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- Page 1 P6L40-A4E MAINBOARD User’s Manual REV: 1.00 Date: February - 98 * All other products names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners.
- Page 2 The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Chipset Features Setup..................28 Power Management Setup................31 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup...............33 Load BIOS Defaults..................35 Load Setup Defaults..................35 Integrated Peripherals Setup .................37 Supervisor Password and User Password Setting ...........40 IDE HDD Auto Detection ................41 Low-Level Format Utility................41 P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 4 Save & Exit Setup / Exit Without Saving ............42 PCI Device Listing..................42 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS.............. 44 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY..........49 DMI UTILITY.................... 50 HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY............51 DC-310U PCI ULTRA-SCSI ADAPTER ........... 52 P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 5: Introduction
Universal Serial Bus (USB) onto the mainboard, optimum system performance is assured and system design and implementation is simplified. Fully “Plug & Play” compatible via an Award BIOS, the P6L40-A4E facilitates easy system configuration and peripheral setup. Advanced BIOS features include Intelligent Hardware Monitoring and Alert functions. -
Page 6: Features & Specifications
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Features & Specifications Processor SLOT 1 support Intel Pentium® II processor, 233 ~333 MHz Chipset Intel® 440LX AGPset BIOS Award® PCI BIOS, support ACPI, DMI, Green PC, Plug-and-Play, Boot from CD-ROM, SCSI, LS-120, and ZIP devices Symbios® SCSI BIOS System Memory 3×... -
Page 7: Board Level Feature
7. SLOT 1 (CPU) Floppy connector 8. COM2 connector Secondary IDE connector 9. Printer port connector Primary IDE connector 10. COM1 connector * Board Size: ATX 305 mm x 185 mm (12” x 7.3”) P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 8 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 1. ISA SLOTS: (3) 16-bit ISA slots. 2. KEYBOARD BIOS: Firmware chip controlling keyboard operations. 3. MAINBOARD BIOS: Award BIOS supporting “Plug and Play”, DMI, Green PC specification, on screen setup for Enhanced IDE and Multi-I/O. The BIOS is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility.
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Page 9: Comprehensive Mainboard View
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Mainboard View P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 10: Installation
ü Before you handle the mainboard in any way, touch a grounded, anti-static surface, such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis, for a few seconds to discharge any built- up static electricity. Installing the CPU Your P6L40-A4E mainboard features “SLOT 1” architecture, a modular design that can accommodate Intel ® Pentium ®... - Page 11 Slide the CPU down into the retention mechanism and seat it firmly into the slot. Make sure the CPU is correctly oriented. (Fig. 1) Lock the CPU in place by pushing the two tabs on the CPU outwards. (Fig. 2) Fig. 1 Fig. 2 P6L40-A4E P6L40-A4E User’s Manual User’s Manual...
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Page 12: Setting The Jumpers
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on this mainboard to 3-pin Jumper 2-pin Jumper select various settings and features. A 2-pin Pin 1-2 Open jumper has two settings: Open and Short (or Closed). The jumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across the two pins, thereby Pin 2-3 Short... -
Page 13: Connections
For the CPU Temperature Monitoring function to work properly, you must use the optional CPU Cooling Fan provided by the manufacturer. Hook the Thermal Sensor lead attached on the Fan to this connector, regardless of the polarity. Fan Power Thermal Sensor P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 14: Power Supply Connector
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Soft Power Switch (JP9) Connects to the Power Switch featured on ATX case designs. This switch must be hooked up before the system can be powered on, unlike traditional “Baby-AT” designs where the power switch is located on the Power Supply itself. Note: Under the following two conditions, you have to press and hold the switch for longer than 4 seconds to power off your system, regardless of the BIOS setting. -
Page 15: Serial And Parallel Ports
Two 9-pin D-Sub headers are also provided on the back panel for Serial ports. COM 1 COM2 * Modem Ring-In Power On Install a modem (normally to COM2) and enable Resume by P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 16 INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Ring/LAN function from BIOS setup. (Please refer to page 32). This allows the modem to remotely power on the system or return it to full power out of suspend/standby mode. P6L40-A A 4 4 E E User’s Manual P6L40- User’s Manual...
