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1. VIA693A System Board 52 4 1 8 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PELI A BIDS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWAHD SOPTHARE INC HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 4302 523 255 0 8893 63 LBA 1 4303 8894 15 65535 8893 63 NORMAL Note Some Oses like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation 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 You don t need the IDE HDD Auto Detection utility The BIOS will auto detect the hard disk size and model on display during post VIA693A System Board 53 The AwardGBIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA amp LARGE 1 Normal mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing The maximum number of cylinders head amp sectors for normal mode are 1024 16 amp 63 No Cylinder 1024 X No Head 16 X No Sector 63 X No Per Sector 512 528 MB If user set this HDD to normal mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 MB even though its physical size may be grea2. Legacy ISA DMA 0 Assigned To DMA 7 Assigned To PCI ISA PnP default Legacy ISA CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled default Disabled PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled default Disabled VIA693A System Board 45 PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled default Disabled PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Enabled Disabled default AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled default Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled Disabled default VIA693A System Board 46 4 1 6 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2ZA6LGL10 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE ChannelO Enabled Onboard Parallel Port OnChip IDE Channeli Onboard Parallel Mode IDE Prefetch Mode ECP Mode Use DMA IDE HDD Block Mode B Parallel Port EPP Type Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary MasterUDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Init Display First Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Quit tl gt lt Select Item Onboard Serial Port 2 Help PU PD 7 Modify UART 2 Mode Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Enabled default Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled default Disabled VIA693A System Board 47 IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances hard disk performance by making multi se
3. 2 3 4 CPU Fan Connectors There are 2 fan connectors on this main board and it is marked as FAN1 FAN2 Each fan connector has three pins Fan Signal SENSE 12V GND VIA693A System Board 20 2 3 5 IR1 IrDA Connector IRI connector supports wireless infrared module With this module and application software like Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fast IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector Be sure to put in the right direction during installation IR1 IrDA Connector 0 Pin 1 o IR1 4 GND VIA693A System Board 21 2 3 6 Floppy Disk Connector Floppy Disk Connector has 34 pins and is used to attach the floppy drive cable VIA693A System Board 22 2 3 7 IDE1 8 IDE2 IDE1 and IDE2 are 40 pin IDE connectors There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this system board IDE1 is primary channel and IDE2 is secondary channel Each channel supports 2 IDE devices and 4 devices in total for this main board It also supports Ultra DMA33 66 function stesteatesntenteates JIDEI sicnt IDEA VIA693A System Board 23 2 3 8 WOL1 Wake up on LAN Wake up on LAN marked as WOL is a 3 pin connector To support this feature a network card is reguired for the system and network management software must be installed too WOLI Wake up on LAN e
4. 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 Unix operating systems do not support either LBA or large and must utility the standard mode Unix can support drives larger than 528MB VIA693A System Board 55 4 1 9 Load Setup Defaults Load Setup Defaults loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM The auto configured settings only affect BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup screens There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup To use this feature highlight it on the main screen and press the Enter key 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 press N ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2ZA6LGL10 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC LOAD SETUP DEFAUL Esc Quit tl lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color VIA693A System Board 56 4 1 10 Save amp Exit Setup The Save amp 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 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGL1Q CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SAVE amp EXIT SETUP SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N N Esc Quit tlo lt Select Item F10 Save
5. INC ACPI function Enabled Primary INTR Power Management IRQ3 COM 2 PM Control by APM IRQ4 COM 1 Video Off After H IRQS LPT 2 s Video Off Method E IRQ6 Floppy Disk MODEM Use IRQ IRQ LPT 1 S Soft Off by PWRBTN IRQ8 CRTC Alarm HDD Power Down IRQS CIRQ2 Redir Doze Mode IRQ10 Reserved Suspend Mode IRQ11 Reserved PM Events IRQ12 P57 2 Mouse UGA 4 IRQ13 Coprocessor LPT amp COM 2 IRQ14 Hard Disk HDD amp FDD IRQ15 Reserved PCI Master i Modem Ring Resume Quit tl gt lt Select Item RTC Alarm Resume Help PU PD 7 Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults ACPI function Enabled default Disabled Power Management User Define default users can configure their own power management Min Saving Max Saving VIA693A System Board 41 PM Control By APM No system BIOS will ignore APM Yes default system BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e g Doze standby or suspend Notel 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 E Note2 If APM is not installed this option has no effect Video Off After Suspend default Doze NA Video Off Method DPMS Support Blank Screen V H Sync Blank default MODEM Use IRQ 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft
