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1. This page is intentionally left blank a M R R 7 46 ST268G User s Manual2. HRn I 1 DRAM Clock Drive Control This field provides settings related to DRAM The fields are listed below Current FSB Frequency The default setting of the FSB Frequency is 100MHz Current DRAM Frequency The default setting of the DRAM Frequency is 133MHz DRAM Clock The default setting of the DRAM clock is SPD DRAM Timing This option refers to the method by which the DRAM timing is selected The default is By SPD DRAM CAS Latency This is the period between when the chipset requests data from memory and when the memory is ready to send the data across the bus Bank Interleave This decides how multiple memory modules communicate It will only make a difference if you have more than one memory module Precharge to Active Trp Theamount of time from a bank precharge request to when it can be activated Active to Precharge Tras The Active to Precharge timing controls the length of the delay between the activation and precharge commands the length of time after activation can the access cycle be started again Active to CMD Trcd This is the time between a row access request and a column access request DRAM Command Rate The time to wait after a chip select before activate and read can be started AGP amp P2P Bridge Control The fields related to AGP amp P2P Bridge Control are listed below AGP Aperture Size The field sets aperture size of the graphics The aperture is a portion of the PCI
3. seen 30 Integrated Peripherals sse 33 Power Management Setup ccc eececsesesececeeeesereneneneeseeeeeenes 35 PNP PCI Configurations essere 38 PC Health Status teme ER Deas 39 Frequency Voltage Control esse se se se se eee 40 Load Fail Safe Defaults sse 4l Load Optimized Defaults sse 41 Set Supervisor User Password sse 41 READ SN tede tere ER 41 Exit Without Saving sees 41 EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ae ST268G User s Manual 21 BIOS SETUP EA sw M M BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS Basic Input Output System installed in your computer system s ROM supports VIA C3 processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for a standard device such as disk drives serial ports and parallel ports It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the Award BIOS is immediately activated Pressing the Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the Del key POST Power On Self Test will continue with its test routines thus pr
4. J ietl 4 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory DDR DIMM The ST268G board supports two 184 pin DDR DIMM socket for a maximum total memory of 1GB in DDR DRAM type The memory module capacities supported are 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB Installing and Removing DIMMs To install the DDR DIMM locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DIMM so that the two keys of the DIMM align with those on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DIMM in an upright position until the clips of the slot close to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the bottom of the slot 3 To remove the DDR module press the clips with both hands DDR Module de Lock Lock ee en ae Lock Lock Top View of DIMM Socket EE M EE EE aO EE A M7 11 ST268G User s Manual 5 INSTALLATIONS HAIR IL M M t Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on ST268G to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on ST268G and their respective functions Jumper Locations on ST268G sse 7 JP2 CF Card Master Slave SelecHON esse esse ees esse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 8
5. 32 34 6 8 0 I 3 Hostdatal 15 Hostdata0 17 OND IS DRQO 21 HosOW 23 HostIOR 25 7 Host ALE 9 GND 1 No connect 3 IDE PATADET 36 Address2 7 38 Chipselect 9 l 40 GND IOCHRDY 2 DACKO IRQI4 3 Address 1 AddrssO0 ChipselectO Activity 5 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 J15 CON 8 F Card Reader KBCLKH 5V 5V 6 8 BEE EE EE EE EE EE i1 16 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports J17 is a 40 pin connector for the COM3 4 5 6 serial ports on ST268G E 5 30 40 J18 Scanner Device Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 2 GND 6 8 5V CTSI KB CLK2 0 KBCLK ST268G User s Manual 17 INSTALLATIONS J21 CD in Connector J21 is the 4 pin CD in connector KB_Clk1 Signal Name Gl J24 COM1 Serial Port The COMI serial port uses a typical RJ45 connector as its interface connector Signal Name i Signal Name DCDI VDSR DTRI GND VCTS GND RTS1 VTXD RJ10 RXDI pe M HH TN 18 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Hr J25 Line Out Connector The line out connector comes in a phone jack type connector J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Sig
