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65KV2-T C O N T E N T CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ......... 8 1- 1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION ........... 9 1-1-1 CPU ..................... 9 1-1-2 CHIPSET ..................... 9 1-1-3 ADVANCED HIGH-PERFORMANCE DRAM CONTROLLER .... 9 1-1-4 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORT (AGP) CONTROLLER ..................
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Content 2-5-5 POWER LOST RESUME (BY JP8) ........... 24 2-5-6 FACTORY TEST (BY JP14) .............. 25 2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS ......... 26 2-6-1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2) ........26 2-6-3 WAKE ON LAN (JWOL1) ..............27 2-6-2 CD-ROM AUDIO CONNECTOR (CD_IN1/CD_IN2) ......27 2-6-4 THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR (RT2) ........
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65KV2-T 4-6-4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ............63 4-6-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ............. 67 4-6-6 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION ............74 4-6-7 PC HEALTH STATUS ................ 77 4-6-8 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL ..........78 4-6-9 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ............80 4-6-10 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD ........81 4-6-11 SAVE &...
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Content ====== ITEM LIST CHECKUP Mainboard Support CD User’s Manual Bundled Bonus Pack CD Bundled Bonus Pack Manual Temperature Sensor Cable ATA66/100 IDE Cable RS232 Cable FDD Cable...
65KV2-T 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 : 1-1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATION 1-2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT 1-3 CHIPSET DIAGRAM...
65KV2-T 1-1-5 MULTI-I/O FUNCTION • Two Ultra DMA-33 / 66 / 100 Master Mode PCI EIDE ports. • Two UARTs for Complete Serial Ports. • One dedicated IR connector: --- Third serial port dedicated to IR function either through the two complete serial ports or the third dedicated port Infrared-IrDA (HPSIR) and ASK (Amplitude Shift Keyed) IR.
Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1-9 POWER MANAGEMENT • ACPI 1.0 compliant (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). • APM V1.2 compliant (Legacy power management). • System event monitoring with two event classes. • Supporting PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse power on. • Supporting Wake On LAN (WOL) & Wake On Modem. •...
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.
65KV2-T 2- 1 CPU INSTALLATION WARNING !!! Never run you processor without the heat sink properly and firmly attached. PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT! • Pull out the lever from the socket, and then raise the le- ver up to a 90-degree angle. •...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2- 2 MEMORY INSTALLATION WARING !!! • Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components, failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards. •...
65KV2-T 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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Chapter 2 Hardware Setup • 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.
65KV2-T 2-4 CPU BUS RATIO SELECT (BY SW1 DIP1~DIP4) • Normally, the Bus Ratio (Frequency Multiplier) of your processor is locked by processor’s Vendor and setting of the CPU Bus Ratio will have no effect. • The Bus Ratio Setting is available on unlocked processors only. SW1 DIP1 ~ DIP4 SETTING 5.5x 6.0x...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-4-1 FSB FREQUENCY SELECT (BY SW1 DIP5~DIP8) • Over clocking is not recommended, your system may work unstable. • SW1 DIP5~8 settings for FSB (Front Side Bus) Frequency Select is a redundancy device designed for professional CPU overclocking only. Since this mainboard is designed with CPU clock auto-detection function, you are recommended to use the SW1 DIP5~8 default setting for a stable system performance.
65KV2-T 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. Otherwise, mainboard could be damaged.
65KV2-T 2-6 CONNECTORS CONFIGURATIONS • This section lists out all connectors configurations for users’ reference: 2-6-1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2) Onboard FAN Connector (FAN1) Clock Generator Onboard FAN Connector (FAN3) Onboard FAN Connector (FAN2) VT82C 694T JP14 FAN1 CPU FAN CD_IN2 AGP 4X CD_IN1...
65KV2-T 2-6-4 THERMAL SENSOR CONNECTOR (RT2) Clock Generator Thermal Sensor Connector (RT2) VT82C 694T JP14 CD_IN2 AGP 4X CD_IN1 PCI 1 AC'97 Codec Battery PCI 2 JBAT1 PCI 3 VT82C 686B PCI 4 PCI 5 JWOL1 We provide a thermal cable in the mainboard package. This thermal cable is to monitor device which will generate a lot of heat, such as HDD, graphics card etc..
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...
65KV2-T 5. J3 Suspend LED Connector: CONNECTION: Connected to Suspend indicator. FUNCTION: To supply power to “Suspend indicator”. 6. J3 Power LED Connector: CONNECTION: Connected to System Power LED. FUNCTION: To supply power to “System Power LED”. 7. J3 Reset Switch Connector: CONNECTION: Connected to the case-mounted “Reset Switch”.
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 because of the different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down the plug firmly to make sure that all pins are aligned.
65KV2-T 2-6-9 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 Green...
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup 2-6-10 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 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1)
Chapter3 Software Setup 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 motherboard supports this function), Patch, and Utilities etc., User can browse the CD and get further details in regard of our motherboard.
65KV2-T 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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Chapter3 Software Setup • Press select the checkbox as below: Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP VxD Driver VIA Chipset Function’s Registry Next 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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65KV2-T • 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.
Chapter3 Software Setup 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”. •...
65KV2-T 3-3 HARDWARE MONITOR 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 “Hardware Monitor Utility”. •...