6. utility sets the security protection This function only allows you to enter the setup menu but not to change the options of the setup menu except USER PASSWORD SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 1 How to Password Setting Step 1 Enter Password Press Enter after appointing the password Esc Quit thse Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color VIA693A System Board 50 Step 2 Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing lt Enter gt Esc Quit thee Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 28 Note If you forget password please clear CMOS refer to RTC1 Step 3 Set Security Option in BIOS Features Setup After setting password enter Security Option in BIOS Features Setup There are 2 options Setup amp System Setup secures CMOS setup System secures PC sytem and password is required during system boot up and CMOS setup VIA693A System Board 5I 2 How to Disable Password Setting Step 1 Go to CMOS Setup Menu need to key in password first Step 2 Enter Password Setting After enter it shows PASSWORD DISABLED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE Thus press any key as instructed Password disable the password this way Esc Quit thre Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color
7. 1i5vsB O 2GND O 3PME VIA693A System Board 24 2 3 9 Internal Audio Connectors Internal Audio Connectors are CD INI and CD IN2 A CD IN2 CD INI aafe el VIA693A System Board 25 2 4 DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board Either DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB and 128MB Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 256MB DIMM m DMM DIMM VIA693A System Board 26 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 There is no jumper setting for memory configuration DIMM WE Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU Therefore to have a stable system the system must use 100 MHz PC 100 PC 133 SDRAM memory DIMM 3 3V For 66 MHz CPUs Celeron the user may use either 3 3V or SDRAM VIA693A System Board 27 Chapter 3 PhoenixNet BIOS Porting Guide 3 1 Product Overview PhoenixNet is an end user content service that displays system configuration during the power on of a Personal Computer and delivers promotional icons to the desktop PhonixNet delivers 1 one click easy access to the Internet 2 offers from leading Internet companies and 3 anti virus protection Trend ChipAway Virus as well as other free offers Each of the components has specific functionality and the interactions between the compone
8. Data Acquisition Adapter 2 B90 B93 Cluster Adapter 2 EE2 EE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 3 1390 1393 Cluster Adapter 3 22E1 GPIB Adapter 1 2390 2393 Cluster Adapter 4 42E1 GPIB Adapter 2 62E1 GPIB Adapter 3 82E1 GPIB Adapter 4 A2E1 GPIB Adapter 5 C2E1 GPIB Adapter 6 E2E1 GPIB Adapter 7 VIA693A System Board 65 Chapter 6 Q amp A 6 1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test post BIOS will automatically detect the system devices Below are the questions that users may always meet The user may press Esc key to skip the full memory test 1 Beep sound On power on the system make beep sound to offer different messages If the system is configured correctly it prompts a short beep to show correct the devices configuration is done correctly When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plugged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on power on screen Contact the dealer to exchange new BIOS 3 CMOS battery fails It indicates the CMOS battery does not work Contact the dealer to exchange a new battery 4 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 weak BIOS so exchange new BIOS if necessary 5 Hard disk initialize Please wait a moment Some hard driv
9. Off by PWRBTN Instant off default Delay 4 sec This allows the user to set the soft off power button to turn off the system or set to 4 seconds holding the power and system will shut down in 4 seconds HDD Power Down Disable default 1 Min 15 Min VIA693A System Board 42 Doze Mode Disable default 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Suspend mode Disable default 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Modem Ring Resume Enabled modem ring on function system can be turned on through modem Disabled default disble this function Note this function only works when the system is turned off from Windows mode and Doze mode will not function RTC Alarm Resume auto power on at the appointed date and time Enabled key in the date of current month and time of the day System will turn on then Disabled default disable this function Note this function only works when the system is turned off in Windows mode and Doze mode will not function Primary INTR ON default Select on it adds the following functions IRQ3 COM2 IRQIS Reserved OFF Select off IRQ3 COM2 IRQIS Reserved will not show VIA693A System Board 43 4 1 5 PNP PCI Configuration Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGL1Q PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWAR
10. amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color VIA693A System Board 57 4 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 AII of the old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGL1Q CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SAVING Quit Without Saving Esc Quit 11 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Co VIA693A System Board 58 Chapter 5 Appendix 5 1 Memory Map Address range Description 00000 7FFFF 512K Conventional memory 80000 9FBFF 127K Extended conventional memory 9FCO00 9FFFF K Extended BIOS data area if PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory 1 C8000 DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine for monochrome amp CGA adapter F0000 F7FFF 32K BIOS CMOS setup utility F8000 FCFFF 20K BIOS runtime service routine 2 FD000 FDFFF Plug and play escd data area FE000 FFFFF BIOS runtime service routine 1 VIA693A System Board 59 5 2 I O Map 000 01F DMA controller master 020 021 Interrupt controller master 022 023 Chipset control registers I O ports Timer control registers 060 06F Keyboard interface controller 8042 OAO OBF _ Interrupt controller slave Hard disk controller Parallel port 2 Gr
11. memory hole in main memory space CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selected can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled Disabled default 15M 16M Read Around write Enabled Disabled default Concurrent PCI Host Enabled Disabled default System BIOS Cacheable Enabled default Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled default allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Disabled VIA693A System Board 39 AGP Aperture Size To select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation 128M default 64M 32M 16M 8M AM AGP 2X Mode Enabled default Disabled OnChip USB Enabled default Enabling this function adds the function of USB Keyboard Support Disabled OnChip USB2 Enabled Disabled default USB Keyboard Support Enabled enable this function when using USB keyboard in DOS mode Disabled default Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Disabled default Spread Spectrum Disabled default 0 25 0 50 VIA693A System Board 40 4 1 4 Power Management Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGL1Q POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE
12. 693A System Board 8 2 2 Jumper Setting 2 2 1 RTC1 CMOS Status RTCI is a 3 pin connector Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten Below are details to show how to clear CMOS RTC1 CMOS Status B je 2 2 3 3 Set to 1 2 Set to 2 3 Normal default Clear CMOS Procedure to clear CMOS Step 1 Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power Step 2 Pull out the ATX cable from ATX connector POWER1 Step 3 Short the CMOS jumper by putting jumper cap on Pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return to pin 1 2 for normal setup Step 5 Link ATX power cable to ATX connector amp connect AC power to power supply Step 6 Turn on system power If you d like to set password press DEL Key during system bootup to enter MOS setup and establish a new password VIA693A System Board 9 2 2 2 SW1 Cyrix Joshua CPU Frequency Selector SWI is a 2 pin DIP switch which provides Cyrix CPU Frequency selection Please select the right ratio according to your CPU and set details as below SW1 Cyrix CPU Frequency Selector eon t change default setting if use Intel CPU VIA693A System Board 10 2 2 3 JP1 JP4 Audio AMR Function Selector Optional JP1 JP4 are 2 pin selectors which provides Audio AMR function Function Selector JP3 JP2 JP1 JP Hp TI AC97 On board Audio only A MR On board Audio and AMR only MC 97 MR only default Use AMR slot Sec
13. 6VA693AM S 370 FC PGA ATX Form Factor Main Board Users Manual Copyright CopyrightC2000 by this company No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright All rights reserved Manual version 1 1 Ref No 3053272 Published in 2000 Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium TAL system board Every effort has 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 The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or from the use of the system board that accompanies it Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer of the main board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing performance functionality or use Subsequent changes to this manual will be incorporated into the next edition We welcome any suggestion regarding this manual or our c
14. D SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed No CPU to PCI Write Buffer Resources Controlled By PCI Dynamic Bursting Reset Configuration Data PCI Master O WS Write PCI Delay Transaction IRQ 3 assigned to PCI 2 Access 1 Retry IRQ 4 assigned to AGP Master 1 WS Write IRQ 5 assigned to AGP Master 1 WS Read IRQ assigned to IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to DMA O assigned to DMA 1 assigned to Quit tl gt lt Select Item DMA 3 assigned to Help PU PD 7 Modify DMA 5 assigned to Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned to Load Setup Defaults DMA assigned to VIA693A System Board 44 PNP OS Installed No default OS will not recognize PnP devices Yes OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices Resources Controlled By Manual default The table will show the below items IRQ 3 assigned to DMA 0 assigned to The user can adjust the shown items as required Auto The table will not show the above items and the system will automatically assign the above setup Reset Configuration Data Disabled default Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot up IRQ 3 Assigned To IRQ 15 Assigned To PCI ISA PnP default
