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  • Page 1 ortress 9500/9300 DOC. NO. : DX3RPU-OL-E0201A Open...
  • Page 2 No part of this publication may be reproduced., stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of AOpen Incorporated. All brand and product names mentioned in this manual are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

  • Page 3: Nstructions

    Read these instructions carefully. Save these instructions for future reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the product. Do not use this product near water. Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, or table. The product may fall, causing serious damage to the product.
  • Page 4 walk on the cord. If an extension cord is used with this product, make sure that the total ampere rating of the equipment plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating. Also, make sure that the total rating of all products plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes.
  • Page 5 extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal condition. If the product has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged If the product exhibits a distinct change in performance, indicating a need for service 13. Replace the battery with the same type as the product's battery we recommend. Use of another battery may present a risk of fire or explosion.

  • Page 6: Arning

    DANGER INVISIBLE RADIATION WHEN OPEN. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT APPAREIL A LASER DE CLASSE 1 LASER KLASSE 1 LOUKAN 1 LASERLAITE PRODUIT LASER CATEGORIE 1 Open...

  • Page 7: B Atteries

    CAUTION: Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules.
  • Page 8 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help. Notice 1: The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
  • Page 9 Chapter 2 Fortress 9500/9300 Motherboard (DX3R Plus-U / DX3R-U) This chapter describes the motherboard and all its major components. It contains the motherboard layout, jumper settings, cache and memory configurations, and information on other internal devices.
  • Page 10 The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered by user Represents text input by the user. Represent the actual keys that you have to , etc…. press on the keyboard. NOTE Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic. CAUTION Gives precautionary measures to avoid possible hardware or software problems.

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    ’ ’ FORTRESS 9500/9300........................1 ....................3 MPORTANT AFETY NSTRUCTIONS CD-ROM S ......................6 AFETY ARNING ....................7 AUTION ON ITHIUM ATTERIES FCC C ............7 LASS ADIO REQUENCY NTERFERENCE TATEMENT ........................9 BOUT THIS ANUAL ..........................10 ONVENTIONS ’ .......................11 S IN THIS MANUAL CHAPTER 1 HOUSING INSTRUCTION (SV520) .................24...
  • Page 12 1.3 O .....................37 PENING THE OUSING ANELS 1.3.1 Opening the front panel door ..................37 1.3.2 Removing the front panel door..................38 1.3.3 Removing the side panels .....................39 1.4 I ................40 NSTALLING AND EMOVING EVICE RIVES 1.4.1 Removing drive bay covers ...................40 1.4.2 Installing and Removing a 3.5”...
  • Page 13 1.9 I ....................66 NSTALLING AN XPANSION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION..................68 2.1 O ..........................68 VERVIEW 2.2 F ......................70 EATURE IGHLIGHT CPU ............................70 Chipset...........................70 Memory..........................70 Expansion Slots ........................71 SCSI On-board ........................71 Video Subsystem ........................71 Intel 82550 LAN controller......................72 Power Management/Plug and Play ..................73 Super Multi-I/O........................73 2.3 M ......................74...
  • Page 14 2.6.1 CPU Installation......................79 2.6.2 CPU Fan (3-pins) & Housing Fan (4-pins) Connector ............80 2.6.3 Thermal Sensse Connector ...................81 2.6.4 JP10 CPU Terminator Jumper ..................82 2.6.5 DIMM Slots........................83 2.6.6 ATX Power Connector ....................85 2.6.7 Redundant SPS Connector ...................86 2.6.8 IDE and Floppy Connector ....................87 2.6.9 68-pins Ultra160/50-pins Narrow SCSI Connector............90 2.6.10 JP6 SCSI Channel Terminator Control.................91 2.6.11 Front Panel Connector....................92...
  • Page 15 2.6.18 JP8 System BIOS Password Check ................100 2.6.19 Event LED Connector....................101 2.6.20 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel..................102 2.6.21 Low ESR Capacitor ....................103 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP UTILITY ...................104 3.1 E ........................105 NTERING ETUP 3.2 S ......................107 YSTEM NFORMATION 3.2.1 Processor........................108 3.2.2 Processor Speed......................108 3.2.3 CPU/SDRAM BUS Frequency..................108 3.2.4 Level 1 Cache ......................108...
  • Page 16 3.2.11 1 Bank ......................110 3.2.12 Serial Port 1 ......................110 3.2.13 Serial Port 2 ......................111 3.2.14 Parallel Port....................... 111 3.2.15 PS/2 Mouse....................... 111 3.3 P .......................112 RODUCT NFORMATION 3.3.1 Product Name ......................113 3.3.2 System S/N .........................113 3.3.3 Main Board ID ......................113 3.3.4 Main Board S/N......................113 3.3.5 System BIOS Version....................113 3.3.6 SMBIOS Version ......................114...
  • Page 17 3.5.2 Parallel Port.........................123 3.5.3 Onboard Device Settings.....................127 3.6 P ......................131 OWER ANAGEMENT 3.6.1 Power Management Mode...................133 3.6.2 Power Switch < 4 sec....................135 3.6.3 System Wake-up Event ....................135 3.7 B ........................138 PTIONS 3.7.1 Boot Sequence......................139 3.7.2 Primary Display Adapter ....................139 3.7.3 Fast Boot........................140 3.7.4 Silent Boot........................140 3.7.5 Num Lock After Boot....................141...
  • Page 18 3.9 S ......................145 YSTEM ECURITY 3.9.1 Supervisor Password....................146 3.9.2 User Password ......................148 3.9.3 Disk Drive Control .......................148 3.10 S ......................150 YSTEM VENT 3.10.1 System Event Logging....................152 3.10.2 Events Control......................154 3.10.3 Event Process ......................155 3.10.4 Threshold Event Control ....................156 3.10.5 Temperature Threshold Setting..................156 3.10.6 Voltage Threshold Setting..................157 3.11 L ....................158...
  • Page 19 4.1 R SCSIS ™ U ..................163 UNNING THE ELECT TILITY 4.2 U .........................164 TILITY PTIONS 4.2.1 Configuring Channel A....................165 4.3 C ...............168 ONFIGURE DAPTER ETTINGS 4.3.1 Host Adapter SCSI ID....................170 4.3.2 SCSI Parity Checking ....................173 4.3.3 Boot Device Options....................175 4.3.4 Boot Channel Options ....................176 4.3.5 Boot SCSI ID Options....................177 4.3.6 Boot LUN Number Options ..................178 4.3.7 Boot LUN Number .......................179...
  • Page 20 4.4.6 BIOS Support for Int13 Extensions ................188 4.5 SCSI D ......................189 TILITIES 4.5.1 Format Disk.........................191 4.5.2 Verify Media ........................191 4.6 D 1 GB ....................193 RIVES 4.6.1 Extended Translation....................193 4.6.2 DOS 1 GByte Limit ......................193 4.7 W .................195 HEN TO SE THE XTENDED RANSLATION 4.7.1 with DOS 5.0 and above....................195...
  • Page 21 APM ............................198 ATA/66.............................198 ATA/100...........................198 BIOS (B )..................199 ASIC NPUT UTPUT YSTEM IDE (DMA ) ....................199 ASTER MODE CODEC (C ).....................199 ODING AND ECODING DIMM (D ) ..................200 EMORY ODULE ECC (E ) ................200 RROR HECKING AND ORRECTION EDO (E .................200 XTENDED UTPUT EMORY...
  • Page 22 P1394............................203 ..........................203 ARITY PBSRAM (P SRAM)..................204 IPELINED URST PC100 DIMM...........................204 PC133 DIMM...........................204 PDF F ..........................204 ORMAT P (P ).......................205 LUG AND POST (P ) ....................205 OWER RDRAM (R DRAM) ......................205 AMBUS RIMM............................206 SDRAM (S DRAM) ....................206 YNCHRONOUS SIMM (S )..................206 INGLE EMORY ODULE...
  • Page 23 ............................208 FILE TROUBLESHOOTING........................209 PRODUCT REGISTRATION .......................213 TECHNICAL SUPPORT ......................215 UMBER AND ERIAL UMBER ...............217 Open...
  • Page 24 This installation guide describes the features of the SV520 housing and tells you how to install the basic system components such as disk drives, a motherboard, or expansion boards. Open...

