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DXPN-U Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l DXPN-U ......................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s in this manual ...................................................................................................................................................... 2 You Must Notice ....................................................................................................................
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................ 26 ATA100 Supported ........................................................................................................................................................ 28 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel .......................................................................................................................
DXPN-U Online Manual Power Management ...................................................................................................................................................... 68 Boot Options ................................................................................................................................................................. 75 Date and Time...............................................................................................................................
DXPN-U Online Manual EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM).................................................................................................... 92 EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) ...................................................................................................................... 92 EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................
DXPN-U Online Manual SMBus (System Management Bus) ............................................................................................................................... 97 SPD (Serial Presence Detect) ....................................................................................................................................... 97 USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) .................................................................................................................................
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DXPN-U Online Manual Before You Start This Online Manual will introduce you how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved in PDF format, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can get free download from Adobe web site.
DXPN-U Online Manual Ove rv ie w ® Thank you for choosing AOpen DXPN-U motherboard. DXPN-U is Intel Socket 604 motherboard (M/B) based on the BIG ATX ® form factor featuring the Intel E7505 Chipset. As high performance chipset built in the M/B, DXPN-U motherboard can support ® ® ® Intel Socket 604 Intel Xeon™ and up to 533MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) clock.The DXPN-U also integrates the Intel 82540 GbE PCI Ethernet controller that supports 1 Gbites function for better remote site management.
DXPN-U Online Manual F e a t ur e H i g h li g h t CPU ® Supports Intel Xeon™ 1.8GHz above with up to FSB533MHz (Front Side Bus) designed for Socket 604 technology. Chipset ® ® With Intel E7505 chipset is designed for use with the Intel Xeon™ processor in the 604-pin package. It is optimized for the ® Intel Xeon™ processor, supporting Dual channel of DDR 200/266. Expansion Slots Including four 64-bit/66/100MHz PCI-X and one 32-bit/33MHz PCI slots.
DXPN-U Online Manual 4GB maxium. The socket can support 64, 128, 256, 512 and 1GB DDR DIMM modules. USB2.0 Connectors There are two connectors on the back pane for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc. All two USB Connectors support USB2.0. You can use proper cables to connect USB devices from PC99 back panel or connect the second USB channel header to the front panel of chassis.
DXPN-U Online Manual Super Multi-I/O Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. You can also connect UART from COM1 to an Infrared Module for wireless connection.
DXPN-U Online Manual Q u i c k I n s ta ll a t i o n P r oc e d u re This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM) 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10. Installing Operating System 11.
DXPN-U JP1 BIOS Password ON/OFF Jumper Super I/O Controller COM2 Connector Wake On LAN Connector ATI Rage XL Controller ® Intel 82540 GbE Ethern et Controller Online Manual Motherboard Map PC99 Back Panel CPU1 Fan Connector CPU2 Fan Connector Chassis Fan 1 Connector 32bit/33MHz 5V PCI Slot x1 64bit/66/100MHz PCI-X Slot x4 604-pin CPU socket x2 up to ® TM FSB533 MHz Intel Xeon CPU Supported JP4 BIOS Configuration / Recovery Select Jumper USB2.
DXPN-U Online Manual H a rd w ar e I ns t a l l at i o n This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it. 2.
DXPN-U Online Manual A b o u t “ U s e r U p g r a d e O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ Ma n u f a c t u r e U p g r a d e Optional”… When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may notice that some of the functions are marked as “User Upgrade Optional” or “Manufacture Upgrade Optional”. Although all of AOpen’s motherboards have included many amazing and powerful features, sometimes not every user is familiar with these powerful features.
Online Manual DXPN-U CPU I nst al lat i on ® This motherboard supports Intel Xeon TM Socket 604 series CPU. Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket. CPU socket lever 1. Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90-degree angle. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge. Then insert the CPU into the socket. 3. Press down the CPU socket level and finish CPU installation.
DXPN-U Online Manual I ns ta ll i n g C P U a n d H o u s i n g Fa n s Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector and System Fan cable to the Chassis Fan connectors. SENSOR +12V GND SENSOR +12V GND CPU1 Fan Chassis FAN1 SENSOR +12V GND GND +12V SENSOR Chassis FAN2 CPU2 FAN Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring.
DXPN-U Online Manual A G P 8 x ( A c c e l e r a t e d Gr a p h ic P o r t ) Ex p a n s i o n S l o t DXPN-U provides an AGP 8x slot. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a high-performance, component level interface targeted at 3D graphical display applications. Retaining backward compatibility with the older AGP 4x technology, AGP 8x doubles the graphics bandwidth of the AGP interface to 2.
