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  • Page 1 OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS, OR FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, EVEN IF SOLTEK COMPUTER INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ----------------------------------------1 Features -----------------------------------------------------------------------------1 CPU ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1 Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------1 L2 Cache ----------------------------------------------------------------------1 Main Memory ----------------------------------------------------------------1 BIOS---------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Super I/O Function ----------------------------------------------------------2 Sound chip Features----------------------------------------------------------2 Other Functions --------------------------------------------------------------3 Mainboard Layout with Default Settings ---------------------------------------4 Chapter 2: Hardware Setup -----------------------------------5 CPU Type Jumper Configuration ----------------------------------------------- 5 CPU 4.5X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 5 PPGA Celeron370 –300A/66MHz------ -------------------------------------- 5 CPU 5.0X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 6...
  • Page 4 J2:Onboard VGA chip Enabled/Disabled----------------------------------10 JP10,:VGA Memory Select----------------------------------------------11 JP1: Clear CMOS Data---------------------------------------------------------11 JP5:Onboard Sound Chip Enabled/Disabled ---------------------------------12 JP3/JP4:Sound Amplifier Control (Speaker/Line Out)--------------------12 Sound connector----------------------------------------------------------13 J 5 / J 6 : C D - R o m A u d i o C o n n e c t o r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 G a m e / M I D I P o r t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 M i c : M i c r o p h o n e J a c k - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 L i n e i n : A u d i o i n J A C K - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3...
  • Page 5 Boot Sequence --------------------------------------------------------- 22 Swap Floppy Drive ---------------------------------------------------------- 22 Boot Up Floppy Seek ---------------------------------------------------------- 22 Boot Up NumLock Status -------------------------------------------------------- 22 Memory Parity check-------------------------------------------------------- 22 Typematic Rate Setting -------------------------------------------------------- 22 Typematic Rate(Chars/Sec) ------------------------------------------------------ 22 Typematic Rate(See) ------------------------------------------------------- 22 Security Option------------------------------------------------------- 23 PCI/VGA palette Snoop------------------------------------------------------- 23 Assign IRQ for VGA------------------------------------------------------- 23 OS Select for DRAM>64MB----------------------------------------------------- 23...
  • Page 6 PM Control by APM------------------------------------------------------ 29 Video Off Option------------------------------------------------------- 29 Video Off Method------------------------------------------------------ 30 Switch Function----------------------------------------------------- 30 Doze Speed(div by)------------------------------------------------------ 30 Stubby Speed(div by)------------------------------------------------------ 30 MODEM Use IRQ---------------------------------------------------------------- 31 Hot Key Power Off----------------------------------------------------------- 31 PM Timers-------------------------------------------------------------- 31 HDD Off After------------------------------------------------------ 31 Doze Mode------------------------------------------------------ 31 Standby Mode------------------------------------------------------ 31 Suspend Mode--------------------------------------------------------- 32...
  • Page 7 Onboard FDD Controller------------------------------------------------------- 40 Onboard Serial Port 1/ Port 2------------------------------------------------ 40 IR Address Select------------------------------------------------------------ 40 IR Mode-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 IR IRQ Select-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Onboard Parallel Port 1------------------------------------------------------- 41 Parallel PORT Mode------------------------------------------------------ 41 ECP Mode Use DAM------------------------------------------------------- 41 USB Controller-------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 Init Display First------------------------------------------------------------------- 41 VGA Shared Memory Size------------------------------------------------------- 42 Current CPUFN1/2 Speed-------------------------------------------------------- 42 IN0~IN3------------------------------------------------------------------- 42...
  • Page 9: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Features 1. Supports Intel PPGA Celeron 370 CPUs using Socket 370 at 300MHz ~ 800MHz 2. Supports CPU voltage autodetect circuit Chipset 1. SIS 620 chipset 2. PCI Rev 2.2, 5V, 33MHz interface compliant 3. Supports 66/133 MHz, 3.3V AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) slot@AGP Rev 2.0 compliant 4.
  • Page 10: Bios

    BIOS 1. AWARD Plug and Play BIOS 2. Supports Advanced Power Management and ACPI Function 3. Flash Memory for easy upgrade Super I/O Function 1. Integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller with two USB ports. 2. Supports 2 IDE channels with 4IDE devices (including ZIP/LS-120 devices) 3.
  • Page 11: Other Functions

    Other Functions 1. ATX size 22cm x 24.5cm 2. 3 PCI Master slots, 1 ISA slots 4. Supports SCSI/CD-ROM Boot function 5. Supports jumperless setting 6. Supports 66/68/75/83/100/105/112MHz Bus Clock(from Bios) 7. Supports Wake On Lan (WOL) function. ** 8. Supports keyboard power on function. 9.
  • Page 12: Mainboard Layout With Default Settings

