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EC Declaration of Conformity
We
Iwill Corp.
No. 10, Wu Chuan 3rd Rd.,
Hsin Chuang City, Taipei,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
Declare under sole responsibility that the
LE370 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 50082-1 Immunity:
EN 55022
Radiated, Class B
EN 55022
Conducted, Class B
EN 60555-2
Power Harmonics
IEC
801-2 Electrostatic Discharge
IEC
801-3 RF Radiate
IEC
801-4 Fast Transient
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  • Page 1 Hsin Chuang City, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Declare under sole responsibility that the LE370 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:...

  • Page 2: About This Manual

    Most of the features of this product have passed strict verification and are subject to change at any time without notice. If any malfunction occurs due to the future technical changes made by the respective component manufacturers, Iwill assumes no responsibility or liability for it.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    QUICK INSTALLATION ................13 CHAPTER 2 ....................16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION ..............16 2.1 P ............. 16 REPARATION AND NSPECTION 2.2 U LE370 ................16 NPACK THE 2.3 I ..............16 NSTALLATION PROCEDURES CHAPTER 3 ....................25 SYSTEM BIOS SETUP................25 3.1 I ..................
  • Page 4 3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ..............46 3.10 IWILL SMART SETTING..............46 3.11 SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD SETTING......... 47 3.12 IDE HDD AUTODETECTION............47 3.13 SAVE & EXIT SETUP............... 47 3.14 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING..............47 CHAPTER 4 ....................48 SOFTWARE AND TOOLS ................ 48 4.1 S...

  • Page 5: Chapter 0

    Chapter 0 Overview Thank you for purchasing Iwill LE370 motherboard. This operation manual will instruct you how to configure and install the system properly. It contains an overview about the engineering design and features of this product. Also, this manual provides useful information for later on upgrade or configuration change.

  • Page 6: Core Logic

    0.1.2 Core Logic Intel 1621 PCI/A.G.P. controller Integrated DRAM controller Integrated PCI bus mastering controller Integrated Accelerated Graphics Port (A.G.P.) bus controller Intel PCI/ISA/IDE Xcelerator Multifunction PCI-to-ISA bridge (PCI Rev 2.1 compliant) Integrated IDE controller with Ultra DMA/33 support USB host interface with support for two USB ports Enhanced DMA controller and standard Interrupt controller and Timer function System Management Bus (SMB) with support for DIMM Serial PD 0.1.3 Main Memory...

  • Page 7: Environment Requirements

    0.1.6 Form Factor Compliance with ATX Version 2.01 specification Supports ATX power supply connector Supports the remote on/off switch Physical dimensions: length: 189 mm / width: 305 mm 0.1.7 Manageability Winbond W83781 System Hardware Monitor Wake on LAN header for use with add-in network interface cards (NICs) 0.1.8 Other features Award BIOS Using Flash ROM to provide on-board-upgrade ability without changing components...

  • Page 8: Motherboard Components Placement

    0.3 Motherboard Components Placement The following figure shows the location of the motherboard components. IRRX IRTX IRMODE Game/Midi Port Line In Line Out ISAx FAN2 JP45 PCIx JP42 Tmp2 SOCKET 370 FAN1 DIMM0~2 5VSB JP43 JP44 LID-ON IDE1 Tmp3 IDE0 FAN3 PWR ON SENSE...
  • Page 9 Location ScreenPrinting Description Socket 370 Socket 370 connector J5--J7 DIMM 0--2 168-pin DIMM Sockets A.G.P. connector J12-16 PCI1--5 PCI expansion slots J21-22 ISA 1-2 ISA expansion slots IDE 0 Primary IDE connector IDE 1 Secondary IDE connector Floppy drive connector Serial 1 connector Serial 2 connector Parallel connector...
  • Page 10 JP42 JP42 Keyboard password Power on connector JP43 JP43 SMBUS Connect JP44 JP44 Internal Modem Wake up connect. JP45 JP45 Chassis Intrusion detection header...

  • Page 11: Back Panel Connectors

    0.4 Back Panel Connectors The following figure shows the location of the back panel I/O connectors, which include: PS/2-style keyboard and mouse connectors Two USB connectors Two serial port connectors One parallel port connector One Audio port connector Joyctick/Midi connector Joystick/Midi USB1 Mouse...

