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For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P2/370A & P2/370A-Z and their
corresponding jumper setting.
CPU Model
300/100
350/100
400/100
450/100
500/100
550/100
600/100
650/100
700/100
750/100
800/100
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 session 3.4.15 for more information.
Ratio
JF0
200/66
3.0x
1-2
233/66
3.5x
1-2
266/66
4.0x
2-3
300/66
4.5x
2-3
333/66
5.0x
2-3
366/66
5.5x
2-3
400/66
6.0x
1-2
433/66
6.5x
1-2
466/66
7.0x
1-2
500/66
7.5x
1-2
533/66
8.0x
2-3
JF1
JF2
JF3
2-3
1-2
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
2-3
1-2
2-3
1-2
1-2
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
1-2
2-3
1-2
2-3
2-3
2-3
1-2
2-3
2-3
2-3
2-3
1-2
1-2
2-3
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- Page 1 Quick Installation Chart For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P2/370A & P2/370A-Z and their corresponding jumper setting. CPU Model Ratio 300/100 200/66 3.0x 350/100 233/66 3.5x 400/100 266/66 4.0x 450/100 300/66 4.5x 500/100 333/66 5.0x...
- Page 2 P2/370A or P2/370A-Z Motherboard User’s Manual Product Name: P2/370A or P2/370A-Z Manual Revision: English, 1.1 Trademarks Intel, Socket 370, Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc. MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation...
- Page 3 Chapter 2. Hardware Setup 2.1 Installation Procedure 2.1.1 Jumper Settings 2.1.2 Enable/Disable Sound 2.1.3 Clearing the CMOS 2.1.4 CPU Voltage Setting 2.1.5 CPU Frequency Selection 2.1.6 CPU FSB Frequency Setting 2.2 Installation of CPU 2.2.1 For Celeron, Pentium II & III CPU 2.2.2 For Socket 370 CPU 2.3 Installation of Memory 2.3.1 Installation of 168-pin DIMM...
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Page 4: Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing the P2/370A & P2/370A-Z motherboard. This motherboard utilizes Intel's latest technology, namely 440BX ( 440ZX ) AGPset 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 has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test program. - Page 5 - Full native DOS games compatibility, via three technologies TDMA, DDMA & PC/PCI - High quality ESFM music synthesizer - Dynamic range (SNR) over 80db - Record, compress and playback voice, sound and music - Full-Duplex operation for simultaneous record and playback - Stereo inputs from line in, Auxiliary A (CD audio) and Auxiliary B and a mono input from microphone - MPU-401 interface for wavetable synthesizer and MIDI devices...
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Page 6: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup
Notice: If the product name is P2/370A-Z the part number of chipset is FW82443ZX instead of FW82443BX. P2/370A-Z supports M1 & M2 DIMM socket only. Chapter 2. Hardware Setup... - Page 7 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 8 Turn on the power. While the system reboots, press <DEL> key to set the BIOS setup. 2.1.4 CPU Voltage Setting The motherboard supports CPU VID function, the CPU core voltage is automatically detected, the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V for Pentium II & III CPU and. the range is from 1.3V to 2.0V for Socket 370 &...
- Page 9 P2/370A motherboard has 3x168-pin 64-bit Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets divided into 3 banks ( P2/370A-Z has 2x168-pin DIMM socket only ). You can install 3.3V Extended Data Output (EDO)or Unbuffered Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM)memory. This will increase the system reliability.
- Page 10 EDO/SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM2 EDO/SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM3 EDO/SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB Notice: The P2/370A-Z motherboard supports DIMM1 & DIMM2 socket only. 2.4 I/O Connections/Panel Connections I/O Connections ATX Power Connector PFAN1...
- Page 11 2.4.2 CPU Fan Connector (3-pin PFAN1) Connect the fan's plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector. 2.4.3 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.
- Page 12 2.4.5 Creative's SB_LINK Sound Connector (6-pin SB_LINK) The SB_LINK serves as a bridge between the mainboard and Creative's PCI sound card. This connector delivers Sound Blaster 16 compatibility for real-mode DOS games. 2.4.6 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin JFLP1) This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. Orient the red stripe to pin 1 2.4.7 Primary/Secondary IDE Connector (Two 40-pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable.
- Page 13 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.
