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1. shown below Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA on the standby lead PWR CONN 12 0V 5 0V 5 0V Standby 5 0V Power Good 5 0V Ground Ground 5 0V Ground Ground Ground 5 0V PSON Ground Ground 3 3V 12 0V 3 3V 3 3V Power Connector PSON Power Supply on 2 14 External Back Panel I O Ports There are 5 kinds of external connectors on the motherboard The view angle of drawing shown on next page is from back panel of the housing 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 6 pin MOUSE The onboard PS 2 Mouse port is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked MOUSE 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 6 pin KB The onboard PS 2 Keyboard port is a 6 pin Mini Din connector marked KB 3 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports 1 amp 2 Black two 4 pin USBs You can attach USB devices to the USB port The motherboard contains two USB ports which are marked as USB 4 Parallel Port Burgundy 25 pin PRN The onboard printer port is a 25 pin D type connector marked PRN 5 Serial Ports Turquoise two 9 pin COMA COMB The onboard serial ports are 9 pin D type connectors on the back panel of motherboard The serial port 1 is marked as COMA and the serial port 2 is marked as COMP 18 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 1 PS 2 Mouse 4 Parallel Port Printer 2 PS 2 Keyboard 5 COMB 5 COMA External Back Panel I O Ports 2 15 Clearing CMOS Using Jumper JP4 To clear the CMOS data you2. Enable if you want to use USB keyboard e CPU Host PCI Clock This function allows you to set the FSB frequency of the CPU and the speed of the PCI bus When JP1 is set to 66MHz the default FSB is 66MHZ and there are several options under 100MHz available When JP1 is set to 100MHz the default FSB is 100MHz and there are also several options between 100MHz and 133MHz available for you to choose When JP1 is set to 133MHz you can select from 124MHz to 150MHz NOTE If you are not familar with this feature we recommane you set this jumper to AUTO e CPU Warning Temperature This feature allows you to set the CPU warning temperature You can choose from 50 C 122 F to 70 C 158 F or Disabled e Current System Temp This field shows the current system Temperature e Current CPU Temperature This field shows the current CPU Temperature e Current CPU FAN Speed This field will show the CPU fan speed in RPM if a 3 wire speed controllable fan is installed e Current Power FAN Speed This field will show the power fan speed in RPM if a 3 wire speed controllable fan is installed e Vcore This field shows the CPU working voltage e VTT This field shows the GTL bus voltage BIOS SETUP 31 e 12V and 5V These fields show the working voltage of 12V and 5V on the motherboard e 3VSB and 5VSB This fields show the standby mode voltage e Shutdown Temperature This feature will automatically s
3. Enter key to enter the sub menu The following keys help you navigate in Setup Esc Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS RAM Other pages Exit current page and return to Main Menu PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes BIOS SETUP 21 F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 Calendar only for Status Page Setup Menu F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F6 Load the default CMOS RAM value from BIOS default table only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 Load the default F10 Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu The Following is a brief summary of each setup category e STANDARD CMOS SETUP Options in the original PC AT compatible BIOS e BIOS FEATURES SETUP Award enhanced BIOS options e CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Available options specific to your system chipset e POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP Advanced Power Management APM and Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPl options e PNP PCI CONFIGURATION Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options e LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS BIOS defaults are factory settings for the most stable minimal performance system operations e LOAD SE
4. 1 4 inch high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity e Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS will detect the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but do not select it in this Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter Powers Up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter Powers Up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters e Halt On During the Power On Self Test POST the computer stops ifthe BIOS detects a hardware error You can set the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process The followings are the selections No Errors POST does not stop for any error All Errors If the BIOS detects any non fatal error POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Keyboard If the BIOS detects any non fatal error except Keyboard POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Diskette If the BIOS detects any non fatal error except floppy disk drive POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Disk
5. setting of Enabled or Disabled for Power Up the computer when the MODEM receives a call and the computer is in the soft off mode BIOS SETUP 35 e RTC Alarm Resume This item can Power On your computer at the time you selected e Wake Up On LAN This allows you to remotely Power Up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal NOTE This feature requires the network interface and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 V standby power e Primary INTR When set to On default any primary interrupt request will awake the system which has been Power Down Following is a list of IRQs Interrupt Requests You can set each IRQ channel to be Primary Secondary or Disabled When set to Secondary the interrupt request will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awake it e IRQ3 COM2 e RQ4 COM1 e RQ5 LPT2 e RQ6 Floppy Disk e RQ7 LPT1 e RQ8 RTC Alarm e RQ9 IRQ2 Redir e RQ10 Reserved e RQ11 Reserved e RQ12 PS 2 Mouse e RQ13 Coprocessor IRQ14 Hard Disk e RQ15 Reserved 3 7 PnP PCI Configuration Setup This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed that CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommend
6. should turn off your computer power and short pin1 and pin2 of JP4 1 eee JP4 Jumper to Clear CMOS HARDWARE INSTALLATION 19 2 16 Keyboard Wake Up 3 pin KB AWK This function makes the Keyboard Power Up the system Set this jumper to Enable if you would like your Keyboard to Power Up your computer Then go to the Integrated Peripherals in the BIOS SETUP MENU please refer to page 38 and choose the setting you prefer JP1 1 eee KB AWK a 4 gt m 3 o o 3 Q Keyboard Wake Up 20 BIOS SETUP CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3 1 BIOS Setup Award BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This information is stored in CMOS RAM So it can retain the Setup information when the power is turned off When the battery of CMOS fails it will cause the data to be lost When this happens you should set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery Please refer to Section 1 1 Essential Handing Precautions Page1 3 2 The Main Menu As you turn on or reboot the system the BIOS is immediately activated lt will read the system configuration information and check the system through Power On Self Test POST During the POST process press the Del key and you can enter the Award BIOS configuration system The following screen will appear In the Award BIOS system you can use the arrows es to highlight the item and press the
7. states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability 38 BIOS SETUP e Assign IRQ For USB When Enabled BlOs will assign an IRQ channel for USB controller e Assign IRQ For VGA Select Enabled only if your VGA card requires an assigned IRQ Most ordinary cards do not but some high end cards with video capture function do Consult your VGA documentation to set this field Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system 3 8 Integrated Peripherals The Integrated Peripherals changes the value of I O chipset registers These registers control the system options in the computer ROM PCI ISA BIOS C2A6LGTLM INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE Channel Disabled UART Mode Select OnChip IDE Channeli UART2 Duplex Mode IDE Prefetch Mode RxD TxD Active z IR Transmission Delay Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA EPP Mode Select PURON After PWR Fail Init Display First POWER ON Function KB Power 0N Password Hot Key Power ON E E 1 tire Select Item KBC Input Clock z E p PU SPD Modify Onboard FDC Controller z CShift F2 Color Onboard Serial Port 1 z Load BIOS Defaults Onboard Serial Port 2 z Load Setup Defaults e OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 Select Enabled to activat
8. Key If the BIOS detects any non fatal error except floppy disk drive or keyboard POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action BIOS SETUP 25 3 4 BIOS Features Setup This BIOS Features Setup option allows you to improve your system performance and set up system features according to your preference e Virus Warning When the function is enabled you will receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then execute an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects the boot sector only not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning e CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type or up contain internal cache memory 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 The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory 26 BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Enabled to make sure the data is accurate Proces
9. MOS SETUP BIOS CHIPS POWER PNP P LOAD LOAD FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGTLK ET FEATURES SETUP MANAGEMENT SETUP CI CONFIGURA BIOS DEFAULT SETUP DEFAULTS Load Setup Load CMO AWARD SETUP ETUP UTILITY SOFTWARE INC INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Defaults Y Select Item sShift F2 Change Color Defaults Except Standard CMOS SETUP BIOS UPGRADE 45 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version Please turn on PC first the screen will display as follows aAward Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally 4 copyright C 1934 99 Award Software Inc RANSCEND MODULAR BIOS AWD3 Wer 1 01 04 08 00 Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright C 1998 Award Software Inc TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS AVD3 Ver 1 01 You can see a description shown on the third line AVD3 Ver 1 01 BIOS Version 1 01 You can upgrade to a newer version if your BIOS version is older than this version BIOS File Name Make sure the first 5 charactors are the same as your own version if you want to upgrade your BIOS 4 2 Downloading the Correct BIOS File from the Transcend Web Site Please enter Transcend web site http www transcendusa com Choose BIOS upgrade environment The BIOS file name consists of 5 characters Check the exact BIOS to download Your BIOS file na
10. SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MBytes 768MBytes max NOTE Different type of DRAM modules should not be installed on one motherboard at the same time Unbuffered Position Y 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM1 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM2 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM3 168Pin DIMM Sockets 12 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 pin IDE This mainboard supports two 40 pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 primary IDE channel and IDE2 secondary IDE channel Each channel supports two IDE devices making a total of four devices Connect your Hard Disk the main one if you are using more than one to the Master connector at the end of the cable and connect it to IDE1 see important note below If your HDD supports UltraDMA 66 you must use an 80 wire cable otherwise the HDD won t be able to reach this speed If you intend to operate two IDE devices from the same channel one device must be set to Master mode the other to Slave mode A Hard Disk CD ROM or other IDE device can have either setting depending on device s jumper Please refer to the device s manual for more information NOTE The connectors must be attached to the IDE channels the right way round Make sure that the red stripe on one edge of the ribbon cable this may be faint and could also be a dotted line is the nearest to PIN1 on the left as the motherboard is shown in the picture be
