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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
author.
Version 1.0
Disclaimer
The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufactur-
er makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and
specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any par-
ticular purpose. The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to
make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manu-
facturer to notify any person of such revision or changes.
Trademark Recognition
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation.
Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners
and are acknowledged.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed 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:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Preface
Copyright © 2001
All Rights Reserved
MS9027C, V1.0
I845D/November 2001

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  • Page 1 Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. Copyright © 2001 All Rights Reserved MS9027C, V1.0 I845D/November 2001...
  • Page 2 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. Declaration of Conformity This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Preface CHAPTER 1 Introducing the Mainboard Introduction ....................5 Checklist ....................5 Standard Items ....................5 Features..................... 6 Choosing a Computer Case............... 7 Mainboard Components................8 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Mainboard Safety Precautions ................... 10 Quick Guide ..................... 10 Installing the Mainboard in a Case ............11 Checking Jumper Settings ...............
  • Page 4 Integrated Peripherals Option ................ 36 Power Management Setup Option ..............39 PNP/PCI Configuration Option..............42 PC Health Status Option ................43 Frequency/Voltage Control ................44 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Option ..............45 Load Optimized Defaults Option ..............45 Set Password Option ..................45 Save &...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Mainboard

    Intel Pentium 4 processors supporting system speeds up to 400 MHz and data bus bandwidths up to 3.2 GB/s. The MS9027C incorporates the Intel i82845 (MCH) and the Intel 82801BA (ICH2) chipsets, which supports 2.5V DDR DRAM, 2X/4X AGP (1.5V only), and the AC’...

  • Page 6: Features

    2.5V 184 pin slots with a total maximum capacity of 2 GB. The MS9027C includes a 4xAGP slot that provides four times the bandwidth of the original AGP specification. AGP technology provides a direct connection between the graphics sub-system and the processor so that the graphics do not have to compete for processor time with other devices on the PCI bus.

  • Page 7: Choosing A Computer Case

    Two PS/2 ports for mouse and keyboard Two serial ports One parallel port One MIDI/game port Two USB ports Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out This mainboard uses Award BIOS that enables users to con- BIOS figure many system features including the following: Firmware Power management Wake-up alarms...
  • Page 9 Table of Mainboard Components Label Component AGP1 Accelerated Graphics Port ATX1 Standard 20-pin ATX power connector AUDIO1 Mic/SpeakerOut header BAT1 Three volt realtime clock battery CASFAN1 Case Fan CDIN1 CD-in connector (Panasonic) CDIN2 CD-in connector (Sony) CPUFAN1 Cooling fan for CPU CNR1 Communications Networking Riser slot CPU Socket...

  • Page 10: Installing The Mainboard

    Installing the Mainboard Follow these safety precautions when installing the mainboard: 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 mainboard. Leave components in the static-proof bags they came in.

  • Page 11: Installing The Mainboard In A Case

    Refer to the following illustration and instructions for installing the mainboard in a case: This illustration shows an ex- 2. Secure the mainboard with ample of a mainboard being screws where appropriate. installed in a tower-type case: Note: Do not overtighten the screws as this can stress the main- board.

  • Page 12: Checking Jumper Settings

    Checking Jumper Settings The following illustration shows the location of the mainboard jumpers. Pin 1 is labeled. Jumper Settings Jumper Type Description Setting (default) 3-pin Clear CMOS 1-2: Normal J P 1 2-3: Clear 2-pin BIOS flash pro- Short: tection Flash protect Open: Flash JP1 –...

  • Page 13: Connecting Case Components

    After you have installed the mainboard into a case, you can begin connecting the mainboard components. Refer to the following: Connect the case power supply connector to ATX1. Connect the CPU cooling fan cable to CPUFAN1. Connect the case cooling fan connector to CASFAN1 Connect the auxiliary power supply cooling...
  • Page 14 SJ1: Single color LED header This header allows the user to install a LED indicator to indicate when the computer is in Suspend to RAM (STR) mode or normal mode. Signal Name SUSLED-G SUSLED-G 5VSB ACPI LED function: S4/S5 Light Blinking Blinking Dark...

