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  • Page 1 ME21 FC-PGA Celeron and FC-PGA/FC-PGA2 Pentium III Processor Based AGPset MAIN BOARD User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Shuttle Inc. Disclaimer Shuttle Inc. shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product. This company makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.1 SPECIFICATIONS ..................8 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............12 3.1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION ..............12 Accessories of ME21 ................12 STEP 1 Install the CPU ................13 STEP 2 Set Jumpers ................14 STEP 3 Install SDRAM System Memory ..........14 STEP 4 Install Peripherals in System Case..........
  • Page 4 STEP 13 Install Drivers & Software Components ........25 3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS .................. 26 JUMPERS & CONNECTORS GUIDE ............ 27 Jumpers Clear PS/2 Keyboard Power on Password (J7) ........30 Clear CMOS Setting (J2) ................ 30 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power-On Setting (JP14) ....... 31 USB Keyboard Wake-Up Setting (JP14) ..........
  • Page 5 3.3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION ............45 INSTALL MEMORY ................45 UPGRADE MEMORY ................45 4 SOFTWARE UTILITY ...............46 4.1 ME21 Mainboard CD Overview ..............46 4.2 Install Mainboard Software ..............47 4.2.A Install Chipset System Driver ............48 4.2.B Install AGP Device Driver .............. 49 4.3 Install Audio Device Software ..............
  • Page 6 5 BIOS SETUP ..................53 5.1 ENTER THE BIOS ..................53 5.2 THE MAIN MENU ..................54 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ..............56 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ..............60 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ............64 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..............67 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP .............. 72 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ...............

  • Page 7: What's In The Manual

    WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ..........Page 12 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ............Page 26 Drivers/Software Utilities >> How to Install ......... Page 46 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ............Page 53 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ............

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Shuttle ME21 mainboard. Experienced DIY User Congratulate on your purchase of the Shuttle ME21 mainboard. You will find that installing your new Shuttle ME21 mainboard is just that easy. Bundled with an array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated ME21 mainboard pro- vides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system.

  • Page 9: Item Checklist

    1.2 Item Checklist: Check all items with you ME21 mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include: ! One piece of Shuttle ME21 Mainboard ! One piece of ATA 100/66/33 Ribbon Cable ! One piece of Floppy Ribbon Cable...

  • Page 10: Features

    2 FEATURES ME21 mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high perfor- mance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications ! ! ! ! ! CPU Support Intel FC-PGA Celeron processors with 66/100MHz FSB.
  • Page 11 ! ! ! ! ! 4 USB Interface Onboard " 2 × USB connectors on back-panel and one sets of dual USB ports header on mid-board. ! ! ! ! ! AGP Expansion Slots (AIMM Expansion Slot) Provides one 32-bit AGP slot which supports up to 4X AGP device. Alternative function: AIMM expansion slot.
  • Page 12 ! ! ! ! ! PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard Two Ultra DMA 100/66/33 Bus Master Dual-channel IDE ports provide sup- port to a maximum of four IDE devices (one Master and one Slave per channel). The IDE Bus implements data transfer speeds of up to 100/66/33 MB/sec and also supports Enhanced PIO Modes 0~4.
  • Page 13 " Wake-on-LAN (J13) - The onboard J13 connector can be attached to a network card that supports this function to wake up the system via the LAN. " CPU Host Clock Setting- This item allows users to adjust CPU Host Clock in BIOS.

  • Page 14: Hardware Installation

    Before removing or installing any of these devices including CPU, DIMMs, Add-On Cards, Cables, please make sure to unplug the onboard power connector. This section outlines how to install and configure your ME21 mainboard. Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you to identify various jumpers, connectors, slots, and ports.

  • 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 upward 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 any of the following cases: 1.

