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Intel I440 LX User Manual

Intel i440 lx chipset at form factor mother board
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I440 LX CHIPSET
AT FORM FACTOR
MOTHER BOARD
USER'S MANUAL
( VER : 6LX2 )

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  • Page 1 I440 LX CHIPSET AT FORM FACTOR MOTHER BOARD USER'S MANUAL ( VER : 6LX2 )
  • Page 2 COPYRIGHT This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. WARNING AND DISCLAIMER This manual is designed to provide information about PENTIUM® II System Board. Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible, but no warranty or fitness is implied.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW UNPACKING QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD SOFTWARE DRIVERS SPECIFICATIONS CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION LAYOUT REFERENCE JUMPER SETTINGS MEMORY INSTALLATION ASSEMBLING PROCEDURE CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETU P...

  • Page 4: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Ver.6LX2 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1-1 OVERVIEW THE I440 LX MAIN BOARD IS DESIGNED WITH INTEL® 82440LX PCISET WHICH PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED IDE CONTROLLER WITH TWO HIGH PERFORMANCE IDE INTERFACES FOR UP TO FOUR IDE DEVICES ( HARD DEVICES , CD-ROM DEVICES , ETC ),...

  • Page 5: Quick Reference For Cd

    Ver.6LX2 1.3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD SOFTWARE DRIVERS THIS CD CONTAINS DRIVERS FOR I440LX, I430TX, VIA VP3 MAIN BOARDS, SIS 6326 AND TRIDENT 9850 AGP VGA CARDS. THE DIRECTORIES ARE: FLASH ROM: TO UPDATE ANY MAIN BOARD BIOS BY USING AWARD BIOS.

  • Page 6: Specifications

    Ver.6LX2 1-4 SPECIFICATIONS : 233 - 333 MHZ INTEL® PENTIUM® II CPU. : 3 OF 168-PIN DIMM, WHICH ACCEPTS EITHER 5V MEMORY OR 3.3V. FOR SDRAM, THE MEMORY IS UP TO 384MB. FOR EDO RAM, THE MEMORY IS UP TO 768MB.

  • Page 7: Chapter 2. Installation

    Ver.6LX2 CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION 2-1 LAYOUT REFERENCE PS/2 MOUSE COM2/4 COM1/3 FLOPPY BIOS ATX POWER PRINTER AT POWER INTEL® I440LX INTEL® 82371AB FAN1 BUFFER DIMMVSL SW PWR HD-LED SPEAKER PW-LED TB-LED RESET KEY-LOCK I440LX...

  • Page 8: Jumper Settings

    Ver.6LX2 2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS 1. SETTING «CPU CLOCK RATIO« Please modify «CPU Clock Ratio» in «3-4 Chipset Features Setup.» First, go to «3-4 Chipset Features Setup» and set proper «CPU Clock Ratio.» Then, go to «3-1 Award BIOS Setup» and save the change. The user does not have to set jumpers.
  • Page 9 Ver.6LX2 3. SOFTPWR : ATX POWER SWITCH The system power is controlled by a momentary switch (when "power switch type" is set to momentary) connected to this lead. Pushing the button once will turn on the system and pushing another time will turn off the system. The system power LED shows the status of the system's power.

  • Page 10: Memory Installation

    Ver.6LX2 7. I.R.1 : I.R. (INFRARED) CONNECTOR I.R . CONNECTOR PIN OUT PIN 1 PIN 2 PIN 3 PIN 4 PIN 5 PIN 6 PIN 7 NOTE : I.R.1 USES THE SAME I/O PORT AS COM2. THERE IS NO ANY HARDWARE JUMPER SETTING FOR IRCON/COM2 ON THIS MAIN BOARD BUT CUSTOMERS NEED TO SET PROPER BIOS SETTING FOR "IRDA1.0","ASKIR"...

