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- Page 1 MX3ZA User's Guide Printed in Taiwan PART NO.: 49.88101.081 DOC. NO.: MX3ZA-1-E9903A...
- Page 3 MX3ZA Motherboard User's Guide Document Number : MX3ZA-1-E9903A Model and revision : For MX3ZA rev 1.xx Manual version : English, rev A Release Date : Mar 18, 1999 More help for latest information: Taiwan http://www.aopen.com.tw http://www.aopenusa.com Europe http://www.aopen.nl...
- Page 4 Copyright Copyright 1999 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise, without the prior written permission of this company.
- Page 5 Disclaimer This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect...
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Page 6: Declaration Of Conformity
FCC Class B Radio Frequency Declaration of Conformity This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B Subassembly -CPU Board device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. - Page 7 Organization Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system board and special features. Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes hardware jumpers, connectors and memory configuration. There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and connector. Chapter 3, AWARD BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
- Page 8 Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: Text entered user, Represent text input by the user, default settings, default settings and recommended recommended selections selections <Enter>, <Tab>,<Ctl>, <Alt>, Represent the actual keys that you <Ins>, <Del>, etc have to press on the keyboard. Note: Gives bits and pieces of additional information related to the current topic.
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Page 9: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW 1.1 S ..................4 PECIFICATIONS 1.2 APM S ..............5 USPEND TO RIVE 1.3 Z ............8 OLTAGE ODEM 1.4 S ............10 YSTEM OLTAGE ONITORING 1.5 F ..................10 ONITORING 1.6 CPU T ..............11 HERMAL ROTECTION 1.7 B ................11 ATTERY LESS ESIGN CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ...........1... - Page 10 2.5.1 Setting Up in Windows 95/98 ............20 2.5.2 Setting Up in NT4.0................21 CHAPTER 3 AWARD BIOS ................1 3.1 E BIOS S ..........2 NTERING THE WARD ETUP 3.2 S CMOS S ................3 TANDARD ETUP 3.3 BIOS F ................6 EATURES ETUP 3.4 C ..............10 HIPSET EATURES...
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Page 11: Chapter 1 Overview
AGP graphic port, SDRAM, Ultra DMA/33, Bus Master IDE and USB port. It has two Dual in-line Memory Module (DIMM) slots that allow to install SDRAMs and expand up to a maximum of 256MB. Also, MX3ZA uses a 2M bit Flash ROM BIOS to reserve for future new functions. -
Page 12: Zero Voltage Wake On Modem
Overview ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive The conventional "Suspend to Hard Drive" function is a private design of AOpen motherboards, the requirement to run it is a BIOS revision and correct chipset that supports this function. However, nowadays "Suspend to Hard Drive" has been become widely known as the "S4 - Hibernation"... -
Page 13: F An M Onitoring
Resetable Fuse This motherboard implements resetable fuses to prevent any accidental short circuit caused by keyboard or USB devices hot plug. FCC DoC certificate MX3ZA has passed FCC DoC test. The radiation is very low, you can use any kind of housing. -
Page 14: Specifications
Overview Specifications Micro ATX Form Factor Board Size 244 mm x 220 mm Celeron PPGA System Memory 168-pin DIMM x2, maximum 256MB SDRAM. Intel 82440ZX AGPset Chipset Onboard Audio ESS Solo-1 Onboard AGP ATI 3D Rage Pro Turbo AGP ISA x1 and PCI x3 Expansion Slots Serial Port Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible, and the... -
Page 15: Apm Suspend To Hard Drive
If your memory is 16MB, normally, you need to reserve at least 16MB HDD space to save your memory image. Note that you have to use VESA compatible PCI VGA (AOpen PV70/PT70), Sound Blaster compatible sound card and sound driver that supports APM (AOpen AW32/AW35) for Suspend to Hard Drive to work properly. - Page 16 Overview Option2: Use /partition switch (applied to FAT16/FAT32 file system): To create a separate partition for Suspend to Hard Drive, please make sure you have reserved a free partition. We suggest you reserve the free partition which space is appropriate for your future memory expansion. For example, if you have 32MB of system memory and 4MB of VGA memory currently, but you plan to upgrade system memory to 64MB in the near future, then you may reserve a 68MB (64MB+4MB) space by using a disk...