  • Page 17: Step 4 Install 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 correct mounting holes, 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/Audio/Usb

    Step 6 Connect Front-panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/Audio/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, USB, Line-Out, and Mic-In connectors to the mainboard’s front-panel connectors group (J23, J6, and J27), as shown below.
  • Page 20 3. Green LED (GLED) KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR IDELED EPMI GLED POW_BTN 4. Power Switch (POW_BTN) - ATX Soft Power On/Off KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR IDELED EPMI GLED POW_BTN 5. SPEAKER (SPKR) KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR IDELED EPMI GLED POW_BTN 6. POWER LED (PWR LED) KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR...

  • Page 21: Step 7 Connect Ide & Floppy Disk Drives

    9. Extended Line-Out and Mic-In header (J27) 10. Extended USB header (J6) USB port 4 USB port 3 Step 7 Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives 1. IDE cable connector IDE2 IDE1 2. FDD cable connector - 19 -...

  • Page 22: Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals

    Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1. COM 2 cable connector 2. Telephone_IN, Auxiliary_IN, CD_IN connectors 3. IR connector Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1. System power connector - 20 -...

  • Page 23: Step 10 Install Add-On Cards In Expansion Slots

    Step 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots 1. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Card 2. AIMM Card (AGP In_Line Memory Module) This slot can support AIMM with up to 4MB of 133MHz SDRAM display cache to deliver high quality video graphics. Note: The AIMM Card is optional at the time of purchase.

  • Page 24: 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. K B M S 1 U S B 1 J P 8 J P 7 A J 1 1.
  • Page 25 4. VGA Port VGA Port 5. Parallel Port Parallel Port 6. MIDI/GAME Port MIDI/GAME Port 7. Audio Line-in / Line-out / Mic-in Line-Out Line-In Mic-In - 23 -...

  • Page 26: Step 12 First Time System Boot-Up

    Step 12 First Time System Boot-Up To assure the completness 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 27: Step 13 Install Drivers & Software Components

    2000/ME/NT operating systems only. Make sure your operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD-ROM programs. Insert the ME21 bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The auto-run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen.

  • Page 28: Jumper Settings

    3.2 Jumper Settings Several hardware settings are made through the use of mini jumpers to con- nect jumper pins on the mainboard. Pin #1 could be located at any corner of each jumper, you just find a location with white right angle which stand for pin 1#.

  • Page 29: Jumpers & Connectors Guide

    Jumpers & Connectors Guide Use the mainboard layout on page 12 to locate CPU socket, memory banks, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during the instal- lation. The following list will help you to identify jumpers, slots, and connec- tors along with their assigned functions: A3~A4 B3~B5...
  • Page 30 Back-Panel Connectors : PS/2 Keyboard : PS/2 Mouse : 2 × USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports COM1 : Serial Port 1 (DB9 male) : VGA Port (DB15 female) PRINTER : Parallel Port (DB25 female) LINE_OUT : LINE_OUT Port LINE_IN : LINE_IN Port MIC_IN : MIC_IN Port GAME/MIDI...
  • Page 31 : COM2 Connector : Chassis Intrusion Connector JP11 : Telephone_IN Connector JP13 : CD_IN Connector JP12 : Auxiliary_IN Connector : Wake on Lan Connector : IR Connector - 29 -...

  • Page 32: Clear Ps/2 Keyboard Power On Password (J7)

    # # # # # Jumpers Clear PS/2 Keyboard Power on Password (J7) J7 is used to clear PS/2 keyboard power on password. Clearing the J7 will result in erasing the password you set previously and then user may power on your system without any secret code.

  • Page 33: Ps/2 Keyboard & Ps/2 Mousepower-On Setting (Jp14)

    PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 MousePower-On Setting (JP14) ME21 mainboard provides one jumper to set PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse which connect to back-panel to power-on system from ACPI S3 to S5 stage. Firstly, you must set JP14 pin 4-6 jumper to enable power-on function. Then you also need to specify the proper key through BIOS setup program.

  • Page 34: Fsb Speed Auto Configure Setting (J1,Jp5,Jp3)

    FSB Speed Auto Configure Setting (J1, JP5, JP3) ME21 provides jumper J1, JP5 and JP3 to set auto configure front side bus at 66MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz. Insert mini-mini jumpers on JP5 and JP3 and leave J1 all open as below to identify automatically the FSB speed.

