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1. ISA Bus 1 TAN Wake up ISA Bus 2 Ke PCI Bus 1 1 up Battery 5 5 PS 8 PCI Bus 2 2 uw o e PCI Bus 3 PCI Bus 4 8 AGP Slot 4 3 159190519 IrDA IR JIRA e NE G 5 E mm 3 p 5 S o 9 gt CPU SDRAM Jumper E3 E3 FREQ Re Setting GIE E CPU Voltage JP14 JP13 60 e BESSE 8 WA 2 E B gt N Ea m H E 22N S 75 75 ES PB 2 3 3 5v 2 9V m 3 2V 55 rm x 22 USB E Piu FERE Le JP14 T PS 2 E Mouse foo 0 K i qi des ES CPU Clock Ratio Power COD COD x25 SE ogg ES 321 x1 5 or x3 5 ER x45 5 5 1 0 User s Manual INSTALLATION Static Precautions Static electricity can be a serious danger to the electronic components on this mainboard To avoid damage caused by electrostatic discharge observe the following precautions Y Don t remove the mainboard from its anti static packaging until you are ready to install it into a computer case Y Before you handle the mainboard in any w
2. x E H notched end SIMM 1 EV 55 Bank 0 f4 SIMM 2 BL 59 ae SIMM 3 1 zz 1 SIMM 4 Installing a DIMM The modules must be oriented in the correct way Notice the notches of the DIMM Align these notches as shown in the diagram below Firmly push the DIMM until the retainers on both sides of the socket lock the module in place To remove a DIMM push the retainers outwards to release the module then pull the module out of the socket 27 User s Manual INSTALLATION M o H The Level 2 Cache SRAM Two cache sizes are available e 512KB Cache 1 64Kx64 512K SRAM chips e IMB Cache 2 64Kx64 512K SRAM chips The Level 2 Cache on this mainboard is upgradeable Installing an AGP Card This mainboard provides an AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with high performance graphics capability Note 1 Make sure that the AGP card is firmly seated in th
3. a Speaker a a Reset a a N e EE E Pins 3 amp 5 Turbo LED switch The Turbo function is not supported by this mainboard Therefore the Turbo LED will always remain lit as long as the system power is on Pins 17 amp 19 Reset switch lead Connects to the Reset Switch lead from the system case The reset switch is used to Cold boot the system without actually turning off the power reducing wear and tear on the power supply Pins 2 6 8 10 Keyboard lock switch lead Pins 2 amp 6 connect to the Power LED from the system case Pins 8 amp 10 connect to the case mounted keylock switch Pins 14 amp 20 Speaker connector Connects to the Speaker lead from the system case 19 User s Manual INSTALLATION ee Wake On LAN Connector JP11 The Wake On LAN function will allow the network to power on a system or return it to full power out of suspend mode To use the Wake On LAN function you must enable the Modem Ring LAN Resume field in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS page 43 Connect the cable that comes with your LAN card to this connector Refer to the add in card s manual for details Note Your LAN card must support Magic Packet i
4. PM Timers HDD Power Down Doze Mode Suspend Mode PM Events VGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD Enabled User Define Yes Suspend gt Off DPMS Support 23 Instant Off Disabled Disabled Disabled OFF LPT COM ON Primary INTR IRQ3 COM 2 4 1 5 2 IRQ6 Floppy Disk IRQ7 LPT 1 IRQ8 RTC Alarm 1209 IRQ2 Redir IRQIO Reserved IRQII Reserved IRQI2 PS 2 Mouse IRQI13 Coprocessor 18014 Hard Disk 15 Reserved Primary Primary Primary Primary Primary Disabled Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary Primary Primary Disabled DMA master OFF Quit Select Item Power on by Ring LAN Disabled Help Modify Power by RTC Alarm Enabled Old Values Shift F2 Color Date of Month Load BIOS Defaults Timer hh mm ss Load Setup Defaults ACPI Function This option allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which offers improved power management Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes Doze Mode Suspend Mode and HDD Power Down There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Disabled No power management Disables all three modes Min Saving Minimum power management Doze
5. To ensure reliability it is recommended to use PC100 SDRAM for your 100 MHz clocked SDRAM performance requirement e SIMM Sizes supported 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB and 128MB e DIMM Sizes supported 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB and 128MB total of 4 SIMMs 2 DIMMs can be installed for a maximum RAM capacity of 256MB Do not mix both SIMM and DIMM modules on the same mainboard e Minimum RAM capacity is 8MB With 2 4MB SIMMs Installed or 1 8MB DIMM SIMM DIMMs speed requirements 70ns or 60ns e This mainboard contains 2 SIMM Banks and 2 DIMM Banks The SIMM banks consists of 4 SIMM Sockets For SIMMs memory must be installed two SIMMs at a time Both SIMMs in a bank must be identical DIMM modules on the other hand can be installed one at a time 26 User s Manual INSTALLATION Installing a SIMM The module must be oriented in the correct way There is a notch in one end of the SIMM Align this notch as shown in the diagram below Slip a SIMM at a 45 angle into a socket Gently push the SIMM to the upright position until the retainers on both sides of the socket lock the module in place To remove a SIMM push the retainers outwards to release the module then pull the module out of the socket mounting hole jounting hole m o
