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370SMA Quick Installation Chart
For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by 370SMA and their corresponding
jumper setting.
*** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel Corp. and VIA such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium
III 366, 400, 566... etc and VIA Cyrix III CPU. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU
on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard. Please check with the CPU manufacturer or
vendor for the CPU Ratio information.
*** The CPU CLK over specification operation is optional. Please see session 3.9.3 for more
information.
Ratio
JF0
3.0x
1-2
3.5x
1-2
4.0x
2-3
4.5x
2-3
5.0x
2-3
5.5x
2-3
6.0x
1-2
6.5x
1-2
7.0x
1-2
7.5x
1-2
8.0x
2-3
Trademarks
Intel, Celeron , Socket 370 and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation
Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc.
MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows NT are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
Novell is a trademark of Novell Corporation
Sound Blaster SB16 is a trademark of Creative Technology
ADI is a trademarks of Analog Devices Inc.,
All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
1.2 Features 6
JF1
JF2
2-3
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
370SMA Motherboard
User's Manual
Product Name: 370SMA
Manual Revision: English, 1.3
JF3
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3

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  • Page 1 370SMA Quick Installation Chart For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by 370SMA and their corresponding jumper setting. *** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel Corp. and VIA such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566…...
  • Page 2 1.3 Specifications 1.4 Content 1.5 System Board Layout Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure 2.1.1 Jumper Settings 2.1.2 Keyboard Voltage Setting 2.1.3 Clearing the CMOS 2.1.4 CPU FSB Frequency Selection 2.1.5 CPU Frequency Setting 2.1.6 CPU Voltage Setting 2.2 Installation of CPU 2.3 Installation of Memory 2.3.1 Installation of 168-pin DIMM 2.3.2 Removal of 168-pin DIMM...
  • Page 3 Thank you for purchasing the 370SMA motherboard. This motherboard utilizes Intel's latest Accelerated Hub Architecture technology. It uses FW82815 and FW82801AA controller Hub. We have conducted a motherboard compatibility test with a variety of hardware and software, such as CPUs, memory, display cards, CD ROMs, Novell, MS Office ..etc and compliance with Year 2000.
  • Page 4 Expansion Slots: - Two 32-bit PCI expansion slots - One 32-bit AGP expansion slot - One Audio Modem Riser (AMR ) slot BIOS : - 4Mbits Award BIOS v6.00PGN with built-in Anti-Virus, DMI, ACPI support, and green function (Plug-and-Play BIOS) - Supports CD-ROM/HD/SCSI/Floppy/LS120/ZIP and LAN boot up - Supports NCR SCSI BIOS.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure 1. Jumper settings 2. Installation of CPU 3. Installation of Memory 4. I/O Connections & Panel Connections 2.1.1 Jumper Settings In this manual, (1-2) represents the first and second pins of the jumper. (2-3) represents the second and third pins of the jumper.
  • Page 6 WARNING: Electronic parts are Static sensitive. To prevent damage to the computer and its parts please take the following measures. Work on a surface such as concrete, linoleum or hard wood floor. Ground your self with either a properly installed grounding strap or by touching a major electrical appliance long enough to discharge the static.
  • Page 7 2.1.5 CPU Frequency Selection (Green Jumper Caps) Ratio 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x 6.5x 7.0x 7.5x 8.0x The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel Corp. and VIA such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566… etc and VIA Cyrix III CPU. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by system.
  • Page 8 Some DIMM memory have SPD ( Serial Presence Detect ) 8-pin IC on module. It is not recommended the SPD ( Serial Presence Detect ) DIMM blends and non-SPD DIMM. 2.3.1 Installation of 168-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) 1. Before inserting the DIMM, make sure the pin1 of the DIMM matches with the pin1 on the DIMM socket. 2.
  • Page 9 2.4.2 CPU, Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CPUFAN,CHASFAN) Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector. 2.4.3 Wake-up on LAN Connector (3-pin JWOL) The JWOL connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network.
  • Page 10 2.4.6 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector (Two 40-pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect your first IDE hard disk to master mode of the primary channel. If you have second IDE device to install in your system, connect it as slave mode on the same channel, and the third and fourth device can be connected on secondary channel as master and slave mode respectively.
  • Page 11 2.4.8 PS/2 Mouse Port (6-pin Mini-Din MS) The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse. 2.4.9 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin Mini-Din KB) This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug. You may use a Din to Mini-Din adapter on standard AT keyboards.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    2.4.18 Mitsumi CD-ROM Audio (4-pin MITSUMI) The Mitsumi CD-ROM Audio connector is used to connect the audio cable from a Mitsumi CD- ROM drive for playback, mixing, or recording. Only one of the two CD-ROM audio connectors may be used at a time. 2.4.19 Game/MIDI Port The Game/MIDI Port connector is used to attach a joystick for game interaction or to attach an external MIDI device for playback, mixing, or recording.
  • Page 13 Sub-Menu Note that a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields. This pointer indicates that a sub-menu can be launched from this field. A sub-menu contains additional options for a field parameter. To call up a sub-menu, simple move the highlight to the field and press <Enter>. The sub-menu will then immediately appear.
  • Page 14 To assign the system time, the format is “hh:mm:ss”. The setting is in military time. When entering 2:34pm enter “14:34:00”. 3.2.3 Hard Disks Setting The BIOS supports Dual-Channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports. Each port supports one master and one slave hard drive. You can use <Enter> or <PageUp> or <PageDown> key to change hard drive type.
  • Page 15 3.3.1 Virus Warning When enabled, the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and the partition table on the hard drive for any attempt to modify. If an attempt is detected, the BIOS will halt the system and prompt the warning message. Select “Disabled” if you are installing a new operating system. 3.3.2 CPU Internal/External Cache These options are to enable or disable CPU Internal (L1) Cache, or External (L2) Cache.
  • Page 16 This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard (Normal). Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset (Fast;...
  • Page 17 This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available. 3.4.2 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc This feature controls the number of SDRAM clocks used per access cycle. 3.4.3 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks. They are important parameters affects SDRAM performance.
  • Page 18 ( Scroll down to see more items , as shown here ) 3.5.1 On-Chip primary/Secondary PCI IDE Select “Enabled” to activate each on-board IDE channel separately, Select “Disabled”, if you install an add-on IDE Control card 3.5.2 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices.
  • Page 19 3.5.7 AC97 Audio/Modem Allows the motherboard's BIOS to detect whether you are using any audio/modem device. If a audio/modem device is detected, the onboard audio/modem controller will be enabled; if no audio/modem is detected, the onboard audio/modem controller will be disabled. If you want to use different controller cards to connect audio and modem connectors, set these fields to Disabled.
  • Page 20 Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set as ECP or ECP+EPP. 3.5.19 PWRON After PWR-Fail Off: When power returns after an AC power failure, the system's power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system. When power returns after an AC power failure, the system will automatically power-on.

