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  • Page 1 6VA693AM (S-370¡BFC-PGA) ATX Form Factor Main Board User's Manual...
  • Page 2 Copyright Copyright© 2000 by this company. No part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means without prior written permission. This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright.
  • Page 3 Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium® II/III system board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied. All the information is provided on an 'as is' basis. The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction… … … … … … … … … … ..… … … … … … .… … … … 1 Main Board Overview… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ..1 Reference for Pentium®...
  • Page 5 C h a p t e r P h o e n i x N e t B I O S P o r t i n g … … … … … … … … … … … Product Overview… … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … … ...28 Graphical Launch Screen(GLS)…...

  • Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction

    Chapter 1 Introduction Main Board Overview The main board is a new-generation Pentium® II/III and Cyrix III main board designed based on VIA VT82C693A & VT82C686A chipsets. The main board has integrated the latest advances in processor, memory, I/O technologies into an ATX form factor.
  • Page 7 The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up Event such as “WOL (Wake up on LAN),” “Modem ring on” which are the new inventions to enable PCs to be turned on over the network. These are also key benefits in PC operation, asset management, new system setup and power conservation.

  • Page 8: Reference For Pentium® Ii/Iii Cpus

    Reference For Pentium® II/III CPUs The main board supports Intel® Pentium® II/III microprocessors. The Pentium® II/III processors deliver more performances than previous generation processors (such as Pentium® , Pentium® MMX™ , etc… ) through an innovation called Dynamic Execution Architecture. It is improved by 3D visualization and interactive capabilities required by present high-end commercial and technical applications and future’s emerging applications as well.

  • Page 9: Specifications

    Specifications ¡´ PCB board size : 24.5 cm x 20 cm ¡´ PCB layer : 4 layers ¡´ Socket370 Support Intel® Socket370 Celeron Pentium® II CPU at 66MHz F.S.B and Pentium®III 100MHz/133MHz F.S.B., Cyrix III CPU. CPU is not enclosed in the package. Memory DIMM : 3 of 168-pin 3.3V DIMM(not support EDO RAM), ¡´...
  • Page 10 ¡´ Audio/Sound Function (Optional) Hardware controller → AC97-link-compatible sound system • Microsoft® PC97/PC98 compliant ¡´ Power supply regulation Onboard switching voltage that supports appropriate power to the CPU and future upgraded CPUs. ¡´ Electrical--- Typical power supply Below is reference for ATX case requirement on power supply. Voltage Tolerance Current...

  • Page 11: Notice Of Hardware Installation

    Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation, make sure you have checked the following things. A. Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged, contact the dealer from whom you purchase. Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it.

  • Page 12: Notice Of Cd Driver Installation

    Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains drivers as below. Read “Index” before installing required drivers. “Index” file is HTML format. CD driver is always updated with the latest version, so actual CD content may have some differences with the above picture. Main boards: Intel440, Intel810, VIA®...

  • Page 13: Chapter 2 Installation

    Chapter 2 Installation 2-1 Layout Reference COM2 COM1 USB1 KB & LPT1 MOUSE W83971D 9 5 0 S B USB2 AMR1 POWER1 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI5 FAN1 WOL1 AGP1 RTC1 JP10 VID4 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 IDE1 FAN2 FDD1 Winbond IDE2 VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 14: Jumper Setting

    2-2 Jumper Setting 2-2-1 RTC1 - CMOS Status RTC1 is a 3-pin connector. Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten. Below are details to show how to clear CMOS. RTC1: CMOS Status Set to "1-2"--- Set to "2-3"--- Normal(default) Clear CMOS Procedure to clear CMOS: Step 1: Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power.

  • Page 15: Sw1: Cyrix Cpu Frequency Selector

    2-2-2 SW1 : Cyrix Joshua CPU Frequency Selector SW1 is a 2-pin DIP switch which provides Cyrix CPU Frequency selection. Please select the right ratio according to your CPU and set details as below. SW1: Cyrix CPU Frequency Selector Cyrix Frequency 66 MHz 100 MHz 133 MHz...

