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EC Declaration of Conformity
We
Iwill Corp.
No. 10, Wu-Chuan 3 Rd.,
Hsin-Chuang City,
Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
declare under sole responsibility that the
XA100 motherboard
meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was
demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European
Communities:
EN 50081-1 Emissions:
EN 55022
EN 55022
EN 60555-2 Power Harmonics
EN 50082-1 Immunity:
IEC
IEC
IEC
Radiated, Class B
Conducted, Class B
801-2 Electrostatic Discharge
801-3 RF Radiate
801-4 Fast Transient
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  • Page 1 EC Declaration of Conformity Iwill Corp. No. 10, Wu-Chuan 3 Rd., Hsin-Chuang City, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C. declare under sole responsibility that the XA100 motherboard meets the intent of Directive 89/336/ECC for Electromagnetic Compatibility. Compliance was demonstrated to the following specifications as listed in the official Journal of the European...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    This manual is written to go with Iwill’s XA100 motherboard Version.1.1. Trademarks IWILL and the IWILL logo are trademarks of IWILL Corporation, which is registered in the United State of America and some other countries with some jurisdictions. ALI and Aladdin are trademarks of ALI Corporation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Content CHAPTER 0 ....................5 OVERVIEW ....................5 0.1 F ....................5 EATURES 0.2 S ..................7 PECIFICATIONS 0.3 P XA100................8 LACEMENT OF 0.4 C ..........9 ONNECTORS AND UMPERS ESCRIPTION 0.5 U XA100................10 NPACK THE CHAPTER 1 ....................11 QUICK INSTALLATION ................

  • Page 5: Chapter 0

    CHAPTER 0 Overview Thank you for purchasing Iwill XA100 Ultra DMA 33 Motherboard. This operation manual will instruct you how to configure and install properly. It contains an overview about the engineering design and features of this board. Also, this manual provides useful information for later on upgrade or configuration change.
  • Page 6 external Level 2 Pipelined Burst Fast Write-Back Cache, 64 bit Burst Bus DRAM and enhanced IDE with 2 channels and plug and play Ultra I/O, this EIDE Motherboard brings exceptional processing power that could only be achieved by Mini-computer. Incorporating the new emerging industrial standard Peripheral Component interconnect (PCI) Local Bus together with the standard 16-bit Industrial Standard Architecture (ISA), this motherboard dramatically boots system I/O through for even the most demanding application in today’s market.

  • Page 7: Specifications

    Support ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) nUSB interface (Universal Serial Bus): Plug and Play devices outside the computer box Up to 12Mbit Easy of use nPower Connectors: Support remote power on connector. ATX power supply connector is needed nFloppy Interface: Support both 3 1/2"...

  • Page 8: Placement Of Xa100

    0.3 Placement of XA100 ATX P. FAN2 FAN1 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 Serial 1 Serial 2 IDE0 Socket 7 IDE1 BIOS PWR ON F. Panel FAN3...

  • Page 9: Connectors And Jumpers Description

    0.4 Connectors and Jumpers Description: Connector Function Description AGP: 124-pin expansion slot, for graphics devices and is designed primarily for 3D applications. ATX P.: 20-pin Standard ATX power input connector BIOS: BIOS (Basic Input Output System) DIMM1: 64 bit Dual In-line Memory Module. DIMM2: 64 bit Dual In-line Memory Module.

  • Page 10: Unpack The Xa100

    0.5 Unpack the XA100: You should find the following components when open the box: (1) XA100 Motherboard. (2) This Operation Manual (3) 40-pin internal IDE signal cable. (4) 34-pins internal Floppy Disk Drive signal cable.

