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OPERATION MANUAL
DOC NO. UM-VMD-E2....................................................................................................................................................PRINTED IN TAIWAN

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  • Page 1: System Board

    VIA MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD OPERATION MANUAL DOC NO. UM-VMD-E2………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….PRINTED IN TAIWAN...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    MVP3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SYSTEM BOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter & Section Page 1. INTRODUCTION ....................1-1 1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW ................1-1 1.2 SYSTEM BOARD LAYOUT ..............1-2 2. FEATURES ......................2-1 2.1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS ............2-1 3. HARDWARE SETUP ..................3-1 3.1 UNPACKING....................
  • Page 3 MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners. NOTE The “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” function loads the default settings directly from BIOS default table, these default settings are the best-case values that will optimize the system performance and increase the system stability.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW This mainboard is an AT form-factor PCI Local Bus Pentium system board with the updated AGP technology designed onboard. The most updated VIA MVP3 chipset for 100MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) is designed on the board. This mainboard is designed for the high performance Pentium or other equivalent processors for high-end application and it is a true GREEN-PC computer system.

  • Page 5: System Board Layout

    MVP3 INTRODUCTION SYSTEM BOARD 1.2 SYSTEM BOARD LAYOUT The following picture displays the position of all connectors and jumpers. Please refer to the following sections for the detail description. DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3...

  • Page 6: Features

    2. FEATURES 2.1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS ¨ Chipset VIA MVP3 (VT82C598MVP, VT82C586B) and Winbond W83877F / TF. ¨ CPU Intel : Pentium processor and OverDrive processor 90 / 100 / 120 / 133 / 150 / 166 / 200 / 233 MHz.
  • Page 7 MVP3 FEATURES SYSTEM BOARD ¨ Expansion Slots AGP Slots: 32-bit x 1 (Supports 1x/2x AGP graphics cards) PCI Slots : 32-bit x 3 (All Master / Slave, PCI 2.1 Compliant). ISA Slots : 16-bit x 3 (PCI / ISA slot share one slot).
  • Page 8 MVP3 FEATURES SYSTEM BOARD ¨ ENVIRONMENT Operating Temperature : 10°C to 40°C. (50°F to 104°F). Require Airflow : 50 linear feet per minute across CPU. Storage Temperature : -40°C to 70°C. (-40°F to 158°F). Humidity : 0 to 90% non-condensing.

  • Page 9: Hardware Setup

    MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 3. HARDWARE SETUP This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard hardware. When you are installing the mainboard, you will have to make jumper settings and cable connections. Please refer to the following sections for the details: 3.1 UNPACKING...

  • Page 10: Hardware Configuration

    MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 3.2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Before the system board is ready for operating, the hardware must be configured to make sure it will work properly with different environment. To configure the system board is a simple task, only a few jumpers, connectors, cables and sockets needs to be selected and installed.
  • Page 11 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD (D) CN4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector (USB2) Pin # 5 1 Pin # (USB1) Ground (BLACK WIRE) +5V DC (RED WIRE) Ground (BLACK WIRE) DATA- (WHITE WIRE) DATA+ (GREEN WIRE) DATA+ (GREEN WIRE) DATA-...
  • Page 12 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD (G) CN7 Parallel Port Connector (Supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode, using IRQ7 or IRQ5, ECP modes use DMA channel 3 or channel 1, and it can be programmed by CMOS setup) 1 14 Pin # Assignment Pin # Assignment...
  • Page 13 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD (I) CN9 IDE 2 connector (Secondary IDE Port, using IRQ15) (J) CN10 IR (Infrared Rays) transmission connector Pin # Assignment +5V DC No Connection IR Receive Ground IR Transmit (K) CN11 IDE 1 connector (Primary IDE Port, using IRQ14)
  • Page 14 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD (P) KBLOCK Front Panel Power LED & Key-Lock connector Pin # Assignment Pullup (+5V DC for Power LED) No Connection Ground Keyboard Lock Ground (Q) SPK Speaker connector 1 Pin # Assignment +5V DC No Connection...
  • Page 15 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD (U) PW. Power Switch Connector The PW connector shall be connected to the front panel PW button of your PC system. When different type of switching power supplier is connected to the mainboard, the PW button will have different functions: 1.
  • Page 16 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD ‚ The setup in CMOS is “Instant-off”: a). When system power is off : Click on this switch, the system will be powered on. b). When system power is on : Click on this switch, the system will be powered off instantly.

