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Table of Contents
Disclaimers................................................................................................................ii
ESD Precautions ......................................................................................................iii
Chapter 1 Introduction........................................................................1
1.1 Specifications ............................................................................................... 2
1.2 Utilities Supported ........................................................................................ 3
Chapter 2 Board Layout and Pin Assignments................................5
2.1 Board Dimensions and Fixing Holes ............................................................ 5
2.2 Pin Assignments........................................................................................... 7
2.2.1 ETX Connector –X1: CNS3................................................................... 7
2.2.2 ETX Connector –X2: CNS1................................................................... 9
2.2.3 ETX Connector –X3: CNS4................................................................. 11
2.2.4 ETX Connector –X4: CNS2................................................................. 13
2.2.5 7-pin SATA Connectors: CN1, CN3 .................................................... 14
Chapter 3 Hardware Description......................................................15
3.1 Microprocessors ......................................................................................... 15
3.2 BIOS........................................................................................................... 15
3.3 System Memory.......................................................................................... 15
3.4 Input/Output (I/O) Port Address Map (Under WinXP) ................................ 16
3.5 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Map (Under WinXP)............................................. 19
3.6 Memory Map (Under WinXP) ..................................................................... 21
Chapter 4 Award BIOS Utility...........................................................23
4.1 Entering Setup............................................................................................ 23
4.2 Control Keys............................................................................................... 24
4.3 Getting Help ............................................................................................... 24
4.4 The Main Menu .......................................................................................... 25
4.5 Standard CMOS Setup Menu..................................................................... 26
4.6 Advanced BIOS Features........................................................................... 28
4.7 Advanced Chipset Features ....................................................................... 32
4.8 Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................ 36
4.9 Power Management Setup......................................................................... 43
4.10 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup..................................................................... 48
4.11 Frequency/Voltage Control......................................................................... 50
4.12 Load Optimized Defaults ............................................................................ 51
4.13 Set Supervisor/User Password .................................................................. 52
4.14 Save & Exit Setup ...................................................................................... 53
4.15 Exit Without Saving .................................................................................... 54
Appendix Watchdog Timer...............................................................55