Abit SD7-533 manual

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    Copyright and W arranty Notice The information in thi s document is subject to change without notice and does not repres ent a commitment on part of the vendor , who assumes no lia bility or re sponsibili ty for an y e rrors t hat m ay app ear in t his m anual. No w arranty or r epresen tation , either expressed or imp lied, is m ade with respect t[...]

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    4200- 0260-02 Rev. 1. 01 SD7-533 Motherb oard User’s Manual Index CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION O F SD 7-533 FEATURE S...................... 1-1 1-1. F EATURES O F SD7- 533 M OTHERBOARD ............................................................... 1-1 1-2. S PECIFICA TIONS ..............................................................................[...]

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    SD7- 533 Moth erboard[...]

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    Intro duction of SD7- 533 Featur es User’ s Manual 1-1 Chapter 1. Introduct ion of SD 7-533 Fe atures 1-1. Features of SD7-533 Motherboard This m othe rboard is des igned for use w ith Intel’ s latest g ene ration o f Pe ntium ® 4 478 pins proces sors. Based o n the ne w SiS 64 5 chipsets (SiS 64 5 & SiS 961), t his mothe rboard s uppor ts[...]

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    Chapter 1 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 1-2 ensurin g a safe computing envi ronment. 1-2. Specifications 1. Proces sor ! Support s Intel ® Pe ntium ® 4 socket 478 p rocess or wit h 400 MHz (100 MHz Quad Data Rate) CPU fro nt side bus ! Support s future 40 0 MHz FSB proc essors for th e Intel ™ Pentium ™ 4 proce ssors 2. Chips et (SiS 645 a nd SiS 961[...]

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    Intro duction of SD7- 533 Featur es User’ s Manual 1-3 7. Misce llane ous ! ATX form factor ! One AGP slot, five PC I slots ! Buil t-in I rDA T X/RX he ader ! Tw o built-in S M-Bus heade r ! Hardware monit oring : Inclu ded fan sp eed, voltages , proc essor a nd syst em envi ronmen t temp eratu re ! Board s ize: 30 5 * 230mm # The Swi tching Po[...]

