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Advanced Pentium II
Motherboard
IN440EX-D
USER'S MANUAL
Copyright © 1998 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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  • Page 1 Advanced Pentium II Motherboard IN440EX-D USER’S MANUAL Copyright © 1998 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...

  • Page 2: Responsibility

    GVC “Corporation or BCM Advanced Research, Inc. 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: Iso 9001 Certificate

    EASY INSTALLATION 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: marking visible...

  • Page 4: Easy Installation

    EASY INSTALLATION 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. Note: You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed.
  • Page 5 EASY INSTALLATION...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Rights: ..........Error! Bookmark not defined. Responsibility: .................. 2 ISO 9001 Certificate: ................ 3 CE Declaration: ................3 FCC Compliance: ................3 Microsoft Windows Compliance:............3 FEATURES ................11 Photo of the motherboard ..............11 FEATURES ..................12 INTRODUCTION ............15 Overview ................15 1.1.
  • Page 7 CONTENTS 2.4. Address Maps ............... 23 2.4.1. Memory Map ............... 23 Video Subsystem ..............24 2.5. FEATURES ................. 24 2.5.1. 2.5.2. General Features..............26 Video Modes ............... 26 2.5.3. Video Memory ..............27 2.5.4. 2.5.5. Video (Monitor) Connector........... 27 Sound Subsystem ..............28 2.6.
  • Page 8 CONTENTS Reset Button Connector (J30) ..........38 2.10.7. CONFIGURATION ............39 Product Configuration ............39 3.1. DRAM Subsystem Configurations ..........39 3.2. ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPECIFICATIONS . 41 Absolute Maximum Ratings ...........41 4.1. 4.2. Electrical................41 DC Specifications for 5V and 3.3V Signals ......41 4.2.1.
  • Page 9 CONTENTS Boot Up NumLock Status ............ 54 5.4.6. 5.4.7. Typematic Rate Setting ............54 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)..........54 5.4.8. Typematic Delay (Msec) ............54 5.4.9. 5.4.10. Security Option..............54 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop............55 5.4.11. OS select for DRAM>64MB ..........55 5.4.12.
  • Page 10 CONTENTS IRQ # Assigned to ..............62 5.7.4. 5.7.5. DMA # Assigned to...............62 PCI IDE IRQ Map To............62 5.7.6. Integrated peripherals Menu ..........64 5.8. IDE HDD Block Mode ............64 5.8.1. 5.8.2. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO......64 IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA......64 5.8.3. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE ........64 5.8.4.

  • Page 11: Features

    FEATURES Photo of the motherboard P S / 2 M o u s e Parallel (Print Port) M I D I / G A M E P o r t P S / 2 K / B U S B * 2 S e r i a l ( C O M P o r t ) V G A P o r t L i n e o u t...

  • Page 12: Features

    FEATURES FEATURES Processor/Cache: Processor Intel “Deschutes”, “Klamath”, Celeron”, “Mendocino” Pentium II 233 ~ 433 MHz Operation with FSB (Front Side Bus) 66 MHz Upgrades Slot 1 Cache CPU Cartridge Integrated; Write Back and Write Through, direct mapped organization “BSB” Cache Size 0KB or 512KB System Memory...
  • Page 13 FEATURES PIO mode 4 (16MB/s) Independent IDE timing. FIFOs for PCI Burst Transfers. Swap-Bay Support. Integrated 8x32-bit buffer for IDE PCI Burst Transfers Hard Disk Connector 2 PCI IDE Connectors for 4 Drives Support Floppy Controller 720 KB, 1.2, 1.44 and 2.88 Keyboard Port PS/2 (Integrated in the W83977TF) Mouse Port...
  • Page 14 FEATURES Connectors Video. Parallel and Serial 1 Ports. Keyboard. Mouse. Line-Out. Mic., Line-In, game/midi USB 1&2 Headers Serial 2. CPU Fan. Headers and Connectors Connectors None Headers Floppy. IDE 1&2. CD-Audio In. Modem Audio. Aux-In. Reset switch. Speaker. Suspend/Resume Button. HDD & Power LED. Chassis Fan.

  • Page 15: Introduction

    The following diagram shows the functional blocks Overview 1.1. The IN440EX-D-D is an implementation of BCM Advanced Research for a High-Volume MicroATX motherboard featuring these subsystems: § Intel Pentium™ II MMX Processor cartridge support through the SLOT 1 connector §...

