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of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au-
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Version 1.0
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reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in-
stalled and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not oc-
cur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
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Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with
this equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing
this device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system's manu-
facturer could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
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  • Page 1 Preface Copyright This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected un- der international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the au- thor.
  • Page 2 Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the follow- ing conditions: − This device may not cause harmful interference, and − This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Motherboard Introduction ....................1 Checklist .....................2 Standard Items ....................2 Features .....................3 Choosing a Computer Case ...............6 Motherboard Components ................7 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Motherboard Safety Precautions..................9 Quick Guide ....................9 Installing the Motherboard in a Case ............10 Checking Jumper Settings ................10 Setting Jumpers .....................
  • Page 4 Power Management Setup Option ..............44 PNP/PCI Configurations................48 PC Health Status.................... 49 Frequency/Voltage Control................50 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option..............51 Load Optimized Defaults Option..............51 Set Password....................51 Save & Exit Setup Option ................52 Exit Without Saving ..................52 CHAPTER 4 Using the Motherboard Software About the Software CD-ROM ..............53...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Motherboard

    Introducing the Motherboard Thank you for choosing 661FX-M motherboard of great performance and with enhanced function. 661FX-M motherboard carries a micro-ATX form factor of 244 x 230 mm. 661FX-M supports Socket 478 Pentium 4 processors with system data transfer rate up to 800 MHz and “Hyper-Threading” technology for high-end business or personal desktop markets.

  • Page 6: Checklist

    Compare the motherboard’s package contents with the following checklist: Standard Items • One motherboard • One diskette drive ribbon cable • One IDE drive ribbon cable • One auto-install software support CD • One I/O shield • One SATA cable (optional) •...

  • Page 7: Features

    Processor 661FX-M uses a 478-pin socket type of Pentium 4 that carries the following features: • Intel Pentium 4 Willamate: FSB400,512K L2 cache • Intel Pentium 4 Northwood: FSB 400/533,512K L2 cache • Intel Pentium 4 Northwood: FSB 533, 512K L2 cache, HT supported •...
  • Page 8 • Supports DDR400/333/266 MHz DDR SDRAM memory Memory module • Accommodates two DDR 184-pin un-buffered DIMM slots • Each slot supports up to 1 GB with a total maximum ca- pacity of 2 GB • 661FX-M includes an AGP 3.0 slot that provides AGP 8X, Graphics eight times the bandwidth of the original AGP specification.
  • Page 9 BIOS This motherboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to Firmware configure many system features including the following: • Power management • Wake-up alarms • CPU parameters • CPU and memory timing The firmware can also be used to set parameters for different processor clock speeds.

  • Page 10: Choosing A Computer Case

    There are many types of computer cases on the market. The motherboard complies with the specifications for the micro-ATX system case. First, some features on the motherboard are implemented by cabling connectors on the motherboard to indicators and switches on the system case. Make sure that your case supports all the features required.
  • Page 12 Table of Motherboard Components Label Component AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port slot ATX1 Standard 20-pin ATX power connector ATX2 Auxiliary 4-pin power connector AUDIO1 Front panel audio header CASFAN1 Case fan connector CDIN1 CD-in connector CNR1 Communications Networking Riser slot CPUFAN1 CPU cooling fan connector CPU Socket mPGA478 socket for Pentium 4 CPUs...

  • Page 13: Installing The Motherboard

    Installing the Motherboard Follow these safety precautions when installing the motherboard: • Wear a grounding strap attached to a grounded device to avoid damage from static electricity. • Discharge static electricity by touching the metal case of a safely grounded object before working on the motherboard. •...

  • Page 14: Installing The Motherboard In A Case

    Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing the mother- board in a case: This illustration shows an ex- ample of a motherboard being installed in a tower-type case: Note: Do not over-tighten the screws as this can stress the moth- erboard.

  • Page 15: Checking Jumper Settings

    Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the motherboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting (default) 3-pin CLEAR CMOS 1-2: NORMAL 2-3: CLEAR 3-pin BIOS PROTECT 1-2: WRITE ENABLE 2-3: WRITE DISABLE JP1: Clear CMOS jumper Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS RAM.

  • Page 16: Connecting Case Components

    Connecting Case Components After you have installed the motherboard into a case, you can begin connect- ing the motherboard components. Refer to the following: Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN1. Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN1. Connect the case speaker cable to SPK1.
  • Page 17 ATX1: ATX 20-pin Power Connector Signal Name Signal Name +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS ON# Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PWRGD - 5V +5VSB +12V ATX2: ATX 12V Power Connector Signal Name +12V +12V Ground Ground...