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    Chapter 1 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 1-4 1-4. Layout Diagram for SD7-533 Figu re 1- 1. SD 7-533 m otherboard comp onent locat ion Figu re 1- 2. CA- 20 Back Panel D iagram[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-1 Chapter 2. Installin g the Motherbo ard This S D7- 533 m othe rboar d not only prov i des all s tandar d equi pment fo r cla ssic pers onal co mpu ters, but also prov ides g reat f lexibil ity f or me eting futur e upgra de demands . This c hapter w ill introd uce step -by-st ep a ll of the s tanda [...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-2 2-1. Installing the M otherboard to t he Chassis Most comp uter c hassis w ill hav e a base on w hich there will be many moun ting holes tha t allow s the mothe rboard to be s ecure ly attache d and at t h e s ame time, pre vents shor t cir cuits. The re are two ways to atta ch t he m otherb oard t o th e bas e o[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-3 2-2. Install Pentium ® 4 Proc essor and Heatsink Supporting-Base This m othe rboard pr ovide s a ZIF ( Z ero I nserti on F or ce) S ocket 4 78 to install I ntel ® Pentiu m ® 4 proc essor. The p rocessor you bou ght shou ld includ e a heat sink and cooli ng fan ki t along with . If that ’s not t[...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-4 2-3. Installing System Memory This m othe rboard pr ovides three 184-pi n DDR DIMM s ites f or m emo ry e xpansio n. The DDR DIMM sock ets supp ort 8 Mx64 (64 MB ), 16 Mx64 (1 28 MB), 32 M x64 (256 MB), 64 Mx64 (512 MB ), and 128 Mx64 (1024 MB) or double d ensit y DDR DIMM modu les. Mini mum memory is 64 MB an d [...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-5 Step 4. Lo cate yo ur compute r’s 1 84-pin me mo ry e xpansion DD R DI MM socke t. Step 5. Inse rt the DD R DI MM module into the ex pansion s oc ket as show n in the illustra tion. No te ho w the mo dule is keyed to the s ocke t. Yo u can re fer to F igure 2-5 for the de tails . This insur es th [...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-6 Figu re 2- 6. All C onnect ors an d H ead ers for the SD7- 533 First , Let’ s see th e hea ders th at SD7 -533 us es, and wha t thei r func tions a re. We will s how you all th e con nector s and h eaders. (1). ATXPWR1 and ATX12V1: ATX Power Input Co nnectors The Pentium ® 4 require s a pow er s upplie r diffe[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-7 Cautio n If the pow er suppl y co nnectors are not pro perly attac hed to t he A TX pow er suppl y, the pow er suppl y or add-on cards may be dama ged. One e nd of AC pow er co re conne cts t o AT X power supply, an d the othe r end (A C plug) w ill plug into th e wall outlet . B e aware th at when [...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-8 (3). FPIO2: IR Header (Infrared) The re is a specif ic orien t atio n for p ins 1 thro ugh 5, atta ch th e conn ector from the IR K IT or IR devi ce to th e FPIO2 h eader. This motherb oard su pport s standard IR transfer rates. Not e: Watc h the pin po sition and t he orie ntation (4). SMB1 and SMB2 System Manag[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-9 (6). FPIO 3 (U SB 3/4) and FP IO4 (U SB 5/6) H eaders: Add itional USB P lugs H eader These h ead ers are fo r conn ecti ng the add iti onal USB port pl ugs. Each con nector can pr ovid e two additio nal USB plugs for a total of fo ur ad ditional USB pl ugs . You can use t he specia l U SB port ex p[...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-10 (8). FP IO1 H eaders: Th e Headers for C hassis’s Front Pane l Indicators and Switch es FPIO1 are for switc hes and indi cators for the chassis’s front panel, there are se vera l functions that come from this hea der. Y ou hav e to w atch the pi n posi tion and th e orient ation, or you may cau se LED do not[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-11 Table 2-2. FPIO1 pin count name list PIN Na me Signi fican ce of signa l PIN Na me Signi fican ce of signa l PIN 1 HDD LED (+) PIN 2 SP-LED (+) PIN 3 HDD LED (-) PIN 4 SP-LED (-) PIN 5 Reset SW (-) PIN 6 PW R-ON (+) PIN 7 Reset SW (+) PIN 8 PW R-ON (-) PI N 9 No Co nnec tion PI N 10 No Pin PI N 11 [...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-12 (10). I DE1and IDE2 Connectors This m otherbo ard prov ides tw o IDE po rts (I DE1 & ID E2) to co nnect u p to four IDE de vices in U ltra DMA 100 mode by Ultr a DMA 66 ribbo n cabl es. Each cable has 40-pin 80-condu ctor an d three conne ctor s, pr ovidi ng two har d drive conne ction s with the moth erboa [...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-13 (11 ). 6 CHAUD1 Header : 6 Channels Audio Header You’ll s ee th is head er on SD 7-533 mother board. Thi s header is des igned to conn ect the C A-20 ( Opti o nal ) . CA-20 (Optional ) can pr ovide the ana log audi o output si gnals for cente r cha nnel, subw oofer, re ar right an d rear l eft ch[...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-14 (13). CD1 an d AUX 1 Head ers These co nnec tors conn ect to th e audi o output of inter n al CD -RO M driv e or add- on car d. (14). SW1 a nd D15: Processor Defaul t Setting Switch and 5V Standby LED SW 1 is a pr oce ssor defa ult s etting switc h, used to set and test in our fact ory. Pl ease do not chan ge th[...]

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    Installing the Mother b oard User’ s Manual 2-15 (15 ). P S/2 Keyboar d Connector Attach a PS/2 ke ybo ard connec tor to this 6-pin Di n-connec tor. If you use a n AT key board, yo u can go to a co mpute r stor e to purch ase an A T to AT X conve rter ada pter, t hen y ou can connec t your A T keybo ard to this conne ctor. We suggest y ou use a P[...]