6. INSTALLATIONS n M A _ Connector Locations on ST268G Connectors on ST268G P1 Power Connector P2 HDD Power Connector J1 Primary LCD Inverter Connector J33 Secondary LCD Inverter Connector J2 J14 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors CNI CompactFlash Socket J5 System Function Connector J6 Touch Screen Connector J7 Floppy Drive Connector J9 J29 Primary and Secondary LVDS Connector DF13 20 J11 System Fan Power Connector J12 CPU Fan Power Connector J13 IR Connector J14 Primary IDE Connector J15 CON 8 F Card Reader J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports J18 Scanner Device Connector J19 CON 6 F VFD Connector J21 CD in Connector J22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector J23 PS 2 Mouse Connector J24 COMI Serial Port J25 Line Out Connector J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector J27 RJ45 Connector for LAN J30 Mic in Connector J31 Audio out Connector J32 Audio in Connector VGA1 VGA CRT Connector USB1 USB Connector JX1 USB3 4 Connector CN2 CN3 Serial ATA SATA Connectors UA KEER EE i ST268G User s Manual 11 INSTALLATIONS P1 Power Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name ME AE GE N ER OND Ju JE P2 HDD Power Connector Png Signal Name l Fin Signal Name He M HM H M NI 12 ST2
7. This field defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button In the Delay 4 Sec mode the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds AC Loss Auto Restart This field sets the auto restarting function of the system when there is AC power loss Ha M tnl 36 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP IRQ Event Activity Detect The items under this field are I O events that can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect VGA OFF LPT amp COM LPT COM HDD amp FDD ON PCI Master OFF Disabled Disabled Disabled Press Enter ITEM HELP PowerOn by PCI Card Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume IRQs Activity Monitoring IRQ Activity Monitoring When you press Enter on this field the following window appears Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON ITEM HELP IRQ3 COM2 Enabled Menu Level IRQ4 COM1 En
8. Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define the drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of read write heads PRECOMP Write precompensation LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors The Access Mode selections are as follows Auto Normal HD 528MB Large for MS DOS only LBA HD 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing Drive A Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer The available specifications are 360KB 1 2MB 720KB 1 44MB 2 88MB 525in 525in 35in 35in 3 5in EE M EE EE aO F ST268G User s Manual 25 BIOS SETUP OUBM RN Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose the following video display cards EGA VGA For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters default CGA 40 Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters Halt On This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not
9. be halted for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not be halted for a key board or disk error it will stop for all others EE EE an nl 26 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP EER Uc H AG Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Booty Priority Press Enter ITEM HELP Virus Warning Disabled Menu Level CPU Internal Cache Enabled CPU External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled First Boot Device Floppy Second Boot Device Hard Disk Third Boot Device CDROM Boot Other Device Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up Numlock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled MPS Version Control for OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS SHadow Enable Hard Disk Booty Priority This item allows you to arrange the priority of the devices where the system boots from Virus Warning This item protects the boot se
10. ee ee eene 15 113 IR Connector EER EE Se RE asses Gee EE Ge Ge en 15 J14 Primary IDE Connector seen 16 J15 CON 8 F Card Reader sess 16 J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports ese ees ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 17 J18 Scanner Device Connector eene 17 J19 CON 6 F VFD Connector sees ee ee ee ee ee nennen 17 J21 CD in CoNNECTOF ee ee ee ee ee ee enne enne nnne ee S 18 J22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector eee se se Ge ee GR Re ee ee ee 18 J23 PS 2 Mouse Connector iese esse see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ener 18 J24 COMI Serial POTE ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 18 J25 Line Out Connector ese se se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ens 19 J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector eee 19 J27 RJ45 Connector for LAN ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 19 J30 Mic in ConnecCtOF ees ees ees ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 19 J31 Audio out Connector sesse ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 19 J32 Audio in Connector ee ee se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 20 VGA1 VGA CRT Connector ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 20 USBI USB ConnectOr ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ee Ee 20 JX1 USB3 4 Connector esse ee ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 20 CN 2 CN3 Serial ATA SATA Connectors sees 20 10 ST268G User s Manual
