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HOT-687 PPGA Celeron processor Based AGP 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 registerred trademark of Shuttle Inc. Intel, Pentium is a registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PC/ATX is a registered trademark of International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation.
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Federal Communicationsr Commission (FCC) Compliance Notice This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy.
NTRODUCTION ® Congratulations on your purchase of the Shuttle Spacewalker HOT-687 computer mainboard. HOT-687 is a highly integrated IBM PC/ATX compatible system board designed to meet the industry's most demanding desktop applications. Based on the Intel 82440BX AGPset chipset which support up to 500MHz PPGA Celeron processor with MMX technology.
EATURES Specification The HOT-687 Mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance and many intelligent features in a compact package: Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems. CPU Support: Intel PPGA Celeron processor 300~500 MHz. Versatile Memory Supports: Supports three banks of normal or PC/100 SDRAM maximum memory size up to 768MB.
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Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE Controller: Two Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE Ports supports four IDE devices up to 33 MB/sec IDE transfers and supports Enhanced PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 devices. Onboard 20-pin ATX Power Supply: ATX power supply unit can connect to the 20-pin ATX power connector onboard, supporting Suspend and soft-on/off by dual-function power button.
ARDWARE NSTALLATION Install The CPU The Installation PPGA Celeron Processor HOT-687 mainboard provides a 370-pin ZIF Socket370 for Intel PPGA Celeron CPU. The CPU that came with the mainboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system.
Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins on the main board. The jumper's pin 1 on main board will be on the top or on the left when holding the main board with the keyboard connector away from yourself. Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Close (On) and for Open (Off).
Special Tip for User's Reference Only HOT-687 mainboard provides a special Jumper JP5 to overspeed your 66 MHz based Intel PPGA Celeron processor to 100 MHz when jumper group JP10 set to MANUAL. Normally, CPU Host Clock 100 ~ 133 MHz are not available for 66 MHz based processor no matter Soft-Configure or Hard-Configure.
Connectors Front Panel Connectors (JP11) Speaker Connector - SPEAKER PC speaker connector may attach a 4-pin PC speaker cable from the case to this connector. HDD LED Connector - IDE LED Attach a 2-pin IDE drive LED cable to this connector. The LED lights when an IDE device is active.
Back Panel Connectors Figure 2-6 COM1/COM2 Connectors This mainboard can accommodate up to two serial devices on COM1 and COM2. Attach each serial device cable to the DB9 serial port COM1/COM2 at the back panel of your computer. PS/2 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Connector Two 6-pin female PS/2 keyboard &...
Mic-In MIC-IN is a 1/8-inch jack that provides a mono input. It can use a dynamic mono or stereo microphone with a resistance of not more than 600 ohms. GAME/MIDI The GAME/MIDI port is a 15-pin female connector. This port can be connected to any IBM PC compatible game with a 15-pin D-sub connector.
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Audio Connectors SJ1/SJ2 MODEM/TAD IN/OUT Port SJ1 can be used to connect a modem audio line to HOT-687. You would use this connec- tor when using telephone answering machine software for input and output. SJ1: 1=PHONE 2=Ground 3=Ground 4=MONO CD AUDIO INPUT Port SJ2 is used to attach a CD-ROM audio connector.
Wake-On-LAN Connector - J11 Attach a 3-pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) function. This function lets users wake up the connected system through the LAN card. Enhanced IDE and Floppy connectors The mainboard features two 40-pin dual-channel IDE device connectors (IDE1/IDE2) providing support for up to four IDE devices, such as CD-ROM and Hard Disk Drivers (H.D.D.).
EMORY ONFIGURATION The HOT-687 mainboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sockets that make it possible to install from 8MB up to 768MB of SDRAM. The DIMM socket support 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB and 256MB 3.3V single- or double- side SDRAM DIMM. The three DIMM sockets are arranged in three banks of one socket each, Each bank pro- vides a 64/72-bit wide data path.
