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Preface
Copyright
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international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the
material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author.
Version 3.0
Disclaimer
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makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically
disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.
The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and to make changes from
time to time in the content hereof without obligation of the manufacturer to notify any
person of such revision or changes.
Trademark Recognition
Microsoft, MS-DOS and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp.
MMX, Pentium, Pentium-II, Pentium-III, Celeron are registered trademarks of Intel Cor-
poration.
Other product names used in this manual are the properties of their respective owners and
are acknowledged.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reason-
able protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to
correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
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Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver
Connect the equipment onto an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
Shielded interconnect cables and a shielded AC power cable must be employed with this
equipment to ensure compliance with the pertinent RF emission limits governing this
device. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the system’s manufacturer
could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
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Declaration of Conformity
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:
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This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation
Canadian Department of Communications
This class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-causing
Equipment Regulations.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Réglement sur le
matériel brouilieur du Canada.
About the Manual
The manual consists of the following:
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
Describes features of the motherboard.
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Describes installation of motherboard
components.
Go to page 7
Provides information on using the BIOS
Setup Utility.
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Describes the motherboard software
Go to page 47
Chapter 5
SIS964 SATA RAID Setup Guide
Provides information about SATA RAID
Setup
Go to page 51
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
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Introduction.................................................................................................1
Feature..........................................................................................................2
Motherboard Components........................................................................4
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Chapter 2
Installing the Motherboard 7
Safety Precautions......................................................................................7
Choosing a Computer Case.......................................................................7
Installing the Motherboard in a Case......................................................7
Checking Jumper Settings.........................................................................8
Setting Jumpers..............................................................................8
Checking Jumper Settings..............................................................9
Jumper Settings..............................................................................9
Connecting Case Components...............................................................10
Front Panel Connector.................................................................11
Installing Hardware...................................................................................12
Installing the Processor...............................................................12
Installing Memory Modules.........................................................14
Installing a Hard Disk Drive/CD-ROM/SATA Hard Drive........16
Installing a Floppy Diskette Drive...............................................18
Installing Add-on Cards..............................................................19
Connecting Optional Devices......................................................20
Connecting I/O Devices..........................................................................23
Chapter 3
Using BIOS
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About the Setup Utility............................................................................25
The Standard Configuration........................................................25
Entering the Setup Utility..............................................................25
Updating the BIOS.......................................................................27
Using BIOS................................................................................................27
Standard CMOS Features...........................................................28
Advanced BIOS Features.............................................................30
Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................33
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Integrated Peripherals.................................................................36
Power Management Setup...........................................................39
PNP/PCI Configurations.............................................................41
PC Health Status..........................................................................42
Frequency/Voltage Control..........................................................43
Load Fail-Safe Defaults................................................................44
Load Optimized Defaults.............................................................44
Set Password...............................................................................44
Save & Exit Setup Option.............................................................44
Exit Without Saving......................................................................45
Chapter 4
Using the Motherboard Software
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About the Software CD-ROM................................................................47
Auto-installing under Windows 98/ME/2000/XP................................47
Running Setup..............................................................................48
Manual Installation..................................................................................50
Utility Software Reference.......................................................................50
Chapter 5
SIS964 SATA RAID Setup Guide
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Introduction for SiS964 SATA RAID Function....................................51
Features......................................................................................................51
Support Operating Systems....................................................................51
What is RAID............................................................................................51
Installing Software Drivers......................................................................52
BIOS Utility Operation.............................................................................53
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Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the 661GX/800-M7 motherboard. This motherboard is a high
performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports LGA775 Socket for latest
Pentium 4/Celeron Processors.
The motherboard incorporates the SiS661GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS964 Southbridge
(SB) chipsets. The SiS661GX Northbridge chipset features the AGTL & AGTL+ compliant
bus driver technology with integrated on-die termination to support Intel Pentium 4 series
processors with FSB 800 MHz. The memory controller supports DDR only. It can offer
bandwidth up to 3.2 GB/s under DDR400 to sustain the bandwidth demand from host
processors. One AGP interface supports AGP 3.0 including 8X/4X data transfers and 8X/4X
fast writes protocol.
The SiS964 Southbridge supports Hi-Precision Event Timer (HPET) for Microsoft Win-
dows with multiple DMA bus architecture that supports isochroous request and continuous
packet transmission. It implements an EHCI compliant interface that provides 480Mb/s
bandwidth for eight USB 2.0 ports, integrates AC’97 v2.3 compliant audio controller that
features a 6-channel of audio speaker out and HSP v.90 modem support. The SiS964
integrates a Serial ATA host controller that is SATA v1.0 compliant, support Ultra DMA
150. SiS964 provides dual independent IDE channels and each of them support PIO mode
0,1,2,3,4 and multiword DMA mode 0,1,2 and UltraDMA 133/100/66.
The 661GX/800-M7 motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear
panel, including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT1, VGA, four USB ports,
one optional LAN port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out.
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Feature
Processor
This motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Pentium 4 that carries the following fea-
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Accommodates Intel P4/Celeron processors
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 800MHz
Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s hooked
up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate
“logical” processors within the same physical processor.
Chipset
The SiS661GX Northbridge (NB) and SiS964 Southbridge (SB) chipset are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
SiS661GX(NB) •
SiS964(SB)
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Supports 12 outstanding transactions and out-of-order
completion
Accommodates high throughput SiS MuTIOL 1G intercon-
necting to SiS964 MuTIOL 1G media I/O with bi-directional
16-bit data bus to perform 1GB/s bandwidth in 133 MHz x
4 mode
Supports AGP 8X/4X Interface with Fast Write Transaction
Supports DDR400/333/266 SDRAM
Support High Performance 256bit & High Quality 3D/2D
Graphics Accelerator
Concurrent servicing of all DMA Devices: Dual IDE Control-
lers, SATA Controller, three USB 2.0/1.1 host controller,
LAN MAC Controller and Audio/Modem DMA Controller
Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton
Compliant with Serial ATA 1.0 specification, supports power
saving mode
Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 supporting 6 Channels of audio
outputs and V.90 HSP-Modem
Integrated USB 2.0 Controller with three root hubs and eight
function ports
Memory
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Supports DDR400/333/266 MHz DDR SDRAM memory module
Accommodates two unbuffered DIMM of 2.5 volt DDR SDRAM
Up to 1 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 2 GB
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Built-in a high performance 256-bit 3D engine, supporting Ultra-AGPII up
to 2.7GB/s bandwidth
Built-in a high quality 3 D engine, supporting up to 2048x2048 teture size
Supports VCD, DVD and HDTV decoding
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