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75MIV C O N T E N T Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION ............8 1-1 ITEM LIST CHECKUP ..............8 1-2 PROCESSOR ................8 1-3 CHIPSET ..................8 1-4 ADVANCED HIGH PERFORMANCE DRAM CONTROLLER ..8 1-5 INTEGRATED SAVAGE4 2D/3D VIDEO ACCELERATOR ... 9 1-6 FULL FEATURED ACCELERATED GRAPHICS PORTS (AGP) CONTROLLER ................
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75MIV 2-8 JUMPER DEFINITIONS ............. 23 2-8.1 ONBOARD FAN CONNECTOR (FAN1/FAN2/FAN3) ....23 2-8.2 USB PORT SELECT-1 (JP13/JP15) ........24 2-8.3 USB PORT SELECT-2 (JP12/JP14) ........24 2-8.4 USB WAKE UP (JUSB1) ............25 2-8.5 ONBOARD AC97 CODEC SELECT (JCOD1) ......25 2-8.6 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (WOL1) ........
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75MIV Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ..............48 4-1 INTRODUCE THE BIOS ............. 48 4-2 WHAT IS BIOS SETUP ............... 48 4-3 HOW TO RUN BIOS SETUP ............48 4-4 WHAT IS CMOS ................. 48 4-5 WHAT IS POST ................49 4-6 BIOS UPGRADE .................
75MIV 1-16 CHIPSET DIAGRAM--- 75MIV • The KM-133A / VT8365A and VT82C686B chipset is a high performance, cost-effective and energy efficient system controller for the implementation of AGP / PCI / ISA desktop personal computer system based on 64-bit Socket-A (AMD Athlon) processors. SYSCLK, SYSCLK# Athlon INTR, NMI, SMI#, STPCLK#,...
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75MIV ATTENTION !!! 1. Please refer to your processor installation or other documentation attached with your CPU for detailed installing instruction. 2. Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU. Uncorrected installation may result in overheating and damage of your CPU.
75MIV CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETUP 2-1 CPU INSTALLATION WARNING: • Make sure that +5V DVC and +3.3 DVC capabilities of your power supply are suitable for the processor. • Any attempt to operate the AMD Athlon or Duron processor without a suit- able cooling Fan will result in permanent damage to the processor and potentially other component within the system.
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75MIV 3. Make sure that the CPU position in the socket tightly, and then put the lever down to complete the CPU installation.
75MIV 2-2 MEMORY INSTALLATION WARNING!!! • Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or remov- ing memory modules or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your mainboard and expansion cards. •...
75MIV 2-3 HDD/FDD INSTALLATION • To install HDD (Hard Disk Drive), you may connect the cable’s blue connector to the motherboard’s primary (IDE1) or secondary IDE connector, and then connect the gray connector to your slave device and the black connector to your master device.If you install two hard disks , you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly.Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings.
75MIV 2-4 AMD SOCKET 462 PROCESSOR MARKING IDENTIFICATION • The following figures and tables describe the product marking for the PGA (Socket A) versions of the AMD Athlon Model 4 processor and AMD Duron processor... XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXX AMD XXXX Family/Architecture:...
75MIV 2-6 PROCESSOR CORE VOLTAGE SELECT (SW2 DIP1-DIP6) • SW2 DIP1-DIP6 allow you to adjust processor core voltage manually, we recommended to leave SW2 DIP1 at default, the default means the correct processor core voltage is generated according to CPU’s VID. SW2 DIP2 ~ DIP6 SETTING SW2 DIP1 0.0v...
75MIV 2-7 FREQUENCY RATIO SELECT (SW3 DIP1-DIP5) • The AMD Athlon and Duron processor provides four Frequency ID signals (FID) to the system controller to indicate the SYSTCLK multiplier at which the processor core operates, This mechanism is automatic. The board maker does not guarantee “Bus Ratio”...