  • Page 25: F Eatures

    1.2.1 Front Panel Additional duplicate keys can be found at the back of the system. Open...
  • Page 26 Icon Item Event log LED HDD access LED Power/Suspend LED Power button 3.5” FDD (Optional) 3.5” FDD eject button CD-ROM tray (Optional) CD-ROM tray eject button Tape drive (Optional) Tape drive eject button Hot-swap redundant BPL6 cage fan (Optional, three fans) BPL6 HDD trays (Optional, six trays) Open...
  • Page 27 BPL6 HDD tray lock (Optional) Drive bay cover Housing wheels SCSI drive error LED SCSI drive activity LED SCSI drive power LED Hot-swap redundant fan fail LED Drive LED (Amber) Media LED (Green) Clean LED (Green) CD-ROM drive activity LED Headphone/earphone port Volume control Open...
  • Page 28 3.5” FDD activity LED Open...

  • Page 29: Real Panel

    1.2.2 Real Panel Open...
  • Page 30 Item Add-on card brackets RJ45 LAN port USB port VGA D-sub 15-pins connector Parallel port Serial port (COM1) PS/2 keyboard connector PS/2 mouse connector System power socket Hot-swap power supply activity LED (Orange when fail) Hot-swap power supply (Redundant power supply is optional) Open...
  • Page 31 Parallel port punch out hole SCSI connector punch out hole Serial port punch out hole NMI switch punch out hole Open...

  • Page 32: Internal Component

    1.2.3 Internal Component Open...
  • Page 33 Item Drive bays DX3R Plus-U / DX3R-U M/B Expansion brackets Rear fan Power supply Front fans (Two fans) Open...

  • Page 34: Bpl6 Jumpers And Connectors (Optional)

    1.2.4 BPL6 Jumpers and Connectors (Optional) Open...
  • Page 35 Connector or Jumper Description C buffer connector Front power LED connector SCSI 68-pin P connector - Out SCSI 68-pin P connector - Out For SAF-TE card use For SAF-TE card use SCSI 68-pin P connector - In SCSI 68-pin P connector - In Fan 1 to 3 Hot-plug fan-sink connector JP1/JP4...
  • Page 36 Power connector Slot 1 to 6 SCSI hard disk slots Slot 1 ID switch Slot 2 ID switch Slot 3 ID switch Slot 4 ID switch Slot 5 ID switch Slot 6 ID switch For the SCSI backplane board’s loading requirement, please insert the independent power cable that don’t connect to other device to each power connector on backplane board.

  • Page 37: Opening The Front Panel Door

    1.3.1 Opening the front panel door To open front door: Insert the key, push, and then turn it clockwise. If you are using the chassis for the first time, you can find the key attach to the rear of the chassis. Press the latch and open the door Open...

  • Page 38: Removing The Front Panel Door

    1.3.2 Removing the front panel door The door is attached to the main housing by screw-less hinges. Follow these steps to remove the door: Unlock the door. Open it up to a 45° angle. Lift it up and pull out to detach. Open...

  • Page 39: Removing The Side Panels

    1.3.3 Removing the side panels To remove the side panels: Turn off the power to the system unit and unplug all cables. Unscrew two thumbscrews located at the back of the side panels. Gently pull back the side panel and detach Open...

  • Page 40: O Pening The H Ousing P Anels

    The chassis has nine 5.25” drive bay. You can install additional storage devices like CD-ROM drives, digital audiotape (DAT) drives or hard disk drives on the empty bays. Turn off the power switch and unplug the power cord before installing or removing diskette drives. 1.4.1 Removing drive bay covers The drive bay cover protects the inside of the chassis when the drive bay is not occupied.

  • Page 41: Installing And Removing A 3.5" Device Drive

    1.4.2 Installing and Removing a 3.5” Device Drive The housing comes with a 5.25” plastic casing for installing 3.5” storage devices. To install 3.5-inch device drives: Open the front panel of the housing. See “Opening the housing panel” on page 38 for more information. Attaching the 3.5”...
  • Page 42 Insert the casing into the bay. If the drive bay has a cover, remove the cover first. See “Removing drive bay covers” on page 41. Secure the casing with two screws. Open...
  • Page 43 Connect the power cable and signal cables to the storage devices. Reinstall the side panel. Open...
  • Page 44 To remove a 3.5” storage device: Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels” on page 38 for more information. Disconnect the power and signal cables. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws located on the right side of the plastic casing. Gently pull out the plastic casing.

  • Page 45: Installing And Removing A 5.25" Device Drive

    1.4.3 Installing and Removing a 5.25” Device Drive You may install a CD-ROM, digital-audio tape (DAT), hard disk, diskette drive or any other 5.25-inch device into the drive bay. To install 5.25-inch devices: Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels”...
  • Page 46 Secure the storage drive with two screws. Connect the power cable and signal cables to the external devices. Reinstall the side panels. Open...
  • Page 47 To remove a 5.25” storage device: Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels” on page 38 for more information. Disconnect the power and signal cables. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screws located on the right side of the storage device.
  • Page 48 The hot-swap cage occupied four drive bays. For more information about the backplane board, please refer to “BPL6 Jumpers and Connectors” on page 35, The BPL6 hot-swap cage includes the following components: One hot-swap cage (with back plane board attached) Six hard disk drive trays Three hot-plug fan-sink modules One SCSI terminator...

  • Page 49: Installing A Hsc5 Hot-Swap Cage

    1.5.1 Installing a HSC5 Hot-Swap Cage To install the hot-swap cage into the housing: Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels” on page 38 for more information. Attach two pairs of drive rails on each side of the hot-swap cage. Secure the rails with eight screws.
  • Page 50 Attach the following to the BPL6 backplane board and attach the other end of the connector cable to the motherboard (See “Motherboard Map” on page 73). a. Power cables b. SCSI terminator c. I C cable (CN1, connect to motherboard) d.

  • Page 51: Hot-Swapping Scsi Sca Hard Disk Drive

    1.5.2 Hot-Swapping SCSI SCA Hard Disk Drive The hot-swap cage supports up to six hot-swapping SCSI SCA hard disk drives. You can hot-swap (remove an replace) a hard disk drive any time when it fails to operate (indicated by the yellow LED).
  • Page 52 Follow these steps to install a hot swappable SCSI drive: Use the hex key provided with the system to unlock the drive tray. Use your finger to release the drive tray and then pull it out. Open...
  • Page 53 Place a hard disk on the tray. Secure it with four screws with the metal holder as shown below. Insert the tray into the hot-swap cage with the lever still extended. Make sure that the drive is properly inserted before closing the lever. Push the lever back until it clicks into place.

