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WARNING For the system to operate normally, please make sure JP3 of the mainboard is set as below. Refer to Fig. 2 in this manual for the location JP3. If JP3 is shorted to 2-3, no CMOS data can be retained. CAUTION The motherboard is an electrostatic sensitive device.
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Preface The motherboard is a 4 layer, ATX form factor high performance Dual Pentium II AGP/PCI mainboard. It includes Intel i82440BX system chipset, Winbond W83977TF Super I/O controller and SYMBIOS 53C895 Ultra2 SCSI controller. Features Processor • Intel Dual Pentium II/Pentium III series.
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Chapter 1 PCI SCSI • Synchronous: up to 80MB/sec Ultra 2 SCSI up to 40MB/sec Ultra SCSI up to 20MB/sec Fast SCSI • DMA bus mastering for low overhead with 32-bit burst data transfers at PCI data transfer rates. • Zero wait-state bus master data bursts.
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Introduction Fig. 1 Key Components of the Mainboard...
CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPERS PRESENTATION Pins 2 and 3 are shorted with a jumper cap. Pins 1 and 2 are shorted with a jumper cap. The jumper is shorted when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the jumper. The jumper is open when the jumper cap is removed from jumper.
Jumper Settings CPU SPEED The table below summaries the CPU frequency and settings of each jumper of the motherboard. Ratio Rating Setting Ratio Rating Freq. Freq. Setting 3.5x 1 close 5.5x 1 open 2 open 2 open 3 open 3 open 4 close 4 close 4.0x...
Chapter 2 MEMORY CONFIGUARTION The mainboard lets user upgrade system memory via DIMM sockets on the mainboard. On board memory is located in eight banks: Bank 0 - 7. Four DIMM sockets are provided for EDO DRAM or Synchronous DRAM. Table 3 provides the typical memory configurations supported by the mainboard.
CHAPTER 3 CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION Once the mainboard has been fastened into system case, the next step is to connect the internal cables. The internal cables are wire leads with plastic female connectors that attach to the connectors. The mainboard connectors have varying numbers of pins and are the points of contact between the mainboard and other parts of the computer.
Connector Configuration J1 – MULTIPLE FUNCTION JUMPER J1 is a front panel multi-function jumper includes speaker, reset, harddisk LED, ATX power switch, Power On/Off, Power LED. The pin definition is as following figure. Fig. 4 Multiple Function Jumper • RESET – RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector.
Connector Configuration • SPEAKER – SPEAKER CONNECTOR Speaker is a four-pin connector, which is used to connect the system speaker. Fig. 6 Speaker J2 - WAKE ON LAN CONNECTOR J2 is a 3-pin connector as interface of LAN card for wake up on LAN purpose. Fig.
Chapter 3 J7 – ULTRA 2 SCSI CONNECTOR J7 is a high-density 68-pin connector for a Ultra 2 SCSI device. J8 - SCSI CONNECTOR J8 is a 50-pin connector for a SCSI device. J9 - ULTRA WIDE SCSI CONNECTOR J9 is a high-density 68-pin connector for a wide SCSI device. J10 - ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR J10 is a 2x10 pin male connector.
Connector Configuration J11 - IrDA CONNECTOR J11 is an IrDA connector that uses UART2 as interface of IrDA Infrared and HP SIR. Fig. 9 IrDA Connector 3.10 CPU1, CPU2 - SLOT FOR PENTIUM II/III CPU CPU1 and CPU2 are the slots for Pentium II or Pentium III CPU. Fig.
Chapter 3 Fig. 11 I/O Connector 3.12 PS/2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR This connector is a six-pin female mini DIN connector using a PS/2 plug. If a standard AT size keyboard plugs, you may use the DIN to mini DIN adaptor. 3.13 PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR This connector is a six-pin female mini DIN connector using a PS/2 plug.
Connector Configuration 3.17 RETENTION MECHANISM KITS INSTALLATION GUIDE Retention Mechanism Kits includes following components: Retention mechanism Assembly Fig. 12 Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Fig. 13...
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Chapter 3 Before the installation of RM Kits find the six holes on the motherboard for RM installation. The hole position and usage is as following: Fig. 14 Installation Guide Mount the two RM Attach Mounts onto the motherboard from bottom side. These mounts will be used to attach the RM Assembly.
Connector Configuration 3.18 OPTIONAL HEATSINK SUPPORT INSTALLATION GUIDE Optional Heatsink Support includes following components: Heatsink Top Support Fig. 16 Heatsink Support Base Fig. 17...
