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  • Page 1 G4E620-N G4E620-B System Board User’s Manual 935-G4E622-000(G) A75720516...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders. This publication is provided for informational purposes only. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any...

  • Page 3: Fcc And Doc Statement On Class B

    Joystick or MIDI port: • Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than 10A current at 5V DC. There is a risk of fire for devices that exceed this limit. FCC and DOC Statement on Class B 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.
  • Page 4 Notice An electronic file of this manual is included in the CD. To view the user’s manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear. Click “User’s Manual” on the main menu.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction Features..............................Special Features of the System Board..............Package Checklist........................Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation System Board Layout ......................System Memory..........................CPU................................. Jumper Settings..........................Rear Panel I/O Ports......................I/O Connectors..........................Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility....................
  • Page 6 Introduction Appendix A - Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer........................Appendix B - System Error Messages POST Beep..........................Error Messages........................Appendix C - Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Checklist..................... Appendix D - Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer........................

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction Specifications Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing one of the following supported processors. ® ® • Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott and Northwood) processor Intel Hyper-Threading Technology FSB: 400MHz and 533MHz ®...
  • Page 8 Introduction BIOS • Award BIOS • 4Mbit flash memory Energy Efficient Design • Suppor ts ACPI specification and OS Directed Power Management • Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function • Wake-On-Events include: Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-On-USB Keyboard Wake-On-Ring (through internal or external modem) Wake-On-LAN RTC timer to power-on the system •...

  • Page 9: Features

    • Supports ATA/33, ATA/66 and ATA/100 hard drives • PIO Mode 4 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate up to 14MB/sec.) Onboard LAN Features • Uses 82551 fast ethernet controller (G4E620-N only) Integrated IEEE 802.3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible PHY Glueless 32-bit PCI master interface...
  • Page 10 • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port • 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port • 1 DB-25 parallel port • 2 DB-9 serial ports • 2 RJ45 LAN ports (G4E620-N only) 1 RJ45 LAN port (G4E620-B only) • 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports • Mic-in, line-in and line-out I/O Connectors •...
  • Page 11 Introduction Special Features of the System Board Watchdog Timer The Watchdog Timer function allows your application to regularly “clear” the system at the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate.
  • Page 12 Introduction AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) The AGP slot only supports 1.5V AGP 4x (1066MB/sec. bandwidth) add-in cards. AGP is an interface designed to suppor t high performance 3D graphics cards for 3D graphics applications. It handles large amounts of graphics data with the following features: •...
  • Page 13 Introduction Wake-On-Ring This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external modem, internal modem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the PC.
  • Page 14 Introduction Wake-On-USB Keyboard This function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. Important: If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your power supply must support ≥...

  • Page 15: Special Features Of The System Board

    Introduction AC Power Failure Recovery When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on automatically or return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs. Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items: The system board...

  • Page 16: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation System Board Layout G4E620-N...

  • Page 17: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation G4E620-B Note: G4E620-N supports 2 LAN while G4E620-B supports 1 LAN only. The illustrations on the following pages are based on the system board that supports 2 LAN.

  • Page 18: System Memory

    Hardware Installation Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis.

  • Page 19: Installing The Dim Module

    Hardware Installation Installing the DIM Module A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket. Notch Pin 1 1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side. 2.

  • Page 20: Cpu

    Hardware Installation Overview The system board is equipped with a surface mount 478-pin CPU socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing an Intel processor. Installing the CPU 1. Locate Socket 478 on the system board. 2. Unlock the socket by pushing the lever sideways, away from the socket, then lifting it up to a 90 angle.
  • Page 21 Hardware Installation 3. Position the CPU above the socket then align the gold mark on the corner of the CPU (designated as pin 1) with pin 1 of the socket. Important: Handle the CPU by its edges and avoid touching the pins. Gold mark Pin 1 4.
  • Page 22 Hardware Installation 5. Once the CPU is in place, push down the lever to lock the socket. The lever should click on the side tab to indicate that the CPU is completely secured in the socket. Installing the Fan and Heat Sink The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heatsink.
  • Page 23 Hardware Installation 1. The system board comes with the retention module base already installed. Retention Retention hole hole Retention Retention hole hole Retention module base 2. Position the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly on the CPU, then align and snap the retention legs’ hooks to the retention holes at the 4 corners of the retention module base.
  • Page 24 Hardware Installation 3. The retention levers at this time remains unlocked as shown in the illustration below. Retention lever Retention lever 4. Move the retention levers to their opposite directions then push them down. This will secure the fan / heat sink and retention mechanism assembly to the retention module base.