  • Page 15: Installing Hardware

    Installing the Processor Caution: When installing a CPU heatsink and cooling fan make sure that you DO NOT scratch the mainboard or any of the surface-mount resistors with the clip of the cooling fan. If the clip of the cooling fan scrapes ac- ross the mainboard, you may cause serious damage to the mainboard or its components.
  • Page 16 Note: The pin-1 corner is marked with an arrow Follow these instructions to install the CPU: Install and secure the Retention Module on the mainboard. Pull the CPU socket locking lever away from the socket to unhook it and raise the locking lever to the upright position.
  • Page 17 Swing the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of the socket. Snap the four retention legs of C ooling Fan the cooling fan into place (see diagram below). Heatsink Swing both lock levers on top of the cooling fan to their opposite sides to secu- re the cooling fan on top of the heatsink.

  • Page 18: Installing Memory Modules

    Installing Memory Modules This mainboard accommodates 184-pin 2.5V unbuffered Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM memory modules. The memory chips must be standard or registered SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). Installation Procedure The mainboard accommodates two memory modules. You must install at least one module in any of the two slots.

  • Page 19: Installing A Hard Disk Drive/Cd-Rom

    Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM This section describes how to install IDE devices such as a hard disk drive and a CD-ROM drive. About IDE Devices Your mainboard has a primary and secondary IDE channel interface (IDE1 and IDE2). An IDE ribbon cable supporting two IDE devices is bundled with the main- board.

  • Page 20: Installing A Floppy Diskette Drive

    Installing a CD-ROM/DVD Drive Install the CD-ROM/DVD drive into the drive cage in your system case. Plug the IDE cable into IDE1 (A). If you have already installed an HDD, use the other connec- tor on the IDE cable. Note: Ribbon cable connectors are usually keyed so that they can only be installed correctly on the device connector.

  • Page 21: Installing Add-On Cards

    When you first start up your system, go immediately to the Setup Utility to configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed. See Standard CMOS Features on page 30 for more information. Installing Add-on Cards This mainboard has six 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) ex- pansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) slot.

  • Page 22: Connecting Optional Devices

    Connecting Optional Devices Refer to the following for information on connecting the mainboard’s optional devices: LAUDIO1: Front panel audio header This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access. Signal Name Signal Name ACTIVE LINE-OUT (R) ACTIVE LINE-OUT (L) GND (aLO)
  • Page 23 Signal Name Signal Name MICIN AGND MICBIAS SPKOUTR XSPKOUTR Empty SPKOUTL XSPKOUTL LUSB1: USB panel connector 2 This USB panel connector which is specially designed for OEM customers con- nects to the front panel or case USB ports that comply with the OEM specifications.
  • Page 24 J2: Smart I/O The Smart I/O connector is for use with media storage devices using the LPC interface. Signal Name Signal Name PCICLK VCC3 SERIRQ VCC3 LFRAME# LDRQ# LAD0 5VSB LAD1 LAD2 LAD3 RESERVED(GND) PCIRST# VCC5 PME# VCC5 SIR1: Serial infrared port The mainboard supports a Serial Infrared (SIR) data port.

  • Page 25: Connecting I/O Devices

    The backplane of the mainboard has the following I/O ports: Parallel port (LPT1) G am e port PS/2 m ouse PS/2 U SB Serial port Serial port M icrophone keyboard ports C OM 1 C OM 2 Line-in Line-out PS/2 Mouse Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device.

  • Page 26: External Connector Color Coding

    External Connector Color Coding Many connectors now use standard colors as shown in the table below. Connector Color Audio line-in Light blue Audio line-out Lime Digital monitor/flat panel White IEEE 1394 Grey Microphone Pink MIDI/game Gold Parallel Burgundy PS/2-compatible keyboard Purple PS/2-compatible mouse Green...

  • Page 27: Using Bios

    Using BIOS The computer uses the latest Award BIOS with support for Windows Plug and Play. The CMOS chip on the mainboard contains the ROM setup instructions for configuring the mainboard 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 28: 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: CMOS Setup Utility –...

  • Page 29: Using Bios

    If your mainboard has an item called Firmware Write Protect in Advanced BIOS features, disable it. (Firmware Write Protect prevents BIOS from being overwritten.) Create a bootable system disk. (Refer to Windows online help for infor- mation on creating a bootable system disk.) Download the Flash Utility and new BIOS file from the manufacturer's Web site.