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Page 14: Chapter 3. Bios Setup
2.4.18 Mitsumi CD-ROM Audio (4-pin MITSUMI) (optional) 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 Panel Connection (24-pin JFRNT) JFRNT Connector Function... - Page 15 ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. 3.2 Standard CMOS Setup With the sub-menu (Figure 3-2), you can setup the; system date, system time, hard and floppy drive type, and display adapter type. Please refer to your equipment specification when changing the setup.
- Page 16 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 <PageUp> or <PageDown> key to change hard drive type. Incorrect setting may result in boot up error or system hang. If your hard disk drive is not listed, you can select Type "USER"...
- Page 17 3.3.2 CPU Internal/External Cache These options are to enable or disable CPU Internal (L1) Cache, or External (L2) Cache. 3.3.3 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select "Enabled" to enable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. Select "Disabled" to disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking. 3.3.4 Quick Power On Self Test Select "Enabled"...
- Page 18 If you are using OS/2 operating system and installed memory is larger than 64MB. You need to have the setting in the enable mode. 3.3.16 Video BIOS Shadow Video shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM. BIOS can then execute from RAM. 3.3.17 C8000-CBFFF /DC000-DFFFF Shadow Optional firmware will be copied from ROM to RAM.
- Page 19 3.4.6 System BIOS Cacheable Allows the system BIOS to be cached for faster system performance. 3.4.7 Video BIOS Cacheable Allows the video BIOS to be cached for faster video performance. 3.4.8 Video RAM Cacheable This item lets you cache Video RAM A000 and B000. 3.4.9 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 8-bit I/O operations.
- Page 20 115Mhz 76.6Mhz 38.33Mhz 8.33Mhz 115Mhz 120Mhz 80Mhz 40Mhz 8.33Mhz 120Mhz 124Mhz 82.6Mhz 41.33Mhz 8.33Mhz 124Mhz 124AMhz 82.6Mhz 31Mhz 8.33Mhz 124Mhz 133Mhz 88.6Mhz 44.33Mhz 8.33Mhz 133Mhz 133AMhz 88.6Mhz 33.25Mhz 8.33Mhz 133Mhz 140Mhz 93.3Mhz 35Mhz 8.33Mhz 140Mhz 150Mhz 100Mhz 37.5Mhz 8.33Mhz 150Mhz Notice: The 75, 83, 103, 105, 110, 112, 115, 120, 124, 124A, 133, 133A, 140 and 150Mhz frequency are over specification.
- Page 21 Max Saving System starts power saving function when the inactivity period exceeds 1 min. User Defined Allows user to define the inactivity period before power saving function activates, 3.5.3 PM Control by APM Select “Yes” if your system has Advanced Power Management (APM). 3.5.4 Video Off Method This field defines the video off features.
- Page 22 This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake-up frame or signal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/download data to/from systems during off-peak hours. Set to Enabled to set this feature. 3.5.15 Date (of Month) Alarm, Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm Set these options to specify the RTC Alarm time on Date / Hour / Minute / Second.
- Page 23 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. 3.6.4 IRQ-xx assigned to 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".
- Page 24 These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices. When under "Auto" mode, the system automatically set the best mode for each device 3.7.3 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave UDMA When set to "Auto" mode, the system will detect if the hard drive supports Ultra DMA mode. 3.7.4 On-Chip primary/Secondary PCI IDE Select "Enabled"...
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Page 25: Chapter 4. Sound Driver Installation
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. If you want to remove the passwords, either delete passwords or press <Enter> when prompting for new password. -
Page 26: Windows Nt 4.0 Installation
Start up Windows 98. Open “ My Computer “, and select “ Control Panel “ icon. Select “ System “ icon, and then select “ Device Manager “ page. Please remove “ ?PCI Multimedia Audio Device “ from “ ?Other devices “ under device list with the “ Remove “... - Page 27 1. Start up Windows 98. 2. Open " My Computer ", and select " Control Panel " icon. 3. Select " System " icon, and then select " Device Manager " page. 4. Please remove " ?PCI Multimedia Audio Device " from " ?Other devices " under device list with the " Remove "...
- Page 28 Certification Date : March 3, 1999 Certification Number : NCY2000-990303-005 P2/370A(-Z) system has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test program. The Year 2000 test program tests a personal computer for its ability to support the year 2000. The Year 2000 certification test has been done under the following system configuration:...
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