  • Page 11: Assembling Procedure

    Ver.6LX2 2-4 ASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 1. CHECK IF ALL THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE, TOTALLY 5 SEPERATE PIECEPARTS. RETENTION MECHANISM (RM): 1 PC RM ATTACH MOUNT (RMAM): 2 PCS HEAT SINK SUPPORT BASE (HASSBASE): 1 PC I440LX...
  • Page 12 Ver.6LX2 HSS PIN (HSSPIN): 2 PCS HSS TOP BAR (HSSTOP): 1 PC 2. MAKE SURE THAT THE POWER SUPPLY IS TURNED OFF. 3. INSERT THE RMAM UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE MOTHERBOARD. 4. INSERT THE 2 PINS OF THE HSSPIN DOWNWARD THROUGH THE MOTHERBOARD TO SECURE.

  • Page 13: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    Ver.6LX2 CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP 3-1. AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP THE MENU DISPLAYS ALL THE MAJOR SELECTION ITEMS AND ALLOW USER TO SELECT ANY ONE OF SHOWN ITEM. THE SELECTION IS MADE BY MOVING CURSOR( PRESS ANY DIRECTION KEY ) TO THE ITEM AND PRESS <ENTER>...

  • Page 14: Standard Cmos Setup

    Ver.6LX2 3-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP CHOOSE "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY MENU (FIGURE3-1). 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.

  • Page 15: Bios Features Setup

    Ver.6LX2 3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP SELECT THE "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" OPTION IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY MENU ALLOWS USER TO CHANGE SYSTEM RELATED PARAMETERS IN THE DISPLAYED MENU. THIS MENU SHOWS ALL OF THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFAULT VALUES OF i440LX MAIN BOARD.
  • Page 16 Ver.6LX2 QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST: THIS CATEGORY SPEEDS UP POWER ON SELF TEST. (POST) AFTER YOU POWER ON THE COMPUTER, IF IT IS SET TO ENABLE, BIOS WILL SHORTEN OR SKIP SOME CHECK ITEMS DURING POST. ENABLE : ENABLE QUICK POST DISABLED: NORMAL POST BOOT SEQUENCE: THIS CATEGORY DETERMINES WHICH DRIVE COMPUTER SEARCHES...
  • Page 17 Ver.6LX2 NOTE: THE BOARD DEFAULT VALUE IS LOW IN THE FIELD. BOOT THE SYSTEM TO CONTROLLER TURBO OR DE-TURBO BY ON-BOARD (TURBO SWITCH). GATE A20 OPTION: THE DEFAULT VALUE IS FAST. NORMAL: THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD CONTROLLER OR CHIPSET HARDWARE. FAST: DEFAULT: FAST.
  • Page 18 Ver.6LX2 VIDEO BIOS SHADOW: IT DETERMINES WHETHER VIDEO BIOS WILL BE COPIED TO RAM, HOWEVER, IT IS OPTIONAL FROM CHIPSET DESIGN. VIDEO SHADOW WILL INCREASE THE VIDEO SPEED. ENABLED : VIDEO SHADOW IS ENABLED DISABLED: VIDEO SHADOW IS DISABLED C8000-CBFFF SHADOW: CC000-CFFFF SHADOW: D0000-D3FFF SHADOW: D4000-D7FFF SHADOW:...

  • Page 19: Chipset Features Setup

    Ver.6LX2 3-4. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AUTO CONFIGURATION [THE BIOS will automatically detect the CPU speed and will auto-configurate the bus frequency, DRAM speed, cache and read/write cycle.] DRAM RAS# Precharge Time [The DRAM Precharge time by RAS.] : 3 (default) RAS TO CAS Delay[Control the DRAM page miss and row miss leadoff timing.] : 3 (default)
  • Page 20 Ver.6LX2 8 BIT I/O RECOVERY TIME: THIS FIELD DEFINES THE RECOVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 8 FOR 8-BIT I/O. 16 BIT I/O RECOVERY TIME: TO DEFINE THE RECOVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 4 FOR 16-BIT I/O. Memory Hole AT 15M-16M [This field enable a memory hole in main memory space.

