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  • Page 1 6VA693T ATX Form Factor Main Board User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright ©1999 by this company. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright.
  • Page 3 Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the pentium® II/III main board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents Chapter 1. Introduction …………………………..………….. Main Board Overview…………………………………………..….1 Reference ForPentium ® II/III CPUs……………………………….3 Specifications………………………………………………………….4 Notice of Hardware Installation………………..…...………………7 Notice of CD Driver Installation………..………………….…..……8 Chapter 2 Installation……………………………….…..…… Layout Reference………………..……………………………….9 Jumper Setting..…………………………...……………………10 2-2-1 JP5 – JP8: CPU Working Frequency…………………………...10 2-2-2 JP10:CMOS Status.………………………………………………11 Connectors …………………………………………..…………..12 2-3-1...
  • Page 5 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.……….…………………..…..…….. Award BIOS CMOS Setup…………………...…………………27 Standard CMOS Setup……………………..……………………28 BIOS Features Setup……………………………..……………31 Chipset Features Setup……………...…………………………...35 Power Management Setup………..…….……….……………..38 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup…...……………….……………..41 Integrated Peripherals………………….………….…………….43 Supervisor/User Password…………...…………..……………...45 IDE HDD Auto Detection…………...….……..…………………48 3-10 Load Setup Defaults……………………………………………...51 3-11 Save and Exit Setup……………………………………………...52 3-12 Quit Without Saving……………………………….…………….53 Chapter 4 Appendix………………………………………..

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 Main Board Overview The main board utilizes VIA 693 chipset designed for Pentium® II and Pentium® III CPUs and supports new architects such as high-speed AGP graphic port, SDRAM, Ultra DMA/33, bus master IDE and USB port. It has three Dual In-line Memory Modules (DIMM) which can be installed with SDRAM memory.
  • Page 7 The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up Event such as “Modem ring on” which is the new inventions to enable PCs to be turned on over the network. These are also key benefits in PC operation, asset management, new system setup and power conservation.

  • Page 8: Reference Forpentium ® Ii/Iii Cpus

    1-2 Reference For 100MHz Front Side Bus(FSB) Pentium® II/III CPUs The main board supports 100MHz Slot-1 type PII/III Intel® and Socket370 type Celeron PII CPUs too. The Pentium® II and Pentium™ III processors deliver more performances than previous generation processors (such as Pentium®, Pentium®...

  • Page 9: Specifications

    1-3 Specifications • PCB board size: 30.5 cm x 18.00 cm • PCB layer: 4 layers • Slot-1 socket Support Intel® Pentium® II CPU at 66 MHz/100 MHz F.S.B and Pentium®III 100MHz F.S.B. CPU is not enclosed in the package •...
  • Page 10 • I/O function • 2 x PCI IDE devices • 1 x FDC, 2 x serial ports(16550 fast com) • 1x parallel port device /EPP/ECP/SPP • 2x USB connector • IrDA (infrared) connector • Audio function • Green function: Complied with APM (Advanced Power Management) •...
  • Page 11 • Over-current protection circuit With AIC 1569CS AH10 (protect CPU from accident short circuit), if system current is over-loaded, the system will break down to protect direct damage of the main board. • Electrical--- Typical power supply Below is reference for ATX case requirement on power supply. Voltage Tolerance Current...

  • Page 12: Notice Of Hardware Installation

    1-4 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation, make sure you have checked the following things. A. Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchase. Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 13: Notice Of Cd Driver Installation

    1-5 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains drivers as below. Read “Index” before installing required drivers. “Index” file is HTML format. CD driver is always updated with the latest version, so the actual CD content may have some difference with the above picture.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Layout Reference CO M 2 /4 -C O M 1/3 U SB K B & IR 1 L P T M O U SE IS A 2 IS A 1 P W 1 PC I4 PC I3 PC I2 PC I1 SL O T 1 A G P1 V T 8 2 C 6 93...

  • Page 15: Jumper Setting

    2-2 Jumper Setting User only needs to set “CPU Working Frequency” by setting JP5, JP6, JP8 and sets CPU Ratio in Bios, CPU Vcore is auto-detected by Bios. Please refer it as below. 2-2-1 JP5 – JP8 : CPU Working Frequency According to CPU specification, user can set different working frequencies as below.

  • Page 16: Jp10:Cmos Status

    2-2-2 JP10 - CMOS Status JP10 is a 3-pin connector. Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten. Below is details to show how to clear CMOS. C M O S Status 1-2:norm al 2-3:clear C M O S Procedure to clear CMOS: Step 1: Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power.