11. TS AVD3 USER S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium lll FC PGA Series Cyrix lll Joshua Series Transcend Your Supplier Your Partner Your Friend TS AVD3 Motherboard Supporting Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III V FC PGA Series and Cyrix III Joshua Series Processor 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency VIA Apollo Pro 133 Chipset Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of this great value motherboard with its range of special features and innovative onboard functions built around the advanced architecture of the new VIA Apollo Pro Plus Chipset More details to follow later in this manual Our Website Please come and visit us at our website on http www transcendusa com You ll find plenty of interesting information about this and many other quality Transcend products Your User s Manual This User s Manual is designed to help end users and system manufacturers to set up and install the motherboard All of the information within has been carefully checked for accuracy However Transcend Information Inc hereafter referred to as Transcend carries no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies which this manual may contain This includes references to products and software In addition the information and specifications are subject to change without prior notice Disclaimer Transcend provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or impl
12. TUP DEFAULTS Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal performance system operations e INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS I O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system 22 BIOS SETUP e SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD To change set or disable a password e IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters e SAVE amp EXIT SETUP Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup e EXIT WITHOUT SAVING Abandon all changes and exit Setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup e Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Highlight the items and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time e Primary Secondary Master Slave This motherboard can support four IDE devices We recommend that you set both TYPE and MODE to AUTO for all drives The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives When you select AUTO for a hard drive the BIOS detects its specifications during POST while the system boots If you want to select drive type AUTO the other methods of selecting the drive type are also available BIOS SETUP 23 1 Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive s with the preprogrammed values for drive type 1 through 45 2 Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field 3 Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Main Menu Here are the brief expla
13. WARE INC ANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HOD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURA CMOS and EXIT Y LOAD BIOS DEFAULT LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Data to CMOS 3 13 Exit Without Saving Abort the current change and exit the BIOS utility 2A6LGTLK ETUP UTILITY SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP CHLPSe FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HOO AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURA ETUP Quit Without Saving Y N LOAD BIOS DEFAULT LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Abandon all 44 BIOS SETUP 3 14 Load BIOS Defaults NOTE This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features STANDARD CMOS BIOS CHIP POWER MANAGEMENT SET FEATURES FEATURES SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURA LOAD LOAD BIOS DEFAULT SETUP DEFAULTS SETUP SETUP CMOS sS AWARD SOFTWARE INC Load BOIS INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION Defaults Y N p t zs Shift F2 S Defaults Except Standard cmos SETUP 3 15 Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system STANDARD C
14. board Support e Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing z SDRAM 8 10ns CPU Host Clock CCPU SPCID CPU Warning Temperature Current System Temp Current CPU Temperature Current CPU FAN Speed Current POWER FAN Speed UCORE UTT LI 5 0 412 U 5U 5USBCUD Shutdown Temperature 129 3USBCUD z Quit tire Select Item z Help PUSPD Modify z Old Values CShift F2 Color z Load BIOS Defaults z Load Setup Defaults The DRAM timing of Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 in this field is set by the system board manufacturer depending on whether the board has fast paged DRAMs EDO extended data output DRAMs or SDRAMs The Choices Normal Medium Fast Turbo SDRAM 10ns SDRAM 8ns e SDRAM Cycle Length This controls SDRAM performance default is 3 clocks If your SDRAM DIMM specification is 2 CAS latency change 3 to 2 for better performance BIOS SETUP 29 DRAM Clock Set the clock frequency of the DRAMs The default value is Host Clock You can select HCLK 33M if your DRAM modules are faster than your CPU Eg a 66MHz FSB CPU with PC100 SDRAM or a 100MHz FSB CPU with PC133 SDRAM or select HCLK 33M for a faster CPU with slower SDRAMs Memory Hole At 15M 16M Enabling this feature reserves memory from 15MB to 16MB for ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion card on
15. ds such as graphics accelerators or MPEG vido cards might not show color properly Set Enabled to correct this problem or leave this field on Disabled e OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with more than 64 MB of RAM in your system e HDD S M A R T Capability S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting If your hard disk supports this function select Enableo e Video BIOS Shadow Select Enabled to change the video BIOS location form ROM to RAM where the CPU can read data through the 64 bit DRAM bus This can enhance system performance 28 BIOS SETUP e C8000 DFFFF Shadow You can shadow the ROM on other expansoin card by setting these fields If you install other expansion cards with ROMs you need to know which address the ROMs use specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K depending on the used amount 3 5 Chipset Features Setup This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system setting will alter Do not change any values if you are not familiar with the chipset ROM PCI ISA BIOS C2A6LGTLM CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing SDRAM Cycle Length DRAM Clock Memory Hole Read Around write Concurrent PCI Host System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable z AGP Aperture Size AGP 2 Mode OnChip USB USB Key
