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1. Pin assignment of WOL Connector 1 2 3 Pin Signal Pin Signal name 1 5V standby 2 Pin Signal name Ground 3 Signal K CN14 Chassis Fan Power Connector optional 3 9 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP this connector is available only when Winbond W83781D is installed on board CL M Ground 12V DC 3 Fan Sense Signal CN 14 Chassis Fan Power Connector L CN15 IR FIR Infrared Rays Connector Consumer IR Connector Consumer IR connector is active only when W83977CTF AW I O Chip is installed on position U11 Esos FE
2. H CN9 CN10 IDE Connectors Primary IDE Port 1FOH IRQ 14 Secondary IDE Port 170H IRQ 15 CN9 IDE 2 CN10 IDE 1 I CN11 Floppy Disk Control Port Connector Using IRQ6 DMA channel 2 3 8 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP CN11 FDC Connector J CN12 WOL Wake On LAN Connector In order to use the WOL LAN card to trigger the power of the PC system the switching power supply must be able to provide at least 700mA current driving ability on the 5V standby voltage
3. VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP Pin assignment of USB connector 1 1 5VDC Pin2 DATA ping DATAS Pin4 Ground Pind Ground Pin6 Ground D CN3 amp CN7 COM A amp COM B connector Ping assignment of serial port connector 1 6 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 6 DSR Data Set Ready 2 RD Received Data 7 RTS Request To Send 3 TD Transmit Data 8 CTS Clear To Send 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 9 RI RingIndicator 5 Ground 5 9 I O address 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H IRQ3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP E CN4 ATX Power Connector
4. j L IR FIR INFRARED RAYS CONNECTOR CONSUMER IR CONNECTOR 45VDC 1A 1B 5VDC NO CONNECTION 2A 2B IR TRANSMIT IRRECEIVE 3A 3B CONSUMER IR RECEIVE GROUND 4A 4B GROUND IR TRANSMIT 5A 3 10 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP M Push buttons and LED connectors A series of connectors are designed on the board to connect the push buttons and LED indicators Followings are the details 8l RS Reset Button connector HL HDD LED connector SL Sleep LED connector PW Power On Off Suspend switch PW SL HL RS PUSH BUTTONS AND LED CONNECTORS 1 RS Reset Button Connector Pin Signal name Pinl amp 2 Function 1 Reset Control Open No action 2 Ground Short System Reset 2 HL IDE HDD LED Connector Pin Signal name 1 5V DC Pull up 2 HDD Active Signal 3 SL Sleep LED Connector This LED will be lightened when the AC power is connect
5. L 119 IH Normal Setting Clear CMOS Note Improper BIOS setting may cause hang up to the PC system Should it be happened you can use JP4 to clear the information which is stored in the CMOS memory and get the PC system back to normal Improper connection may cause permanent damage to the mainboard Please refer to the following steps to clear the CMOS 1 Unplug the AC power cable from the PC system 2 Put the mini jumper on pin 2 3 of JP4 around 3 to 5 seconds and then return it to the original position pin 1 2 3 Re connect the AC power cable C JP5 JP8 CPU Speed Selection 3 15 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP JP5 JP6 JP7 and JP8 allow you to select CPU clock ratio CPU MHz Ratio JP5 6 6 233 350 3 5X OPEN OPEN SHORT SHORT 266 400 4 0X SHORT SHORT OPEN SHORT 300
6. ATX Power connector H HrEHHHH Pin assignment of ATX power connector 11 1 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 11 33V DC 1 3 3VDC 12 12VDC 2 33VDC 13 Ground 3 Ground 14 PS ON 4 5VDC 15 Ground 5 Ground 16 Ground 6 5VDC 17 Ground 7 Ground 18 5SVDC 8 PW OK 19 5VDC 9 5VSB 20 5VDC 10 I2V DC 20 10 3 6 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP F CN6 Parallel Port Connector Supports SPP EPP ECP modes IRQ7 or IRQS is selectable ECP mode will use either DMA channel 3 or channel 1 which can be selected by the CMOS setup probram Pin assignment of parallel port 1 14 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 Data Bit 0 15 ERROR Data Bit 1 16 INIT 4 Data Bit 2 17 SLCTIN 5 Data Bit 3 18 Ground 6 Data Bit 4 19 Ground 7 Data Bit 5 20 Ground 8 Data Bit 6 21 Ground 9 Data Bit 7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 BUSY 24 Ground 12 PE 25 Ground 13 SLCT 13 25 G CN8 CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector 3 7 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP GND 12V Fan Sense Signal ec 2 3 _
7. Battery Positive Ground VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP B CN1 PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector 9 PS 2 Keyboard Connector e j Pin assignment of PS 2 mouse connector Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 Mouse Data 3 Ground 5 Mouse Clock 2 No Connection 4 5V DC 6 No Connection Pin assignment of keyboard connector Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 Keyboard Data 3 Ground 5 Keyboard Clock 2 Connection 4 5V DC 6 No Connection C CN2 USB Port Universal Serial Bus Connector
8. 4 1 Initial Power On screen display During the power on self testing POST the following message appears at the lower left corner of the screen Press DEL to enter SETUP To execute the Award BIOS CMOS Setup program please press the DEL key The STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen as shown in figure Fig 4 2 will be triggered 4 1 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 2 MAIN MENU ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Fig 4 2 CMOS SETUP MAIN MENU screen 4 3 CONTROL KEYS Listed below is the explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screens which will be used in the CMOS SETUP program Arrow Keys Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item Enter Select the desired item F1 Display the help screen for the selected feature Shift F2 To change the screen color total 16 colors ESC Exitto the previous screen PgUp PgDn To modify or change the content of the highlighted item F5 Retrieves the previous value from CMOS data only the current page setup will be retrieved
9. 450 4 5X OPEN SHORT OPEN SHORT 333 500 5 0X SHORT OPEN OPEN SHORT 366 550 5 5X OPEN OPEN OPEN SHORT 400 600 6 0 SHORT SHORT SHORT OPEN 433 650 6 5X OPEN SHORT SHORT OPEN 466 700 7 0X SHORT OPEN SHORT OPEN 500 750 7 5X OPEN OPEN SHORT OPEN 533 800 8 0X SHORT SHORT OPEN OPEN HOW TO MAKE JUMPER SETTING PROPERLY Basically there are two parameters which will decide the CPU speed the Front Side Bus FSB speed and CPU clock ratio When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the CPU type and decide the FSB speed automatically please refer to section 4 6 As for the clock ratio it is selected by the jumper setting on JP5 JP6 and JP7 In other word FSB will be used to decide what type of processor is installed on the mainboard 5 7 will be used to decide the system speed the clock ratio is fixed in some CPU and you don t have to make any jumper setting to select the clock ratio The following formula is the simple rule to calculate your CPU frequency FSB Clock x Clock Ratio CPU Frequency SELECTION OF FSB CLOCK please refer to section 4 6 Different processors may have the different FSB clock When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the type of the processor and decide the proper FSB clock automatically you may use the BIOS setup program to
10. P Accelerated Graphics Port and PCI Local Bus on board Designed based on the VIA VT82C692 or VT82C693 system chipset and Winbond I O chipset Basically the only difference between VT82C692 and VT82C693 is the chipset pin assignment This mainboard is designed for both VT82C692 and VT82C693 chipset so you will see one of these two chipsets insatlled on the mainboard There are two channel PIO and Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master mode PCI IDE ports one Floppy Disk control port two high speed Serial ports UARTs and one multi mode Parallel port and supports PS 2 mouse IR and USB ports It is designed for 233MHz 266MHz 300 MHz 333MHz 350MHz 400MHz 450MHz 500MHz and 550MHz high performance processors S E C Cartridge for high end and true GREEN PC computer systems The Pentium M Penttum III and Celeron Processors the 64 bit processors with RISC technology which offers several key features such as built in L2 cache 256K B 512K B 12 stage super pipeline architecture out of order execution etc In order to optimize its capabilities and performances the 32 bit Operating System such as Windows NT and OS 2 and 32 bit applications are recommended The Accelerated Graphics Port A G P on the mainboard is designed for AGP 3D video display card Unlike PCI based display cards the AGP technology provides lightning data throughput to fully facilitate the 3 Dimensional and multimedia graphics display Th
