Static Electricity Precautions Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an anti- static wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis.
Cache Memory Onboard Cache Cacheable Memory Jumper Settings for Cache Memory Jumper JP7 CPU Installation...
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JP10A JP13 P-rating System Pins Pins Pins Bus CLK Speed JP10 JP10C Note:...
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JP13 System Pins Pins Pins CPU Speed JP10A Bus CLK JP10 JP10C Note: P54C/P55C...
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Installing Upgrade CPUs Warning: Open the socket only if you are actually installing a CPU. The warranty on the original CPU will be voided if the S/N seal is broken. Before proceeding with the upgrade, take note of the following. The micropro- cessor and heatsink may be hot if the system has been running.
Built-in Ports Floppy Cable Printer Cable Serial Ports Mouse Port Cable Serial Ports Port Configuration COM2 COM3 COM4 COM1 Connecting the Serial Ports...
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PS/2 Mouse Port Parallel Port Connecting the Parallel Printer Port Floppy Disk Drive Controller...
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Connecting the Floppy Disk Cable IDE Hard Disk Interface Note: Only Enhanced IDE hard drives or ATAPI CD-ROMs can be connected to the IDE interface. Connecting the IDE Hard Disk Interface Pin 1...
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Note: The IDE cable with a standard 40-pin connector (without the keying mecha- nism) can be installed in the PCI IDE shrouded header. Be extremely care- ful to match the colored edge of the ribbon with pin 1 of the header. Connecting the Hard Disk Cable Note: Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting...
Warning: Do not run FDISK and FORMAT programs on a drive that has already been formatted or you will lose all programs and data stored on the drive. Installing Expansion Cards...
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Chapter 3 Software Installation Press DEL to enter setup Award BIOS Setup Utility...
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↑↓→← Note: The settings on the BIOS setup screens on the following pages are for reference only. These settings vary according to your system’s configu- ration and should not be referred to as the standard default setting. Standard CMOS Setup ↑↓→←...
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Date Time Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master and Secondary Slave...
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Drive A and Drive B Note: Choosing an incorrect type might cause your system to format the floppy disk improperly and you will not be able to access your data.
Note: To support LBA or Large mode, address translation software is included in the Award BIOS HDD Sevice Routine (INT13h). If you are running an operating system that bypasses the BIOS INT13 Service Routine, LBA and Large Mode may fail. HDD Low Level Format NO.
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Save & Exit Setup Save to CMOS and Exit (Y/N)? N Reboot System (Y/N)? N Exit Without Saving Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N...
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Appendix A Memory and I/O Maps Memory Address Map Address Name Function...
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I/O Address Map I/O Address Function Note: The I/O address hex 0000 to 00FF are reserved for the system board I/O. Hex 0100 to 03FF are available on the I/O channels.
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Appendix B Connector Pin Assignments Connector J1 Connector J6 Function Function Connector J2 Connector J16 Function Function Connector J3 Connector J17 Function Function...
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Connector J4 Function Connector J5 Function...