Key Features

Form factor l ATX form factor of 305mm x225mm Microprocessor l Supports AMD Socket A AthlonTM B type (FSB is 200MHz)/C type (FSB is 266MHz )processors at 700MHz/750MHz/800MHz/850MHz/900MHz/950MHz/ 1GHz/1.1GHz/1.2GHz and further processors l Supports AMD Socket A DuronTM processors at 600MHz/650MHz/700MHz/750MHz/ 800MHz/850MHz and further processors l Supports 200MHz/266MHz FSB l Multiphase power regulators for AMD Socket A AthlonTM/DuronTM Processors Chipset l Apollo KT-133A chipset: VT8363A, VT82C686B System memory l Provides three 3.3V 168 pin DIMM sockets, supports PC100/133 SDRAM, VCM SDRAM l Minimum memory size is 8MB, maximum memory size is 1.5GB

On-board IDE

Supports two PCI PIO and Bus Master IDE ports Two fast IDE interfaces supporting four IDE devices including IDE hard disks and

Introduction

CD-ROM drives Supports Ultra DMA/100Synchronous DMA mode transferring up to 100 Mbytes/sec

On-chip I/O

One floppy port supporting up to two 3.5 or 5.25 floppy drives with 360K/720K /1.2M/1.44M/2.88M format Two high speed 16550 fast compatible UARTs(COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 selective) with 16-byte send/receive FIFOs One joystick port All I/O ports can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS setup
On-chip Audio (Available for KinetiZ 7E-A mainboard only) l Build in VT82C686B

Direct Sound AC97 Audio

AC97 2.1 Compliant
Creative CT5880 PCI Hardware Sound (Available for KinetiZ 7E-C mainboard only)

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PCI 2.2 compliant 3D audio effects 32-voice XG wavetable synthesizer Direct Sound/Music Hardware Accelerator Full-Duplex stereo Supports four speakers output based on Speaker-out jack and Line-in jack

AGP SLOT

Supports 4X mode & AGP 2.0 compliant

Advanced features

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PCI 2.2 Specification compliant Provides Trend ChipAwayVirus On Guard Provides four USB ports, on-board PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard ports Provides infrared interface Supports software power-down (eg. Windows 98/Windows 2000) Supports wake-up on LAN and wake-up on internal/external modem Supports system monitoring(monitors CPU and system temperatures, system voltages and fan speed). Providing QDIs innovations such as RecoveryEasy, BIOS-ProtectEasy(to protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH ), LogoEasy, ManageEasy and BootEasy(new feature)

Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports flash ROM with 2M bit memory size, plug and play ready Supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI boot up

Green function

Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) and ODPM (OS Directed Power Management) Supports ACPI power status: S0, S1, S3(STR), S4, S5(Soft-off)

Expansion slots

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1 ISA slot 5 PCI slots 1 AGP slot 1 AMR slot
Introduction to New Features
BIOS-ProtectEasy The BIOS of the mainboard is contained inside the Flash ROM. Severe viruses such as CIH virus are so dangerous that it may overwrite the BIOS of the mainboard. If the BIOS has been damaged, the system will be unable to boot. We provide the following solution which protects the system BIOS from being attacked by such viruses. There are two choices which can implement this function. 1. Set the jumper (JAV) as closed, the BIOS can not be overwritten. 2. Set the jumper (JAV) as open, meanwhile set BIOS-ProtectEasy as Enabled in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup. In this way, the BIOS can not be overwritten, but the DMI information can be updated.
Ultra ATA/100 According to the previous ATA/IDE hard drive data transfer protocol, the signaling way to send data was in synchronous strobe mode by using the rising edge of the strobe signal. The Ultra ATA/33 protocol doubles the burst transfer rate from 16.6MB/s to 33.3MB/s, by using both the rising and falling edges of the strobe signal, and Ultra ATA/66 doubles the Ultra ATA burst transfer rate once again (from 33.3MB/s to 66.6MB/s) by reducing setup times and increasing the strobe rate. In the same way, the burst transfer rate of Ultra ATA/100 is higher than ATA/66 (from 66.6MB/s to 100MB/s)by reducing the pulse width from 30ns to 20ns and increasing the strobe rate. It can be added into existing systems without the need for termination devices, new cable, or other hardware changes, industry implementation of ATA/100 will provide an inexpensive, simple, non-proprietary, high-speed method of host to storage access. The 80-conductor, 40-pin cable standard in ATA/66 has enhanced reliability and bee carried forward to ATA/100. of course, backwards compatible with ATA/33.

