Am37 Motherboard
Am37 Motherboard
Am37 Motherboard
MAINBOARD
MANUAL
Handling Precautions
Warning:
1. Static electricity may cause damage to the integrated circuits on
the motherboard. Before handling any motherboard outside of its
protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge
in your body.
2. There is a danger of explosion if the battery is incorrectly
replaced. Replace only with the same or an equivalent type
recommended by the manufacturer.
3. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
4. Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly
attached. PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT!
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TableTable of Contents
of Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
Package Checklist .......................................................................... 1-2
The AM37 Mainboard ............................................................... 1-3
Main Features ................................................................................ 1-4
FIC Unique Innovation for Users (NOVUS) -
Enhanced Mainboard Features and System Support ..................... 1-6
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Overview
Chapter 1
Overview
The AM37 is based around the high performance KM266 core chip with VIA
VT8235 as a South Bridge. The video functions supported by KM266 pro-
vides you with a photo-realistic 3D experience suitable for the most robust 3D
games and software environments. AC97 Codec that embedded in VT8235,
ensures high quality video and audio effect. The mainboard features onboard
audio with either 2-channel or 5.1-channel.
The mainboard also comes equipped with the new NOVUS® range of innova-
tive features that assist in the installation and maintenance. The features in-
clude Easy Key, which provides instant keyboard access to the BIOS for
adjustments to Clock and Default settings and the BIOS Guardian is an Anti
Virus utility that prevents viruses from damaging your system BIOS and ren-
dering your system inoperative.
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Package Checklist
If you discover any item below was damaged or lost, please contact your
vendor.
þ The mainboard þ This user manual
þ One FDD cable þ CD software
þ One ATA100 cable þ I/O shielding
Be ware finish heat sink install. Before you boot system, please
check the heat sink is complete contact with die of CPU.
The poor contact will bring about over heat, it may damage your
processor.
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Main Features
Easy Installation
||BIOS with support for Plug and Play, auto detection of IDE hard drives,
||LS-120|drives, IDE ZIP drives, Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows
||NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and OS/2.
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WARNING:
BIOS Guardian must be disabled before reflash BIOS.
NOTE:
Please read Page 3-7 for detail information.
Easy Key
Instead of completing the multi-layered BIOS setup process these 3 Easy
Key functions provide direct access to Sub-Menu when completing BIOS
settings adjustments.
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InstallationChapter
Procedures
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Installation Procedures
The mainboard has several user-adjustable jumpers on the board that allow you to
configure your system to suit your requirements. This chapter contains information
on the various jumper settings on your mainboard.
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* When link to Line_Out jack, please use a speaker that with amplifier.
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Without sufficient air circulation, the CPU may overheat resulting in damage
to both the CPU and the mainboard.
Damage may occur to the mainboard and/or the CPU fan if these pins are
used incorrectly. These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these
pins.
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Press the clips with both hands to remove the memory module.
CAUTION:
1. The heat sink and fan you installed must be approved by AMD.
2. The mainboard must be placed on a solid place to avoid shaking
|||||while install the heat sink and fan on the board.
3. The heat sink must be contact with the CPU top tightly.
4. Never run the processor without the heat sink properly and firmly
attached. PERMANENT DAMAGE WILL RESULT!
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Fan Connectors
The connector, CPU_FAN, is linked to the CPU fan to lower the CPU tempera-
ture. The CHIP_FAN connector can be used by North Bridge cooling fan. The
SYS_FAN connector allows you to link with the cooling fan on the system
case to lower the system temperature.
SPDIF_OUT Connector
The mainboard equipped a 1x3 pinhead. It is used for audio output that with
SPDIF spec. .
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Wake-On-Ring Connector
The 2-pin connector allows you to link with your modem card which outputs
a WOR singal; the system can be turned on from the power-off status by a
remote phone call via the modem card.
Wake-On-Lan Connector
This 3-pin connector allows the remove servers to manage the system that
installed this mainboard via your network adapter which also supports WOL.
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CD Audio-In Connectors
The CD_IN connector is used as a port for audio input from CD drive. The
AUX_IN privided users with one extra audio input port from CD drive.
SIRQ Connector
The 2-pin connector provides with a connection for some add-on cards that
require a serial IRQ linkage to the mainboard for the system operation use.
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(1) Reset Switch is connected to the reset button. Push this switch to reboot
the system instead of turning the power button off and on.
(2) HDD LED is connected to the IDE device indicator. This LED will blink
when the hard disk drives are activated.
(4) Power Button is connected with power button. Push this switch allows the
system to be turned on and off rather than using the power supply button.
IR is a pinheader that is used for linking with your ID device to allow transmis-
sion of data to another system that also supports the IR feature.
Speaker is a pinheader for connecting to speaker.
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Printer Connector
This 25-pin D-Sub female burgundy-colored connector is attached to your
printer.
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NOTE: When the front headphone is plugged in, the rear audio
output will be disabled. If you do not use the front audio pinheader,
please keep the pinpair 5-6, 9-10 short as default.
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BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
BIOS Setup
The mainboard comes with the chip that Award BIOS that contains the ROM
Setup information of your system. (This chip serves as an interface between
the processor and the rest of the mainboard components.) This section ex-
plains the information contained in the Setup program and tells you how to
modify the settings according to your system configuration.