16. e choice 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 or Disabled e Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting SPP allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bi directional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bi directional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode e ECP Mode Use DMA This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 or 3 BIOS SETUP 41 e EPP Mode Select There are two versions 1 7 and 1 9 available for EPP Mode Wher setting the version check if the device connected to the parallel port needs the specified version or not If not it s recommended to select version 1 9 e Pwron After PWR Fail Turning on this function will automatically power on the system after a power fail 3 9 Supervisor Password Passwords prevents unauthorized use of your computer If you set a password the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access Setup To set a password 1 Atthe prompt type your password Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters When you type the characters they appear as asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password
17. e the first and or second onboard IDE interface Select Dis abled to deactivate an onboard interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface e IDE Prefetch Mode The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses lf you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching BIOS SETUP 39 e Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device e Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive can support and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard disk drive and your system software can both support Ultra DMA 33 66 select Auto to enable BIOS support e Init Display First This item allows you to decide whether to activate PCI Slot display card or AGP display card first e Power On Function Button only Power On only by pushing button on the case Default Keyboard 98 You can Power On system by pushing Power On key of keyboard 98 Password Power On only
18. ed that only experienced users change the configuration 36 BIOS SETUP PnP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be re assigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed to prevent re assigning of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play PnP compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port1 compliant with the original PC AT bus specification BIOS SETUP 37 PCI ISA PnP devices whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture compliant with the Plug and Play standard DMA n Assign
19. ed to When resources are controlled manually assign each system a DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the DMA Legacy ISA Devices requiring a specific DMA channel compliant with the original PCAT bus specification PCI ISA PnP devices whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture compliant with the Plug and Play standard CPU to PCI Write Buffer When Enabled up to four Dword of data can be written to the PCI bus without waiting for the PCI bus finish When Disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU must wait after each write cycle until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive more data PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions will write to PCI bus immediately PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Select Enabled to support PCI 2 AGP bus access to PCI 1 PCI bus retry function when a error occurred The default value is Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Selecting Enabled will implement a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait
20. efined as below HDD Power Down 1 min Doze Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min 3 User Defined Allow you to set time out period for each mode shown above individually BIOS SETUP 33 e PM Control by APM When Yes an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock e Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC BLANK System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support The DPMS Display Power Management System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports this function Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer e Video Off After Select the power saving modes during which the monitor goes blank Doze Monitor remains on during Doze modes Suspend Monitor blanked when system enters Suspend mode N A This is default When system enters power saving mode it does not do the video off action e MODEM Use IRQ You can select one of the following interrupt resources for MODEM use N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 and 11 e Soft Off by PWRBTN When set to Instant off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system Power Off button When set to Delay 4 sec you need to hold the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds to Power Off your system Following are
21. erates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations e IDE HDD BLOCK MODE Block mode is also called Transfer Multiple Commands or Multiple Sector Read Write e Gate A20 Option Choose Fast default or Normal Fast allows RAM access above 1MB to use the fast gate A20 line BIOS SETUP 27 e Memory Parity ECC Check When parity DRAM modules are installed select Enabled to correct 1 bit memory errors in the memory Otherwise select Disabled e Typematic Rate Setting When this function is Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When this function is Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay e Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate setting is Enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which characters repeat when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second e Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic delay setting is Enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before key strokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds e Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required while the system boots or only when you enter Setup e PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display car