PC-133 Memory PC133 SDRAM Unbuffered DIMM defines the electrical and mechanical requirements for 168-pin, 3.3 Volt, 133MHz, 64/72-bit wide, Unbuffered Synchronous DRAM Dual In-Line Memory Modules (SDRAM DIMMs). Relatively , the peak bandwidth of PC-133 memory is the 33% higher than PC-100 memory. These latest SDRAMs are necessary to meet the enhanced 133MHz bus speed requirement. Suspend to RAM Suspend to RAM is a cost-effective, optimal implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.0 specification, which makes a PCs power consumption drop to the lowest possible level and enables quick wakeup. When the system is in Suspend-to-RAM status, the system context is maintained in system memory, the system consumes only a small fraction of the power used for full operation. Instead of shutting down the system to save power when not in use and then having to reboot later, Suspend-to-RAM solution enables the system to quickly wake up, restoring all applications and features, enabling operation in a few seconds. To implement this function, the following requirments are essential: 1. 2. 3. 4. Power supply requirements: The current of 5VSB line of the power supply should be more than 0.75A. Set the Jumper J12 with pin1&pin2 closed. The BIOS option ACPI function should be enabled, and ACPI Suspend Type should be set as S3 in AWARD BIOS CMOS setup. An ACPI-enabled operating system such as Windows 98 or Windows 2000 family is needed. Navigate to the CD-ROM drive from the MS-DOS Command Prompt and enter the following from the Win98 directory on the CD: D:\SETUP /P J (This manual assumes that your CD-ROM device driver letter is D:) Windows 98 will be installed with ACPI enabled. For Windows 98 SE and Windows 2000, just install them directly. Three ways to enter Suspend-to-RAM status under ACPI-enabled Windows 98: l Click Start -> Shut down -> Standby to enable the system to enter Suspend-toRAM status. l Click Start -> Setup -> Control Panel -> Power Management -> Advanced and choose Standby item, the system will enter Suspend-to-RAM status when you press power button. l From Power Management Properties in Control Panel, set the latency time in System Standby, the system will enter Suspend-to-RAM status when time out.
The same ways used to power up the system can be used to wake up the system from Suspend-to-RAM status. For example, pushing the power button, through the Wake-onLAN, Wake-on-Modem function or RTC Alarm.
Creative CT5880 chipset (Available for KinetiZ 7E-C mainboard only)
The CT5880 provides high-quality audio performance and low CPU utilization for you. Featuring 128-voice wave-table synthesis with very high sample rate converters. In addition, CT5880 supports localized three-dimensional sound immersion in headphone and four-speaker environments. The four-speaker based on speaker-out and line-in jack. the CT5880 also supports multiple algorithm levels of reverb and chorus effects on the wave-table sounds as well as spatial sound enhancement on MIDI and wave sounds in two speakers. Full duplex operation also allows simultaneous audio recording and playback. The mainboard has two solution for on-board audio Soft-sound(AC97codec)

Hardware-sound(CT5880)

Installation of CT5880 driver
Before you install CT5880 chipset driver, please make sure that CT5880 chipset is onboard. 1. If CT5880 chipset is onboard, the CD2000 will detected it and the option PCI Sound Driver will appear on screen, you click this option to install CT5880 chipset driver. 2. If CT5880 is not onboard, the CD 2000 will detected AC97codec and the option Audio Codec Driver will appear on screen, you click this option to complete the installation
Note : After installation of CT5880dirver, you can select four speaker output function

chapter 2

Chapter 2 Installation Instructions
This section covers External Connectors and Jumper Settings. Refer to the mainboard layout chart for locations of all jumpers, external connectors, slots and I/O ports. Furthermore, this section lists all necessary connector pin assignments for your reference. The particular state of the jumpers, connectors and ports are illustrated in the following figures. Before setting the jumpers or inserting these connectors, please pay attention to the directions. Be sure to unplug the AC power supply before adding or removing expansion cards or other system peripherals, otherwise your mainboard and expansion cards might be seriously damaged.

