Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction This manual is designed to give you information on the TI5VGA Motherboard. It is divided into the following six sections: • • • • Introduction • • • • Specifications • • • • Hardware Description •...
Chapter 2 Specifications Chapter 2 Specifications Based on VIA’s MVP3 chipset, the TI5VGA is an ATX Socket 7 motherboard that supports all the features to make a Microsoft PC’97 compliant PCI system. The TI5VGA comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot,...
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Windows 95/98 Shut-Down This allows the PC to power off via Windows 95/98 operating system. PC97 Compliance The TI5VGA implements BIOS and hardware designs that meet PC97 standards and is fully compatible with all Windows operating systems. Year 2000 Compliant BIOS...
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Chapter 3 Hardware Description Chapter 3 Hardware Description This chapter briefly describes each of the major features of the TI5VGA motherboard. The layout of the board is shown in Figure 1 which shows the locations of the key components. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: 3.1 Processor and CPU Voltage ............
Chapter 3 Hardware Description 3.1 Processor and CPU Voltage The TI5VGA is designed to take a Socket 7-based processor with a bus speed of 66, 75, 83 and 100 MHz. The internal clock of the CPU can be multiples of 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5 and 5.5 of the bus clock, the CPU frequency can be 100 to 550MHz.
Chapter 3 Hardware Description 3.4 BIOS The BIOS on the TI5VGA motherboard provides the standard BIOS functions plus the following additional features: 1. DMI (Desktop Management Interface) The motherboard supports DMI to enable computer system management in an enterprise. 2. ISA Plug and Play (PnP) Extension Unlike PCI cards which are plug and play, ISA cards require setting jumpers to resolve hardware conflicts.
IRQ15 Secondary IDE 3.11 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Slot The TI5VGA motherboard comes with an AGP slot for an AGP VGA card that supports 133MHz 2X mode for AD and SBA signaling to provide high-performance 3D graphic display. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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4.3 JP3, SW2(1-4): CPU Vcore Voltage Selector......18 4.4 JP5: Clear CMOS Selection ............20 The TI5VGA-100MHz, on the other hand, supports VIA’s MVP3 chipset and has a maximum CPU bus speed of 100MHz. Please note the correct settings of both the CPU and SDRAM clocks.
WinChip 2-3D 75MHz 75MHz / C6-225 off off on off off on off on WinChip 2-3D 66MHz 66MHz off on on off on off on on TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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PR333 100MHz 66MHz 2.5x (250MHz) off off off on on on off off PR366 100MHz 66MHz (300MHz) off off off on off on off off TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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K6-2/350 off off off on off off off off 66MHz 66MHz 5.5x K6-2/366 off on on off off off on on K6-2/380 95MHz 64MHz on off off on on off on off TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
For Dual Voltage CPU: Intel P55C, Cyrix 6x86L/MX/MII, AMD K6/K6-2, IDT WinChip 2-3D CORE WinChip 2-3D 3.5V open (0.35µ)* on on on on 3.4V open off on on on 3.3V open on off on on TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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2.3V open on on off off K6, K6-2/500 2.2V open (0.25µ)* off on off off 2.1V open on off off off * 0.25µ and 0.35µ refer to manufacturing processes. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Note that the ATX-power connector should be disconnected from the motherboard before clearing CMOS. Do not clear the CMOS RAM unless it is absolutely necessary. Function Function Clear CMOS Normal 1 2 3 TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation Chapter 5 Installation This chapter describes the connectors and interfaces that the TI5VGA provides for creating a working system. Refer to Figure 3 for the location of the connectors. The following items are covered in this chapter: 5.1 I/O Connectors ................
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Chapter 5 Installation Figure 3: Connector Location on the TI5VGA TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation 5.1 I/O Connectors The I/O connectors connect the TI5VGA to the most common peripherals. To attach cables to these connectors, carefully align Pin 1 of the cables to that of the connectors. Refer to Figure 4 for the location and orientation of the connectors.
5.6 J9, J6, J7, J8: Game Port, Mic In/Line In/Line Out J9, J6, J7 and J8 are connectors supporting game port, Line Out, Line In, and Microphone respectively. Game Port LineOut LineIn MicIn TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
5.8 J11: CPU Fan Power Connector J11 is a 3-pin header for the CPU fan power connector. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name Fan sensor +12V 3 2 1 Ground TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Chapter 5 Installation 5.9 J12: Floppy Drive Connector J12 of the TI5VGA is a 34-pin header and will support up to 2.88MB floppy drives. Signal Name Pin # Pin # Signal Name Ground RM/LC Ground No connect Ground No connect...
5.15 J20: Chassis Fan Power Connector J20 is a 3-pin header for the chassis fan power connector. The fan must be a 12V fan. Pin # Signal Name Fan sensor +12V 3 2 1 Ground TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
The power LED indicates the status of the main power switch. The keylock switch, when closed, will disable the keyboard function. J21 Pin # Signal Name Power LED No connect Ground Keylock Ground TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Hard Disk Drive LED Connector: Pins 10 and 20 This connector connects to the hard drive activity LED on the control panel. The LED flashes when HDD is in use. J21 Pin # Signal Name Ground TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 6 BIOS Configuration Chapter 6 BIOS Configuration This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the TI5VGA motherboard. The topics covered in this chapter are as follows: 6.1 BIOS Introduction..............36 6.2 BIOS Setup ................36 6.3 Standard CMOS Setup ..............
<Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1 to 12 Date : 1 to 31 Year : 1994 to 2079 To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown or +/- keys to set the current time. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Number of sectors SIZE : Automatically adjust according to the configuration MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto Normal (HD < 528MB) Large (for MS-DOS only) (HD > 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing) TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
The system boot will not be halted for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors. All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not be halted for a key- board or disk error; it will stop for all others. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Virus Warning feature. CPU Internal Cache / External Cache These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. By default, this field is set to Disabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to 1024KB. These fields allow optional ROM to be copied to RAM or not. Cyrix 6x86/MII CPUID This item enables and disables the CPUID detection for Cyrix 6x86/MII CPU. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Video BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h-F7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
0.25% (CNTR), and 0.50% (DOWN). The default setting is Disabled. This field is for CE testing use only OnChip USB / OnChip USB 2 This field allows you either to enable or disable the USB function. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
This field has a default setting of Disabled. OnChip Sound This field allows you either to enable or disable the audio function integrated in the VIA VT82C686A South Bridge chip. By default, this field is set to Enabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1hr. Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. (Default) NOTE: In order to enable the CPU overheat protection feature, the Power Management field should not be set to Disabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Suspend Mode When enabled, and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except the CPU will be shut off TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
The IRQ section sets the wake-up call of the system. If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left-hand group, the system wakes up from suspended mode. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
Windows 95. The default value is Manual. Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not. The default value is Disabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
When enabled, reads to the AGP bus are executed with 1 wait states. By default, this field is set to Enabled. Assign IRQ for USB/VGA These fields allow you to enable or disable the IRQ for USB and VGA. By default, these fields are enabled. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Load BIOS Defaults except Standard CMOS Setup To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter “N”. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
CPU fan and chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC. VCORE / VIO / +12V / +5V These read-only fields show the current voltages in the voltage regulators and power supply as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster. Rather than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive, PIO (Programmed Input/Output) allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
When this field is enabled, other options of the on board audio in this setup can be configured. These options included Sound Blaster, SB I/O Base Address, SB IRQ Select, SB DMA Select, MPU-401, MPU-401 I/O Address, FM Port (388-38BH) and Game Port. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
To accept the displayed entries, press the “Y” key; to skip to the next drive, press the “N” key. If you accept the values, the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
VIA M/B Drivers and the following window will appear. Click VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers 2. Click . to continue the installation process, and then click Next agree with the license agreement. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 3. Click Next to install all the drivers shown below. 4. Click to install the (Ultra) DMA for IDE driver. Next TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 5. Click on the Enable/Disable (Ultra) DMA checkbox, and click Next enable (Ultra) DMA. 6. To install VIA Service Pack , click Next TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 7. Click Next to accept the listed folder name or select from the existing folders list, then click Next 8. Click Next to install the VIA AGP driver. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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10. When Setup has finished copying files to your computer, you must restart Windows or your computer before you can use the program. Remove any disks from their drives, and then click to complete Finish setup. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
4. When the window appears, click to install Select Components Next the audio driver. 5. After the necessary files are copied, click Finish for the computer the restart and changes to take effect. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
VIA M/B Drivers VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue with the Setup program. 3. To accept the VIA Service Pack license agreement, click TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Enable/Disable (Ultra) DMA to continue the installation process. Next 7. When the Choose Destination Location window appears, click Next to install in the folder name shown. VIA Service Pack TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Next install the VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver. 12. When Setup has finished copying files to your computer, click Finish to restart your computer and for changes to take effect. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1. Insert the driver CD disc to the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM autoruns and displays the selections available. Click on and the Tools following window will appear. Click DirectX 6.1 Core 2. Click to install Microsoft DirectX 6.1 Runtime. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 3. Click to continue. 4. When DirectX setup is completed, click TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
4. After the necessary files are copied, click for the computer the Finish restart. 5. When Windows has restarted, a message will appear prompting you to insert the Windows 98 CDROM. Insert the Windows 98 CDROM and click TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
1. Insert the driver CD disc to the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM autoruns and displays the selection for Intel drivers and VIA drivers. Click on and the following window will appear. Click VIA M/B Drivers VIA 4 IN 1 Drivers TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Next to install VIA AGP VxD in turbo mode 6. When Setup has finished copying files to your computer, click Finish to restart your computer and for changes to take effect. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
5. When Windows has restarted, a message will appear prompting you to insert the Windows 98 CDROM. Insert the Windows 98 CDROM and click . After the necessary files are copied, restart your computer for changes to take effect. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
VIA 686A PCI Multimedia Audio Driver 2. When the screen appears, click to proceed with the Welcome Next audio driver installation. 3. The Select Components window will appear. Click Next to install the audio driver. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Joystick. Click Yes. You will be prompted to press “Add…” from the next window and select “Microsoft Side winder 3D Pro Joystick” to install the joystick’s driver. Refer to the following figures. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 6. Upon adding the , insert the Microsoft Side winder 3D Pro Joystick Windows NT CD-ROM or the disk with the updated sidewndr.dll driver. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 7 VIA Drivers and DirectX Installation 7. When the Microsoft SideWinder Joystick Configuration window appears, click to accept the default configuration. Then, restart the computer for changes to take effect. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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1. Insert the driver CD disc to the CD-ROM drive. The CD-ROM autoruns and displays the selections available. Click on Tools and the following window appears. Click SYSTEM MONITOR , then proceed with the installation. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 8 System Monitor Installation 2. When the Welcome screen appears, click Next to continue with the Setup program. 3. Choose the destination location where System Monitor will be installed. Click to continue Setup. Next TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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Chapter 8 System Monitor Installation 4. Click Next to agree with the settings shown and to begin copying files. 5. Click to restart your computer to be able to use the program. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
2. Under Windows 98 Second Edition, it is not necessary to install the VIA VxD AGP Driver. However, in case the system is not functioning properly, install the VIA VxD AGP Driver. TI5VGA Socket 7 MVP3 ATX Motherboard User’s Manual...
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