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  • Page 1 SQ 596 Pentium PCI Mainboard User s Manual SQ596...
  • Page 2 The manufacturer has the right to change this specification without pre-notice. Trademarks and product names appearing in this manual are may or may not be registered of their respective holders. SQ596...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    4.5 C .............. 4-10 HIPSET EATURES ETUP 4.6 P ............4-11 OWER ANAGEMENT ETUP 4.7 PNP/PCI C ........... 4-12 ONFIGURATION ETUP 4.8 I ............. 4-14 NTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4.9 P ................. 4-16 ASSWORD ETTING 4.10 IDE HDD A ..............4-17 ETECTION SQ596...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction How to use this Manual This manual provides information necessary for SQ596 mainboard and is organized into 4 chapters. Its purpose is to explain the installation procedures and operations of the mainboard as specified below. Introduction Manual information and checklist...

  • Page 5: Key Features

    Features The SQ596 mainboard integrates the Pentium microprocessor, memory , and I/O technologies and is designed to fit into a standard mini-ATX form factor chassis. Page 2-3 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the SQ596 mainboard. Product Specification Processor: The SQ596 supports Intel Pentium Processors P54C/P55C 75-200MHz, and Cyrix 6x86 (M1/M2) Processors.

  • Page 6: Mainboard Outlook

    Mainboard Outlook SQ596...

  • Page 7: Mainboard Layout

    SIMM Slot SIMM Slot SIMM Slot J17 J18 SIMM Slot IDE 1 IDE0 32-bit PCI Slot 82317SB 32-bit PCI Slot 32-bit PCI Slot 8669 32-bit PCI Slot PnP BIOS 16-bit ISA Slot 16-bit ISA Slot JP14 16-bit ISA Slot SQ596...

  • Page 8: Installation Preview

    Installation Preview Before you install the SQ596 mainboard into the system chassis you may find it convenient to first configure the mainboard hardware. This section describes how to configure the jumper settings, install memory modules, and how to attach the various system components.

  • Page 9: Connectors

    ATX power supply LED connector ( 2-pin) Speaker(J27) Speaker connector (4-pin) Suspend Switch(J28) SMI suspend switch connector (2-pin) Reset Switch(J29) Reset switch connector (2-pin) WARNING: Do not apply power if the mainboard appears damaged or items are missing on the mainboard . SQ596...

  • Page 10: Installation Steps

    P 3 P 2 P 1 Jumper Pins 2 & 3 are closed with a jumper cap P 3 P 2 P 1 Setting 2-pin jumpers Setting 2-pin jumpers This jumper is closed with the jumper cap is placed over 2 pins SQ596...
  • Page 11 These jumpers provide a way to select the different types of voltage Intel Pentium Selection JP52 JP51 P54C (3.135V-3.6V) P54C (3.4-3.6V) * (Manufacturer default) P55C (2.5V) Previous previous New marking marking recommended recommended nominal voltage nominal SQ596...
  • Page 12 3.52V(028) CMOS RAM Settings(Clear CMOS Data) (JP14) The JP14 allows you to discharge the SQ596 mainboard CMOS memory and Real Time Clock (RTC) data. The CMOS memory maintains the system configuration information and the RTC provides the system with the date and time. Make sure this jumper is open for normal operation.
  • Page 13 Intel CPU JP4(BF0) JP5(BF1) Setting 75MHz 90MHz 100Mhz (Manufacturer default) 120MHz 133MHz 150MHz 166MHz SQ596...
  • Page 14 Expansion Slots The SQ596 has 7 expansion slots on-board. Three are 16-bit ISA Bus expansion connectors and four are 32-bit PCI expansion slots (include 1 shared) . One of the expansion slots is...
  • Page 15 Bank A (Slot 1 & Bank B (Slot 3 & 1-4) 4MBx2 None 16MB 8MBx2 None 32MB 16MBx2 None 64MB 32MBx2 None None 4MBx2 16MB None 8MBx2 32MB None 16MBx2 64MB None 32MBx2 16MB 4MBx2 4MBx2 24MB 4MBx2 8MBx2 40MB 4MBx2 16MBx2 SQ596...
  • Page 16 The module should click into place with the retaining clips at each end of the socket snapping behind the module to secure it. To release the memory module push both retaining clips outwards and carefully rock the module forward. SQ596...
  • Page 17 SIMM Socket at 45 degree angle. Cache Expansion - L2 External Pipelined Burst SRAM The SQ596 provides an upgradeable secondary (second level or L2) cache using Pipeline Burst SRAM. The Pipeline Burst (PB) SRAM provides performance similar to expensive Synchronous Burst SRAM for only a slight cost premium over slower performing Asynchronous SRAMs.
  • Page 18 ZIF Socket 7 for Central Processing Unit(CPU) The SQ596 comes with a 321-pin ZIF socket 7 for installing the CPU. The Socket 7 will also support future Pentium up-grade processors. It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent the CPU from overheating. (Tip) Applying a thermal jelly between the CPU and the heatsink/fan will furture cool the CPU.