11. hard disk and other integrated peripherals Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter ITEM HELP VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Menu Level SuperlO Device Press Enter Init Display First PCI Slot 2nd SuperlO Device Press Enter VIA OnChip IDE Device Upon pressing Enter on this field another window appears Below are the fields shown with their respective default settings OnChip SATA Enabled SATA Mode RAID OnChip IDE Channel Enabled OnChip IDE Channel Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master PIO Auto Primary Slave PIO Auto Secondary Master PIO Auto Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UDMA Auto Primary Slave UDMA Auto Secondary Master UDMA Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled VIA OnChip PCI Device Upon pressing Enter on this field another window appears Below are the fields shown with their respective default settings VIA 3058 AC97 Audio Auto VIA 3043 OnChip LAN Enabled OnChip USB Controller All Enabled OnChip EHCI Controller Enabled USB Device Function Disabled USB Emulation OFF USB Keyboard Support Disabled ST268G User s Manual 33 BIOS SETUP A Jji Ur SuperlO Device Upon pressing Enter on this field another window appears Below are the fields shown with their respective default settings O
12. memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation The default setting is 64M AGP3 0 Mode The default setting is 4X AGP Driving Value This decides how multiple memory modules communicate It will only make a difference if you have more than one memory module EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE m 1 ST268G User s Manual 31 BIOS SETUP EA M M AGP Fast Write This accelerates memory write transactions from the chipset to the AGP device AGP Master 1 WS Write When enabled this changes the default from a 2ws to a 1ws which will increase AGP Writing AGP Master 1 WS Read By default the AGP busmastering device waits for at least 2 wait states before it starts a write transaction When enable this option sets the delay to 1 wait state CPU amp PCI Bus Control The fields related to CPU amp PCI Bus Control are listed below PCI Master 0 WS Write This determines whether the chipset inserts a delay before any writes from the PCI bus PCI Delay Transaction This is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to and from the ISA bus Vlink mode selection The default is set to Mode 1 Vlink 8X Support By default this field is enabled Ha a M Ve 32 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP Integrated Peripherals This section sets configurations for your
13. 68G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J2 J14 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors Signal Name Pint Pin Signal Name 4 Hostdata8 L 5 I Host data Host data 5 Host data 10 z Hostdata4 9 L DRQO 21 CN1 CompactFlash Socket J5 System Function Connector Signal Name 5VSB o HE EE PW BUTTON GND 5V PULL HIGH IDE LED EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE ST268G User s Manual 13 INSTALLATIONS J6 Touch Screen Connector Signal Name Signal Name DCD2 RXD2 No connect Signal Name SVIGND re SVIGND Nc NC NC RM LC S Index GND GND GND E 14 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J9 J29 Primary and Secondary LVDS Connector DF13 20 J11 System Fan Power Connector Ping Signal Name GND 2 12V J12 CPU Fan Power Connector 2 Rotation detection J13 IR Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 5v88 1 CONCE HANE IS s r dh SONE x NC 7 8 KB Daal EEND ps9 1 se Default n ae ind ST268G User s Manual 15 INSTALLATIONS J14 Primary IDE Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 6 Host data 9 8 Host data 10 EE HE EG ER 1 Hostdata4 Host data 3 1 Host data 2 1 0 Hostdatall 4 Host data 13 16 Hostdatal4 18 Hostdata 15 20 Protectpin 22 AND MA SENDE 26 28 30
14. 8G VIA C3 EBGA CPU 1 1V 1 85V 1GHz 66 100 133Mhz APM1 2 VIA CLE266 North Bridge 548 pin BGAVT8623 2D 3D South Bridge 487 pin VT8237 Award BIOS 2Mbit supports ACPI function CPU integrated Two 184 pin DDR DIMM socket DDR200 266 DIMM modules Max 1GB VT8623 integrated AGP 4X VGA controller Support 18 bit LVDS panel DF 13 20 2 Realtek RTL8100C 10 100Mb single chip Ethernet controller AC97 Winbond 83697HF Parallel x1 COM1 COM2 FDC 1 44MB hardware monitor 2 thermal inputs Fintek F81216D COMB 4 RS232 ITE 8874 COM5 6 COM1 2 3 4 5 6 RS222 Built in VT8237 Lithium Battery Built in VT8237 Built in VT8237 IDE1 IDE2 UDMA 33 66 100 133 2 Ports One port share IDE2 slave 4 ports USB 1 1 2 0 D Sub x2 Pin header x2 0 C 60 C 32 F 140 F 20 C 80 C 68 F 176 F 10 90 non condensing 270mm x 160mm ST268G User s Manual INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions o 11 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS RI AA M Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the ST268G in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the Memory DDR DIMM ee 5 settine the Jumpets epe chi dae 6 Connectors on ST268G esses 10 D EE EE EE HM
15. JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection eeeeee ee ee ee ee ee 8 JP4 LCD Power SelecHON iese sesse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee nennen 8 JP8 Clear CMOS Content iese esse ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 8 JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection iese ee ees ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 9 JP9 COMI Pin 10 Selection se se ee ee ee ee eene 9 BEE EE EE jeg ti 6 ST268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Jumper Locations on ST268G n Jumper Locations on ST268G 000 eee ee ee Ge Se ee ee ee 7 JP2 CF Card Master Slave SeleCHON iese esse ee ee se ee ee ee ee ee ee 8 JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection mrssrnnnrnrsnnrnrrrennrnserrrrenrennnnr 8 JP4 LCD Power Selection sniene ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ES 8 IPS Clear CMOS Content ae c cei tec N Ge EP hr ee 8 JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection esse ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ae 9 EE please J ST268G User s Manual 7 INSTALLATIONS JP2 CF Card Master Slave Selection Setting Master Slave fel om JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection E Pin 1 2 5y Short Closed Pin 2 3 GND 123 Short Closed Default JP4 LCD Power Selection Pin 1 2 3 3V gt Short Closed Default Pin 2 3 5y Short Closed JP8 Clear CMOS Content mm Normal Operation Short Closed de Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Content E S Short Closed 8 S
16. Palette Snoop Some non standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly This field allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA When this field is enabled a PCI VGA can work with an MPEG ISA VESA VGA card When this field is disabled a PCI VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA VESA card Assign IRQ for VGA This field enables the assigning of an IRQ for VGA Assign IRQ for USB This field enables the assigning of an IRQ for USB PCI Latency Timer This field sets the PCI latency clock By default the setting is 64 EE EE EE EE EE EE H dt 38 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP L CC C O N ee ee ee ee PC Health Status Phoenix Award WorkstationBlOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status ITEM HELP CPU Warning Temperature Disabled Current System Temp 39 C 102 F Current CPU Temp 32 C 89 F Current System FAN Speed 0 RPM Current CPU FAN Speed 0 RPM Vcore V 1 63V Vcc3 V 3 37V 45V 5 05V 412V 12 09V 12V 12 03V 5V 4 79V VBAT V 3 21V 5VSB V 5 05V Shutdown Temperature Disabled Thermal Duty Cycle By default this field is disabled CPU Warning Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature so that when the temperature is reached the system sounds a warning This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating Temperatures Fan Speeds Voltages These fields are th
17. RQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled ACPI Function Enable this function to support ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Power Management Option This field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes There are four selections for Power Management Min Power Saving Minimum power management Max Power Saving Maximum power management User Define Each of the ranges is from 1 min to Ihr Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min EE M O EE 1 ST268G User s Manual 35 BIOS SETUP EA CCCoo ee HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active Suspend Mode BIOS will turn the HDD s motor off when system is in SUSPEND mode By default this field is disabled Video Off Option This field sets the video off option By default video goes into suspend state and then Off Video Off Method This field defines the Video Off features There are three options V H SYNC Blank Default setting blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Allows BIOS to control the video display Blank Screen Writes blanks to the video buffer Modem Use IRQ The default setting of this field is 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN
18. ST268G USER S MANUAL Version 1 1 Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International Inc PS 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners ii ST268G User s Manual Table of Contents Introduction sss 1 Product Description c eee repe eere 1 SDeGITICatlOTiS OE EE EE a e IE E 2 Board Dimensions esee 3 Installations 4 Installing the Memory DDR DIMM eee 5 Setting the Jumpers esse ese ee ee Ge Ge rennen 6 Connectors on ST268G ee ee se se se ee ee ee 10 BIOS SEP se Ee ee ee 21 Appendix sos eis 43 A VO Port Address Map iese see see se se se ee ee ee ee 43 B Interrupt Request Lines RO sesse ss see ee ee 44 C Panel Type Selection eee 45 ST268G User s Manual iii This page is intentionally left blank E M R LH R iv ST268G User s Manual INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description ST268G is a high performance flexible embedded board based on the VIA CLE 266 chipset The chipset is based on an innovative and scaleable architecture