- Page 17 Overview Tip: The following VGA cards have been tested & recognized as VESA compatible VGA device. AOpen PV90 (Trident 9680) AOpen PT60 (S3 Virge/BIOS R1.00-01) AOpen PV60 (S3 Tiro64V+) AOpen PT70 (S3 Virge/DX) ProLink Trident GD-5440 ProLink Cirrus GD-5430 ProLink Cirrus GD-5446...
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Page 18: Acpi Suspend To Hard Drive
ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive For a detailed installation procedure please refer to the following procedure to enable ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive on the AOpen MX3ZA motherboard. First please check if your system meets the following requirements, then follow the procedure step by step. - Page 19 Overview 3. Reboot system. 4. Clean boot into DOS and run "AOZVHDD.EXE /C /File" III. Changing from ACPI to APM 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "00" to make it "0000 02". Note: "02"...
- Page 20 Modem Wake Up, but if you use an external modem, you have to leave your box modem on. The AOpen MX3ZA and internal modem card implement a special circuit (patent applied) and make sure the modem card works properly without any power.
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Page 21: On Modem
Overview For Internal Modem Card (AOpen MP56): 1. Go into the BIOS Setup, select Power Management and 0V Wake On Modem. Select “Enabled.” 2. Install your application, put into Windows 95 StartUp. 3. Turn the system power off by soft power switch. -
Page 22: System Voltage Monitoring
Overview System Voltage Monitoring This motherboard implements a voltage monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage. If any of the system’s voltage is over the component's standard there will be an alarm through application software such as the Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user. -
Page 23: Cpu Thermal Protection
CMOS Setup and system configuration can be restored from EEPROM, only the system clock needs to be re-set to current date/time. For the convenience of the end user, the MX3ZA still ships with one Lithium (CR-2032) battery. If you prefer to use a battery, you can still insert it into battery socket. - Page 24 Overview Wake On Keyboard/Mouse This function allows you to power on your system by clicking a hot key or a mouse button that you specified. Besides, you can also disable the function of the power button and only the preset keys (like a password) can boot your system.
- Page 25 Overview Caution: To implement this function, the 5V Stand By current of ATX power supply must be greater than 800mA. Caution: Wake On Mouse function applies to PS/2 mouse only Caution: The mouse can’t be moved between double clicking. Caution: If you set a Password but forget it, please clear CMOS.
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Page 26: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your system. Follow each section accordingly. Caution: 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. -
Page 27: Jumper And Connector Locations
Hardware Installation 2.1 Jumper and Connector Locations The following figure shows the locations of the jumpers and connectors on the system board: COM1 PRINTER IrDA COM2 PS/2 MS JP28 CPU FAN1 MODEM-CN CD-IN CPUFAN2 JP12 BIOS PWR2 JP11 DIMM1 DIMM2 IDE2 JP23 JP14... - Page 28 Hardware Installation Jumpers: JP11: Enable/Disable Onboard AGP JP12: Enable/Disable Onboard Audio JP14: Clear CMOS JP23: AGP Ratio JP28: Enable/Disable KB/MS Wake Up Connectors: PS2: PS/2 mouse connector PS/2 keyboard connector COM1: COM1 connector COM2: COM2 connector PRINTER: Printer connector PWR2: ATX power connector USB: USB connector...