  • Page 19: Audio Subsystem Connector

    A. Audio Subsystem Connector The SQ596 mainboard features a 16-bit stereo audio sub-system. This audio subsystem is in accordance with the Creative ViBRA CT2505 16C VLSI single combo chip combines with the Yamaha OPL3 FM synthesizer. This solution is fully compliant with multimedia PC Level 2 specifications and supports compatibility with Adlib ™, Sound Blaster Pro™2.0 ,...
  • Page 20 MIDI files. Joystick/MIDI Connector (Upper) Line Out Jack (Left) Line In Jack (Right) Microphone In (Middle) Speaker-In(2-pin)(J6) This connector makes it possible to redirect sound that normally comes from the PC speakers to the external speakers connected to the audio. SQ596...
  • Page 21 Speaker-in Connector(J6) S P K - I N CD-In (4-pin header)(J11) A 1x4 pin header(J11) is available for Audio input from CD-Rom drives on the SQ596 mainboard . J 1 1 CD-In Connector(J11) Wavetable Upgrade (8-pin block)(J7) A wavetable upgrade connector provides access to wavetable Table ISA compatible add-in cards, allowing the onboard audio solution to use a lookup table for wavetable synthesis.

  • Page 22: Connectors

    This port is for a PS/2 compatible keyboard interface. Keyboard Port Keyboard Port (Lower) PS/2 Mouse Port (J10) This SQ596 mainboard provides a default 6 pin female PS/2 compatible mouse interface port. PS/2 Mouse port Mouse Port (Upper) Parallel Port Connector (26-pin Block) (J19) This is a bi-directional parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible).
  • Page 23 Serial Port (J12/J13) The SQ596 has two serial ports. The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA- 232-D Serial Communications Specifications. The serial ports may be remapped above other installable serial ports or disabled through the BIOS. Serial Ports Serial Ports...
  • Page 24 This SQ 596 mainboard has two USB ports on-board. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity. True Plug-and- Play, this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub. USB Port USB2(Upper) USB Port USB2(J15) USB1(J14) USB1(Lower) SQ596...
  • Page 25 IrDA connector (5-pin) (J23) The SQ596 mainboard offers an IrDA function. The ATX case must reserve space for the IR module if you want to use the IrDA function. The connector links with the COM2 connector so you can only use one of them. This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving of infrared data.
  • Page 26 HDD LED Connector (4-pin)(J21) The SQ596 supports one straight 4 pin header for connecting to an off-board LED indicator. Pin 1and pin 4 are connected to Vcc(+5) through a 470 ohm pull-up resistor. Pin2 and Pin3 are connect to DISK-ACTIVE signal on pin 39 of the IDE header.
  • Page 27 Reset Switch Connector J 2 9 R e s e t S w i t c h C o n n e c t o r SQ596...

