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1. s EE SE MB F22 4 I N UN e 5 rororo viii RERO onni N x lt 5 9 1 no lan a 4 q lala nl 1 8 e MI a 10 4 fy ww 20 1 CPU Slot1 9 IR Port Header 16 Dual USB Connector 2 ISA Expansion Slots 10 ATX Power Connector 17 CPU FAN Connector 3 PCI Expansion Slots 4 AGP Slot 5 DIMM Module Sockets 6 IDE Connectors 7 Floppy Drive Connector 11 PS 2 Mouse Connector T 18 Secondary FAN Connector PS 2 Keyboard Connector B 19 System Monitor W83781D 12 Flash BIOS 20 Wake On LAN Header 13 Switching Regulator 21 Auto Power On JP13 14 Front panel Connectors 22 Creative Lab SB Link JP15 8 Parallel Port Connector T 15 Battery CR2032 Lithium 23 66 100MHz Selection JP16 Serial Port Connectors B 10 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 Microprocessor The P6F91i mainboard is designed to operate with the Intel Pentium II processor that runs at 233 266 300 333 350 400 450 and 500 MHz and Intel Celeron processor operating at 266 300MHz or faster CPU in the future An on board switching voltage regulator provides the required 1 8 to 3 5 volts for the processor The Pentium II processor will send 5 VID Voltage Identification signals to the switching voltage regulator and the switching regulator will generat
2. Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 384K Halt On All Errors But Keyboard Total Memory 16384K ESC Quit A 1 _ Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the follow ing features Set Date Month Day Year Set Time Hour Minute and Second Use 24 Hour clock format for PM numbers add 12 to the hour you would enter 4 30 p m As 16 30 Hard Disks There are four hard disks listed Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave For Each 38 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration IDE channel the first device is the Master and the second device is Slave Hard disk Types from 1 to 45 are standard ones Type Auto is IDE HDD auto detection Type User is user definable and Type None is not installed e g SCSI There are six categories of information you must enter for a HDD CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads PRECOMP write pre compensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE Normal LBA LARGE and AUTO The hard disk vendor s or system manufacturer s documentation should provide you with the information needed The MODE option is for IDE hard disk drives only The MODE has four options
3. CPU Frequency are 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz and 83MHz when a Intel Pentium II 233 266 300 333MHz CPU installed and 100MHz 103MHz 112MHz 133MHz when an Intel Pentium II 350 400 450 SOOMHz CPU installed You can over clock the CPU Bus frequency from 66MHz to 100MHz by change the jumper JP16 This give you the possibility to over clock a 66MHz Pentium II CPU at 100MHz frequency JP16 CPU Bus Clock Close default Determines by the CPU Type Open Fixed at 1OOMHz 34 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Available Options for CPU Bus Clock Installed CPU JP16 Close default JP16 open Intel Pentium II 66MHz 68MHz 233 333MHz 75MHz 83MHz 100MHz 103MHz 112MHz 133MHz Intel Pentium II 100MHz 103MHz 350 500MHz 112MHz 133MHz NOTE Over clock may caused system hang or fail to boot up no video If this happens you need to change the jumper JP16 back to default set ting and reset your CMOS data and get your system back again There are two methods you can reset your CMOS setting Method 1 Press and hold the lt INS gt key before power on the computer Once BIOS detect the lt INS gt key is pressed it will clear CMOS RAM and reset CMOS setting to default values Method 2 Set jumper to clear CMOS RAM 1 Power off the system 2 Place a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds 3
4. Integrated Peripherals Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled UART Mode Select Normal IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Parallel Port Mode Normal IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled Power On Function Button Only On Chip Secondary PCI IDE Enabled USB Keyboard Support Disable Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Sere ty Select lem Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 AERP PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode The Default setting is Enabled This feature enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except very early design have the Block Mode transfer feature IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO There are six options Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 and Mode 4 The default setting is Auto When set to Auto the BIOS will automati cally set the mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk If
5. EDO CASx MA Wait State oo AGP Aperture Size MB 64 EDO RASx Wait State 2 ete eee 9 pread Spectrum Modulated Enable SDRAM CAS TatengycTime J CPU Warning Temperature 66 C 151 F DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current System Temp lt 489C 120 F Current CPU FAN Speed 4383 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Current FAN2 Speed 4353 Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Vec3 gt 43 32 Vecp 2 80 Video RAM Cacheable Disabled 12V 412 01 5V 5 01 5V 4 98 12V 11 96 8 Bit I O Recovery Time a i 16 Bit I O Recovery Time oid ESC Quit ee Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled h t Select Teri F1 Help PU PD Modify Passive Release Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Delayed Transaction Disabled F7 Load Setup Defaults This screen controls the settings for the board s chipset All entries related to the DRAM timing on the screen are automatically configured Do not make any change unless you are familiar with the chipset P6F91i User s Manual 45 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Auto Configuration The default setting is Enabled which will set optimal DRAM timing automatically depending on whether the DRAM used is 50ns or 60ns The other option is Disabled which allows you to change DRAM timing manually EDO DRAM Speed Selection This option should be set according to the speed of the EDO DRAM in the system The options are SOns and 60ns EDO
6. NORMAL LBA LARGE and AUTO Set MODE to NORMAL for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB Set MODE to LBA for IDE hard disk drives over 528MB which support Logical Block Addressing mode Set MODE to LARGE for IDE hard disk drives over 528MB which do not support LBA mode The LARGE type of drive is very uncommon and can only be used under MS DOS Currently most IDE hard disk drives over 528MB support LBA mode Set MODE to AUTO to enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk drive during bootup Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B The options are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25in 720K 3 5in 1 44M 3 5in 2 88M 3 5in and None Not Installed Not Installed could be used as an option for diskless workstations Floppy 3 Mode Support The options are Disabled default Drive A Drive B and Both This is the Japanese standard floppy drive which stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette P6F91i User s Manual 39 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Video Set it to the type of graphics card installed in your system If you are using a VGA or higher resolution card choose the EGA VGA option The options are EGA VGA default MONO CGA 40 and CGA 80 Halt On The options are All Errors default No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to
7. SDRAM DIMM memory modules come with parity bits 12 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 8 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot The P6F91i mainboard is equipped with an Accelerated Graphic Port slot which is compliant to the AGP specification The AGP runs at 66 6MHz clock and supports both 1x and 2x mode for 66 6MHz and 133MHz 3 3V devices The data transfer rate on the AGP bus may be 4 times faster than PCI bus The following is a clock frequency for different CPU Bus Clock operating modes CPU Bus Clock AGP Clock PCI Clock ISA Clock 100MHz 66MHz 33MHz 8 3MHz 103MHz 68 6MHz 34MHz 8 5MHz 112MHz 74 7MHz 37 5MHz 9 4MHz 66MHz 66MHz 33MHz 8 3MHz 68MHz 68MHz 34MHz 8 5MHz 75MHz 75MHz 37 5MHz 9 4MHz 1 9 Enhanced IDE Support The P6F91i mainboard provides two enhanced high performance PCI IDE interfaces capable of supporting four devices with PIO mode 0 through mode 4 bus mastering DMA mode 2 and bus mastering Ultra DMA 33 ATAPI devices Detection of IDE device type and transfer rate is automatically performed by the BIOS The traditional PIO IDE device requires a substantial amount of CPU bandwidth to handle all the activities of IDE access including waiting for mechanical activities The Bus Master logic designed in the Intel 82440BX chipset is intended to reduce the workload of the CPU hence increasing CPU efficiency The Bus Master takes care of the data transfer b
8. Sec to 1 Hour and Disable The system speed will change from turbo to slow if no Power Man agement events occur for a specified length of time Full power func tion will return when a Power Management event is detected Standby Mode Options are from 30 Sec to 1 Hour and Dis able The system speed will change from turbo to slow and the video signals will be suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time Full power function will return when a Power Management event is detected 50 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Suspend Mode Options are from 30 Sec to 1 Hour and Dis able The CPU clock will be stopped and the video signal will be suspended if no Power Management events occur for a specified length of time Full power function will return when a Power Man agement event is detected HDD Power Down Options are from 1 Min to 15 Min and Dis able The IDE hard drive will spin down if it is not accessed within a specified length of time Throttle Duty Cycle Options are 12 5 25 37 5 50 62 5 and 75 FAN off in Suspend If set to Enabled CPU fan and Secondary fan will be turned off in Suspend Mode Soft Off by PWR BTTN The options are Instant Off and Delay 4 Sec When set to Instant Off pressing the power button will turn off the system pow
