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75KIV C O N T E N T CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ........8 1-1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION ............ 9 1-1-1 PROCESSOR ..................9 1-1-2 CHIPSET ..................... 9 1-1-3 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAM CONTROLLER ..... 9 1-1-4 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS (AGP) CONTROLLER ..................
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Content 2-5-2 USB1 SELECT (BY JP13/JP15) ............26 2-5-3 USB2 HEADER SELECT (BY JP12/JP14) ........26 2-5-4 USB WAKE UP (BY JUSB1) ............. 27 2-5-5 ONBOARD AC97 CODEC SELECT (BY JCOD1) ......27 2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS ......... 28 2-6-1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3) ......28 2-6-2 WAKE ON LAN (WOL1) ..............
75KIV CHAPTER INTRODUCTION • This chapter briefly introduces the characteristics of this mainboard. It includes the information regarding the chipset, CPU types, built-in functions and layout. Users will have more ideas about mainboards after reading this chapter. THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS : N J N = MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION N J O = MAINBOARD LAYOUT N J P = CHIPSET DIAGRAM...
75KIV • Multi-mode parallel connector supporting: --Standard mode, ECP and EPP. • Floppy Disk connector supporting: --Two FDDs with drive swap function. • Universal Serial Bus connector supporting: --USB v1.1 and Intel Universal HCI v1.1 compatible. --2 built-in USB connectors, in addition to one internal USB header which requires a USB cable to support 2 more optional USB ports.
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM--- 75KIV • The KT-133A / VT82C686B chipset is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient system controller for the implementation of AGP / PCI / CNR desktop personal computer system based on 64-bit Socket-A (AMD Athlon) processors.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup CHAPTER HARDWARE SETUP ATTENTION !!! 1. Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached with your CPU for more detailed installing instruction. 2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Incorrect installation may result in overheating and damage of your CPU.
75KIV 2-1 CPU INSTALLATION WARNING: • Make sure that +5V DCV and +3.3 DCV capabilities of your power supply are suitable for the processor. • Any attempt to operate the AMD Athlon or Duron processor without a suitable cooling Fan will damage the processor and other components. •...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup • Make sure that the CPU is placed into the socket tightly. Then lower down the lever to complete the CPU installation.
75KIV 2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION WARNING!!! • Make sure to unplug your power supply before adding or removing memory mod- ules or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards. • Be careful when inserting or removing DIMM. Forcing a DIMM in or out of a socket improperly may damage the memory module or the socket.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2- 3 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION • To install HDD (Hard Disk Drive), you may connect the cable’s blue connector to the mainboard’s primary (IDE1) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device.
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75KIV • To install FDD (Floppy Disk Drive), connect the end with single connector to the mainboard, and connect other end with two connectors to the floppy drives. Clock Generator Floppy Disk Drive Connector: Orient the red line on the floppy ribbon cable to Pin1.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-4 SWITCH SETTING FOR CPU FREQUENCY AND VOLTAGE 2-4-1 INFORMATION ON AMD SOCKET 462 PROCESSOR • On the AMD socket 462 processor, you can find a codified identification marking which is to provide useful information about the CPU. The mark- ing is interpreted as bellow: XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-4-3 PROCESSOR CORE VOLTAGE SELECT (BY SW2 DIP1- DIP6) • SW2 DIP1-DIP6 allow you to adjust processor core voltage manually, we recommended to leave SW2 DIP1 at default, the default means the correct processor core voltage is generated according to CPU’s VID. SW2 DIP2 ~ DIP6 SETTING SW2 DIP1 0.0v...
75KIV 2-4-4 FREQUENCY RATIO SELECT (BY SW3 DIP1-DIP5) • The AMD Athlon and Duron processors provide four Frequency ID signals (FID) respectively via DIP 1 to DIP4 of SW3 for the system controller to specify the SYSTCLK multiplier at which the processor core operates. Normally, the multiplier (or bus ratio) is detected automatically by FID.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-5 JUMPER SETTING FOR DEVICES ON BOARD: • The following diagrams show the location for jumper blocks on the mainboard. CAUTION • Do not remove the jumper when power is on. Always make sure the power is off before changing any jumpers.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-6-2 WAKE ON LAN (WOL1) FAN1 JUSB1 Clock Generator SOCKET A +5V standby VT8363A Wake On LAN (WOL1) AGP 4X FAN2 PCI 1 PCI 1 Battery AC'97 Codec Connect the Wake On LAN WOL1 PCI 2 PCI 2 signal from LAN card to WOL1...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-6-5 COMPLEX HEADER J2&J3 • This complex Header consists of 9 connectors providing various supports: J2J3 15 15 SUSPEND LED SMI SIGNAL SUSPEND LED SIGNAL POWER SWITCH ATX POWER SWITCH NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION POWER LED NO CONNECTION NO CONNECTION...
75KIV 7. J3 Reset Switch Connector: CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted “Reset Switch”. FUNCTION: To supply power to “Reset Switch” and support system re-boot function. 8. J3 Speaker Connector: CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted Speaker. FUNCTION: To supply power to the case-mounted Speaker. 2-6-6 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT B : USB O PORT...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-6-7 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR • This connector is connected to an ATX power supply by a plug from the power supply. The plug can only be inserted in a specific orientation be- cause of the different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down the plug firmly to make sure that all pins are aligned.
