PnP/ PCI Configuration Setup Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults 4.10 Integrated Peripherals 4.11 Supervisor and User Password 4.12 IDE Hard Drive Auto Detection 4.13 Save and Exit Setup 4.14 Exit Without Saving Troubleshooting Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 1...
INSTALLATION GUIDE Installation Guide Please follow these steps for proper installation of your high quality EFA motherboard into your system: Set the jumpers on the motherboard of the type of CPU you will be installing. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU or processor).
This could cause the motherboard to short. Power Cable (ATX Power Supply) Line up the clip on the power cable’s connector with the notch on the ATX jack on the motherboard and insert the cable in the jack. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 4...
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Note: Make sure the master and slave jumpers on the hard drive or other IDE device is set correctly. You may need to refer to your hard drive or other IDE device’s documentation to identify the correct jumper settings. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 5...
P166 66MHz Bus 2x 6x86MX-PR166 66MHz Bus 2x 6x86MX-PR200 66MHz Bus 2.5x M II-300 66MHz Bus 3.5x 6x86MX-PR233 75MHz Bus 2.5x M II-300 75MHz Bus3x 6x86MX-PR266 83MHz Bus 2.5x M II-333 83MHz Bus 3x Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 6...
-The P5MVP3-MATX only supports 168-pin DIMM modules. -DRAM interface supports from 8MB to 768MB. -DRAM interface supports both SDRAM and EDO DRAM modules at 3.3V. -For 100MHz bus operation you must use 10ns or faster DIMM modules. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 8...
ATX PWR CON. JP2 A B C D CPU FAN SOCKET 7 ICW48S 87-27A LM75 JP10 32K*8 SYSTEM FAN VT82C598AT FDC IDE2 IDE 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 SMC669 JP13 PCI1 LM78 VIA82C586B PCI2 PCI3 ISA1 JP14 Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 10...
The main menu allows you to select from the various sub- menus to specify system-specific and other customized settings for your system. You can use the arrow keys and the [ENTER] key to navigate and enter the sub- menus. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 11...
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Save & Exit Setup saves all changes made in the Setup Utility and reboots the system so the changes can take effect. Exit Without Save will reboot the system without saving any changes made in the Setup Utility. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 12...
To set the time, highlight the TIME field and then use the appropriate keys to change the value of the individual sets of numbers. Available settings are: Hour: 00 to 23 Minute: 00 to 59 Second: 00 to 59 Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 13...
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Set this field to the type of video display card you have installed in your system. The options are: EGA/VGA, Mono (for Hercules or MDA), CGA 40 and CGA NOTE: If you are using a VGA or higher resolution card then choose the “EGA/VGA” option. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 14...
You can specify from a variety of options (which also include CD-ROM, ZIP Drive and LS-120 support) to determine which device your system will look first, second and third for the operating system to boot. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 15...
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Windows 95” if no floppy drive is found on your system. Video BIOS Shadow (Enable) Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to the system’s RAM, however, it is optional for each video chipset design. Video BIOS shadowing will help increase video performance. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 16...
AGP Aperture Size (64MB) This will determine the effective size of the of the AGP Graphics Aperture which memory-mapped graphic data structures can reside in. On Chip USB (Enable) Enables or disables USB support. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 17...
5 Volt Power Supply (+5V) -5 Volt Power Supply (-5V) 12 Volt Power Supply (+12V) -12 Volt Power Supply (-12V) 4.6 Power Management Setup This menu allows you to control the motherboard’s green features. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 18...
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This is another idle time requirement to place the system into Suspend mode. Suspend mode can either suspend the system’s power or suspend IDE hard drives. This determination is specified in “Suspend Mode Option.” Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 19...
Setting the day of the month to zero specifies everyday as opposed to a specific day. PnP/PCI Configuration Setup The PnP/PCI Configuration menu allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed on your system. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 20...
Use this option to load the system configuration defaults during troubleshooting if it becomes necessary to do so. Loading Setup defaults loads settings concurrent with the most optimized system performance. This functions does not affect the settings made in the Standard CMOS Setup menu. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 21...
Enables or disables the on-board floppy drive support. Disable this function if you plan to use a controller card with floppy drive support. NOTE: It is recommend that you do not use IDE/FDD controller cards on motherboards which support these functions natively. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 22...
NOTE: If you have forgotten your password, you can clear the CMOS (refer to the Special Jumpers Chart) which will clear all user-defined settings and passwords in the BIOS. Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 23...
Setup utility. It may be necessary to do this if you have made some changes that you are either unsure of, or if you have forgotten which parameters you have changed and are not sure if you want to keep them. Rev 6-30-98 DS Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 24...
166MHz to make your 133MHz CPU run faster). Okay so now it’s running at 166MHz, but the heat buildup increases and you will shorten the life of your CPU. EFA Corporation does not condone overclocking your CPU on our motherboards, doing so WILL VOID THE WARRANTY ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD.
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The CMOS battery’s (coin battery, 3 Volts) voltage is too low. MEMORY TEST FAIL Memory is not installed properly, or is bad. Technical Support Contact Information www.efacorp.com Email support@efacorp.com (408) 987-5415 Voice (408) 987-5412 Viking m3 Manual P5MVP3-MATX Page 26...
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