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Advanced Pentium II
Motherboard
KR632
USER'S MANUAL
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1997 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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  • Page 1 Advanced Pentium II Motherboard KR632 USER’S MANUAL Copyright 1997 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
  • Page 2 GVC “Corporation or BCM Advanced Research, Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe.
  • Page 3 & C OMPLIANCE ERTIFICATE ISO 9001 Certificate: This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd. in according to ISO 9001. This Certificate is valid for : DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS.

  • Page 4: Easy Installation

    EASY INSTALLATION The following “Easy Installation” steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system. For those individuals requiring more specific information please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual. Note: You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed.
  • Page 5 CONTENTS...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    INTRODUCTION How To Use This Manual Page8 Check Your Device Items Page8 FEATURES Photo Of The Motherboard Page9 Features Of The Motherboard Page10 INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout & Main Parts Page12 Significant Parts List Page13 Precaution Before Start Page14 3.1 Slots And Connectors Page15 3.2 CPU Page16...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    Ready To Turn On Power Page29 4. BIOS SETUP 4.1 How To Enter BIOS Setup Page31 4.1.1 Setup Keys 4.1.2 In Case Of Problem 4.2 BIOS Setup Main Menu Page33 4.2.1 MAIN MENU > STANDARD CMOS SETUP 4.2.2 MAIN MENU > ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 4.2.3 MAIN MENU >...

  • Page 8: How To Use This Manual

    Check Your Device Items The standard package should contain following items marked with a “ü”, If you find any these items missing or damaged. Please contact your retailer. þ The KR632 motherboard þ Retention Mechanism þ 1 IDE ribbon cable þ...

  • Page 9: Photo Of The Motherboard

    Photo Of The Motherboard 2. FEATURES...

  • Page 10: Features Of The Motherboard

    I/O and AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) and is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis. Page 12 illustrate the Layout for the KR632 motherboard. Below lists the key features provided by this motherboard: Processor(+Cache) Single slot-1 for Pentium II processor...

  • Page 11: Installation

    Features Of The Motherboard Integrated I/O Winbond 977, supporting two async serial ports with high speed 16C550 and 16-byte FIFO. One Parallel port supporting EPP, ECP and Bi-directional modes. PS/2 keyboard port and mouse port. (Optional) Infrared port module (IrDA) for wireless interface. Hardware Monitoring (Optional) Onbaord LM78 / LM75 chip to monitor variable voltages used in system CPU fan speed, and temperature.

  • Page 12: Significant Parts List

    Chassis ISA Slots Key Lock & P w r L E D SB-LINK BIOS PCI Slots Wake-On- L A N AGP Slot Front Panel CPU Slot Connector SEC. H D D C O M 2 PRI. HDD PRINTER C O M 1 USB *2 PS/2 *2 ATX Power...

  • Page 13: Precaution Before Start

    Front Panel Connectors Speaker Page23 Reset switch Page23 Power LED Page23 Hard drive activity LED Page24 Infrared (IrDA) port Page24 sleep switch Page24 Power switch Page24 Back Panel Connectors PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors Page25 Two USB connectors Page25 Two serial ports Page26 One parallel port Page26...

  • Page 14: Misplaced Jumper Damage

    Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Follow the simple measures below to protect your equipment from static electricity damage: Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti-static packaging until you are ready to install them.

  • Page 15: Slots And Connectors

    3.1 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires no jumper setting for CPU speed. All settings will be completed in BIOS. In Chapter 4, you will be navigated to set the CPU speed in BIOS Features Setup Menu. This motherboard will automatically configure a correct voltage for the CPU making voltage jumpers unnecessary.

  • Page 16: Cpu

    3.2 CPU (Central Processing Unit) This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot and a Bridges on the board for the Pentium II processor packaged in an SEC cartridge. This cartridge includes the processor core, second-level cache, thermal plate and black cover. When mounted in Slot 1, the processor is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the motherboard.
  • Page 17 Next follow the following steps to complete CPU Installation. Step 1: R e t e n t i o n Place the Pentium II Retention Mechanism over M e c h a n i s m the CPU slot (SEC slot) on motherboard.

