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FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to c omply with the limits of a
C lass B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits
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  • Page 1 FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to c omply with the limits of a C lass B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules . T hese limits designed provide reasonable protection agains t harmful interference in a residential installation.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    LAYOUT OF M6VLQ GRAND ............... 1 COMPONENT INDEX................2 ENGLIS H....................3 M6VLQ Pro Features ..................3 Package contents..................4 How to setup Jumper .................5 CPU Installation..................5 DIMM Modules: DIMM1/ DIMM2 ..............6 Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots............7 ES PAÑOL ....................12 Características del M6VLQ Pro..............12 Contenido del Paquete ................
  • Page 3: Layout Of M6Vlq Grand

    Layout of M6VLQ Grand ※NOTE: ●represents the f irst pin.
  • Page 4: Component Index

    Component Index A. Power Source Selection for K. Front USB Header (JUSB 1) Keyboard and mouse (JKBV1) L. PCI BUS Slots (PCI 1-3) B. Power Source Selection for USB M. Communication Net work Ri ser Slot (JUSBV1) (CNR1) C. Back Panel Connector N.
  • Page 5: English

    English M6VLQ Pro Features A. Hardware Prov ides Socket 370 . Supports Celeron™ processor PPGA (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) and the Pentium® III Micro-Processor (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) and VIA C3 Ezra and Ezra-T Samuel 2 for high-end workstations and serv ers. Front Side Bus at 66/100/133 MHz.
  • Page 6: Package Contents

    On Board Pe ripherals a. Rear sid e 1 serial port. 1 VGA port. 1 parallel port. (SPP/EPP/ECP mode) 1 audio por t in horizontal position. 1 LAN jack. PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard. 2 USB2.0 ports. b. Front Sid e 1 floppy po rt supports 2 FDDs with 360K , 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
  • Page 7: How To Setup Jumper

    How to setup Jumper The illustration shows how jumpers are setup . When the Jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”. If no ju mper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is ”open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin ju mper whose pin 1and 2 are “close” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.
  • Page 8: Dimm Modules: Dimm1/ Dimm2

    CPU Fan Header: JCFAN1 Pin No. Assignment Ground +12V JCFAN1 FAN rpm Rate Sense S ystem Fan Header: JSFAN1 Pin No. Assignment Ground JSFAN1 +12V FAN rpm Rate Sense DIMM Modules: DIMM1/ DIMM2 DRAM Access Time: 2.5 V Unbuffered DDR 200/266 M Hz Type required. DRAM Type: 64MB/ 128MB/ 256MB/ 512MB / 1GB DIMM Module (184 pin) Total Memory Size with Unbuffere d DIMMs DIMM Socket...
  • Page 9: Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots

    Jumpers, Headers, Connectors & Slots Floppy Disk Connector: FDD1 The motherboard provides a standard f loppy disk connector tha t supports 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M flopp y disk types. This connector supports the prov ided f loppy drive ribbon cables. Hard Disk Connectors: IDE1/ IDE2 The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100/ 133 functionality.
  • Page 10: Front Panel Connector: Jpanel1

    Front Panel Connector: JPANEL1 P WR_LED S LP ON/ OF F JPANEL1 (+) (-) S PK HLED R ST Assignment Function Assignment Function Sleep Control Sleep Speaker Button Ground Connector Speaker Power LED (+) POWER HDD LED (+) Hard Drive Power LED (+) HDD LED (-) Power LED (-)
  • Page 11 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard are powered with +5V standby v oltage +5V Standby Voltage Pin 2-3 close Note: In order to support this function “Pow er-on the system via keyboard and m ouse”, “JKBV1” jumper cap should be placed on pin 2-3. Power S ource Selection for USB: JUSBV1/ JUS BV2 JUSBV1/J USBV2 Assignment...
  • Page 12 The following procedures are for resetting the BIOS passw ord. It is important to follow these instructions closely. ※ Clear CM OS Procedures: 1. Remov e AC power line. 2. Set the jumper to “Pin 2-3 Close”. 3. Wait for fiv e seconds. 4.
  • Page 13 Digital Audio Connector: JS PDIF1 Assignment SPDIF_OUT JSPDIF1 Ground Wake On LAN Header: JWO L1 Assignment +5V Standby JWOL1 Ground Wake up Back Panel Connectors JUSBLAN1 PS/2 JPRNT1 JGAME1 (Optional) Mouse Parallel Port Game Port PS/2 COM1 VGA1 Speaker Keyboard JCOM1 JVGA1 Line In...
  • Page 14: Español