    Mainboard Layout with Default Settings The default settings of the following figure is for the PPGA Celeron 370- 300A/66 Figure 1-1. Motherboard Layout...
  • Page 13: Chapter 2: Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2 Hardware Setup There are two ways to set the CPU speed: 1. Use DIP switch jumpers (hardware): SW1 2. Use BIOS (jumperless): Refer to BIOS “CHIPSET FEATURE SETUP ” section for detail description. CPU Type Jumper Configuration CPU 4.5X Clock Setting PPGA Celeron 370-300A/66MHz Figure 2-1CPU Type Configuration...
  • Page 14: Cpu 5.0X Clock Setting

    CPU 5.0X Clock Setting PPGA Celeron 370-333/66 MHz Figure 2-2 CPU Type Configuration CPU 5.5X Clock Setting PPGA Celeron 370–366/66 MHz Figure 2-3 CPU Type Configuration...
  • Page 15: Cpu 6.0X Clock Setting

    CPU 6.0X Clock Setting PPGA Celeron 370-400/66 MHz Figure 2-4 CPU Type Configuration CPU 6.5X Clock Setting PPGA Celeron 370-433/66 MHz Figure 2-5 CPU Type Configuration...
  • Page 16: System Memory Configuration

    System Memory Configuration This SIS620 motherboard supports 168 pin DIMM of, 16Mb, 64Mb, 128Mb and 256Mb to form a memory size between 8MB to 1.5GB(SDRAM). SIS620 chipsets provide “Table- Free” function, but do remember that the DRAM must be 3.3V Unbuffered and 4 clock type.
  • Page 17: Jumper Settings

    Jumper Settings FAN 1~2: Onboard FAN (12V) Connector FAN# Function FAN1 CPU FAN FAN2 Power FAN SW1 1~4: Bus Ratio Select...
  • Page 18: Sw1 5~8:Cpu Host Clock Select

    SW1 5-8:CPU HOST clock select HOST HOST SW1 5~8 SW1 5~8 CLOCK CLOCK 66MHz 100MHz 75MHz 105MHz 83MHz 112MHz J2: Onboard VGA chip Enabled/Disabled Onboard VGA Chip Enabled(default) Disabled (or use external VGA)
  • Page 19: Jp10,:Vga Memory Select

    J10: VGA Memory Select VGA Memory Select Use System memory (UMA) Use SDRAM(8MB) (only for 65GS8) JP1: Clear CMOS Data Clear the CMOS memory by shorting this jumper momentarily; then remove the cap to retain new settings. CMOS Data Clear Data Retain Data (default)
  • Page 20: Jp5:Onboard Sound Chip Enabled/Disabled

    JP5: Onboard Sound Chip Enabled/Disabled This jumper allows user to control onboard sound chip Function. Sound Chip Disabled Enabled (default) JP3/JP4: Sound Amplifier Control (Speaker/Line Out) Sound Amplifier JP3/JP4 Speaker Out (w/i amplifier) (default) Line Out (w/o amplifier)
  • Page 21: Sound Connector

    Sound Connector: J5/J6: CD-ROM Audio Connector Connect J5/J6 to the CD-ROM Audio Connector. Game/MIDI port Connect the joystick or MIDI to this connector. Mic:Microphone Jack Line in: Audio in Jack Speaker Out/Line Out: Audio Out Jack Use JP3/JP4 to control speaker out or line out. IDE LED Activity Light: (J8 pin1-4) This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator light on the case.
  • Page 22: Speaker Connector(J9 Pin1-4)

    Speaker Connector (J9 pin1-4) The speaker connector is a 4-pin connector for connecting the system and the speaker. (See the following drawing for jumper position.) Reset Switch (J9 pin5, 6) The system board has a 2-pin connector for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch.
  • Page 23: Turbo Led (J9Pin14,15)

    Turbo LED (J9 pin14, 15) Connect the case’s turbo LED to this connector.
  • Page 24: J8 Switch Signal Summary

    J8 Switch Signal Summary Signal Description HDD LED Signal HDD LED Connector HDD LED Signal N.C. No Connection Infrared Transmit Signal Infrared Receive Signal Infrared Connector (low speed) Infrared Receive Signal (high speed) N.C. No Connection Power Switch(for ATX Power) SLEEP Sleep Signal J9 Switch Signal Summary...
  • Page 25: Chapter 3: Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup This SIS620 motherboard comes with the AWARD BIOS from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the Award BIOS program Main Menu by: 1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message will appear: PRESS <DEL>...
  • Page 26: Standard Cmos Setup

    3. Using the arrows on your keyboard, select an option, and press <Enter>. Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in your system. 4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing <ESC> . 5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your changes and reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING”...
  • Page 27: Date(Mm:dd:yy)

    A short description of the screen options is as follows: Date (mm:dd:yy) Set the current date and time. Time (hh:mm:ss) Primary This field records the specifications (Secondary) for all non-SCSI hard disk drives Master/Slave installed in your system. Refer to the respective documentation on how to install the drives.
  • Page 28: Bios Features Setup

