TABLE OF CONTENTS Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER & SECTION Page 1. INTRODUCTION ..................1-1 1.1 OVERVIEW..................1-1 1.2 AIR BUS - ....................1-2 1.3 MAINBOARD LAYOUT..............1-6 1.4 SPECIFICATIONS ................1-8 2. INSTALLATION ..................2-1 2.1 UNPACKING..................2-1 2.2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM ....
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Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.27 CN31: USB 4 CONNECTOR..........3-18 3.3.28 CN32: USB 5 CONNECTOR..........3-18 3.3.29 PUSH BUTTONS AND LED CONNECTORS ....3-19 3.3.30 SPEAKER AND KEY LOCK CONNECTOR: ....3-21 3.4 JUMPER SETTINGS................3-22 3.5 INSTALLATION OF DEVICE DRIVERS ........3-30 4. AWARD BIOS SETUP ................4-1 4.1 GETTING STARTED.................
Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard SOMETHING IMPORTANT ! ¶ TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners. ¶ LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS “LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS” will have the BIOS default settings loaded into the CMOS memory. These default settings will optimize system performance and system stability.
Floppy Disk controller, two high speed Serial ports (UARTs), one multi-mode Parallel port, one PS/2™ mouse port, one IR interface and two USB ports (815TM5 supports up to five USB ports) designed on the board for wide variety of peripheral connection.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard AIR BUS - There is a new interface designed on this mainboard - the AIR Bus ( CN25 ). The AIR Bus is designed on the mainboard which will give many amazing features to the PC system. One of the most significant and immediate feature from the AIR Bus is the "Portable BIOS"...
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4. FAULTY FLASH ROM MAKES PC SYSTEM FAILED TO WORK The flash ROM is the programmable device and it has the life cycle. Defective flash ROM does not occur very often. However, once you get a defect flash ROM, you definitely won’t be able to use the PC system any more.
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 2: POWER BREAK OR SYSTEM HANGS WHILE BIOS IS UPDATING: Under such circumstance, the system BIOS written into the flash ROM is not complete and you could not use it to start the PC system. Such problem is very similar to the virus attack.
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard capability, you will be free from the potential nightmare.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard MAINBOARD LAYOUT A= VGA Mouse USB1 Line USB3 CD-IN B=COM1 USB5 USB2 USB4 C=LPT Audio Game CN17 CN12 CN13 CODEC Socket FAN 2 JP11 FAN 3 CN27 COM 2 CN11 SB-Link PWR-LED ATX-Power I/O Chip...
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard PS/2 Game/MIDI USB1 Parallel Port Mouse Port USB2 COM1 VGA Port Audio Port IMPORTANT NOTICE: There is the 3D audio interface on the board., Please check the CODEC chip (U12) as shown in the above diagram and then choose the proper directory in the CD to install the device driver properly.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard SPECIFICATIONS ¥ CPU Intel® Socket 370 Pentium™ !!! 300, 333, 366, 400, 433, 466, 500, 533, 550, 600MHz and higher speed processors ¥ CPU VCC Switching Voltage Regulator circuits onboard, supports +1.30V DC through +2.05V DC CPU Core Voltage, auto-detected by the CPU. ( Note, when there is the JP2 on the board and the setting is “short”...
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Labs EMU8008 sound chip) ¥ USB PORTS (Universal Serial Bus) 815TM : Two USB ports, 815TM5: Five USB ports. ¥ IDE PORTS Two channels of Ultra DMA/33 or Ultra DMA/66 Bus Master IDE ports, which will support up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk, ATAPI CD-ROM and LS- 120/ZIP-100 devices.
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard ¥ MISCELLANEOUS Three cooling Fan Connectors on the board. (some of the cooling fan is optional) One Chassis intrusion detection connector. (optional) ¥ HARDWARE MONITORING (optional) Winbond W83627HF is designed on the board to monitor hardware healthy status like system voltage, system temperature, and cooling fans.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 2. INSTALLATION UNPACKING The mainboard contains the following components. Please inspect the following contents and confirm that everything is there in the package. If anything is missing or damaged, call your supplier for instructions before proceeding.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 2.2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM This mainboard has the ACPI (Advanced Configuration Power Interface) designed on the board. When the mainboard has the ATX type power supply connected, there are several ways to power on the system. Please read the following description for all the details.