22. formula CPU internal frequency frequency ratio x system bus frequency System bus frequency is set in CPU Host PCI Clock of Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP MENU Please refer to page 30 NOTE Because Intel has locked the frequency ratio for new CPUs setting SW1 to adjust the frequency ratio is useless Howerer it is effective for old version CPUs 10 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU Internal Rp o a ore re e eae eae eo 300 450 600 amp t0033MHz x48 o X o asson enano x58 o x x o Casssoras esrtoonsomriz x55 o x X X sooieoojaco secos x60 x o o O esesosee sonas x65 x o o X Lassmoosm sewer x70 x o X jo swrswe saroonsaviiz x75 x o X X sesenotose senonasuis xao x x o o SW1 nd 233 350 466 Bute 266 400 533 Bot 300 450 600 fagh 333 500 666 Aagi 366 550 733 Sag 400 600 800 gaf 433 650 866 iagh 466 700 933 dnd 500 750 1G da e 533 800 1066 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 11 2 6 Memory Configuration This motherboard must be installed with DIMMs Dual Inline Memory Modules The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules The VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset supports PC100 PC133 and Virtual Channel Memory VCM It also supports ECC Error Checking and Correcting mode You can install memory in any combination as follows 168 pin DIMM SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MBytes
23. hutdown the system when the Current CPU Temperature field arrived the setting point you set in this field 32 BIOS SETUP 3 6 Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to save energy most effectively while operating in manner consistent with your own style of computer use ROM PCI ISA BIOS C2A6LGTLM POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI function Primary IHTR Power Management PH Control by APH Video Off After Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft 0ff by PWRBTH HDD Power Down Doze Hode Suspend Mode PM Events EL UGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD DHA master a Modem Ring Resume 1 Tire Select Item RTC Alarm Resume p PUSPD Modify CShift F2 Color z Load BIOS Defaults Wake Up On LAN z Load Setup Defaults e ACPI function This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI functions e Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are three selections for Power Management Three of which have fixed mode settings 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management mode Inactivity peroid is definded as below HDD Power Down 15 min Doze Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management mode Inactivity period is d
24. ied including but not limited to the implied warranties conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Transcend its management employees distributors and agents are in no way liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including loss of profits loss of business and the like This is even if Transcend has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Trademarks All brands product names and trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners or companies and are used solely for identification or explanation It is Transcend policy to respect all product rights Copyright This manual may not in whole or in part be photocopied reproduced transcribed translated or transmitted in whatever form or language without the written consent of the manufacturer except for copies retained by the purchaser for personal archiving purposes Manual Version 1 0 Release Date April 2000 Copyright O 2000 Transcend Information Inc Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 Essential Handling Precautions ess eee es ie ee ae as 1 1 2 Checklist Hardware Required for Setup ccecceeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeees 2 123 Package Contents iia aae D Ma MOM aa d 2 1 4 Specifications and Features cocooonncccccnnnncnnnoncccnnncncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnncn
25. if you key in correct password Hot KEY You can choose a hot key to Power On the system Mouse Left Power On system by double clicking the Mouse left button Mouse Right Power On system by double clicking the Mouse right button e KB Power On Password Enter the Power On password here e Hot Key Power On Choose a hot key from Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 e KBC Input Clock Select the following frequency for the Keyboard controller input clock e 6MHz 8MHz e 12MHz e 16MHz 40 BIOS SETUP e Onboard FDC Controller You can use this function to enable or disable the onboard FDC controller e Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled and Auto The second serial port shares resources address and IRQ with IrDA e UART Mode Select Choose the right type of the infrared device Normal Normal operation IrDA IrDA compliant serial infrared port ASKIR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port e UART2 Duplex Mode Consult your IR peripheral documentation to set this field e RxDx TxD Active Consult your IR peripheral documentation to set this field e IR Tranmission Delay Consult your IR peripheral documentation to set this field e Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port Th
26. ith this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection the user can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDAs and printers IrDA Connector HARDWARE INSTALLATION 15 2 12 Panel Connectors KEY LOCK POWER LED SPEAKER S_LED SUS SOFT_OFF HDD_LED RESET Panel Connector Power LED Lead 3 pin POWER LED This 3 pin connector attaches to the power LED Pint 45V Pin2 NG Pin3 GND Keylock Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK Use the keylock to enable or disable the keyboard Pind KEYLOCK Pind GND Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Pin7 5V Ping GND Ping NC PinfO SPK 16 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Suspend Mode LED Lead 2 pin S_LED The S_LED will light when the suspend mode works Pint1 5V Pini2 GND Harddisk LED Lead 2 pin HDD_LED This 2 pin connector connects to LED of harddisk The LED lights when a HDD is active Pini3 45V Pini4 GND Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without turning off your power switch Pini7 RESET Pini8 GND Software Power Off Lead 2 pin SOFT_OFF Attach the SOFT_OFF Switch of the panel to this connector Pini9 SOFT OFF Pin20 GND HARDWARE INSTALLATION 17 2 13 Power Connector 20 pin PWR CONN Make sure to plug the ATX power supply connector to the right direction The pin definition is