External Connectors

PS/2 Keyboard Connector, PS/2 Mouse Connector
PS/2 keyboard connector is for the usage of PS/2 keyboard. If using a standard AT size keyboard, an adapter should be used to fit this connector. PS/2 mouse connector is for the usage of PS/2 mouse.
PS/2 Mouse Connector PS/2 Keyboard Connector Invalid for KinetiZ 7E mainboard

USB1, USB2

Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.
Invalid for KinetiZ 7E mainboard

USB1 USB2

USB3, USB4
Two USB ports are not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 10-pin ribbon cable with bracket to connect Built-in on-board USB header. ( optional)

+5v T1T1+ GND GND

GND GND T0+ T0+5v

Installation Instruction

Parallel Port Connector and Serial Port Connector (UART1)
The parallel port connector can be connected to a parallel device such as a printer, while the serial port connector can be connected to a serial port device such as a serial port mouse. You can enable/disable them and choose the IRQ or I/O address in Integrated Peripherals from AWARD BIOS SETUP.
Parallel Port UART1 Invalid for KinetiZ 7E mainboard
The serial port UART2 is not available on the back panel. Therefore, we provide a 9-pin ribbon cable with bracket for UART2 port. (manufacturing option)

Line-in jack(or Rear out jack), Microphone-in jack, Speaker-out jack and MIDI/Joystick connector
The Line-in jack can be connected to devices such as a cassette or minidisc player for playback or recording. The Microphone-in jack can be connected to a microphone for voice input. The Speaker-out jack allows you to connect speakers or headphones for audio output from the internal amplifier. Note: For the KinetiZ 7E-C mainboard, the Rear out jack replaces Line-in jack to connect powered speakers for audio output. The MIDI/Joystick connector allows you to connect a game joystick or a MIDI device.

MIDI/Joystick

Speaker out Line in(or Rear out ) jact

Microphone in

Note: The jacks and the MIDI/Joystic connector shown above are invalid for KinetiZ 7E mainboard without audio
ATX Power Supply Connector & Power Switch (POWER SW)
Be sure to connect the power supply plug to this connector in its proper orientation. The power switch (POWER SW) should be connected to a momentary switch (power button). When powering up your system, first turn on the mechanical switch of the power supply (if one is provided), then push once the power button. When powering off the system, you neednt turn off the mechanical switch, just Push once* the power button.
ATX Power Supply Connector
3.3V 3.3V GND 5V GND 5V GND PS-OK 5VSB 12V
3.3V -12V GND PSON GND GND GND -5V 5V 5V

POWER SW

Note: * If you change soft-off by PWR-BTTN from default Instant-off to Delay 4 Secs in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS, the power button should be pressed for more than 4 seconds before the system powers down.
Hard Disk LED Connector (HD LED)
The connector connects to the cases IDE indicator LED indicating the activity status of IDE hard disk. The connector has an orientation. If one way doesnt work, try the other way.

Reset Switch (RESET)

The connector connects to the cases reset switch. Press the switch once, the system resets.
Speaker Connector (SPEAKER)
The connector can be connected to the speaker on the case.
ACPI LED Connector (ACPI_LED)
The ACPI LED is double-color lights with three pins. Pin1&Pin2 drive different color lights. If Pin1 drives the yellow light , Pin2 drives the green light, the following status will come out. When the system is in power up status, the LED is green on. When the system is in suspend status, the LED is green blink. When the system is in suspend to RAM status, the LED is orange on. When the system is in soft-off status, the LED is off.