15. ENEE ENEE enne 38 4 1 4 Power Management Setup NENNEN ANEN eene ener 41 4 1 5 PNP PCI Configuration Setup EEN one ener eene enne 44 4 1 6 Integrated Peripherals eve eneeevaoeeno eene rennen 47 4 I 7 Password E EE 50 4 1 8 IDE HDD Auto Detection eereooveeneave eene nenne nnne 53 4 1 9 Load Setup Defaults eeeoeeeneoenaennoe nennen 56 4 1 10 Save and Exit Setup EEN EEN Enn 4 1 11 Quit Without Saving eeeveeeoeneeaaveeneene one eret nnne 58 Chapter 5 Appendix 52 sees e ese ae perhaps yer ee e NP ROSA TU TNR VERIS SEES 59 5 1 Memory Map de 59 5 2 LL 8 Ma EE OU 5 3 Time amp DMA Channels Map ENEE ENEE EE 61 5 4 Interrupt Ej M ERE 62 5 5 RTC 8 CMOS RAM Map ENNEN ENEE oon eere treno 63 5 6 ISA HO Address Map NNN EE EEN ENEE EE 64 Chapter6 OA norin re dune GENEE seas EE ores uo es e aars 66 6 1 Error Messages During Power On Self Test 66 VIA693A System Board II Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Main Board Overview The main board is a new generation Pentium II III and Cyrix III main board designed based on VIA VT82C693A amp VT82C686A chipsets The main board has integrated the latest advances in processor memory I O technologies into an ATX form factor The main board utilizes VIA 693A chipset designed for Pentium GII III CPUs and supports new architects such as high speed AGP graphic port SDRAM Ul
16. S will shorten or skip some check items Disabled normal speed Boot Sequence This category determines which drive the system searches first Take A C SCSI for example System will search in turn for floppy disk drive second is hard disk drive and finally SCSI drive Default value is A C SCSI Options are as below A C SCSI C A SCSI C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSI E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A C Only LS ZIP C VIA693A System Board 34 Swap Floppy Drive Enabled floppy A amp B will be swapped Disabled default floppy A amp B will be not swapped Boot Up Floppy Seek 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 Enabled Disabled default Boot Up Numlock Status On default Off Gate A20 Option Normal Fast default Memory Parity ECC Check Enabled Disabled default Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled default disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system bios will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 Characters Per Second default 8 8 Characters Per Second 10 10 Characters Per Second 12 12 Characters Per Second 15 15 Characters Per Second VIA693A System Board 35 20 20 Chara
17. aphics adapter controller 360 36F Network ports EGA adapter 3D0 CDF CGA adapter 3F0 3F7 Floppy disk controller 3F8 3FF VIA693A System Board 60 5 3 Time amp DMA Channels Map Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer channel 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk Winboand chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available DMA channel 6 available DMA channel 7 available VIA693A System Board 61 5 4 Interrupt Map Non Maskable Interrupt IRQ H W WMPADMNRWNPrOS ken ben etl Fe ka nABWNr OO system timer interrupt from timer 0 keyboard output buffer full cascade for IRQ 8 15 serial port2 serial port parallel port 2 floppy disk Winbond chip parallel port 1 RTC clock available available available PS 2 mouse math coprocessor onboard hard disk IDE1 channel onboard hard disk IDE2 channel VIA693A System Board 62 5 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM Map o Seconds 1 0 4 3F 0 7F Seconds Alarm Minutes Minutes Alarm Hours Hours Alarm Day of Week Day of Month Status Register A tatus Register B tatus Register C tatus Register D Diagnostic Status Byte hutdown Byte loppy Disk Type Drive Type Byte Hard Disk Type Byte Reserved Eguipment Type Base Memory L
18. convenient ways to load the default parameter data from BIOS F6 or CMOS F7 area if shown data is corrupted This provides the system a capability to recover from any possible error ROM PCIZISA BIOS Z2A6LGL1Q BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shadow CPU Internal Cache S C8000 CBFFF Shadow External Cache d CCOOO0 CFFFF Shadow CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking D0000 D3FFF Shadow Processor Number Feature D4000 D FFF Shadow Quick Power On Self Test S D8000 DBFFF Shadow Boot Seguence DCOOO0 DFFFF Shadow Swap Floppy Drive S Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate AZO Option Memory Parity ECC Check Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option Quit tl gt lt Select Item PCI UGA Palette Snoop E Help PU PD 7 Modify OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults VIA693A System Board 33 Virus Warning Enabled Disabled default CPU Internal Cache Enabled default enable L1 cache Disabled disable L1 cache External Cache Enabled default enable L2 cache Disabled disable L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled default enable L2 cache ECC checking Disabled disable L2 cache ECC checking Processor Number Feature Enabled default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up power on self test Enabled default BIO