DXPN-U Online Manual DI MM So cke ts This motherboard has four 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets that allow you to install DDR200 or DDR266 ECC memory up to 4GB. The unbuffer DDR RAM is supported.
Online Manual DXPN-U DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 DIMM4 Config1 V V N/A N/A Config2 N/A N/A V V V V V V Config3 Notes: 1. 256MB, 512MB, 1GB ECC un-buffer DIMM alternative 2. Config1: It is for RAM installation. 3. Config2: Both DIMMs need to be with the same manufacture and capacity. 4. Config3: Each group or these two groups needs the same manufacture and capacity. 5. Single bank shall be put in DIMM1/2. Double bank shall be put in DIMM3/4 while installing them together.
DXPN-U Online Manual H o w t o I n s t a l l Me m o r y Mo d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. Pin 1 52 pins 2. 40 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Tab Key 3. Pin 1 Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.
DXPN-U Online Manual Mu l t i F u n c t i o n P a ne l C o n n e c t or Attaching such as power switch, reset switch, HDD LED connector, etc to corresponding pins. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
DXPN-U Online Manual ATX Power Connector This motherboard comes with a 24-pin and 8-pin ATX power connector. Make sure you plug in the right direction. We strongly recommend you to connect the 8-pin 12V ATX connector before connecting the 24-pin ATX power connector GND +12V GND +12V GND +12V GND +12V +3.3V +12V +12V +5Vsb PWR_OK Ground +5V Ground +5V Ground +3.3V +3.3V 24 2 1 Ground +5V +5V +5V NC Ground Ground Ground PS_ON Ground 12V +3.
DXPN-U Online Manual AC Pow er Auto Recovery A traditional ATX system remains at power off stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation without an UPS. This motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function to solve this problem.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE1 is also known as the primary channel and IDE2 as the secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
DXPN-U Online Manual ATA100 Supported This motherboard supports ATA66 or ATA100 IDE devices. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. Mode Clock Period Clock Count Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate PIO mode 0 30ns 20 600ns (1/600ns) x 2byte = 3.3MB/s PIO mode 1 30ns 13 383ns (1/383ns) x 2byte = 5.2MB/s PIO mode 2 30ns 8 240ns (1/240ns) x 2byte = 8.3MB/s PIO mode 3 30ns 6 180ns (1/180ns) x 2byte = 11.1MB/s PIO mode 4 30ns 4 120ns (1/120ns) x 2byte = 16.
DXPN-U Online Manual P C 9 9 C o l or C o d e d Ba c k P a ne l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, COM1, VGA connector, Printer and USB2.0. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. SPP/EPP/ECP Parallel Port PS/2 Mouse Connector 1 GbE Ethernet Port USB2.
DXPN-U Online Manual C h a s s i s I nt r us i o n S e ns o r The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. This function will log an event in the system BIOS when this header is connected. You can use the 2-pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with this header, and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS.
DXPN-U Online Manual J P1 C h e c k P a s s w o r d J u m p e r This motherboard provides check password function. You can use JP1 to enable or disable this function, which could prevent your system from unauthorized invasion. The factory default setting is set to “Enable”(1-2), and you may disable this function by setting the jumper to 2-3.
DXPN-U Online Manual J P3 C le a r C MO S J u m p e r You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 3. Locate JP3 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 4. Return JP3 to its normal setting by shorting pin 1 & pin 2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.
DXPN-U Online Manual J P4 B I O S C o n f i g u r a t i o n / R e c o v e r y S e l e c t J u m p e r You can use JP4 to configure or recover your BIOS. The factory default setting is set to “Normal” (1-2), and you may configure your BIOS bye by setting the jumper to 2-3, and recover your BIOS by removing the jumper.
DXPN-U Online Manual Support Two USB2.0 Channels (Four Ports) This motherboard provides two USB channels to link USB devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are two connectors on the PC99 back panel. You can use proper cable to connect other USB connectors to the back panel or front panel of chassis.
DXPN-U Online Manual Support 1Gbps L AN onbo ard The Intel 82540 integrates Intel’s fourth-generation Gigabit MAC design with fully integrated, physical-layer circuitry to provide a standard IEEE 802.3 Ethernet interface for 1000BASE-T and 100BASE-TX applications. The left green LED indicates the link mode, it lights when linking to network and blinking when transferring data in 100Mbps mode. The right green LED indicates the transfer mode, and it lights when data is transferring in 1Gbps mode.