9. Shi F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults The following explains the options for each feature Trend Chipaway Virus The Trend Chipaway Virus s default setting is Enabled Presently one solution provided by some BIOS venders to protect against boot viruses involves a BIOS function used to write pro tect the partition table This solution prevents viruses from writing to the partition table but also prevents computer users from doing legitimate modifications e g using FDISK to re configure hard drive partitions Also this function will be disabled whenever the BIOS has been reset Trend ChipAway Virus TCAYV is unique specially designed solution stops boot viruses from infecting the boot sector or partition table during the threat period that exists before the boot sector loads and traditional anti virus protection takes effect Trend ChipAway Virus resides in the BIOS to prevent boot viruses from causing any damage to computers 42 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Virus Warning The Virus Warning s default setting is Disable When enabled any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table will halt the system and cause a warning message to appear If this happens you can use an anti virus utility on a virus free bootable floppy diskette to reboot and clean your system CPU Internal Cache The default setting is Enabled This Setting enables the CPU i
10. The P6F91i is a high quality high performance function enhanced mainboard based on the powerful Intel Pentium II processor operating at 233 266 300 350 400 450 500 MHz and Intel Celeron processor operating at 266 300MHz or faster CPU in the future This mainboard is designed around the latest and fastest Intel 82440BX chipset in a standard ATX form factor The Soft menu jumperless design of the P6F91i uses the onboard BIOS for clock frequency and CPU multiplier jumper settings are no longer needed The P6F91i mainboard delivers workstation level performance with its integrated AGP Accelerated Graphics Port Bus Mastering EIDE Enhanced IDE controller concurrent PCI bus and its ability to accommodate EDO Extended Data Out and SDRAM Synchronous DRAM memory When this high data stream bandwidth mainboard is equipped with a powerful 64 bit Pentium II processor with MMX technology and with a CPU built in 512KB level 2 cache your system has the power to handle future demanding communication multi media multi tasking and intensive 32 bit applications on advanced 32 bit operating systems The P6F91i mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting the ECC Error Checking and Correction memory protection This enables the P6F91i mainboard to achieve superior data integrity and fault tolerance in respect to memory errors while running applications The P6F91i mainboard offers outstanding I O capabilities It contains a
11. Time 60ns or faster CAS Access Time 20ns or faster Requirements 3 3V unbuffered DIMM module Speed grade Have to match the CPU Bus clock speed 66MHz or 100MHz or faster CAS latency 3 or faster P6F91i User s Manual 29 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Install 168 pin DIMM modules in any combination as follows 168 Pin DIMM Modules Memory Configuration BANK 0 SDRAM EDO 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB DIMM1 BANK 1 SDRAM EDO 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB DIMM2 BANK 2 SDRAM EDO 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB DIMM3 Total 8MB to Max 384MB System Memory NOTE 1 P6F91i does not support mixing of SDRAM and EDO memory 2 When using SDRAM with 4Mx4 and 16Mx4 chips only registered DIMMs can be used 2 2 5 Clear CMOS and Password If your system can not boot up because you forget your password or the CMOS settings need to be reset to default values after the system BIOS has been updated the following instructions can be performed to clear the CMOS and password 1 Power off the system 2 Place a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds 3 Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP12 4 Power on the system 2 2 6 Auto Power On After losing AC power the system will not turn on automatically when power comes back unless you set the Auto Power On jumper JP13 to 1 2 Out of safety consideration the default setting on JP13 is 2 3 which avoid system turn on by itself
12. between the computer system and portable devices such as laptops and printers 1 13 Power Management The integrated DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture features in the Intel 440BX AGPset go far beyond the original vision of the Green PC to create exciting new application models for the OnNow PC platform The OnNow PC is a PC which is always on and ready for use but appears to be off when not in use The P6F91i not only complies with EPA APM1 2 and ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface but also provides the following power management features Power on by a external modem ring in or a watchdog timer Alarm System could be powered on by phone ring or by software that has requested the PC to wake up at a preset time P6F91i User s Manual 15 Chapter 1 Introduction Suspend mode indicator The power LED becomes dim when system is in suspend mode Fan off in suspend mode The CPU cooling fan will be turned off when the system is in suspend mode 1 14 System Power On Off Control System power can be turned on by a power button an external modem ring an alarm or a PS 2 Keyboard To enable the modem ring on feature the option Power On by Ring in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to Enabled To enable the alarm on feature the option Power On by Alarm in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to Enabled To enable the Powe
13. controllers NMI logic SMI interrupt logic and PCI ISA bus arbitrator SMBus interface Real Time clock 1 7 Main Memory The P6F91i mainboard provides three 168 pin DIMM sockets to support 64 bit or 72 bit 64 bit memory data plus 8 bit ECC DRAM array The total memory size can support from 8MB to 384MB The sockets support 1M x 64 8MB 2M x 64 16MB 4M x 64 32MB 8M x 64 64MB and 16Mx64 128MB DIMM in single or double sided modules The P6F91i supports two types of DRAMs Extended Data Out EDO and Synchronous DRAM SDRAM Memory Timing requires 60ns or faster for EDO and SDRAM speed grade needs to match CPU bus clock speed For example if the Intel Pentium II 350 400 450 SOOMHz CPU bus clock is 100MHz then speed grade for SDRAM is 100MHz Intel Pentium II 233 266 300 333MHz CPU bus clock is 66 6MHz then speed grade for SDRAM is 66 6MHz Each DIMM belongs to different banks each bank can have different size or speed of memory SDRAM and EDO DIMMs can not be mixed within the memory array There are no jumper settings required for the memory size and type which are automatically detected by the BIOS The P6F91i mainboard achieves the highest reliability by supporting the ECC Error Checking and Correction memory protection SDRAM only The ECC is a hardware scheme which detects all single and dual bit errors and corrects all single bit error during main memory access The ECC can be supported only if all the
14. demonstration purposes Disable Disables the power management features P6F91i User s Manual 49 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration PM Control by APM The default setting is Yes When set to Yes system BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enters any PM mode If your system power management is controlled by APM and there is a task running the APM will not prompt the BIOS to enter any power saving mode after time out Note If APM is not installed this option has no effect APM Advanced Power Management should be installed to keep the system s time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in your CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 1x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature Double click a battery and power cord icon labeled Power in the Control Panel and choose Advanced in the Power Management field Video Off Method This setting controls the video off method in power saving mode The default setting is V H SYNC Blank which will disable V H SYNC signals and blanks the screen Other options are DPMS and Blank Screen The DPMS option allows the BIOS to control the video card if it has the DPMS Display Power Management System feature The Blank Screen option is used when you do not have a Green monitor Doze Mode Options are from 30
15. heatsink support set containing two black plastic pegs and two black plastic supports one power cable for CPU with cooling fan attached only 2 Place the motherboard on a workbench not in a chassis Be sure that the motherboard is bare that is no DIMMs cables or cards are installed and that the holes for the fan or heatsink support pegs are empty 3 Install the retention mechanism onto the motherboard by following the manufacturer s instructions Shown installed in the following figure Installing the Boxed Processor 1 Mount the two black plastic pegs onto the motherboard These pegs will be used to attach the fan or heatsink supports Notice that one hole and the base of one peg are larger than the other hole and peg base Push each peg into its hole firmly until you hear it click into place Retention mechanism Large peg and hole 2 Slide a black plastic support onto each end of the fan or heatsink making sure that the hole and clip are on the outside edge of the sup port If supports are reversed the holes will not line up with the pegs on the motherboard Slide each support toward the center of the pro cessor until the support is seated in the outside groove of the fan housing P6F91i User s Manual 25 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Hole and clip on outside edge Groove in fan housing 3 Slide the clip A on each support toward the processor exposing the hole that wi
16. into the ATX power connector Press the lead Ground Ground t d til th li J t l ERIT iad connector down until the clip snaps into place Ground Ground and secures the lead onto the connector 5V Power Good 5V 5VSB 5V 12V Incorrect installation of the power supply could result in serious damage to the mainboard and connected peripherals Make sure the power supply is unplugged from the AC outlet before connecting the leads from the power supply P6F91i User s Manual 23 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 8 Wake on LAN Connector This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network JP1 Pin Assignment 1 5VsB 2 GND 3 Wake up signal 9 Creative Lab SB Side band Link Connector This 2x3 ways straight 3 header is used for Creative Lab PCI sound card Ex AWE64D PCI Audio Wave Table Card In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI bus the following signals have to be delivered to the PCI audio card through a flat cable as of 3 O Un JP15 O A N Pin Assignment 1 Grant 2 GND 3 N C Key Pin 4 Request 5 GND 6 SER_IRQ 24 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 2 Installing CPU Before You Begin 1 Be sure that your Intel processor kit includes the following items the processor with the fan or heatsink attached one
