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1. This 5 pin connector connects to an optional IrDA SSS wireless transmitting QMouule and receiving infrared module via a cable and a es a bracket Pin Assignment I o j e1 1 5V I 2 IRM_IRR 3 IR Receiver 4 Ground a l 5 IR Transmitter 4 Floppy Drive Connector One 34 pin Block A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has e 34 wires and 2 connectors to support 2 floppy disk drives The connector lt q _ with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector with untwisted wires connects to drive B You must orient the cable connector so that the pin color edge of the cable is at the pin of the I O port connector id tao 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 rib bon 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 Consult the documentation that came with your IDE drive for details on jumper loca tions and settings You must orient the cable connector so that the pin 1 color edge of the cable is at the pin 1 of
2. a T ge ISAIA O O OOOO E z Front Pane Creative Lab SB Link connector a Connecto ale PCI3 5 P Cami fo alz CMOS RAM Clearance a _ F ma Wake On LAN RIE Connector AES PCI2 ji Auto Power On Jumper zls ijg PCII Secondary Fan Connector ESS W83781D PC AudioDrive Environment Monitor b S1898 3 ar A Ain CPU Fan Connector aia TE 3 5q sh 2 S 5 5 JIBS z Go Z 5 5 aid est F G p N KA oa b p 5 HVO r2 N 55 N O las 8 lt gige Q sijs a O AJS zZ QO S gt lt a T Ga co Z 7 d T q DN a Q tr A o s FB z StR Ore Js F 3 F Fi wn aa ag g EEJ e gs A F pg s h S wee oWW fA Jumper Quick Reference Keyboard amp PS 2 mouse power selection Function description When set to 1 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse use power supply s 5 V power When set to 2 3 keyboard and PS 2 mouse use power supply s 5Vsb power To enabled keyboard password power on function this jumper has to be set to 2 3 Wake On LAN WOL header Which allows system wake up by the WOL net work card Creative Lab SB Link This Header is use for Creative Lab PCI sound card CMOS RAM Clearance When set to 2 3 CMOS RAM Clearance Default is 1 2 Auto power on jumper When set to 1 2 enabled the auto power on function 20 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware
3. P6F94 Quick Reference intel Pentium II CPU Soft Menu Jumperless 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 option Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed 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 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 FILE NAME F94x DOC 062798 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 publication 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 pers
4. 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 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto ooo Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360K Video EGA VGA Other Memory 384K Halt On All Errors But Keyboard Total Memory 16384K ESC Quit AY gt lt Select Item PU PD Modify F1 Help Shift F2 Change Color The Standard CMOS Setup utility is used to configure the following 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 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 SCSD There are six categories of information you must enter for a HDD CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of heads PRE COMP write pre compensation LANDZ landing zone SEC TOR number of sectors and MODE Nor
5. 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 P6F94 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 JP12 to 1 2 The default for JP12 is 2 3 16 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 16 System Sleep Resume When Advanced Power Management APM is activated in the system BIOS and the Operating System s APM 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
6. option Refer to the table below and select the correct CPU speed ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled CPU Speed 266MHz 66x4 0 DRAM Speed Selection 60 ns CPU Ratio x 4 0 i MA Wait State Fast CPU Frequency _ _ _66MHz 3 EDO RAS to CAS delay 3 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled EDO RAS Precharge Time 4 Passive Release Enabled EDO DRAM Read Burst x222 Delayed Transaction Disabled EDO DRAM Write Burst x222 AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Slow Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Slow CPU Warning Temperature 66 C 151 F p SDRAM CAS Latency Time 3 Current System Temp 489C 120 R Current CPU FAN Speed 4383 DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current FAN2 Speed 4353 Vcc3 3 32 Veep gt 2 80 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled jt 12V 12 0145V 5 01 Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 25V 4 98 12V 11 96 Video RAM Cacheable Disabled ESC Quit ky Select Item Hep PU PD Modify SBO Reon Tine Old values ni F2 Colo F7 Load Setup Defaults Ee P6F94 User s Manual 33 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation CPU Bus Clock 66 6MHz CPU Soft Menu Setting SPEED Bus Clock Core to Bus Clock Multiplier 233MHz 66 6MHz 3 5 266MHz 66
7. 1 18 System Manageability Optional Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Unpacking 2 2 Installation Connector Jumper location 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 OoOmraran 11 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 19 19 21 26 29 30 31 31 32 P6F94 User s Manual 2 2 8 Intel Pentium II CPU Soft Menu Setting 2 2 9 System Clock CPU Bus Clock 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 ESS Audio driver 4 2 Flash Utility 4 3 EIDE Bus Master Driver 4 4 PITX4 E Utility for Windows 95 APPENDIX System Environment Monitor optional 1 0 1 Hardware Doctor Setup 1 0 2 Setting the Threshold 32 35 36 37 37 39 40 40 40 40 44 48 51 53 56 57 59 60 60 61 64 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview The P6F94 is a high quality high performance function enhanced mainboard based on
8. 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 66 6MHz and the CPU Core to Bus clock Multiplier is 5 0 the actual CPU core clock will be 333MHz 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 P6F94 mainboard and generate the proper operating voltage for the CPU 32 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Follow 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 2A69JF2M CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP F10 Save amp Exit Setup SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD Esc Quit y gt lt Select Item lt Shift gt F2 Change Color 2 On the top right hand side of the Chipset Feature Setup screen there is a CPU Speed
