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  • Page 1 5MVP4 AT Form Factor Main Board User' s Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright © 1999 by this company. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright.
  • Page 3 Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about Pentium® system board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of contents „ Chapter 1 Introduction …………...…………….……...… The Main Board Overview….………………………………………..1 Specifications…………………………………………….………….…3 System Block Diagram………………………………………..…………5 Notice of Hardware Installation………………………………..………..6 Notice of CD Driver Installation………………………………..……….7 Xstore Pro IDE DMA33 IDE driver………………………………….…8 „ Chapter 2 Installation……………………………….…… Layout Reference………………………………………………...………9 Quick reference to CPU Speed Setup………….……………………….10 Jumper Settings……………………………………………………...….12 2-3-1 JP1: Single CPU Voltage Selector……………………….……….…12 2-3-2 JBAT1: CMOS Status…………………………………….……………13...
  • Page 5 2-4-7 FLOPPY1………………………………………….………………………31 2-4-8 IDE1 and IDE2………………………..………….………………………32 2-4-9 Audio Connectors & Game Port……………………………………….33 2-4-10 VGA Connector………………………………………………………34 DIMM Memory Installation…….………………….…………..……..35 „ Chapter 3 BIOS Setup..……...………………..………… Award BIOS CMOS Setup…………………………………..…………36 Standard CMOS Setup…………………………………………………37 BIOS Features Setup………………………………………..…………39 Chipset Features Setup………………………………………………...43 Power Management Setup……………………………………………..46 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup………………………………………….49 Integrated Peripherals…………………………………………..………51 Supervisor/User Password……………………….

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction 1-1 The Main Board Overview The main board is designed based on VIA chipset, “VT8501 & VT82C686A,” which provides a high-performance/cost index desktop solution for the Intel® Pentium® P54C/P55C. AMD® K5/K6/K6-2(K6-III is under test), Cyrix® M1/6x86L/MX/MII/, and The integrated other compatible Pentium®...
  • Page 7 The main board supports three 32-bit PCI & two 16-bit ISA for highest performance I/O add-on adapter cards. The system board supports 4 PCI bus- mastering slots (PCI 2.2 compliant) and allows synchronous CPU and PCI bus clock frequency. The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up events like “Modem ring on,”...

  • Page 8: Specifications

    1-2 Specifications • PCB board size: 22 cm x 24 cm • PCB layer: 4 layers • ZIF Socket 7 Support Intel® Pentium P54C/P55C, Cyrix 6x86 M1/6X86L/MX/ MII series, AMD K5/K6/K6-2/K6-III CPUs and other Pentium® compatible processors. CPU is not enclosed in the package •...
  • Page 9 • Audio/Sound Function Hardware controller → AC97-link-compatible sound system Microsoft® PC97/PC98 compliant Meet WHQL audio requirement • Video/Graphics functions Shared system memory area 2MB, 4MB, or 8MB 24-bit true color MUST User use the onboard VGA function which is unable to be disabled. Other graphic cards are not acceptable.

  • Page 10: System Block Diagram

    1-3 System Block Diagram VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 11: Notice Of Hardware Installation

    1-4 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation, make sure you have checked the following things. A. Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchase. Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 12: Notice Of Cd Driver Installation

    1-5 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains below drivers. The user must read “Index” (HTML format) before installing required drivers. Index offers all the information on all the drivers. CD driver is always updated with the latest version, so the actual CD content may have some difference with the above picture.

  • Page 13: Xstore Pro Ide Dma33 Ide Driver

    1-6 XStore Pro IDE Driver We have integrated High Point’s new-invented software technology, “XStore Pro,” to our valued customers as a free service. Developing the technique of “read ahead caching after seeking,” XStore Pro increases hard disk performance. More concretely, when working with hard disk of large block sizes, it effectively enhances hard disk performance up to 50%, and system performance up to 10%.

