DTK PRM-0081I User Manual

High performance dual pentium ii agp/pci mainboard

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PRM-0081I
High Performance
Dual Pentium II
AGP/PCI Mainboard
User's Guide
Edition 1.00
©
1998 DTK Computer, Inc.
P/N: 155100-8664

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  • Page 1 PRM-0081I High Performance Dual Pentium II AGP/PCI Mainboard User’s Guide Edition 1.00 © 1998 DTK Computer, Inc. P/N: 155100-8664...
  • Page 3 WARNING For the system to operate normally, please make sure JP2 of the mainboard is set as below. Refer to Fig. 2 in this manual for the location JP2. If JP2 is shorted to 2-3, no CMOS data can be retained. CAUTION The motherboard is an electrostatic sensitive device.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPERS PRESENTATION GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF JUMPER SETTINGS CPU SPEED JP2 - CLEAR CMOS DATA MEMORY CONFIGUARTION CHAPTER 3 CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION J1, J2 - SLOT 1 FOR PENTIUM II CPU J3, J4 - PRIMARY/SECONDARY IDE CONNECTORS J7 - ATX POWER SUPPLY CONNECTOR J8 - RESET J9 - POWER LED...
  • Page 5 4.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP MENU 4.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING MENU CHAPTER 5 FLASH AND DMI UTILITY AWARD FLASH UTILITY DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI) OVERVIEW APPENDIX A QUICK GUIDE...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Preface The motherboard is a 4 layer, ATX form factor high performance Dual Pentium II AGP/PCI mainboard. It includes Intel i82440BX system chipset, Winbond W83977TF Super I/O controller and Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI controller. Features Processor • Intel Dual Pentium II series. •...
  • Page 8 Chapter 1 PCI SCSI • Support Double Speed SCSI operation up to 40Mbytes/sec. • PCI Bus Master for data transfer. • 8 bit, 16 bit SCSI Bus support. System BIOS • Award BIOS (128KB Flash EPROM). Slots • One AGP slot •...
  • Page 9: Jumper Settings

    CHAPTER 2 JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPERS PRESENTATION Pins 2 and 3 are shorted with a jumper cap. Pins 1 and 2 are shorted with a jumper cap. The jumper is shorted when the jumper cap is placed over the two pins of the jumper. The jumper is open when the jumper cap is removed from jumper.
  • Page 10: Graphical Description Of Jumper Settings

    Chapter 2 GRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF JUMPER SETTINGS Fig. 2 Jumper Location of the mainboard...
  • Page 11: Cpu Speed

    Jumper Settings CPU SPEED The table below summaries the CPU frequence and settings of each jumper of the motherboard. CPU Type Freq. Ratio Bus Freq. Rating Setting Pentium II 350MHz 3.5x J27: 1 close 2 open 3 open Pentium II 400MHz 4.0x J27: 1 open...
  • Page 12: Memory Configuartion

    Chapter 2 MEMORY CONFIGUARTION The mainboard lets user upgrade system memory via DIMM sockets on the mainboard. On board memory is located in eight banks: Bank 0 - 7. Four DIMM sockets are provided for EDO DRAM or Synchronous DRAM. Table 3 provides the typical memory configurations supported by the mainboard.
  • Page 13: Connector Configuration

    CHAPTER 3 CONNECTOR CONFIGURATION Once the mainboard has been fastened into system case, the next step is to connect the internal cables. The internal cables are wire leads with plastic female connectors that attach to the connectors. The mainboard connectors have varying numbers of pins and are the points of contact between the mainboard and other parts of the computer.
  • Page 14: J1, J2 - Slot 1 For Pentium Ii Cpu

    Chapter 3 J1, J2 - SLOT 1 FOR PENTIUM II CPU J1 and J2 are the slots for Pentium II CPU. Fig. 4 Slot 1 for Pentium CPU J3, J4 - PRIMARY/SECONDARY IDE CONNECTORS These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to your hard disk or other device.
  • Page 15: J8 - Reset

    Connector Configuration J8 - RESET Attach the Reset switch cable to this connector. The Reset switch restarts the system. J9 - POWER LED Fig. 6 Power LED J10 - HDD LED J10 is usually connected to a HDD LED on front of the system case. If the HDD is in operation, the indicator lights during operation.
  • Page 16: J12 - Speaker

    Chapter 3 J12 - SPEAKER J12 is a four pins connector, which is used to connect the system speaker. Fig. 8 Speaker J13, J14, J15 - CPU FAN CONNECTOR J13 & J14 & J15 are three pin connectors, which are used to connect with the CPU Fan Power cable.
  • Page 17: J24 - Scsi Connector

    Connector Configuration 3.12 J24 - SCSI CONNECTOR J24 is a 50 pin connector for a SCSI device. 3.13 J25 - ULTRA WIDE SCSI CONNECTOR J25 is a high density 68 pin connector for a wide SCSI device. 3.14 JP10 – SCSI LED JP10 is usually connected to a SCSI LED on front of the system case.
  • Page 18: Ps/2 Keyboard Connector

    Chapter 3 Fig. 12 I/O Connector 3.16 PS/2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR This connector is a six-pin female mini DIN connector using a PS/2 plug. If a standard AT size keyboard plugs, you may use the DIN to mini DIN adaptor. 3.17 PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR This connector is a six-pin female mini DIN connector using a PS/2 plug.
  • Page 19: Retention Mechanism Kits Installation Guide

