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  • Page 1 NS70-EC NS70-EL Rev. A+ System Board User’s Manual 58200209...
  • Page 2 Copyright This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No par t 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.

  • Page 3: Fcc And Doc Statement On Class B

    Battery: • Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. • Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer. • Dispose of used batteries according to the batter y manufacturer’s instructions. Joystick or MIDI port: • Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than 10A current at 5V DC .

  • Page 4: System Board

    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”. System Board This user’s manual is for the NS70-EC and NS70-EL system boards. The differences between these boards are shown below. NS70-EC NS70-EL...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications.................. 1.2 Package Checklist......................Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation System Board Layout ..................System Memory......................Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data........Jumper Settings for the Onboard LAN..........Por ts and Connectors................... Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System..............
  • Page 6 Introduction Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface..............4.2 Hardware Monitor......................4.3 SiS AGP Driver......................... 4.4 SiS IDE Driver for Windows XP/2000............ 4.5 Realtek Audio Drivers....................4.6 ADMtek LAN Drivers for Windows............4.7 Microsoft DirectX 8.1 Driver................4.8 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes............. Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function............

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset • SiS 645DX/961B ® Processor The system board is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a ® Pentium 4 processor. ® ® • Intel Pentium 4 processor (478-pin) •...
  • Page 8 Introduction Expansion Slots The system board is equipped with 1 AGP slot, 5 PCI slots (1 shared with CNR slot) and 1 CNR slot. AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system memory for texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending.
  • Page 9 Introduction • One game/MIDI port • Three audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in Connectors • One connector for 2 additional external USB ports • One connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks • Two internal audio connectors (AUX-in and CD-in) •...

  • Page 10: System Health Monitor Functions

    Introduction BIOS • Award BIOS, Windows 98/2000/ME/XP Plug and Play ® compatible • Supports SCSI sequential boot-up • Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades • Supports DMI 2.0 function • 2Mbit flash memory Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board comes with a DMI 2.0 built into the BIOS. The DMI utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play...
  • Page 11 Introduction 1.1.3 Intelligence Automatic System Fan 1 Off The system fan 1 will automatically turn off once the system enters the Suspend mode. Dual Function Power Button Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWRBTN” field of the Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.
  • Page 12 Introduction Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up a system from the S3/S4/S5 state. Refer to “PS2KB Function As” and “PS2 Mouse Wake Up” (“PM Wake Up Events” field) in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information.
  • Page 13 Introduction ACPI STR The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct ® Power Management.

  • Page 14: Package Checklist

    Introduction 1.2 Package Checklist The system board package contains the following items: The system board A user’s manual One IDE cable for ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 or ATA/133 IDE drives One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable One “Main Board Utility” CD If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

    Ring (J6) SP-SW RESET USB 3 & 4 (J9) G-SW P-LED Mouse Parallel Game/MIDI USB 2 Square denotes pin 1 (Green) (Black) (Burgundy) (Gold) Mic-In (Pink) Line-In Speaker-Out COM 1 COM 2 USB 1 (Light Blue) (Teal/Turquoise) (Lime) (Purple) (Black) NS70-EC...
  • Page 16 Hardware Installation CPU fan DDR SDRAM KBMS1 (J10) DIMM 2 LAN-USB1 Socket 478 SDRAM COM 1 (CN2) DIMM 3 Parallel (CN4) COM 2 (CN1) Game/Audio (CN3) DDR SDRAM +12V power DIMM 1 (ATXPWR1) AUX-in 645DX (J4) ATX power (ATXPWR2) CD-in Onboard LAN (J3) Secondary...

  • Page 17: 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 18 Hardware Installation Installing the DDR SDRAM DIMM 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 19: Jumper Settings For Clearing Cmos Data

    Hardware Installation 2.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS (JP3) 3 2 1 1-2 On: 2-3 On: Normal Clear CMOS Data (default) Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP3 If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted. b) You forgot the keyboard, supervisor or user password.
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 3. Now power-on the system. If your reason for clearing the CMOS data is due to incorrect setting of the processor’s ratio/clock in the BIOS, please proceed to step 4. 4. After powering-on the system, press <Del> to enter the main menu of the BIOS.

  • Page 21: Jumper Settings For The Onboard Lan

    Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for the Onboard LAN (NS70-EL only) 1 2 3 Onboard LAN setting (JP1) 1-2 On: Enabled 2-3 On: Disabled (default) Onboard LAN Setting - Jumper JP1 The NS70-EL system board supports onboard LAN. To use this function, this jumper must be set to Enabled.

