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Contents ∼ Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Introduction Overview..................1-1 Main Features ................1-1 ∼ Chapter 2 Chapter 2 System System Setting by the Jumpers Setting by the Jumpers CPU Frequency Selection............2-1 Clear CMOS ................2-3 Memory Configuration...............2-3 Wide SCSI Selection..............2-4 SCSI Terminator Control ............2-4 ∼...
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Contents RAIDPORT, ISA1,2,3, DIMM1, 2, 3, 4 ........3-5 Narrow SCSI, Wide SCSI, ATX Power........3-5 ∼ Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Award B Award B Description Description Entering Setup ................4-1 Load Setup Defaults ..............4-2 Standard CMOS Setup ..............4-2 BIOS Features Setup ..............4-5 Chipset Features Setup ............4-7...
Introduction Introduction Overview P6I440LX/DP Legend IV is a high-performance and powerful dual Pentium II processor system, which provides on-board LAN for fast Ethernet network at 10/100Mbps, on-board Ultra Wide SCSI at 40MB/sec, RAID and health system monitor support. Using the PCI/ISA architecture, the system provides a highly integrated solution for fully compatible PC/AT platform, featuring the industry standard ATX form factor.
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Introduction System memory • Four 168 pin DIMM sockets, capacity of 8MB to 512MB SDRAM or 1G EDO space, 3.3V power supply • Support memory EC (Error Checking) and ECC (Error Checking and Correction) function BIOS • Licensed advanced AWARD BIOS, supports Flash ROM BIOS, plug and play ready On-board I/O •...
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Chapter 1 • SCSI terminator can be powered up/down automatically or by manual setting On-board LAN • Intel 10/100Mbps PCI to LAN controller 82557, NS DP83840A and DP83223V physical layer. • Auto-negotiation Green function • Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification and OS Directed Power Management •...
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Chapter 2 Chapter 2 System Setting by Jumper The mainboard offers a set of jumper settings to facilitate clock frequency adjustment and some important selections. CPU Frequency Selection According to CPU’ s specification, set CPUs clock speed carefully. The ® following illustration lists the jumper settings for the Pentium II CPUs: Speed Table...
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System Setting by the jumpers ® ® ® ® Pentium II 266MHz =4x66MH Pentium II 233=3.5x66MH JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5 ® ® Pentium II 299MHz =4.5x66MHz ® ® Pentium II 100=1.5x66MH JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5 JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5 ® ® Pentium II 133MHz =2x66MH JP2 JP3 JP4 JP5...
CMOS. Memory Configuration The P6I440LX/DP Legend IV mainboard supports up to four 168PIN 3.3V un- buffered DIMM, provides a flexible size from 8MB up to 512MB SDRAM memory or from 8MB up to 1GB EDO memory. The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations.
System Setting by the jumpers Wide Narrow Comment JP25 Mode Device Device present absent Wide The mode is decided absent present Narrow automatically by the All Open present present Wide SCSI Device installed absent absent Narrow or not. 2-3 Close ignore ignore wide...
Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 MainBoard Connectors MainBoard Connectors This section lists all connector pin assignment and port description on the main-board. The situations of the connectors and ports are illustrated in the following figures. Before inserting these connectors, please pay attention to the directions.
MainBoard Connector PIN NUMBER FUNCTION LED ANODE LED CATHODE Hard disk LED indicator should be connected JP26 to the LED of the front-panel. Speaker Connector(SPEAKER) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION SPEAKER- SPEAKER+ 1 2 3 4 Turbo LED Connector (TB. LED) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION LED ANODE LED CATHODE...
Chapter 3 IRRX IRTX 1 2 3 4 5 6 Controlled Fan Connector(FAN2, FAN3, FAN4) PIN NUMBER FUNCTION FAN+ Speed FAN4 FAN3 SPEED Note1: FAN4 for CPU1 installed in SLOT1. FAN3 for CPU2 installed in SLOT2. FAN2 for other FAN. - + S - + S FAN3...
MainBoard Connector CONNECTOR FUNCTION IDE1 Primary IDE Port IDE2 Secondary IDE Port FLOPPY Floppy Drive Port PRINTER Parallel Port UART1 COM1/COM2/COM3/COM4 UART2 COM2/COM3/COM4/COM1 USB1 First USB Port USB2 Second USB Port Keyboard For PS2 Keyboard PS2 Mouse For PS2 Mouse SLOT1, SLOT2 Slots for CPU1 and CPU2.
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Chapter 3 adapter. This RAID port option by adding the Adaptec ARO-1130 adapter can support: Bus Master DMA Up to 133 Mbyte/Sec Burst rate RAID 5, 1, 0 and 0/1 Fully Netware 3.11, 3.12, 4.x & WinNT 3.51/4.0 supported by Adaptec ISA 1, 2, 3 General using for ISA cards.
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MainBoard Connector Figure 3-01 Illustration I/O and slots on board 3 - 6...
Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Chapter 4 AWARD BIOS Description AWARD BIOS Description Entering Setup Power on the computer, when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Esc> keys. Press <Del>...
AWARD BIOS Description Load Setup Defaults The Setup Defaults is common and efficient setting. Standard CMOS Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight the item, then use the < PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ19) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
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Chapter 4 user-definable. If your hard disk drive type is not matched with drive table or listed in it, you can use Type “ U ser” to define your own drive type manually. If you select Type “Auto”, that means the system can autodetect your hard disk when boots up.
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AWARD BIOS Description All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error, but it will stop for all the other errors. Memory The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.
