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Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium® III / Celeron & Cyrix III main board. Meticulous efforts have 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.
33MB/s. It supports back to back sequential CPU to PCI Memory writes to PCI Burst Write for full PCI throughput. The AMR Slot is designed to fit low cost A(Audio) M(Modem) R(Riser) or MR card. 6M810E Main Board...
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CPU Installation This model is a jumperless main board, there is no selector needed for CPU frequency selection,, Please load optiomized Defaults in the CMOS setting,. The main board will automatically detect CPU frequency (66/100/133 MHz) 6M810E Main Board...
● PCB Board size : 17.0cm x 24.5cm, Micro ATX form factor ● Optional Items : • TV-out (Chrontel CH7007 chip is needed) Caution : System needs at least PC-100 memory & over 5VSB 1 Ampere current ≧ ATX power supply for this main board 6M810E Main Board...
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● Other features • Modem ring on • Windows 95/98 power off • Keyboard wake-up • Mouse wake-up • DMI, ACPI supported BIOS 6M810E Main Board...
∗ Must use PC-100 specification DIMM (PC-133 for i810E only) ∗ Must use over 5VSB ≧ 1 Ampere current. 2. Software (Driver or BIOS): ∗ Windows 95 & 98 don’t provide driver (utilities) for i810 chipset. User needs to install driver carefully before using this board 6M810E Main Board...
During hardware installation, be sure that there is no power connected in this period. C. Avoid ESD (Electrical Static Discharge) While working with this main board, always wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD (Electrical Static Discharge). 6M810E Main Board...
Driver of ALC100 & ALC200 is the same. Go to the IntelAC97 directory & run either ALC200 (or ALC100) setup.exe file. Due to “CIH” virus will damage BIOS completely, user needs to load Pc-cillin anti-virus software when sets up system. 6M810E Main Board...
AMR card installed on slot, set “2-3” to enable on board audio function and use MR card installed on slot. JP10 : Audio Function Selector Disable on board Enable on board AC-97 CODEC AC-97 CODEC 6M810E Main Board...
The Smart Card is capable of providing secured storage facilities for sensitive personal information (such as Private keys, Account numbers, Passwords, Medical information, etc…). The Smart Card Reader can be used for a broad range of application in GSM, ID, pay TV, banking, … and so forth. 6M810E Main Board...
Step 5: Link the power cable to the connector & connect AC power to power supply. Step 6: Turn on system power. If you’d like to set password, press “Del” Key during system boot up to enter CMOS setup and establish a new password. 6M810E Main Board...
There are many connectors on this main board. Refer to the following pages for details. 2-3-1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors such as “POWER-LED,” “SPEAKER,” “RESET,” “HD-LED,” “TB-LED,” ”POWER-SW.” Please refer to the following further information. 6M810E Main Board...
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Hard Disk LED. TURBO-LED is a 2-pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current speed status of system. POWER-SW. is a 2-pin connector which controls power “on” and “off”. 6M810E Main Board...
2-3-2 Back Panel Connectors Back Panel Connectors are GAME Port, MIC, LINE-IN, LINE-OUT, COM1/ COM2, LPT, USB, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse on case back panel. Refer to below details. Game port PS/2 Mouse Keyboard COM1 LINE-OUT LINE-IN COM2 6M810E Main Board...
Universal Serial Bus connector, marked as “USB,” is used to connect USB devices. There are 2 USB connectors on this main board. Midi/Game Port & External Audio Connectors Midi/Game port has 15 pins connecting to the game joystick. External Audio connectors are “LINE-OUT, LINE-IN, MIC-IN” for audio functions. 6M810E Main Board...
Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board. To support i810 chipset, we suggest that Pin 17 signal 5VSB on ATX Power supply should be able to offer at least 750 mA driving ability. 6M810E Main Board...
2-3-4 Fan Connectors There are 3 fan connectors on this system board, and it is marked as “FAN”. Each fan connector has three pins. Fan Signal 6M810E Main Board...
PDA and printers. This connector supports HPSIR, ASKIR, and Fast IR. Attach Infrared module to IR connector. Be sure to put in the right orientation during attachment. I.R.:INFRA-RED CONNECTOR IR3 IR4 IR3(normal IR) IR4(consumer IR) IRRX CIRRX IRTX CIRTX 6M810E Main Board...
