Declaration of Conformity

According to 47 CFR, Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC Rules

The following designated product:

EQUIPMENT : MAINBOARD
MODEL NO. : 6AJA4/6AJR4
is a Class B digital device that complies with 47 CFR Parts 2 and 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.
This declaration is given to the manufacturer:

CHAINTECH-EXCEL COMPUTER INC.

4427 Enterprise St. Fremont, CA 94538, U.S.A.
http://www.chaintech-excel.com

Chaintech President: Simon Ho

Signature:
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
* This device may not cause harmful interference
* This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If this equipment is not installed
and used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, it may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will
not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to
radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on,
the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following
measures:
* Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
* Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
* Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
* Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required
to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes or modifications to this unit not
expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate this equipment.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for audio noise emissions from
digital apparatuses set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.

Manufacturer's Disclaimer Statement

The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a
commitment on the part of the vendor. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied,
is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular purpose of this document.
The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes to the content of this document and/or the
products associated with it at any time without obligation to notify any person or organization of
such changes. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental
or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation,
even if advised of the possibility of such damages. This document contains materials protected
by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted
in any form, by any means or for any purpose without expressed written consent of it's authors.
Product names appearing in this document are mentioned for identification purposes only. All
trademarks, product names or brand names appearing in this document are registered property
of their respective owners.
January 2001
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RECYCLED PAPER
 Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction ........................................................................ 1
1-1 Product Specifications .......................................................... 1
1-2 Product Feature ..................................................................... 4
1-3 Package Content ................................................................... 5
Chapter 2 Hardware Setup ................................................................... 7
2-1 Introduction to Jumpers ........................................................ 7
2-2 Installing a CPU in a Socket 370 ......................................... 8
2-3 Setting Your CPU's Parameters...........................................8
2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings.....................................10
2-5 Main Memory Configuration ................................................ 18
Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Program ........................................... 21
3-1 Standard CMOS Setup ........................................................ 22
3-2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup ........................................ 25
3-3 Advanced Chipset Setup .................................................... 28
3-4 Integrated Peripherals ......................................................... 31
3-5 Power Management Setup .................................................. 33
3-6 PnP/PCI Configuration ........................................................ 36
3-7 PC Health Status ................................................................. 37
3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control .................................................. 38
3-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ....................................................... 39
3-10 Load Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 40
3-11 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting ................ 41
3-12 Save and Exit Setup ........................................................... 42
3-13 Exit Without Saving ............................................................. 42
Chapter 4 Brief Software Driver Guide ............................................. 43

Appendices
Appendix I On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps ........................... 45
Appendix II Embedded Flash Utility ................................................... 47
Appendix III HDD Instant Recovery Utility .......................................... 49
Appendix IV TwinBIOS Technology (optional) .................................... 51
Appendix V IDE RAID Technology (optional) ..................................... 53
Appendix VI CMedia 8738 Audio Subsystem (optional) ..................... 55
Feature Explanations
Software Power-off Control ........................................................... 13
Over-ride Power Button ................................................................. 13
Blinking LED in Suspend Mode .................................................... 13
Power On By PCI Card .......................................................35
Power On By Modem/LAN ..................................................12/35
Power On By Alarm .......................................................35
Poly-fuse Over Current Protection ............................................... 12
 Introduction
Chapter 1

Introduction
1-1 Product Specifications
H Processor
- Supports up to Socket-370 Intel processors up to1GHz
- Supports 66/100/133 MHz system clock speeds
- High efficiency Switching Power Module (VRM v8.4 compliant)
H Chipset
- VIA Apollo Pro133A (82C694X+82C686A) or (82C694X+82C686B
support ATA-100) dual chip AGPset
H DRAM Memory
- Three 3.3V 168-pin DIMM sockets support up to 768MB
- Supports PC-133 SDRAM, and VCM
- Supports Sync. & Asyn. Host memory clock scheme
- Provides single-bit ECC capability
H Expansion Slots
- One AMR slot (Rev 1.0 compliant) for cost effective soft modem riser
- One Universal AGP slot for both 2x/4x AGP at 3.3v or 1.5v (Rev 2.0
compliant)
- Five 32-bit PCI slots with full master sharing controller for IDE RAID share
w/PCI #5 and Audio share w/PCI #4 (Rev 2.2 compliant)
- One 16-bit ISA slot (with sharing slot)
H 2Mb Boot-Block Flash ROM
- Award System BIOS, supports PnP, APM, DMI,ACPI & Multi-device
booting features i.e. floppy, LS120, CD-ROM, HDD(IDE, SCSI), ZIP-ATAPI
etc.
- Includes Trend ChipAway Virus protection for virus-free boot and virus free
operating system
- BIOS Wonder technology including ChipAway Virus, Flash BIOS Write Protect,
Embedded Flash Utility, Built-in Hard Disk Backup firmware
- Optional TWIN BIOS with Instant BIOS Recovery for triple BIOS insurance
H Embedded Ultra DMA-66 PCI IDE controller
- Supports two IDE ports up to 4 ATAPI devices
- Supports up to PIO Mode 4 up to 16.6MBps, Multi-Word Mode 4 up to
66MBps with bus mastering
- Optional VIA VT82C686B ATA-100 support up to Multi Word Mode 5

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H Embedded Super I/O Functions

- Three UARTs support two serial ports and IR function for HPSIR and ASKIR
- One parallel supports SPP/ECP/EPP
- One floppy disk drive connector supports up to 2.88MB, Japanese 3- Mode
and 1Mbps transfer rate
H Double Stack Back-Panel I/O Connectors with PC99 Colored Codes
- PS/2 Mini-DIN keyboard and mouse ports
- Two Channel USB ports
- Two D-SUB 9-pin male serial ports
- One D-SUB 25-pin female Printer port
- One D-SUB 15-pin female Game/MIDI port
- Audio Line-out, Line-in (min. 0.5w), Mic-in jacks
H Embedded PCI Audio Subsystem
- Built-in Sample Rate Converter to ensure all internal operation at 48KHz
- Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback
- Built-in FM-emulation music synthesizer
- With external high quality AC`97 CODEC provides 90dB+ SNR CD quality
audio
- Using wavetable data on the system memory
- Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode DOS legacy
compatibility
- Complete software driver support for Win95/98/NT
H Optional External PCI Audio Subsystem
- CMedia 8738 audio chip w/ legacy audio SB16/Pro compatible
- Advanced 64-Voice Wavetable synthesizer
- Programmable independent sample rate from 4KHz to 48KHz for recording and
playback
- Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback
- Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless
variety of instrument samples using PC RAM
- Up to 8MB wavedata provides 128 GM, GS and WT-32 compatible instruments
and 10 drum kits
- Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal A3D
and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions) APIs
- Option of 4 or 6-Channel speaker audio support
- Optional supports 24-bit S/PDIF-in/out for digital audio (i.e. compressed AC3
data)
- Supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD connections
- Supports MIDI and dual game ports
- Embedded 32OHM .5w earphone amperfiler
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H Embedded USB Controller

- USB host controller (UHCI v1.0 compliant) with Root Hub
- Four USB ports with over-current protection
- Optional USB riser with 2 additional USB ports
H Optional IDE Accelerator
- High Point HPT370 IDE controller
- Supports extra two UltraDMA-100 IDE ports with RAID 0, 1 and 0+1
H Embedded System Monitoring Hardware Subsystem
- 5 external voltage inputs for CPU Vcore, +12v, +5v, 2.5v and 3.3v (internal
detecting)
- 2 temperature sensor with thermistor for CPU & System
- 2 Fan speed (CPU and System) monitoring and control with ON/OFF control
in suspend
H Board Dimensions
- Standard ATX form factor, 305mm x 210mm, 4 Layers
H Switching Power Supply Requirement

Max. Regulation Min. Current

Output Voltage
Requirement Requirement (Amps)

+12V +/- 5% 5.5

+5V +/- 5% 20
+3.3V +/- 5% 15
-5V +/- 10% 0.5
-12V +/- 10% 0.5

+5VSB +/- 5% 0.75

Table 1-1

3.3V at 15Amps is necessary to guarantee full loading operation because

some AGP cards and memory modules have high current consumption.

