User manual AOPEN I945GTMVHL0602A

[. . . ] Chapter 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents 1. 1 Disposal Instruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. 2 A Thank-you Note Before You Get Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1. 3 Features of This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1. 4 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chapter 1 Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2 Introduction to This Motherboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 1 How does your motherboard look like?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2. 2 Specification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. 3 Block Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Chapter 3 Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] However, some default settings of BIOS cannot fine-tune those sections that controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide you and help you to configure some other settings. To enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your monitor. Note: Because BIOS code is the most often changed part on motherboard, the BIOS information contained in this manual may be different from the BIOS version that comes with your motherboard. 43 5. 2 How To Use Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-AwardTM BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Phoenix-AwardBIOS setup program. Key Page Up or + Page Down or Enter Esc Up Arrow Down Arrow Left Arrow Right Arrow F7 F10 Description Change setting to next value or increase the value. Save changed settings and exit setup program. 5. 3 How To Enter BIOS Setup After finishing the jumper settings and connecting cables, you can power on and enter the BIOS Setup. Press <Del> during POST (Power-On Self Test) and choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del 44 Standard CMOS Features The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and <PgUp> or <PgDn> to select the value for each item. Standard CMOS Features > Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. Standard CMOS features > Time To set the time, highlight the Time parameter. Press <PgUp> or <PgDn> to set the current time in hour, minute, and second format. Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Master Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 0 Slave Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 2 Master Standard CMOS features > IDE Channel 2 Slave This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing Zone and Number of Sector per Track. The default setting is Auto, which enables BIOS to automatically detect the parameters of installed HDD (Hard Disk Drive) at POST (Power-On Self Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters manually, select Manual. 45 IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Press "Enter" to auto-detect parameters of HDD IDE Channel 0 Master (Slave): Define the parameters of IDE devices in Channel 0 (Master or Slave). Available options: None: if there is no device, please select "None" for speeding boot up. Cylinder: Enter cylinder number Head: Enter head number Precomp: Write precompensation Landing Zone: Location of head Sector: Sector Number Standard CMOS features > Drive A This item allows user select the floppy drive type. Available items: None / 360KB 5. 25" / 1. 2MB 5. 25" / 720KB 3. 5" / 1. 44MB 3. 5" / 2. 88MB 3. 5" Standard CMOS features > HaltOn This parameter enables you to control the system stops in case of Power-On Self Test (POST) error. Available items: No errors / All errors / All, But Keyboard / All, But Diskette / All, But Disk/Key 46 Advanced BIOS Features This screen appears when you select the option "Advanced BIOS Features" from the main menu. Advanced BIOS Features > Removable Device Priority Advanced BIOS Features > Hard Disk Boot Priority Advanced BIOS Features > CD-ROM Boot Priority This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Advanced BIOS Features > First Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Second Boot Device Advanced BIOS Features > Third Boot Device This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. Available options: Removable: Floppy, USB, ZIP. . . etc Hard Disk: Hard Disk Drives CD-ROM: CD-ROM, DVD-ROM. . . etc LAN: LAN Card with boot ROM Disabled: Advanced BIOS Features > Security Option The "System" option limits access to both the System boot and BIOS setup. A prompt asking you to enter your password appears on the screen every time you boot the system. To disable the security option, select Password Setting from the main menu, don't type anything and just press <Enter> 47 Advanced Chipset Features The "Advanced Chipset Features" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. [. . . ] That means your driver work successful now. 63 6. 2 Installing Utilities Installing Utilities is virtually the same as installing drivers. AOpen provides you many friendly and powerful utilities to manage your system. 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. 64 6. 3 Display output behavior AOpen provides newest innovation with high definition display output. [. . . ]