  • Page 21: Modem Use Irq

    3.6.2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend function. S1 (POS): Enables the Power On Suspend function. S3 (STR): Enables the Suspend to RAM function. Refer to Appendix A. 3.6.3 Power Management Mini Saving System starts power saving function when the inactivity period exceeds 1 hour.
  • Page 22 Off. 3.6.14 Date (of Month) Alarm, Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Set these options to specify the RTC Alarm time on Date / Hour / Minute / Second. 3.6.15 Primary/Secondary IDE 0/1, FDD, COM, LPT Port & PCI PIRQ [A-D] # These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial, parallel port and PCI PIRQ [A- D] activities for power down state transition.
  • Page 23 If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires a special IRQ to support its function, set the selected IRQ-x assigned to:”Legacy ISA”. This setting informs the PnP BIOS to reserve the selected IRQ for the installed legacy ISA card. 3.7.5 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop Enable this option to correct screen color shifts, when there is a combination of VGA cards, accelerator cards, or MPEG cards present.
  • Page 24 3.9.2 Spread Spectrum Using the default setting, this will increase the system stability. 3.9.3 CPU Host/PCI Clock/PC133 Choose Default, 66, 75, 83, 100, 103, 105, 114, 120, 124, 133, 140, 150 or 166 MHz for the external frequency of your CPU. You can select Default, 66, 75 or 83Mhz if your CPU is 66Mhz FSB and select Default, 100, 103, 105, 114, 120, 124 or 133 MHz if the CPU is 100Mhz FSB.

  • Page 25: Chapter 4. Software Installation

    Password” or “Set User Password” and press the <Enter> key. The screen will prompt you (“Enter Password:”). Enter your password. The maximum size of the password is 8 characters. System will prompt you to reenter the password to verify. Remember the passwords are case sensitive.

  • Page 26: Appendix A. Using The Suspend To Ram Function

    4.2 Installing the Graphics Driver 4.2.1 For Windows 95/98/ME If your Operation System is Windows 95, please load DCOM95.EXE file from \INTEL\VGA\WIN9X\GRAPHICS directory first. Insert the CD Driver into CD drive - enter the \INTEL\VGA\WIN9X\GRAPHICS directory on the CD Driver and double-click SETUP.EXE. Click "Next"...
  • Page 27 4. Press <Esc> to return to the main menu. 5. Select "Save & Exit Setup" and press <Enter>. Type <Y> and press <Enter>. 6. Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter. This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported.
  • Page 28 9. Click File System. In the "Typical role of this computer" field, select "Mobile or docking system". Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. 10. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double-click the Power Management icon. 11.
  • Page 29 12. After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operation system. You can power off the computer at once by pressing the power button or selecting "Standby" when you shut down Windows To power-on the computer, just press the power button.