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    Chapter 2 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 2-16 Note This c hapter co ntains m any co lor draw ing diagra m an d photo s, we strongly r eco mmend y ou to re ad this c hap ter use the PDF file we gave yo u that sto re in the CD-Titl e. I t will pro vide yo u the bette r lo ok and cle arly co lor identify .[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-1 Chapter 3. Introducin g the BIOS The BIO S is a prog ram loca ted on a Flash Me mory chip o n the mot herboard. T his pr ogr am w ill no t be lost when you tu rn the c omputer off. Th is p rogram is also ref erred to as the b oot progra m. It is th e only channe l the har dwar e circ uit has to communic a[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-2 In the BIOS Setup m ain menu of Fig ure 3- 1, yo u can see several options. W e will explain the se options step by step in the follo wing p ages of t his ch apter, but let u s firs t see a sh ort des cripti on of th e functi on key s you may use here : ! Press Esc to quit th e BIOS Setup . ! Press ↑↓←→ ([...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-3 3-1. SOFT MENU ™ III Se tup The proce ssor can be setup thr ough a program mable switch ( SOFT MENU ™ III ) that re places the tradit ional m anual har dware config uratio n. This f eatur e allow s the user to more easily comple te the instal latio n proce dures . You can inst all the proce ssor w ith[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-4 ! User Defined: &&&& Wa r n i n g &&&& The wro ng se ttings of the mul tiplie r and ex ternal clo ck in certa in circums tances may cause pro cessor damag e. Setting the w orking fre quenc y hig her th an the spe cificatio ns of PCI or pro cess or may cause abnor mal m emo ry modul[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-5 Nor mally , we do not re comm end th at you use the “ Use r Defi ne ” opti on to setup p rocess or speed and PCI clock. T his optio n is fo r setu p of futur e proce ssor s whose s pecific ations ar e stil l unk now n. The spec ificat ion s of all pr esent p rocessor s ar e includ ed in th e defau lt [...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-6 3-2. Standard CMOS F eatu res Setup M enu This co ntains t he bas ic co nfigurat ion par amete rs of the BIOS . The se param eters incl ude d ate, hour, VGA card, floppy di sk and HDD sett ings. Figure 3-3A. St andard C MOS F eatu res Scre en Shot Date (mm :dd:yy): You ca n set the date in this item: month (m m),[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-7 IDE HDD Auto -Detectio n: Press the Enter key for the B I OS to au to detec t all deta iled pa rameters of the h ard disk d rivers (HDD). If auto d etecti on is su ccessfu l, th e correct values will b e shown in the rema ining it ems of thi s menu. Note * A new IDE HDD must be firs t formatted, otherwise[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-8 " Capac ity: This item aut o displa ys your HDD size. Note th at thi s size is usua lly slight ly greater t han th e size given b y a disk ch eckin g program of a format ted disk. Note All the items bel ow ar e avail able w hen yo u set the ite m Primary IDE M a ster to Manual . " Cylinder: Whe n disks [...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-9 Video : You ca n select t he VGA modes fo r your vi deo ada pter, f our o ptions are avai lable: EGA /VGA ) CGA 4 0 ) CGA 80 ) MONO. The d efault se tting is EG A/VGA . Halt On: You ca n select w hich ty pe of e rror will cause t h e s ys tem to halt. F ive optio ns are ava ilable : All Erro rs ) No Error[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-10 Figu re 3-4B . Adv anced BIOS Featu res Lower S creen Sh ot Virus W arning: This i tem can be set to Enable d or Dis abled, the defaul t setting be ing Disabled . Whe n this fe ature is en abled, if there is any at tempt from a softw are or an appli cation to access the boot secto r or the par tition ta ble, the[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-11 Boot O ther D evice: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . Thi s settin g allo ws the BIO S to try to boo t device s other than the three which are l isted in t he abo ve Fir st, Se cond an d Th ird Boot Devi ces. If you set to Di sabled, the BIOS will [...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-12 ! SETUP: When you choose Set up, a password is req ui red only when a ccessi ng the B IOS Setup. I f the cor rect passw ord is not g ive n, yo u can’t e nter t he BI OS setup me nu. ! SYSTEM: When you choose S ystem, a pa ssword is requir ed each ti me the compu ter boots up. If the corr ect passw ord is not g[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-13 Repor t No FDD For WIN 95: When u sing Wind ows ® 95 w ithout a fl oppy drive se t this item to Yes . Other wise, s et it to No . The de fault setti ng is No . Video B IOS Shadow: This option i s used to defi ne wheth er the B IOS on the vid eo card u ses the sh adow featu re or not. You shoul d se t th[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-14 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu The Chipse t Fe atures Se tup Me nu is use d to modif y the contents of t h e b uffers in the chipse t on the mothe rboard. Si nce the parameter s of the buffers ar e close ly relate d to har dware , if the se tup is no t cor rect or is false , the mo therbo ard wil l be[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-15 Advanced DRAM Contr ol 1: This item ca n le t you se t seve ral items conce rning t he DRA M p arame ters . I f y ou do not unders tand wha t each i tem do es, pl ease kee p the defau lt settings. W rong s etting s may cause syste m unsta blity , data l oss o r even prevent boot up ! Fig ure 3-5B. Adva n[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-16 " Timin g Constr aint Cn tl: Two options are availa ble: Slow ) No rmal . The defaul t setting