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  • Page 1 TS-AKXA USER’S MANUAL AMD K7 Athlon CPU...
  • Page 2 This is 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: Table Of Contents

    1.3 Package Contents ....................2 1.4 Specifications and Features ...................3 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend’s TS-AKXA Motherboard ............... 5 2.2 Layout of Transcend’s TS-AKXA Motherboard ..........6 2.3 CPU Installation .................... 7 2.4 Memory Configuration ................... 9 2.5 Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors ............. 10 2.6 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ................
  • Page 4 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup....................22 The Main Menu ................... 22 Standard CMOS Features................24 Advanced BIOS Features................27 Advanced Chipset Features ................31 Integrated Peripherals ................35 Power Management Setup................. 39 PnP/PCI Configurations ................44 Frequency/Voltage Control ................46 3.10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ................

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Essential Handling Precautions IMPORTANT. Read this page before unpacking your motherboard! • Power Supply Be careful! Always ensure that the computer is disconnected from the power supply when working on the motherboard and its components. •...

  • Page 6: Checklist: Hardware Required For Setup

    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-AKXA motherboard - 1 x CD-ROM - 1 x FDD cable - 1 x Ultra DMA/66 cable - User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Specifications And Features

    INTRODUCTION 1.4 Specifications and Features • • • • • CPU - Supports AMD K7 Athlon CPU • • • • • Chipset - VIA KX133/686A AGPset (AGP4X, Ultra DMA 33/66) • • • • • DRAM Memory - Supports Synchronous DRAM - 3 x 168-pin DIMM module sockets on board - Up to 1.5GB memory size - 8/16/32/64/128/256/512MB SDRAM DIMM...
  • Page 8 INTRODUCTION • Award BIOS - Supports Plug-and-Play, PC99 - Supports ACPI, APM, DMI and Green Feature - Easy BIOS Recovery • Wake Up Features - Supports Wake-on-LAN function - Remote Ring Wake Up - Time Wake Up • PCB Dimensions - ATX form factor, 4-layer PCB, 21.3cm x 30.5cm (8.4 inch x 12 inch) •...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.1 Transcend’s TS-AKXA Motherboard I/O Port I/O Port Memory General MIDI Port & Audio Jack · · 3 x 168 -pin DIMM Sockets · AMD Athlon K7 Slot A CPU (Line-In, Line-Out, MIC-In) ·...

  • Page 10: Layout Of Transcend's Ts-Akxa Motherboard

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2 Layout of Transcend’s TS-AKXA Motherboard KB MOUSE PS/2 T : M o u s e CPU_FAN1 B:Keyboard U S B 1 C O M B 8 3 7 1 Chipset C O M A A G P...

  • Page 11: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.3 CPU (Central Processing Unit) Installation So far you have familiarized yourself with the handling precautions, checked you have all of the necessary hardware for building your system, inspected the motherboard package contents and looked at the layout of the motherboard. This chapter will take you step by step through the process of installing the different hardware devices onto it.

  • Page 12: Cpu Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Step 2: Connect the CPU’s fan cable to the CPU-FAN connector indicated on the diagram below. Ensure that the cable is connected correctly! It will be obvious which way it fits. C P U _ F A N CPU Installation...

  • Page 13: Memory Configuration

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.4 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 KX 133 chipset supports PC100, PC133 and Virtual Channel Memory (VCM). It also supports ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) modules.

  • Page 14: Primary/Secondary Ide Connectors

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.5 Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-pin IDE) This mainboard supports two 40-pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 (primary IDE channel) and IDE2 (secondary IDE channel). Each channel supports two IDE devices, making a total of four devices. Connect your Hard Disk (the main one if you are using more than one) to the “Master”...

  • Page 15: Floppy Disk Drive Connector

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.6 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-pin FDC) This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable. After connecting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. Note: Orient the red stripe to Pin1 Floppy Drive Connector F D C...

  • Page 16: Wake-On-Lan Connector

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.8 Wake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL) This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake-on-LAN output. The system can Power up when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card. NOTE: This function requires that the “LAN Wake Up” function in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP is set to “Enabled”...

  • Page 17: Panel Connectors

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.10 Panel Connectors P W R _ L E D S P E A K E R H D _ L E D S L P R S T P W _ B N Panel Connectors Power LED Lead (3-pin POWER LED) This 3-pin connector attaches to the power LED.
  • Page 18 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Sleep Button Lead (2-pin SLEEP) Pin10 : SLEEP Pin12 : GND Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without turning off your power switch. Pin14 : RESET Pin16 : GND Software Power-Off Lead (2-pin SOFT_OFF) Attach the SOFT_OFF Switch of the panel to this connector.