  • Page 25: Jumper Settings

    Hardware Installation Jumper Settings Clear CMOS Data 1-2 On: Normal 2-3 On: (default) Clear CMOS Data If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the supervisor or user password. c) You are unable to boot-up the computer system because the processor’s ratio/clock was incorrectly set in the BIOS.
  • Page 26 Hardware Installation 4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS. 5. Select the Frequency/Voltage Control submenu and press <En- ter>. 6. Set the processor’s ratio/clock to its default setting or an appropriate ratio/clock. Refer to the Frequency/Voltage Control section in chapter 3 for more information.

  • Page 27: Usb Power Select

    Hardware Installation USB Power Select USB 0-1 (JP7) 2-3 On: 5VSB 1-2 On: 5V (default) USB 2-3 (JP6) 2-3 On: 5VSB 1-2 On: 5V (default) USB 4-5 (JP5) 1-2 On: 5V 2-3 On: 5VSB (default) JP5, JP6 and JP7 are used to select the power of the USB ports. Selecting 5VSB will allow you to use the USB keyboard to wake up the system.
  • Page 28 Hardware Installation Power-on Select 2-3 On: 1-2 On: Power-on via Power-on via power button AC power (default) JP9 is used to select the method of powering on the system. If you want the system to power-on once AC power comes in, set JP9 pins 1 and 2 to On.
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation CPU FSB Select 1-2 On: Auto 2-3 On: All Off: (default) 100MHz 133MHz JP1 is used to select the front side bus of the processor. Important: Overclocking may result to the CPU’s or system’s instability and are not guaranteed to provide better system performance. If you are unable to boot your system due to overclocking, make sure to set this jumper back to its default settings.

  • Page 30: Compactflash Card Setting

    Hardware Installation CompactFlash Card Setting JP10 2-3 On: 1-2 On: Slave (default) Master JP10 is used to set the CompactFlash socket to Master or Slave mode. CompactFlash and IDE 2 share the same channel. The mode of the hard drive connected to the IDE 2 connector must differ from the one selected for CompactFlash .
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 82562ET LAN Settings JP11 1-2 On: Enabled 2-3 On: (default) Disabled JP11 is used to enable or disable the onboard Intel 82562ET LAN chip that controls the onboard LAN 1 port.

  • Page 32: Rear Panel I/O Ports

    The rear panel I/O ports consist of the following: • PS/2 mouse port • PS/2 keyboard port • Parallel port • COM ports • LAN 1 port (G4E620-N and G4E620-B) • LAN 2 port (G4E620-N only) • USB ports • Mic-in jack • Line-in jack...
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location CN1 of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12. If a mouse is not connected to this port, the system will reserve IRQ12 for other expansion cards.
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation Serial Ports COM 1 COM 2 The system board is equipped with two onboard serial ports at locations CN4 (COM 1) and CN11 (COM 2). These serial ports are RS-232 asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A- compatible UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices.

  • Page 35: Parallel Port

    Hardware Installation Parallel Port Parallel The system board has a standard parallel por t (Burgundy) at location CN7 for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It sup- ports SPP, ECP and EPP. Setting Function Allows normal speed operation but (Standard Parallel Port) in one direction only.

  • Page 36: Universal Serial Bus Ports

    Hardware Installation Universal Serial Bus Ports USB 1 USB 0 USB 3 USB 2 The system board supports USB 2.0/1.1 ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. The 4 onboard USB 2.0/1.1 ports (Black) are at locations CN5 (USB 0-1) and CN6 (USB 2-3).
  • Page 37 Hardware Installation Wake-On-USB Keyboard The Wake-On-USB Keyboard function allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. To use this function: • Jumper Setting: JP5, JP6 and/or JP7 must be set to “2-3 On: 5VSB”. Refer to “USB Power Select”...

  • Page 38: Rj45 Lan Port

    LAN 2 G4E620-N only G4E620-N is equipped with 2 onboard RJ45 LAN ports. LAN 1 which is controlled by the Intel 82562ET chip is at location CN5 and LAN 2 which is controlled by the Intel 82551 chip is at location CN6.

