Cmos Rtc & Isa Cfg Cmos Sram; Speaker Connector Installation; Hardware Reset Switch Connector Installation; Power Led Connector Installation - Gigabyte GA-6BXC Manual

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surface when the CPU is installed onto main board.

3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM

There're RTC & CMOS SRAM on board; they have a power supply from

external battery to keep the DATA inviolate & effective. The RTC is a REAL-

TIME CLOCK device, which provides the DATE & TIME to system. The CMOS

SRAM is used for keeping the information of system configuration, so the

system can automatically boot OS every time. Since the lifetime of internal

battery is 5 years, the user can change a new Battery to replace old one after it

cannot work.

M Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.

M Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the

manufacturer.

M Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer' s instructions.

There is a speaker in AT system for sound purpose. The 4 - Pins connector

SPKR is used to connect speaker.

The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET function.

The system will do a cold start after the RESET switch is pushed and released

by user. The RESET switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be installed to RST

on main board.

System has Power LED lamp on the panel of case. The Power LED will light on

off or flash to indicate which step on the system. The connector should be

connected to PWR of main board in correct direction.

3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION

There are two-Enhanced PCI IDE ports (IDE1, IDE2) on board, which following

ATAPI standard SPEC. Any one IDE port can connected to two ATAPI devices

(IDE Hard Disk, CD-ROM & Tape Driver), so total four ATAPI devices can exist

in a system. The HD is the active LED port for ATAPI devices.

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