  • Page 35: Bios Top Block Lock (J5)

    Reflash the BIOS, follow these steps: Step 1. Turn off the system power (PC-> Off). Step 2. Insert a bootable system floppy disk with ME21 BIOS and flashutility and then turn on your system to execute flash utility. - 33 -...

  • Page 36: Back-Panel Connectors Ps/2 Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Connectors

    # # # # # Back-Panel Connectors PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors PS/2 Mouse Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Depending on the computer housing you use (desktop or tower), the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector when the PS/2 keyboard...

  • Page 37: Line-Out

    Line-Out Line-Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and exter- nal audio sources on the board is output. It can be connected to 1/8-inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers Line-Out Line-In Line-In is a stereo line-level input port that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo plug.

  • Page 38: Front-Panel Connectors Atx Power On/Off Switch Connector (Pow-Btn)

    # # # # # Front-Panel Connectors ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (POW_BTN) The Power On/Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system’s ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin POW_BTN header on the mainboard. KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR...

  • Page 39: Green Led Connector (Gled)

    Green LED Connector (GLED ) The Green LED (GLED) indicates that the system is currently in one of the power savings mode (Doze/Standby/Suspend). When the system resumes to normal operation mode, the Green LED will go off. Attach a 2-pin Green LED cable to GLED header.

  • Page 40: Power Led Connector(Pwr Led)

    Power LED Connector(PWR LED) Attach the 3-pin Power-LED connector cable from the housing front panel to the PWR LED header on the mainboard. The power LED stays light while the system is running. KEYLOCK PWRLED SPKR IDELED GLED EPMI POW_BTN Hardware Reset Connector (RST) Attach the 2-pin hardware reset switch cable to the RST header.

  • Page 41: Extended Line-Out And Mic-In Header (J27)

    Extended Line-Out and Mic-In Header (J27) This header is used to connect the cable attached to Line-Out and Mic-In phone jacks which are mounted on front-panel. This header shares the same signal with Line-Out/Mic-In on back-panel. 4 3 2 1 Pins Assignment: 1=ELOUT 2=EROUT...

  • Page 42: Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced Ide Connector And Floppy Connector

    Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE Connector and Floppy Connector The ME21 mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connec- tors (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 (FDC) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (F.D.D.).

  • Page 43: Other Connectors

    #$ Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector (JWR1) Locate the 20-pin male header ATX power connector (JWR1) on your mainboard. Plug the power cable from the ATX power supply unit directly into JWR1 ATX power supply connector. 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 44: Com2 Connector (Jp9)

    COM2 Connector (JP9) This mainboard comes with one 10-pin ribbon cable for COM2. 9 7 5 3 1 10 8 6 4 2 Pin Assignments: 1=DCD2 2=DSR2 3=RX2 4=RTS2 5=TX2 6=CTS2 7=DTR2 8=RI2 9=GND 10=KEY Chassis Intrusion (J9) Joint this 2-pin connector with chassis cover.

  • Page 45: Audio Connector Telephone_In (Jp11)

    Audio Telephone_IN Header (JP11)(Green) Port JP11 can be used to connector a modem audio line to ME21 mainboard. Typically, you would use this connector when running the voice mail software on your system for audio input and output. 4 3 2 1...

  • Page 46: Wake-On Lan Connector (J13)

    Wake on Lan (J13) Attach a 3-pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake-On- LAN (WOL) function. This function lets users wake up the connected system through the LAN card. Pin Assignments: 3 2 1 1=VCC5SBY 2=GND 3=GPIO12 IR Connector(J17) If you have an Infrared device, this mainboard can implement IR transfer function.

  • Page 47: System Memory Configuration

    3.3 System Memory Configuration The ME21 mainboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install from 16MB up to 512MB of system memory with SDRAM (Synchro- nous DRAM). Each DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) socket can accom- modate 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 3.3V single or double side SDRAM modules.