  • Page 16: Jp1-Jp4: Audio/Amr Function Selector

    2-2-3 JP1-JP4 : Audio/AMR Function Selector (Optional) JP1-JP4 are 2-pin selectors which provides Audio/AMR function. JP1-JP4: Audio/AMR Function Selector AC97 On board Audio only AC97 + MC97 ON On board Audio and AMR only MC97 (MR only) (default) On board Audio disable Use AMR slot Secondary CODEC for AMR (default) Primary CODEC for AMR...

  • Page 17: Jp8/Jp9/Jp10 : Cpu Type Selector

    2-2-4 JP8/JP9/JP10 : CPU Type Selector JP8/JP9/JP10 are 2-pin connectors which provide to select CPU type. JP8-JP10: CPU Type Selector JP10 CPU Type JP10 INTEL CELERON CPU OPEN OPEN INTEL FC-PGA PIII CPU CLOSE OPEN Cyrix Joshua CPU OPEN CLOSE Cyrix III CPU OPEN OPEN...

  • Page 18: Vid0 - Vid4 : Cpu Vcore Selector

    2-2-5 VID0 – VID4 : CPU Vcore Selector VID0-VID4 are 3-pin connectors which provides CPU Vcore selection. Please select the right Vcore according to your CPU and set details as below. VID0-VID4: CPU Vcore Selector VID4 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 VID0-VID3 VID4 Default(1-2)
  • Page 19 2.7V 2.6V 2.5V 2.4V 2.3V 2.2V 2.1V 2.0V 2.05V 2.00V 1.95V 1.90V 1.85V 1.80V 1.75V 1.70V 1.65V 1.60V 1.55V 1.50V 1.45V 1.40V 1.35V 1.30V Please don’t change default setting. The manufacturer shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising by users’...

  • Page 20: Connectors

    Connectors There are many connectors on this main board. Refer to the following pages for details. 2-3-1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as ““EXTSMI,” “PW-BT,” “HD-LED,” “RESET,” “SPEAKER,” and “PW-LED”. Please refer to details as below. HD-LED EXTSMI SPEAKER PW-LED PW-BT RESET...
  • Page 21 EXTSMI connector is a 2-pin Berg strip which is also called “green” or “sleep” connector. When EXTSMI is turned from open to close and back to open, the system will enter sleep mode immediately. This function is to make sure power saving is working well.

  • Page 22: Back Panel

    2-3-2 Back Panel There are keyboard/mouse, USB1/USB2, COM1/2, LPT1 on the case back panel. Please refer to more details as below. VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 23: Keyboard & Mouse

    Keyboard & Mouse The onboard PS/2 keyboard and mouse connectors are 6-pin Mini-Din connectors, marked as “KEYBOARD” and “MOUSE.” USB1/USB2(Universal Serial Bus) Universal Serial Bus connector, marked as “USB,” is used to connect USB devices. There are 4 USB connectors on this main board. In Dos mode, USB2 doesn’t support “USB K/B support”...

  • Page 24: Atx Power Supply Connector

    2-3-3 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply connector has 20 pins, which is designed for ATX case especially. The ATX power supply supports the function of the “Soft Power On Momentary switch” which connects on the front panel switch to the 2-pin PW- BT on the system board.

  • Page 25: Cpu Fan Connectors

    2-3-4 CPU Fan Connectors There are 2 fan connectors on this main board, and it is marked as “FAN1”, “FAN2”. Each fan connector has three pins. Fan Signal FAN1 SENSE +12V FAN2 VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 26: Ir1: Irda Connector

    2-3-5 IR1 : IrDA Connector IR1 connector supports wireless infrared module. With this module and application software like Laplink, or Win95 Direct Cable Connection, user can transfer data to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR , ASKIR, and Fast IR. Attach Infrared module to IR connector.

