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370VB Quick Installation Chart
For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by 370VB and their corresponding jumper
setting.
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
*** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel, such as Celeron 366, 400... etc. 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 page 30 for more information.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Overview
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JF3
2-3
1-2
1-2
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1-2
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1-2
1-2
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1-2
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1-2
1-2
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370VB Motherboard
User's Manual
Product Name: 370VB
Manual Revision: English, 1.1
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Summary of Contents for Taiwan Commate Computer Inc. 370VB
- Page 1 370VB Quick Installation Chart For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by 370VB and their corresponding jumper setting. 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, such as Celeron 366, 400… etc. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard.
- Page 2 Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing the 370VB motherboard. This motherboard utilizes VIA’s latest technology, namely VT82C693A & VT82C596B chipset. 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 3 Modem Remote Ring On. Support NCR SCSI BIOS. Support 133MHz FSB frequency. Support Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI). BIOS Green feature function, and “Plug & Play” Flash ROM. Support Desktop Management Interface (DMI) through BIOS. Support Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) cards for high performance. RTC Wake Up Alarm: Program the date/time to wake up your system.
- Page 4 User’s Manual & Quick Installation Chart 1.5 MotherBoard Layout Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure 1. Jumper settings (BIOS and CPU) 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 5 How to Clear the CMOS Setting 1. Turn off the power. 2. Remove power cable from power connector . 3. Remove Yellow Jumper Cap from JRTC(2-3)and put on JRTC(1-2)to remove the CMOS setting. 4. Remove Yellow Jumper Cap from JRTC(1-2)and put on JRTC(2-3). 5.
- Page 6 or 133MHz FSB frequency can be selected with this jumper. The over specification operation is not recommended. 2.2 Installation of CPU Before installing CPU, make sure the power is off. Locate the level bar on the PGA370 ZIF socket. Push level bar away from the socket and pull upward 90 degrees. Insert the CPU into the socket. Make sure the notch of the CPU corresponds with the white dot on the ZIF socket (the corner without pin socket).
- Page 7 DIMM3 EDO/SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB 2.4 I/O Connections/Panel Connections I/O Connections ATX_PWR ATX Power Connector AT_PWR AT Power Connector CPUFAN CPU fan connector CHASFAN Chassis fan connector Infrared Connector ( Cable optional ) Wake up on LAN connector FLOPPY Floppy Disk Drive Connector IDE1, 2...
- Page 8 2.4.4 Infrared Connector (5-pin SIR) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from their laptops, notebooks, PDA, PCs and printers. The connector supports IrDA (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
- Page 9 2.4.7 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 10 2.4.11 Printer Port (26-pin PRINTER) You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through the “Onboard Parallel Port” setting in Integrated Peripherals of the COMS SETUP UTILITY. 2.4.12 Keyboard Connector (AT or PS/2 type) The motherboard is shipped with AT keyboard connector. But you have another choice to replace the AT keyboard connector with PS/2 keyboard connector before shipping.
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Page 11: Chapter 3. Bios Setup
Chapter 3. BIOS Setup 3.1 CMOS Setup Utility To activate CMOS Setup, press <DEL> key immediately after you turn on the system. The following message "Press DEL to enter SETUP" should appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed (Figure 3-1). - Page 12 3.2.1 Date To assign the system date, the format is "mm.dd.yy". The input range for the Month is 1-12. Range for Date is 1-31. Range for Year is 1994-2079. System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically. 3.2.2 Time To assign the system time, the format is "hh:mm:ss".
- Page 13 values before the changes you just made, press <F5> key. If you want to restore default value, press <F6> or <F7> key. Figure 3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP SCREEN ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. 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.
- Page 14 The option allows the <NumLock> key to be activated after system boot up. 3.3.10 Gate A20 Option 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).
- Page 15 3.4.1 Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM timing registers. The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design. The slower timing may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory. Options are SDRAM 10ns, SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo.
- Page 16 Set to Enabled if your AGP card supports the 2X mode, which uses a double-clocked data technique to transfer twice the data per each AGP clock. 3.4.12 CPU Host/PCI Clock Supports Default, 66, 75, 83, 100, 103, 112, 124, 133, 140 or 150MHz external frequency. Select Default, 66, 75 or 83MHz if your CPU is 66MHz FSB and select Default, 100, 103, 112 or 124, if the CPU is 100MHz FSB.
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Page 17: Modem Use Irq
3.5.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable or disable the function of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which offers improved power management when ATX power supply is installed. Please disable this function if your power supply is AT type. 3.5.2 Power Management Min Saving System starts power saving function when the inactivity period... - Page 18 3.5.14 DMA / master When set to On, any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down. 3.5.15 Modem Ring Resume An incoming call on the external Modem power on the system. The function of power on through modem when system is off.
- Page 19 3.6.2 Resources Controlled By Default setting is "Auto". This setting allows the BIOS to self detect setting and Plug-and-Play devices during start up. The user can select and configure IRQs under "Manual" mode. 3.6.3 Reset Configuration Data In case a conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function to allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address.
- Page 20 Figure 3-7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. 3.7.1 OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 Select "Enabled" to activate each on-board IDE channel separately, Select "Disabled", if you install an add-on IDE Control card 3.7.2 IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses.
- Page 21 Select address and interrupt for the Parallel port. 3.7.11 Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the parallel port. Mode options are SPP, EPP1.7, EPP1.9, ECP, ECPEPP1.7 and ECPEPP1.9. 3.7.12 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set as ECP, ECPEPP1.7 orr ECPEPP1.9. 3.7.13 OnChip USB If your system contains a Universal Serial Bus controller and you have a USB peripheral, select Enabled.