17. mounted Power button The front panel on your case may have a turbo switch to deactivate the Turbo mode when a slower speed is required for a specific application The Intel 82440BX chipset does not support the hardware deturbo func tion An alternative method of using lt CTRL gt lt ALT gt lt gt keys to change the speed may be used if necessary P6F91i User s Manual 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Fan Connectors mi Pin Assignment 2 1 GND 3 2 4 12V 3 SPEED RPM There are two fan connectors on the P6F91i mainboard for the cooling fans The connectors support fans of 12V DC SOOmAMP 6 WATT or less When the system goes into sleep state fan should be shut down to eliminate audible noise and reduce power consumption You can monitor the fan speed by way of W83781D chip and the fan must come with a tachometer output 3 IrDA compliant IR Infrared Connector 1 Pin Assignment 1 5V IPA 2 IRM_IRR C Module 3 IR Receiver 4 Ground 5 IR Transmitter This 5 pin connector connects to an optional wireless transmitting and receiv ing infrared module via a cable and a bracket 4 Floppy Drive Connector One 34 pin Block A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and 2 connectors to support 2 floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B You must orient
18. rails A along the retention mechanism ePlace one hand on the SEPP heatsink combination and push into the slot 1 connector Inser tion and extraction forces are specified at 25 Ibs eYou will hear a click as the retention mechanism pops back thereby firmly locking the pro cessor into the slot 1 connector Slot 1 Fi P6F91i User s Manual 27 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 3 Removing the Processor First remove the motherboard from the chassis To remove the pro cessor from the motherboard follow these steps the reverse of the installation procedure 1 Disconnect the fan power cable from the motherboard We rec ommend that you leave the cable connected to the processor 2 Slide the clips on the supports backward to release the pegs in the motherboard Push the latches on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place 3 Lift one end of the processor until it is freed from Slot 1 Lift the other end of the processor until it is freed from Slot 1 Lift the entire processor with the fan or heatsink supports attached until it is free from the retention mechanism 4 Remove the heatsink support pegs from the motherboard and dis card them With one hand squeeze together the two halves of the peg on the bottom side of the motherboard With the other hand pull the peg out of the hole in the motherboard Do not reuse the pegs NIL 6 When handling the processor av
19. the boot sector or partition table during the threat period that exists before the boot sector loads and traditional anti virus protection takes effect Trend ChipAway Virus resides in the BIOS to prevent boot viruses from causing any damage to computers Creative SoundBlaster SB Link This 2x3 5 pin header enables the migration of Creative Soundblaster DOS program compatibility to the PCI bus Some DOS programs require the use of signals which were previously only available to an ISA bus card These signals have now been made available to a PCI bus card which may require them through the use of this header In addition to superior hardware capabilities features like bus mastering EIDE driver Plug and Play Soft off APM Advanced Power Management Keyboard Turn On External Modem Ring On Wake On LAN WOL Watchdog timer wake up Sleeping state indicator fan off in sleeping state and BIOS upgradability are provided on the P6F91i platform P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 P6F9li Specifications Features Hardware CPU VRM Coprocessor Speed Chipset L2 Cache DRAM EIDE Controller Enhanced I O Supports Intel Pentium II 233 266 300 and 333MHz Supports Intel Pentium II 350 400 450 and 500 MHz Supports Intel Celeron 266 300 MHz Voltage Regulator Module on board Provides 1 8V to 3 5V operating voltage CPU built in floating point unit System bus clock 66 68 75 83MHz System b
20. the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of the I O port connector 5 IDE Connectors Two 40 pin Block An IDE drive ribbon cable has 40 wires and 2 connectors to support two IDE drives If a ribbon cable connects to two IDE drives at the same time one of them has to be configured as Master and the other has to be configured as Slave by setting the drive select jumpers on the drive 22 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Consult the documentation that came with your IDE drive for details on jumper locations and settings You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of the I O port con nector 6 Back Panel Connectors The back panel provides external access to PS 2 style keyboard and mouse connectors two serial ports one parallel port and dual USB port which are integrated on the mainboard The figure below shows the location of the back panel I O connectors PS 2 Mouse TOP me Parallel Port TOP oi O AAN A N SAN 0 E O ery O O PCB PS 2 Keyboard USB2 COMI COM2 REAR VIEW 7 Power Supply Connector The ATX power supply has a single lead con 3 3V 3 3V i f i ine nector with a clip on one side of the plastic Ground Giowid housing There is only one way to plug the lead Power ON OFF 5V
21. the system won t boot up when set to Auto set it manually to the lower mode e g from Mode 3 to Mode 2 All IDE drives should work with PIO mode 0 P6F91i User s Manual 55 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA The options are Auto default and Disabled When set to Auto the BIOS will automatically load Ultra DMA 33 driver to match the transfer rate of IDE hard disk drive which supports Ultra DMA 33 mode The default setting is Auto On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE The default setting is Enabled This option enables the onboard Primary Secondary PCI IDE controller USB Keyboard Support Set this option to Enabled if an Universal Serial Bus USB keyboard is used in your system The default setting is Disable Onboard FDC Controller The default setting is Enabled This option enables the onboard floppy disk drive controller Onboard Serial Port 1 and Onboard Serial Port 2 These options are used to assign the I O addresses for two onboard serial ports They can be assigned as follows 3F8 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 default 2F8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 default 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Disabled Disable the onboard serial port UART Mode The options are Normal default IrDA and ASKIR The IrDA is Hewlett Packard infrared communication protocol with m
22. when plug in the power cole 30 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation JP13 shunt 1 2 Auto Power On feature is On JP13 shunt 2 3 Auto Power On feature is Off Default 2 2 7 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse Power Selection The 3 pin jumper JP6 is used for PS 2 keyboard and mouse s power selection When JP6 is set to 2 3 the keyboard is powered by 5Vsb which will keep the keyboard LED always lit and indicates user can power on computer by key in password You can set the pass word in the BIOS Power On function of Integrate Peripheral Screen JP6 shunt 1 2 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse use power supply s 5V y BET 3 lal 0 Kg Q grit g FE a SF od a ar o DR Sils A 9 4 SE eh 0 p SEC z 5 y N e 2 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse Power Selection 3 5 IWOD WOD preoghoy Zz Sd ASN JP6 shunt 2 3 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse use power supply s 5 Vsb 5 volt standby This is the default setting 2 2 8 CPU Bus Over Clock Selection You can force CPU bus clock to 1OOMHz by open JP16 JP16 Install CPU Available Frequency options in the BIOS Close Pentium II 66 68 75 83MHz 233 333MHz E JP16 Pentium II 100 103 112 133MHz 350 500MHz Open Pentium II CPU 100 103 112 133MHz with any Frequency JP16
23. you are using a PS 2 mouse Modem Use IRQ To enable the internal PnP modem ring to wake up your system from suspend mode the IRQ assigned to the modem has to be the same as the setting in this option IRQ 8 Break Suspend When this option and the option of Power On by alarm are both set to Enabled you may set the date day of month hour minute and second to wake up your system from suspend mode Press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen after you have made your selections in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 52 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 11 PnP PCI CONFIGURATION Both the ISA and PCI buses on the Mainboard use system IRQs amp DMAs You must set up the IRQ and DMA assignments cor rectly thru the PnP PCI Configuration Setup utility otherwise the Mainboard will not work properly Selecting PnP PCI CONFIGURATION on the main program screen displays this menu PnP PCI Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed No PCIIDE IRQ MapTo PCI AUTO Resources Controlled By Manual Primary IDE INT A Reset Configuration Data Disabled Secondary IDE INT B IRQ 3 assigned to Legacy ISA Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 4 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ S assigned to PCI ISA PnP Assign IRO For USB IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy ISA sigi IRO For nabi IRO 9 assigned to P