  • Page 27: Floppy Disk Connector

    2-3-6 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and is used to attach the floppy drive cable. FDD1 VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 28: Ide1 And Ide2

    2-3-7 IDE1 & IDE2 IDE1 and IDE2 are 40-pin IDE connectors. There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this system board. IDE1 is primary channel, and IDE2 is secondary channel. Each channel supports 2 IDE devices, and 4 devices in total for this main board.

  • Page 29: Wol1 : Wake Up On Lan

    2-3-8 WOL1 : Wake up on LAN Wake up on LAN marked as “WOL,” is a 3-pin connector. To support this feature, a network card is required for the system and network management software must be installed too. WOL1: Wake up on LAN 1 5VSB 2 GND 3 PME...

  • Page 30: Internal Audio Connectors

    2-3-9 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are “CD_IN1” and “CD_IN2”. CD_IN2 CD_IN1 VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 31: Dimm Memory Installation

    DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board. Either DIMM1, DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, 64 MB, and 128MB. Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 256MB. DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM1 VIA693A System Board...
  • Page 32 Insert the module as shown. Due to different number of pins on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown. There is no jumper setting for memory configuration. DIMM Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU. Therefore, to have a stable system, the system must use 100 MHz “PC-100/PC-133 SDRAM memory DIMM”...

  • Page 33: Chapter 3 Phoenixnet Bios Porting Guide

    Chapter 3 PhoenixNet BIOS Porting Guide 3-1 Product Overview PhoenixNet is an end-user content service that displays system configuration during the power on of a Personal Computer, and delivers promotional icons to the desktop. PhonixNet delivers 1) one-click, easy access to the Internet, 2) offers from leading Internet companies, and 3) anti-virus protection(Trend ChipAway Virus ) as well as other free offers.

  • Page 34: Graphical Launch Screen(Gls)

    3-2 Graphical Launch Screen (GLS) The first ROMSmarts component, GLS, displays a graphical screen to the user early in the boot process, as the first image displayed on the screen. This display remains on the screen throughout the normal BIOS initialization phase called POST.

  • Page 35: Chapter 4 Bios Setup

    Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4-1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup The menu displays all the major selection items and allow user to select any of shown item. The selection is made by moving cursor (press any direction key ) to the item and press <Enter> key. An on-line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function.

  • Page 36: Standard Cmos Setup

    4-1-1 Standard CMOS Setup The ”Standard CMOS Setup” allows user to configure system setting such as current date and time, type of hard disk drive installed in the system, floppy drive type, and the type of display monitor. Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference.
  • Page 37 Hard Disk Configurations 1. TYPE : Select "USER" to fill the remaining fields. Select "AUTO" to detect the HDD type automatically. Selecting “NONE,” the system will not detect hard disk type. 2. SIZE : the hard disk size. The unit is mega byte(MB). 3.

  • Page 38: Bios Feature Setup

    4-1-2 BIOS Feature Setup Menu below shows all of the manufacturer's default values of this main board. Move the cursor by pressing direction keys and <PageDown> or <PageUp> key to modify the parameters, pressing [F1] key to display help message of the selected item.
  • Page 39 Virus Warning :Enabled :Disabled (default) CPU Internal Cache Enabled (default): enable L1 cache Disabled: disable L1 cache External Cache Enabled (default): enable L2 cache Disabled: disable L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled (default): enable L2 cache ECC checking Disabled: disable L2 cache ECC checking Processor Number Feature :Enabled (default)
  • Page 40 Swap Floppy Drive Enabled: floppy A&B will be swapped. Disabled(default): floppy A&B will be not swapped. Boot Up Floppy Seek BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive is 40 or 80 tracks. 360k type is 40 tracks while 720K/ 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks. :Enabled :Disabled (default) Boot Up Numlock Status...
  • Page 41 20 : 20 Characters Per Second 24 : 24 Characters Per Second 30 : 30 Characters Per Second Typematic Delay (Msec) This is the interval between the first and second character displayed. 250 : 250 msec (default) 500 : 500 msec : 750 msec 1000 :1000 msec Security Option...
  • Page 42 C8000-CBFFF Shadow, CC000-CFFF Shadow, D0000-D3FFF Shadow, D4000-D7FFF Shadow, D8000-DBFFF Shadow, DC000-DFFFF Shadow These are categories determining whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16KB or 32KB per unit and the size depends on chipset. :Enabled :Disabled(default) VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 43: Chipset Features Setup

