MK77M-V Socket A AMD Athlon XP / Duron Processor Based DDR Main Board User's Manual
WARNING Thermal issue is highly essential for processors with a speed of 600MHz and above. Hence, we recommend you to use the CPU fan qualified by AMD or motherboard manufacturer. Meanwhile, please make sure CPU and fan are securely fastened well. Otherwise, improper fan installation not gets system unstable but also could damage both CPU and motherboard because insufficient thermal dissipation.
MK77M-V SocketA AMD Athlon/ Duron Processor based DDR Mainboard Manual Version 1.0 Disclaimer This company shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product. This company makes no representations or warranties regarding the contents of this manual. Information in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no guarantee is given as to the correctness of the contents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT'S IN THE MANUAL ..................................................................... 5 Quick Reference ............................................................................................... 5 About This Manual ........................................................................................... 5 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 6 1.1 TO DIFFERENT USERS .....................................................
3.2 JUMPER SETTINGS ................................................................................. 24 JUMPER & CONNECTOR GUIDE......................................................... 25 Jumpers Clear CMOS (JP1) ................................................................................ 28 BIOS Protection (JP2) ........................................................................... 28 CPU Frequency (JP3)............................................................................
Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connectors ......................................... 37 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX1) .................................................... 38 Cooling FAN Connectors for CPU FAN (CPUFAN1) and Case FAN (CASFAN1) .......................................................................... 38 IR Header (SIR1) ................................................................................... 39 Audio CD-IN Connector (CD1)..........
5 BIOS SETUP ..................................................................................... 55 5.1 ENTER THE BIOS ..................................................................................... 55 5.2 THE MAIN MENU ...................................................................................... 56 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ............................................................... 58 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES .................................................................
WHAT'S IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ................................................ Page 11 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ...................................................... Page 24 Software Utility >> How to Install .......................................................... Page 44 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ......................................................... Page 55 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ................................
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 To Different Users First-Time DIY System Builder Welcome to the DIY world! Building your own computer system is not as difficult as you may think. To make your first computer DIY experience successful, right from the start, we have designed the Chapter 3 Hardware Installation section in a step-by-step fashion for all the first-time DIY system builders.
1.2 Item Checklist Check all items with you MK77M-V mainboard to make sure nothing is missing.
2 FEATURES MK77M-V mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications CPU Support Support Socket462 package CPU with 200/266 MHz FSB. Chipset Features VIA KM266, VT8735 N.B. and VT8233A S.B. Chipset. Jumpe CPU Configuration Soft-configuration FSB (The FSB speed is software configurable to 100MHz and 133MHz. AC'97 Link for Audio and Telephony CODEC AC'97 2.2 compliant.
IO Interface Provides a variety of IO interfaces: 1* Floppy interface for 3.5-inch FDD with 720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB format or for 5.25-inch FDD with 360K or 1.2MB format. 1* PS2 mouse connector. 1* PS2 Keyboard connector. 1* RJ45 LAN connector. 1* DB9 Serial connectors 16550 UART compatible. 1* Infrared communication port. (Serial port COM2 can also be redirected to an external IrDA Adapter for wireless connection.
System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6.0 PG on 2Mb Flash EEPROM and supports Green PC, Desktop Management Interface (DMI). Micro ATX Form Factor System board conforms to the Micor ATX specification. Board dimension: 244mm*220mm. Advanced Features Dual Function Power Button - The system can be in one of two states; one is Suspend mode and the other is Soft-Off mode. Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Suspend mode.
3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Before removing or installing any of these devices including CPU, DIMMs, Add-On Cards, Cables, please make sure to unplug the onboard power connector. This section outlines how to install and configure your MK77M-V mainboard. Refer to the following mainboard layout to help you identify various jumpers, connectors, slots, and ports. Then follow these steps to guide you through a quick and correct installation of your system. 3.
Step 1 Install the CPU: 1. Locate the CPU ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket on the upper-right sector of your mainboard (between the back-panel connectors and the DIMM memory slots). 2. Pull the CPU ZIF socket lever slightly sideways away from the socket to unlock the lever, and then bring it to an upwardly vertical position. 3. Place your AMD 462 Athlon/ Duron processor in the socket A.