  • Page 22: Ports And Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.5 Ports and Connectors 2.5.1 Serial Ports COM 1 COM 2 (Teal/Turquoise) COM 1 COM 2 Serial Port Serial Port The mainboard is equipped with onboard serial ports (COM 1: CN2 and COM 2: CN1) - both in Teal/Turquoise color located at the ATX double deck ports of the board.
  • Page 23 Hardware Installation 2.5.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports KBMS1 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard Mouse (Green) (Purple) The system board is equipped with an onboard PS/2 mouse (Green) and PS/2 keyboard (Purple) ports - both at location KBMS1 of the ATX double deck ports of the system board. The PS/2 mouse port uses IRQ12.

  • Page 24: Parallel Port

    Hardware Installation 2.5.3 Parallel Port Parallel (Burgundy) Parallel Por t The system board has a standard parallel port (CN4 - Burgundy) located at the ATX double deck ports of the board for interfacing your PC to a parallel printer. It supports SPP, ECP and EPP modes. You can set the por t’...

  • Page 25: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.5.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector Floppy The system board is equipped with a shrouded floppy disk drive connector that supports 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 26: Ide Disk Drive Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.5.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector Secondary IDE (IDE 2) Primary IDE (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 27 Hardware Installation 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. The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 or ATA/133 hard drives.

  • Page 28: Universal Serial Bus Ports

    Hardware Installation 2.5.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports LAN-USB1 USB 3 & 4 (J9) USB 2 (Black) USB 1 (Black) Onboard USB Ports (USB 1 and USB 2) Additional USB Ports (USB 3 and USB 4) Function Function -Data -Data +Data +Data Ground Ground...
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation The system board supports 4 USB ports. USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals. You must have the proper drivers installed in your operating system to use the USB ports.
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation 2.5.7 RJ45 Fast-Ethernet Port (NS70-EL only) LAN-USB1 RJ45 RJ45 LAN The system board is equipped with an onboard RJ45 fast-ethernet LAN port at location LAN-USB1 of the ATX double deck por ts. It allows the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.

  • Page 31: Irda Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.5.8 IrDA Connector IrDA (J14) Function IRRX Ground IRTX The system board is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices. The IRDA (Infr ared Data Association) specification suppor ts data transfers of 115K baud at a distance of 1 meter. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J14 on the system board.
  • Page 32 Hardware Installation 2.5.9 CPU Fan Connector CPU fan (J10) Function Ground +12V Sense The CPU must be kept cool by using a fan with heatsink. Connect the CPU fan to the 3-pin fan connector at location J10 (red connector) on the system board. The system is capable of monitoring the speed of the CPU fan.
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation 2.5.10 System Fan 1 and System Fan 2 Connectors System fan 2 (J1) System fan 1 (J8) System Fan 1 System Fan 2 (red connector) (white connector) Function Function Ground Ground +12V +12V Sense N. C. The system board is equipped with two system fan connectors. Installing system fans will provide adequate airflow throughout the chassis.
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation 2.5.11 Game/MIDI Port Game/MIDI Port Game/MIDI (Gold) The Game/MIDI port is identical to that of a standard PC game adapter or game I/O port. Connect an analog joystick to the 15-pin D-sub connector (CN3 - Gold) located at the ATX double deck ports of the system board.

  • Page 35: Audio Jacks

    Hardware Installation 2.5.12 Audio Jacks Line-out Line-in Mic-in Front audio (J5) Mic-in (Pink) Line-in Line-out (Lime) (Light Blue) Onboard Audio Jacks Line-out Line-in Mic-in Front Audio (J5) Function Function Mic+ Ground N. C. AuD_Vcc (Avcc) AuD_R_Out N. C. N. C. AuD_L_Out N.
  • Page 36 Hardware Installation Onboard Audio Jacks The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a one- hole connecting interface for inserting a plug. Line-out Jack (Lime) This jack is used to connect external speakers for audio output from the system board.

  • Page 37: Internal Audio Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.5.13 Internal Audio Connectors AUX-in (J4) CD-in (J3) Function Left audio channel Ground Ground Right audio channel CD-in and AUX-in These audio-in connectors are used to receive audio from a CD- ROM drive, TV tuner or MPEG card.
  • Page 38 Hardware Installation 2.5.14 Wake-On-LAN Connector 1 2 3 Wake-On- LAN (J7) Function +5VSB Ground The system board supports the Wake-On-LAN function. This function will allow the network to remotely power-on a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. However, if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.
  • Page 39 Hardware Installation 2.5.15 Wake-On-Ring Connector Wake-On- Ring (J6) Function Ground The Wake-On-Ring connector is used to connect to an internal modem 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 40: Power Connector

    Hardware Installation 2.5.16 Power Connector ATX power (ATXPWR2) +12V power (ATXPWR1) We recommend that you use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide Version 1.1. Connect the ATX12V power supply’s 20-pin ATX main power connector and 4- pin +12V power connector to ATXPWR2 and ATXPWR1 respectively.
  • Page 41 Hardware Installation ATX Main Power Connector Function Function 3.3V 3.3V 3.3V -12V Ground Ground PS-ON Ground Ground Ground Ground Ground PW-OK 5VSB +12V +12V Power Connector Function Ground Ground +12V +12V...

