Intel AW8D Manuale Utente

Introduction AW8D Motherboard Intel Pentium 4 Socket 775 Hardware Setup BIOS Setup Driver & Utility CD Appendix User’s Manual About this Manua

To install this motherboard: 1. Locate all the screw holes onthe motherboard and the chassis base. 2. Place all the studs or spacersneeded on the c

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-3 2.3.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery The time to clear the CMOS memory occurs when (a) the CMOS data becomes

CMOS Backup Battery: An onboard battery saves the CMOS memory to keep the BIOS information stays on even after disconnected your system with power so

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-5 2.3.2 Wake-up Header These headers use a jumper cap to enable/disable the wake-up function. • USB-PWR1: Pin 1-2 shorted (de

2.4 Connecting Chassis Components 2.4.1 ATX Power Connectors These connectors provide the connection from an ATX power supply. As the plugs from the

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-7 2.4.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers This header is used for connecting switches and LED indicators on the ch

2.4.3 FAN Power Connectors These connectors each provide power to the cooling fans installed in your system. • CPUFAN1: CPU Fan Power Connector •

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-9 2.5 Installing Hardware ※ DO NOT scratch the motherboard when installing hardware. An accidentally scratch of a tiny surfac

4. Visually inspect if the CPU is seated well into the socket. The alignment key must be located in the notch of package. 5. Use your left hand to

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-11 8. Place the heatsink and fan assembly onto the socket. Align the four fasteners toward the four mounting holes on the mot

AW8D User’s Manual English, 1st Edition March 2006 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without

2.5.2 DDR2 Memory Slots This motherboard provides four 240-pin DIMM slots for Dual Channel DDR2 800/667/533 memory modules with memory expansion size

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-13 • [Dual Channel Asymmetric]: both channels are populated, but each channel has a different amount of total memory. (Channe

2.5.3 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors The FDC1 connector connects up to two floppy drives with a 34-wire, 2-connector floppy cable. Connect

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-15 2.5.4 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots These slots support the connections of graphics cards that comply with PCI Express speci

To enable CrossFire Mode, you will need to: • Prepare one CrossFire™ Edition graphics card and one CrossFire™ Compatible graphics card. • Make su

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-17 2.5.5 Serial ATA Connectors Each SATA connector serves as one single channel to connect one SATA device by a thin SATA cabl

To connect SATA device: 1. Attach either end of the signal cable tothe SATA connector on motherboard.Attach the other end to SATA device. 2. Attach

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-19 2.5.6 AudioMAX Connection Slot This slot provides the audio input/output connection over the rear I/O part through an add-o

• FP-AUDIO1: This header provides the connection to audio connector at front panel. Pin Pin Assignment Pin Pin Assignment1 MIC2 L 2 AGND 3 MIC2 R

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-21 2.5.7 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slots These slots provide the connection of add-on cards that comply with PCI Express specifica

Introduction Contents 1. Introduction... 1-1 Hardware Setup BIOS Setup Driver &

2.6 Connecting Optional Devices 2.6.1 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers Besides the 4x USB 2.0 ports located at rear I/O part, this motherboard also

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-23 2.6.2 Additional IEEE1394 Port Header Besides the 1x IEEE1394 port located at rear I/O part, this motherboard also features

2.7 Onboard Status Display 2.7.1 POST Code Displayer This is an LED device to display the “POST” Code, the acronym of Power On Self Test. The co

Hardware Setup AW8D 2-25 2.7.2 Power Source Indicators These indicators work as a reminding device to display the power status of this motherboard w

2.8 Connecting I/O Devices The rear I/O part of this motherboard provides the following I/O ports: • Silent OTES: The Silent OTES (Silent Outside T

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-1 3. BIOS Setup This motherboard provides a programmable EEPROM that you can update the BIOS utility. The BIOS (Basic Input/Output

3.1 µGuru™ Utility There are two setup menus in this µGuru utility. You may switch between these two by clicking the left or right arrow key on keybo

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-3 - External Clock This item selects the external clock frequency. Due to the specification limit of the CPU you installed, the sp

Power Cycle Statistics Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: These items display the power cycle statistics for each element. 3.1.2 ABIT EQ

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-5  Temperature Monitoring Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: CPU Temperature/SYS Temperature/PWM1~4 Temperature These

3.4 Advanced Chipset Features... 3-18 3.5 Integrated Peripherals...

 Voltage Monitoring Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: All Voltages These items display the voltage of each element. - Shutdown Enable U

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-7  Fan Speed Monitoring Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: CPU/NB/SYS/AUX FAN Speed These items display the speed of

 FanEQ Control Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu (1st FanEQ Group): CPU/NB/SYS FanEQ Control When set to [Enabled], these items control

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-9 Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu (2nd FanEQ Group): AUX1~3 FanEQ Control When set to [Enabled], these items control

Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu (3rd FanEQ Group): AUX4~AUX5 FanEQ Control When set to [Enabled], these items control the AUX4/AUX5 fan

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-11 3.2 Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) This item sets the date you specify (usually the current date) in the format of [Mo