  • Page 54: Hot-Swapping The Hot-Plug Fan-Sink Module

    1.5.3 Hot-Swapping the Hot-Plug Fan-Sink Module The hot-swap cage supports up to three hot-plug fan-sink modules to keep it cool. You can hot-swap (remove and replace) a hot-plug fan-sink any time when it fails to operate (indicated by the yellow LED). Follow these steps to replace a hot-plug fan-sink module: Insert your pointing finger and your thumb into the fan-sink module.
  • Page 55 Insert a new fan-sink into the hot-swap cage. Push the fan-sink until it locks into place. Open...
  • Page 56 The power subsystem consists of two hot-swappable power supply module bays that allow the installation of two 337-watts power supply modules in a hot-swappable redundant configuration. A redundant power configuration enables a fully-configure system to continue running even if one power supply fails.
  • Page 57 Secure the power supply with a screw. Open...
  • Page 58 To remove a hot-swappable redundant power supply: An orange colored LED indicates a failed power supply. Remove the screw using a Phillips screwdriver. Press the latch to release the power supply and gently pull it out using the metal handle. Open...
  • Page 59 The power supply subsystem should supply a minimum of 337 Watts to the whole system. If you only have one power supply or if you have tow power supplies and are planning to remove both of them, remember to turn off the power first and disconnect the power cord from the electrical outlet.
  • Page 60 To replace the power supply fan: Open the front panel door and remove the right panel. See “Opening the housing panels” on page 38 for more information. Insert your pointing finger and thumb into the power supply fan. Squeeze the latch to release the fan and gently pull it out. Open...
  • Page 61 Insert a new fan and gently push it down until it locks into place. Open...
  • Page 62 The chassis can house five cooling fans, however, it only needs a minimum of three cooling fans to operate properly. These fans are distributed inside the chassis to cool down the system (two in front and one at the back). The rear-cooling fan is fixed and not hot swappable. You have to shutdown the system before changing the rear-cooling fan.

  • Page 63: Hot-Swap Fan Base Board

    1.8.1 Hot-Swap Fan Base Board Open...

  • Page 64: Replacing Housing Fans

    Connector or Jumper Description Power connector Signal cable (4-pin) Fan1 to 4 Hot-plug fan connector 1.8.2 Replacing Housing Fans To change a rear housing fan: Shutdown the system Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels”...
  • Page 65 Open the front panel door and remove the side panels. See “Opening the housing panels” on page 38 for more information. See which of the fan is defective. Refer to the LED located at the bottom side of each fan. Insert your forefinger into the grasp hole and use your thumb to press the latch to release the defective fan.
  • Page 66 The expansion card connects to the motherboard expansion slots. The number of expansion slots available depends on the motherboard that you want to install. However, the chassis can only accommodate a maximum of seven expansion cards. To install an expansion card: Open the front panel door and remove the side panels.
  • Page 67 Align and insert the expansion card to the empty expansion slot. Secure the expansion card to the chassis with a screw. Reinstall the side panel. Open...

  • Page 68: O Verview

    The AOpen DX3R Plus-U/DX3R-U is a PCI bus based dual processor motherboard built on an extended ATX baseboard. It comes with two socket 370 processor slots utilizing two ® ® Intel Pentium III processors integrated with the Server Works LE north and OSB4 south bridge chipsets.
  • Page 69 EPP/ECP feature, a diskette drive interface and two embedded hard disk interfaces. Open...

  • Page 70: Chipset

    ® ® Supports single/dual Intel FC-PGA Pentium III 533MHz~1.4GHz with 100/133MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) designed for Socket 370 technology. FSB133 MHz Coppermine and Tualatin CPU are also supported up to 1.2GHz Chipset The Server Works CNB30LE chipset incorporated as a north bridge is in charge of the host bus interface and memory bus control.

  • Page 71: Expansion Slots

    Expansion Slots Including four 64-bit/33MHz, two 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP Pro slots. The PCI local bus ® throughput can be up to 264MB/s. The Intel AGP Pro specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP Pro video cards support data transfer rates up to 1066MB/s.

  • Page 72: Intel 82550 Lan Controller

    enhanced visual experience on your system. The on-board ATI Rage XL chipset comes with 4MB of video memory and supports up to 1280*1024 display mode at high colors with a maximum of 4MB video memory option. Intel 82550 LAN controller Another cost-effective feature for network solution is the integration of Intel 82550 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller that supports: Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 1.20A based power management.

  • Page 73: Power Management/Plug And Play

    Power Management/Plug and Play The DX3R Plus-U/DX3R-U supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play that helps save users from configuration problems, thus making to system user-friendlier.
  • Page 74 RJ45 LAN Jack JP10 CPU Terminator Jumper PC99 Colored Back Panel BP (Backplane) Connector COM2 Port Connector ® Intel 82550 10/100Mbps WOL (Wake On LAN) Connect Ethernet Controller 32bit PCI Slot x2 ATI Rage XL Video Chip with 4MB Video RAM onboard ATX Power Connector Low ESR Capacitor (1500uF) 64bit PCI Slot x4...
  • Page 75 Socket Socket Coppermine,Tualatin Coppermine,Tualatin Front Side Bus @ 100MHz/133MHz Secondary PCI Bus 100/133MHz (64b/33/66MHz) CNB30LE (64b/33/66MHz) Host Bridge Up to 4GB SDRAM Up to 1.0 GB/s Memory Bandwidth Adaptec AIC-7899 Primary PCI Bus (32b/33MHz) Primary PCI Bus (32b/33MHz) Ultra160 SCSI OSB4 V G A Intel...
  • Page 76 The table below lists the different connectors or jumpers on the motherboard and their respective functions. Connector or Description Page Jumper ATX Power Connector Keyboard/Mouse Connector Serial Port Connector CN7/CN25 CPU1/CPU2 Thermal Sense Connector CN8/CN24 CPU1/CPU2 Fan Connector Redundant SPS Connector CN10 Printer/VGA/RS232 Connector CN13/19/20/23/28...
  • Page 77 Connector or Description Page Jumper CN29 50-pins Narrow SCSI Connector CN30 USB Connector CN35/CN38 68-pins SCSI Connector CN37 WOL Connector CN40 FDD Connector CN41 System Event LED Connector CN42 BP (Backplane) Connector CN46 External Speaker Connector System Event Clear Jumper SCSI Terminator Jumper Password Check Jumper JP10...

  • Page 78: H Ardware

    This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component. 1.Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 79: Cpu Installation

    2.6.1 CPU Installation CPU Pin 1 and cut edge Pull up the CPU socket level and up to 90-degree angle. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a (golden) cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge.

  • Page 80: Cpu Fan (3-Pins) & Housing Fan (4-Pins) Connector

    2.6.2 CPU Fan (3-pins) & Housing Fan (4-pins) Connector Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector and housing fan cable to the Housing Fan connector. +12V Sense CPU fan connector +12V Fan Off Note: Some CPU fans do not have Fan Fail Sense sense pin, so that cannot support fan...

