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- Page 1 TS-ABX31A USER S MANUAL ® Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III FC-PGA Series/ Cyrix III Joshua Series Transcend Your Supplier, Your Partner, Your Friend.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Package Contents ....................1 Specifications and Features ................1 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Transcend’s TS-ABX31A Motherboard ............3 Layout of Transcend’s TS-ABX31A Motherboard..........4 CPU Installation .................... 5 66/100MHz System Configuration..............8 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting.............. 8 Memory Configuration ................. - Page 4 Load BIOS Defaults ................... 41 3.15 Load Setup Defaults ..................41 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version ..........42 Downloading the Correct BIOS File from Transcend’s Web site......42 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS ............... 43...
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Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Package Contents This motherboard package contains the following items. If you discover any damaged or miss- ing items, please contact your retailer. 1 - TS-ABX31A Motherboard 2 - CD-ROM 3 - One FDD cable, one IDE cable 4 - User’s Manual 1.2 Specifications and Features... - Page 6 INTRODUCTION • • • • • I/O Functions - Supports PIO Mode 3,4 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA 33 - Supports 2 high speed UART 16550 COM Ports - Supports EPP/ECP LPT Port - Supports 1.44/2.88 MB floppy drive - Supports PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard - Supports IrDA port - Supports 2 USB Ports •...
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Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend’sTS-ABX31A Motherboard Back Panel I/O Ports Main Memory ® - 2 x Serial Ports & Parallel Print Port - Intel Socket 370 Celeron and -3x 168 pin DIMM - 2 x USB Ports... -
Page 8: Layout Of Transcend's Ts-Abx31A Motherboard
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Layout of Transcend’s TS-ABX31A Motherboard KB MOUSE P S / 2 T : M o u s e PWR-CONN B:Keyboard U S B T:Port 1 B:Port 2 C O M B 6 9 3 A Printer Chipset... - Page 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3 CPU (Central Processing Unit) Installation So far you have familiarized yourself with the handling precautions, checked you have all of the necessary hardware for building your system, inspected the motherboard package contents and looked at the layout of the motherboard. This chapter will take you step by step through the process of installing the different hardware devices onto it.
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Page 10: Cpu Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION C P U _ F A N Socket 370 CPU (Top View) N o t c h N o t c h Socket 370 CPU (Bottom View) Socket 370 CPU Installation Step2: ® Next, according to the CPU type you install, set JP8 to short pin1 & pin2 for Intel Celeron Pentium ®... -
Page 11: 66/100Mhz System Configuration
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4 66/100MHz System Configuration Jumper 1 (JP7) allows you to set the FSB (Front Side Bus) to either 66 or 100MHz configura- tion. When you set FSB to 66MHz, you can select a system bus frequency from 66MHz to 83.3MHz through “CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)”... - Page 12 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU Internal Frequency Freq.-Ratio 233/350MHz x 3.5 66/100MHz 266/400MHz x 4.0 66/100MHz 300/450MHz x 4.5 66/100MHz 333/500MHz x 5.0 66/100MHz 366/550MHz x 5.5 66/100MHz 400/600MHz x 6.0 66/100MHz 433/650MHz x 6.5 66/100MHz 466/700MHz x 7.0 66/100MHz 500/750MHz x 7.5 66/100MHz 533/800MHz x 8.0...
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Page 13: Memory Configuration
This motherboard must be installed with DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules). The DIMMs must be 3.3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules. It also supports ECC (Error Checking and Correcting), which is valid for the TS-ABX31A. IMPORTANT: Memory speed setup is required through “Auto Configuration“ in BIOS Chipset Features Setup. -
Page 14: Keyboard Wake Up
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.7 Keyboard Wake Up (3-pin KB-AWK This function or enables you to use the keyboard to power up the system. Set this jumper to “Enable” if you wish to use your keyboard to power up your computer. K B - A W K Disable Enable Keyboard Wake Up... -
Page 15: Floppy Disk Drive Connector
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FDC) This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. NOTE: Make sure that the faint red stripe on the edge of the cable is close to pin one. This means the cable is correctly oriented. -
Page 16: Wake-On-Lan Connector
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.11 Wake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL) This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake-on-LAN output. The system can be powered up when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card. NOTE:This function requires that the Wake-on-LAN Power Up Control is set to “Enabled”... -
Page 17: Panel Connectors
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.13 Panel Connectors K E Y L O C K P O W E R L E D S P E A K E R S _ L E D S U S S O F T _ O F F H D D _ L E D R E S E T Panel Connector... -
Page 18: Power Connector
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Hard disk LED Lead (2-pin HDD_LED) This 2-pin connector connects to the LED of hard disk. The LED lights up when the HDD is active. Pin13 : +5V Pin14 : GND Suspend Switch Lead (2-pin SUS) This allows the user to manually place the system into suspend mode or “Green” mode, where system activities will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use. -
Page 19: External Connectors
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.15 External Connectors There are 5 kinds of external connectors on the motherboard. The view angle of drawing shown below is from the back panel of the housing. 1. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin MOUSE) The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked “MOUSE”. 2. -
Page 20: Clear Cmos Using Jumper
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.16 Clear CMOS Using Jumper (JP4) To clear the CMOS data, you should turn off your computer’s power and short pin1 and pin2 of JP4. J P 4 C M O S _ C L R Default Clear CMOS Jumper... -
Page 21: Chapter 3 Bios Setup
BIOS SETUP CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3.1 BIOS Setup Award BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM, so it can retain setup information when the power is turned off. When the battery of CMOS fails, it will cause the data to be lost. When this happens, you should set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery. - Page 22 BIOS SETUP [ F1 ] General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu [ F2 ] Change color from total 16 colors [ F2 ] to select color forward [ Shift ] + [ F2 ] to select color backward [ F3 ] Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu...