LASH TILITY This chapter briefly discusses Award Flash utility in order to guide you through updating your old BIOS. The file name we use to program here is test.bin, and the file name to save old BIOS is 687.OLD. Please note that those file names are not absolute. They are only examples to let you have a more clear understanding of the updating process.
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If “Yes” To save the old BIOS: 1. Please respond “Y”, and then press the ENTER key. 2. Move the cursor to “File Name to Save: “ 3. Type file name “TEST.BIN”, and then press the ENTER key. (Your old BIOS will be saved in the file name you create.
BIOS S ETUP The BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off. Entering Setup Power on the computer and press <Del>...
The Main Menu Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all items in a standard compatible BIOS. BIOS features setup This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced features. Chipset features setup This setup page includes all items of chipset features. Power Management Setup This setup page includes all items of Power Management features.
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Supervisor Password Change, set, or disable supervisor password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. User Password Change, set, or disable user password. It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup.
Standard CMOS Setup Date The date format is <day>, <month> <date> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar. Time The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24- hour military-time clock. For example. 5 p.m. is 17:00:00. Hard Disks Type This item identify the types of hard disk drives that has been installed in the computer.
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Video This item selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must matches your video display card and monitor. Although secondary monitors are sup- ported, you do not have to select the type in Setup. Error halt This item determines if the system will stop, when an error is detected during power up.
BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If an attempt it made, the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear. Afterwards, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done.
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Boot Sequence This item determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system. Default setting is A, C, SCSI. BIOS also support system boot from CD-ROM drive or SCSI hard disk drive. Swap Floppy Drive When this item enables, the BIOS will swap floppy drive assignments so that Drive A: will function as Drive B: and Drive B: as Drive A:.
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OS Select For DRAM > 64MB This item allows you to access the memory that over 64 MB in OS/2. Report No FDD For WIN 95 This item enable for report No FDD for WIN95 if No FDD install. Video BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM.
Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration The default setting of the optimal timings for items 3 through 7 for 60ns EDO DRAM modules. EDO DRAM Speed Selection This item set the EDO DRAM Read/Write timings that the system uses. When item of "Auto Configuration"...
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DRAM Idle Timer This item specifies the number of clocks that the DRAM controller will remain id IDLE state before precharging all pages. SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed, you can control the number of CLKs between when the SDRAMs sample a read command and when the controller samples read data from the SDRAMs.
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Passive Release When enabled, the chipset provides a programmable passive release mechanism to meet the required ISA master latencies. Delayed Transaction Since the 2.1 revision of the PCI specification requires much tighter controls on target and master latency. PCI cycles to or from ISA typically take longer. When enabled, the chipset provides a programmable delayed completion mechanism to meet the required target latencies.
Power Management Setup Power Management This item determines the options of the power management function. Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity; Min Saving is the same as Max Saving except the time of the system inactivity period is longer; Dis- abled disables the power saving feature;...
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MODEM Use IRQ This item determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use. The choice: 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, N/A. Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.
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Resume by Alarm This item determine the system will resume by activity of R.T.C. If enabled this feature and enter resume date and time. When date and time expire, system will power-on itself from power off. IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can turn On or Off monitoring of IRQ8 (the Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode.
PCI Configuration Setup PNP OS Installed When this item is set to Yes, it will allow the PnP OS(Windows 95) control the system resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices. Default setting is No. Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices.
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If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller, changing this allows you to specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C or D) is associated with the connected hard drives. Remember that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself, rather than individual partitions.
Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode This item is used to set IDE HDD Block Mode. If your IDE Hard Disk supports block mode, then you can enable this function to speed up the HDD access time. If not, please disable this function to avoid HDD access error.
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IDE Primary Master UDMA On this mainboard, Intel PIIX4 improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/ 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are Disabled, En- abled and Auto, Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Master UltraDMA33. Note : Your hard drive must also support UDMA for this feature to work.
