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Introduction Checklist Your MB898/MB898F Pentium the items listed below: • The MB898/MB898F motherboard • This User’s manual • 1 Back I/O shield • 1 IDE cable • 1 Floppy cable • 1 SATA cable • 1 Serial-Port cable • 1 CD containing the following: •...
Product Description ® The MB898/MB898F LGA 775 Pentium 4 motherboard incorporates the Intel Q965 chipset that can utilize a single LGA775 processor of up to 4.0GHz or higher and supports FSB frequency of 533/800/1066Mhz (133MHz(533MT/s), 200MHz(800MT/s) and 266MHz(1066MT/s) HCLK respectively.
Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the MB898/MB898F in order to set up a workable system. The topics covered are: Installing the CPU ... 6 ATX Power Installation ... 6 Installing the Memory ... 7 Setting the Jumpers ...
INSTALLATIONS Installing the CPU The MB898/MB898F motherboard supports an LGA 775 processor socket for Intel® Pentium® 4 processors. The LGA 775 processor socket comes with a lever to secure the processor. Refer to the pictures below, from left to right, on how to place the processor into the CPU socket.
Dual Channel Memory Configuration If you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please note the following explanations due to the limitation of Intel chipset specifications. 1. Dual Channel mode will not be enabled if only one DDR II memory module is installed.
INSTALLATIONS Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on MB898/MB898F to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications. Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs. The following lists the connectors on MB898/MB898F and their respective functions.
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ATX-power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard before clearing CMOS. JBAT1 JP1: Select the Boot Device (Factory used only) JP5: Configure and Recovery (Factory use only) JBAT1 MB898 User’s Manual Setting Pin 1-2 Short/Closed Pin 2-3 Clear CMOS Short/Closed...
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RS-232 use only. The following table describes the jumper settings for COM2 selection. COM2 Function Jumper Setting (pin closed) JP11: Processor Setting JP11 MB898 User’s Manual Setting Pin 1-2 Master (default) Short/Closed Pin 1-2 Open RS-232 RS-422...
The connectors on MB898/MB898F allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard, floppy disk drives, hard disk drives, printers, etc. The following table lists the connectors on MB898 and their respective functions. ATX1: 24-pin ATX Power Connector ... 14 ATX2: ATX 12V Power Connector ...
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CN3: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors ...16 CN4: Audio Connector ...17 USB6: USB6/7 Connector ...17 USB_LAN1: 10/100 or GbE RJ-45 and USB4/5 Connector ...17 Note: 10/100 LAN for MB898; Gigabit LAN for MB898F ...17 F_USB1: USB0/USB1 Connector ...17 F_USB2: USB2/USB3 Connector ...18 F_USB3: USB8/USB9 Connector ...18 S_ATA1,S_ATA2,S_ATA3,S_ATA4,S_ATA5,S_ATA6: SATA0/1/2/3/4/5 Connector ...18...
COM2 is jumper selectable for RS-232, RS-422 and RS-485. Pin # RS-232 Ground CN3: PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors Mouse (top) Keyboard clock Keyboard (bottom) MB898 User’s Manual COM2 Pin # Pin # DSR, Data set ready RTS, Request to send Signal Name R2-422...
CN4: Audio Connector USB6: USB6/7 Connector USB_LAN1: 10/100 or GbE RJ-45 and USB4/5 Connector Note: 10/100 LAN for MB898; Gigabit LAN for MB898F/MB898RF F_USB1: USB0/USB1 Connector Signal Name MB898 User’s Manual Ground INSTALLATIONS Signal Name Ground Ground...
INSTALLATIONS F_USB2: USB2/USB3 Connector Signal Name F_USB3: USB8/USB9 Connector Signal Name S_ATA1,S_ATA2,S_ATA3,S_ATA4,S_ATA5,S_ATA6: SATA0/1/2/3/4/5 Connector Note: S_ATA5 and S_ATA6 MB898F only MB898 User’s Manual Ground Ground Pin # Signal Name Ground Ground Ground Signal Name Ground Ground Signal Name Ground Ground...
IOCHRDY DACK0 IRQ14 Address 1 IDE1 Address 0 Chip select 0 Activity CPU_FAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector PWR_FAN1: POWER Fan Power Connector MB898 User’s Manual Pin # Pin # Pin # Signal Name Control Sense +12V Ground Pin # Signal Name...
Sense Line2_R J2: HDMI Audio Connector J2 is a HDMI Audio connector. The following table shows the pin-out assignments of this connector. Signal Name ACZ_RST ACZ_SYNC MB898 User’s Manual Pin # Signal Name Control Sense +12V Ground Pin # Signal Name...
Switch” on the system that connects to the power switch on the case. When pressed, the power switch will force the system to power on. When pressed again, it will force the system to power off. MB898 User’s Manual INSTALLATIONS Pin # Signal Name...
Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on control panel. This LED will flash when the HDD is being accessed. J11: IrDA Connector MB898 User’s Manual Pin # Signal Name HDD Active Pin #...
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= ucBuf; printf("Digital I/O Input Changed. Current Data is 0x%X\n",ucDI); if (kbhit()) getch(); break; delay(500); return 0; //===================================================================== void ClrKbBuf(void) while(kbhit()) getch(); //--------------------------------------------------------------------------- MB898 User’s Manual //data for digital output //data for digital input //switch to logic device 7 //clear...
BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer system’s ROM supports Intel processors. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.
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Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases. MB898 User’s Manual BIOS SETUP Frequency/Voltage Control Load Fail-Safe Defaults...