6. PCI accomplishes these goals with its 32 bit Data path Local Bus design and support for Plug amp Play Unlike older expansion bus architectures PCI provides peripherals with a direct connection to the CPU and memory The PCI bus runs at 33Mhz and has a maximum transfer capability of 132MBps With Plug amp Play the system BIOS automatically determines hardware resources for new peripherals simplifying installation of multiple interface cards This Setup Menu provides configuration options for the PCI Bus and its assigned resources PNP OS Installed No CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled Resources Controlled by Manual PCI Dynamic Bursting Enabled Reset Configuration Data Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled IRQ 3 assigned PCI ISA PnP PCI Master Read Prefetch Enabled IRQ 4 assigned PCI ISA PnP PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Disabled TRQ 5 assigned PCI ISA PnP AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled IRQ 7 assigned PCI ISA PnP AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled IRQ 9 assigned PCI ISA PnP IRQ 10 assigned PCI ISA PnP Actived Level IRQ 11 assigned PCI ISA PnP SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto IRQ 12 assigned PCI ISA PnP Assign IRQ For USB Enabled TRQ 14 assigned PCI ISA PnP Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled IRQ 15 assigned PCI ISA PnP DMA 0 assigned PCI ISA PnP DMA l assigned PnP ESC Quit lt Select Item DMA 3 assigned PCI ISA PnP Fl Help PU PD 4 Modify DMA 5 a
7. c El C ooo a loa 5 5 D D 5 Be 5 5 5 5 S H CPU amp SDRAM Clock Selection Jumper JFS0 2 JGP1 3 amp JBFO0 2 After installing the CPU you must set the clock selection jumpers to match the frequency of the CPU Find the Jumper Blocks labeled JFSO 2 JCK1 JGP1 3 and JBFO 2 Set the jumpers according to the illustration and table next page for your CPU frequency Note If you are using a CPU with 100MHz system bus you must also set these jumpers according to your SDRAM specifications Earlier SDRAMs may not support 100MHz 13 User s Manual INSTALLATION This jumper automatically sets the ISA Clock as well The Internal Core frequency corresponds to the number marked on the CPU The External Frequency when multiplied with the Ratio gives the CPU s internal frequency CPU SDRAM Jumper FREQ FREQ Setting MHz MHz 52 CPt 60 60 e 66 66 5817 i SEH og CPU Clock Ratio 75 75 MM DI Be Kaf JBE SS 83 83 321 m 208 Bor 95 95 COD 3 5 4 0 CB x4 5 100 66 5 m 100 100 Jumper setting for CPU CPU Model CPU Clock Bus Clock 50 2 Ratio 2 JC
8. Anti Virus Protection Enabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Disabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Hard Disk Boot From Pri IDE M D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Memory Parity ECC Check Disabled Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option System PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Quit lt Select Item OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Help PU PD Modify HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Old Values Shift F2 Color Report No FDD For WIN 95 No Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Anti Virus Protection Enables Disables the built in anti virus for protection against boot virus infection Unlike traditional BIOS protection which generally consists of simply write protecting the hard disk partition table this Anti Virus protection provides more complete virus protection by taking control early in the boot process detecting boot viruses before they have a chance to load 36 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP CPU Internal Cache Enables or Disables the Level 1 Internal Cache memory Generally this