is Sl ow . T iming Co nstrai nt Contro l on DD R SD RAM Ba ck-to-Ba ck w rite Comma nds whic h are issue d to diffe rent r anks . " GW Write Mas k AGP Request (Graph ic Window Write Mask AGP Re quest): Two op[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-17 AGP Fast Wri te: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Enable d or D isabl ed. The de fault se tting is Di sa bl ed . If your AGP adapte r can supp ort this function , then you can choose Enabled . Otherwise, c hoose Di sabl ed . Enabl ing this item can improv e your sy stem perfor mance, but it m ay also de cr[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-18 SIS OnC hip IDE Devic e: This i tem can le t you se ts seve ral ite ms conce rning the SIS O nChip I DE device parame ters. Figure 3-6B. SIS OnC hip ID E Device S creen Shot Internal PCI / IDE: Fo ur optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed ) Primary ) Seconda ry ) Both. T he defaul t se tting is Bo th . Th is item a[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-19 " IDE Se condary Master PIO: Six opti ons are a vailab le: Auto ) Mo de 0 ) Mo de 1 ) Mo de 2 ) Mode 3 ) Mode 4. The defaul t setti ng is Auto . T he BI OS can au to-detect the transf er m ode o f the I DE de vices in or der to set its da ta transfe r rate (D efaul t). You c an sele ct the PI O mode[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-20 Primary . Onboar d Supe r IO Devi ce: This i tem can le t you se ts seve ral ite ms conce rning the onboar d supe r I/O device par ameter s. Figure 3-6C. Onboard Super IO Device Screen Shot Onboard FDD Controll er: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . This i s[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-21 " IR Transmissi on Delay: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Enabled . Set I R transmiss ion del ays 4 charac ter- time (40 bit- time) whe n SIR is ch ange d from RX m ode to TX mode . " UR2 D upl ex M ode: Two opti ons are a vailab le: Full o r Half[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-22 " U SB K eybo ard S upp ort: Two options are av ailabl e: OS ) BI OS. The default se tting is OS . If your op eratin g system supp orts a USB ke yboard, ple ase se t it to OS . O nly in some si tuatio ns, such as in a pure D OS e nviro nment that does not s uppor t a US B key board, shoul d you se t it in B[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-23 3-6. Powe r Managem ent Setup Menu The diffe rence betwee n Gree n PCs and tr aditio nal comp uters is tha t Green P Cs have a pow er manag ement fe ature. Wit h this fe atur e, whe n the com puter is powe red on b ut inactive , the po wer con sumpti on is reduc ed in ord er to save en erg y. When th e c[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-24 ACPI Funct ion (A dvanc ed C onfig uratio n an d Pow er Inte rface ): ACPI give s the o perating system direct co ntrol ov er the powe r manag eme nt and Pl ug an d Play f unctio ns of a co mpute r. The A CP I functions are alw ays “ Enabled ”. I f you w ant ACPI functions to wor k normal ly, you sh ould not[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-25 Table 3-6- 2: Effect of Press ing th e Power Switch If the system i s in this stat e…… ……an d th e power sw itch is pressed for ……t he system enters thi s state Off Less than four secon ds Power on On More than four second s Soft off/Su spend On Le ss than four seconds Fail safe power off Sle[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-26 Rev. 1 .0 book sect ion 9.3. 2 for more detai ls on BIOS ini tiali zation. Fro m the so ftware point of v iew , this state is fu nctionall y the sam e as the S2 s tate. T he ope rational diffe rence can be th at so me P owe r Resources that co uld be lef t ON in the S 2 s tate m ight not be availabl e to the S3 [...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-27 PM Wake Up Events The foll owing is a list of I RQ’s ( I nterrupt R e Q uests ) and li st of th e events . When an I/O devic e want s to gain the att ention of the op eratin g system, it cau ses an I RQ or ev ent t o occu r. When th e operati ng syst em is re ady to respon d to the reques t, it i nterr[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-28 KB Power ON Pa ssword: This i tem let y ou set the passw ord f or ke ypad w akeup. A fter y ou se t the pas sword, a ny eve nt affe cting key pad will aw aken a sy stem that has pow ered do wn. Resume by Al arm: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Disabled . Whe n se t[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-29 Forc e Update ESCD: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Disabled . Nor mally , you should le ave this fiel d Disable d . Se le ct Ena bled to reset Ex tended S ys tem Co nfigur ation Da ta (ESCD) whe n you exit S etup if y ou have ins talled a new add- on and t[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-30 PCI /VGA Palett e Sn oop: Tw o optio ns ar e avail able: Disabl ed or Enabl ed. T he de fault set ting is Disabled . Thi s option a llows th e BIO S to prev iew VGA Status, an d to modify the i nform ation del ivered f rom the F eature Connec tor of the VGA card to the MPEG Card. T his opt ion can se t the dis p[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-31 Note ! PC I sl ot 1 shares IRQ signals w i th the AG P slot. ! PC I -4 and USB contr oller s share an I RQ. ! If you w ant to inst all tw o PCI cards in to tho se P CI sl ots that shar e IRQ w ith one ano ther at t he same time, you m u st make sure t hat your OS a nd PCI dev ices’ driver supports the [...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-32 CPU Shutdown Temperature : Five options ar e ava ilable: Disabl ed ) 60 ℃ /140 ℉ ) 65 ℃ /149 ℉ ) 70 ℃ /158 ℉ ) 75 ℃ /167 ℉ . The default se tting is Disa bl ed . You can se t the proce ssor sh utdow n tempe rature here . I f the proce ssor temp erat ure exceed s th e settin gs valu e, the s ystem[...]