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Page 29: Jumpers
Hardware Installation 2.2 Jumpers With the help of VID signal and SMbus, this motherboard is jumper-less design. 2.2.1 Selecting the CPU Frequency Celeron PPGA VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allow user to set CPU frequency through CMOS setup, no jumper or switch is needed. -
Page 30: Setting The Cpu Voltage
Hardware Installation 2.2.2 Setting the CPU Voltage This motherboard supports Celeron PPGA VID function, the CPU core voltage is automatically detected, the range is from 1.3V to 2.05V. 2.2.3 Clearing the CMOS JP14 Clear CMOS You need to clear the CMOS if you forget your system password. -
Page 31: Onboard Audio
Hardware Installation press Power button at the same time. Note that do not release <Home> key until POST screen appearing. 2.2.4 Onboard AGP JP11 Onboard AGP If you want to install another VGA card, you have to disable the onboard AGP by setting Enabled (default) this jumper to Disabled. -
Page 32: Kb/Ms Wakeup
Hardware Installation 2.2.6 KB/MS Wakeup JP28 KB/MS Wakeup This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard/Mouse Power ON function. If you Disabled select Enabled, you may decide the wakeup Enabled mode from BIOS Setup. To implement this function, the 5V Stand By current must be greater than 800mA. -
Page 33: Connectors
Hardware Installation 2.3 Connectors 2.3.1 Power Cable The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. Caution: Make sure that the power supply is off before connecting or disconnecting the power cable. 3.3V 5V SB 3.3V... -
Page 34: Ps/2 Mouse
Hardware Installation 2.3.3 PS/2 Mouse The onboard PS/2 mouse connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked PS2. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PS/2 Mouse 2.3.4 Keyboard The onboard PS/2 keyboard connector is a 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked KB2. -
Page 35: Serial Devices (Com1/Com2)
Hardware Installation 2.3.5 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2) The onboard serial connectors are 9-pin D-type connectors on the back panel of mainboard. The serial port 1 connector is marked as COM1 and the serial port 2 connector is marked as COM2. COM1 2.3.6 Serial Devices (COM2) Plug in the 10-pin flat cable to the COM2 connectors. -
Page 36: Printer
Hardware Installation 2.3.7 Printer The onboard printer connector is a 25-pin D-type connector marked PRINTER. The view angle of drawing shown here is from back panel of the housing. PRINTER 2.3.8 USB Device You can attach USB devices to the USB connector. The motherboard contains two USB connectors, which are marked as USB. -
Page 37: Floppy Drive
Hardware Installation 2.3.9 Floppy Drive Connect the 34-pin floppy drive cable to the floppy drive connector marked as FDC on the system board. 2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM This mainboard supports two 40 pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 and IDE2. -
Page 38: Panel Connector
Hardware Installation Caution: The specification of IDE cable is maximum 46cm (18 inches), make sure your cable does not excess this length. Caution: For better signal quality, it is recommended to set far end side device to master mode and follow the suggested sequence to install your new device. -
Page 39: Irda Connector
Hardware Installation SPWR Keylock IDE LED ACPI & Power LED Speaker Reset 10 20 PANEL 2.3.12 IrDA Connector The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. -
Page 40: Wake On Modem Connector
Internal Modem card consumes no power when system RING power is off, it is recommended to use Internal Modem. To use AOpen MP56, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of MP56 to WOM connector on the mainboard. 2.3.14 Wake On LAN Connector Description This mainboard implements a WOL connector. -
Page 41: Cd Audio Connector
Hardware Installation 2.3.15 CD Audio Connector Description This connector is used to connect CD audio cable. CD-IN 2.3.16 Mono In/Mic Out Connector Description This connector is used to connect Mono In/Mic Out connector of an internal modem card. The pin 1-2 is Mono In Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is Mic Out. -
Page 42: Configuring The System Memory
Hardware Installation 2.4 Configuring the System Memory The DIMM types supported are SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) only. This motherboard has two 168 pin DIMM sockets (Dual-in-line Memory Module) that allow you to install system memory up to 256MB. Pin1 DIMM modules can be identified by the following factors: I. - Page 43 Hardware Installation III. Buffered and non-buffered: This motherboard supports non-buffered DIMMs. You can identify non-buffered DIMMs and buffered DIMMs according to the position of the notch, following figure is for your reference: non-buffered Reserved buffered Because the positions are different, only non-buffered DIMMs can be inserted into the DIMM sockets on this motherboard.