  • Page 81: Thermal Sensse Connector

    2.6.3 Thermal Sensse Connector The Thermal Sense Connector (CN7 & CN25) provides you to use the thermal sensor to detect the temperature of the components on the motherboard. Sense Thermal Sense connector Open...

  • Page 82: Jp10 Cpu Terminator Jumper

    2.6.4 JP10 CPU Terminator Jumper ® When you are using single Intel Pentium III/Celeron CPU with DX3R Plus-U/DX3R-U, you must short the pin-1 and pin-2 to enable CPU terminator function. Disable Enable (Default) (Default) Open...

  • Page 83: Dimm Slots

    2.6.5 DIMM Slots This motherboard has four 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 Registered memory up to 4.0GB. Note: The ServerSet™ III LE chipset only allows you using the Registered SRAM with it. DIMM 1 DIMM 2 DIMM 3 DIMM 4...
  • Page 84 recommend choosing 4-clock SDRAM for its reliability Tip: To identify 2-clock and 4-clock DIMM, you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM. If there are traces, the SDRAM is probably 4-clock; otherwise, it is 2-clock.

  • Page 85: Atx Power Connector

    2.6.6 ATX Power Connector The DX3R Plus-U/DX3R-U uses 20-pins ATX power connector. Make sure you plug the connector in the right direction. +3.3V +3.3V -12V +3.3V PS-ON PWR OK 5VSB +12V Open...

  • Page 86: Redundant Sps Connector

    2.6.7 Redundant SPS Connector The Redundant SPS connector provides the signal to hardware monitoring module if it had fail. Present 1 PS_ON C CLK PS 3 Fail Fan 1 Fail Fan 3 Fail PS 1 Fail PS 2 Fail Present 3 Fan 2 Fail Present 2 5VSB...

  • Page 87: Ide And Floppy Connector

    2.6.8 IDE and Floppy Connector Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to floppy connector FDC and IDE connector. Pin1 of cable is normally marked with red color. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage. Pin 1 IDE Slave (2nd) IDE Master (1st)
  • Page 88 As known, each IDE channel supports two IDE devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
  • Page 89 This motherboard supports Ultra DMA/33 mode. Following table lists the transfer rate of IDE PIO and DMA modes. The IDE bus is 16-bit, which means every transfer is two bytes. Clock per Clock Mode Cycle Time Data Transfer Rate 33MHz PCI Count PIO mode 0 30ns...

  • Page 90: Pins Ultra160/50-Pins Narrow Scsi Connector

    2.6.9 68-pins Ultra160/50-pins Narrow SCSI Connector (DX3R Plus-U only) The DX3R Plus-U provides two 68-pins Ultra Wide/Ultra2/3 and one 50-pins Narrow SCSI connectors for 8/16-bit or 16-bit differential SCSI devices. 50-pins Narrow SCSI 68-pins Ultra160 SCSI Open...

  • Page 91: Jp6 Scsi Channel Terminator Control

    2.6.10 JP6 SCSI Channel Terminator Control (DX3R Plus-U only) The JP6 allows you to enable or disable the on-board SCSI terminator control function. Pin 1 (Default) Open...

  • Page 92: Front Panel Connector

    2.6.11 Front Panel Connector Attaching such as power LED, speaker, reset switch, power switch connector, etc.… to corresponding pins. Power LED Chassis HDD LED Reset Switch RST S/W INT S/W +5VS HDD LED HDD LED Open...

  • Page 93: Wol (Wake On Lan) Connector

    2.6.12 WOL (Wake on LAN) Connector To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a Ethernet card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector. The system identification information (probably IP address) is stored on network card and because there is a lot of traffic on the Ethernet, you need to install network management software, such as ADM, for the checking of how to wake up the system.
  • Page 94 The picture shown below is only for your reference. WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) Open...
  • Page 95 2.6.13 Support 2 USB Port This motherboard supports four USB ports. Two of them are on back panel connector, the other two are on the left-bottom area of this motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect them to front panel. USBPWR6 USBP2- USBPWR7...

  • Page 96: Nmi (Non-Maskable Interrupt) Switch Jumper

    2.6.14 NMI (Non-Maskable Interrupt) Switch Jumper Non- Maskable Interrupt used for event handling. When event is occurred, system will receive an NMI and execute a unique task. To disable this function, please short CN18 by jumper cap. Close Open (Default) Open...

  • Page 97: Bp (Backplane) Connector

    2.6.15 BP (Backplane) Connector The BP connector provides the signals of BPL6 backplane to ASM (Advanced Server Management) software monitoring program, such as storage category, HDD fault, fan present, fan fault. Pin 1 C CLK Open...

  • Page 98: External Speaker Connector

    2.6.16 External Speaker Connector If you want to use external case-mounted speaker instead of internal buzzer, the 4-pins external speaker connector can let you connect with external case-mounted speaker. Pin 1 Open...

  • Page 99: Jp5 System Event Clear Jumper

    2.6.17 JP5 System Event Clear Jumper The JP5 allows you to clear the system event log record whenever the event log area is full. Please short the JP5 by jumper cap if you want to clear all of the event logs. Clear Normal (Default)

  • Page 100: Jp8 System Bios Password Check

    2.6.18 JP8 System BIOS Password Check There is one jumper cap over pin2 and pin3 of JP8 for system BIOS password check. If you want to use the system without BIOS password check, please remove the jumper cap to short pin1 and pin2.

  • Page 101: Event Led Connector

    2.6.19 Event LED Connector The DX3R Plus-U/DX3R-U BIOS supports the system monitored event logs recording function. If there is any event happens or hard disk fails when you operate your system, the Event LED will keep flash to warn you. Pin 1 To LED Open...

  • Page 102: Pc99 Color Coded Back Panel

    2.6.20 PC99 Color Coded Back Panel The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1, Printer, USB, and RJ45 LAN jack. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse SPP/ECP/EPP Print Port Connector RJ45 LAN...

  • Page 103: Low Esr Capacitor

    2.6.21 Low ESR Capacitor The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power. The location of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation. Open...
  • Page 104 Most of system had already configured by the manufacturer or the dealer. There is no need to run BIOS setup program when starting the computer unless you get a run setup program message. The setup program loads configuration values into the battery-backed nonvolatile memory called CMOS RAM.
  • Page 105 To enter Setup, press the DELETE key. You must press DELETE while the system is booting. This key does not work during any other time. The Setup Utility Main Menu appears: The system supports two BIOS Utility levels: Basic and Advanced. If you are an advanced user, you may want to check the detailed configuration of your system.
  • Page 106 Detailed system configurations are contained in the Advanced Level. To view the Advanced Level, press The asterisk (*) mark indicates that the parameter appears only when you are in the Advanced Level. The parameters on the screens show default values. These values may not be the same as those in your system.

  • Page 107: S Ystem I Nformation

    The following screen appears if you select System Information from the Main menu: The System Information menu shows the current basic configuration of your system. Open...

  • Page 108: Processor

    The sections below explain the parameters. 3.2.1 Processor The Processor parameter specifies the type of processor currently installed in your system. The system supports Intel Pentium II and Pentium III processors up to 1.4GHz. S370 Tualatin and Coppermine CPU are also supported up to 1.2GHz. 3.2.2 Processor Speed The Processor Speed parameter specifies the speed of the processor currently installed in your system.