  • Page 21: Power Management Setup

    Ver.6LX2 3-5. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP POWER SUPPLY TYPE: AT: AT power supply (Default) ATX: ATX power supply Please select right option for the system’s power supply. POWER MANAGEMENT: Disabled :Global Power Management will be disabled. User Define:Users can configure their own power management. Min.Saving :Pre-define timer value are used such that all timers are in their MAX .
  • Page 22 Ver.6LX2 PM Control by APM: NO : System BIOS will ignore APM. Yes : System BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it enter any PM mode, e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND. **** NOTE **** : 1. 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! 2.

  • Page 23: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setu P

    Ver.6LX2 3-6. PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP IRQ-3 ASSIGNED TO---- IRQ-15 ASSIGNED TO: : PCI/ISA PNP : LEGACY ISA DMA-0 ASSIGNED TO--- DMA-7 ASSIGNED TO : PCI/ISA PNP : LEGANCY ISA ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB & ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA DEFAULT VALUE FOR «ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB»...

  • Page 24: Integrated Peripherals

    Ver.6LX2 3-7. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 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 IDE Primary Master PIO [Detect your Primary Master hard disk device.] :AUTO (default) :Mode 0,1,2,3,4...
  • Page 25 Ver.6LX2 IDE Secondary Slave PIO [Detect your Secondary Slave hard disk device.] : AUTO (default) : Mode 0,1,2,3,4 On-Chip Primary PCI IDE [Select use Chip support Primary PCI IDE.] : Enabled (default) : Disabled On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE [Select use Chip support Secondary PCI IDE.] : Enabled (default) : Disabled PCI slot IDE 2nd Channel [Use external IDE.

  • Page 26: Supervisor/User Password

    Ver.6LX2 3-8. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD The " SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SETTING " utility sets the password. The mainboard may be shipped with the default password "award_sw" , or with the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must first enter the current password ("...

  • Page 27: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Ver.6LX2 3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION THE "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" UTILITY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH KIND OF HARD DISK TYPE YOU ARE USING. YOU CAN USE THIS UTILITY TO DETECT THE CORRECT DISK TYPE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY OR YOU CAN SET HARD DISK TYPE TO AUTO IN THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP.
  • Page 28 Ver.6LX2 DURING HDD ACCESSING, THE IDE CONTROLLER WILL TRANSFORM THE LOGICAL ADDRESS DESCRIBED BY SECTOR, HEAD & CYLINDER INTO ITS OWN PHYSICAL ADDRESS INSIDE THE HDD. THE MAXIMUM HDD SIZE SUPPORTED BY LBA MODE IS 8.4 GIGABYTES WHICH IS OBTAINED BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA: no.

  • Page 29: Load Setup Defaults

    Ver.6LX2 NOTE: TO SUPPORT LBA OR LARGE MODE OF HDDS, THERE MUST BE SOME SOFTWARES INVOLVED. ALL THESE SOFTWARES ARE LOCATED IN THE AWARD HDD SERVICE ROUTINE (INT 13H). IT MAY BE FAILED TO ACCESS A HDD WITH LBA (LARGE) MODE SELECTED IF YOU ARE RUNNING UNDER AN OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH REPLACES THE WHOLE INT 13H.

  • Page 30: I/O & Memory Map

    Ver.6LX2 3-13 I/O & MEMORY MAP 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 96K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY AND ADAPTER ROMS E0000-EEFFF 60K AVAILABLE FOR UMB...
  • Page 31 Ver.6LX2 I/O MAP 000-01F DMA CONTROLLER (MASTER) 020-021 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (MASTER) 022-023 CHIPSET CONTROL REGISTERS. I/O POSTS 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 32: Time & Dma Channels Map

    Ver.6LX2 3-14 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 (SMC CHIP) DMA CHANNEL 3 ONBOARD ECP (DEFAULT) DMA CHANNEL 4 CASCADE FOR DMA CONTROLLER 1 DMA CHANNEL 5 AVAILABLE...

  • Page 33: Rtc & Cmos Ram Map

    Ver.6LX2 3-16 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP RTC & CMOS:00 SECONDS SECOND 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 DRIVE TYPE BYTE HARD DISK TYPE BYTE...
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