  • Page 18: Front Panel Connector

    Front Panel Connector The front panel connector (PANEL1) provides a standard set of switch and LED connectors commonly found on ATX or micro-ATX cases. Refer to the table below for information: Signal Function Signal Function Hard disk LED MSG LED [dual color HD_LED_P FP PWR/SLP (positive)

  • Page 19: Installing Hardware

    time requirement is due to internal de-bounce circuitry. After receiving a power on/off signal, at least two seconds elapses before the power supply recog- nizes another on/off signal. Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the motherboard or any of the surface-mount resis- tors with the clip of the cooling fan.
  • Page 20 CPU Installation Procedure The following illustration shows CPU installation components: Note: The pin-1 corner is marked with an arrow Follow these instructions to install the Retention Module and CPU: Install your CPU. Pull up the lever away from the socket and lift up to 90- degree angle.
  • Page 21 Press the lever down. Apply thermal grease on top of the CPU. Put the CPU Fan down on the retention module and snap the four retention legs of the cooling fan into place. Flip the levers over to lock the heat sink in place. Connect the CPU Cooling Fan power cable to the CPUFAN1...

  • Page 22: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules 661FX-M accommodates two 184-pin 2.5V un-buffered Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) memory modules. SDRAM doubles data transfer rate 3200/2700/2100/1600 MBps. 661FX-M can support DDR400 / DDR333 / DDR266 memory modules and allow to maximum memory size 2 GB. DDR SDRAM memory module table: Memory module No.
  • Page 23 Install the DIMM module into the slot and press it firmly down until it seats correctly. The slot latches are levered upwards and latch on to the edges of the DIMM. Install any remaining DIMM modules. Table A: DDR (memory module) QVL (Qualified Vendor List) The following DDR400 memory modules have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard.

  • Page 24: Installing A Hard Disk Drive/Cd-Rom/Sata Hard Drive

    Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATA Hard Drive This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. About IDE Devices Your motherboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2).
  • Page 25 IDE devices enclose jumpers or switches used to set the IDE device as MASTER or SLAVE. Refer to the IDE device user’s manual. Installing two IDE devices on one cable, ensure that one device is set to MASTER and the other device is set to SLAVE.

  • Page 26: Installing A Floppy Diskette Drive

    Refer to the illustration below for proper installation: Attach either cable end to the connector (A) on the motherboard. Attach the other cable end (B) to the SATA hard drive. Attach the SATA power cable to the SATA hard drive (C) and connect the other end to the power supply.

  • Page 27: Installing Add-On Cards

    Installing Add-on Cards The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and con- nect them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can increase the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system.

  • Page 28: Connecting Optional Devices

    Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the motherboard’s op- tional devices: AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Name Function AUD_MIC Front Panel Microphone input signal AUD_GND...
  • Page 29 SPDIFO1: SPDIF out header You can purchase an optional 24-bit digital audio extension bracket from a third-party vendor. You can use the audio RCA jacks to connect to digital audio devices. If your CD-ROM/DVD drive has digital audio output, you can connect it the SPDIF connector.

  • Page 30: Connecting I/O Devices

    The backplane of the motherboard has the following I/O ports: PS2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. PS2 Keyboard Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. LPT1/Parallel Port Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel commu- nications devices.

  • Page 31: Using Bios

    Using BIOS The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the motherboard contains the ROM setup instruc- tions for configuring the motherboard BIOS. The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup Utility displays the system's configuration status and provides you with options to set system parameters.

  • Page 32: Entering The Setup Utility

    Entering the Setup Utility When you power on the system, BIOS enters the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines. POST is a series of built-in diagnostics performed by the BIOS. After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears: Press DEL to enter SETUP Pressing the delete key accesses the BIOS Setup Utility: BIOS Navigation Keys...

  • Page 33: Updating The Bios

    Updating the BIOS You can download and install updated BIOS for this motherboard from the manufacturer's Web site. New BIOS provides support for new peripherals, improvements in performance, or fixes for known bugs. Install new BIOS as follows: If your motherboard has a BIOS protection jumper, change the setting to allow BIOS flashing.

  • Page 34: Using Bios

    When you start the Setup Utility, the main menu appears. The main menu of the Setup Utility displays a list of the options that are available. A highlight indicates which option is currently selected. Use the cursor arrow keys to move the highlight to other options.
  • Page 35 IDE Devices (None) Your computer has two IDE channels (Primary and Secondary) and each channel can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel. Press <Enter> to display the IDE submenu: IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter>...
  • Page 36 Drive A/Drive B (1.44M, 3.5 in./None) These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system. You can connect one or two diskette drives. Floppy 3 Mode Support (Disabled) Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3.5-inch diskette with a capacity of 1.2 MB. Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan.

  • Page 37: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features This option defines advanced information about your system. CPU Feature (Press Enter) Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: Thermal Management (Thermal Monitor 1) This item displays CPU’s temperature and enables you to set a safe tempera- ture to Prescott CPU.
  • Page 38 Hard Disk Boot Priority (Press Enter) Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: CPU L1 and L2 Cache (Enabled) All processors that can be installed in this motherboard use internal level 1 (L1) and external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance.
  • Page 39 Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled) If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. You don't need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity. Boot Up NumLock Status (On) This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
  • Page 40 Video BIOS Shadow (Enabled) This item determines whether the BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster exe- cution. Small Logo (EPA) Show (Disabled) Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo during boot.