11. be changed at the same time Please see the following for details 66MHz Processors 100MHz Processors Host PCI 68 34 Mhz Host PCI 103 34 Mhz Host PCI 75 37 Mhz Host PCI 112 33 Mhz Host PCI 83 41 Mhz Host PCI 133 44 Mhz IMPORTANT As you may have noticed the higher FSB frequency will surely give you the higher system performance However the PCI clock also increased at the same time If the peripherial is not fast enough your PC system will become very unstable when you change the Host clock it is not recommended because it may cause the system unstable 4 10 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI function Primary INTR Power Management User Define IRQ3 COM 2 Primary PM Control by APM Yes IRQ4 1 Primary Video Off After Suspend IRQ5 COM 2 Primary Video Off Method Blank Screen IRQ6 Floppy Disk Primary MODEM Use IRQ 3 IRQ7 LPT 1 Primary Soft off by PWRBTN Instant off IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled HDD Power Down Disable IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Secondary Doze Mode Disable Reserved Secondary Suspend Mode Disable Reserved Secondary PM Events PS 2 Mouse Primary VGA OFF Coprocessor Primary LPT amp COM LPT COM Hard Disk Primary HDD amp FDD ON Reserved Disabled DMA Master OFF Modem or LAN Resume Disabled ESC
12. be powered off immediately VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION When you have installed Windows operation system you may find the question mark on your USB device in the device manager In this case you have to install the USBSUPP EXE which you will find in your Windows CD When you have finished the installation of USBSUPP you will see the question mark still exist because Windows can not detect the change automatically Please use your mouse to point on the question mark then select remove and then restart the PC system When the operation system is loaded again the question mark will be disappeared There is a CD which comes with the mainboard The CD contains the device drivers which is necessary when installing the mainboard Please refer to the following procedures to install the device drivers Install the mainboard driver Before you can use this mainboard in your PC system you will have to install some device driver so that it will work with Windows properly The device driver which you have to installed includes IDE driver PCI bridge and AGP driver etc Please refer to the README TXT and the following steps to install the device driver Step 1 Insert the CD diskette into the CD ROM drive D Step 2 Change the directory to D Driver mainboard VIA Pentium II D is the device name of your CD ROM drive Step 3 Run SETUP EXE and follow the screen display to complete the
13. board to monitor hardware healthy status like system voltage system temperature and cooling fans For example when CPU temperature is too high you will hear a series of beeping alarm and then the system board will slow down the CPU speed throttling speed so that you can take proper action to prevent your system from damage When you hear the beeping alarm be sure to turn the power off immediately and check on the cooling fans especially the CPU cooling fan to see whether it is working properly or not If you don t know how to handle it send the PC system to your dealer for technical support This mainboard includes the hardware monitoring program and you can use it to monitor the system healthy status When you find there is the Winbond W83783S installed on the board you can run the hardware monitoring program which comes in the CD disc and then it will monitor the system healthy status all the time VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION ACPI optional Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI function is strongly recommended by PC 98 because it will let you have many additional features and that will make your PC system becomes very friendly and convenient Followings are the ACPI features designed on the board 1 On Now power on the system by panel switch Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Modem ring in RTC alarm or LAN signal 2 Power off Soft off by OS or Panel switch 3 Resuming of PC system such as Modem ring in RTC al
14. loading the operating system Simply speaking shut down the PC system and then re start the system The modem ring in feature will be enabled when the operation system has been loaded Note This function is not available when using the internal MODEM card VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION O WAKE ON LAN WOL There is a WOL connector CN12 see page 3 9 on the mainboard which is designed to connect to the signal from a LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN feature When such LAN card is installed you may turn on the PC system from your remote server and monitor the PC status To enable this feature you will have to use the BIOS setup utility to enable the Modem or LAN Resume it is located at POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 for the settings Having completed the BIOS setup you have to reboot the PC system so that BIOS can verify the setting the DMI pool data will be verified by the BIOS when loading the operating system Simply speaking reboot the PC system the Wake On LAN feature will be enabled when the operation system has been loaded Note This function will be disabled if you turn off the power before the system can verify the DMI pool data 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM There are two ways to power off the system They are Shut Down by Power Button and Shut Down by OS such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can choose the Shut Down from the file menu and the system will
15. select different FSB clock Please refer to the data sheet which comes with the CPU or contact your CPU dealer for the details of FSB clock 3 16 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP HOW TO SELECT THE CPU CLOCK RATIO Please modify the formula mentioned mentioned in previous page and we will get CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio Now we can use the formula above to calculate the CPU clock ratio Please refer to the following illustration for the calculation For example if you are installing the 450MHz Pentium processor onto the mainboard You may look into the data sheet which comes with the processor or the information in the previous page and you will see the FSB clock is 100MHz Now you may introduce these parameters into the formula and get 450MHz CPU Frequency 100MHz FSB Clock 4 5X Clock Ratio According to the example above you can see that it is very easy to calculate the CPU clock ratio when you have the information of your information of CPU frequency and its FSB speed In order to let you have a better picture of the calculation the procedures are summarized as following 1 Check the data sheet for your CPU frequency 2 Check the data sheet and get the FSB clock of your CPU 3 Use the following formula to calculate the CPU clock ratio CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio 3 17 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP D JP10 CPU Voltage Range Sele
16. setup VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP Before you can start to install this mainboard some hardware settings is required to make sure it will work perfectly with the component which you are going to install in your PC system To configure the mainboard is a simple task only a few jumpers connectors cables and sockets needs to be selected and configured For the locations of each component please refer to page 1 2 mainboard layout 3 1 INSTALLATION OF CPU When you have installed the Penttum II Pentium III or Celeron processor onto the mainboard it will detect the CPU type and decide the CPU voltage automatically So you don t have to make any jumper setting to select the CPU voltage All you have to do is use JP5 JP6 JP7 and JP8 to select the CPU clock ratio The socket where we are going to plug in the CPU is the slot type connector J1 This slot is designed for Pentium Pentium III or Celeron processors and we call such new CPU socket the SLOT 1 Basically Slot 1 is a new architecture and it is totally different to the traditional Pentium CPU socket Socket 7 Because the Slot 1 is a revolutionary new architecture and the installation of such processors will need some additional skill There are two types of Pentium II Pentium III CPU the boxed type processor and OEM type processor Although these two different packages has the same processor inside but