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    Intro ducing the BIO S User’ s Manual 3-33 3-11. Set Password Set Passwor d: Can e nter but do no t have the rig h t to change the o ptions of the setup menus . Whe n you selec t thi s funct ion, th e followin g mes sage wil l app ear at the cent er of the s creen to assis t yo u in cre ating a pas swo rd. ENTER PASSW ORD: Ty pe the passw ord, up[...]

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    Chapter 3 SD7- 533 Moth erboard 3-34[...]

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    SiS Chip set Driver s Installa tion for Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual A-1 Appendix A. SiS Chip set Drivers Installat ion for Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 Af ter y ou’v e instal led Windo ws ® 98 SE or Windows ® 2000, yo u will nee d to instal l the SiS ch ipset drive rs. Step by ste p instruc tions on h ow to[...]

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    Appendix A SD7- 533 Moth erboard A-2 Step 2: The SiS AGP drive r setup I nstallShie ld ® wizard s hows up , and it will go t o th e next sc reen for a while. (Windows ® 2000) Step 3: You will n ow see th e welcom e screen and it s dialogu e box. C lick “ N ext > ” to go on. (Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 ) Step 4: Now you c an cho[...]

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    SiS Chip set Driver s Installa tion for Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual A-3 Step 6: W hen the ins tallatio n is comp lete, the inst aller will a sk you to res tart your comput er. We sugges t tha t you ch oose “ Yes, I want to restart m y com puter n ow. ” then clic k the “ Finish ” button to resta rt your comput er [...]

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    Appendix A SD7- 533 Moth erboard A-4[...]

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    Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S ystem B-1 User’ s Manual Appendix B. Installing The Winb ond Hardware Monitor System The Winbond hard ware monitor system is a self-dia gnostic system for PCs. It will protect PC hardware by m onitor ing s eve ral critic al item s in cluding powe r supply voltag e, CPU and sy stem fan s peeds , and CPU a[...]

