User manual AOPEN I915GAHFS

[. . . ] eTable of Contents eTable of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. 1 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 2 Features of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1. 3 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 1 How does your motherboard look like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2. 2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2. 3 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 1 Quick Installation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3. 2 Installation You Have to Know. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Advanced BIOS Features > Show Logo On Screen This item allows user to select to show or hide "Full Screen logos" or "Vivid BIOS logos". Advanced BIOS Features > Bypass Vivid BIOS This item allow user to bypass Vivid BIOS or not when booting up. 48 Advanced Chipset Features The "Advanced Chipset Features" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance. Warning: Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. However, it may cause your system to be unstable if the setting is not correct for your system configuration. Advanced Chipset features > DRAM Timing Selectable Available options: By SPD: System will define timing according to default of Dram. Advanced Chipset features > CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Available options: 2, 2. 5, 3 Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay This field lets user to insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals, used when RAM is written to, read from, or refreshed. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5 49 Advanced Chipset features > DRAM RAS# Precharge If an insufficient number of cycles are allowed for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. This field applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system. Available options: 2, 3, 4, 5 Advanced Chipset features > Active to Precharge Delay Select the operating system that is active to precharge delay. Available options: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 Advanced Chipset features > System Memory Frequency This item is used to set DRAM timing. Available options: DDR: 333 MHz, DDRII400 MHz, 533 MHz Advanced Chipset features > System BIOS cacheable Allow the system BIOS to be cached to allow faster system performance. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Advanced Chipset features > Video BIOS cacheable Allow the video BIOS to be cached to allow faster video performance. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Advanced Chipset features > Intruder Detection This item allow user to detect the housing is opened or not. It works only when the housing is designed with CASE OPEN cable and connected to motherboard. Available options: Disabled, Enabled Advanced Chipset features > PEG/On Chip VGA Control This item is used to select display first from onboard VGA or PCI ExpressGraphic card. Advanced Chipset features > Boot Display This item is used to set booting display. Available options: Auto, CRT, TV, EFP Advanced Chipset features > Init Display First If you installed a PCI VGA card, this item lets you decide which one is the initial display card. Advanced Chipset features > On-Chip Video Memory Size This item allows user to control the on-chip frame buffer size, fixed memory size, DVMT. Advanced Chipset features > On-Chip Frame Buffer Size Advanced Chipset features > FIXED Memory Size Advanced Chipset features > DVMT Memory Size 50 Advanced Chipset features > TV Format Available options: Auto, NTSC_M, NTSC_M_J, NTSC_433, NTSC_N, PAL_B, PAL_G, PAL_D, PAL_H, PAL_I, PAL_M, PAL_N, PAL_60, SECAM_L, SECAM_L1, SECAM_B, SECAM_D, SECAM_G, SECAM_H, SECAM_K, SECAM_K1. Advanced Chipset features > Delayed PWROK Signal This item is used to add the compatibility between motherboard and power supply for avoiding booting up failed. Available options: 400ms (default) / 300ms / 200ms /100ms / Disabled Integrated Peripherals This submenu appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. [. . . ] You may find lots of fabulous utilities listed there, and all you have to do is to click on the "GO", then it will install the utilities to your system right away without complicated steps. Press the icon will prompt the "Install Utilities" page for your selection. You may also press "Back" to get back to the Main page. 69 6. 3 Display output behavior AOpen provides newest innovation with high definition display output. Below diagram will show the way of display output. YPbPr DVI D-SUB S-Video CRT LCD with DVI Connector TV/HDTV TV/HDTV FAQ (1) Intel Drive just supports "Dual Monitor Mode" and "Single Monitor Mode". (2) When running in Dual Monitor mode and playing Media Player, there is only an output device can work. [. . . ]