    Español Características del M6VLQ Pro A. Hardware Proporciona Socket 370. Soporta procesador Celeron™ PPGA (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) y Pentium® III Micro-Procesador (FC-PGA & FC-PGA2) y VIA C3 Ezra and Ezra –T Samuel 2 para estaciones de trabajo y serv idore s de alta capacidad. Front Side Bus a 66 /100/133 MHz.
  • Page 15: Contenido Del Paquete

    Periféricos Onboard a. Parte Trasera 1 puerto en serie. 1 puerto VGA. 1 puerto paralelo. (modos SPP/EPP/ECP) 1 puerto de audio en posición horizontal. 1 LAN jack. Ratón PS/2 y teclado PS/2. 2 puertos USB2.0. b. Parte Delantera 1 puerto para disquetera sopor tando 2 FDDs de 360K, 720K , 1.2M, 1.44M y 2.88Mbytes.
  • Page 16: Cómo Instalar Un Puente

    Cómo instalar un Puente La ilustración muestra cómo instalar un puente. Cuando el Jumper Cap está ubicado en los conta ctos, el puente está en “clo se”. Si no hay Jumper Cap ubicado en los contactos, el puente está en ”open”. La siguiente ilustración muestra un contacto 3 en el que los contactos 1 y 2 están “close”...
  • Page 17: Módulos Dimm: Dimm1/ Dimm2

    Cabezal del Sistema de Ventilación del CPU: JCFAN1 Conrtacto No. Asignación T ierra +12V JCFAN1 FAN rpm Rate Sense Cabezal del Sistema de Ventilación: JS FAN1 Contacto No. Asignación T ierra JSFAN1 +12V FAN rpm Rate Sense Módulos DIMM: DIMM1/ DIMM2 DRAM Tiempo de Acceso: 2.5V Unbuffered DDR 200/266 MHz Tipo reque rido.
  • Page 18: Puentes, Cabezales, Conectores Y Ranuras

    Puentes, Cabezales, Conectores y Ranuras Conector de Disquetera: FDD1 La placa madre proporciona un conector estándar para disquete que soporta disquetera de 360K , 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M y 2.88M. Éste conector utiliza cables proporcionados por el disquete. Conector del Disco Duro: IDE1/ IDE2 La placa madre tiene un controlador de 32-bit P CI IDE que proporciona Modo PIO 0~5, Bus Master, y funcionalidad Ultra DMA 33/ 66/ 100.
  • Page 19 Conector del Panel Frontal: JPANEL1 P WR_LED S LP ON/ OF F JPANEL1 (+) (-) S PK HLED R ST Contacto Asignación Función Contacto Asignación Función Control de Botón Suspension Conector de Suspension Tierra del Alta v oz Alta v oz Corriente LED (+) Corriente HDD LED (+)
  • Page 20: Fuente De Corriente Selección Para Teclado/Ratón

    Fuente de Corriente Selección para Teclado/ Ratón: JKBV1 JKBV1 Asignación Descripción +5V para teclado y ra tón Contacto 1-2 close Ratón PS/2 y Teclado PS/2 son encendidos con un v oltaje standby de Voltaje Standby +5V Contacto 2-3 close Nota: Para soportar la función “Encendiendo el sistema por medio del teclado y ratón”, el jum per cap del “JKBV1”...
  • Page 21 Puente de Borrar CMOS : JCMOS1 JCMOS1 Asignación Operación Normal (default) Contacto 1-2 Clo se Borra datos del CMOS Contacto 2-3 Close Los siguientes procesos son para reiniciar la contrasena del BIOS. Es importante que siga los s i g u i e n t e s p a s os c ui d a do s a m e n t e . ※...
  • Page 22 Cabezal de Audio del Panel Frontal: JAUDIO1 JAUDIO1 Contactos Asignación Contactos Asignación Entrada del Mic Tierra Corriente del Mic Corriente de Audio Salida de Línea Dere cho/ Salida de Línea Derecho/ Salida Salida del Altavoz Derecho del Altav oz Derecho Reserv ado Salida de Línea Izquierdo/ Salida de Línea Izquierdo/ Salida...
  • Page 23: Watchdog Technology

    Watchdog Technology It is important to know that when overclocking, the system can be at a v ulnerable state. Theref ore, the BIOSTAR Watchdog Technology was designed to protect y our PC under dangerous over-clock situa tions. Any ov er-clocking that reaches the threshold settings, the Watchdog Technology will disable y our system from rebooting in the BIOS setting.
  • Page 24: Warpspeeder

    WarpSpeeder Introduction [ WarpSpeeder™ ], a new powerf ul control utility, f eatures three user- f riendly functions including Ov erclock Manager, Ov ervoltage Manager, and Hardware Monitor. With the Ov erclock Manager, users can easily adjust the frequency they prefer or they can get the best CPU perf ormance with just one click.
  • Page 25: Installation