24. 0 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup controls the mainboard s Green features Selecting POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP on the main program screen displays this menu Power Management Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management Disable Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes VGA Active Monitor Enabled Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Primary IDE 0 Disabled Doze Mode Disable Primary IDE 1 Disabled Standby Mode Disable Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Suspend Mode Disable Secondary IDE 1 Disabled HDD Power Down Disable Floppy Disk Disabled Throttle Duty Cycle 75 0 Serial Port Disabled Parallel Port Disabled CPUFAN off In Suspend Enabled Mouse Break Suspend No PS 2 9 i H Modem Use IRO 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disable Resume by Ring Enabled Syed i Resume by Alarm Disabled ESC Quit Ay gt lt Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values i Wake Up On LAN Enabled Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Power Management This setting controls the System Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode Timer features There are four options User Define Allows you to customize all power saving timer features Optimize This is the recommended setting for general use Test Demo This is for test
25. CASx MA Wait State This option selects 1 or 2 memory MA bus timing For EDO the 2 is one more wait state than the 1 For SDRAM Fast timing means 1 MA wait state EDO RASx Wait State The options are 1 or 2 This option sets the length of time in terms of number of clocks required for the RAS precharge The default setting is 2 SDRAM CAS Latency Time The options are 2 and 3 Slower rate 3 may be required for slower SDRAMs or more than 2 banks of SDRAM DIMMs are installed The default setting is 3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode The options are ECC and Non ECC Set to ECC only when DIMM modules with parity bits are used This will enable the Error Checking and Correction function to ensure the data integrity System BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the System BIOS will be cached for faster execution The default setting is Enabled Video BIOS Cacheable When set to Enabled the Video BIOS will be cached for faster execution The default setting is Enabled Video RAM Cacheable When set to Enabled the Graphics card s local memory will be cached for faster execution The default setting is Disable 8 Bit I O Recovery Time This option sets the delay between back to back 8 bit I O instructions The options are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Sysclks and NA The default setting is 1 16 Bit I O Recovery Time Thi
26. CI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 14 assigned to Legacy ISA IRQ 15 assigned to Legacy ISA DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA PnP DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA PnP ESC Quit Ay gt lt Select Item ae ae to ae SA Sr F1 Help PU PD Modify D assigned to 5 F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 7 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F7 Load Setup Defaults PnP OS Installed Setting this option to Yes allows the PnP OS instead of BIOS to assign the system resources such as IRQ and I O address to the ISA PnP device The default setting is No Resources Controlled By The default setting is Manual which allows you to control IRQs and DMAs individually The other option is Auto which will detect the system resources and automatically assign the relative IRQs and DMAs for each peripheral P6F91i User s Manual 53 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the Plug and Play feature so the resources assigned to each peripheral have to be recorded to prevent them from conflicting The location to store the assigned resources is called ESCD which is located in the system flash EEPROM If this option is set to Disable the ESCD will update automatically when the new configuration varies from the last one If set to Enabled the ESCD will be cleared an
27. F2 Color Delayed Transaction Disabled F7 Load Setup Defaults re CPU Bus Clock 100MHz CPU Soft Menu Setting SPEED Bus Clock Core to Bus Clock Multiplier 350MHz 100MHz 3 5 400MHz 100MHz 4 0 450MHz 100MHz 4 5 S00MHz 100MHz 5 0 CPU Bus Clock 66MHz CPU Soft Menu Setting SPEED Bus Clock Core to Bus Clock Multiplier 233MHz 66 6MHz 3 5 266MHz 66 6MHz 4 0 300MHz 66 6MHz 4 5 333MHz 66 6MHz 5 0 P6F91i User s Manual 33 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 3 After the CPU Speed is set go back to CMOS SETUP UTIL ITY screen and select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press the lt Enter gt key to save the setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP al SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc Quit Ay gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup lt Shift gt F2 Change Color 2 2 10 System Clock CPU Bus Clock When CPU SPEED set to manual which allows user to set CPU Ratio and CPU Frequency manually The available options for
28. FEATURES SETUP Se LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc Quit Ay gt lt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup lt Shift gt F2 Change Color 32 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 On the top right hand side of the Chipset Feature Setup screen there is a CPU Speed option Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled CPU Speed 350Mhz 100x3 5 EDO DRAM Speed Selection 60 ns EDO CASx MA Wait State na S EDO RASx Wait State 2 AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled SDRAM CAS Latency Time 2 Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled 7 CPU Warning Temperature 66 C 1519F DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current System Temp 499C 120 R System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Curent CPU FAN Speed 4383 f Current FAN2 Speed 4353 Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Vec3 3 32 Vecp 2 80 12V 12 01 5V 5 01 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 5V 4 98 12V 11 96 16 Bit I O Recovery Time SAD l ESC Quit DE i Memory Hole At 15M 16M_ Disabled can AY Select tem F1 Help PU PD Modify Passive Release Enabled F5 Old Values Shift
29. P6F91i Quick Reference intel Pentium II amp Celeron CPU Soft Menu Settings 1 Turn the system on then press lt DEL gt key to access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program A CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on the screen Select LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS and type Y to load BIOS optimal setup 2 After the BIOS optimal setting is set at the top right hand side of the Chipset Feature Setup screen there is a CPU Speed options Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed 3 Select STANDARD CMOS SETUP to set the Date Time Floppy drive type and set Hard Disk Type to Auto 4 Select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and press the lt Enter gt key to save the set ting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting pro cess CPU Bus Clock 100MHz CPU SPEED Soft Menu Setting 350MHz 100MHz 3 5 400MHz 100MHz 4 0 450MHz 100MHz 4 5 500MHz 100MHz 5 0 CPU Bus Clock 66MHz CPU SPEED Soft Menu Setting 233MHz 66 6MHz 3 5 266MHz 66 6MHz 4 0 300MHz 66 6MHz 4 5 333MHz 66 6MHz 5 0 NOTE Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only FILE NAME F96x 1 DOC 082498 Copyright Notice Copyright 1998 The information contained in the user s manual and all accompa nying documentation is copyrighted and all rights are reserved This public
30. P6F91i User s Manual 31 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 9 Intel Pentium II CPU Soft Menu Setting The Soft Menu jumperless design of the P6F91i allows the user to set CPU Bus Clock and CPU core to Bus clock multiplier through the BIOS CPU Bus Clock The CPU Bus Clock is defined as the CPU input clock For example the CPU Bus Clock for Intel Pentium II 350 400 450 and SOOMHz is 1OOMHz and the CPU Bus Clock for Intel Pentium II 233 266 300 and 333MHz is 66 6MHz CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier The CPU internal core clock is equal to the CPU Bus Clock times the CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier For example if the CPU Bus Clock is 1OOMHz and the CPU Core to Bus clock Multiplier is 3 5 the actual CPU core clock will be 350MHz CPU Voltage There is no hardware or BIOS settings needed for CPU operating voltage The switching regulator circuit can auto detect the CPU type on the P6F91i mainboard and generate the proper operating voltage for the CPU Follows these three steps to setup CPU speed 1 Turn the system on then press lt DEL gt key to access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program A CMOS SETUP UTILITY will display on the screen At CMOS SETUP UTILITY screen selects Chipset Features Setup and press lt Enter gt ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET
31. PM ACPI driver is loaded Sleep mode Suspend can be entered in one of three ways press the front panel power button select Suspend in Windows 95 Start Menu or no system activity for a pre defined length of time To use the power button to control system sleep resume the option Power Off by PWR BTTN in the BIOS Power Management Setup has to be set to Delay 4 Sec When the system enters the sleep mode the CPU stops running the 82440BX AGPset and related circuits stay in the lowest power state the HDD stops spinning the monitor screen becomes blank the power LED indicator on the front panel dims and the CPU cooling fan and secondary fan are turned off Note in order to turn off the fan in sleep mode you need to connect the CPU cooling fan or Chassis fan to the on board fan power connectors marked FAN1 or FAN2 1 16 System Manageability The System Management Chip Winbond W83781D with software allows user to monitor system environment such as system and CPU fan speed requires fan with tachometer output CPU warning temperature system temperature and system operating voltages 1 17 Wake On LAN WOL Wake on LAN WOL is a 1x3 pin header for remote wake up of the computer through a network Wake on LAN requires a PCI add in network interface card NIC with remote wake up capabilities The remote wake up header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header The NIC monitors network traffic at