- Page 17 LAN card to location J12 on the system board. Refer to the add-in card’s manual for details. Note: Your LAN card must support Magic Packet in order to use the Wake-up On LAN function P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 18: Usb Connector
INSTALLATION INSTALLATION Power State Function (JPX1) This feature will power-on the PC when power returns after a power failure. Set JPX1 to On (short) to enable this function. “PWRON After PWR-Fail” in the Power Management Setup must be set accordingly. Refer to pages 31 and 32 for more information. -
Page 19: Installing The Memory (Dimm)
Installing the Memory (DIMM) • The P6L40-A4E mainboard has three sockets available for 168-pin DIMMs. They must be 3.3 volt Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs (SDRAM) or 3.3 volt EDO RAM. • DIMM Sizes supported: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB •... -
Page 20: Installing An Agp Card
CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip in which the BIOS information is stored. The P6L40-A4E mainboard features Award BIOS, which provides an easy to use Setup program to aid in hardware configuration. In this section we will look at the various menus and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program. -
Page 21: Main Menu
Esc : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 22: Standard Cmos Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set. Information regarding the system clock, IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section. To enter the Standard CMOS Setup, press the [ENTER] key with this menu highlighted. - Page 23 • SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way. The hard drive settings in the Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
- Page 24 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP the IDE Controller. So, if only SCSI drives were installed, all these settings would be set to Type: None. SCSI Devices are configured via the SCSI controller’s BIOS. Floppy Drives A: and B: - Select the Type for the A: and/or B: floppy drives. Remember, floppy drive A: is the first drive, hooked to the END of the floppy ribbon cable.
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Page 25: Bios Features Setup
If you will be running such a program, you can disable Virus Protection first, or choose “Y” to accept the boot sector modification when this message shows up. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 26 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CPU Internal Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-1 Internal Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes. External Cache - Enables or Disables the Level-2 External Cache memory. Generally, this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes.
- Page 27 Report No FDD For WIN95 - While the FDD in “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” is set to NONE, set this option to No to release IRQ6 for passing Win95 logo. This option is irrelevant under normal operation. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 28: Chipset Features Setup
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Video BIOS Shadow - This option controls the location of the contents of the 32KB of Video ROM beginning at the C0000h memory location. The settings are: Enabled The contents of C0000h-C7FFFh are written to the same address in system memory (RAM) for faster execution. - Page 29 System BIOS Cacheable - When Enabled, the contents of the F0000h system memory segment can be cached to the Level-2 cache memory. The contents of the F0000h memory segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution and PCI compliance. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
- Page 30 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Video BIOS Cacheable - When Enabled, C0000h to C7FFH become cacheable memory. Video RAM Cacheable - Enabled will cause access to the video RAM addressed at B0000H to BFFFH to be cacheable and also let the A0000H to AFFFFH to be a UC memory type.
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Page 31: Power Management Setup
Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down = 15 min. Max Saving Maximum power management -- ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPUs. Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby Mode = 1 min., Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 32 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP User Defined (default) Set each mode individually. When Enabled, each range is from 1 min. to 1 hr., except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. PM Control by APM - When set to Yes, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max.
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Page 33: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup
How to allow peripheral devices to take the fullest advantage of the power of Pentium and Pentium Pro chip technology, and b) Provide a simpler installation process for peripheral devices, such as Network cards, EIDE or SCSI controllers. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 34 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PCI accomplishes these goals with its 32-bit Data path Local Bus design, and support for Plug & Play. Unlike older expansion bus architectures, PCI provides peripherals with a direct connection to the CPU and memory. The PCI bus runs at 33Mhz and has a maximum transfer capability of 132MBps.
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Page 35: Load Bios Defaults
Loads the default values for best system performance into the BIOS Setup program. To load the default values, highlight this option and press [ENTER]. Enter “Y” in the confirmation screen and press [ENTER] again. User-defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 36 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP P6L40-A A 4 4 E E User’s Manual P6L40- User’s Manual...