  • Page 28: Bios Setup

    Decrease the numeric value or make changes <F1> General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Shift-<F2> Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward, (Shift) F2 to select color backward SQ596...

  • Page 29: The Main Menu

    Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu. SQ596...

  • Page 30: Bios F Eatures

    This category specifies all the items of PCI/ISA devices resources configuration and assignment. Integrated peripherals This setup page includes all the items of peripherals I/O setup features. Load setup defaults Setup defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximum performance. SQ596...

  • Page 31: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    Total Memory: 8192K ↑ ↓ → ← : Select Item ESC : Quit PU/PD/+/- : Modify : Help (Shift)F2 : Change Color Figure 2 Date The date format is <day>, <date> <month> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar. SQ596...

  • Page 32: Hard Disks

    CYLS. number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP write precom LANDZONE landing zone SECTORS number of sectors MODE HDD access mode If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be Type 1 . SQ596...
  • Page 33 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt on The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power SQ596...

  • Page 34: Base Memory

    DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is Shadow RAM. Total Memory System total memory is the sum of base memory, extended memory, and other memory. SQ596...

  • Page 35: Bios Features Setup Menu

    Disabled No warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Note: This function is available only for DOS and other OSes that do not trap INT13. SQ596...

  • Page 36: External Cache

    BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. Boot Up NumLock Status Keypad is number keys when it is on and arrow keys when it is off. SQ596...

  • Page 37: Typematic Rate Setting

    Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards which are non-standard VGA (such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards) may not show colors properly. This setting enabled should fix this problem. SQ596...

  • Page 38: Video Bios Shadow

    ESC : Quit : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color : Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 DRAM Timing DRAM speed requirements are 60ns or at least 70ns. ISA Bus Clock Determines the clock rate of ISA bus. SQ596...

  • Page 39: System Bios Cacheable

    Selects recovery time for 16 bit I/O. Memory Hole At 15M-16M For special old ISA cards. L2 Cache Cacheable Size This category provides the L2 cache size option (64Mb/512MB). The default setting is 512MB. Power Management Setup Menu This category determines the systems power consumption. SQ596...

  • Page 40: Power Management

    PM Control by APM Options Descriptions 1. No System BIOS will ignore APM when power managing the system 2. Yes System BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND SQ596...

  • Page 41: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup Menu

    The specified event s activity causes the PM Timers to be reloaded (.i.e. the Power Management Unit(PMU) monitors the specified activities as PM events). PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Menu You can manually configurate the PCI Devices IRQ. The following pages tell you the options of each item & describe the meanings of each options. SQ596...

  • Page 42: Resources Controlled By

    PCI IRQ Activated by This tells the chipset the IRQ signals input is either level or edge trigger. PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI-AUTO PCI-AUTO The BIOS will: scan for PCI IDE devices & determine the location of the PCI IDE device SQ596...

  • Page 43: Integrated Peripherals Menu

    (HDD) . Enabled IDE controller uses block mode. Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode. SQ596...
  • Page 44 Your system supports five modes, numbered from 0 (default) to 4, which primarily differ in timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode. This is true for the next four setup items: IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO SQ596...

  • Page 45: Usb Controller

    This allows you to determine how serial port number two installed on your mainboard is to be configured. COM1, 3F8 IRQ 4(Default) COM2, 2F8 IRQ 3 COM3, 2E8 IRQ 3 COM4, 3E8 IRQ 4 Disabled Serial port 2 disabled SQ596...

  • Page 46: Onboard Parallel Port

    Setup freely. PASSWORD DISABLED. If you select System at Security Option of the BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to enter the SQ596...

  • Page 47: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    HDD does not support LBA modes, no LBA option will be shown. if no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024, no LARGE option will be shown. Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them. SQ596...
  • Page 48 Documentation Rev. Number: A01 SQ596...

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