    Installation Execute the setup execution f ile, and then the following dialog will pop up. Please click “Ne xt” button and f ollow the de fault procedure to install. When y ou see the f ollowing dialog in setup procedure, it means setup is completed.
  • Page 26: Usage

    Usage The following figures are just only for reference, the screen printe d in this user manual will change according to your motherboard on hand. [WarpSpeeder™] includes 1 tray icon and 5 panels: Tray Icon: Whenev er the Tra y Icon utility is launched, it will displa y a little tray icon on the righ t side of Windows Taskbar .
  • Page 27 This utility is responsible f or conveniently invoking [WarpSpeeder™] Utility. Y ou can use the mouse by clicking the left button in order to inv oke [WarpSpeeder™] directly from the little tray icon or you can right-click the little tray icon to pop up a popup menu as following f igure.
  • Page 28 Voltage Panel Click the Voltage button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Voltage Panel will slide ou t to up as the f ollowing figure. In this panel, you can decide to increase CP U core voltage and Memory voltage or not. The def ault setting is “No”...
  • Page 29 Overclock Panel Click the Ov erclock button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the O verclock Panel will slide ou t to left as the f ollowing figure.
  • Page 30 Overclock Panel contains these features: “–3MHz button”, “-1MHz button”, “+1MHz button”, and “+3MHz button”: provide user the ability to do real-time overclock adjustment. Warning: Manually overclock is potentially dangerous, especially w hen the overclocking percentage is over 110 %. We strongly recommend you verify every speed you overclock by click the Verify button.
  • Page 31 “Auto-ov erclock button”: User can click this button and [ WarpSpeeder™ ] will set the best and stable performance and frequency automatically. [ WarpSpeeder™ ] utility will execute a series of testing until system f ail. Then system will do f ail-saf e reboot by using Watchdog f unction.
  • Page 32 Hardware Monitor Panel Click the Hardware Monitor button in Main Panel, the button will be highlighted and the Hardware Monitor panel will slide ou t to left as the f ollowing figure. In this panel, you can get the real-time status information of y our system. The information will be re f reshed e v ery 1 se cond.
  • Page 33 Note: Because the overclock, overvoltage, and hardware monitor features are controlled by several separate chipset, [ WarpSpeeder™ ] divide these features to separate panels. If one chipset is not on board, the correlative button in Main panel will be disabled, but will not interfere other panels’ functions.
  • Page 34: S Tudiofun! Tm (Optional)

    StudioFun! (Optional) Introduction StudioFun! is a media-player based on optimized GNU/Linux distribution to bring a “Room Theater” experience into lif e . It plays DVD, V CD, MP3, Audio CD and other multimedia. Furthermore, Users can take snapshots of video and customize the sav ed images as screensavers or photo slideshows.
  • Page 35: Trouble Shooting

    Trouble Shooting PROBABLE SOLUTION No power to the system at all Power light don’t * Make sure power cable is securely plugged in illuminate, fan inside power supply does not turn * Replace cable on. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on * Contact techn ical support PROBABLE SOLUTION...
  • Page 36: Solución De Problemas

    Solución de Problemas CAUSA PROB A BLE SOLUCIÓN No hay corriente en el sistema. La luz de * Asegúrese que el cable de transm isión esté corriente no ilumina, ventila dor dentro de la seguramente enchufado. fuente de alimentación apagada. Indicador de * Reemplace el cable.
  • Page 37 08/13/2003...
  • Page 38 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup BIOS Setup..................1 1 Main Menu..................... 3 2 Standard CMOS Features ................6 3 Advanced BIOS Features................9 4 Advanced Chipset Features................12 5 Integrated Peripherals .................. 16 6 Power Management Setup ................20 7 PnP/PCI Configurations ................25 8 PC Health Status ..................
  • Page 39: Bios Setup

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Introduction This manual discussed Award™ Setup program built into the ROM BIOS. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
  • Page 40 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup PCI Bus Support This AWARD BIOS also supports Version 2.1 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR SDRAM (Double Data Rate Synchronous DRAM) are supported. Supported CPUs ® This AWARD BIOS supports the Intel CPU.
  • Page 41: Main Menu

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 1 Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 42 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Input/ Output features. Power Management Setup This submenu allows you to configure the power management features. PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system.
  • Page 43 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS(memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.
  • Page 44: Standard Cmos Features

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 2 Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the<PgUp>...
  • Page 45 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Main Menu Selections This table shows the selections that you can make on the Main Menu. Item Options Description Date mm : dd : yy Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically changes when you set the date.
  • Page 46 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Item Options Description Halt On All Errors Select the situation in which No Errors you want the BIOS to stop All, but Keyboard the POST process and All, but Diskette notify you. All, but Disk/ Key...
  • Page 47: Advanced Bios Features