  • Page 12: Form Factor

    0.5 Form Factor The motherboard is designed to fit into an ATX form-factor chassis. The I/O connector locations and the mounting hole locations are in compliance with the ATX specification. Please see detail in the following figure. Datum (0, 0) 6.250 R E A R I / O W I N D O W I N C H A S S I S 0.800 TYP.

  • Page 13: Chapter 1

    Chapter 1 Quick Installation Several easy installation steps will be described in this chapter to help the experienced users with quick installation. If you are a beginner or need to know more about this product, refer to the Chapter 2. Step 1.
  • Page 14 Step 6. Connect the Reset button The 2-pin reset header is located on pins 9--10 (marked as RST) of the front panel connector. Connect the momentary type switch on the chassis to this header for reset function. Signal of RST header Pin 9 RESET Pin 10...
  • Page 15 Step 11. Connect the ACPI LED The 2-pin ACPI LED is located on pins 1-2 (marked as ACPI) of the front panel connector. Connect the chassis‘s ACPI LED to this header. Signal of ACPI LED header Pin 1 Cathode (-) Pin 2 Anode (+) Step 12.

  • Page 16: Chapter 2

    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. 2.2 Unpack the LE370 You should find the following components when opening the box: One LE370 motherboard...
  • Page 17 2.3.2 Setting CPU speed The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch that replaces traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures. The CPU must be setup according its specifications. You can reference Appendix A or user’s manual in the Power Installer CD.
  • Page 18 2.3.4 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) The Accelerated Graphics Port (A.G.P.) is a high-performance interconnect, especially for graphic- intensive 3D applications. A.G.P. is independent of the PCI bus and is intended for exclusive use with graphical display devices. The A.G.P. supports AC timing for 133 MHz data transfer rates, allowing data throughput of 533 MB/sec.
  • Page 19 2.3.9 Universal Serial Bus (USB) The USB is suitable for mid-to-low speed devices like mouse, keyboard, joystick...etc. In the past, all these devices were using different connectors, and it is difficult for end users to install the system. With USB technology, users only need to plug all their USB peripherals on the connector in chain and ready to go.
  • Page 20 2.3.15 ATX power connector (PWR) This motherboard supports an ATX power connector. Simply connect the power cord of power supply to this connector. Signal of ATX power supply connector Pin 1 +3.3 V Pin 11 +3.3 V Pin 2 +3.3 V Pin 12 -12 V Pin 3...
  • Page 21 2.3.18.1 IDE LED header (ALED) The 2-pin IDE LED header is located on pins 5--6 (marked as ALED) of the front panel connector. It can be connected to an LED on the chassis, which will light up when IDE devices is working. Signal of ALED header Pin 5 Anode (+)
  • Page 22 2.3.18.6 Connect the ACPI LED The 2-pin ACPI LED is located on pins 1-2 (marked as ACPI) of the front panel connector. Connect the chassis‘s ACPI LED to this header. Signal of ACPI LED header Pin 1 Anode (+) Pin 2 Cathode (-) 2.3.19 SB-LINK header (SB-LINK) Sound Blaster 16 was almost the standard of the ISA Bus sound cards, a lot of games were...
  • Page 23 2.3.22 Clear CMOS jumper block (JP1) To reset the RTC (Real Time Clock) CMOS data, you need to change the jumper cap of JP1 from 1- 2 close to 2-3 close, then set to 1-2 close again. After that, you should get into BIOS setup program and choose LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS, then you will now get original manufacturer default setting in your CMOS.
  • Page 24 2.3.27 Internal modem Wake Up Function connector (JP44) This connector for “Power on by Ring “ function as internal modem. 2.3.28 Keyboard Password Power On connector (JP42) When 1-2 pin is ON, Power On function by BIOS control. You can select password power on or Hot-key power on.

  • Page 25: Chapter 3

    3.1.1 Upgrade BIOS The BIOS can be upgraded from a diskette with the Award Flash utility -- AWDFLASH.EXE. The BIOS image file and the update utility are available from Iwill’s WEB site: www.iwill.com.tw. 3.1.2 Recovering BIOS Data Some types of failure can destroy the BIOS. For example, the data can be lost if a power outage occurs while the BIOS being updated in flash memory.
  • Page 26 3.1.4 Using BIOS setup program The following table shows the function keys available for menu screens. <Up> Move to the previous field <Down> Move to the next field <Left> Move to the field in the left hand <Right> Move to the field in the right hand <Esc>...

