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SL5598
USER'S MANUAL
Copyright © 1998 GVC CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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  • Page 1 Advanced Pentium Motherboard SL5598 USER’S MANUAL Copyright © 1998 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 COMPLIANCE & CERTIFICATE ISO 9001 Certificate: This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd. in accordance to ISO 9001. This Certificate is valid for: DESIGN & MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS. CE Declaration: CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment...

  • Page 4: Easy Installation

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

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION How To Use This Manual Page 8 Check Your Device Items Page 8 FEATURES Photo of the Motherboard Page 9 Features of the Motherboard Page 10 INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout & Main Parts Page 12 Significant Parts List Page 13 Precaution before Start Page 14 3.1 Slots and Connectors...
  • Page 7 CONTENTS Ready To Turn On Power Page 33 4. BIOS SETUP 4.1 How to Enter BIOS Setup Page 35 4.1.1 Setup Keys 4.1.2 Getting Help 4.1.3 In Case of Problems 4.2 Main Setup Menu Page 37 4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu Page 39 4.4 BIOS Features Setup Menu Page 43...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    “4”, If you find any these items missing or damaged please contact your retailer immediately. 4The SL5598 motherboard 41 IDE ribbon cable 41 floppy ribbon cable 41 CD-ROM Diskette with VGA Driver 8Infrared (IrDA) module with ribbon cable (optional)

  • Page 9: Features

    2. FEATURES Photo Of The Motherboard...

  • Page 10: Features Of The Motherboard

    2. FEATURES Features Of The Motherboard The SL5598 motherboard integrates the Pentium® ® microprocessor, memory, I/O and is designed to fit into a standard LPX form factor chassis. Page 12 illustrates the layout for the SL5598 motherboard. Below are the key features provided by this...
  • Page 11 2. FEATURES Floppy Controller 1.2, 1.44 and 2.88 MB support Keyboard Port PS/2 (Integrated in the SiS5598) Mouse Port PS/2 (Integrated in the SiS5598) Real Time Clock Integrated in the SiS5598 Serial Bus USB (Universal Serial Bus), Microsoft and Intel spec. compliant, integrated in the SiS5598.

  • Page 12: Installation

    3. INSTALLATION Motherboard Layout & Main Parts COM2 COM1 Mouse Parallel Keyboard CD-IN Winbond Power Connector W83781D Floppy 1869A Flash BIOS ES692 JP15 Battery JP16 JP17 SiS5598 Clock Gen. CPU Fan JP13 JP14 Front Header Chassis Fan...

  • Page 13: Significant Parts List

    3. INSTALLATION Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Power LED Page 28 Keyboard Lock Page 28 Speaker Page 28 Power Switch (Optional) Page 28 4 Sec Power Switch (Optional) Page 28 Reset Page 28 Sleep Page 29 HDD LED Page 29 IrDA Page 29 Back Panel Connectors...

  • Page 14: Precaution Before Start

    3. INSTALLATION Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage: Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard. Observing a few basic precautions will help safeguard against damage that could result in expensive repairs. Please read the following before you begin installation. 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. INSTALLATION 3.1 Slots and Connectors The SL5598 motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU type, voltage and speed. Please refer to Jumper setting List in sec.3.2.2. PIN 1 PIN 1 In following pages, the triangle s mark indicates for pin 1 of connectors.

  • Page 16: Cpu

    3. INSTALLATION 3.2 CPU (Central Processing Unit, U20) The Pentium P54C/P55C, Cyrix 6X86L/6X86MX, IDT-C6 and AMD-K5/K6 processors have various voltage choices depending on the CPU suppliers. The motherboard can also be upgraded with Pentium processors that run at higher speeds. When upgrading the processor, use the BIOS configuration mode to change the processor speed.

  • Page 17: Arrange Jumper Settings

    3. INSTALLATION Step 3: Replace the handling bar downward to fasten the CPU to the socket. Step 3: Fasten the CPU to socket. Warning : It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent the CPU from overheating. Applying a thermal of jelly between the CPU and the heatsink/fan will further cool the CPU.
  • Page 18 3. INSTALLATION Setting CPU I/O Voltage Setting CPU Clock TYPE JP14 JP13 Clock (I/O (WS2) (WS1) (WS0) (MHz) Voltage) P54C, K5, 6X86 P55C, K6, 6X86L, PIN 1 Setting CPU/BUS Speed Intel CPU/BUS JP17 (BF0) JP16 (BF1) JP15 (BF2) X1.5 / X3.5...
  • Page 19 3. INSTALLATION X2.0 X2.5 X3.0 X4.0 Setting CPU Core Voltage Vcore JP10 JP11 JP12 2.2V 2.8V 2.9V 3.2V 3.38V 3.52V...

  • Page 20: Other Jumper Settings

    VGA Selection Cyrix Linear Burst Mode (JP5) The SL5598 has a jumper JP5, which allows you to enable L2 cache, running at linear burst mode for Cyrix CPU. Make sure this jumper is open for normal operation for other kind of processors.