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard ¨ PS/2™ MOUSE (LEFT OR RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON) If you have a PS/2™ mouse connected to the system, you may change the setup in the BIOS and use the mouse click to turn on the PC system power. Please refer to section 4.7 for the BIOS setting...
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INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard In order to use the ring-in signal to wake up your PC system, you will have to use the EXTERNAL MODEM and have it connected to one of the SERIAL PORTS ( COM1 or COM2 ) on the mainboard. When the mainboard detects the ring-in signal from the serial port, the system power will be turned on and start to receive the incoming messages automatically.
INTRODUCTION Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 2.3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM There are two ways to power off the system. They are “Shut Down by Power Button” and “ Shut Down by OS”. (such as Windows® 95 and Windows® 98, you can choose the Shut Down from the file menu and the system will be powered off immediately ).
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3. HARDWARE SETUP Before you can start to install this mainboard, some hardware settings is required to make sure it will work perfectly with the devices which you are going to install in your PC system. To configure the mainboard is a simple task, only a few jumpers, connectors, cables and sockets needs to be selected and configured.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.2 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES This mainboard has two DIMM sockets designed on the mainboard as shown in the following diagram: Socket DIMM 1 DIMM 2 Outlook of DIMM modules: (Single-Side DIMM Module) ( Double-Side DIMM Module )
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100MHz no matter what kind of DIMM module is installed on the mainboard. According to the feature of Intel i815 chipset, there is some limitation when installing DIMM modules on the mainboard, Different setup of “System Memory Frequency” setting in the...
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard for details), please refer to the table in the next page for details: Note: When the CPU installed on the mainboard is 66MHz or 100MHz CPU, the memory frequency will be 100 MHz all the time despite the setting in the CMOS setup program..
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard CONNECTORS The connectors on the mainboard are either the pin header type or D-type connectors, they are used to connect the accessories or peripheral devices (such as power, mouse, printer,...etc.). Followings are the connectors with its description and the pin assignment which is designed on the mainboard.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.2 AMR Slot: There is one AMR slots on the mainboard which you can install AMR card. Socket One AMR Slot on the board 3.3.3 AGP Slot: There is one AGP slot designed on the mainboard. Such AGP slot supports 4X AGP and it will let you have wide range choice when installing the AGP card.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.6 CN3 : Serial Port COM 1 Connector COM 1 Socket 3.3.7 CN4 : Serial Port COM 2 Connector COM 2 Socket...
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Ping assignment of serial port connector (CN4): Pin # Signal name Pin # Signal name RD (Received Data) DCD (Data Carrier Detect) TD (Transmit Data) DTR (Data Terminal Ready) Ground DSR (Data Set Ready)
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.15 CN12: IR / FIR (Infrared Rays) Connector +5VDC NO CONNECTION IR (INFRARED RAYS) CONNECTOR IR RECEIVE GROUND IR TRANSMIT Socket 3.3.16 CN13: Cooling FAN 1 Power Connector The Cooling Fan1 power connector can be connected to the CPU cooling fan or chassis cooling fan so that it will cool down the system temperature.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.17 CN15: ATX Power Connector Socket CN15 ATX Power connector 3.3.18 CN16: WOL (Wake On LAN) Connector In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power of the PC system, the switching power supply must be able to provide at least 1A current driving ability on the “+5V standby”...
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.19 CN17: Cooling FAN2 Power Connector The Cooling Fan2 power connector can be connected to the CPU cooling fan or chassis cooling fan so that it will cool down the system temperature. Socket CN17 1.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.21 CN19: VGA Connector: The VGA connector on the board is the AGP VGA interface and you can connect it directly to your VGA monitor. CN19 VGA CONNECTOR Socket 3.3.22 CN21 / CN22: CD-IN Connector: The CD-IN connectors on the board can be used to connect to the CD ROM audio out.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Note : You may find that there is the audio cable comes with the CD ROM drive. However, the pin assignment and outlook of the audio cable can be different from different vendors. There are two CD-IN connectors designed on the mainboard, which will meet most of the CD cable requirement.