9. If your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB peripheral select Enabled The following option will become available USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard 41 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Slot 1 2 34 Use IRQ No By default an IRQ is automatically assigned to PCI slots 1 2 3 and 4 You may also specify an IRQ for these slots CPU Overheat Alarm gt 72 C When Enabled once the CPU temperature exceeds 72 C a warning will be issued via the speaker and the operating CPU speed will be slowed down to ease the situation CPU Fan Malfunction Alarm When Enabled the system will issue a warning via the speaker when the CPU fan starts to malfunction System 5V Alarm lt 4 7V When Enabled you will be warned via the speaker if the system board operating voltage is below 4 7V 42 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup This menu contains configuration options that reduce power consumption when the system is not in use Other Green PC compliant peripherals are also supported Power Management allows you to configure you system to use energy most efficiently and yet still in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use ACPI function Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off Option Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by
10. IDE controller in a PCI Slot IDE Prefetch Mode Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses If you are getting disk drive errors change the setting to omit the drive interface where the errors occur Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem this field may not appear and it does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your hard disk controller to use fast block mode to transfer multisector data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Enabled or Disabled Enabled is the default 1 2 3 4 IDE PIO Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Mode IDE Programmed I O Mode This setting relates to the speed at which the hard drive is able to transfer data up to 16 6MB second for Mode 4 drives Available settings are Auto 0 1 2 3 or 4 As with the Type setting Auto is the preferred choice in that the supported PIO Mode is read directly from the hard drive Be sure not to use a PIO Mode higher than what the drive actually supports This could result in loss of data IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA Mode The PCIset used for this mainboard improves the IDE performance by implementing UItraDMA 33 Bus Mastering IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33 Mbyte sec This UDMA technology implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Auto is defau
11. LAN connector Board Size ATX Size 185mm x 305mm User s Manual 7 INTRODUCTION 1 ISA SLOTS 2 16 bit ISA slots 2 MAINBOARD BIOS Award BIOS supporting Plug and Play DMI Green PC specification Enhanced IDE and Multi I O The BIOS is FLASH Upgradeable via the AWDFLASH Utility 3 PCI SLOTS 4 32 bit PCI slots are provided 4 AGP SLOTS 1 Accelerated Graphics Port for high performance graphics capabilities especially 3D 5 BACK INFRARED IR CONNECTOR UART can also be used for the optional Infrared Module enabling wireless communication capability A supplied bracket with a single customized cable connects directly to the infrared pin header on the mainboard 6 DRAM DIMM SOCKETS 2 168 pin DIMM sockets are provided to support a maximum RAM memory capacity of 512 MB DIMM types 3 3V Extended Data Output EDO DRAMs and SDRAM 7 DRAM SIMM SOCKETS 4 72 pin SIMM sockets are provided to support a maximum RAM memory capacity of 512 MB DIMM types of either Fast Page Mode FPM or Extended Data Output EDO DRAM are supported and automatically detected by the BIOS 8 COM2 CONNECTOR High speed UART compatible serial port COM2 can be directed to the Infrared Module for wireless connection capability 9 PRINTER PORT CONNECTOR EPP and ECP compatible parallel port 10 COMI CONNECTOR High speed UART compatible serial port 11 USB CONNECTORS These connectors permit the connection of two USB peripher
12. Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down disabled Max Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPUs Doze Mode 10 sec Suspend Mode 10 sec and HDD Power Down disabled User s Manual 43 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP User Defined Set each mode individually When Enabled each range is 10 sec to 1 default hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min PM Control by APM When set to Yes an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If APM is installed in your system select Yes to give you better power savings Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend gt Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode All Modes gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports writing blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor support the Display Power Management Signaling standard MODEM Use IRQ This item tells the Power Management BIOS which