19. T268G User s Manual INSTALLATIONS JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection JP7 Setting Function 2 3 Pin 1 2 lol o4 Short Closed No VFD 3 E Pin 1 3 2 4 a4 Short Closed VED Enable JP9 COMI Pin 10 Selection Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name ek 6 RIORI ST268G User s Manual 9 INSTALLATIONS Connectors on ST268G The connectors on ST268G allows you to connect external devices such as keyboard floppy disk drives hard disk drives printers etc The following table lists the connectors on ST268G and their respective functions Connector Locations on ST268G essen 11 P1 Power ConneCtOF ees ee ee ee ee ee ee nemen emen enne 12 P2 HDD Power Connector ees ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 12 J1 Primary LCD Inverter Connector eere 12 J33 Secondary LCD Inverter Connector sess 12 J2 J14 Primary and Secondary IDE Connectors 13 CN1 CompactFlash Socket eese 13 J5 System Function Connector eee 13 J6 Touch Screen ConneCtOT sees ee ee ese ee ee ee ee eene 14 J7 Floppy Drive Connector ies esse se ese see se eke ee ee Ge Re Gee ee ek Gee ee 14 J9 J29 Primary and Secondary LVDS Connector DF13 20 15 J11 System Fan Power Connector eene 15 J12 CPU Fan Power ConnecCtOF ees ees ee ee ee
20. abled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Rserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled ST268G User s Manual 37 BIOS SETUP UIM DEEMENMENNEE PNP PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus system All PCI bus systems on the system use INT thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations Reset Configuration Data Disabled ITEM HELP Menu Level Resources Controlled By Auto ESCD IRQ Resources Press Enter Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Configuration Data Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled ESCD when you exit Assign IRQ for USB Enabled Setup if you have installed a new add on PCI Latency Time CLK 64 and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not The default value is Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices automatically with the use of a use a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 PCI VGA
21. atures This Setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset DRAM Clock Drive Control AGP amp P2P Bridge Control CPU amp PCI Bus Control Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable VGA Share Memory Size Select Display Device Panel Type Current FSB Frequency Current DRAM Frequency DRAM Clock DRAM Timing DRAM CAS Latency Bank Interleave Precharge to Active Trp Active to Precharge Tras Active to CMD Trcd DRAM Command Rate AGP Aperture Size AGP Mode AGP Driving Control AGP Driving Value AGP Fast Write AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read CPU to PCI Write Buffer PCI Master 0 WS Write PCI Delay Transaction Vlink mode selection Vlink 8x Support Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Press Enter ITEM HELP Press Enter Press Enter Disabled Enabled Disabled 32M CRT LCD 02 Menu Level Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility DRAM Clock Driver Control ITEM HELP Menu Level By SPD Auto By SPD 2 5 Disabled 4T 9T 3T 2T Command Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility AGP amp P2P Bridge Control 64M ITEM HELP 4X Auto Menu Level DA Disabled Disabled Disabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CPU amp PCI Bus Control Enabled ITEM HELP Enabled Enabled Menu Level Mode 1 Menu Level Enabled ST268G User s Manual 30 BIOS SETUP EER
22. bled this field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turned on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items First Second Third Boot Device These fields determine the drive that the system searches first for an operating system The options available include Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN and Disable Boot Other Device These fields allow the system to search for an operating system from other devices other than the ones selected in the First Second Third Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek This feature controls whether the BIOS checks for a floppy drive while booting up If it cannot detect one either due to improper configuration or its absence it will flash an error message Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system EE H U M J fi 28 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP LI A N ee ee ee t Typematic Rate Setting When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed
23. control keys section there is another section which displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default Warning Itis strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases EC M amp iam m i ST268G User s Manual 23 BIOS SETUP vz Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling If the board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option You will need to run the Standard CMOS option however if you change your system hardware configurations the onboard battery fails or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Mar 26 2000 Item Help Time hh mm ss 00 00 00 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Change the day month IDE Primary Slave Year an