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    B-2 Appendix B SD7- 533 Moth erboard Step 5: The welcom e screen and it s dialogu e box will appear. Clic k the “ N ext> ” butt on to go on. Step 6: Now you c an choos e the dest inat ion locatio n wher e you want to instal l the drivers . We sugges t tha t you us e the defa ult folder as the desti natio n lo cation. Afte r checki ng the fo [...]

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    Installing The Winbond H ardware Monitor S ystem B-3 User’ s Manual Step 11: You ca n sele ct the prog ram f rom Start toolb ar, and th en ch oose “ P rogr ams ”. You will see th e it em called “ winbond ” ) “ H a rd ware Doct or ”. C lick it, and you will b e able t o see th e screen belo w. Step 12: This screen shows the hardw a re [...]

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    B-4 Appendix B SD7- 533 Moth erboard[...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-1 Appendix C. Audio Dr iv ers and Applicat ions Instal latio n for Wi ndows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 After you’ve in sta lled Si S chip set drivers , you will need to in sta ll the audi o dri vers. S tep by st ep instr uctio ns o[...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-2 Step 3: Ch oose the lan guage you wan t and click on “ OK ” butto n, it w ill go to the ne xt s cree n. (Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 ) Step 4: You will n ow see th e Insta llSh ield ® wizard shows up. (Windows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 20 00) Step 5: The welcom e screen and it s dialogu e box wil[...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-3 Step 8: Progra m will star t to insta ll driv ers that th e system n eeds. The in staller will s how th e inst all progres s percen tage. (Windows ® 98 S E & Windows ® 20 00) Step 9: When in stalla tion is com plete, the prog ram[...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-4 Step 12: When system resta rts and enters th e operat ing system, you can go to “ System Prop erties ” then check the “ De vice Ma nager ” see th at th e devic es are p roperl y inst alled. (Windows ® 98 SE) Step 11: When system resta rts and enters th e operat ing system, you can then chec k th e “ D[...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-5 We’ll in trodu ce several ap plicat ions of Audio Rack . Y ou can che ck the m her e or go to their help menu for mor e detail ed inform atio n. W e w ill now show you the most f renq uency used pa nel cal led “ M i xer Panel ”. [...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-6 About Bu t ton: Shows software version and copyright information . Help B utton: Show s the help s cree n for de tailed bu tton f unc tion descriptio ns. This hori zontal s lider used to ad just the b alanc e bet ween th e two spea kers. Press the butto n to sw itch to the “ Record C ontrol Pane l ”. Most bu[...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-7 Speakers dialog prov ides an i nterface that all ows you to set yo ur spe aker co nfigura tion. F irst, You shoul d ma ke sur e w hat model type your speaker s are , and w h at t he cor rect co nfigura tions ar e. This dial og also sho[...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-8 The Options dialo g pro vides hot key se ttings to easi ly con trol t he Mixer. Pleas e note th at oth er applica tions m ay be affecte d if y ou us e the same hot key settings. Pleas e use “ Loa d Mixer Defaults ” to change all setti ngs to de fault value s. The au dio app licat ions except the mixer, ther [...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-9 MIDI P layer ca n play MIDI files, * .mid / *.rm i, a nd all ow you to create your ow n playl ist. MP3/ Wave Play er can pl ay mp3, w ave, and MPEG-1 f iles . It pr ovide s EAX an d equ alizer to impro ve s ound e ffects w hen yo u pla[...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-10 Recordin g : You can use thi s function to record a wave file from an y recordin g chann el. Sett ing: T his but ton has differ ent fu nctions w hen use in dif ferent pl ayers . For exam ple, if it is used in the C D player, you can select t he CD-ROM d rive t o which an alog outp ut is conn ected to the Analog[...]

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    Aud io Dr ivers an d Ap plic ations Installa tion for Win dows ® 98 SE & Windows ® 2000 User’ s Manual C-11 If you p ress the ri ght but ton of mouseon the demos tra tion sc reen, you will see th e advan ced dialo guge windo w. It can le t yo u set s peaker status and dem o music.[...]

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    Appendix C SD7- 533 Moth erboard C-12[...]

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    BIOS Upda te Guide User’ s Manual D-1 Appendix D. BIOS Upd a te Guide We w ill use the SE6 mot herboard as an ex ample. A ll othe r mode ls follow the same process. F i rst, know your moth erboar d’s model na me and version n umber. You c an find it on one slot or at th e back of th e mothe rboar d. E ach mo ther board alw ays has the label at [...]