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Hot Key Power ON Power-on by soft-on/off button and keyboard are available. The user may set power-on hot-key from <Ctrl><F1> to <Ctrl><F12>. KBC input clock This item to set the input clock to onboard keyboard controller. The options are 8MHz, 12MHz and 16MHz.
Password Setting This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the Supervisor Password and User Password. 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.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENT ..................2 1.SPECIFICATION ....................3 2.DRIVER INSTALLATION .................. 4 2.1Windows95/98 Driver Installatioin ..................4 2.1.1Installing FM801 Audio Controller Windows95/98 Driver ..........4 2.1.2Verifying the FM801 Driver Installation for Win95/98 ............ 8 2.1.Q3D Control Panel......................10 2.1.4Driver un-installation ......................
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SPECFICATION Features of FM801 PCI Audio Controller + PCI 2.1 Compliant + PCI Bus Power Management rev. 1.0 Compliant + PCI Bus Master For PCI Audio + AC97 ver. 2.0 Compliance + Microsoft DirectSound Complaince + Software 64-voice WaveTable Synthesizer support available + Native DOS Game Support without Software Emulation + Analog/Digital Joystick Interface + Legacy Audio compatibility...
Driver Installation The FM801 PCI audio controller has the following driver support, - Microsoft Windows95/98 - Microsoft NT4.0 - Native DOS The Win95/98 and DOS drivers were not just designed for the latest Microsoft compliance and direct sound games but also designed to support the legacy DOS SoundBlaster Pro compatible games.
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2. As Windows95/98 starts up, it will automatically detect the audio controller and start the driver installation. Winows95/98 will detect the audio controller as "PCI Multi media Audio Device " The Wizard will guide you to begins the driver installation. Click "Next"...
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5. Open up the folder or the directory that contains the driver and click "OK". 6. Press "Next" when the location is specified.
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7. Windows will detect the FM801 Audio/Game device when the driver has been properly located. Press "Next" again. 8. Windows now starts copying the files. Click "Finish" to finish the Audio/Game Device installation.
9. FM801 Joystick Device should be found again. This is the second part of the installation. Repeat the same procedures indicated above from step 2 to step 8). 2.1.2 Verifying the FM801 Driver Installation for Win95/98 1. Open the System Properties screen by right click on "My Computer " and selecting "Properties ".
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2. Click on the "Device Manager " tab. 3. Double-click "Sound, video and game controllers " from the hardware tree to verify the ForteMedia FM801 installation. You should see at least these four entries: FM801 Legacy Audio, FM801 Legacy Joystick, FM801 PCI Audio Device, and FM801 PCI Joystick Device.
2.1.3 Q3D Control Panel Q3D is a positional 3D audio technology provided by QSound Labs for use in accelerating current games with superb 3D rendering as well as featuring new output options and en- hancing acoustic environments for tomorrow's game titles. Positional 3D relies on access to multiple individual sounds in order to place them independently and dynamically in 3D space.
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- The Voice Manager allows users to choose for the desired buffers. - Mixing Options allows users to adjust the mixer and volume control.
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- Stereo Expansion is available with alternatives of adjusting the level of "Spread", the range of surround-sound to be around the listener, and "Center", the distance of the sound away from the play unit.
2.1.4 Driver un-installation 1. To uninstall the FM801 PCI audio controller drivers, first go to the Control Panel by clicking on the Start Menu, selecting Settings, and choosing Control panel . 2. Double-click the Forte Media Icon in "Control Panel ". 3.
Windows NT 4.0 Driver Installation 2.2.1 Installing FM801 Audio Controller Driver FM801 Wave, Mixer,and FM-Syn Driver Installation 1. Turn on the PC 2. To open control Panel, please open "Start" icon located on the bottom-left corner of your screen, and select "Settings", then go to "Control Panel ". 3.
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5. Click "Add" key as shown below. 6. An "Add" dialogue box is displayed. Select the "Unlisted or Updated driver " item, then click the "OK" button.
