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DOC No.: M01807
Rev.
: A0
Date
: 10, 2001
Part No. : 25-11632-00

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  • Page 1 DOC No.: M01807 Rev. : A0 Date : 10, 2001 Part No. : 25-11632-00...
  • Page 2: Handling Precautions

    Notice Handling Precautions Warning: 1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body. 2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly replaced.
  • Page 3 Table of Contents Table of Contents Quick Reference (German) Quick Reference (French) Quick Reference (Spanish) Quick Reference (Japanese) Quick Reference (Chinese) Quick Reference (Simplified Chinese) |||||||||||||SC-1 Chapter 1 Overview Chapter 2 Installation Procedures...
  • Page 4 VC15 Mainboard Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Setup...
  • Page 5 Overview Chapter 1 Overview Package Checklist The mainboard This user manual One FDD cable One HDD cable One ATA/100 cable Two software CDs (CD Pro, CD Plus) 1 - 1...
  • Page 6 VC15 Mainboard Manual NOTE: CD Pro that contains patch files, onboard video/audio chip drivers, related online help and other useful information can be found in your mainboard package. Please install it right after your Windows operating system installa- tion is done. Place your CDPro in the drive, an operating menu will appears in your monitor.
  • Page 7 Overview Main Features 1 - 3...
  • Page 8 VC15 Mainboard Manual 1 - 4...
  • Page 9: Fic Unique Innovation For Users (Novus)

    Overview FIC Unique Innovation for Users (NOVUS) - Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support NOTE: 1. LogoGenie supports Award BIOS only. 2. If you create a Logo file (.bmp) by LogoGenie, the file size must ||||be 640 x 464 x 256 colors.
  • Page 10 VC15 Mainboard Manual NOTE: However, if it is disabled and while boot the system, the POST screen will be held and shows you the message to let you know the current status of BIOS Guardian. To press G key will en- able the BIOS Guardian again;...
  • Page 11: Installation Procedures

    Installation Procedures Chapter 2 Installation Procedures WARNING: Excessive torque may damage the mainboard. When using an electric screwdriver on the mainboard, make sure that the torque is set to the allowable range of 5.0 ~ 8.0kg/cm. Mainboard components contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips.
  • Page 12 VC15 Mainboard Manual Quick Reference (from Page 2-2 to 2-4) Mainboard Layout 2 - 2...
  • Page 13 Installation Procedures Clear CMOS, Clear Password, FSB Speed Select Front Panel Block Cable Connection 2 - 3...
  • Page 14: Set System Jumpers

    VC15 Mainboard Manual CPU Fan Installation 1). Set System Jumpers NOTE: Users are not encouraged to change the jumper/switch set- tings not listed in this manual. Changing the settings improperly may adversely affect system performance. 2 - 4...
  • Page 15 Installation Procedures 2 - 5...
  • Page 16 VC15 Mainboard Manual 2). Install Memory Modules 3). Install the CPU 2 - 6...
  • Page 17: Install Expansion Cards

    Installation Procedures NOTE: Users The CPU installing procedures should be: 1. Insert the CPU (with its fansink and retention module) on the socket. 2. Connect the 20-pin plug of the power supply 3. Connect the 4-pin plug of the power supply. To remove the processor, please do it in reverse order.
  • Page 18 VC15 Mainboard Manual CAUTION: Make sure to unplug the power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the mainboard and expansioncards. Always observe static electricity precautions. Please read Handling Precautions at the start of this manual.
  • Page 19: Connect Devices

    Installation Procedures 5). Connect Devices 2 - 9...
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  • Page 27: Cmos Setup Utility

    BIOS Setup Chapter 3 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility 3 - 1...
  • Page 28 VC15 Mainboard Manual Standard CMOS Setup Date Time 3 - 2...
  • Page 29 BIOS Setup Hard Disks Hard Disk Configurations Drive A / Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On 3 - 3...
  • Page 30: Advanced Bios Features

    VC15 Mainboard Manual Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning CPU L1 & L2 Cache Quick Power On Self Test Hard Disk Boot Priority First/Second/Third Boot Device 3 - 4...
  • Page 31 BIOS Setup Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up Numlock Status Gate A20 Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) 3 - 5...
  • Page 32 VC15 Mainboard Manual Security Option APIC Mode MPS Version Control For OS OS Select For DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Report No FDD For WIN 95 BIOS Guardian NOTE: Please disable this BIOS feature about BIOS Guardian before you start to reflash BIOS. 3 - 6...
  • Page 33: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable CAS Latency Time Active to Precharge Delay DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay DRAM RAS# Precharge Time 3 - 7...
  • Page 34 VC15 Mainboard Manual DRAM Data Integrity Mode Memory Frequency For Dram Read Thermal Mgmt System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M 3 - 8...
  • Page 35: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS Setup Delayed Transaction AGP Graphics Aperature Size (MB) Delay Prior to Thermal Integrated Peripherals 3 - 9...
  • Page 36 VC15 Mainboard Manual On-Chip Primary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO 3 - 10...
  • Page 37 BIOS Setup IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USB Controller USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support AC97 Audio AC97 Modem Init Display First IDE HDD Block Mode 3 - 11...
  • Page 38 VC15 Mainboard Manual Onboard Lan Device Onboard Lan Boot ROM POWER ON Function Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1/2 UART Mode Select UR2 Duplex Mode TxD , RxD Polarity Active 3 - 12...
  • Page 39 BIOS Setup Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Game Port Address Midi Port Address Midi Port IRQ 3 - 13...
  • Page 40: Power Management Setup

    VC15 Mainboard Manual Power Management Setup ACPI function ACPI Suspend Type USB KB Wake-Up From S3 Power Management 3 - 14...
  • Page 41 BIOS Setup Video Off Method Video Off In Suspend Suspend Type MODEM Use IRQ Suspend Mode HDD Power Down 3 - 15...
  • Page 42 VC15 Mainboard Manual Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN PWRON After PWR-Fail CPU THRM-Throttling Wake-Up by PCI card Power On by Ring Wake Up On LAN Resume by Alarm Date (of Month) Alarm 3 - 16...
  • Page 43 BIOS Setup Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD, COM, LPT Port PCI PIRQ[A-D]# 3 - 17...
  • Page 44: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    VC15 Mainboard Manual PnP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 3 - 18...
  • Page 45: Pc Health Status

    BIOS Setup INT Pin 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 Assignment PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature CPU Temperature / System Temperature / Vcore (Fom VID) / +2.5V / Vccp / +3.3V / +5V / +12V / HVcc / +1.5V / +1.8V / Current CPU FAN Speed / Current System FAN Speed 3 - 19...
  • Page 46: Frequency/Voltage Control

    VC15 Mainboard Manual Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio CPU Host/PCI Clock Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Spread Spectrum 3 - 20...
  • Page 47 BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Supervisor/User Password 3 - 21...
  • Page 48 VC15 Mainboard Manual Save and Exit Setup Exit without Saving 3 - 22...

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