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  • Page 1 FB65 Pentium 4/Celeron , 478-pin Processor Based MAIN BOARD...
  • Page 2 The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the customers. Trademarks Shuttle is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. Intel, Pentium is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM Corporation.
  • Page 3 Statement of Shuttle Mainboard via the EMI Test Shuttle mainboards have been via the EMI test in terms of series of regulations: EN55022/ CISPR22/AS/NZS3548 Class B, EN55024 (1998/AS/NZS), EN4252.1 (1994), EN61000, ANSI C63.4 (1992), CFR47 Part 15 Subpart B, and CNS13438 (1997). The items tested are illus- trated as follows: (A) Voltage: AC 110V/60HZ &...
  • Page 4 (D) Supported Host Peripherals: Host Peripheral Product Name Model Name FCC ID Case KF45A Power Supply (300W) ENP-0730 (ATX12V) 1000002885 IBM HDD (30.7GB) 91024UB YKFY7981 3892I168 MITSUMI FDD D353M SONY VCD Player CDU4811 3892A291 AGP Card Winfast Geforce 2 MX 3892C520 Power Cable Detachable and Shielded...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.1 SPECIFICATIONS ..................8 3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ............11 3.1 STEP BY STEP INSTALLATION ..............11 Accessories of FB65 ................11 STEP 1 CPU Installation ................ 12 STEP 2 Set Jumpers ................13 STEP 3 Install DDR SDRAM System Memory........13 STEP 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case ........
  • Page 6 STEP 13 Install Drivers & Software Components ........24 3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS ................. 25 JUMPERS & CONNECTORS GUIDE ............ 26 Jumpers Clear CMOS Setting (JP1) ..............28 Back-Panel Connectors COM1 Port Connector ................29 IEEE 1394a Port Connectors ..............29 USB0/1 Port Connectors ...............
  • Page 7 Audio CD_IN Connector (JP11) (Black) ..........36 Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Headers (JP6) ........36 Parallel Port Header (JP8) ..............37 IR Header (JP7) ..................37 SPDIF-Out/In Header (JP3) ..............38 Extend USB Header (USB4) ..............38 3.3 SYSTEM MEMORY CONFIGURATION ............. 39 INSTALL MEMORY ................
  • Page 8 PC HEALTH STATUS ................71 FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL ............73 LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS ..............75 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS ..............75 SET PASSWORD ..................76 SAVE & EXIT SETUP ................77 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ................77 - 4 -...

  • Page 9: What's In The Manual

    WHAT'S IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ..........Page 11 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ............Page 25 Drivers/Software Utilities >> How to Install ......... Page 40 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ............Page 45 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ............

  • Page 10: Introduction

    Experienced DIY User Congratulate on your purchase of the Shuttle FB65 mainboard. You will find that installing your new Shuttle FB65 mainboard is just easy. Bundled with an array of onboard functions, the highly-integrated FB65 mainboard provides you with a total solution to build the most stable and reliable system. Refer to sec- tions 3.2 Jumper Settings and Chapter 4 Drivers/Software Utilities to...

  • Page 11: Item Checklist

    1.2 Item Checklist Check all items with your FB65 mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include: SPDIF JP11 FAN1 - One piece of Shuttle FB65 Mainboard PCI1 FAN3 CMI9739A MFL8J.01 U Y D 1 H G...

  • Page 12: Features

    2 FEATURES FB65 mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high perfor- mance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications - CPU Support Intel Pentium 4/Celeron, 478-pin supports Northwood processors with 400/ 533/800MHz FSB.
  • Page 13 - I/O Interface Provides a variety of I/O interfaces: Ø 1 x Floppy interface for 3.5-inch FDD with 720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB format or for 5.25-inch FDD with 360K or 1.2MB format. Ø 1 x DB9 Serial connectors 16550 UART compatible. Ø...
  • Page 14 - System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6.0 PG on 4Mb Flash core and supports Green PC, Desktop Management Interface (DMI). - Form Factor System board conforms to Small from factor ATX specification. Board dimension: 254mm x 185mm. - Advanced Features Ø...