27. ke sure the system power is off before installing or removing any devices 2 Don t forget the static electricity precautions 3 Be careful Inserting hardware onto your motherboard incorrectly can damage it The motherboard has a ZIF Socket 370 which houses the CPU A fan is necessary for the CPU to prevent overheating If there is no fan on it please purchase one before you turn on your system WARNING Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s passive heatsink Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Please follow the steps below to install the CPU Step To install the CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU in the correct direction as shown below The picture below is for reference only You should have a CPU fan to cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU 8 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CPU_FAN Socket 370 CPU Top View 370 CPU Bottom View Socket 370 CPU Installation Step2 Next according to the CPU type you install set JP8 to short pin1 8 pin2 for either In
28. lectric Screwdrivers To reduce the risk of damage to the motherboard due to excessive torque avoid setting electric screwdrivers above 7 5 kg cm 1 2 Checklist Hardware Required for Setup It is advisable to have all of these items of hardware available before you unpack your motherboard from its anti static packaging and start building your system Computer case and chassis with appropriate power supply Monitor Slot 1 Central Processing Unit DIMM memory module PS 2 or USB Keyboard PS 2 or USB Mouse Hard Disk Drive Floppy Disk Drive CD ROM Drive Optional External Peripherals printer speakers plotter MODEM Optional Internal Peripherals MODEM LAN cards 1 3 Package Contents This motherboard package should contain the following items Please check them as soon as you unpack If you find any damaged or missing items please contact your retailer TS AVD3 motherboard 1x CD ROM 1x FDD cable 1 x Ultra DMA 66 cable User s Manual INTRODUCTION 1 4 Specifications and Features e CPU Supports Intel Socket 370 Celeron and Pentium III FC PGA Series Supports Cyrix Ill Joshua Series e Chipset VIA 693A 596B AGPset 133MHz Ultra DMA 66 e DRAM Memory Supports Synchronous DRAM Supports Virtual Channel Memory 3pcs of 168 pin DIMM module sockets on board 8 768MB memory size 8 16 32 64 128 256MB SDRAM DIMM Supports ECC 64 data bits structure o
29. low Note Orient the red stripe next to Pint Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector IDE Connectors HARDWARE INSTALLATION 13 2 8 Flo Disk Drive Connector 34 pin FDC This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Note Orient the red stripe next to Pin1 Floppy Drive Connector F lo Disk Drive Connector 2 9 Fan Power Connectors There are three fan power connectors on the mainboard CPU FAN POWER FAN and CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power Make sure they are in the right orientation or they may cause damage These connectors support cooling fans of 500 mA 6W or less GND 12V Rotation CASE FAN CPU FAN FAN Connectors 14 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 10 Wake on LAN Connector 3 pin WOL This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake on LAN output The system can be Powered Up when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card NOTE This function requires that the LAN Wake Up function in tte POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 5 Volt Standby Ground PME Wake on LAN Connector 2 11 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared modules W
30. ly access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled in case the memory size may be reduced to 15MB for some Operation Systems Read Around Write DRAM optimization feature If a memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM The choices Enabled and Disabled Concurrent PCI Host When Disabled the CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the System BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occurr Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance e AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Memory map and graphics data structures can reside in a Graphic Aperture Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See http www agpforum org for AGP information e AGP 2X Mode Select Enabled to support AGP 2X clock 133MHz mode 30 BIOS SETUP e Onchip USB Select Enable if you have a USB keyboard or any device e USB Keyboard Support Select
31. me must absolutely match the one shown on our web Then download the suitable version Warning Your system could be damaged if a wrong BIOS version is accidently used If you are not sure what version you should choose please contact us at techsupport transcend com tw 46 BIOS UPGRADE 4 3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS Please follow these 5 steps listed below to update your BIOS Step 1 Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters Press Del during the power On self Test to enter BIOS Setup Program when you start your system Write down the value of each parameter in order to re configure your system after BIOS updating Step 2 Make a system Disk Put a clean 3 5 disk in Drive A MS DOS Key in FORMAT A s and press Enter Windows O S Select the icon of My Computer Click 3 5 Floppy A Select File Format from Command Bar Under Format 3 5 Floppy A Menu Select Format type Full item and Other Options Copy system files Click Start button Step 3 Download the updated BIOS EXE file from the web site to a floppy disk Ref 4 1 and 4 2 Step 4 Execute the download file to decompress it Step 5 Please read the file of Readme TXT carefully and follow the instructions step by step Then you can finish the BIOS update
