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1 Introduction The 82440 LX PCI mainboard is a high-performance ATX architecture system board that supports the (Dual) Pentium II processor family. This mainboard is fully compatible with industry standards, and adds many technical enhancements. Key Features ¥ Processor supports: Ñ...
Introduction Unpacking the Mainboard The mainboard package contains: ¥ The 82440LX Mainboard ¥ This User's Guide ¥ One Triones IDE Bus Master Drivers Diskette Note: Do not unpack the mainboard until you are ready to install it. Follow the precautions below while unpacking the mainboard. 1.
2 Hardware Setup This chapter explains how to configure the mainboardÕs hardware. After you install the mainboard, you can set jumpers, install memory on the mainboard, and make case connections. Refer to this chapter whenever you upgrade or reconfigure your system. CAUTION: Turn off power to the mainboard, system chassis, and peripheral devices before performing any work on the...
Hardware Setup 300, and 333 MHz. The 133 MHz setting is used as default and as a ÒsafeÓ frequency which means the board can be boot-up at any time even if the BIOS settings are erased or reset, however, there is no Pentium II CPU of that frequency.
Hardware Setup Connectors Attach the mainboard to case devices, or an external battery, via connectors on the mainboard. Refer to Figure 1-1 for connector locations and connector pin positions. ATX PW — ATX Power Supply Connectors The motherboard provides an ATX power supply connector. It is a twenty-pin male header connector.
Hardware Setup IR – IR Connector A five-pin wafer connector is for connecting to the IR device. Use the device that has the ASKIR or HPSIR specification and choose ASKIR/HPSIR from the BIOS setup. IR Connector Pin Assignment VCC 1 FIRRX 2 IRRX 3 GND 4...
Hardware Setup IDE LED – IDE HDD LED Connectors Attach on-board IDE device LEDs to this connector. The LED lights when an IDE device is active. FDC Connector Attach floppy cable to this connector. PRT – Parallel Port Connector Attach parallel port cable to this connector. USB1/USB2 –...
Hardware Setup JP14 – Wake-On-LAN (WOL) Header Attach a 3-pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake- On-LAN (WOL) function. This function lets users wake up the connected computer through the LAN card. (The cable should be included with the LAN card.) JP44 Pin Assignment SENSOR JP15 –...
Hardware Setup Slot 1 Installation Guide This mainboard provides a non-boxed 686 (PII) CPU retention set to secure the CPU on this board. Follow the steps below to secure this type of CPU on to your motherboard. These steps are the same for both Slot 1 CPUs.
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Hardware Setup Step 2: Insert the supporting base, which is shown below, into the two holes directly to the left of the 2 sets of screws that have just been inserted on to the board. ATX PW Slot 1...
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Hardware Setup Step 3: Insert the 2 latches into the two holes of the supporting base and then turn them 90¡ to secure the CPU. ATX PW...
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Hardware Setup Step 4: Set the retention clip right on the top of the 2 sets of screws which are along the sides of Slot1 and then tighten the 4 screws on the retention clip. ATX PW Slot 1...
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Hardware Setup Step 5: Insert the CPU into the retention clip and notice that the heat sink is on the left hand side of the board. Lock the two latches on the sides of the CPU to secure the CPU. Non-boxed Pentium II Golden Finger ATX PW...
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Hardware Setup Step 6: Insert the clip portion of the CPU supporter, which is shown below, so that the heat sink can sit on the top of the whole CPU supporter. Top View of CPU Support Clip ATX PW...
3 BIOS Setup The mainboardÕs BIOS setup program is the PCI/ISA BIOS from AMI Software Inc. Enter the AMI BIOS programÕs Main Menu as follows: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic checks, you are asked to press <DEL> to enter Setup. 2.
BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows. 1. Choose ÒSTANDARD CMOS SETUPÓ from the Main Menu. A screen appears. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 1.13 (C)1997 American megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm:dd:yy) : Thu Oct 16, 1997 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 03 : 33 : 37 32Bit...
BIOS Setup Boot Sector Virus Setting this item to Enabled will make the Protection BIOS verify that the boot sector of your harddisk is not corrupted by a virus, by warning you when a change of the boot sector is detected.
BIOS Setup A short description of screen items follows: Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled to shorten the boot-up time. (Some of the Power On Self Tests will not be performed.) 1st Boot Device Set these options to select the device that you want 2nd Boot Device the system to boot from.