  • Page 42: Front Panel Connectors

    Hardware Installation 2.5.17 Front Panel Connectors SPEAKER HD-LED G-LED SP-LED Front panel connectors (J11) RESET SP-SW P-LED G-SW SP-LED - ATX 5VSB Standby LED This LED will light when the 5VSB power is active. HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed. G-LED: Green LED This LED will not light when the system’s power is on.
  • Page 43 Hardware Installation SPEAKER: Speaker Connector This connects to the speaker installed in the system chassis. P-LED: Power/Standby LED When the system’s power is on or when the system is in the S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) state, this LED will light. When the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) or power-off state, this LED will not light.

  • Page 44: Chapter 3 - Award Bios Setup Utility

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the processor and pe- ripherals. In addition, the BIOS also contains codes for various ad- vanced features found in this mainboard.
  • Page 45 Award BIOS Setup Utility Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Item Help Date (mm:dd:yy) Fri, Mar 1 2002 Time (hh:mm:ss) 4 : 35 : 5 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Press Enter None Change the day, month, IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None year and century...
  • Page 46 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave If you wish to define your own drive type manually, select “Manual”. The drive type information should be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor. If you select ”Auto”, the BIOS will auto-detect the HDD & CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD &...
  • Page 47 Award BIOS Setup Utility Halt On This field determines whether the system will stop if an error is detected during power up. The default setting is All Errors. No Errors The system boot will not stop for any errors detected. All Errors The system boot will stop whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error.

  • Page 48: Advanced Bios Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the mainboard, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
  • Page 49 Award BIOS Setup Utility operating systems like Windows ® 98/2000/ME/XP or the operating system may not install nor work. CPU L1 & L2 Cache These fields speed up the memory access. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The processors supported by the system board come with built-in Level 2 cache.
  • Page 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys.
  • Page 51 Award BIOS Setup Utility APIC Mode Leave this field in its default setting. MPS Version Control for OS Leave this field in its default setting. OS Select for DRAM > 64MB This field allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2.

  • Page 52: Advanced Chipset Features

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Item Help Press Enter DRAM Clock/Drive Control Enabled Prefetch Caching Menu Level Enabled Memory Hole at 15M-16M 128MB AGP Aperture Size Enabled Graphic Window WR Combin Enabled AGP Fast Write Enabled...
  • Page 53 Award BIOS Setup Utility DDR DRAM Command Rate The options are Auto, Delay 1T and Delay 2T. Prefetch Caching The options are Enabled and Disabled. Memory Hole At 15M-16M In order to improve system performance, cer tain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards.

  • Page 54: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Item Help SIS OnChip IDE Device Press Enter SIS OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Menu Level Onboard Super IO Device Press Enter USB Controller Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode...
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO means Programmed Input/Output. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands to effect a transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants and then let the controller and the CPU perform the complete task by themselves.
  • Page 56 Award BIOS Setup Utility SIS OnChip PCI Device Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The following fields will appear. AC97 Audio Enabled Select this option when using the onboard audio codec. Disabled Select this option when using a PCI sound card. S/W Modem Enabled Select this option when using a primar y or second-...
  • Page 57 Award BIOS Setup Utility To use the IrDA function, follow the steps below. 1. Connect your IrDA cable to connector J14 on the mainboard. 2. Set the “UART2 Mode Select” field to the type of IrDA standard suppor ted by your IrDA peripheral/device. For better transmission of data, your IrDA peripheral device must be within a 30 angle and within a distance of 1 meter.
  • Page 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB Controller We recommend that you leave this field in its default setting - Enabled. USB Keyboard Support By default, USB Keyboard Support is Disabled. However, if you are using a USB keyboard under DOS, make sure to enable this function.
  • Page 59 Award BIOS Setup Utility Audio Access Interface This field is used to select the access interface of the audio device. The options are Embedded Bus and PCI Bus.