32. nation of drive specifications e TYPE The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER e SIZE Disk drive capacity approximately Note that this size is usually slightly larger than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program e CYLS Number of cylinders e HEAD Number of heads e PRECOMP Write precompensation cylinder e LANDZ Landing zone e SECTOR Number of sectors e MODE AUTO NORMAL LARGE or LBA AUTO The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode NORMAL Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 respectively LARGE For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive access the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address This will significantly improve data transfer rates for drives with greater than 1024 cylinders 24 BIOS SETUP e Drive A Drive B Select the correct specifications of the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5
33. nector WOL Header Wake on LAN PCI IDE Connector Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 Ultra DMA 33 66 VIA PCI Integrated Peripheral Controller Support VO Expansion Slots 5x PCI Slots 1x ISA Slot 16550 Fast Ultra Support EPP amp ECP Printer Support IR transmission HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 2 Layout of Transcend s TS AVD3 Motherboard ejnpow Wwvuas UIA89L 1922 59 EWWIG 9INPOW Wvuas uirdgor 1927 9 ZWWIG zamat INPOW WYHAS urdgogr 1922 59 LWIWIG gt gt Nva usMoa PWR CONN y w N o e 00 Tal KB MOUSE AGP omm0mm0m00000000000000 oboooooo0o0o00000000000 ommmm0m00000000000000 YWID SONO nunuuuuuunnunuunnnnun Lee par Transcend WOL EI 19 003005 preogkay 9 O I HIP IN er e o o o o o a a a a a N co LO o o o o o e e e e e o o o o o n n ai a BL Sola use J HANZ a 10 IUO N 9JeMpJeH NW4 ASWoO Pod RESET L u0o32euuo T ULd ISA Slot ISA1 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 7 2 3 CPU Central Processing Unit Installation So far you have familiarized yourself with the handling precautions checked you have all of the necessary hardware for building your system inspected the motherboard package contents and looked at the layout of the motherboard This chapter will take you step by step through the process of installing the different hardware devices onto it Caution 1 Remember to always ma
34. nly PC100 PC133 SDRAM compliant e O BUS Slot 1 x AGP slot 5 x Master Slave PCI slots PCI 2 1 compliant 1 x ISA slot one PCI ISA shared e I O Functions Supports PIO Mode 3 4 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA 33 66 Supports 2 high speed UART 16550 COM ports Supports SPP EPP ECP LPT port Supports 1 44 2 88 MB floppy drive Supports PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Supports IrDA port Supports 2 USB ports 4 INTRODUCTION e Award BIOS Supports Plug and Play PC98 Supports ACPI APM DMI and Green Feature Easy BIOS Recovery e Wake Up Features PS 2 Mouse and Keyboard Wake Up Supports Wake on LAN function Remote Ring Wake Up Time Wake Up e PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 20 4cm x 30 5cm 8 inch x 12 inch e Switching Voltage Regulator Intel VRM 8 4 compliant e Other Features Year 2000 compliant Anti Virus Boot up System voltage monitors for CPU Vcore VTT 3 3V 5V and 12V CPU temperature monitor FAN speed monitor HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 Transcend s TS AVD3 Motherboard 2 x Serial Ports amp Parallel Print Port Intel Socket 370 Celeron and 3x 168 pin DIMM 2 x USB Ports Pentium IIl FC PGA Series 8 768 MB SDRAM PS 2 KB 8 PS 2 Mouse Ports Cyrix Ill Joshua Series VIA Apollo Support 66 100 133MHz FSB IrDA Header SIR ASKIR AGP Connector 1X 2X AGP FDD Connector Floppy Disk Drive Con
35. nnnnnnnn 3 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5 2 1 Transcend s TS AVD3 Motherboard ocooocccccccoccccnncconccononconnncnnnnonnncnnanonnncnnnninnns 5 2 2 Layout of Transcend s TS AVD3 Motherboard coocccoccccncccnccccnccnnnncconcncnncnonacinnns 6 23 CPU Installato mc 7 2 4 66 100 133MHz System Configuration oocccconnccccnncocononoccconnnnnnananonananononaninnnannns 9 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Setting oococccccncoconccccccnncnconnnnoncnncnnoninnnnnns 9 2 6 Memory Configuration dd illa 11 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors ccccoocccnocnccnnnccnnnnconnncnnnaninnncnonnnncnnnncnnnnos 12 2 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector oou oiii oido ista trial 13 2 9 Fan Power Connectors ia ria ies ete Pus pe daneeeae heaped aee E er ES 13 2 10 Wake on LAN Connector cooococccnconccnconccnnoncnanoncnnnoncnnnoncnnnnncnnnnnennnnnrnnnnrrnnnnnen 14 2 11 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector ooccocccnccnnccncicncinncnnncnnncnnnccnnnonanons 14 2 12 Panel Connectors sisser a ripio 15 ZS Power CONN OIO A E 17 2 14 External Back Panel I O Ports sicario 17 2 15 Clearing CMOS Using JUMpEr cirios iio 18 2 16 Keyboard Wake Dp supe anness rit teda rec uals a e vida E ditio es seq o de hoe 19 CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 20 Seb BIOS Sol Per lloran 20 32 The Main Men sessions iU ERR eet ee OI Pre ER easi a ri 20 33 Standard GMOS Soles teo edicta dolio aNG 22 3 4 BIOS Features Sel D one ici ias 25 32 Chipset Features Selup cciuoi ceto epit eiae te i
36. press Enter key 3 At the next prompt re type your password and press Enter key again to confirm the new password After the password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To disable the password Press Enter key when prompted to enter the password The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled 42 BIOS SETUP 3 10 User Password This option allows you to a set the password to prevent others from changing the BIOS setting of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A6LGTLK TU TLELI SA SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HOD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS Enter Password UT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS e amp Exit Setup shift F2 Change Color Change Set Disable Password 3 11 IDE HDD Auto Detection Use the BIOS utility to detect the HDD type automatically Press Y to accept N to reject and ESC to the next detection HARD D 5 S CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS See CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE O UNIX Before du st use NORMAL for installation BIOS SETUP 43 3 12 Save amp Exit Setup Save the setting and exit the BIOS utility TUP UTILITY FT
