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Specifications

Processor / Chipset AMD Athlon XP/2000+, 2100+, 2200+, 2400+, 2500+, 2600+, 2700, and 3000+ nVidia nForce2 chipset Socket A supporting 266/333/400MHz front side bus Memory Three DDR DIMM slots Max. of 3.0GB (3 x 1GB) Supports DDR266/333/400 (PC2100, 2700, and 3200) Slots Five PCI (32 bit/33MHz) 2.2 busmastering slots One AGP 8X/4X slot Onboard Connectors/Devices One floppy disk drive Two ATA-100/133 IDE channels nVidia MCP 10/100Mbps LAN Avance ALC650 six channel audio

Back I/O Connectors Four USB 2.0 ports One PS/2 mouse One PS/2 keyboard One SPP/ECP/EPP parallel port One COM/serial port (DB9) One RJ-45 LAN port One speakers/line out One line in One microphone Certifications ISO-9002 certified Dimension ATX form factor Features Wakeup on LAN (WuLAN) support Wakeup on modem ring support Award flash BIOS w/ ACPI/APM/PnP

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How do I clear the BIOS password?

You need to clear the BIOS settings. See the question above.

I have flashed my BIOS, but now I get no video!

Try clearing your BIOS (see above). Make sure you've flashed the BIOS using the correct BIOS for your system board; flashing the wrong BIOS will render the board inoperable.

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Hardware Questions

How do I enable or disable the onboard audio?

Hit the DELETE key during power up to go into the BIOS, and then go to Advanced Chipset Features. Set the OnChip Sound feature to DISABLED. Set it to AUTO to enable it.

How do I enable or disable the onboard LAN?

Hit the DELETE key during power up to go into the BIOS, and then go to Advanced Chipset Features. Set the OnChip LAN(nVidia) to DISABLED. Set it to AUTO to enable it.

I've turned the system on, but I'm getting no power (i.e., power supply fan does not spin).

Make sure the cable from the case's power switch is connected properly to the board's power on jumper; refer to the motherboard manual. Try reseating the ATX power connector to the motherboard. Disconnect all the power connectors to your HDD, FDD, CD-ROM, etc. then try powering the system up. Try replacing the ATX power supply.

What kind of DDR DIMMs should I use?

The motherboard only accepts PC2100/DDR266,  PC2700/DDR333, or PC3200/DDR400.

Can I use just one DDR DIMM?

Yes.

What is the system's maximum memory capacity?

It is 3.0GB using 3 x 1GB.

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Award BIOS History

Version 5.x BIOS is for motherboard version 020 only; if your current BIOS version is 3.xx, do not update it to 5.xx!

Version 5.60 - official release 01/30/2004

+ Fixed: Lock up issues with some DDR memory

Version 5.16 - official release 04/15/2003

* Initial BIOS release

Version 3.32 - official release 02/13/2003

* Initial BIOS release

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System Board Picture and Diagram

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Processor Settings

If your processor FSB is 200MHz set J10 to 2-3 and J11 to open.

If your processor FSB is 266/3333MHz set J10 to 1-2 and J11 to closed.

Go into the BIOS setup -> Advanced Chipset Features and set the CPU FSB Clock option accordingly:

• 100 for 200MHz front side bus CPU (typically for older Athlon and Duron CPUs only)

• 133 for 266MHz front side bus CPU (the majority of Athlon XP CPU falls into this group)
• 166 for 333MHz front side bus CPU (the majority of Athlon XP CPU falls into this group)
• 200 for 400MHz front side bus CPU (Athlon XP/3200+ or higher only)