Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
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IBM, VGA, and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. [. . . ] Insert the expansion card edge connector into the slot and press it firmly down until fully inserted. PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) Slots You can install the 32-bit PCI interface expansion cards in the slots. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot You can install a graphics adapter supporting 8xAGP specification in the AGP slot. CNR (Communications Networking Riser) Slot The CNR (Communications Networking Riser) slot is an industry standard slot that allows for the installation of a special audio/ modem riser card. Different territories have different regulations 18
regarding the specifications of a modem card. You can purchase an approved CNR card in your area and install it directly into the CNR slot.
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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. If this happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory used to store the configuration information. You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration. You might need to do this to configure some of the hardware that you install on or connect to the mainboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc.
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 <DEL> 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. 13 (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced Setup Power Management Setup PCI / Plug and Play Setup Load Optimal Settings Load Best Performance Settings Features Setup CPU PnP Setup Hardware Monitor Change Password Exit
Esc : Quit : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Optimal values F7 : Best performance values F10 : Save&Exit Standards COMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc.
You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page. To cycle through the Setup Utility's optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2. Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values. In these pages, use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items, and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items. Other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys. If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high-performance values.
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Standard CMOS Setup Page
This page sets up 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. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yy) : Wed Aug 20, 2003 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 10:54:38 Type Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave : Auto Sec Master : Auto Sec Slave : Auto
LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode On On On On
Floppy Drive A : 1. 44 MB 3 1/2 Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Month : Jan Dec Day : 01 31 Year : 1901 2099 ESC : Exit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify (Shift)F2 : Color F3 : Detect All HDD
Date & Time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave
Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B
Use these items to set the system date and time Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels. If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc. ) manually. [. . . ] Enable this item to make a small portion of memory storage device for the USB ports.
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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. DRAM Frequency Disabled 100 MHz N/A CPU+0
ESC F1 F5 F6 F7
: Quit : Select Item : Help PU/PD/+/ - : Modify : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color : Load Optimal values : Load Best performance values
CPU Over-Clocking Func. CPU/DRAM Frequency Ratio CPU Over-Clocking Frequency
This item enables or disables the CPU overclocking function installed in your system. [. . . ]