  • Page 41: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features These items define critical timing parameters of the motherboard. You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very famil- iar with the technical specifications of your system hardware. If you change the values incorrectly, you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system.
  • Page 42 DRAM CAS Latency (2.5T) This item controls the timing delay (in clock cycles) before the DRAM starts a read command after receiving it. RAS Active Time (tRAS) (6T) This item allows you to set the amount of time a RAS can be kept open for multiple accesses.
  • Page 43 Graphic Window WR Combin (Enabled) This item determines whether the graphic windows base address is valid or not. AGP Fast Write Support (Disabled) This item enables and disables AGP Fast Write Support. AGP Data Rate (Auto) This item allows you to control AGP card data transfer rate. Press <Esc>...

  • Page 44: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals These options display items that define the operation of peripheral compo- nents on the system's input/output ports. SIS OnChip IDE Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: Internal PCI/IDE (Both) Use these items to enable or disable the internal PCI IDE channels that are integrated on the motherboard.
  • Page 45 IDE Master/Slave Drive PIO (Auto) This option allows you to set the PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the two IDE devices (Master and Slave drives) attached to a particular IDE chan- nel. Normally you should leave it as Auto and let the BIOS auto-detect the IDE drive’s PIO mode.
  • Page 46 SIS OnChip PCI Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: SIS USB Controller (Enabled) This item enables the USB controller. Leave this at the default “Enabled” if you want to connect USB devices to your computer. USB Ports Number (6 Ports) This item enables you to determine the number of USB ports.
  • Page 47 SIS Serial ATA Controller (Enabled) This item allows you to control the SiS Serial ATA controller. SIS Serial ATA Mode (IDE) This item allows you to change SiS Serial ATA mode. Press <Esc> to return to the Integrated Peripherals screen. Onboard SuperIO Device Scroll to this item and press <Enter>...

  • Page 48: Power Management Setup Option

    ECP Mode Use DMA (3) When the onboard parallel port is set to ECP mode, the parallel port can use DMA 3 or DMA 1. IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled) Enable this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode. Block mode en- ables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support.
  • Page 49 Suspend Mode (Disabled) The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time. Full power function will return when a Power Management event is detected. Options are from 1 Min to 1 Hour and Disable.
  • Page 50 PM Wake Up Events Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen: This item opens a submenu that enables you to set events that will resume the system from a power saving mode. IRQ [3-7, 9-15], NMI (Enabled) This option determines whether any activity for IRQ 3-7/9-15 will cause the system to wake from a power saving mode.
  • Page 51 ** Reload Global Timer Events ** These fields determine which events waken the system from power saving mode. Primary/Secondary IDE (Disabled) When this item is enabled, the system power will resume the system from a power saving mode if there is any activity on primary or secondary IDE chan- nels 0 or 1.

  • Page 52: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PNP/PCI Configurations These options configure how PnP (Plug and Play) and PCI expansion cards oper- ate in your system. Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Motherboard use system IRQs (Interrupt ReQuests) and DMAs (Direct Memory Access). You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments correctly through the PnP/PCI Configurations Setup utility for the motherboard to work properly.

  • Page 53: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status On motherboards that support hardware monitoring, this item lets you monitor the parameters for critical voltages, critical temperatures, and fan speeds. Shutdown Temperature (Disabled) Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down. System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status.

  • Page 54: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control This item enables you to set the clock speed and system bus for your system. The clock speed and system bus are determined by the kind of processor you have installed in your system. CPU Clock Ratio ( 0 X) Use the CPU Host/SDRAM/PCI Clock to set the frontside bus frequency for the installed processor (usually 133 MHz, 100 MHz or 66 MHz).

  • Page 55: Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option This option opens a dialog box that lets you install fail-safe defaults for all ap- propriate items in the Setup Utility: Press <Y> and then <Enter> to install the defaults. Press <N> and then <En- ter> to not install the defaults. The fail-safe defaults place no great demands on the system and are generally stable.

  • Page 56: Save & Exit Setup Option

    Save & Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility and exit the Setup Utility. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press <Y> to save and exit, or press <N> to return to the main menu: Exit Without Saving Highlight this item and press <Enter>...

  • Page 57: Using The Motherboard Software

    Using the Motherboard Software The support software CD-ROM that is included in the motherboard package contains all the drivers and utility programs needed to properly run the bun- dled products. Below you can find a brief description of each software program, and the location for your motherboard version.

  • Page 58: Running Setup

    Setup Tab Setup Click the Setup button to run the software installation program. Select from the menu which software you want to install. Browse The Browse CD button is the standard Windows command that allows you to open Windows Explorer and show the contents of the support CD.

  • Page 59: Manual Installation

    Note: The following screens are examples only. The screens and driver lists will be different according to the motherboard you are installing. The motherboard identification is located in the upper left-hand corner. Click Next. The following screen appears: Check the box next to the items you want to install. The default options are recommended.

  • Page 60: Utility Software Reference

    Insert the CD in the CD-ROM drive and locate the PATH.DOC file in the root directory. This file contains the information needed to locate the drivers for your motherboard. Look for the chipset and motherboard model; then browse to the directory and path to begin installing the drivers.

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