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- Page 1 MAINBOARD User’s Manual REV: 1.01 Date: April - 98 * All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
- Page 2 FCC & DOC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules, operation is subject to the following two conditions. 1. This device may not cause harmful interference and, 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents INTRODUCTION..................5 Product Description ..................5 Item Checklist....................5 Features & Specifications................6 Board Level Feature..................7 Comprehensive Mainboard View ..............9 INSTALLATION..................10 Installing the CPU ..................10 Setting the Jumpers..................12 Connections....................13 Installing the Memory (DIMM) ..............19 Installing an AGP Card ................19 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP.............. - Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Save & Exit Setup / Exit Without Saving ............41 PCI Device Listing..................41 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS.............. 42 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY..........48 DMI UTILITY.................... 49 HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY............51 User’s Manual User’s Manual...
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Page 5: Introduction
INTRODUCTION Product Description This mainboard represents the highest level of technology available in PC Mainboards today. Designed as a flexible, high-performance and cost-effective solution for System Integrators and End Users alike, this mainboard provides the power and expandability to meet the requirements of the most advanced operating systems and software applications. This mainboard features “SLOT 1”... -
Page 6: Features & Specifications
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Features & Specifications Processor SLOT 1 support Intel Pentium® II (233 ~333 MHz) as well as Celeron ® processors, Chipset Intel® 440EX AGPset BIOS Award® PCI BIOS, support ACPI, DMI, Green PC, Plug-and-Play, Boot from CD-ROM, SCSI, LS-120, and ZIP devices Symbios®... -
Page 7: Board Level Feature
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Board Level Feature 1. ISA slots USB connectors 2. Keyboard BIOS PS/2 mouse connector (top) 3. Mainboard BIOS PS/2 keyboard connector (bottom) 4. PCI slots Power connector Intel® ® 440EX chipset 5. AGP slot 6. Infrared (IR) connector DIMM sockets 7. - Page 8 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1. ISA SLOTS: (3) 16-bit ISA slots. 2. KEYBOARD BIOS: Firmware chip controlling keyboard operations. 3. MAINBOARD BIOS: Award BIOS supporting “Plug and Play”, DMI, Green PC specification, on screen setup for Enhanced IDE and Multi-I/O. The BIOS is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility.
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Page 9: Comprehensive Mainboard View
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Mainboard View User’s Manual User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Installation
INSTALLATION Static Precautions Static electricity can be a serious danger to the electronic components on this mainboard. To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions: ü Don’t remove the board from its anti-static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case. - Page 11 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Installing Pentium II or Celeron ® ® ü ü Warning: It is required to use a CPU Cooling Fan to prevent the CPU from overheating. Install the fan first before inserting the CPU into the socket. Slide the CPU down into the retention mechanism and seat it firmly into the slot. Make sure the CPU is correctly oriented.
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Page 12: Setting The Jumpers
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on this mainboard to 3-pin Jumper 2-pin Jumper select various settings and features. A 2-pin Pin 1-2 Open jumper has two settings: Open and Short (or Closed). The jumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across the two pins, thereby Pin 2-3 Short... -
Page 13: Connections
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Connections Cooling Fan (J7) J7 is a small 3-pin Header Connector that provides 12-Volt power for CPU Cooling Fan. Plug in the fan cable to the connector. Pin-2 corresponds to the RED power lead as shown: G ND G ND CPU Thermal Sensor (JP12) For the CPU Temperature Monitoring function to work properly, you... - Page 14 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Soft Power Switch (JP9) Connects to the Power Switch featured on ATX case designs. This switch must be hooked up before the system can be powered on, unlike traditional “Baby-AT” designs where the power switch is located on the Power Supply itself. Note: Under the following two conditions, you have to press and hold the switch for longer than 4 seconds to power off your system, regardless of the BIOS setting.
- Page 15 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION System Function Connector Block (J11) Turbo Keyboard Lock Green Switch (SMI) Speaker Reset Pins [3 & 5] Turbo LED switch - The Turbo function is not supported by this mainboard. Therefore, the Turbo LED will always remain lit as long as the system power is on.