24. ctor and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem CPU Internal External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU These items allow you to enable speed up memory access or disable the cache function By default these items are Enabled n Eg E HP i ST268G User s Manual 27 BIOS SETUP EE M atu CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When enabled it allows ECC checking of the CPU L2 cache Enabling this feature is recommended because it will detect and correct single bit errors in data stored in the L2 cache It will also detect double bit errors but not correct them Processor Number Feature This feature enables the reading of the CPU s serial number read by external programs Enable this if your secure transactions require you to use such a feature Quick Power On Self Test When ena
25. d century IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu If you need any help in each item field you can press the F1 key It will display the relevant information to help you The memory display at the lower right hand side of the menu is read only It will adjust automatically according to the memory changed The following describes each item of this menu Date The date format is Day Sun to Sat Month 1 to 12 Date 1 to 31 Year 1994 to 2079 To set the date highlight the Date field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time Bac M H J 24 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP ET Time The time format is Hour 00to23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 To set the time highlight the Time field and use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or keys to set the current time IDE Primary HDDs IDE Secondary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first is the Master and the second is the Slave Press Enter to configure the hard disk The selections include
26. e parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the motherboard The values are read only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status Shutdown Temperature This field allows the user to set the temperature by which the system automatically shuts down once the threshold temperature is reached This function can help prevent damage to the system that is caused by overheating EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE f ST268G User s Manual 39 BIOS SETUP ELA s sr Frequency Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control VIA C3 Clock Ratio Default ITEM HELP Auto Detect PCI DIMM Clk Disabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Disabled VIA C3 Clock Ratio This field will function only if the motherboard supports clock ratio to be adjusted Auto Detect PCI DIMM Cik This field enables or disables the auto detection of the PCI DIMM clock Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum The default setting is Disabled This field is for CE testing use only BEE EE EE H Ms 40 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP P G m ee ee Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored i
27. eventing you from invoking the Setup If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys You can also restart by turning the system Off and back On again The following message will appear on the screen Press lt DEL gt to Enter Setup In general you press the arrow keys to highlight items Enter to select the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries F1 for help and lt Esc gt to quit When you enter the Setup utility the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices Haa P ti 22 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP m M EE Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit V gt Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the
28. is session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility EE M EE EE EE EE EE H R c a ST268G User s Manual 41 BIOS SETUP HERE I o 1 This page is intentionally left blank EE pliktet fi 42 ST268G User s Manual APPENDIX Appendix A I O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device The following table lists the I O port addresses used EGA adapter 1FOh 1F7h IDE Interface ST268G User s Manual 43 APPENDIX B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board D H M P nl 44 ST268G User s Manual APPENDIX C Panel Type Selection The table below shows the different panel ID and corresponding resolution number of channels and dithering feature 0 640x480 1 Enable 6 1600x1200 2 Enable 8 800480 1 Enable 9 1024x768 2 Enable B 102x768 2 Disable D 128x104 2 Disable Note Dithering Enable is for 18 bits panel and Disable is for 24 bits panel ST268G User s Manual 45 APPENDIX u R