19. cters Per Second 24 24 Characters Per Second 30 30 Characters Per Second Typematic Delay Msec This is the interval between the first and second character displayed 250 250 msec default 500 500 msec 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option Setup default security protection in CMOS setup menu Setting password in BIOS CMOS Supervisor Password or User Password the user needs to key in password if entering BIOS CMOS setup System security protection in system boot up amp BIOS setup This function secures the system under system boot up and BIOS setup PCI VGA Palette Snoop Enabled it allows you to install an enhanced graphics adapter card Disabled default If your graphics adapter card does not support the palette snoop function please set at Disabledto avoid system malfunction OS Select For DRAM 64MB This option is especially set for OS2 operating system Set Non OS2 for RAM memory over 64MB and set Non OS2 for other operating systems like Windows 95 98 or NT Non OS2 default OS2 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 default Disabled Video Shadow is disabled VIA693A System Board 36 C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow T
20. ctor transfer instead of one sector per transfer Most of IDE drivers except very early designs can use this feature Enabled default Disabled Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device Auto default Mode 0 1 2 3 4 Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO This feature detects your secondary master hard disk device Auto default Mode 0 1 2 3 4 Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Auto default Disabled Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Auto default Disabled Init Display First AGP default PCI Slot Onboard FDD Controller Enabled default Disabled VIA693A System Board 48 Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled UART 2 Mode Standard default the user is not allowed to modify IR Function Duplex and TX RX inverting enable ASKIR the user is allowed to modify IR Function Duplex and TX RX inverting enable HPSIR the user is allowed to modify IR Function Duplex and TX RX inverting enable ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode 3 default 1 Parallel Port EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip EPP1 9 EPP1 7 default VIA693A System Board 49 4 1 7 Password Setting The Password setting
21. ee dede sever Deve 15 2 3 1 FrontPaneL kie err eege EE wt oe ed 15 2 3 2 Back Panel eere vine sae ce aS e e aee E ST FER ob bes 17 Keyboard E Mouse 18 USB a A Serial Bus ie mad tere ege Ee 18 COM1 COM2 Sa d dE Ee asu LS LPT1 Parallel Port subnet d kand EIS EE dee e He MUSA 18 Midi Game Port amp External Audio Connectors 18 2 3 3 ATX Power Supply Connector e eeeeeeooeooaseoeo oe eee enne 19 2 3 4 CPU Fan E ese v isekuse Re reae va ne e ESE 20 2 3 5 IRE IrDA Connector evevevaene eese eee een hee EN EN EE sooo eene 21 2 3 6 Floppy Disk Connector ee eseenesne oe oo EE eene nhe enne 22 2 3 7 IDETa nd IDE 2 rere ci esemes 23 2 3 8 WOLI Wake up on LAN eee eoeeneooeenoossene hetero 24 2 3 9 Internal Audio Connectors ceeeeee eese eee eene neenon 25 2 4 DIMM Memory Installation eeeveve eee eren 26 VIA693A System Board I Chapter 3 Phoenix Net BIOS Porting Ge 1 5t d e Se ebben EE NUS uM ee eta 3 1 Product Overview i oed ese asi k te Ee ee RE eg tae 28 3 2 Graphical Launch Screen GLsS cccecscccsescccessccccscscece 29 C h a p t e r 4 B I O S Se 0 REES AT 4 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup NEEN eese eene nennen etn 30 4 1 1 Standard CMOS Setup NEE EEN ENEE enne rennen nee 31 4 1 2 BIOS Features Setup ANEN EE esee ene nennen one oon nee 33 4 1 3 Chipset Features Setup
22. es reguire more time to initialize VIA693A System Board 66 6 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Check if the controller is set correctly If no hard disk is installed Hard drive selection must be set to none 7 Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initialize the keyboard Check if the keyboard is plugged well and be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test 8 Keyboard is lock out Unlock the key Normally when this message comes out check if there is anything mis placed on the keyboard Be sure nothing touches the keys 9 Memory test fails There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error 10 Primary master hard disk fail The BIOS find an error in the primary master hard disk drive 11 Primary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the primary slave hard disk drive 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 VIA693A System Board 67
23. hese are categories determining whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16KB or 32KB per unit and the size depends on chipset Enabled Disabled default VIA693A System Board 37 4 1 3 Chipset Feature Setup ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2ZA6LGL10 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing Bank 273 DRAM Timing Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM Clock Memory Hole Read Around write Concurrent PCI Host System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable AGP Aperture Size AGP 2X Mode OnChip USB OnChip USB 2 USB Keyboard Support SDRAM 6710ns Auto Detect DIMM PCI Spread Spectrum CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Current CPU Temp Current System Temp Current CPUFAN1 Speed Current CPUFANZ Speed Ucore Clk 2 5U 3 3U 5U 12U Quit Help PU PD Old Values Shift Load Setup Defaults Tlee Select Item 7 Modify F2 Color Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 SDRAM 8 10ns default Normal Medium Fast Turbo VIA693A System Board 38 SDRAM Cycle Length control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing 2 3 default DRAM Clock Host CLK default System shows the actual DRAM speed the system uses HCLK 33M HCLK 33M Please check DRAM clock for optimizes selection Memory Hole this field enable a
