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  • Page 1 AK38/AK38N AK39/AK39N SocketA AMD Athlon/Duron Processor Based DDR Main Board User's Manual...
  • Page 2 The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the customers. Trademarks Shuttle is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Corporation. AMD, Athlon, and Duron are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation.
  • Page 3 WARNING Thermal issue is highly essential for processors with a speed of 600MHz and above. Hence, we recommend you to use the CPU fan qualified by AMD or motherboard manufacturer. Meanwhile, please make sure CPU and fan are securely fastened well. Otherwise, improper fan installation not only gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT's IN THE MANUAL ..............5 Quick Reference ....................5 About This Manual ................... 5 1 INTRODUCTION ................6 1.1 TO DIFFERENT USERS ................6 First-Time DIY System Builder ..............6 Experienced DIY User ................6 System Integrator ..................6 1.2 ITEM CHECKLIST ..................
  • Page 5 3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS ................. 23 JUMPER & CONNECTOR GUIDE............24 Jumpers Clear CMOS (JP1) ................27 BIOS Write Protection (JP5) ..............27 CPU FREQ Setting (JP6) ..............28 USB Power-On Setting (JP4)..............28 Back-Panel Connectors PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors ..........29 Parallel Port Connector ................
  • Page 6 Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connector ............ 36 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX1& J10) ........... 37 Cooling FAN Connectors for CPU FAN (FAN1), AGP FAN (FAN2), SYSTEM FAN (FAN3) ................38 IR Connector (J3) ................... 38 Wake-On-LAN Connector (WOL1) ............
  • Page 7 5.2 THE MAIN MENU ..................50 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ............... 52 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ..............55 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ............59 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..............64 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP .............. 68 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION............... 72 PC HEALTH STATUS ................74 FREQUENCY CONTROL ................75 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ..............

  • Page 8: What's In The Manual

    WHAT's IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ..........Page 11 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ............Page 23 Software Utility >> How to Install ............Page 42 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ............Page 49 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ............

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Experienced DIY User Congratulate on your purchase of the AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard. You will find that installing your new AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard is just easy. Bundled with an array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reli- able system.

  • Page 10: Item Checklist

    1.2 Item Checklist Check all items with you AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include: ! One piece of AK38/N or AK39/N Mainboard C D _I N C en t er / B as s...

  • Page 11: Features

    2 FEATURES AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications - CPU Support Support Socket462 package CPU. AMD Athlon Processor with 200/266 MHz FSB...
  • Page 12 - I/O Interface Provides a variety of I/O interfaces: Ø 1 x Floppy interface for 3.5-inch FDD with 720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB format or for 5.25-inch FDD with 360K or 1.2MB format. Ø 1 x PS/2 mouse connector. Ø 1 x PS/2 Keyboard connector. Ø...
  • Page 13 - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Features four power saving modes: Snoop, Suspend to RAM, Suspend to Disk, and Soft-Off. ACPI provides more efficient Energy Savings Features controlled by your operating system that supports OS Direct Power Manage- ment (OSPM) functionality. - System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6.0 PG on 2Mb Flash EEPROM and supports Green PC, Desktop Management Interface (DMI).

  • Page 14: Hardware Installation

    Add-On Cards, Cables, please make sure to unplug the onboard power connector. This section outlines how to install and configure your AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard. Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers, connectors, slots, and ports. Then follow these steps to guide you through a quick and correct installa- tion of your system.

  • Page 15: Step 1 Install The Cpu

    Step 1 Install the CPU: 1. Locate the CPU ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket on the upper-right sector of your mainboard (between the back-panel connectors and the DIMM memory slots). 2. Pull the CPU ZIF socket lever slightly sideways away from the socket to unlock the lever, and then bring it to an upwardly vertical position.

  • Page 16: Step 2 Set Jumpers

    Step 2. Set Jumpers This mainboard is jumperless! The default jumper settings have been set for the common usage standard of this mainboard. Therefore, you do not need to reset the jumpers unless you require special adjustments as in any of the following cases: 1.

  • Page 17: Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals In System Case

    Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case Before you install and connect the mainboard into your system case, we recommend that you first assemble all the internal peripheral devices into the computer housing, including but not limited to the hard disk drive (IDE /HDD), floppy disk drive (FDD), CD-ROM drive, and ATX power supply unit.

  • Page 18: Step 5 Mount The Mainboard On The Computer Chassis

    Step 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 1. You may find that there are a lot of different mounting hole positions both on your computer chassis and on the mainboard. To choose a correct mounting hole, the key point is to keep the back-panel of the mainboard in a close fit with your system case, as shown below.