DXPN-U Online Manual W O L ( Wa k e o n L A N ) To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
DXPN-U Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Note: This picture is for example only; it may not exactly look the same with the motherboard you purchased.
DXPN-U Online Manual STBY LED STBY LED is AOpen’s considerate designs that we aim at providing you friendly system information. The STBY LED will light up when power is provided to the motherboard. This is a convenient indication for you to check the system power status in many circumstances such as power on/off, stand-by mode and RAM power status.
DXPN-U Online Manual Res ett a ble Fuse Traditional motherboard uses fuses to prevent Keyboard and USB port from over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (function to protect motherboard), user cannot replace them and result in malfunction of motherboard. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can be resumed back to normal function even after the fuse had done its protection job.
DXPN-U Online Manual L o w ES R Ca p a c it o r The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power. The location of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.
DXPN-U Online Manual D r iv e r a n d Ut i li t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide.
DXPN-U Online Manual BIOS Setup Utility Most of system had already configured by the manufacturer or the dealer. There is no need to run BIOS setup program when starting the computer unless you get a run setup program message. The setup program loads configuration values into the battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM. This memory area is not part of the system RAM.
DXPN-U Online Manual If you repeatedly receive Run Setup messages, the battery may be bad. In this case, the system cannot retain configuration values in CMOS. Ask a qualified technician for assistance. The system will reboot immediately after you exit Setup. Entering Setup To enter Setup, press the DELETE key. You must press DELETE while the system is booting. key does not work during any other time.
DXPN-U Online Manual The system supports two BIOS Utility levels: Basic and Advanced. If you are an advanced user, you may want to check the detailed configuration of your system. Detailed system configurations are contained in the Advanced Level. .
DXPN-U Online Manual The asterisk (*) mark indicates that the parameter appears only when you are in the Advanced Level. The parameters on the screens show default values. These values may not be the same as those in your system. The grayed items on the screens have fixed settings and are not user-configurable. Use the arrow keys Use and to move around the Setup Utility screen. to move to the next page or to return to the previous page if the setup screen has more than one page available.
DXPN-U Online Manual System Information The following screen appears if you select System Information from the Main menu: 46
DXPN-U Online Manual The System Information menu shows the current basic configuration of your system. The sections below explain the parameters. Processor The Processor parameter specifies the type of processor currently installed in your system. The system supports Intel Xeon TM 1.8 GHz above. Processor Speed The Processor Speed parameter specifies the speed of the processor currently installed in your system.
DXPN-U Online Manual Floppy Drive A This parameter specifies the system’s current diskette drive A settings. Floppy Drive B This parameter specifies the system’s current diskette drive B settings. IDE Primary Channel Master This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connected to the master port of the primary IDE channel. IDE Primary Channel Slave This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connected to the slave port of the primary IDE channel.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Secondary Channel Slave This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connected to the slave port of the secondary IDE channel. Total Memory This parameter specifies the total amount of onboard memory. The memory size is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST. If you install additional memory, the system automatically adjusts this parameter to display the new memory size. Intel strongly commented the user using double channel for DIMM plugged.
DXPN-U Online Manual Serial Port 1 This parameter shows the serial port 1 address and IRQ setting. Serial Port 2 This parameter shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ setting. Parallel Port This parameter shows the parallel port address and IRQ setting. PS/2 Mouse The BIOS utility automatically detects if there is a pointing device connected to your system. If there is, this parameter displays the “Installed” setting. Otherwise, this is set to “None”.
DXPN-U Online Manual Product Information The Product Information contains the general data about the system, such as the product name, serial number, BIOS version, etc. This information is necessary for troubleshooting (may be required when asking for technical support).
DXPN-U Online Manual Product Name This parameter specifies the official name of the system. System S/N This parameter specifies the system’s serial number. Main Board ID This parameter specifies the motherboard’s identification number. System BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility. SMBIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the SMBIOS version.
DXPN-U Online Manual Disk Devices Select Disk Drives to input configuration values for disk drives.
DXPN-U Online Manual Floppy Drive A To enter the configuration value for the first floppy drive, highlight the Floppy Drive A parameter. Press or , key to view the options and select the appropriate value. Drive A/Drive B These items select the floppy drive type. The available settings and None types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left. 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5" 2.88MB 3.5" Follow the same procedure to configure floppy drive B.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Drives To configure the IDE drives connected to your system, select the parameter that represents the channel and port where the desired hard disk to configure is connected. The options are: IDE Primary Channel Master This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 1.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Primary Channel Slave This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Secondary Channel Master This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the Master port of IDE channel 2.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Secondary Channel Slave This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the Slave port of IDE channel 2.
