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  • Page 1 Motherboard Motherboard Motherboard Motherboard Motherboard User’ s Guide LI545...
  • Page 2 TriGem is a registered trademark of TriGem Computer, Incorporated. Other product names herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. TriGem disclaims any and all rights to those marks. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation, MMX is a trademark of Intel Corporation.

  • Page 3: Safety Information

    Safety Information Safety Information Batter Batter arning Instruction arning Instruction Batter Batter Batter y W y W arning Instruction arning Instruction arning Instruction Caution If battery is incorrectly replaced there poses a danger of explosion. Replace battery only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Discard used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Motherboard Description Motherboard Description Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Motherboard Description Features ......................1-1 Motherboard Overview ..................1-3 Motherboard Connectors .................. 1-4 Power Supply Connector ................. 1-4 Front Panel Connectors................1-5 Rear Panel Connectors ................
  • Page 5 Security Menu....................2-18 Supervisor/User ..................2-18 Default Menu ....................2-22 Original ..................... 2-23 Optimal ..................... 2-23 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Installing and Removing Board Options Installing and Removing Board Options Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Installing and Removing Board Options Installing and Removing Board Options Installing and Removing Board Options Before You Begin ....................
  • Page 6 Appendix A Specifications Appendix A Specifications Appendix A Specifications Appendix A Specifications Appendix A Specifications Form Factor ...................... A-1 Processor ......................A-1 Main Memory ....................A-1 Apollo VP3 AGPset and PCI/IDE Interface ............. A-2 I/O features ....................... A-2 Six usable expansion slots ................A-3 Other features ....................
  • Page 7 Figures Figures Figures Figures Figures Figure 1. Motherboard overview ..............1-3 Figure 2. Motherboard connectors ..............1-4 Figure 3. Connecting the power supply ............1-5 Figure 4. Front panel connectors ..............1-5 Figure 5. Rear panel connectors ............... 1-6 Figure 6. Connecting the keyboard..............1-6 Figure 7.

  • Page 8: Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

    Chapter 1 Motherboard Description Motherboard Description This chapter describes the major features of your motherboard. F F F F F eatures eatures eatures eatures eatures The motherboard supports the following features: Smallest PCB size in the ATX form factor Intel Pentium P54C(S), Intel Pentium P55C-MMX, AMD K5/K6, or Cyrix 6x86/6x86MX Three 168 pin DIMM sockets, support up to 384 MB of synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory and support unbuffered EDO DRAM...
  • Page 9 System and video BIOS shadow RAM Plug-and-Play (PnP) BIOS feature A built-in PS/2 style keyboard connector and a built-in PS/2 compatible mouse connector Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) interfaces Two serial ports and one parallel port One Joystick and three audio I/O interface port The following are manufacturing options: Wake up on LAN connector System chassis intrusion...

  • Page 10: Figure 1. Motherboard Overview

    Motherboard Over Motherboard Over Motherboard Over view view view view Motherboard Over Motherboard Over view AGP connector IrDA connector CX4236B audio controller (optional) CD audio connector IT8661F super I/O controller Main clock frequency jumper (J6) PCI connectors Back Panel I/O connectors ISA connectors CPU fan connector CPU voltage jumper (J11)

  • Page 11: Motherboard Connectors

    Motherboard Connectors Motherboard Connectors Motherboard Connectors Motherboard Connectors Motherboard Connectors IrDA connector AGP connector PCI connectors CD audio connector ISA connectors Back Panel I/O connectors CPU fan connector Power supply connector Wake up LAN connector Seconary E-IDE connector Front panel connectors Primary E-IDE connector FDD connector Figure 2.

  • Page 12: Front Panel Connectors

    You can connect the power supply cable to the power connector on the motherboard. Power supply cable Power supply connector Figure 3. Connecting the power supply Front Panel Connectors The motherboard has connectors for controls and indicators typically located on the front panel of the computer.

  • Page 13: Rear Panel Connectors

    Rear Panel Connectors MIDI/Game port Mouse Keyboard MIC jack Line-in jack USB ports Serial ports SPK jack Parallel port Figure 5. Rear panel connectors Keyboard Connector Your system's PS/2 style keyboard plugs into the keyboard connector. Keyboard connector Figure 6. Connecting the keyboard Motherboard Description...

