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Safety and Regulatory Information
FCC Part 15: 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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi-
dential 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, this notice is not a guaran-
tee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
CAUTION: To comply with the limits for the class B device, pursuant to Part 15
of the FCC Rules, this device must be installed in computer equipment certified to
comply with the Class B limits.
All cables used to connect the computer and peripherals must be shielded and
grounded. Operation with non-certified computers or non-shielded cables may result
in interference to radio or television reception.
Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this devi-
ce could void the user' s authority to operate the device.
USA Notice

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  • Page 1 Safety and Regulatory Information USA Notice FCC Part 15: 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 reasonable protection against harmful interference in a resi- dential installation.
  • Page 2 BIW2A User’ s Manual COPYRIGHT: This publication, including all photo- graphs, illustrations and software, is protected under interna- tional copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without the express written consent of the manu- facturer.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Table of Contents 1: Motherboard Features ...........1 Package Contents & Options ........2 Main Features..............3 Layout & Port Positions ..........8 2: Configuration & Installation ........11 Hardware Configuration..........11 Configuring The Jumpers........11 Installing A CPU.............15 Installing System Memory ........18 Installing Options............20...

  • Page 4: 1: Motherboard Features

    BIW2A User’ s Manual How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided in to five sections with the following topics: 1: Motherboard Features Describes the main features of the motherboard and the location of important components on the motherboard.
  • Page 5 This motherboard comes in two versions, the & Product Options BIW2A and the BIW2A-AT. The two boards Main Features share most features. The BIW2A-AT has two op- Board Layout & tional features, enhanced audio and TV-Out capa- Port Positions bility.

  • Page 6: Package Contents & Options

    1 TV Out port bracket • 1 Modem Riser card Please Note: Both the BIW2A and the BIW2A-AT can use a Modem Riser card. The card is a separate purchase and is a standard component that fits the MR slot.

  • Page 7: Main Features

    Main Features This motherboard a full set of system features built onto the board. As mentioned, there are two models of this motherboard, the BIW2A and the BIW2A-AT. The two models share most features, and the BIW2A-AT has some additional features as noted below.
  • Page 8 BIW2A User’ s Manual Integrated I/O Both versions of the motherboard have a full set of integrated I/O ports. The external ports mounted on the board include PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, two USB ports, a parallel port, a serial port, a VGA port, a game/MIDI port and three audio jacks.
  • Page 9 230MHz DAC. The maximum display supported is 1600 x 1200 resolution with 8-bit color at an 85Hz refresh rate. The BIW2A-AT also supports TV-Out onboard. TV-Out allows the use of a television set as the display device instead of a conventional computer monitor.
  • Page 10 +90dB, which greatly improves voice synthesis and recog- nition. The enhanced model of the BIW2A-AT replaces the standard audio with an enhanced Creative Labs 5880 audio chip and codec that use different audio drivers which are also on the Support Disk.
  • Page 11 Two factories installed options, Creative audio and TV-Out are available on BIW2A-AT. You must purchase the correct model to get them. Both the BIW2A and BIW2A-AT support in- stalling a Modem Riser card to install modem and other telephony features.

  • Page 12: Layout & Port Positions

    The figure at right shows the layout of the en- hanced model of the BIW2A-AT motherboard with the optional TV-Out components on the board. The BIW2A does not have these compo- nents. Otherwise, the are the same for the pur- poses of this illustration.
  • Page 13 Motherboard Features Slot 1 DIMM1,2 Parallel IDE2 VGA COM IDE1 CPUFAN Game JP11 Audio TV-Out MR riser COM port CD audio SYSFAN PCI Slots Panel JP13 MIDI/Game port COM1 Line Out Line In...
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  • Page 15: 2: Configuration & Installation

    CPU and installing system memory. Configuring The Jumpers This motherboard has five standard jumper switches and the BIW2A-AT has two extras, one for the TV-Out feature and one for the Creative audio option. All the jumpers come preset to de- fault settings.

  • Page 16: Onboard Audio

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Jumper Setting Summary Default settings Power On Feature are in bold Enabled *On BIW2A-AT Disabled only Clear CMOS Normal Clear CMOS Onboard Audio Disable Enable BIOS B.B. Protect Short Jumper Unprotected Open Jumper Protected JP11 CPU & Bus Clock...
  • Page 17 Configuration & Installation Jumper Functions This is sections explains the functions performed by the jumper switches. JP2: Power On Feature This jumper sets support for the Power On feature under the ACPI power saving specification. When this feature is enabled, a PC98-compliant key- board or a pointing device can turn on the system in a number of ways.
  • Page 18 100MHz or 133MHz. The default setting is Auto. JP8: TV-Out Mode This jumper is only present on the BIW2A-AT. It sets the TV system mode used by the TV-Out fea- ture. The jumper must be set to use the mode used by televisions in your country, either NTSC or PAL.

