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4 channel Serial ATA 150MB/s data transfer rate via Silicon Image 3114 (Option) Audio • 6-Channel AC97 CODEC on board System BIOS • Supports ABIT SoftMenu • Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP) • Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) • Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS •...
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1x IEEE 1394 connector Miscellaneous • ATX form factor (305mm x 243mm) • Hardware monitoring – Including Fan speeds, Voltages, System environment temperature • Chassis intrusion detector header Specifications and information contained herein are subject to change without notice. WI-1P...
Infrared Device Connection Header FP-USB1 Additional USB Port Connection Header IDE1/IDE2 Hard Disk Drive Connectors PCI1 32bit/33MHz PCI Slot PCI2/PCI3/PCI4 64bit/66MHz PCI-X Slots PS2-PWR1 PS/2 & USB Device Wake-up Connection Header USB-PWR1 SATA1~SATA6 Serial ATA Connectors SMB1 System Management Bus Connection Header WI-1P...
Hardware Setup Chapter 2. Hardware Setup ® 2.1. Install Pentium 4 CPU and Heatsink Supporting-Base This motherboard provides a ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) Socket 478 ® ® to install Intel Pentium 4 CPU. The CPU you bought should have a kit of heatsink and cooling fan along with.
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Assembly to lock up together with the Retention Module Base. 6. The Fan and Retention Mechanism Assembly and Retention Module Base should now firmly lock up with each other with the heatsink inside. ATTENTION: Do not forget to set the correct bus frequency and multiple for your processor. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2.2. System Memory This workstation board provides four 184-pin DDR DIMM slots for Single/Dual Channel DDR 400/333/266 memory modules with memory expansion size up to 4GB. 2.2.1. Memory Configuration Table Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0, 1 (DIMM1) 128, 256, 512MB, 1GB 128MB ~ 1GB Bank 2, 3 (DIMM2)
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DIMM module. ATTENTION: Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards. Before starting these procedures, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity by touching a grounded metal object briefly. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2.3. Connectors, Headers, and Switches All the connectors, headers and switches mentioned here are depending on your system configuration. Some features you may (or may not) have to connect or to configure depending on the peripherals you have connected. WARNING: Always power off the computer and unplug the AC power cord before adding or removing any peripheral or component.
CPUFAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector • NBFAN1: Chipset Fan Power Connector • SYSFAN1: System Fan Power Connector • AUXFAN1, AUXFAN2: Auxiliary Fan Power Connectors WARNING: These fan connectors are not jumpers. DO NOT place jumper caps on these connectors. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2.3.3. CMOS Memory Clearing Header This header uses a jumper cap to clear the CMOS memory. • Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Normal operation. • Pin 2-3 shorted: Clear CMOS memory. WARNING: Turn the power off first (including the +5V standby power) before clearing the CMOS memory.
Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Disable wake-up function support at Keyboard/Mouse port. Pin 2-3 shorted: Enable wake-up function support at Keyboard/Mouse port • USB-PWR1: Pin 1-2 shorted (default): Disable wake-up function support at USB1 port. Pin 2-3 shorted: Enable wake-up function support at USB1 port. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2.3.5. Front Panel Switches & Indicators Connection Headers This header is used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the chassis front panel. Watch the power LED pin position and orientation. The mark “+” align to the pin in the figure below stands for positive polarity for the LED connection.
5-6, and pin 9-10 (default setting). Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Audio Mic. Ground Audio Mic. Bias Speaker Out Right Speaker Out Right Channel Channel Return Speaker Out Left Speaker Out Left Channel Channel Return Ground S/PDIF In S/PDIF Out WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2-11 2.3.7. Internal Audio Sources Connectors These connectors connect to the audio output of internal CD-ROM drive or add-on audio card. User’s Manual...
Hardware Setup 2-15 2.3.11. System Management Bus Connection Header This header provides one external System Management Bus connection. User’s Manual...
Hardware Setup 2-17 2.3.13. Chassis Intrusion Device Header This header provides a cable connection to an intrusion device attached to chassis. User’s Manual...
2-18 Chapter 2 2.3.14. AGP Pro Display Card Slot This slot supports an optional AGP graphics card up to AGP 4X/8X mode. ATTENTION: This motherboard does not support 3.3V AGP cards. Use only 1.5V or 0.8V AGP cards. WI-1P...
NOTE: Make sure to configure the “Master” and “Slave” relation before connecting two drives by one single ribbon cable. The red line on the ribbon cable must be aligned with pin-1 on both the IDE port and the hard-drive connector. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2-21 2.3.17. Serial ATA Connectors These connectors each provide one Serial ATA channel connection. SATA1 and SATA2 are controlled by South Bridge. To enable the SATA1 and SATA2 controller, you have to enable the item “OnChip Serial ATA” first in the BIOS menu of “OnChip IDE Device”.