GREEN LED Connector (GREEN_LED)
When the system is in power up, ACPI suspend, soft-off, the LED is off. When the system is in suspend to RAM status and APM(advanced power management) suspend, the LED is on.
Hardware Green Connector (SLEEP)
Push once the switch connected to this header, the system enters suspend mode.
Power LED Connector (PWRLED)
The power LED has four status. When the system is in power up status, the LED is on. When the system is in suspend status, the LED is blink. When the system is in Suspend to RAM, the LED is off. When the system is in Soft-Off status, the LED is off.The connector has an orientation.
Key-Lock Connector(KEY_L)
The connector can be connected to the keyboard lock switch on the case for locking the SPEAKER RESET GREEN_LED KEY_L keyboard.
ACPI_LED Power SW SPEAKER
HDDLED HDDLED + NC GND VCC
SLEEP POWER_LED Green_LED KEY_L
EL C K YO K GND LED LED LED EMPTY

RESPKDATA

Fan Connector (CPUFAN, CHSFAN, FAN3)
Besides speed of the FAN3, The speeds of the CPU fan and chassis fan can be detected and viewed in PC Health Status section of the BIOS.

FAN GND +12V NC

HDDLED

LED2 LED1 -

ACPI LED

SENSE FAN GND +12V

LED+(VCC)

CPUFAN

FAN GND +12V SENSE

EMPTY GND

SLEEP POWER LED

CHSFAN

Internal Audio Connectors (AUX, CDLIN, MODEM)
AUX and CDLIN connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector. It also allows the sharing of mono_in (such as a phone) and mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice modem card.
CD Right Channel CD Left Channel Common

Mono-Out (to Modem)

Phone-In (from Modem)

Right Audio Channel

Left Audio Channel
Note: The internal audio connectors shown above are invalid for KinetiZ 7E mainboard without audio.
Audio/Modem Riser Interface Connector (AMR)
The AMR Interface Connector is the interface between the mainboard and the Audio/Modem Riser card. The connector provides all necessary signals which supports several different configurations of audio and modem in the system, such as audio and modem on the Riser, audio on the mainboard and modem on the Riser, or no audio with modem on the Riser Either AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) card or MR (Modem Riser) card can be used on this system. This software configurable AC97 audio and modem system gives customers an advanced, multimedia solution at an extremely low price. The AC97 audio and modem system can be enabled/disabled in Advance Chipset Feature Setup in AWARD BIOS CMOS Setup.

AMR Interface Connector

Note: For KinetiZ 7E-C mainboard, the first PCI only accept the slave card and the AMR slot only accept Primary AMR card. For KinetiZ 7E mainboard, the AMR slot only accept Primary AMR card.
Wake-Up On Internal Modem (WOM)
Through the Wake-Up On Internal Modem function, the system which is in the power-off status can be powered on by a ring signal received from the internal modem. If this function is to be used, be sure an internal modem card which supports the function is used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the modem card, set Modem Ring Resume as Enabled in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
+5V standby Signal for waking up (active low) GND

Wake-Up On LAN (WOL)

Through the Wake-Up On LAN function, a wake event occurring from the network can wake up the system. If this function is to be used, please be sure an ATX 2.01 power supply of which 5VSB line is capable of delivering 720mA, and a LAN adapter which supports this function are used. Then connect this header to the relevant connector on the LAN adapter, set Modem Ring Resume as Enabled in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP section of the BIOS. Save & exit, then boot the operating system once to make sure this function takes effect.
Signal for waking up (active high) GND +5V standby 1

Infrared Header (IrDA)

This connector supports wireless transmitting and receiving. If using this function, set UART 2 Mode to HPSIR or ASKIR and configure the settings from the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS section of the BIOS.

VCC NC IRRX GND IRTX VCC

Expansion Slots & I/O Ports description
Slot / Port PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 IDE 1 IDE 2 ISA AMR AGP FLOPPY Description First PCI slot. Second PCI slot. Third PCI slot. Fourth PCI slot. Fifth PCI slot. First DIMM slot. Second DIMM slot. Third DIMM slot. Primary IDE port. Secondary IDE port. First ISA slot. AMR slot. AGP slot. Floppy Drive Port.

