CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Package Contents This mainboard package contains the following items. If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact us (web site http://www.transcend.com.tw) 1 - The TS-AAP32 Mainboard. 2 - CD-ROM 3 - One Floppy Cable, one IDE Cable .
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INTRODUCTION - Support IrDA function. - Support 2 Universal Serial Bus Ports. · Award BIOS - Support Plug-and-Play. - Support ACPI,DMI,Green Feature. · Feature - Support Wake On LAN function. - Remote Ring Wake Up. · PCB DIMENSIONS - ATX form factor, 4 -layer PCB (17.3cm X 30.5cm )(6.8inchx12.0inch).
HARDWARE SETTING CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE SETTING 2.1 Part of the Transcend TS-AAP32 Motherboard Socket 370 ATX Power Connector T:PS/2 Mouse B:PS/2 Keyboard T:USB1 B:USB2 3 DIMM B:COM1 Sockets T:Parallel (Printer) B:COM2 2 IDE Connectors Floppy Connector VIA Apollo VIA Apollo...
HARDWARE SETTING 2.2 Transcend TS-AAP32 Motherboard Layout PWR-CO POWER-FAN MOUSE PS/2 ATX Power C Connector T:Mouse B:Keyboard U S B T:Port 1 B:Port 2 COMB C O M 2 Socket 37 Thermal Sensor Printer C O M 1 COMA IrDA...
P r i m a r y I D E C o n n e c t o r P a n e l S w i t c h 3.3V Position Unbuffered Position 168Pin Unbuffered SDRAM Module (DIMM1) 168Pin Unbuffered SDRAM Module (DIMM2) 168Pin Unbuffered SDRAM Module (DIMM3) TS-AAP32 168Pin DIMM Sockets...
P r i m a r y I D E C o n n e c t o r P a n e l S w i t c h TS-AAP32 Key yboard Wake Up 2.7 Primay / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 20x2pin IDE) These connectors support the provid IDE hard disk ribbon cable.
P r i m a r y I D E C o n n e c t o r P a n e l S w i t c h TS-AAP32 Floppy Di sk Driver Connector 2.9 Fan Power Connectors There are three fan power connectors on the mainboard: CPU _FAN, POWER_FAN, and CASE_FAN.
P r i m a r y I D E C o n n e c t o r P a n e l S w i t c h TS-AAP32 Wake-O On-LAN Connector 2.11 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5-pin IrDA) This connector is for the infrared device.
HARDWARE SETTING 2.12 Keylock & Power LED Lead (5-pin KEYLOCK) This keylock can enable or disable the keyboard and it also attaches to the power LED. Note that Pin4&5 is for keylock and Pin1&3 is for power LED. Pin1 : Pin2 : Pin3 : Pin4 :...
P r i m a r y I D E C o n n e c t o r P a n e l S w i t c h TS-AAP32 Front P Panel Connectors 2.18 Power Connector (10x2-pin PWR_CONN) Plug the ATX power supply connector to the right direction.
5 . C C O M B 5 . C O M A TS-AAP32 Exter rnal Connectors 2.20 Clear CMOS Jumper (3-pin JP4) The clear the RTC data, you could turn off your computer power and short the pin1 and pin2 of JP4.
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 the Setup information when the power is turned off. When the battery of CMOS fails, it will cause the data lost. When it happens, you should set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery.
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BIOS SETUP General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu. Change color from total 16 colors. to select color forward. Shift + F2 to select color backward Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu Load the default...
BIOS SETUP · INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS I/O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system. · SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD Change, set, or disable a password. In some BIOS versions that allow separate user and supervisor passwords, only the supervisor password permits access to Setup. The user pass- word generally allows only power-on access.
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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 DECTECTION function in Setup. Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications: * TYPE : The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types.
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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;...
BIOS SETUP 3.4 BIOS Features Setup This BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option allows you to improve your system performance and set up some system features according to your preference. · Virus Warning When enabled, you 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.
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BIOS SETUP · CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled to make sure the 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.
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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.
BIOS SETUP read it through the 64-bit DRAM bus. Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8-bit or 16-bit X-bus. Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals, but it also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB) available for loading device drivers, etc.
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BIOS SETUP · SDRAM Cycle Length This controls the SDRAM performance, default is 3 clocks. If your SDRAM DIMM specifica- tion is 2 CAS latency, change 3 to 2 for better performance. · DRAM Clock The default is Host CLK. ·...
BIOS SETUP · CPU Warning Temperature Enable this item to protect the CPU from overheating. · Current CPU FAN Speed This item will show the fan speed of CPU by RPM. · Current Power FAN Speed This item will show the fan speed of power by RPM. ·...
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BIOS SETUP There are three selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode settings. 1. Min. Power Saving : Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby Mode = 1 hr. Suspend Mode = 1 hr. HDD Power Down = 15 min. 2.
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BIOS SETUP · Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN When enabled,turning the system off with the On/Off button places the system in a very low- power-usage stage,with only enough circuit receiving power to detect activity or Resume by Ring activity. · HDD Power Down When Enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other device remain active.
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BIOS SETUP · LAN Wake Up This item choose Enable can use LAN wake up. the function often used system administator in mainboard find a while 3 pin socket but enthernet card also must be support this function. · Time Wake Up This item can power on your computer anytime.
BIOS SETUP 3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed 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 should make any changes to the default settings.
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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 compliant with the original PC AT bus specification,requiring a specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port1).
BIOS SETUP · · · · · AGP Master 1 WS Write This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus. By default, two-wait stages are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. The choice: Enabled, Disabled. ·...
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BIOS SETUP · · · · · On Chip IDE Channe l 0,1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for 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.
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BIOS SETUP · · · · · Power On Function 1- Button Only 2 - Keyboard 98 Choose 3 - Password KB Power on password Enter à 4 - Hot KEY CTRL+(F1~F10) 5 - Mouse Left 6 - Mouse Right ·...
BIOS SETUP 3 - ECPàECP Mode Use DMA:3, 1 4 - ECP+EPPàEPP Mode Use DMA:3, 1 EPP Mode Select: EPP1.7, EPP1.9 · · · · · OnChip USB Disabled - Defult. Enabled - Choose enabled the system can support 3.9 Supervisor Password This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system.
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 the same as SUPERVISOR PASSWORD. 3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically. Press to accept, to reject, and ESC to the next detection.
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.
BIOS SETUP 3.14 Load BIOS Defaults This item load the BIOS default valuses. NOTE: BIOS DEFAULTS values are adjusted for high performance. If you run into any problem after loading BIOS DEFAULTS, please run this item. 3.15 Load Setup Defaults This item load the system valuses you have previously saved.
BIOS's file name if you want to version BIO.) 4.2 Download Correct BIOS File From Web. Please enter Transcend Internet web : http://www.transcend.com.tw Choose into BIOS upgrade environment. The BIOS file name consisted of 5 characters. Check the suitable BIOS to down load. Your BIOS file name must absolute mach which is on our web.
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BIOS UPDATE Step 2: Make a System Disk - Put a clean 3.5" disk in Drive A MS-DOS : Key in FORMAT A:/S and press [Enter]. Windows O/S : Select My Computer Click 3.5" Floppy (A:) Select File/Format from Command Bar Under Format 3.5 Floppy (A:) Menu select Format type = Full item and Other Options = Copy system files...
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BIOS UPDATE Step 7: Re-configure your system: - Remove the Floppy Disk and Re-start your computer. - Press [Del] key during the Power-On-Selt-Test to enter BIOS Setup Program. - Re-set the relevant parameters according to your record of the original setting. - Save and Exit BIOS Setup program to re-boot your system.
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