User manual MERCURY PVM266AM-P

[. . . ] This publication, including photographs, illustrations and software, is under the protection of international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manufacturer. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Further, the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any person of such revision or changes. [. . . ] Your computer applies those information to initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of coordination between system components. If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to malfunction. If it happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory which has stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the Page Up key while rebooting your computer. You might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected to the motherboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc. Running the Setup Utility Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen before the operating system loading that prompts you to "Hit <DEL>if you want to run SETUP". Whenever 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. 12 (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 cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main menu page. Hold down the Shift key and press F2 to cycle through the Setup Utility's optional color schemes. Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through alternative values of that item. The other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys. If you have already changed 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. 19 Standard CMOS Setup Page This page helps you set up basic information such as the date and time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives. AMIBIOS SETUP ­ STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yy) : Mon Apr 28, 2003 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 17:09:30 LBA Blk PIO Type Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave : Auto Sec Master : Auto Sec Slave : Auto Floppy Drive A : 1. 44 MB 31/2 Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Month : Jan ­ Dec Day : 01 ­ 31 Year : 1901 ­ 2099 32Bit Mode On On On On ESC : Exit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify (Shift)F2 : Color F3 : Detect All HDD Date & Time IDE Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B Use these items to set up 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. Use these items to set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in the system. 20 Advanced Setup Page This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer. AMIBIOS SETUP ­ ADVANCED SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Devices S. M. A. R. T. for Hard Disks BootUp Num-Lock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Password Check Boot To OS/2 L2 Cache System BIOS Cacheable DRAM Timing by SPD DRAM Frequency DRAM CAS# Latency DRAM Bank Interleave AGP Mode AGP Comp. Driving Enabled IDE-0 Floppy CDROM Yes Disabled On Disabled Disabled Setup No Enabled Enabled Disables 100MHz 2. 5 Disabled 4X Auto CB AGP Aperture Size Auto detect DIMM/PCI Clk CLK Gen Spread Spectrum Hyper-Threading Function 64MB Enabled Disabled Disabled ESC F1 F5 F6 F7 : Quit : Select Item : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color : Load BIOS Defaults : Load Setup Defaults Quick Boot 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device Try Other Boot Device If you enable this item, the system starts up more quickly be elimination some of the power on test routines. Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for an operating system to load at start-up time. If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it fails to find an operating system from the first two locations. 21 S. M. A. R. T. for Hard Disks BootUp NumLock Floppy Drive Swap Floppy Drive Seek Password Check Boot to OS/2 > 64MB L2 Cache System BIOS Cacheable DRAM Timing By SPD DRAM Frequency Enable this item if any IDE hard disks support the S. M. A. R. T. This item determines if the Num Lock key is active or inactive at system startup time. [. . . ] The support CD-ROM contains all useful software, necessary drivers and utility programs to properly run our products. More program information is available in a README file, located in the same directory as the software. An Auto Setup screen automatically pops out, and then you can go on the auto-installing or manual installation depending on your operating system. If your operating system is Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, it will automatically install all the drivers and utilities for your motherboard; if Windows NT or manual installation, please follow the instructions described as the Installing under Windows NT or Manual Installation section. Installing Support Software 1. Insert the support CD-ROM disc in the CD-ROM drive. [. . . ]