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Chapter 3 Installation Guide Refer to Fig. 14, install the Heatsink Support Base onto the motherboard, insert the two plastic nail to the hole in the Heatsink Support Base as following diagram: Fig. 18 Insert the Heatsink Top Support to the Pentium II Heatsink and the Heatsink Support Base as the following diagram: Fig.
CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP GUIDE This following manual is specially provided for the BIOS supported system. After the configuration of the mainboard, and have assembled the components, user can turn on the completed system. At this point, run the software setup to ensure that the system information is correct.
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Chapter 4 Press the <DEL> key to enter the AWARD BIOS setup program and the following screen appears: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1H) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION...
Award BIOS Setup Guide STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1H) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, May 21 1997 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 20 : 27 : 55 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master : Auto AUTO...
Chapter 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1H) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Anti-Virus Protection : Enabled Video BIOS Shadow : Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled...
Award BIOS Setup Guide Gate A20 Option: Choose Fast (chipset handled) or Normal (keyboard handled). The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
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Chapter 4 A short description of the screen items follows: DRAM Data Integrity Mode: Choose ECC or Non-ECC. System BIOS Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows system BIOS be cacheable. Video BIOS Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows video BIOS be cacheable.
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Award BIOS Setup Guide POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU The Power Management Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers for system power management functions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1H) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled ** Reload Global Timer Events ** Power Management...
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Chapter 4 Video Off Method: Choose V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS or Blank Screen. This is monitor Power Saving Method. V/H SYNC+Blank means turn off Vertical, Horizontal scanning and blank the screen. Blank Screen will blank the display screen. DPMS (Display Power Management System) can allow the System BIOS control the Display Card to turn off the Display.
Chapter 4 Reload Global Timer Event: When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby Mode. IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port PCI CONFIGURATION The PCI Configuration Setup option is used to configure the PCI add-on Cards on...
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Award BIOS Setup Guide A short description of the screen items follows: PNP OS Installed: Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play-aware (e.g. Windows 95). Resources Controlled By: The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible device.
Chapter 4 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP MENU The Integrated Peripherals setup option is need to change the values of the I/O chipset registers for I/O functions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1H) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. On Board FDC Controller IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled : Enabled On Board Serial Port 1...
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Award BIOS Setup Guide IDE Primary Master UDMA/IDE Primary Slave UDMA/IDE Secondary Master UDMA/IDE Secondary Slave UDMA: Available selection are “Auto” or “Disabled”. To choose “Auto”, the system BIOS will scan the IDE device and decide Ultra DMA supported or not. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE: This item is used to set the onboard IDE controller.
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Chapter 4 EPP Mode Select: Choose EPP1.7 or EPP1.9 for the EPP Mode.
Award BIOS Setup Guide LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS MENU This Main Menu item uses the default setup values. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system behaves erratically. Choose this item and the following message appears: “Load SETUP Defaults (Y/N)? N” To use the Power-On defaults, change the prompt to “Y”...
Chapter 4 4.11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION When users can not find the Hard Disk information, it is very helpful to use this option. Choose this item and press <Enter>. After couple seconds, the screen will appear the Hard Disk information and following message: “SELECT PRIMARY MASTER OPTION(N=SKIP): N”...
CHAPTER 5 FLASH AND DMI UTILITY AWARD FLASH UTILITY This section will provide instructions to guide you through updating your old BIOS. The file name we use to program here is test.bin, and the file name to save old BIOS is 2A59F000.OLD. Please note that those file names are not absolute. They are only examples to let you have a more clear understanding of the updating process.
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Chapter 5 If you do not wish to save the old BIOS: Please type “N”, and then press the ENTER key. Then you will be request to answer: “Are You Sure to Program?” Answer “N” if you do not want to program, and then it will exit. To save the old BIOS: Please respond “Y”, and then press the ENTER key.
Flash and DMI Utility DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI) OVERVIEW This motherboard can support DMI within the BIOS level. DMI is able to auto- detect and record information pertinent to a computer’s system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size. The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard’s flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database.
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Chapter 5 Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen. Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing. “Edit component”...
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Flash and DMI Utility Load DMI File You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here.
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Chapter 5 Save DMI File You can save the DMI (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved.
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APPENDIX A QUICK GUIDE The table below summaries the functions and settings of each jumper of the motherboard. Function Jumper Settings For Ratio 3.5x 1 close CPU Speed Selection 2 open 3 open 4 close For Ratio 4.0x 1 open 2 close 3 close 4 close...