Table Of Contents - American Megatrends Atlas III PCI User Manual

Table of Contents

1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION................................................................ 1
Atlas PCI-III Dimensions ........................................................................................................5
Installation Steps .....................................................................................................................6
Atlas PCI-III Motherboard Layout ...........................................................................................7
Step 1 Unpack the Motherboard...............................................................................................8
Set Jumpers .............................................................................................................................9
Avoid Static Electricity............................................................................................................9
Step 2 Configure CPU ...........................................................................................................10
Step 3 Install Memory ...........................................................................................................15
Step 4 Install the Motherboard...............................................................................................19
Step 5 Attach Cables .............................................................................................................20
Step 6 Onboard I/O................................................................................................................27
Step 7 Attach Floppy Drive....................................................................................................29
Step 8 Attach IDE Drive........................................................................................................31
Step 9 Test and Configure .....................................................................................................35
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2 WINBIOS SETUP................................................................................ 37
Using a Mouse with WINBIOS Setup ....................................................................................38
Using the Keyboard with WINBIOS Setup.............................................................................38
WINBIOS Setup Menu ..........................................................................................................39
Section 1 Setup.........................................................................................................................40
Standard Setup ......................................................................................................................40
Advanced Setup.....................................................................................................................44
Chipset Setup ........................................................................................................................48
Power Management Setup .....................................................................................................49
PCI/PnP Setup.......................................................................................................................53
Peripheral Setup ....................................................................................................................57
Section 2 Security ....................................................................................................................61
AMIBIOS Password Support .................................................................................................61
Setting a Password.................................................................................................................62
Changing a Password ............................................................................................................63
Anti-Virus .............................................................................................................................63
Section 3 Utility .......................................................................................................................64
Section 4 Default......................................................................................................................64
3 PROGRAMMING THE FLASH ROM.................................................... 65
Bootblock Code Checkpoint Codes ........................................................................................68
A SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................ 69
INDEX ...................................................................................................... 71
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