- Page 44 Hardware Installation The following table lists the recommended DRAM combinations of DIMM: DIMM Bit size Single/ Chip DIMM size Recommended Data chip per side Double side count 1M by 16 1Mx64 1M by 16 1Mx64 16MB 2M by 8 2Mx64 16MB 2M by 8 2Mx64...
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Page 45: Software Installation
Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install the driver and utility of this motherboard. Because chipset and technology improvement is faster than operating system, sometimes we need certain procedures to successfully install necessary software. Please follow each section accordingly. -
Page 46: Onboard Audio
Software Installation 3.1 Onboard Audio This motherboard comes with a 16-bit sound processor (ESS Solo-1) onboard. Game Port LINE-IN To fully utilize the audio functions, you may connect various peripheral devices that the audio chip supports. The following figure shows the different devices that you can connect. - Page 47 Software Installation The onboard audio has the following features: Advanced technology support ESS Solo-1 PCI audio accelerator in 16 bits stereo chip High-quality ESFM music synthesizer 64 voices software wavetable 3-D stereo effects processor Support DLS (downloadable sound) Support Microsoft DirectMusic Support Microsoft positional 3D Support DirectSound and DirectSound 3D ADPCM data compression...
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Page 48: Setting Up In Windows 95/98
Software Installation 3.1.1 Setting Up in Windows 95/98 This motherboard comes with CD-ROM disc (AOpen Bonus Pack) containing the Windows 95/98 drivers and software (including the Music Center application). Refer to their online help for details. Note: Refer to your Windows 95/98 manual or online help for any questions on Windows 95/98. -
Page 49: Setting Up In Nt4.0
Software Installation Install the Application 1. Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from “Motherboard Drivers” of the autorun program, or browse CD and select X:\Mx3za\ Sound\Setup.exe. Dos Legacy mode Setup Insert AOpen Bonus Pack disc, setup the applications from “Motherboard Drivers”... - Page 50 Software Installation Place your NT4.0 installation CD and press OK (the default path is the i386 directory). The Generic MPU-401/Joystick Setup dialog box will pop up. Select the default configuration resource and press OK. Click on the Restart Now button. Note: X: means your CD drive letter, please change it according to the actual drive letter.
- Page 51 1. Place the CD disc into the CDROM drive. 2. In the Taskbar, click Start. 3. Click Run. 4. Type D:\Mx3za\Agp\Win9x\Disk1\Setup.exe in the text entry area, and press OK. (If D is not your CDROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) 5.
- Page 52 Software Installation 6. NT will prompt you for the correct path, enter D:\Mx3za\Agp\Win9x. (If D is not your CDROM drive, substitute D with the correct drive letter.) 7. A list of ATI graphics accelerators will be displayed. Select the one you are using, then click on the "OK"...
- Page 53 Hardware Monitoring Utility (the program’s file name is like aohwxxx.exe, where xxx means the version number) is developed by AOpen which monitors the status of system voltage, thermal, & fan. Instead of using ADM, which supports network administration, this utility is especially designed for personal user.
- Page 54 Software Installation 3-10...
- Page 55 To install Norton Antivirus, please follow the procedure below. To run AOchip, please follow the procedure below. 1. Choose “Norton Antivirus” from the autorun menu of AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc. 2. Choose one language version accordingly and click “OK” button.
- Page 56 Software Installation 3-12...
- Page 57 Software Installation 3.5 Install Docucom Reader The AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc includes an online manual of this motherboard, which is PDF file format. You must use Docucom Reader to read these PDF files. To install Docucom Reader, please follow the procedure below.
