Atx motherboard with 3.4ghz pentium 4 cpu, 5 pci and 2 pcie slots, vga, sata, raid, usb, lan, and audio (262 pages)
Summary of Contents for CyberResearch MICA C2-24-X
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® Motherboards MICA Series Mini-ITX Motherboard with VGA, Dual Gigabit LAN, DIO, Audio MICA C2-24-X: 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo Processor MICA PD-32-X: 3.2GHz Pentium D Processor MICA PD-36-X: 3.6GHz Pentium D Processor USER’S MANUAL VER. 1.0 • SEP 2006 No part of this manual may be reproduced without permission ®...
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CyberResearch, Inc. In no event will CyberResearch, Inc. be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
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® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
......................26 THERNET 3.9 D ....................27 RIVE NTERFACES 3.9.1 SATA Drives ..................... 27 3.9.2 IDE Interfaces....................27 3.10 S ......................28 ERIAL ORTS CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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5.8.4 Serial Connection..................... 79 5.8.5 Keyboard and Mouse Connection..............79 5.8.6 Audio Interface....................80 AMI BIOS SETUP....................82 6.1 I ......................83 NTRODUCTION 6.1.1 Starting Setup....................83 CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Universal Asynchronous FFIO Flexible File Input/Output Receiver-transmitter FIFO First In/First Out Universal Serial Bus Front Side Bus Video Graphics Adapter IrDA Infrared Data Association CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Chapter Introduction CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Supports four SATA channels with transfer rates up to 3.0Gb/s Supports eight USB 2.0 devices 2.2 MICA Series Board Overview Figure 2-1: MICA Series Board Overview CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
One PCIe x16 graphic port Extension One Mini PCI slot ITE8712 Super I/O By super I/O IrDA 4 input / 4 output by super I/O Digital I/O CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Chapter Detailed Specifications CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Intel EM64T. Intel Speedstep® technology allows tradeoffs to be made between performance and power consumption. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
Tri-state modes to enable swap bay Integrated LAN controller Supports IEEE 802.3 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet support AC-Link for audio and telephony CODECs Intel Matrix Storage Technology CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
The MICA Series IDE controller supports up to two IDE devices with the following specifications: Supports PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s Supports Ultra ATA 100 devices with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
Boost preamplifier for MIC input LINE input shared with surround output; MIC input shared with Center and LFE output Built-in 50mW/20ohm amplifier for both Front-out and Surround-Out CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
ATI M56P mobile grade PCI Express Graphic Card with VGA, DVI, 1080i HDTV and dual channel 24-bit LVDS interface RS-232/422/485 cable USB cable CPU cooler CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Chapter Connectors and Jumpers CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
SATA drive connector (3) 7-pin SATA connector SATA_S0 SATA drive connector (4) 7-pin SATA connector SATA_S1 TPM connector 20-pin header TPM1 USB connector (1) 8-pin header USB1 CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
CN Pinouts: See Table 4-4 The connector supports the 12V power supply. Figure 4-2: CPU 12V Power Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
The front panel connector connects to several external switches and indicators to monitor and control the motherboard. These indicators and switches include: Power ATX Power button Reset button Speaker CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
See Figure 4-7 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-10 The integrated infrared (IrDA) connector supports both Serial Infrared (SIR) and Amplitude Shift Key Infrared (ASKIR) interfaces. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
CN Location: See Figure 4-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-14 This 24-pin power connector supports the ATX power supply. Figure 4-10: Power Connector Location CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Table 4-15: Serial Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.11 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label: SATA_P0, SATA_P1, SATA_S0 and SATA_S1 CN Type: 1x7 pin SATA drive connectors CN Location: See Figure 4-12 CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
2 x Keyboard/mouse connectors 3 x Serial port connectors 4 x USB 2.0 connectors Figure 4-15: MICA Series External Interface Connectors 4.3.1 Audio Connectors CN Label: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
LAN. The pin assignments are listed in the following table: DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION TX0+ TX3+ TX0- TX3- TX1+ Active- TX2+ Active+(Yellow) TX2- LINK (Green-10/100M) CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
CN Location: See Figure 4-15 (labeled number 2) CN Pinouts: See Table 4-23 The serial ports can be connected to a serial communications device directly. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Chapter Installation and Configuration CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
5.3 Unpacking NOTE: If any of the items listed below are missing when the MICA Series is unpacked, do not proceed with the installation and contact CyberResearch, Inc.. 5.3.1 Unpacking Precautions Before installing the MICA Series, unpack the motherboard. Some components on MICA Series are very sensitive to static electricity and can be damaged by a sudden rush of power.