9. PCI bus clock 33 34 37 MHz ISA bus clock 8 33 9 25MHz Chipset Intel s 82440LX EX AGPset ESS ES1898 Audio driver sound chip Winbond s W83977 I O chip Winbond s W83781D chip assembly option L2 Cache CPU built in 512KB for Pentium II None or less cache 128KB for Celeron DRAM 2 x 168 pin DIMM sockets Supports 8MB to 256MB memory Supports EDO and SDRAM memory EIDE Controller 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 Enhanced I O 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 P6F94 User s Manual 7 Chapter 1 Introduction Mouse Keyboard Expansion Slots Power Management PS 2 mouse connector PS 2 keyboard connector One AGP Slot Three 32 bit PCI slots One 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 1 2 2 Software BIOS Driver Utility Assembly option Switching regulator VID for CPU voltage auto det
10. the CPU stops running the 82440LX EX 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 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 an 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 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 WOL Wake on LAN the 5Vsb SV standby line of the Micro ATX power supply must be capable of delivering 5V with 5 tolerance at 720mA or higher 1 18 System Manageability Optional 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 P6F94 User s Manual 17 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 Hardware Installation Static Electricit
11. Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 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 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 FAN 1 28 P6F94 User s Manual 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
12. Checking Disabled Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Typematic Rate Setting Disable Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 ESC Quit AY gt lt Select Item Security Option Setup S aR i E REEN PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disable coos ae i Re Color PS 2 Mouse Function Control Enabled 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 protect 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 TCAV 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 CPU Internal Cache The default setting is Enabled This Setting enables the CPU internal cache External Cache The default setting is Enabled This setting enables the Level 2 cache Quick
13. Installation 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 1 L T SPEAKER iS irea D 0 1_ STB OQ LED an rae 1 1o op RESET l eros Eo cower d afo SWITCH j ase SPEAKER Pin Assignment This 4 pin connector con 1 Speaker out nects to the case mounted 2 Ground speaker 3 Ground 4 5V KEYLOCK amp Pin Assignment This 5 pin connector con Power LED 1 LED Cathode nects to the case mounted 1 2 N C keylock switch and the 3 LED Anode GND power LED The keylock 9 4 KEYLOCK switch is used to lock the 5 Ground keyboard for security purposes This 2 pin connector con HDD LED Connector nects to the case mounted 1 f Eim Assignment HDD LED to indicate 1 LED Anode PELE etiGS 2 LED Cathode ara aisk activity P6F94 User s Manual 21 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation STB LED Connector This 2 pin connector con 1 Pin Assignment nects to the case mounted Say 1 LED Cathode STB LED to indicate a 2 LED Anode Ground standby status Reset Connector This 2 pin connector con Pin Assignment nects to the case mounted E 1 Power Good reset switch and i
14. PCI bus card which may require them through the use of this header Trend Chipaway Virus TCAYV This 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 System Manageability Winbond W83781D Hardware Environment Monitoring chip optional enables the ability for system voltage temperature and fan speed monitoring detection In addition to superior hardware capabilities features like bus mastering EIDE driver Plug and Play Soft off APM Advanced Power Management Keyboard password turn on External Modem Ring On Wake On LAN WOL Watchdog timer wake up Sleeping state indicator fan off in sleeping state requires Fan with tachometer output and BIOS upgradability are provided on the P6F94 platform 6 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 2 P6F94 Specifications Features 1 2 1 Hardware CPU Supports Intel Pentium II 233 266 300 and 333MHz Supports Intel Celeron 266 300MHz VRM Switching Voltage Regulator on board Provides 1 8V to 3 5V operating voltage for CPU core Provides 3 3V operating voltage for I O Coprocessor CPU built in FPU floating point unit Speed System bus clock 66 68 75 MHz AGP clock 66 68 75 MHz
15. 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 P6F94 User s Manual 41 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Boot Sequence The default setting is C A SCSI the other options are CDROM C A C CDROM A A C SCSI D A SCSI 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 setting for the Mainboard The other option is Normal Typematic Rate Setting The default setting is Disable If set to Enabled you can set the typematic Rate and typematic Delay Typematic
16. 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 display 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 42 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 default setting is Enabled which w
17. and ask Do you want Windows to search for a new hardware answer No and Next 4 At Hardware type screen selects Sound video and game controllership click Next and Have disk then Installation from disk screen will prompt out Click on Browser and give the correct path for ESS audio driver C ESS oemsetup inf 5 Selects ES 1869 Plug and Play Audiodrive and OK 6 Windows will load ESS Audio driver and ask windows95or NT CD for some system file after file copy is done system will reboot to complete the installation P6F94 User s Manual 57 Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 1 2 Install ESS Rack driver There are two auto extract files in the DISK2 AudioW31 EX EESS Rack driver for DOS Windows3 x AudioW95 EXE ESS Rack driver for Windows95 1 Make C Rack directory at your hard drive and copy those files into C Rack directory 2 Selects correct file according to your operation system and execute this file For example AudioW95 EXE for Windows95 3 Click the setup and follows the instruction shows on the screen to complete the installation AudioRack tor AudioDrive Bean Stealth Help Meee 3 D Mixer DAT omm gt cD SPATIALIZER Max 3 0 STEREO aN R Min SpatialContral opg ciU i ee ee e le if Volume Control je l E gt fe re a if Ge TE TE we ik DAT ops GD bear CP Gene ee be oe pe Playl