13. be changed to A C so that the system would first check the floppy drive for a bootable disk This would slow bootup speed however since the floppy would be checked on every boot System will first search for boot sector on floppy disk then hard disk System will first search hard disk drive then floppy disk drive for boot sector System will first search for boot sector on hard disk drive then A CDROM drive and then floppy disk drive System will first search the CDROM drive then hard disk drive and A then floppy disk drive for boot sector System will search for boot sector on hard disk drive only LS ZIP C System will first search for boot sector on LS 120 IDE floppy drive or ZIP ATAPI drive then hard disk User s Manual 37 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Swap Floppy Drive The hardware connections determine which floppy is configured as drive A and drive B Swapping the floppy drives can be useful if your system has two floppy drives and you want the ability to boot from both For example Since a PC cannot boot from the B Floppy you would need to Swap floppy drives A and B in order to set the second floppy drive to drive A thereby making it bootable Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled BIOS will attempt to move the head of the floppy disk drive forth and back once during POST to see if the drive is working properly Boot Up NumLock Status When On the NumLock key will be automatically enabled when th
14. necessary that you first upgrade OSR2 0 to OSR2 1 with a USB upgrade to take full advantage of the AGP features B To access the advanced 3D features in Windows 95 you also need to first install the Microsoft DirectX 5 0 C Then install the following VIA drivers 1 VIA PCI Bridge driver 2 VIA Bus Master driver 3 VIA VxD driver Make sure all the above are included in your system before you install the display driver Windows 98 Install the VIA VxD driver before you install the display driver For IRQ Routing Table Correction in Windows 98 Install the VIA PCI Mini port driver 60 User s Manual 27 0M0586 35
15. port to use during ECP mode Options are 1 and 3 This field is available only when one of the two following options in Onboard Parallel Port Mode is selected ECP or ECP EPP Parallel Mode EPP Type This item allows you to determine the IR transfer mode of onboard I O chip Options are 1 7 and 1 9 default IEEE 1284 compliant User s Manual 51 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password Setting Passwords can be set to provide protection for the BIOS configuration options or to restrict access to the computer itself When enabled User Password will require all users to enter a password in order to use the system and or enter the BIOS setup but can t change its contents A Supervisor Password is used to protect the stored CMOS options from being changed by unauthorized users Keep in mind that when set a password is required only when booting the system It will not provide protection to a system that is already booted The password check option is set in BIOS FEATURES SETUP by choosing either System the password prompt appears every time the system is powered on or Setup the password prompt appears only when the user enters the BIOS Setup The password is stored in CMOS RAM and can be cleared by removing the battery for a while then re installing it back To set a password 1 You must first set the Supervisor password by choosing Supervisor Password and pressing ENTER Setup prompts for a pa
16. would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes External Cache Enables or Disables the Level 2 External Cache memory Generally this would only be Disabled for troubleshooting purposes Quick Power on Self Test Speeds up Power On Self Test POST after the computer is powered on When set to Enable the BIOS will shorten or skip some checks during POST Hard Disk Boot From This option lets you choose to boot from Primary IDE Master Pri IDE M Primary IDE Slave Pri IDE S Secondary IDE Master Sec IDE M Secondary IDE Slave Sec IDE S or SCSI hard disk Same as IDE options the Boot Sequence in the next field is set to C A when the SCSI is chosen Boot Sequence When your system is powered on the BIOS performs a variety of operations then attempts to boot an Operating System from either a hard drive floppy drive CD ROM or LS 120 ZIP This setting determines the sequence that the BIOS will follow when searching devices for a bootable disk Most users find the C A setting to be most beneficial since it takes the least amount of time to boot the system If however you want the ability to boot from a Floppy or CD ROM drive you would need to choose either the A C or CDROM C A setting For instance if your boot sequence was set to C A and for some reason you wanted to boot to your Floppy A Drive it would not be possible since the BIOS would always boot from the C drive first In this case this setting would need to