  • Page 48: Software Utility

    4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 4.1 ME21 Mainboard CD Overview Note: The cd contents attached in ME21 mainboard are subject to change without notice. To start your mainboard CD disc, insert it into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is...

  • Page 49: Install Mainboard Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and 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 Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Mainboard Software”...

  • Page 50: A Install Chipset System Driver

    4.2.A Install Chipset System Driver Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Chipset System Driver” bar to install chipset system drive. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation auto- matically. When the copying files is done, make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect.

  • Page 51: B Install Agp Device Driver

    4.2.B Install AGP Device Driver Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install AGP Device Software” bar to install AGP device driver. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation auto- matically. When the copying files is done, make sure you reboot the system to take the installation effect.

  • Page 52: Install Audio Device Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and 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 Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select the item using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Audio Device Software"...

  • Page 53: Install Ide Driver

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and 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 Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Browse this CD” bar.

  • Page 54: View The User's Manual

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and 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 Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Manual” bar.

  • Page 55: Bios Setup

    5 BIOS SETUP ME21 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 56: 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 57 Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PnP / PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed.

  • Page 58: 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 59 IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Drive A/Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. "...
  • Page 60 ****************************************************** 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> to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. "...
  • Page 61 Precomp Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk. " Min = 0, Max = 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size. " Min = 0, Max = 65535 Sector Number of sector per track. " Min = 0, Max = 255 ****************************************************** - 59 -...

  • Page 62: 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 63 External Cache This item enables CPU secondary cache to speed up memory access. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled, memory checking is enabled when the CPU internet L2 cache contains ECC SRAMs. "...
  • Page 64 Boot Up NumLock Status Selects power-on state for NumLock. " The choice: Off or On. Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard.
  • Page 65 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system. " The choice: Non-OS2 or OS2. Report No FDD For Win 95 Whether report no FDD runs for Win 95 or not. "...

  • Page 66: 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.
  • Page 67 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be-incompleted, and the DRAM may fail to retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow gives more stable performance. This field is applied only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
  • Page 68 memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. " The Choice: 32M, or 64M. Display Cashe Frequency This item controls display cache memory frequency selection. " The Choice: 100MHz or 133MHz. System memory Frequency This item controls system memory frequency selection.

  • Page 69: Integrated Peripherals

    & & & & & Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE The integrated peripherals controller contains an IDE interface with support to two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate each channel separately. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE inter- face supports.
  • Page 70 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA33/66/100 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 DMA33/66/ 100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
  • Page 71 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or mul- tiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per sector the drive can support. "...
  • Page 72 UART Mode Select The main board support IrDA infrared through COM 2 port. Note : FIR is not available currently. " The choice: IrDA, ASKIR, or Normal. RxD, TxD Active This item specifies the Active level for RxD & TxD signal. "...
  • Page 73 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. " The choice: 1 or 3. Game Port Address This item select the Game Port Address. " The choice: Disabled, 201 or 209. Midi Port Address This item select the Midi Port Address.

  • Page 74: 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 Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) "...
  • Page 75 Max Saving Maximum power management. Suspend Mode=Allows you to set each mode individually. HDD Power Down=1Min. User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually. When this item not disabled, each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min.
  • Page 76 HDD Power Down When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. " The choice: Disabled or 1 Min~15 Min. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung.".
  • Page 77 Data (of Month) Alarm This item selects the alarm date. " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=31. Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm This item selects the alarm Time. [hh] " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=23. [mm/ss] " Key in a DEC number:Min=0, Max=59. *** Reload Global Timer Events *** If any of these items is set to Disabled, system will not monitor the activity event and reload global timer.

  • Page 78: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    & & & & & PnP/PCI Configurations 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 79 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 80: Pc Heath Status

    & & & & & PC Health Status Current System Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert. This item indicates the current main board tempera- ture. Current CPU1 Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert.

  • Page 81: Frequency/Voltage Control

    ! ! ! ! ! Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. CPU Host/PCI Clock/PC133 "...

  • Page 82: 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.

  • Page 83: 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 84 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 Op- tion of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

  • Page 85: Save & Exit Setup

    & & & & & Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.

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