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.24 CN25: AIR Bus Connector The AIR Bus is a revolutionary technology and it will provide you lots of stunning features. For example, it will rescue your system BIOS from virus attack. (please refer to section 1.2 for detail function description).
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.26 CN30: USB 3 (Universal Serial Bus) Connector 3.3.27 CN31: USB 4 (Universal Serial Bus) Connector USB 4 USB 3 Socket 3.3.28 CN32: USB 5 (Universal Serial Bus) Connector USB 5 Socket Pin assignment of USB connector:...
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.29 Push buttons and LED connectors A series of connectors are designed on the board to connect the push buttons and LED indicators. Followings are the details: Socket RS: Reset Button connector HL: HDD LED connector...
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Power ON/OFF and External Suspend Switch Connector According to the setup in CMOS, the PW connector has two functions. It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system. (please refer to Section- 4.7 for BIOS setup) If the setup in CMOS is “Delay 4 Sec.”, the function of “PW”...
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.3.30 Speaker and Key Lock connector: The connectors shown in the following picture will be connected to the speaker, Keyboard Lock and Power LED connector on the chassis. Socket 1 2 3 4 5...
HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 3.4 JUMPER SETTINGS This section will discuss the jumper setting on the mainboard. In order to let you have better idea of the jumper setting, please see below for the explanation of jumper settings before you start this section.
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (A) JP1: Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse OnNow function selection The Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse OnNow function is designed on the mainboard and you can use keyboard and mouse key clicks to power on the PC system. However, there may have some keyboard and mouse are not compatible with the OnNow function and that will cause the PC system fail to boot.
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (B) JP2: CPU Voltage (Vcore) Range Selection (optional) The voltage regulator on the mainboard will generate 1.3V ~ 3.5V DC to support different processors. Basically, most mainboards will use the CPU VID signal (VID0~VID4) from the CPU to decide the proper CPU core voltage (Vcore). In case that there is the poor connection between CPU and its socket, or uninstall the CPU from the mainboard while the system power is "ON".
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (C) JP3: CPU Voltage Adjustment (optional) Sometimes you may feel that the CPU voltage detected by the mainboard can not meet your requirement. You want to make the CPU voltage a little bit higher than what is detected by the mainboard.
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (D) JP9: Clear Power On Password In case that you forget the Power On password which you had selected in the BIOS setup program and you can not start your PC system, you can always use JP11 to clear the Power On Password..
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (E) JP11: Clear CMOS Data Button In case that you made improper setting in the BIOS setup program and cause the PC system not working, you may use JP9 to clear all the setting which is recorded in the CMOS memory.
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard (F) SW1: FSB Clock Selection SW1 is designed on the board to choose the CPU FSB clock (Front Side Bus Clock). Basically, you don't have to worry about the FSB clock setting most of the time, because it will be detected by the mainboard BIOS automatically.
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HARDWARE SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard SWITCH SETTINGS The "toggle switch" (SW1) on the mainboard can be used to select the CPU FSB clock. In order to let you have some better idea of the toggle switch setting, please refer to the following illustration. The following pictures will show you how to make the setting on the "toggle switch":...
Windows NT and Windows 2000, you need not to install the device driver because it is supported by these operation systems already. 5. Change the directory to "\Driver\mainboard\Intel\815\VGA" and then choose the operation system to install the device driver of the onboard VGA interface.
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Socket CODEC Onboard Codec on U12 is “ad1881A”: Change the directory to "\Driver\mainboard\Intel\815\ad1881A" and then choose the operation system to install the onboard audio device driver. Onboard Codec on U12 is “Cirrus 4299”: Change the directory to "\Driver\mainboard\Intel\815\4299" and then choose the operation system to install the onboard audio device driver.
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard AWARD BIOS SETUP 4.1 GETTING STARTED When you turn the system powered on or reset the PC system, the system BIOS will enter the POST routines (Power On Self Test routines). POST will execute a series of diagnostics and system initialization, and you will see the copyright message displayed on the screen.) In case that there is any error or malfunction detected, the BIOS will...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.2 MAIN MENU CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Stanndard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.3 CONTROL KEYS When you have started the BIOS setup program, you will see a list of control key show at the bottom of the screen. You can use the keyboard to move the selection bar and choose the proper setting in each selection field.