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-6-10 SECOND USB HEADER (USB2) • This header is for the additional USB cable to provide you two additional USB ports. Users can order the additional USB cable from your mainboard dealers or venders. Additional USB Cable (Optional) Black Black Green...
75KIV 2-6-11 IRQs DESCRIPTION FOR VARIOUS DEVICES Function Description Priority IRQ 0 System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt IRQ 3 Serial Port (COM 2) IRQ 4 Serial Port (COM 1) IRQ 5 Free IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1) IRQ 8...
75KIV CHAPTER SOFTWARE SETUP ABOUT SUPPORT CD • In support CD, it contains most information for users’ requirement, such as Acrobat Reader, BIOS, Users’ full version Manual, Driver, Hardware Monitor (if mainboard supports this function), Patch, and Utilities etc., User can browse the CD and get further details in re- gard of our mainboard.
Chapter3 Software Setup 3-1 VIA CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION (4-IN-1 DRIVER) • Please put the Support CD • Click on the “VIA Chipset into the CD-ROM drive. Driver”. • When a welcome window appears on the screen, choose “Install Driver”. • Click on the “4-in-1 driver”. •...
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75KIV • Press select the checkbox as below: Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP VxD Driver VIA Chipset Function’s Regis try Install IRQ Routing Miniport Driver Note: For users who are upgrading VIA Drivers, we recommend to install the 4-in-1 as it will automatically detect and update the necessary drivers.
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Chapter3 Software Setup • Select “Install VIA AGP VxD” in turbo mode and press Next button to continue. Next • Select “Install VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver” checkbox, then click the “Next” button to continue. Next • After all these setup proce- dures have finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish.
75KIV 3-2 AC97 AUDIO CODEC DRIVER INSTALLATION • Please put the Support CD • Click on the “VIA chipsets into the CD-ROM drive. Driver”. • When a welcome window appears on the screen, choose “Install Driver”. • Click on the “AC’97 driver”. •...
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Chapter3 Software Setup • Please click the “Finish” button to complete setup. Finish...
75KIV 3-3 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION • Please put the Support CD • Click on the “VIA chipsets into the CD-ROM drive. Driver”. • When a welcome window appears on the screen, choose “Install Driver”. • Click on the “Hardware Monitor Utility”. •...
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Chapter3 Software Setup • Press Next button to finish the Hardware Monitor setup process. Next...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup CHAPTER BIOS SETUP THE BIOS • BIOS stands for Basic Input and Output System. It is sometimes called ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) chip on the mainboard. BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your computer. •...
75KIV 4-1 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP • BIOS Setup is an interactive BIOS program that you need to run when: 1. Changing the hardware of your system. (for example: installing a new Hard Disk etc..) 2. Modifying the behavior of your computer. (for example: changing the sys- tem time or date, or turning special features on or off etc..) 3.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup replace an EPROM component. • The upgrade utility can be loaded on a floppy diskette and used to provide the capability to save, verify, and update the system BIOS. The upgrade utility can also be run from a hard disk drive or a network drive. 4-5-1 BEFORE UPGRADING BIOS •...
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75KIV specific mainboard.) Step 5. Please press <F1> or <F10> to exit or reset your system, Warning ! If the message “Write Fail” appears while Award “FLASH MEMORY WRITER” is verifying Flash memory, just repeat the process. Please DO NOT reset or turn off the system.
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75KIV The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE /sn: No original BIOS backup /py: Program flash memory /cc: Clear CMOS data (and update data automatically) after programming NOTE: Users can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about the parameters. Incorrect usage of the parameter will damage the BIOS information, so we strongly recommend users to leave parameters alone unless you fully understand their function.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6 BIOS SETUP--- CMOS SETUP UTILITY • This mainboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by: 1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message will appear: PRESS <DEL>...
75KIV 4-6-1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP • Standard CMOS Setup records some basic system hardware configuration and sets the system clock and error handling. You only need to modify the configuration values of this option if you want to change your system hard- ware configuration or when the data stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information. This field is for information only. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the de- sired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the de- sired value into the field.
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75KIV Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of errors that will cause the system to halt. The choices are: All Errors; Post stops for all error. No Errors; Post does not stop for any error. All, But Keyboard; Post stops for all, but not for keyboard error.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-2 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES • ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES improves your system performance or sets up system features according to your preference. Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as follows: 1. Choose “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear: 2.
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75KIV CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD-0...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up showing a warning message if anything attempts to access the boot sec- tor or hard disk partition table. Disabled: No warning message will appear when there is something attempting to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
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75KIV Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled : During POST, BIOS checks the track num- ber of the floppy disk drive to see whether it is 40 or 80 tracks. Disabled: During POST, BIOS will not check the track number of the floppy disk drive. Boot Up NumLock Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the Status...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Video BIOS Shadow Performance will be improved by copying Video BIOS to Shadow RAM. C8000-CBFFF to These options are used to copy firmware from other DC000-DFFFF Shadow expansion card ROMs to system RAM. 3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items.