  • Page 14: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Layout Reference % -,5 9*$ VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 15: Quick Reference To Cpu Speed Setup

    2-2 Quick Reference to CPU Speed Setup The setup of CPU speed is designed to a DIP switch form. This helps the users to set CPU speed. The main board supports Intel® P54C/P55C, AMD® K5/K6/K6- 2/K6-III, Cyrix® M1/6x86L/MX/MII/, IDT® Pentium® processors. VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 16 CPU Speed Setup Intel® Pentium® SYS. Clock Voltage Ratio P54C 100 MHz 66 MHz 3.3V 1.5X On Off Off Off On Off On On Off Off Off P54C 133 MHz 66 MHz 3.3V On Off Off Off On Off On On On Off Off P54C 166 MHz 66 MHz 3.3V 2.5X...

  • Page 17: Jumper Settings

    2-3 Jumper Settings There are 6 jumpers on this main board. Different setups have different functions. The following pages will tell how to set the jumpers under different circumstances. 2-3-1 JP1: Single CPU Voltage Selector JP1 is a 2-pin selector to choose CPU with 3.45V VIO, such as AMD®K6-PR300 2.2/3.45V.

  • Page 18: Jbat1: Cmos Status

    2-3-2 JBAT1: CMOS Status JBAT1 is a 3-pin connector. Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten. Below is details to show how to clear CMOS. Procedure to clear CMOS: Step 1: Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power. Step 2: If the system uses AT/ATX power, pull out the AT/ATX cable from power connector.

  • Page 19: Jp3: Ps/2 Mouse Selector

    2-3-3 JP3: PS/2 Mouse Selector JP3 is a 3-pin jumper providing PS/2 mouse function. Set “2-3” if the system uses P/S2 mouse, and “1-2” without PS/2 mouse. -3  36 PRXVH VHOHFWRU VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 20: Jp4/Jp5: Audio Function Selector

    2-3-4 JP4/JP5: Audio Function Selector JP4 is a 2-pin selector. JP5 is a 4-pin selector. Please select the right function as below. -3-3  2QERDUG $XGLR )XQFWLRQ AC97 On board Audio only AC97 + MC97 1-2,3-4 On board Audio and AMR Slot only MC97 OPEN On board Audio Disable use...

  • Page 21: Sw2: Cpu Vcore Selector

    2-3-5 SW2: CPU Vcore Selector SW1 is a 7-pin DIP switch and Pin1-4 is the CPU Vcore Selector. Please select the right CPU Vcore according to your CPU and set as below. 6: &38 9FRUH 6HOHFWRU CPU Vcore 2.0V 2.1V 2.2V 2.3V 2.4V...
  • Page 22 CPU Vcore 3.0V 3.1V 3.2V 3.3V 3.4V 3.5V VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 23: Sw2 Pin5- Pin7: Cpu Ratio Selector

    2-3-6 SW2 Pin5- Pin7: CPU Ratio Selector SW2 is a 7-pin DIP switch, and Pin5- Pin7 is the CPU ratio selector. Please select the right ratio according to your CPU and set details as below. 6: 3LQ  3LQ  &38 5DWLR CPU Ratio 1.5 and 3.5...

  • Page 24: Sw1 Pin1- Pin4: Cpu Frequency Selector

    2-3-7 SW1 Pin1- Pin4: CPU Frequency Selector SW1 is a 4-pin DIP switch, and Pin 1- Pin 4 is the CPU Frequency selector. Select the right frequency according to your CPU, and see details as below. 6: 3LQ  3LQ  &38 )UHTXHQF\ CPU Freq.

  • Page 25: Connectors

    2-4 Connectors There are many connectors on this main board. Refer to the following pages for details. 2-4-1 Front Panel Connectors Front panel has connectors as “SOFT-PWR,” “PW-LED,” “KEYLOCK,” “SPEAKER,” “RESET,” “HD-LED,” and “TB-LED,” and “EXTSMI.” Refer to details as below. VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 26 SOFT-PWR is ATX Soft-PWR with 2 pins. SOFT-PWR is for ATX power supply only. PW-LED is a 3-pin connector. It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel. The LED shows the status of the power. SPEAKER is a 4-pin keyed Berg strip.

