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AZZA 845S Mainboard Series Cover Click Here Table Of Contents Click Here Introduction Click Here Hardware Installation Click Here BIOS Management Click Here...
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User’s Manual User’s Manual SOCKET 478 SDR ATX Mainboard 845S- - - - AV 845S 845S 845S 845S 845S- - - - AD 845S 845S Version 1.0 UM-845S-AVD-E1 Rev 1.1V Creation Date: 19 October 2001 AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 1...
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If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance. Technical Support Technical Support Technical Support If you require additional information or assistance during installation please con- will be able to provide the latest information. tact your dealer. Your dealer AZZA Page 2 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
2.6. System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors ..........20 2.6.1. PW: Power On/Off and External Suspend Switch Connector ....... 21 2.6.2 Standby LED Connector ................21 2.6.3. IDE HDD LED Connector ................ 21 2.6.4. Reset Button Connector ................21 AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 3...
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PC Health Status ..................42 3.10. Frequency/Voltage Control ..............43 3.11. Load Optimized Defaults ................ 44 3.12. Set Supervisor Password ................ 45 3.13. Set User Password .................. 45 3.14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP/EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ........47 AZZA Page 4 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
Humidity: 0 to 90% non-condensing. Altitude: 0 to 10,000 feet 1.3. Features and Specifications Processor Supports Intel® Socket 478 Pentium 4. Chipset Northbridge: RG82845 Southbridge: FW82801BA I/O Chipset 845S-AD: Winbond W83637HF-AW 845S-AV: Winbond W83627HF-AW AZZA Page 6 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
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Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked soft- ware, is designed for easy inventory, maintenance and the simplified trouble- shooting of computer systems. WOL (Wake-On-LAN) Port One WOL connector supports Wake-On-LAN functionality. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 7...
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Both models support ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA100 hard drives. • PIO Mode 3 and Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 16.6MB/ sec.). • Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer. • Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-120 and ZIP. AZZA Page 8 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
We recommend that you use the Default Settings, which are the ideal settings that will maintain the system in a good working condition. Only use this utility in Windows ® 95 or Windows ® 98 operating systems. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 9...
ACPI Ready The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that support OS Direct Power Management (OSPM) for round the clock PC operation. AZZA Page 10 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
PS/2 Keyboard Connector PS/2 KB PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 MS Serial Port 1 COM1 Serial Port 2 COM2 Parallel Port Universal Serial Port 1 USB1 Universal Serial Port 2 USB2 CN18 Game/Audio Port Audio/Game AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 11...
We further recommend that you attach an anti-static wrist- band, which is grounded at the same location as the mat, to your wrist. AZZA Page 12 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
64Mb, 128Mb, 256Mb and 512Mb technology x8 or x16 are sup- ported by the Intel 845 chipset memory interface. Three double sided DIMMs with unbuffered PC133 can be supported. A maximum memory bandwidth of 1GB/ s is possible with PC133. AZZA Page 14 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
When you are inserting your PCI card make sure that the pins are correctly aligned. When the pins are properly aligned with the hole’s in the slot, push down gently. Top View of a PCI Slot 11 pins 49 pins AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 15...
To connect, use the ribbon-cable that has been provided. Make sure that the red strip is connected to PIN 1 of the connector. Top View of a Floppy Disk Drive PIN 1 Connector 17 Pins AZZA Page 16 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
CN15-C power connector is for a +3.3V and +5V power supply. These increased power supplies are necessary to provide extra power for the slot. The ATX 12V power supplies are all downward compatible with standard ATX power supplies. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 17...
720 mA and be connected to a “5V standby” voltage. Top View of a WOL Connector Front View of a WOL Connector Ground 5V_SB Ground WOL/WOM 5V_SB WOL/WOM AZZA Page 18 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
USB connector and on the other side a standard USB connector. Front View of a USB Port Top View of a USB Port 5V DC Data + Data- Ground Data - Data+ Ground 5V DC Ground Ground AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 19...
