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T h e S o u l C o m p u t e r T e c h n o l o g y SL-65ME/65ME+ USER MANUAL...
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65ME / 65ME+ C O N T E N T CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ................6 1-1 ITEM LIST CHECKUP ................6 1-2 CPU ......................6 1-3 CHIPSET ....................6 1-4 MEMORY ....................7 1-5 BIOS ....................... 7 1-6 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION ................7 1-7 INTEGRATED GRAPHICS ..............
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65M E / 65ME+ CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP ..............30 3-1 ABOUT SOLTEK SUPPORT CD ............30 3-2 INTEL CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION .......... 30 3-3 INTEL 815 CHIPSET GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION ....32 3-4 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION ..... 34 3-5 AC’97 DRIVER INSTALLATION ............
65M E / 65ME+ --- Integrated IDE controller; ICH2 supports Ultra ATA33/66/100. --- USB host interface with support for 4 USB ports. --- AC’97 2.1 Compliant Link for Audio and Telephony CODECs. --- Firmware Hub (FWH) interface support. --- Alert On LAN. 1-4 MEMORY •...
65ME / 65ME+ 1-7 INTEGRATED GRAPHICS • 3D Hyper Pipelined Architecture. - Parallel Data Processing. (PDP) - Precise Pixel Interpolation. (PPI) • Full 2D H/W Acceleration • 2D Graphics up to 1600 X 1200 in 8-bit Color at 85 Hz Refresh. •...
65M E / 65ME+ 1-12 CHIPSET SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM Intel Pentium III Processor Intel Celeron Processor System Bus (66/100/133MHz) Digital Display Digital Video Out Intel 82815 Chipset Encoder 64bit / Intel 82815 100/133MHz System (GMCH) Memory -Memory Controller Analog Display -AGP Controller AGP Connector -Graphics Controller...
65ME / 65ME+ 1-13 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION • This Intel 82815 GMCH chipset integrates a system memory controller that supports a 64-bit 100 / 133 MHz SDRAM array. The only DRAM type supported is industry standard Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM). The SDRAM controller interface is fully configurate through a set of control registers.
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65M E / 65ME+ ATTENTION !!! 1. Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached with your CPU for detailed installing instruction. 2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Uncorrected installation may result in overheating and damage of your CPU.
65ME / 65ME+ CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2-1 CPU INSTALLATION 1. Pull the lever sidways away from the socket, and then raise the lever up to a 90-degree angle. 2. Take note of the red circle as below picture. When insert the CPU into socket, you can find out there is a definite pin orientation for CPU and socket.
65M E / 65ME+ 3. Make sure that the CPU positions in the socket tightly, and then put the lever down to complete the CPU installation. 2-2 CPU FREQUENCY • The CPU’s “CPU CLOCK RATIO” and “CPU HOST/PCI CLOCK” set- tings are automatically detected to be default value by BIOS in the “Frequency/Voltage Control”...
65ME / 65ME+ • WARNING:Make sure that you unplug your power supply when add- ing or removing memory modules or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards. NOTICE : When LED1 light is on , CPUFA1 ATX POWER meaning that 3.3V is conducting DIMM...
65M E / 65ME+ CAUTION!! The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a warning label over the 20-pin bay.Do not remove this lable and the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch.Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to your card , slot , and motherboard.
65ME / 65ME+ 2-6 JUMPER DEFINITION • The figure below shows the location of the motherboard’s jumper blocks. CAUTION • Do not move the jumper with the power on. Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the computer before changing the jumper. Otherwise, the motherboard could be damaged.
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65M E / 65ME+ JP5/JP6: BUS CLOCK SELECT 66MHz / 100MHz / 133MHz Auto Select (default) 100MHz 133MHz JP2/JP8: USB PORT SELECT (1) Redirect USB port 0 to USB connector (default) Redirect USB1 to AGP port JP9/JP10: USB PORT SELECT (2) Redirect USB port 1 to USB JP10 connector (default)
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65ME / 65ME+ JBAT1/JBAT2: CLEAR CMOS DATA JBAT1 Clear CMOS Data JBAT2 JBAT1 Retain Data (default) JBAT2 A battery must be used to retain the motherboard configuration in CMOS RAM. NOTE : You can clear CMOS by shorting 2-3 pin when the system is POWER OFF.
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65M E / 65ME+ RT2: THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR a: Connect to RT2. b: Connect this thermal sensor to particular device which generates lots of heat such as Hard Driver, VGA chip, etc,. When connected, user could observe the temperature change from the BIOS program.