18. 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 When handling the processor avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan NZ NE A 5 When removing the processor avoid pressing down on the motherboard or components Instead press down on plastic connectors P6F94 User s Manual 29 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 4 Installing System Memory The maximum system memory supported by the P6F94 is 256MB If more than 256MB memory are populated on the P6F94 mainboard the portion of the memory which exceed the 256MB boundary will be invalidated The P6F94 Mainboard has two DIMM Sock ets Memory can be installed by using 168 pin SDRAM DIMM or EDO DIMM mem ory modules There are no jumper settings required for the memory size or type which is automatically detected by the BIOS Due to the P6F94 Mainboard high speed design the memory modules for the P6F94 must meet all of the following requirement EDO Extended Data Output Module Size Single Sided Symmetric 1Mx64 4Mx64 16Mx64 Asymmetric 1Mx64 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 Double Sided Symmetric 2Mx64 8Mx64 Asymmetric 1Mx64 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 Single sided Asymmetric 1Mx6
19. 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 EPP 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 Mouse Left and Mouse Right 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 password to activate this option After set the password go Save and Exit to store the password into CMOS RAM System will reboot after seeing
20. of day clock and an 85 year calendar with alarm features P6F94 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 JP9 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 13 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 between the computer system and portable devices such as laptops and printers 1 14 Power Management The integrated DPMA Dynamic Power Management Architecture features in the Intel 82440LX EX 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 P6F94 not only complies with EPA APM1 2 and ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface but al
21. of number of clocks required for the RAS precharge The default setting is Slow 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 P6F94 User s Manual 45 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 This 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 CPU SPEED This option sets the CPU speed There are two major categ
22. the I O port connector J qI J P6F94 User s Manual 23 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 6 Back Panel Connectors The back panel provides external access to PS 2 keyboard mouse connectors two serial port connectors one parallel port connector dual USB port connectors game MIDI port connector and microphone Line in Line out connectors which are integrated on the mainboard PS 2 Mouse TOP PS 2 Keyboard USB2 7 Power Supply Connector 3 3V 3 3V Ground 5V Ground 5V Ground Power Good 5VSB 12V Parallel Port TOP Game MIDI port TOP USB1 oo0000000000 ARRET e benod bena n COM1 COM2 Line Out Microphone Line In 43 3V aI The Micro ATX power O E 6 12V supply has a single lead oe onnector with a clip on Power ON OFF c g Or W P 9 Ground ii ne ltl one side of the plastic Ground ve housing There is only one Ground pee way to plug the lead into sv the Micro ATX power AON cas connector Press the lead connector down until the clip snaps into
23. 4 2Mx64 SDRAM Synchronous DRAM 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 Double Sided Asymmetric 2Mx64 4Mx64 8Mx64 16Mx64 Requirements DRAM Speed 60ns or faster RAS Access Time 60ns or faster CAS Access Time 20ns or faster 3 3V unbuffered DIMM mod ule Speed grade 66 6 MHz or faster CAS latency 3 or faster When P6F94 equipped with Intel 82440LX chipset it supports 64 bit or 72 bit 64 bit memory data plus 8 bit ECC DRAM array When P6F94 equipped with Intel 82440EX chipset it only supports 64 bit DRAM array The ECC function is not supported by Intel 82440EX chipset 30 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Install 168 pin DIMM modules in any combination as follows 168 Pin DIMM Modules Memory Configuration BANK 0 DIMM1 SDRAM EDO 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB BANK 1 DIMM2 Total System Memory SDRAM EDO 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 8MB to Max 256MB 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 JP9 for 5 seconds 3 Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP9 4 Power on the system 2 2 6 Auto Power On After losing A
24. 6MHz 4 0 300MHz 66 6MHz 4 5 333MHz 66 6MHz 5 0 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 2A69JF2M 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 E 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 34 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 9 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 CPU Frequency are 66MHz 68MHz 75MHz and 83MHz 66MHz default Available Options 68MHz for CPU Frequency 7SMHz NOTE Over clock 68MHz 75MHz may cause system intermittent lock up or fail to boot up no video If this happens there are two meth ods you can reset your CMOS setting and get your system back again Method 1 Press and hold the lt INS gt key be
25. 94 mainboard offers outstanding I O capabilities It contains a full set of PC I O such as dual channel PCI EIDE interfaces a floppy controller two FIFOed serial port connector 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 Three PCI local bus slots and one ISA bus slots provide expandability for add on peripheral cards P6F94 User s Manual 5 Chapter 1 Introduction The P6F94 mainboard is OnNow PC Managed PC and PC98 compliant It also offers optimized system performance integrated power management Creative SoundBlaster Link Trend Chipaway Virus and system manageability optional 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 Creative SoundBlaster SB Link This SB Link 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
26. C power the system will not turn on automatically when power comes back unless you set the Auto Power On jumper JP12 to 1 2 Out of safety consideration the default setting on JP12 is 2 3 which avoid system turn on by itself when plug in the power cole JP12 shunt 1 2 Auto Power On feature is On JP12 shunt 2 3 Auto Power On feature is Off Default P6F94 User s Manual 31 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 7 PS 2 Keyboard amp Mouse Power Selection The 3 pin jumper JP3 is used for PS 2 keyboard amp mouse s power selection When JP3 is set to 2 3 the keyboard is powered by 5 Vsb 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 _ywigoad 1 JP3 shunt 1 2 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse use power supply s 5V JP3 shunt 2 3 PS 2 keyboard amp mouse use power supply s 5Vsb 5 volt standby 2 2 8 Intel Pentium II amp Celeron CPU Soft Menu Setting The Soft Menu jumperless design of the P6F94 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 233 266 300 and 333MHz is 66 6MHz For Celeron 266MHz is 66 6MHz