75MIV 2-8 JUMPER DEFINITIONS • The figure below shows the location for the motherboard’s jumper blocks. CAUTION • Do not move the jumper with the power on. Always turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the computer before changing the jumper. Otherwise, the motherboard could be damaged.
75MIV 2-8.4 USB WAKE UP (JUSB1) JUSB1: USB WAKE UP JUSB1 Disabled (default) JUSB1 Enabled This function allows you to use USB mouse or keyboard to wake up the system. FAN1 JUSB1 JUSB1 Clock Generator SOCKET A VT8365A AGP 4X FAN2 PCI 1 PCI 1...
75MIV 2-8.6 WAKE ON LAN FUNCTION (WOL1) WOL1 : WAKE ON LAN (WOL) FUNCTION Connect the Wake On LAN signal from LAN card WOL1 to WOL1 +5V standby FAN1 JUSB1 Clock Generator SOCKET A VT8365A AGP 4X FAN2 PCI 1 PCI 1 Battery AC'97...
75MIV 2-9 CONNECTORS • In this section we list all external connectors that user will use them. 2-9.1 CON1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 HDD LED CONNECTOR PIN 16 Logic High (+) PIN 17 HDD LED SIGNAL PIN 18...
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75MIV 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ATX POWER SWITCH PIN 27 ATX POWER SWITCH PIN 28 The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead. Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF.
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75MIV 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR PIN 5 RESET SIGNAL PIN 6 RESET SWITCH connector connects to the case- mounted reset switch for rebooting your system DESCRIPTION without having to turn off your power switch. This is a preferred method of reboot to prolong the life of the system's power supply.
75MIV A1 : 1st HDD LED A2 : 2nd HDD LED A1 A2 B : INFRARED (IR) C : POWER SWITCH CON1 D : None E : SPEAKER F : RESET SWITCH G : POWER LED H : NONE : SUSPEND LED 2-9.2 CHASSIS PANEL CONNECTOR A : PS/2 MOUSE PORT B : USB O PORT...
75MIV 2-9.3 ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR • This connector connects to an ATX power supply. The plug from the power supply only inserts in an orientation because of the different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that all pins are aligned.
75MIV 2-9.6 SECOND USB CONNECTOR • This connector is for connecting the additional USB cable. It provides you additional two USB ports. User can order the additional USB cable from your motherboard dealer and vender. Additional USB Cable (Optional) Black Black Green Green...
75MIV 2-9.7 IRQ DESCRIPTION Function Description Priority IRQ 0 System Timer IRQ 1 Keyboard Controller IRQ 2 Programmable Interrupt IRQ 3 Serial Port (COM 2) IRQ 4 Serial Port (COM 1) IRQ 5 IRQ 6 Floppy Disk Controller IRQ 7 Parallel Port (LPT1) IRQ 8 Real Time Clock (RTC)
75MIV CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE SETUP 3-1 ABOUT SUPPORT CD • In support CD, it contains most informations for user’s requirement, such as Acrobat Reader, BIOS, User’s full version Manual, Driver, Hardware Monitor(if motherboard supports this function), Patch, and Utilities etc,. User can browse the CD and get further details in regard of our motherboard.
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75MIV Step 5: • Press Next button to continue. Step 6: • Click “Yes” to continue. Step 7: • Press select the checkbox as below: Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP VxD Driver VIA Chipset Function’s Registry IRQ Routing Miniport Driver Note: For user who are upgrading VIA Drivers.
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75MIV Step 9: • Click on the “click to enable DMA mode” checkbox for enable DMA function. Step 10: • The default setup destination is C: \VIADMATOOL, press Next button to continue. Step 11: • Press Next button to continue. Step 12: •...
75MIV Step 13: • After all the setup process is finished, please restart your computer by clicking on Finish. ® 3-3 ONBOARD S3 SAVAGE4 VGA DRIVER INSTALLATION ® • We provide a simple process for user to install the S3 Savage4 VGA driver.