  • Page 39: Audio (Rear Audio And Front Audio)

    Hardware Installation Audio (Rear Audio and Front Audio) Mic-in Line-in Rear audio Line-out 1 0 9 AuD_L_Return AuD_L_Out N. C. AuD_R_Return AuD_R_Out AuD_Vcc Mic Power Front audio Rear Audio The mic-in, line-in and line-out jacks are at location CN3 of the system board.
  • Page 40 Hardware Installation Front Audio The front audio connector (J8) allows you to connect to the line-out and mic-in jacks that are at the front panel of your system. Using this connector will disable the rear audio’s line-out and mic-in func- tions.

  • Page 41: I/O Connectors

    Hardware Installation I/O Connectors Game/MIDI Port The system board is equipped with a 15-pin connector at loca- tion J4 for connecting an external game/MIDI port. The game/MIDI port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the game/MIDI port cable to connector J4.

  • Page 42: Internal Audio Connectors

    Hardware Installation Internal Audio Connectors Ground Ground Left audio Right audio channel channel CD-in AUX-in The CD-in (J7) and AUX-in (J6) connectors are used to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.
  • Page 43 Hardware Installation S/PDIF-out Connector SPDIF out N. C. The S/PDIF-out connector (J5) is used to connect external S/PDIF- out port. The S/PDIF-out port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to the system chassis then connect the audio cable connector to J5. Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable connector is aligned with pin 1 of J5.

  • Page 44: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation Floppy Disk Drive Connector The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector for connecting two standard floppy disk drives. To prevent improper floppy cable installation, the shrouded floppy disk header has a keying mechanism. The 34-pin connector on the floppy cable can be placed into the header only if pin 1 of the connector is aligned with pin 1 of the header.

  • Page 45: Ide Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation IDE Disk Drive Connector IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE 2 IDE 1 The system board is equipped with two shrouded PCI IDE headers that will interface four Enhanced IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) disk drives. To prevent improper IDE cable installation, each shrouded PCI IDE header has a keying mechanism.
  • Page 46 Hardware Installation Note: Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings. Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

  • Page 47: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation IrDA Connector IRTX Ground IRRX N. C. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J3 on the system board. Note: The sequence of the pin functions on some IrDA cable may be reversed from the pin function defined on the system board. Make sure to connect the cable to the IrDA connector according to their pin functions.

  • Page 48: Cooling Fan Connectors

    Hardware Installation Cooling Fan Connectors Power Ground Sense Power Ground Sense CPU fan Chassis fan Power Ground Sense 2nd fan Connect the CPU fan’s cable connector to the CPU fan connec- tor (J11) on the system board. The chassis fan (J18) and 2nd fan (J14) connectors are used to connect additional cooling fans.
  • Page 49 Hardware Installation Wake-On-LAN Connector Ground 5VSB Your LAN card package should include a cable. Connect one end of the cable to the wakeup header on the card and the other end to location J13 on the system board. The network will detect Magic Packet and assert a wake up signal to power-up the system.
  • Page 50 Hardware Installation Wake-On-Ring Connector Ground The Wake-On-Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem add-in card that has the same connector. It will allow the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming through the internal modem card.
  • Page 51 Hardware Installation Chassis Open Connector Chassis signal Ground The system board supports the chassis intrusion detection func- tion. To use this function, connect the chassis intrusion sensor cable from the chassis to J1. Whenever a chassis component has been removed, the sensor sends signal to J1 alerting you of a chassis intrusion event.
  • Page 52 Hardware Installation LEDs DIMM Standby PCI Standby DIMM Standby LED This LED will turn red when the system’s power is on or when it is in the Suspend state (Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM). It will not light when the system is in the Soft-Off state. PCI Standby LED This LED will turn red when the system is in the power-on, Soft-Off or Suspend (Power On Suspend or Suspend to RAM) state.

  • Page 53: Power Connectors

    Hardware Installation Power Connectors +12V 5VSB PW-OK Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PS-ON Ground Ground -12V 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V Ground Ground +12V +12V We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply has a standard 20-pin ATX main power connector and a 4-pin +12V power connector that must be inserted onto CN10 and CN8 connectors respectively.

  • Page 54: Keylock Connector

    Hardware Installation Keylock Connector Ground Keylock Ground N. C. To lock the keyboard, connect the keyboard lock’s cable connector from the front panel of the system chassis to J20.