  • Page 60: Power Management Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively save energy. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function Enabled ACPI Suspend Type S3(STR) Menu Level Power Management...
  • Page 61 Award BIOS Setup Utility Power Management This field allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving by changing the length of idle time that elapses before the Suspend Mode field is activated. Min Saving Minimum power saving time for the Suspend Mode = 1 Hr.
  • Page 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility MODEM Use IRQ This field is used to select an IRQ channel for the modem installed in your system. PS2KB Function As Power Off Use the keyboard keys to power-on the system from the power-off state. Suspend Use the keyboard keys to wake up the system from the Suspend mode.
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility Soft-Off by PWRBTN This field allows you to select the method of powering off your system. Delay 4 Sec Regardless of whether the Power Management field is enabled or disabled, if the power button is pushed and released in less than 4 sec, the system enters the Suspend mode.
  • Page 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility Resume On Ring This field allows you to enable the Wake-On-LAN and Wake-On- Ring functions. • When enabled, the system will power-on to respond to calls coming through an external or internal modem. Refer to “Wake- On-Ring Connector”...
  • Page 65 Award BIOS Setup Utility Day of Month Alarm The system will power-on ever yday 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 66: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations This section shows how to configure 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. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP/PCI Configurations Item Help...
  • Page 67 Award BIOS Setup Utility IRQ Resources Move the cursor to this field and press <Enter>. The “IRQ-3 assigned to” to “IRQ-15 assigned to” fields will appear. Set each system interrupt to either “PCI Device” or “Reserved”. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop This field determines whether the MPEG ISA/VESA VGA cards can work with PCI/VGA or not.

  • Page 68: Pc Health Status

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.7 PC Health Status Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status Item Help Shutdown Temperature C/158 CPU(V) 1.75 V Menu Level VCCVID(V) 1.18 V +3.3 V 3.35 V +5 V 4.90 V +12 V 11.85 V +3V SB 3.24 V...
  • Page 69 Award BIOS Setup Utility Current CPU Temp., Current System Temp., CPU Power Temp., Current CPU Fan Speed and Current System Fan 1 Speed These fields show the current temperature of the CPU, internal temperature of the system, current temperature of the power supplied to the CPU, and the current fan speed of the CPU fan and system fan 1 in RPM (Revolutions Per Minute).

  • Page 70: Frequency/Voltage Control

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 Frequency/Voltage Control Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency/Voltage Control Item Help CPU Clock Ratio Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk Enabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled CPU/DRAM Clock Ratio Clock By Slight Adjust Current DDR Frequency is 100x2 ↑↓→←...
  • Page 71 Award BIOS Setup Utility Clock By Slight Adjust This field provides several options for selecting the external system bus clock of the processor. The available options allow you to adjust the processor’ s bus clock by 1MHz increment. Important: Overclocking may result in the processor’s or system’s instability and is not guaranteed to provide better system performance.

  • Page 72: Load Fail-Safe Defaults

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults The “Load Fail-Safe Defaults” option loads the troubleshooting de- fault 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 73: Set Supervisor Password

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.11 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 super visor’s password with the “Setup”...

  • Page 74: Save & Exit Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup When all the changes have been made, highlight “Save & Exit Setup” and press <Enter>. The message below will appear: Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Type “Y” and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot.

  • Page 75: Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares

    Supported Softwares Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The system board comes with a DMI built into the BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer systems easier. With DMI, a network administrator or MIS engineer can remotely access some information about a par ticular computer system without physically going to it.

  • Page 76: Using The Dmi Utility

    Supported Softwares 4.1.2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information Processor Handle : 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name : Memory Module...

  • Page 77: Add Dmi

    Supported Softwares Add DMI 1. Use the ← or → arrow keys to select the Add DMI menu. 2. Highlight the item on the left screen that you would like to add by using the ↑ or ↓ arrow keys, then press <Enter>. 3.

  • Page 78: Hardware Monitor

    Supported Softwares 4.2 Hardware Monitor The system board comes with the Hardware Monitor utility contained in the provided CD. It is capable of monitoring the system’s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system, voltage, and speed of the CPU and system fans. It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored.

  • Page 79: Realtek Audio Drivers

    Supported Softwares 4.5 Realtek Audio Drivers   The Realtek audio drivers support the Windows 98, Windows    SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and  Windows XP operating systems. To install the drivers, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear.

  • Page 80: Drivers And Utilities Installation Notes

    Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click "Setup". 2. Please go to DFI's web site at "http://www.dfi.com/suppor t1/ download2.asp" for the latest version of the drivers or software applications.

  • Page 81: Appendix A - Using The Suspend To Ram Function

    Using the Suspend to RAM Function Appendix A - Using the Suspend to RAM Function A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® If you are using the Windows 98 operating system, please follow the steps below. Select “Power Management Setup” in the main menu screen and press <Enter>.
  • Page 82 Using the Suspend to RAM Function ® ® Boot Windows 98. In the Windows 98 desktop, click the Start button. Move the cursor to Settings, then click Control Panel. To check whether ACPI was properly installed, double-click the System icon. In the System Proper ties dialog box, click the “Device Manager”...
  • Page 83 Using the Suspend to RAM Function Click File System. In the “Typical role of this computer” field, select “Mobile or docking system”. Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. 10. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double- click the Power Management icon.
  • Page 84 Using the Suspend to RAM Function 12. After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operating system. You can power- off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”...

  • Page 85: 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 86 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 87: 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 88: 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 89: 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 90: 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.

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