    Connector Configuration 3.21 RETENTION MECHANISM KITS INSTALLATION GUIDE Retention Mechanism Kits includes following components: Retention mechanism Assembly Fig. 13 Retention Mechanism Attach Mount Fig. 14...
  • Page 20 Chapter 3 Heatsink Top Support Fig. 15 Heatsink Support Base Fig. 16 Before the installation of RM Kits find the six holes on the motherboard for RM installation. The hole position and usage is as following: Fig. 17...
  • Page 21 Connector Configuration Installation Guide Mount the two RM Attach Mounts onto the motherboard from bottom side. These mounts will be used to attach the RM Assembly. Put the RM Assembly on the Slot 1 and use the four screws to fix RM Assembly to the RM Attach Mount.
  • Page 22 Chapter 3...
  • Page 23: Award Bios Setup Guide

    CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP GUIDE This following manual is specially provided for the BIOS supported system. After the configuration of the mainboard, and have assembled the components, user can turn on the completed system. At this point, run the software setup to ensure that the system information is correct.
  • Page 24 Chapter 4 Press the <DEL> key to enter the AWARD BIOS setup program and the following screen appears: ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1A) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION...
  • Page 25: Standard Cmos Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Guide STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1A) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, May 21 1997 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 20 : 27 : 55 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master : Auto AUTO...
  • Page 26: Bios Features Setup

    Chapter 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1A) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Anti-Virus Protection : Enabled Video BIOS Shadow : Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled Quick Power On Self Test : Disabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled...
  • Page 27: Chipset Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Guide Gate A20 Option: Choose Fast (chipset handled) or Normal (keyboard handled). The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
  • Page 28 Chapter 4 A short description of the screen items follows: DRAM Data Integrity Mode: Choose ECC or Non-ECC. System BIOS Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows system BIOS be cacheable. Video BIOS Cacheable: Choose Enabled or Disabled. “Enabled” allows video BIOS be cacheable.
  • Page 29 Award BIOS Setup Guide POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU The Power Management Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset registers for system power management functions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1A) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled ** Reload Global Timer Events ** Power Management...
  • Page 30 Chapter 4 Video Off Method: Choose V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS or Blank Screen. This is monitor Power Saving Method. V/H SYNC+Blank means turn off Vertical, Horizontal scanning and blank the screen. Blank Screen will blank the display screen. DPMS (Display Power Management System) can allow the System BIOS control the Display Card to turn off the Display.
  • Page 31: Pci Configuration

    Award BIOS Setup Guide Reload Global Timer Event: When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby Mode. IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port PCI CONFIGURATION...
  • Page 32 Chapter 4 A short description of the screen items follows: PNP OS Installed: Set this option to Yes if the operating system installed in the computer is Plug and Play-aware (e.g. Windows 95). Resources Controlled By: The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible device.
  • Page 33: Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu

    Award BIOS Setup Guide INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP MENU The Integrated Peripherals setup option is need to change the values of the I/O chipset registers for I/O functions. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KD1A) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. On Board FDC Controller IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled : Enabled...
  • Page 34 Chapter 4 IDE Primary Master UDMA/IDE Primary Slave UDMA/IDE Secondary Master UDMA/IDE Secondary Slave UDMA: Available selection are “Auto” or “Disabled”. To choose “Auto”, the system BIOS will scan the IDE device and decide Ultra DMA supported or not. On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE: This item is used to set the onboard IDE controller. The settings are Primary, Secondary, Both or Disabled.
  • Page 35: Load Setup Defaults Menu

    Award BIOS Setup Guide LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS MENU This Main Menu item uses the default setup values. Use this option as a diagnostic aid if the system behaves erratically. Choose this item and the following message appears: “Load SETUP Defaults (Y/N)? N” To use the Power-On defaults, change the prompt to “Y”...
  • Page 36: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Chapter 4 4.11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION When users can not find the Hard Disk information, it is very helpful to use this option. Choose this item and press <Enter>. After couple seconds, the screen will appear the Hard Disk information and following message: “SELECT PRIMARY MASTER OPTION(N=SKIP): N”...
  • Page 37 CHAPTER 5 FLASH AND DMI UTILITY AWARD FLASH UTILITY This section will provide instructions to guide you through updating your old BIOS. The file name we use to program here is test.bin, and the file name to save old BIOS is 2A59F000.OLD.
  • Page 38 Chapter 5 If you do not wish to save the old BIOS: Please type “N”, and then press the ENTER key. Then you will be request to answer: “Are You Sure to Program?” Answer “N” if you do not want to program, and then it will exit. To save the old BIOS: Please respond “Y”, and then press the ENTER key.
  • Page 39 Flash and DMI Utility DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE (DMI) OVERVIEW This motherboard can support DMI within the BIOS level. DMI is able to auto- detect and record information pertinent to a computer’s system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size. The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard’s flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database.
  • Page 40 Chapter 5 Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen. Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing. “Edit component”...
  • Page 41 Flash and DMI Utility Load DMI File You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here.
  • Page 42 Chapter 5 Save DMI File You can save the DMI (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved.
  • Page 43 APPENDIX A QUICK GUIDE The table below summaries the functions and settings of each jumper of the motherboard. Function Jumper Settings Pentium II 350MHz J27: 1 close CPU Speed 2 open Selection 3 open Pentium II 400MHz J27: 1 open 2 close 3 close Pentium II 450MHz...
  • Page 44 Appendix A...
  • Page 45 Quick Guide...
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