User manual ALTO ATTIX 360-2H SPARE PARTS

[. . . ] 2 THERMAL SOLUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF 830CN/830CH/ATTIX 360-2H MOTHERBOARD 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SPECIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PERFORMANCE LIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Power off your computer: You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switch off the power switch. For ATX power supply, you can press ATX power switching after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 9X, click "Start" button, click "Shut down" and then click "Shut down the computer?" The power supply should turn off after windows shut down. 23 Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization. Only when these tasks are completed done it gives up control of the computer to operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability, and in ensuring that your system performance as its best. In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: · · · · Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup. Press (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. CMOS Setup Utility ­ Copyright(C) 1984-2000 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Thu, Feb, 22 2001 17 : 47 : 30 Item Help 26 > > > > IDE IDE IDE IDE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Press Press Press Press Enter Enter Enter Enter None None None None Menu Level > Change the day, month, year and century Drive A Drive B Video Halt On Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory F5:Previous Values 1. 44M, 3. 25 in. None EGA/VGA All, But Keyboard 640K 56320K 57344K F1:General Help F6:Optimized Defaults F7:Standard Defaults Move Enter:Select Item +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit Date The date format is <day><month><date><year>. Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, determined by BIOS. Date The date from 1 to 31 can be keyed by numeric function keys. Year The year depends on the year of the BIOS. Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. Primary Master/Primary Slave Secondary Master/Secondary Slave Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<­> to select Manual, None, Auto type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Manual to define your own drive type manually. If you select Manual, related information is asked to be entered to the following items. [. . . ] System starting install VGA driver 10. After Setup complete please select restart my computer now and click Finish to complete setup 4-3 SOUND Install SiS 7018 AC'97 Audio Driver and Application Software The path of the file is X:\SIS630\SOUND\SETUP. EXE (Support WINDOWS 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4. 0/2000) 1. Click SOUND when Magic Install Menu window appears 2. Click Next when SiS PCI Audio Driver Setup window appears 45 3. [. . . ]