17. setup program you will be unable to use the PW button to power on the PC system please see Section 2 2 and Section 4 8 for more details B When system power is on Click on this switch the system will be powered off instantly 3 12 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP N Speaker and Key Lock connector 4 E E DO O se S PWR LED amp KBLOCK SPKR amp KBLOCK CONNECTORS a SPKR Speaker connector 1 Pin Signal name 1 5VDC 2 No Connection 3 No Connection 4 Speaker Data Signal 5 No Connection b PWR LED amp KBLOCK Front Panel Power LED and Key Lock Connector 1 Signal name 1 Pullup 5V DC for Power LED 2 Connection 3 Ground 4 Keyboard Lock 5 Ground 3 13 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3 4 JUMPERS This section will discuss the jumper setting on the mainboard In order to let you have better idea of the jumper setting please see below for the explanation of jumper settings before you start this section open c gt 00 000 show 1 1 1 2 cm 1 1 The jumpers in the following
18. system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ3 COM 2 e IRQ4 COM 1 e IRQS LPT 2 e IRQ6 Floppy Disk e IRQ7 LPT 1 e IRQ8 RTC Alarm e IRQ IRQ2 Redir e RQIO Reserved e IRQII Reserved e IRQI2 PS 2 Mouse IRQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Reserved e IRQIS Reserved 4 15 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE Channel0 UART Mode Select Normal OnChip IDE Channell Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQT7 Primary Master PIO Auto Parallel Port Mode SPP Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot POWER ON Function Button Only KBC input Clock 8MHz ESC Quit Select Item Onboard FDC Controller Enabled Help PU PD Modify Onboard serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Onboard serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS setup screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can mod
19. to PCI ISA Help PU PD Modify assigned to F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color assigned to PCI ISA F7 Load Setup Defaults assigned to Fig 4 8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION setup screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change PNP OS Installed Default setting is No The setting in this field tells the system BIOS whether your operating system OS is a PnP OS such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 or not The PnP OS will use the system resources record stored in the ESCD segment to arrange the system environment 4 19 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Resources Controlled by Default setting Manual The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them The choice Auto and Manual Reset Configuration Data Default setting Disabled Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating sys
20. APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP E JP100 Over Clock Selection JP100 is designed on the board for some special purpose When enabled OPEN the FSB clock will be forced to 100MHz 1 2 Auto Detect Default 2 3 66MHz OPEN 100MHz Please do not attempt to change this setting unless you are the technician 3 19 VIA APOLLO BX MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 1 GETTING STARTED When you turn on the system powered or reset the system the system BIOS will execute the Power On Self Test routines POST In case that there is any error or malfunction detected during POST the BIOS will give a series of beeping sound or display the error message on screen When the system is normal the screen display as shown in Fig 4 1 will be displayed Award Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright 1984 98 Award Software Inc xxbodxx Guar Hf CPU at xxxMHz POLLUTION PREVENTER Memory Test Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright 1998 Award Software Inc Press DEL to enter SETUP ESC to skip memory test XXIXXIXX 692 XXX 2A6LGXXXC 00 Fig
21. DIMM 3 each DIMM can be single bank double bank 8MB up to 384MB of local memory can be populated on the board The Synchronous SDRAM memory is recommended because it will give a better performance I DIMM 1 BANKO BANK DIMM 2 BANK2 BANK3 DIMM 3 BANK4 BANKS Picture of DRAM subsystem 3 2 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP In the DRAM subsystem the ECC feature can be used in the DRAM sub system and make sure there is no error during the data transmission please refer to Section 4 6 for the BIOS setting the default status is Non ECC selected Before you enable the ECC checking feature please make sure that all DIMM modules have the true parity bit 3 3 CONNECTORS The connectors on the mainboard are either the pin header type or D type connectors they are used to connect the accessories or peripheral devices such as power mouse printer etc Following is the connectors with its description and pin assignment which is designed on the mainboard A BATI Battery Socket Use the 3 Volts Lithium battery CR2032 BATI Battery Socket Pin Pin name Pin Pin name
22. Default setting 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with which I O address The Choice 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select Default setting Normal This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choice Standard ASKIR HPSIR Onboard Parallel Port Default setting 378 IRQ7 Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel port The choice 378H IRQ7 278 5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled 4 18 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Resources Controlled By Manual PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled Reset Configuration Data Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled assigned to PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled assigned to AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled assigned to PCI ISA AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled assigned to assigned to assigned to Assign IRQ for USB Enabled assigned to Assign IRQ for VGA Disabled assigned to assigned to assigned to PCI ISA assigned to assigned to PCI ISA ESC Quit Select Item assigned
23. EATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type In order to make the IDE hard disk known to the system you need to tell the system what kind of hard disk is connected to the mainboard by giving a set of hard disk parameters Sometimes it is not easy for users to find the proper parameters for their IDE hard disk drive In order to help users to find the parameters the system BIOS provides a convent way the auto detection of IDE hard disk drive To run the auto detection program is extremely easy Move the selection bar to IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION and then press Enter the system BIOS take over the job and try to detect the type of IDE hard disk If it succeeds you will see a list of hard disk with its related parameters You may press on the Y key or select one of the hard disk type listed on the screen The system BIOS will transfer the parameters to the corresponding fields in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu and you have completed the IDE hard disk setup 4 27 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHI
24. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and click on the Enter key then you will be asked to confirm the action to exit press the Y and Enter key the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 29
25. F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table F10 Save all changes to CMOS RAM from the MAIN MENU You can select the item displayed on the screen to enter different setup screen and configure the mainboard features The following sections show the setup screens which you will find in the CMOS SETUP routine Each screen contains the selection options and its default settings At the bottom of some screen you may find the description of all function key which can be used to change the settings 4 2 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Mon 10 1998 Time hh mm ss 16 03 33 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE rimary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto rimary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive 1 44M 3 5 in Drive None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disable Video EGA VGA Halt On All Errors Base Memory 640K Extended Memory xxxxxx K Other Memory xxxxxx K Total Memory xxxxxx K Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Fig 4 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen The BIOS on the mainboard provides three different modes to support both normal size IDE hard disk drive and the hard disk drive which is above 528MB NORMAL For IDE hard d