    4-1-3 Chipset Feature Setup Bank 0/1(2/3, 4/5) DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM. The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0/1, 2/3, 4/5. : SDRAM 8/10ns (default) : Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo VIA693A System Board...
  • Page 44 SDRAM Cycle Length: control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing. :3 (default) DRAM Clock :Host CLK (default) System shows the actual DRAM speed the system uses. :HCLK-33M :HCLK+33M Please check DRAM clock for optimizes selection. Memory Hole : this field enable a memory hole in main memory space. CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selected can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled.
  • Page 45 AGP Aperture Size To select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.

  • Page 46: Power Management Setup

    4-1-4 Power Management Setup ACPI function :Enabled (default) :Disabled Power Management :User Define(default)--users can configure their own power management :Min Saving :Max Saving VIA693A System Board...
  • Page 47 PM Control By APM No : system BIOS will ignore APM. Yes (default) : system BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enter any PM mode, e.g. Doze, standby or suspend. Note1: If APM is installed, and there is a task running, even if the timer is time out, the APM will not prompt the BIOS to put the system into any power saving mode.
  • Page 48 Doze Mode :Disable (default) :10 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 40 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 hour. Suspend mode :Disable (default) :10 Sec, 20 Sec, 30 Sec, 40 Sec, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 Min, 6 Min, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 hour.

  • Page 49: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    4-1-5 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup VIA693A System Board...
  • Page 50 PNP OS Installed :No(default) OS will not recognize PnP devices. :Yes OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices. Resources Controlled By :Manual(default) The table will show the below items: “IRQ-3 assigned to, DMA-0 assigned to.” The user can adjust the shown items as required. :Auto The table will not show the above items, and the system will automatically assign the above setup.
  • Page 51 PCI Master 0 WS Write :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI Delay Transaction :Enabled (default) :Disabled PCI#2 Access #1 Retry :Enabled :Disabled (default) AGP Master 1 WS Write :Enabled (default) :Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read :Enabled :Disabled (default) VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 52: Integrated Peripherals

    4-1-6 Integrated Peripherals OnChip IDE Channel 0/1 :Enabled (default) :Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode :Enabled (default) :Disabled VIA693A System Board...
  • Page 53 IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer. Most of IDE drivers, except very early designs ,can use this feature. :Enabled (default) :Disabled Primary Master PIO/ Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device.
  • Page 54 Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2 :3F8/IRQ4 :2F8/IRQ3 :3E8/IRQ4 :2E8/IRQ3 :Auto (default) :Disabled UART 2 Mode :Standard (default) --- the user is not allowed to modify “IR Function Duplex,” and “TX, RX inverting enable.” :ASKIR --- the user is allowed to modify “IR Function Duplex,” and “TX, RX inverting enable.”...

  • Page 55: Password Setting

    4-1-7 Password Setting The “Password setting” utility sets the security protection. This function only allows you to enter the setup menu but not to change the options of the setup menu except “USER PASSWORD,” “SAVE & EXIT SETUP,” and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING.”...
  • Page 56 Step 2: Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing <Enter> . CONFIRM PASSWORD: Note: If you forget password, please clear CMOS. (refer to RTC1) Step 3: Set “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup” After setting password, enter “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup.” There are 2 options “Setup”...
  • Page 57 2. How to Disable “Password Setting” Step 1: Go to CMOS Setup Menu (need to key in password first) Step 2: Enter “Password Setting” After enter, it shows “PASSWORD DISABLED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE.” Thus, press any key as instructed. Password disable the password this way.