DXPN-U Online Manual The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive parameters: Device Detection Mode Device Detection If you select “Manual”, you need to fill in all remaining field, such as Cylinder, Mode Head, and Sector on this selected item. If the item “Auto” is selected, the Auto (Default) items will remain “0”. And when the system boot up, system will detect the User hard disk and configure it automatically. “None” means there is no device in the channel.
DXPN-U Online Manual Head This parameter specifies the number of heads of your hard disk, and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting. Sector This parameter specifies the number of sectors of your hard disk, and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting. Size This parameter specifies the size of your hard disk, in MB. Hard Disk LBA Mode Hard Disk Block This function enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in Mode use.
DXPN-U Online Manual Onboard Peripherals The Onboard Peripherals Configuration allows you to configure the onboard communication ports and the onboard devices.
DXPN-U Online Manual Serial Ports 1 and 2 Serial Port 1 & 2 These parameters allow you to enable or disable serial Enabled (Default) ports 1 and 2. Disabled Base Address Base Address This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the Serial Port 1: board serial port.
DXPN-U Online Manual IRQ IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial ports 1 Serial Port 1: and 2. The options for serial ports 1 are IRQ 4 and 11. The 4 (Default), 11 options for serial port 2 are IRQ 3 and 10. Serial Port 2: 3 (Default), 10 The Base Address and IRQ parameters for each port are configurable only if the port is enabled. Parallel Port Parallel Port This parameter allows you to enable or disable the parallel Enabled (Default) port.
DXPN-U Online Manual Base Address Base Address This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the 378h (Default) board serial port. 3BCh 278h IRQ IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel 7 (Default), 5 port. The options are IRQ 5 and 7. The Base Address and IRQ parameters are configurable only if Parallel Port is enabled. If you install an add-on card that has a parallel port whose address conflicts with the onboard parallel port, a warning appears on the screen.
DXPN-U Online Manual the address to one that does not conflict. Operation Mode Operation Mode This item lets you set the parallel port mode. EPP (Default) options are Standard, Bi-directional, EPP (Enhanced Parallel Bi-Directional The mode Port) and ECP (Extended Parallel Port).
DXPN-U Online Manual Setting Function Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) Allows parallel port to operate in bi-directional mode and at a speed higher than the maximum data transfer rate ECP DMA Channel ECP Mode Use DMA This item becomes active only if you select Extended 3 Capabilities Port (ECP) as the operation mode. It allows you 1 (Default) to assign DMA channel 1 or DMA channel 3 for the ECP parallel port function (as required in Windows 95).
DXPN-U Online Manual USB Host Controller USB Host This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on Controller board. When enabled, it activates the USB function of the Enabled (Default) system. When disabled, it deactivates the function. Disabled USB Legacy Mode USB Legacy Mode This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on Enabled board. When enabled, it activates the USB function of the Disabled (Default) system. When disabled, it deactivates the function.
DXPN-U Online Manual Power Management The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system power-management feature.
DXPN-U Online Manual A parameter with an asterisk (*) mark indicates that the parameter appears only when you are using in the Advanced Level. See “Entering Setup” on Page Power Management Mode Power This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. Management When this parameter is set to “Enabled”, you can configure the Mode IDE hard disk and system timers. Setting it to “Disabled” Enabled (Default) deactivates the power-management feature and its timers.
DXPN-U Online Manual IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer IDE Hard Disk This parameter allows the hard disk to enter standby mode after Standby Timer inactivity of 1 to 15 minutes, depending on your setting. When Off (Default) you access the hard disk again, allow 3 to 5 seconds (depending 1 to 15min on the hard disk) for the disk to return to normal speed. Set this parameter to “Off” if your hard disk does not support this function.
DXPN-U Online Manual Sleep Mode Sleep Mode This parameter lets you specify the power-saving mode that the Standby system will enter after a specified period of inactivity. The options Suspend (Default) are “Standby” and “Suspend” modes. This parameter becomes configurable only if the System Sleep Timer is enabled. Any keyboard or mouse action, or any enabled monitored activities occurring through the IRQ channels resume system operation. Power Switch < 4 sec.
