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SER’S More compatible, more functional and more competitive. Excellent quali- ty and faster response. MANUAL Supporting Intel PENTIUM III ® , PENTIUM II ® or Celeron ® Processors, Accelerated Graphics Port, Hardware Monitor (Optional), Pd Bus Master IDE, SDRAM. Quality, Performance Mainboards...
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overview Thank You for purchasing our High Performance PENTIUM III ® PENTIUM II or CELERON ® Mainboard. Our advanced technology mainboard is designed for processing speeds of 233MHz and 333MHz or above and is upgradeable for future processors. The Intel Mainboard Utilizes Intel's PCI chipset and their IDE Xcelerator provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two (2) high performance IDE interfaces for up to four (4)IDEdevices (hard drives, or CD-ROM's).
fast start installation Checking The Package Contents Remove the items from the box and make sure you have the following items before beginning. If you are missing any of the items below please contact the representative for a replacement part. This section will aid you in quickly setting up your series Mainboard, be sure to use caution to avoid personal injury and damage to wiring due to sharp pins on connector's and printed...
Step portion of this manual. The letters below describes the key Mainboard components. Page number in the right hand column will direct you to a detailed description of the component. Hardware Monitor GENESYS 520 CreateBXi-ATX, CreateBXe-ATX, CreateBXv-ATX, CreateBX3-ATX COMPONENT PAGE POWER SOCKET A- PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse Connector's .
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Mainboard diagram Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate “connector's” we will make reference to on the Quick Step portion of this manual. The letters below describes the key Mainboard components.
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Mainboard Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided diagram you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate “connector's” we will make reference to on the Quick Step portion of this manual. The letters below describes the key Mainboard components.
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Mainboard Before we begin installing your series Mainboard we have provided diagram you with a diagram of the Mainboard to help you locate the appropriate “connector's” we will make reference to on the Quick Step portion of this manual. The letters below describes the key Mainboard components.
6 quick CPU Cooling Fan Installation Diagram The recommended heatsinks for the Pentium II processor are those with three- steps pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard. J17 provides the +12 Volts D.C. for your CPU cooling fan.
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Installing the memory Attaching the power supply ribbon cable Memory is installed in DIMM Sockets 1-3 (F in diagram) as follows, using the chart on the following page. IMPORTANT: Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector. The four corners of the connector's are labeled on the motherboard.
FLoppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FLOPPY). Installing the mainboard into your computer chassis This is a 34-pin connector that supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable, After connecting the single end to the Snap black mounting pins onto the mainboard as shown. on-board “FLOPPY”...
Installing the AGP Video Card and Add-On Boards Make sure to align rear external I/O connector's with First read your Video card documentation for hardware and the corresponding openings in chassis shown below software settings that may be required to set up your specific (A,C &...
BIOS Set-Up AMIBIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Sets time, date, hard disk type, types of floppy drive. Monitor type, and if keyboard is installed. Advanced CMOS Setup Sets Typematic Rate and Delay, Above 1 MB Memory Test, Memory Test Tick Sound, Hit <Del> Message Display, System Boot Up Sequence, and many others.
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Type How to Configure SCSI Select Type. Select Not Installed to the drive parameter screen. The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI manufacturer should allow you to configure the SCSI drive. Select Type. Select Auto to let AMIBIOS determine the parameters. Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive parameters.
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CPU Configuration Setup Advanced CMOS Setup The system BIOS is capable to detect the CPU type, say Pentium II or Quick Boot Celeron. The user is only required to select the CPU speed. In addition, over- Set this option to Enabled to instruct AMIBIOS to boot quickly when the clocking option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run the CPU over computer is powered on.
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3rd Boot Device Boot To OS/2 This option sets the type of device for the third boot drives that the AMIBIOS Set this option to Enabled if running OS/2 operating system and using more attempts to boot from after AMIBIOS POST completes. The settings are than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard.
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CAS Lat. This option sets the latency period for the CAS signal. The settings are 2 CLKs or d3 CLKs. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are 3 CLKs. RAS Precharge This option specifies the length of the RAS precharge part of the DRAM system memory access cycle when EDO DRAM system memory is installed in this com- puter.
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Fixed Memory Hole AGP Common SERR# This option specifies the location of an area of memory that cannot be addressed Set this option to Enabled to permit a common SERR# signal for AGP and the on the ISA bus. The settings are Disabled, 15 MB -16 MB, or 512KB - 640 KB. standard PC bus.
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VGA Palette Snoop Bit Description Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device’s palette registers. Enabled Data read and written by the CPU is directed to the both the PCI VGA device’s palette registers and ISA VGA device palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both devices to be identical.
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PCI Slot1 IRQ Priority, PCI Slo IRQ Priority, PCI Slot3 IRQ Priority, PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots. The settings are Auto, (IRQ) 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11, in priority order. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are Auto.
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Green PC Monitor Power State Display Activity This option specifies the power state that the green PC- compliant video monitor When set to Monitor, this option enables event monitoring on the video display. If set enters when AMBIOS places it in a power saving state after the specified period of to Monitor and the computer is in a power saving state, AMIBIOS watches for display display inactivity has expired.
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Onboard IDE This option specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller. The set- tings are Disabled, Primary, or Secondary. Onboard Floppy Controller Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy drive controller on the motherboard. The settings are Auto (AMIBIOS automatically determines if the floppy controller should be enabled), Enabled, or Disabled.
Parallel Port Mode This option specifies the parallel port mode. The Optimal default setting is Normal. The Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled. The settings are: Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used. Bi-Dir Use this setting to support Bidirectional transfers on the parallel port. The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere in the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) specification.
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glossary About the Soft Touch Power Button In an ATX based system, the new soft touch power button P S/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector's replaces the main power switch that turns your system on and off. From an OFF state, you can switch the system ON by sim- The Mainboard provides two on-board PS/2 connector's, one ply pressing the power button.
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3.3V Memory Module Sockets (DIMM) PCI Add-In Board Connector's The Mainboard provides three 168 pin standard DIMM sockets for installation of 3.3V unbuffered Single or Double Bank ISA Add-In Board Connector's SDRAM modules. For ZX Series, two DIMM only. The Mainboard provides four 32-bit PCI 2 .1 compatible expan- Serial COM1, Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Connector's sion slots and two 16-bit ISA expansion slots.
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Flash BIOS WAKEUP-LINK Header The Mainboard provides a WAKEUP-LINK header used to con- The Mainboard flash BIOS provides users with more flexibility nect an add-in NIC (Network Interface Card) which has Wake- in upgrading their mainboards. The flash BIOS can be easily on-LAN capability.
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FOR BABY AT Mainboards ONLY AT Keyboard Connector Audio Connectors The Mainboard provides a on-board AT keyboard The ATX Mainboard provides Audio headers. connector. Audio Connectors S1 : Line Output S2 : Line Input AT Power Connector S3 : Microphone Input A 12-Pin power supplies provide two plugs incorpo rates standard +5V and +12V, each containing six The AT Mainboard provides Audio header for Audio Cable.
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The connector pin out signal definitions are described as the table below: Signal Name Signal Name 1 (USB1) USB +5 Volt 11 (USB2) USB +5 Volt USB Port 1- USB Port 2- USB Port 1+ USB Port 2+ Ground Ground No Connect No Connect 6(PS/2 Mouse)PS/2 Data...
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