The Setup utility program allows updates to the mainboard configuration set-
tings. The BIOS setup values will be saved in the CMOS. It is executed when
the user changes system configuration; user changes system backup battery;
or the system detects a configuration error and asks the user to run the Setup
program. Use the arrow keys to select and press Enter to run the selected
program.
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The Standard CMOS Setup screen is displayed above. Each item may have
one or more option settings. The system BIOS automatically detects memory
size, thus no changes are necessary. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item
and then use PgUp or PgDn keys to select the value you want in each item.
Date
To set the date, highlight the Date field and then press Page Up/Page
Down or +/- keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year
format.
Time
To set the time, highlight the Time field and then press Page Up/Page Down
or +/- keys to set the current time. Follow the hour, minute, and second
format.
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Hard Disks
This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard drives installed
in the system. The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Sec-
ondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE
devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks, the first of which
is the Master and the second is the Slave.
Drive A / Drive B
This field records the types of floppy drives installed in the system. To
enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corre-
sponding field and then select the drive type using the left- or right-arrow
key.
Video
Set this field to the type of video display card installed in the system.
Halt On
This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt.
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Virus Warning
This feature will prompt uses a warning message, when any write boot
sector commend executed. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
External Cache
When enabled, supports CPU L2 cache. This feature allows you to disable
the cache function when the system performance is unstable to run some
software. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
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Security Option
Allows to set the security level of the system.The options: Setup, System.
APIC Mode
Allows you to decide if the system enters the APIC (Advanced Program-
mable Interrupt Controller) mode or not for more IRQs can be released.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
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BIOS Guardian
It allows the system to prevent computer viruses. Users will need to dis-
able it to update BIOS. The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
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DRAM Clock
The feature allows users to select the DRAM clock.
The options are: 100 MHz, 133 MHz, By SPD.
DRAM Timing
This feature allows user to select the way to set DRAM timing.
The options are: By SPD, Manual.
Bank Interleave
This item allows users to select the bank interleave function of DRAM,
when the feature DRAM Timing By SPD set at Disabled.
The options are: Disabled, 2 Bank, 4 Bank.
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Integrated Peripherals
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ACPI function
This item allows you to disable the ACPI function.
The options are: Enabled, Disabled.
ACPI Suspend Type
This item allows you to select ACPI suspend types.
The options are: S1(POS), S3 (STR), S1&S3.
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Power Management
This item allows you to adjust the power management features.
Select User Define for configuring your own power management features.
Min Saving initiates all predefined timers in their minimum values. Max
Saving, on the other hand, initiates maximum values. The options are: User
Define, Min Saving, Max Saving.
HDD Power Down
The option lets the BIOS turn the HDD motor off when system is in Sus-
pend mode. Selecting 1 Min..15 Min allows you define the HDD idle time
before the HDD enters the Power Saving Mode.
The options 1 Min..15 Min will not work concurrently. When HDD is in the
Power Saving Mode, any access to the HDD will wake the HDD up.
The options are: Disable, 1 Min..15 Min.
Suspend Mode
When disabled, the system will not enter Suspend mode. The specified
time option defines the idle time the system takes before it enters Suspend
mode. The options are: Disable, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 20, 30, 40 Min, 1 Hour.
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PCI Master
To set this feature at ON activates that Power Management feautre (PM)
wake-up event for the PCI bus master card.
The options are: OFF, ON.
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Primary INTR
If set at ON, the Primary interrupt (the Primary option in the feature of IRQ#
Acitivity) will make the power management wake up the system.
The options are: ON, OFF.
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
If your operating system is a Plug-and-Play one, such as Windows NT,
Windows 95, select Yes. The options are: No, Yes.
Resources Controlled By
If set at Auto, the BIOS arranges all system resources. If there exists con-
flict, select Manual. The options are: Auto (ESCD), Manual.
The manual options of IRQ- / DMA- assigned to are: PCI/ISA PnP, Legacy
ISA.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Set this feature to be enabled if any ISA adapter card installed in the
system requires the VGA palette snoop function.
The options are: Disabled, Enabled.
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PC Health Status
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Spread Spectrum
This feature is used to select the spread Spectrum range or disable it.
The options are: Disabled and all allowed ranges in percentage.
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Supervisor/User Password
To enable the Supervisor/User passwords, select the item from the Standard
CMOS Setup. You will be prompted to create your own password. Type your
password up to eight characters and press Enter. You will be asked to confirm
the password. Type the password again and press Enter. To disable password,
press Enter twice when you are prompted to enter a password. A message
appears, confirming the password is disabled.
Under the BIOS Feature Setup, if Setup is selected under the Security Option
field and the Supervisor/User Password is enabled, you will be prompted
password every time you try to enter the CMOS Setup Utility. If System is
selected and the Supervisor/User Password is enabled, you will be requested
to enter the Password every time when you reboot the system or enter the
CMOS Setup utility.
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Quick Quick Reference
Reference
The mainboard has several user-adjustable jumpers and/or switches on the board that
allow you to configure your system to suit your requirements. This quick reference
contains information on the various hardware settings on your mainboard.
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Mainboard Layout
* When link to Line_Out jack, please use a speaker that with amplifier.
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Without sufficient air circulation, the CPU may overheat resulting in damage
to both the CPU and the mainboard.
Damage may occur to the mainboard and/or the CPU fan if these pins are
used incorrectly. These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these
pins.
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