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Notice: Owing to Microsoft’s certifying schedule is various to every supplier, we might have some drivers not certified yet by Microsoft. Therefore, it might happen under Windows XP that a dialogue box (shown as below) pop out warning you this software has not passed Windows Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. Please rest assured that our RD department has already tested and verified these drivers. Just click the “Continue Anyway” button and go ahead the installation.
Table of Contents Trademarks .............................................................................. I Chapter 1: Introduction................................................................1 Key Features............................................................................2 Package Contents.....................................................................5 Static Electricity Precautions...................................................6 Pre-Installation Inspection..........................
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Chapter 1 Introduction This mainboard has a Socket-370 processor socket for an Intel FCPGA Celeron, FCPGA Pentium III or VIA C3 processors with front-side bus speeds of 133MHz. This mainboard has the SiS635 chipset and integrates a 128-bit 2D/3D Graphics Accelerator and Ultra DMA 33/66/100 function. The mainboard has a built-in AC97 Codec, a CNR (Communication Network Riser) slot, and a built-in 10BaseT/100BaseTX Network Interface (optional).
Key Features The mainboard has the following key features: Socket-370 Processor Support ♦ Supports Intel FCPGA Celeron, FCPGA Pentium III or VIA C3 processors ♦ Supports 100MHz or 133MHz Front-Side Bus Note: Do not support PPGA Celeron CPU. Do not try to install PPGA Celeron processor in Socket-370. Memory Support ♦ Two 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR memory modules ♦ Support for 266 MHz memory bus ♦ Maximum installed memory is 2 x 512MB = 1.0GB Expansion Slots ♦ One CNR slot with the 56K v.
♦ Supports AGP 2X mode access for all 2D engine functions AC’97 Codec ♦ Compliant with AC’97 2.2 specification ♦ 16-bit stereo full-duplex CODEC with fixed 48KHz sampling rate ♦ 3 analog line-level stereo inputs with 5-bit volume control: LINE-IN, CD-IN ♦ Power management support Built-in Ethernet LAN (optional) ♦ Built-in 10BaseT/100BaseTX Ethernet LAN ♦ Embedded Fast Ethernet MAC and onboard Realtek RTL8201 LAN PHY compliant with IEEE802.3u 100BASE-TX, 10BASE-T and ANSI X3.
Onboard Flash ROM ♦ Automatic board configuration support Plug and Play of peripheral devices and expansion cards Bundled Software ♦ PC-Cillin2002 provides automatic virus protection under Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP ♦ Adobe Acrobat Reader V5.0 is the software to help users read .PDF files. Dimensions ♦ Micro ATX form factor (244 x 200 mm) Note: Hardware specifications and software items are subject to change without notification.
Package Contents Your mainboard package ships with the following items: The mainboard The User’s Manual One diskette drive ribbon cable (optional) One IDE drive ribbon cable Software support CD Optional Accessories You can purchase the following optional accessories for this mainboard. Extended USB module CNR v.90 56K Fax/Modem card Card Reader (You can buy your own Card Reader from the third party, but please contact your local Card Reader vendor on any issues of the specification and compatibility.
Static Electricity Precautions Components on this mainboard can be damaged by static electricity. Take the following precautions when unpacking the mainboard and installing it in a system. 1. Keep the mainboard and other components in their original static-proof packaging until you are ready to install them. 2. During installation, wear a grounded wrist strap if possible. If you don’t have a wrist strap, discharge static electricity by touching the bare metal of the system chassis. 3.
Chapter 2 Mainboard Installation To install this mainboard in a system, follow the procedures in this chapter: Identify the mainboard components Install a CPU Install one or more system memory modules Verify that all jumpers or switches are set correctly Install the mainboard in a system chassis (case) Connect any extension brackets or cables to connectors on the mainboard Install any peripheral devices and make the appropriate connections to connectors on the mainboard Note: 1.
Mainboard Components This diagram identifies major components on the mainboard. Note: Any jumpers on your mainboard that do not appear in this illustration are for testing only. I/O Ports The illustration below shows a side view of the built-in I/O ports on the mainboard.
PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard LPT1 COM1 VGA LAN Port (optional) USB Ports Use the upper PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 pointing device. Use the lower PS/2 port to connect a PS/2 keyboard. Use LPT1 to connect printers or other parallel communications devices. Use the COM port to connect serial devices such as mice or fax/modems. COM1 is identified by the system as COM1. Use the VGA port to connect VGA devices. Connect an RJ-45 jack to the LAN port to connect your computer to the Network.
CPU Installation Procedure Follow these instructions to install the CPU: Pin-1 Corner Socket-370 1 CPUFAN1 1. Unhook the locking lever of the CPU socket. Pull the locking lever away from the socket and raising it to the upright position. 2. Match the pin1 corner marked as the beveled edge on the CPU with the pin1 corner on the socket. Insert the CPU into the socket. Do not use force. 3. Push the locking lever down and hook it under the latch on the edge of socket. 4.
DDR SDRAM provides 1.6 GB/s or 2.1 GB/s data transfer rate depending on whether the bus is 100 MHz or 133 MHz. DDR SDRAM uses additional power and ground lines and requires 184-pin 2.5V unbuffered DIMM module. DDR1 DDR2 Memory Module Installation Procedure These modules can be installed with up to 1 GB system memory. Following these steps to install the memory module. 1. Push down the latches on both sides of the DIMM socket. 2. Align the memory module with the socket.
Jumper Settings Using a jumper cap to connect two pins is SHORT, removing it from these pins, OPEN. 1 JP1 Jumper JP1: Clear CMOS Memory Use this jumper to clear the contents of the CMOS memory. You may need to clear the CMOS memory if the settings in the Setup Utility are incorrect and prevent your mainboard from operating. To clear the CMOS memory, disconnect all the power cables from the mainboard and then move the jumper cap into the CLEAR setting for a few seconds.
1 SYSFAN1 1 PANEL1 ATXPWR1 Connect the power connector from the power supply to the ATXPW1 connector on the mainboard. If there is a cooling fan installed in the system chassis, connect the cable from the cooling fan to the SYSFAN1 fan power connector on the mainboard. Connect the case switches and indicator LEDs to the PANEL1 connector.
SPK1: Speaker Connector Connect the cable from the PC speaker to the SPK1 connector on the mainboard. Pin 1 3 Signal SPKR GND Pin 2 4 Signal NC +5V AUDIO2: Front Panel Audio Connector This connector allows the user to install auxiliary front-oriented microphone and line-out ports for easier access.
READER1: USB Card Reader Connector (optional) This connector is for connecting internal USB card reader. You can use a card reader to read or transfer files and digital images to your computer. Pin 1 3 5 Signal VCC USB+ KEY Pin 2 4 Signal USBGND The READER1 is shared with one of the USB ports of the I/O back panel. The USB port is located beside the VGA port connector. See “I/O Ports” for more information. Please check the pin assignment of the cable and the USB header on the mainboard.
Install Other Devices Install and connect any other devices in the system following the steps below. 1 FDD1 IDE2 1 1 IDE1 Floppy Disk Drive The mainboard ships with a floppy disk drive cable that can support one or two drives. Drives can be 3.5” or 5.25” wide, with capacities of 360K, 720K, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB. Install your drives and connect power from the system power supply. Use the cable provided to connect the drives to the floppy disk drive connector FDD1.
channel connector IDE2 on the mainboard. If you have two devices on the cable, one must be Master and one must be Slave. Internal Sound Connections If you have installed a CD-ROM drive or DVD-ROM drive, you can connect the drive audio cable to the onboard sound system. 1 CD1 When you first start up your system, the BIOS should automatically detect your CD-ROM/DVD drive. If it doesn’t, enter the Setup Utility and configure the CD-ROM/DVD drive that you have installed.
Expansion Slots This mainboard has one CNR and two 32-bit PCI expansion slots. PCI1 CNR1 PCI2 Follow the steps below to install a CNR/PCI expansion card. 1. Locate the CNR or PCI slots on the mainboard. 2. Remove the blanking plate of the slot from the system chassis. 3. Install the edge connector of the expansion card into the slot. Ensure the edge connector is correctly seated in the slot. 4. Secure the metal bracket of the card to the system chassis with a screw.
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility Introduction The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information about your computer such as the date and time, the kind of hardware installed, and various configuration settings. Your computer uses this information to initialize all the components when booting up and functions as the basis for coordination between system components. If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer from booting properly.