  • Page 15: Hardware Installation

    Then follow these steps designed to guide you through a quick and correct installation of your system. 3.1 Step-by-Step Installation Accessories Of FB65 LAN & USB1.1/2.0 Connectors PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connectors Wireless KB/MS Connector -JP6 1394 &...

  • Page 16: Step 1 Cpu Installation

    Step 1 CPU Installation: This mainboard supports Intel Pentium 4/Celeron Socket 478 series CPU. Please follow the steps as follows to finish CPU installation. Note the CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. 1. Pull up the CPU socket lever to 90-degree angle. CPU socket lever up to 90-degree angle 2.

  • Page 17: Step 2 Set Jumpers

    Step 2. Set Jumpers This mainboard is jumperless! The default jumper settings have been set for the common usage standard of this mainboard. Therefore, you do not need to reset the jumpers unless you require special adjustments as any of the following cases: 1.

  • Page 18: Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals In System Case

    Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case Before you install and connect the mainboard into your system case, we recommend that you first assemble all the internal peripheral devices into the computer housing, including but not limited to the hard disk drive (IDE/ HDD), floppy disk drive (FDD), CD-ROM drive, and ATX power supply unit.

  • Page 19: Step 5 Mount The Mainboard On The Computer Chassis

    Step 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 1. You may find that there are a lot of different mounting hole positions both on your computer chassis and on the mainboard. To choose correct mounting holes, the key point is to keep the back-panel of the mainboard in a close fit with your system case, as shown below.

  • Page 20: Step 6 Connect Front Panel Switches/Leds/Usb/1394A/Mic/Line-In/Line- Out

    Step 6 Connect Front Panel Switches/LEDs You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originatinting from the computer's front-panel devices (HDD LED, Power LED,or Reset Switch devices etc.) These cables serve to connect the front-panel switches and LEDs connectors to the mainboard's front-panel connectors group, as shown below.
  • Page 21 Connect Front Panel USB/1394a/MIC/Line-out/Line-in(optional) You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originatinting from the computer's front-panel devices (USB4/5, 1394a, MIC, Line-in, or Line-out devices etc.) These cables serve to connect the USB4/5, 1394a, MIC, Line-in, or Line-out connectors to the mainboard's front-panel connectors group, as shown below.

  • Page 22: Step 7 Connect Ide, Floppy, And Serial Ata Disk Drives

    Step 7 Connect IDE, Floppy, and Serial ATA Disk Drives 1. IDE cable connector IDE1 IDE2 2. Floppy cable connector 3. Serial ATA connector - 18 -...

  • Page 23: Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals

    Step 8 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1. CD-IN Header (JP11) CD-IN JP11 2. IR Header (JP7) 3. Wireless keyboard and mouse headers (JP6) Wireless KB/MS - 19 -...
  • Page 24 4. SPDIF_Out /IN header (JP3) SPDIF_Out/In 5. Extended USB Header (USB4) USB4 6. Parallel Port (EXT. Print) - (JP8) EXT. Print - 20 -...

  • Page 25: Step 9 Connect The Power Supply

    Step 9 Connect the Power Supply 1. System power connector (ATX1/ATX2) ATX12V ATX2 ATX1 ATXPWR Step 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots 1. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Card 2. PCI Card - 21 -...

  • Page 26: Step 11 Connect External Peripherals To Back-Panel

    Step 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back-Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system's back-panel. COM1 Port 1394 Port USB0/1 Ports LAN Port USB2/3 Ports PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Audio Bass/Center-Out Port...

  • Page 27: Step 12 First Time System Boot Up

    Step 12 First Time System Boot Up To assure the completeness and correctness of your system installation, you may check the above installation steps once again before you boot up your system for the first time. 1. Insert a bootable system floppy disk (DOS 6.2x, Windows 95/98/NT, or others) which contains FDISK and FORMAT utilities into the FDD.

  • Page 28: Step 13 Install Drivers & Software Components

    2000/ME/XP/NT operating systems only. Make sure your operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD-ROM pro- grams. 1. Insert the FB65 bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The autorun program will display the drivers main installation window on screen.