  • Page 14: Figure 7. Connecting The Mouse

    Mouse Connector Your system's PS/2 compatible mouse plugs into the mouse connector. Mouse connector Figure 7. Connecting the mouse USB Connectors You can connect any USB compliant devices to either of the USB connectors. USB devices include low-speed peripherals such as microphone, digital joystick, and speaker.

  • Page 15: Figure 9. Connecting The Serial Device

    Serial Port (COM1, 2) Connectors You can connect a serial device, such as an external modem and printer, to the serial port connectors. COM 1 COM 2 Serial port connectors Figure 9. Connecting the serial device Parallel Port (LPT1) Connector You can connect a parallel device, such as a printer, to the parallel port.

  • Page 16: Board Expansion Connectors

    Audio Connectors (Optional) Your motherboard has three audio jacks (SPK, Line-in, and MIC) and one MIDI/ Game port connector. Your optional audio devices and MIDI/Game device are connected to these connectors, as shown below. Joystick Speaker MIDI keyboard Microphone Audio device Figure 11.

  • Page 17: Primary And Secondary E-Ide Connectors

    Primary and Secondary E-IDE Connectors Your motherboard has two built-in PCI E-IDE interfaces (primary and secondary). Each interface supports up to two IDE drives (master and slave). After connecting the one end of the IDE ribbon cable to the primary or secondary E-IDE connector on the motherboard, connect the connector(s) at the other end to your IDE drive(s) such as the hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive.

  • Page 18: Chapter 2 Using The Cmos Setup Program

    Chapter 2 Using the CMOS Setup Program Using the CMOS Setup Program About the Setup Program About the Setup Program About the Setup Program About the Setup Program About the Setup Program Using the Setup Program...

  • Page 19: Entering The Setup Program

    Entering the Setup Program Entering the Setup Program Entering the Setup Program Entering the Setup Program Entering the Setup Program Note Note Note Note Note Using the Setup Program...
  • Page 20 ← → ↑ ↓ Using the Setup Program...

  • Page 21: Exiting The Setup Program

    Exiting the Setup Program Exiting the Setup Program Exiting the Setup Program Exiting the Setup Program Exiting the Setup Program Using the Setup Program...

  • Page 22: Setup Menu

    Setup Menu Setup Menu Setup Menu Setup Menu Setup Menu Standard Setup Menu Pri Master/Pri Slave/Sec Master/Sec Slave Using the Setup Program...
  • Page 23 Type × × × Using the Setup Program...
  • Page 24 LBA/Large Mode Block Mode 32Bit Mode PIO Mode Date/Time Using the Setup Program...

  • Page 25: Advanced Setup Menu

    Floppy Drive A, B Advanced Setup Menu Using the Setup Program...
  • Page 26 1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks Quick Boot BootUp Num-Lock Floppy Drive Swap Using the Setup Program...
  • Page 27 Floppy Access Control PS/2 Mouse Support Primary Display Password Check Boot To OS/2 External Cache C000 / C400, 16K Shadow Using the Setup Program 2-10...

  • Page 28: Chipset Setup Menu

    C800 / CC00 / D000 / D400 / D800 / DC00, 16K Shadow Chipset Setup Menu USB Function Graphic Aperture Size AGP-2X Mode Using the Setup Program 2-11...

  • Page 29: Power Control Setup Menu

    Power Control Setup Menu Power Management / APM Instant Off Support Wake Up On LAN Using the Setup Program 2-12...

  • Page 30: Pci/Pnp Setup Menu

    Green PC Monitor Power State Video Power Down Mode Suspend Time Out IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15 PCI/PnP Setup Menu Using the Setup Program 2-13...
  • Page 31 Plug and Play Aware O/S PCI Latency Timer (PCI Clocks) PCI VGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ to PCI VGA DMA Channel 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 14, and 15 Using the Setup Program 2-14...

  • Page 32: Peripheral Setup Menu

    Peripheral Setup Menu OnBoard Sound OnBoard FDC OnBoard Serial Port 1 and 2 OnBoard Parallel Port Using the Setup Program 2-15...
  • Page 33 Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Parallel Port DMA Channel VIA OnBoard PCI IDE Using the Setup Program 2-16...