Jumper Settings

Jumpers are located on the mainboard. Pin 1 for all jumpers are located on the side with a thick white line ( Pin1 pins will be shown as pin2 & pin3 connected. ), refer to the mainboards silkscreen. Jumpers with three to represent pin1 & pin2 connected and to represent

LARGE mode

Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases, users do not want LBA). The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of HDD. BIOS tricks DOS (or other OS) into divising the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2. At the same time, the number of heads is multiplied by 2. A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13h in order to access the right HDD address. If using Auto detect, the BIOS will automatically detect the IDE hard disk mode and set it as one of the three modes.

Remark

To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs, there must be some softwares involved which are located in Award HDD Service Routine(INT13h).It may fail to access a HDD with LBA (LARGE) mode selected if you are running under an Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h.
Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system. EGA/ VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Enhanced Graphics Adapter / Video Graphic Array. For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters. Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 40 column mode. Color Graphic Adapter, powering up in 80 column mode. Monochrome adapter, including high resolution monochrome adapters.

Halt On

This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up. No errors All errors All, But Keyboard All, But Diskette All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for any errors that may be detected. Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will stop and you will be prompted. The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; but it will stop for all other errors. The system boot will not stop for a disk error; but it will stop for all other errors. The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it will stop for all other errors.

Memory

This is a Display-Only Category, determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS. Base Memory Extended Memory

Total Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system. The BIOS determines how much extended memory is
presented during the POST. Total memory of the system equals the sum of the above memory.
Frequency/Voltage Control
Figure-1 Frequency/Voltage Control Menu
The following indicates the options for each item and describes their meaning.

Option

Enabled Disabled Default 100/33Mhz/-0.5% 100/33Mhz/ 100/33Mhz/

Description

Closes the CLK signal if no PCI or DIMM plug in. These items are of selected CPU FSB and PCI clock.Default setting is recom-
Auto Detect DIMM/ PCI Clk CPU Host/PCI/ spread spec.

0.25% 0.5%

mended.
0.5%, 0.25%,-0.5% means enable 0.25%, clock Spread Spectrum 0.5%, -0.5% to reduce EMI. Off means disable clock spread specturm to reduce EMI.

OS Select For DRAM>64MB

Non-OS2 OS2

Video BIOS Shadow C8000~CBFFF Shadow:.. DC000-DFFFF Shadow:

Enabled

Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled
The shadow function is disabled. Enables the logo when system boots up. Logo will not be shown when system boots up. Does not allow you to upgrade the BIOS. Note: Enabling this item can protect the system BIOS from being attacked by severe virus such as CIH. Therefore disable this item item only when wanting to flash BIOS, afterwards set this item as Enabled (default). Disabling this item allows you to upgrade the BIOS.
Show Bootup Logo Flash Write Protect

Disabled

Advanced Chipset Features Setup
Figure-3 Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu
Enabled Disabled 100MHz 133MHz 2/3
Select Enabled for setting SDRAM timing by SPD. Sets DRAM operation clock. Defines the CLT timing parameter of SDRAM Latency Time = 2 clocks. Latency Time = 3 clocks. Allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard. Memory Hole at 15-16M is reserved for expanded ISA card. Enables PCI master pipeline request. Disables PCI master pipeline request. Enables P2C/C2P concurrency. Disables P2C/C2P concurrency. P2C means PCI to CPU, C2P means CPU to PCI. Enables Fast R-W Turn Around. Disables Fast R-W Turn Around. R-W means Read to Write. Besides conventioal memory, system BIOS area is also cacheable. System BIOS area is not cacheable. Besides conventional memory, video RAM is also also cacheable. Video RAM area is not cacheable.
DRAM Timing By SPD DRAM Clock SDRAM Cycle Length Bank Interleave
Memory Hole PCI master Pipeline Req P2C/C2P Concurrency Fast R-W Turn Around System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable
2 Bank 4 Bank Disabled 15-16M Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled
AGP Aperture Size (MB) l AGP-4X Mode

