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ATC6240V Mainboard
CONTENTS
QUICK JUMPER & CONNECTOR SETTING ........................ A
CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING...............................B
CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION ..................................... C
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................... 1
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL................................................... 2
CHAPTER 1 System Feature ...................................................... 3
1-1 Introduction ...................................................................................... 3
1-2 System Specifications ...................................................................... 3
1-3 Features Highlight ............................................................................ 4
1-3-1 Software Power Off Control ...................................................... 4
1-3-2 Fan Off Control.......................................................................... 4
1-3-3 Running 100MHz CPU Bus (JP11)........................................... 5
1-3-4 SB-Link Sideband Signals......................................................... 6
1-3-5 Modem Ring On......................................................................... 6
1-3-6 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On (JP9) ................................ 7
1-3-7 Wake-On-LAN ............................................................................. 8
1-3-8 Ultra DMA 66 Cable .................................................................... 8
CHAPTER 2 Installation ............................................................9
2-1 Installation Procedure ..................................................................... 9
2-2 CPU Installation .............................................................................. 9
2-2-1 Core/Bus Freq. Ratio ................................................................... 9
2-2-2 CPU Setting............................................................10
2-3 System Memory Installation ......................................................... 12
2-4 VIA IDE Driver Setup................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 3 Award BIOS Setup ............................................ 15
3-1 Update BIOS Procedure ................................................................ .16
3-1-2 Update Microcode API .............................................................. .17
3-2 Award System BIOS Configuration Setup ................................... .18
Appendix A How to Install Pentium
Processors with SECC2 Package
Appendix B Technical Support Request Form
HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    ATC6240V Mainboard Contents CONTENTS QUICK JUMPER & CONNECTOR SETTING ......A CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING…………..……………..B CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION ……………………….….….. C TABLE OF CONTENTS ............... 1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL........... 2 CHAPTER 1 System Feature ............3 1-1 Introduction ..................3 1-2 System Specifications ..............
  • Page 2: Connectors Description

    How To Use This Manual ATC6240V Mainboard This manual is written in a user-friendly style. It would be advisable for users to read it in an orderly sequence : 1. For Hardware Information: Read Page A: QUICK JUMPER & CONNECTOR SETTING, Page B: CHECK LIST OF THE PACKAGING and Page C: CONNECTORS DESCRIPTION.
  • Page 3: Chapter 1 System Feature

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER 1 SYSTEM FEATURES 1-1 Introduction ATC6240V mainboard is designed to run with VIA Apollo 133 (693A + 596B) chipset  to enhance the performance and extraordinary value of the Intel Pentium II/III and Celeron processor-powered PC. It is mounted with Slot 1 supporting 66MHz, 100MHz and 133MHz Front Side Bus CPU.
  • Page 4: Features Highlight

    Chapter 1 Introduction ATC6240V Mainboard 1-3 Features Highlight 1-3-1 Software Power Off Control The mainboard design supports Software Power Off Control feature through the SMM code in the BIOS under Windows 95/98, and MS-DOS operation system environment. First, you should connect the power switch cable to the connector “PS-ON” on the mainboard.
  • Page 5: Running 100Mhz Cpu Bus (Jp11)

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3-3 Running 100 MHz CPU Bus (with JP11) The mainboard provides Jumper 11 that allows you to set your CPU host clock and perform CPU overclock function. There are two ways to set CPU host clock at ‘closed’...
  • Page 6: Sb-Link Sideband Signals

    Chapter 1 Introduction ATC6240V Mainboard 1-3-4 SB-Link Sideband Signals In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI bus, EMU8008 incorporates a pair of SB-Link request/grant sideband signals (PCPCIR EQN and PCPCIGNTN) to interface to the PCI bus. SB-Link is a mechanism that was defined and developed by Intel as a docking solution which allows ISA slots to exist in docking stations connected to desktop PC PCI bus.
  • Page 7: Keyboard & Ps/2 Mouse Power On (Jp9)

