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Handling Precautions
CAUTION
High potential static charge may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the board. Before
handling any mainboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static
electric charge in your body.
Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent
type recommended by the manufacturer.
There are some basic precautions when handling the motherboard or other computer components:
Keep the board in its anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.
Protect your board from static electricity by well grounding of your body and the equipment during the
installation, such as wearing a grounded wrist strap.
Always handle the board by its edges.
Do not touch the components on the boards, add-on cards/modules and the "gold finger" connectors
plugged into the expansion slot. It is better to handle system components by their mounting bracket.
Ensure the system power is completely turn-off before doing any installation work.
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  • Page 1 Handling Precautions CAUTION High potential static charge may cause damage to the integrated circuits on the board. Before handling any mainboard outside of its protective packaging, ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body. Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
  • Page 2 Table of Contents Trademarks™ ™ VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies, Incorporated. Intel, Pentium, Pentium II, Celeron are registered trademark of Intel Corporation. IBM, IBM PC, IBM PC/AT, PC-DOS, OS/2 and OS/2 WARP are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Table of Contents ..............................4 VERVIEW ............................... 4 UMPER ............................ 5 EATURES UMMARY MAIN ......................... 6 BOARD NSTALLATION CPU I ............................7 NSTALLATION (RAM) ......................9 NSTALLING YSTEM EMORY ......................10 XPANSION ARDS NSTALLATION ......................10 ONNECTING XTERNAL ONNECTOR “A...
  • Page 4: Overview

    Mainboard Installation Features of the Board OVERVIEW Congratulations on purchasing the highest performance motherboard. With the advanced technologies available today, this motherboard is designed to optimize for Intel’s processors. Three unbuffered, 3.3 Volts, 168-pin DIMM sockets are included for supporting SDRAM. This motherboard utilizes VIA's VT82C691 PCI chipset.
  • Page 5: Features Summary

    Mainboard Installation FEATURES SUMMARY This motherboard comes with following features: þ Supports Intel PENTIUM II Celeron Processor with automatic voltage adjustment for BX98-3D. ® or ® þ Supports Intel Socket 370 Celeron Processor with automatic voltage adjustment for BX3D-CT. ® þ...
  • Page 6: Mainboard Installation

    Mainboard Installation MAINBOARD INSTALLATION Installation Precautions During installation and initial test, use caution to avoid personal injury and damage to wiring due to sharp pins on connectors and printed circuit assemblies, rough chassis edges and corners, and hot components. Adhere to warnings and limitations regarding accessibility into areas designated only for authorized technical personnel.
  • Page 7 Mainboard Installation CPU CARD INSTALLATION The mainboard provides a 242-pin CPU card slot. The CPU card should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn-on the system. There is one CPU fan power connector named J6 on-board.
  • Page 8: Cpu Installation

    Mainboard Installation CPU INSTALLATION The motherboard provides a 370 pins, Socket 370. The CPU should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn-on the system. 45 degree Index corner Intel COOLING...
  • Page 9: Installing System Memory (Ram)

    Mainboard Installation INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY (RAM) The motherboard supports three 168-pin DIMM. The three 168-pin DIMM sockets are divided into three banks and each bank can accept SDRAM module. Vertically insert for installation Push to remove DIMM module 3.3V Key Unbuffered DRAM Key Push to remove...
  • Page 10: Expansion Cards Installation

    Mainboard Installation Expansion Cards Installation At the most of beginning, you must read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required. The installation procedures are summarized as below: 1. Read the User’s Guide/Manual of your expansion card. 2.
  • Page 11 Mainboard Installation Two 6-Pin Plugs From AT Power Supply Vertically Insert For Installation Place 2 Black Wires, On Each Of The Plug, Closed To The Centre Fig. 4 AT Power Connector Installation ATX Power Connector ± ± A single 20-pin connector incorporates standard 5V and 12V, optional 3.3V and soft-on/off signals.
  • Page 12 Mainboard Installation Floppy Drive Connector This 34-pin connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the on-board “FLOPPY” connector, connect the remaining plugs on the other end to the floppy drives correspondingly. IDE Connector The two on-board IDE connectors supports the provided 40-pin IDE hard disk ribbon cable.
  • Page 13 Mainboard Installation About Soft Touch Power Button For the ATX system case, the new soft touch power button replaces the main power switch to switch ON / OFF your system. You can switch the system ON by pressing the button. If you want to switch OFF your system, press the button and hold it for 4 seconds.
  • Page 14 Mainboard Installation About Soft Touch Power Button For the ATX system case, the new soft touch power button replaces the main power switch to switch ON / OFF your system. You can switch the system ON by pressing the button. If you want to switch OFF your system, press the button and hold it for 4 seconds.
  • Page 15: "Auto Jumper" Guide