- Page 16 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION by Ring/LAN function from BIOS setup. (Please refer to page 31). This allows the modem to remotely power on the system or return it to full power out of suspend/standby mode. IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (JP4) The IrDA connector bracket hooks directly to this connector on the mainboard.
- Page 17 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Power State Function (JPX1) This feature will power-on the PC when power returns after a power failure. Set JPX1 to On (short) to enable this function. “PWRON After PWR-Fail” in the Power Management Setup must be set accordingly. Refer to pages 31 and 32 for more information.
- Page 18 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION IDE Hard Drives and CD-ROMs The on-board Enhanced IDE controller can support up to (4) IDE hard drives or other ATAPI devices, such as CD-ROMs. This controller, as with all Enhanced IDE controllers, consists of both Primary and Secondary ports. Each port has an associated connector and cable which can support up to (2) ATAPI devices each.
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Page 19: Installing The Memory (Dimm)
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Installing the Memory (DIMM) • This mainboard has two sockets available for 168-pin DIMMs. They must be 3.3 volt Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs (SDRAM) or 3.3 volt EDO RAM. • DIMM Sizes supported: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB •... -
Page 20: Mainboard Bios Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP About the BIOS The Mainboard BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) acts as the bridge between your Hardware (CPU, Disk Drives, Video, etc.) and Operating System Software (Windows 95, OS/2 and so on…) The BIOS Setup (also called CMOS Setup) is where many hardware configuration options are set and stored. -
Page 21: Main Menu
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Shortly after the system is powered on, provided a CPU and sufficient RAM are installed, you will see the message: Press DEL to enter SETUP. • Press the DEL key to enter the Award BIOS Setup program. Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. -
Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set. Information regarding the system clock, IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section. To enter the Standard CMOS Setup, press the [ENTER] key with this menu highlighted. - Page 23 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP disk parameters. Let’s take a look at the difference between the Auto, User and Types (1- 45) options: • Auto - This option instructs the BIOS to automatically configure the hard disk by reading the parameters (cylinders, sectors, etc.) directly from the hard disk’s firmware. Use this option if you are configuring a new hard drive, or one that has already been formatted using the Auto option.
- Page 24 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP • SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way. The hard drive settings in the Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to the IDE Controller. So, if only SCSI drives were installed, all these settings would be set to Type: None.
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Page 25: Bios Features Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup This menu provides access to more advanced BIOS configuration settings that deal with overall performance of the system and peripheral setup. This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security. - Page 26 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CPU Internal Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-1 Internal Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes. External Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-2 External Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes.
- Page 27 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Boot Up NumLock Status - When On, the NumLock key will be automatically enabled when the system boots. Auto Disable Unused Clock - When enabled, any clock not in use will be disabled to reduce EMI radiation.
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Page 28: Chipset Features Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Video BIOS Shadow - This option controls the location of the contents of the 32KB of Video ROM beginning at the C0000h memory location. The settings are: Enabled The contents of C0000h-C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution. - Page 29 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP installed. Here, greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips. DRAM Speed Selection - DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM timing registers. The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design.
- Page 30 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time - The recovery time is the length of time, measured in ISA BUS clocks, that the system will delay after the completion of an input/output request. This delay takes place because the CPU is operating faster than the input/output bus. Therefore the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of I/O transfers.
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Page 31: Power Management Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup This menu contains configuration options that reduce power consumption when the system is not in use. Other “Green-PC” compliant peripherals are also supported. Power Management allows you to configure you system to use energy most efficiently, and yet still in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. - Page 32 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Video Off Method - This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and SYNC+Blank horizontal synchronization ports, writing blanks to the video buffer.
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Page 33: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP System State When System State When Options Available Power Failure Occurred Power Returns Former-Sts Power up by Ring/LAN – With a modem installed, this item enables the modem to power on the system. With a LAN card installed, the Wake-up On LAN function allows the network to wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. - Page 34 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP This Setup Menu provides configuration options for the PCI Bus and its assigned resources. PNP OS Installed : No Slot 1 Use IRQ No. : Auto Resources Controlled by : Manual Slot 2 Use IRQ No. : Auto Reset Configuration Data : Enabled...