65ME / 65ME+ 2-7 CONNECTORS • In this section we list all external connectors that user will use them. 2-7.1 J2J3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 HDD LED CONNECTOR PIN 1 PIN 2 HDD LED SIGNAL PIN 3...
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65M E / 65ME+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ATX POWER SWITCH PIN 12 ATX POWER SWITCH PIN 13 The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead. Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF.
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65ME / 65ME+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SPEAKER CONNECTOR PIN 1 SPEAKER SIGNAL PIN 2 NONE PIN 3 PIN 4 This SPEAKER connector connects to the case- mounted speaker. Two sources (LINE OUT and DESCRIPTION SPEAKER) allow you to hear system beeps and warnings.
65M E / 65ME+ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SUSPEND LED PIN 14 SUSPEND LED SIGNAL PIN 15 DESCRIPTION Connect to Suspend indicator light. 2-7.2 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT B : USB 0 PORT C : LPT1 PORT D : GAME/MIDI PORT...
65ME / 65ME+ 2-7.3 FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY CONNECTOR • This motherboard provides a special socket “ DVC1 ” for user to connect to a flat-panel display adapter kit, and then connect it to a LCD monitor. This flat-panel display adapter kit can be purchased from your motherboard’s vendor and manufacturer.
65M E / 65ME+ 2-7.6 SECOND USB CONNECTOR • This motherboard provides 4 sets of USB connector. Besides 2 sets of them can be connected directly by USB devices, the other are built onboard for user to extend the USB function. 2nd USB Connector (Optional) Black Black...
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65M E / 65ME+ card, requires that you configurate the card’s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus. To see a map of your used and free IRQs in Windows 98, the Control Panel in My Computer, contains a System icon, which gives you a Device Manager tab.
SOFTWARE SETUP 3-1 ABOUT SOLTEK SUPPORT CD • In Soltek support CD, it contains most informations for user’s requirement, such as Acrobat Reader, BIOS, User’s Manual, Driver, Hardware Monitor (if motherboard supports this function), Patch, and Utility etc,. User can browse the CD and get further details in regard of our motherboard.
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65ME/65ME+ Step 4: • Press Next button to continue. Step 5: • Press “Yes” to accept Software License Agreement. Step 6: • After all the setup process is finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish.
65ME/65ME+ 3-3 INTEL 815 CHIPSET GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Mainboard Driver”. Step 2: •...
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65ME/65ME+ Step 7: • Press Next button to continue. Step 8: • Press “Yes” to accept Software License Agreement. Step 9: • After all the setup process is finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish.
65ME/65ME+ 3-4 INTEL ULTRA ATA STORAGE DRIVER INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Mainboard Driver”. Step 2: •...
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65ME/65ME+ Step 7: • Press “Next” to continue. Step 8: • Press “Next” to continue. Step 9: • After all the setup process is finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish.
65ME/65ME+ 3-5 AC’97 DRIVER INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Mainboard Driver”. Step 2: • Click on the “INTEL Driver”. Step 3: •...
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65ME/65ME+ Step 9: • After all the setup process is finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish.
65ME/65ME+ 3-6 CREATIVE SOUND DRIVER INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver”. Step 2: • Click on the “INTEL Chipsets Driver”. Step 3: •...
65ME/65ME+ CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP 4-1 INTRODUCE THE BIOS • BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is sometimes called ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory(ROM) chip on the motherboard. BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your computer.
65ME/65ME+ lected and configures your computer accordingly. If the battery charge runs too low, the CMOS content will be lost and POST will issue a “CMOS in- valid” or “CMOS checksum invalid” message. If this happens, you may have to replace the battery. After the battery is replaced, the proper set- tings will need to be stored in SETUP.
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65ME/65ME+ Create a Boot Floppy (using a DOS system to create the bootable floppy) • Place an unformatted floppy diskette in the floppy drive and format the floppy using the /S option. Example: format a: /s • Alternatively, place a formatted floppy in the floppy drive and use the “sys” command.
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65ME/65ME+ • Then appears a program window as below: • After upgraded, the system will reboot itself automatically. • NOTE: You will see a message “CMOS checksum err or - Default loaded ” during booting the system. Please press <Del> to run BIOS program, then reload “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS or LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS”...