    BIOS Features Setup BIOS Features Setup allows you to improve your system performance or set up system features according to your preference. Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows: 1. Choose “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6INSN9) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 29: External Cache

    A short description of screen options follows: Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear if there is anything attempting to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled: No warning message will appear when there is something attempting to access the boot sector or...
  • Page 30: Boot Sequence

    Boot Sequence Default is “A, C, SCSI” This option determines which drive to look at first for an operating system. Swap Floppy Drive Choose Enabled or Disabled (default). This option swaps floppy drive assignments when it is enabled. Boot Up Floppy Enabled (default): During POST, Seek BIOS checks the track number of the...
  • Page 31: Security Option

    Security Option Choose System or Setup (default). This option prevents unauthorized system boot-up or use of BIOS Setup. PCI/VGA palette Choose Enabled or Disabled Snoop (default). It determines whether or not the MPEG ISA cards can work with PCI/VGA. Assign IRQ for Choose Enabled (default) or Disabled.
  • Page 32: Chipset Features Setup

    Chipset Features Setup Chipset Features Setup changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control the system options. Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows: 1. Choose “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 33: Ras Precharge Time

    RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles Time it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data. The Choice: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T. When DRAM is refreshed, both rows RAS to CAS Delay...
  • Page 34: System Bios Cacheable

    CPU to PCI Burst Select enabled permits PCI burst memory Mem. WR write cycles, for faster performance. When disabled, performance is slightly slower, but more reliable. Choices are Enabled, Disabled. System BIOS Choose Enabled or Disabled Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH is cached.
  • Page 35: Concurrent Function(Mem)

    Concurrent When enabled, CPU access memory cycles and Function [MEM] access memory cycles can be PCI masters concurrently issued onto host bus and PCI bus, respectively, and then the memory access cycles will be rearranged by SiS620 to memory sequentially. When disabled, either CPU or PCI masters starts memory access cycle will block the other one's cycle until the current cycle is finished.
  • Page 36: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Setup Power Management Setup sets the system’s power saving functions. 1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled VGA Activity...
  • Page 37 Disable No power management. Disables all four modes Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Min. Power Saving Standby Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU’s.
  • Page 38: Switch Function

    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 horizontal SYNC+Blank synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. This option only writes blanks to the video Blank Screen buffer.
  • Page 39: Modem Use Irq

    Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line MODEM Use assigned to the modem (if any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system. The choice: 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA. Hot Key Select Enabled if your system has a hot Power Off key for soft power off.
  • Page 40: Suspend Mode

    Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off. PM Events You may disable activity monitoring of some common I/O events and interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system. The default wake-up event is keyboard activity.
  • Page 41: Irq(3-7,9-15),Nmi Irq 8 Break Suspend

    The following is a list of IRQ’s, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. 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.
  • Page 42 Power Up by When you select Enabled, the following Alarm fields appear. They let you set the alarm that returns the system to Full On state. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. 3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or disregard your settings.
  • Page 43: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    PnP/PCI Configuration Setup PnP/PCI Configuration Setup configures the PCI bus slots. Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows: 1. Choose “PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 44: Resource Controlled By

    Resource controlled by The 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 Win95/98. The choice: Auto, Manual.
  • Page 45: Dma-#Assigned To

    DMA-# assigned to When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt: Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original specification, requiring a specific interrupt ( such as IRQ4 for serial port 1).
  • Page 46 disregard your settings.
  • Page 47: Integrated Peripherals

    Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals option changes the values of the chipset registers. These registers control system options in the computer. 1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
  • Page 48: Ide Primary Master/Slave Pio

    IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input / Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device.
  • Page 49: Ide Hdd Block Mode

    IDE HDD Block Mode The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary and/or secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface IDE interface.
  • Page 50: Ir Mode

    IR Mode Select IR Mode. Choices are: HP SIR, ASKIR. Select IRQ for IR. Choices are: IRQ3, IR IRQ Select IRQ4, IRQ10, IRQ11. This item allows you to determine access Onboard onboard parallel port controller with Parallel Port 1 which I/O address. The choice: 3BC/IRQ7, 378/IRQ7, 278/IRQ5, Disabled.
  • Page 51: Vga Shared Memory Size

    Specify the size of system memory to VGA Shared allocate for video memory, from None to Memory Size 8 MB. The choice: None, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB. Current These fields display the current speed of CPUFAN1/2 up to two CPU fans, if your computer Speed contains a monitoring system.
  • Page 52: Supervisor/User Password

    Supervisor/User Password These two options allow you to set your system passwords. Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the CMOS setup option than the user. The way to set up the passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follows: 1.
  • Page 53: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    IDE HDD Auto Detection IDE HDD Auto Detection detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them to the Standard CMOS Setup screen. The screen will ask you to select a specific hard disk for Primary Master after you select this option. If you accept a hard disk detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y”...

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