  • Page 16: Cache Subsystem

    SRAM interface is through the processor’s Back-Side-Bus (BSB) and is included within the CPU cartridge. The IN440EX-D can accept either the Pentium® II cartridge with 512KB of second level (L2) Pipelined Burst SRAM cache. The Pentium® II second level cache supports a direct mapped organization with a write-back policy, providing all necessary snoop functions and inquire cycles.

  • Page 17: Data Integrity Subsystem

    The A.G.P. is a high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphics applications and is based on a set of performance enhancements to PCI. The IN440EX-D is designed to support the A.G.P. Interface. The A.G.P. implementation is compatible with the Accelerated Graphics Port Specification.

  • Page 18: Embedded Pci Devices

    CD-ROM. 1.1.8. PCI Add-in Cards High Performance PCI I/O cards can be used in the IN440EX-D through the PCI connector slots. The PCI bus is specified to support 10 loads. Each embedded controller or bridge (Video, PCI to ISA Bridge) count as 1 load, each PCI expansion slot used counts as 2 loads.

  • Page 19: System Management Subsystem

    Management Level 3. 1.1.12. Advanced Configuration and Power Interface “ACPI” The IN440EX-D supports the ACPI specification and its key elements; The Operating System Directed Power Management (OSPM). ACPI evolves the existing collection of power management BIOS code, APM APIs, PNP BIOS APIs, and so on into a well-specified power management and configuration mechanism.
  • Page 20 INTRODUCTION ACPI is neither a software nor a hardware specification, although it addresses both software and hardware and how they must behave. ACPI is actually an interface specification.

  • Page 21: Functional Architecture

    Kamath or “Deschutes”. Changes to the VCORE (Core Voltage Selection) are automatically adjusted. 2.1.3. Processor Heat Sink The IN440EX-D M/B provides 12V power for the cooling fan through a 3-pin header with Fan-On control and Fan Speed detection. 2.2. Memory Subsystem 2.2.1.

  • Page 22: Dram (Dimm) Sockets

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE jumpers settings required for the memory size, which is automatically detected by the system BIOS. The DIMMs are rated 66 MHz (Klamath) or 100 MHz (Deschutes) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM). DIMM modules must be ‘Unbuffered’ and operate at 3.3V. All the allowable memory size configurations are described on table 2.1 (Refer to Table 3.6 in the “Configuration”...

  • Page 23: Cacheable And Non-Cacheable Regions

    PCI memory space on top of main memory. Any access to the PCI or AT bus. Address Maps 2.4. 2.4.1. Memory Map The following table describes the breakdown of the IN440EX-D memory areas and how they are assigned. Table 2.3. Memory Map LOCATION SIZE...

  • Page 24: Video Subsystem

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE Video Subsystem 2.5. 3D RAGE PRO Graphics Controller is a highly integrated graphics controller. Incorporated within this single chip are the 2D, 3D and video accelerators, palette DAC, and quadruple clock synthesiser. This multi-function integrated controller delivers superior 3D performance, TV-quality scaled video optimized for MPEG playback, industry-leading Mach64 2D performance, and video expansion capability suited for video conferencing, cable TV viewing, and hardware MPEG decoding.
  • Page 25 FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE Palletized CI4 and CI8 texture expansion Texture filtering models including tri-linear mip mapping Texture lighting modes Ability to use YUV format textures Alpha in texture map Texture maps up to 1024 x 1024 Non square texture maps Software driver support for Direct 3D, QuickDraw 3D RAVE and OpenGL interfaces, as well as others.

  • Page 26: General Features

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE Game acceleration for Microsoft's DirectDraw—Double Buffering, Virtual Sprites, Transparent Blit and Masked Blit Increased display FIFO to 32 DWORDs. Additional 64 entry FIFO for Bus mastering True 24-bit, true-color palette DAC: Pixel clock rates up to 200MHz, with 230MHz option, for up to 1600x1200 screen resolution at 85Hz vertical Pixel depth of 32 bit at 1600x1200 screen resolution with WRAM and external RAMDAC at 240 MHz...

  • Page 27: Video Memory

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE √ √ √ √ √ 640x480 37.7 31.2 √ √ √ √ √ 640x480 37.5 31.5 √ √ √ √ √ 640x480 47.9 39.9 √ √ √ √ √ 640x480 100 52.9 44.9 √ √ √ √ √ 640x480 120 63.7 55.0...