65ME/65ME+ 4-7 CMOS SETUP UTILITY • This INTEL 815E motherboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the Award BIOS program Main Menu by: 1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message will appear: PRESS <DEL>...
65ME/65ME+ 4-8 STANDARD CMOS SETUP • Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling. You only need to modify the configuration values of this option when you change your system hardware configuration or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.
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65ME/65ME+ Date (mm:dd:yy) Set the current date and time. Time (hh:mm:ss) Primary / Secondary This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI Master / Slave hard disk drives installed in your system. Refer to the respective documentation on how to install the drives. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection...
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65ME/65ME+ Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed in the system. The choices are: Mono, VGA / EGA (default), CGA40, CGA80. Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of errors that will cause the system to halt. The choices are: All Errors, No Errors, All, But Keyboard,...
65ME/65ME+ 4-9 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES • ADVANCED BIOS FEATURS allows you to improve your system perfor- mance or set up sysem features according to your preference. Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as following: 1. Choose “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: 2.
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65ME/65ME+ CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 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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65ME/65ME+ Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear if there is anything attempting to access the boot sector or hard disk parti- tion 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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65ME/65ME+ Boot Up NumLock Choose ON (default) or OFF. This option lets user Status activates the NumLock function at boot-up. Gate A20 Option Choose Normal or Fast (default). This option allows the RAM to access the memory above 1MB by using the fast gate A20 line.
65ME/65ME+ 4-10 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES • ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES allows you to change 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 screen with a list of option will appear: 2.
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65ME/65ME+ CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Item Help SDRAM CAS Latency Time Menu Level SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc 7/9 SDRAM RAS-To-CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M-16M Disabled...
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65ME/65ME+ SDRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of Time clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The choice:2,3 SDRAM Cycle Time Select the number of SCLKs for an access cycle. Tras/Trc The choice:5/7,7/9 SDRAM RAS-To-CAS This field lets you insert a timing delay between the Delay...
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65ME/65ME+ Delayed TransactionThe chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI speci- fication version 2.1. The Choice:Enabled,Disabled. AGP Graphics Aper- Choose 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 (default), 128 or 256 MB. ture Size Memory mapped and graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture.
65ME/65ME+ 4-11 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS • INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some informations inside your system when it is working. Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as following: 1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: 2.
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65ME/65ME+ CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help On-Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled Menu Level IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto...
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65ME/65ME+ On-Chip Primary/ The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with sup- Secondary PCI IDE port from two IDE channels. Select Enabled to acti- vate the first and/or the second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you install a pri- mary and/or second add-on IDE interface.
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65ME/65ME+ 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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65ME/65ME+ Parallel Port ModeSelect 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 choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP + EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.
65ME/65ME+ 4-12 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP • POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as following: 1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function...
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65ME/65ME+ 2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the se- lected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the <F> keys follows: <F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item. <F5>: Get the previous values.
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65ME/65ME+ Video Of f Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. l l i c i t Video Of f in SuspendThis determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. The choice:Yes,No. Suspend Type Select the Suspend Type. The choice:PWRON Suspend,Stop Grant.
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65ME/65ME+ Resume by Alarm When Enabled, you can set the data and time at the which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens the system from suspend mode. The choice: Disabled (default), Enabled. Date (of Month) Alarm Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system.
65ME/65ME+ 4-13 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION • PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as following: 1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data...
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65ME/65ME+ Reset Configuration Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). Disabled re- Data tains PnP configuration data in BIOS and Enabled resets the PnP configuration data in BIOS. Resource Controlled Choose Manual (default) or Auto. The BIOS checks the IRQ / DMA channel number on the ISA and PCI card manually if you choose Manual and the IRQ / DMA channel number will be checked automatically if you choose Auto.
65ME/65ME+ 4-14 PC HEALTH STATUS • This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact with your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your set- ting of the CPU temperature.
65ME/65ME+ 4-15 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software Frequency Control Item Help Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Menu Level Clock By Slight Adjust CPU Voltage Regulator Default CPU Clock Ratio :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults Auto Detect This item allows you to enable/disable detect DIMM/...
65ME/65ME+ 4-16 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS • When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: “ Load Optimized Defaults (Y / N) ? N ” Pressing “Y” loads the BIOS default values that are factory settings for opti- mal performance system operations.
65ME/65ME+ 4-17 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD • These two options allow you to set your sysem passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the CMOS setup option than the user. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follows: 1.
65ME/65ME+ 4-18 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 “...
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