27. D 3 R_Input Rw ne p A wnel 4 R_Input 1 L_Input ROM Audio input signal The pin out and connect type are 4 GND different between CD1 and CD2 CD1 is JST type connector which is for CD1 Pin Assignment WATTSUMI PANASONIC CD 1 L Input ROM CD2 is MPC2 type 2 GND connector which is for SONY cies ATAPI CD ROM P6F94 User s Manual 25 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 2 2 Installing CPU Before You Begin 1 Be sure that your Intel boxed processor kit includes the following items the processor with the fan or heatsink attached one heatsink support set containing two black plastic pegs and two black plastic supports one power cable for CPU with cooling fan attached only one Intel Inside Pentium II processor program label 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 follow ing the manufacturer s instructions Shown installed in the fol lowing 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 N
28. Enabled This fea ture 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 Second ary 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 auto matically set the mode to match the transfer rate of hard disk If 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 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 P6F94 User s Manual 53 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 Init Disp
29. GA 40 and CGA 80 Halt On The options are All Errors default No Errors Al But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key This setting determines which type of errors will cause the system to 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 automati cally 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 manually 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 for matted when you install it choose the mode which is used to format it P6F94 User s Manual 39 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 Fea tures Setup Power Management Setup PnP PCI configuration setup and Integrated Peripherals Setup There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup To use this feature highlight on the main sc
30. O RAS to CAS delay 3 Memory Hole At 1I5M 16M Disabled EDO RAS Precharge Time 4 Passive Release Enabled EDO DRAM Read Burst x222 Delayed Transaction Disabled EDO DRAM Write Burst 222 AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Slow Spread Spectrum Modulated Enabled SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Slow CPU Warning Temperature 66 C 151 F 3 SDRAM CAS Latency Time 3 Current System Temp 489C 120 R Current CPU FAN Speed 4383 i DRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current FAN2 Speed 4353 Vec3 3 32 Vecp 2 80 System BIOS Cacheable Enabled jt 12V 12 0145V 5 01 Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled 2 SV 1_ 4 98 12V 11 96 4 Video RAM Cacheable Disabled ESC Quit A Select Item A Help PU PD Modify 3 BITTO Recovery Taie F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color 7 ECOVERY TIME 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 config ured Do not make any change unless you are familiar with the chipset 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 DRAM Speed Selection This option should be set according to the speed of the EDO DRAM in the s
31. PCI IDE Card s primary interrupt to INT A and sec ondary 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 52 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 12 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS Selecting INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS on the main program screen displays this menu Integrated Peripherals Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled UART Mone Select se 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 Init Display First AGP ESC Quit Ay gt lt Select Item Onboard FDD Controller Enabled F1 Hel j Help PU PD Modify Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto F7 Load Setup Defaults IDE HDD Block Mode The Default setting is
32. System configuration table screen turn off computer by power button Then your system is under password protection now You need to press lt Enter gt key right after enter the password to reactivate your system 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 Chapter2 Clear CMOS amp Password P6F94 User s Manual 55 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 When set to Mouse Left Right system power can be turned on by pressing PS 2 mouse left right key This function works with a standard two button PS 2 mouse only 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 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 Enter gt after entering the password At the next prompt
33. TUP program press the lt DEL gt key The CMOS SETUP UTILITY screen will be displayed at this time 36 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 2 CMOS SETUP UTILITY Main Program Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M 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 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 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 3 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP Selecting STANDARD CMOS SETUP on the main program screen displays this menu P6F94 User s Manual 37 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration Standard CMOS Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Mon Mar 23 1998 Time hh mm ss 10 10 10
34. bus arbitrator SMBus interface Real Time clock 1 8 Main Memory The P6F94 mainboard provides two 168 pin DIMM sockets When P6F94 equipped with Intel 82440LX chipset it supports 64 bit or 72 bit 64 bit memory data plus 8 bit ECC DRAM array When P6F94 equipped with Intel 82440EX chipset it only supports 64 bit DRAM array The ECC function is not supported by Intel 82440EX chipset The total memory size can support from 8MB to 256MB 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 P6F94 supports two types of DRAMs Extended Data Out EDO and Synchronous DRAM SDRAM Memory Timing requires 60ns or faster for EDO and 66 6MHz speed grade for SDRAMs Each DIMM 12 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction belongs to different banks each bank can have different size type speed of memory SDRAM and EDO DIMMs can 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 1 9 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Slot The P6F94 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 can be 4 times faster than PCI bus The following is a cloc
