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P3WA and P3WA-E Series Quick Installation Chart
For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P3WA series and their corresponding jumper
setting.
Ratio
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*** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel, such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566...
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 3.9.3 for more information.
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
Novell is a trademark of Novell Corporation
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P3WA and P3WA-E series
Motherboard User's Manual
Product Name:P3WA and P3WA-E series
Manual Revision: English, 1.1
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  • Page 1 P3WA and P3WA-E Series Quick Installation Chart For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P3WA series 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/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566…...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    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 1.3 Specifications 1.4 Content...

  • Page 3: Chapter 1. Introduction

    3.6 Power Management Setup 3.7 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup 3.8 PC Health Status 3.9 Frequency Control 3.10 Load Fail-SafeDefaults 3.11 Load Optimized Defaults 3.12 Set Supervisor/User Password 3.13 Save & Exit Setup 3.14 Exit Without Saving Chapter 4. Software Installation 4.1 INF Update for Windows 95/98 4.1.1 For Windows 98 4.1.2 For Windows 95 4.2 Installing the Graphics Driver...

  • Page 4: Specifications

    - Low-power sleep modes, and 4Mbits “Plug & Play” Flash ROM. - ADI AD1881 Audio CODEC on board. - Support Hardware Monitor function. - Allows CPU settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage. - Support Suspend to RAM. - Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet PC '99 compliant.
  • Page 5 One Audio Modem Riser (AMR ) slot Others : Supports Creative’s Sound Blaster 16 compatibility for real-mode DOS games. Operating System : Supports Windows 3.x/95/98/2000, Windows NT, MS-DOS V6.22, OS/2, Novell, Unix, SCO UNIX..Dimension : 305 mm x 180 mm ATX Form factor 1.4 Content The motherboard box contains the following items: One Motherboard...

  • Page 6: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2. Hardware Setup...

  • Page 7: Installation Procedure

    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: Cpu Fsb Frequency Setting

    This motherboard supports wake on keyboard function. This feature requires that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 300mA +5V standby power and set this jumper to 2 & 3 pin short. Refer to session 3.5.9 for more information. 1-2 : 5V (Default Setting) 2-3 : 5V Stand By 2.1.5 CPU FSB Frequency Setting (Red Jumper Caps)

  • Page 9: Installation Of Cpu

    2.1.7 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, such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566… etc. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard.

  • Page 10: For Socket 370 Cpu

    This URM was designed to accommodate 3 types of CPU Form Factor. ( SECC, SECCII & SEPP ). For Example : Pentium II/ III & Celeron family. Note : Please put a soft pad under M/B before the installation of URM. Installation for SECC CPU : 1.

  • Page 11: Memory Configuration

    2.3.3 Memory Configuration There is no jumper setting required for the memory size or type. It is automatically detected by the system BIOS, and the total memory size is to add them together. DIMM Socket DIMM Modules DIMM1 PC100 SDRAM 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM2 PC100 SDRAM 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB 2.4 I/O Connections/Panel Connections...

  • Page 12: Wake-Up On Lan Connector

    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 . This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power.

  • Page 13: Infrared Connector

    2.4.7 Infrared Connector (10-pin JIR) 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 14: Serial Port

    2.4.11 Serial Port (9-pin D-type COM1) 2.4.12 Printer Port (25-pin D-type PRINTER) You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through the 'Onboard Parallel Port' setting in Integrated Peripherals of the CMOS SETUP UTILITY. 2.4.13 USB Connectors (Two 4-pin USB) You can attach USB devices to the USB connector.

  • Page 15: 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 16 CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software Standard CMOS Features 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.

  • Page 17: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    3.2.4 Floppy Drives A&B Setting Select your floppy disk drive type. Options are 360KB (5.25"), 720KB (3.5"), 1.2MB (5.25"), 1.44MB (3.5"), 2.88MB (3.5"). 3.2.5 Floppy 3 Mode Support This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives. Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1.2MB (as opposed to 1.44MB) on a 3.5-inch diskette.

  • Page 18: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    3.3.4 Processor Number Feature This field will appear only when you are using a Pentium III processor. Each Pentium III processor comes with an individual "processor serial number" which by default is activated. Therefore, when connected to the internet, Pentium III processor transmits the serial number online making it possible to track your online activity.
  • Page 19 Figure 3.4 Advanced Chipset Features Screen CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright ( C ) 1984 - 1999 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features 3.4.1 SDRAM CAS Latency Time 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.