65KV2-T 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. •...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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.
65KV2-T • 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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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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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65KV2-T Figure 4-5-1 Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen Figure 4-5-2 Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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.
65KV2-T 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>...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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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65KV2-T <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. <F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default values. <F7>: Load all options with the Setup default values. Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed in the system. The choices are: Monochrome; Color 40x25; VGA / EGA; Color 80x25. Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of errors that will cause the system to halt.
65KV2-T 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 options will appear: 2.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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 Process or Number Feature Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled...
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65KV2-T Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up showing a warning message if anything attempts to access the boot sector 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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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup First/Second/Third/ The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from Other Boot Device the devices in the sequence selected in these items. The choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM; Disabled. Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanging status without any physical connection and modification on the cables.
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65KV2-T Typematic Delay Choices: 250; 500; 750; 1000. This option sets the (Msec) time interval for displaying the first and the second characters. If enabled, the time interval is optional. Security Option If you have set a password, select whether the password is required every time the System boots, or only when you enter setup.
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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 options will appear: 2.
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65KV2-T CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Item Help Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns Menu Level Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing SDRAM 8/10ns DRAM Clock Host CLK SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM Drive Strength Auto DRAM Drive Value...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Bank 0/1 2/3 4/5 DRAM This item allows you to select the value in this field, Timing depending on whether the board has paged DRAMs or EDO (Extended Data Output) DRAMs. The choice: SDRAM 8/10ns ; Normal ;...
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65KV2-T Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory (RAM) at A0000h to AFFFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, check your AGP manual to find out if any compatibility problem exists. AGP Aperture Size Series of options are available: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 or 256 MB.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup USB Keyboard Enable function when the USB keyboard is being Support used. When the AT keyboard is not used, choose disabled. The choices:Enabled; Disabled. OnChip Sound Select Enabled to use the on-chip Audio capability of your system. Most of the following field do not appear when this field is Disabled.
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65KV2-T AGP Master 1 WS Leave this field at default Write The choice: Enabled, Disabled. AGP Master 1 WS Leave this field at default Read The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Memory Parity/ECC This item enabled to detect the memory parity and Check Error Checking &...
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 options will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals...
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65KV2-T 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 Init Display First Initialize the AGP video display before initializing any other display device on the system. Thus the AGP display becomes the primary display. The choices: PCI Slot; AGP. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write.
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65KV2-T TX, RX inverting This item allows you to enable the TX, RX inverting enable which depends on different H/W requirement. You are not recommended to change the default setting of this field. The choices: “No, No”; “No, Yes”; “Yes, No”; “Yes, Yes”.
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 options will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Setup...
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65KV2-T ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your computer’s operating sys- tem supports the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification. Currently, Windows NT 5.0 support ACPI. • Press <Enter> on the Power Management item, then there appears a list of options for you to configure further setting.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity, the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices re- main active. Doze Mode After the selected period of system inactivity, the CPU clock runs at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
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65KV2-T Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. This selection will cause the system to turn off V/H SYNC + the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports Blank and write blanks to the video buffer. This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup VGA When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the system LPT & COM When On of LPT & COM, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system. HDD &...
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65KV2-T RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled, you can set the data and time at which the RTC (Real Time Clock) alarm awakens the system from suspend mode. The choices: Disabled; Enabled. Date (of Month) Set a certain date when RTC Alarm Resume option is Enabled to awaken the system.
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup The following is a list of IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests), IRQS Activity Monitor- which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur.
65KV2-T 4-6-6 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION • PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to modify the system’s power saving 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 Item Help...
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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.
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65KV2-T 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...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-6-7 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 your mainboard supplier to get proper value about your setting of the CPU temperature.
65KV2-T 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 options will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Frequency Control Item Help CPU Vcore Select Default Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Disabled...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup CPU Vcore The choice: +0.05V, +0.1V, +0.2V, +0.3V, +0.4V, Select -0.05V, -0.1V. Auto Detect This item allows you to enable/disable to detection of DIMM/PCI CLK DIMM/PCI Clock. The choices: Enabled; Disabled. Spread Spec- This item allows you to enable/disable the spread trum Modulated spectrum modulation.
65KV2-T 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”. •...
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 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.
65KV2-T 4-6-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP • SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears: “SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “...
Appendices APPENDICES THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS : APPENDIX-1 TECHNICAL TERMS INTRODUCTION APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER...
65KV2-T APPENDIX-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...
Appendices APPENDIX-2 IDENTIFYING BIOS VERSION AND BIOS PART NUMBER • When you boot up your computer, you may see a screen which shows your computer is phoenixnet™ enabled. Please see Picture-1 below for an illustration. • When the screen shows up press “Tab” key for BIOS information. Figure 1 - Phoenixnet screen...
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65KV2-T • See Picture-2 below for BIOS version and BIOS part number identification. Figure 2 BIOS VERSION example: REV T2.1 BIOS ID STRING example: 6A69RSNCC...
Appendices APPENDIX-3 IDENTIFYING MAINBOARD / MODEL NUMBER • Usually the mainboard model number is labeled on the side of ISA side of slot or PCI slot. Please see the picture below as an illustration: MAINBOARD MODEL NUMBER example: SL-65KV2 MAINBOARD SERIAL NUMBER example: 0012000T005679...
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