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- Page 1 TS-AVE3/B USER’S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 Celeron/ Pentium III /Tualatin Series...
- Page 2 This freedom from liability remains in effect even if Transcend has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product.
- Page 3 Utility ezBIOS—One Click is All it Takes! Transcend is proud to inform you that your new motherboard comes with ezBIOS from Transcend. This BIOS updating program developed by Transcend will make BIOS updating easy, and enhance the security and stability of systems built with your Transcend motherboard.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
1.3 Specifications and Features ..................2 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend’s TS-AVE3/B Motherboard ................. 5 2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-AVE3/B Motherboard ............6 2.3 CPU Installation ......................7 2.4 66/100/133 MHz System Configuration ................ 9 2.5 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS ................10 2.6 Onboard Audio Setting .................... - Page 5 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 4.1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version ..........49 4.2 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site ......49 4.3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS ............50 Transcend Information, Inc.
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Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction
5. It is safest to handle system components only by their mounting brackets. 6. Keep components which are not connected to the system in the anti-static packaging whenever possible. These precautions help to reduce the risk of static build-up and ensure any static discharge is harmless to your equipment. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 7: Package Contents
This motherboard package should contain the following items. Please check them as soon as you unpack. If you find any damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer. • TS-AVE3/B motherboard • 1 x CD-ROM • 1 x FDD cable •... -
Page 8: Award Bios
− − − − − Supports IrDA port − − − − − Supports 4 USB ports • Wake Up Features − − − − − Supports Wake-on-LAN function − − − − − Remote Ring Wake Up − − − − − Time Wake Up TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 9: Other Features
• Switching Voltage Regulator − − − − − Intel VRM 8.5 compliant • Other Features − − − − − Supports Transcend ezBIOS − − − − − Year 2000 compliant − − − − − Anti-Virus Boot up −... -
Page 10: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend’s TS-AVE3/B Motherboard I/O Port Port · Game Port & Audio Jack · Intel Pentium III/Celeron Tualatin (Line-In, Line-Out, MIC-In) · Inte l Pentium III/ FC-PGA Celeron · 2 x COM Ports & 1 x Parallel Port ·... -
Page 11: Layout Of Transcend Ts-Ave3/B Motherboard
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Layout of Transcend TS-AVE3/B Motherboard K B M O U S E PS/2 T : M o u s e B:Keyboard U S B U S B T:Port 1 B:Port 2 C O M B P G A 3 7 0... -
Page 12: Cpu Installation
Insert the CPU into the socket in the correct orientation. Install the CPU fan if you haven’t already done so. With the added weight of the CPU fan, no force is required to insert the CPU. Once completely inserted, close the socket’s lever while holding down the CPU. TS-AVE3/B... - Page 13 Ensure that the cable is connected correctly! It will be obvious which way it fits. C P U _ F A N Socket 370 CPU (Top View) Notch Notch Socket Socket 370 CPU Installation 370 CPU (Bottom View) Transcend Information, Inc.
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Page 14: 66/100/133 Mhz System Configuration
NOTE: If you are not familar with this feature, we recommend you set this jumper to “AUTO”. J P 4 66/100/133MHz A U T O 6 6 M H z 1 0 0 M H z 1 3 3 M H z 66/100/133MHz FSB Configuration Jumper TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 15: Using Jumper Jp5 To Clear Cmos
NOTE: If you want to use a PCI Sound Card with audio controller on it, please disable the “OnChip Sound” function in “Advanced Chipset Features” (Please reference Page 32). J P 6 Disable onboard Audio Enable onboard Audio Audio Selection Jumper Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 16: Primary/Secondary Ide Connectors
IDE1 and IDE 2 as the motherboard is shown in the following picture). Note: Orient the red stripe to Pin1 Secondary IDE Connector IDE1 P I N 1 IDE2 P I N 1 Primary IDE Connector IDE Connectors TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 17: Floppy Disk Drive Connector
These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA (6W) or less. C P U F A N C A S E F A N G N D + 1 2 V Rotation Fan Power Connectors Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 18: Memory Configuration
HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.10 Memory Configuration This motherboard must be installed with DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules). The DIMMs must be 3.3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules. The VIA Apollo Pro 133T chipset supports PC100, PC133 and Virtual Channel Memory (VCM). It also supports ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) modules. -
Page 19: Panel Connectors
The S_LED will light when the system is in suspend mode. Pin2: Pin4: Hard Disk LED Lead (2-pin HD_LED) This 2-pin connector connects to the LED of the hard disk. The LED lights up when the HDD is active. Pin6: Pin8: Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 20: Power Connector
