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- Page 1 TS-ABX31 Intel Socket 370 Celeron Series USER S MANUAL Transcend Your Supplier, Your Partner, Your Friend.
- Page 2 All information within this document has been carefully checked. However, Transcend Information, Inc. (hereinafter re- ferred to as “Transcend”) carries no responsibility on liability to any error or inaccuracy which might occur in this manual, including the products and soft- ware mentioned in it.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
1.2 Specifications and Features ................... 1 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend TS-ABX31 Motherboard ..............3 2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-ABX31 Motherboard..........4 2.3 CPU Installation .................... 5 2.4 66/100MHz System Configuration............6 2.5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting............6 2.6 Memory Configuration ................... - Page 4 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3.1 BIOS Setup ........................16 3.2 The Main Menu ........................ 16 3.3 Standard CMOS Setup ....................18 3.4 BIOS Features Setup ...................... 21 3.5 Chipset Features Setup ....................24 3.6 Power Management Setup .................... 27 3.7 PnP/PCI Configuration Setup..................30 3.8 Integrated Peripherals ....................
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Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction
INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Package Contents This motherboard package contains the following items. If you discover any damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer. 1 - TS-ABX31 motherboard 2 - CD-ROM 3 - One FDD cable, one IDE cable 4 - User’s Manual 1.2 Specifications and Features - Support Intel Socket 370 Celeron Series... - Page 6 INTRODUCTION - Support PS/2 mouse and PS/2 keyboard - Support IrDA port - Support 2 Universal Serial Bus Ports Award BIOS - Support Plug-and-Play - Support ACPI, DMI, Green Feature Wake Up Features - PS/2 mouse and keyboard Wake Up - Support Wake-on-LAN function - Remote Ring Wake Up PCB Dimensions...
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Page 7: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend TS-ABX31 Motherboard Socket 370 ATX Power Connector * T:PS/2 Mouse **B:PS/2 Keyboard * T:USB1 **B:USB2 3 DIMM **B:COMB Sockets *T:Parallel (Printer) 66/100MHz **B:COMA 2 IDE Connectors Floppy Driver Connector Intel 440BX I t l 440BX... -
Page 8: Layout Of Transcend Ts-Abx31 Motherboard
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-ABX31 Motherboard KB MOUSE POWER-FAN PWR-C CONN PS/2 ATX Power C Connector T:Mouse B:Keyboard U S B T:Port 1 B:Port 2 COMB C O M B Socket 37 Thermal S e n s o r... -
Page 9: Cpu Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3 CPU Installation The motherboard provides a ZIF Socket 370. The CPU that you bought must have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If there is no fan on it, please purchase a fan before you turn on your system. -
Page 10: 66/100Mhz System Configuration
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4 66/100MHz System Configuration The jumper 2 (JP2) allows you to set FSB (Front Side Bus) to be 66 or 100MHz configuration. When you set FSB to 66MHz, you can select the system bus frequency from 66MHz to 83.3MHz through “CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)”... -
Page 11: Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU Internal Frequency Freq.-Ratio 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 O: ON X: OFF P a r a l l e l r a l l e l P o r t I n f r a r e d P o r t 2 M b i t F l a s h ( B I O S ) -
Page 12: Memory Configuration
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.6 Memory Configuration This motherboard must be installed with DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module). The DIMMs must be 3.3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules. It also supports ECC (Error Checking and Correct- ing). IMPORTANT: Memory speed setup is required through “Auto Configuration“ in BIOS Chipset Features Setup. -
Page 13: Keyboard Wake Up
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.7 Keyboard Wake Up (3-pin KB-AWK This function disables 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. P a r a l l e l P o r t I n f r a r e d P o r t J P 1... -
Page 14: 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. P a r a l l e l P o r t Floppy Drive Connector I n f r a r e d P o r t 2 M b i t F l a s h ( B I O S ) -
Page 15: 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 “En- abled”... -
Page 16: Panel Connectors
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.13 Panel Connectors Power LED Lead (3-pin KEYLOCK) This 3-pin connector attaches to the power LED. Pin1 : Pin2 : Pin3 : Keylock Lead (2-pin KEYLOCK) Use the keylock to enable or disable the keyboard. Pin4 : KEYLOCK Pin5 : Speaker Lead (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. -
Page 17: Power Connector
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Software Power-Off Lead (2-pin SOFT_OFF) Attach the SOFT_OFF Switch of the panel to this connector. Pin19 & Pin20 P a r a l l e l P o r t I n f r a r e d P o r t KEY LOCK 2 M b i t F l a s h ( B I O S ) KB-AWK... -
Page 18: External Connectors