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4~128 Enabled Disabled Auto manual 00 - FF Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled Auto Disabled
AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value Onchip USB
Sets the effective size of the Graphics Aperture to be used in the particular GART Configuration. Supports 4X mode. Does not support 4X mode. The default setting is suggested. Sets the AGP Driving Value when AGP Driving Control is set as manual. Enables the onchip USB controller. Disables the onchip USB controller. Legacy USB keyboard support is enabled. Legacy USB keyboard support is disabled. Enables AC97 function. Disables AC97 function. Note: This item is available for KinetiZ 7E-A mainboard only. Enables MC97 function. Disables MC97 function. Enables CPU to PCI Write Buffer. Disables CPU to PCI Write Buffer. Enables PCI Dynamci Bursting. Disables PCI Dynamci Bursting. Enables PCI Master 0 WS Write. Disables PCI Master0 WS Write. Enables PCI Delay Transaction. Disables PCI Delay Transaction. Enables PCI#2 Access #1 Retry. Disables PCI#2 Access #1 Retry. Enables AGP Master 1 WS Write. Disables AGP Master 1 WS Write. Enables AGP Master 1 WS Read. Disables AGP Master 1 WS Read.

UART 2 Mode

Standard HPSIR ASKIR
378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode SPP EPP ECP, ECP+EPP ECP mode use 1. 3 DMA Parallel Port EPP EPP1.9 Type EPP1.7

Onboard Parallel Port

Defines Serial Port 2 as standard serial port. Supports IRD mode. Supports SHARP ASK-IR protocol with maximum baud rate up to 57600bps. Defines onboard parallel port address and IRQ channel. Onboard parallel port is disabled. Defines the parallel port mode as Standard Parallel Port (SPP), Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), or Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
Selects parallel port EPP type.
Note: For KinetiZ 7E-C or KinetiZ 7E mainboard, the following item will not appear.
Onboard Legacy Audio Sound Blaster SB I/O Base Address SB IRQ Select SB DMA Select MPU-401 MPU-401 I/O Address Game port (200-207H)
Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled 220H/240H 260H/280H IRQ5~10 DMA0~DMA3 Enabled Disabled 300/303H~ 330-333H Enabled Disabled
Enables onboard legacy audio. Disables onboard legacy audio. Enables Sound Blaster. Disables Sound Blaster. Defines SB I/O Base Address. Selects SB IRQ. Selects SB DMA. Enables MPU-401 Disables MPU-401 Defines MPU-401 I/O address. Enables game port. Disables game port.

PC Health Status

Figure-7 PC Health Status Menu
The following describes the meaning of each item.
Item Current Data Shown Description
Current CPU Temp Current System Temp. Current CPUFAN Speed Current CHSFAN Speed
390C/1020C 300C/ 86 0F 3999RPM 3998RPM
Temperature of the CPU core. Temperature inside the chassis. RPM( Revolution Per Minute) speed of fan connected to the fan header CPUFAN/ CHSFAN. Fan speed value is based on an assumption that tachometer signal is two pulses per revolution; In other cases, you should regard it relatively.

Vcore VDD 3.3V 5V 12V

1.65V 3.36V 3.32V 4.83V 11.79V
Displays current Voltage values including all significant voltages of the mainboard. Vcore Voltage is the CPU core voltage from the on board switching power supply. Vsram is the Northbridge voltage from the onboard switching power supply. 3.3V, 5V and 12V are voltages from the ATX power supply.
Set Supervisor/ User Password
When this function is selected, the following message appears at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

ENTER PASSWORD

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter BIOS Setup freely.

Note: a. During the process of partition backup or recovery, a guage will be shown as below, the backup or recovery speed is about 4-5Mbyte/s. See figure-4.
figure-4 Backup Partition b. If a disk I/O error occurs during the process of partition backup or recovery, this means theres physical damage on the hard disk, however users can ignore it and continue the process.

2.3 ATTRIB PAR

Function : Allows users to modify the properties of the partition (eg. FAT16 -> FAT32) after entering OS. Limitation : None. Steps : After pressing this button, turn on/off the switch. Note: a. The switch resets to the default setting disable every time the system reboots. b. In order to implement this function, users need to enable the switch when installing the OS or modifying the partition properties. Please note: Do not create or delete partitions or change the partition size when modifying the partition properties.