35. 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 JP9 to short pin 2 and pin 3 for 5 seconds then put ting the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP9 56 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 Driver and Utility 4 1 ESS Audio Driver There are two ESS audio driver diskettes include with the mainboard DISK 1 is for ESS audio driver and Disk2 is for ESS Audio Rack driver There are three auto extract files in the DISK1 ESSDOS EX EESS Audio driver for DOS Windows3 x ESSW95 EXE ESS Audio driver for Windows95 ESSNT40 EXE ESS Audio Driver for Windows NT4 0 4 1 1 Install ESS Audio driver 1 Make C KSS directory at your hard drive and copy those files into C ESS directory 2 Selects correct file according to your operation system and execute this file For example ESSW95 EXE for Windows95 3 Go to Control panel and click at Add New Hardware and Next Windows will prompts a screen
36. e Lab SB Link JP8 9 IR Port Header 21 Winbond 83781D PC Health Monitor chip 10 ATX Power Connector Assemble option 11 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 22 GAME Audio port 12 Flash BIOS 10 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 4 Microprocessor The P6F94 mainboard is designed to operate with the Intel Pentium II processor that runs at 233 266 300 333MHz and Intel Celeron at 266 300MHz On board switching voltage regulator provides the required 1 8 to 3 5 volts for the processor The Pentium II or Celeron processor will send 5 VID Voltage Identification signals to the switching voltage regulator and the switching regulator will generate the correct voltage for the processor The Pentium II or Celeron 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 IT Packaging The Pentium II is packaged in an S E C Single edge Contact cartridge The S E C cartridge includes the processor core the second level cache a thermal plate and a back cover The Pentium II processor connects to the P6F94 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 stabili
37. e certain that everything connects to the system case including the power supply is unplugged before doing the installation work 18 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Unpacking The P6F94 mainboard package contains the following P6F94 mainboard One IDE 40 pin ribbon cable Y One floppy 34 pin ribbon cable M Driver and Utility diskettes User s manual M CPU retention mechanism 2 2 Installation The P6F94 is designed to fit into a standard Micro ATX form factor chassis The pattern of the mounting holes and the position of the back panel connectors meet the Micro 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 chassis for better grounding To install the mainboard you need to install CPU DIMM memory modules and attach the connectors P6F94 User s Manual 19 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation P6F94 Mainboard Connector Jumper Location
38. ecrease buttons Voltage detection items Vcore stands for voltage for CPU core Increase low margin Decrease low margin Increase high margin Decrease high margin Winbond Hatdware Doctor File Tools kelp Volta Y Low Limit High Limit Y Status Vcore ael 259 1 HT 41 299 ael 280 aN daf an 283 e A 4 350 aff adv Vf ae r Se 6 24 aff az aa pimo gt ms 1413 02 af P1228 ax fo 7299 14 ae ee aIo 10 088 gt FV bi Sed fee oh ke TE ae SS eT 2 Yl SE ae ee TY Tp x ma s ae lo ay lt a cpu Hf 1055 4327 APM m FAN2 471055 4 441 RPM r Temperature 7 Pr SYSTEM J gt 00 40 mimi o 127 an fff 3900 System Temperature detection CPU Fan RPM detection Secondary FAN FAN2 RPM detection P6F94 User s Manual 63 Online Services Online Services Freetech is a leading designer and manufacturer of high performance system boards for desktop PCs workstations and network servers Since its inception in the heart of Silicon Valley in 1990 it has continued to provide valued products to its customers by focusing on service quality and technology If you need technical support information on products and updated version of BIOS driver and utility access the Internet and go to www freetech com
39. ection Micro ATX 24 5cm x 19cm 9 6 x 7 48 Soft Menu Jumperless design Built in Trend Chipaway Virus TCAV AWARD Pentium IT AGP PCI BIOS Flash BIOS with ESCD Extended System Configuration Data block Supports APM PnP Multi Boot and EIDE devices Supports High Capacity LS 120 and ZIP Removable Media Drive IDE Bus mastering Ultra DMA driver Flash utility for BIOS upgrade P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction O S Operates with MS_DOS Windows 3 x Windows for Work Groups 3 x Windows95 Windows 98 Windows NT OS 2 Warp 4 x Novell Netware Novell UnixWare 1 1 and SCO Unix 5 x 1 2 3 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 1 80V to 3 50V DC Voltage 5V 12V 12V 5Vss 5 tolerance 1 2 4 Mainboard Chipset Identify P6F94 mainboard may have either Intel 82440LX or Intel 82440EX chipset installed Here are a easy way to identify it In AGPset FW82443LX Intel 82440LX Chipset LXXXXXXX INTEL nooo In AGPset Fw82443EX Intel 82440EX Chipset LXXXXXXX a INTEL W83977 When P6F94 equipped with I
40. ed 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 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 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 retur
41. edure P6F94 User s Manual 61 APPENDIX 3 Select the directory to install Hardware Doctor program The default directory is Program Files Hardware Doctor EU elfen Ble niei elait 2 Hardware Doctor Setup Begin the installation by clicking the button below Click this button to install Hardware Doctor software to the specified destination directory r Directory C Program Files Hardware Doctor Change Directory Exit 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 Accessories gt LS Online Services gt Documents gt G StartUp r Settings gt US Zitf Davis Benchmarks gt amp Hardware Doctor Q Internet Explorer ei Edy a BQ Hep Intemet Mail cT eT Eind gt E2 Internet News Bun i 5 wi Microsoft NetMeeting a MS DOS Prompt QJ Windows Explorer Suspend Windows 5 Shut Down i Paint Shop Pro D Paint Shop Pro Help 62 P6F94 User s Manual APPENDIX 1 0 2 Setting the Threshold Set the threshold you want for system temperature voltages and FAN speeds by moving the slide bars or by clicking the increase d