29. n the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features Set Supervisor User Password These two options set the system password Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system To specify a password highlight the type you want and press Enter The Enter Password message prompts on the screen Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the Enter key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password to be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely Save amp Exit Setup This option allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications If you type Y you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory If you type N you will return to Setup utility Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in th
30. nal Name Line printer strobe 1 15 Error PDO parallel data 0 PD1 parallel data 1 PD2 parallel data 2 4 PD3 parallel data 3 5 PD4 parallel data 4 PD5 parallel data 5 PD6 parallel data 6 PD7 parallel data 7 ACK acknowledge Busy Paper empty Select J27 RJ45 Connector for LAN J30 Mic in Connector Pin Signal Name AE J31 Audio out Connector Pin Signal Name ST268G User s Manual 19 INSTALLATIONS J32 Audio in Connector Signal Name m VGA1 VGA CRT Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name NC Jufre No L USB1 USB Connector USBI consists of a two stacked USB ports Refer to the section below for the respective pin assignments CN2 CN3 Serial ATA SATA Connectors The SATA connectors support serial ATA 150 Each connector can only use one serial ATA hard disk CN2 is port 1 and CN3 is port 2 20 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP M EEE BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introd ction eoo hee totem teret 22 lee RE EE fenes 22 Standard CMOS Setup sss 24 Advanced BIOS Features sesse se se se Ge Ge Ge Ge Ge kk ek ek ek ee es 27 Advanced Chipset Features
31. nboard FDC Controller Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 UART Mode Select Normal Onboard Parallel port 278 IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode SPP 2nd PCI Device Upon pressing Enter on this field another window appears Below are the fields shown with their respective default settings Onboard Serial Port 3 3E8h Onboard Serial Port 4 2E8h Hac M M M H EE 7 34 ST268G User s Manual BIOS SETUP EER ee ee ee Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your system effectively Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ITEM HELP ACPI Suspend Mode S1 POS Power Management Option User Define Menu Level HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disable Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off Run VGABIOS is 53 Resume Auto IRQ Event Activity Detect Press Enter Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON ITEM HELP IRQ3 COM2 Enabled Menu Level IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQ9 IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Rserved Disabled I
32. next By default this field is set to Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled the system registers repeated keystrokes speeds Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters By default this item is set to 250msec Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup The default value is Setup When you select System the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up When you select Setup the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up MPS Version Control for OS This option is specifies the MPS Multiprocessor Specification version for your operating system MPS version 1 4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability The default setting is 1 4 OS Select for DRAM 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow This item allows you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed EE EE SS 1 ST268G User s Manual 29 BIOS SETUP Advanced Chipset Fe
33. with proven reliability It is a two chip set consisting of the VT8623 North Bridge Controller and VT8237 South Bridge Controller ST268G supports the Via C3 processors with speeds of up to IGHz and with front side bus of up to 133MHz Two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets supports can accommodate a total memory size of 1GB Combining a fully integrated video processing feature set Integrated UniChrome 2D 3D graphics engine and ultra efficient VIA DDR memory controller the VIA Unichrome CLE266 Chipset is designed to enable high quality digital video streaming and DVD playback in a new generation of small form factor PCs and IA devices One 10 100mbps Ethernet is supported by the Realtek 8100C single chip Ethernet controller With a secondary LPC I O chip the board supports six RS232 COM ports With dimensions of 270mm by 160mm ST268G has other features and connectors such CF card socket two IDE channels and four USB 1 2 0 compliant ports EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE F ST268G User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Specifications Product Name CPU Type CPU Voltage System Speed CPU External Clock Green APM Chipset BIOS Cache Memory VGA LCD Interface LAN Sound LPC VO Secondary LPC VO Uart 16550A 6 ports RTC CMOS Battery Keyboard Mouse Parallel IDE 40 pin Seria ATA IDE CF card connector USB Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Relative Humidity Dimensions ST26
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