  • Page 19: Installing A Cpu

    Configuration & Installation Installing A CPU This motherboard has an Intel Slot 1 CPU socket. If you purchased a CPU packaged by Intel, follow the installation instructions that come with it. In any case, please review the following generic in- structions.
  • Page 20 BIW2A User’ s Manual 2. Insert the CPU in the Slot 1. Note that the Slot 1 socket has two sections of different lengths. Orient the CPU to the socket. Slide the CPU into the Retention Module guide rails and press the CPU into the socket 3.
  • Page 21 Configuration & Installation 4. Attach the heatsink/fan assembly. Assemblies vary, follow the instructions that come with the heatsink/fan. 5. Connect the power lead from the fan to the CPU FAN connector on the motherboard.

  • Page 22: Installing System Memory

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Installing System Memory There are two system memory sockets on the motherboard. They use 3.3Volt, non-buffered SDRAM DIMMs (Dual In-line Memory Module). This motherboard uses either PC100 or PC133 DIMMs. The motherboard will automatically de- tect and configure the installed memory. This...
  • Page 23 Configuration & Installation 4. Press the DIMM fully into the socket. The retaining latches will rotate upwards and should fit into the corresponding notches on the DIMM. Press the latches into place if nec- essary. If the latches won’ t insert properly into the module notches push them back and try inserting the DIMM again.

  • Page 24: Installing Options

    BIW2A User’ s Manual 1. Make sure the computer is turned off and un- plugged. 2. Press down on the retaining latches to release the module and push it partially out of the socket. 3. Carefully remove the module from the socket, preferably grasping it by the top corners of the circuit board.

  • Page 25: Installing The Motherboard

    Configuration & Installation Installing The Motherboard This section is a brief generic explanation of how to install the motherboard in a system housing (“case” or “chassis”) and connect other internal system components to it. If you are not experi- enced at installing and assembling computer hardware we recommend you consider having a qualified service technician install and assemble your system for you.
  • Page 26 BIW2A User’ s Manual 2. Attach whatever mounting hardware is needed to the case. Some cases support more than one motherboard form factor, for example Baby AT, Micro ATX and ATX. Identify the mounting points that match as many of the mounting holes on the motherboard as possi- ble and install hardware at those points.

  • Page 27: System Housing Connections

    Configuration & Installation System Housing Connections You will need to connect several wires from the system housing to the motherboard. These include leads for functions on the housing’ s front panel and the power connector from the ATX power supply and any system cooling fans. Connecting Front Panel Leads System housings usually have several system con- trols and indicators mounted on the front panel.

  • Page 28: Disk Drive Connections

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Connecting ATX Power The power connector from the ATX power supply is a rectangular plastic connector with multiple wires running back to the power supply. It plugs onto the ATX power connector on the mother- board. The connector will only plug on one way, so if it won’...

  • Page 29: Connecting Ide Devices

    Configuration & Installation Connecting Floppy Disk Drives The motherboard floppy disk drive controller con- nector uses the narrower (34-pin) of the two sup- plied cables. There are three connectors on the cable, one at each end and one in the middle, Board end more towards one end.

  • Page 30: Other Connections

    These include the connector for the second serial port’ s port bracket, the CD-ROM drive audio in- put connectors, the IR port connector, Wake-up On LAN (WOL) connector and the connector for the TV-Out port bracket on the BIW2A-AT.
  • Page 31 Configuration & Installation The Second Serial Port Bracket The port bracket for the second serial port, which is replaced in the ATX port configuration by the VGA port for the onboard video display, plugs onto the COM2 connector on the motherboard. Mount the port bracket in an expansion slot opening between the PCI1 slot and the AMR slot and plug the ribbon cable connector attached to...

  • Page 32: Checking The Installation

    BIW2A User’ s Manual The WOL Connector The Wake-Up On LAN connector is for connect- ing a signal cable from a Local Area Network card that supports the WOL feature. When this is in- stalled, the system can be activated by a remote signal sent over the LAN.