  • Page 28: Sound Subsystem

    : Pins 16 and 17 are connector mounting holes connected to logic ground. Sound Subsystem 2.6. The IN440EX-D uses the ESS Solo-1 (ES1938), which is a single chip multimedia audio system controller. It includes an integrated FM synthesiser and a Plug and Play PSI interface. The ES1938 is compatible with the Microsoft Windows Sound System standard and will run software written to the Sound Blaster and Sound Blaster Pro interfaces.

  • Page 29: Line Out Connector

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE ACP1 Compliant 2.6.2. Line Out Connector The audio subsystem provides external sound through a user accessible stereo jack connector (J5-1) soldered to the PWA. This jack will allow the connection of self-amplified speakers. Reference: J5-1 (LINE OUT) Connector Type: 1/8 in.

  • Page 30: Pci/Isa Expansion Slots

    2.7.2. ISA/PCI Expansion Slots The IN440EX-D motherboard support ISA and PCI expansion buses to implement up to two (2) ISA and two (2) PCI slots. The IN440EX-D will support one (1) ISA, one (1) PCI and one (1) shared ISA/PCI slot.

  • Page 31: Storage Subsystem

    2.8.2. Floppy Disk Drive Interface The IN440EX-D has an integrated 765B compatible floppy disk controller using the Winbond’s W83977TF component. The FDC sub-section can control one (720KB, 1.2, 1.44 or 2.88MB) floppy disks or compatible tape drives.

  • Page 32: Parallel Port

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE The IN440EX-D has two (2) UARTs compatible serial ports configured as Data Terminal Equipment (DTE). 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 BIOS.
  • Page 33 FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE either the secondary LPT address or the tertiary LPT address through BIOS if other parallel ports are installed in the system. The parallel port I/O address can be relocated within 480 different locations. Three (3) DMA channels options and 13 different IRQ options are available to the parallel port.

  • Page 34: Keyboard Interface

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE : Pins 26 and 27 are connector-mounting holes connected to the metal connector housing. 2.9.3. Keyboard Interface The system PWA has a PS/2-compatible keyboard interface. The shielded keyboard interface connector has a PS/2-compatible pinout and is located on the rear panel on the system PWA, this connector is a dual package with the Mouse connector residing on top.

  • Page 35: Universal Serial Bus Connectors

    Mass storage More classes will be identified as the USB Standard matures. The IN440EX-D is equipped with two USB Serial Ports. This permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub. If more devices are needed, an external hub can be connected to either of the built-in ports.

  • Page 36: Real-Time Clock

    Socket Type: COIN TYPE 2.9.8. IR (Infra-Red) Support The IN440EX-D I/O subsystem incorporates an IR interface supporting the following industry standards; Fast IR, IRDA (HP-SIR), ASK-IR. The IR header provides the necessary signal interface allowing a two-way wireless communication port using infrared as the transmission medium. The user can transfer files to/from portable devices such as laptops, PDA’s and...

  • Page 37: Irda Header (J19)

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE specification provides for data transfers at 4 Mbps from a distance of 1 meter. This implementation also provides an infrared interface supporting a standard or custom remote control device to perform wireless keyboard or mouse functions. 2.9.9. IRDA Header (J19) A header is available on the IRDA header for a cable connection to the IR module.

  • Page 38: Power Button Switch (J29)

    FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE A header is available on the Sleep Header (J27) for connecting a momentary contact switch on the front panel, which can be used to turn the system into Sleep Mode. 2.10.5. Power Button Switch (J29) A header is available on the power button header (J29) for connecting a momentary contact switch on the front panel, which can be used to turn the system power off or on.

  • Page 39: Configuration

    To select the processor speed install the jumper as follows: Table 3.1. CPU Speed Selection Klamath CPU Speed (MHz) 3.2. DRAM Subsystem Configurations The IN440EX-D supports 8 MB to 256MB of system RAM. The allowable memory configurations are shown below: Table 3.2. DIMMs Configurations DIMM0 DIMM1 Total Memory...
  • Page 40 CONFIGURATION 16MB 16MB 32MB 32MB EMPTY 32MB 32MB 40MB 32MB 16MB 48MB 32MB 32MB 64MB 64MB EMPTY 64MB 64MB 72MB 64MB 16MB 80MB 64MB 32MB 96MB 64MB 64MB 128MB 128MB EMPTY 128MB 128MB 136MB 128MB 16MB 144MB 128MB 32MB 176MB 128MB 64MB 192MB...

  • Page 41: Electrical And Mechanical Specifications

    ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPEC. This section specifies Electrical parameters for the IN440EX-D motherboard and describes its Mechanical characteristics. Absolute Maximum Ratings 4.1. Stresses beyond those shown in the following table may cause permanent damage to the system (provided for stress testing only).