  • Page 34: Utility Menu

    Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Utility Menu Detect IDE Using the Setup Program 2-17...

  • Page 35: Color Set

    Color Set Security Menu Security Menu Security Menu Security Menu Security Menu Supervisor / User Using the Setup Program 2-18...

  • Page 36: Setting A Password

    Supervisor Password Password to enter the Password User mode mode Setup Program during boot Setting a Password Using the Setup Program 2-19...
  • Page 37 Note Note Note Note Note Deleting or Changing a Password Using the Setup Program 2-20...
  • Page 38 Disabling a Forgotten Password Using the Setup Program 2-21...

  • Page 39: Default Menu

    Anti-Virus Default Menu Default Menu Default Menu Default Menu Default Menu Using the Setup Program 2-22...

  • Page 40: Original

    Original Optimal Using the Setup Program 2-23...

  • Page 41: Chapter 3 Installing And Removing Board Options

    Chapter 3 Installing and Removing Board Options Installing and Removing Board Options Before Y Before Y ou Begin ou Begin Before Y Before Y Before Y ou Begin ou Begin ou Begin W W W W W arning arning arning arning arning Caution...

  • Page 42: Installing And Removing The Microprocessor

    Installing and Removing the Microprocessor Installing and Removing the Microprocessor Installing and Removing the Microprocessor Installing and Removing the Microprocessor Installing and Removing the Microprocessor Note Note Note Note Note Installing the Microprocessor Figure 12. Opening the ZIF socket Installing and Removing Board Options...
  • Page 43 Figure 13. Aligning the microprocessor on the ZIF socket Figure 14. Inserting the microprocessor in the ZIF socket Installing and Removing Board Options...

  • Page 44: Figure 15. Connecting The Heatsink Fan Connector

    Figure 15. Connecting the heatsink fan connector Installing and Removing Board Options...

  • Page 45: Setting The Processor Speed

    Setting the Processor Speed Removing the Microprocessor Figure 16. Removing the heatsink fan connector Installing and Removing Board Options...

  • Page 46: Figure 17. Removing The Microprocessor From The Zif Socket

    Figure 17. Removing the microprocessor from the ZIF socket Installing and Removing Board Options...
  • Page 47 Installing and R Installing and R Installing and R emoving Memor emoving Memor emoving Memor y Modules emoving Memor y Modules y Modules y Modules Installing and R Installing and R emoving Memor y Modules Note Note Note Note Note Installing and Removing Board Options...

  • Page 48: Installing A Memory Module

    Installing a Memory Module Securing clips Figure 18. Installing a memory module Removing a Memory Module Figure 19. Removing a memory module Installing and Removing Board Options...

  • Page 49: Changing Dip Switches And Jumper Settings

    Changing DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Changing DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Changing DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Changing DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Changing DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Locations of the DIP Switches and Jumpers Motherboard type selection Main clock frequency jumper (J6) jumpers (J8 and J10) CPU I/O VCC...

  • Page 50: Dip Switch And Jumper Settings

    DIP Switch and Jumper Settings Bus frequency Switch 7 Switch 6 Switch 5 Intel P54C P54CS P55C 6x86/6x86MX K5/K6 Switch 1 Switch 2 Switch 3 Switch 4 Output CPU type Note Note Note Note Note Caution Caution Caution Caution Caution Installing and Removing Board Options 3-10...

  • Page 51: The Things To Do In Post-Installation

    Motherboard type Setting Function The Things to do in P The Things to do in P The Things to do in P ost-installation ost-installation ost-installation ost-installation The Things to do in P The Things to do in P ost-installation Installing and Removing Board Options 3-11...

