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.A=JKHAIPage 2-2USB- USB connector x 4 (2 for Opt.)BIOS- Award Plug & Play BIOSBuilt-in AC97 Digital Audio (by VT82C686A)- Dual ful

InstallationPage 3-1Mainboard Detailed LayoutFigure 1Section 3INSTALLATION

InstallationPage 3-2Easy Installation ProcedureThe following must be completed before powering on your new system:3-1. CPU Insertion3-2. Jumper Settin

InstallationPage 3-3Step 3Close the socket by lowering andlocking the actuation lever.Note: Intels reference design thermal solution is an active hea

InstallationPage 3-4Section 3-2Jumper SettingsSW1: CPU Speed Selection1WSsuBkcolC1234NOzHM66NOzHM57NONOzHM38NONOzHM09NONOzHM59NONONOzHM001NONONOzHM501

InstallationPage 3-5+276 OFA 59CPUBusClockCPUMultiplierPentium/MMXAMD K6/K6-2/K6IIIIDT-C6Cyrix /IBM6x86MX/MIIIDT Winchip 2 Rise MP61234567166MHz PR2

InstallationPage 3-6Section 3-3System Memory ConfigurationMemory LayoutThe board supports (2) PC100 168-pin DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module).The DIM

InstallationPage 3-7DIMM Module InstallationFigure 7 displays the notch marks and what they should look like on your DIMMmemory module.DIMMs have 168-

InstallationPage 3-8Section 3-4Device ConnectorsGNDPME+5V StandbyJ4J6J4/J6: CPU/Chassis Fan A plug-in for the CPU/Chassis Fan PowerCPU FanJ7: WOL (Wa

InstallationPage 3-9FDD1: Floppy Controller Connector (Black color)IDE1: Ultra ATA-66 Primary IDE Connector(White color)IDE2: Ultra ATA-66 Secondary I

InstallationPage 3-10J3 Power On/Off(This is connected to the power button on thecase. Using the Soft-Off by Pwr-BTTN feature,you can choose eit

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BIOSPage 4-1Section 4AWARD BIOS SETUPBIOS InstructionsAwards ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program which allows user tomodify the basic system c

BIOSPage 4-2The menu displays all the major selection items. Select the item you need toreconfigure. The selection is made by moving the cursor (press

BIOSPage 4-3Note: If the hard disk Primary Master/Slave and Secondary Master/Slaveare set to Auto, then the hard disk size and model will be auto-dete

BIOSPage 4-4Virus Warning: During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to theboot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive wil

BIOSPage 4-5Boot Up Floppy Seek: During Power-On-Self-Test (POST), BIOS will deter-mine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. Only 3

BIOSPage 4-6250: 250 msec. 500: 500 msec.750: 750 msec. 1000: 1000 msec.Security Option: This category allows you to limit access to the System a

BIOSPage 4-7D4000 - D7FFF Shadow:D8000 - DBFFF Shadow:DC000 - DFFFF Shadow:These categories determine whether ROMs from option cards will be copied in

BIOSPage 4-84-3 Chipset Features SetupChoose the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY menuto display following menu.Figure 4: Chipset F

Table of ContentsSection 1 IntroductionComponents Checklist ... 1-1Form-Factor...

BIOSPage 4-9DRAM Fast Decoding: This item will effective DRAM operation sequential.The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.DRAM Read Pipeline: You may select

BIOSPage 4-10Frame Buffer Size: Specify the size of system memory to allocate for videomemory, from 1 MB to 8 MB.The Choice: 2MB, 4MB, 8MB.AGP Apertur

BIOSPage 4-114-4 Power Management SetupChoose the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP in the CMOS SETUP UTILITY todisplay the following screen. This menu allows

BIOSPage 4-12Min. saving: Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode.User define: Allows user to define PM Timers parameters to

BIOSPage 4-13Doze Mode: The Doze mode timer starts to count when no PM events haveoccurred.Suspend Mode: This function works only when the Penti

BIOSPage 4-14Modem Ring Resume: When set to Enabled, any event occurring to the ModemRing will awaken a system which has been powered down.Primary INT

BIOSPage 4-15Auto: If your ISA card and PCI card are all PNP cards, BIOS will assign theinterrupt resource automatically.Reset Configuration Data: Thi

BIOSPage 4-16AGP Master 1 WS Read: When Enabled, read to the AGP bus are executed withone wait states.The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.Assign IRQ For USB

BIOSPage 4-174-6 Integrated PeripheralsFigure 8: Integrated Peripherals Note: If you do not use the Onboard IDE connector, then you will need tos

BIOSPage 4-18IDE HDD Block Mode: IDE Block Mode allows the controller to access blocksof sectors rather than a single sector at a time. The default