Make sure to plug the ATX power supply into the connector properly. The pin definition is shown below. Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA +5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) functions. Power Connector PSON# : Power Supply on Power Connector TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 21: Wake-On-Lan Connector
“Wake Up Events” in POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power. W O L +5 Volt Standby G N D P M E Wake-On-LAN Connector Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 22: Irda-Compliant Infrared Module Connector
(notebooks), PDAs and printers. You must also configure settings through “UART 2 Mode” in “Integrated Peripherals” in BIOS. IrDA + 5 V I R R X G N D I R T X IrDR Connecotr TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 23: Internal Audio Connectors
M o d e m - I n (Voice to Modem) M o d e m - O u t (Voice from Modem) G N D M O D E M ( W h i t e ) Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 24: External Back Panel I/O Ports
2.16 External Back Panel I/O Ports There are 9 kinds of external I/O connectors on the motherboard. The drawing shown below depicts the back panel of the TS-AVE3/B motherboard. 1. PS/2 Mouse Port (Green 6-pin MOUSE) 2. PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple 6-pin KB) 3. -
Page 25: Internal Usb Port Connector
U S B 3 + G N D G N D G N D Internal USB Port Connector Congratulations! You have completed Hardware Setup! You may now continue with “Chapter 3 BIOS Setup” and turn on your PC. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 26: Chapter 3 Bios Setup
[Enter] key. The following keys help you navigate in Setup. [Esc] Main Menu: Quit without saving changes into CMOS RAM Other pages: Exit the current page and return to the Main Menu [PgUp] Increase the numeric value or make changes [PgDn] Decrease the numeric value or make changes TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 27: Standard Cmos Features
To control the frequency and voltage of the CPU • Load Fail-Safe Defaults To load the most basic BIOS default values required for your system to operate • Load Optimized Defaults To load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system performance Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 28: Standard Cmos Features
To abandon all changes and exit Setup 3.3 Standard CMOS Features • Date (mm:dd:yy)/Time (hh:mm:ss) Highlight the items and use [PageUp]/[PageDown] to change the value of Date/Time. • IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave Press [Enter] to enter the submenu shown below. TS-AVE3/B... - Page 29 − − − − − 720K, 3.5 in.: 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity − − − − − 1.44M, 3.5 in.: 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte capacity − − − − − 2.88M, 3.5 in.: 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte capacity Transcend Information, Inc.
- Page 30 POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. − − − − − All, But Disk/Key: If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors except keyboard or the disk drive, POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action. TS-AVE3/B...
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Page 31: Advanced Bios Features
PCs have additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU. The “External Cache” field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 32: Cpu L2 Cache Ecc Checking
• Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between “On” and “Off” to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled “On”, the numeric keypad area of the keyboard generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 33: Gate A20 Option
ROMs use. Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K depending on the used amount. • Delay For HDD (Secs) Default is “0”. You may need to increase the delay time for BIOS to detect the right type of HDD for some older HDDs. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 34: Advanced Chipset Features
PC100 SDRAM, or a 100MHz FSB CPU with PC133 SDRAM); or select “HCLK-33M” for a faster CPU with slower SDRAMs. • SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the SDRAM performance, default is “3” clocks. If your SDRAM DIMM specification is 2 CAS latency, change “3” to “2” for better performance. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 35: Bank Interleave
• AGP Aperture Size Memory-mapped graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. We suggest you leave this field on the default setting. • AGP-4X Mode Select “Enabled” if you use a AGP-4X VGA card. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 36: Agp Driving Control
CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle. • PCI Dynamic Bursting When “Enabled”, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus, while nonburstable transactions will write to the PCI bus immediately. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 37: Pci Delay Transaction
This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus. By default, two-wait states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability. • Memory Parity/ECC Check When parity DRAM modules are installed, select “Enabled” to correct 1 bit memory errors in the memory. Otherwise, select “Disabled”. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 38: Integrated Peripherals
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In “Auto” mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each device. TS-AVE3/B... - Page 39 HPSIR: IrDA compliant serial infrared port − − − − − ASKIR: Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port If HPSIR or ASKIR are selected, you must make the correct selections for the following two parameters: “IR Function Duplex” and “TX, RX Inverting Enable”. Transcend Information, Inc.