DXPN-U Online Manual System Wake-up Event The system wake-up event allows the system to resume operation when the modem ring indicator is enabled. Modem Ring Indicator Modem Ring When “Enabled” any fax/modem activity wakes up the system Indicator from suspend mode. The default setting is “Enabled”. Enabled (Default) Disabled PCI Power Management PCI Power This item allows you to enable or disable the PCI power Management management function.
DXPN-U Online Manual RTC Alarm RTC Alarm This item allows you to set a certain time on a certain day to Enabled wake-up the system from suspend mode. Disabled (Default) Resume Day Resume Day This item is displayed when you enable the “RTC Timer” option. 1 to 31 Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system. th For example, setting to 15, the system will wake up on the 15 day of every month.
DXPN-U Online Manual Restart On AC/Power Failure Restart On When “Enabled”, the system automatically turns on when the AC/Power Failure power comes back. When “Disabled” the system turns off and Enabled (Default) does not turn on when the power comes back. When set to Disabled “Pre-State”, the system maintains the last power state when the power comes back.
DXPN-U Online Manual Boot Options This option allows you to specify your preferred setting for boot up.
DXPN-U Online Manual Boot Sequence This parameter allows you to specify the boot search sequence during POST. st z 1 . The system checks this drive first. z 2 . The system then checks this drive if it can not boot from the 1 specified drive. z 3 . If the 1 and 2 searches fail then it boots from this drive. z 4 . If the 1 , 2 , and 3 searches fail then it boots from this drive. nd st rd st th st nd nd rd BIOS will display an error message if the drive(s) specified is not bootable.
DXPN-U Online Manual Fast Boot Fast Boot This parameter allows the system to boot faster by skipping Auto (Default) some POST routines. Disabled Silent Boot Silent Boot This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function. Enabled (Default) When set to ”Enabled”, BIOS is in graphical mode and displays Disabled only an identification logo during POST and while booting. After booting the screen displays the operating system prompt (such as DOS) or logo (such as Windows 95).
DXPN-U Online Manual Num Lock After Boot Num Lock After This parameter allows you to activate the Num Lock function Boot upon booting. Enabled (Default) Disabled Memory Test Memory Test When set to ”Enabled”, this parameter allows the system to Enabled perform a RAM test during the POST routine. When set to Disabled (Default) “Disabled”, the system detects only the memory size and bypasses the test routine.
DXPN-U Online Manual Date and Time The real-time clock keeps the system date and time. After setting the date and time, you do not need to enter them every time you turn on the system. As long as the internal battery remains good (approximately seven years) and connected, the clock continues to keep the date and time accurately even when the power is off. Date Date ww:mm:dd:yy Highlight the items on the Date parameter and press or to set the date following the weekday-month-day-year format.
DXPN-U Online Manual z Weekday: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat z Month: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec z Day: 1 to 31 z Year: 1980 to 2079 Time Highlight the items on the Time parameter and press Time or to set the time following the hour-minute-second format.
DXPN-U Online Manual System Security The Setup program has a number of security features to prevent unauthorized access to the system and its data.
DXPN-U Online Manual Supervisor Password Supervisor This item can prevent unauthorized access to the BIOS utility. Password The “Present” setting allows you to set a setup password. None (Default) Present 1. Enable the Supervisor Password parameter in the System Security menu by pressing the ENTER key. The Supervisor Password windows will appear as shown above. 2. Type a password. The password may consist of up to seven characters.
DXPN-U Online Manual 7. Choose “Yes” to save your setting and exit Setup. Your password will be saved to CMOS. 8. If you want to remove the password, please select “Disabled” to disable this function. User Password User Password This item can secure your system against unauthorized use. None (Default) Once you set this password, you have to type it whenever you Present boot the system. This item is available when only Supervisor Password is set.
DXPN-U Online Manual Write Protect All Sectors Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector Hard Disk Drive Setting Normal Write Protect All Sectors Description Hard disk drive functions normally Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector 84
DXPN-U Online Manual Health Monitor Status As you turn on your system, the health monitor status will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature.
DXPN-U Online Manual Load Default Settings Use this option to load the default settings for the optimized system configuration. When you load the default settings, some of the parameters are grayed-out with their fixed settings. These grayed parameters are not user-configurable. The following dialog box appears when you select Load Default Settings from the main menu: Select “Yes” to load the default settings. Select “No” to ignore the message and return to the BIOS utility.
DXPN-U Online Manual Abort Settings Change Use this option to disregard your changes to the BIOS and reload your previous settings. The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from the main menu: Select “Yes” to disregard your changes and reload your previous settings. After reload, the main menu appears on screen. Select “No” to ignore the message and return to the BIOS utility.