- Page 58 USB devices to work properly if your OS is Win95. To run AOchip, please follow the procedure below. 1. Choose “AOChip” from the autorun menu of AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc. 2. Click “Install” button to execute AOChip.
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Page 59: Install Bus Master Ide Driver
IDE mode. To install Intel Bus Master IDE driver, please follow the procedure below. 1. Choose “Motherboard Drivers” from the autorun menu of AOpen Bonus Pack CD disc. 2. Select “Intel Bus Master IDE Driver” from the combo box. -
Page 60: Chapter 3 Award Bios
Chapter 4 Award BIOS This chapter tells how to configure the system parameters and upgrade the BIOS. Important: Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the mainboard design, the BIOS information contained in this chapter (especially the Chipset Setup parameters) may be a little different compared to the actual BIOS that came with your motherboard. -
Page 61: Entering The Award Bios Setup Menu
AWARD BIOS Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu The BIOS setup utility is a segment of codes/routines residing in the BIOS Flash ROM. This routine allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 byte CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or directly in the main chipset). -
Page 62: Standard Cmos Setup
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Setup The "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system parameters such as the date, time, and the hard disk type. Use the arrow keys to highlight an item and to select the value for each item. Standard CMOS Date To set the date, highlight the Date parameter. -
Page 63: Award Bios
AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Primary Master Type Standard CMOS Primary Slave Type Standard CMOS Secondary Master Type Standard CMOS Secondary Slave Type Type This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters that your system supports. These parameters are Size, Auto Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for User... - Page 64 AWARD BIOS Standard CMOS Drive A Standard CMOS Drive B These items select the floppy drive type. The available Drive A settings and types supported by the mainboard are listed None to the left. 360KB 5.25" 1.2MB 5.25" 720KB 3.5" 1.44MB 3.5"...
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Page 65: Bios Features Setup
AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Setup This screen appears when you select the option "BIOS Features Setup" from the main menu. BIOS Features Virus Warning Set this parameter to Enabled to activate the warning Virus Warning message. This feature protects the boot sector and Enabled partition table of your hard disk from virus intrusion. - Page 66 AWARD BIOS BIOS Features External Cache External Cache Enabling this parameter activates the secondary cache (currently, PBSRAM cache). Disabling the Enabled parameter slows down the system. Therefore, we Disabled recommend that you leave it enabled unless you are troubleshooting a problem. BIOS Features CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking CPU L2 Cache...
- Page 67 AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Boot Sequence Boot Sequence This parameter allows you to specify the system boot up search sequence. The hard disk ID are listed below: A,C,SCSI C,A,SCSI C: Primary master C,CDROM,A D: Primary slave CDROM,C,A E: Secondary master CDROM,A,C F: Secondary slave D,A,SCSI...
- Page 68 AWARD BIOS BIOS Features PCI/VGA Palette Snoop PCI/VGA Palette Enabling this item informs the PCI VGA card to keep Snoop silent (and to prevent conflict) when palette register is updated (i.e., accepts data without responding any Enabled communication signals). This is useful only when two Disabled display cards use the same palette address and plugged in the PCI bus at the same time (such as...
- Page 69 AWARD BIOS BIOS Features Show Logo On Screen This item lets you show or hide AOpen logo on the Show Logo On POST screen. Screen Enabled Disabled BIOS Features Video BIOS Shadow Video BIOS VGA BIOS Shadowing means to copy video display Shadow card BIOS into the DRAM area.
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Page 70: Chipset Features Setup
AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Setup The "Chipset Features Setup" includes settings for the chipset dependent features. These features are related to system performance. Caution: Make sure you fully understand the items contained in this menu before you try to change anything. You may change the parameter settings improve... - Page 71 AWARD BIOS Chipset Features SDRAM CAS Latency Chipset Features SDRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay SDRAM CAS These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS Latency to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks. They are important parameters affects SDRAM performance, default is Auto. If you install DIMMs with SPD and set this item to Auto, BIOS will automatically detect your Auto DIMMs and then set to a appropriate timing;...