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1-2 Product Features

- Innovative SeePU technology for jumperless CPU installation
- Superior Overclocking capability with up to 150MHz frequency, Subtle
1MHz frequency
- Complete CPU protection with OVT (Over Voltage Protect) and OCP (Over
Current Protect) technology
- Embedded System Monitor Hardware
- Poly-fuse over-current protection with error warning for keyboard circuitry
- Complete Data Security:
*Flash BIOS write protection against unauthorized access
*Trend ChipAway Virus for a 100% virus free system boot-up

- Advanced Management Features:

* Power-on events:
WOL(Wake-on-LAN) network card, Modem ring, RTC Alarm
* Software power-off control for Win95
* Over-ride power button
* Three states advanced Power-failure recovery: Always On, Always Off, Last
state
* Blinking Power-LED in suspend
* Hardware Reset Protect

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1-3 Package Contents

This product comes with the following components:
H One mainboard
H One 40-pin Ultra DMA-66/100 IDE connector ribbon cable (Figure 1-1)
* Color coded connection for UDMA-66/100 cable
Blue to mainboard, Gray to Master and Black to slave
H One 34-pin floppy disk drive ribbon cable (Figure 1-2)
H Optional AC3 Surround/Center + Bass jack extension. (Figure 1-3)
H One User's Manual
H One CD-ROM that includes
- Award Flash EPROM Utility
- Award DMI Utility for DOS
- VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers,
AGP VxD and etc.
- Audio drivers and Application for Win31, Win9x, NT4.0, Win2000 and Linux
- Optional IDE RAID driver for Win98, NT and Win2000
- VIA Sound Driver for DOS/Win95/98/NT
- Optional Value Pack 2001 software group including Norton AntiVirus, AutoSave,
ADOBE ActiveShare, Acrobat Reader, Imagemore, X-stop, Appio and Ewalla.

Figure 1-1 UDMA-66/100 IDE cable

Figure 1-2 Standard Floppy cable

Figure 1-3 AC3 Surround/Center + Bass jack extension (Optional)

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Memo

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Chapter 2

Hardware Setup
If your mainboard has already been installed in your computer you may still need
to refer to this chapter if you plan to upgrade your system's hardware.
Be sure to disconnect the power cable from the power source before performing
any work on your mainboard, i. e. installing a CPU, memory module,
changing a jumper setting, etc. Not doing so may result in electrical shock!

2-1 Introduction to Jumpers

Jumpers are used to select between various operating modes. A jumper consists of
a row of gold colored pins that protrude from the surface of the mainboard. It is
important not to confuse jumpers with connectors or headers.

Putting jumper caps on anything that is not a jumper may result in damaging
your mainboard. Please refer to Section 1-3, Mainboard Layout, for the
location of jumpers on your mainboard.
As indicated in Figure 2-1 below, a cap is used to cover the pins of a jumper, resulting
in shorting those pins that it covers. If the cap is removed from the top of the pins,
the jumper is left "open." The number 1 shown both in the diagram below and in
all multiple pin jumper and header diagrams in this manual indicates the pin
designated with the number 1. The numbering of the remaining pins follows in
sequence.

Pins Cap Setting Cap Style 2

1 1

A 3-pin jumper A cap over pin 1 and

pin 2 shorts these pins

Figure 2-1

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2-2 Installing a CPU in a Socket 370

The Intel Socket 370, designed for the Celeron and Coppermine processors, has been
incorporated as a standard mainboard specification.To insert your CPU into Socket
370 please do the following:
1. Locate a small dot marked on the top surface of the CPU close to one if it's
corners. The same corner will also be cut off, leaving a noticeable notch in
the CPU's corner. These markings indicate Pin 1 of the CPU.
2. Pull up the lever of Socket 370 so that it is perpendicular with the surface of
the mainboard. Gently insert the CPU with Pin 1 at the same corner of Socket
370 that contains the end of the lever. Allow the weight of the CPU to push
itself into place. Do not apply extra pressure as doing so may result in damaging
your CPU. Snap the lever back into place.
Installing a heat sink with cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation
from your CPU. Failing to install these items may result in overheating and
possible burn-out of your CPU.

2-3 Setting Your CPU's Parameters

This board support plug and play CPU configuration, if you install a CPU on this
mainboard, the board will automatically detect and set CPU parameters. It is no longer
necessary to make many jumper settings as on conventional mainboards.
1. After installing all your hardware into your PC system, turn on your system's
power. Enter the CMOS Setup Utility by pressing the Delete key when your
BIOS identification screen appears.
2. Move the cursor to Frequency/Voltage Control Setup menu and press Enter. Find
the CPU bus frequency at the left hand side of the BIOS screen. Commands for
operating the cursor in BIOS are found at the Bottom right of the BIOS screen.
3. Set the CPU bus frequency according to your processor's specifications.
4. Press Esc to return to the CMOS Setup Utility, press F10 to Save and Exit Setup
and choose 'Y' to confirm. The system will automatically reboot and during startup
you will see the correct CPU type shown on the screen.

You do not need to make voltage settings because SeePU automatically

sets your CPU voltage.

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Overclocking
Operating a CPU at a higher frequency than it's specification allows is called
overclocking. If the CPU frequency is set at a higher frequency than it's specification
allows, it may or may not run at that frequency, depending on the quality of your
CPU and the extent to which the frequency has been overset. The mainboard
manufacturer highly discourages overclocking as it may result in data loss, CPU
burnout, system failure, etc.
Many Intel processors are frequency locked processors and are not able to perform
overclocking. Regardless of whether the processor is a frequency locked, overclocking
may cause some processors to hang when turning on the system. When the processor
hangs, the screen remains blank and the system does not boot. To solve this problem,
do the following.
1. Turn off the computer and then press and hold the Home key on your keyboard
2. Turn on your computer, wait for five seconds and then release the Home key.
3. Enter BIOS and reconfigure your CPU parameters as described in this section.

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CN2,CN3,CN4,
CN6,CN14,
JP3/JP4,JP7,JPX1
J2,J3,JP1

CN1,IR,FAN1,JP5,JP6 JP12/JP13,
SW1,FAN2

PS/2 Mouse Printer Port Game Port

PS/2 Keyboard USB 1/2 COM1 COM2 Line-out Line-in MIC

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Jumper &
Function Page
Connector No.
PW1 ATX Power Supply Connector 12

JP1 Onboard Audio (Optional for C-Media) 15

JP3/JP4 Audio Line_out or Speaker_out 15

JP5 Boot BIOS Select (Optional for TwinBIOS) 15

JP6 Clear CMOS Data 16

JP7 Primary Audio CODEC Select (Optional) 16

JP12/JP13 CPU Bus Frequency 16

Over-ride Power Button Connector 13

Power Indicator LED Connector 13

Green Switch / Green LED Connector 14

CN1 System Reset Switch Connector 14

Speaker Connector 14

IDE Activity LED Connector 14

Turbo LED Connector 14

JPX1 IDE RAID Controller (Optional) 17

CN2 CD-ROM Audio_in Connector 17

CN3 Auxiliary CD-ROM Audio-in Connector 17

CN4 Audio Mono -in/out Connector (Optional) 17

CN6 WOL(Wake On LAN) Connector 18

CN14 USB 2/3 Connector 18

USB Ports USB 0/1ports 18

IR Infrared Connector 19

J2 Fiber Optical Connector (Optional) 19

J3 AC3 Surround/Center + Bass Connector (Optional) 19

SW1 CPU Clock Ratio Setting (Optional ) 14

FAN1/2 System/CPU Cooling Fan Connector 19

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2-4 Connector and Jumper Settings

Connectors are used to link the system board with other parts of the system, including
the power supply, the keyboard, and the various controllers on the front panel of
the system case.
The power supply connector is the last connection to be made while installing
a mainboard. Before connecting the power supply, please make sure it is not
connected to the power source.