DXPN-U Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 CODEC Basically, AC97 CODEC is the standard structure of PCI sound card. As we know, computer is digital-based, but music is based on analog-based. Therefore, there must be a process to turn digital into analog during the last stage processing of sound in computer. Hence, the component on sound card that play this important task is what we called CODEC.
DXPN-U Online Manual AGP (Ac c el e r a te d Gr a phi c P or t) The main function of AGP simply put is to tell monitor what screen information had to be shown, a visual transmission device actually. With the rapid developing of AGP card, we can see that it had been developed from single colorful AGP card to 2D and 3D graphic. AGP supports only memory read/write operation and single-master single-slave one-to-one only.
DXPN-U Online Manual and integrated drive controller and the computer's motherboard. Two drives (master and slave) are supported. The ATA specification allows the drive to connect directly to the ISA bus on the computer. ATA transfer rate then had been developed to 133MHz/Sec and would come out with fastest rate later (please refer to Serial ATA). DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz/s. Ultra DMA, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 2 = 33MB/s. ATA/66, data transfer rate is 16.6MHz x 4 = 66MB/s.
DXPN-U Online Manual high transfer rate of 1MB/s, it also could be encrypted with pin code. With hopping rate of 1600 hops per second, it’s difficult to be intercepted and are less interrupted by electromagnetic wave. CNR (C ommun i ca ti on a nd N e twor k i ng R i se r ) The CNR specification provides the PC industry the opportunity to deliver a flexible and cost reduced method of implementing LAN, home networking, DSL, USB, wireless, audio and modem subsystems widely used in today's "connected PCs".
DXPN-U Online Manual E C C (E rr or C he c ki ng a nd C or re c ti on) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. EE P R OM (E l e c tr oni c E r as a bl e P r ogr a mma bl e R OM) 2 Also known as E PROM.
DXPN-U Online Manual FCC DoC (De cl ar a ti on of Conf or mi ty ) The DoC is component certification standard of FCC EMI regulations. This standard allows DIY component (such as motherboard) to apply DoC label separately without a shielding of housing. FC-P GA (Flip Chip-P in Grid Ar ray) FC means Flip Chip, FC-PGA is a package of Intel for Pentium III for 0.18µm process CPU, which can be plugged into SKT370 socket. FC-P GA2 (Flip Chip-P in Grid Arr ay) After FC-PGA, FC-PGA2 is the package for 0.
DXPN-U Online Manual IE E E 1 3 9 4 IEEE 1394, which also called Firewire, is a serial data transfer protocol and interconnection system. The main feature of the Firewire that assures its adoption for the digital video and audio (A/V) consumer application is its low cost. Fire wire interface is capable of supporting various high-end digital A/V applications, such as consumer A/V device control and signal routing, Digital Video (DV) editing, home networking, and more than 32 channels of digital mixing.
DXPN-U Online Manual P CI (P er i phe r a l C ompone nt I n te r fac e ) B us Developed by Intel, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) is a local bus standard. A bus is a channel used to transfer data to (input) and from (output) a computer and to or from a peripheral device. Most PCs have a PCI bus usually implemented at 32-bits providing a 33 MHz clock speed with a throughput rate of 133 MBps. PDF Format With PDF file, it is easy to do universal document exchange.
DXPN-U Online Manual PS B (Processor S ystem Bus) Clock PSB Clock means the external bus clock of CPU. CPU internal clock = CPU PSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio RDRAM (Ramb us Dynamic Random Access Memor y) A DRAM technology developed by Rambus Corporation*, to achieve high speed of memory through the use of multiple channels in parallel by 16-bits. Basically, RDRAM uses new structure of Multibank, which is quite different from FPM, EDO, SDRAM.
DXPN-U Online Manual S ATA (S er i a l ATA) The Serial ATA specification is designed to overcome speed limitations while enabling the storage interface to scale with the growing media rate demands of PC platforms. Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It is developed with data transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second, and 300M/bs, 600M/bs to come.
DXPN-U Online Manual system automatically recognize the change. USB 2.0, which supports data transfer rates of 480 Mbps, has been widely used in motherboard these days. V CM (Vir tua l Cha nne l Me mor y ) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
DXPN-U Online Manual Tr oubl es hooti ng If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Note: If using some DIMMs beyond available list, press F10 key when power on, may solve some DIMMs issues. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer.
DXPN-U Online Manual Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes No and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
DXPN-U Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press to reboot the system. No Check if the system It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.
DXPN-U Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows2000. End 102 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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