    Mainboard Installation “AUTO JUMPER” GUIDE • You can just select the Pentium II or Celeron CPU speed easily through CMOS Setup Menu. • To clear the CMOS contents, the user only needs to press the key “F” during power on. •...
  • Page 16: Quick Installation Guide

    Mainboard Installation uick Installation Guide CPU SLOT CPUFAN AUDIO HEADER Printer JP12 DIMM3 COM1 DIMM2 DIMM1 COM2 PCI1 CRYSTAL PCI2 WAKEUP-LINK PCI3 BX98-3D PCI4 ISA1 PWR.ON IDE..LED RESET ISA2 Front Panel JP7 KEYLOCK SPEAKER Page 16...
  • Page 17 Mainboard Installation BX98-3D Power Supply Connector ISA Add-in Board Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector AT Keyboard Connector Front Panel Function Connectors Parallel (Printer) Port Header Flash BIOS Integrated Functions Connector Floppy Drive Connector 3.3v DIMM Sockets IDE device connector Serial (COM1 and 2) Port Headers WAKEUP-LINK Header Accelerated Graphic Port (AGP) 3V Lithium Battery...
  • Page 18 Mainboard Installation uick Installation Guide AUDIO HEADER Printer JP12 DIMM3 COM1 DIMM2 DIMM1 COM2 CPUFAN PCI1 CRYSTAL PCI2 WAKEUP-LINK PCI3 BX3D-CT PCI4 ISA1 PWR.ON IDE..LED RESET ISA2 Front Panel JP7 KEYLOCK SPEAKER Page 18...
  • Page 19 Mainboard Installation BX3D-CT Power Supply Connector ISA Add-in Board Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector AT Keyboard Connector Front Panel Function Connectors Parallel (Printer) Port Header Flash BIOS Integrated Functions Connector Floppy Drive Connector 3.3v DIMM Sockets IDE device connector Serial (COM1 and 2) Port Headers WAKEUP-LINK Header Accelerated Graphic Port (AGP) 3V Lithium Battery...
  • Page 20: Award Bios And Cmos Setup Utility

    Mainboard Installation Award BIOS and CMOS Setup Utility GETTING START All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system configuration and settings. If your motherboard came in a computer system, the proper configuration entries may have already been made. This motherboard has been programmed with Award BIOS setup utility.
  • Page 21: Award Cmos Setup

    Mainboard Installation AWARD CMOS Setup Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen. Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item.
  • Page 22 Mainboard Installation Standard CMOS Setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS. BIOS Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features. Chipset Features Setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features. Power Management Setup This setup page includes all the items of green features.
  • Page 23: Standard Cmos Setup

    Mainboard Installation Standard CMOS Setup The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
  • Page 24 Mainboard Installation Drive A / Drive B This category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer. Video This category selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor.
  • Page 25: Bios Features Setup

    Mainboard Installation BIOS Features Setup The item BIOS Features Setup Menu is divided into 23 categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.
  • Page 26 Mainboard Installation Boot Sequence This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system (i.e., DOS). The default setting is “A,C,SCSI”, means that the system will determine the drive A before drive C. Swap Floppy Drive This feature allows you to enable the system swap floppy function, the default is “Disabled”. When this function enables, the system will assign the Drive A as Drive B, and vice versa.
  • Page 27 Mainboard Installation Report No Floppy Disk For Windows 95 The system will report floppy disk status to Windows95 if setting is Yes. VIDEO BIOS Shadow The system BIOS is automatically shadowed. The default setting for the “Video BIOS Shadow” is “Enabled”.
  • Page 28: Chipset Features Setup