  • Page 55: Front Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation Front Panel Connectors RESET SPEAKER HD-LED G-LED PWR-LED G-SW ATX-SW HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed. RESET: Reset Switch This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system thus prolonging the life of the power supply or system.
  • Page 56 Hardware Installation PWR-LED: Power/Standby LED When the system’s power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) or S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink every second. Note: If a system did not boot-up and the Power/Standby LED did not light after it was powered-on, it may indicate that the CPU...
  • Page 57 Hardware Installation CompactFlash Socket CompactFlash socket The system board is equipped with the CompactFlash socket for inserting a CompactFlash card. CompactFlash card is a small removable mass storage device designed with flash technology - a non-volatile storage solution that does not require a battery to retain data indefinitely.

  • Page 58: Chapter 3 - Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup Award BIOS Setup Utility The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and peripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board.

  • Page 59: Bios Setup

    BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Features Use the arrow keys to highlight “Standard CMOS Features” and press <Enter>. A screen similar to the one below will appear. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
  • Page 60 BIOS Setup IDE Primary Master, IDE Primary Slave, IDE Secondary Master and IDE Secondary Slave Move the cursor to one of the fields listed above then press <Enter>. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
  • Page 61 BIOS Setup Capacity Displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program. Cylinder This field displays the number of cylinders. Head This field displays the number of read/write heads. Precomp This field displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.
  • Page 62 BIOS Setup Video This field selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select the type. The default setting is EGA/VGA. EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA, SVGA and PGA monitor adapters.
  • Page 63 BIOS Setup Extended Memory Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot-up. Total Memory Displays the total memory available in the system.

  • Page 64: Advanced Bios Features

    BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference. The screen above list all the fields available in the Advanced BIOS Features submenu, for ease of reference in this manual.
  • Page 65 BIOS Setup CPU Feature Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. Thermal Management Select a “thermal monitor” in this field to enable the CPU’s speedstep function.
  • Page 66 BIOS Setup Limit CPUID MaxVal The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3. The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems. If you are using an operating system other than Windows, this problem may occur. To avoid this problem, enable this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than 3.
  • Page 67 Enabled if you wish to boot from another device. On-Chip LAN Boot ROM This field refers to the G4E620-B and G4E620-N board that uses the Intel 82562ET chip. Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly.
  • Page 68 BIOS Setup Onboard LAN Boot ROM (G4E620-N only) This field refers to the G4E620-N board that uses the Intel 82551 chip. Enable this field if you wish to use the boot ROM (instead of a disk drive) to boot-up the system and access the local area network directly.
  • Page 69 BIOS Setup Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled. Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte. Initially, gate A20 was handled via the keyboard controller. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
  • Page 70 BIOS Setup Security Option This field determines when the system will prompt for the password - everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup. Set the password in the Set Supervisor/User Password submenu. System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.
  • Page 71 BIOS Setup Report No FDD For WIN 95 The options are Yes and No. Small Logo(EPA) Show Enabled The EPA logo will appear during system boot-up. Disabled The EPA logo will not appear during system boot-up.

  • Page 72: Advanced Chipset Features

    BIOS Setup Advanced Chipset Features The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. This section gives you functions to configure the system based on the specific features of the chipset. The chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources.
  • Page 73 BIOS Setup Manual If you want your system to run at a performance better than the one “by SPD”, select “Manual” then select the best option in the “CAS Latency Time” to “DRAM RAS# Precharge” fields. CAS Latency Time This field is used to select the local memory clock periods. Active to Precharge Delay The options are 5, 6, 7 and 8.
  • Page 74 BIOS Setup DRAM Read Thermal Mgmt This field is used to detect the DDR’s thermal condition. System BIOS Cacheable When this field is enabled, accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH are cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The larger the range of the Cache RAM, the higher the efficiency of the system.
  • Page 75 BIOS Setup AGP Aperture Size (MB) This field is relevant to the memory-mapped graphics data of the AGP card installed in your system. Leave this in its default setting.