75KIV 4-6-3 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES • ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES is used to modify the values of chipset registers. These registers control the system options. Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as following: 1. Choose “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear: 2.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled Menu Level DRAM Clock 100MHZ SDRAM Cycle Length Bank Interleave Disabled DRAM Drive Strength Auto DRAM Drive Value Memory Hole Disabled PCI Master Pipeline Req...
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75KIV DRAM Timing by SPD When this item is Enabled, DRAM Timing is set by SPD (Serial Presence Detect) is located on the memory modules, BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up. DRAM Clock The value represents the performance parameters of the installed memory chips (DRAM).
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Fast R-W Turn Around This item controls the DRAM timing. It allows you to enable / disable the fast read / write turn around. The choices: Enabled; Disabled. System BIOS selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS Cacheable ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance.
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75KIV OnChip USB/USB2 This should be enabled if our system has a USB in- stalled on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher perfor- mance controller, you will need to disable this feature. The choices: Enabled;...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS • INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some information inside your system when it is working. Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as follows: 1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals...
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75KIV 2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the se- lected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. <F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item. <F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the values with which the user starts the current session.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple 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/write per sector the drive can support.
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75KIV Onboard Paralle Mode 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. The choices: SPP; EPP; ECP; ECP + EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP • POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as follows: 1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Setup...
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75KIV ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating sys- tem supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification. • Press <Enter> on the Power Management item, then there appears a list of options for you to configure further setting. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Power Management...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
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75KIV l l i c i t MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ which the MODEM can use. The choices: 3; 4; 5; 7; 9; 10; 11; NA. Soft-Off by PWRBTN When Enabled, turning the system off by pressing the on/off button places the system in a very low- power-usage state.
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75KIV Wake Up On LAN/Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awak- ens the system from a soft off state. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled, you can set the data and time at which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens the sys- tem from suspend mode.
75KIV 4-6-6 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION • PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system’s power sav- ing functions. Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as follows: 1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION” from the Main Menu and a list of options will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup PNP OS Installed Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug-and Play aware (e.g., Windows 95). NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PnP resources except the boot device card when you select Yes on Non-PnP operating system. Reset Configuration Normally, you leave this Disabled.
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75KIV DMA Resources Press Enter. Please refer to the list below: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software DMA Resources DMA-0 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP Item Help DMA-1 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP Menu Level DMA-3 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP DMA-5 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP DMA-6 assigned to...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup PCI SLOT1/5, 2/6, 3, 4 These options allow you to assign an IRQ for each IRQ Assigned PCI SLOT and this is a useful function when you want to clear the IRQ conflict for a specific device. The op- tions are available: Auto;...
75KIV 4-6-7 SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD • This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact your mainboard supplier to get proper values about the setting of the CPU temperature.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup CPU Warning Temp. User can select CPU warning temperature in this field. When CPU Temperature is higher than value you select in this field, the BIOS will send out sequence of beeps or send out a warning message “your CPU temperature is too high”.
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75KIV Vcore/VDD/3.3V/5V/ Shows actual voltage value of power supply. • Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-8 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL Run the “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” as follows: 1. Choose “FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL” from the Main Menu and a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Frequency Control Item Help Redstorm Overclocking Tech Press Enter Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk...
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75KIV Redstorm Press <Enter> to start RED STORM Overclocking OVERCLOCKING TECH. This option offers users an Tech easier way to overclocking, and it will increase CPU external clock automatically. When CPU external clock is increased to an unacceptable value, BIOS will restart your system, and then run at acceptable CPU external clock.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-9 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS • When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: “ Load Optimized Defaults (Y / N) ? N ” “Y” is for “Yes”, and “N” is for “No”. •...
75KIV 4-6-10 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD • These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher priority to change the CMOS setup option than the users. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and Users are as follows: 1.
A p p e n d i c e s 4-6-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP • SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci- fied into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears: “SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “...
A p p e n d i c e s APPENDICES THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS : APPENDICES-1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION APPENDICES-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION/ BIOS PART NUMBER APPENDICES-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER...
75KIV APPENDICES-1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION Technical Terms Introduction Tech Term Meaning Accelerated Graphic Port Audio Modem Riser Advanced Communication Riser Central Processing Unit CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor CRIMM Continuity RIMM Communication and Networking Riser Direct Memory Access Desktop Management Interface DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module DRAM...
A p p e n d i c e s APPENDICES-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART NUMBER When you boot up your computer, you may see a screen which tells your computer is phoenixnet™ enabled, please see the example below. When the main screen Figure1 shows up, press “Tab”...
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75KIV Figure2 shown below displays the BIOS version and BIOS part number identification. Figure 2 BIOS VERSION example: REV T2.1 BIOS ID STRING example: 6A69RSNCC...
A p p e n d i c e s APPENDICES-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD \ MODEL NUMBER Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA slot or PCI slot, please see the picture shown below: MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER example: SL-65KV2 MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER example: 0012000T005679...
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