  • Page 17: Jumpers

    MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 3.2.2 JUMPERS This section will discuss the jumper setting on this mainboard. A jumper is a set of two, three or more jumper pins which allows you to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug (mini-jumper) on it. The jumper setting is necessary when installing different components onto the mainboard.
  • Page 18 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 60MHz x 2.5 V = 3.5V 66MHz x 2.5 V = 3.5V CORE CORE K5-PR150 JP14 K5-PR166 JP14 JP15 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP10 JP10 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 66MHz x 2.5 V...
  • Page 19 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 66MHz x 4.5 V = 2.2V 100MHz x 3 = 2.2V CORE CORE K6 / 300 JP14 K6-2/300 JP14 JP15 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP10 JP10 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 95MHz x 3.5 V...
  • Page 20 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 100MHz x 4 = 2.2V 100MHz x 4.5 V = 2.4V CORE CORE K6-2/400 JP14 K6-2/450 JP14 JP15 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18...
  • Page 21 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 66MHz x 2 = 3.5V 66MHz x 2 = 2.8V CORE CORE Cyrix Cyrix / IBM JP14 / IBM JP14 6x86 JP15 6x86L JP15 -P166+...
  • Page 22 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 75MHz x 2 = 2.9V 66MHz x 3 = 2.9V CORE CORE Cyrix Cyrix / IBM JP14 / IBM JP14 6x86MX JP15 6x86MX JP15 -PR200...
  • Page 23 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 83MHz x 3 = 2.9V 100MHz x 2.5 V = 2.9V CORE CORE Cyrix Cyrix 6x86MII JP14 6x86MII JP14 -333 JP15 -366 JP15 / IBM...
  • Page 24 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 60MHz x 2.5 V = 3.3V 66MHz x 2.5 V = 3.3V CORE CORE Intel Intel 80502 JP14 80502 JP14 -150 JP15 -166 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP10 JP10 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10...
  • Page 25 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 60MHz x 3 = 3.5V 66MHz x 3 = 3.5V CORE CORE C6-180 JP14 C6-200 JP14 JP15 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP10 JP10 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10...
  • Page 26 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD WinChip 2 JP14 WinChip 2 JP14 -266 JP15 -300 JP15 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP10 JP10 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 66MHz x 3.5 V = 2.8V 66MHz x 4 = 2.8V...
  • Page 27 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 75MHz x 5 83MHz x 3.5 83MHz x 4 83MHz x 4.5 83MHz x 5 JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 83MHz x 5.5 95MHz x 3 95MHz x 3.5 95MHz x 4 95MHz x 4.5...
  • Page 28 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 100MHz x 5 100MHz x 5.5 JP10 JP10 (C) For IDT CPU Clock and Ratio Clock = 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 95MHz JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 JP10 100MHz 3-20...
  • Page 29 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD JP10 Ratio = 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3.33x 3.5x 4.5x (D) OTHER CPU VOLTAGE SETTING RESERVED ON THE BOARD: = 3.4V = 3.1V = 3.0V = 2.7V = 2.6V CORE CORE CORE CORE CORE JP14 JP14...

  • Page 30: Suggested Memory Modules

    MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD JP16 JP16 JP16 JP16 JP17 JP17 JP17 JP17 JP18 JP18 JP18 JP18 (E) JP12Clear CMOS button Pin # Function 1 - 2 Normal Operation 2 - 3 Clear CMOS Note: Improper BIOS setting may cause hang-up to the PC system, Should it be happened, you can use JP12 to clear the information which is stored in the CMOS memory and get the PC system back to normal status.
  • Page 31 MVP3 HARDWARE SETUP SYSTEM BOARD be populated on the board. Standard fast page mode (FPM), Extended Data Out (EDO) and synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory are all supported by this mainboard. The suggested DRAM modules to use on this mainboard is shown as following. :...

  • Page 32: Award Bios Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4. AWARD BIOS SETUP 4.1 GETTING STARTED When the system is powered on or reset, the BIOS will execute the Power-On Self Test routines (POST) and checks the functionality of every component in the PC system.
  • Page 33 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD When the POST routines are completed, you will find the following message appears on the lower-left screen : “ Press DEL to enter SETUP ” To execute the Award BIOS Setup program, press the DEL key and the “MAIN...

  • Page 34: Main Menu

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.2 MAIN MENU ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...

  • Page 35: Control Keys

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.3 CONTROL KEYS Listed below is an explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screens which will be used in the BIOS SETUP program : Arrow Keys : Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item.

  • Page 36: Standard Cmos Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm : dd : yy) 1998 Time (hh : mm : ss) : 35 : 45 HARD DISKS...

  • Page 37: Bios Features Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled External Cache...
  • Page 38 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
  • Page 39 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.
  • Page 40 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Typematic Rate Setting This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. In other words, the BIOS will only report that the key is down. When the typematic rate is...
  • Page 41 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

  • Page 42: Chipset Features Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns OnChip USB : Enabled Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing : FP/EDO 70ns USB Keyboard Support...
  • Page 43 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Bank 0/1 ( 2/3, 4/5)DRAM Timing : BANK 0/1: DIMM1 BANK 2/3: DIMM2 BANK 4/5: DIMM3 The memory modules inserted onto the mainboard will be detected by the system BIOS automatically. For example, when you insert a SDRAM module onto DIMM1, DIMM2 or DIMM3, “SDRAM 10ns”...
  • Page 44 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD System BIOS Cacheable As with caching the Video BIOS above, enabling this selection allows accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH to be cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled. The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : User Define Primary INTR : ON PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM2) : Primary Video Off Option : Suspend->Off...
  • Page 46 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: Doze Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings.
  • Page 47 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend --> Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode.
  • Page 48 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections. HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
  • Page 49 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Modem or LAN Resume When set to Enabled , any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down. RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable RTA Alarm Resume, you could set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down.

  • Page 50: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.8 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PNP OS Installed CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled Resources Controlled By : Manual PCI Dynamic Bursting : Enabled...
  • Page 51 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows95.
  • Page 52 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where possible, make use of the high-performance PCI bust protocol, in which greater amounts of data are transferred at a single command.. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

  • Page 53: Integrated Peripherals

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. On-Chip IDE First Channel Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378 / IRQ 7 On-Chip IDE Second Channel : Enabled Onboard Parallel Mode...
  • Page 54 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD OnChip IDE Second Channel This chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface, if you install a first and/or second add-in IDE interface IDE interface.
  • Page 55 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD Onboard FDC Controller This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this feature.

  • Page 56: Load Setup Defaults

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...

  • Page 57: Supervisor Password / User Password

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD / USER PASSWORD ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION...
  • Page 58 MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SAVE & EXIT SETUP...

  • Page 59: Hdd Low Level Format

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...

  • Page 60: Save &Exit Setup

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.14 SAVE &EXIT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...

  • Page 61: Exit Without Saving

    MVP3 AWARD BIOS SETUP SYSTEM BOARD 4.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...
  • Page 62 Printed in Taiwan Edition : 11 / 11 / 98...

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