42. fore power on the computer Once BIOS detect the lt INS gt key is pressed it will clear CMOS RAM and reset CMOS setting to the 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 JP9 for 5 seconds 3 Put the shunt back to pin1 and pin2 of JP9 4 Power on the system P6F94 User s Manual 35 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 BIOS Configuration After hardware configuration of P6F94 Mainboard is completed 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 SE
43. ill 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 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 P6F94 User s Manual 43 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 2A69JF2M CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Auto Configuration Enabled CPU Speed 266MHz 66x4 0 DRAM Speed Selection 60 ns CPU Ratio gt x40 MA Wait State Fast CPU Frequency _ _66MHz m ED
44. ist ee Playlist ee mt aa a P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 4 Driver and Utility 4 2 Flash Utility The BIOS of the P6F94 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 AUTOEXEC 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 3 EIDE Bus Master Driver The Bus Master EIDE logic designed in the Intel 82440LX EX 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 Wind
45. k frequency for different system clock operating modes System Clock AGP Clock PCI Clock ISA Clock 66MHz 66MHz 33MHz 8 3MHz 68MHz 68MHz 34MHz 8 5MHz 75MHz 75MHz 37 5MHz 9 4MHz 1 10 Enhanced IDE Support The P6F94 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 82440LX EX chipset is intended to reduce the workload of the CPU hence increasing CPU efficiency The Bus Master takes care of the data transfer between IDE and memory and lets the CPU handle other tasks In true multi tasking operating systems such as Windows 95 Windows98 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 P6F94 User s Manual 13 Chapter 1 Introduction The following is a data transfer rate comparison table for different IDE operating modes Operating Mode Maxi
46. lay First This feature allows user to set the first initial display device For example when set to AGP then AGP will be the master and first initial display device The options are AGP default and PCI slot 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 2F8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default setting for serial port 1 and 2 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 maximum 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 54 P6F94 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
47. led CPUFAN off In Suspend Enabled Mouse Break Suspend No PS 2 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Modem Use IRQ 3 Resume by Ring Disabled pe Resume by Alarm Disabled EXE Gull ty gt Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify Wake Up On LAN Disabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled 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 demonstration purposes Disable Disables the power management features 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 48 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 ne
48. lly assign the relative IRQs and DMAs for each peripheral 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 and 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 Leg acy 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 or PCI SLOT4 depending on which slot the PCI IDE Card is installed Only INT A and INT B are available for a PCI IDE Card therefore you must set the
49. mal LBA LARGE and AUTO The hard disk vendor s or system manufacturer s documenta tion should provide you with the information needed The MODE option is for IDE hard disk drives only The MODE has four options NORMAL LBA LARGE and AUTO Set MODE to NORMAL for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB Set MODE to LBA for IDE 38 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 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 C
50. mum 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 11 Keyboard Mouse and USB Interface PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse and USB connectors are located on the back panel of the P6F94 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 P6F94 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 chassis 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 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 1 Introduction 1 12 Real time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery The integrated real time clock RTC provides a time
51. n is that the bus is not 46 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 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 automatically 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 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 This feature required W83781D chip install Current CPU FAN FAN2 SPEED This is CPU FAN or FAN2 RPM Revolution Per Minute reading This feature gives yo
52. n 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 CPU FAN Off In Suspend If set to Enabled CPU fan and Second ary fan will be turned off in Suspend Mode P6F94 User s Manual 49 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 power 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 0 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 sig nal IRQ 8 Break Suspend When this option and the option of Power On by alarm a
53. ntel 82440LX chipset it support 64 bit or 72 bit 64 bit memory data plus 8 bit ECC DRAM array When P6F94 equipped with Intel 82440EX chipset it only support 64 bit DRAM array The ECC function is not supported by Intel 82440EX chipset P6F94 User s Manual 9 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 P6F94 Mainboard Layout 9 QO l ag 20 Je BL Fo B cS i Ww E KNA a ESS 4 AudioDrive h ES1898 morse en es Aye 0s 2 N e S e LI se N l5 g Q A gt lt z a 8 a Ka _A Q N 13 T A Ey Cana m NIN ne A S BE REFERENCE PAGE REFERENCE PAGE 1 CPU Slot1 13 Switching Regulator 2 ISA Expansion Slots 14 Front panel Connectors 3 PCI Expansion Slots 15 Battery CR2032 Lithium 4 AGP Slot 16 Dual USB Connector 5 DIMM Module Sockets 17 CPU FAN Connector 6 IDE Connectors 18 Secondary FAN Connector 7 Floppy Drive Connector 19 Wake On LAN Header 8 Parallel Serial Port Connector 20 Creativ