  • Page 11: Chapter 1

    CHAPTER 1 Quick Installation Several easy installation steps will be described in this chapter to help the experienced users for quick installation. If you are a beginner and need to know more about this motherboard, please start from Chapter 2. 1.1 Placement for XA100 ATX P.
  • Page 12 Quick Installation Step 1. Install CPU Pull up the CPU handle bar, place the CPU into the socket in gentle and horizontal way then pull down the handle bar back to its original place. When you insert the CPU, make sure they are conncected thouroughly in the right direction.
  • Page 13 Step 3. Adjust the CPU Voltage Jumper J2 is designed for users to set the proper voltage for the processor installed. A wrong voltage setting will cause fatal damage to the CPU permanently. There are total 7 different voltage selections in this XA100 motherboard to support full socket 7 processors that are avaialble today and in the near future.
  • Page 14 Intel External Freq. Multiplier External Freq. Multiplier K5 166 K6 166 K6 200 K6 233 K6 266 K6 300 K6 350 K6 400 Cyrix External Freq. Multiplier External Freq. Multiplier M1 PR166 66 M2 PR166 66 M1 PR 200 75 M2 PR 200 75 M2 PR 233 75 M2 PR 266 83...
  • Page 15 External Frequency 100M x 2.5 x 3.5 Multiplier x 4.5 x 5.5 Step 5. Install the Memory Module At least one piece of 168-pin DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module ) must be inserted in this XA100 Ultra DMA 33 motherboard. Step 6.
  • Page 16 Step 7. Install the External Peripherals The external devices mean devices that are outside the computer chassis like the Serial mouse, Printer, PS/2 Mouse, External Modem and etc. PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port Serial 1 Serial 2 PS/2 Keyboard Step 8. Connect the Reset switch Most computer chassis provides a reset switch on their front pannel control.
  • Page 17 Step 9. Connect the Speaker Connect the speaker to the motherboard’s speaker connector. (Normally the red cable is +5V power) Step 10. Connect the Power LED Most computer chassis provides a power LED to identify if the system is on or off. The power LED lights up when computer is powered on.
  • Page 18 Step 16. Power on the system Once the system is powered on, on the lower left corner of the screen will show ”Press <DEL> to enter SETUP, <ESC> to skip memory test.” Then press “DEL” to enter BIOS setup for the first time power on and choose the “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS,”...

  • Page 19: Chapter 2

    CHAPTER 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Preparation and Inspection This XA100 Ultra DMA 33 Motherboard, like all electronic equipments, is static sensitive. Please take the proper precautions when handling this board. You should avoid static up. If possible, ground yourself by touching a metal table or your computer frame. Keep the board in its conductive wrapping until it is configured and ready to be installed in your system.

  • Page 20: Placement

    2.2 Placement ATX P. FAN2 FAN1 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Keyboard DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 Serial 1 Serial 2 IDE0 Socket 7 IDE1 BIOS PWR ON F. Panel FAN3...

  • Page 21: Cpu Group

    2.3 CPU group 2.3.1 CPU Socket Installation This CPU socket provides flexibility for Intel Pentium, Pentium OverDrive, Pentium with MMX processors, AMD K6 with MMX, K5, 5k86 and Cyrix M2 with MMX, M1-6x86 processors. When you install the CPU into the Zero Insertion Force ( ZIF ) socket, you should be very careful. Lift the handle bar of this 321-Pin ZIF socket up carefully and insert the CPU into ZIF socket.
  • Page 22 There are three Fan connectors for users to upgrade their system. Connectors Function Headers Fan 1 CPU Cooler Fan Fan 2 System fan Fan 3 System fan Fan2 Fan1 Fan3 +12V SENSE...

  • Page 23: Cpu Frequency Selection

    Metal Latch To JP4 To Cabinet's speaker To Motherboard's speaker Note: Step 3 indicated for Musical Alarm Cooler Only 2.3.3 CPU Frequency Selection J1 is a 2x12-pin jumper. The upper four blocks of J1 are for processor External Frequency selection, and the others are used to select processor’s Multiplier.
  • Page 24 Cyrix External Freq. Multiplier External Freq. Multiplier M1 PR166 M2 PR166 M1 PR 200 M2 PR 200 M2 PR 233 M2 PR 266 ( Note: Freq. stands for Frequency.) For example, if your CPU is Intel Pentium MMX 166, which means 66MHz (its external bus speed ) x 2.5 (multiplier).

  • Page 25: L2 Cache Memory

    2.4 L2 Cache Memory The second level L2 cache memory supports pipelined burst SRAM, it will has much higher performance compared with the traditional asynchronous SRAM. This motherboard uses the new pipelined burst cache technology with 512K size and the memory cacheable size from 64MB to 512MB.