  • Page 109: Level 2 Cache

    3.2.5 Level 2 Cache This parameter specifies the second-level cache memory size that comes with the CPU. The available cache size is 256/512 KB. 3.2.6 Diskette Drive A This parameter specifies the system’s current diskette drive A settings. 3.2.7 Diskette Drive B This parameter specifies the system’s current diskette drive B settings.

  • Page 110: Total Memory

    3.2.10 Total Memory This parameter specifies the total amount of onboard memory. The memory size is automatically detected by BIOS during the POST. If you install additional memory, the system automatically adjusts this parameter to display the new memory size. 1st Bank/2nd Bank/3rd Bank The 1st Bank, 2nd Bank, and 3rd Bank parameters indicate the type and size of DRAM installed in DIMM sockets 1, 2, and 3 respectively.

  • Page 111: Serial Port 2

    3.2.13 Serial Port 2 This parameter shows the serial port 2 address and IRQ setting. 3.2.14 Parallel Port This parameter shows the parallel port address and IRQ setting. 3.2.15 PS/2 Mouse The BIOS utility automatically detects if there is a pointing device connected to your system. If there is, this parameter displays the “Installed”...

  • Page 112: P Roduct I Nformation

    The Product Information contains the general data about the system, such as the product name, serial number, BIOS version, etc. This information is necessary for troubleshooting (may be required when asking for technical support). The following shows how the Product Information screen appears: Open...

  • Page 113: Product Name

    3.3.1 Product Name This parameter specifies the official name of the system. 3.3.2 System S/N This parameter specifies the system’s serial number. 3.3.3 Main Board ID This parameter specifies the motherboard’s identification number. 3.3.4 Main Board S/N This parameter specifies the motherboard’s serial number. 3.3.5 System BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility.

  • Page 114: Smbios Version

    3.3.6 SMBIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the SMBIOS version. Open...

  • Page 115: Disk Drive

    Select Disk Drives to input configuration values for disk drives. The following screen shows the Disk Drives menu: Open...

  • Page 116: Floppy Drives

    3.4.1 Floppy Drives To enter the configuration value for the first floppy drive, highlight the Floppy Drive A parameter. Press , key to view the options and select the appropriate value. Drive A/Drive B These items select the floppy drive type. The available settings and types supported by the motherboard are listed to the left.
  • Page 117 This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the master port of IDE channel 1. IDE Primary Channel Slave This option lets you configure the hard disk drive connected to the slave port of IDE channel 1. The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive parameters: Device Detection Mode Device Detection...
  • Page 118 items will remain “0”. And when the system boot up, system will detect the Auto (Default) hard disk and configure it automatically. “None” means there is no device in User the channel. None Device Type This parameter shows which type of IDE drive currently used. Cylinder This parameter specifies the number of cylinders of your hard disk, and is automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting.
  • Page 119 depending on your Type parameter setting. Size This parameter specifies the size of your hard disk, in MB. Hard Disk LBA Mode Hard Disk Block This function enhances disk performance depending on the hard disk in Mode use. If you set this parameter to “Auto”, the BIOS utility automatically detects if the installed hard disk drive supports the Block Mode function.

  • Page 120: O Nboard P Eripherals

    The Onboard Peripherals Configuration allows you to configure the onboard communication ports and the onboard devices. Selecting this option displays the following screen: Open...
  • Page 121 This page is the lower half of Onboard Peripherals submenu. Open...

  • Page 122: Serial Ports 1 And 2

    3.5.1 Serial Ports 1 and 2 Serial Port 1 & 2 These parameters allow you to enable or disable serial ports 1 and 2. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.5.1.1 Base Address Base Address This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port.

  • Page 123: Parallel Port

    3.5.1.2 IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial ports 1 and 2. The options for serial ports 1 are IRQ 4 and 11. The Serial Port 1: options for serial port 2 are IRQ 3 and 10. 4 (Default), 11 Serial Port 2: 3 (Default), 10...
  • Page 124 3.5.2.1 Base Address Base Address This item allows you to assign address and interrupt for the board serial port. 378h (Default) 3BCh 278h 3.5.2.2 IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for the parallel port. The options are IRQ 5 and 7. 7 (Default), 5 The Base Address and IRQ parameters are configurable only if Parallel Port is enabled.
  • Page 125 3.5.2.3 Operation Mode Operation Mode This item lets you set the parallel port mode. The mode options are Standard, Bi-directional, EPP (Enhanced Parallel EPP (Default) Port) and ECP (Extended Parallel Port). Bi-Directional Standard Setting Function Standard Parallel Port (Standard) Allows normal speed one-way operation Bi-directional Parallel Port...
  • Page 126 3.5.2.4 ECP DMA Channel ECP Mode Use DMA This item becomes active only if you select Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) as the operation mode. It allows you to assign DMA channel 1 or DMA channel 3 for the ECP 1 (Default) parallel port function (as required in Windows 95).

  • Page 127: Onboard Device Settings

    3.5.3 Onboard Device Settings The Onboard Device Settings menu allows you to configure the onboard communication ports and the onboard devices. Selecting this option from the Onboard Peripherals menu displays the following screen: Open...
  • Page 128 3.5.3.1 Floppy Disk Controller Floppy Disk This parameter lets you enable or disable the onboard floppy Controller disk controller. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.5.3.2 IDE Controller IDE Controller Set this parameter to “Primary” to enable only the primary IDE controller; “Both” to enable both primary and secondary IDE Both (Default) controllers;...
  • Page 129 3.5.3.4 USB Host Controller USB Host This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on Controller board. When enabled, it activates the USB function of the system. When disabled, it deactivates the function. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.5.3.5 USB Legacy Mode USB Legacy Mode This parameter lets you enable or disable the USB controller on board.
  • Page 130 3.5.3.7 Onboard Ethernet Chip On-board This parameter allows you to enable or disable the onboard Ethernet Chip network feature. Enabled (Default) Disabled Open...

  • Page 131: P Ower M Anagement

    The Power Management menu allows you to configure the system power-management feature. The following screen shows the Power Management parameters and their default settings: Open...
  • Page 132 This page is the lower half of Power Management submenu. A parameter with an asterisk (*) mark indicates that the parameter appears only when you are using in the Advanced Level. See “Entering Setup” on Page Open...

  • Page 133: Power Management Mode

    3.6.1 Power Management Mode Power This parameter allows you to reduce power consumption. Management When this parameter is set to “Enabled”, you can configure the Mode IDE hard disk and system timers. Setting it to “Disabled” deactivates the power-management feature and its timers. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.6.1.1 IDE Hard Disk Standby Timer...
  • Page 134 3.6.1.2 System Sleep Timer System Sleep This parameter sets the system to the lowest power-saving Timer mode after a specified period of inactivity. Any keyboard or mouse action or any activity detected from the IRQ channels Off (Default) resumes system operation. 120, 110, 100…20, 15, 10, 5, 2min 3.6.1.3 Sleep Mode...