  • Page 29: Jumper Settings

    3.2 Jumper Settings Several hardware settings are made through the use of mini jumpers to con- nect jumper pins on the mainboard. Pin #1 could be located at any corner of each jumper, you just find the location with a white right angle which stands for pin 1#.

  • Page 30: Jumpers & Connectors Guide

    Jumpers & Connectors Guide Use the mainboard layout on page 11 to locate CPU socket, memory banks, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during the instal- lation. The following list will help you to identify jumpers, slots, and connec- tors along with their assigned functions: CPU/Memory/Expansion Slots Socket478...

  • Page 31: Jumpers

    Jumpers : Clear CMOS setting Back Panel Connectors COM1 : Serial port (DB9 male) 1394a : 1 x 1394a Port USB1 : 2 USB 2.0/1.1 (0/1) (Universal Serial Bus) ports : 10/100 base-T LAN Port USB2 : 2 USB 2.0/1.1 (2/3) (Universal Serial Bus) ports : PS/2 mouse port : PS/2 keyboard port BASS/CENTER...

  • Page 32: Clear Cmos Setting (Jp1)

    Jumpers Clear CMOS Setting (JP1) JP1 is used to clear CMOS data. Clearing CMOS will result in the perma- nently erasing previous system configuration settings and the restoring origi- nal (factory-set) system settings. Pin 1-2 (Default) Clear CMOS Pin 2-3 (Clear CMOS) Step 1.

  • Page 33: Back-Panel Connectors Com1 Port Connector

    Back-Panel Connectors COM1 Port Connector This mainboard can accommodate COM1 Port two serial device on COM1. Attach a serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1 at the back- panel of your computer. IEEE 1394a Port Connectors This mainboard offers one 1394a port on back-panel.

  • Page 34: Ps/2 Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Connectors

    PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Depending on the computer housing you use (desktop or tower), the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector PS/2 keyboard when the mainboard is laid into a...

  • Page 35: Front-Panel Connectors

    Front-Panel Connectors ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (PWON) The Power On/Off Switch is a momentary type switch used for turning on or off the system ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin (PWON) header on the mainboard. Front Panel JP13 Note : Please notice all the LED connectors are directional.

  • Page 36: Green Led / Power Led Header (Gled/Pled)

    Green LED / Power LED Connector (GLED/PLED) This header is dual color LED function. Dual color LED function is defined by either Power LED or Green LED, the header can be in these states. The Green LED indicates that the system is currently in one of the power sav- ing mode (Doze/Standby/Suspend).

  • Page 37: Front Panel Connector (Jp16)

    Front Panel Connector (JP16) Port JP16 can be used to connect special device. Front Panel JP16 Pin Assignments: 1=USBVCC 2=USBVCC 3=Data5- 4=Data4- 5=Data5+ 6=Data4+ 7=GND 8=GND 9=TPA1+ 10=TPA1- 11=GND 12=Key 13=TPB1+ 14=TPB1- 15=GND 16=GND 17=Front FMIC 18=FMIC Power 19=Line-in-L 20=Line-in-R 21=Line-out-R(in) 22=Line-out-R(out) 23=Line-out-L(in) 24=Line-out-L(out) 25=Key 26=Reserved...

  • Page 38: Internal Peripherals Connectors

    Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE, Floppy Connectors The mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support for up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34-pin floppy disk controller (FDC) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (FDD).

  • Page 39: Other Connectors

    Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connectors (ATX1 and ATX2) This motherboard uses 20-pin (ATX1) Pentium 4 standard ATX power header, and ATX2 with 1X4-pin +12V PC ATX power supply headers. Please make sure you plug in the right direction. P4 ATX Power supply headers ATX1 ATX2 ATX12V...

  • Page 40: Cpu And System Fan Connector (Fan1/2/3)

    CPU and System Fan Connectors - FAN1/2/3 The mainboard provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors to support System (FAN1), (FAN2), or (FAN3) cooling fans. FAN1 +12V SENSE FAN3 Note: Both cable wiring and type of plug may vary FAN2 , which depends on the fan maker.

