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AV32 FC-PGA/PPGA Celeron and FC-PGA Pentium III Processor Based DDR/SDR Main Board User's Manual...
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The information contained in this manual is provided for general use by the customers. Trademarks Spacewalker is a registered trademark of Shuttle Inc. VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Corporation. Intel, Pentium is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL ..............5 Quick Reference ....................5 About This Manual .................... 5 1 INTRODUCTION ................. 6 1.1 TO DIFFERENT USERS ................6 First-Time DIY System Builder ..............6 Experienced DIY User ................6 System Integrator ..................6 1.2 ITEM CHECKLIST ..................
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Internal Peripherals Connectors Enhanced IDE Ports and Floppy Connectors .......... 38 Other Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector (J7)............39 Cooling FAN Connectors for CPU FANs (FAN1/FAN2), & Chassis (FAN3) .................. 39 SIR/CIR Connector (J2) ................40 Wake-On-LAN Connector (WOL1) ............40 Audio Connector TAD_In (JP3) (Green) ..........
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5 BIOS SETUP ..................47 5.1 ENTER THE BIOS ..................47 5.2 THE MAIN MENU ..................48 STANDARD CMOS FEATURES ..............50 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES ..............54 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES ............58 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ..............62 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP .............. 67 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ...............
WHAT’S IN THE MANUAL Quick Reference Hardware Installation >> Step-by-Step ..........Page 11 Jumper Settings >> A Closer Look ............Page 25 Software Utility >> How to Install ............Page 43 BIOS Setup >> How to Configure ............Page 47 About This Manual For First-Time DIY System Builder ............
1.2 Item Checklist Check all items with your AV32 mainboard to make sure nothing is missing. The complete package should include: ! One piece of Shuttle AV32 Mainboard J P 4 J P 5 J P 6 P G A 37 0...
2 FEATURES AV32 mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high perfor- mance and maximum intelligent features in a compact package. 2.1 Specifications ! ! ! ! ! CPU Support Support Socket370 package CPU with 66/100/133 MHz FSB. Intel PPGA/FC-PGA Celeron processors: 300 ~ 800+ MHz.
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! ! ! ! ! I/O Interface Provides a variety of I/O interfaces: " 1 × Floppy interface for 3.5-inch FDD with 720KB, 1.44MB, or 2.88MB format or for 5.25-inch FDD with 360K or 1.2MB format. " 1 × PS/2 mouse connector. "...
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! ! ! ! ! System BIOS Provides licensed Award BIOS V6.0 PG on 2Mb Flash EEPROM and supports Green PC, Desktop Management Interface (DMI). ! ! ! ! ! ATX Form Factor System board conforms to the ATX specification. Board dimension: 305mm ×...
3 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 Step-by-Step Installation Accessories Of AV32 Two 184-pin DDR DIMM Slots System Clock - J1 Two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM Slots Socket 370 FAN2 USB Wake-up - JP 6 K BMS 1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse R i c h T ek R T 9 2 3 1 C S 2 E V 1 Connectors...
Step 1 Install the CPU: P PG A CP U FC-P G A C PU ® MALAY Pen t i um RB80526PY5502 56 Q944A036-0393 SL 3R3 B lan k Leve r B lan k Notch Notch - 12 -...
Step 6 Connect Front-Panel Switches/LEDs/Speaker/Audio/USB connectors PW R_LED GLED EPMI PW R_ON JUSB1 JUSB2 U SB 5 & 6 U SB 3 & 4 S P K P W R _ LE D R S T H D D G L E D E P M I P W R _ O N L E D S P K...
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S P K P W R _ LE D R S T H D D G L E D E P M I P W R _ O N L E D S P K P W R _ LE D R S T H D D G L E D...
Line-Out Line-Out is a stereo output port through which the combined signal of all internal and external audio sources on the board is output. It can be connected to 1/8-inch Line-Out TRS stereo headphones or to amplified speakers. Line-In Line-In is a stereo line-level input port that accepts a 1/8-inch TRS stereo plug.
3.3 System Memory Configuration Install Memory: Important:You can choose 168-pin SDR SDRAM or 184-pin DDR SDRAM to boot, but the system doesn't start if you use both of them at the same time! Upgrade Memory: - 42 -...
5 BIOS SETUP AV32 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information even if the system power is turned off. The system BIOS is managing and executing a variety of hardware related functions in the system, including: System date and time...
5.2 The Main Menu Once you enter the AwardBIOS(tm) CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
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Integrated Peripherals Use this menu to specify your settings for integrated peripherals. Power Management Setup Use this menu to specify your settings for power management. PnP / PCI Configuration This entry appears if your system supports PnP / PCI. PC Health Status This entry shows the current system temperature, Voltage, and FAN speed.
! ! ! ! ! Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 catego- ries. 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>...
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IDE Secondary Master Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. IDE Secondary Slave Options are in its sub menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. Drive A/Drive B Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. "...
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****************************************************** IDE Adapters The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub-menu to configure each hard disk drive. IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press <Enter> to auto-detect HDD on this channel. If detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. "...
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Precomp Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk. " Min = 0, Max = 65535 Landing zone Set the Landing zone size. " Min = 0, Max = 65535 Sector Number of sector per track. " Min = 0, Max = 255 ****************************************************** - 53 -...
! ! ! ! ! Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing, and security. Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection.
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CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When you select Enabled, memory checking is enabled when the CPU internet L2 cache contains ECC SRAMs. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Processor Number Feature Allows you to make Pentium III Processor Serial Number enabled/ disabled.
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Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while a keyboard still provides this support, it is more common and much faster in setting to Fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
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OS Select For DRAM > 64MB Selects the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM in the system. " The choice: Non-OS2 or OS2. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM. However, it is optional depending on chipset design.
! ! ! ! ! Advanced Chipset Features This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.
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SDRAM Cycle Length When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer. " The Choice: 2, 2.5, or 3. Bank Interleave The interleave number of internal banks, can be set to 2 way, 4 way interleave or disabled.
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AGP Fast Write This item enables an end user to manually select the AGP output buffer drive strength. " The Choice: Enabled or Disabled. AGP Master 1 WS Write When this item enabled, writing to the AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) is executed with one wait state. "...
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System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h- FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any pro- gram is written to this memory area, a system error may result. " The choice: Enabled or Disabled. Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM , resulting in better system performance.
! ! ! ! ! Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. OnChip IDE Channel0 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support to two IDE chan- nels.
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Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE inter- face supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
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Onboard Serial Port1/Port2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports. " The choice: 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,Auto, or Disabled. UART Mode Select This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port "...
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EPP Mode Select This item selects the EPP Mode. " The choice: EPP1.7 or EPP1.9. ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode. " The choice: 1 or 3. Game Port Address This item selects Game Port Address.
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IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or mul- tiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can support. "...
! ! ! ! ! Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to most effectively saving 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) "...
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User Define Allows you to set each mode individually. HDD Power Down=Disabled or 1min.~15min. Suspend Mode= Disabled or 1 min ~1 hr. " The choice: User Define, Min Saving, or Max Saving. HDD Power Down When this item enabled and after the set up time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.
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Soft-Off by PWRBTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft-Off state when the system has "hung.". " The choice: Instant-Off or Delay 4 Sec. IRQ/Event Activity Detect Options are in its sub-menu. Press <Enter>...
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RTC Alarm Resume When this item enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. " The choice: Disabled or Enabled. Data (of Month) This item selects the alarm date. "...
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IRQ14 (Hard Disk) IRQ15 (Reserved) " The choice: Disabled or Enabled. - 71 -...
! ! ! ! ! PnP/PCI Configuration This section describes the configuration of PCI bus system. PCI or Personal Computer Interconnection is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at the speed CPU itself keeps when CPU 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.
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If you set this field to "manual" , choose specific resources by going into each of the sub-menu that follows this field (a sub-menu is pro- ceeded by a ">"). " The choice: Auto(ESCD) or Manual. IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of device using the interrupt.
! ! ! ! ! PC Health Status Current System Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert. This item indicates the current main board tempera- ture. Current CPU1 Temperature Since the mainboard support System and CPU temperature monitoring and overheat alert.
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Shutdown Temperature Select the combination of lower and upper limits for the system shut- down temperature, if your computer contains an environmental moni- toring system. If the temperature extends beyond either limit, the system shuts down. " The choice: Disabled, 60°C/140°F, 65°C/149°F, 70°C/158°F, 75°C/167°F.
! ! ! ! ! Frequency/Voltage Control CPU Vcore Select This item allows you to select CPU Vcore. " The choice: Default, - 0.05V, -0.1V, +0.05V, +0.1V, +0.2V, +0.3V, +0.4V. Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk This item allows you to enable/disable auto detection DIMM/PCI Clock. "...
! ! ! ! ! Load Fail-Safe Defaults When you press <Enter> on this item, you will get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to: Load Fail-Safe Defaults (Y/N) ? N Pressing 'Y' loads the BIOS default values for the most stable, minimal performance system operations.
! ! ! ! ! Supervisor/User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of them. The differences between them are: Supervisor Password and User Password The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes: Supervisor mode and User mode.
Password Disable If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted in entering the password whenever the system is rebooted or you try to enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Op- tion of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.
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