  • Page 18: System Memory (Dram )

    3.3 System Memory (DRAM ) 3.3.1 DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The KR632 features three 168-pin DIMM sockets, each supporting 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128 MB of SDRAM/EDO. Memory can be installed in one, two or all three sockets. Memory size and speed can vary between sockets. Also variable memory can be combined for a total memory of 8MB to 384MB with variable combination.

  • Page 19: Dimm Combinations

    3.3.3 DIMM Combination Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB DIMM or empty. The total combinations are, 6*6*6, 216 selections. You can refer to following figure to select one way to insert your DIMM, for example: Select Empty 16MB...

  • Page 20: Expansion Slots

    3.4 Expansion Slots This motherboard contain 8 expansion slots onboard. Two 16-bit ISA Bus, five 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 32-bit AGP slot as shown above. ISA 2 ISA 1 PCI 5 PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 2 PCI 1 32-bit AGP Slot One PCI and one ISA are shared to accommodate either an ISA or a PCI expansion cards, but not both at the same time.

  • Page 21: Connectors

    3.5 Connectors Here in the motherboard contains IDE , floppy , power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. 3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J14, 39-pin block) This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable. When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector, make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device’s manual.

  • Page 22: Floppy Drive Connector

    3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector ( J19, 33-pin block) The FDC sub-system can control three types of floppy drives (1.2, 1.44 and 2.88MB) or compatible tape drives. The connection to the floppy drive is via a header(J19). The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface.

  • Page 23: Front Panel Connectors

    Front Panel connectors: S p e a k e r R e s e t P w r L E D H D L E D I r D A S l e e p P w r J 2 0 J 2 1 J 2 2 J 2 3...
  • Page 24 IR Remote or Fast IR Ground IR-TX Transmit R-RX Receive The KR632 offers an IrDA infrared header that supports third party infrared modules. The case must reserve space for the IR module if you want to use the IrDA function. This option IrDA J24 supports wireless transmission and reception of infrared data.

  • Page 25: Back Panel Connectors

    will be totally Power Off. When the BIOS setting sets the Delay 4 second to “On/Off”, then Power Switch function work as regular power switch. 3.5.6 Back Panel Connectors Parallel PS/2 Serial 1 Serial 2 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports Mouse The motherboard offers 1 PS/2 Keyboard and 1 PS/2 Mouse port.
  • Page 26 Parallel Port The KR632 includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible). The parallel Parallel Port port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed. The parallel port contains 12mA source output drivers on the drive interface and incorporates “Chip...

  • Page 27: Additional Connectors

    3.5.7 Additional Connectors SB-LINK Header PCPCIGNTN DGND PCPCIREQN To support the legacy Sound Blaster KEYDGND SERIRQ compatible Audio to the PCI bus. WOL (Wake On LAN) This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network. G N D WOL requires a PCI add-in network + 1 2 V G N D...
  • Page 28 Chassis Power LED CPU FAN Key Lock Chassis Fan Headers G N D This header can supply power for Chassis Fan + 1 2 V G N D which may be mounted inside your case to cool down your system components. If your chassis have a Chassis Fan, this header will support it.

  • Page 29: Ready To Turn On Power

    Ready To Turn On Power Check Again Is the CPU Cartridge installed exactly and firmly into Retention Mechanism (Sec. 3.2)? Are all the DRAM modules installed properly (Sec. 3.3)? Did you insert expansion card (VGA, Sound….etc.) already (Sec. 3.4)? Are you sure that all the connectors (described in Sec 3.5) have been connected to their variable devices (Sec.
  • Page 30 3. INSTALLATION...

  • Page 31: Bios Setup

    4. BIOS SETUP The KR632 motherboard uses an AMI BIOS which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIIOS has a built-in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings.