  • Page 33: Support Software

    Configuration & Installation Support Software All versions of this motherboard come with a software Support Disk that has both support soft- ware and bundled software on it. The Support Disk is for an entire range of motherboards. There is more software on the Support Disk than is used by this motherboard, so don’...
  • Page 34 BIW2A User’ s Manual Main screen Main menu...
  • Page 35 Configuration & Installation Intel Support Software Under the Intel heading you will need to install a Bus Master driver for the version of Windows you are using and the Intel 810 VGA Driver. To install software, click on or select the appropriate item and press the Enter key.
  • Page 36 There are two applicable items for this mother- board under the Audio Driver heading. For the BIW2A, you should install the ADI 1881 driver. For the BIW2A-AT, you should install the Cre- ative driver. To install software, click on or select the appropriate item and press the Enter key.

  • Page 37: Installing Bundled Software

    Configuration & Installation Audio menu Installing Bundled Software The Support Disk also has some utility software on it. The free Adobe Acrobat Reader is supplied for viewing files in the Acrobat PDF format, in- cluding online manuals. The PC-cillin 98 anti- virus software is bundled with this motherboard to enhance your system’...
  • Page 38 BIW2A User’ s Manual...

  • Page 39: 3: Using The Motherboard

    Using The Motherboard Using The Motherboard This chapter covers a few points on how some of the motherboard features impact use of the com- puter it is installed in. This includes using system What’ s In This control features, connecting external peripherals, Chapter: installing expansion cards and upgrading system memory.
  • Page 40 BIW2A User’ s Manual The Reset Switch A reset switch is standard to almost all PCs. Pushing the switch will cause the computer to do a “hard” restart. If the computer hangs during operation and becomes unresponsive to other con- trols, you can restart the computer using this switch.

  • Page 41: Keyboard & Pointing Device Features

    Using The Motherboard Keyboard & Pointing Device Features This motherboard is PC98 compliant and supports Power On configurable control from the keyboard or pointing device and Sleep/Wake Up. Power On With this feature enabled by default on the moth- erboard, you can set the Power On feature to turn on the system from the keyboard or the with the pointing device.
  • Page 42 BIW2A User’ s Manual • Mouse Left: Clicking the left button twice on the PS/2 mouse turns on the computer. You can only use one mode at a time. Sleep/Wake Up If you use a PC98 keyboard with this mother-...

  • Page 43: Connecting External Peripherals

    Using The Motherboard Connecting External Peripherals This section covers information on connecting external peripheral equipment to the computer via the motherboard’ s onboard ports. This mother- board has a full complement of external ports in- cluding all standard ATX ports and the onboard video port.
  • Page 44 BIW2A User’ s Manual • Serial ports [Teal]: Used for connecting mo- dems, printers and other serial devices. The port supports multiple address configurations and is configurable via the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility in the Integrated Peripherals section of the utility. Any device connected will also re- quire Operating System driver support.

  • Page 45: Connecting Usb Peripherals

    Using The Motherboard Connecting USB Peripherals The motherboard has two onboard Universal Se- rial Bus ports. These ports can connect to unpow- ered downstream devices or to either a bus- powered or self-powered USB hub which provide more ports. USB devices are “hot swap” which means you don’...

  • Page 46: Installing Expansion Cards

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Installing Expansion Cards This section has some general information on in- stalling expansion cards on the motherboard. This motherboard has five standard PCI expansion slots. The slots are all 32-bit PCI Revision 2.2 compliant and are all Bus master capable. There is a sixh special slot for an optional Modem Riser card.
  • Page 47 Using The Motherboard Plug and Play It is likely that any PCI card you will install on the motherboard will be Plug and Play (PnP) compli- ant. Plug and Play is a design specification for ex- pansion cards that allows the system to automati- cally assign and manage resources for installed expansion cards rather than requiring manual con- figuration as in pre-PnP designs.
  • Page 48 BIW2A User’ s Manual Power Considerations The system’ s ATX power supply has a fixed elec- trical capacity measured in watts. If you install numerous internal peripherals and expansion cards, for example four IDE devices, a SCSI card and internal SCSI peripherals, it is possible to ex- ceed the capacity of the power supply if it has a lower capacity.

  • Page 49: Installing A Modem Riser Card

    Using The Motherboard Installing A Modem Riser Card The special Modem Riser slot is for a separately purchased Modem Riser telephony card. The card provides a V.90 modem and other telephony fea- tures and installs in the same way as a conven- tional expansion card although the slot is smaller.
  • Page 50 BIW2A User’ s Manual...

  • Page 51: 4: The System Bios & Cmos Setup Utility

    System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility The System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility What’ s In This This section explains what the system BIOS does Chapter: and has a summary of the CMOS Setup Utility. System BIOS The System BIOS CMOS Setup Utility This motherboard uses the Award system BIOS.