  • Page 19: V/O Voltage Control

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.11 Vio Voltage Control (JP2) The jumper is used to switch Vio Voltage. It can set the default setting (1-2) to standard 3.3V, or change to higher voltage (3.4V) for overclocking or compatibility . Normal Voltage (Default) Higher Voltage Vio Voltage Control...

  • Page 20: Suspend To Ram (S3) Function Support

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.12 Suspend to RAM (S3) Function Support (JP5) The jumper is used to set the Suspend to RAM function. If you don’t need the function, it can be changed to (2-3) to disable the function. Enable Disable Suspend to RAM (S3) Function...

  • Page 21: Power Connector

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.13 Power Connector (20-pin PWR-CONN) Make sure to plug the ATX power supply connector in the right direction. The pin definition is shown below. Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA on the standby lead.

  • Page 22: Using Jp7 To Clear Cmos Jumper

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 4. Parallel Port 7. Game/MIDI Port (Printer) 1. PS/2 Mouse 3. USB1 3. USB2 5. COMB COMA 9. Line-in 2. PS/2 Keyboard 8. Line-out 10. MIC-in External Back Panel I/O Ports 2.15 Using Jumper JP7 to Clear CMOS To clear the CMOS data, you should turn off your computer’s power and short pin1 and pin2 of JP7.

  • Page 23: Onboard Audio Codec Setting

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.16 Onboard Audio CODEC Setting (3-Pin JP8) For an external AMR card, the onboard audio CODEC can be enabled or disabled via this jumper. Please disable the onboard audio CODEC, if you want to use an AMR Sound Card. Note : If you want to use a PCI Sound Card with audio controller on it, please disable the “OnChip Sound”...

  • Page 24: Internal Audio Connectors

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.17 Internal Audio Connectors These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD- ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface a voice modem card with a matched connector. It also allows the sharing of mono_in (such as a phone) and mono_out (such as a speaker) between the onboard audio and the voice modem card.

  • Page 25: Internal Usb Port Connector

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.18 Internal USB Port Connector (10-Pin USB3/4) You can use the provided serial port bracket to add a serial port for additional serial devices. Regarding the onboard COMA, please refer to Section 2.14 “External Back Panel I/O Ports” (page 17).

  • Page 26: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    BIOS SETUP CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3.1 BIOS Setup Award BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This information is stored in CMOS RAM, so it can retain the Setup information when the power is turned off. When the CMOS battery fails, it will cause the data to be lost. If that happens, please set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery.

  • Page 27: Standard Cmos Features

    BIOS SETUP Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes [F1] General help on setup navigation keys [F5] Load previous values from CMOS [F6] Load the Fail-Safe Defaults from BIOS default table [F7] Load the Optimized Defaults [F10] Save all CMOS changes, and exit The following is a brief summary of each setup category •...
  • Page 28 BIOS SETUP • Set Supervisor / User Password To change, set, or disable a password • Save & Exit Setup To save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup • Exit Without Saving To abandon all changes and exit Setup 3.3 Standard CMOS Features •...
  • Page 29 BIOS SETUP • IDE HDD Auto-Detection : Detect the HDD on this channel. If the detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this menu. • IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave : We recommend that you select “AUTO” for all drives. The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications during POST (Power On Self Test) while the system boots.
  • Page 30 BIOS SETUP • Drive A / Drive B Select the correct types of diskette drive(s) installed in the computer. - None : No diskette drive installed - 360K, 5.25 in. : 5-1/4 inch standard drive; 360 kilobyte capacity - 1.2M, 5.25 in. : 5-1/4 inch high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte capacity - 720K, 3.5 in.
  • Page 31 BIOS SETUP 3.4 Advanced BIOS Features The “Advanced BIOS Features” option allows you to improve your system performance and sets up system features according to your preference. • Virus Warning When this function is enabled, you will receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive.

  • Page 32: Cpu L2 Cache Ecc Checking

    BIOS SETUP • CPU Internal Cache / External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type and up contain internal cache memory. Most, but not all, modern 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 accessed by the CPU.

  • Page 33: Boot Up Numlock Status

    BIOS SETUP • Boot Up Floppy Seek When you select “Enabled”, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720KB, 1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have 40- track floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field to “Disabled”...

  • Page 34: Video Bios Shadow

    BIOS SETUP • Video BIOS Shadow Select “Enabled” to change the video BIOS location form ROM to RAM, where the CPU can read data through the 64-bit DRAM bus. This can enhance system performance. • C8000-DFFFF Shadow You can shadow the ROM on other expansion cards by setting these fields. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs, you need to know which address the ROMs use specifically.
  • Page 35 BIOS SETUP 3.5 Advanced Chipset Features This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system setting will alter. Do not change any values if you are unfamiliar with the chipset. • Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5, DRAM Timing The DRAM timing of Bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5 is determined by the Memory modules which are plugged on the motherboard.

