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AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Cover Click Here Table Of Contents Click Here Introduction Click Here Hardware Installation Click Here BIOS Management Click Here...
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U601 Mainboard Series User Manual U601BL U601BV SOCKET 370 Micro-ATX Mainboard Version 1.x UM-U601BL-E1 Rev 1.0V Creation Date: 22 January 2002 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 1...
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If any of these items are damaged or missing, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance. Technical Support If you require additional information or assistance during installation please contact your dealer. Your dealer will be able to provide the latest information. Page 2 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
2.6. System Panel Buttons and LED Connectors ..........19 2.6.1. PW: Power On/Off and External Suspend Switch Connector ...... 20 2.6.2. SL LED Connector .................. 20 2.6.3. IDE HDD LED Connector ................. 20 2.6.4. Reset Button Connector ................20 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 3...
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3.11. Load Optimized Defaults .................44 3.12. Set Supervisor Password ................45 3.13. Set User Password ..................46 3.14. Save & Exit Setup/Exit Without Saving ..........47 Appendix A: Optional Items Page 47 Standard Infrared Connector ..............48 S/PDIF Connector ...................48 Page 4 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
Storage Temperature: -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F) Humidity: 0 to 90% non-condensing Altitude: 0 to 10 000 feet 1.3. Features and Specifications Processor Supports Intel® Socket 370 Pentium III Coppermine, Tualatin or Celeron (0.18μ/0.13μ) Page 6 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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DMI pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS. DMI, along with the appropriately net- worked software, is designed for easy inventory, maintenance and the simpli- fied troubleshooting of computer systems. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 7...
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One external DB-9 serial port connector: COM 1. One External LAN port (RJ-45). One SPP/ECP/EPP DB-25 parallel port. One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port. One mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port. One game/MIDI port. Three audio jacks: speak-out, line-in and mic-in. One VGA port Page 8 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
To install this utility, please insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive. The auto run screen (Driver Utility) will automatically appear. Click the Hardware Monitoring button, choose the chipset, model number and the OS that is installed. Please refer to the CD “Readme” file for further installation instructions. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 9...
ACPI Ready The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that support OS Direct Power Management (OSPM) for round the clock PC operation. Page 10 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
USB2 CN18 Game/Audio Port Audio/Game CN19 VGA Port CN35 LAN Port (RJ-45) These items are manufacture options. Please see Appendix A for fur- ther details about these options and how they can be obtained. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 11...
Before you start installing your mainboard we strongly recommend that you use a grounded anti-static mat. We further recommend that you attach an anti-static wristband, which is grounded at the same location as the mat, to your wrist. Page 12 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
Important: The DIMM’s can only be fitted into the slots in one orien- tation. Make sure that the DIMM’s are in the correct orientation and the pins are correctly aligned before you insert them. Page 14 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
When you are inserting your PCI card make sure that the pins are correctly aligned. When the pins are properly aligned with the hole’s in the slot, push down gently. 11 Pins PCI2 PCI1 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 15...
The cooling fans must be connected to their respective power connectors. If you have installed the hardware-monitoring feature you will be able to monitor the rotating speed of the CPU cooling fan in your Windows operating system. Page 16 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
Make sure the pins are correctly aligned. Find the correct orientation and push the plug down firmly. ATX Power Supply Connector +5VDC +12V +5VDC 5VSB -5VDC PWR_OK +5VDC +5VDC PS_ON# +3.3VDC -12VDC +3.3VDC +3.3VDC Pin 1 Pin 11 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 17...
USB ports available. The U601 mainboards have two internal USB connectors (CN30 and CN31). This enables you to use an extra two USB devices. Cable for these additional connectors needs to be purchased separately. Page 18 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
Pin 2 Power On/OFF and Suspend Switch +5V DC Pull Up Ground Connector Standby LED Connector Standby DC Pull UP Ground HDD LED Connector +5V DC Pull Up Ground Reset Button Connector Reset Control Ground AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 19...