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Page 23: Standard Cmos Setup
BIOS SETUP • SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD Change, set, or disable a password. • IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters. • SAVE & EXIT SETUP Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup. •... - Page 24 BIOS SETUP 1. Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive type 1 through 45. 2. Select “USER” and enter values into each drive parameter field. 3. Use the “IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” function in Main Menu. Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications.
- Page 25 BIOS SETUP • Drive A / Drive B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. - None : No diskette drive installed - 360K, 5.25 in : 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity - 1.2M, 5.25 in : 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive;...
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Page 26: Bios Features Setup
BIOS SETUP 3.4 BIOS Features Setup This “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option allows you to improve your system performance and set up system features according to your preference. • Virus Warning When the function is enabled, you will receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive. - Page 27 BIOS SETUP • CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select “Enabled” to make sure of data accuracy. • Quick Power On Self Test Select “Enabled” to reduce the amount of time required to run the Power On Self Test (POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable quick POST.
- Page 28 BIOS SETUP • Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec) When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which character repeats) when you hold down a key of 6, 8, 10,12, 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per second.
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Page 29: Chipset Features Setup
BIOS SETUP affects each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option. Video BIOS shadows into memory area C0000-C7FFF. The remaining areas shown on the “BIOS Features Setup” screen may be occupied by other expansion card firmware. - Page 30 BIOS SETUP • SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read/write command. Leave on default setting. • SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM. Leave on default setting.
- Page 31 BIOS SETUP • Memory Hold At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves memory address space from 15MB to 16MB to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system. Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB. The default is “Disabled”.
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Page 32: Power Management Setup
BIOS SETUP • Shutdown Temperature Enabling this item will shutdown the system in the event of overheating. 3.6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to save energy most effectively while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. •... - Page 33 BIOS SETUP 2. Min. Power Saving : Minimum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined as below. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min. 3. Max. Power Saving : Maximum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined as below.
- Page 34 BIOS SETUP • Video Off After Select the power-saving modes during which the monitor goes blank. Doze : Monitor remains “on” during Doze modes. Suspend : Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend mode. N/A : It is default. When system enters power-saving mode, it does not go into video. •...
- Page 35 BIOS SETUP • CPU FAN Off In Suspend Enable this will turn off the CPU FAN when in suspend mode • LAN Wake Up This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal.
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Page 36: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
BIOS SETUP 3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI (Personal Computer Interconnect) is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed that the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users make any changes. - Page 37 BIOS SETUP • IRQ-n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt. - Legacy ISA Devices, requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port1), compliant with the original PC AT bus specification.
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Page 38: Integrated Peripherals
BIOS SETUP 3.8 Integrated Peripherals This option will load the default BIOS values. Choose the option and the following message appears. • • • • • IDE HDD Block Mode The item means HDD access uses over one cycle method for improving HDD performance. If the HDD supports this function, choose”... - Page 39 BIOS SETUP • • • • • On-Chip IDE Primary / Secondary PCI IDE The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate an interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
- Page 40 BIOS SETUP • • • • • Onboard Serial Port The second serial port shares resources (address and IRQ) with IrDA. • • • • • UART Mode Select Normal : Normal operation IrDA : IrDA compliant serial infrared port ASKIR : Amplitude shift keyed infrared port •...
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Page 41: Supervisor Password
BIOS SETUP 3.9 Supervisor Password This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system. Passwords prevent unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access “Setup”. To set a password: 1. -
Page 42: User Password
BIOS SETUP 3.10 User Password This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system when accessed by POWER ON. This operation is same as SUPERVISOR PASSWORD. 3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically. Press “Y” to accept, “N” to reject, and “ESC”... -
Page 43: Save & Exit Setup
BIOS SETUP 3.12 Save & Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility. 3.13 Exit Without Saving Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility. -
Page 44: Load Bios Defaults
BIOS UPGRADE 3.14 Load BIOS Defaults NOTE: This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. 3.15 Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system. -
Page 45: Chapter 4 Bios Upgrade
BIOS File Name (Make sure the first 5 charactors are the same as your own version if you want to upgrade your BIOS.) 4.2 Downloading the Correct BIOS File from Transcend’s Web Site Please enter Transcend Internet web site : http://www.transcendusa.com. -
Page 46: How To Update Your Motherboard Bios
BIOS UPGRADE 4.3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS Please follow these 5 steps listed below to update your BIOS. Step 1: Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters. - Press [Del] during the Power On Self Test to enter BIOS Setup Program when you start your system.
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