  • Page 41: Parallel Port Header (Jp8)

    Parallel Port Header-EXT. Print Port (JP8) One DB25 male parallel port header is located at the rear panel of the maiboard. The header is used to connect the cable attached to parallel connector. But the parallel cable and connector os optional at the time of purchase. EXT.

  • Page 42: Spdif-Out/In Header (Jp3)

    SPDIF_Out/In Headers (JP3) Port JP3 can be used to connect special device. SPDIF_Out/In Pin Assignments: 1=SPDIF_IN 2=GND 3=VCC 4=GND 5=VCC 6=SPDIF_OUT Extended USB Header (USB4) The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front panel or back panel. But the USB cable is op- tional at the time of purchase.

  • Page 43: System Memory Configuration

    3.3 System Memory Configuration The FB65 mainboard has two 184-pin DIMM slots that allow you to install from 64MB up to 2GB of system memory. Each 184-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) Slot can accommodate 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB of PC2100, PC2700 or PC3200 compliant 2.5V single (1 Bank) or double (2 Bank) side 64-bit wide data path...

  • Page 44: Software Utility

    4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 4.1 Mainboard CD Overview Note: The CD contents attached in FB65 mainboard are subject to change without notice. To start your mainboard CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM...

  • Page 45: Install Mainboard Software

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Mainboard Software"...

  • Page 46: A Install Intel Chipset Driver

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Intel Chipset Driver"...

  • Page 47: C Install Realtek Lan Driver

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Install Realtek LAN Driver”...

  • Page 48: View The User's Manual

    Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on AutoRun icon in My Computer to bring up Shuttle Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the " Manual " bar.

  • Page 49: Bios Setup

    5 BIOS SETUP FB65 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off.

  • Page 50: The Main Menu

    5.2 The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 51 PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed. Frequency/Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/voltage control. Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use this menu to load the BIOS default values for the minimal/stable performance of your system to operate.

  • Page 52: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into several categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. Date <Month>...
  • Page 53 IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Drive A/Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. Ø The choice: None, 360K, 5.25 in, 1.2M, 5.25 in, 720K, 3.5 in, 1.44M, 3.5 in, or 2.88M, 3.5 in.
  • Page 54 IDE Primary Master Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc., Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE ! Ø The choice: None, Auto, or Manual. Access Mode Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

  • Page 55: Advanced Bios Features

    Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security. Hard Disk Boot Priority This item allows you to select Hard Disk Boot Device Priority. Bios Write Protect This item allows you to enable or disable the Bios Write Protect.
  • Page 56 CPU L1&L2 Cache All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level1(L1) and external 2(L2) cache memory to imporve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Hyper-Threading Technology The latest Intel application defines a high-speed calculating ability to optimize your system by two CUPs supported(one virtual, one physical) in a multi-task environment.
  • Page 57 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the Gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while a keyboard still provides this support, it is more common and much faster in setting to fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
  • Page 58 APIC Mode Via the routing, I/O APIC support a total of 24 interrupts. "Enabled" for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. MPS Version Control For OS Selects the operating system multiprocessor support version. Ø The choice: 1.1 or 1.4 OS Select For DRAM >...

  • Page 59: Advanced Chipset Features

    Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache. It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus.
  • Page 60 DRAM RAS # to CAS # Delay This field lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, and you can use it when DRAM is written to, read from, or re- freshed. Faster performance is gained in high speed, more stable perfor- mance, in low speed.
  • Page 61 Delay Prior to Thermal Enable this item to set the delay time before the CPU enters auto thermal mode. Ø The Choice: 4Min, 8Min, 16Min, or 32Min. AGP Aperture Size(MB) This item defines the size of the aperture if you use an AGP graphics adapter.