IDE HDD Auto Detection... 4-24Save & Exit Setup ... 4-26Exit Withou

BIOSPage 4-19UART 2 Mode: This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) functionof onboard I/O chip.The Choice: Standard, ASKIR, HPSIR.Onboa

BIOSPage 4-20MPU-401: MPU-401 function enabled/disabled.MPU-401 I/O Address: Built-in MPU-401 compatible MIDI I/O port selection.The choice: 300-303

BIOSPage 4-214-8 SENSOR AND CPU SPEED SETUPFigure 9: Sensor And CPU Speed SetupAuto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk: When enabled the motherboard will automatical

BIOSPage 4-22Current CPU Temperature: This is the current temperature of the CPU.Current CPU FAN Speed: The current CPU fan speed in RPMs.Current Ch

BIOSPage 4-234-9 Change Supervisor or User PasswordTo change the password, choose the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD or USERPASSWORD option from the CMOS SETUP

BIOSPage 4-244-10 IDE HDD Auto DetectionThe IDE HDD auto detection utility is a very useful tool, especially when you donot know which kind of hard

BIOSPage 4-25If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size willbe 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater tha

BIOSPage 4-26 Note: To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be somesoftware involved. All the software is located in the Award HDDService

AppendixA-1Appendix AA-1 GHOST 5.1/6.03 Quick User’s GuideInstallation is very easy. You only need to copy the Ghost5 folder orGhost.exe to your hard

AppendixA-2Disk To Disk (Disk Cloning)1. Select the location of the Source drive.2. Select the location of the Destination drive.3. When cloning a dis

IntroductionPage 1-1Section 1INTRODUCTIONComponents Checklist99999 A. (1) One mainboard99999 B. (1) One users manual99999 C. (1) Floppy ribbon cable9

AppendixA-34. Click OK to display the following confirmation screen. Select Yes tostart.Disk To Image (Disk Backup)1. Select the location of the Sour

AppendixA-4Disk From Image (Restore Backup)1. Select the Restore file.2. Select the Destination drive of the disk to be restored.3. Click OK to displ

AppendixA-53. When restoring disk backup, set the required partition size as shown inthe following figure.4. Click OK to display the following confirm

AppendixA-62. Select the first partition to be backed up. This is usually where theoperating system and programs are stored.There are 3 partition fun

AppendixA-73. Select the path and file name for storing the backup file.4. Is the file compressed? There are 3 options:(1) No: do not compress data du

AppendixA-8Partition From Image (Restore Partition)1. Select the backup file to be restored.2. Select the source partition.3. Select the disk to be re

AppendixA-94. Select the partition to be restored.5. Select Yes to start restoring.CheckThis function checks the hard disk or backup file for backup o

AppendixA-10How to Reinstall Windows in 2 MinutesThis chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and, ifnecessary, reinstall Windows in 2 m

AppendixA-11(2) After booting, the screen displays the Menu. Select Backup or Restore:Since the user may install other applications in the future, he

AppendixA-12Recover CDIn recent years, well-known computer manufacturers (such as IBM, Acer,Compaq, etc.) bundle Recover CDs with their computers to r

IntroductionPage 1-2Mainboard Form FactorThe board is designed with MicroATX form factor - the new industry standard ofchassis. The MicroATX form fac

AppendixA-13Ghost Command Line Switches ReferenceGhost may be run in interactive or in batch mode. Batch mode is useful for automat-ing installations

AppendixA-14c) DST This defines the destination location for the operation:Mode MeaningCOPY/LOAD Destination drive (e.g, 2 for drive two)DUMPDisk imag

AppendixA-15data space has been satisfied will be distributed between thedestination partitions in proportion to the data usage in thesource partition

AppendixA-16Example 1:To copy drive one to drive two on a PC, without final prompt if OK toproceed.ghost.exe -clone,mode=copy,src=1,dst=2 sureExample

AppendixB-1Appendix BB-1 Update Your system BIOSDownload the xxxxx.EXE file corresponding to your model form the our website toan empty directory on y

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IntroductionPage 1-3Case (chassis) PowerON/OFF buttonATXPOWER SUPPLYFigure 4: Simple ATX PowerON/OFF ControllerPower-On/Off (Remote)The board has a si

IntroductionPage 1-4Figure 5: System Block DiagramSystem Block DiagramPACPCI Bridgeand memorycontrollerVT8501socket 7Processor100/66 MHz100/66 MHzCRT

.A=JKHAIPage 2-1Section 2FEATURESMainboard Features:PROCESSOR- Socket 7 CPUs: Operating at 166-550MHz- AMD K6-2/III, Cyrix M II, Idt C6 / Winchip