- Page 40 Assign Sound Blaster resources. We recommend you leave this field on default. Options are: “220H”, “240H”, “260H”, and “280H”. • • • • • SB IRQ Select Assign Sound Blaster resources. We recommend you leave this field on default. Options are: “IRQ5”, “IRQ7”, “IRQ9”, and “IRQ10”. TS-AVE3/B...
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Page 41: Power Management Setup
This item allows the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) to be “Enabled or “Disabled”. • Power Management Press Enter to access the submenu shown on the next page, which allows you to select either minimum or maximum power saving, or to manually define the power saving parameters. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 42: Acpi Suspend Type
Select the ACPI Suspend Type: “S1 (POS)” or “S3 (STR)”. If your expansion cards do not support the STR (Suspend-to-RAM) function, you must leave this field on “S1 (POS)” setting. The STR is an energy-saving feature. It takes only a few seconds to wake up the system and return to the previous situation. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 43: Video Off Option
When set to “Instant-off”, the ATX switch can be used as a normal system Power Off button. When set to “Delay 4 seconds”, you need to press the ATX switch down for more than 4 seconds if you want to Power Off the system. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 44: Wake Up Events
I/O Port(s). • HDD & FDD If you select “ON”, any activity from any HDD or FDD wakes up the system. • PCI Master If you select “ON”, any activity on the PCI Master wakes up the system. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 45: Rtc Alarm Resume
If you select “ON” for “Primary INTR”, the IRQs Activity Monitoring submenu will be activated, allowing you to enter the submenu to select IRQs to be monitored by being “Enabled”. The system will wake up if activity occurs associated with monitored IRQs. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 46: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
Play (PnP) compatible devices. If you select “Auto(ESCD)”, the Interrupt Requests (IRQs) and DMA assignment fields will be deactivated as the BIOS automatically assigns them. If you select “Manual” you may enter the “IRQ Resources” and “DMA Resources” submenus to make manual assignments. TS-AVE3/B... - Page 47 • IRQ-n Assigned to/DMA-n Assigned to Select “Legacy ISA” for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification. Select “PCI/ISA PnP” for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture. Transcend Information, Inc.
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Page 48: Pc Health Status
PC. There are no user selectable parameters in this menu. • Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current CPU temperature. • Current CPU FAN Speed/Current CASE FAN Speed These fields display the speeds of the CPU and Case fans. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 49: Frequency/Voltage Control
66/33MHz to 95/31 MHz. When JP4 is set to 100MHz, you can select a system bus frequency from 100/33MHz to 124/31MHz. When JP4 is set to 133MHz, you can select a system bus and PCI bus frequency from 133/33MHz to 150/37MHz. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 50: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
NOTE: These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. 3.12 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 51: Supervisor Password
1. Unplug your computer. 2. Set JP5 to “Clear CMOS” for about 10 seconds. Return JP5 to “NORMAL”. 3. Turn on your computer. 4. Hold down the [Delete] key during POST. Enter BIOS setup to re-configure the settings. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 52: User Password
This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system. This operation is the same as Supervisor Password. 3.15 Save & Exit Setup Save the settings and exit the BIOS utility. TS-AVE3/B... -
Page 53: Exit Without Saving
BIOS SETUP 3.16 Exit Without Saving Abort current changes and exit the BIOS utility. Transcend Information, Inc. -
Page 54: Chapter 4 Bios Upgrade
4.2 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site Please enter the Transcend website at: http://www.transcendusa.com/ On the front page, click on the ”Motherboard” icon, which is the third item down on the far left. Then click on the “BIOS”... -
Page 55: How To Upgrade Your Motherboard Bios
Warning! Your system could be damaged if the wrong BIOS version is accidentally used. If you are not sure what version you should choose, please contact us at: techsupport@transcend.com.tw 4.3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS Please follow the 5 steps listed below to upgrade your BIOS.
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