  • Page 52: The Cmos Setup Utility

    BIW2A User’ s Manual The CMOS Setup Utility This section explains the CMOS Setup Utility program. The utility is permanently stored in flash memory in the firmware hub on the motherboard. It creates a record of the motherboard and some system configuration information and stores it in battery-supported CMOS memory.
  • Page 53 System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984-1999 Standard CMOS Features Frequency/Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP/PCI Configurations Save &...
  • Page 54 BIW2A User’ s Manual There are fourteen items on the main screen: • Standard CMOS Setup: Date, time, disk drive setup, video display and error handling. • Advanced BIOS Features: Boot and drive op- tions and system feature customization •...
  • Page 55 System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility • Exit Without Saving: Discards any changes made and exits the program. To enter a section of the Setup program, highlight a menu item by moving to it with the arrow keys and press the Enter key to load that item. The submenu screen for the selected section will ap- pear.
  • Page 56 BIW2A User’ s Manual Interface Conventions There are several interface conventions that im- prove the program’ s ease-of-use. There are also some features of the CMOS Setup Utility’ s inter- face that are important to be aware of. Scrollable Menus In several submenus, there are more menu entries than can appear on the screen at the same time.

  • Page 57: Standard Cmos Features

    System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility Main Menu Item Pointers These are a few pointers on the main menu items. Standard CMOS Features Set the system Date and Time here. You can man- ually configure IDE devices in submenu sections by device position.
  • Page 58 BIW2A User’ s Manual The item options for setting up power manage- ment for non-ACPI compliant Operating Systems are explained below. ACPI function Default: Enabled When Enabled, an ACPI OS controls power man- agement. Power Management Default: User Defined This allows you to select the type or degree of...
  • Page 59 System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility V/H SYNC+ Blank: This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal sync. ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank: This option only writes blanks to the screen video buffer. DPMS: Initial display power management sig- naling so that OS can control the display.
  • Page 60 BIW2A User’ s Manual Soft-off by PWR-BTTN Default: Instant-off Under ACPI, the system can be turned off me- chanically (by the power button) or it can use a software power off. This item allows you to define a software power off using the power button.

  • Page 61: Pc Health Status

    System BIOS & CMOS Setup Utility Reload Global Timer Events When enabled, an event occurring on a device in the list restarts the global timer for Standby mode. PnP/PCI Configurations We recommend not changing the defaults. The VGA IRQ item auto-assigns an IRQ for both the onboard and a PCI display card that requires an one (most don’...
  • Page 62 BIW2A User’ s Manual 3. If you are entering a new password, carefully type in the password. You cannot use more than eight characters or numbers. Passwords are case- sensitive. Press Enter after you have typed in the password. If you are deleting a password that is already installed just press Enter when the pass- word dialog box appears.

  • Page 63: 5: Troubleshooting & Technical Summary

    Troubleshooting & Technical Summary Troubleshooting & Technical Summary This chapter has two sections, Troubleshooting and a Technical Summary. The troubleshooting section covers some basic things you can do in the What’ s In This event that you encounter problems using the Chapter: motherboard in your system.
  • Page 64 BIW2A User’ s Manual If there is still a problem check the following: • Run the CMOS Setup Utility, load the Opti- mized Defaults, save and exit to restart the computer. If there’ s still a problem: • Turn off and unplug the computer.

  • Page 65: Support Software Problems

    Troubleshooting & Technical Summary Support Software Problems There is a variety of software on the Support Disk. If you install the wrong software, the motherboard and the system may not operate properly. Make sure you check the following: • Bus Master driver: You must install the correct driver for the operating System you are using.

  • Page 66: Technical Summary

    BIW2A User’ s Manual Technical Summary This section combines the setup specifications in the manual in one place for quick reference. Jumper Settings This is the jumper-setting summary. Jumper Setting Summary Default settings Power On Feature are in bold Enabled...

  • Page 67: Cpu Options

    Troubleshooting & Technical Summary JP11 JP13 CPU Options This motherboard can use any Intel Slot 1 CPU running at speeds from 233MHz to 733MHz. These include SECC Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III CPUs. The external clock frequency is automatically detected in the default hardware configuration.
  • Page 68 BIW2A User’ s Manual System Memory Specification This motherboard uses 3.3V unbuffered SDRAM 168-pin DIMMs with SPD. It requires at least PC100 SDRAM modules. It can also use PC133 DIMMs. The system will autodetect the DIMM clock.

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