32. PP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA When set on board parallel port to ECP mode the parallel port has option to use DMA 3 default or 1 Power On Function There are five options Button Only default Password Hot KEY When set to Button Only system power can be turned on by power button When set to Password system power can be turned on by entering password You have to enter pass word to activate this option Note If Password is selected for this option the power button will not be able to turn on the system If you forget the password then you need to clear CMOS RAM see section 2 2 5 for detail When set to Hot KEY system power can be turned on by pressing keyboard function key i e lt Ctrl gt lt F1 gt through lt Ctrl gt lt F12 gt If you make any changes to the onboard FDD controller serial ports or parallel port in this setup save the changes and turn off the system After turning the system on again the change will be in effect P6F91i User s Manual 57 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 13 SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD The SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility sets the pass word The Mainboard is shipped with the password disabled If you want to change the password you must first enter the current password then at the prompt enter your new password The pass word is case sensitive and you can use up to 8 alphanumeric char acters press lt E
33. Put the shunt back to pin and pin2 of JP12 4 Power on the system P6F91i User s Manual 35 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 BIOS Configuration After hardware configuration of P6F91i Mainboard is com pleted and system hardware has been assembled the completed system may be powered up At this point CMOS setup should be run to ensure that system information is correct Normally CMOS setup is needed when the system hardware is not consistent with the information contained in the CMOS RAM whenever the CMOS RAM has lost power or the system features need to be changed 3 1 ENTERING SETUP When the system is powered on the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test POST routines These routines perform various diagnostic checks if an error is encountered the error will be reported in one of two different ways If the error occurs before the display device is initialized a series of beeps will be transmit ted If the error occurs after the display device is initialized the screen will display the error message After the POST routines are completed the following message appears Press DEL to enter SETUP To access the AWARD BIOS SETUP program press the lt DEL gt key The CMOS SETUP UTILITY screen will be displayed at this time 36 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY Main Program Screen ROM PCI SA BIOS 2A69KF29 CMO
34. S SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc Quit A 1 m lt lt _ Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup lt Shift gt F2 Change Color This screen provides access to the utility s various functions Listed below are explanations of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screen lt ESC gt Exit the utility ARROW KEYS Use arrow keys to move cursor to the desired selection lt F10 gt Saves all changes made to Setup and exits program lt Shift gt lt F2 gt Changes background and foreground colors P6F91i User s Manual 37 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Selecting STANDARD CMOS SETUP on the main program screen displays this menu Standard CMOS Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Mon Mar 23 1998 Time hh mm ss 10 10 10 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled
35. TOEXEC BAT files If you are using MS DOS 6 x you can press lt F5 gt function key while the Starting MS DOS message appearing on the screen to bypass the CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT 4 2 EIDE Bus Master Driver The Bus Master EIDE logic designed in the Intel 82440BX chipset is intended to reduce the workload of the CPU and make the CPU running more efficiently It will take care the data transfer between IDE drives and system memory and let CPU handle other tasks The driver must be loaded in order to make the EIDE drive operating at bus mastering DMA or Ultra DMA33 mode There are three self extracting archive files in the BMIDE directory BMIDE_95 EXE For Windows 95 BMIDE_NT EXE For Windows NT BMIDEOS2 EXE For OS 2 P6F91i User s Manual 59 Chapter 4 Driver and Utility Execute the BMIDE_95 EXE to extract files for driver and installation instructions for Windows 95 Execute the BMIDE_NT EXE to extract files for driver and installation instructions for Windows NT Execute the BMIDEOS2 EXE to extract files for driver and installation instructions for OS 2 4 3 System Environment Monitor The System Environment Monitoring utility with the onboard Winbond 83781D system monitor chip allow you to monitor your system s temperature Fan speed and CPU voltage Using this utility you can setup the upper and lower limits of these monitored parameters A pre warning message will pop up on the screen when the monitored pa
36. ant to proceed 3 6 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Selecting this option and pressing the lt Enter gt key will save the new setting information in the CMOS memory and continue with the booting process 3 7 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Selecting this option and pressing the lt Enter gt key will exit the Setup Utility without recording any new values or changing old ones P6F91i User s Manual 41 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP Selecting BIOS FEATURES SETUP on the main program screen displays this menu BIOS Features Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Trend Chipaway Virus Enabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disable CPU Internal Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disable External Cache Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disable D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disable Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disable Boot Sequence C A SCSI DCO000 DFFFF Shadow Disable Swap Floppy Drive Disable Boot Up Floppy Seek Disable OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Boot Up NumLock Status On E CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Disabled Gate A20 Option Fast Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Typematic Rate Setting Disable Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 ESC Quit A 1 gt lt Select Item Security Option Setup FI Help POE Die Modily PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disable Pa Old Values
37. ation may not in whole or in part be reproduced transcribed stored in a retrieval system translated into any lan guage or computer language or transmitted in any form whatso ever without the prior written consent from the manufacturer except for copies retained by the purchasers for their personal archival purposes The manufacturer reserves the right to revise this user s manual and all accompanying documentation and to make changes in the content without obligation to notify any person or organization of the revision or change IN NO EVENT WILL THE VENDOR BE LIABLE FOR DIRECT INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSE QUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS PRODUCT OR DOCUMENTA TION EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES IN PARTICULAR THE VENDOR SHALL NOT HAVE LIABILITY FOR ANY HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA STORED OR USED WITH THE PRODUCT INCLUDING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING OR RECOVERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA All trademarks mentioned in this document are acknowledged The Specification on the manual is subject to change without notice P6F91i User s Manual Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview 1 2 P6F91i Specifications Features 1 3 P6F91i Mainboard Layout 1 4 Microprocessor 1 5 Pentium II Packaging 1 6 Chipset 1 7 Main Memory 1 8 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP slot 1 9 Enhanced IDE Support 1 10 Keyboard Mouse and USB I
38. aximum baud rate up to 115 2K bps and the ASKIR is Sharp infrared communication protocol with maximum baud rate up to 57 6K bps The UART mode setting depends on which type of infrared module is used in the system When set to ASKIR or IrDA the UART 2 is used to support the infrared module connected on the mainboard If this option is not set to Normal a device connected to the COM2 port will no longer work 56 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration RxD TxD Active The options are Hi Hi default Hi Lo Lo Hi and Lo Lo It will define voltage level for your Infrared module RxD receive mode and TxD transmit mode This setting has to match the infrared module used in the system IR Transmission Delay The options are Enabled and Disable When set to Enabled you will utilize the capability of your board to allow for faster infrared transmission rates Onboard Parallel Port This option is used to assign the I O address for the onboard parallel port The options are 378 IRQ7 defaults 278 IRQS 3BC IRQ7 and Disabled disable the onboard paral lel port Parallel Port Mode There are four options Normal default EPP ECP ECP EPP Change the mode from Normal to the enhanced mode only if your peripheral device can support it EPP Mode Select There are two options EPP1 9 default E
39. d to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 CPU SPEED This option sets the CPU speed There are two major cate gory of this option A When a 100MHz Bus clock CPU is installed The default setting is 350MHz 100x3 5 The other options are 300MHz 100x3 0 400MHz 100x4 0 450MHz 100x4 5 500MHz 100x5 0 and Manual B When a 66MHz Bus clock CPU is installed The default setting is Manual The other options are 200MHz 66x3 0 233MHz 66x3 5 266MHz 66x4 0 300MHz 66x4 5 and 333MHz 66x5 0 When set to Manual two more options CPU Ratio and CPU Fre quency will pop up to let user set the CPU core to bus clock ratio CPU Ratio and CPU Bus clock CPU Frequency manually P6F91i User s Manual 47 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration CPU Ratio This option sets the CPU Core to Bus Clock Multiplier The options are 3 3 5 4 4 5 5 and 5 5 CPU Frequency This option sets the CPU Bus Clock The options are 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz when a 66MHz Bus Clock CPU is installed And 100MHz 103MHz and 112MHz when a 100MHz Bus Clock CPU is installed AGP Aperture Size MB This option determines the effective size of the AGP Graphic Aperture which memory mapped graphic data structures can reside in Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When set to Enabled system will a