  • Page 17: Connectors

    2-3 Connectors 2-3-1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as “PW-LED,” “KEYLOCK,” “SPEAKER,” “PWR SW.,” “HDD-LED,” and “RESET”. Please refer to details as below. P W R S W. H D D -L E D R E S E T P W -L E D K E Y L O C K S P E A K E R...
  • Page 18 PW-LED is a 3-pin connector. It is used to connect the LED on the case front panel. The LED shows the status of the power. KEYLOCK is a 2-pin connector. It is used to connect the key lock on the case front panel (if there is).

  • Page 19: Back Panel

    2-3-2 Back Panel There are COM1, COM2, LPT, USB and keyboard/ mouse and CN2 on the case back panel. Please refer to more details as below. L P T PS/2 Mouse Keyboard C O M 1 C O M 2...

  • Page 20: Kbd/Ps2 Mouse

    KBD/PS2 Mouse The onboard PS/2 keyboard and mouse are 6-pin Mini-Din connectors. USB(Universal Serial Bus) Universal Serial Bus connector, marked as “USB,” is used to connect USB devices. There are 2 USB connectors on this main board. COM1, COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9-pin D-subminature male connector COM1 and COM2.

  • Page 21: Expansion Slots

    2-3-3 Expansion Slots Expansion slots contain one A.G.P slot, four PCI slots and two ISA slots on this main board. Below are details. AGP1 Slot AGP1 (Accelerated Graphic Port) is the new bus standard that allows the bus speed to run at 66 MHz with up to 133 MHz data transfer capabilities, which is four times as fast as that of the PCI bus.

  • Page 22: Pci Slots

    PCI Slots There are four PCI slots on board; 3 are “master” bus and one is “slave.” 133MB/s data transfer rate on PCI bus can be compared to 33MB/s on EISA bus or 8MB/s on ISA bus. PCI interface has synchronous data transfer rate from CPU to PCI with good graphic performance.

  • Page 23: Isa Slots

    ISA Slots There are two standard 16-bit ISA slots on board. All of them are bus mastering. IS A IS A 2 IS A 1...

  • Page 24: Atx Power Supply Connector

    2-3-4 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply connector has 20 pins, which is designed for ATX case especially. The ATX power supply supports the function of the “Soft Power On Momentary switch” which connects the front panel switch to the 2-pin PW-BT on the system board.

  • Page 25: Cpu Fan Connectors

    2-3-5 CPU Fan Connectors There are 2 fan connectors on this system board, and they are marked “FAN 1,” and “FAN2”. Each fan connector has three pins. F an S ignal SE N S E + 12V G N D Fan 1 Fan 2...

  • Page 26: Floppy Disk Connector

    2-3-6 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector with 34 pins is used to attach the floppy drive cable. F D C...

  • Page 27: Ide1 And Ide2

    2-3-7 IDE1 and IDE2 IDE 1/ IDE 2 both have 40 pins. There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this system board. IDE1 is primary channel, and IDE2 is secondary channel. Each channel supports 2 IDE devices, and 4 devices in total for this main board. ID E 1 ID E 2...

  • Page 28: Ir Connector

    2-3-8 IR Connector IR connector supports wireless infrared module. With this module and application software like LAPlink, or WIN95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer data to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR, ASKIR, and Fast IR. Attach Infrared module to IR connector and enable BIOS “Infrared function.”...

  • Page 29: Dimm Memory Installation

    2-4 DIMM Memory Installation Please make sure DIMM is 3.3V DIMM. Both DIMM1 and DIMM2 support 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128MB. Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 512 MB. The user may insert DIMM modules in either DIMM1, or DIMM2. Insert the module as shown.

  • Page 30: Cpu Rm Kit Assembling Procedures

    2-5 CPU RM Kit Assembling Procedure The enclosed RM Kit accomodates Pentium® III & Pentium® II processors. User may refer to the attached page enclosed with the RM kit to install the processors. 1. Check if the following set of piece parts are included in your package. 4 seperate piece parts in total.
  • Page 31 3. Insert the RMAMs through the bottom of the motherboard and attach them to the retention mechanism. 4. Fasten up the screws on the retention mechanism to tighten up retenion mechanism and RMAM. Check if all the piece parts are fastened tightly. 5.