IDE1 and IDE2 are 39 – pin IDE connectors (Ultra 66). IDE1 is primary channel, and IDE2 is secondary channel. Each channel supports 2 IDE devices, and 4 devices in total for this main board. IDE2 IDE1 6M810E Main Board...
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. SDRAM DIMM modules have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density. 3.3V SDRAM memory supports PC-100 DIMM or above. 6M810E Main Board...
BIOS and displayed for your reference. When a field is highlighted (direction keys to move cursor and <Enter> key to select). The entries in the field will be changed by pressing <PageDown> or <PageUp> key or user can enter new data directly from the keyboard. 6M810E Main Board...
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"LBA" or "LARGE" or "CHS". However, if your hard disk cylinder is more than 1024 and does not support the LBA function, you have to set at "LARGE.” Select "NORMAL" if your hard disk supporting cylinder is below 1024. 6M810E Main Board...
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“auto”, the hard disk size and model will be auto detected on display during POST. Note2: "halt on" is to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if error occurred during POST. 6M810E Main Board...
[F1] key to display help message of the selected item. This setup program also provide 2 convenient ways to load the default parameter data from BIOS [F6] and [F7] area if shown data is corrupted. This provides the system a capability to recover from any possible error. 6M810E Main Board...
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This category determines which drive the system searches first. System will search in turn for floppy disk drive; then hard disk drive, and finally Floppy drive. Default value is “FLOPPY”. Options are as below: FLOPPY; LS120; HDD-0; SCSI; CDROM; HDD-1; HDD-2; HDD-3; ZIP100; LAN; Disabled 6M810E Main Board...
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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. Default value is enabled. :Enabled :Disabled (default) BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS :On (default) :Off GATE A20 OPTION :Normal :Fast (default) 6M810E Main Board...
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After setting password in BIOS CMOS in CMOS setup “Supervisor Password” User menu Password,” it protects BIOS CMOS setup. System Security protection This function secures the system under in system boot-up system boot-up and BIOS setup after setting & BIOS setup password. 6M810E Main Board...
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This option is especially set for OS2 operating system. Set “OS2” for RAM memory over 64MB and set “Non-OS2” for other operating systems like Windows® 95/98 or NT. :Non-OS2 (default) :OS2 HDD S.M.A.R.T CAPABILITY :Enabled :Disabled (default) REPORT NO FDD FOR WIN 95 :No (default) :Yes 6M810E Main Board...
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MEMORY HOLE AT 15M-16M: this field enables a memory hole in main memory space. CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selection can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled. :Enabled :Disabled (default) 6M810E Main Board...
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:Disabled LOCAL MEMORY FREQUENCY :100MHz(default) :133MHz ONBOARD DISPLAY CACHE SETTING CAS# Latency :3(default) PAGING MODE CONTROL :Close :Open (default) RAS-TO-CAS OVERRIDE :by CAS # LT(default) :Override(2) RAS# TIMING :Slow :Fast (default) RAS# PRECHARGE TIMING :Slow :Fast (default) 6M810E Main Board...
ONCHIP SECONDARY PCI IDE :Enabled(default) :Disabled IDE PRIMARY MASTER PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4 IDE PRIMARY SLAVE PIO This feature detects your primary slave hard disk device. :Auto (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4 6M810E Main Board...
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IDE PRIMARY SLAVE UDMA :Auto(default) :Disabled IDE SECONDARY MASTER UDMA :Auto(default) :Disabled IDE SECONDARY SLAVE UDMA :Auto(default) :Disabled USB CONTROLLER :Enabled(default) :Disabled USB KEYBOARD SUPPORT :Enabled :Disabled(default) INIT DISPLAY FIRST :PCI Slot (default) :Onboard AC97 AUDIO :Auto(default) :Disabled 6M810E Main Board...
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Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first serial port. :Auto (default) :2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4, Disabled ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the second serial port. :Auto (default) :2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3F8/IRQ4, Disabled UART MODE SELECT :Normal (default) :IrDA 6M810E Main Board...