Step 2. Set Jumpers This mainboard is jumperless! The default jumper settings have been set for the common usage standard of this mainboard. Therefore, you do not need to reset the jumpers unless you require special adjustments as in any of the following cases: 1. Clear CMOS 2. BIOS Protection 3. CPU Frequency For first-time DIY system builders, we recommend that you do not change the default jumper settings if you are not totally familiar with mainboard configuration procedures.
Step 4 Install Internal Peripherals in System Case Before you install and connect the mainboard into your system case, we recommend that you first assemble all the internal peripheral devices into the computer housing, including but not limited to the hard disk drive (IDE HDD), floppy disk drive (FDD), CD-ROM drive, and ATX power supply unit. This will greatly facilitate in making the connections to the mainboard described below. To install IDE & FDD drives, follow this procedure: 1.
Step 5 Mount the Mainboard on the Computer Chassis 1. You may find that there are a lot of different mounting hole positions both on your computer chassis and on the mainboard. To choose a correct mounting hole, the key point is to keep the back-panel of the mainboard in a close fit with your system case, as shown below. 2. After deciding on the proper mounting holes, position the studs between the frame of chassis and the mainboard.
Step 6 Connect Front-Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/USB connectors You can find there are several different cables already existing in the system case and originating from the computer's front-panel devices (HDD LED, Power LED, Reset Switch, PC Speaker, or USB devices etc.) These cables serve to connect the front-panel switches, LEDs, and USB connectors to the mainboard's front-panel connectors group (PANEL1,SJ1,J1), as shown below. 1.PANEL1 (1). HDD_LED (HDD LED) (2). Power_LED (Power LED) (3).
3. Single color LED header(SJ1) SJ1 1 4.SPEAKER (SPEAKER 1) SPEAKER1 1 SIGNAL NC NC +5V J1 5.
Step 7 Connect IDE & Floppy Disk Drives 1. IDE cable connector IDE1 IDE2 FDD1 2. FDD cable connector Step 8 CD 1 1 AUDIO1 - 18 - CD 2 Connect Other Internal Peripherals 1.
SIR1 2. IR connector(SIR1) 3. SPDIF connector(SPDIF1) Step 9 ATX1 Connect Power Supply 1.
Step 10 Install Add-on Cards in Expansion Slots 1. PCI Card 2. AGP Card 3. CNR Card Step 11 Connect External Peripherals to Back-Panel You are now ready to put the computer case back together and get on to the external peripherals connections to your system's back-panel.
PS2 Mouse 1. PS2 Mouse and Keyboard PS2 keyboard LAN Port 2. LAN Port USB Port 0 3. USB Ports USB Port 1 4. Parallel Port Parallel Port foxconn 5.
6. Audio Line_out, Line_in, Mic_In Line-Out Port Line-In Port Mic-In Port 7.
Step 12 Install Driver & Software Components Please note that all the system utilities and drivers are designed for Win 9x / 2000/ME/NT operating systems . Make sure your operating system is already installed before running the drivers installation CD-ROM programs. 1. Insert the MK77M-V bundled CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. The auto-run program will display the drivers main installation window on screen. 2. Select the Mainboard related program. 3. Install VIA 4-in-1 and AC97 Sound drivers. 4.
3.2 Jumper Settings Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins to the mainboard. Pin #1 could be located at any corner of each jumper; you just find a location marked with a while right angle, which stands for pin1#.
Jumper & Connector Guide Use the mainboard layout on page 11 to locate CPU socket, memory slots, expansion slots, jumpers and connectors on the mainboard during installation. The following list will help you identify jumpers, slots, and connectors along with their assigned functions: A2 E2 E2 E1 E10 B1 D1 B2~B4 B5~B8 D1 B9~B10 E4 E5 E8 E7 A3 E3 C5 C1~C4 E6 C8 C7 A1 C6 E9 CPUMemoryExpansion Slots Socket 462 : CPU Socket for AMD Athlon and Duron processors.