  • Page 27: Main Menu

    Specifies Plug and Play and PCI features INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Specifies on-board controller features LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Load the manufacturer default setting into CMOS IWILL SMART SETTING Specifies special features SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD Specifies passwords IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Auto-detect the parameters of IDE disks SAVE &...
  • Page 28 3.3.2 Time This field specifies the current time. The time format is <hour>, <minute>, and <second>. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military-time clock. 3.3.3 Primary Master / Primary Slave / Secondary Master / Secondary Slave This field specifies the geometric parameters and translation mode of IDE disk drives. 3.3.3.1 TYPE This field specifies the drive type that corresponds to the drive installed in the system.
  • Page 29 3.3.4 Drive A / Drive B This field specifies the traditional type of the floppy drives. Options Description None No floppy drive is connected 360K, 5.25 in. A 360K floppy drive is connected 1.2M, 5.25 in. A 1.2M floppy drive is connected 720K, 3.5 in.

  • Page 30: Bios Features Setup

    3.3.8 Base Memory The POST will determine the amount of base (conventional) memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K. This field has no options. 3.3.9 Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the processor’s memory address map.

  • Page 31: Cpu L2 Cache Ecc Checking

    3.4.4 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This field specifies whether the CPU L2 cache supports ECC or not. Options Enabled (*) Disabled 3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test When enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some items during POST. Options Enabled (*) Disabled 3.4.6 Boot Sequence...

  • Page 32: Boot Up Floppy Seek

    3.4.8 Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, BIOS will check floppy drive status during POST. If an error occurred, system will be paused and an error message will be prompted. Options Enabled (*) Disabled 3.4.9 Boot Up NumLock Status This field configures the numeric keypad after system booting up. Options Description On (*)

  • Page 33: Security Option

    3.4.14 Typematic Delay (Msec) This field specifies the delay between when a key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins. Options 250 msec (*), 500 msec, 750 msec, 1000 msec 3.4.15 Security Option This field configures how the system security is handled. It works conjunction with SETTING SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD page to control the security level of the system.

  • Page 34: Chipset Features Setup

    3.4.21 C8000-CBFFF / CC000-CFFFF / D0000-D3FFF Shadow D4000-D7FFF / D8000-DBFFF / DC000-DFFFF Shadow When enabled, the extended ROM data located at the respective address range will be copied to system memory. Options Enabled Disabled (*) 3.5 CHIPSET FEATURES 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.

  • Page 35: System Bios Cacheable

    3.5.5 EDO RAS# Precharge Time DRAM must continually be refreshed or it will lose its data. Normally, DRAM is refreshed entirely as the result of a single request. This option allows you to determine the number of CPU clocks allocated for the Row Address Strobe to accumulate its charge before the DRAM is refreshed. If insufficient time is allowed, refresh may be incomplete and data lost.
  • Page 36 3.5.12 8 Bit I/O Recovery Time This field specifies the number of clocks, which the system will delay after the completion of an 8 bit input/output request. Options 1 (*) / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / NA / 8 3.5.13 16 Bit I/O Recovery Time This field specifies the number of clocks, which the system will delay after the completion of an 16 bit input/output request.

  • Page 37: Power Manegement Setup

    3.5.20 Delayed Transaction When enabled, the south bridge PIIX4 will supports the Delayed Transaction mechanism when it is the target of a PCI transaction. The PCI revision 2.1 compliant requires this field to be enabled. This field is for experienced users only. Options Enabled (*) / Disabled 3.6 POWER MANEGEMENT SETUP...

  • Page 38: Pm Control By Apm

    3.6.3 PM Control by APM When enabled, an Advanced Power Management (APM) protocol will be activated to handle the power saving mode. Options Yes (*) 3.6.4 Video off Method This field specifies the method that video subsystem used for power saving. Options Description V/H SYNC+Blank (*)

  • Page 39: Suspend Mode

    3.6.9 Suspend Mode This field specifies the timer value of Suspend Mode. It is available only when the Power Management field set to User Define. Options 1 Min / 2 Min / 4 Min / 8 Min / 12 Min / 20 Min 30 Min / 40 Min / 1 Hour / Disable (*) 3.6.10 HDD Power Down This field specifies the timer value for HDD power down.