26. GP Slot the display will be active on the AGP adapter PCI Slot The display will be active on the PCI VGA adapter POWER ON Function Default setting BUTTON ONLY This mainboard provides several flexible and convenient ways to power on the PC system They are the BUTTON ONLY Password Hot KEY Mouse Left and Mouse Right please refer to Section 2 2 for details of each feature To change the way to power on your PC system move the selection bar to POWER ON Function and use the arrow keys to select the option which you prefer to have When you want to use the password to power on your PC system you may enter up to four alphanumeric characters in this field When you have entered the password and press the Enter key reconfirm the password one more time to complete password setup If you press the Enter key twice without keying in any alphanumeric character the password will be disabled 4 17 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP input clock Default setting 8MHz This selection field allows you to select the clock frequency to the keyboard controller on the mainboard Onboard FDC Controller Default setting Enabled This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it However if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature Onboard serial Port 1 2
27. If you lost the CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup procedure you may use this option to load the SETUP default values from the BIOS default table It is easy to load the default value simply highlight the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS field and then press the Enter key when you see the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Y N displayed on the screen response to it with Y and then press the Enter key the SETUP default values will be loaded Basically the SETUP default settings are the best case values that will optimize system stability In case that the CMOS data is corrupted the SETUP DEFAULTS settings will be loaded automatically when you press the Del key and enter the main setup screen So you may select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP to leave setup program and the system is loaded with the default settings 4 23 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type The password entry in this field is different to the Power On Function mentioned in Section 2 2 an
28. Lock Status On IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled Gate A20 Option Normal Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay 250 Security Option Setup PS 2 mouse function control Enabled ESC Quit Select Item PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Fl1 Help PU PD Modify OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB 52 F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP screen Virus Warning In order to avoid virus infection happens on your PC system this mainboard provides the virus warning features in the BIOS During and after the operation system is loaded any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table on the IDE hard disk drive will trigger this feature and give you some warning messages on the screen and then halt the system When you find the message on your screen please run the anti virus program to see whether your system is infected by a virus or not Enabled A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear on the screen when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal Cache External Cache default setting Enabled 4 4 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP These fields allow you to turn on or t
29. PSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This option will save all setup values to CMOS RAM amp EXIT SETUP routine by moving the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and pressing Enter key then types Y and Enter key the values will be saved and all the information will be stored in the CMOS memory and then the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 28 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This item exit the setup routine without saving any changed values to CMOS RAM When you do not want to save your change to the CMOS memory you may choose to run this option and the setting what you made in the BIOS setup routine will be given away Move the selection bar to
30. Quit Select Item RTC Alarm Resume Disabled Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items ACPI function Default setting Enabled ACPI is optional on the board The ACPI Advanced Configuration Power Interface is the special feature provided on the board When enabled it will provide you several way save the system power energy VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Power Management Default setting User Define This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1I HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management please refer to the following for the feature description Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU S Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode min and HDD Power Down 1 min User D
31. VIA BX ATX PENTIUM MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL Ver 3 x VBP O3 eeeeeeeeccceecceseccecececcessceesseecceecccececeeccececceccceccec ce PRINTED IN TAIWAN PT 6VBP ATX PENTIUM II MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL Ver 3 x NO UM VBP E3 e PRINTED IN TAIWAN VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter amp Section Page 1 INTRODUCTION sivsccsscsvcscccccasacevavestecdsccdsssaasenssdecscesssisasecieasdscscastencsataces 1 1 LL OVERVIEW ucc cies tu ue 1 1 12 MAINBOARD LAYOUT Tosno 1 2 1 3 SPECIFICATIONS emt 1 3 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 2 1 UNPACKING saos S 2 1 2 2 AMAZING WAYS POWER ON THE PC 2 2 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM 2 5 2 4 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ccccsesctassescestecssadssesinoneedsoetteosecadsssnaseoseesieets 2 6 SHARD WARE SETUP 3 1 3 1 INSTALLATION CPU teret gehn 3 1 32 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES reete eee enne ntnttnt 3 2 3 3 CONNECTORS iei 3 3 3 4 JUMPERS 3 14 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP ietsessneeen st okuso ne eth esa eau 4 1 4 1 GETTING STARTED iiie iet tto icone ho ho aree Hi PER 4 1 4 2 MAIN MENU irri
32. and they have different accessories So the installation procedure will be slightly different when installing different type of CPU The boxed type Pentium II PentiumllI processors are for retail purpose and it can be purchased from the retail store As for the OEM package processor it is for OEM customers like system integrators to build the PC systems Sometimes users will find the OEM package Pentium II Pentium sold in the retail store When you are purchasing the processor please check with the CPU 3 1 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP dealer and find the appropriate information to install the processor Basically the core logic of boxed Pentium I Pentium HI processor and OEM processor are identical The major difference between these two processors is the boxed CPU has the head sink cooling fan and heat sink supporter in the package while the OEM package doesn t As for the Celeron processor it will need the different mechanism to hold the CPU please check with your CPU supplier for the require materials 3 2 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES The VIA Apollo BX chipset integrates a main memory controller that supports a 64 bit DRAM interface The DRAM controller supports the following features 1 DRAM type Synchronous SDRAM DRAM 2 Memory size 8MB to 384MB 3 Memory modules supported Single and double density 3 3V DIMMs This mainboard supports three 168 pin DIMM sockets DIMM1 DIMM2 and