  • Page 20: Integrated Peripherals

    This field is used to select the local memory clock periods. The options are 2 or 3. 3.4.11 Paging Mode Control This field is used to select the paging mode control. The options are Open and Close. 3.4.12 RAS-to-CAS Override This field is used to select the display cache clock periods control.
  • Page 21 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. When under "Auto" mode, the system automatically set the best mode for each device 3.5.3 IDE Primary &...

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first/second serial port. The default value for the first serial port is "3F8/IRQ4" and the second serial port is "2F8/IRQ3". 3.5.12 UART Mode Select Select to activate the Infrared transfer function. 3.5.13 RxD , TxD Active This option are Hi, Lo;...
  • Page 23 ( Scroll down to see more items, as shown here ) 3.6.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable or disable the function of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which offers improved power management . 3.6.2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend function.

  • Page 24: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    3.6.8 HDD Power Down This instructs hard drives to shut off while in the Power Management modes. 3.6.9 Soft-off by PWR-BTTN When set to "Delay 4 Sec.", the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds.

  • Page 25: Pc Health Status

    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. 3.7.2 Resources Controlled By Default setting is "Auto (ESCD)".

  • Page 26: Frequency Control

    3.8.1 Current System & CPU Temperature (xx°C/xx°F) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the temperatures of motherboard and CPU. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional. 3.8.2 Current CPUFAN & ChassisFAN Speed (xxxxRPM) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect chassis fan speed, CPU fan speed in Rotations Per Minute (RPM). These values refresh upon any key entry in the BIOS setup screen.

  • Page 27: Load Fail-Safedefaults

    The frequency mapping table of the elements: Ext. frequency DIMM 66Mhz 33Mhz 100Mhz 75Mhz 37.5Mhz 112.5Mhz 83Mhz 41.6Mhz 124.9Mhz 100Mhz 33Mhz 100Mhz 105Mhz 35Mhz 105Mhz 114Mhz 38Mhz 114Mhz 120Mhz 40Mhz 120Mhz 124Mhz 41.33Mhz 124Mhz 133Mhz 44.33Mhz 133Mhz Notice: The 75, 83, 105, 114, 120, 124 and 133Mhz frequency are over specification. You must install 8ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 105, 114, 120 or 124 Mhz as external frequency and must install 7ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 133Mhz as external frequency.

  • Page 28: Exit Without Saving

    Type "Y" and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. 3.14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made, highlight "Exit Without Saving" and press <Enter>, The message below will appear: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N Type "Y"...

  • Page 29: Installing The Graphics Driver

    4.2 Installing the Graphics Driver 4.2.1 For Windows 95/98 1. Insert the CD Driver into CD drive - enter the \P3WA\VGA\WIN9X\GRAPHICS directory on the CD Driver and double- click SETUP.EXE. 2. Click "Next" at the Welcome screen. 3. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. 4.

  • Page 30: Windows 98 Installation

    13. Open " My Computer ", and select " Control Panel " icon. 14. Select " Multimedia " icon, and then select " MIDI " page. 15. Please make sure the " 3Com EuSynth " has been selected in the " Single instrument " field. 16.
  • Page 31 Press <Esc> to return to the main menu. Select "Save & Exit Setup" and press <Enter>. Type <Y> and press <Enter>. Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter. This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported. There is a space between the P and the J.
  • Page 32 8. Double-click the System icon. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab.
  • Page 33 Click File System. In the "Typical role of this computer" field, select "Mobile or docking system". Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double-click the Power Management icon. Click the Advanced tab. In the "When I press the power button on my computer" field, select "Standby". 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.
  • Page 34 keyboard password has been set in the "KB Power On Password" field of the Integrated Peripherals submenu. You must type the password to power-on the computer. If you have changed the color or resolution (in the Display Properties dialog box), do not apply the settings without restarting.
  • Page 35 MODEL NO. : P3WA The measurements shown in this test report were made in accordance with the procedures given in EUROPEAN COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 89/336/EEC. The equipment was passed the test performed according to European Standard EN 55022:1994/A1:1995/A2:1997 Class B and EN 50 082-1:1997 EN 61 000-4-2:1995, EN 61 000-4-3:1996, EN 61 000-4-4:1995 NSTL NSTL “...

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