54. onal 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 INCLUD ING THE COSTS OF REPAIRING REPLACING OR RECOV ERING SUCH HARDWARE SOFTWARE OR DATA All trademarks mentioned in this document are acknowledged The Specification on the manual is subject to change without notice 2 P6F94 User s Manual Table Of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview 1 2 P6F94 Specifications Features 1 2 1 Hardware 1 2 2 Software 1 2 3 Environment 1 2 4 Mainboard Chipset Identify 1 3 P6F94 Mainboard Layout 1 4 Microprocessor 1 5 Pentium II Packaging 1 6 Celeron Packaging 1 7 Chipset 1 8 Main Memory 1 9 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP slot 1 10 Enhanced IDE Support 1 11 Keyboard Mouse and USB Interface 1 12 Real time Clock CMOS RAM and Battery 1 13 IrDA Infrared Support 1 14 Power Management 1 15 System Power On Off Control 1 16 System Sleep Resume 1 17 Wake On LAN WOL
55. ory of this option The default setting is Manual The other options are 200MHz 66 6x3 0 233MHz 66 6x3 5 266MHz 66 6x4 0 300MHz 66 6x4 5 and 333MHz 66 6x5 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 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 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 spe cial 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 specifi cation One advantage of a Delay Transactio
56. otice 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 26 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 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 Hole and clip on outside edge N 3 Slide the clip A on each support toward the processor exposing the hole that will 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 Groove in fan housing 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 P6F94 User s Manual 27
57. ows 95 BMIDE_NT EXE For Windows NT BMIDEOS2 EXE For OS 2 P6F94 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 4 PITX4 E Utility for Windows 95 The PIIX4 E utility is a an upgrade utility that can be employed under Win95 to automatically upgrade your current IDE controller support to PILX4 For example while install a Windows95 from PILX4 platform Under Win95 My computer control Panel Device Manager View device by Type Other Device PCI Bridge PCI Universal Serial BUS To let Win95 properly report your device resource follow below instructions Implement WINP2X4 Under Win95 DOS prompt type WINP2X4 After issuing this command a display similar to this appear WinP2X4 EXE V1 xx Copyright c Award Software inc 1997 All rights Reserved Microsoft Windows 95 implement for Intel PITX4 The Windows 95 directory is C WINDOWS Y N Respond Y if windows 95 directory is correct If the Windows 95 directory is other than the default directory please respond N and follow the on screen prompt to enter the correct path Please input directory name of your Windows 95 system XXXX ke Modifying
58. place and secures the lead onto the connector 6 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 24 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 8 Wake on LAN Connector 2 EAEE 1 I OZ JP7 a I LA Pin Assignment I 1 5Vs8 2 GND 3 Wake up signal This 3 pin header is used for remote wake up of the computer through a network 9 Creative Lab SB Sideband Link Connector 5 3 1 2 O ips 6 42 0 E Pin Assignment 2 1 PCI_Grant 2 GND IO Lye 3 N C Key Pin 4 PCl_Request 5 GND 6 SER_IRQ 10 CD ROM Audio Input 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 CD2 Pin Assignment This 1x4 header is used for CD 2 GN
59. re both set to Enabled you may set the date day of month hour minute and second to wake up your system from suspend mode 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 COMZ2 depending on which COM port is connected to your serial mouse or set to No PS 2 if 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 50 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 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 correctly thru the PnP PCI Configuration Setup utility otherwise the Main board will not work properly Selecting PnP PCI CONFIGURATION on the main program sc
60. reen 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 want 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 boot ing 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 3 8 BIOS FEATURES SETUP Selecting BIOS FEATURES SETUP on the main program screen dis plays this menu 40 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration BIOS Features Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M 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 DC000 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 Gate A20 Option Hage CPU L2 Cache ECC
61. reen displays this menu PnP PCI Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M 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 PCI ISA PnP Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA PnP IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP i IRQ 7 assigned to Legacy ISA ASSIN IRO Eor USB a Enabled IRQ 9 assigned to PCI 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 A Y gt lt Select Item DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA PnP F1 Help PU PD Modify DMASasgmodo REI ISAPIE psio Values gy F2 Color SSIS z 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 P6F94 User s Manual 51 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 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 automatica
62. s used to FON 5 Ground reboot the system This 2 pin connector con 1 f nects to the case mounted a Pin Assignment Power button O Power Switch Connector 1 Power On Off 2 Ground 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 82440LX EX chipset does not support the hardware deturbo function An alternative method of using lt CTRL gt lt ALT gt lt gt keys to change the speed may be used if necessary 2 Fan Connectors a There are two fan connectors q SS on the P6F94 mainboard for e T DE the cooling fans The g Urns connectors support fans of Pin Assignment 12V DC 500mAMP 6 1 GND WATT or less When the 3 SPEED RPM 2 12V r 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 22 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 3 IrDA compliant IR Infrared Connector 1
63. so provides the following power management features Power on by an 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 required ATX power supply Suspend mode indicator The power LED becomes dim when system is in suspend mode P6F94 User s Manual 15 Chapter 1 Introduction Fan off in suspend mode The CPU cooling fan will be turned off when the system is in suspend mode required cooling FAN cable connect to motherboard FAN connector 1 15 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 Power On by PS 2 Keyboard feature you need to short JP3 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