33. arm etc 4 Supports Full On Doze Standby Suspend operating modes DIMENSION 1 Width amp Length 305 mm x 190 mm 2 Height 2 1 2 inches with CPU Retention Mechanism 3 PCB Thickness 4 layers 0 05 inches normal 4 Weight 18 ounces ENVIRONMENT LIMIT 1 Operating Temperature 10 to40 50 104 2 Required Airflow 50 linear feet per minute across CPU 3 Storage Temperature 40 to70 40 to158 4 Humidity 0 to 90 non condensing 5 Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 UNPACKING The mainboard contains the following components Please inspect the following contents and confirm that everything is there in the package If anything is missing or damaged call your supplier for instructions before proceeding This mainboard One USER S MANUAL One Cable set for IDE and Floppy devices One Pentium II Processor Retention Mechanism RM One CD diskette for device driver and utility programs This mainboard contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily damaged by static electricity So please leave it sealed in the original packing until when installing A grounded anti static mat is recommended when unpacking and installation Please also attached an anti static wristband to your wrist and have it grounded to the same point as the anti static mat After the opening of the mainboard carton please observe the mainboard caref
34. ction Optional JP10 is a special design on the mainboard which allows you to select the CPU voltage range Vcore for the Pentium processors The voltage regulator on the mainboard will generate 1 3V 3 5V DC to support different processors Basically Most Pentium II mainboards will use the VID signal VIDO VID4 from the processor to decide the proper CPU voltage Vcore In case that there is the poor connection between Slot 1 connector and CPU or uninstall the CPU from the mainboard while the system power is ON Under such circumstance mainboard may receive wrong VID signal and send wrong Vcore to the CPU Unfortunately wrong Vcore may destroy the CPU JP10 is designed to control the Vcore within the safe range so that it won t make any damage to the CPU because of wrong VID signal Since most Pentium I III processors require the Vcore below 2 05V except few Pentium II processors So the default setting of JP10 will limit the Vcore at 1 3V 2 05V Please do not change the setting on JP10 unless your CPU needs the voltage higher than 2 05V OPEN Vcore 1 3 2 05V SHORT Vcore 1 3V 3 5V 3 18 VIA
35. d Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled Video RAM access cached Disabled Video RAM access not cached VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP AGP Aperture Size MB default setting 64MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The 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 AGP 2X Default setting Enabled Enable this field will make the board support 2X AGP card If you select Disable then onle 1X AGP card will be supported by this mainboard OnChip USB Default setting Enabled There are two USB port on the mainboard If you want to install another USB interface card on the mainboard and connect the USB devices to it Then you will have to Disable this field and make the onboard USB port inactive USB Keyboard Support Default setting Disabled If you are going to use the USB keyboard in the PC system please Enable the selection field otherwise leave it Disabled Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Default setting Enabled When you select Enabled the mainboard will detect the presence of devices on DIMM and PCI slots When there is no device presented the clock o
36. d Section 4 8 Those password settings are used to power on your PC system However the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD will be used to check the authority when power on the PC system The Supervisor Password will have different function according to the Security Option setup in Section 4 5 When Setup is selected in Security Option see section 4 5 If you want to change the BIOS setting you will have to key in the Supervisor Password so that you can start the BIOS setup program and change the system setting When System is selected in Security Option see section 4 5 When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 4 24 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 12 USER PASSWORD ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP SER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Time Date Hard Disk Type The User Password can be used to check the user s authority Howerver this password entry is somewhat different to the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD mentioned in previous page The User Password will have diff
37. e VGA Default setting OFF When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down LPT amp COM Default setting LPT COM When set to On default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down HDD amp FDD Default setting ON When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been powered down DMA master Default setting OFF When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been powered down Modem or LAN Resume Default setting Disabled When set to Enabled any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down RTC Alarm Resume Default setting Disabled When Enabled your can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from powered down mode 4 14 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Primary INTR Default setting ON When select the On setting default any event occurring at will awaken a system which is in Suspend mode The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating
38. e Please always leave Assign IRQ for USB Enabled when you re installing Windows96 operation system As for VGA adapter it will be a little difficult You may try to find whether your VGA card requires the IRQ signal or not If you can not find the information from the user s manual of your VGA card You may use the following information to make your choice 1 Most VGA cards do not need to have the IRQ signal 2 If you can not find the feature connector on your VGA card than it is quite possible that your VGA card does not need the IRQ signal 3 If your VGA card has the feature connector on the VGA card but it has nothing connected to it In this case you still may have the IRQ disabled 4 If you have another add on card like video capture card which is connected to the feature connector on the VGA card In this case you can not disable the IRQ signal because the IRQ signal will be connected to the video capture card 4 22 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Time Date Hard Disk Type
39. e data transfer rate on AGP can be up to 133Mhz and which is much faster than the traditional 33MHz PCI VGA card The AGP is a new video display technology and it requires device driver or new Operating System to enable this accelerated graphic feature Windows 98 supports AGP directly but Windows 95 still need the appropriate device drivers to support AGP feature Please check your AGP card and you will find the device driver Read the installation guide of AGP card carefully and install the related device driver when necessary VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT CN3 CN6 CN7 DIN eiim zai ale CN10 IDE 1 p Ar RF PCISLOT Mz oH P PCISLOT e ISASLOT P ISASLOT B E 1 2 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 3 SPECIFICATIONS CPU Intel Pentium IT Pentium and Celeron processors 233 266 300 333 350 400 433 450 466 500 and up to 550MHz CPU VCC Switching Voltage Regulators on board supports 1 80V DC through 3 5V DC CPU Core Voltage Note The CPU Core Voltage will be Detected and adjusted automatically by the VID pin on the CPU so there is no jumper setting required WORD SIZE Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit PC SYSTEM CHIPSET VIA VT82C692 or VT82C693 Chipset SUPER I O CHIPSET Winbond W83977TF AW FRONT SIDE BUS FREQUENCY 66 MHz and 100MHz selectable MEMORY DRAM Three 168 pin DIMM socket
40. ecause it is not practical to have the system powered on all day long waiting for the incoming messages Now the problem can be solved by using this mainboard This mainboard can be triggered by a modem ring in signal When you have a external modem installed you can leave the PC system power off Whenever there is the incoming message the PC system will be triggered by the ring in signal and wake up automatically to receive the message for you From now on you can tell your PC system to receive the fax message for you In order to use the ring in signal to wake up your PC system you will have to use the EXTERNAL MODEM and have it connected to one of the SERIAL PORTS COMA or COM B When the system power is off this mainboard will continue to detect the serial port status When it detects the ring in signal from the serial port the system power will be turned on and start to receive the incoming messages automatically you need to have the software like Award Zero Volt Data Suspend Utility so that you can use the fax utility to receive the incoming fax message To enable the Modem Ring In feature you have to run the BIOS setup utility and enable the Resume by Ring or LAN option it is located in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 for the settings Having completed the BIOS setup you have to reboot the PC system so that BIOS can verify the setting the DMI pool data will be verified by the BIOS when
