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Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares Appendix A - System Error Messages Appendix B - Troubleshooting...
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Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset ® Processor ® ® ® System Memory Expansion Slots Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
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Introduction Onboard I/O PCI Bus Master IDE Controller IrDA Interface USB Ports BIOS ®...
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Introduction Power Supply Connector ® 1.1.2 Technology AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) ® PC SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) Creative SB-LINK ®...
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Introduction Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE ECC (Error Checking and Correction) ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) PC 97 Compliant ® ® 1.1.3 Intelligence Dual Function Power Button External Modem Wake-up/Ring-on...
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Introduction Note: RTC Timer to Power-On the System Wake-On-LAN Ready Important: ≥ Wake-On-Keyboard/Wake-On-Mouse Important: Virus Protection...
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Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Jumper JP2 unplug the power cord...
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Hardware Installation 2.6 Jumper Settings for CPU Front Side Bus Jumper JP1 Warning: 2.7 Connecting the Ribbon Cables and Wires of the Ports and Connectors 2.7.1 Serial Ports...
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Hardware Installation Pin Assignment KEYLOCK SB-LED: ATX 5VSB Standby LED HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED G-LED: Green LED ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch G-SW: Green Switch (For APM only) RESET: Reset Switch SPEAKER: Speaker Connector KEYLOCK - Keylock and Power LED Connector Use pins 24 to 26 to connect to the Power LED.
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Hardware Installation 2.7.13 Power Connector Function Function Important:...
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Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE &...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, Jul 27 1998 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13: 27: 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto Auto Primary Slave Auto Auto...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Drive A and Drive B Video Halt On...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled CPU L1 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled Boot Sequence : A, C, SCSI...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU L1 Cache and CPU L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking ® Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option PCI/VGA Palette Snoop...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility OS Select for DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability 3.1.3 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM CAS Latency Time SDRAM Precharge Control : Disabled DRAM Data Integrity Mode : Non-ECC...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM CAS Latency Time DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Video RAM Cacheable 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time and 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M-16M PCI 2.1 Compliance AGP Aperture Size (MB) CPU Clock Frequency...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Spread Spectrum 3.1.4 Power Management Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Disabled Power Management : User Define PM Control by APM : Yes Video Off Method : DPMS Video Off After : Suspend MODEM Use IRQ Standby Mode...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off After...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility MODEM Use IRQ Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down VGA Active Monitor Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility PWR Lost Resume State Resume On Ring...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume On LAN Resume On Alarm Date (of Month) Timer (hh:mm:ss)
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Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 PNP/PCI Configuration ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled By : Auto Assign IRQ for VGA : Enabled Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ : Auto PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ : Auto...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Assign IRQ for VGA Note: ® Assign IRQ for USB Note: ® PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ to PCI Slot 4 Use IRQ 3.1.6 Load Fail-Safe Settings...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.7 Load Optimal Settings 3.1.8 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled KBC Input clock : 8MHz IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port 1...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA On-Chip Primary PCI IDE and On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE USB Keyboard Support Init Display First...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility KBC Input Clock Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 UART2 Mode Select IR Transmission Delay...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode, ECP Mode Use DMA and EPP Mode Select Keyboard/Mouse Power On Warning:...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.10 User Password 3.1.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD...
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Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup 3.1.13 Exit Without Saving...
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Appendix A - System Error Message A.1 POST Beep A.2 Error Messages CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED Caution: CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY...
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System Error Message FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (80) Hard Disk(s) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (20) Hard Disk(s) fail (10) Hard Disk(s) fail (08) Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Manufacturing POST loop BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted Memory test fail...
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Appendix B - Troubleshooting B.1 Troubleshooting Checklist Monitor/Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on:...
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Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. The screen seems to be constantly wavering. Power Supply When the computer is turned on, nothing happens. Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive.
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Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. Excessively long formatting period. Parallel Port The parallel printer doesnt respond when you try to print.
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Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesnt output anything or is outputting garbled characters. Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed. System Board...
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