PCI Express Graphic Card (optional) RS-232/422/485 cable (optional) CPU cooler (optional) USB cable (optional) If one or more of these items are missing, please contact CyberResearch, Inc. and do not proceed any further with the installation. 5.4 MICA Series motherboard Installation WARNING! 1.
OS: An operating system that has optimizations for HT Technology 5.5.1.1 CPU Installation WARNING: CPUs are expensive and sensitive components. When installing the CPU CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Orientate the CPU properly. Make sure the IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) side is facing upward. Step 5: Correctly position the CPU. Match the Pin 1 mark with the cut edge on the CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
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CPU to counterweigh and balance the load on both sides of the PCB. Figure 5-5: CyberResearch LGA-775 Cooling Kit The CyberResearch LGA775 CPU cooling kit shown in Figure 5-5 is comprised of a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan. NOTE: Do not wipe off (accidentally or otherwise) the pre-sprayed layer of thermal paste on the bottom of the heat sink.
The MICA Series has four DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets. Follow the steps below to install the DIMM module. Make sure the two handles of the DIMM socket are in the "open" position, Step 1: leaning outward (Figure 5-7). CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Cables provided by CyberResearch that connect peripheral devices to the motherboard are listed in Table 5-1. Cables not included in the kit must be separately purchased. Quantity Type IDE flat cable SATA cables SATA power cable Table 5-1: CyberResearch Provided Cables 5.5.4.1 IDE Disk Drive Connector (IDE1)
5.8.5 Keyboard and Mouse Connection A PS/2 keyboard and a PS/2 mouse can be connected to the appropriate PS/2 connector on the rear panel. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
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® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
“-“ key Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Count: The number of CPUs on the motherboard System Memory: Displays the auto-detected system memory. Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
MICA Series BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 6.3.1 CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) shows detailed CPU specifications and CPU configuration options. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
If this option is selected, “Legacy IDE Channels” option is presented for configuration. Enhanced If this option is selected, “Configure SATA as” and EFAULT “Configure SATA channels” options are presented for configuration. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
IDE disk drive. The drive parameters are listed as follows: Device: Lists the device type (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM etc.) Vendor: Lists the device manufacturer CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
The PIO Mode option selects the IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller. As the PIO mode increases, the cycle time decreases. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
The Super IO Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 6) sets or changes the configurations for the FDD controllers, parallel ports and serial ports. BIOS Menu 6: Super IO Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
Serial port 4 I/O port address is 3E8 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E8 EFAULT Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2F0 CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
Temperature 1 Limit of Start Temperature 1 Limit of Full Fan 1 Start PWM Slop PWM 1: 0 PWM, 1 PWM (Default), 2 PWM, CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
VBAT 6.3.5 ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 8) configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
RAM is in slow refresh; the power supply is in a reduced power mode. 6.3.6 APM Configuration Use the APM Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 10) to select the advanced power management. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
PCI PME (power management event) controller. Disabled Wake event not generated by PCI PME controller activity Enabled Wake event generated by PCI PME controller activity EFAULT CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
MPS version 1.1 is used MPS version 1.4 is used EFAULT 6.3.8 Smbios Configuration Use the Smbios Configuration menu (Error! Reference source not found.) to configure SMBIOS parameters. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system. Remote access is disabled. Disabled Enabled Remote access configuration options shown below EFAULT appear: Serial Port Number Serial Port Mode CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Redirection is always active (Some OSes may not EFAULT work if set to Always) Terminal Type [ANSI] Use the Terminal Type BIOS option to specify the remote terminal type. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Use the USB Function BIOS option to disable USB function support or to set the number of USB ports to activate. Disabled USB function support disabled Two USB ports are activated. 2 USB Ports CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
USB mass storage class devices. BIOS Menu 15: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Device ## The Device## field lists the USB devices that are connected to the system. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the system boots. Disabled Normal POST messages displayed EFAULT Enabled OEM Logo displayed instead of POST messages CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Use the Boot Device Priority menu (BIOS Menu 18) to specify the boot sequence from the available devices. Possible boot devices may include: FLOPPY DRIVE CD/DVD CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