Day : Sun to Sat Month : 1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1999 to 2099 MB898 User’s Manual Standard CMOS Features Fri, Oct 20, 2006 16 : 11 : 00 None None None None None None 1.44M, 3.5 in.
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IDE Channel Master/Slave MB898F with ICH8R supports 6 Serial ATA connectors, while MB898 with ICH8 supports 4 Serial ATA connectors; MB898 series boards with JMicron controller support 1 CF and 1 IDE connectors. The onboard Serial ATA connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four Serial ATA hard disks .
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This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up. No errors All errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key MB898 User’s Manual 720KB 1.44MB 3.5 in. 3.5 in. For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters. (default) Power up in 40 column mode.
DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled. MB898 User’s Manual Advanced BIOS Features Press Enter...
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Hyper-Threading Technology enables two logical processors on a single physical processor by replicating, partitioning, and sharing the resources within the Intel NetBurst microarchitecture pipeline. Quick Power On Self Test When enabled, this field speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST) after the system is turned on.
If you set this feature to Disabled, the BIOS will not report the missing floppy drive to Win95/98. Small Logo (EPA) Show The EPA logo appears at the right side of the monitor screen when the system is boot up. The default setting is Disabled. MB898 User’s Manual...
The fields under the On-Chip VGA Setting and their default settings are: PEG/On Chip VGA Control: Auto On-Chip Frame Buffer Size: 8MB DVMT Mode: DVMT DVMT/Fixed Memory Size: 128MB MB898 User’s Manual Advanced Chipset Features Enabled Disabled Press Enter Auto...
Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Intel 82562V LAN Control MB898 User’s Manual Integrated Peripherals Press Enter Press Enter Press Enter Menu Level >...
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I/O throughput to 33Mb/sec with the Ultra DMA/33 feature. The options are Auto and Disabled. MB898 User’s Manual Super IO Device 3E8h IRQ11 Menu Level >...
Serial Port 3 3E8/IRQ11 Serial Port 4 2E8/IRQ10 Parallel Port 378H/IRQ7 UART Mode Select This field determines the UART 2 mode in your computer. The default value is Normal. Other options include IrDA and ASKIR. MB898 User’s Manual BIOS SETUP...
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ECP+EPP Combination of ECP and EPP capabilities Normal Normal function Intel 82562V LAN Control (MB898) By default, this setting is Enabled. USB 1.0 Controller The options for this field are Enabled and Disabled. By default, this field is set to Enabled.
This field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes. There are four selections for Power Management. Min. Power Saving Max. Power Saving User Define MB898 User’s Manual Power Management Setup Enabled S1(POS) User Define Menu Level >...
IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. MB898 User’s Manual Default setting, blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning.
MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card. When this field is disabled, a PCI/VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA/VESA card. Maximum Payload Size The default setting of the PCI Express Maximum Payload Size is 128. MB898 User’s Manual PnP/PCI Configurations PCI Slot Disabled...
Temperatures/Fan Speeds/Voltages These fields are the parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the board. The values are read-only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status. MB898 User’s Manual PC Health Status Disabled Disabled 32°C/89°F...
This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI clock. Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum. The default setting is Disabled. This field is for CE testing use only MB898 User’s Manual Frequency/Voltage Control Disabled Disabled Menu Level >...
Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup utility. MB898 User’s Manual...
Realtek Codec Audio Driver Installation . 錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 Intel LAN Drivers Installation ... 錯誤! 尚未定義書籤。 IMPORTANT NOTE: After installing your Windows operating system (Windows 2000/XP), you must install first the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility before proceeding with the drivers installation. MB898 User’s Manual DRIVERS INSTALLATION...
Intel Q965 Chipset Software Installation Utility The Intel® Q965 Chipset Drivers should be installed first before the software drivers to enable Plug & Play INF support for Intel chipset components. Follow the instructions below to complete the installation under Windows 2000/XP. (Before installed Intel Chipset Software...
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3. Click Yes to accept the software license agreement and proceed with the installation process. 4. On the Readme Information screen, click Next to continue the installation. 5. The Setup process is now complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MB898 User’s Manual...
Windows 2000/XP. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear. Click Intel (R) Q965 Chipset Drivers, then Intel (R) Q965 Chipset Family Graphics Driver. 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue.
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4. On Readme File Information screen, click Next to continue. 5. On Setup Progress screen, click Next to continue the installation. 6. The Setup process is now complete. Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MB898 User’s Manual...
Realtek Codec Audio Driver Installation 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board and the screen below would appear. Click Intel (R) Q965 Chipset Drivers, then Realtek High Definition Codec Audio Driver. 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue.
DRIVERS INSTALLATION Intel LAN Drivers Installation Follow the steps below to start installing the Intel PCI Express Gigabit LAN drivers. 1. Insert the CD that comes with the board. On the initial screen, Click Intel (R) Q965 Chipset Drivers, then Intel(R) PRO LAN Network Drivers.
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5. When the Setup Type appears, click Complete and Next to continue. 6. When the Ready to Install the Program screen appears, click Install to continue. 7. The Setup process is now complete (InstallShield Wizard Completed). Click Finish to restart the computer and for changes to take effect. MB898 User’s Manual...
IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ6 IRQ7 IRQ8 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 MB898 User’s Manual Function System Timer Output Keyboard Interrupt Cascade Serial Port #2 Serial Port #1 Reserved Floppy Disk Controller Parallel Port #1 Real Time Clock Reserved Reserved...
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