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CA33-SC
Rev. A+
System Board
User’s Manual
43200020

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  • Page 1 CA33-SC Rev. A+ System Board User’s Manual 43200020...
  • Page 2 Copyright Trademarks Caution:...
  • Page 3 FCC and DOC Statement on Class B...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Read Me First............Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility...
  • Page 5 Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares Appendix A - System Error Messages Appendix B - Troubleshooting...

  • Page 6: Read Me First

    Introduction Read Me First Processor System Memory 5VSB Power ≥ Drivers...
  • Page 7 Introduction Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 Features and Specifications 1.1.1 Features Chipset Processor System Memory Note:...
  • Page 8 Introduction DIMMs Memory Size DIMMs Memory Size Expansion Slots Onboard Audio Features ATX Double Deck Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors) Connectors...
  • Page 9 Introduction PCI Bus Master IDE Controller IrDA Interface USB Ports BIOS...
  • Page 10 Introduction Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions 1.1.3 Intelligence Automatic CPU/Chassis Fan Off Dual Function Power Button...
  • Page 11 Introduction Wake-On-Ring Important: ≥ RTC Timer to Power-on the System Wake-On-LAN Important: ≥ AC Power Failure Recovery...
  • Page 12 Introduction ACPI Virus Protection 1.2 Package Checklist þ þ þ þ þ...
  • Page 13 Hardware Installation Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation 2.1 System Board Layout...
  • Page 14 Hardware Installation Warning: 2.2 System Memory...
  • Page 15 Hardware Installation 2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module...
  • Page 16 Hardware Installation 2.3 Frequency Ratio Settings for Processors Processor Processor Freq. Freq. Ratio Ratio 66MHz 100MHz 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz 133MHz...
  • Page 17 Hardware Installation Important:...
  • Page 18 Hardware Installation 2.4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU Type CPU Type Select - Jumper JP1 ®...
  • Page 19 Hardware Installation 2.5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus CPU Front Side Bus Select - Jumpers JP2 and JP3 Warning:...
  • Page 20 Hardware Installation 2.6 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data Clear CMOS Data - Jumper JP6...
  • Page 21 Hardware Installation 2.7 Jumper Settings for the Onboard Audio Codec Onboard Audio Codec Settings - Jumper JP7...
  • Page 22 Hardware Installation 2.8 Ports and Connectors 2.8.1 Serial Ports 2.8.2 PS/2 Mouse and PS/2 Keyboard Ports Warning:...
  • Page 23 Hardware Installation 2.8.3 Parallel Port Setting Function 2.8.4 Floppy Disk Drive Connector...
  • Page 24 Hardware Installation Connecting the Floppy Disk Drive Cable 2.8.5 IDE Disk Drive Connector Connecting the IDE Disk Drive Cable...
  • Page 25 Hardware Installation Note: Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive Important:...
  • Page 26 Hardware Installation 2.8.6 Universal Serial Bus Ports Function Pin Function...
  • Page 27 Hardware Installation 2.8.7 IrDA Connector Function Note:...
  • Page 28 Hardware Installation 2.8.8 CPU Fan Connector Function 2.8.9 Chassis Fan Connector Function...
  • Page 29 Hardware Installation 2.8.10 AGP Fan Connector Function 2.8.11 Game/MIDI Port...
  • Page 30 Hardware Installation 2.8.12 Audio Jacks Line-out Jack (J9 - Lime) Line-in Jack (J10 - Light Blue) Mic-in Jack (J12 - Pink)
  • Page 31 Hardware Installation 2.8.13 Internal Audio Connectors CD-in Function Function...
  • Page 32 Hardware Installation 2.8.14 Wake-On-LAN Connector Function Important: ≥...
  • Page 33 Hardware Installation 2.8.15 Wake-On-Ring Connector Function Important: ≥...
  • Page 34 Hardware Installation 2.8.16 PCI Standby Power LED Important:...
  • Page 35 Hardware Installation 2.8.17 Power Connector Function Function Important:...

  • Page 36: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation 2.8.18 Front Panel LEDs and Switches HD-LED: Primary/Secondary IDE LED G-LED: Green LED ATX-SW: ATX Power Switch G-SW: Green Switch RESET: Reset Switch SPEAKER: Speaker Connector POWER LED: Power/Standby LED...
  • Page 37 Hardware Installation Note: Pin Assignment HD-LED G-LED ATX-SW G-SW RESET SPEAKER POWER LED...

  • Page 38: Award Bios Setup Utility

    Award BIOS Setup Utility Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1 The Basic Input/Output System ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION SAVE &...
  • Page 39 Award BIOS Setup Utility ROM PCI/ISA BIOS STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, May 15 2000 Time (hh:mm:ss) : 13: 27: 50 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto Auto Primary Slave Auto Auto...
  • Page 40 Award BIOS Setup Utility Drive A and Drive B Video Halt On...
  • Page 41 Award BIOS Setup Utility Memory...

  • Page 42: Bios Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.2 BIOS Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled CPU L1 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache : Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled Boot Sequence : A, C, SCSI...
  • Page 43 Award BIOS Setup Utility CPU L1 Cache and CPU L2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek...
  • Page 44 Award BIOS Setup Utility Boot Up NumLock Status DRAM ECC Checking Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Security Option...
  • Page 45 Award BIOS Setup Utility PCI/VGA Palette Snoop OS Select for DRAM > 64MB HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Processor Serial Number ®...