  • Page 21: System Memory ( Dram )

    SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) and DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) The SL5598 features four (4) 72-pin SIMM and two (2) 168-pin DIMM sockets. The system memory size can be configured in a variety of ways by using different combinations of the four 72-pin DRAM SIMM or two 168-pin...
  • Page 22 3. INSTALLATION direction. This module can only be inserted into DIMM socket one way. Please note the “s s “ for pin 1 location. To release the memory module, push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward.

  • Page 23: Memory Module Combinations

    3. INSTALLATION 3.3.3 Memory Module Combinations SIMM Combinations: Total Memory (SIMM 1-4) Bank A (SIMM 1&2) Bank B (SIMM 3&4) 4MBx2 None 16MB 8MBx2 None 32MB 16MBx2 None 64MB 32MBx2 None 16MB 4MBx2 4MBx2 24MB 4MBx2 8MBx2 40MB 4MBx2 16MBx2 72MB 4MBx2 32MBx2...
  • Page 24 256MB 128MB 128MB The SL5598 mainboard features two 168-pin DIMM sockets with each supporting 8MB to 128MB of SDRAM/EDO using 1MBx64, 2MBx64, 4MBx64 and 8MBx64 DIMM (Asymmetrical single and double sided). The DRAM interfaces on a 64-bit wide, data path. Also supported is 3.3 volts 66.67Mhz unbuffered Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) and 3.3 volts 60ns or faster unbuffered EDO DRAM.

  • Page 25: Expansion Slots

    3. INSTALLATION 3.4 Expansion Slots ( J17 ) The SL5598 system will support an ISA only, PCI only or shared ISA-PCI slots riser card. The ISA/PCI I/O riser card contains decoupling capacitors between the voltage planes and ground to assist in both EMI and general voltage plane noise reduction.
  • Page 26 If there is no request from the Host Bridge, rotational priority scheme will be applied to these masters). The SiS5598 Pentium PCI/ISA chipset provides high performance PCI Arbiter. The SL5598 supports up to 2 PCI Masters, fully compliant to PCI2.1.

  • Page 27: Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5 Connectors The SL5598 motherboard contains IDE, floppy, power input, front panel, back panel and additional connectors. Pri. IDE Sec. IDE 3.5.1 Primary IDE Connector (J14, 39-pin block) The primary IDE connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable.

  • Page 28: Floppy Drive Connector

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.3 Floppy Drive Connector (J6, 33-pin block) The FDC sub-system is capable of controlling 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 29: Front Panel Connectors & Irda Connector

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.5 Front Panel connectors (J27) and IrDA Connector (J23) Pwr LED K/B Lock Speaker IrDA Pwr SW Reset Sleep HDD LED 4sec Pwr SW Front Panel includes headers for the following eight I/O connectors: Power LED, Keyboard Lock, Speaker, Power Switch(optional), Reset, Sleep, HDD LED and 4sec Power switch(Optional).

  • Page 30: Sleep

    The 2-pin header supports a front panel sleep/resume switch, which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open HDD LED Connector (4-pin) The SL5598 supports one straight 4-pin header for connecting to front Panel Hard Disk activity LED indicator. Infrared (IrDA) connector (6-pin) The SL5598 offers an IrDA infrared header that supports third party infrared modules.

  • Page 31: Back Panel Connectors

    True Plug & Play, this new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub. PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports The SL5598 motherboard offers one PS/2 Keyboard and one PS/2 Mouse port. Parallel Port (Printer) COM1 COM2 Printer The SL5598 includes a parallel port (EPP/ECP compatible).

  • Page 32: Additional Connectors

    3. INSTALLATION VGA Port The SL5598 supplies a VGA function on board with a integrated chip. 3.5.7 Additional Connectors CPU Fan Feature Connector Chassis MIDI/Audio Connector CD-In W O L WOL (Wake On LAN) The WOL is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network. WOL requires a PCI add-in network interface card (NIC) with remote wakeup capabilities.

  • Page 33: Cd-In (Optional)

    3. INSTALLATION cable. CD-IN Connector (Audio) (Optional) A 1 x 4 connector is built into the SL5598 motherboard for audio input from CD- ROM drives. Feature Connector The VESA feature connector is available for synchronizing graphics output with an external NTSC or PAL signal, and will allow a shared frame buffer interface to maximize Multimedia performance.

  • Page 34: Ready To Turn On Power

    3. INSTALLATION 3.5.8 Ready To Turn On Power Review Is the CPU installed correctly and locked firmly into socket? (Sec. 3.2) Are all the DRAM modules installed properly? (Sec. 3.3) Are all expansion card (Riser Card,VGA, Sound…. etc.) inserted? (Sec. 3.4) Are all the connectors described in Sec 3.5 properly connected to their variable devices? (Sec.
  • Page 35 3. INSTALLATION...

  • Page 36: How To Enter Bios Setup

    The SL5598 motherboard uses AWARD BIOS, which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk-based program. The BIOS has a built-in Setup Program which allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings. The...