  • Page 76: Integrated Peripherals

    BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. OnChip IDE Device Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
  • Page 77 BIOS Setup IDE DMA Transfer Access This field is used to enable or disable the DMA transfer function of an IDE hard drive. On-Chip Primary PCI IDE and On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE These fields allow you to enable or disable the primary and second- ary IDE controller.
  • Page 78 BIOS Setup IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled The IDE HDD uses the block mode. The system BIOS will check the hard disk drive for the maximum block size the system can transfer. The block size will depend on the type of hard disk drive. Disabled The IDE HDD uses the standard mode.
  • Page 79 BIOS Setup Onboard Super I/O Device Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following screen will appear. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. Power On Function This field allows you to use the keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power- on the system.
  • Page 80 BIOS Setup KB Power On Password Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. Enter your pass- word. You can enter up to 5 characters. Type in exactly the same password to confirm, then press <Enter>. The power button will not function once a keyboard password has been set in this field.
  • Page 81 BIOS Setup IR Transmission Delay If this field is Enabled, transmission of data will be slower. This is recommended when you encounter transmission problem with your device. The options are: Enabled and Disabled. UR2 Duplex Mode Half Data is completely transmitted before receiving data. Full Transmits and receives data simultaneously.
  • Page 82 BIOS Setup ECP Mode Use DMA This is used to select a DMA channel of the parallel port. PWRON After Power-Fail When power returns after an AC power failure, the system’s power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system. When power returns after an AC power failure, the system will automatically power-on.
  • Page 83 When the system boots, it will first initialize PCI. On-Chip LAN Control This field is used to enable or disable the Intel 82562ET LAN chip. Onboard LAN Control (G4E620-N only) This field is used to enable or disable the Intel 82551 LAN chip.

  • Page 84: Power Management Setup

    BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy. The screen above list all the fields available in the Power Management Setup submenu, for ease of reference in this manual. In the actual CMOS setup, you have to use the scroll bar to view the fields.
  • Page 85 BIOS Setup Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume When this field is set to Auto, the system will initialize the VGA BIOS when it wakes up from the S3 state. This can be configured only if the “ACPI Suspend Type” field is set to “S3(STR)”. USB KB Wake-Up From S3 This field, when enabled, allows you to use a USB keyboard to wake up a system that is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
  • Page 86 BIOS Setup Suspend Type The options are Stop Grant and PwrOn Suspend. MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to set an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system. Suspend Mode This is selectable only when the Power Management field is set to User Define.
  • Page 87 BIOS Setup Wake-Up Event Setup Wake-Up by PCI Card Enabled This field should be set to Enabled only if your PCI card such as LAN card or modem card uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the system. Access to the LAN card or PCI card will cause the system to wake up.
  • Page 88 BIOS Setup Date (of Month) Alarm The system will power-on everyday according to the time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm” field. 1-31 Select a date you would like the system to power-on. The system will power-on on the set date, and time set in the “Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm”...
  • Page 89 BIOS Setup PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. It covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
  • Page 90 BIOS Setup IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. Set each system interrupt to either PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA. PCI/ISA PnP For devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.
  • Page 91 BIOS Setup DMA Resources Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. Set each system interrupt to either PCI/ISA PnP or Legacy ISA. PCI/ISA PnP For devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.

  • Page 92: Pc Health Status

    BIOS Setup PC Health Status The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. CPU Warning Temperature This field is used to select the CPU’s temperature limit. Once the system has detected that the CPU’s temperature exceeded the limit, warning beeps will sound.
  • Page 93 BIOS Setup +1.5V, +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V, -5V, VBAT(V) and 5VSB(V) These fields show the output voltage of the power supply. Note: The onboard hardware monitor function is capable of detecting the system’s conditions but if you want a warning message to pop-up or a warning alarm to sound when an abnormal condition occurs, you must install the Hardware Doctor utility.
  • Page 94 BIOS Setup Frequency/Voltage Control The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one. CPU Clock Ratio This field is used to select the CPU’s frequency ratio. Important: The frequency ratio of some processors may have been locked by the manufacturer.
  • Page 95 BIOS Setup CPU Host/3V66/PCI Clock This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor. The AGP clock and PCI clock will at the same time appear next to the external bus clock selected. For example, if you selected “100/66/33MHz”, “100”...
  • Page 96 BIOS Setup Load Fail-Safe Defaults The “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the ROM chips. These settings are not optimal and turn off all high performance features. You should use these values only if you have hardware problems. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>.

  • Page 97: Load Optimized Defaults

    BIOS Setup Load Optimized Defaults The “Load Optimized Defaults” option loads optimized settings from the BIOS ROM. Use the default values as standard values for your system. Highlight this option in the main menu and press <Enter>. Type <Y> and press <Enter> to load the Setup default values.

  • Page 98: Set Supervisor Password

    BIOS Setup Set Supervisor Password If you want to protect your system and setup from unauthorized entry, set a supervisor’s password with the “System” option selected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want to protect access to setup only, but not your system, set a supervisor’s password with the “Setup”...

  • Page 99: Set User Password

    BIOS Setup Set User Password If you want another user to have access only to your system but not to setup, set a user’s password with the “System” option se- lected in the Advanced BIOS Features. If you want a user to enter a password when trying to access setup, set a user’s password with the “Setup”...
  • Page 100 BIOS Setup Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. You will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen.