24. ion Slot 1 x ISA 5 x PCI slots 1x A G P slot AGP supports to 1X 2X modes not 4X mode Chipset e VIA VT82C693A e VIA VT82C686A BIOS flash EPROM for BIOS AwardGfull PnP Plug amp Play BIOS UO function 2 x PCI IDE devices support Ultra DMA 33 66 bus master IDE e x FDC 2 x serial ports 16550 fast com x parallel port device EPP ECP SPP e 4 x USB rDA infrared connector Green function Complied with APM Advanced Power Management VIA693A System Board 4 Audio Sound Function Optional Hardware controller AC97 link compatible sound system e Microsoft PC97 PC98 compliant Power supply regulation Onboard switching voltage that supports appropriate power to the CPU and future upgraded CPUs Electrical Typical power supply Below is reference for ATX case requirement on power supply Voltage Tolerance o fea asa asa foa ER ese Osa 838 fosa uv fes Im Im Im sve as ia m A WOL Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should offer at least 1A to the signal SVSB to support WOL function Special features Wake up on LAN Modem ring on Windows 95 98 power off Auto detection of CPU voltage temperature and fan speed Optional on board AC 97 sound amp AMR slot VIA693A System Board 5 1 4 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation make sure you have checked the following things A Check the package If an
25. nts and the effects that each has upon the other will be examined in this document VIA693A System Board 28 3 2 Graphical Launch Screen GLS The first ROMSmarts component GLS displays a graphical screen to the user early in the boot process as the first image displayed on the screen This display remains on the screen throughout the normal BIOS initialization phase called POST The GLS component will replace the old text based POST with a full graphical screen The screen will display PC metrics such as CPU vendor model and speed memory and hard disk size phoenix PY AwardBlOS phoenixnet onablod December 31 1999 11 59 pm Checking your computer hardware Processor Memory E Drivers Bl virus Scan 330 MHz 128 ME RAM HD 4 6 GB Pre 0S Scan HD Z 10 GE SLarting HD 3 1 5 GE HD 4 1 5 GB Press Tab for BIOS Information Casi P 190 Phone Takaisin bes th W I Ba The symbol for encruy ciiciency VIA693A System Board 29 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup The menu displays all the major selection items and allow user to select any of shown item The selection is made by moving cursor press any direction key to the item and press lt Enter gt key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of selected item
26. omputer products Trademarks e Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e IBMO is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation e PCI is a registered trademark of PCI Special Interest Groups e AWARDS is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Table of Contents Chapter 1 Ise On Un Dr EE 1 1 1 Main Board Overview scccscscscccccscccccccscsccccccssscccscessccscess 1 1 2 Reference for Pentium All lll CPUs eere eene nnn 3 1 3 Specifications ernea a a dee EE ee e See sea ENER ele A 1 4 Notice of Hardware Installation e eee e eee e eee nennen 6 1 5 Notice of CD Driver Installation eeeeeeeee eee eee eee ee 7 Chapter 2 Installation g eenegt VE eg oho E E exa Te Sg cn eu Es 8 2 1 Layout Referencer s it ova oet ee eeee ee EN EEN E se vuv espe edus en 8 2 2 Jumper E eee EE eter e SE Ro RR ERR EXPE ee RUN cause ewes o euet 9 2 2 1 RECT CMOS Status itimees kalana NEEN Ze e Gees 9 2 2 2 SWI Cyrix CPU Frequency Selector cece cece e ee eeee 10 2 2 3 JP1 JP4 Audio AMR Function Selector cene 11 2 2 4 JP8 JP9 JP10 CPU Type Selector ees 12 2 2 5 VIDO VIDA CPU Vcore Selector cesse 13 2 3 LBE 1 exeo sima viska kei Vates e Pese ep dens TA E
27. ondary CODEC for AMR default Primary CODEC for AMR VIA693A System Board 11 2 2 4 JP8 JP9 JP10 CPU Type Selector JP8 JP9 JP10 are 2 pin connectors which provide to select CPU type i O User needs to check CPU type carefully in order to set correct jumper setting O Cyrix III function is reserved for internal test only VIA693A System Board 12 2 2 5 VIDO VIDA CPU Vcore Selector VID0 VID4 are 3 pin connectors which provides CPU Vcore selection Please select the right Vcore according to your CPU and set details as below VIDO VID4 CPU Vcore Selector VIDO VID3 VIDA Default 1 2 Default 2 3 for Intel PII PIII Celeron CPU Cyrix III CPU 1 2 for Cyrix Joshua CPU VIA693A System Board 13 1 2 1 2 2 2V 1 2 2 1V 1 2 2 0V 2 3 2 05V 2 3 2 00V 2 3 1 95V 2 3 1 90V 2 3 1 85V 2 3 1 80V 2 3 1 75V Ti Please don t change default setting The manufacturer shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising by users over clocking or over voltage VIA693A System Board 14 2 3 Connectors There are many connectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 3 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as EXTSMI PW BT HD LED RESET SPEAKER and PW LED Please refer to details as below VIA693A System Board 15 EXTSMI connector is a 2 pin Berg strip which i