Running the Setup Utility Each time your computer starts, before the operating system loads, a message appears on the screen that prompts you to “Hit if you want to run SETUP”. When you see this message, press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY – VERSION 1.21.06 (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
Standard CMOS Setup Page Use this page to set basic information such as the date, the time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives. If you press the F3 key, the system will automatically detect and configure the hard disks on the IDE channels. AMIBIOS SETUP – STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information in the system. Be more carful with this page. Making changes can affect the operation of your computer. AMIBIOS SETUP – ADVANCED SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices S.M.A.R.T.
Floppy Drive Swap If you have two diskette drives installed and you enable this item, drive A becomes drive B and drive B becomes drive A. Floppy Drive If you enable this item, your system will check Seek all floppy disk drives at start up. Disable this item unless you are using an old 360KB drive.
Spread Spectrum If you enable spread spectrum, it can significantly reduce the EMI(Electro-Magnetic Interference) generated by the system. Power Management Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for system power management operation. AMIBIOS SETUP – POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
Ring On Power On RTC Alarm Power On Keyboard PowerOn Function Power On by LAN The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Fax/Modem. You must use an ATX power supply in order to use this feature. The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this item, the system can automatically resume at a fixed time based on the system’s RTC (realtime clock).
PCI / Plug and Play Setup Page This page sets some of the parameters for devices installed on the PCI bus and devices that use the system plug and play capability. AMIBIOS SETUP – PCI / PLUG AND PLAY SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
Load Best Performance Settings If you select this item and press Enter a dialog box appears. If you press Y, and then Enter, the Setup Utility loads a set of fail-safe default values. These default values are not very demanding and they should allow your system to function with most kinds of hardware and memory chips. Note: It is highly recommended that users enter this option to load optimal values for accessing the best performance.
Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA Onboard PCI IDE Onboard AC’97 Sound Onboard AC’97 Modem OnBoard LAN USB Function Support USB Function for DOS Use this item to enable or disable the onboard LPT1 parallel port, and to assign a port address. The Auto setting will detect and available address. Use this item to set the parallel port mode. You can select SPP (Standard Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), or ECP + EPP.
CPU PnP Setup Page This page lets you manually configure the mainboard for the CPU. The system will automatically detect the kind of CPU that you have installed and make the appropriate adjustments to the items on this page. AMIBIOS SETUP – CPU PnP SETUP ©2000 American Megatrends, Inc.
Hardware Monitor Page This page sets some of the parameters for the hardware monitoring function of this mainboard. AMIBIOS SETUP – HARDWARE MONITOR (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved *** System Hardware *** Vcore Vcc 2.5V Vcc 3.3V Vcc 1.8V SB3V VBAT SYSTEM Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed SYSTEM Temperature CPU Temperature System/ CPU Temperature FANs & Voltage Measurements 1.632V 2.496V 3.392V 1.765V 3.488V 3.
Exit Highlight this item and press Enter to save the changes that you have made in the Setup Utility configuration and exit the program. When the Save and Exit dialog box appears, press Y to save and exit, or press N to exit without saving.
Chapter 4 Software & Applications Introduction This chapter describes the contents of the support CD-ROM that comes with the mainboard package. The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software. To run the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive.
Installing Support Software 1.Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive. 2.When you insert the CD-ROM disc in the system CD-ROM drive, the CD automatically displays an Auto Setup screen. 3.The screen displays three buttons of Setup, Browse CD and Exit on the right side, and three others Setup, Application and ReadMe at the bottom. Please see the following illustration. The Setup button runs the software auto-installing program as explained in next section.
Auto-Installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP If you are under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, please click the Setup button to run the software auto-installing program while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM: 1. The installation program loads and displays the following screen. Click the Next button. 2. Select the items that you want to setup by clicking on it (the default options are recommended). Click the Next button to proceed. 3. The support software will automatically install.
Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation If you are under Windows NT, the auto-installing program doesn’t work out; or you have to do the manual installation, please follow this procedure while the Auto Setup screen pops out after inserting the support CD-ROM: 1. Click the ReadMe to bring up a screen, and then click the Install Path at the bottom of the screen. 2. Find out your mainboard model name and click on it to obtain its correct driver directory. 3.