ATX Power Supply Connector (PW1)

The power cord leading from the system's power
supply to the external power source must be the
very last part connected when assembling a system.
To support this function, a switching power
supply with a minimum of 750mA 5VSB
is required.

The ATX power supply provides a single 20-pin

connector interface which incorporates standard +/
-5V, +/-12V, optional 3.3V and Soft-power signals.
The Soft-power signal, a 5V trickle supply is
continuously supplied when AC power is
available. When the system is in the Soft-Off
mode, this trickle supply maintains the system in
it's minimum power state.
Power-On By Modem
While in Soft-off state, if an external modem ring-up signal occurs, the system wakes
up and can be remotely accessed. You may enable this function in BIOS's Power
Management Setup menu.

Poly-fuse Over Current Protection

The poly-fuse protects the system from dangerous voltages the system might be
exposed to via the keyboard or USB connectors. In case of such exposure, the poly-
fuse will immediately be disconnected from the circuit, just like a normal fuse. After
being disconnected for a certain period of time, the poly-fuse will return to its normal
state, after which the keyboard or USB can function properly again. Unlike
conventional fuses, the poly-fuse does not have to be replaced, relieving the user
wasted time and inconvenience.
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Front Panel Connector Set (CN1) A through F

A. Over-ride Power Button Connector
The power button on the ATX chassis can be used
as a normal power switch as well as a device to
activate Advanced Power Management Suspend
mode. This mode is used for saving electricity
when the computer is not in use for long periods of
time. The Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function in
BIOS's Power Management Setup menu must be set
to "Delay 4 Sec." to activate this function.
When the Soft-OFF by PWR-BTTN function is
enabled, pushing the power button rapidly will
switch the system to Suspend mode. Any occurrence
of external activities such as pressing a key on the
keyboard or moving the mouse will bring the
system back to Full-On. Pushing the button while
in Full-On mode for more than 4 seconds will
switch the system completely off. See Over-ride
Power Button Operation diagram.
B. Power Indicator LED Connector
Plugging this connector into the lock on the front
Over-ride Power Button Operation
panel of the system case allows the lock to enable
or disable the keyboard. This function provides
Pin Definition limited security against casual intruders. The
1 +5V DC power indicator LED shows the system's power
Power Indicator LED 2 No Connection status. It is important to pay attention to the
3 Ground correct cables and pin orientation (i.e., not to
reverse the order of these two connectors.)
Software Power-Off Control
This mainboard can be powered down using the Windows 95/98 Software Power-Off
function. To power down your computer, click the START button on the Windows
95/98 task bar. Select "Shut Down The Computer" and the system turns off. The
message "It is now safe to turn off your computer" will not be shown when using this
function.
Blinking LED in Suspend Mode
While in Suspend mode, the LED light on the front panel of your computer will
flash. Suspend mode is entered by pressing the Override Power Button, pushing
the Green button on your ATX case, or enabling the Power Management and Suspend
Mode options in BIOS's Power Management menu.
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C. Green Switch/Green LED Connector

Some ATX cases provide a Green switch which
is used to put the system in Suspend mode. In
Suspend mode, the power supply to the system
is reduced to a trickle, the CPU clock is stopped,
and the CPU core is in it's minimum power state.
The system is woken up whenever the keyboard
or mouse is touched. The system resumes in
different ways as defined by Power Management
Setup screen in BIOS.
D. System Reset Switch Connector
This connector should be connected to the reset
switch on the front panel of the system case.
Pin Definition
1 System
2 GND
E. Speaker Connector
Pin Definition
1 Speaker Signal
2 No Connection
3 No Connection
4 +5V DC

F. IDE Activity LED Connector

The IDE activity LED lights up whenever the
system reads/writes to the IDE devices.
G. Turbo LED Connector
This mainboard does not have a Turbo/De-turbo
speed modes. So the turbo LED will always light.

Optional CPU Clock Ratio Setting (SW1)

This feature allows you to set a CPU at a higher
clock ratio than it's specification allows. it may or
may not run at that ratio, depending on the quality
of your CPU and the extent to which the ratio has
been overset.
RATIO 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5

1 ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF

2 ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF

3 ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON

4 OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF

! This option will not work with frequency lock CPU.

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Optional Onboard Audio (JP1)

 1
Enable Disable
This function allows you to enable and disable
the on board audio. You must set the jumper's cap
to pins 1-2 to enable or set pins 2-3 to disable
this function.

Audio Line_out or Speaker_out (JP3/JP4)

JP3 1 JP3 1

JP4 JP4
Line_out Speaker_out (default)
This jumper allows you to select between audio
line-out or speaker out function. Set both JP3 and
JP4 pins to 1-2 for line-out function or set both JP3
and JP4 pins to 2-3 for speaker out function.

Optional Boot BIOS Select (JP5)

1
Boot BIOS select (default)
1 BIOS 1 (Power on only)/
BIOS 2 (Power on + Reset button)
This feature allows you to select a BIOS to boot
up your system. Set the pin to 1-2 to enable Boot
BIOS select in the BIOS Features Setup and then
select either BIOS 1 or BIOS 2 for startup (see
section 2-4).The feature also allows you to
manually shift to another BIOS once the BIOS fail
to boot. Set pin to 2-3 to boot from BIOS 1 and
then press the power on button to boot up or press
reset and power on button hold for 2-3 second and
then release to boot from BIOS 2.

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Clear CMOS Data (JP6)

1 
Normal (default) Clear CMOS data
To clear the contents of the CMOS, please follow
the steps below.
1. Disconnect the system power supply from the
power source.
2. Set the jumper cap at location 2~3 for 5 seconds,
then set it back to the default position.
3. Connect the system's power and then start the
system.
4. Enter BIOS's CMOS Setup Utility and choose
Load Setup Defaults. Type Y and press enter.
5. Set the system configuration in the Standard
CMOS Setup menu.

Optional Primary Audio CODEC Select (JP7)

 Onboard CODEC (Default)
  AMR (Soft-Audio/Modem riser)

Short pin 1-2 to enable onboard AC`97 CODEC.

Short pin 2-3 to enable AMR (Soft Audio/Modem
riser).

CPU Bus Frequency (JP12/JP13)

JP12 JP13
Auto (default) 1~2 1~2
66MHz 2~3 2~3
100MHz 2~3 Open
133MHz Open Open

This jumper allows the CPU bus frequency to be

determined either by the CPU or the user. Set both
jumper cups to pin 1-2 (default) if you are not sure
what frequency your CPU support.

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Optional IDE RAID Controller (JPX1)

 Enable (Default)  Disable

The mainboard (optional) support IDE RAID 0/

1,0+1 feature. To use this function, set the jumper's
cap to pins 1-2 to enable or set pins 2-3 to disable
this function.

CD-ROM Audio-in Connector (CN2)

Use the audio cable enclosed with your CD-ROM
disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your
mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's
audio function.
GND
L R
1

Auxiliary CD-ROM Audio-in Connector (CN3)

Use the auxiliary audio cable enclosed with your
CD-ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to
your mainboard. This will enable your CD-ROM's
audio function.

Optional Audio Mono -in/out Connector (CN4)

Use the mono audio cable enclosed with your CD-
ROM disk drive to connect the CD-ROM to your
mainboard. This will enable mono audio in/out
function.