  • Page 135: Power Switch < 4 Sec

    3.6.2 Power Switch < 4 sec. Power Switch < 4 When set to ”Power Off”, the system automatically turns off Sec. when the power switch is pressed for less than 4 seconds. When set to ”Suspend”, the system enters the suspend mode when Suspend pressed for less than 4 seconds.
  • Page 136 3.6.3.2 PCI Power Management PCI Power This item allows you to enable or disable the PCI power Management management function. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.6.3.3 RTC Alarm RTC Alarm This item allows you to set a certain time on a certain day to wake-up the system from suspend mode.
  • Page 137 Resume Time Resume Time This item is displayed when you enable the RTC Wake Up Timer option. Here you can specify what time you want to wake up the hh:mm:ss system. 3.6.3.4 Restart On AC/Power Failure Restart On When “Enabled”, the system automatically turns on when the AC/Power Failure power comes back.

  • Page 138: Boot Option

    This option allows you to specify your preferred setting for boot up. The following screen appears if you select Boot Options from the Basic Configuration menu: Open...

  • Page 139: Boot Sequence

    3.7.1 Boot Sequence This parameter allows you to specify the boot search sequence during POST. . The system checks this drive first. . The system then checks this drive if it can not boot from the 1 specified drive. . If the 1 and 2 searches fail then it boots from this drive.

  • Page 140: Fast Boot

    3.7.3 Fast Boot Fast Boot This parameter allows the system to boot faster by skipping some POST routines. Auto (Default) Disabled 3.7.4 Silent Boot Silent Boot This parameter enables or disables the Silent Boot function. When set to ”Enabled”, BIOS is in graphical mode and displays Enabled (Default) only an identification logo during POST and while booting.

  • Page 141: Num Lock After Boot

    3.7.5 Num Lock After Boot Num Lock After This parameter allows you to activate the Num Lock function Boot upon booting. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.7.6 Memory Test Memory Test When set to ”Enabled”, this parameter allows the system to perform a RAM test during the POST routine. When set to Enabled “Disabled”, the system detects only the memory size and Disabled (Default)

  • Page 142: Date And Time.

    The real-time clock keeps the system date and time. After setting the date and time, you do not need to enter them every time you turn on the system. As long as the internal battery remains good (approximately seven years) and connected, the clock continues to keep the date and time accurately even when the power is off.

  • Page 143: Date

    3.8.1 Date Date Highlight the items on the Date parameter and press to set the date following the weekday-month-day-year ww:mm:dd:yy format. Valid values for weekday, month, day, and year are: Weekday: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat Month: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec Day: 1 to 31 Year:...
  • Page 144 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Open...
  • Page 145 The Setup program has a number of security features to prevent unauthorized access to the system and its data. The following screen appears if you select System Security from the Main menu: Open...

  • Page 146: Supervisor Password

    3.9.1 Supervisor Password Supervisor This item can prevent unauthorized access to the BIOS utility. Password The “Present” setting allows you to set a setup password. None (Default) Present Open...
  • Page 147 Enable the Supervisor Password parameter in the System Security menu by pressing the ENTER key. The Supervisor Password windows will appear as shown above. Type a password. The password may consist of up to seven characters. Be very careful when typing your password because the actual characters do not appear on the screen.

  • Page 148: User Password

    3.9.2 User Password User Password This item can secure your system against unauthorized use. Once you set this password, you have to type it whenever you None (Default) boot the system. This item is available when only Supervisor Present Password is set. 3.9.3 Disk Drive Control The disk drive control features allow you to control the floppy drive or the hard disk drive boot function to prevent loading operating systems or other programs from a certain drive while the...
  • Page 149 Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector Hard Disk Drive Setting Description Normal Hard disk drive functions normally Write Protect All Sectors Disables the write function on all sectors Write Protect Boot Sector Disables the write function only on the boot sector Open...
  • Page 150 The system event log enables you to record and monitor events that occurs in your system like system temperature, fan stops, and others. This feature allows you to specify the appropriate settings for your system’s event handling. Selecting the option displays the following screen: This page is the lower half of System Event Log submenu.
  • Page 151 Open...

  • Page 152: System Event Logging

    3.10.1 System Event Logging This option allows you to record monitored events that occur during the operation of your system. 3.10.1.1 Event Logging Event Logging This item allows you to enable or disable the system event logging function. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.10.1.2 Clear Event Logs Clear Event Logs...
  • Page 153 3.10.1.4 Total Number of Event Logs Total Number of The currently number of events located in the event log area. Event Logs 3.10.1.5 Available Space for Event Logs Available Space The percentage of space that is still available for logging system for Event Logs events.

  • Page 154: Events Control

    3.10.2 Events Control This parameter monitors the following events and logs them into the event log file if there is a change in status. 3.10.2.1 Temperature/Voltage/Fan Temperature/Volta Enable or disable the monitoring of the system’s temperature, ge/ Fan voltage, and CPU fan. Enabled (Default) Disabled 3.10.2.2 ECC...

  • Page 155: Event Process

    3.10.2.3 PCI PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a 32-bit bus that can run at clock speeds of 33 MHz. This parameter monitors the Enabled (Default) activity of this bus when set to enabled. Disabled 3.10.3 Event Process 3.10.3.1 Action After Critical Event Action After This parameter allows you to select the action after BIOS finds a Critical Event...

  • Page 156: Threshold Event Control

    3.10.3.2 POST Error Stop Post Error Stop BIOS checking the bad CPUs and memory modules during POST. When this parameter is enabled, BIOS will stop POST Enabled (Default) operation whenever it finds a bad CPU or memory. Otherwise, if Disabled disabled the system will continue running.

  • Page 157: Voltage Threshold Setting

    3.10.5.2 System System This item allows you to set the system critical temperature value. User Input 3.10.6 Voltage Threshold Setting Voltage Threshold This parameter lets you setting CPU core voltage lower critical Setting threshold value. Open...
  • Page 158 Use this option to load the default settings for the optimized system configuration. When you load the default settings, some of the parameters are grayed-out with their fixed settings. These grayed parameters are not user-configurable. The following dialog box appears when you select Load Default Settings from the main menu: Select “Yes”...
  • Page 159 Use this option to disregard your changes to the BIOS and reload your previous settings. The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from the main menu: Select “Yes” to disregard your changes and reload your previous settings. After reload, the main menu appears on screen.

  • Page 160: Chapter 4 Scsiselect™ Utility

    ™ ™ The SCSISelect™ utility allows you to change SCSI controller settings without opening the system or changing jumpers. The table below lists the settings that you can change using the SCSISelect™ utility and the default value for each setting. Some settings apply globally to the SCSI controller and all SCSI devices on the bus.

  • Page 161: Individual Settings For Scsi Drives

    Boot Device Option 0 (zero) Host Adapter BIOS * Enabled Support Removable Disks under BIOS as Hard Disks Boot only Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GB Enabled Display <Ctrl-A> Message During BIOS Initialization Enabled Multiple LUN Support Disabled BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM Enabled...

  • Page 162: When To Use The Scsiselect™ Utility

    Initiate Sync Negotiation Maximum Sync Transfer Rate 160MB/sec. Enable Disconnection Send Start Unit SCSI Command * Initiate Wide Negotiation When to Use the SCSISelect™ Utility Use the SCSI Select utility if you need to do any one of the following: Change any of the default values listed in the SCSI Controller and All Devices Table.
  • Page 163 ™ ™ A screen message giving the option to access the SCSISelect™ utility appears after the BIOS and POST routine. To start the utility, press + A when the following message appears during power-on or system reset: Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSISelect Utility! Your screen may show the key sequence as + <Hot Key>...

