6P2LX MAIN BOARD ATX FORM FACTOR USER'S MANUAL ( VER. 1.1 )
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COPYRIGHT THIS MANUAL AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN ARE PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER THIS MANUAL IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PENTIUM® II SYSTEM BOARD. EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO MAKE THIS MANUAL AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE, BUT NO WARRANTY OR FITNESS IS IMPLIED.
6P2LX CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1-1 OVERVIEW : THE I440 LX MAIN BOARD IS DESIGNED WITH INTEL® 82440LX AGPSET WHICH PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED IDE CONTROLLER WITH TWO HIGH PERFORMANCE IDE INTERFACES FOR UP TO FOUR IDE DEVICES ( HARD DEVICES , CD-ROM DEVICES , ETC ),...
6P2LX 1-2 SPECIFICATIONS INTEL® PENTIUM® II CPU (66 MHZ FREQUENCY) A. PROFESSSIONL PC: KLAMATH 233-333 MHZ WITH 512K INTERNAL CACHE B. BASIC PC : CELERON 1. MENDOCINO WITH 128K INTERNAL CACHE 2. COVINGTON WITHOUT INTERNAL CACHE : 3 OF 168-PIN SDRAM DIMM UP TO 384MB OR 3 OF MEMORY 168PIN EDO DIMM UP TO 768MB.
6P2LX 1-3 UNPACKING THE MAIN BOARD PACKAGE CONTAINS: * I440LX MAIN BOARD * MANUAL * CABLES * DRIVER & UTILITY / CD * RETENTION MODULES IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS IS MISSING OR DAMAGED,CONTACT THE DEALER FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASED. LEAVE THE I440LX MAIN BOARD IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKING UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO INSTALL IT.
6P2LX 2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS 1. SINCE THIS IS A JUMPER-FREE VERSION, THE USER ONLY NEEDS TO MODIFY “CPU CLOCK RATIO” IN “3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP.” FIRST, GO TO “3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” AND SET PROPER “CPU CLOCK RATIO.” THEN, GO TO “3-1 AWARD BIOS SETUP”...
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6P2LX 3. SOFTPWR : ATX POWER SWITCH THE SYSTEM POWER IS CONTROLLED BY A MOMENTARY SWITCH (WHEN "POWER SWITCH TYPE" IS SET TO MOMENTARY) CONNECTED TO THIS LEAD. PUSHING THE BUTTON ONCE WILL TURN ON THE SYSTEM AND PUSHING ANOTHER TIME WILL TURN OFF THE SYSTEM.
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6P2LX 6. OTHER JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS : PRIMARY : PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR SECONDARY : SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR : FLOPPY DISK CONNECTOR LPT1 : PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR. COM1 : SERIAL PORT 1 CONNECTOR. COM2 : SERIAL PORT 2 CONNECTOR. USB1...
6P2LX 2-3 MEMORY CHART THE MAIN BOARD SUPPORTS 168-PIN DIMMS OF 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB TO FORM A MEMORY SIZE BETWEEN 8MB TO 192MB. PLEASE NOTE THIS MOTHER BOARD CANNOT SUPPORT ANY 5V DIMM. ONLY 3.3V SDRAM & EDO DRAM ARE ACCEPTABLE. USERS MUST CHECK IT BEFORE INSTALLATION NOTE: THE FOLLOWING CHART IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY.
6P2LX 2-4 RM KIT ASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 1. CHECK IF ALL THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, TOTALLY 5 SEPERATE PIECEPARTS. RETENTION MECHANISM (RM): 1 PC RM ATTACH MOUNT (RMAM): 2 PCS HEAT SINK SUPPORT BASE (HASSBASE): 1 PC...
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6P2LX HSS PIN (HSSPIN): 2 PCS HSS TOP BAR (HSSTOP): 1 PC 2. MAKE SURE THAT THE POWER SUPPLY IS TURNED OFF. 3. INSERT THE RMAM UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTHERBOARD. 4. INSERT THE 2 PINS OF THE HSSPIN DOWNWARD THROUGH THE MOTHERBOARD TO SECURE.
6P2LX CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP 3-1. AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP THE MENU DISPLAYS ALL THE MAJOR SELECTION ITEMS AND ALLOW USER TO SELECT ANY ONE OF SHOWN ITEM. THE SELECTION IS MADE BY MOVING CURSOR( PRESS ANY DIRECTION KEY ) TO THE ITEM AND PRESS <ENTER>...
6P2LX 3-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP CHOOSE "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY MENU (FIGURE3-1). 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.
6P2LX 3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP SELECT THE "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" OPTION IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY MENU ALLOWS USER TO CHANGE SYSTEM RELATED PARAMETERS IN THE DISPLAYED MENU. THIS MENU SHOWS ALL OF THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFAULT VALUES OF I440LX MAIN BOARD.
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6P2LX QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST: THIS CATEGORY SPEEDS UP POWER ON SELF TEST. (POST) AFTER YOU POWER ON THE COMPUTER, IF IT IS SET TO ENABLE, BIOS WILL SHORTEN OR SKIP SOME CHECK ITEMS DURING POST. ENABLE : ENABLE QUICK POST...
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6P2LX GATE A20 OPTION: THE DEFAULT VALUE IS FAST. NORMAL: THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD CONTROLLER OR CHIPSET HARDWARE. FAST: DEFAULT: FAST. THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY PORT 92 OR CHIPSET SPECIFIC METHOD. TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING: THIS DETERMINES THE TYPEMATIC RATE.
