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- Page 1 The information presented in this publication has been carefully checked for reliability; however, no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks IBM,PC/AT, and PC/XT are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Intel and Pentium II are trademarks of Intel Corporation. AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents Chapter1: Introduction................. 1 Key Features....................2 Unpacking & Static Electricity Precautions..........3 Chapter2: Hardware Configuration............4 CPU Installation..................5 Installation Procedures................6 Mainboard Component Locations.............. 9 Connectors....................9 ATX PWR - ATX Power Connector............. 9 Software Power-Off................10 Modem Ring Power-On............... 10 Alarm Wake Up................... - Page 3 Chapter3: BIOS Setup..............Entering BIOS Setup..............19 Default..................20 Load Optimal Settings............20 Load Best Performance Settings..........20 Setup Items................. 20 Standard CMOS Setup............20 Advanced CMOS Setup............22 Advanced Chipset Setup............Power Management Setup............PCI / Plug and Play Setup............Peripheral Setup..............
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Page 5: Chapter1: Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction This mainboard is a 100MHz highly integrated high- performance mainboard based on the advanced ¨ Pentium II microprocessor and featuring the high-end AGPset chipset. The mainboard offers high flexibility in configuration and is fully IBM PC/AT compatible. -
Page 6: Key Features
Chapter 1 Key Features The advanced features of the mainboard include: Supports Pentium II 233~500 MHz and Celeron 266~333 MHz CPUs with Frequency at 66 or 100 MHz in Slot 1 for Micro ATX Form Factor; Provides 3 DIMMs for DDR/SDRAM/EDO memory modules and is expandable up to 768MB, selectable 66 or 100MHz clock speed for SDRAM when 100MHz bus clock is being used;... -
Page 7: Unpacking & Static Electricity Precautions
Introduction Unpacking the Mainboard & Static Electricity Precautions This Mainboard package contains the following items: This Mainboard and the Device Driver The Slot1 holder and AT cables This UserÕs Guide SPDIF/IN cable and VGA cable/bracket The mainboard is easily damaged by static electricity. Follow the precautions below while unpacking or installing the mainboard. -
Page 8: Chapter2: Hardware Configuration
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration Before you install the mainboard into the system chassis, you may find it convenient to first configure the mainboardÕs hardware. This chapter describes how to set jumpers and install memory modules, and where to attach components. -
Page 9: Cpu Installation
Hardware Configuration CPU Installation This mainboard supports Intel Pentium ¨ II CPU using a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot. Make sure that you have the following items (which should be included in the package) before doing any installation. All parts are labeled here with item numbers which will be refered to in the Installation Procedures section. -
Page 10: Installation Procedures
Chapter2 Installation procedures Follow the following steps in order to install your intel Pentium II properly. Step 1: Make sure that the mainboard is set the same direction as the following drawing before doing any installation. - Page 11 Hardware Configuration Step 2: There are 2 sets of small holes along Slot 1 of your motherboard: two on the top and two on the bottom. Snap the retention clip (2) right into those 2 sets of holes ATX PWR Item 2 Slot 1 If the retention clip is installed incorrectly, you will not be able to...
- Page 12 Chapter 2 Step 4: And then simply push the screws downward to secure the the retention clip. Push in to secure. Step 5: Flatten the two latches on the side of CPU. Insert the CPU into the retention clip. Lock the two latches to secure the CPU.
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Page 14: Software Power-Off
Chapter 2 Software Power-Off Follow the steps below to use the ÒSoftware Power-Off ControlÓ function in Windows 95/98 with ATX power supply. Click the START button on the Windows 95/98 task bar. Select Shut Down The Computer to turn off the computer. -
Page 15: J14(21, 22) - Power Button & Suspend Switch Connector
ATX Functions & Connectors J14 (21, 22) – Power Button and Suspend Switch Connector Attach the ATX Power Button or Suspend Switch cable to this connector. In the AT power system, this connector will act as a suspend switch; and in the ATX power system, this connector will be not only an ATX power button but a Suspend switch as well. -
Page 16: External Connectors Location
Chapter2 External Connectors Location Game port Parallel(printer) port (25-pin Female) MIDI PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard COM1 COM2 JK1 JK2 JK3 (6-pin Female) Serial Ports (9-pin Male) Line in Line out Sound ports Side View FDD - Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1/IDE2 - Primary/Secondary IDE Connector VGA - VGA Connector FAN1/FAN2 - CPU/System Fan Connector... -
Page 17: J14(2,4,6,8,10) - Keylock & Power Led Connector
Hardware Configuration J14 (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) – Keylock & Power LED Connector Keylock connector enables and disables the keyboard key-in function on the case. Description LED Output N.C. Ground Keylock Ground J14 (1, 3, 5, 7) – Speaker Connector Description Ground Ground... -
Page 18: Sound Pro Connectors