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Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for using during ECP mode. :3 (default) PWRON AFTER PWR-FAIL :Off (default) :On, Former-Sts GAME PORT ADDRESS :201 (default) :209, Disabled MIDI PORT ADDRESS :300, 330 :Disabled (default) MIDI PORT IRQ :10 (default) 6M810E Main Board...
3-1-5 Power Management Setup ACPI FUNCTION :Enabled(default) :Disabled POWER MANAGEMENT :User Define(default)--users can configure their own power management :Min Saving :Max Saving VIDEO OFF METHOD :DPMS(default) :Blank Screen :V/H Sync+Blank 6M810E Main Board...
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When Enabled, you can set the date and time on RTC (real-time clock) alarm awaken a system which has been powered down. :Enabled :Disabled (default) DATE(OF MONTH) ALARM/TIME(HH:MM:SS) You can set the date (of month) and timer (hh:mm:ss), any event occurring will awaken a system which has been powered down. 6M810E Main Board...
The table will show the below items: IRQ-3 ~ IRQ15 assigned to PCI DEVICES. The user can adjust the shown items as required. :Auto (ESCD) The table will not show the above items, and the system will automatically assign the above setup. PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP :Disabled (default) :Enabled 6M810E Main Board...
: x 3.5 ; x 4 ; x 4.5 ; x 5 ; x5.5 ; x 6 ; x 6.5 ; x 7 ; x 7.5; x 8 This selection is reserved for manufacturers to pass CE test only not available for users. 6M810E Main Board...
EXIT SETUP,” and “EXIT WITHOUT SAVING.” 1. How to set “Supervisor Password” & “User Password” The setup of “Supervisor Password” and “User Password” has the same steps. Step 1: Enter Password --Press <Enter> after appointing the password. 6M810E Main Board...
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After setting password, enter “Security Option” in “BIOS Features Setup.” There are 2 options “Setup” & “System.” “Setup” will only secure CMOS setup through password. “System” is to secure PC sytem and password is required during system boot-up in addition to CMOS setup. 6M810E Main Board...
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When it shows “Enter Password”, press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when "ENTER PASSWORD" appears. It will inform “PASSWORD DISABLED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUNE.” Then, press any key as instructed to disable the password. 6M810E Main Board...
A line will appear on screen asking if you want to load the setup default values. Press the <Y> key and then press the <Enter> key. The setup defaults will then load. If not, enter <N>. 6M810E Main Board...
3-1-10 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. 6M810E Main Board...
3-1-11 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 changed. 6M810E Main Board...
E0000-EEFFF Available for UMB EF000-EFFFF Video service routine for monochrome & CGA adapter F0000-F7FFF BIOS CMOS setup utility F8000-FCFFF BIOS runtime service routine (2) FD000-FDFFF Plug and play escd data area FE000-FFFFF BIOS runtime service routine (1) 6M810E Main Board...
Parallel port 2 2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller 2F8-2FF Serial port 2 360-36F Network ports 378-37F Parallel port 1 3B0-3BF Monochrome & parallel port adapter 3C0-3CF EGA adapter 3D0-CDF CGA adapter 3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller 3F8-3FF Serial port-1 6M810E Main Board...
5. parallel port 2 6. floppy disk (ITE chip) 7. parallel port 1 8. RTC clock 9. available 10. available 11. available 12. PS/2 mouse 13. math coprocessor 14. onboard hard disk (IDE1) channel 15. onboard hard disk (IDE2) channel 6M810E Main Board...
Base Memory Low Byte Base Memory High Byte Extension Memory Low Byte Extension Memory High Byte 19-2D 2E-2F Reserved for Extension Memory Low Byte Reserved for Extension Memory High Byte Information Flag 34-3F Reserved 40-7F Reserved for Chipset Setting Data 6M810E Main Board...
CMOS checksum error It indicates the CMOS checksum is incorrect. Load the default values in BIOS to solve this problem. This error may result from a weak BIOS, so replace a new BIOS if necessary. 6M810E Main Board...
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12. Secondary master hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave master hard disk drive. 13. Secondary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave IDE hard disk drive. 6M810E Main Board...