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6P2LX C8000-CBFFF SHADOW: CC000-CFFFF SHADOW: D0000-D3FFF SHADOW: D4000-D7FFF SHADOW: D8000-DBFFF SHADOW: DC000-DFFFF SHADOW: THESE CATEGORIES DETERMINE WHETHER OPTIONAL ROM WILL BE COPIED TO RAM BY 16K BYTE OR 32K BYTE PER/UNIT AND THE SIZE DEPENDS ON CHIPSET. ENABLED : OPTIONAL SHADOW IS ENABLED.
6P2LX 3-4. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AUTO CONFIGURATION [THE BIOS WILL AUTOMATICALLY DETECT THE CPU SPEED AND WILL AUTO-CONFIGURATE THE BUS FREQUENCY, DRAM SPEED, CACHE AND READ/WRITE CYCLE.] DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE TIME [THE DRAM PRECHARGE TIME BY RAS.] : 3 (DEFAULT) RAS TO CAS DELAY [CONTROL THE DRAM PAGE MISS AND ROW MISS LEADOFF TIMING.]...
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6P2LX EDO DRAM WRITE BURST (B/E/F) [SLOWER RATE MAY BE REQUIRED IN CERTAIN SYSTEM DE- SIGNS TO SUPPORT LAYOUT WITH LONGER TRACE LENGTH OR SLOWER DRAM. THE DRAM WRITE BURST TIMING ARE CONTROLLED BY REGISTER.] : X2222 : X3333 (DEFAULT) SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE [DEFINE WHETHER SYSTEM BIOS AREA CACHEABLE OR NOT.]...
6P2LX 3-5. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER DEFINE POWER MANAGEMENT: DISABLED : GLOBAL POWER MANAGEMENT WILL BE DISABLED. USER DEFINE:USERS CAN CONFIGURE THEIR OWN POWER MANAGEMENT. MIN.SAVING :PRE-DEFINE TIMER VALUE ARE USED SUCH THAT ALL TIMERS ARE IN THEIR MAX . VALUE MAX.SAVING:PRE-DEFINE TIMER VALUES ARE USED SUCH...
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6P2LX **** NOTE **** 1. IF APM IS INSTALLED, AND THERE IS A TASK RUNNING, EVEN IF THE TIMER IS TIME OUT, THE APM WILL NOT PROMPT THE BIOS TO PUT THE SYSTEM INTO ANY POWER SAVING MODE! 2. IF APM IS NOT INSTALLED, THIS OPTION HAS NO EFFECT.
6P2LX 3-7. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS IDE HDD BLOCK MODE[THIS FEATURE ENHANCES HARD DISK PERFORMANCE BY MAKING MULTI SECTOR TRANSFER, INSTEAD OF ONE SECTOR PER TRANSFER, MOST OF IDE DRIVERS, EXCEPT VERY EARLY DESIGNS ,CAN USE THIS FEATURE.] :ENABLED (DEFAULT) :DISABLED IDE PRIMARY MASTER PIO[DETECT YOUR PRIMARY MASTER HARD DISK DEVICE.]...
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6P2LX IDE SECONDARY MASTER PIO [DETECT YOUR SECONDARY MASTER HARD DISK DEVICE.] :AUTO (DEFAULT) :MODE 0,1,2,3,4 IDE SECONDARY SLAVE PIO [DETECT YOUR SECONDARY SLAVE HARD DISK DEVICE.] : AUTO (DEFAULT) : MODE 0,1,2,3,4 ON-CHIP PRIMARY PCI IDE [SELECT USE CHIP SUPPORT PRIMARY PCI IDE.]...
6P2LX ON-BOARD PARALLEL MODE : : SPP(DEFAULT) : EPP : ECP : ECP+EPP 3-8. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD THE " SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SETTING " UTILITY SETS THE PASSWORD. THE MAINBOARD MAY BE SHIPPED WITH THE DEFAULT PASSWORD "AWARD_SW" , OR WITH THE PASSWORD DISABLED. IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE PASSWORD, YOU MUST FIRST ENTER THE CURRENT PASSWORD ("...
6P2LX 3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION THE "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" UTILITY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH KIND OF HARD DISK TYPE YOU ARE USING. YOU CAN USE THIS UTILITY TO DETECT THE...
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6P2LX DURING HDD ACCESSING, THE IDE CONTROLLER WILL TRANSFORM THE LOGICAL ADDRESS DESCRIBED BY SECTOR, HEAD & CYLINDER INTO ITS OWN PHYSICAL ADDRESS INSIDE THE HDD. THE MAXIMUM HDD SIZE SUPPORTED BY LBA MODE IS 8.4 GIGABYTES WHICH IS OBTAINED BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: NO.
6P2LX NOTE: TO SUPPORT LBA OR LARGE MODE OF HDDS, THERE MUST BE SOME SOFTWARES INVOLVED. ALL THESE SOFTWARES ARE LOCATED IN THE AWARD HDD SERVICE ROUTINE (INT 13H). IT MAY BE FAILED TO ACCESS A HDD WITH LBA (LARGE) MODE SELECTED IF YOU ARE RUNNING UNDER AN OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH REPLACES THE WHOLE INT 13H.
6P2LX 3-13 I/O & MEMORY MAP 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 96K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY AND...
6P2LX 3-16 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS:00 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...
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