Chapter2 Sound Pro Connectors Sound and Game (on the External Connectors) Sound ports contains Line-in, MIC(Microphone), and Line-out(Speaker). Game port is also used as the Joystic. CD1/CD2 - Analog Audio for Sony/Panasonic Connect to " AUDIO " on the CD-ROM drive, and the signal for Panasonic jack is G-S-G-S and S-G-G-S for sony J16 - Digital Audio IN Connect Digital Audio IN to "DIGITAL AUDIO"... -
Page 19: Jumper Settings
Hardware Configuration Jumper Settings J3 - CMOS RAM Clear Selector Description Setting Normal Mode Clear CMOS (while shipping) Note: 1. Make sure the jumper is set to Normal Mode before use. 2. Once you need to cleare the CMOS, make sure your system is truned off and the power core is unplugged. -
Page 20: Memory Installation
Chapter 2 Memory Installation The mainboard lets you add up to 768MB of system memory through DIMM sockets on the board. Three DIMM sockets are divided into three banks: Bank 0, Bank 1, and Band 2. The mainboard supports the following memory configurations. -
Page 22: Chapter3: Bios Setup
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter explains how to configure the mainboardÕs BIOS setup program. The setup program provided with the mainboard is the BIOS from AMI. After you have configured the mainboard and have assembled the components, turn on the computer and run the software setup to ensure that the system information is correct. -
Page 24: Default
Chapter 3 Default Every option in the BIOS Setup contains two default values: Best default and the Optimal default value. Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings The Optimal default values provide optimum system settings for all devices and system features. Auto Configuration with Best Performance Settings The Best default values provide best performance settings for all devices and system features, however depending on the devices used, these settings are not... - Page 25 BIOS Setup Pri Master; Choose these options to configure the hard disk Pri Slave; drive named in the option. When you click on Sec Master; an option, the following parameters are listed: Sec Slave Type, LBA/Large Mode, Block Mode, 32Bit Mode, and PIO Mode.
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Page 26: Advanced Cmos Setup
Chapter 3 Advanced CMOS Setup Choosing the item from the BIOS Setup main menu. All Advanced Setup options are described in this section. Quick Boot Set this option to Enabled BIOS to boot within 5 seconds. 1st Boot Device; Set these options to select the boot sequence 2nd Boot Device;... - Page 27 BIOS Setup Password Check This option specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. The settings are: Setup: The password prompt appears only when an end user attempts to run BIOS Setup. Always: A password prompt appears every time the computer is powered on or rebooted.
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Page 28: Advanced Chipset Setup
Chapter 3 C000, 32K Shadow; The settings are: C800, 16K Shadow; Disabled: The specified ROM is not copied to CC00, 16K Shadow; RAM. D000, 16K Shadow; Enabled: The contents of the ROM area are D400, 16K Shadow; not only copied from ROM to RAM D800, 16K Shadow;... - Page 29 BIOS Setup A.G.P. Aperture Set this option to select the memory-mapped, Size graphics data structures can reside in the Graphics Aperture. Use the default setting. DRAM Around Set this option to Enabled the around write Write function for used DRAM. Speculative Read Set this option to Enabled the speculative read function.
- Page 30 Chapter 3 PCI Frame Buffer Set this option to Enabled the USWC for PCI USWC frame buffer. USB Function Set this option to Enabled the system BIOS USB (Universal Serial Bus) functions. USB Keyboard Set this option to Enabled the USB keyboard Legacy Support to support DOS mode.
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Page 31: Power Management Setup
BIOS Setup Power Management Setup Choosing the item from BIOS Setup main menu. Power Set this option to enable power management Management/ features and APM (Advanced Power Management). Green PC Monitor This option specifies the power state that the Power State green PC-compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power savings state after the specified period of display... - Page 32 Chapter 3 Display Activity; When set to Yes, these options enable event IRQ3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, monitoring on the specified hardware interrupt 11, 13, 14, 15 request line and the comprter is in a power saving state, BIOS watches for activity on the specified IRQ line.
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Page 33: Pci / Plug And Play Setup
BIOS Setup PCI / Plug and Play Setup Choose the item from the BIOS Setup main menu. Plug and Play Set this option to Yes if the operation system in Aware OS this computer is aware of and follows the Plug and Play specification. -
Page 34: Peripheral Setup
Chapter 3 Pri. , Sec. OffBoard These two options specify the PCI interrupt used PCI IDE IRQ by the primary (or secondary) IDE channel on the offboard PCI IDE controller. DMA Channel 0, 1, These options specify the bus that the specified 3, 5, 6, 7 DMA channel is used on. -
Page 35: Hardware Monitor
BIOS Setup OnBoard Serial This option to specify the base I/O port address Port2 of serial port 2. OnBoard Ir Port This option to specify serial port 1/2 for IR function. Ir Mode Set this option to specify the IR mode, HPSIR or ASKIR. -
Page 36: Change Supervisor Password
Chapter 3 Change Supervisor Password This item lets you configure the system password which is required every time when the system boots up or an attempt is made to enter the Setup program. The password cannot be longer than six characters. Note: Keep a safe record of the new password.
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