17. IRQ the MODEM is using so that any activity on that interrupt can bring the system out of power saving mode Options are NA 3 default 4 5 7 9 10 and 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN With Jnstant Off selected the ATX switch functions like a normal system power off button With Delay 4 Sec selected you must hold down the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds to power off the system PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected 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 Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP fF devices except the CPU will be shut off VGA When set to On any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system which has been powered down Default is off LPT amp COM When set to On any event occurring at a LPT printer COM serial port will awaken a system which has been powered down Default is LPT COM 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 dow
18. K1 JGP1 3 AMD K6 2 400MHz 400MHz 100MHz x4 0 AMD K6 2 350MHz 350MHz 100MHz x3 5 AMD K6 2 300MHz 300MHz 100MHz x3 0 AMD K6 2 266MHz 250MHz 100MHz x2 5 AMD K6 2 380MHz 380MHz 95MHz x4 0 AMD K6 2 333MHz 333MHz 95MHz x3 5 AMD K6 300MHz 300MHz 66MHz x4 5 AMD K6 266MHz 266MHz 66MHz x4 0 1 4 User s Manual INSTALLATION AMD K6 233MHz 233MHz 66MHz x3 5 AMD K6 200MHz 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 AMD K6 166MHz 166MHz 66MHz 2 5 AMD K5 PR200 66MHz x3 0 AMD K5 PR166 66MHz x2 5 AMD K5 PR133 66MHz x1 5 Intel Pentium MMX 233 233MHz 66MHz x3 5 Intel Pentium MMX 200 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 Intel Pentium MMX 166 166MHz 66MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium MMX 150 150MHz 60MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 200 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 Intel Pentium 166 166MHz 66MHz x25 Intel Pentium 150 150MHz 60MHz x2 5 Intel Pentium 133 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Intel Pentium 120 120MHz 60MHz x2 5 Cyrix PR333 333MHz 83MHz x3 0 PR300 300MHz 66MHz PR266 266 2 83MHz x2 5 Cyrix 6x86MX PR233 M2 233MHz 75MHz 2 5 6x86MX PR200 2 150MHz 75MHz x2 0 Cyrix 6x86MX PR200 M2 166MHz 66MHz x2 5 6x86MX PR166 M2 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Cyrix 6x86MX PR166 M2 150MHz 60MHz x2 5 Cyrix 6x86 P2004 150MHz 75MHz x2 0 6x86 P1664 133MHz 66MHz x2 0 Cyrix 6x86 P150 120MHz 60MHz x2 0 IDT C6 200 200MHz 66MHz x3 0 IDT C6 180 180MHz 60MHz x3 0 IDT C6 150 150MHz 75MHz x2 0 User s Manual 1 5 INSTALLATION EE Connections CPU Cooling Fan J
19. MAINBOARD User s Manual for board version 1 1 and later Rev 1 02 Date December 98 All other product names are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owners amp DoC Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interface to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television equipment reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna e Move the equipment away from the receiver e Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the recei
20. P12 This mainboard features a fan monitoring function to alert you when the cooling fan starts to malfunction If you are using a fan with the standard 4 pin Molex Type Power Supply connector you should use the fan adaptive cable provided Plug the Molex Type connector of the adaptive cable to the fan s power connector and plug the other 3 pin Header Connector to JP12 regardless of the polarity If your Fan provides this 3 pin Header Connector simply plug it into JP12 12V D To M B fon SEIS Bu geg Connector SES Fan Adaptive D Li 1 6 User s Manual INSTALLATION IDE Activity LED JP10 Hook the IDE LED lead to this jumper with the RED lead corresponding to Pinl Soft Power Switch JP9 Connects to the Power Switch featured on ATX case design This switch must be hooked up before the system can be powered on unlike the traditional Baby AT designs where the power switch is located on the power supply itself Note Under the following two conditions you have to press and hold the switch for longer than 4 seconds to power off your system regardless of the Soft Off by setting in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS page 43 e Shortly after the s