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Page 37: Integrated Peripherals Setup
You are not using any IDE Drives or b) You are using IDE Drives ONLY on the primary controller or c) You are using an add-on IDE controller in a PCI Slot. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 38 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP • IDE PIO Mode - IDE Programmed I/O Mode - This PIO Mode Timing setting relates to the speed at which the hard drive is able to transfer data, up to 16.6MB/second for Mode 4 600 ns drives.
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Page 40: Supervisor Password And User Password Setting
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password Setting Passwords can be set to provide protection for the BIOS configuration options, or to restrict access to the computer itself. When enabled, User Password will require all users to enter a password in order to use the system, and/or enter the BIOS setup (but can’t change its contents). -
Page 41: Ide Hdd Auto Detection
Delete Bad Track - Delete the added bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen. Clear Bad Track Table - Clear the whole bad track list in the window at the right side of the screen. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 42: Save & Exit Setup / Exit Without Saving
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PREFORMAT - Interleave - Select the interleave number of the hard disk drive you wish to perform low level format. You may select from 1 to 8. Check the documentation that came with the drive for the correct interleave number, or select 0 for utility automatic detection. - Page 43 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP The PCI device listing is useful for troubleshooting purposes. More detailed information for each field may be obtained through the PCI specification documentation. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 44: Built-In Symbios Scsi Bios
Parity Checking Enabled Data Width Host Adapter SCSI ID Disconnect Scan Order Low to High (0-Max) Read Write I/O Timeout (secs) Scan for Devices at Boot Time Scan for SCSI LUNs Queue Tags Enabled P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 45 Mono/Color - Allows you to choose between a black and white or color display for the SCSI Configuration utility. Help - Brings up a help screen with information about the Main menu. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
- Page 46 BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Quit - Exits the SCSI Configuration utility. Adapter Utilities Menu When you select a host adapter from the main menu, the following screen is displayed: 1. SYM53C860 Utilities A - Adapter Setup D - Device Selections ..
- Page 47 16 bit data transfers will show this option as enabled. Disconnect - SCSI devices have the ability to disconnect from the bus during an I/O transfer. This option tells the host adapter whether or not to allow a device to disconnect. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...
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Page 48: Device Drivers
BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Some devices run faster with disconnect enabled (mostly newer devices), while some run faster with disconnect disabled (mostly older devices). Read Write I/O Timeout (secs) - This option sets the time the host adapter waits for a read, write, verify, or seek command to complete before trying the I/O transfer again. -
Page 49: Flash Bios Programming Utility
The Utility can be aborted at this time by hitting “n”. To begin programming, hit “y”… 7. When the Flash programming starts, a bar indicator will show the progress of the programming operation. After successful completion, hit the reset button or power off the computer. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 50: Dmi Utility
Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System slots áâßà Move cursor Enter-Accept DEL-Delete ESC-Abort&Exit Note: The DMI utility must be run in real mode without the EMM386 memory manager loaded. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 51: Hardware Monitoring Utility
Hardware monitor utility installation program • Readme file Installation/Un-installation procedure: • Run HMINSTALL.EXE under Windows 95/Windows NT to install MONITOR.EXE to your fixed disk. MONITOR.EXE will then be executed automatically every time with Windows 95 bootup. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... -
Page 52: Dc-310U Pci Ultra-Scsi Adapter
• Drivers & Utilities DOS, Win3.1, Win95, NT 3.5/4.x, Netware 3.x/4.x, SCO 3.2v4.2/5.0, UnixWare 2.x., OS/2 Warp • BIOS (& Flush utility), Installation, Low Level Format. P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual... - Page 53 DC-310U PCI ULTRA-SCSI ADAPTER DC-310U PCI ULTRA-SCSI ADAPTER Mainboard BIOS Support Adapter Setup Device Setup P6L40-A4E User’s Manual P6L40-A4E User’s Manual...