEPORT Internal Graphics Mode [UMA] UMA Frame Buffer Size...
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MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced SB Azalia Configuration Options HD Audio Azalia Device [Enable] HD Onboard PIM Config [Enable] Azalia Front Panel [Auto] AUTO Azalia Snoop [Disable] Disabled Audio Amplifier [Enable] Enabled OnChip SATA Channel [Enable] OnChip SATA Type...
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MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboard Device Configuration DISABLED: disables the integrated IDE Controller. PRIMARY: enables only the Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both] Primary IDE Controller. Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] SECONDARY: enables only the IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] Secondary IDE Controller.
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MINIX User's Manual • Onboard Lan Controller Enable:turn on the lan1 Disabled:shut the lan1 • Onboard Lan2 Controller Enable:turn on the lan2 Disabled:shut the lan2 • Onboard Lan Boot ROM Control Available options:Disabled, Enabled BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB.
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MINIX User's Manual PCIPnP Setting BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI/PnP Settings Clear NVRAM during System Boot. WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. Clear NVRAM [No] Plug & Play O/S [No] Select Screen PCI Latency Timer...
MINIX User's Manual 4.5.5 Boot Setting BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power PC&Health Exit Boot Settings Configure Settings during System Boot. Boot Settings Configuration Select Screen Boot Device Priority Select Item Hard Disk Drives Enter Go to Sub Screen...
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MINIX User's Manual • Halt On • Wait For 'F1' If Error • Hit 'Del' Message Display When set to Enabled,the system displays the message "Press DEL to run Setup" durning POST. • Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled, this function allows the option ROMs to trap Interrupt 19.
MINIX User's Manual 4.5.7 Power Setting BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00T! Exit Power Settings Section for Advanced ACPI Configuration. Select Screen ACPI Configuration Select Item APM Configuration Enter Go to Sub Screen PC Health General Help...
MINIX User's Manual ・Repost Video on S3 Resume ・ Power" menu. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power APM Configuration Enable/Disable SMI base power management Eup Function [Disabled] and APM support. PWRON After PWR-Fail [OFF] Resume By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Wake-UP by PME...
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MINIX User's Manual When power returns after an AC power failure, the system will return to the is off when AC power failure occurs, it will remain off when power returns. If • Resume By RTC Alarm Allows you to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event. When this item is set to Enabled,the items RTC Alarm Date,RTC Alarm Hour,RTC Alarm Minute,and RTC Alarm Second appear with set values.
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MINIX User's Manual 4.5.8 JUSTwoot! Setting BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTw00T! Exit OverClock Settings To Enabled/Disable Onboard PCIE LAN BOOTR AMD Overclocking Configuration DRAM Timing ConFiguration Memory Configuration Memory CLK :N/A,533MHZ CAS Latency(Tcl) :N/A,7 CLK RAS/CAS Delay(Trcd)
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MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY JUSTw00T! AMD Overclocking Configuration Configure CPU Speed :2717MHZ, NB CLK:2000MHZ frequency and Maximum FSB Multiplier:13.5x voltage Processor Frequency(FID) [Auto] Processor Voltage(VID) [Auto] Processor NB Frequency(NBFID) [Auto] Processor NB Voltage (NBVID) [Auto] CPU-NB HT Link Speed...
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MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY JUSTwoot! Memory Configuration Enabled Bank Memory Interleaving Bank Interleaving [Auto] Select Screen Enable Clock to All DIMMs [Disabled] Select Item MemClk Tristate C3/ATLVID [Disabled] Change Option Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled] General Help DCT Unganged Mode...
MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY JUSTwoot! Options DRAM Timing Configuration Auto Memory Clock Mode [Auto] Limit DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] Manual Select Screen Memory 2T Mode [2T Mode] Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc.
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MINIX User's Manual menu. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTwoot! Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes. Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F10 key can be used F10 key c for this operation.
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MINIX User's Manual main menu. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTwoot! Exit Exit Options Discards changes done so far to any of Save Changes and Exit the setup questions. Discard Changes and Exit F7 key can be used Discard Changes for this operation.
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MINIX User's Manual BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Boot Security Power JUSTwoot! Exit Exit Options Load Failsafe Default values for all the Save Changes and Exit setup questions. Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes F8 key can be used for this operation.
MINIX User's Manual Chapter 5 Driver Installation Check your package and there is Driver CD included. This CD consists of all drivers you need. In addition, this CD also include an auto detect software which can tell you which hardware is installed, and which drivers needed so that your system can function properly.
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MINIX User's Manual When you choose Mainboard Driver installation Utility, the drivers menu should appear as below: Back <- AMD Chipset Installation Utility Onboard LAN Driver Audio Driver Exit 1. AMD Chipset Installtion Utility 2. Onboard LAN Driver 3. Audio Driver...
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FCC Notice This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE 1: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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