  • Page 19: Step 6 Connect Front-Panel Switches/Leds/Speaker/Usb

    Step 6 Connect Front-Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/USB connectors You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originating from the computer's front-panel devices (HDD LED, Power LED, Reset Switch, PC Speaker, or USB devices etc.). These cables serve to connect the front-panel switches, LEDs, and USB connectors to the mainboard's front-panel connectors group (J1, USB2 and USB3), as shown below.

  • Page 20: Step 7 Connect Ide And Floppy Disk Drives

    Step 7 Connect IDE and Floppy Disk Drives 1. IDE cable connector 2. FDD cable connector Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1. CD_IN, AUX_IN, and Bass/Center_Out Headers Center/BASS CD_IN AUX_IN CD_IN - 17 -...
  • Page 21 2. IR connector 3. SPDIF Ext connector SPDIF Ext 4. Wake-On-LAN connector WOL1 5. Front-Audio connector Front Audio - 18 -...

  • Page 22: Step 9 Connect Power Supply

    Step 9 Connect Power Supply 1. System power connectors ATX1 Step 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots 1. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Card 2. PCI Card - 19 -...

  • Page 23: Step 11 Connect External Peripherals To Back-Panel

    Step 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back-Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system's back-panel. 1. PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard 2. Parallel Port 3. COM1 Port 4.

  • Page 24: Step 12 First Time System Boot Up

    Step 12 First Time System Boot Up To assure the completeness and correctness of your system installation, you may check the above installation steps once again before you boot up your system for the first time. 1. Insert a bootable system floppy disk (DOS 6.2x, Windows 95/98/NT, or others) which contains FDISK and FORMAT utilities into the FDD.

  • Page 25: Step 13 Install Driver & Software Components

    2000/ME/NT operating systems only. Make sure your operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD-ROM programs. 1. Insert the AK38/N or AK39/N bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The auto-run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen.

  • Page 26: Jumper Settings

    3.2 Jumper Settings Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to con- nect jumper pins to the mainboard. Pin #1 could be located at any corner of each jumper; you just find a location marked with a while right angle, which stands for pin1#.

  • Page 27: Jumper & Connector Guide

    Jumper & Connector Guide Use the mainboard layout on page 11 to locate CPU socket, memory slots, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during installation. The following list will help you identify jumpers, slots, and connectors along with their assigned functions: B2~B4 B5~B8 B9~B10...
  • Page 28 Jumpers : Clear CMOS : BIOS Boot block protection : CPU FREQ : USB Power Back-Panel Connectors : PS/2 Keyboard : PS/2 Mouse PRINTER : Parallel Port (SPP, EPP, ECP) COM1 : Serial Port 1 COM2 : VGA Port GAME/MIDI : MIDI/Game Port LINE-OUT : Line-Out Port LINE-IN...
  • Page 29 FAN1 : CPU Fan Power FAN2 : AGP Fan Power FAN3 : System Fan Power : IR Connector WOL1 : Wake-On-LAN Connector J7/J8 : CD_IN connector : Auxiliary_IN Connector : Bass/Center_Out Connector : Front-Panel Audio Connector : SPDIF Ext. Header - 26 -...

  • Page 30: Jumpers Clear Cmos (Jp1)

    Jumpers Clear CMOS (JP1) JP1is used to clear CMOS data. Clearing CMOS will result in the permanent erasing of previous system configuration settings and the restoration of original (factory-default) system settings. Pin 1-2 (Default) Pin 2-3 (Clear CMOS) Step 1. Turn off the system power (PC-> Off). Step 2.

  • Page 31: Cpu Freq Setting(Jp6)

    Pin 2-4 (166MHz) USB Power-On Setting (JP4) AK38/N or AK39/N provides two jumpers to set USB device which connect to Extended USB connector headers to power-on system. Place jumper cap on JP4 pin 1-2 for enabling USB device power-on function on Extended USB connector headers.

  • Page 32: Back-Panel Connectors Ps/2 Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Connectors

    Back-Panel Connectors PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Depending on the com- puter housing you use (desktop or tower), PS/2 Mouse the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector when the mainboard is laid into a desktop, as op- posed to a tower where the PS/2 Mouse...

  • Page 33: Midi/Game Port Connector

    MIDI/GAME Port Connector The GAME port is a 15-pin female connector. This port can be connected MIDI/GAME Port to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15-pin D-sub connector. MIDI Instrument Connection You will need a MIDI adapter to connect a MIDI compatible instrument to the sound card.