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“Onboard PCI Device”. For more information on how to configure the function mode for SATA1 and SATA2, please refer to the item “Serial ATA 1 Mode” and “Serial ATA 2 Mode” in the BIOS menu of “OnChip IDE Device”. WI-1P...
Hardware Setup 2-23 2.3.18. Status Indicators • D13 (5VSB): 5VSB LED Indicator This LED lights up when the power supply is connected with power source. • D14 (VCC): Power on Indicator This LED lights up when the system power is on. User’s Manual...
F.L./F.R. (Front Left / Front Right): Connects to the front left and front right channel in the 5.1-channel or regular 2-channel audio system. • LAN: Local Area Network connector. • USB1: Universal Serial Bus connector. • FP-1394-2: IEEE1394 connector. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup Chapter 3. BIOS Setup This motherboard provides a programmable EEPROM that you can update the BIOS utility. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) is a program that deals with the basic level of communication between processor and peripherals. Use the BIOS Setup program only when installing motherboard, reconfiguring system, or prompted to “Run Setup”.
Chapter 3 3.1. SoftMenu Setup The SoftMenu utility is ABIT’s exclusive and ultimate solution in programming the CPU operating speed. All the parameters regarding CPU FSB speed, multiplier factor, the AGP & PCI clock, and even the CPU core voltage are all available at your fingertips.
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BIOS Setup User Defined: WARNING: The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage. Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs, may cause abnormal memory module functioning, system hangs, hard disk drive data lose, abnormal functioning of the VGA card, or abnormal functioning with other add-on cards.
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ATTENTION: A wrong voltage setting may cause the system unstable or even damage the CPU. Please leave it to default settings unless you are fully aware of its consequences. DDR SDRAM Voltage: This item selects the voltage for DRAM slot. AGP Voltage: This item selects the voltage for AGP slot. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup 3.2. Standard CMOS Features This section contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include date, hour, VGA card, FDD and HDD settings. Date (mm:dd:yy): This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the format of [Month], [Date], and [Year].
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Access Mode: This item selects the mode to access your IDE devices. Leave this item to its default [Auto] setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup Capacity: This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program. Cylinder: This item configures the numbers of cylinders. Head: This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.
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640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory: This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. Total Memory: This item displays the total memory available in the system. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup 3.3. Advanced BIOS Features CPU L3 Cache: This item is used to enable the L3 cache (default setting), and appears only for certain CPU (Intel Pentium 4 processor with HT Technology Extreme Edition) that possesses L3 cache. Hyper-Threading Technology: This item is used to enable the functionality of the processor with Hyper-Threading Technology and will appear only when using such processor.
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NOTE: Don’t forget your password. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But by doing this, you will have to reset all previously set options. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-11 MPS Version Ctrl For OS: This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. Leave this item to its default setting. Report No FDD For OS: When set to [Yes], this item allows you to run some older operating system without floppy disk drive.
This item controls the number of DRAM clocks used for the DRAM parameters. DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This item controls the latency between the DRAM active command and the read/write command. DRAM RAS# Precharge: This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the DRAM. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-13 Video BIOS Cacheable: As with caching the system BIOS, enabling the Video BIOS cache will allow access to video BIOS addressed at C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the faster the video performance will be.
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This item determines the timing of DRAM Read Delay. Read delay Adjust(tRDA): This item determines to adjust the timing of DRAM Read Delay. Command Per Clock(CPC): This item determines the address command timing according to the DRAM strobe clock. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup 3-15 3.5. Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Device: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: User’s Manual...
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[Combined Mode]: Parallel ATA and Serial ATA are combined together. Supports up to 4 IDE drives. [Enhanced Mode]: Enable both Parallel ATA and Serial ATA. Supports up to 6 IDE drives. [SATA Only]: The SATA is operating in legacy mode. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-17 Serial ATA 1 Mode / Serial ATA 2 Mode: This item determines the function mode for Serial ATA Port 1 (i.e. The SATA1 connector in this model) and Serial ATA Port 2 (i.e. The SATA2 connector in this model).
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This item allows you to select [BIOS] for using USB mouse in DOS environment, or [OS] in OS environment. OnChip Audio Controller: This option enables or disables the audio controller. OnChip LAN Controller: This option enables or disables the LAN controller. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-19 LAN Boot ROM: This item allows you to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly. SuperIO Device: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Onboard FDC Controller: This option enables or disables the onboard FDC controller.