Jumpers A1 JP1 A2 JP2 A3 JP3 : Clear CMOS : BIOS protection : CPU Frequency Back-Panel Connectors B1 KB : PS2 Keyboard B1 MS : PS2 Mouse B2 COM1 : Serial Port 1 (DB9 male) : VGA Port (DB15 female) B3 VGA : Parallel Port (DB25 female) B4 PRINTER B5 LINE-OUT : Line-Out Port B6 LINE-IN : Line-In Port B7 MIC-IN : Mic-In Port B8 GAME/ MIDI : MIDI/ Game Port LAN : RJ45 LAN Port B9 : 2 * USB (Universal Serial Bus) B10 USB Front-Panel Connectors (PANEL1,SPEAKER1) : IDE driver active LED C1 HDD LED : System power
Other Connectors: ATX1 : ATX Power (20-pin header) CAS FAN1 : Case Fan Power E2 CPU FAN1 : CPU Fan Power : IR Header E3 SIR1 : CD_IN connector E4 CD1 : Audio connector E5 CD2 : Front-oriented microphone/line-out port header E6 Audio 1 : SPDIF out header E7 SPDIF1 E8 WOL1 : Wake-On-LAN connector E9 WOM1 : Wake-On-Modem connector E10 COM2 : Onboard Serial 2 port header.
Jumpers A1 Clear CMOS (JP1) JP1 is used to clear CMOS data. Clearing CMOS will result in the permanent erasing of previous system configuration settings and the restoration of original (factory-default) system settings. 1 Pin 1-2 (Default) JP1 1 A2 Pin 2-3 (Clear CMOS) 1 BIOS Write Protection (JP2) JP2 is used to protect BIOS from abnormal writing. You may choose to place jumper cap on pins 1-2 for BIOS write protection; however, please place jumper cap on pins 2-3 if you need to reflash BIOS.
CPU Frequency (JP3) JP3 is set the CPU frequency (100MHz or 133 MHz) according to the CPU. You may choose to place jumper cap on pins 1-2 for 100MHz; however, please place jumper cap on pins 2-3 if you need to run 133MHz.
Back-Panel Connectors B1 PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connectors Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard & Mouse connectors are located at the rear panel of the mainboard. Depending on the computer housing you use (desktop or tower), the PS/2 Mouse connector is situated at the top of the PS/2 Keyboard connector when the mainboard is laid into a desktop, as opposed to a tower where the PS/2 Mouse connector is located at the right of the PS/2 Keyboard's.
B5 Line-Out Port Line-Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output. It can be connected to 1/8-inch TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers. B6 Line-In Port Line-In is a stereo line-level input port that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo plug. It can be used as a source for digital sound recording, a source to be mixed with the output, or both.
B10 USB Port Connectors This mainboard offers 2 USB ports on front panel. Plug each USB device jack into an available USB1/USB2 connector.
Front-Panel Connectors C1 HDD LED Connector (HDD LED) Attach the connector cable from the IDE device LED to the 2-pin HDD LED header. The HDD LED lights up whenever an IDE device is active. N/C 2 1 Power LED Connentor (Power LED) Attach the 2-pin Power-LED connector cable from the housing front-panel to the Power LED header on the mainboard. The Power LED stays light while the system is on.
C3 Hardware Reset Connector (Reset Switch) Attach the 2-pin hardware reset switch cable to the Reset Switch header. Pressing the reset switch causes the system to restart. Reset Switch HDD LED Power LED 2 1 ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector (Power Switch) The Power On/ Off Switch is a momentary-type switch used for turning on or off the system's ATX power supply. Attach the connector cable from the Power Switch to the 2-pin Power Switch header on the mainboard.
C5 Single color LED Header (SJ1) The headers is reserved for future use. 3 2 1 Pins Assignment: 1=SUSLED-G 2=SUSLED-G 3=5VSB C6 SJ1 1 Speaker Connector (SPEAKER1) Attach the PC speaker cable from the case to the 4-pin speaker connector (SPKR). 1 2 3 4 Pins Assignment: 1=SIGNAL 2=NC 3=NC 4=+5V 1 External SMI Header (J1) Hardware System Management Interface (J1) header may attach to 2-pin momentary switch.
C8 Extended USB Header (USB2) The headers are used to connect the cable attached to USB connectors which are mounted on front-panel or back-panel. But the USB cable is optional at the time of purchase.
Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connector The MK77M-V mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support to up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drives (H.D.D.). This mainboard also includes one 34-pin floppy disk controller (FDC) to accommodate the Floppy Disk Drive (F.D.D.). Moreover, this mainboard comes with one 80pin ATA133/100/66 ribbon cable to connect to IDE H.D.D. and one 34-pin ribbon cable for F.D.D.