  • Page 164: U Tility O Ptions

    When the SCSI Select utility detects that the AIC-7899 SCSI controller is in the system, it displays the following Options menu: Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 Bus:Device:Channel You have an AIC-7899 SCSI host adapter in your system. Move 02:09:A the cursor to the bus:device:channel of 02:09:B the one to be configured and...

  • Page 165: Configuring Channel A

    4.2.1 Configuring Channel A The following screens appear if you select Channel A: If you choose to configure Channel B, a similar SCSI Utility Screen will appear. The only difference is the I/O Port Address: A000h for Channel A A400h for Channel B Open...
  • Page 166 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel: A Would you like to configure the host adapter, or run the SCSI disk utilities? Select the option and press <Enter>. Press <F5> to switch between color and monochrome modes. Options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings SCSI Disk Utilities...
  • Page 167 You can press to toggle the display between color and monochrome modes. This feature may not work with some kinds of monitors. Open...
  • Page 168 The Configure/View Host Adapter Settings menu lists three settings under SCSI Bus Interface Definitions and three additional options. Open...
  • Page 169 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7896 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID ………………………………..7 SCSI Parity Checking ………………………………Enabled Host Adapter SCSI Termination……………………..Enabled Additional Options Boot Device Options………….…………………Press <Enter> SCSI Device Configuration……………………..Press <Enter> Advanced Configuration Options………………Press <Enter> BIOS Information Interrupt (IRQ) Channel………………………………..11 I/O Port Address………………………………………...A000h...

  • Page 170: Host Adapter Scsi Id

    SCSI controller default settings are marked with an asterisk (*) throughout the selection submenus. 4.3.1 Host Adapter SCSI ID This parameter allows you to change the host controller SCSI ID. The following screen shows the available IDs used for the AIC-7899. The default setting is SCSI ID 7, which has the highest priority on the SCSI bus.
  • Page 171 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID ………………………………….7 SCSI Parity Checking ………………………………...Enabled Host Adapter SCSI Termination……………………….Enabled Additional Options Boot Device Options……………………..……….Press <Enter> SCSI Device Configuration…………………… ress <Enter> BIOS Information Interrupt (IRQ) Channel………………………………..11 I/O P t Add...
  • Page 172 the device’s priority on the bus during the arbitration phase. The arbitration phase determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices request for the use of it. Using then press to select the SCSI ID if you need to change it. Press at any time to return to the previous menu.

  • Page 173: Scsi Parity Checking

    4.3.2 SCSI Parity Checking Select this option to enable or disable the SCSI parity checking function on the SCSI controller. The screen below displays the selections. The default setting is “Enabled”. Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID …………………………………..7...
  • Page 174 The SCSI controller always checks parity when reading from the SCSI bus to verify the correct transmission of data from the SCSI devices. You should disable the SCSI Parity Checking parameter if any of the installed SCSI devices do not support SCSI parity. Most currently available SCSI devices support this feature.

  • Page 175: Boot Device Options

    4.3.3 Boot Device Options This parameter shows the target ID of your boot device. The default setting is 0 (zero). We recommend that you keep the default setting since most system applications run only in this setting. Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen. Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration...

  • Page 176: Boot Channel Options

    4.3.4 Boot Channel Options This parameter lets you choosing boot the system from SCSI channel A or B first. The default setting is A (zero). We recommend that you keep the default setting since most system applications run only in this setting. Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen. Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration...

  • Page 177: Boot Scsi Id Options

    4.3.5 Boot SCSI ID Options This parameter lets you choosing the SCSI ID of SCSI device to be a boot device. The default setting is 0 (zero). We recommend that you keep the default setting since most system applications run only in this setting. Below is the Boot Device Configuration menu screen. Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration...

  • Page 178: Boot Lun Number Options

    4.3.6 Boot LUN Number Options Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configursation SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID …………………………………7 Boot Device Configuration Select SCSI peripheral from which to boot. To view peripheral by ID# select "SCSI Disk Utilities" from previous menu. Boot Channel…………………………………………...

  • Page 179: Boot Lun Number

    4.3.7 Boot LUN Number LUN (Logic unit number) can support more devices, like RAID box or RAID card. 4.3.7.1 SCSI Device Configuration This parameter allows you to configure details of each SCSI device on the SCSI bus. The screen shows a column of information for each SCSI ID, even if some SCSI IDs are not assigned to a device.
  • Page 180 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 SCSI Device Configuration SCSI Device ID --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sync Transfer Rate (MB/Sec).160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 160.0 Initiate Wide Negotiation………Yes Enable Disconnection………….Yes Send Start Unit Command…….Yes Enable Write Back Cache…..…N/C -------------Options Listed Below Have NO EFFECT if the BIOS is Disabled------------- BIOS Multiple LUN Support…...No Include in BIOS Scan………..…Yes SCSI Device ID...
  • Page 181 Using to move between options, then press to display a pop-up menu with a list of values. Using to select a value, then press 4.3.7.2 Sync Transfer Rate This option determines the maximum synchronous data transfer rate that the SCSI controller can support.
  • Page 182 4.3.7.3 Initiate Wide Negotiation This option allows communication between all devices (lower 8-bit or upper 8-bit) on the wide (16-bit) SCSI bus. When set to Yes, each device can connect on the bus. When set to No (disabled), communication can only occur on the lower eight bits of the 16-bit SCSI bus. The default setting is Yes.
  • Page 183 device (most devices do not require this). Enabling this item reduces the load on the system power supply by allowing the SCSI controller to power up SCSI devices one at a time upon booting. Otherwise, all the devices power up at the same time. Most devices require you to set a jumper before they can respond to this command.

  • Page 184: Advanced Configuration Options

    Selecting the Advanced Configuration Options displays a screen as shown below. Do not change the settings of the items under this parameter unless it is absolutely necessary. Open...
  • Page 185 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Configuration Advanced Configuration Options SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization………………………………..Enabled Host Adapter SCSI ID …………………………………7 Display <Ctrl><A> Message During BIOS Initialization………...Enabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 Gbyte…………Enabled Verbose/Silent Mode………………………………………………..Verbose ------------Options Listed Below Have NO EFFECT if the BIOS is Disabled------------ Host Adapter BIOS………………………………………………….Enabled...

  • Page 186: Display Message During Bios Initialization

    Using to select an option, then press 4.4.1 Host Adapter BIOS This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. The default setting is Enabled. The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the system to boot from a SCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller.

  • Page 187: Support Removable Disks Under Bios As Fixed Disks

    SCSI hard disks < 1 GB use a translation scheme of 64 heads, 32 sectors per track SCSI hard disks > 1 GB use a translation scheme of 255 heads, 63 sectors per track See the section Disk Drives Over 1 GB” in this chapter, for more information on this option.

  • Page 188: Bios Support For Bootable Cd-Rom

    removable-media drive as if it is a hard disk drive. It does not mean that you can remove the disk media during operation. If a removable-media SCSI device is controlled by the SCSI controller BIOS, do not remove the media while the drive is powered-on or you may lose data! 4.4.5 BIOS Support for Bootable CD-ROM When enabled, this option allows you to use a bootable CD-ROM device to directly load an...