- Page 72 AWARD BIOS Chipset Features 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time 8 Bit I/O Recovery For some old I/O chips, after the execution of an I/O Time command, the device requires a certain amount of time (recovery time) before the execution of the next I/O command.
- Page 73 AWARD BIOS Chipset Features Delayed Transaction Delayed Transaction This item lets you control the Delayed Transaction function of the PIIX4E chipset (Intel PCI to ISA Enabled bridge). This function is used to meet latency of PCI Disabled cycles to or from ISA bus. Try to enable or disable it, if you have ISA card compatibility problem.
- Page 74 AWARD BIOS Chipset Features System Frequency System Frequency This item lets you set CPU frequency. If you want to set to other values, please choose "Manual " to set 233 MHz CPU clock frequency and clock ratio manually. 266 MHz 300 MHz /100 indicates the setting supports a 100MHz FSB CPU.
- Page 75 AWARD BIOS Chipset Features CPU Clock Ratio CPU Clock Ratio Intel Pentium II is designed to have different Internal (Core) and External (Bus) frequency. This item lets you select the ratio of Core/Bus frequency. The default value is 3.5x. Chipset Features Y2K CMOS Update Y2K CMOS Update This item is designed for some Y2K testing...
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Page 76: Power Management Setup
AWARD BIOS Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup screen enables you to control the motherboard green features. See the following screen. Power Management ACPI Function ACPI Function If your OS is ACPI enabled you have to set this item to Enabled, or there may be unexpected errors. - Page 77 AWARD BIOS Min Saving 1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min Max Saving 1 min 1 min 1 min 1 min Power Management PM Controlled by APM PM Controlled by If "Max Saving" is selected, you can turn on this item, transfer power management control to APM (Advanced Power Management) and enhance power saving function.
- Page 78 AWARD BIOS Power Management Doze Mode Doze Mode This item lets you set the period of time after which the system enters into Doze mode. The system Disabled activity (or event) is detected by monitoring the IRQ 1 Min signals or other events (such as I/O). 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min...
- Page 79 AWARD BIOS Power Management HDD Power Down HDD Power Down This option lets you specify the IDE HDD idle time before the device enters the power down state. This Disabled item is independent from the power states previously 1 Min described in this section (Standby and Suspend).
- Page 80 AWARD BIOS Power Management Throttle Duty Cycle Throttle Duty Cycle Clock Throttling means at the Doze/Standby state, the CPU clock count in a given time (not the 2.5 % frequency) is reduced to the ratio specified in this 25.0 % parameter.
- Page 81 AWARD BIOS Power Management Date (of Month) Date (of Month) This item is displayed when you enable the Wake On RTC Timer option. Here you can specify what date you want to wake up the system. For Example, setting to 15 will wake up the system on the 15th day ..
- Page 82 AWARD BIOS Power Management Primary IDE 0 Power Management Primary IDE 1 Power Management Secondary IDE 0 Power Management Secondary IDE 1 Power Management Floppy Disk Power Management Serial Port Power Management Parallel Port Primary IDE 0 These items enable or disable the detection of IDE, floppy, serial and parallel port activities for power Enabled down...
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Page 83: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Setup The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup allows you to configure the ISA and PCI devices installed in your system. The following screen appears if you select the option "PNP/PCI Configuration Setup" from the main menu. PNP/PCI Configuration PnP OS Installed PnP OS Installed Normally, the PnP resources are allocated by BIOS... - Page 84 AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Reset Configuration Data Reset Configuration In case conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or Data after you configure your system, you can enable this function, allow your system to automatically reset Enabled your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and Disabled I/O address.