  • Page 101: Exit Without Saving

    BIOS Setup Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made, highlight “Exit Without Saving” and press <Enter>. Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The system will reboot and you will once again see the initial diagnostics on the screen. If you wish to make any changes to the setup, press <Ctrl>...

  • Page 102: Updating The Bios

    BIOS Setup Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS, you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility, AWDFLASH.EXE. Please contact technical support or your sales representative for the files. Note: AWDFLASH.EXE works only in DOS mode. 1. Save the new BIOS file along with the flash utility AWDFLASH.EXE to a floppy disk.
  • Page 103 BIOS Setup 6. The following will appear. Do You Want to Save BIOS (Y/N) This question refers to the current existing BIOS in your system. We recommend that you save the current BIOS and its flash utility; just in case you need to reinstall the BIOS. To save the current BIOS, press <Y>...

  • Page 104: Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

    Supported Software Chapter 4 - Supported Software Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications The CD that came with the system board contains drivers, utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board. Insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear.

  • Page 105: Supported Software

    Supported Software Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is used for updating ® Windows INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system. To install the utility, please follow the steps below. 1.

  • Page 106: Intel Lan Drivers

    Supported Software Intel LAN Drivers To install the driver, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Intel LAN Drivers” on the main menu. 2. Click “Wired LAN Adapters”. The following screen will appear. 3. Click “Install Software”. This will install the LAN application software.

  • Page 107: Realtek Audio Drivers

    Supported Software Realtek Audio Drivers To install the driver, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Realtek Audio Drivers”. The following screen will appear. 2. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. 3. Reboot the system for the driver to take effect.
  • Page 108 Supported Software USB 2.0 Drivers Click “USB 2.0 Drivers” on the main menu. A readme file about the driver will appear. ® Windows ® If your Windows XP CD already includes Service Pack 1, the USB 2.0 driver will automatically install when you install the operating system.
  • Page 109 Supported Software Hardware Doctor Hardware Doctor is capable of monitoring the system’s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system, voltage, and speed of the cooling fans. It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored. If the values are over or under the set range, a warning message will pop-up.
  • Page 110 Supported Software Microsoft DirectX 9 Driver To install, please follow the steps below. 1. Click “Microsoft DirectX 9 Driver” on the main menu. The following screen will appear. 2. Click “I accept the agreement” then click “Next”. 3. Follow the prompts on the screen to complete installation. 4.

  • Page 111: Installation Notes

    Supported Software Installation Notes ® ® 1. "Autorun" ONLY supports the Windows 98 SE, Windows ® ® ® Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows operating systems. If after inserting the CD, "Autorun" did not automatically start (which is, the Main Board Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup".
  • Page 112 Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology Appendix A - Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology To enable the functionality of the Hyper-Threading Technology, please follow the requirements and steps below. Basically, the following ® ® presumes that you have already installed an Intel Pentium Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology.
  • Page 113 Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology Click the General tab. The processor shown under Computer should resemble the one shown below. Now click the Hardware tab then click Device Manager. The items shown under Computer and Processors should resemble the ones shown below.
  • Page 114 Enabling Hyper-Threading Technology Lastly, press the <Ctr l> <Alt> and <Del> keys simultaneously. The Windows Task Manager dialog box will appear. Click the Performance tab. The diagram under CPU Usage History should resemble the one shown below.

  • Page 115: Appendix B - System Error Messages

    System Error Message Appendix B - System Error Message When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or DEL TO ENTER SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom.
  • Page 116 System Error Message setting than indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) Unable to reset floppy subsystem. FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Floppy type mismatch.

  • Page 117: Appendix C - Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting Appendix C - Troubleshooting C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To efficiently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.

  • Page 118: Power Supply

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. 1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’s vertical sync. 2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic field around the display. 3.

  • Page 119: Hard Drive

    Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. 1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS. 2. If the system is configured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable (first) hard drive is configured as Master and the second hard drive is configured as Slave.

  • Page 120: Serial Port

    Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. 1. Make sure that the serial device’s power is turned on and that the device is on-line. 2. Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.

  • Page 121: Appendix D - Watchdog Timer

    Watchdog Timer Appendix D - Watchdog Timer Watchdog Timer The following parameters are references for setting the time interval of the Watchdog Timer function. The system will regularly be “cleared” according to the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will also reset according to the time interval so that your system will continue to operate.

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