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    Appendix D SD7- 533 Moth erboard D-2 3. Download the correct BIOS file from our Web si te. Go to our We b site a nd choos e the cor rect BI OS file and dow nload i t. 4. Do uble clic k the downlo ad file, it w ill self -extr act to . bin file. 5. Ma ke a bo otable flo ppy dis k and copy the necessar y f iles onto it. You m ay m ake a fl oppy disk b[...]

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    BIOS Upda te Guide User’ s Manual D-3 Af ter fo rmatti ng and transfe rring the s ystem to the flo ppy disk, copy two file s into it. O ne is the BI OS flash utilit y “ awd flash.exe ” and the othe r is the de compress ed BIO S binar y fil e. 6. Boo t off flo ppy disk.[...]

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    Appendix D SD7- 533 Moth erboard D-4 Ple ase set the fir st boot s eque n ce as “ floppy ” in BI OS and bo ot off the flo ppy dis k. 7. Fl ash the BI OS in pur e DO S mo de. Af ter successf ully booting o ff of the flo ppy, e xecute the flash utility accordi ng to these instr uctions . Note We s trong ly r ecomme nd you us e the above param ete[...]

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    Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) E-1 User’ s Manual Appendix E. Troubleshoot ing (Need Assistan ce?) Motherboard Troubleshooting: Q & A: Q: Do I n eed to cle ar the C MOS b efore I us e a ne w motherb oard to as semble m y new com puter system? A: Y es, we hig h ly recom mend th at yo u clear the C MOS be for e inst alling a new mother[...]

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    E-2 Appendix E SD7- 533 Moth erboard - Exam ple 2: With a s ystem inc luding: moth erboard (with pr ocessor, DDR DRAM, etc.) HDD, CD-R OM, FDD, grap hic ad apter, MPEG-2 ca rd, SC SI adapt er, audi o card, etc. After ass embly and after ha vin g insta lled the a udio ca rd dri ver, when you rest art the system , whe n it runs t he a udio c ard dr i[...]

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    Trou bleshoot ing ( Nee d Assis tance?) E-3 User’ s Manual 5 * . OS/Applicati ons: Indi cate th e opera ting system and th e app licati ons you ar e runnin g on th e system. For exam ple: W indows ® 98 SE, Windows ® 2000, Window s ® XP, etc. 6 * . Process or Type: I n di cate th e brand and the sp eed (MHz) of your p rocesso r. For example: (A[...]

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    E-4 Appendix E SD7- 533 Moth erboard Technical Support Form ! Com pany Name : 1 Phone Number: " Contact P erson: # Fax Number: 2 E-mail Address: Model Name * BIOS ID & P art N um ber * Motherb oard PC B Versi on Driver Version OS/Applic ations * Hard ware N am e Brand Specifi cations Process or Type * Hard D isk D rive IDE1 IDE2 CD-ROM Dri[...]

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    How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport F-1 User’ s Manual Appendix F. How to Get Techn i cal Suppor t (From our websi te) http://www.abit.c om.tw (I n North A merica) http://www.abit-usa.co m (I n Europe) http:/ /www.abit. nl Than k yo u for choo sing A BIT pr oducts . ABI T sell s all our pro ducts thr oug h distri butor s, re sel lers and sy stem inte[...]

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    F-2 Appendix F SD7- 533 Moth erboard custo mer who may purchase mo re produ cts a nd who ca n urge y our frie nds to buy fro m him or he r as well. T hey integrated an d sold the sy st em to y ou. They should know best what your sy st em config uratio n is an d yo ur proble m. Th ey shoul d have reasonabl e re turn or re fund pol i cies . How they [...]

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    How to Ge t Techn ical Su pport F-3 User’ s Manual All other territories not cove red above please contact: Taiwan Head Of fice Whe n contacting our head quarte rs pl ease note w e are lo cated in Taiwan a nd w e are 8+ G MT time. I n additio n, we hav e holiday s that may be diff ere nt from thos e in y our cou ntry . ABIT Computer Corporation 3[...]

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    F-4 Appendix F SD7- 533 Moth erboard[...]