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Page 35: Load Bios Defaults
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP The on-board SCSI BIOS will not be loaded. If the SCSI adapter installed has its own The adapter’s own SCSI BIOS will be used. BIOS on board: The on-board SCSI BIOS will load and If the SCSI adapter installed doesn’t have control the SCSI adapter. -
Page 36: Integrated Peripherals Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Integrated Peripherals Setup This menu is used to configure the integrated IDE subsystem and other peripherals. IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type : EPP 1.9 IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto... - Page 37 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP • IDE PIO Mode - IDE Programmed I/O Mode - This PIO Mode Timing setting relates to the speed at which the hard drive is able to transfer data, up to 16.6MB/second for Mode 4 600 ns drives.
- Page 38 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Parallel Port EPP Type - Options are 1.7 and 1.9 (default ; IEEE 1284 compliant). User’s Manual User’s Manual...
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Page 39: Supervisor Password And User Password Setting
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password Setting Passwords can be set to provide protection for the BIOS configuration options, or to restrict access to the computer itself. When enabled, User Password will require all users to enter a password in order to use the system, and/or enter the BIOS setup (but can’t change its contents). -
Page 40: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters. The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk’s parameters. See also “Standard CMOS Setup”. Low-Level Format Utility This Award Low-Level-Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time formatting your hard disk. -
Page 41: Save & Exit Setup / Exit Without Saving
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PREFORMAT - Interleave - Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform low level format. You may select from 1 to 8. Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number, or select 0 for utility automatic detection. -
Page 42: Built-In Symbios Scsi Bios
BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS To provide easy to use and cost effective support for adapters using or compatible with the Symbios Logic 53C8XX SCSI chips, this mainboard features built-in Symbios SCSI BIOS. In most cases you should not need to change the default configuration of your host adapter. You may decide to alter these default values if there is a conflict between device settings, or if you need to optimize system performance. - Page 43 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Main Menu MAIN MENU Port ----------Status--------- NvRAM Level Current Next-Boot Found SYM53C860 FC00 SYM53C820 SYM53C825 FD00 SYM53C815 FE00 Change Adapter Status Adapter Boot Order Additional Adapter Configuration Display Mode = Terse Mono/Color Language Help Quit...
- Page 44 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Mono/Color - Allows you to choose between a black and white or color display for the SCSI Configuration utility. Language - English mode only. Help - Brings up a help screen with information about the Main menu. Quit - Exits the SCSI Configuration utility.
- Page 45 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Scan Order - This option allows you to tell the host adapter BIOS and your device drivers to scan the SCSI bus from low to high (0 to max) SCSI IDs, or from high to low (max to 0) SCSI IDs.
- Page 46 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Device Setup Menu When you select a specific device from the Device Selection menu, your computer displays the following Device Setup menu. The settings in this menu effect individual SCSI devices attached to the selected host adapter. Changes made from this menu will require a system reboot upon exit from the SCSI Configuration utility.
- Page 47 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Since some changes only take effect after your system reboots, it is important that you quit this Configuration utility properly. You should return to the Main Menu and exit via the Quit option. If you reboot the system without properly exiting the utility, some changes may not be saved.
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Page 48: Flash Bios Programming Utility
FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY Updating the Award BIOS Code is made easy with the AWDFLASH Utility. Since this mainboard features FLASH BIOS, it is not necessary to change the actual BIOS chip in order to upgrade the System BIOS. The user can simply re-program the old BIOS using the AWDFLASH Utility as follows: 1. -
Page 49: Dmi Utility
DMI UTILITY This mainboard supports the Desktop Management Interface (DMI), which is a new method of providing enterprise management for personal computers. The main component of DMI is the Management Information Format Database (MIF), which contains information about the computer system and its components, such as BIOS version/vendor, CPU speed/type, memory size/type, L1/L2 cache, port connectors (IDE, floppy, 2S/1P, USB, keyboard, mouse, ), slots …... - Page 50 DMI UTILITY DMI UTILITY User’s Manual User’s Manual...
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Page 51: Hardware Monitoring Utility
HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY The mainboard has an advanced built-in hardware monitoring feature to keep track of CPU temperature, system board voltage and CPU fan speed. When an abnormal condition occurs, the system speaker will BEEP to warn the user to trouble shoot the failed part of the system. Note: When an application is using the speaker, the user may LOSE the WARNING BEEP! The Hardware Monitor utility included with your mainboard is designed for Windows...