21. Setup 2222200000 43 PNP PCI Configuration Setup need e pr 46 Load BIOS Def ult 15 a ath edunt edere 49 Load Setup Defaults cede e iens 49 Integrated Peripherals Sep 49 Supervisor Password and User Password Seng 52 IDE HDD Auto Detection naut rU a Ie RO EE 54 Save amp Exit Setup Exit Without Saving eee 54 PCT Device o mec Ro ae Ded o e en P e esa il 55 User s Manual 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE DMI 56 FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 57 HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY eere 59 60 VIA MVP3 Driver Installation eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennre nennen 60 4 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Product Description Designed as a flexible high performance and cost effective solution for System Integrators and End Users alike this mainboard provides the power and expandability to meet the requirements of the most advanced operating systems and software applications This mainboard is designed to provide Pentium based FSB 100MHz system by utilizing the VIA MVP3 AGPset on ATX AGP PCI Platform By incorporating such advanced features as Ultra DMA 33 Bus Mastering IDE and Universal Serial Bus USB onto the mainboard optimum system performance is assured and system design and i
22. Setup Program This mainboard also features a Flash BIOS A Flash BIOS can be upgraded via software thereby eliminating the need to actually replace the BIOS Chip on the mainboard Procedures for updating the BIOS follow this section The Award BIOS installed in your computer system s ROM Read Only Memory is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS This means that it supports Intel Cyrix AMD processors in a standard IBM AT compatible input output system Using Setup In general you use the arrow keys to highlight items press lt Enter gt to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press lt Esc gt to quit Getting Help Pressing F1 will display a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt Esc gt 29 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP A Final Note about Setup Not all systems have the same Setup While the basic look and function of the Setup program remains the same for all systems individual motherboard and chipset combinations require custom configurations For example you may find that your Setup main menu has a different number of entries from the main menu displayed in this manual These are simply features not supported or not user configurable on your system The final appearance of the Setup program also depends on the Original Equipment M
23. a the on board IDE controller review IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs on page 25 The Pri Master setting specifies the first device on the primary IDE channel Pri Slave the second Sec Master and Sec Slave specify the devices on the secondary channel 32 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP The first option available is the most important Type This is where you will specify the type of device and how it is represented in the BIOS Setup If the device is a hard disk or CD ROM generally the Auto option is the best choice for fast and easy setup of the hard disk parameters Here s an explanation of the Auto and User options e Auto This option instructs the BIOS to automatically configure the hard disk by reading the parameters cylinders sectors etc directly from the hard disk firmware Use this option if you are configuring a new hard drive or one that has already been formatted using the Auto option Keep in mind that a hard drive is configured using a certain set of parameters those same parameters must be used for the life of the drive unless the drive is re FDISKed using a different parameter set This procedure deletes the old partition s on the drive and creates a new one using the new parameters e User This option allows you to manually enter in the parameters of the hard drive Generally this option would be used only if the hard drive has already been formatted with a certain set of param