  • Page 27: Back Panel Connectors

    2-4-2 Back Panel Connectors There are COM1/ COM2, LPT, USB and AT keyboard, PS/2 mouse on case back panel. Please refer to more details as below. COM1/COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9-pin D-subminature male connector COM1 and COM2.

  • Page 28: Lpt

    The onboard parallel port is a 25-pin female connector, marked as “LPT.” VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 29: Usb

    USB (Universal Serial Bus) Universal Serial Bus connector, marked “USB,” is used to connect USB devices. There are 2 USB connectors on this main board. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 30: At Keyboard

    AT Keyboard AT keyboard is a 5-pin connector. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 31: Ps/2 Mouse

    PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse is a 5-pin connector to connect to mouse connector. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 32: Atx Power Supply Connector

    2-4-3 ATX Power Supply Connector The main board supports standard AT and ATX power supply. ATX power supply connector has 20 pins, which is designed for ATX case especially. The ATX power supply supports the function of the “Soft Power On Momentary switch”...

  • Page 33: At Power Supply Connector

    2-4-4 AT Power Supply Connector The main board supports standard AT and ATX power supply. AT Power supply has 12 pins. Pin Signal Signal POWER GOOD 7 GROUND +5V DC GROUND +12V DC -5V DC -12V +5V DC GROUND +5V DC GROUND +5V DC VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 34: Jir1 Connector

    2-4-5 JIR1 Connector JIR1 connector supports wireless infrared module. With this module and application software like LAPlink, or WIN95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer data to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR, ASKIR, and Fast IR. Attach Infrared module to IR connector and enable BIOS “Infrared function.”...

  • Page 35: Cpu Fan1 & Fan2 Connector

    2-4-6 CPU FAN1 & FAN2 Connectors CPU fan is a 3-pin connector, and the main board supports 2 FAN connectors. As the main board supports hardware monitoring, the system can detect fan speed automatically. The user may refer to Chapter 3 “3-7 Integrated Peripherals”...

  • Page 36: Floppy1

    2-4-7 FLOPPY1 FLOPPY1 has 34 pins and is used to attach the floppy drive cable. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 37: Ide1 And Ide2

    2-4-8 IDE1 and IDE2 The main board supports 2 IDE connectors: IDE1 and IDE2. IDE connectors have 40 pins. IDE1 is the primary channel, and IDE2 is the secondary. Each channel supports 2 IDE devices, and 4 channels in total for this main board. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 38: Audio Connectors & Game Port

    2-4-9 J3 - Audio Connectors & Game Port J3 is a 26-pin connector connecting to the enclosed cable for Game, MIC, Line- in, Line-out. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 39: Vga Connector

    2-4-10 VGA Connector VGA connector is a 16-pin connector providing video functions. In the package, there is a back panel VGA cable connecting to this connector. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 40: Dimm Memory Installation

    2-5 DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board. Only SDRAM memory is supported and DIMM1 must be installed with DIMM module. Chipset can support maximum memory up to 1.5 GBytes. Insert the module as shown. Due to different number of pins on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown.

  • Page 41: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup The menu displays all the major selection items and allow user to select any of shown item. The selection is made by moving cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and press <Enter> key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function.

  • Page 42: Standard Cmos Setup

    3-2 Standard CMOS Setup 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. Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference.
  • Page 43 Hard Disk Configurations 1. TYPE : select from "1" to "45" to fill remaining fields with redefined values of disk drives. Select "USER" to fill the remaining fields. Select "AUTO" to detect the HDD type automatically. 2. SIZE : the hard disk size. The unit is mega byte(MB). 3.

  • Page 44: Bios Features Setup

    3-3 BIOS Features Setup Menu below shows all of the manufacturer's default values of this main board. Move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PageDown> or <PageUp> key to modify the parameters, pressing [F1] key to display help message of the selected item.
  • Page 45 External Cache Enabled(default): enable L2 cache Disabled : disable L2 cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up power on self test. Enabled (default): BIOS will shorten or skip some check items. Disabled: normal speed Boot sequence This category determines which drive the system searches first. Take “A,C,SCSI” for example.
  • Page 46 Memory Parity/ECC Check This item allows memory parity check function. :Enabled :Disabled (default) Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate. Enabled: enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. Disabled (default): disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming. The system bios will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard.
  • Page 47 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enabled: it allows you to install an enhanced graphics adapter card. Disabled (default): If your graphics adapter card does not support the pallette snoop function, please set at Disabled to avoid system malfunction. OS Select For DRAM> 64MB This option is especially set for OS2 operating system.

