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  • Page 1 Socket 370 AGP/PCI/ISA Motherboard BC694VP User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Declaration

    Declaration Rights: No part of this manual, including but not limited to the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribes, stored in a retrieval system, or translated in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of the manufacture. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe.

  • Page 3: Compliance & Certificate

    Compliance & Certificate & & ISO 9001 Certificate: This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd. in according to ISO 9001. This Certificate is valid for: DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS. CE Declaration: CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994...

  • Page 4: Easy Installation

    Easy Installation Easy Installation Steps The following “Easy Installation” steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system. For those individuals requiring more specific information, please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Declaration ......................2 Compliance & Certificate ..................3 Easy Installation....................4 1. Introduction .....................9 1.1 How To Use This Manual ................9 1.2 Check Your Device Items................9 2. Features ......................11 2.1 Features Of The Motherboard ..............11 3. Installation .....................13 3.1 Motherboard Layout & Main Parts ..............13 Static Electricity Damage: ................16 Misplaced Jumper Damage:................16 3.2 Slots And Connectors.................17...
  • Page 6 Contents 4.3.2 Time.....................40 4.3.3 Hard Disks ...................40 4.3.4 Drive A/B type ..................42 4.3.5 Video....................42 4.3.6 Halt on ....................42 4.3.7 Memory....................43 4.4 Advanced BIOS Features Menu ..............44 4.4.1 Virus Warning..................44 4.4.2 External Cache..................44 4.4.3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking .............45 4.4.4 Quick Power On Self Test ..............45 4.4.5 First Boot Device..................45 4.4.6 Second Boot Device................45 4.4.7 Third Boot Device.................45...
  • Page 7 Contents 4.5.13 PCI Dynamic Bursting ................50 4.5.14 Master 0 WS Write ................50 4.5.15 PCI Delay Transaction................50 4.5.16 PCI#2 Access #1 Retry ..............50 4.5.17 AGP Master 1 WS Write..............50 4.5.18 AGP Master 1 WS Read..............50 4.5.19 Memory Parity/ECC Check..............50 4.6 Integrated Peripherals ................51 4.6.1 OnChip IDE Channel 0 .................51 4.6.2 OnChip IDE Channel 1 .................51 4.6.3 IDE Prefetch Mode ................51...
  • Page 8 Contents 4.10.2 Spread Spectrum ................59 4.11 Load Optimized Defaults ................59 4.12 Set User Password ...................59 4.13 Save & Exit Setup ..................60 4.14 Exit Without Saving..................60...

  • Page 9: Introduction

    1. Introduction 1.1 How To Use This Manual This manual provides information necessary for USER MANUAL Original Equipment Manufactures (OEMs) and home users to build a PC-AT compatible system using the Pentium III PCI/ISA/AGP motherboard. Follow the installation procedure presented on the Easy Installation Page and refer to the section number following each step if you require more detailed instructions.
  • Page 10 1. Introduction...

  • Page 11: Features

    2. Features 2.1 Features Of The Motherboard This product is based on the “ATX” form factor. It features advanced functions and provides support for the business PC maker. This motherboard incorporates VIA 694X/686B chipset and provides features such as 4X AGP slot, Ultra DMA 33/66/100 IDE Interface and ACPI power management.
  • Page 12 2. Features Ø 4 Standard USB Connector (48MHz) Ø 1 IrDA TX/RX Port (Optional) System BIOS Ø 2MB flash EPROM. Ø Award PCI BIOS with plug and play, ACPI, STR, APM, Y2K, PC99 and DMI support Ø Bootable from CD-ROM supported Green Features Ø...

  • Page 13: Installation

    3. Installation 3.1 Motherboard Layout & Main Parts AUX-IN EXPANSION SLOT KEYBOARD/MOUSE PRINTER CD-IN COM2/COM1 MODEM-IN GAME/MIDI AUDIO HEADERS CPU Socket 694X CPU FAN FRONT DIMM1 DIMM2 686B DIMM3 POWER FAN BIOS FRONT PANEL CONFIG. POWER CONNECTORS SECONDARY FLOPPY CHASSIS CHASSIS FAN PRIMARY INTRUSION...

  • Page 14: Significant Parts List

    3. Installation Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Infrared Connector Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 Power Switch Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 Power LED Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 Speaker Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 Reset Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 Sleep Refer to Sec. 3.6.5 HDD LED Refer to Sec.
  • Page 15 3. Installation Additional Connectors Chassis Intrusion Connector Refer to Sec. 3.6.7 Clear CMOS / Password Jumper Block Refer to Sec. 3.6.7 Chassis Fan Connector Refer to Sec. 3.6.7 Wake On LAN Technology Connector Refer to Sec. 3.6.7 Wake On Ring Technology Connector Refer to Sec.

  • Page 16: Static Electricity Damage

    3. Installation Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage. Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.

  • Page 17: Slots And Connectors

    3. Installation 3.2 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires jumper setting for making some change. PIN 1 PIN 1 Note: In the following pages, the triangle s mark stands for pin 1 of the connectors. Slots/Connectors List J13: PCI 4 J2: Keyboard/Mouse J14: PCI 3 J4: USB1/USB2...