  • Page 32: Setup Keys

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.1.1 Setup Keys The following Keys defined in BIOS will help you navigate in Setup: <ß ß >,<à à > Move to left or right item <á á >,<â â > Move to previous or next item Exit to Main Menu or Quit Setup without saving changes <Esc>...

  • Page 33: Bios Setup Main Menu

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.2 BIOS Setup Main Menu Sub-Items A brief description for each sub-item Figure 1 : Main Menu When you Press <Del> to enter the AMI BIOS CMOS setup utility, the main menu the following will appears on the screen. The main menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices.

  • Page 34: Main Menu > Standard Cmos Setup

    4. BIOS SETUP Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 2 : STANDARD CMOS SETUP 4.2.1 MAIN MENU > STANDARD CMOS SETUP In the Standard CMOS Menu you can set the system date, time, floppy disk drive type and the hard disk type &...
  • Page 35 4. BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS SETUP > Pri Master Standard CMOS SETUP > Pri Slave Standard CMOS SETUP > Sec Master Standard CMOS SETUP > Sec Slave 1-46 : Predefined types USER : Enter parameters manually AUTO : Set parameters automatically on each boot ( Default ) CDROM :Use for ATAPI CDROM drives...

  • Page 36: Main Menu > Advanced Cmos Setup

    4. BIOS SETUP Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 3 : ADVANCED CMOS SETUP 4.2.2 MAIN MENU > ADVANCED CMOS SETUP This screen contains 20 options. It describes all fields offered by the AMMI Software. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program.
  • Page 37 4. BIOS SETUP Advanced CMOS Setup > 2 nd Boot Device This options sets the secondary device for the boot Disabled sequence after the AMIBIOS POST completes. It IDE-0 ( Default ) FLOPPY contains 10 selections for you to choose to boot the FLOPTICAL system from or Disabled for none.
  • Page 38 4. BIOS SETUP Advanced CMOS Setup > Floppy Drive Seek “Enabled” to specify that floppy drive A will perform a Disabled ( Default seek operation at the system boot. Enabled Advanced CMOS Setup > PS/2 Mouse Support “Enabled” for AMIBIOS support for a PS/2-type Disabled mouse.
  • Page 39 Advanced CMOS Setup > CPU MicroCode Disabled Updation Enabled (Default) Enabled to allow the CPU microcode to be updated. Advanced CMOS Setup > System BIOS Cacheable AMIBIOS always copies the system BIOS from ROM Disabled to the RAM memory for faster execution. Set this Enabled (Default) option to Enabled to permit the contents of the F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to and...
  • Page 40 These 6 options specify how the contents of the adaptor ROM named in the option title are handled. The ROM area Disabled (Default) that is not used by ISA adapter cards will be allocated to PCI Enabled adapter cards. Cached Settings Description Disabled...

  • Page 41: Main Menu > Advanced Chipset Setup

    Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 4 : ADVANCED CHIPSETSETUP 4.2.3 MAIN MENU > ADVANCED CHIPSET SETUP This submenu allows you to make modifications to the detailed chipset control. Advanced Chipset Setup > Auto Configure EDO DRAM Timing This option selects predetermined optimal values of Disabled chipset parameters.
  • Page 42 Advanced Chipset Setup > SDRAM CAS Latency This option specifies the CAS latency timing for the 3 Clks (Default ) SDRAM memory. The default value is set for 2 Clks maintaining stability of the SDRAM performance. You can also select 2 Clocks manually to gain a better performance.
  • Page 43 Advanced Chipset Setup > AGP Aperture Size For system that will use Windows NT, set this 4 MB 64MB (Default) option to the recommended 64MB. 8 MB 128 MB 16 MB 256 MB 32 MB Advanced Chipset Setup > SPD Detected Support Enable only if system’s DIMM module supports SPD, this will allows system BIOS to setup Disabled ( Default )