64. the powerful Intel Pentium II processor operating at 233 266 300 333MHz and Intel Celeron processor operating at 266 300MHz This mainboard is designed around the latest Intel 82440LX EX chipset with built in ESS sound chip in a Micro ATX form factor The Soft menu jumperless design of the P6F94 uses the onboard BIOS for clock frequency and CPU multiplier jumper settings are no longer needed The P6F94 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 powerful 64 bit Pentium II or Celeron processor with MMX technology 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 P6F94 mainboard may have either Intel 82440LX or Intel 82440EX chipset installed When P6F94 mainboard equipped with Intel 82440LX chipset it can achieves the highest reliability by supporting the ECC Error Checking and Correction memory protection This enables the P6F94 with Intel 82440LX chipset mainboard to achieve superior data integrity and fault tolerance in respect to memory errors while running applications NOTE ECC function is not supported by Intel 440EX chipset The P6F
65. u the ability to monitor conditions of CPU FAN and FAN2 This feature required W83781D chip install Vcc3 Veep 5V 5V 12V 12V This is Vcc3 onboard 3 3 volt Vecp CPU Core voltage 5 V power supply s 5 volt 5V 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 This feature required W83781D chip install 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 P6F94 User s Manual 47 Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration 3 10 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP The Power Management Setup controls the mainboard s Green fea tures Selecting POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP on the main pro gram screen displays this menu Power Management Setup Screen ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JF2M 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 HDD Down When Suspend Disabled Serial Port Disabled Parallel Port Disab
66. y Precautions Before removing the Mainboard from its anti static bag you need to eliminate any static electricity that may be accumulated on your body The charge that can build up in your body may be more than enough to damage integrated circuits on the system board There fore it is important to observe basic precautions whenever you han dle or use computer components Although areas with humid climate are much less prone to static build up it is best to always safeguard against accidental damage that may lead to costly repairs The following measures should be sufficient to protect your equip ment from static discharge After removing the system cover discharge any static electricity that might have accumulated in your body by touching a grounded or anti static surface e g anti static pads or using a grounding wrist strap If nothing is available touch the power supply housing This assumes the system unit is plugged into the AC outlet Be certain to do this before removing components from their anti static coverings When handling separate cards boards or modules be cautious to avoid contacting with the components on them and also with the gold finger connectors that plug into the expansion slot It is best to handle them either by their edges or by mounting brackets that attach to the slot opening in the system cases However the above recommendation are just intended to avoid the static dis charge problem Mak
67. your Windows 95 system success You have to restart the Windows95 system right now Follow the on screen prompt to restart your system to let the change take effect You may be prompted to update device drivers after system restart Note The device driver ideatapi mpd is locate at C windows system iosubsys directory 60 P6F94 User s Manual APPENDIX System Environment Monitor optional 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 parameters 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 1 0 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 EU IUA belo elgeoyes I t J Hardware Doctor Setup x zB Welcome to the Hardware Doctor installation program 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 proc
68. ystem The options are SOns and 60ns MA Wait State This option selects Fast or Slow memory MA bus timing For EDO the Slow is one more wait state than the Fast For SDRAM Fast timing means 1 clock MA wait state 44 P6F94 User s Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration EDO RAS to CAS Delay The options are 2 and 3 This option controls the number of clocks for row miss leadoff timing delay The default setting is 3 EDO RAS Precharge Time The options are 4 or 3 This option sets the length of time in terms of number of clocks required for the RAS precharge The default setting is 4 EDO DRAM Read Burst The options are x333 and x222 The timing used depends on the type of DRAM on per bank basis Slower rates may be required for slower memory Normally set this option to x333 for 60ns DRAMs and set to x222 for 50ns DRAMs EDO DRAM Write Burst The options are x333 and x222 The timing used depends on the type of DRAM on per bank basis Slower rates may be required for slower memories The default setting is x222 SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay The options are Slow and Fast This option controls the number of clocks for row miss leadoff timing delay The default setting is Slow SDRAM RAS Precharge Time The options are Slow or Fast This option sets the length of time in terms
69. zed by a heatsink support which is attached to the mainboard 1 6 Celeron Packaging The Celeron is packaged in an S E P P Single Edge Processor Package which is similar to the Single Edge Contact SEC cartridge form factor that the Pentium II processor uses and maintains compatibility with Slot 1 This packaging technology features a P6 microarchitecture based core processor on a single sided substrate without BSRAM componentry It does not have a thermal plate or cover The 0 25 micron manufacturing process which reduces processor heat enables the Intel Celeron processor to use a smaller heat sink Also the Intel Celeron processor uses newer Retention Mechanisms that are designed to fit the SEPP form factor P6F94 User s Manual 11 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Chipset The Intel 82440LX EX AGPset consists of one 82443LX EX PAC System Controller and one 82371EB PIIX4E PCI ISA IDE Accelerator 82443LX EX 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 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 controllers NMI logic SMI interrupt logic and PCI ISA

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