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BIOS Setup Password Check Always: the system will ask you to enter your password both at boot-up and on entering the BIOS Setup. Setup: the system only asks you for the password on entering the BIOS Setup. Boot to OS/2 > Set this option to Yes when your operating system 64Mb is OS/2.
BIOS Setup Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option changes the values of the chipset registers. It is recommended that you change these settings only if you are familiar with teh chipset. 1. Choose ÒCHIPSET FEATURES SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and the following screen appears.
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BIOS Setup EDO Read Burst Use the default setting for all these options. Timing; EDO Write Burst Timing; EDO RAS Precharge Timing; EDO RAS to CAS Delay; MA Wait State; SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay; SDRAM CAS Latency; SDRAM RAS Precharge Timing;...
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BIOS Setup Clock for Spread Spect. Set this option to either Disabled or one of the following spread percentages: 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, or 3.0%. Turbo Mode (75Mhz) Enabled: Your Pentium II CPU will run on a 75Mhz busclock which will increase the speed of your system.
BIOS Setup Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option sets the systemÕs power saving functions. Run the Power Management Setup as follows. 1. Choose ÒPOWER MANAGEMENT SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of items appears. AMIBIOS SETUP - POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP (C)1997 American Megatrends, Inc.
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BIOS Setup Standby Time out Sets the Standby Timer, ranges from 1 to 60 (Minute) minutes. Suspend Time out Sets the Suspend Timer, ranges from 1 to 60 (Minute) minutes. Throttle Slow Sets the percentage of the original clock speed to Clock Ratio which the CPU will slow down when entering the Standby mode.
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BIOS Setup Power Button On/Off: the system will power on and power Function off with a short touch on the power button. Suspend: Suspend Power Mode State Diagram: System Push System Push Longer Power Off Power Button Power On Power Button than 4S? Enter Push...
BIOS Setup PNP/PCI Configuration Setup This menu controls the system resources. Run this option as follows: 1. Choose ÒPNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUPÓ from the Main Menu and the following screen appears. (The screen below shows default settings.) AMIBIOS SETUP - PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION (C)1997 American Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Setup Allocate IRQ to Choose either Disabled or Enabled depending on PCI VGA whether or not your VGA card requires an IRQ. DMA Channel Each option on this list can be set to either PnP or List ISA/EISA. Default is PnP. If you have an ISA card that requires a DMA channel, set it to ISA/EISA here.
BIOS Setup Integrated Peripherals The Integrated Peripherals option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control system options in the computer. Note: Change these settings only if you are familiar with the Chipset. Run the Integrated Peripherals as follows. 1.
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BIOS Setup On Board Serial Port A Auto: System detects the Serial Port A and assign an address to it automatically. Disabled: Disable the onboard floppy controller. The serial port address can also be chosen manually from the following: 3F8/COM1, 2F8/COM2, 3E8/COM3, 2E8/COM4.
BIOS Setup On Board Parallel Port Choose from: Auto, Disabled, 378, 278, or 3BC. Auto: Set the parallel port to an IO address automatically. Disabled: Disable the onboard parallel port and the parallel port options below will not be available for change. Parallel Port Mode Choose from: Normal, Bi-Dir, EPP, or ECP.
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BIOS Setup the other hand, the User Password offers only restricted access which means that the Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup, and PnP/PCI Configuration are all restricted for a user that entering the BIOS Setup by using only a User Password. The User Password is set to Disabled by default and only after defining a supervisor password the User Password can be defined.
BIOS Setup IDE HDD Auto Detection Selecting this item will make the system automatically scan for all the IDE compatible devices, such as Harddisks and CD ROM drives, which are connected to the system. The correct settings will automatically be stored into Standard CMOS Setup and after finishing the auto detection process, the Standard CMOS Setup page is then displayed for the user to see the results.
Quick Installation Guide Quick Installation Guide This Quick Installation Guide leaflet is designed for those people who are familiar with motherboard settings to set up this new motherboard in order to boot up the system. Refer back to the proper chapters if you have run in to any problems.
Quick Installation Guide Connectors and Jumper Settings CMOS clear: J5 ATX Power Supply: JP15 CPU Cooling Fan: JP42 and JP43 Retain CMOS please insert the ATX power supply data (default) plug into this header. function sensor wake on LAN jumper: J14 IDE Led Clear CMOS data Please connect the WOL cable from...