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 1 Introduction 1-3-6 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On (with JP9) With ATX Power Supply and Jumper 9 set to Pin 1-2 closed, ATC6240V Mainboard is enabled to Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On functions : JP 9 KB &...
  • Page 8: Wake-On-Lan

    Chapter 1 Introduction ATC6240V Mainboard 1-3-7 Wake-On-LAN The remote Wake-On-LAN (WOL) mode of operation is a mechanism that uses Advanced Micro Device Magic Packet technology to power on a sleeping workstation on the network. This mechanism is accomplished when the LAN card receives a specific packet of information, called a Magic Packet, addressed to the node on the network.
  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation ATC6240V Mainboard CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION 2-1 INSTALLATION PROCEDURE Before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as CPU, DRAM; peripherals such as hard disk, keyboard, CD-ROM and accessories such as cables. Then, install the system as following: ...
  • Page 10: Cpu Setting

    Chapter 2 Installation ATC6240V Mainboard 2-2-2 CPU Setting     For 233~333MHz Intel Pentium II & 266~466MHz Celeron CPUs. INTERNAL CPU CLOCK 233MHz (66x3.5) 1 2 3 4 266MHz (66x4.0) 1 2 3 4 300MHz (66x4.5) 1 2 3 4 333MHz (66x5.0)
  • Page 11 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 2 Installation         For 350~450MHz Intel Pentium II and 450~733MHz Pentium III CPUs. INTERNAL CPU CLOCK 350MHz (100x3.5) 1 2 3 4 400MHz (100x4.0) 1 2 3 4 450MHz (100x4.5) 1 2 3 4 500MHz (100x5.0)
  • Page 12: System Memory Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation ATC6240V Mainboard 2-3 SYSTEM MEMORY INSTALLATION The ATC6240V provides four 168-pin DIMM sockets for system memory expansion from 8MB to 1.5GB Unbuffered SDRAM. These four DIMMs are arranged to four banks, please refer to page A. Bank/DIMM...
  • Page 13: Via Ide Driver Setup

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 2 Installation 2-4 VIA IDE DRIVER SETUP The VIA IDE drivers are enclosed into the VIA Utility CD. Use this CD ROM for installation of the VIA drivers. 2-4-1 Setup for Windows 9x : 1. Starting Windows system.
  • Page 14 Chapter 2 Installation ATC6240V Mainboard 2-4-2 Setup for Windows NT 4.0 The VIA IDE drivers for WinNT are also enclosed into the VIA Utility CD. Use this CD ROM for installation of the VIA drivers for WinNT. 1. Starting Windows NT 4.0.
  • Page 15: Chapter 3 Award Bios Setup

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS SETUP Award BIOS manufacturer provides access to the system BIOS through the hardware and software on the mainboard. The hardware consists of a Flash ROM and the software is a group of programs that are installed in the ROMBIOS along with all the other data the BIOS must contain.
  • Page 16: Update Bios Procedure

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard 3-1 UPDATE BIOS PROCEDURE If the BIOS needs to be updated, you can get a CD or diskette with the updated BIOS utility in the package. The BIOS-update diskette or All-In-One CD includes two files: “awdflash.exe”...
  • Page 17: Update Microcode Api

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 3-1-2 UPDATE MICROCODE API Intel also provides MICROCODE API(Applications Programming Interface) for  Pentium II/III processor-based mainboard-users to update data block in BIOS quickly and easily. (You can find this utility in the diskette or All-In-One CD in the package.) ...
  • Page 18: Award System Bios Configuration Setup

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard 3-2 SYSTEM BIOS CONFIGURATION SETUP The following pages explain how to set up the BIOS configuration under the Award BIOS. The SETUP program is stored in the Read-Only-Memory (ROM) on the mainboard. To do the SETUP procedure, press the <Del> key when the system is booting up.
  • Page 19: Standard Cmos Setup