  • Page 37: Setup Keys

    4.1.1 Setup Keys The following table of keystrokes is used to navigate during Setup: <↑> , <↓> Move to previous or next item <←> , <→> Move to the item in the left or right hand Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS <Esc>...

  • Page 38: Main Setup Menu

    4.2 Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, a Main Menu (Figure 1) appears on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub-menu.
  • Page 39 Following is a brief summary of each Setup category. Standard CMOS Options in the original PC AT-compatible BIOS. BIOS Features Award enhanced BIOS options. Chipset Features Options specific to your system chipset. Power Advanced Power Management (APM) options. Management PnP/PCI Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration Configuration options.

  • Page 40: Standard Cmos Setup Menu

    4.3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu (Figure2) you can set the system clock and calendar, record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type, and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE Date (mm :dd:yy) : Wed, Jun 4, 1997...
  • Page 41 The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, each time the system boots. If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting the drive type are available: Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45.
  • Page 42 Drive A/B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. None No diskette drive installed 360K, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity 1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity 720K, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive;...
  • Page 43 Memory Values in the Memory field cannot be changed and are only for your information. The fields show the total installed Random Access Memory (RAM) and amounts allocated to base memory, extended memory, and other (high) memory. RAM is counted in kilobytes (KB: approximately one thousand bytes) and megabytes (MB: approximately one million bytes).

  • Page 44: Bios Features Setup Menu

    4.4 BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen (Figure 3) contains industry-standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS. This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen. Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program. Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields.
  • Page 45 offers 10 different boot sequence options of three drives each. In addition to the traditional drives A and C, options include IDE hard drives D, E, and F; as well as an SCSI hard drive and a CD-ROM drive. Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives.
  • Page 46 Shadow Software that resides in a Read-Only Memory (ROM) chip on a device is called . The Award BIOS permits of firmware such as the system BIOS, firmware shadowing video BIOS, and similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals, such as, an SCSI adapter.

  • Page 47: Chipset Features Setup Menu

    4.5 Chipset Features Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Current System Temp. Video BIOS Cacheable : Enabled Current CPU1 Temperature Memory Hole at 15M-16M : Disabled Current CPUFAN1 Speed VGA Shared Memory Size : 2 MB Current CPUFAN2 Speed...

  • Page 48: Power Management Setup Menu

    4.6 Power Management Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : Disabled VGA Activity : Disabled PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM 2) : Disabled Video Off Option : Blank Screen IRQ4 (COM 1) : Disabled...
  • Page 49 Video Off Option Determines the method how video display enters power saving mode. Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked. System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports V/H SYNC+Blank and writes blanks to the video buffer. Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video DPMS Support...
  • Page 50 Doze Mode/Standby Mode/Suspend Mode Time of inactivity required to enter the next consecutive power saving mode. These selections are only available when the above Power Management feature is set to ‘User Define’. COM Ports Activity When set to Enabled, any event occurring at a COM (serial) port will awaken a system which has been powered down MODEM use LPT Ports Activity When set to Enabled , any event occurring at a LPT (printer) port will awaken a system...

  • Page 51: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup Menu

    4.7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resource Controlled By PCI IDE IRQ Activated By : Level : Auto Reset Configuration Data PCI IDE 2 Channel : Enabled : Disabled PCI IDE IRQ Map To : PCI-AUTO Primary IDE INT# Move to items...
  • Page 52 according to the type of IDE interface(s) installed in your system (PCI or ISA). Standard ISA interrupts for IDE channels are IRQ14 for primary and IRQ15 for secondary. Primary/Secondary IDE INT# Each PCI peripheral connection is capable of activating up to four interrupts: INT# A, INT# B, INT# C and INT# D.

  • Page 53: Integrated Peripherals Menu

    4.8 Integrated peripherals Menu ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIG5D) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Internal PCI/IDE : Both PS/2 mouse function : Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto USB Controller : Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto : Disabled USB Keyboard Support IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto...
  • Page 54 IDE Data Port Write Selecting Enabled speeds up processing of drive reads and writes, but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance. If you are experiencing disk driver errors, try setting this value to Disabled. This field does not appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled.
  • Page 55 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port. PS/2 Mouse Function Select if your system contains a PS/2 port and you have a PS/2 mouse in use. Enabled USB Controller This allows you to enable USB Bus or not. USB Keyboard Support Select if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you...

  • Page 56: Load Setup Defaults

    4.9 Load Setup Defaults The chipset defaults are settings that provide for maximum system performance. While Award has designed the custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer has the right to change these defaults to meet their needs. 4.10 Supervisor Password When you select this function, a message appears at the center of the screen: ENTER PASSWORD: Type a password, up to eight characters and press Enter.

  • Page 57: Save & Exit Setup

    BIOS setup will display all possible modes that are supported by the HDD including NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. If HDD does not support LBA modes, no ‘LBA’ option will be shown. If numbers of the cylinders are less than or equal to 1024, no ‘LARGE’ option will be show.

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