  • Page 58: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    4-1-8 IDE HDD Auto Detection HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Primary Slave: Secondary Master: Secondary Slave: Select Primary Master Option (N: Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 (Y) 4302 8893 4303...
  • Page 59 The Award® BIOS supports 3 HDD modes: NORMAL, LBA & LARGE. 1. Normal mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing. The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for normal mode are 1024, 16 &...
  • Page 60 3. Large Mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award® software. Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support (in some cases, user do not want LBA). The Award® BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of large mode: Cyls.

  • Page 61: Load Setup Defaults

    4-1-9 Load Setup Defaults "Load Setup Defaults" loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The auto-configured settings only affect “ BIOS Features Setup” and “Chipset Features Setup” screens. There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup. To use this feature, highlight it on the main screen and press the <Enter> key.

  • Page 62: Save And Exit Setup

    4-1-10 Save & Exit Setup The "Save & Exit Setup" option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes, you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM. VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 63: Quit Without Saving

    4-1-11 Quit Without Saving The "Quit Without Saving" option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM. All of the old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed. VIA693A System Board...

  • Page 64: Chapter 5 Appendix

    Chapter 5 Appendix 5-1 Memory Map Address range Size Description 00000-7FFFF 512K Conventional memory 80000-9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FC00-9FFFF Extended BIOS data area if PS/2 mouse is installed A0000-C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000-DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000-EEFFF Available for UMB...

  • Page 65: I/O Map

    5-2 I/O Map 000-01F DMA controller (master) 020-021 Interrupt controller (master) 022-023 Chipset control registers. I/O ports 040-05F Timer control registers 060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042) 070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports 080-09F DMA register 0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (slave) 0C0-0DF DMA controller (slave) 0F0-0FF...

  • Page 66: Time & Dma Channels Map

    5-3 Time & DMA Channels Map Time map: Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channels: DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP (option) DMA channel 2 floppy disk (Winboand chip) DMA channel 3 onboard ECP (default) DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available...

  • Page 67: Interrupt Map

    5-4 Interrupt Map NMI: Non-Maskable Interrupt IRQ(H/W): 0 system timer interrupt from timer 0 keyboard output buffer full cascade for IRQ 8-15 serial port2 serial port1 parallel port 2 floppy disk (Winbond chip) parallel port 1 RTC clock available 10. available 11.

  • Page 68: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    5-5 RTC & CMOS RAM Map Seconds Seconds Alarm Minutes Minutes Alarm Hours Hours Alarm Day of Week Day of Month Month Year Status Register A Status Register B Status Register C Status Register D Diagnostic Status Byte Shutdown Byte Floppy Disk Type Drive Type Byte Hard Disk Type Byte Reserved...

  • Page 69: Isa I/O Address Map

    5-6 ISA I/O Address Map I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 000 - 01F DMA Controller 1, 8237A-5 020 - 03F Interrupt Controller 1, 8259A 040 - 05F System Timer, 8254-2 060 - 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 - 07F real-time Clock/CMOS and NMI Mask 080 - 09F DMA Page Register, 74LS612 0A0 - 0BF...
  • Page 70 I/O Address (HEX) I/O device 3C0 - 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 - 3DF Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 - 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 - 3FF Serial Port 1 (RS-232-C) 6E2 - 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 - 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 - AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2...

  • Page 71: Chapter 6 Q & A

    Chapter 6 Q & A 6-1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test (post), BIOS will automatically detect the system devices. Below are the questions that users may always meet. The user may press “Esc” key to skip the full memory test. Beep sound On power on, the system make beep sound to offer different messages.
  • Page 72 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive. Check if the controller is set correctly. If no hard disk is installed, “Hard drive selection” must be set to “none.” Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initialize the keyboard.

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