  • Page 18: Cpu (Central Processing Unit)

    3. Installation 3.3 CPU (Central Processing Unit) This motherboard supports an Intel socket 370 PGA family processor. To complete CPU installation, please install CPU to socket firmly as presented in sec. 3.3.1. 3.3.1 Install CPU Please follow the below steps to install your CPU and configure the types and speed in according to the Processor Jumper Setting List.

  • Page 19: Set Cpu Speed

    3. Installation Warning: It is O.K. that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent the CPU from overheating. Applying a thermal of jelly between the CPU and the heatsink/fan will further cool the CPU. 3.3.2 Set CPU Speed For different CPU frequency ratio, you have to configure the jumper settings for your CPU.

  • Page 20: System Memory (Dram)

    3. Installation X3.5 X4.5 X5.5 X6.5 X7.5 3.4 System Memory (DRAM) 3.4.1 DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The motherboard features three 168-pin DIMM sockets. You can configure the system memory size from 8MB to 1.5GB in a variety of ways by using different combinations of the three 168-pin DIMMs.

  • Page 21: Dimm Module Combinations

    3. Installation Be careful not to misfit the DIMM Module into the DIMM sockets in the wrong direction. This module can be inserted into the socket only one way. To release the memory module, push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward.

  • Page 22: Expansion Slots

    3. Installation 3.5 Expansion Slots I S A P C I A M R A G P 6 9 4 6 8 6 This motherboard contains 8 expansion slots (including one shared PCI/ISA). One 16-bit ISA Bus, four 32-bit PCI expansion slots, one 32-bit AGP slot and one AMR slot are shown as above.

  • Page 23: Connectors

    3. Installation 3.6 Connectors This motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. 3.6.1 Primary IDE Connector (J25, 39-pin block, Black) This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device’s manual.

  • Page 24: Floppy Drive Connector (J26, 33-Pin Block)

    3. Installation 3.6.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J26, 33-pin block) 6 9 4 6 8 6 The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2, 1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header. The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface.

  • Page 25: Front Panel Connectors (J33-J39, 15-Pin)

    3. Installation 3.6.5 Front Panel Connectors (J33-J39, 15-pin) Front Panel includes headers for the following seven I/O connectors: Power Switch, Power LED, Speaker, Reset, Sleep, Infrared and HDD LED. 694X 686A INFRARED SLEEP SPEAKER POWER LED RESEST HD LED POWER ON Speaker Connector (4-pin) 27 26 24 SPEAKER...
  • Page 26 3. Installation This connector supports the front panel case-mounted reset button. It is advised that the reset switch be used for rebooting the system in order to extend the life of the system’s power supply. Power LED (4-pin) 20 18 POWER LED YELLOW: SLEEPING GREEN: RUNNING...
  • Page 27 3. Installation the operating system’s APM driver is loaded, the system can enter the sleep (standby) mode in one of the following ways: Ø Optional front panel sleep/resume button Ø Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature. The 2-pin header supports a front panel sleep/resume switch, which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open.

  • Page 28: Back Panel Connectors

    3. Installation 3.6.6 Back Panel Connectors 694X 686B Parallel port Game/MIDI Mouse Keyboard COM1 USB2 COM2 Audio Jacks USB1...
  • Page 29 3. Installation PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports (J2) The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port. Mouse Keyboard Universal Serial Bus (USB) Ports (J4) The motherboard has two USB connectors. USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity. True Plug & Play. This new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub.
  • Page 30 3. Installation The motherboard has two serial ports (one on rare panel, one on board). The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA-232-D Serial Communications Specifications. The serial ports may be remapped over other installable serial ports or disabled through the BIOS.

  • Page 31: Additional Connectors

    3. Installation 3.6.7 Additional Connectors CPU- POWER- MODEM-IN Header (J6, 4-pin, Green) A 1x4 pin ATAPI style connector is available for connecting the monaural audio signals of an internal telephony device to the audio subsystem. A monaural audio-in and audio-out signal interface is necessary for telephony applications such as speakerphones, fax modems, and answering machines.
  • Page 32 3. Installation Your CPU may have an attached heatsink and Fan; this connector is the power source for the CPU Fan. Power Fan (J23, 3-pin) The power fan connector provides +12V DC for system power supply. Chassis Fan (J30, 3-pin) This header can supply power for Chassis fan that may be mounted inside your case to cool down your system components.
  • Page 33 3. Installation 694X 686B FRONT CHASSIS BIOS CONFIG INSTRUSION WOL (Wake On LAN, J19) This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network. WOL requires a PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wakeup capabilities. The remote wakeup header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header.
  • Page 34 3. Installation chassis intrusion detect connector. The mechanical switch is closed for normal computer operation. BIOS Config. (J32, 4-pin) Function Description Recovery The BIOS will recover the BIOS configuration. A recovery disk is needed. Normal The BIOS uses current configuration setting and password for booting.

  • Page 35: Ready To Turn On Power

    3. Installation Ready To Turn On Power Check Again Is the CPU installed exactly and firmly into the socket (Sec. 3.3)? Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.4)? Did you insert the expansion card (VGA, Sound… etc.) already (Sec.