40. d forced to update and then automatically set this option to Disable IRQ and DMA Assigned to If there is a legacy ISA device which uses an IRQ or a DMA set the corresponding IRQ or DMA to Legacy ISA otherwise you should set to PCI ISA PnP PCI IDE IRQ Map To Primary IDE INT Secondary IDE INT If you disable onboard PCI IDE controller and install a PCI IDE card on the Mainboard you need to set this option If a PCI IDE Card uses ISA IRQ directly thru a paddle card installed on an ISA slot select ISA for the option PCI IDE IRQ Map To If a PCI IDE Card uses PCI INT and is compliant to PCI Plug and Play specification select PCI AUTO for the option PCI IDE IRQ Map To Otherwise select PCI SLOT n PCI SLOT 1 PCI SLOT 2 PCI SLOT 3 PCI SLOT4 or PCI SLOT 5 depending on which slot the PCI IDE Card is installed Only INT A and INT B are available for a PCI IDE Card there fore you must set the PCI IDE Card s primary interrupt to INT A and secondary interrupt to INT B The INT A is routed to IRQ 14 and the INT B is routed to IRQ 15 thru a hardware router in the chipset After you have made your selections in the PnP PCI Configuration SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen 54 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 12 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Selecting INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS on the main program screen displays this menu
41. e the correct voltage for the processor The Pentium II processor implements MMX technology and maintains full backward compatibility with the 486 and Pentium processors The processor s numeric coprocessor significantly increases the speed of floating point operations 1 5 Pentium II Packaging The Pentium II is packaged in an S E C Single Edge Connector cartridge The S E C cartridge includes the processor core the second level cache a thermal plate and a back cover The Pentium II connects to the P6F91i mainboard through the Slot 1 processor connector a 242 pin edge connector When the Pentium II is installed in Slot 1 it is secured by a retention mechanism attached to the mainboard The Pentium II heatsink is stabilized by a heatsink support which is attached to the mainboard 1 6 Chipset The Intel 82440BX AGPset consists of one 82443BX PAC System Controller and one 82371EB PIIX4E PCI ISA IDE Accelerator 82443BX PAC CPU interface controller AGP Interface controller Integrated DRAM controller Fully synchronous PCI 2 1 bus interface Extensive CPU to AGP CPU to DRAM CPU to PCI AGP to DRAM AGP to PCI PCI to AGP and PCI to DRAM data buffering P6F91i User s Manual 11 Chapter 1 Introduction 82371EB PILX4E Interface between the PCI and ISA buses Power Management Logic USB controller EIDE controller Seven DMA channels one timer counter two eight channel interrupt
42. er When set to Delay 4 Sec you have to press the power button and hold it for more than 4 seconds to turn off the system power Otherwise the system just goes to the suspend mode Note During the booting process the power button is ignored The default setting is Instant Off Resume by Ring If Enabled the system power will be turned on if the FAX Modem receives an incoming telephone call Resume by Alarm If Enabled you may set the date day of the month hour minute and second to turn on your system When you set O zero for the day of the month the alarm will power on your system every day at the specified time Wake Up On LAN If Enabled the system power will be turned on if the network card receives an incoming Wake On LAN WOL signal P6F91i User s Manual 51 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Reload Global Timer Events When a hardware event is enabled the occurrence of a corresponding event will reload global timer to prevent the system from entering any Power Management mode Mouse Break Suspend The options are Yes No COM1 No COM2 and No PS 2 When set to Yes the mouse activity can wake up your system from sleep mode If you do not want to wake up the system due to the sensitivity of the mouse you can set this option to No COM1 or No COM72 depending on which COM port is connected to your serial mouse or set to No PS 2 if
43. etween IDE and memory and lets the CPU handle other tasks In true multi tasking operating systems such as Windows 95 Windows NT and OS 2 by using bus mastering IDE the CPU workload can be reduced to complete other tasks while disk data transfers are occurring The driver must be loaded in order to make the EIDE drive operate in bus mastering DMA mode P6F91i User s Manual 13 Chapter 1 Introduction The following is a data transfer rate comparison table for different IDE operating modes Operating Mode Maximum Data Transfer Rate PIO Mode 3 11 1 MB Second PIO Mode 4 16 6 MB Second DMA Mode 1 13 3 MB Second DMA Mode 2 16 6 MB Second Ultra DMA 33 33 2MB Second 1 10 Keyboard Mouse and USB Interface PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse and USB connectors are located on the back panel of the P6F91i mainboard The 5V line to the PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse connectors are protected with a PolySwitch circuit that acts like a rehealing fuse which will re establishing the connection after an over current condition is removed While this device eliminates the possibility of replacing the fuse you will still need to turn off the system power before connecting or disconnecting a keyboard or a mouse The P6F91i mainboard has a dual USB connector to support two USB ports The USB is a serial bus interface standard that is designed to bring the Plug and Play concept to the outside of the computer system chass
44. full set of PC I O such as dual channel PCI EIDE interfaces a floppy controller two FIFOed serial port connectors an EPP ECP capable bidirectional parallel port connector an IrDA compatible infrared port dual USB Universal Serial Bus connector and a PS 2 keyboard connector and a PS 2 mouse connector One AGP slot five PCI local bus slots and two ISA bus slots provide expandability for add on peripheral cards Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only P6F91i User s Manual 5 Chapter 1 Introduction The P6F9li mainboard is OnNow PC Managed PC ACPI and PC98 compliant It also offers optimized system performance integrated power management system manageability Trend Chipaway Virus and Creative SoundBlaster Link Optimized System Performance AGP improves the Graphics performance dramatically Ultra DMA 33 speeds up disk drive access Enhanced SDRAM support for fastest access to memory and Concurrent PCI enables simultaneous data transfer Integrated Power Management ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface support enables O S and application programs to direct the system power management System Manageability Winbond W83781D Hardware Environment Monitoring chip enables the ability for system voltage temperature and fan speed monitoring Trend Chipaway Virus TCAYV This unique specially designed solution stops boot viruses from infecting
45. halt during bootup 3 4 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION If your system has an IDE hard drive you can use this utility to detect its parameters and enter them into the Standard CMOS Setup automatically If the auto detected parameters displayed do not match the ones that should be used for your hard drive do not accept them Press the lt N gt key to reject the values and enter the correct ones manu ally on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Note If you are setting up a new hard disk drive nothing on it that supports LBA mode more than one line will appear in the parameter box choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not choose Large or Normal if the hard disk drive is already fully formatted when you install it choose the mode which is used to format it 40 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 5 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS loads optimal settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM The defaults loaded only affect the BIOS Features Setup Chipset Features Setup Power Management Setup PnP PCI configura tion setup and Integrated Peripherals Setup There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup To use this feature highlight on the main screen and press lt Enter gt A line will appear on the screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values Press the lt Y gt key and then press the lt Enter gt key if you want to load the Setup defaults Press lt N gt if you don t w
46. ion CPU and System voltage detection CPU and Secondary FAN RPM detection Switching regulator CPU voltage auto detection ATX Form Factor 19cm x 30 5cm 7 5 x 12 0 Soft Menu Jumperless design Built in Trend Chipaway Virus TCAV AWARD Pentium II AGP PCI BIOS Flash BIOS with ESCD Extended System Configuration Data block Supports APM PnP Multi Boot DMI and EIDE devices Supports High Capacity LS 120 and ZIP Removable Media Drive IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Utility Flash utility for BIOS upgrade System Environment Monitoring Utility O S Operates with MS_DOS Windows 3 x Windows for Work Groups 3 x Windows 95 Windows NT OS 2 Novell Netware Novell UnixWare 1 1 and SCO Unix 4 2 Environment Ambient Temperature 0 C to 50 C Operating Relative Humidity 0 to 85 Operating Vibration 0 to 500 Hz DC Voltage 4 9V to 5 2V DC Voltage 3 15V to 3 50V DC Voltage 5V 12V 12V 5Vss 5 tolerance P6F91i User s Manual 9 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 P6F91i Mainboard Layout 7 I eldf NE a ese Tidi OIG sen Ne Jis e22 TF W83977
47. is The bus allows devices to be attached configured used and detached while the host system is in operation The USB will allow as many as 63 devices to be daisy chained in any combination per port With up to 12Mbits sec transfer rate the USB is suitable for devices such as keyboard mouse digital joystick game pad fax modem scanner printer ISDN and telephony device 14 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 11 Real time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery The integrated real time clock RTC provides a time of day clock and an 85 year calendar with alarm features P6F91i also has 242 bytes battery backed CMOS RAM which stores the system setup information and password The RTC and CMOS RAM can be set via the BIOS SETUP program The contents of the CMOS RAM can be cleared by placing a shunt to short pin2 and pin3 of JP12 for 5 seconds when the system power is off A coin cell style Lithium CR2032 battery is used to provide power to the RTC and CMOS memory The battery has a three year life if the system is not powered up When the system powers up the power for the RTC and CMOS RAM is supplied from the 5 V power supply to extend the life of the battery 1 12 IrDA Infrared Support A 5 pin header connector is used to connect a Hewlett Packard HSDSL 1000 compatible IrDA or Sharp ASKIR Infrared module Once the module is installed the user can use application software such as Microsoft Infrared MSIR to transfer files