+5V DC Pull Up PW = Power On/Off and Ground Reset Control Suspend Switch Connector S3L = STR LED Connector View System HL = HDD LED Connector Panel and LED Connectors RS = Reset Button Connector AZZA Page 20 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
Any read and write activity by the HDD will turn this LED on. 2.6.4. Reset Button Connector If you connect this connector, you will be able to reset you computer by pressing the reset button at the front of the chassis. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 21...
2.8.2. PS/2 Mouse connector. Connector: CN 2 Type: 6 pin female. This connector only supports a PS/2 mouse plug. If a PS/2 mouse is detected then IRQ 12 will be directed to CN 2. AZZA Page 22 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
1 and 2 we say PIN 1 and PIN 2 are SHORT. When the jumper cap is in- serted on pin 2 and 3, we say PIN 2 and PIN 3 are SHORT (see the diagrams below). AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 23...
It is almost as if the system has been turned off completely. When a user reactivates the system it will rapidly “wake up” to the previous state and the long boot phase can be avoided. To enable this option JP3 must be short. AZZA Page 24 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 ~ 5 seconds. Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2. Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 25...
For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Press the right or left arrow key to move to the desired field. Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 27...
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Floppy 3 Mode Support If you have installed a 3.5 inch high capacity floppy disk drive you need to enable this option. If you have not installed one of these drives use the default setting. AZZA Page 28 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
NOTE! Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trig- ger the virus-warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recom- mend that you first disable the virus warning. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 29...
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This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. When Enabled is se- lected physical drive B is assigned to logical drive A, and physical drive A is as- signed to logical drive B. AZZA Page 30 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
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When the "Setup" option is selected, you will be prompted to enter your "Password" before you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. When you select "System" option, you will be prompted to enter your password in order to load the Operating System. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 31...
DRAM Data Integrity Mode [Non-ECC] Memory Frequency For [Auto] DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt [Disabled] System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled] Video BIOS Cacheable [Disabled] Video RAM Cacheable [Disabled] AGP Aperture Size (MB) [64] Delay Prior to Thermal [16 Min] AZZA Page 32 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
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This field allows you to manually select the frequency of the memory modules you are using. This mainboard supports both PC100 and PC133 SDR modules. If you do not know what the frequency of your memory modules is then select auto and the system will automatically decide. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 33...
IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support. USB Controller This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard USB Controller. AZZA Page 34 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
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If you are using an older (legacy) operating system (such as MS-DOS) and you’re installing a USB keyboard you must enable this Field. For PnP O/S like Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows ME etc you should retain the default setting. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 35...
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Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you want to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field. AZZA Page 36 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
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This field allows you to select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 37...
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This field allows you to select the I/O address for the onboard MIDI port. The de- fault is 330. MIDI Port IRQ This field allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard MIDI port. The default is AZZA Page 38 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
This field allows you to select the mode of the suspended state. You have two op- Power Management This category allows you to select the degree of power saving. The choices are shown in the menu on the following page. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 39...
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Soft-Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. AZZA Page 40 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
Enbled to Reset Extended PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] System Configuration Data (ESCD)when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system has caused such a serious con- flict that the OS cannot boot AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 41...
5VSB (V) 5.26 V Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] The PC Health Status menu allows you to monitor the health status of your PC system .You can select a field of interest and monitor it’s status . AZZA Page 42 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
CPU by the manufacturers that prohibit you to make any changes. In this case, the setting in this field will make no change to the CPU clock ratio since it locks and is automatically determined. AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 43...
If the CMOS data is corrupted, or if you selected some CMOS settings and find that the PC system becomes very unstable, you should try to load the optimized default values first and then re-configure the BIOS. AZZA Page 44 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
The User Password can be used to check the user's authority. However, this pass- word entry is different from the "SUPERVISOR PASSWORD". The User Password has a different function to the "Supervisor Password" and the "Security Option" setup in Section 3.4.: AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 45...
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2. When "System" is selected in Security Option: When you turn on your PC, you will be requested to enter the Password. Without the correct password, the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be AZZA Page 46 845S MAINBOARD SERIES...
This option will exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you changed in the CMOS RAM. If you do not want to save any of the changes, or set- tings you selected in the BIOS SETUP utility, move the selection bar to the “EXIT AZZA 845S MAINBOARD SERIES Page 47...
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