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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT 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).
Diagram Power Socket 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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 4...
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Pin 1 is identified by the small, white triangle in the interfaces themselves. USB Port Interface (optional assembly) If you have obtained the optional USB Port Interface, then connect the cable to the USB interface on the motherboard. Viking 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 5...
6x86/6x86L-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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 6...
USB CONNECTOR FAN1 SYSTEM FAN FAN2 CPU FAN J3-P2/4/6/8 SPEAKER CONNECTOR J3-P1/3/5/7/9 POWER LED & KEYLOCK J3-P11/12 TURBO LED J3-P15/16 HDD LED J3-P17/18 RESET SWITCH J3-P19/20 GREEN LED CMOS SELECT 1-2 NORMAL 2-3 CLEAR CMOS Viking 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 7...
-The P5MVP3-AT 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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 8...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 10...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 11...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 12...
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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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 13...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 14...
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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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 15...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 16...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 17...
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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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 18...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 19...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 20...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 21...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 22...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 23...
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 3 Manual P5MVP3-AT Page 25...
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