  • Page 26: Usb (Universal Serial Bus) Connection

    (IDE0) Primary IDE (IDE1) Secondary IDE 2.6.2 IDE LED IDE LED SPEAKER PWR LED A 2-pin IDE LED connector is to be connected to the LED on chassis, which will be lighted up as busy signal when IDE devices are detected in operation. Assignment LED anode (+) LED cathode (-)

  • Page 27: Enhanced Multi-Io Connection

    2.8 Enhanced Multi-IO Connection 2.8.1 Install Floppy Disk Drive The IBM compatible floppy disk drive includes 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB. The most popular one is 1.44MB in 3.5 inch. There is another kind of 3 Mode FDD used for the NEC PC98 series computer.

  • Page 28: Others

    2.8.3 Serial Port The serial port is using the data in serial transfer. The speed is slower than a parallel port. This is often used in serial mouse, serial printer, fax modem … etc. This motherboard provides a high speed 16550 compatible serial port, which is faster in transfer speed than a traditional 16450 compatible serial port.

  • Page 29: Power Supply Connector

    PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port Serial 1 Serial 2 PS/2 Keyboard 2.9.2 PS/2 Mouse PS/2 Mouse is a 6-pin Mini-DIN PS/2 mouse connector. The user can choose this as Mouse port and save the standard Serial port for other purpose use. PS/2 Mouse Parallel Port...
  • Page 30 2.9.4 Reset, IDE LED, P. LED, Speaker, Keylock Connectors IDE LED SPEAKER PWR LED Reset PWR LED Speaker SPKR 2.9.5 CMOS Clear Jumper Function Note NORMAL * DEFAULT CLEAR CMOS...
  • Page 31 The JP1 is a 3-pin header connector: jumper cap on 1-2 for normal operation or jumper cap on 2-3 for clear CMOS.

  • Page 33: Chapter 3

    Upgrade BIOS The BIOS can be upgraded from a diskette using the AMI Flash utility. BIOS upgrades and the update utility are available from Iwill through the WWW site. Enter BIOS setup program The BIOS setup program is accessed by pressing the <Del> key after Power-On Self Test (POST) memory test begins and before the scanning of IDE devices.
  • Page 34 <Up> Move to previous field <Down> Move to next field <Left> Move to the field in the left hand <Right> Move to the field in the right hand <Esc> Quit from setup program without saving changes, or Exit from current menu page and return to main menu page <PgUp>...

  • Page 35: Setup Utility

    3.1 SETUP UTILITY Main Menu: The main menu allows you to select from several setup pages. Use the arrow keys to select among these pages and press <Enter> key to enter the sub-menu. Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 36 PNP /PCI CONFIGURATION Specifies Plug and Play and PCI features LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Load the manufacturer default setting into CMOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Specifies on-board controller features SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD Specifies passwords IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Auto-detect the parameters of IDE disks SAVE &...

  • Page 37: Standard Cmos Setup

    3.2 Standard CMOS Setup This setup page is used for allocating resources for hardware components. Date This field specifies the current date. The date format is <day>, <month>, <date>, <year>. Time This field specifies the current time. The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock.

  • Page 38: Base Memory

    MODE This field specifies the addressing method of IDE disk drives. Options Description NORMAL: Specifies traditional CHS addressing LARGE: Specifies extended CHS addressing Specifies LBA addressing AUTO BIOS specifies addressing method automatically Floppy Drive A / Floppy Drive B This field specifies the traditional type of the floppy drives. Options Description None...

  • Page 39: Bios Features Setup

    3.3 Bios Features Setup BIOS Features Setup 1st Boot Device / 2nd Boot Device / 3rd Boot Device / 4th Boot Device This field configures the boot sequence of boot devices. Options Description Disable Disable the first Boot device. IDE 0 Boot from Master IDE disk drive on Primary channel IDE 1 Boot from Master IDE disk drive on Secondary channel...

  • Page 40: Quick Boot

    Floppy System will boot from floppy drive ARMD-FDD / ARMD HDD LS-120 or ZIP drive, master IDE disk drive on primary channel CDROM Boot from ATAPI CDROM drive SCSI Boot from SCSI drive. Network Boot from Network. Try Other Boot Devices Set this option to Yes to instruct AMIBIOS to attempt to boot from any other drive in the system if it cannot find a boot drive among the drives specified in the 1 Boot Device, 2...