  • Page 44: Main Menu > Power Management Setup

    Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 5 : POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 4.2.4 MAIN MENU > POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This submenu contains 5 major items. Some item contain several detailed settings allowing the user to modify the setup if Enabled. The user can set the suspend type, time and other GREEN Functions in this submenu.
  • Page 45 system remains inactive while in a full power on state. When this length of time expires, the computer enters Standby power state. The pre-assigned settings are (Disabled, 1 minute, up to 14 minutes, or in increments of 1 minute). The default setting is Disabled.
  • Page 46 This allows you to set your system’s power button to two modes, either Suspend or On/Off. While set to Suspend Suspend, when the power button is first pushed, On/Off ( Default system will go into a suspend mode, pushed again it goes into wake-up mode.

  • Page 47: Main Menu > Pci/Plug And Play Setup

    Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 6 : PCI / PLUG AND PLAY SETUP 4.2.5 MAIN MENU > PCI /PLUG AND PLAY SETUP This submenu allows you to adjust the settings for PCI and Plug & play. PCI / Plug and Play Setup >...
  • Page 48 When this option is set to Enabled, multiple VGA devices operating on different buses can receive data Disabled ( Default ) from the CPU on each set of palette registers on every Enabled video devices. Bit 5 of the command register in the PCI device configuration space is the VGA Palette Snoop bit (0 is disabled).
  • Page 49 disabled. The IDE setting should be AUTO where the AMIBIOS automatically determines where the off-board PCI IDE controller adapter card is installed in either Slot1, Slot2, Slot3, Slot4, or Slot5 of the PCI BUS. In the AMIBIOS for the Intel 82440LX ISA chipset, this option forces IRQ14 and IRQ 15 to be allocated for PCI slots on the PCI Local Bus.
  • Page 50 PCI / Plug and Play Setup > IRQ 3 PCI / Plug and Play Setup > IRQ 4 PCI / Plug and Play Setup > IRQ 5 PCI / Plug and Play Setup > IRQ 7 PCI / Plug and Play Setup > IRQ 9 PCI / Plug and Play Setup >...
  • Page 51 Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 7 : PERIPHERAL SETUP 4.2.6 MAIN MENU > PERIPHERAL SETUP These options allow you to set variable parameters for Peripheral Ports, IDE.. etc. Peripheral Setup > OnBoard FDC Set this option to Enabled to enable the floppy Auto ( Default ) drive controller on the motherboard.
  • Page 52 Peripheral Setup > OnBoard Parallel Port Auto (Default) 278 Disabled Please choose one of five items when making detailed modifications. Parallel Port Mode : This option specifies the parallel port mode. The settings are: Settings Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used. The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) specification.

  • Page 53: Main Menu > Cpu Speed Setup

    Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 8 : CPU SPEED SETUP 4.2.7 MAIN MENU > CPU SPEED SETUP This submenu allows you to set the CPU speed to 133, 233, 266, 300 or 333 MHz. This also allows you to know the system temperature, CPU Fan speed and critical voltage measurement.

  • Page 54: Main Menu > Auto-Detect Hard Disks

    Move to items Enter Sub-Menu Exit to Main Menu Modify values Figure 9 : AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS 4.2.8 MAIN MENU > AUTO-DETECT HARD DISKS The layout of this submenu is the same as with the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. If you are having trouble setting your system’s date, time, FDD, HDD type..

  • Page 55: Main Menu > Auto Configuration With Optimal

    4.2.10 MAIN MENU > AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH OPTIMAL SETTINGS For normal use, load the default settings. This will allow your system to operate using settings optimized for both performance and stability. If the NVRAM is ever corrupted, the default settings are loaded automatically. 4.2.11 MAIN MENU >...
  • Page 56 WHO ARE YOU ? Company Name : Contact Person TEL. No. FAX No. YOUR SYSTEM INFORMATION ? Motherboard Model Name Serial No. Motherboard REV DRIVER REV O/S & Software BIOS REV Part Name Vender Model Name Specification CD-ROM DRAM PROBLEM DESCRIPTION Please fill this sheet and fax to your detailer.

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