  • Page 34: Lan Port Connector

    LAN Port Connector LAN Port This mainboard can accommo- date one device on LAN. Attach a 10/100 baseT cable to the RJ45 at the back-panel of your computer. USB Port 1 USB1/USB2 Port Connectors B 1 0 This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on back panel.

  • Page 35: Front-Panel Connectors

    Front-Panel Connectors ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (Power ON) The Power On/Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin (Power ON) header on the mainboard. RESET HLED SPEAKER EPMI...

  • Page 36: Green Led/Power Led Connector (Gled/Pled)

    Green LED/Power LED Connector (GLED/PLED) This header is dual color LED function. Dual color LED function is defined by either Power LED or Green LED, the header can be in these states. The Green LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power saving mode (Doze/Standby/Suspend).

  • Page 37: Power Led Connector (Pled)

    Power LED Connector (PLED) Attach the 3-pin Power-LED connector cable from the housing front-panel to the (PLED) header on the mainboard. The power LED stays light while the system is running. RESET HLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON GLED PLED Hardware Reset Connector (RESET) Attach the 2-pin hardware reset switch cable to the (RESET) header.

  • Page 38: Speaker Connector (Speaker)

    Speaker Connector (SPEAKER) Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4-pin speaker connector (SPEAKER). RESET HLED SPEAKER EPMI PWON GLED PLED Extended USB Connector (USB2/USB3) The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front-panel or back-panel.

  • Page 39: Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced Ide And Floppy Connector

    Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE and Floppy Connectors The mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support for up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives (H.D.D.) This mainboard also includes one 34-pin floppy disk controller (FDD1) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD).

  • Page 40: Other Connectors

    Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector This motherboard uses 20-pin(ATX1) Pentium 4 standard ATX power header, and J10 with 1X4-pin + 12V PC ATX power supply headers. Please make sure you plug in the right direction. ATX1 ATX1 Note 1: The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin#1 is properly positioned.

  • Page 41: System Fan (Fan3)

    CPU, System, and Other Fan connectors - FAN1/2/3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support CPU (FAN1)/(FAN2), System (FAN3) cooling fans. SENCE GND +12V FAN1 FAN1 FAN2 FAN1/FAN2 /FAN3with rotate sense. FAN2 Note: FAN3 Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary Which depends on the fan maker.

  • Page 42: Wake-On-Lan Connector (Wol1)

    Wake-On-LAN Connector (WOL1) Attach a 3-pin connector through the LAN card which supports the Wake-On- LAN (WOL1) function. This function lets users wake up the connected system through the LAN card. 1 2 3 Pins Assignment: WOL1 1=5VSB 2=GND 3=RING# Audio CD_IN Connector (J7) (White) / CD_IN (J8)(Black) Port J7 &...

  • Page 43: Center_Out/ Bass Connector (J6)

    Bass/Center_Out Header (J6) J6 header can be used to connect the cable which attached to center/bass am- plified speakers. Pin Assignments: 1=Center 2=AGND Center/BASS 3=AGND 4=Bass Front-Panel Microphone and Line_out Header (J5) E7 E8 This header allows users to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line- out ports for easier access.

  • Page 44: System Memory Configuration

    3.3 System Memory Configuration The AK38/N or AK39/N mainboard has four 184-pin DIMM slots that allow you to install from 64MB up to 3GB of system memory. Each 184-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) Slot can accommodate 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB of PC1600/PC2100/PC2700/ PC3200 compliant 2.5V single or double side 64-bit wide data path DDR...

  • Page 45: Software Utility

    D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:) Navigation Bar Description: F Install AK38/N Mainboard Driver - Installing VIA Chipset, Audio, LAN, USB2.0 drivers . F Install AK39/N Mainboard Driver - Installing VIA Chipset, Audio, LAN, USB2.0 drivers .

  • Page 46: Install Mainboard Software

    Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the Install Mainboard Software" bar to run into sub-menu. The Mainboard AK38/N Software include: [4.3] Install VIA Chipset Driver [4.4] Install Audio Device Driver [4.5] Install LAN Driver (AK38N only) [4.6] ]Install USB 2.0 Driver...

  • Page 47: Install Via Chipset Driver

    4.3 Install VIA Chipset Driver Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install VIA Driver” bar to install VIA Chipset driver. A K 3 8 / N A K 3 9 / N Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.

  • Page 48: Install Audio Driver

    4.4 Install Audio Driver Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Audio Device Driver"bar to install audio driver. A K 3 8 / N A K 3 9 / N Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.

  • Page 49: Install Lan Driver(Ak38N/Ak39N Only)

    4.5 Install LAN Driver (AK38N/AK39N only) Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install LAN Driver” bar to install LAN driver. A K 3 8 / N A K 3 9 / N Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.