28. ormance levels The main board is an ideal platform for the increasing reguirements of today s and future s desktop applications O On board AC 97 sound AMR slot are optional functions O This main board doesn t support to 4X mode AGP cards VIA693A System Board 2 1 2 Reference For Pentium II III CPUs The main board supports Intel amp PentiumGII III microprocessors The Pentium II III processors deliver more performances than previous generation processors such as Pentium Pentium MMX etc through an innovation called Dynamic Execution Architecture It is improved by 3D visualization and interactive capabilities required by present high end commercial and technical applications and future s emerging applications as well Below is the reference for PentiumGII III CPUs accommodating this main board Intel Processors for Socket370 66MHz F S B 100MHz F S B 133MHz F S B Celeron W 128K L2 FC PGA W 256K L2 FC PGA W 256K L2 300A 533 MHz 500E 600E MHz 667E MHz La Notel CPU is not enclosed in the package VIA693A System Board 3 1 3 Specifications PCB board size 24 5 cm x 20 cm PCB layer 4 layers Socket370 Support Intel Socket370 Celeron Pentium II CPU at 66MHz F S B and Pentium 100MHz 133MHz F S B Cyrix III CPU E CPU is not enclosed in the package Memory DIMM 3 of 168 pin 3 3V DIMM not support EDO RAM supports to PC 133 specification Expans
29. ouse The onboard PS 2 keyboard and mouse connectors are 6 pin Mini Din connectors marked as KEYBOARD and MOUSE USB1 USB2 Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus connector marked as USB is used to connect USB devices There are 4 USB connectors on this main board ua In Dos mode USB2 doesn t support USB K B support function COM1 COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9 pin D subminiature male connector COMI 2 COMI 2 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals for more information LPT1 Parallel Port The onboard parallel port is a 25 pin female connector marked as LPT Midi Game Port amp 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 VIA693A System Board 18 2 3 3 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply connector has 20 pins which is designed for ATX case especially The ATX power supply supports the function of the Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects on the front panel switch to the 2 pin PW BT on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not go into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board ATX Power HHA VIA693A System Board 19
30. ow Byte Base Memory High Byte Extension Memory Low Byte Extension Memory High Byte Reserved for Extension Memory Low Byte Reserved for Extension Memory High Byte Information Flag Reserved Reserved for Chipset Setting Data VIA693A System Board 63 5 6 ISA I O Address Map VO siis TER 000 OIF DMA Controller 1 8237A 5 020 03F Interrupt Controller 1 8259A 040 OSF System Timer 8254 2 060 06F 8042 Keyboard Controller 070 O7F real time Clock CMOS and NMI Mask 080 09F DMA Page Register 74LS612 OAO OBF Interrupt Controller 2 8259A 0C0 ODF DMA Controller 2 8237A 5 OFO OFF 1486 Math Coprocessor 1F0 1F8 Fixed Disk Drive Adapter 200 207 Game I O 20C 20D Reserved 21F Reserved 278 27F Parallel Printer Port 2 2B0 2DF Alternate Enhanced Graphic Adapter 2E1 GPIB Adapter 0 2E2 2E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 0 2F8 2FF Serial Port 2 RS 232 C 300 31F Prototype Card 360 363 PC Network Low Address 364 367 Reserved 368 36B PC Network High Address 36C 36F Reserved 378 37F Parallel Printer Port 1 380 38F SDLC Bisynchronous 2 390 393 Cluster 3A0 3AF Bisynchronous 1 3B0 3BF Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter VIA693A System Board 64 VO siis TEN 3C0 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 3DF Color Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 RS 232 C 6E2 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 AE3
31. s also called green or sleep connector When EXTSMI is turned from open to close and back to open the system will enter sleep mode immediately This function is to make sure power saving is working well In PC system it is used to connect to the push button EXTSMI switch located on the case front panel if there is The system can be forced to power saving mode by pressing the EXTSMI switch PW BT with a 2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current power status of system Itis used to connect to the Power Button on the front panel of the case if there is Marked as HD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to Hard Disk LED of the front panel RESET connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip connected to the push button reset switch on the case front panel Shorting both pin 1 amp pin 2 can reset the system which is similar to the power off and then on again Speaker SPK connector is a 4 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to the case speaker to the main board for sound purpose PW LED is a 3 pin connector It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel The LED shows the status of the power VIA693A System Board 16 2 3 2 Back Panel There are keyboard mouse USB1 USB2 COM1 2 LPT1 on the case back panel Please refer to more details as below COMI COM LIN DL VIE INI LIN3 M VIA693A System Board 17 Keyboard M
32. ter than that 2 LBA Logical Block Addressing Mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 MB bottleneck The number of cylinders heads amp sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD During HDD accessing the ide controller will transform the logical address described by sector head amp cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8 4 GB which is obtained by the following formula No Cylinder 1024 X No Head 255 X No Sector 63 X No Bytes Per Sector 512 8 4 GB VIA693A System Board 54 3 Large Mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award software Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support in some cases user do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of large mode Cyls Head Sector Mode 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS or other OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside int 12h in order to access the right HDD address the right HDD address 4 Maximum HDD Size No Cylinder 1024 X No Head 32 X No Sector 63 X No Bytes Per Sector 512 GB To support LBA or large mode of HDDs there must be some softwares involved All these softwares are located in the Award