  • Page 48: Chipset Features Setup

    3-4 Chipset Features Setup VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 49 Bank 0/1(2/3,4/5) DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM. The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5. :SDRAM 10ns(default) :SDRAM 10ns, SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo SDRAM Cycle Length: control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing.
  • Page 50 AGP Aperture Size To select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 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.

  • Page 51: Power Management Setup

    3-5 Power Management Setup VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 52 ACPI Function :Disabled(default) :Enabled Power Management Choosing “User Define,” users can configure their own power management Item Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode User Define Disable Disable Disable Max Saving 10 Sec 10 Sec 10 Sec Min Saving 1 Hour 1 Hour 1 Hour Video Off Method...
  • Page 53 ** PM Timers ** Doze Mode :Disabled (default) :10Sec, 20Sec, 30Sec, 40Sec, 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 6Min, 8Min, 10Min, 20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour Suspend Mode :Disabled (default) :10 Sec, 20Sec, 30Sec, 40Sec, 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 6Min, 8Min, 10Min, 20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour HDD Power Mode :Disabled (default) :1-15Min...

  • Page 54: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    PNP / PCI Configuration Setup VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 55 PnP OS Installed :No(default) -- OS will not recognize PnP devices :Yes -- OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices Resources Controlled By : Manual(default) The table will show the below items: “Reset Configuration Data, IRQ-3 assigned to, DMA-0 assigned to.” The user can adjust the shown items as required.

  • Page 56: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals VT8501 Main Board...
  • Page 57 Onchip IDE Channel 0 :Disabled---Disable Primary Master PIO/Primary Slave PIO/Primary Master UDMA/Primary Slave UDMA :Enabled---Enable Primary Master PIO/Primary Slave PIO/Primary Master UDMA/Primary Slave UDMA Onchip IDE Channel 1 :Disabled---Disable Secondary Master PIO/Secondary Slave PIO/Secondary Master UDMA/Secondary Slave UDMA :Enabled---Enable Secondary Master PIO/Secondary Slave PIO/Secondary Master UDMA/Secondary Slave UDMA Primary Master PIO : Auto (default)
  • Page 58 Secondary Master PIO : Auto (default) : Mode 0 : Mode 1 : Mode 2 : Mode 3 : Mode 4 Secondary Slave PIO : Auto (default) : Mode 0 : Mode 1 : Mode 2 : Mode 3 : Mode 4 Primary Master UltraDMA : Auto (default) : Disable...
  • Page 59 Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled (default) : Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 : 2F8/IRQ3 : 3E8/IRQ4 : 2E8/IRQ3 : Auto (default) : Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 : 3F8/IRQ4 : 2F8/IRQ3 : 3E8/IRQ4 : 2E8/IRQ3 : Auto (default) : Disabled UART 2 Mode : Standard (default)
  • Page 60 Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7 (default) : 3BC/IRQ7 : 278H/IRQ5 : Disabled Parallel Port Mode Normal (Default) Choosing this item, another line is shown: Parallel Port EPP Type:EPP1.9 Choosing this item, there is another line shown: ECP Mode Use DMA: 3(default) / 1 Choosing this item, another line is shown: ECP/EPP ECP Mode Use DMA: 3(default) / 1...

