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Zida GX3D-CM User Manual

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More compatible, more functional and more competitive. Excellent
quality and faster response.
MANUAL
Supporting Intel PENTIUM III
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, PENTIUM II
®
or Celeron
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Processors, Bus Master IDE, UDMA66, PC100/66 SDRAM,
Integrated VGA Display Controller.
Quality, Performance Mainboards

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  • Page 1 SER’S More compatible, more functional and more competitive. Excellent quality and faster response. MANUAL Supporting Intel PENTIUM III ® , PENTIUM II ® or Celeron ® Processors, Bus Master IDE, UDMA66, PC100/66 SDRAM, Integrated VGA Display Controller. Quality, Performance Mainboards...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    contents No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of MANUFACTURER.

  • Page 3: Overview

    overview Thank You for purchasing our new generation with best performance mainboard. Our advanced technologies mainboard designs for state of art processor and the processing speed of 233MHz to 500MHz or above. The system board can upgradeable for future processors. The SiS chipset integrates the high performance host bus interface, the DRAM controller, the IDE controller, the PCI interface, 2D/3D Graphics accelerator and video playback accelerator.

  • Page 4: Fast Start Installation

    Fast start Checking The Package Contents Remove the items from the box and make sure you have the installation following items before beginning. If you are missing any of the items below please contact the representative for a replacement part. MICRO ATX Box Standard Package This section will aid you in quickly setting up your series Mainboard, be sure to use caution to avoid personal injury and...

  • Page 5: Mainboard Diagram

    Mainboard diagram Before we begin installing your 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.
  • Page 6 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. GX3D-CM [ PCI Sound Onboard ] GX98-CM ( Without Sound Onboard ] POWER...

  • Page 7: Quick Steps

    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 provides the +12 Volts D.C. for your CPU cooling fan.
  • Page 8 Installing the memory Attaching the power supply ribbon cable Memory is installed in DIMM Sockets 1-3 (F in diagram) as follows. IMPORTANT: Make sure your main power switch is OFF or remove the power cord. Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the con- nector.

  • Page 9: Ide Connector

    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”...

  • Page 10: Installing Com2 Cable Connector

    Make sure to align rear external I/O connector's with Installing COM2 cable connector the corresponding openings in chassis shown below (A,C & G in diagram) The Mainboard provides a COM2 header for the Serial Cable ( Package Included ). First Install the cable header on the You can now attach the Front Panel mainboard COM2.

  • Page 11: Bios Set-Up

    BIOS Set-Up Award BIOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup Sets time, date, hard disk type, types of floppy drive. Monitor type, and if keyboard is installed. Bios Features 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.
  • Page 12 Type How to Configure Select Type. Select Auto to let BIOS determine the parameters. Click on OK when BIOS displays the drive parameters. Select LBA Mode. Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB. Select Block Mode. Select On to allow block mode data transfers. Select 32-Bit Mode.
  • Page 13 BIOS Features Setup CPU SPEED Setting The system BIOS is capable to detect the CPU type, say Pentium III or Virus Warning Pentium II or Celeron. The user is only required to select the CPU speed. In You can "Enable" or "Disable" this feature. When enabled, it will activate addition, overclocking option is provided for advanced users who prefer to run automatically if anything attempt to access the boot sector or hard disk the CPU over the specified clock frequency.
  • Page 14 Quick Power On Self Test Security Option This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to computer. If it is set to "Enabled", BIOS will shorten or skip some check items Setup.
  • Page 15 RAS to CAS Delay This field sets the RAS to CAS Delay timing. The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T. ISA Bus Clock Frequency This field sets the ISA Bus Clock Frequency. The Choice: PCICLK/4, PCICLK/3, 7.159MHz Starting Point of Paging This field sets the Starting Point of Paging timing.
  • Page 16 AGP Aperture Size (MB) Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The 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 17 IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus speci fication, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1).
  • Page 18 There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed PM Timers mode settings. 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.
  • Page 19 IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive (HDD). Enabled IDE controller uses block mode. Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode. IDE 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 interface supports.

  • Page 20: Glossary

    Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1/port 2 controller with which I/O address. The Choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. IR IRQ Address The Choice: Disable, 3F8H, 2F8H IR Mode This item allows you to determine which Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.
  • Page 21 glossary About the Soft Touch Power Button In an ATX based system, the new soft touch power button replaces the main power switch that turns your system on and P S/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector's 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.
  • Page 22 3.3V Memory Module Sockets (DIMM) PCI Add-In Board Connector The Mainboard provides three 168 pin standard DIMM sockets for installation of 3.3V unbuffered Single or Double Bank ISA Add-In Board Connector SDRAM modules. The Mainboard provides 32-bit PCI 2 .1 compatible expansion Serial COM1, Serial COM2 and Parallel Port Connector's slots and 16-bit ISA expansion slots.
  • Page 23 Flash BIOS WAKEUP-LINK Header The Mainboard flash BIOS provides users with more flexibility The Mainboard provides a WAKEUP-LINK header used to con- in upgrading their mainboards. The flash BIOS can be easily nect an add-in NIC (Network Interface Card) which has Wake- reprogrammed via software.
  • Page 24 Audio Connectors 370 CPU SOCKET The Mainboard provides Audio headers. The Mainboard provides a 370-pin Socket 370 CPU Socket for use with Intel Socket 370 Celeron processor. The CPU should Audio Connectors S1 : Line Output have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If a fan is not S2 : Line Input present, a fan should be installed prior to turning the system on.

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