48. ll fit over the peg on the motherboard Push the latches B on the processor toward the center of the processor until they click into place Refer to the figure below 4 Hold the processor so that the fan shroud is facing toward the pegs on the motherboard Slide the processor C into the retention mecha nism and slide the supports onto the pegs Ensure that the pegs on the motherboard slide into the holes in the heatsink support and that the alignment notch in the processor fits over the plug in Slot 1 Push the processor down firmly with even pressure on both sides of the top until it is seated 5 Slide the clips on the supports D forward until they click into places to hold the pegs securely Apply slight pressure on the peg and push the peg toward the clip while pushing the clip forward Push the latches on the processor E outward until they click into place in the retention mechanism The latches must be secured for proper electri cal connection of the processor 26 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 Attach the small end of the power cable F to the three pin connector on the processor then attach the large end to the three pin connector on the motherboard which is marked FAN1 Installing the Celeron S E P Processor Line up the SEPP heatsink SEPP with ed ensuring that the substrate key is lined up with the slot 1 connec tor wW Insert SEPP into the guide
49. matic Rate and typematic Delay P6F91i User s Manual 43 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Typematic Rate Chars Sec This setting controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes The choices range from 6 to 30 Chars Sec The default setting is 6 Chars Sec Typematic Delay Msec This setting controls the time between the dis play of the first and second characters There are four delay choices 250ms 500ms 750ms and 1000ms The default setting is 250 ms Security Option This setting controls the password feature The options are Setup and System Selecting Setup will protect the configuration settings from being tampered with Select System if you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up The default setting is Setup You can create your password by using the SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD utility on the main pro gram screen PCI VGA Palette Snoop If there are two VGA cards in your system one PCI and one ISA and this option is set to Disable data read and written by CPU is only directed to the PCI VGA card s palette registers If set to Enabled data read and written by CPU will be directed to both the palette registers of the PCI VGA and ISA VGA cards This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA VGA card installed in your system requires VGA palette snooping to fix improper color problem Video BIOS Shadow The defaul
50. nstallation 2 2 1 Attaching Connectors 1 Front Panel Connectors There are 6 connectors on the mainboard for speaker switches and indicator lights on the system s front panel HDD STB POWER LED LED RESET SWITCH ae KEYLOCK amp SPEAKER POWER LED Pin Assignment 1 Speaker out 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker KEYLOCK amp Power LED Pin Assignment 1 1 LED Cathode 2 N C 3 LED Anode Ground 7 4 KEYLOCK 5 Ground This 5 pin connector connects to the case mounted keylock switch and the power LED The keylock switch is used to lock the keyboard for security purposes 20 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation HDD LED Connector 1 Pin Assignment Ho 1 LED Anode 2 LED Cathode This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted HDD LED to indicate hard disk activity STB LED Connector Pin Assignment 1 1 LED Cathode B 2 LED Anode Ground This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted STB LED to indicate a standby status Reset Connector Pin Assignment 1 1 Power Good a ch 2 Ground 1 C This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch and is used to reboot the system Power Switch Connector y Pin Assignment Hah 1 Power On Off Ey 2 Ground This 2 pin connector connects to the case
51. nter gt after entering the password At the next prompt confirm the new password by typing it and pressing lt Enter gt again To disable the password press the lt Enter gt key instead of enter ing a new password when the Enter Password dialog box appears A message will appear confirming that the password is disabled If you have set both supervisor and user password only the supervisor password allows you to enter the BIOS SETUP PRO GRAM Note If you forget your password the only way to solve this problem is to discharge the CMOS memory by turning power off and placing a shunt on the JP12 to short pin 2 and pin 3 for 5 seconds then putting the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP12 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 Driver and Utility 4 1 Flash Utility The BIOS of the P6F91i mainboard can be upgraded by using a Flash utility A new version of the BIOS can be downloaded from the factory s BBS and Web site The system BIOS is stored in a 1M bit Flash EEPROM which can be erased and reprogrammed by the Flash utility There are two files in the FLASH directory FLASH EXE The Flash utility for AWARD BIOS upgrade README TXT A text file of instructions The Flash utility will not work with any memory manager software running in the system In order to make sure no memory manager software is running boot your system from a bootable floppy diskette which does not contain CONFIG SYS and AU
52. nterface 1 11 Real time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery 1 12 IrDA Infrared Support 1 13 Power Management 1 14 System Power On Off Control 1 15 System Sleep Resume 1 16 System Manageability 1 17 Wake On LAN WOL Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Unpacking 2 2 Installation 2 2 1 Attaching Connectors 2 2 2 Installing CPU 2 2 3 Removing the Processor 2 2 4 Installing System Memory 2 2 5 Clear CMOS and Password 2 2 6 Auto Power On 2 2 7 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse Power Selection 2 2 8 CPU Bus Over Clock Selection 2 2 9 Intel Pentium II CPU Soft Menu Setting 2 2 10 System Clock CPU Bus Clock 10 11 11 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 20 25 28 29 30 30 31 31 34 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 1 Entering Setup 3 2 CMOS Setup Utility 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup 3 4 IDE HDD Auto Detection 3 5 Load Setup Defaults 3 6 Save amp Exit Setup 3 7 Exit Without Saving 3 8 BIOS Features Setup 3 9 Chipset Features Setup 3 10 Power Management Setup 3 11 PnP PCI Configuration 3 12 Integrated Peripherals 3 13 Supervisor User Password Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 1 Flash Utility 4 2 EIDE Bus Master Driver 4 3 System Environment Monitor 4 3 1 Hardware Doctor Setup 4 3 2 Setting the Threshold 36 37 38 40 41 41 41 42 45 49 53 55 58 59 59 60 60 62 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview
53. nternal cache External Cache The default setting is Enabled This setting enables the Level 2 cache Quick Power On Self Test The default setting is Enabled This will skip some diagnostic checks during the Power On Self Test POST to speed up the booting process Boot Sequence The default setting is C A SCSI the other options are CDROM C A C CDROM A A C SCSI D A SCST E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSI A C SCSI C A LS ZIP C and C only The BIOS will load the operating system from the disk drives in the sequence selected here Swap Floppy Drive The default setting is Disable This setting gives you an option to swap A and B floppy disks Normally the floppy drive A is the one at the end of the cable if you set this option to Enabled the drive at the end of the cable will be swapped to B Boot Up Floppy Seek The default setting is Disable If set to Enabled during bootup the BIOS will check for installed bootup disk in the floppy disk drives Boot Up Numlock Status The default setting is On If set to Off the cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad Gate A20 Option the defaults setting is Fast This is the optimal set ting for the Mainboard The other option is Normal Typematic Rate Setting The default setting is Disable If set to Enabled you can set the type
54. oid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan NIZe When removing the processor avoid pressing down on the motherboard or components Instead press down on plastic connectors 28 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Module Size 2 2 4 Installing System Memory The maximum system memory supported by the P6F91i is 384MB If more than 384MB memory are populated on the P6F91i mainboard the portion of the memory which exceed the 384MB boundary will be invalidated The P6F91i Mainboard has three DIMM Sockets Memory can be installed by using 168 pin SDRAM DIMM or EDO DIMM memory modules There are no jumper set tings required for the memory size or type which is automatically detected by the BIOS Due to the P6F91i Mainboard high speed design the memory modules for the P6F91i must meet all of the following requirement EDO Extended Data Output Single Sided Symmetric 1Mx64 4Mx64 16Mx64 Asymmetric 1Mx64 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 Double Sided Symmetric 2Mx64 8Mx64 Asymmetric 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 32Mx64 I JE WAI 1 7 WAIG HT WAWIG NI NI Joyouu0D Gq Io oouUOD ZAI JoyouUoD ACI OINVE SDRAM Synchronous DRAM Single sided Asymmetric 1Mx64 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 Double Sided Asymmetric 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 32Mx64 DRAM Speed 60ns or faster RAS Access