  • Page 40: Wake Up On Lan

    3.6.14 Wake Up On LAN When Enabled, your can set the LAN awakens the system. Options Enabled(*) Disabled 3.6.15 Power On By Ring When Enabled, your can set the Ring-In controller awakens the system.. Options Enabled Disabled(*) 3.6.16 Resume by Alarm When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

  • Page 41: Pnp/ Pci Configuration

    Serial Port If enabled, timer will be reloaded when serial port is active. Parallel Port If enabled, timer will be reloaded when parallel port is active. 3.7 PNP/ PCI CONFIGURATION This setup page specifies Plug and Play and PCI features 3.7.1 PNP OS Installed The field specifies whether a Plug and Play operating system is installed.
  • Page 42 If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller, changing this allows you to specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C or D) is associated with the connected hard drives. Remember that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself, rather than individual partitions. Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard drives, you can select the INT# for each.

  • Page 43: Integrated Peripherals

    3.8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 3.8.1 IDE HDD Block Mode When enabled, the IDE controller will use the faster block mode to access devices. Options Enabled (*) / Disabled 3.8.2 IDE Primary Master / Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master / Slave PIO These fields configure the PIO (Programmable Input Output) transfer mode for IDE controller.

  • Page 44: Usb Keyboard Support

    3.8.5 USB Keyboard Support This field enables or disables the USB keyboard supported. Options Enabled / Disabled (*) 3.8.6 KBC clock source Set the frequency for the keyboard controller input clock. Options 8 MHz (*)/ 12 MHz / 16MHz. 3.8.7 Onboard FDC Controller This field enables or disables the onboard floppy controller.

  • Page 45: Init Display First

    3.8.10.1 ECP Mode Use DMA When the Parallel Port Mode field is configured as ECP, ECP+EPP mode, it need a DMA channel for data transfer. This field specifies the DMA channel for ECP parallel port use. Options Description Use DMA channel 1 3 (*) Use DMA channel 3 3.8.10.2 EPP Mode Select...

  • Page 46: Load Setup Defaults

    System is on after power lost System is off after power lost 3.9 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS This setup page is used for loading the manufacturer default values. 3.10 IWILL SMART SETTING 3.10.1 CPU Speed This field specifies supports you more CPU’s speed. Options 300 (66x4.5) (*) / 333 (66x5) / 366 (66x5.5) / 400 (66x6) / 433 (66x6.5) / 466 (66x7)

  • Page 47: Supervisor / User Password Setting

    3.10.2 Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk When enabled, the motherboard will automatically disable the clock source for a DIMM socket, which does not have a module on it. The same story will occur on all PCI slots. Options Enabled (*) Disabled 3.10.3 BIOS-ROM Flash Protect When Non-Flash, BIOS will not be upgraded.

  • Page 48: Chapter 4

    Software and Tools 4.1 Software Installation The attached Power Installer CD contains all the necessary drivers, utilities and tools for Iwill’s full range of motherboards. It provides the users an easy way to install the needed drivers without going through complicated process, for this Power Installer is able to auto-detect and display the drivers, utilities and tools needed for your motherboard.

  • Page 49: How To Make Driver Diskette

    When the system boots up, it will perform “Iwill Diskette Creator” automatically for making the driver diskettes you need. Note: At least one CD-ROM drive and one 1.44M floppy drive are necessary to make “Iwill Diskette Creator” work properly. Follow the instructions below to make your own device driver diskettes if you have a CD-ROM with IDE interface.

  • Page 50: Cpu Frequency Selection By Bios

    3. Key-in the corresponding number for the user's manual you wish to read. 4.4 CPU frequency selection by BIOS Iwill LE370 motherboard offer the soft-menu for CPU selection. Through Software -- BIOS setting In case there is a special need for over-clocking, please …...

  • Page 51: How To Use Thermal Sensor

    Detect all the heat- releasing devices. Firmly screw the connector to the device. Detect CPU temperature. Connect it to CPU heat sink. Not for LE370 Detect system temperature. No need to contact this thermistor to the device. Just leave it on the...

  • Page 52: How To Install Aureal A3D Sound Driver

    4. Click on “other devices”. You will find an “exclamation mark” & “question mark” ahead. 5. Select “Driver” 6. Select “Update Driver” 7. Put into “Iwill Power Installer “ into your CD-ROM. 8. Select CD path “D:/drivers/au8820/win9x” 9. Follow the instructions under windows to complete.

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