37. sor Number Feature This option is for INTEL Pentium III CPUs The end user can choose to open or close it Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the Power On Self Test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable quick POST It s better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work Boot Sequence The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk So IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C hard disk However the BIOS now offers 11 different boot sequence options In addition to the traditional drives A and C options include IDE hard drives D E and F plus a SCSI hard drive a LS ZIP drive and a CD ROM drive Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek While enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives 360KB we recommand that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On and Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad gen
38. tel Celeron and Pentium III FC PGA series CPUS or set JP8 to short pin2 8 pin3 for a CYRIX Joshua series CPU Connect the CPU s fan cable to the CPU FAN connector as indicated on the diagram below Ensure that the cable is connected correctly It will be obvious which way it fits CPU Type Configuration HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 2 4 66 100 133MHz System Configuration Jumper 7 JP7 allows you to set the FSB Front Side Bus to 66 100 or 133MHz configuration When you set the FSB to 66MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 66MHz to 833MHz through CPU Host PCI clock in Chipset Features Setup Please refer to page 30 When you set the FSB to 100MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 100MHz to 124MHz through CPU Host PCI clock in Chipset Features Setup Please refer to page 30 When you set FSB to 133MHz you can select the system bus frequency from 124MHz to 150MHz through CPU Host PCI clock in Chipset Features Setup Please refer to page 30 NOTE If you are not familar with this feature we recommend you set this jumper to AUTO i JP7 66 100 133MHz zz AUTO m e 66MHz 100MHz 133MHz 66 100 133MHz FSB Configuration Jumper 2 5 CPU Internal Frequency Ratio Settin Switch 1 SW1 is designated for adjusting the CPU internal frequency ratio The frequency ratio is defined in the table shown below The internal frequency can be calculated by the following
39. the motherboard and other computer components 1 If possible wear an anti static wrist strap This fits around your wrist and is connected to a natural earth ground 2 Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a pipe or the chassis of your system before touching the motherboard 3 When you have removed the motherboard from its anti static packaging try to hold it only by the edges without touching any components 4 Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the golden fingers gold colored connectors which plug into the expansion slots 5 It is safest to handle system components only by their mounting brackets 6 Keep components which are not connected to the system in the anti static packaging whenever possible These precautions help to reduce the risk of static build up and ensure any static discharge is harmless to your equipment e Battery Replacement The battery which holds the system settings memory on your motherboard should not require replacement for at least five years and probably much longer In picture 2 2 it is located near the bottom right hand corner 2 INTRODUCTION Please replace your battery only with the same type or a similar type recommended by the manufacturer If the battery is replaced incorrectly there is a risk of a short circuit or explosion Used batteries should disposed of according to the manufacturer s instructions e E
40. three Green PC power saving functions They are user configurable only during User Defined Power Management mode 34 BIOS SETUP HDD Power Down After the selected period of driver inactivity 1 to 15 minutes the hard disk drive will be Power Down while all other devices remain active Doze Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour the CPU clock runs at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as On even when the system is in power saving mode VGA When set to On default any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been Powered Down LPT amp COM When set to LPT COM default any event occurring at a COM serial LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been Powered Down HDD amp FDD When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken a system which has been Powered Down DMA Master When set to On default any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been Powered Down Modem Ring Resume This allows either
41. x stu el dca e inue 28 3 6 Power Management Setup e Helle lanae da taciti ape uud 32 3 7 PnP PCI Configuration Setup on ciae eo pb ie coke ue CO EE eo eiu 35 3 8 Integrated Peripherals ene aiii 38 3 9 SUPervisor Paso WO ll a EEEE EL Leia 41 3 10 USC PaSSWOLU siipra Dolor ico 42 Slit IDE ADD Auto Detection usarlos 42 3 127 Save amp Exit A ata Oe cela ai Ciacci AERE EEEE RASENE a 43 3 18 Exit Without SSVIDIO its lili dios 43 3 14 Load BIOS DetalllSs unesco a ricino oc 44 3 15 Load Set p Defa hS stese edite ia Ri NEQUE EIE NC Ree ce Eaa EENES 44 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 45 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version essessss 45 4 2 Downloading the Correct BIOS File from the Transcend Web Site 45 4 3 How to Update Your Motherboard BIOS ssseeseeeeeeeeee 46 INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Essential Handling Precautions IMPORTANT Read this page before unpacking your motherboard e Power Supply Be careful Always ensure that the computer is disconnected from the power supply when working on the motherboard and its components e Static Static electricity may cause damage to the delicate integrated circuit chips on your motherboard Before handling the motherboard outside of its protective packaging ensure that there is no static electric charge in your body To avoid this risk please observe these simple precautions while handling
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