- Page 85 AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration PCI IDE IRQ Map To PCI IDE IRQ Map Some old PCI IDE add-on cards are not fully PnP compatible. These cards require you to specify the slot in use to enable BIOS to properly configure the PnP resources.
- Page 86 AWARD BIOS PCI Slot Location 1 Location 2 Location 3 Location 4 (pin A6) (pin B7) (pin A7) (pin B8) Slot 1 INTA INTB INTC INTD Slot 2 INTB INTC INTD INTA Slot 3 INTC INTD INTA INTB Slot 4 INTD INTA INTB...
- Page 87 AWARD BIOS PNP/PCI Configuration Used MEM Length Used MEM Length If your ISA card is not PnP compatible and requires special memory space to support its function, specify the memory size in this parameter to inform the PnP BIOS to reserve the specified memory space for installed legacy ISA card.
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Page 88: Load Setup Defaults
AWARD BIOS Load Setup Defaults The "Load Setup Defaults" option loads optimized settings for optimum system performance. Optimal settings are relatively safer than the Turbo settings. All the product verification, compatibility/reliability test report and manufacture quality control are based on "Load Setup Defaults". We recommend you to use this settings for normal operation. -
Page 89: Integrated Peripherals
AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals The following screen appears if you select the option "Integrated Peripherals" from the main menu. This option allows you to configure the I/O features. Integrated Peripherals IDE HDD Block Mode IDE HDD Block This feature enhances disk performance by allowing Mode multisector data transfers and eliminates the interrupt handling time for each sector. - Page 90 AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals IDE Primary Master UDMA Integrated Peripherals IDE Primary Slave UDMA Integrated Peripherals IDE Secondary Master UDMA Integrated Peripherals IDE Secondary Slave UDMA IDE Primary Master This item allows you to set the Ultra DMA/33 mode UDMA supported by the hard disk drive connected to your primary IDE connector.
- Page 91 AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Power On Function Power On Function This item used select Wake Keyboard/Mouse mode. Button Only Button Only: Disable Wake on KB/MS function. You Keyboard 98 can boot up your system by power button only. Password Keyboard 98: If selecting this option, you can boot Hot Key up the system by power button and the “Wake”...
- Page 92 AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Keyboard Power On Password Keyboard Power On You can specify 1-5 keys as a password. Password Note: Before setting a password you have to make sure JP28 has been enabled, or your system cannot be boot up properly any more. Under this situation, the only solution is to clear CMOS.
- Page 93 AWARD BIOS Power Management AC PWR Auto Recovery AC PWR Auto A traditional ATX system should remain at power off Recovey stage when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or Former-Sts workstation, without an UPS, that needs to keep power-on.
- Page 94 AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals UART Mode Select This item is configurable only if the "Onboard UART UART Mode Select 2" is enabled. This allows you to specify the mode Standard of serial port2. The available mode selections are: HPSIR ASKIR •...
- Page 95 AWARD BIOS Integrated Peripherals Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel This item controls the onboard parallel port address Port and interrupt. 3BC/IRQ7 378/IRQ7 278/IRQ5 Disabled Note: If you are using an I/O card with a parallel port, make sure that the addresses and IRQ do not conflict.
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Page 96: Password Setting
AWARD BIOS 4.10 Password Setting Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup. To set a password: At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters. -
Page 97: Load Eeprom Default
AWARD BIOS 4.13 Load EEPROM Default Except "Load Setup Default" and "Load Turbo Default", you may also use "Save EEPROM Default " to save your own settings into EEPROM, and reload by using this item. 4.14 Save EEPROM Default You may use this item to save your own settings into EEPROM. Then, if the data in CMOS is lost or you forget the previous settings, you may use "Load EEPROM Default "... -
Page 98: How To Upgrade The Bios
AWARD BIOS 4.17 How to Upgrade the BIOS AOpen Easy Flash is more user friendly than traditional flash method. The BIOS binary file and flash routine are combined together and you simply run a single file to complete the flash process.