75MIV 3-3.3 INSTALL KM133 VGA DRIVER FOR WINDOWS ME 1. Please put the Support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver”. 2. Click on the “VIA chipsets Driver”. 3.
75MIV 3-4 AC 97 AUDIO CODEC INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver” Step 2: • Click on the “VIA Chipset Driver”. Step 3: •...
75MIV 3-5 HARDWARE MONITOR INSTALLATION Step 1: • Please put the support CD attached to motherboard into the CD-ROM drive. • When appears a welcome window as left screen, then user should choose “Install Driver” Step 2: • Click on the “VIA Chipset Driver”. Step 3: •...
75MIV CHAPTER 4 BIOS SETUP 4-1 INTRODUCE THE BIOS • BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It is sometimes called ROM BIOS because it is stored in a Read-Only Memory(ROM) chip on the motherboard. BIOS is the first program to run when you turn on your computer.
75MIV turn on your computer, the BIOS Looks in CMOS for the settings you se- lected and configures your computer accordingly. If the battery charge runs too low, the CMOS content will be lost and POST will issue a “CMOS in- valid”...
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75MIV “AWDFLASH.EXE” is a Flash EPROM Programming utility that up dates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard, This program only works in pure DOS environment, the utility can not be worked in win95/98, ME, NT or WINDOWS 2000 environment. Upgrading the system BIOS Set 1.
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75MIV Award Flash Memory Writer Start Screen Award Flash Memory Writer Complete Screen...
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75MIV The parameters of AWDFLASH.EXE /sn: No original BIOS backup /py: Program flash memory /cc: Clear CMOS data after programming NOTE: User can type AWDFLASH /? to get further details about parameters. Wrong usage of parameter will damage the BIOS information, so that we strongly recommend user to leave parameters away unless you realize their function.
75MIV 4-7 CMOS SETUP UTILITY • This motherboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu by: 1. Turn on or reboot your system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message will appear: PRESS <DEL>...
75MIV 4-8 STANDARD CMOS SETUP • Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock and error handling. You only need to modify the configuration values of this option when you change your system hardware configuration or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.
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75MIV Date (mm:dd:yy) The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information. This field is for information only. Press the left or right arrow key to move to the de- sired field (date, month, year). Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting, or type the de- sired value into the field.
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75MIV CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter Item Help Menu Level IDE Primary Master Auto Access Mode Auto Capacity 10243 MB Cylinder 19846 Head Precomp 65535 Landing Zone 19845 Sector :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults...
75MIV 4-9 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES • ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES allows you to improve your system perfor- mance or set up system features according to your preference. Run the ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES as following: 1. Choose “ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: 2.
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75MIV CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Item Help Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device HDD-0...
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75MIV Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear if there is anything attempting to access the boot sector or hard disk parti- tion table. Disabled: No warning message will appear when there is something attempting to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
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75MIV Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B. Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled : During POST, BIOS checks the track num- ber of the floppy disk drive to see whether it is 40 or 80 tracks.
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75MIV OS Select For DRAM > Non-OS/2 : For Non-OS/2 system. 64MB OS: For OS/2 operating system. Video BIOS Shadow Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM for im- proving performance. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. C8000-CBFFF to These options are used to shadow other expansion DC000-DFFFF Shadow card ROMs.
75MIV 4-10 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES • ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES allows you to change the values of chipset registers. These registers control the system options. Run the ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES as following: 1. Choose “ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: 2.
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75MIV CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features Item Help DRAM Timing By SPD Enabled Menu Level DRAM Clock 100MHZ SDRAM Cycle Length Bank Interleave Disabled DRAM Drive Strength Auto DRAM Drive Value Memory Hole Disabled PCI Master Pipeline Req Enabled...
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75MIV DRAM Timing by SPD This item allows you to select DRAM Timing by SPD or not. SPD (Serial Presence Detect) you can find it located on your memory modules, BIOS reads information coded in SPD during system boot up resulting in a accurate memory operation.