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 3 Advanced BIOS Features Figure 3. Advanced BIOS Setup Boot Seq & Floppy Setup First/ Second/ Third/ Boot Other Device These BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the device in the sequence selected in these items.
  • Page 48 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Cache & Shadow Setup CPU Internal Cache Depending on the CPU/chipset in use, you may be able to increase memory access time with this option. The Choices: Enabled (default) Enable cache. Disabled Disable cache. External Cache This option you to enable or disable “Level 2”...
  • Page 49 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup On (default) Numpad is number keys. Numpad is arrow keys. Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Fast (default) Lets chipset control Gate A20.
  • Page 50: Advanced Chipset Features

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 4 Advanced Chipset Features This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. The default settings that came with your system have been optimized and therefore should not be changed unless you are suspicious that the settings have been changed incorrectly.
  • Page 51 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature. The Choices: Disabled (default). Precharge to Active (Trp) This items allows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command.
  • Page 52 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup AGP Master 1 WS Write The Choices: Enabled, Disabled (default). AGP Master 1 WS Read When Enabled, read to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. The Choices: Disabled (default), Enabled. CPU & PCI Bus Control If you highlight the literal “Press Enter”...
  • Page 53 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size. The Choices: 32M (default), 16M, 8M, Disabled. Memory Parity/ ECC Check This item allows you to enable or disable memory parity/ ECC checking.
  • Page 54: Integrated Peripherals

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 5 Integrated Peripherals Figure 5. Integrated Peripherals USB 2.0 Support This item allows you to enable or disable USB 2.0 supports. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. VIA Onchip IDE Device The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels.
  • Page 55 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this option to “Disabled”. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO The IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports.
  • Page 56 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (default), Disabled, Auto, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. UART Mode Select This item allows you to determine which Infrared (IR) function of onboard I/O chip. The Choices: Normal(default), ASKIR, IrDA, SCR . UR2 Duplex Mode Select the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port.
  • Page 57 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup OnChip USB Controller This item allows you to set the onchip USB. The Choices: All Enabled (default), All Disabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB Port, 3 USB Port.
  • Page 58: Power Management Setup

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure your system to utilize energy conservation and power up/power down features. Figure 6. Power Management Setup ACPI function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
  • Page 59 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min Max. Power Saving Maximum power management only available for sl CPU’s. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min.
  • Page 60 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. The Choices: Suspend→Off (default), Always on, All Modes→Off. Video Off Method This option determines the manner in which the monitor is goes blank.
  • Page 61 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup The Choices: Auto, On, Off (default). IRQ/ Event Activity Detect If you highlight the literal “ Press Enter” next to the “IRQ/ Event Activity Detect” label and then press the enter key, it will take you to a submenu with the following options:...
  • Page 62 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup system will boot up. Primary INTR When set to ON (default), any event occurring at Primary INTR will awaken a system, which has been powered down. IRQs Activity Monitoring When set to ON (default), any event occurring at Primary INTR will awaken a system which has been powered down.
  • Page 63: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 7 PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 64 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup option is chosen, the system is forced to update ESCDs and then is automatically set to the “Disabled” mode. The above settings will be shown on the screen only if “Manual” is chosen for the resources controlled by function.
  • Page 65 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup ISA bus if the PCI VGA controller responds to the Write. In this case, the PCI VGA controller should not respond to the Write, it should only snoop the data and permit the access to be forwarded to the ISA bus. The non-VGA ISA graphic controller can then snoop the data on the ISA bus.
  • Page 66: Pc Health Status

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 8 PC Health Status Figure 8. PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The Choices: 60℃/ 140°F, 65℃/ 149°F, 70℃/ 158°F, Disabled (default).
  • Page 67 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contain a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several delay time to select you want. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled.
  • Page 68: Frequency Control

    M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup 9 Frequency Control Figure 9. Frequency Control VIA C3 Clock Ratio This item allows you to select the C3 clock ratio. The Choices: Default (default), x3, x3.5, x4, x4.5, x5, x5.5, x6, x6.5, x7, x8, x9, x10, x9.5, x12, x8.5, x10.5, x11, x12, x12.5, x13, x14, x14.5, x15, x15.5, x16.
  • Page 69 M6VLQ Grand BIOS Setup CPU Clock This item allows you to select CPU Clock, and CPU over clocking. If unfortunately, the system’s frequency that you are selected is not functioning, there are two methods of booting-up the system. Method 1: Clear the COMS data by setting the JCOMS1 ((2-3) closed)) as “ON”...

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