33. the HDD type automatically Selecting NONE the system will not detect hard disk type the hard disk size The unit is mega byte MB the cylinder number of the hard disk the read write head number of hard disk The range is from 1 to 16 the cylinder number at which the disk drive changes the write timing the cylinder number that the disk drive heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked the sector number of each track defined on the hard disk The range is from 1 to 64 select AUTO to detect the mode type automatically If your hard disk supports the LBA mode select LBA or LARGE 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 WE Notel if hard disk primary master slave and secondary master slave were set to 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 occurs during POST VIA693A System Board 32 4 1 2 BIOS Feature Setup Menu below shows all of the manufacturer s default values of this main board Move the cursor by pressing direction keys and lt PageDown gt or lt PageUp gt key to modify the parameters pressing F1 key to display help message of the selected item This setup program also provides 2
34. tra DMA 66 bus master IDE and USB port It has two Dual In line Memory Modules DIMM which can be installed with SDRAM memory The memory subsystem supports up to either 256 MB SDRAM The main board using the Socket370 accepts Intel Pentium II 66MHz Celeron amp Pentium III 100 133 MHz Celeron Coppermine and Cyrix III CPU processors Built in second level L2 cache in CPU there is no cache necessary in this system board The main board has also implemented VIA VT82C686A high performance I O Controller utilizes with fully Plug and Play device which supports 2 88 MB Floppy Dual 16550 Compatible with 16 bytes FIFO up to 460K baud rate Serial Port ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port parallel port Infrared IrDA HPSIR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR ASKIR port and Audio The main board supports 5 PCI 1 ISA 1 A G P for highest performance I O add on adapter cards oc Ss HI function is reserved for internal test only VIA693A System Board 1 The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up Event such as WOL Wake up on LAN Modem ring on which are the new inventions to enable PCs to be turned on over the network These are also key benefits in PC operation asset management new System setup and power conservation In conclusion the main board is a combination of the highest in performance flexibility efficiency and ease of use that meets a variety of price perf
35. will appear So the user can modify associated configuration parameters ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2ZA6LGL10 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP Esc Quit T 286 0 2 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color VIA693A System Board 30 4 1 1 Standard CMOS Setup 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 Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is highlighted direction keys to move cursor and lt Enter gt key to select The entries in the field will be changed by pressing lt PageDown gt or lt PageUp gt key or user can enter new data directly from the keyboard ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2ZA6LGL10 STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Thu Mar 20 Time hh mm ss E d HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video E Halt On ESC Quit LE Se Select Item PU PD 7 Modify Fi Help GGhift F2 Change Color VIA693A System Board 31 Hard Disk Configurations 1 TYPE 2 SIZE 3 CYLS 4 HEAD 5 PRECOMP 6 LANDZ 7 SECTOR 8 MODE Select USER to fill the remaining fields Select AUTO to detect
36. y of these items is missing or damaged contact the dealer from whom you purchase Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are e the main board e manual e cables driver amp utility CD B Make sure power is off During hardware installation be sure that there is no power connected at this period C Avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge While working with the main board wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge VIA693A System Board 6 1 5 Notice of CD Driver Installation This CD contains drivers as below Read Index before installing reguired drivers Index file is HTML format GE Ea C a 4 E Ba i a a Ca a CS B Tntel440 Intel810 K7va133 315530 Sis520 a a C a 4 Cm B Via693a Via594 ViaMVP3 Voodoo3 Ymf 44 index Index CD driver is always updated with the latest version so actual CD content may have some differences with the above picture 1 Main boards Intel440 Intel810 VIAG VPX VP3 VIAG691 VIA 692 3 and VIAG693A main boards please choose 693A or 693 directory for this main board 2 A G P cards S 6326 and T 9850 3 Solo 1 ESS solo 1 sound driver 4 Pccillin anti virus protection software VIA693A System Board 7 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Layout Reference USB2 PCI PCM POB PCR pen E OLI biP4B bd IDANGBINIB BIPIPIDADAVAVADIDID VIA
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