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WOL (Wake-on-LAN) Connector (CN6)

Enable the Wake Up On LAN selection in BIOS's
Power Management Menu to use this function.
The capability to remotely manage PCs on a
network is a significant factor in reducing
administrative and ownership costs. Magic Packet
technology is designed to give WOL (Wake-on-
LAN) capability to the LAN controller. When a
PC capable of receiving wake up command goes
to sleep, the Magic Packet mode in the LAN
controller is enabled. When the LAN controller
receives a Magic Packet frame, the LAN controller
will wake up the PC. This header is used to
connect an add-in NIC (Network Interface Card)
which gives WOL capability to the mainboard.

USB Ports and USB 2/3 Connector (CN14)

USB 2/3 USB 0/1 ports If you want to use a USB keyboard, you must
enable the USB keyboard support function in
BIOS's Integrated Peripherals menu (See Section
3-7). USB is an open industry standard, providing
a simple and inexpensive way to connect up to
125 devices to a single computer port. Keyboards,
mice, tablets, digitizers, scanners, bar-code readers,
modems, printers and many more can all be used
at the same time.

USB is a dynamically reconfigurable serial bus

with an elementary data rate of 12Mbps. Based
on off the shelf, low cost micro-controller
technology, its modular layered software protocol
supports sophisticated devices and application
programs.

This board contains a USB Host controller and

includes a root hub with two USB ports (meets
USB Rev 1.0 spec.) and a connector for optional
USB Adaptor (USB2/3). Four USB peripherals or
hub devices are able to be connected.

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Infrared Connector (IR)

If you enable the COM2 Mode in BIOS's Integrated
Peripherals menu the COM2 port will support IR
functions.

Vcc
Ir-Rx
GND
Ir-Tx
Vcc

Optional Fiber Optical Connector (J2)

This connector supports fiber optic module for
Internet music, PC, MD(Mini Disk) connections.

Optional AC3 Surround/Center + Bass Connector (J3)

This connector is for Surround and Center+Bass
speaker output ext. Plug in the optional AC3
Surround/Center+Bass jack extension into this
connector. The black colored jack is for surround
speaker output and the orange colored jack is for
center+bass speaker output.

System/CPU Cooling Fan Connectors (FAN1/FAN2)

These added connectors allow the fan to draw
their power from the mainboard instead of the disk
drive connector.
The board's management extension hardware is
able to detect the CPU and system fan speed in
rpm (revolutions per minute). These connectors
supports 3-pin cooling fans with minimum of
3500 RPM. The wiring and plug may vary
FAN1:System FAN2:CPU depending on the manufacturer. On standard fans,
the red is positive (+12V), the black is ground,
and the yellow wire is the rotation signal.
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2-5 Main Memory Configuration

The DRAM memory system consists of three banks and the memory size ranges from
32~512 MBytes. It does not matter which bank you want to install first.

DRAM Specifications
FSB SDRAM Type SDRAM Type Max Memory

FSB 12ns or faster

66
FSB+33 10ns or faster

FSB-33 12ns or faster

100 FSB 10ns or faster 1GB

FSB+33 7.5ns or faster

FSB-33 10ns or faster

133
FSB 7.5ns or faster

DIMM type : 3.3V, unbuffered, registered, 64/72-bit SDRAM with SPD*

Module size: Single/double-side 32/64/128/256 MBytes
Parity : Either parity or non-parity
The compatibility with 512MB and Registered DIMM is still under testing
and cannot be guaranteed.
This mainboard supports 3.3v, unbuffered, 4-clock, SDRAM DIMM only.
Buffered, 5V, or 2-clock SDRAM DIMMs should not be used.
Due to loading anomalies, using DIMM with an 'n x 4' DRAM base on this
mainboard is not recommended. For example, a DIMM that uses sixteen
16Mb x 4 devices should not be used.

SPD (Serial Presence Detect)

This is an EPROM that contains speed and design information about the memory
module. The mainboard queries the module and makes adjustments to system
operation based on what it finds.

ECC DRAM Capability

This mainboard can be configured to support ECC (Error Check and Correct)
function when utilizing parity DIMM modules. To utilize the chipset's ECC features,
you must use a 72-bit DIMM module.These modules are automatically detected
during bootup. However, the user must configure the DRAM Data Integrity Mode
to "ECC" in BIOS's SeePU&Chipset Features Setup menu to enable the ECC function.
ECC detects double bit errors and detects and corrects single bit memory errors on
the fly without user intervention. Errors may be generated by a defective memory
module, conflicting memory speeds between different banks, DMA, etc.
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Award BIOS Setup Program
Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in setup program that allows users to modify the
basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it
can retain the setup information, even when the power is turned off.
When you turn on or restart the system, press the Delete key to enter the Award
BIOS setup program. The primary screen as shown in Figure 3-1 is a list of the menus
and functions available in the setup program. Select the desired item and press enter
to make changes. Operating commands are located at the bottom of this and all
other BIOS screens. When a field is highlighted, on-line help information is displayed
on the left bottom edge of the screen.

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Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control

Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password

Power Management Setup Set User Password

PnP/PCI Configurations Save & Exit Setup

PC Health Status Exit Without Saving

Esc : Quit : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

Figure 3-1 Setup Program Initial Screen

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3-1 Standard CMOS Setup

The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as
hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot
up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a
mainboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD,
FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data has been lost or contaminated. Choose
the Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-
1) to display the following screen. When a field is highlighted, on-line help
information is displayed on the left bottom edge of the screen.

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Standard CMOS Features
Date (mm : dd : yy) Thu, Mar 23 2000 Item Help
Time (hh : mm : ss) 17 : 14 : 44
Press Enter None Menu Level
IDE Primary Master
IDE Primary Slave Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Master Press Enter None
IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter None
Drive A 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B None
Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled
Video EGA/VGA
Halt On All Errors
Base Memory 640K
Extended Memory 65472K
Total Memory 66496K

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Features Screen

Date/Time
Set the date and time. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such
as power management, saving files, etc. are based on this timer.

Hard Disk Setup (Primary/Secondary; Master/Slave)

This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed
in the computer. This section does not show information on other IDE devices such
as CD-ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives.

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Type (Auto/User/None): Use the fields under the Type column to determine the
method you will use to configure the IDE devices. If you choose Auto, BIOS will
automatically detect and make optimal settings for most IDE hard drives.

The mainboard manufacturer recommends that you choose Auto for all
drives.

Choose User to define your own drive type manually. You must enter values
indicated in the table below into each drive parameter field. This information should
be included in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or system manufacturer:

TYPE Setting method

CYLS Number of cylinders

HEAD Number of heads

PRECOMP Write precompensation cylinder

LANDZ Landing zone

SECTOR Number of sectors

MODE Mode type

Table 3-1 Hard Disk Drive Parameters

Cyls/Head/Sector: The number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors can usually be found
written on the top of the hard disk. If you have a relatively new hard drive, entering
this information alone is usually sufficient for normal hard disk operation. The hard
disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for these categories.
Precomp: Older hard drives (i.e., MFM or RLL drives) have the same number of
sectors per track at the innermost tracks as at the outermost tracks. Thus, the data
density at the innermost tracks is higher and the bits are lying closer together. Even
though the physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the track diameter
diminishes, each sector must still hold 512 bytes. Write precompensation circuitry
compensates for the difference in sector size by boosting the write current for inner
track sectors.
Landz: This defines the address of the landing zone and is only used for older hard
drives which do not have an auto-parking feature.
Mode: If the Type value is not None for any device, you must set the Mode value
for that device. There are four different Mode values: Auto, Normal, Large, and
LBA.
Auto - BIOS detects and enters the IDE drive type during boot up.

Normal - for IDE drives that meet the old IDE specification which support
a maximum capacity of 528MB (1024 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors).

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Large - for IDE drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024
cylinders. Try this setting if your hard disk does not operate properly with
the LBA setting. Large mode is not supported by all operating systems, i.e.,
only certain versions of DOS support large mode.