41. ed and the system 15 power off darkened when the AC power is disconnected or the system 1s powered on Pin Signal name 1 Signal Pin 2 Ground 3 11 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP 4 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector According to the setup in CMOS the PW connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system please refer to Section 4 7 and section 4 8 for BIOS setup Ifthe setup in CMOS is Delay 4 Sec the function of PW will be A When system is power off Press this switch the system will power on when password is selected in the CMOS setup program you will be unable to use the PW button to turn on the power of the PC system please see Section 2 2 and Section 4 8 for more details B When system power is on a The system is in Full ON mode a 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will be turned into Suspend mode turn into the GREEN mode a 2 Press and hold this switch for more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off b When the system is in Suspend mode b 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode b 2 Press and hold this switch more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off The setup in CMOS is Instant off A When system power is off Click on this switch the system will be powered on when password is selected in the CMOS
42. efined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable PM control by APM Default setting Yes When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled this will be preset to No Video Off after Default setting Suspend There are three different modes selectable in this field to decide how to blank the video Suspend Then video display will be off when suspend mode Always ON The video display is always on despite of the power saving modes All Mode off video display is will be off when power saving mode is active 4 12 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Video Off Method Default setting Blank screen When you are using the Green Monitor with your PC system there are three modes selectable in this field to save the power energy V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Modem Use IRQ Default setting 3 This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detects the incoming
43. erent function according to the Supervisor Password in previous page and the Security Option setup in Section 4 5 A When there is the password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program but they can only select User Password SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Use the Supervisor Password to log into the PC system you will have the complete right to change all settings in the BIOS setup program 2 When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 4 25 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP B When there is no password stored in the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD 1 When Setup is selected in Security Option Users can use the User Password to log into the BIOS setup program and they can make all the change in the BIOS setup program 2 When System is selected in Security Option When turn on the PC system it will request you to enter the Password Without the correct password the PC system will stop and the operation system will not be loaded 4 26 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS F
44. etin iode e nire rib Pris de iras tectam cs 4 2 4 3 CONTROL KEYS recisi sisses ped Retro iasi 4 2 4 4 STANDARD CMOS 4 3 4 5 BIOS FEATURES aa 4 4 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES vscsccsccssessinisecssescistecdostchacsesiossesoveaassesssesesie 4 7 47 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 0 csccsscsscosscssscsscssscssensosssoesenees 4 11 48 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS wicsscccecscecsscscesescesscocedssscsecssoscesssccensescesiess 4 16 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION 4 19 4 10 LOAD SETUP DERAULITS 4 23 4 11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD wove secssecicsnccccsnsccasecsessdecccadceusecasssscenseccestcsuciuese 4 24 412 USER PASSWORD rec n ab t d eis en ei ds 4 25 4 13 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION nearest etna o cba 4 27 4 14 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP 4 28 4 15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING oil 4 29 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD SOMETHING IMPORTANT TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS is the function which will have the BIOS default settings loaded into the CMOS memory these default settings are the best case values which will optimize system performance and increase system stability This function will be necessitated when you receive this mainboard or when the syste
45. ify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background don t attempt to make any change except the following items OnChip IDE Channel0 1 Default setting Disabled The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate an interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface The choice Enabled Disabled 4 16 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Default setting Auto The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Default setting Auto Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support Init Display First Default setting Disabled When you have both the AGP and PCI VGA card installed in the system you can use this field to decide the display priority A
46. isk drives which is smaller than 528MB LBA For IDE hard disk drive which is above 528MB ideally it can be as big as 8 4GB that use Logic Block Addressing LBA mode Large For IDE hard disk drive which is above 528MB and does not support LBA mode Note large mode may not be fully supported by all operation systems It is suggested to for MS DOS but such hard disk drive is not very popular nowadays Auto This mode will auto detect your IDE driver during boot up Note Some certain operation systems such as SCOG UNIX M only NORMAL mode is allowed when installation Floppy 3 Mode Support Default setting disabled This mode is for the Japanese 3 5 inch high capacity floppy disk drive If you have such drive installed in your PC system please select enable otherwise use the default setting VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Processor Number Feature Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up Num
47. m CMOS data is corrupted Please refer to the Section 4 8 for the procedures DISCHARAGE CMOS DATA Whenever you want to discharge the CMOS data or open the system chassis Make sure to disconnect the AC power first because there is always the 5V standby voltage connected to the ATX form factor mainboard Without disconnecting the AC power connector from the PC system the mainboard can be damaged by any improper action WAKE ON LAN In order to support the Wake On LAN feature the system requires a special SPS Switching Power Supply Such power supply must be able to provide at least 700 mA of driving capability on the 5V standby voltage Please refer to the Section 3 3 for pin assignment WARNING The Static Electricity may cause damage to the components on the mainboard In order to avoid the damage to the mainboard accidentally please discharge all static electricity from your body before touching this mainboard NOTICE Information presented in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 OVERVIEW This mainboard is a high performance personal computer mainboard with 100MHz ultra high front side bus frequency designed for Pentium M Pentium III and Celeron processors It is an ATX form factor mainboard with A G
48. modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COM A uses IRQ4 and COMB uses IRQ3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Default Instant off This selection field allows you to define the power button on your font panel There are to selections Instant Off and Delay 4 sec Please refer to Chapter 3 for detail function description HDD Power Down Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Doze Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The Choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec 4 13 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as On even when the system is in a power down mod