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When the value of this option is set to [Disabled], the printer port becomes unavailable. [378/IRQ7]: This option allows the parallel port to use [378/IRQ7] as its I/O port address. The majority of parallel ports on computer systems use IRQ7 and I/O Port 378H as the standard setting. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-21 [278/IRQ5]: This option allows the parallel port to use [278/IRQ5] as its I/O port address. [3BC/IRQ7]: This option allows the parallel port to use [3BC/IRQ7] as its I/O port address. Parallel Port Mode: This item specifies the parallel port mode. [Normal]: Allows the standard parallel port mode to be used.
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This option enables or disables the IEEE 1394 controller. Serial ATA Controller: This option enables or disables the Serial ATA controller of Silicon Image PCI Chip SATA RAID ROM: This item allows you to use the boot ROM of on-chip Serial ATA RAID to boot-up system. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup 3-23 3.6. Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type: This item selects the type of Suspend mode. [S1(PowerOn Suspend)]: Enables the Power On Suspend function. [S3(Suspend To RAM)]: Enables the Suspend to RAM function. Resume by USB From S3: When set to [Enabled], this item allows you to use a USB device to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
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This item selects the way you want your system to power on. [Password]: Use a password to power on the system, select this option then press <Enter>. Enter your password. You can enter up to 5 characters. Type in exactly the same password to confirm, and then press <Enter>. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-25 [Hot KEY]: Use any of the function keys between <F1> to <F12> to power on the system. [Mouse Left]: Double click the mouse left button to power on the system. [Mouse Right]: Double click the mouse right button to power on the system. [Any KEY]: Use any keyboard keys to power on the system.
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If the system’s power is off when AC power failure occurs, it will remain off when power returns. If the system’s power is on when AC power failure occurs, the system will power-on when power returns. WI-1P...
BIOS Setup 3-27 3.7. PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By: This item configures all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices. [Auto]: The system will automatically detect the settings. [Manual]: Choose the specific IRQ resources in the “IRQ Resources” menu. User’s Manual...
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PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you should set the item to higher values. PIRQ_0 Use IRQ No. ~ PIRQ_7 Use IRQ No.: This item specifies the IRQ number manually or automatically for the devices installed on PCI slots. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-29 For the relations between the hardware layout of PIRQ (the signals from the ICH chipset), INT# (means PCI slot IRQ signals) and devices, please refer to the table below: IEEE- Signals LAN PCI-1 PCI-2 PCI-3 PCI-4 SATA 1394 PIRQ_0 INT A...
The CPU fan speed will run at 100% regardless of what the percentage you set in this item if the temperature limit set in the item “Active Temperature” is exceeded. Active Temperature: This item sets the temperature limit that would activate the function of “CPU FanEQ Speed Control” option. WI-1P...
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BIOS Setup 3-31 Case Open Warning This option controls the action to take when the chassis intrusion device connected to header JP1 is activated. [Disabled]: Disable the case-open warning. [Message]: Display a warning message in the monitor. [Shutdown]: Shutdown the system. CPU Shutdown Temperature: This item sets the temperature that would shutdown the system automatically in order to prevent system overheats.
This option protects the BIOS configuration or restricts access to the computer itself. 3.12. Save & Exit Setup This option saves your selections and exits the BIOS setup menu. 3.13. Exit Without Saving This option exits the BIOS setup menu without saving any change. WI-1P...
Driver Installation Chapter 4. Driver Installation After all the hardware has been installed, you must first install the operating system and then the software drivers. The necessary drivers are all included within the Drivers & Utilities CD that came packaged with your workstation board. The display shown in the following figure should appear after inserting this CD into your CD-ROM drive, if not, enter [My Computer]...
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View the user’s manual in PDF. • Utility Click to enter the sub-screen for installing software like Award Flash, Microsoft DirectX, and Acrobat Reader. • Browse CD Browse the contents of this CD-ROM. • Close Exit the CD setup items. WI-1P...
3. Check the ABIT Technical Terms Guide and FAQ on our Website. We are trying to expand and make the FAQs more helpful and information rich. Let us know if you have any suggestions.
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How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase. 6. Contacting ABIT. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you.
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Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product. You should be able to get RMA service there. 8. Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT. Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day, we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others.
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Appendix A Technical Support Form Company Name: Phone Number: Contact Person: Fax Number: E-mail Address: Model BIOS ID # Motherboard Model No. DRIVER REV OS/Application Hardware Name Brand Specifications IDE1 IDE2 IDE1 CD-ROM-Drive IDE2 System Memory ADD-ON CARD Problem Description: WI-1P...