IDE HDD Auto-Detection This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The parameters will be shown on the

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-13 Halt On This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot-up. [All Errors]: The system-b

3.3 Advanced BIOS Features CPU L3 Cache This item is used to enable the L3 cache (default setting), and appears only for certain CPU (Intel Pentium

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-15  CPU Feature Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: Thermal Management This item selects the type of thermal monitorin

Introduction 1. Introduction 1.1 Features & Specifications CPU • Designed for Intel® Pentium 4 LGA775 processor with 1066/800 MHz FSB • Support

EIST Function This item appears only for certain processors with the EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) Function. When set to [Enabled], EIST

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-17 MPS Version Ctrl For OS This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. Lea

3.4 Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Timing Selectable This item sets the optimal timings for the following four items, depending on the memory module

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-19  PCI Express Root Port Func Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: PCI Express Slot 1 / PCI Express Slot 2 This option

3.5 Integrated Peripherals  On-Chip IDE Device Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: IDE Bus Master This option enables or disables the ID

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-21 - SATA RAID ROM This item allows you to use the boot ROM of on-chip Serial ATA RAID to boot up system. On-Chip SATA This item

- SATA Mode This item displays the variety modes for SATA Mode.  On-Chip PCI Device Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: On-Chip USB Contr

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-23 Floppy Disk Controller This option enables or disables the floppy disk controller.  Onboard PCI Device Click <Enter> key

3.6 Power Management Setup ACPI Suspend Type This item selects the type of Suspend mode. [S1(PowerOn Suspend)]: Enables the Power On Suspend functio

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-25 Wake Up by Onboard LAN2 When set to [Enabled], access through the onboard LAN2 port can remotely wake up the system that was in

Expansion Slots • 2x PCI-E X16 slots • 2x PCI-E X1 slots • 1x PCI slot • 1x AudioMAX slot Internal I/O Connectors • 1x Floppy port • 1x UDMA 10

※ The mouse wake up function can only be used with the PS/2 mouse, not with the COM port or USB type. Some PS/2 mice cannot wake up the system becau

BIOS Setup AW8D 3-27 3.7 PnP/PCI Configurations Resources Controlled By This item configures all of the boot and Plug-and-Play compatible devices.

improve the effective PCI bandwidth. For better PCI performance, you should set the item to higher values. Maximum Payload Size This item sets the ma

Driver & Utility CD AW8D 4-1 4. Driver & Utility CD Support The “Driver & Utility CD” that came packed with this motherboard contains dr

4.1 Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility This utility installs Windows [INF] files to the target system. These files outline to the operating

Driver & Utility CD AW8D 4-3 4.2 Intel Matrix Storage Technology Driver This driver provides functionality for the on-chip SATA Controller. To i

4.3 Realtek Audio Driver This driver provides functionality for the onboard High Definition Audio Codec. ※ The installation of this driver is necess

Driver & Utility CD AW8D 4-5 4.4 Realtek LAN Driver This driver provides functionality for the onboard PCIE Gigabit and Fast Ethernet NIC Contro

4.5 Silicon Image 3132 SATA Driver This driver provides functionality for the onboard SATA Controller. To install this driver: 1. Click on the [Driv

Driver & Utility CD AW8D 4-7 4.6 Silicon Image 3132 SATA RAID Driver This driver provides functionality for the onboard SATA RAID Controller. ※

Introduction 1.2 Motherboard Layout AW8D 1-3

4.7 USB 2.0 Driver ※ There is no need to install this driver for Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4, Windows XP with Service Pack 1, or their later ve

Appendix AW8D 5-1 5. Appendix 5.1 POST Code Definitions 5.1.1 AWARD POST Code Definitions POST (hex) Description CF Test CMOS R/W functionality C0

25 Early PCI Initialization: -Enumerate PCI bus number. -Assign memory & I/O resource -Search for a valid VGA device & VGA BIOS, and put it i

Appendix AW8D 5-3 6B Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup & Auto-configuration table 6D 1. Assign resources to all I

5.1.2 AC2005 POST Code Definitions POST (hex) Description Power On Sequence 8.1. Start power on sequence 8.2. Enable ATX power supply 8.3. ATX pow

Appendix AW8D 5-5 5.2 Troubleshooting (How to Get Technical Support?) 5.2.1 Q & A Q: Do I need to clear the CMOS before I use a new motherboard

Q: How to get a quick response for my request on technical support? A: Please carry out a simple troubleshooting before sending “Technical Support

Appendix AW8D 5-7 • Memory size: Type in the size of your memory module. Example: 512M* 4PCS • Memory configuration: Type in the memory configurat

5.2.2 Technical Support Form 5-8 AW8D Country: First name: Last Name: Subject: Motherboard: BIOS Version: CPU: Memory brand: Memory size: M

Appendix AW8D 5-9 5.2.3 ABIT Contact Information Taiwan Head Office ABIT Computer Corporation No. 323, Yang Guang St., Neihu, Taipei, 114, Taiwan Te

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Hardware Setup AW8D 2-1 2. Hardware Setup In this chapter we will elaborate all the information you need upon installing this motherboard to your co