Chapter 4 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQI9) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled C8000 ~ CBFFF Shadow Pentium(R)II L1 Cache : Enabled : Disabled CC000 ~ CFFFF Shadow Pentium(R)II L2 Cache : Enabled : Disabled D0000 ~ D3FFF Shadow...
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AWARD BIOS Description C, CDROM,A • Swap Floppy Enabled It will exchange the assignment of A&B floppy drives. Drive The assignment of A&B floppy drives are normal. Disabled • Boot Up Floppy BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if Enabled drive is ready for diskette read/write during booting.
Chapter 4 (Secs): accessed by the system. Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ19) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Auto Configuration :Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time : 2 DRAM Speed Selection :50ns MA Wait State :Slow EDO RAS# To CAS# Delay EDO RAS# Precharge Time EDO DRAM Read Burst :×222...
AWARD BIOS Description • EDO RAS# DRAM RAS# Precharge time=3x system clocks. Precharge Time DRAM RAS# Precharge time=4x system clocks. • EDO DRAM Read × 3 3 3, The DRAM read burst timing depends on the type × 2 2 2, of DRAM on a per-row basis.
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Chapter 4 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ19) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management :Disabled ** Reload Global Timer Events ** PM Control by APM IRQ [3-7,9-15], NMI :Enabled Video Off Method :V/H SYNC+Blank Primary IDE 0 :Disabled Video Off After :Standby Primary IDE 1 :Disabled...
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AWARD BIOS Description into any power saving mode. But if APM is not installed, this option has no effect. • Video Off The system BIOS will only blank off the screen Blank Screen when disabling video. Method V / H SYNC + In addition to Blank Screen, BIOS will also turn off the V-SYNC &...
Chapter 4 you want to use Resume By Ring and Alarm. • IRQ [3-7, 9-15], Reload global timer. Enabled No influence to global timer. Disabled • Reset key Enable reset button function control. Enabled Disable reset button function control. function Disabled PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69JQ19)
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AWARD BIOS Description PNP OS Installed PCI IDE IRQ Map To :PCI-AUTO Resources Controlled By :Manual Primary IDE INT# Reset Configuration Data :Disabled Secondary IDE INT# :A Used MEM base addr :N/A IRQ-3 assigned to :Legacy ISA IRQ-4 assigned to :Legacy ISA IRQ-5 assigned to :PCI/ISA PnP...
Chapter 4 PCI/ISA PnP to ISA or PCI. • PCI IDE IRQ Map The BIOS will scan for PCI IDE PCI-AUTO devices and determine the location of the PCI IDE device. The BIOS will scan IRQ14 for primary PCI - SLOT5∼1 IDE INT# and IRQ15 for secondary IDE INT# at the specified slot.
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AWARD BIOS Description IDE Primary Slave PIO :Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO :Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO :Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA :Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA :Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA :Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA :Auto On-Chip Primary PCI IDE :Enabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE :Enabled...
Chapter 4 • Onboard Serial Port 3F8/IRQ4, Define onboard serial port address and required interrupt number. 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Disabled, Onboard serial port is disabled. Auto Set address and interrupt number automatically. • UR2 Mode Define Serial Port 2 as standard serial port Standard, This mode...
AWARD BIOS Description Fan Speed(fan2) :φRPM Fan Speed(fan3) :φRPM Fan Speed(fan4) :φRPM + 3.3V :3.30 CPU1 (+ 2.8V) :+2.80 V ↑↓→← : Select Item + 5.0V :5.00 ESC: Quit F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify CPU2 (+ 2.8V) :+2.80 V F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2 : Color +12.0V :+12.00 V...
Chapter 4 You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password. To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password.
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AWARD BIOS Description AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N Option Size Cyls Heads Precomp Landzone Sectors Mode 2(Y) 1049 1050 16 65535 1049 NORMAL 65535 1049 LARGE Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use “NORMAL”...
Chapter 4 Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformation during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, heads and sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,16 and 63. If user sets his HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that.
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AWARD BIOS Description OFF then ON or press the “ R ESET” button on the system case. You may also restart the system by simultaneously pressing < Ctrl >, < Alt > and < Del > keys. 4 - 20...
Appendix Appendix A. BIOS Upgrade Diskette You may use this diskette to update your BIOS when necessary. For the most update and additional information about BIOS upgrade, please refer to “README” in the “BIOS Upgrade Warning: Warning: Before you update your BIOS, you should look over the Before you update your BIOS, you should look over the “README”...
Appendix Appendix B. ® Retention Mechanism & Pentium II Processor Installation Procedures 1. Insert the two Retention Mechanism Attach Mount up through the bottom of the mainboard. Two Retention Mechanism Attach Mount 2. Place Plastic Guide with captive nuts on mainboard, then fasten all the four nuts. Plastic Guide with four nuts Window...
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Appendix 3. Install HSSBASE (Heatsink Support Base) on mainboard, then insert the two plastic pins through the HSSBASE to secure it to the mainboard. Small HSSBASE 4. Insert Pentium ® II Processor in Slot1. A - 3...
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Appendix 5. Clip Plastic Bar onto the HSSBASE through the fins on the processors’ heatsink. 6. The Retention Mechnism installation procedure is finished as below shown. Remark: Please skip step3 and step5 for Boxed Pentium ® II Processor and refer to relevant details of this kind of processor for your installation.
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Appendix Appendix C. The PCI Configuration Note Due to the PC Resource limitation, the main-board supports 4 PCI slots with 2 interrupt only. We do recommend to distribute the PCI interrupt as the table listed below. PCI Interrupt Resource PIRQ A PIRQ B PIRQ C PIRQ D...
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