  • Page 32: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup The menu displays all the major selection items and allow user to select any shown item. The selection is made by moving cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and press <Enter> key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function.

  • Page 33: Standard Cmos Setup

    3-2 Standard CMOS Setup The ”Standard CMOS Setup” allows user to configure system setting such as current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed in the system, floppy drive type, and the type of display monitor. Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference.
  • Page 34 Hard Disk Configurations 1. TYPE : Select "USER" to fill the remaining fields. Select "AUTO" to detect the HDD type automatically. Selecting “NONE,” the system will not detect hard disk type. 2. SIZE : the hard disk size. The unit is mega byte(MB). 3.

  • Page 35: Bios Features Setup

    3-3 BIOS Features Setup Menu below shows all of the manufacturer's default values of this main board. Move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PageDown> or <PageUp> key to modify the parameters, pressing [F1] key to display help message of the selected item.
  • Page 36 External Cache Enabled (default)--- enable L2 cache Disabled --- disable L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled (default)--- enable L2 cache ECC checking Disabled--- disable L2 cache ECC checking Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up power on self test. Enabled --- BIOS will shorten or skip some check items.
  • Page 37 Gate A20 Option :Normal (default) :Fast Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate. Enabled: enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled: disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The system BIOS will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard.
  • Page 38 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enabled: it allows you to install an enhanced graphics adapter card. Disabled (default): If your graphics adapter card does not support the palette snoop function, please set at Disabled to avoid system malfunction. OS Select For DRAM> 64MB This option is especially set for OS2 operating system.

  • Page 39: Chipset Features Setup

    3-4 Chipset Features Setup Bank 0/1(2/3, 4/5) DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM. The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5. –9 : SDRAM 10ns (default)—10 nano second : SDRAM 8ns, normal, medium, fast, turbo SDRAM Cycle Length: control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing.
  • Page 40 Memory Hole : this field enable a memory hole in main memory space. CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selected can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled. :Disabled (default) :15M-16M Read Around write :Disabled (default)
  • Page 41 USB Keyboard Support :Disabled (default) :Enabled--- enable this function when using USB keyboard...

  • Page 42: Power Management Setup

    3-5 Power Management Setup...
  • Page 43 ACPI function :Disabled :Enabled (default) Power Management --users can configure their own power management :User Define(default) :Min Saving :Max Saving :Disabled PM Control By APM No : system BIOS will ignore APM. Yes : (default) system BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enter any PM mode, e.g.
  • Page 44 Modem Ring Resume Enabled: modem ring on function--- system can be turned on through modem. Disable(default): disable this function. Note: this function only works when the system is turned off from Windows mode, and Doze mode will not function. RTC Alarm Resume: auto power on at the appointed date and time. Enabled: key in the date of current month and time of the day.

  • Page 45: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    3-6 PNP / PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed :No(default) OS will not recognize PnP devices. :Yes OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices. Resources Controlled By :Manual(default) The table will show the below items: “Reset Configuration Data, IRQ-3 assigned to, DMA-0 assigned to.”...
  • Page 46 Reset Configuration Data :Disabled (default) :Enabled--- to reset “Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit setup if you have installed a new add-on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot up. IRQ-3 assigned to---- IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP(default) : Legacy ISA...

  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    3-7 Integrated Peripherals Primary Master PIO/ Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4 Secondary Master PIO/ Secondary Slave PIO This feature detects your secondary master hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4...
  • Page 48 Primary Master UltraDMA : Auto (default) : Disable Primary Slave UltraDMA : Auto (default) : Disable Secondary Master UltraDMA : Auto (default) : Disable Secondary Slave UltraDMA : Auto (default) : Disable Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled (default) : Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 : 2F8/IRQ3...

  • Page 49: Supervisor/User Password

    3-8. Supervisor/User Password The "Supervisor/User Password setting" utility sets the security protection. There are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu : one is “Supervisor Password,” and the other is “User Password.” Their difference is: Supervisor Password: this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu.
  • Page 50 Step 2: Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing <Enter> CONFIRM PASSWORD : Note: If you forget password, please clear CMOS. (Please refer to CMOS) Step 3: Set “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup” (refer to page 40). After setting password, enter “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup.” There are 2 options “Setup”...
  • Page 51 2. How to Disable “Supervisor Password” & “User Password” Step 1: Go to CMOS Setup Menu (need to key in password first) Setp 2: Enter “Supervisor Password” or “User Password” After enter, it shows “Enter Password.” Press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password.