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup STANDARD CMOS SETUP This screen records some basic hardware information, and sets the system clock and error handling. These records can be lost or corrupted if the on-board battery has failed or is weak.
  • Page 20 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard If you select ‘Auto’, the BIOS will detect the HDD & CD-ROM Drive automatically at the POST stage and show the IDE for HDD & CD-ROM Drive. If you select ‘user’, you will need to know the information listed below. This information should be from your hard disk vender or dealer.
  • Page 21 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Halt On This category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up. No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.
  • Page 22: Bios Features Setup

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard BIOS FEATURES SETUP This screen is a list of system configuration options. Some of them are defaults required by the mainboard's design, others depend on the features of your system. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 23 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a warning message to appear. Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
  • Page 24 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on. Keypad is for numeric keys. Keypad is for arrow keys.
  • Page 25 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Select Enabled if your Hard disk supports S.M.A.R.T.(Safe-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) function Report No FDD For WIN 95 Set this item to Yes, BIOS will report FDD to Win95. If in standard CMOS setup, set Drive A to none and set this item to yes.
  • Page 26: Chipset Features Setup

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This screen controls the setting for the chipset on the mainboard. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : SDRAM 10ns Auto Detect DIMM/PCI ClK : Enabled...
  • Page 27 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Memory Hole A memory block at 15M – 16M is reserved for choice. If “Disabled” is chosen, it means this memory block is not reserved for special use. If “15M-16M” is chosen, it means, this memory block is reserved for other devices.
  • Page 28 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard Note: After you change the CPU Clock Frequency and the system can not start, please do the following procedures: 1. Turn the system off firstly. 2. Turn on the system. Then press and hold the “ Insert ” key at boot.
  • Page 29: Power Management Setup

    ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This screen controls the 'green' features of this mainboard. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI function : Enabled Primary INTR : On Power Management : User Define...
  • Page 30 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard If you would like to use Software Power-off Control function, you should select “Yes” in PM Control by APM. PM Control by APM When enabled, an Advanced Power Management mechanism will be activated to enhance the Max. Power Saving Mode and stop the CPU internal clock.
  • Page 31 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup PM Events Events included herein are I/O events whose occurance can prevents the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In fact, the system remains alert for anything which occurs on a device which is configured as “ON”, even when the system is in a password down mode.
  • Page 32 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION This screen configures the PCI Bus slots. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PNP OS Installed : No CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled Resources Controlled by : Auto...
  • Page 33 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup PCI Delay Transaction This chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support deadly transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The choice : Enabled, disabled space PCI #2 Access #1 Retry Enable : PCI #2 will be disconnected if max.
  • Page 34: Integrated Peripherals

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This section page includes all the items of IDE hard drive and Programmed Input/Output features. See also Section “Chipset Features Setup”. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. OnChip IDE Channel 0...
  • Page 35 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup Init Display First If you set this item to PCI Slot, it will activate the PCI video card first in the multi-displayed environment. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP. Power On Function The following are choices of Power On functions: 2 2 2 2 KB Power On Password: This function is available with ATX power only.
  • Page 36 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port. Choices are 3, 1. EPP Mode Select Let user select EPP version. PWRON After PWR-Fail When you set “Former State”, this allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted.
  • Page 37 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE &...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard The last second item of the main menu is 'save and exit'. If you select this item and press 'Y', then these records will be saved in the CMOS memory on the mainboard. It will be checked every time you turn your computer on.
  • Page 39 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS When your mainboard has problems and needs to trouble shoot the system, you can use this function. The default values loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup and PNP/PCI Configuration Setup.
  • Page 40 Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup ATC6240V Mainboard...
  • Page 41 ATC6240V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup     Control Key Description     UP ARROW Move to previous item DOWN ARROW  Move to next item LEFT ARROW Move to the item in the left hand...

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