  • Page 52: Chapter 4 Audio Drivers And Applications

    Chapter 4 Audio Drivers and Applications Audio Drivers and Applications The Crystal 4236B audio controller is built in the motherboard. If your system comes with a hard disk drive installed, the audio drivers and applications will be already installed in your system. However, if you need to reinstall them, install them using the Driver CD that comes with your system as described in this chapter.
  • Page 53 Note Note Note Note Note The Setup will do an automatic cleaning up of the Windows 95 Crystal Audio registry entries. Many problems with reinstallation occur because of existing registry entries from previous installations and because of the "\WINDOWS\INF\OEMx.INF" files. After running setup, the various Crystal devices from the Control Panel should disappear.
  • Page 54 Windows 95 is restarted. Windows 95 automatically recognizes new PnP audio hardware, creates a database for the hardware, and proceeds with the installation of Crystal device drivers. If the Update Device Driver Wizard window appears, click Next. Click Other Locations. When the Select Other Location dialog box appears, click Browse, select “D:\audio\win95\English,”...
  • Page 55 When the Select Other Location dialog box appears again, click OK and then click Finish in the Update Device Driver Wizard window. When the Insert Disk dialog box appears, click OK. If the Copying Files dialog box appears prompting for the location of additional files, click Browse, select “D:\AUDIO\WIN95\ENGLSIH\CWB3DSND.EXE,”...
  • Page 56 When the Insert Disk dialog box appears prompting for inserting the Windows 95 CD-ROM, remove the Driver CD, insert the Windows 95 CD, and click When the Insert Disk dialog box appears prompting for inserting the Crystal Driver Disk, remove the Windows 95 CD, insert the Driver CD into the CD-ROM drive, and click OK.

  • Page 57: Installing And Using The Audio Applications

    If you select Settings | Control Panel from the Start menu and select System icon, the System Properties window will appear. If you select the Device Manager tab at this window after installing the audio drivers, you will see an additional line for the audio drivers, "Sound, video and game controllers"...
  • Page 58 From the Start menu, select Run. Click Browse, select “D:\audio\Voyetra\ Setup.exe,” click Open, and click OK. When the Software License Agreement window appears, click Yes. When the Welcome dialog box is displayed, click Continue. Audio Drivers and Applications...
  • Page 59 Accept the folder displayed on the window or change folder. Then click Install. When Restart Windows appears, click Restart Windows for the changes to take effect. After you restart your operating system, the Voyetra program group would be displayed on the screen and under Programs from the Start menu. Audio Drivers and Applications...

  • Page 60: Using The Audio Applications

    Using the Audio Applications To use the audio applications (AudioStation and WinDAT), follow the next steps: Start Windows 95. Click the Start button, point to Programs, point to Yamaha, and then select AudioStation or WinDAT. AudioStation AudioStation is a component audio system that can play or record audio CDs, digital audio files (WAV or VOC), or MIDI files (MID, RMI or ORC).
  • Page 61 See the online help by clicking the button for information on using AudioStation. Audio Drivers and Applications 4-10...
  • Page 62 WinDAT WinDAT is a digital audio editor that can playback, record, or edit digital audio files (WAV or VOC). This can be selected from the Start menu or be launched from the Digital Audio Player of AudioStation. See the online help by pressing F1 for information on using WinDAT. Audio Drivers and Applications 4-11...

  • Page 63: Chapter 5 Update On Installing Windows 95

    Chapter 5 Update on Installing Windows 95 Update on Installing Windows 95 If you reinstalled or upgraded Windows 95, you need to install the drivers. Follow the next steps: Installing the USB driver Installing the ACPI driver Installing the AGP driver (optional, if you installed the AGP card in your system : for more information, refer to the manual that comes with your optional AGP card) Installing the DirectX-5 driver (if you installed the AGP driver)

  • Page 64: Installing The Usb Driver

    Installing the USB Driver Installing the USB Driver Installing the USB Driver Installing the USB Driver Installing the USB Driver Your motherboard has two USB ports. USB is the next generation of peripheral interface design. USB allows easy attachment of peripherals to your system. Note Note Note...

  • Page 65: Installing The Acpi Driver

    If an "Update Device Driver Wizard" window appears after Windows 95 reboots, follow the instructions on screen. Proceed to step 7, otherwise USB installation is finished. Click Next to continue. Click the Finish button. Set the path to "C:\windows\system" and click OK. Installing the ACPI Driver Installing the ACPI Driver Installing the ACPI Driver...
  • Page 66 When the VIA Power Management Controller window is displayed, click Next. Select Install VIA ACPI Patch and click the Next button. Update on Installing Windows 95...