  • Page 61: Supervisor/User Password

    3-8 Password Setting The "Supervisor/User Password setting" utility sets the security protection. There are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu : one is “Supervisor Password,” and the other is “User Password.” Their difference is: Supervisor Password: this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu.
  • Page 62 Step 2: Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing <Enter> . Confirm Password: Note: If you forget password, please clear CMOS. (refer to JBAT1 CMOS status ) Step 3: Set “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup” After setting password, enter “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup.” There are 2 options “Setup”...
  • Page 63 2. How to disable Password Setting Step 1: Go to CMOS Setup Menu (need to key in password first) Step 2: Enter Password Setting After enter, it shows “Enter Password.” Press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when "ENTER PASSWORD" appears. It will inform “PASSWORD DISABLED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUNE.”...

  • Page 64: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    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 correct disk type installed in the system automatically or you can set hard disk type to auto in the standard CMOS setup.
  • Page 65 The Award® BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. 1. Normal mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for normal mode are 1024, 16 &...
  • Page 66 3. Large Mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award® software. Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award® BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of large mode: Cyls.

  • Page 67: Load Setup Defaults

    3-10 Load Setup Defaults "Load Setup Defaults" loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The auto-configured settings only affect “BIOS Features Setup” and “Chipset Features Setup” screens. There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup. To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press the <Enter> key.

  • Page 68: Save And Exit Setup

    3-11 Save & Exit Setup The "Save & Exit Setup" option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes, you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 69: Quit Without Saving

    3-12 Quit Without Saving The "Quit Without Saving" option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All of the old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed. VT8501 Main Board...

  • Page 70: Chapter 4 Appendix

    Chapter 4 Appendix 4-1 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 Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000-EEFFF Available for UMB...

  • Page 71: I/O Map

    4-2 I/O Map 000-01F DMA controller (master) 020-021 Interrupt controller (master) 022-023 Chipset control registers. I/O ports 040-05F Timer control registers 060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042) 070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports 080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (slave) 0F0-0FF...

  • Page 72: Time & Dma Channels Map

    4-3 Time & DMA Channels Map Time map: Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channels: DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP (option) DMA channel 2 floppy disk (SMC chip) DMA channel 3 onboard ECP (default) DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available...

  • Page 73: Interrupt Map

    4-4 Interrupt Map non-maskable interrupt NMI: IRQ(H/W): 1. 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 2. 1 keyboard output buffer full 3. cascade for IRQ 8-15 4. serial port2 5. serial port1 6. parallel port 2 7. floppy disk (SMC chip) 8.

  • Page 74: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    4-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map RTC & CMOS : seconds seconds 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 shutdown byte floppy disk drive type byte hard disk type byte...

  • Page 75: Award Bios Hard Disk Type

    Award BIOS Hard Disk Type Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 10MB 21MB 32MB 65MB 49MB 65535 21MB 32MB 65535 31MB 65535 117MB 65535 21MB 65535 37MB 65535 52MB 21MB 65535 44MB 21MB 42MB 65535 59MB 1024 1023 62MB 31MB...
  • Page 76 Type Cylinder Heads Write Landing Sectors Size Pre-comp Zone 1024 65535 80MB 1224 65535 74MB 1224 65535 117MB 1224 65535 159MB 1024 65535 71MB 1024 65535 1023 98MB 65535 1023 87MB 65535 72MB 1024 65535 1023 89MB 1024 65535 1023 106MB 1024 65535...

  • Page 77: Isa I/O Address Map

    4-7 ISA I/O Address Map I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 000 - 01F DMA Controller 1, 8237A-5 020 - 03F Interrupt Controller 1, 8259A 040 - 05F System Timer, 8254-2 060 - 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 - 07F real-time Clock/CMOS and NMI Mask 080 - 09F DMA Page Register, 74LS612 0A0 - 0BF...
  • Page 78 I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 390 - 393 Cluster 3A0 - 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3C0 - 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 - 3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port 1 (RS-232-C) 6E2 - 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 - 793 Cluster Adapter 1...

  • Page 79: Chapter 5 Q & A

    Chapter 5 Q & A Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test (post), BIOS will automatically detect the system devices. Below is the questions that users may always meet. The user may press “Esc” key to skip the full memory test. 1.
  • Page 80 6. Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive. Check if the controller is set correctly. If no hard disk is installed, “Hard drive selection” must be set to “none.” 7.
  • Page 81 VT8501 Main Board...

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