LBA - (Large/Logical Block Addressing) With LBA, the IDE controller

transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number
into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. This
mode is for drives with greater than 1024 cylinders and between 528MB and
8.4GB in size. This protocol is the current common standard.
Choose None for Type if there are no IDE HDD devices in your system.
! You can use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function to auto detect your hard
drive parameters. Using this function will automatically insert the parameters
discussed under Hard Disk Setup and will indicate User for the Field value.
Please see Section 3-9 for more information.

Floppy Disk Drives

Choose the memory capacity and disk size that corresponds with that of your floppy
disk drive(s).

Video
Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting
if you are using a VGA monitor since VGA BIOS automatically configures this setting.

Halt
When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnosis tests called
POST (Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a
hardware error. You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on
specific errors.

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3-2 Advanced BIOS Features

By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the Standard CMOS Features
menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

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Advanced BIOS Features
Boot ROM by BIOS setting Enabled Item Help
Boot BIOS BIOS 1
HDD Instant Recovery Disabled Menu Level
Anti-Virus Protection Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Processor Number Feature Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device HDD-0
Third Boot Device CDROM
Boot Other Device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
X Typematic Delay (Msec) 250

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-3 Advanced BIOS Features Screen

A. Boot ROM by BIOS Setting(Optional for Twin BIOS)

Enabling this function allows you to choose either BIOS 1(default) or BIOS 2
option to boot your system.

B. HDD Instant Recovery

This board supports HDD Instant Recovery, select enabled to use this function.
Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on the
screen to let you install this utility. (See Appendix II)

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C. Anti-Virus Protection
Trend ChipAway Virus
Trend ChipAway Virus is a code incorporated in the mainboard's BIOS firmware.
During the boot-up sequence, BIOS loads before loading of the partition table
or boot sector. ChipAway Virus loads with BIOS and is able to detect boot-
up viruses before they have a chance to infect the hard drive. ChipAway Virus
employs rule-based logic that doesn't look for specific viruses but rather detects
patterns found in every virus, eliminating the need to perform periodical version
updates after new viruses have been found.

D. Cache Control
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache
Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These
fields allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level
2 external cache. Both settings are left enabled to significantly increase the
performance of your computer.

E. Boot Up Features
After turning on the system, BIOS will perform a series of device initialization
and diagnostic tests discussed below.
Quick Power On Self Test (POST)
Enable this function to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST (Power
On Self Test). BIOS saves time by skipping some items during POST. It is
recommended that you disable this setting. Discovering a problem during boot
up is better than loosing data during your work.
First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device
This option sets the sequence of drives BIOS attempts to boot from after POST
completes. BIOS will search these drives for an operating system.
Swap Floppy Drive
Enabling this function will swap the floppy drive assignment so that drive A
will function as drive B, and drive B will function as drive A. Note that the
boot sequence assignment mentioned directly above does not include booting
from floppy drive B. This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of
a different format and you want to boot from floppy drive B.
Boot up Floppy Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine if the installed floppy disk drive has 40 or
80 tracks. A 360K drive has 40 tracks and 720K, 1.2M and 1.44M drives have
80 tracks. All modern floppy disk drives have 80 tracks.

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Boot Up NumLock Status

This function defines the keyboard's number pad as number keys or arrow keys.

F. Keyboard Interface
Typematic Rate Setting
When enabled, you can set the following two typematic control items. When
disabled, keystrokes are determined arbitrarily by the keyboard controller in your
system.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when
a key is pressed and held down.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
The typematic delay sets how long after you press a key that a character begins
repeating.
G. Security Option
The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be set
to take advantage of this function. See Section 3-11 for password setting
information. When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be
entered to boot the system or enter the BIOS setup program. When the Security
Option is set to Setup, a password is required to enter the BIOS setup program.

H. OS Select (For DRAM >64MB)

If your system's DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS/2 , select
OS/2 as the item value. Otherwise, set the item value to Non-OS/2 for all other
operating systems.
I. Shadow Memory
Software such as system BIOS, video BIOS, SCSI BIOS, etc that resides in ROM
(Read Only Memory) chips is called firmware. Shadowing of firmware occurs
when BIOS is copied to RAM address C0000h through DFFFFh. Video BIOS
loads into the C0000-C7FFF memory area when video shadowing is enabled.
If an expansion peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you
need to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the correct
area of RAM.
Shadowing improves the firmware's performance because the firmware can be read
by the CPU through the 16- or 32-bit DRAM bus as opposed to the 8-bit XT
bus. However, shadowing also results in reducing the amount of high memory
(640 KB to 1 MB) for loading device drivers. Shadowing is used mostly for
ROM chips on ISA cards and not for PCI cards. Shadowing and playing games
at the same time may result in system instability as some games access the RAM
memory area being shadowed.
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3-3 Advance Chipset Features

By choosing the Advanced Chipset Features option from the Standard CMOS
Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen
contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.
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Advanced Chipset Features
Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns Item Help
Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns
Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns Menu Level 
SDRAM Cycle Length 3
DRAM Clock Host CLK
Memory Hole Disabled
P2C/C2P Concurrency Enabled
Fast R-W Turn Around Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable Disabled
Video RAM Cacheable Disabled
AGP Aperture Size 64M
AGP-4X Mode Disabled
AGP Comp. Driving Auto
X AGP C.Driving Strength 00
Flash BIOS Protection Disabled
Hardware Reset Protect Disabled
OnChip Sound Enabled
OnChip Modem Enabled
Spectrum Spread Disabled

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-4 Chipset Features Setup Screen

All of the above settings have been determined by the mainboard manufacturer
and should not be changed unless you are absolutely sure of what you are
doing. Explanation of the DRAM timing and chipset features setup is lengthy,
highly technical and beyond the scope of this manual. Below are abbreviated
descriptions of the functions in this setup menu. You can look on the world
wide web for helpful chipset and RAM configuration information including
AWARD's web site at http://www.award.com.
A. BANK 0/1, 2/3 & 4/5 DRAM Timing
This item allows youto select the value in this field, depending on whether the
board has paged DRAM or EDO (Extended Data Output) DRAMs.
B. SDRAM Cycle Length
When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of the clock cycles of CAS
latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this setting from the default
value specified by the system designer.

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C. Memory Hole at 15M-16M

Enabling this function will reserve the memory address space between 15MB
and 16MB for ISA expansion cards. However, enabling this function will result
in not allowing the system to have access to memory above 16MB. Please note
that some expansion cards require this setting to be enabled. The default setting
is Disabled. If Auto Configuration is enabled, you must set the DRAM timing
function to 60ns or 70ns, depending on the type of DRAM you install.

D. System BIOS Cacheable

Enabling this function allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-
FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes
to this memory area, a system error may result. Caching the system BIOS results
in better performance than shadowing the system BIOS as discussed in Section
3-2.

E. Video RAM Cacheable

Enabling this function will allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in
better system performance. However, if any programs write to this memory
area, a system error may occur.

F. AGP Aperture Size

This function determines the amount of system memory that is given to the AGP
card. Options range from 4MB to 128MB. This is a dynamic memory allotment
in that the AGP card will only use the amount of memory that it needs. The
remaining memory not in use will be available for the system to use. For example,
if 16MB is alloted to the AGP card and the card only needs 8MB, the remaining
8MB will be available for system use.

G. AGP-4X Mode
Enable this setting to utilize the4X mode (twice as fast as2X) offered by advanced
AGP cards. Your VGA card must support 4X mode in order to take advantage
of the faster speed.

H. Flash BIOS Protection

The mainboard manufacturer developed BIOS protection technology that protects
the System BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users or computer
viruses. When enabled, the BIOS data cannot be changed when attempting to
update BIOS with the the FLASH utility. When disabled, the BIOS data can
be updated by using the FLASH utility.