  • Page 36: Bios Setup

    4. BIOS Setup The motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, called CMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned...

  • Page 37: Setup Keys

    The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand. In particular, do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason. BCM Advanced Research Inc. or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability has carefully chosen the Chipset defaults.
  • Page 38 4. BIOS Setup CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Standard CMOS Features Standard CMOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password Advanced Chipset Features Set User Password Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Auto Detection Power Management Setup Save &...
  • Page 39 4. BIOS Setup Set User Password Change, set, or disable a user password. The user password generally allows only power-on access. IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters. Save & Exit Setup Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes and exit Setup.

  • Page 40: Standard Cmos Features Menu

    4. BIOS Setup 4.3 Standard CMOS Features Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure 2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST.
  • Page 41 4. BIOS Setup NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time the system boots.

  • Page 42: Drive A/B Type

    4. BIOS Setup 4.3.4 Drive A/B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. None No diskette drive installed 360K, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity 1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity 720K, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive;...

  • Page 43: Memory

    4. BIOS Setup All, But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error, but stops for all other errors. All, But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors, but stops for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but stops for all other errors.

  • Page 44: Advanced Bios Features Menu

    4. BIOS Setup 4.4 Advanced BIOS Features Menu This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields.

  • Page 45: Cpu L2 Cache Ecc Checking

    4. BIOS Setup the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory. 4.4.3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Enabled to allow CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking function. 4.4.4 Quick Power On Self Test This allows you to enable or disable system self test when power on.

  • Page 46: Gate A20 Option

    4. BIOS Setup 4.4.12 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Megabytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard.

  • Page 47: C8000-Cbfff To Dc000-Dffff

    4. BIOS Setup RAM enhances system performance, as information access is faster than the ROM. 4.4.21 C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFFF These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically.

  • Page 48: Advanced Chipset Features Menu

    4. BIOS Setup 4.5 Advanced Chipset Features Menu CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM Cycle Length Item Help DRAM Frequency : Host CLK Memory Hole : Disabled Enter Sub- Move to items System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled Menu Level Menu...

  • Page 49: System Bios Cacheable

    4. BIOS Setup 4.5.4 System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. 4.5.5 Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the Video RAM, resulting in better system performance.

  • Page 50: Pci Dynamic Bursting

    4. BIOS Setup cycle. 4.5.13 PCI Dynamic Bursting When enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions don’t. The choices: Enabled and Disabled. 4.5.14 Master 0 WS Write When enabled, Writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states.

  • Page 51: Integrated Peripherals

    4. BIOS Setup 4.6 Integrated Peripherals CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel 0 : Enabled Item Help OnChip IDE Channel 1 : Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled Enter Sub- Move to items Primary Master PIO : Auto Menu Level...

  • Page 52: Ide Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Udma

    4. BIOS Setup 4.6.5 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

  • Page 53: Ecp Mode Use Dma

    4. BIOS Setup Standard parallel port mode (Default) Bi-directional mode Fast, buffered ECP+EPP Bi-directional and buffered 4.6.12 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. The choices are: 3 and 4.6.13 Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type.

  • Page 54: Power Management Setup Menu

    4. BIOS Setup 4.7 Power Management Setup Menu CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software Power Management Setup Item Help ACPI Function : Disabled : Press Enter Power Management Enter Sub- Move to items : Yes PM Control by APM Menu Level Menu : Suspend ->...

  • Page 55: Pm Control By Apm

    4. BIOS Setup 4.7.3 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better power savings. 4.7.4 Video Off After As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes, select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank.

  • Page 56: Pnp/Pci Configurations Menu

    4. BIOS Setup 4.8 PnP/PCI Configurations Menu CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software PnP/PCI Configurations Item Help PNP OS Installed : No Enter Sub- Move to items Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Menu Level Menu Resource Controlled By : Auto (ESCD) IRQ Resources : Press Enter...

  • Page 57: Assign Irq For Vga

    4. BIOS Setup 4.8.5 Assign IRQ for VGA Choose Enabled to assign an IRQ automatically for some specific VGA to make sure the system can operate normally. 4.8.6 Assign IRQ for USB Choose Enabled if you want to use an USB mouse under DOS environment.

  • Page 58: Pc Health Status

    4. BIOS Setup 4.9 PC Health Status CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software PC Health Status Chassis Intrasion Item Help : Disabled Current CPU Temp. : 36°C/96°F Enter Sub- Move to items Current System Temp. : 36°C/89°F Menu Level Menu Current CPU-FAN Speed...

  • Page 59: Frequency/Voltage Control

    4. BIOS Setup 4.10 Frequency/Voltage Control CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright © 1984-1999 Award Software Frequency/Voltage Control Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk : Enabled Item Help Spread Spectrum : Enabled Enter Sub- Move to items Menu Level Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values ↑...

  • Page 60: Save & Exit Setup

    4. BIOS Setup previously entered password from CMOS memory. Now the message changes: CONFIRM PASSWARD: Again, type the password and press Enter. To abort the process at any time, press Esc. In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup: Ø...

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