Other Connectors E1 ATX Power Supply Connector (ATX1) ATX1 Locate the 20-pin male header ATX power connector (ATX1) on your mainboard. Plug the power cable from the ATX power supply unit directly into (PWR1) ATX power supply connector. Note 1: The ATX power connector is directional and will not go in unless the guides match perfectly making sure that pin#1 is properly positioned. Note 2: Make sure the latch of the ATX power connector clicks into place to ensure a solid attachment.
IR Header (SIR1) If you have an Infrared device, this mainboard can implement SIR (Standard IR) transfer function. To enable the IR transfer function, follow these steps: 1 2 3 5 4 6 Pins Assignment: 1=NC 4=GND SIR1 E3 2=KEY 5=IRTX 3=+5V 6=IRRX Note: Before connect your IR device, please be sure each IR on board pin allocation is matched with the pin of the IR device. Otherwise, incorrect IR connection may damage your IR device. Step 1. Attach the 6-pin infrared device cable to SIR1 connector.
E4 Audio CD_IN Connector (CD1) Port CD1 is used to attach an audio connector cable from the CD-ROM drive. C D1 1 2 3 4 E5 Audio Connector (CD2) Port CD2 can be used to connect a stereo audio input from CD-ROM, TV-tuner or MPEG card. E6 C D2 1 2 3 4 Front panel Microphone and Line_out Header (AUDIO1) This header allows the user to install auxiliary front-panel1 microphone and line-out ports for easier access.
Pins Assignment: 1=AUD_MIC 3=MIC_BIOS 5=AUD_F_R 7=RESERVED 9=AUD_F_L E7 2=AUD_GND 4=AUD_VDD 6=AUD_RET_R 8=KEY 10=AUD_RET_L SPDIF out header (SPDIF1) You can purchase an optional 24-bit digital audio extension bracket from a third-party vendor. You can use the audio RCA jacks to connect to digital audio devices. If you CD-ROM/DVD drive has digital audio output, you can connect it to the input pins of the SPDIF connector.
E9 Wake-On-Modem Connector (WOM1) If you have installed a modem, use the cable provided with the modem to plug into the mainboard WOM1 connector. This enables the Wake On Modem(WOM1) feature. When your system is in a power-saving mode, any modem signal automatically resumes the system. You must enable this item using the Power Management page of the Setup Utility. See Chapter 3 for more information.
3.3 System Memory Configuration The MK77M-V mainboard has two 184-pin DIMM banks that allow you to install from 128MB up to 2GB of system memory. Each 184-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module) bank can accommodate 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB of PC1600/PC2100 compliant 2.5V single or double side 64-bit wide data path DDR SDRAM modules. 1. Install Memory: Install memory in any or all of the banks. The combination shown as follows.
4 SOFTWARE UTILITY 4.1 Mainboard CD Overview Note: The CD contents attached in the MK77M-V mainboard are subject to change without notice. To start your mainboard CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click or run D:\Autorun.exe (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:) Navigation Bar Description: Install VIA Chipset Driver - Installing VIA Chipset driver.
4.2 Install VIA Chipset Driver Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the "Install VIA Chipset Driver” bar to install VIA Chipset Driver. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.
4.3 Install VGA Driver Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the "Install VGA Driver” bar to install VIA VGA Driver. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.
4.4 Install Audio Driver Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the "Install Audio Device Driver" bar to install Hardware Audio Driver. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.
4.5 Install LAN Driver Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the "Install LAN Driver" bar to install LAN Driver. Once you made your selection, a Setup window run the installation automatically.
Install WIN98 LAN drivers The LAN Device Driver can't be set up automatically, you need double click on My Computer -> Control Pnael -> System icon to bring up System Properties screen. Select tab "Device Manager". You will find a yellow "?" mark at PCI Ethernet Controller, that means the driver is not recognize. Double click on the Ethernet Controller. Then PCI Ethernet Controller Properties windows will appear on your screen. Click on the "Reinstall Driver" bar to install driver.
Please choose "Display a list of the drivers in a specific location, so you can select the driver you want" to the manual install driver, and click on "Next" bar to continue. Select "Network adapters" bar for LAN device and click on "Next" bar to continue. Insert the support CD by the mainboard manufacturer and choose "Have Disk" bar to continue next step. Indicate the driver's location as "D:\lan\WIN98\NETRTS5.INF" (In this location CD disk drive is supposed to be "D" letter.