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75MIV System BIOS Choose Enabled or Disabled. When enabled, the Cacheable access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H - FFFFFH is cached. Video RAM Cacheable Choose Enabled or Disabled. When enabled, the access to the VGA RAM addressed is cached. Frame Buffer size This option allows you select memory size shared to on-chip graphics.
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75MIV OnChip Sound Enabled: Turn on AC’97 codec chip controller. Disabled: Turn off AC’97 codec chip controller or user can plug external add-on sound card. CPU to PCI Write When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to Buffer the PCI bus are buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus.
75MIV 4-11 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS • INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option allows you to get some informations inside your system when it is working. Run the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS as following: 1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Item Help...
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75MIV 2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and modify the se- lected options by using PgUp / PgDn / + / - keys. An explanation of the <F> keys follows: <F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item. <F5>: Get the previous values.
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75MIV Init Display First This option allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or AGP first. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP. IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can...
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75MIV Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes. The choice: SPP, EPP, ECP, ECP + EPP. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.
75MIV 4-12 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP • POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP as following: 1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function...
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75MIV ACPI Function Enabled: Turn on ACPI function. Disabled: Turn off ACPI function. • Press <Enter> on the Power Management item, then there is a list of it appears for you to choose further setting. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software Power Management Power Management User Define...
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75MIV ACPI Suspend Type This item will allow you to select the ACPI suspend type. You can select S3(STR) for suspending to DRAM or S1(POS) for power on suspend under Windows 98 ACPI mode. The choice: S1(POS), S3(STR). PM Control by APM When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max.
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75MIV Soft-Off by PWRBTN Instant-Off: Turn off the system power at once after pushing the power button. Delay 4 Sec: Turn off the system power 4 seconds after pushing the power button. (to meet PC97/98 spec) • Press <Enter> on the Wake Up Events item, then there is a list of it appears for you to choose further setting.
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75MIV HDD & FDD When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. PCI Master When On of PCI Master, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices wakes up the system. Wake Up On LAN/Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awak- ens the system from a soft off state.
75MIV 4-13 PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION • PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION allows you to set the system’s power saving functions. Run the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION as following: 1. Choose “PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of option will appear: CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations PNP OS Installed...
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75MIV PNP OS Installed Yes: OS supports Plug and Play function. No: OS doesn’t support Plug and Play function. NOTE: BIOS will automatically disable all PNP resources except the boot device card when you select Yes on Non-PNP operating system. Reset Configuration Choose Enabled or Disabled.
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75MIV DMA Resources Press Enter. Please refer to the below list. CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software DMA Resources DMA-0 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP Item Help DMA-1 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP Menu Level DMA-3 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP DMA-5 assigned to PCI/ISA PnP DMA-6 assigned to...
75MIV 4-14 SMARTDOC ANTI-BURN SHIELD • This section helps you to get more information about your system including CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltage. It is recommended that you contact with your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your set- ting of the CPU temperature.
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75MIV CPU Warning Temp. User can select CPU warning temperature in this field, when CPU Temperature is higher than value you selected in this field, the BIOS will send out sequence of beeps sound or send out a message “your CPU temperature is too high”...
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75MIV Current CPUFAN2 Shows current CPUFAN2 speed. The fan must pro- Speed vide rotary pulse. (Normally these types of fan have a three-wire connector) Vcore/VDD/3.3V/5V/ Show power supply actual voltage value. • Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items.
75MIV • Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish setting up all items. 4-16 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS • When you press <Enter> on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: “...
75MIV 4-17 SET SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD • These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the CMOS setup option than the user. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follows: 1.
75MIV 4-18 SAVE & EXIT SETUP • SAVE & EXIT SETUP allows you to save all modifications you have speci- fied into the CMOS memory. Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following message appears: “SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N) ? Y “...
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