  • Page 30: Standard Cmos Features

    Standard CMOS Features This option displays basic information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Tue, July 11 2001 Time (hh:mm:ss) 12 : 8 : 59 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Change the day, month,...
  • Page 31 IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter> while this item is highlighted to prompt the Setup Utility to automatically detect and configure an IDE device on the IDE channel. Note: If you are setting up a new hard disk drive that supports LBA mode, more than one line will appear in the parameter box.

  • Page 32: Advanced Bios Setup Option

    Advanced BIOS Setup Option This option defines advanced information about your system. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help CPU L1 & L2 Cache [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Menu Level First Boot Device [Floppy]...
  • Page 33 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. Gate A20 Option (Fast) This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an earlier generation of processors.

  • Page 34: Advanced Chipset Features Option

    Advanced Chipset Features Option These items define critical timing parameters of the mainboard. 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 35 DRAM RAS# Precharge (3) Select the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe (RAS#) signal to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed. If in- sufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and data lost. DRAM Data Integrity Mode (Non-ECC) Select Parity or ECC (error-correcting code), according to the type of installed DRAM.

  • Page 36: Integrated Peripherals Option

    Integrated Peripherals Option These options display items that define the operation of peripheral compo- nents on the system's input/output ports. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Enabled] IDE Primary Master [Auto] Menu Level...
  • Page 37 and Play. USB Mouse Support (Disabled) Enable this item if you plan to use a USB mouse. AC97 Audio (Auto) Enables and disables the onboard audio chip. Disable this item if you are go- ing to install a PCI audio add-on card. AC97 Modem (Auto) Enables and disables the onboard modem.
  • Page 38 is Sharp's infrared communication protocol with a maximum baud rate up to 57.6K bps. UR2 Duplex Mode (Half) This field is available when UART 2 Mode is set to either ASKIR or IrDA. This item enables you to determine the infrared function of the onboard infrared chip.

  • Page 39: Power Management Setup Option

    Power Management Setup Option This option lets you control system power management. The system has vari- ous power-saving modes including powering down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM, and software power down that allows the sys- tem to be automatically resumed by certain events.
  • Page 40 the suspend mode is equivalent to a software power down. If you select S3 (STR), the suspend mode is a suspend to RAM, i.e., the system shuts down with the exception of a refresh current to the system memory. Power Management (User Define) This item acts like a master switch for the power-saving modes and hard disk timeouts.

  • Page 41: Reload Global Timer Events

    Power On by Ring (Disabled) If this item is enabled, it allows the system to resume from a software power down or a power-saving mode whenever there is an incoming call to an installed fax/modem. You have to connect the fax/modem to the mainboard.

  • Page 42: Pnp/Pci Configuration Option

    PNP/PCI Configuration Option 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 Mainboard 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 mainboard to work properly.

  • Page 43: Pc Health Status Option

    standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled. Assign IRQ For USB (Enabled) Names the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the USB on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system.

  • Page 44: 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. CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2001 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio [By Key in]...

  • Page 45: 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 46: Save & Exit Setup Option

    Save & Exit Setup Option Highlight this item and press <Enter> to save the changes that you have ma- de 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 47: Using The Mainboard Software

    ADME.TXT, INSTALL.TXT, or something similar. These files may contain important information that is not included in this manual. Most of the sub-folders in the MS9027C folder are empty, with a short READ- ME file giving directions to alternate folders for the appropriate software.

  • Page 48: Utility Software Reference

    INF Files This folder has driver updates and patches for the chipset on this mainboard. Installation for Windows 2000/98/NT Browse to the \INTEL\INST folder and run SETUP.EXE to install the INF driver for your operating system. All the utility software available on the CD-ROM is Windows compliant. It is provided only for the convenience of customers.

  • Page 49: Recovery Genius

    Super Voice – Fax/Modem Software To install the Super Voice voice, fax, data communication application for use with the built-in fax/modem, run PICSHELL.EXE from the following directory: \UTILITY\SUPER VOICE CD Ghost The CD Ghost software enables you to create a virtual cabinet of CD-ROM drives on your system to help you categorize and organize your CD collection.

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