49. n find these items in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP Swap Floppy Drive default setting Disabled When enable this option the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped For example drive A will be treated as drive B and drive B as Drive A VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PS 2 mouse function control default setting Enabled This mainboard built in a PS 2 mouse port In case that you prefer to connect your mouse to the serial port instead of using the PS 2 mouse you may choose Disable in this field so that the IRQ12 can be released for the other devices If you are using the PS 2 mouse leave this field Enabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop default setting Disabled Some display cards are non standard VGA card such as graphics accelerator or MPEG Card which may not display color properly on your screen Enable the setting in this field may correct this problem Please leave it Disabled as the default setting shown above if you are using the normal display card OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB default setting Non OS 2 When you are using the OS 2 operating system and the system memory is more than 64MB you will have to select the setting to OS2 otherwise leave this on the default setting Non OS2 for all other operating systems Video BIOS Shadow default setting Enabled When enabled the Video BIOS will be duplicated to the reserved area of system memory a
50. n the related DIMM and PCI slot will be disabled to reduce the electro magnetic interference EMI Spread Spectrum Modulated Default setting Disabled When you select Enabled the special feature designed in the Apollo chipset will be triggered and reduce the EMI as mentioned above VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP CPU Host PCI Clock Default setting Default This selection field is used to decide the CPU FSB and PCI clock Basically this mainboard is designed by using the VIA Apollo chipset and it supports both the 100MHz and 66MHz FSB frequency When you select default setting the system BIOS will detect the CPU type and decide the FSB clock automatically You may also use this field to select different FSB clock and force your CPU to run at higher speed be sure to make sure your system devices are fast enough before you can change to such setting When you have decided the FSB clock you will have to use JP5 JP6 and JP7 to select the CPU clock ratio to decide the CPU speed please refer to Section 3 4 for details of the jumper settings Beside the standard FSB selection this mainboard also provides the manual option for your choice For example you may select 103 112 or 133MHz as your FSB clock when you are using the 100MHz FSB processor When you have installed the 66MHz FSB processor the selection available will be 66 75 and 83 MHz When you select different FSB clock the PCI clock will
51. nd increase the video display performance The selection fields below are designed for the same purpose When you select Disabled the related BIOS will not be copied into the Shadow memory VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGXXX CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns Auto Detect DIMM PCI Enabled Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns Spread Spectrum Modulated Disabled Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing SDRAM 10ns CPU Host PCI Clock Default SDRAM Cycle Length 3 DRAM Clock CPU CLK Memory Hole Disabled Read Around write Disabled Concurrent PCI Host Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB 64 AGP 2X Mode Enabled OnChip USB Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled ESC Quit Select Item Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing Default Setting SDRAM 10ns The DRAM timing of Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in this field is set by the system board manufacturer depending on whether the board has fast
52. our PC system you may assign IRQ7 and IRQ12 to PCI ISA PnP so that you can have more IRQs available for new add on cards 4 20 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP CPU to PCI Write Buffer Default setting Enabled When enabled up to four Dwords of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU When disabled no write buffer is used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data PCI Dynamic Bursting Default setting Enabled When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and non burstable transactions don t PCI Master 0WS Write Default setting Enabled When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction Default setting Enabled The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Default setting Disabled This item allows you enable disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry AGP Master 1 WS Write Default setting Enabled This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read Default setting Disabled This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By defaul
53. paged DRAMs or EDO extended data output DRAMs The Choice Normal Medium Fast Turbo FP EDO 60ns FP EDO 70ns 4 7 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP SDRAM Cycle Length default setting 3 This field sets the CAS latency timing The Cycle Length in this field is used to define the CAS latency The CAS latency is one of the most important parameter in the memory subsystem because it will decide the system performance Basically the default setting 3 is the suggest parameter for this mainboard You may also select 2 to make the system faster Before you can make this selection please make sure that your SDRAM is fast enough otherwise your PC system will be unstable Memory Hole default setting Disabled In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB Enabled Memory hole supported Disabled Memory hole not supported Read Around Write default setting Disabled DRAM optimization feature If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM Concurrent PCI Host default setting Disabled When disable CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period Video RAM Cacheable default setting Disable
54. s are designed onboard which support 8 16 32 64 or 128MB 3 3V SDRAM DIMM module Maximum memory size can be up to 384 MB with Parity ECC Error Checking and Correcting supported CACHE 512KB pipelined burst SRAM built in Penttum II processor OKB 128KB SRAM in Celeron processor BIOS AWARD System BIOS 256KB 8 Flash ROM Supports Plug amp Play ACPI DMI and Green functions EXPANSION SLOTS AGP Slots 32 bitx 1 Supports or 2x AGP graphics cards PCI Slots 32 bitx 5 Master Slave PCI 2 1 Compliant ISA Slots 16 bitx2 One of the slot is PCI ISA shared 1 3 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION WOL PORTS One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN WOL up designed USB PORTS Two Universal Serial Bus USB ports IDE PORTS Two channels of Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE ports which will support up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk ATAPI CD ROM and LS 120 ZIP 100 devices The IDE ports can be programmed to support PIO Mode 4 DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33 SUPER I O PORTS 1 Two high speed NS16C550 compatible serial ports UARTS 2 One parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 3 One Floppy Disk Control port IR PORT One HPSIR and ASKIR compatible IR transmission connector 5 pin One Consumer IR transmission connector 4 pin optional MOUSE AND KEYBOARD One PS 2 mouse connector One PS 2 keyboard connector HARDWARE MONITORING optional Winbond W83783S U17 is designed on the
55. sections which labeled with optional means they are the optional choice and the related components are normally not populated on the mainboard In order to make the mainboard works properly in your PC system please make sure all jumper settings are at correct before installing this mainboard A jumper is a set of two three or more jumper pins which allows users to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug mini jumper on it The jumper setting is necessary when installing different devices onto the mainboard A JP1 K B amp Mouse OnNow Selection This jumper allows you to Enable Disable the Keyboard OnNow function When enabled you may use keyboard or PS 2 mouse key click to power on the PC system m iE Pinl amp Pin2 Short OnNow Disabled 0 Pin 2 amp Pin3 Short OnNow Enabled aee 3 14 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD HARDWARE SETUP B JP4 Clear CMOS Data Button