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I. Hardware Reset Protect

When this function is enabled, your PC's hardware reset button will not function.
This function is especially useful to prevent accidental resets for file servers and
routers, etc., which should be available 24 hrs/day. When disabled, your PC's
hardware reset button will function normally.

J. OnChip Sound
This function must be enabled in order to use the onboard audio function. To
terminate this function set it to disabled.

K. OnChip Modem
This function must be enabled in order to use the soft modem riser card on AMR
slot. To terminate this function set it to disabled. Be sure to set AMR/MR Setting
jumpers (JP4A/B/C/D) as discussed in Section 2-4 of this manual to enable this
function.

L. Spectrum Spread
When Enabled this function will cause lower EMI by spreading the system
frequency spectrum. For normal operation, disable this function.

M. Memory Parity/ECC Check

If the DRAM chips in your system support parity/ECC check, select Enabled

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3-4 Integrated Peripherals

This section provides information on setting peripheral devices. By choosing the
Integrated Peripherals option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1),
the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default
values for the mainboard.

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Integrated Peripherals
On-Chip IDE Channel0 Enabled Item Help
On-Chip IDE Channel1 Enabled
IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Menu Level
Primary Master PIO Auto
Primary Slave PIO Auto
Secondary Master PIO Auto
Secondary Slave PIO Auto
Primary Master UDMA Auto
Primary Slave UDMA Auto
Secondary Master UDMA Auto
Secondary Slave UDMA Auto
Init Display First PCI Slot
OnChip USB Enabled
USB Keyboard Support Disabled
IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled
Onboard FDD Controller Enabled
Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto
Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto
COM 2 Mode Standard

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 3-5 Integrated Peripherals Screen

A. On Board IDE Control

On-chip IDE channel 0/1
You can set this to disable the On-chip IDE controller if you are going to add
a higher performance IDE board.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-
4) for each IDE device that the internal PCI IDE interface supports. Modes 0
through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system
automatically determines the best mode for each device.

B. Init Display First

This function allows user to choose between AGP slot or VGA slot to initialize
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C. OnChip USB
Enable the on-board Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller if you want to connect
a USB keyboard to your system. Note that if this setting is disabled, you can
still temporarily use a USB keyboard during bootup so that you can enter BIOS
and enable this setting. If you pass the bootup stage without enabling this
function, your PS/2 keyboard will no longer work.
D. USB Keyboard Support
Set to Button Only to control the system power via the button on your system
case. Set to Mouse Left/Right Click to turn on the power via a PS/2 mouse,
and set to Keyboard 98, Hot Key or Password to turn on the power via keyboard.
With Hot Key and Password you must decide on which keys will turn on the
power.
E. IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector
read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do),
select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes
per sector the drive can support.

F. Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on
the system board and you wish to use it. If you install an add-in FDC or the
system has no floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.
G. COM2 Mode Select
This function allows you to select an operating mode for the second serial port.
(Normal RS-232C serial port/IrDA SIR 1.0 specification/ASKIR 0.57-MB/sec
infrared port)
H. Onboard Parallel Port
Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical
parallel port.
I. Parallel Port Mode
Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select
SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software support one of the other
available modes.

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3-5 Power Management Setup

This section provides information on the Green PC power management functions.
By choosing the Power Management Setup option from the Standard CMOS Features
menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the mainboard

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Power Management Setup
Item Help
ACPI function Enabled
Power Management Press Enter Menu Level
ACPI Suspend Type S1(POS)
PM Control by APM Yes
Video Off Option Suspend -> Off
Video Off Method DPMS Support
MODEM Use IRQ 3
Soft-Off by PWRBTN Delay 4 Sec
State After Power Failure Off
Wake Up Events Press Enter

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 3-6 Power Management Setup Screen

A. Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI)

ACPI management enables the operating system to control the amount of power
given to each device attached to the computer. With ACPI, the operating system
can turn off peripherals devices, such as CD-ROM players, when they are not
in use.
B. Power Management
Power management allows the computer to save electricity when it is not in use
by entering increasingly deep power saving modes as shown by the diagram
below.

Figure 3-7 Power Saving Mode Flow Chart

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C. Video Off Option

This setting allow you to selects the power-saving modes during which the
monitor goes blank:

D. Video Off Method

This function serves as both a screen saver and power saver for monitors.
See the next function, Video Off After, for setting the video timer.
Blank - BIOS will only blank the monitor's screen. The electricity saved in
this mode is negligible and this function is only used as a screen saver to
prevent screen damage while the screen is on but not in use.
V/H SYNC+Blank - The system turns off the vertical and horizontal synchro-
nization ports, writes blanks to the VGA buffer and the monitor's electron
gun turns off. This function requires a monitor with Green features in order
to take advantage of the power saving function. If you enable this function
and do not have a Green monitor, the result will be the same as if you had
selected Blank. This function serves as both a screen saver and an electricity
saver.
DPMS Supported - Select this option if your video card supports the Display
Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard (i.e., you have a monitor that
supports Green features). Use software supplied by your video subsystem to
set video power management options.

E. Modem Use IRQ

If your computer has an modem, use this function to tell BIOS which IRQ is being
occupied by the modem card. When the system is in Green mode, the modem
requires an IRQ assignment to wake up the system and perform tasks. This
assignment is compliant with the APM 1.2 specification and is to be used in
coordination with APM 1.2 compliant operating systems.

F. Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN
When set to Delay 4 Sec., this function allows the power button to put the system
in Suspend, a power saving mode. See Section 2-4 for operation instructions
of the override power button operation which puts the system in Suspend mode.
When set to Instant-Off the Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN function is disabled and the
computer turns completely off when the power button is pressed.

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H. Power On By PCI Card

Enable this selection to use the Power on by PCI card function.

I. Power On By Modem/LAN
When enabled, a modem/LAN that receives a signal will wake up the system
from soft off and green mode. You should connect the modem to the COM
port and turn on the resume event in green mode.

J. Power On By Alarm
When enabled, this setting allows the system to turn back on at a designated
time of the month. User must designate date of month and time of day. This
function is only available when using an ATX power supply and the Software
Power-Off function to turn off the computer. See the Software Power-Off feature
in Section 2-4 of this manual for instructions.

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3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration

This section provides IRQ and DMA setting information. By choosing the PNP/
PCI Configuration option from the Standard CMOS Features menu (Figure 3-1),
the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the manufacturer's default
values for the mainboard.

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PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed No Item Help
Reset Configuration Data Disabled
Menu Level
Resources Controlled By Auto(ESCD)
X IRQ Resources Press Enter
X DMA- Resources Press Enter

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Disabled

Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled
Assign IRQ For USB Enabled
Raid Card Boot First Disabled
Slot 1 Use IRQ No. Auto
Slot 2/5 Use IRQ No. Auto
Slot 3 Use IRQ No. Auto
Slot 4 Use IRQ No. Auto
FDD IRQ Can Be Free Yes

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 3-7 PnP/PCI Configurations Screen

A. PNP OS Installed
If you want to install a PNP compatible OS(such as Windows 95) set to Yes.
B. Resources Controlled By
When set to Manual the system BIOS will not refer to the ESCD for IRQ & DMA
information. Instead, it will refer to the items in the setup menu for assigning
IRQ & DMA. When set to Auto the system BIOS will refer to the ESCD for all
legacy information.
C. RAID Card Boot First (optional)
If additional SCSI(RAID) card installed on PCI slot and this feature is set to
enabled. The BIOS scan from the highest PCI bus number to boot up. If set disabled
BIOS scan from the lowest PCI bus number to boot up.
D. FDD IRQ Can Be Free
This function allows user to choose if the FDD IRQ is able to be freed up. The
default setting is Yes and this does not allow the IRQ to be free.