  • Page 62: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Device Option are in its sub-menu. Press<Enter>to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. IDE HDD Block Mode If your IDE hard disk drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled to automatic detect the optimal number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can support and improves the speed of access to IDE devices.
  • Page 63 IDE Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary Master/ Secondary Slave UDMA Each IDE channel supports a master device and a slave device. This mainboard supports UltraDMA technology, which provides faster access to IDE devices. If you install a device that supports UltraDMA, change the appropriate item on this list to Auto.
  • Page 64 Combined Mode:PATA and SATA are combined. Max. of 4 ATA drives are supported. (DOS,Win2K,Win98/ME...) should set SATA and PATA to Compatible Mode. (Channel 0) Serial ATA 1 (Channel 0) Serial ATA 1 Slave Master Primary Primary Master Slave (Channel 0) Serial ATA 2 (Channel 0) Serial ATA 2...
  • Page 65 Enhanced Mode:Enable both SATA and PATA. Max. of 6 ATA drives are supported. New OS that support switch to Enhanced mode (WinXP,Windows.NET Server) can set SATA and PATA to Enhanced Mode. Serial ATA 1 (Channel 2) Primary Master (Channel 3) or Secondary Serial ATA 2 (Channel 3)
  • Page 66 Onboard Device Option are in its sub-menu. Press<Enter>to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port on this mainboard. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. USB 2.0 Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 controller and you have USB peripherals.
  • Page 67 Onboard Infrared Port This option is used to assign the I/O address and interrupt request ( IRQ ) for the onboard infrared port. Ø The choice: Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, or Auto. UART Mode Select This field is available if the Onboard Serial Port 2 field is set to any option but disabled.
  • Page 68 Lan Boot ROM of Realtek Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard Realtek LAN chip. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. - 64 -...

  • Page 69: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI).
  • Page 70 Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
  • Page 71 Ø The choice: Instant-Off or Delay 4 Sec. Wake-Up by PCI card This item Enabled/Disabled PCI Power Management Event to wake up system. Ø The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Power On by Ring This item determine the system will resume by activating of modem ring.
  • Page 72 FDD, COM, LPT Port When this item is enabled, the system will restart the power-saving timeout counters when any activity is detected on the floppy disk drive, serial ports, or the parallel port. Ø The choice: Disabled or Enabled. PCI PIRQ [A-D] # When this item is disabled, any PCI device set as the Master will not power on the system.

  • Page 73: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 74 IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot. Legacy ISA for devices is compliant with the original PC AT bus specification;...

  • Page 75: Pc Health Status

    PC Health Status CPU Fan Speed Control This item allows you to set the CPU Fan Speed. Ø The choice: Smart Fan, Ultra-Low , Low , Mid , or Full . Note: Before manually modifying the CPU fan setting, please make sure fan connectors are plug into the correct fan connector designations on the mainboard.
  • Page 76 But when the actual CPU temp goes above the pre-selected 72 temperature threshold, then CPU fan speed will automatically engage into normal mode (2nd phase) of about 2500 RPM. Automatically by the Smart Bios feature, this increase of fan rotation speed will effectively cool down the CPU temperature.

  • Page 77: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio This item allows you to adjust CPU Ratio. If your CPU ratio is unlocked, the item is visible. Min: 8 Max: 50 Ø Key in a DEC number: (Between Min and Max.) Auto Detect PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto disable empty PCI Slot Clock.
  • Page 78 Async AGP/PCI/S-ATA CLK This item allows you to set AGP/PCI clock and CPU clock asynchro- nous. You can select 66/33, 73/36, or 80/40 to fixed AGP/PCI clock even if you adjust CPU clock. Ø The choice: Sync by CPU Clock, fixed 66/33/100 MHz, fixed 73/36/ 100 MHz, fixed 80/40/100.

  • Page 79: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations. Load Optimized Defaults When you press <Enter>...
  • Page 80 Set Password This item is to set supervisor password. Please follow below steps. New Password Setting : 1. While pressing <Enter> key to start setting password function, a dialog box appears to ask you “Enter password: “. 2. Key in a new password now. However, the password can not be over eight characters or numbers.

  • Page 81: Save & Exit Setup

    Save & Exit Setup Pressing <Enter> on this item asks for confirmation: Save to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y Pressing "Y" stores the selections made in the menus of CMOS - a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off. The next time you boot your computer, the BIOS configures your sys- tem according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS.

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