Any read and write activity by the HDD will turn this LED on. 2.6.4. Reset Button Connector If you connect this connector, you will be able to reset you computer by press- ing the reset button at the front of the chassis. Page 20 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
2.8.2. PS/2 Mouse Connector. Connector: CN 2 Type: 6 pin female This connector only supports a PS/2 mouse plug. If a PS/2 mouse is de- tected then IRQ 12 will be directed to CN 2. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 21...
2 and 3, we say PIN 2 and PIN 3 are SHORT (see the diagrams below). Three Pin Jumpers PIN: 1 PIN: 1 SHORT PIN 1/PIN 2 PIN2/PIN 3 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 23...
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Insert the jumper cap on Pin 2 and Pin 3 for 3 ~ 5 seconds. Pull out the jumper cap and replace it on Pin 1 and Pin 2. Turn your PC on and run the BIOS setup program. JP1: Clear CMOS PIN: 1 2 3 Page 24 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
F10 : Save and Exit Setup Time, Date, Hard Disk Type ... Note! BIOS software is continuously updated therefore the BIOS menus and the descriptions that are given in this manual are for reference purposes only. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 25...
Hard Drive parameters. Move the selection bar to the IDE Hard Drive you want to configure. Press the "ENTER" key. If you select “AUTO” the system BIOS will detect the HDD type automatically. Page 26 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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3-1/2 inch double-sided drive 2.88 MB Video This field selects the type of primary video subsystem that is on your com- puter. The BIOS CMOS Setup Utility will automatically detect the correct video type. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 27...
PCs have an additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for faster access by the CPU. Page 28 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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L2 cache is accurate. Processor Number Feature If you have a Pentium processor onboard you should enable this option. This will alow the serial code of the Pentium processor to be published on certain applications. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 29...
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Typematic Rate Setting The keyboard controller determines the rate at which the keystrokes from the keyboard are repeated. If you enable this option then the typematic rate and the typematic delay can be selected. Page 30 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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These fields allow you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. Information access is faster through RAM than ROM. Therefore when you en- able this option you will enhance your system performance. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 31...
Some memory modules are unable to deal with short delay times. We recommend that you set this delay time between 2 and 3 CLK’s (the default is 3). If your system becomes unstable we recommend that you in- crease the delay time. Page 32 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher perform- ance controller, you will need to disable this feature. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 33...
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When disabled, PCI#2 will not be disconnected until access finishes (difault). When enabled, PCI#2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted with- out success. AGP Master 1 WS Write When Enabled, writes to the AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one wait states. Page 34 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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Disabled in this field. Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 These two selection fileds allow you to select the I/O address and correspond- ing interrupt for the first and second serial ports. Page 36 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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“enabled” setting should be retained. Sound Blaster If a Sound Blaster is going to be used then this field needs to be enabled. If you are not using a Sound Blaster then retain the default “disabled” setting. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 37...
Windows 98, that supports the ACPI function. During the installation of the OS, like Windows 98, you need to enter a certain set of parameters. For fur- ther details please refer to the OS user manual. (continued on the next page.) Page 38 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable. !HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 39...
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Video Electronics Standards to select video power man- agement values. 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”. Page 40 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 41...
Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 98. Page 42 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
This field will show you the current CPU Cooling FAN1 speed. Current Chassis FAN Speed This field will show you the current Chassis Fan speed. Vcore This field and the files show you the current system voltage. AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 43...
When "System" is selected in Security Option: Whenever you turn on the PC, it will request the user to enter the Password in order to boot up your system. Without the correct password, the PC system AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 45...
B. When there is no password stored in the "SUPERVISOR PASS WORD" 1. When "Setup" is selected in Security Option: Users can use the "User Password" to log into the BIOS setup program, and Page 46 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
This option will exits the setup utility without saving any of the values you changed in the CMOS RAM. If you do not want to save any of the changes, or settings you selected in the BIOS SETUP utility, move the selection bar to the AZZA U601 Mainboard Series Page 47...
The Sony Phillips Digital Interface, S/PDIF, connector is a digital interface that can be used to improve the quality of the sound output from your system. Top View of the S/PDIF S/PDIF data input signal Ground Page 48 AZZA U601 Mainboard Series...
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