2.4 BACKUP CMS

Function : Backups all CMOS settings. Limitation : None. Steps : After choosing this function, the current CMOS settings will be saved.

2.5 RE-CVR CMS

Function : Recovers all CMOS settings. Limitation : None. Steps : After choosing this function, the latest backup of the CMOS settings will be recovered. The system needs reboot in order to validate the new CMOS settings. Note : If users have never backuped the CMOS settings, a wrong message will be shown after choosing this function.

2.6 CHANGE PWD

Function : Changes the password to enter RecoveryEasy Partition or Recovery User Interface. Limitation : None. Steps : Follow the system prompt, input the password no more than 6 characters twice. To delete the password, follow the system prompt and press the Enter key twice. Note: a. The password should be no more than 6 characters, only digital and alphabetic letters are valid. b. Once the password is enabled, users will be asked to input the password every time they try to enter the RecoveryEasy user interfaces, and up to 3 times try is permitted.

2.7 Others

Ctrl+Bksp : Switches to Partition User Interface. ESC F5 : Exits from the Partition User Interface. : When two or more than two hard disks are installed on the system, use F5 key to choose the hard disk. When processing a certain hard disk, F5 key can be used to choose the partition.
1. What does RecoveryEasy do? RecoveryEasy creates a so-called mirror partition with same size for the hard disk partition on the same hard disk, and then completely backups all the data sector by sector to the mirror area. This mirror partition is reserved to OS. When the OS ruins either by mistakes or virus, users can recover the partition from its mirror. 2. Does RecoveryEasy occupy the system resources? Although some hard disk data protection applications can automatically protect the disk data in runtime, it lowers the system performance. Unlike these applications, RecoveryEasy need users to backup or restore data manually when needed, but it DOES NOT lower the system performance when the system is running. It does not occupy either hard disk space or system memory, additional floppy disk or ISA/PCI cards are unnecessary. 3. RecoveryEasy utilizes Build-in BIOS skill, what is build-in BIOS? RecoveryEasy build-in BIOS means all functions of RecoveryEasy including creating partition, backuping and restoring partition are built in BIOS. Users just need to down load the latest BIOS from our Website (http://www.qdigrp.com) when wanting to upgrade (Its free!).

before converting can avoid this problem. Its the same situation as FAT32 Converter provided in Windows98. 11. What if partitions be wrongly deleted in RecoveryEasy? If users delete a partition in RecoveryEasy by mistake, they can save it by pressing the Reset button on their system at once. Do not press the ESC key to quit RecoveryEasy, this will save the change. Do not try to create the partition again, since creating partition will clear all the content of the partition. 12. What is multi-boot? RecoveryEasy can implement the multi-boot function by activating different partition. For example on the hard disk, partition C contains DOS, partition D contains Windows 95 version, partition E contains Windows 98 version, when activating partition C in RecoveryEasy, the system enters DOS, when activating partition E, the system enters Windows 98 version. At the same time, the sequence of the partitions is adjusted accordingly, partition E becomes C:, partition C becomes D: and partition D becomes E:. This function is the same as that of fdisk.exe, but the system needs reboot in order to make the change validate for fdisk.exe. 13. What if computer accidentally power off when backuping (recovering)? The partition should be completely backuped or recovered. If the computer accidentally powers off, the partition should be backuped or recovered once again. 14. What if users lose the password? To make sure the security, the password is saved in the hard disk. I t s very important for users to remember the password. If forgetting the password, contact us, clearing CMOS is useless. 15. Does RecoveryEasy protect hard disk against CIH? RecoveryEasy can strongly protect the hard disk from boot-virus, as well as the attack of CIH. If the system is attacked by CIH, RecoveryEasy will automatically recover the MBR and each partition boot record before system boots up, and try to recover the FAT. In this way the system can basically boot up, then users can use some anti-virus application to kill the virus. However this depends on how CIH virus affects the system. CIH normally outbreaks on 26th every month, if the system cannot boot up that day, power off the computer instantly, and use the second safe way to recover the system, that is, recover the partition from its mirror area from Recovery User Interface. Remember to create a mirror partition and backup before virus attacks the system.

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