  • Page 46: Chipset Features Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.3 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. : Default DRAM Timing Select : Normal CPU/PCI Clock (MHz) SDRAM CAS Latency Spread Spectrum : Disabled DRAM Clock : Host CLK Current CPU Temp. : 25 C/77 Current System Temp.
  • Page 47 Award BIOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock HCLK-33M The memory clock speed is CPU clock speed minus 33MHz. For example, if the Host Clock is 133MHz, 133MHz - 33MHz = 100MHz. Meaning, the memory clock speed will run at 100MHz. Host Clk Sets the memor y clock speed equal to that of the CPU clock speed.
  • Page 48 Award BIOS Setup Utility AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read Video RAM Cacheable Memory Hole At 15M-16M AGP Aperture Size (MB) AGP-2X Mode Onboard USB Controller...
  • Page 49 Award BIOS Setup Utility USB Keyboard Support CPU/PCI Clock (MHz) Important: Note:...
  • Page 50 Award BIOS Setup Utility Spread Spectrum Current CPU Temperature, Current System Temperature, Current CPU Fan Speed and Current Chassis Fan Speed Vcore 2.5V, 3.3V, 5V and 12V...

  • Page 51: Power Management Setup

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.4 Power Management Setup ® ROM PCI/ISA BIOS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. ACPI Function : Enabled Primary INTR : On : Primary Power Management : User Define IRQ3 (COM 2) : Primary IRQ4 (COM 1) PM Control by APM : Yes : Primary...
  • Page 52 Award BIOS Setup Utility PM Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off After Standby Mode...
  • Page 53 Award BIOS Setup Utility Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN PWR Lost Resume State...
  • Page 54 Award BIOS Setup Utility PM Events LPT & COM HDD & FDD PCI Master Resume On LAN/Ring • • Resume On Alarm...
  • Page 55 Award BIOS Setup Utility Date (of Month) Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) Resume on PCI Event Primary INTR IRQ3 to IRQ15...

  • Page 56: Resources Controlled By

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.5 PNP/PCI Configuration ROM PCI/ISA BIOS PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Resources Controlled By : Auto Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled Reset Configuration Data : Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA : Enabled PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ : Auto PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ : Auto...
  • Page 57 Award BIOS Setup Utility Reset Configuration Data Assign IRQ for USB Note: ® Assign IRQ for VGA Note: ® PCI Slot 1 Use IRQ and PCI Slot 2 Use IRQ...
  • Page 58 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.6 Load Fail-Safe Settings 3.1.7 Load Optimal Settings...

  • Page 59: Integrated Peripherals

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.8 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI/ISA BIOS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Onboard FDD Controller : Enabled Onboard Primary PCI IDE : Enabled : Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 Onboard Secondary PCI IDE Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3 IDE Prefetch Mode : Enabled...
  • Page 60 Award BIOS Setup Utility IR Function Duplex TX, RX Inverting Enable Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode Normal “ECP (Extended Capabilities Port)” “EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port)”...
  • Page 61 Award BIOS Setup Utility ECP Mode Use DMA Parallel Port EPP Type AC97 Modem AC97 Audio Note: Sound Blaster SB I/O Base Address SB IRQ Select...
  • Page 62 Award BIOS Setup Utility SB DMA Select MPU-401 MPU-401 I/O Address Game Port (200-207H) Onboard Primary PCI IDE and Onboard Secondary PCI IDE IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode...
  • Page 63 Award BIOS Setup Utility IDE Primary Master/Slave PIO and IDE Secondary Master/Slave PIO IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA and IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Init Display First...
  • Page 64 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.9 Supervisor Password 3.1.10 User Password...

  • Page 65: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI/ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master: Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip): N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD RECOMP LANDZ SECTOR...
  • Page 66 Award BIOS Setup Utility 3.1.12 Save & Exit Setup 3.1.13 Exit Without Saving...
  • Page 67 Supported Softwares Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares 4.1 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 4.1.1 Running the DMI Utility...

  • Page 68: Supported Softwares

    Supported Softwares 4.1.2 Using the DMI Utility Award DMI Configuration Utility Copyright Award Software Inc, 1996 [Edit DMI] [Add DMI] [Load DMI File] [Save DMI File] BIOS *** BIOS Auto Detect *** System Enclosure/Chassis Type : BIOS Information Processor Handle : 0000 Memory Controller Vendor Name : Memory Module...
  • Page 69 Supported Softwares Add DMI ← → ↑ ↓ Load DMI File ← → Save DMI File ← →...
  • Page 70 Supported Softwares 4.2 VIA Hardware Monitor The system board comes with the VIA Hardware Monitor utility contained in the provided CD. It is capable of monitoring the system’s hardware conditions such as the temperature of the CPU and system, voltage, and speed of the CPU and chassis fans. It also allows you to manually set a range to the items being monitored.
  • Page 71 Supported Softwares Important: 4.4 Audio Drivers and Software Application ® ® ® ® ®...
  • Page 72 Supported Softwares 4.5 Drivers and Utilities Installation Notes ® ® ® ® ®...
  • Page 73 System Error Message Appendix A - System Error Message A.1 POST Beep A.2 Error Messages CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED Caution: CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY...
  • Page 74 System Error Message FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80) FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (80) Hard Disk(s) fail (40) Hard Disk(s) fail (20) Hard Disk(s) fail (10) Hard Disk(s) fail (08) Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key Keyboard error or no keyboard present Manufacturing POST loop BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted Memory test fail...
  • Page 75 Troubleshooting Appendix B - Troubleshooting B.1 Troubleshooting Checklist Monitor/Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on:...

  • Page 76: Troubleshooting

    Troubleshooting The picture seems to be constantly moving. The screen seems to be constantly wavering. Power Supply When the computer is turned on, nothing happens. Floppy Drive The computer cannot access the floppy drive.

  • Page 77: Hard Drive

    Troubleshooting Hard Drive Hard disk failure. Excessively long formatting period. Parallel Port The parallel printer doesn’t respond when you try to print.
  • Page 78 Troubleshooting Serial Port The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters. Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed. System Board...

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