    Mainboard Installation Chipset Features Setup This section describes features of the VIA Apollo Pro PCIset. If your system contains a different chipset, this section will bear little resemblance to what you see on your screen. ADVANCED OPTIONS. The parameters in this screen are for system designers, service personnel, and technically competent users only.
  • Page 29 Mainboard Installation Memory Hole At 15M-16M In order to improve performance, certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB. Enabled Memory hole supported. Disabled Memory hole not supported. Read Around Write DRAM optimization feature: If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory, the read is satisfied through the buffer contents, and the read is...
  • Page 30: Power Management Setup

    Mainboard Installation Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 31 Mainboard Installation There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. Disable (default) No power management. Disables all four modes Min. Power Saving Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min.
  • Page 32 Mainboard Installation PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections. HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
  • Page 33 Mainboard Installation RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The choice: Enabled, Disabled. Date (of Month) / Timer (hh:mm:ss) You could set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down.
  • Page 34: Pnp/Pci Configuration

    Mainboard Installation PNP/PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings.
  • Page 35 Mainboard Installation Reset Configuration Data Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot. The choice: Enabled and Disabled.
  • Page 36 Mainboard Installation PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. PCI #2 Access #1 Retry This item allows you enable/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry. The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
  • Page 37: Cpu Speed Setting

    Mainboard Installation CPU Speed Setting The system BIOS is capable to detect the CPU type, say, Pentium II or Celeron. The user isonly required to select the CPU speed. In addition, Manual option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run the CPU over the specified clock frequency. CPU SPEED AUTO SETTING 66MHz 100MHz...
  • Page 38: Integratrd Peripherals

    Mainboard Installation Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE First/Secondary Channel The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate an interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
  • Page 39 Mainboard Installation IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA/33 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, select Auto to enable BIOS support. The Choice: Auto, Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active PCI Slot or AGP first...
  • Page 40 Mainboard Installation Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Normal EPP (Extended Parallel Port) ECP (Extended Capabilities Port) CEP+EPP PC AT parallel port Bidirectional port Fast, buffered port Fast, buffered, bidirectional port. Select Normal unless you are certain your hardware and software both support EPP or ECP mode.
  • Page 41: Quick Reference Of Motherboard

    Mainboard Installation QUICK REFERENCE OF MOTHERBOARD AT Power Supply Connector According to the AT specification, one 12-pin power connector covers all the required power sources including ±5V and ±12V. ATX Power Supply Connector According to the ATX specification, one 20-pin power connector covers all the required power sources including ±5V, ±12V and 3.3V, with soft-touch power on/off button feature.
  • Page 42 Mainboard Installation DIMM Sockets Three 168 pins standard DIMM socket allows your system using either for 3.3V unbuffered SDRAM. Serial (COM 1 and 2) Port Headers This motherboard provides two high-speed 16550 compatible UART serial ports. Accelerated Graphic Port (AGP) The AGP is compatible with the Accelerated Graphics Port specification.
  • Page 43 Mainboard Installation Front Panel Function Connector For your convenience, all the front panel functions are integrated into a single connector, which included power LED and keyboard lock, turbo switch, reset switch, SMI switch and speaker. Flash BIOS The flash BIOS allows user to have more flexibility to upgrade their motherboards. The flash BIOS can be programmed by software easily.
  • Page 44 Mainboard Installation PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse Connectors PS/2 device, likes some PS/2 keyboard and mouse, are all have a standard 6-pin round shape connector. The benefit of PS/2 device is one [of the serial port may be free for other serial device such as writing table. On this motherboard, there are two on-board PS/2 connectors, one for keyboard and one for mouse, which saves your money to buy any optional PS/2 connector module.
  • Page 45 Mainboard Installation PENTIUM II ® Slot 1 ® The slot 1 is a 242-pin slot design for PENTIUM II , single edge contact cartridge, along with a programmable voltage regulator for the CPU core. It provides users with a performance upgrade path to ®...

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