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3-7 PC Health Status

By choosing the PC Health Status option from the Standard CMOS Features menu
(Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

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PC Health Status
Current CPU Temp. 360 C/ 960 F Item Help
Current System Temp. 31 oC/87 oF
Current CPU FAN Speed 3500 RPM Menu Level
Current SYS FAN Speed 3500 RPM
Vcore 1.8V
2.5V 2.48V
3.3V 3.32V
5V 5.05V
12 V 12.16V

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-8 PC Health Status Screen

A. CPU Warning Temperature

Set a limit for the CPU temperature. If the CPU temperature extends beyond the limit,
any warning mechanism programmed into your system will be activated.

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3-8 Frequency/Voltage Control

By choosing the Frequency/Voltage Control Setup option from the Standard CMOS
Features menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen
contains the manufacturer's default values for the mainboard.

CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software

Frequency/Voltage Control

Clock By Slight Adjust 100 Item Help

Menu Level

:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-9 SeePU Setup Screen

A. CPU BUS Frequency

The CPU BUS frequency allows you to easily select your CPU's external clock
frequency in BIOS. Refer to Section 2-3 for details.

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3-9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Fail-Safe Defaults loads the default BIOS values directly from the Standard
CMOS Features menu (Figure3-1). If the stored record created by the setup program
becomes corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically
when you turn on the computer.

CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control

Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password

Power Management Setup Set User Password

PnP/PCI Configur Setup

Load Fail-Save Defaults (Y/N) ? N
PC Health Status Saving

Esc : Quit : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Figure 3-10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults Screen

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3-10 Load Optimized Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults loads the default system values directly from the Standard
CMOS Features menu (Figure3-1). If the stored record created by the setup program
becomes corrupted and therefore unusable, these defaults will be loaded automatically
when you turn on the computer.

CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control

Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password

Power Management Setup Set User Password

PnP/PCI Configur Setup

Load Optimized Defaults (Y/N) ? N
PC Health Status Saving

Esc : Quit : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Load Optimized Defaults

Figure 3-11 Load Optimized Defaults Screen

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3-11 Supervisor Password & User Password Setting

There are four different variables that control password settings. The first two are
located under the Security Option function in BIOS Features Setup Menu (Figure
3-1). When the Security Option function is set to Setup, a password is required to
enter BIOS and change BIOS settings. When the Security Option function is set
to System, a password is required to enter both BIOS and the computer's operating
system (for example Windows 95) found on the boot drive. This is shown in Figures
3-12 and 3-13.
The third and fourth variables are user password and supervisor password selected
in BIOS (Figure 3-1). The main purpose of separating user and supervisor is to allow
only the supervisor to have control over the settings in BIOS. The user, on the other
hand, is only allowed to access the computer's operating system and change the user
password in BIOS (See Figure 3-13 ). Note that when there is no supervisor password
set, the user password controls access to all BIOS settings (See Figure 3-12 below).

A. Set Either Supervisor Password or User Password

Figure 3-12 Set Either Supervisor or User Password

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B. Set Both Supervisor Password and User Password

Figure 3-13 Set Both Supervisor and User Password

3-12 Save and Exit Setup

If you select this and type Y (for yes) followed by the [Enter] key, the values entered
in the setup utilities will be recorded in the CMOS memory of the BIOS chip.

3-13 Exit Without Saving

Selecting this option and pressing Y followed by the [Enter] key lets you exit the
Setup program without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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Chapter 4

Brief Software Driver Guide

The Mainboard Software Guide is found on the CD-ROM that is enclosed with your
mainboard and is a PDF file which must be viewed with Adobe's freeware called
Acrobat® Reader. The Acrobat Reader software is also included on the same CD-
ROM. See the Readme.txt file in the CD-ROM's root directory for installation
instructions of the Acrobat Reader. The Mainboard software guide discusses the
following items:

The following items are discussed in the TXT or PDF files:

- VIA Service Pack for Win9x/WinNT including Bus Master IDE drivers, AGP VxD
IRQ routing mini port driver and etc.
- Updating Your System BIOS
- Installing and Using a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Utility for DOS
- Optional C-Media drivers and utility for Win95/98/NT
- Optional IDE RAID0/1 driver for Win98, NT, Win2000

The DMI utility is a DOS utility, operating under Windows or other operating
system might cause damage to the BIOS.

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On Board I/O Addresses & IRQ Maps

System Resource IRQ I/O Address

1. Timer IRQ0 040, 043

2. Keyboard IRQ1 060, 064

3. Programmable INT IRQ2 0020, 0021,

00A0, 00A1

4. COM2(B) IRQ3 2F8, 2FF

5. COM1(A) IRQ4 3F8, 3FF

6. Floppy IRQ6 3F0, 3F7

7. LPT1 IRQ7 378, 37F

8. Real Time Clock IRQ8 070, 071

9. PS/2 Mouse IRQ12 060, 064

10.Math coprocessor IRQ13 0F0, 0FF

11.IDE 1 IRQ14 1F0, 1F7

12.IDE 2 IRQ15 170, 177

!IRQ 5, 9, 10 and 11 are available for interface cards.

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Embedded Flash Utility

This mainboard is equipped with an Erasable Flash ROM and an Embedded
Flash Utility which allows the user to update the BIOS to a newer version.
Embedded Flash Utility eases BIOS upgrade and eliminate the compatibility
issue between different Flash ROM type and version of Flash utility.
    Update Your System BIOS
1. Start computer, upon post, press ALT+F2 Keys to enter AWDFLASH setup.
2. Insert the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file into the floppy drive A(or B)
and then press Enter to start programming.

      FLASH MEMORY WRITER V 7.52C

(C) Award Software 1999 All Right Reserved
For XXX-W83627HF-6A69MC3DC-0 DATE: 01/20/2000
Flash Type- INTEL E82802AB / 3.3V(2Mb)
File Name to Program :  6AJR4323.BIN
1234567890123456789012345
Programming Flash Memory
1234567890123456789012345
1234567890123456789012345
123456789012345678901234567890121234
123456789012345678901234567890121234
123456789012345678901234567890121234
1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567
1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567
12 1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567
1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567
12 Write OK 123
123 123
123
12 123No Update 123
123 Write Fail

Warning : Don't Turn Off Power Or Reset System !

Sample of Programing Flash Memory Screen
3. When finished, the system will automatically Restart.
Note:
! Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled in the Advance Chipset
Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu. See Chapter 3.
! Don't turn off or restart your system during programming process.
! Make sure that your floppy diskette have only one BIN file to aviod
confussion.

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HDD Instant Recovery Utility

This mainboard is equipped with HDD Instant Recovery utility embedded in the
BIOS ROM. The feature is an option which allows the user to install or not. HDD
Instant Recovery utility is a Pre-O.S. backup technology that provides backup before
any OS is being activated. Just one press on the Hotkey, HDD Instant Recovery can
revive your system even if your O.S. crashed or not working properly.
❒ HDD Instant Recovery Concept
HDD IR will save your vital O.S. and application software in a hidden space inside
the same hard drive. Since the backup file occupies some space in the hidden
directory, the displayed disk space will be reduced. HDD IR will backup your
system either with the Smart or Equivalent Backup depends on your O.S. type.
Smart Backup (FAT16/32 format i.e.Win 95/98 O.S.)
- Backup space is the actual system space used.
Equivalent Backup (NTFS format i.e.Windows 2000/NT.)
- Backup space equivalent to the drive space where the O.S. located.
❒ Utility Installation
1. Enable the HDD Instant Recovery in the BIOS Features setup from the CMOS
Setup Utility menu. Save and exit to reboot.
2. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on the
screen. Selet Install and press Enter key to read the instruction.
3. Press F8 key to continue, you will be prompt to confirmed to keep original
data.
4. Type Y and press Enter and wait for the installation process to finish and the
system will automatically reboot.
HDD Instant Recovery Utility