56. t two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability 4 21 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP PCI IRQ Actived By Default setting Level This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system s manufacturer Assign IRQ For VGA USB Default setting Enabled The system s IRQ signals are limited and sometimes you may feel like to some more IRQ signals for your add on cards The system BIOS allows you to disable the IRQ which is supposed to be connected to VGA and USB ports When you have choose to disable the IRQ on VGA or USB port the IRQ on the related IRQ will be released and becomes available for other devices Before you can proceed with the change please make sure that there is no USB and VGA device which will use the IRQ signal Otherwise your PC system will become abnormal and the devices connected to these ports may not be working at all It is very simple to tell the difference If you are going to disable the IRQ on the USB port check whether is any device connected to the USB port If you can not find any device you may feel free to disable the IRQ on the USB port and have the IRQ used by other device IMPORTANT When install Windows96 it will check the USB port According to VIA suggested you CAN NOT assign USB IRQ to other devic
57. tem cannot boot IRQ DMA assigned to Default setting PCI ISA PnP There are only 15 IRQs and 8 DMAs available on the mainboard and most of them are assigned for some specific purposes Sometimes user may feel like to have some more IRQ and DMA in order to install the new add on cards In this case you may use this field to assign some certain IRQ and DMA to PCI ISA PnP so that the new add on card will find the free IRQ or DMA available for it Legacy The system BIOS will skip and never assign the specified IRQ DMA ISA resource to PCI or ISA PnP devices and the IRQ and DMA can only be sued by their specified Legacy ISA cards PCI ISA When the PCI ISA PnP is been selected the related IRQ and DMA PnP will be released and they can be used by other PCI or ISA devices Whenever there is the new PCI or ISA devices plugged onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect it and assign a free IRQ or DMA for the new devices Note Most IRQ and DMA have its own purpose and they can not be assigned to PCI ISA PnP For example IRQ14 and IRQIS is used by the onboard IDE device If you change the setting on IRQ14 and IRQIS you will be unable to connect the hard disk drive or CD ROM drive to the IDE interface on the mainboard So please make sure to check the IRQ and DMA assignment in your system before you proceed to do the setting For instance if you do not have the printer IRQ7 or PS 2 mouse IRQ12 connected to y
58. ully to make sure there is no shipping and handling damage before you can start to install the PC system Having finished all the procedures above you are now ready to install the mainboard to the chassis Please make sure that the chassis is the ATX type so that the mounting hole will match with this mainboard VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM When the mainboard has been installed successfully there are several ways to power on the system Please read the following description for all the details POWER BUTTON The power button can be programmed by COMS setup program and it has different features Please refer to 3 11 and page 3 12 for detail function description Note This power button can not be used to power on the PC system if the Password is selected to power on your system please refer to Section 4 8 for the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS in the CMOS setup However you can always use the power button to turn off the power KEYBOARD Password or Hot Key Optional This mainboard allows you to enter your personal password or a combination of hot key and you can use it to power on your PC system When 1 is enabled please see section 3 14 this mainboard will keep scanning the keyboard status when the system power is off waiting for the correct password or hot key input to turn on the system power the stand by 5V is still working and the power LED on the keyboard is still acti
59. urn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that built in Pentium M II or Celeron processors CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking default setting Enabled This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache The ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache Processor Number Feature default setting Disabled This selection option is valid only when Pentium III processor is installed on the mainboard There is the serial number in each Pentium III processor and that will be use as an ID of your computer When enabled the ID can be accessed by some certain software program as your personal information Quick Power on Self Test default setting Enabled The Quick Power On Self Test will skip some test and speed up the boot process If you find the system is working normally you can always enable this feature so that you don t have to wait too long on the POST Boot Sequence default setting A C SCSI This field allows you to use some other device to load the operating system The options available are A C SCSI C A SCSI C CDROM A CDROM C A D A SCSI E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSLA C SCSLC A only and LS ZIP C When you select to load the OS from CDROM C A or LS ZIP C you must select the HARD DISK TYPE and MODE properly the Auto selection is recommended so that you can use CDROM or LS ZIP device to load the OS into your system You ca
60. ve Without the correct password or hot key no one else can turn on the PC system neither by the power button So the PC system is secured for you Please refer to Section 4 8 for the BIOS setup When the Password and Hot KEY is selected you will have to reboot the PC system to activate the setting when you see the POST Power On Self Test is completed the setting is changed and stored in the CMOS memory Having finished the procedure you may turn the power off and then you can use the keyboard to power on the PC system afterward In case that you forget the Password or Hot Key disconnect the AC power for 30 60 seconds then re connect the AC power to the PC system the power button will be activated again and you can use the power button to turn on the system Input your personal password again in the BIOS setup program and then you may use the new password to power on the PC system afterward VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION PS 2 MOUSE Left or right mouse button Optional When you are tired of pressing on the power button or keying in the password to turn on the PC system there is another extremely convenient way for you When you have a PS 2 mouse connected to the system you can use the mouse click to turn on the PC system power Please refer to section 4 8 for the BIOS setting To use the mouse key to turn on the PC system power the mouse click must be done quickly and continually Basicall
61. y 2 5 quick clicks on the mouse key left key or right key will turn the power immediately In order to activate the mouse key feature you will have to reboot the PC system after the BIOS setting and wait until the POST Power On Self Test is completed Having finished the procedure you may use the mouse key to power on the PC system afterward Note 1 This function will be disabled when the setting on JP1 is disabled 2 This feature is not available on the COM port mouse serial mouse O RTC ALARM PC system can be waked up by the RTC setting in the CMOS You can set the alarming date and time in the RTC memory When RTC alarms the PC system will be triggered and wakes up automatically Enable the RTC Alarm Resume selection in the BIOS setup utility and then input the accurate date and time in following fields the feature of RTC Alarm Resume is mentioned in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 Having stored the RTC alarm setting the PC system will be turned on automatically according to the date and time which is recorded in the CMOS memory Same as the above you have to reboot the PC system and wait for the POST Power On Self Test is completed to enable the RTC alarm 2 3 VIA APOLLO MAINBOARD INSTALLATION MODEM RING IN Everyone knows that a PC system can be used as a fax machine to send or receive fax messages But most people still use fax machine to receive their messages b

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