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7. An "Install Driver " dialogue box is displayed. Insert the driver in the CD-ROM drive. Search the directory in which the driver locates using "Browse", then click the "OK" button. 8. Select "D:\Audio\NT40\ " folder for NT4.0 driver installation.
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9. An "Add unlisted or update driver " dialog box is displayed. Select the "FM801 Wave, Mixer and FM-Syn" item, then click the "OK" button to finiah. 10. Select "Restart Now " to reboot your system to complete the installation proccess.
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2.2.2 Verifying the FM801 installation for Win NT 4.0 1. Open the Control Panel screen by clicking on the Start Menu, then selecting Settings, and then Control Panel . 2. Double-click on the Multimedia icon.
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3. Click on the Devices tab to bring up the software tree for multimedia drivers. FM801 should have installed five drivers as followed: - Audio for FM801 Wave, Mixer, and FM-Syn - MIDI for FM801 Wave, Mixer, and FM-Syn - Mixer for FM801 Wave, Mixer, and FM-Syn - Line Input for FM801 Wave, Mixer, and FM-Syn The following confirms a correct installation of the Windows NT drivers.
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2.2.3 Windows NT4.0 Driver Un-installation 1. Go to the Control Panel by clicking on the Start Menu, selecting Settings, and then clicking on Control Panel . Double-click on the Multimedia icon .
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2. Select "Audio for FM801 Wave, Mixer and FM-Syn " under Audio Devices in the Multimedia Drivers tree. Click "Remove." key. 3. Windows will require confirmation before removing this software driver. Click "Yes" if you wish to uninstall this driver. 4.
For Machines running DOS (without Windows) This package is intended for Machines running DOS with Windows as its operating System. There is DOS sub-directory in FM801 Software Package containing tools for DOS support. Installation Procedure for FM801 Device under Native DOS - Turn off your PC &...
Setup Utility The Autorun utility can be run either through CD AutoRun feature implemented by Microsoft Windows if properly activated, or one may run it manually by executing the Setup program provided in the driver CD. The utility will give users flexibility on driver installation. It can be used for the following purposes.
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3. Once you made your selection, the ENJOY THE DIFFERENCE! screen will show up for 2 seconds, followed by a Setup window which automatically runs the installation. 4. Once the files are done copying make sure you reboot the system to insure that the files are updated correctly.
EzAudio™ Software Application Introduction ForteMedia's EzAudio™ is a software application developed for the PC music lover through CD, MIDI, and WaveTable features. EzAudio™ provides the overall application-driven capacity in music listening. EzAudio™ consists of Power ON/OFF controller, CD player, MIDI player, and Wave (digital sound)player and recorder.
4.2 Activating EzAudio™ The proper way to activate EzAudio™ is: 1. Double click the EZ Audio icon in the task bar. 2. You will then see the whole appearance of EzAudio™ .
EzAudio™ Component Description - Power ON/OFF Control This component manages and launches the other components. The "Power" button acts as a power switch, when clicked, the EzAudio™ application will close itself. EzAudio™ also support the application minimization, so you may shrink it to the bottom of your screen.
4.5 PLAY MIXER - For volume control, click the MIXER button. The following Volume Control window will appear. - To adjust the Volume Control, or the applicable Wave/DS, FM-Syn, CD and Mic: - Move the corresponding Balance dial left and right - Move the corresponding Volume dial up and down - If mute is preferred on particular channel, click inside the corresponding Mute Box .
4.6 RECORD MIXER - The recording mixer is inside MIXER component. To activate it, first press the MIXER button. - Then the Master Volume control panel will show up. Press the Option item in the above frame as indicated in the following. - From drawdown menu choose the properties icon.
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- From properties control panel, highlight the "Recording " icon in the "Adjust volume for" windows. Choose the input source then press "OK", The Record control screen should show up in the screen. - To record, the "Select Box " has to be checked for the recording channels selected. If one prefer to record the entire source at same time, then the "Mix Balance "...
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