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Statement of Shuttle Mainboard via the EMI Test Shuttle mainboards have been via the EMI test in terms of series of regulations: EN55022/CISPR22/ AS/NZS3548 Class B, EN55024 (1998/AS/NZS), EN4252.1 (1994), EN61000, ANSI C63.4 (1992), CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B, and CNS13438 (1997). The items tested are illustrated as follows: (A) Voltage: AC 110V/60HZ &...
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(C) Remedy for the Tested Product & Its EMI Interference: Remedy: N/A EMI Interference: Crystal : 32.768 KHz(X1)/ 25 MHz(X2)/ 24.576 MHz(X1) (D) Supported Host Peripherals: Host Peripheral Product Name Model Name Case SN27P2 Power Supply PC43I3503 Serial ATA II HITACHI HDS728080PLA380 Serial ATA II HITACHI HDS728080PLA380...
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2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Trademarks Shuttle is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
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Read the following precautions before setting up a Shuttle XPC. CAUTION Incorrectly replacing the battery may damage this computer. Replace only with the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle. Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. Installation Notices Do not place this device underneath heavy loads or in an unstable position.
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Driver and Software Installation ................1 1.1 Mainboard Driver CD ..................2 1.1.1 Install Mainboard Software ..............2 Appendix ........................3 Enter the BIOS ..................... 3 THE MAIN MENU ....................4 Standard CMOS Features ................6 Advanced BIOS Features ................
Install Utility - Install Acrobat Reader, WinFlash Utility. Manual - SN27P2 user's guide and nVIDIA manual in PDF format. Link to Shuttle Homepage - Link to shuttle website homepage. Browse this CD - Allows you to see contents of this CD.
Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Main-board Software Setup screen. Click the “Install Main-board Software“ bar. Individually install the following drivers.
Appendix BIOS Settings The SN27P2 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it re- tains Setup information even if the system power is turned off. The system BIOS manages and executes a variety of hardware related functions including: System date and time...
The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from sev- eral setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter>...
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PC Health Status This entry displays the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN settings. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for Frequency/Voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable per- formance of your system to operate.
Standard CMOS Features The items in the Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes none, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>...
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Base/Extended/Total Memory Theseitems are automatically detected by the system at start up time. These are display-only fields. You can't make change to these fields. ****************************************************** IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk drive. IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter>...
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Precomp Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk. Ø Min = 0, Max = 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size. Ø Min = 0, Max = 65535 Sector Number of sector per track. Ø Min = 0, Max = 255 ******************************************************...
Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security. CPU Feature Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. K8 NPT C1E Support This item is select K8 NPT C1E Support.
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CD-ROM Boot Priority This item allows you to select Hard Disk Book Device Priority. Bios Write Protect This item allows you to enable or disable the Bios Write Protect. If you want to flash BIOS, you must set it [Disabled]. Ø...
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First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items. Ø The Choice: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, Legacy LAN, or Disabled. Boot Other Device Select Your Boot Device Priority.
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System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. Ø...
Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to sys- tem memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordi- nates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus.
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SSE/SSE2 Instructions This item allows you to enable/disable the SSE/SSE2 Instructions. Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. System BIOS Cacheable Select Enable allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is writ- ten to this memory area, a system error may result.
Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. RAID Function Setup Press <Enter> to enter the RAID Function Setup. RAID Enable This setting item need to be configued as “Enabled” in order that the “SATA 1 Primary / Secondary and SATA 2 Primary / Secondary RAID”...
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Primary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/100 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Win- dows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If both of your hard drive and your system software support Ultra DMA/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
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MAC Lan This item allows you to control the MAC Lan. Ø The Choice: Auto or Disabled. Onboard SuperIO Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Onboard FDC Controller This item specifices onboard floopy disk drive controller. This setting allows you to connect your floopy disk drives to the onboard floopy connector.
Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
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Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer. DPMS Supported Initial display power management signaling.
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Power-On by Alarm When set to Enabled, the following three fields become available and you can set the month, date (day of the month), hour, minute and second to turn on your system. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Day of Month Alarm This item selects the alarm Day of Month.
PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Per- sonal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recom- mended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
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IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification;...
PC Health Status Advanced CPU Fan Setting Set the CPU Fan Speed. ØThe choice : Smart Fan, Noise Control - U Low, Noise Control - Low, Noise Control - Mid, Noise Control - Full, Temp Control - 40 C, Temp Control - 45 Temp Control - 50 C, Temp Control - 55 Temp Control - 60...
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Temp Control-45 C : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified, the temperature of CPU will be remained as 45 Temp Control-50 C : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified, the temperature of CPU will be remained as 50 Temp Control-55 C : When the CPU fan being set up as auto-modified, the temperature of CPU will be remained as 55...
Frequency/Voltage Control ******CPU****** CPU Clock Multiplier This item allows you to auto enable/disable a CPU Clock Multiplier. Ø The choice: Auto or 4.0x~25.5x. CPU Frequency This item allows you to enable or disable the spread spectrum modulation. Ø The choice: 200~300. ****** Spectrum****** CPU Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the CPU spread spectrum.
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HT Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable or disable the HT spread spectrum. Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. ****** Voltage ****** CPU Voltage This item allows you to set CPU Voltage. Ø The choice: 0.800V~1.525V or Auto. RAM Voltage This item allows you to set RAM Voltage.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations.
New Password Setting: 1. Press the <Enter> key. A dialog box appears to ask you to “Enter password: “. 2. Key in a new password. The password can not be over eight characters or numbers. 3. The system will then request you to confirm the new password by asking you to key in the new password again.
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