  • Page 52: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    3-9 IDE HDD Auto Detection HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE Primary Master: Primary Slave: Secondary Master: Secondary Slave: Select Primary Master Option (N: Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 (Y) 4302 8893 4303 8894...
  • Page 53 The Award® BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. 1. Normal mode: Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for normal mode are 1024, 16 & 63. No.
  • Page 54 3. Large Mode: Extended HDD access mode supported by Award® software. Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award® BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of large mode: Cyls.

  • Page 55: Load Setup Defaults

    3-10 Load Setup Defaults "Load Setup Defaults" loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The auto-configured settings only affect “BIOS Features Setup” and “Chipset Features Setup” screens. There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup. To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press the <Enter> key.

  • Page 56: Save And Exit Setup

    3-11 Save & Exit Setup The "Save & Exit Setup" option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM.

  • Page 57: Quit Without Saving

    3-12 Quit Without Saving The "Quit Without Saving" option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All of the old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed.

  • Page 58: Chapter 4 Appendix

    Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 Memory Map Address range Size Description 00000-7FFFF 512K Conventional memory 80000-9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00-9FFFF Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed A0000-C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000-DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000-EEFFF Available for UMB...

  • Page 59: I/O Map

    I/O Map 000-01F DMA controller (master) 020-021 Interrupt controller (master) 022-023 Chipset control registers. I/o posts 040-05F Timer control registers 060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042) 070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports 080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (slave) 0F0-0FF Math coprocessor...

  • Page 60: Time & Dma Channels Map

    4-3 Time & DMA Channels Map Time map: Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator Dma channels: DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ecp (option) DMA channel 2 floppy disk (smc chip) DMA channel 3 onboard ECP (default) DMA channel 4 cascade for dma controller 1 DMA channel 5 available...

  • Page 61: Interrupt Map

    4-4 Interrupt Map NIMI: non-maskable interrupt IRQ(H/W): 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 1 keyboard output buffer full 2 cascade for IRQ 8-15 3 serial port2 4 serial port1 5 parallel port 2 6 floppy disk (smc chip) 7 parallel port 1 8 RTC clock 9 available 10 available...

  • Page 62: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    4-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map RTC & CMOS : seconds second alarm minutes minutes alarm hours hours alarm day of week day of month month year status register a status register b status register c status register d diagnostic status byte shutdown byte floppy disk drive type byte hard disk type byte...

  • Page 63: Award Bios Hard Disk Type

    Award BIOS Hard Disk Type Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 10MB 21MB 32MB 65MB 49MB 65535 21MB 32MB 65535 31MB 65535 117MB 65535 21MB 65535 37MB 65535 52MB 21MB 65535 44MB 21MB 42MB 65535 59MB 1024 1023 62MB 31MB...
  • Page 64 Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 65535 1023 87MB 65535 72MB 1024 65535 1023 89MB 1024 65535 1023 106MB 1024 65535 1023 115MB 1024 65535 1023 124MB 1024 65535 1023 17MB 1024 65535 1023 142MB 65535 1023 119MB 65535 42MB...

  • Page 65: Isa I/O Address Map

    4-7 ISA I/O Address Map I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 000 - 01F DMA Controller 1, 8237A-5 020 - 03F Interrupt Controller 1, 8259A 040 - 05F System Timer, 8254-2 060 - 06F 8742 Keyboard Controller 070 - 07F real-time Clock/CMOS and NMI Mask 080 - 09F DMA Page Register, 74LS612 0A0 - 0BF...
  • Page 66 I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 3B0 - 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter 3C0 - 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 - 3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port 1 (RS-232-C) 6E2 - 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 - 793 Cluster Adapter 1...

  • Page 67: Chapter 5 Q & A

    Chapter 5 Q & A 5-1 Errors Messages During Power on Self Test During power on self test (post), BIOS will automatically detect the system devices. Below is the question that users may always ask. The user may press “Esc” key to skip the full memory test. Beep sound On power on, the system makes beep sound to offer different messages.
  • Page 68 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initiate the hard drive controller or the drive. Check if the controller is set correctly. If no hard disk is installed, “Hard drive selection” must be set to “none.” Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initiate the keyboard.

  • Page 69: Frequently Asked Questions

    5-2 Frequently Asked Questions Below are questions users always come out with. Q is for the question. A is for the answer. Q: Why can’t my AGP card work under Win 95? A: Windows 95 OSR2.0 does not support AGP function. You must install “USB support”...

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