FDDs is shown. Select the first FDD the system boots from. If the “1st Drive” is not used for booting this option may be disabled. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Not Installed. If a supervisor password must be installed, select this field and enter the password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change Supervisor Password. Change User Password CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
The onboard LAN2 device automatically detected and Enabled EFAULT enabled 6.6.1 North Bridge Configuration Use the NorthBridge Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 22) to configure the northbridge chipset. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Select either an integrated graphics controller (IGD) or a combination of PCI graphics controller, a PCI express (PEG) controller or an IGD. Configuration options are listed below: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Use the Load Failsafe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F8 key can be used for this operation. CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Chapter Software Drivers CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
NOTE: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice. Visit the CyberResearch website or contact technical support for the latest updates. The MICA Series motherboard has the following software drivers:...
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The “Welcome” window in Figure 7-2 appears next. Step 3: Figure 7-2: Welcome Screen Click “N ” and the license agreement shown in Figure 7-3 appears. Step 4: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
Open the X:\2-VGA\WIN2K_XP directory (where X:\ is the system CD drive) and double-click the win2k_xp1420.exe installation file. Step 3: The Starting Install Shield Wizard appears (Figure 7-6). CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
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A license agreement shown in Figure 7-9 appears. Read through the license Step 6: agreement. Figure 7-9: VGA Driver License Agreement Accept the terms and conditions stipulated in the license agreement by clicking Step 7: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
To install the Broadcom LAN driver, please follow the steps below. Open Windows Control Panel (Figure 7-12). Step 1: Figure 7-12: Access Windows Control Panel Step 2: Double click the System icon (Figure 7-13). CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Windows does not recognize the device). Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 7-16). Click N to continue. Figure 7-16: Search for Suitable Driver CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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The audio driver installation continues (Figure 7-23). Figure 7-23: Audio Driver Installation Continues After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen appears Step 6: (Figure 7-24). CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Step 10: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen appears. The confirmation screen allows user to restart the computer immediately after Step 11: CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Appendix BIOS Configuration Options CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
MPS Revision [1.4]....................107 Smbios Smi Support [Enabled]................108 Remote Access [Enabled] ................... 109 Serial Port Number ....................109 Serial Port Mode ....................109 Flow Control......................110 CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Appendix Watchdog Timer CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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MICA Series Motherboards NOTE: Contact CyberResearch technical support for help with Windows operating systems. The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug.
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; ADD THE APPLICATION PROGRAM HERE EXIT_AP, 1 ;is the application over? W_LOOP ;No, restart the application AX, 6F02H ;disable Watchdog Timer BL, 0 ; EXIT ; CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Appendix Address Mapping CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
C.4 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function Available Available Floppy disk (8-bit transfer) Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available Table C-4: DMA Channel Assignments CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Karaoke Mode:- The Karaoke Mode is accessed in the Sound Effect window. The Voice Cancellation disables the vocal part of the music being played. The Key adjustment up or down arrow icons enables users to define a key CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
® CyberResearch Motherboards MICA Series Index CyberResearch, Inc. 25 Business Park Drive P: (203) 483-8815; F: (203) 483-9024 Branford, CT USA www.cyberresearch.com...
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Signal connections and programming are the two most common sources of difficulty. CyberResearch support personnel can help you solve these problems, especially if you are prepared for the call.
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CyberResearch, Inc. will, at its option, repair or replace the defective item under the terms of this warranty, subject to the provisions and specific exclusions listed herein.
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