  • Page 50: Install Usb 2.0 Driver

    4.6 Install USB 2.0 Driver Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install USB 2.0 Driver" bar to install USB 2.0 driver. A K 3 8 / N A K 3 9 / N Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.

  • Page 51: View The User's Manual

    Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Manual" bar. Then Online Information windows will appear on your screen. Click on the “Install Acrobat Reader" bar if you need to install acrobat reader. Then click on "AK38/N + AK39/N Manual" bar to view user's manual. - 48 -...

  • Page 52: Bios Setup

    5 BIOS SETUP AK38/N or AK39/N BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery- backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off.

  • Page 53: The Main Menu

    5.2 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 several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 54 PnP / PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed. Frequency Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance of your system to operate.

  • Page 55: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego- ries. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>...
  • Page 56 Drive A/Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Ø The choice: None, 360K, 5.25 in, 1.2M, 5.25 in, 720K, 3.5 in, 1.44M, 3.5 in, or 2.88M, 3.5 in Video Select the default video device. Ø...
  • Page 57 IDE Primary Master Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc., Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE ! Ø The choice: None, Auto, or Manual. Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

  • Page 58: Advanced Bios Features

    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. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
  • Page 59 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item enables or disables ECC (Error Correction Code) error check- ing on the CPU cache memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Quick Power On Self Test This item speeds up Power-On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer.
  • Page 60 Typematic Rate Setting Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When this controller enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) This item sets how many times the keystroke will be repented in a second when you hold the key down.
  • Page 61 Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM. However, it is optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video speed. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Small Logo (EPA) Show This item allows you to enable/disable the EPA Logo. Ø...

  • Page 62: Advanced Chipset Features

    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 system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus.
  • Page 63 DRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. Ø The Choice: 1.5, 2, 2.5 or 3. Bank Interleave The interleave number of internal banks, can be set to 2 way, 4 way interleave or disabled.
  • Page 64 AGP Mode This item allows you to select the AGP Mode. Ø The Choice: 1x, 2x, 4x, or 8x.(AK39/N) 1x, 2x, or 4x(AK38/N) AGP Driving Control This item enables the system to automatically select its output buffer drive strength or make it manually selectable by an end user.
  • Page 65 DBI Output for AGP Trans AGP 8X transfer mode only. Select Dynamic Bus Inversion function Enable / Disable. Ø The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. CPU & PCI Bus Control Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. PCI1 Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled, writing to the PCI bus is executed with zero wait state.
  • Page 66 Memory Hole In order to improve performance, some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. Ø The Choice: Disabled or 15M-16M. System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h- FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any pro- gram is written to this memory area, a system error may result.

  • Page 67: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. OnChip IDE Channel0 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan- nels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface; select Disabled to deactivate this interface Ø...
  • Page 68 Primary/Secondary 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 (Windows 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.
  • Page 69 UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port Ø The choice: Normal, IrDA, ASKIR or SCR. UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to selects the IR half/full duplex function. Ø The choice: Full or Half. Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine onboard parallel port controller I/O address setting.
  • Page 70 OnChip USB Controller This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when on chip USB so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature.

  • Page 71: Power Management Setup

    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 Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend. Ø...
  • Page 72 Suspend Mode When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. Ø The choice: Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, or 1 Hour.
  • Page 73 IRQ/Event Activity Detect Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. PS2KB Wakeup Select This item let you set PS2KB Wakeup type. Ø The choice: Hot Key or Password. PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 This item let you set the Hot Key to awaken the system from S3/S4/S5. Ø...
  • Page 74 Modem Ring Resume When this item enabled, any event occurring Modem Ring/activity of LAN will awaken a system which has been powered down. Ø The choice: Disabled or Enabled. RTC Alarm Resume When this item enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

  • Page 75: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    PnP/PCI Configuration This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal 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 recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 76 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;...

  • Page 77: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shut- down temperature, if your computer contains an environmental moni- toring system. If the temperature extends beyond either limit, the system shuts down. Ø The choice: Disabled, 60 C/140 F, 65 C /149...

  • Page 78: Frequency Control

    Frequency Control CPU Clock This item allows the user to adjust CPU Host Clock from 100MHz to 200MHz by 1MHz step. Min=BIOS auto detection CPU Host Clock. Max=BIOS auto detection CPU Host Clock. Ø Key in a DEC number: (Between Min and Max.) Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock.

  • Page 79: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    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. Load Optimized Defaults When you press <Enter>...

  • Page 80: Set Supervisor Password

    Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor Password and User Password The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor mode and User mode.

  • Page 81: Save & Exit Setup

    Password Disable If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted in entering the password whenever the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

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