<Alt-F1>: Backup System

<Alt-F2>: Disk Information
<Alt-F3>: Restore System
<Alt-F4>: Hard Disk Copy

<Alt-F5>: Uninstall

HDD Instant Recovery Utility Setup screen

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! Backup System
Smart Backup
1. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on
the screen. Selet Backup System by pressing Alt+F1 key.
2. Select your hard drive to backup.
3. Wait for the backup process to finish and the system will automatically reboot.
Equivalent Backup
" Still under evaluation testing for future Windows 2000/NT supports.
! Disk Information
1. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on
the screen. Select Disk Information by pressing Alt+F2 key to view Disk Info.
! Hard Disk Copy
1. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on
the screen. Selet Hard Disk Copy by pressing Alt+F4 key.
2. Select which hard drive to backup.(Copy 1 to 2 or 2 to 1 or 1 to 2 3 4)
3. Wait for the hard disk copy process to finish and the system will auto reboot.
! Restore System
1. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on
the screen. Selet Restore System by pressing Alt+F3 key.
2. You will be prompt to confirmed restore drive. Type Y and press Enter key.
3. Wait for the backup process to finish and the system will automatically reboot.
! Uninstall
1. Upon system boot up, the HDD Instant Recovery Utility will be shown on
the screen. Seletc uninstall by pressing Alt+F5 key.
2. You will be prompt to confirmed uninstall. Type Y and press Enter key.
3. Wait for the uninstalling process to finish and press any key to reboot

This function does not support Multi-Booting management utility like

System Commander, etc.
Alway uninstall this function before you format or partition the hard disk
for other usage.

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TwinBIOS Technology (Optional)

Introduction
We are pleased to introduce the Peer to Peer TwinBIOS technology, a new
generation BIOS system for your motherboard. Twin BIOS are physically two
BIOS chips, known as BIOS 1 and BIOS 2. If either one of the BIOS fails, the
other BIOS will be ready to take over the Boot BIOS function. Whether the
problem is caused by a virus, flashing BIOS failure or a corrupted Boot BIOS
chip, The other BIOS will always back you up.
!  Using the Backup BIOS Recovery
This feature enable you to manually shift to another BIOS once the the BIOS
fails to boot. Set (JPX1) jumper pin to 2-3 and then press the reset button together
with the power on button to boot up.
!  Selecting Boot BIOS
Set (JPX1) jumper pin to 1-2 to enable BIOS selection in the Advance BIOS
Features setup from the CMOS Setup Utility menu. Select Boot BIOS and choose
between BIOS 1 (default) or BIOS 2 option to boot your system.
! Update BIOS Using Embbeded Flash Memory Utility
A. Boot from BIOS 1
1. Start computer, upon post, press ALT+F2 Keys to enter AWDFLASH setup.

Select the BIOS you want to update: update from Floppy Disk
Press <F1> "BIOS 1"
Select source to update "BIOS 2"
Press <F2> "BIOS 2" Press <Enter> from BIOS 1
Press <ESC> to continue Post <ESC> from Floppy

Note:
" Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled in the Advance Chipset
Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu. See Chapter 3.
" Don't turn off or restart your system during programming process.
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B. Boot from BIOS 2

1. Start computer, upon post, press ALT+F2 Keys to enter AWDFLASH setup.

Select the BIOS you want to update: Select source to update "BIOS 1"
Press <Enter> from BIOS 2
Press <F1> "BIOS 1"
<ESC> from Floppy

Press <F2> "BIOS 2"

update from Floppy Disk
Press <ESC> to continue Post

Note:
" Flash BIOS Protection must be set to Disabled in the Advance Chipset
Feature from the CMOS Setup Utility menu. See Chapter 3.
" Don't turn off or restart your system during programming process.

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IDE RAID Technology (Optional)

We are pleased to introduce the High Point IDE RAID technology, Though IDE
RAID technology has been circling the industry before, we has made it a reality
for desktops, workstations, and entry-level server manufacturers.
! IDE RAID
In a standard PC, each hard drive is seen as an independent disk designated
by letters like C, D, E, etc… In a RAID system, multiple hard drives are placed
into one or more arrays of disks. Each array is seen as an independent disk,
though that array may include upwards of two, three, four, or more drives.
This is why RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. In an
IDE RAID array, of course, the drives are low-cost IDE.
!  Features
Striping
RAID 0 basically links each drive in the array as one huge drive. Storage
capacity is determined by the smallest drive in he array. That capacity is then
applied to format all other drives in the array. If using a 4GB, 6GB, 5GB drive
in a RAID 0 array, your system will see one huge drive of 12GB (4GB x 3)
versus 15GB. RAID 0 offers double or more performance under sustained data
transfers when one drive per IDE port is used. In such a configuration, unlike
SCSI, IDE drives are always available to the system. SCSI requires more
management of the SCSI bus.
Mirroring
RAID 1 makes and maintains an identical image of data from one drive to a
second drive or from multiple drives to a second set of multiple drives.
Should one drive fail, the working drive or drive set continues operation. To
the system, such an array is still seen as a single drive letter. While RAID 1 is
the least efficient use of hard drives to provide data protection (since the user
does not see any of the additional storage capacity of the mirrored drives),
low-cost IDE makes it acceptable. If performing 1-to-1 mirroring with two
4GB drives, the system only sees one 4GB drive. IDE RAID 1 represents a
significantly lower cost than SCSI RAID 1.
RAID 0+1( Stripe/Mirror)
RAID 0+1 level to provide your system with both double data security and
double storage performance. Stripes multiple drives and mirrors to a second
striped set of drives for faster performance and fault tolerance.
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CMedia 8738 Audio Subsystem

The CMedia 8738 offers a new generation PCI audio solution: it utilizes the state-of-
the-art CRL® 3D Audio technology (HRTF 3D positional audio), and supports
Microsoft® Direct Sound®3D and Aureal® 's A3D® interfaces. Better yet, it supports
two/four/six speakers and DLS based (Down Loadable Sound) wave table music
synthesizer which supports the Direct Music®.

Feature
- Advanced 64-voice wavetable synthesizer
- Programmable independent sample rate form 4KHz to 48KHz for record and
playback
- Full-duplex operation for simultaneous recording and playback
- Supports MS DLS (Downloadable sample) level-1 technology with limitless variety
of instrument samples using PC RAM
- Supports HRTF 3D positional audio with MSDS, DS3D, DirectMusic, Aureal A3D
and Creative EAX (Environment Audio Extensions), C3DX APIs
- 4 or 6-Channel speaker audio support for Home Theater environment
- Supports Fiber Optic module for Internet music, PC, and MD connections
- Supports MIDI and dual game ports
- Embedded 32OHM .5w earphone amplifier

Multi Speakers System

The CMedia 8738 Audio subsystem provides 3 wave channels (front/rear/
center+bass), known as the multi speakers system (4 or 6 channel option). When
games or application programs via DirectSoundR 3D or A3DR interface locate
the sound sources to the listener's back, the two rear speakers will work to enhance
the rear audio positional effect, so as to complement the insufficiency of using
only two front speakers to emulate the audio effect. The following is the hardware
installation and the software setups:

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Installation
1. Connect the front pair speakers to the Line-out jack of the audio adapter, and
then connect rear pair speakers to Line-in/Rear jack of the audio adapter. The
original Line-in can be moved to Aux-in.
2. Install the audio driver and Audio Rack application software(see chapter 4).
3. There is a multi speakers option in the volume control of the mixer, and when
you enable this option, it means the rear speakers are connected to Line-in/Rear
jack. When Line-in/Rear jack is connected to other external Line-in sources,
please DO NOT enable this option in order to avoid hardware conflicts. Regarding
rear speaker option, you can turn ON or turn OFF the output of the back speakers,
and adjust the volume, to have the rear/front speakers have the same volume.

Multi Speaker selector Button

Note: You can test your multi-channel system by clicking the Multi-Channel Audio
Demo at C:\WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs\PCI Audio Application\Multi-
Channel Audio Demo(as shown in figure below).

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