  • Page 189: Tilities

    When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Options menu, the SCSISelect™ Utility scans the SCSI bus and lists all SCSI devices installed on the SCSI bus. The list shows the individual SCSI IDs assigned to each device on the SCSI bus. Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 Scanning SCSI ID:0 : LUN Number:0 Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter>...
  • Page 190 Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSISelect (TM) Utility v2.10 AIC-7899 at Bus:02h Device:09h Channel:A Select SCSI Disk and press <Enter> SCSI ID #0: No device SCSI ID #1: No device SCSI ID #2: No device SCSI ID #3: No device SCSI ID #4: No device SCSI ID #5: No device...

  • Page 191: Verify Media

    Using to move between options, then press to display a pop-up menu with a list of values. Using to select a value, then press 4.5.1 Format Disk The Format Disk utility performs a low-level format on disk devices. Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives.
  • Page 192 You can press at any time to abort the Verify Disk Media utility. Open...

  • Page 193: Dos 1 Gbyte Limit

    4.6.1 Extended Translation Adaptec SCSI controllers have always supported the full range of disk drive capacities under all major operating systems. As disk drives have recently grown beyond 1 GB in formatted capacity, they have run up against the DOS 1024-cylinder limit. To continue its support for all SCSI disk drive capacities under DOS, Adaptec has included an extended translation scheme for the AIC-7896 SCSI controllers.
  • Page 194 If you have already partitioned a large hard disk drive with one translation method, conversion to another method erases the data on the drive. Be sure to back up your disk drive prior to any change in the translation method. Open...

  • Page 195: Drives With Mixed Partitions

    4.7.1 with DOS 5.0 and above NetWare 386 (version 3.0 and above) and some versions of UNIX that do not share the 1024 cylinder limit of DOS do not require extended translation to support large disk drives and should not be enabled.

  • Page 196: Ac97

    Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analog I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. &...
  • Page 197 66MHz clock, for 2X AGP, the data transfer rate is 66MHz x 4byte x 2 = 528MB/s. AGP is now moving to 4X mode, 66MHz x 4byte x 4 = 1056MB/s. AOpen is the first company to support 4X AGP motherboards by both AX6C (Intel 820) and MX64/AX64 (VIA 694x), started from Oct 1999.
  • Page 198 Unlike ACPI, BIOS controls most APM power management functions. AOpen Suspend to Hard Drive is a good example of APM power management. ATA/66 uses both rising edge and falling edge but doubles UDMA/33 transfer rate. The data transfer rate is 4 times of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2, 16.6MB/s x4 = 66MB/s. To use ATA/66, you need special ATA/66 IDE cable.
  • Page 199 BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM Flash ROM. BIOS controls Input/output devices and other hardware devices of motherboard. In general, to provide hardware independent portability, operation system and drivers is required to access BIOS without directly access hardware devices.
  • Page 200 DIMM socket has total 168-pin and supports 64-bit data. It can be single or double side, the golden finger signals on each side of PCB are different, that is why it was called Dual In Line. Almost all DIMMs are made by SDRAM, which operate at 3.3V. Note that some old DIMMs are made by FPM/EDO and only operate at 5V.
  • Page 201 Size of EEPROM is much smaller than flash ROM, AOpen motherboard uses EEPROM for jumper-less and battery-less design. Traditional motherboard stores BIOS code in EPROM. EPROM can only be erased by ultra-violet (UV) light.
  • Page 202 Because of increase of new functions, BIOS size is increased from 64KB to 256KB (2M bit). AOpen AX5T is the first board to implement 256KB (2Mbit) Flash ROM. Now flash ROM size is moving to 4M bit on AX6C (Intel 820) and MX3W (Intel 810) motherboard.
  • Page 203 FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio See SMBus. P1394 (IEEE 1394) is a standard of high-speed serial peripheral bus. Unlike low or medium speed USB, P1394 supports 50 to 1000Mbit/s and can be used for video camera, disk and LAN. The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1"...
  • Page 204 For Socket 7 CPU, one burst data read requires four QWord (Quad-word, 4x16 = 64 bits). PBSRAM only needs one address decoding time and automatically sends the remaining QWords to CPU according to a predefined sequence. Normally, it is 3-1-1-1, total 6 clocks, which is faster than asynchronous SRAM.
  • Page 205 The PnP specification suggests a standard register interface for both BIOS and operating system (such as Windows 95). These registers are used by BIOS and operating system to configure system resource and prevent any conflicts. PnP BIOS or operating system will automatically allocate the IRQ/DMA/Memory.
  • Page 206 SDRAM comes in 64-bit 168-pin DIMM and operates at 3.3V. AOpen is the first company to support dual-SDRAM DIMMs onboard (AP5V), from Q1 1996 SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical.
  • Page 207 SMBus is also called I2C bus. It is a two-wire bus developed for component communication (especially for semiconductor IC). For example, set clock of clock generator for jumper-less motherboard. The data transfer rate of SMBus is only 100Kbit/s, it allows one host to communicate with CPU and many masters and slaves to send/receive message.
  • Page 208 USB is a 4-pin serial peripheral bus that is capable of cascading low/medium speed peripherals (less than 10Mbit/s) such as keyboard, mouse, joystick, scanner, printer and modem. With USB, the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated. NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements.
  • Page 209 Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct. Next Open...
  • Page 210 Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Next Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
  • Page 211 Continue Perhaps your VGA card Check if there is display? or monitor is defective. Press <Ctrl> and <Alt> key at the same time, hold them and then press <Del> to reboot the system. It is very possible that your Check if the system keyboard is defective.
  • Page 212 Continue During system rebooting, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. The problem should be Check if the system can caused by the IDE cable reboot successfully? or HDD itself.
  • Page 213 Thank you for choosing AOpen product. AOpen encourages you to spend few minutes in completing the following product registration. To register your product will ensure the high quality of services from AOpen. After the registration, you will: Have opportunities to play online slot machine and win a prize from AOpen by accumulating your bonuses for later prize exchange.
  • Page 214 Be able to join the discussions of web-based news groups. AOpen makes sure that the information you provide is encrypted, so that it cannot be read or intercepted by other people or companies. Further, AOpen will not disclose any of information you submitted under any conditions.
  • Page 215 Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us.
  • Page 216 PC. FAQ: The latest FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) may contain a solution to your 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 http://www.aopen.com/tech/report/default.htm problem. http://www.aopen.com/tech/faq/default.htm Download Software: Check out this table to get the latest updated BIOS/utility and...
  • Page 217 Contact Us: Please prepare detail system configuration and error symptom before 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 contacting us. The part number, serial number and BIOS version are also very helpful. The Part Number and Serial number are printed on bar code label. You can find this bar code label on the outside packing, on PCI/CPU slot or on component side of PCB.
  • Page 218 Pacific Rim Europe America AOpen Inc. AOpen Computer b.v. AOpen America Inc. Tel: 886-2-3789-5888 Tel: 31-73-645-9516 Tel: 1-408-922-2100 Fax: 886-2-3789-5899 Fax: 31-73-645-9604 Fax: 1-408-922-2935 China Germany Japan 艾尔鹏国际上海(股)有限公司 AOpen Computer GmbH. AOpen Japan Inc. Tel: 86-21-6225-8622 Tel: 49-2102-157700 Tel: 81-048-290-1800...

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