55. r On by PS 2 Keyboard feature you need to short JP6 2 3 and set Power On Function in the BIOS Integrated Peripherals Setup accordingly System power can be turned off in one of two ways a front panel power button or soft off control When the option Power Off by PWR BTTN in the BIOS Power Management Setup is set to Instant Off pressing the power button will immediately turn off the system power But if the Power Off by PWR BTTN option is set to Delay 4 Sec you have to press the power button and hold it for more than 4 seconds to turn off the system power The system power can also be turned off via software control The system BIOS will turn the system power off when it receives the proper APM command from the Operating System For example Windows 95 will issue Soft Off APM command when the user selects Shutdown in Start Menu In order for the Soft Off feature to work properly Power Management APM must be enabled in the system BIOS and Operating System The P6F91i Auto Power On feature gives you the option to turn on the system power automatically after the AC power comes back which is especially useful for the server application To enable this feature you need to shunt JP13 to 1 2 The default for JP13 is 2 3 16 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 15 System Sleep Resume When Advanced Power Management APM is activated in the system BIOS and the Operating System s A
56. rameters is out of the preset range This software have to be installed under Windows95 the feature version may run on different OS like windows NT 4 3 1 Hardware Doctor Setup There are two diskettes for the Hardware Doctor software 1 Insert the diskette label with DISK1 into the 1 44M floppy drive and run setup exe under Windows95 2 The following screen will appear Hardware Doctor Setup 72 Hardware Doctor Setup x 5 Welcome to the Hardware Doctor installation program P 4 Setup cannot install system files or update shared files if they are in use Before proceeding we recommend that you close any applications you may be running Click OK and continue setup procedure 60 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 3 Select the directory to install Hardware Doctor program The default directory is Program Files Hardware Doctor Hardware Doctor Setup J Hadwaie Docta Setup Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation After setup is completed you need to restart the computer before you can activate the program 4 The Hardware Doctor option will be added to the program directory Click on the Hardware Doctor icon to access the program Programs P6F91i User s Manual 61 Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 3 2 Setting the Threshold Set the threshold you want for system temperature voltages and FAN speeds b
57. s option sets the delay between back to back 16 bit I O instructions The options are 1 2 3 4 Sysclks and NA The default setting is 1 46 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Memory Hole At 15M 16M The default setting is Disable Set to Enabled means that when the system memory size is equal to or greater than 16M bytes the physical memory address from 15M to 16M will be passed to PCI or ISA and there will be 1MBytes hole in your system memory This option is designed for some OS with special add in cards which need 15M 16M memory space Passive Release When set to Enabled CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive release When set to Disable only PCI bus master access to local DRAM is allowed during passive release Delayed Transaction This termination is used by targets that can t complete the initial data phase within the requirement of this specification One advantage of a Delay Transaction is that the bus is not held in wait states while completing an access to a slow device While the originating master rearbitrates for the bus other bus masters are allowed to use the bus bandwidth that would normally be wasted holding the master in wait states Another advantage is that all posted memory write data is not required to be flushed before the request is accepted Chipset has an embedded 32 bit post write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enable
58. sis for better grounding To install the mainboard you need to install CPU DIMM memory modules attach the connectors and set correct CPU speed in the CMOS setup 18 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P6F91i Mainboard Connector Jumper Location po ISA2 a sa JE A ca mo ates Ne ISAT l W83781ID PC 3 Auto Power On Jumner Environment Monitor zl E PCL5 a D z 6 Rem PCI 4 m m S CMOS RAM Clearance Secondary FAN Connector PCL IR Connector JS PCI 2 ia Reserved Factory Test JP15 __ Creative Lab SB Link connector PCI 1 CPU Bus Clock 66 100MHz Selection kawi kani AGP WE Wake On LAN a Connector ani ani ani i CPU Cooling FAN Connector By S olal a Falls e si e sisig ai alie JENE Q 1 E a el acy ME Alin 72 xE 9 lai L g z m Bil erly 5 a a g g Q a NI N Z sg G00 D A lt 5 amp PS 2 keyboard amp mouse Power Selection 6 z EA 3 pp a WN m lt P6F91i User s Manual 19 Chapter 2 Hardware I
59. t setting is Enabled which will copy the VGA BIOS into system DRAM C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DFFFF Shadow The default setting for the shadow feature is Disable When set to enable the ROM with the specific address is copied into system DRAM It will also reduce the size of memory available to the system OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB The default setting is Non OS2 Set to OS2 if the system memory size is greater than 64MB and the operating system is OS 2 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The default setting is Disable Set to Enabled only if CPU L2 cache has ECC Error Checking and Correction 44 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Assign IRQ For VGA The default setting is Enabled When set to Disable BIOS will not assign any IRQ Interrupt request line for PCI VGA card If your VGA card requires IRQ then set this option to Enabled After you have made your selection s in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen 3 9 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Selecting CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP on the main program screen displays this menu Chipset Features Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KF29 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC CPU Speed _ I 350Mhbz 00x3 5 Auto Configuration Enabled CPU Ratio x 4 0 EDO DRAM Speed Selection 60ns CPU Frequency lt 100MHz __
60. the MII interface and when it detects a Magic Packet MP Wake up it asserts a wake up signal that powers up the computer Note For Wake on LAN the 5 V standby line of the power supply must be capable of delivering 5V with 5 tolerance at 720mA P6F91i User s Manual 17 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Unpacking The P6F91i mainboard package contains the following M P6F91i mainboard S One IDE 40 pin ribbon cable M One floppy 34 pin ribbon cable M Driver and Utility diskettes M User s manual M CPU retention mechanism Before removing the mainboard from its anti static bag you need to eliminate any static electricity that may be accumulated on your body by touching a grounded or anti static surface If nothing is available touch the housing of the power supply which is plugged into the AC outlet After removing the mainboard from its anti static bag place it only on a grounded or anti static surface component side up Inspect the mainboard and call the vendor immediately if it is damaged 2 2 Installation The P6F91i is designed to fit into a standard ATX form factor chassis The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel connectors meet the ATX system board specification The chassis may come with various mounting fasteners which are made of metal or plastic It is highly recommended to use as many metal fasteners as possible to mount the mainboard in the chas
61. us clock 100 103 112 133MHz AGP clock 66 68 75 83 MHz PCI bus clock 33 34 37 40 1 MHz ISA bus clock 8 33 9 35 MHz Intel s 82440BX AGPset Winbond s W83977 I O chip Winbond s W83781D PC Environment Monitor chip CPU built in or none cache 3 x 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports 8MB to 384MB memory Supports EDO and SDRAM memory Supports four IDE devices in two channels Supports PIO mode 0 through mode 4 drives Supports Bus Mastering DMA mode 2 drives Supports Bus Mastering Ultra DMA 33 drives One floppy disk controller One Standard EPP ECP parallel port connector Two 16550 compatible serial port connectors One IrDA compatible Infrared port Two USB Universal Serial Bus connectors Some higher frequency CPUs are not available yet the clock setting for those CPUs are for reference only P6F91i User s Manual 7 Chapter 1 Introduction Mouse Keyboard Expansion Slots Power Management PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector One AGP Slot Five 32 bit PCI slots Two 16 bit ISA slots one PCI ISA shared slot Compliant with EPA APM 1 2 and ACPI ATX soft off power control Power On by Keyboard Power On by External Modem Ring Power On by Alarm Power On by Wake On LAN WOL Sleep state indicator Fan off in sleep mode System Management Winbond W83781D PC Environment Monitor Voltage Regulator Form Factor Software BIOS Driver CPU temperature warning and System temperature detect
62. utomatically turn off PCI and DIMM clock which is not use and reduce electromagnetic interference Spread Spectrum Modulated When set to Enabled system clock frequency will automatically be modulated which helps reducing electromagnetic interference Default is Enabled CPU Warning Temperature This feature gives you the ability to set warning temperature for CPU When the CPU temperature exceeds the set temperature the PC speaker will beep The beep sound will not off unless you turn off computer and change your CPU cooling condition This feature gives you CPU overheat protection Current System Temperature This is the current system temperature reading This feature gives you the ability to monitor your system s temperature without opening the chassis Current CPU FAN FAN2 SPEED This is CPU FAN or FAN2 RPM Revolution Per Minute reading This feature gives you the ability to monitor conditions of CPU FAN and FAN2 Vcc3 Veep 5V 5V 12V 12V This is Vec3 onboard 3 3 volt Vccp CPU Core voltage 5 V power supply s 5 volt S V power supply s 5 volt 12V power supply s 12 volt and 12V power supply s 12 volt reading This feature gives you the ability to monitor condition of system s power After you have made your selections in the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP press the lt ESC gt key to go back to the main program screen 48 P6F91i User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 1
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