  • Page 67: Installing The Directx-5 Driver

    Select "Yes, I want to restart my computer now." and click the Finish button to restart the computer. Installing the DirectX Installing the DirectX Installing the DirectX -5 Driver -5 Driver -5 Driver -5 Driver Installing the DirectX Installing the DirectX -5 Driver To use the AGP driver, install the DirectX-5 driver.

  • Page 68: Installing The Agp Vxd Driver

    The DirectX-5 driver will be installed in your hard disk drive. Installing the AGP VxD Driver Installing the AGP VxD Driver Installing the AGP VxD Driver Installing the AGP VxD Driver Installing the AGP VxD Driver Follow these steps to install the AGP VxD driver: Click the Start button, and then click Run.
  • Page 69 When the VIAGART Setup Program window is displayed, click Next. Select Install VIA AGP VxD and click the Next button. Update on Installing Windows 95...
  • Page 70 Select "Yes, I want to restart my computer now." and click the Finish button to restart the computer. Update on Installing Windows 95...

  • Page 71: Form Factor

    Appendix A Specifications Specifications F F F F F orm F orm F orm F actor actor orm F orm F actor actor actor ATX form factor of 12 * 7.75 inches Processor Processor Processor Processor Processor Intel Pentium up to 200 MHz processor Intel Pentium up to 233 MHz processor with MMX technology AMD K5/K6 up to 233 MHz processor (Ready for up to 300MHz) Cyrix 6x86 or 6x86MX/PR 200MHz processor...

  • Page 72: I/O Features

    Apollo VP3 A Apollo VP3 A Apollo VP3 A GPset and PCI/IDE Inter GPset and PCI/IDE Inter GPset and PCI/IDE Inter face GPset and PCI/IDE Inter face face face Apollo VP3 A Apollo VP3 A GPset and PCI/IDE Inter face VT82C597 single chip north bridge (PCI/AGP/Memory controller (PAC)) - Integrated PCI bus mastering controller - Integrated Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) controller...

  • Page 73: Six Usable Expansion Slots

    Six usable expansion slots Six usable expansion slots Six usable expansion slots Six usable expansion slots Six usable expansion slots One ISA slot Three PCI slots One shared PCI/ISA slot Onboard AGP connector Other features Other features Other features Other features Other features AMI BIOS Plug and Play compatible...

  • Page 74: Bios Error Messages

    Appendix B Error and Information Messages Error and Information Messages BIOS Error Messages BIOS Error Messages BIOS Error Messages BIOS Error Messages BIOS Error Messages Error Message Explanation Timer Error The timer test failed. Requires repair of system motherboard. CMOS battery Low CMOS RAM is powered by a battery.

  • Page 75: Bios Beep Codes

    Error Message Explanation Sec Master(Slave) Secondary Master (Slave) HDD is not working or nor config HDD Error ured properly. Check to see if fixed disk is installed properly. CMOS Date/Time Not Set Run Standard Setup to set the date and time in CMOS RAM. A: Drive Error or Drive A or B is present but fails the POST diskette tests.

  • Page 76: Dma Channels

    Appendix C Motherboard Resources Motherboard Resources DMA Channels DMA Channels DMA Channels DMA Channels DMA Channels DMA Channel Data Width System Resource Number 8- or 16-bits Audio (if present, else user available) 8- or 16-bits Audio / parallel port (if present, else user available) 8- or 16-bits Floppy drive (if present, else user available) 8- or 16-bits...

  • Page 77: Interrupts

    Interrupts Interrupts Interrupts Interrupts Interrupts System Resource I/O channel check N M I Interval timer Keyboard Cascade interrupt from slave PIC COM2* COM1* LPT2 (Plug and Play option) / audio (if present, else user available) Floppy drive LPT1* Real time clock User available User available Windows Sound System* / USB (if present, else user available)
  • Page 78 Manufacturer’ s Name TriGem Computer Inc. Manufacturer’ s Address 1055 Shin-gil-Dong, Ansan City, Kyunggi Do, Republic of Korea European Representative Name TriGem Computer (U.K.) Ltd. European Representative Address 69 Bucking Ave. Trading Estate Slough Berkshire SL1 4PN U.K. Equipment Type/Environment Main Board...

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