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.4 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm : dd : yy) : Tue, 20 1999 Item Help Time (hh : mm : ss : 16 : 03 : 33 Ø...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Video: This selection field allows you to select the display mode. Check the video display card installed in the PC system and then use this selection field to choose the proper display mode.
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning :Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache : Enabled Ø External Cache : Enabled...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: ( default setting: Enabled ) This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache. The ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache.
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : ( default setting: Non-OS/2 ) When you are using the “OS/2™” operating system and the system memory is more than 64MB, you will have to select the setting to “OS2”, otherwise, leave this on the default setting “Non-OS2”...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features SDRAM CAS Latency Time Item Help SDRAM Cycle Time Tras / Trc : 7/9 Ø...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Video BIOS Cacheable: ( default setting : “Disabled” ) Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. Video BIOS /RAM access cached Enabled Disabled Video BIOS /RAM access not cached Memory Hole At 15M-16M: ( default setting : “Disabled”...
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AGP without any translation. System Memory Frequency: ( default setting : “100MHz” ) Intel i815 chipset supports PC-100 and PC-133 DIMM modules. Basically, different setting in the CMOS setup program will decide the memory speed. This selection field allows you to select the frequency of the system memory. There are...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4-12...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On-Chip Primary PCI IDE :Enabled Item Help On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enabled Ø IDE Primary Master PIO...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard On-Chip Primary PCI IDE: (Default setting: "Enabled" ) These options allow you to enable / disable the onboard primary IDE interface.. On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE: (Default setting: "Enabled" ) These options allow you to enable / disable the onboard secondary IDE interface..
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard IDE HDD Block Mode: ( Default setting : “Enabled” ) This selection allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD).
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard IR Transmission delay: ( Default setting : “Enabled” ) This item allows you to enable/disable IR transmission delay. UR2 Duplex Mode: ( Default setting : “Half” ) This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function.
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function :Enabled Item Help ACPI Suspend Type : S1 (POS) Ø Power Management : User Define...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard According to what was defined by the ACPI in Windows 98, the PW switch can be either the "Standby switch" or "shutdown switch". When "Standby switch" is selected, the first click on the PW switch will have the PC system turn into standby mode.
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Video Off Method : (Default setting: Blank screen ) When you are using the Green Monitor with your PC system, there are three modes selectable in this field to save the power energy...
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Power On by Ring / LAN: ( Default setting: “Disabled.”) When “Enabled”, you can use the Modem Ring signal or the LAN wake up signal to power on the PC system. CPU Thermal-Throttling : ( Default setting: “Disabled.”) This field allows you the select the CPU throttle rate.
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software PnP/PCI Configuration Reset Configuration Data Disabled Item Help Ø Menu Level Default is Disabled. Resources Controlled By : Auto (ESCD)
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.10 PC HEALTH STATUS CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Item Help Current CPU Temperature 25 / 77 Ø Currant FAN1 Speed...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.12 LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.13 SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.14 SET USER PASSWORD CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.15 SAVE & EXIT SETUP CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard 4.16 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984 - 2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Frequency / Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password...
AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro- ATX Mainboard 5. How to Update the System BIOS Before we start to discuss system BIOS update, there are some important issues which you need to pay attention on it: 1. You can not exchange the system BIOS with another mainboard: The system BIOS on different mainboard are different.
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard SYSTEM BIOS UPDATE PROCEDURE Step 1. Download the system BIOS from the web page: 1. Visit the following web page: http://www.azza.com.tw 2. Select “TECH SUPPORT” 3. Down load “AWDFLASH.EXE” program. 4. Scroll the screen downward and find the 815TM mainboard..
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AWARD BIOS SETUP Intel 815 Micro-ATX Mainboard Step 3. Start to update the system BIOS: 1. Have the diskette which we made in Step 2 inserted in the floppy disk drive.. Start the PC system and click on the “del” key to start the BIOS setup program.
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