  • Page 42: Power Supply

    The average current consumption may not exceed 3A per slot. The system integrator must also guarantee that worst-case power consumption does not exceed the maximum allowed by the motherboard power connector. Table 4.4. IN440EX-D Motherboard Power Budget Voltage Current Load(A)

  • Page 43: Mechanical

    ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPEC. Mechanical 4.4. 4.4.1. System Interfaces 4.4.2. User-Accessible Sockets The following user accessible sockets are located on the top of the system PWA: Table 4.5. Accessible Sockets U22 (BIOS) System and Video BIOS PROM (During development only) MICROPROCESSOR UPGRADE SLOT 1 processor socket DIMM0, DIMM1...

  • Page 44: Manufacturability/Serviceability

    ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPEC. Manufacturability/Serviceability 4.5. IN440EX-D is designed to be both easy to manufacture and service. The items specifically related to the system PWA are: Connector location & labeling Jumper location & labeling PWA bar code label (part number and revision) Flash BIOS DIMM sockets labeling &...
  • Page 45 ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL SPEC.

  • Page 46: Bios Setup

    BIOS SETUP The IN440EX-D motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIIOS 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 CMMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 47: Getting Help

    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. Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable.
  • Page 48 BIOS SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURE SETUP USER PASSWARD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ↑...

  • Page 49: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup Menu 5.3. 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 50 BIOS SETUP The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives. This section does not show information about other IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM drive, or about other hard drive types, such as SCSI drives. 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.

  • Page 51: Drive A/B Type

    BIOS SETUP Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders. LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the IDE controller Transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders.

  • Page 52: Memory

    BIOS SETUP Keyboard other errors. All, But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors, but stops for all other errors. All, POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but Disk/Key stops for all other errors. 5.3.7.

  • Page 53: Bios Features Setup Menu

    BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup Menu 5.4. 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.

  • Page 54: Swap Floppy Drive

    BIOS SETUP the BIOS now offers 10 different boot sequences options of three drive each. In addition to the traditional drives A and C, options include IDE hard drives D, E, and F; plus a SCSI hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. 5.4.4.

  • Page 55: Pci/Vga Palette Snoop

    BIOS SETUP 5.4.11. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors, the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enable, To default setting leave at Disabled.

  • Page 56: Chipset Features Setup Menu

    BIOS SETUP 5.5. Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. SDRAM CAS latency Time Current CPU Temperature: Current CPUFAN1 Speed : System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled IN0 (V) : IN1 (V) : Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled IN2 (V) : +5V :...

  • Page 57: Video Ram Cacheable

    BIOS SETUP Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. 5.5.4. Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM, resulting in better system performance.

  • Page 58: Power-Up State

    BIOS SETUP Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. See www.agpforum.org AGP information.

  • Page 59: Pm Control By Apm

    BIOS SETUP This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes. See the section PM Timers for a brief description of each mode. This table describes each power management mode: Disable Global Power Management will be disabled Max Saving...

  • Page 60: Suspend Mode

    BIOS SETUP After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed. 5.6.9. Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU shut off.

  • Page 61: Irq8 Break Suspend

    BIOS SETUP Note: The above three items (Resume By Ring, Resume By Alarm & Wake Up On Lan) only work when Power On is selected in Power-Up State item(See Chipset Features Setup in main menu). 5.6.17. IRQ8 Break Suspend You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.

  • Page 62: Resources Controlled By

    BIOS SETUP The default setting is No when a non PNP OS installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt setting for some of non PNP cards installed. Select Yes if the OS is PNP aware (e.g. Windows 95). 5.7.2. Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices.
  • Page 63 BIOS SETUP PCI-SLOT1, PCI-SLOT2, PCI-SLOT3 PCI-AUTO, Primary/Secondary IDE INT# manualy.

  • Page 64: Integrated Peripherals Menu

    BIOS SETUP Integrated peripherals Menu 5.8. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JG5A) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Serial Port1 : 3F8/IRQ4 IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto...

  • Page 65: Usb Keyboard Support

    BIOS SETUP 5.8.5. USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard. 5.8.6. Init AGP Display First 5.8.7. Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the system board and you wish to use it.
  • Page 66 BIOS SETUP Select Enabled to use the onboard integrated sound system or Disabled to use other add-in sound card.

  • Page 67: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    BIOS SETUP IDE HDD Auto Detection 5.9. BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. If 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 show Users can select a mode, which is appropriate for them.

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