Select "Realtek RTL8139 [A/B/C/8130] PCI Fast Ethernet NIC" to install, and then click on "OK". Make sure "Realtek RTL8139 [A/B/C/ 8130] PCI Fast Ethernet NIC" driver, and click on "Next". Then the system will do the setup procddure automatically. Completing the upgrade device driver, and click on "Finish" to restart the system to take all the changes effect. After restart, you may check Network adapters under the location mentioned at right figure. The Network adapters shows correctly.
Install WINNT LAN drivers The LAN Device Driver can't be set up automatically, you need double click on Desktop Network icon to bring up Network Setup Wizard screen. Select tab "Adapters" and "Add" bar to install driver. Insert the support CD by the mainboard manufacturer and choose "Have Disk" bar to continue next step. Key in the driver's location as "D:\lan\WINNT4\" (In this location CD disk drive is supposed to be "D" letter.) and click on "OK".
Make sure "Realtek RTL8139 [A/B/C/8130] PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter" driver, and click on "Close". Setting yourself network. Then the system will do the setup procddure automatically. Completing the upgrade device driver, and click on "Yes" to restart the system to take all the changes effect. After restart, you may check Network adapters under the location mentioned at right figure. The Network adapters shows correctly.
4.6 View the User's Manual Insert the attached CD into your CD-ROM drive, and the CD AutoRun screen should appear. If the AutoRun screen does not appear, double click on Autorun icon in My Computer to bring up Mainboard Software Setup screen. Select the item using your pointing device (e.g. mouse) on the “Manual"bar. Then Online Information windows will appear on the screen. Click on the “Install Acrobe Reader" bar if you need to install acrobe reader.
5 BIOS SETUP MK77M-V BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in batterybacked RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off. The system BIOS is managing and executing a variety of hardware related functions in the system, including: System date and time Hardware execution sequence Power management functions Allocation of system resources 5.
5.2 The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept and enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. Setup Items The main menu includes the following main setup categories.
Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PnP / PCI Configurations This entry appears if your system supports PnP/ PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed. Frequency/ Voltage Control Use this menu to specify your settings for frequency/ voltage control.
Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the or keys to select the value you want in each item. Date - Set the system date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you set the date. Time The time is converted based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 5 p.m. is 17:00:00.
IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu. Press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Drive ADrive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. The choice: None, 360K, 5.25 in, 1.2M, 5.25 in, 720K, 3.5 in, 1.44M, 3.5 in, or 2.88M, 3.5 in Video This item defines the video mode of the system. This mainboard has a built-in VGA graphics system; you must leave this item at the default value.
****************************************************** IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk drive. IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. Press Enter IDE Primary Master Selecting 'manual' lets you set the remaining fields on this screen and select the type of fixed disk.
Precomp Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk. Min = 0, Max = 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size. Min = 0, Max = 65535 Sector Number of sector per track.
Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enables and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen, and an alarm beep.
External Cache Most processors that can be installed in this system use external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value for better performance. The choice: Enabled or Disabled. CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item enables or disables ECC (Error Correction Code) error checking on the CPU cache memory. We recommend that you leave this item at the default value. The choice: Enabled or Disabled.
Boot Up NumLock Status This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started. The choice: Off or On. Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while a keyboard still provides this support, it is more common and much faster in setting to Fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered promptly. The choice: System or Setup. Note: To disabled security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu, and then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press ; it will disable security.
Advanced Chipset Features These items define critical timing parameters of the mainboard. You should leave the items on this page at their default values unless you are very familiar with the technical specifications of your system hardware. If you change the values incorrectly, you may introduce fatal errors or recurring instability into your system. DRAM Clock/ Drive Control Options are in its sub-menu. Press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.
DRAM Timing This item allows you to select the value in this field, depending on whether the board using which kind of DDR DRAM. The Choice: Manual or By SPD. SDRAM CAS Latency This item enables you to select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/ 3. It's set at factory and depends on the DRAM installed. Don't change the value unless you change specifications of the CPU or DRAM installed. The Choice: 2.5.
APG & P2P Bridge Control Options are in its sub-menu. Press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The Choice: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, or 256M.
PCI1Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled, writing to the PCI bus is executed with zero wait state. The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. PCI2 Master 0 WS Write When this item enabled, writing to the AGP bus is executed with zero wait state. The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. PCI1 Post Write This Item enabledisable AGP post write function, which means when cpu accessing the AGP data, the chipset can queue the instruction when the AGP bus is busy,then write the data when AGP bus is available .
Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better system performance. However, if any program is written to this memory area, a system error may result. The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. VGA Share Memory Size These items allows you to select the shared memory size for VGA usage. The Choice: 8M, 16M or 32M.
Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. OnChip IDE Channel0 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface; select Disabled to deactivate this interface The choice: Enabled or Disabled. OnChip IDE Channel1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE channels.
Primary/ Secondary / Master/ Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/ Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, or Mode 4.
Onboard Serial Port1/ Port2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. The choice: 3E8IRQ4, 2E8IRQ3, 3F8IRQ4, 2F8IRQ3,Auto, or Disabled. UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2. The choice: IrDA, ASKIR, SCR, or Normal. UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to selects the IR halffull duplex function. The choice: Full or Half.
Init Display First This item allows you to decide to activate PCI Slot or on-chip VGA first. The choice: PCI Slot or AGP. OnChip USB Controller This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when on chip USB so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature. The Choice: All Disabled, All Enabled, 1&2 USB Port, 2&3 USB Port, 1&3 USB Port, 1 USB Port, 2 USB Port, or 3 USB Port.
Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI Function This item allows you to enabledisable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) The choice: Enabled or Disabled. ACPI Suspend Type This item allows you to select sleep state when suspend. The choice: S1(POS), or S3(STR).
User Define Allows you to set each mode individually. HDD Power Down=Disabled or in.~15min. Suspend Mode= Disabled or 1 min ~1 hr. The choice: User Define, Min Saving, or Max Saving. HDD Power Down When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. The choice: Disabled or 1 Min~15 Min.
Soft-Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung". The choice: Instant-Off or Delay 4 Sec. Wakeup After PWR-Fail Use this item to indicate what you expect to happen after a power failure has occurred. The choice: Auto, On, or Off. IRQEvent Activity Detect Options are in its sub-menu. Press to enter the sub-menu of detailed options.
alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time. The choice: OFF, or ON. PowerOn by PCI Card This item enablesdisables the power on function of PCI Card. The choice: Disabled or Enabled. Modem Ring Resume When this item enabled, any event occurring Modem Ringactivity of LAN will awaken a system which has been powered down. The choice: Disabled or Enabled.
IRQ3 (COM 2) IRQ4 (COM 1) IRQ5 (LPT 2) IRQ6 (Floppy Disk) IRQ7 (LPT 1) IRQ8 (RTC Alarm) IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir) IRQ10 (Reserved) IRQ11 (Reserved) IRQ12 ( PS 2 Mouse ) IRQ13 (Coprocessor) IRQ14 (Hard Disk) IRQ15 (Reserved) The choice: Disabled or Enabled.
PnP/PCI Configurations This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows IO devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items, and it is strongly recommended that experienced users should make any changes to the default settings. PNP OS Installed This item allows you to determine PnP OS is installed or not. The choice: Yes or No.
If you set this field to "manual" , choose specific resources by going into each of the sub-menu that follows this field (a sub-menu is proceeded by a ">"). The choice: Auto(ESCD) or Manual. IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. IRQ3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15 assigned This item allows you to determine the IRQ assigned to the ISA bus and is not available to any PCI slot.
PC Health Status Shutdown Temperature Enables you to set the maximum temperature the system can reach before powering down. The choice: Disabled, 60。 C/140。 F, 65。 C/149。 F, 70。 C/158。 F. System Component Characteristics These fields provide you with information about the systems current operating status. You cannot make changes to these fields. The fields include CPU V-core +2.5V +3.
FrequencyVoltage Control Auto Detect PCI/DIMM Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection PCI/DIMM Clock. The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Spread Spectrum This item allows you to enable/disable the spread spectrum modulation. The choice: Enabled or Disabled. CPU Host/AGP/PCI Clock This item is used for overclocking only.
Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations.
Supervisor/ User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor Password and User Password The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor mode and User mode. In general, Supervisor mode has full access to the Setup options, whereas User mode has restricted access to the options.
Password Disable If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted in entering the password whenever the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted when you try to enter Setup. Warning : Retain a record of your password in a safe place. If you forget the password, the way to access the system is to clear CMOS, please refer to "Clear CMOS" on page 28.