  • Page 41: Boot Up Numlock Status

    Boot Up NumLock Status This field configures the numeric keypad after system booting up. Options Description On (*) Keypad works as number keys Keypad works as arrow keys Floppy Drive Swap When this field is enabled, the logical drive letter of floppy drive A and B will be hanged without changing the physical cable.

  • Page 42: External Cache

    Boot To OS/2 Set this option to Enabled if running OS/2 operating system and using more than 64 MB of system memory on the motherboard. The settings are Enabled or Disabled. External Cache This field configures system external cache (L2 cache).

  • Page 43: Chipset Setup

    3.4 Chipset Setup This setup page is used to specify advanced features available through the chipset. The default settings have been chosen carefully for the most operating conditions. DO NOT change the value of any field in this setup page unless you fully understand what it means.
  • Page 44 Graphic Aperture Size: Size of Programmable Frame Buffer. The Frame buffer Region should not overlap with local memory. VGA Frame Buffer VGA frame buffer memory range. VGA DATA Merge Linear_Word_Merge for Frame Buffer Cycle. Passive Release When enabled, the south bridge ALI M1541will support the Passive Release mechanism when it is a PCI master.

  • Page 45: Power Management Setup

    3.5 Power Management Setup This setup page specifies power management features. There are several modes used to save computer’s energy: Standby Mode The CPU clock will run at slower speed, And the fixed disk drive will be power off, and The video will be power off, and all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode All devices except the CPU will be shut off.

  • Page 46: Video Power Down Mode

    Video Power Down Mode This field specifies the method that video subsystem used for power saving. Options: Standby Suspend Disable Hard Disk Power Down Mode This option specifies the power conserving state that the hard disk drive enters after the specified period of hard drive inactivity has expired.

  • Page 47: Rtc Alarm Resume

    RTC Alarm Resume: When system is soft off state, set this option to Enable, the system will resume in the time set by The following option: RTC Alarm Date Set the system resume time (date) RTC Alarm Hour Set the system resume time (hour), RTC Alarm Minute Set the system resume time (minute) RTC Alarm Second Set the system resume time (second)

  • Page 48: Pci/Pnp Setup

    3.6 PCI/PnP Setup Choose PCI/Plug and Play Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup screen to display the PCI and Plug and Play Setup options, described below. Plug and Play Aware O/S The field specifies whether a Plug and Play operating system is installed. Option Clear NVRAM on Every Boot When set this option to Yes, the data in the NVRAM will be cleared during every booting.
  • Page 49 VGA Palette Action Snoop Bit Disabled Data read and written by the CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA device's palette registers. Enabled Data read and written by the CPU is directed to the both the PCI VGA device's palette registers and the ISA VGA device palette registers, permitting the palette registers of both devices to be identical.

  • Page 50: Dma Channel

    PCI Slot4 IRQ Priority These options specify the IRQ priority for PCI devices installed in the PCI expansion slots. The settings are Auto, (IRQ) 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11, in priority order. DMA Channel 0 DMA Channel 1 DMA Channel 3 DMA Channel 5 DMA Channel 6...

  • Page 51: Integrated Peripherals Setup

    3.7 Integrated Peripherals Setup Peripheral Setup options are displayed by choosing Peripheral Setup from the AMIBIOS Setup main menu. All Peripheral Setup options are described here. Onboard Floppy Controller This field enables or disables the onboard floppy controller. Options Enabled (*) Disabled Onboard Serial Port1/2 These fields configure the onboard serial ports.

  • Page 52: Serial Port2 Mode

    Serial Port2 Mode This option specifies the operating mode for serial port 2.This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Port2 option is not set to Auto or Disabled. The settings are IR (infrared) or Normal. IR Transmitter This option specifies the type of transmission used by the infrared devices attached to serial port 2. This option only appears if the Onboard Serial Port2 option is not set to Auto or Disabled.

  • Page 53: Parallel Port Irq

    Setting Description Normal The normal parallel port mode is used. Bi-Dir Use this setting to support bi-directional transfers on the parallel port. The parallel port can be used with devices that adhere to the Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) specification. EPP uses the existing parallel port signals to provide asymmetric bi-directional data transfer driven by the host device.

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