  • Page 36: System Bios Cacheable

    BIOS SETUP • Memory Hole At 15M-16M Enabling this feature reserves memory address space (between 15 and 16MB) to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes between 15 and 16MB of memory unavailable to the system. Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB. The default setting is “Disabled”.

  • Page 37: Pci Dynamic Bursting

    BIOS SETUP • • • • • On Chip Sound Select “Auto” to enable the OnChip Audio Controller, which lets you use OnBoard CODEC or Add-On CODEC on the AMR card (depend on the JP setting). If you use an Add-On Audio Card with an Audio Controller built-in, please set this field to “Disabled”.
  • Page 38 BIOS SETUP • Memory Parity / ECC Check When parity DRAM modules are installed, select “Enabled” to correct 1 bit memory errors in the memory. Otherwise, select “Disabled”.
  • Page 39 BIOS SETUP 3.6 Integrated Peripherals Choose this option and the following display appears. • • • • • On-Chip IDE Channel O/Channel 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels. Select “Enabled” to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select “Disabled” to deactivate this interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.

  • Page 40: Init Display First

    BIOS SETUP • • • • • Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO 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. Mode 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance.
  • Page 41 BIOS SETUP • • • • • TX, RX Invertiog Enable Consult your IR peripheral documentation to set this field. The item “Yes” means “Low Active” and “No” means “High Active”. • • • • • Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel (printer) port.
  • Page 42 BIOS SETUP • • • • • MPU-401 I/O Address Assign MPU-401 resource. • • • • • Game Port Address Select “Enabled” to assign Game Port resource.
  • Page 43 BIOS SETUP 3.7 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to minimize energy consumption, according to your own style of computer use. • ACPI Function This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI).
  • Page 44 BIOS SETUP This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes. 1. Suspend Mode 2. HDD Power Down 3. Doze Mode There are three selections for Power Management. Two of them have fixed mode settings. 1.

  • Page 45: Video Off Method

    BIOS SETUP • Video Off Method Defines the Video Off features -Blank Screen: Only blanks the screen. Use this for monitors without power management and “green” features. -V/H SYNC+Blank: Blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning -DPMS Support: The DPMS (Display Power Management System) feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature.
  • Page 46 BIOS SETUP • Wake Up Event • VGA If you select “On”, you can set the VGA to awake the system. • LPT & COM Any activity “LPT” from “LPT”, “COM” or “LPT/COM” wakes up the system. • HDD & FDD If you select “On”, any activity from one of them wakes up the system.

  • Page 47: Irqs Activity Monitoring

    BIOS SETUP • Primary INTR If you select “On”, the IRQs Activity Monitor Function will be enabled, • IRQs Activity Monitoring In the screen, you can see a list of IRQs (Interrupt Requests), When an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the Operating System, it asserts an IRQ signal.
  • Page 48 BIOS SETUP 3.8 PnP/PCI Configurations • PnP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. Thus interrupts may be re-assigned by the OS when “Yes”...
  • Page 49 BIOS SETUP • IRQ Resources • IRQ-n Assigned to When the resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt to one of the following, depending on which type of device is using the interrupt. - PCI/ISA PnP devices, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture, compliant with the Plug and Play standard.
  • Page 50 BIOS SETUP • DAM-n Assigned to Just as the IRQ Resource Assignment, you can assign DMA Resources manually. • PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some VGA cards, such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards, might not show colors properly. Select “Enabled” to correct this problem. If you don’t have such problems, leave this field at “Disabled”.
  • Page 51 BIOS SETUP 3.10 Load Fail-Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. NOTE: These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. 3.11 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.

  • Page 52: Supervisor Password

    BIOS SETUP 3.12 Supervisor Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS setting of your system. The password prevents any unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access “Setup”. To set a password: 1.

  • Page 53: User Password

    BIOS SETUP Forget the password? If you forget the password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM with jumper 5 (JP5: CMOS_CLR. Please refer to page 22). To erase the RTC RAM: 1. Unplug your computer. 2.

  • Page 54: Save & Exit Setup

    BIOS SETUP 3.14 Save & Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility. 3.15 Exit Without Saving Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility.

  • Page 55: Chapter 4 Bios Upgrade

    BIOS.) 4.2 Download Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site Please enter Transcend web site : http://www.transcendusa.com/ Choose BIOS upgrade environment. The BIOS file name consists of 5 characters. Check the exact BIOS to download. Your BIOS file name must absolutely match the one shown on our web site.

  • Page 56: How To Upgrade Your Motherboard Bios

    BIOS UPGRADE 4.3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS Please follow these 5 steps listed below to update your BIOS. Step 1: Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters. -Press [Del] during the power On self Test to enter BIOS Setup Program when you start your system.

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