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.15 External Connectors There are 5 kinds of external connectors on the motherboard. 1. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin MOUSE) The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked “MOUSE” The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. 2. -
Page 19: Clear Cmos Jumper
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.16 Clear CMOS Jumper (3-pin JP4) To clear the CMOS data, you should turn off your computer power and short the pin1 and pin2 of JP4. P a r a l l e l P o r t I n f r a r e d P o r t 2 M b i t F l a s h ( B I O S ) KB-AWK... -
Page 20: 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 configu- ration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM. So it can retain the Setup information when the power is turned off. - Page 21 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...
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Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup
BIOS SETUP 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. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters. - Page 23 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 are the brief explanations of drive specifications.
- Page 24 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; 1.2 megabyte capacity - 720K, 3.5 in : 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive;...
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Page 25: 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 26: Quick Power On Self Test
BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select “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. We recommend that you normally disable quick POST. It’s better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work. - Page 27 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 28: Chipset Features Setup
BIOS SETUP each section of memory separately. Many system designers hardwire shadowing of the sys- tem 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 29 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 de- fault setting.
- Page 30 BIOS SETUP Memory Hold At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves memory address space from 15MB to 16MB to ISA expan- sion 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 de- fault is “Disabled”.
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Page 31: Power Management Setup
BIOS SETUP 3.6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to save energy most effec- tively while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use. ACPI function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). - Page 32 BIOS SETUP 3. Max. Power Saving : Maximum power management mode. Inactivity period is defined as below. Doze Mode = 1 min. Standby Mode = 1 min. Suspend Mode = 1 min. HDD Power Down = 1 min. 4. User Defined : Allow you to set each mode individually. Select time-out period for each mode shown above.
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Page 33: Standby Mode
BIOS SETUP Standby Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed. Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity (1 minute to 1 hour), all devices except the CPU shut off. -
Page 34: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
BIOS SETUP To enable or disable the detection of IRQ 3-7, IRQ 9-15 or NMI inter- IRQ[3-7, 9-15], NMI rupt events for powering down state transition. These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, Primary IDE 0 serial and parallel port activities for powering down state Primary IDE 1 transition.Actually it detects the read/write to/from I/O ports. -
Page 35: Reset Configuration Data
BIOS SETUP Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play(PnP) compatible devices. If you select “Auto”, all the interrupt request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear, as the BIOS automatically assigns them. The choice: Auto and Manual. -
Page 36: 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” Enabled”. IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. - Page 37 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. USB Keyboard Support Select “Enabled”...
- Page 38 BIOS SETUP Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial ports. The Choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, Disabled, Auto. 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...
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Page 39: Supervisor Password
BIOS SETUP 3.9 Supervisor Password This option will set the password to prevent others from making changes to your system. Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access to “Setup” To set a password: 1. -
Page 40: 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 41: 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 42: Load Bios Defaults
BIOS SETUP 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 43: Chapter 4 Bios Upgrade
BIOS.) 4.2 Download Correct BIOS File from Web Please enter Transcend Internet web : http://www.transcendusa.com. Choose BIOS upgrade environment. The BIOS file name consists of 5 characters. Check the exact BIOS to download. Your BIOS file name must absolutely match the one shown on our web. -
Page 44: Bios Update
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 the icon of [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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