24. al devices directly to the port without an external hub USB is a new technology supporting keyboards mouse printers fax modems and other telephony devices 12 PS 2 MOUSE CONNECTOR Supports PS 2 style mice 13 PS 2 KEYBOARD CONNECTOR Supports PS 2 style keyboards 14 ATX POWER CONNECTOR 20 pin ATX Power Connector 15 CPU SOCKET ZIF Socket 7 mainboard supports CPU speeds up to 300MHz for AMD K6 2 100MHz CPU AMD K6 up to 300MHz and Cyrix MII CPU up to PR300 Intel Pentium CPU up to 233MHz 16 FLOPPY CONNECTOR Built in floppy controller supports 2 5 25 or 3 5 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy drives 17 SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for second IDE channel 8 User s Manual INTRODUCTION 18 PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR Connector for first IDE channel The on board PCI Bus Mastering IDE controller features support for DMA Mode 2 PIO Modes 34 and Ultra DMA 33 33MB sec for faster data transfer rates 2 Connectors are provided for support of up to 4 IDE devices on two channels Other ATAPI and Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Drives and CD ROMs are also supported 19 CHIPSET VIA MVP3 AGPset can support Socket 7 100MHZ CPUs 20 Wake up On LAN connector The wake up On LAN connector will allow the network to wake up a Soft Power Down Soft Off PC User s Manual INTRODUCTION Comprehensive Mainboard View
25. ank 4 5 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70 ns SDRAM Cycle Length 23 Slot 1 Use IRQ No Auto DRAM Read Pipeline Enabled Slot 2 Use IRQ No Auto Sustained 3T Write Enabled Slot 3 Use IRQ No Auto Cache Rd CPU Wt Pipeline Enabled Slot 4 Use IRQ No Auto Cache Timing Fast Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled System Hardware Monitor System BIOS Cacheable Enabled CPU Overheat Alarm gt 72 C Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled CPU Fan Malfunction Alarm Disabled AGP Aperture Size 256M System 5V Alarm lt 4 7V Disabled AGP 2X Mode Disabled Quit lt Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing FP EDO DRAM timing is controlled by the DRAM timing registers The timings programmed into this register are dependent on the system design 60ns is the fastest rate The 70ns timing is slower and may be required in certain system designs to support loose layouts or slower memory Options are Turbo Fast Medium Normal FP EDO 60 ns FP EDO 70 ns default SDRAM Cycle Length This item allows you to set the SDRAM Latency Timer Options are 2 3 default 40 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP DRAM Read Pipeline This item allows you to enable disable the read pipeline Options are Disabled Enabled default Sustained 3T Write This item allows you to enable or disable direct map write back writ
26. anufacturer OEM who built your system If your OEM has decided that certain items should only be available to their technicians those items may very well be removed from the Setup program e Shortly after the system is powered on provided a CPU and sufficient RAM are installed you will see the message Press DEL to enter SETUP e Press the DEL key to enter the Award BIOS Setup program 30 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Main Menu Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept and enter the sub menu ROM PCT ISA BIOS xxxxxxxx CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION PNP PCI CONFIGURATION SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Esc Quit TL Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Note that a brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen 31 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS Setup This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set Information rega
27. are Refer to the device documentation for jumper settings The Secondary IDE port can be used for up to 2 additional ATAPI devices Normally it s recommended that you connect your first hard drive to the Primary port and the first CD ROM to the Secondary Make sure to align the RED stripe on the ribbon cable with Pin 1 on the mainboard IDE connector On most hard drives and CD ROMs the RED stripe should be oriented towards the power connector of the device P oo anja gt 0 oo D nu oo 70 8 Er 5 mu 2 n o 925 ve n De oo 8 7 lu 9 EFE m oo cungued Du UO a a 8 User s Manual 25 INSTALLATION System Memory DRAM SIMM DIMMs e This mainboard supports 72 pin SIMMs and 168 pin DIMMs of two types e SIMM 5 Volt Fast Page Mode Asymmetric or Symmetric or EDO Extended Data Output e DIMM 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory or 3 3 Volt EDO
28. ata SCSI Hard Drives are NOT entered into the Mainboard BIOS Setup in any way The hard drive settings in the Standard CMOS Setup are only for drives connected to the IDE Controller So if only SCSI drives were installed all these settings would be set to Type None SCSI Devices are configured via the SCSI controller s BIOS Floppy Drives A and B Select the Type for the and or B floppy drives Remember floppy drive A is the first drive hooked to the END of the floppy ribbon cable Floppy drive B is hooked up after the twist Available settings are listed below No floppy drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity Floppy 3 Mode Support Enable this option ONLY for floppy drive s that support the Japanese standard 1 2MB on 3 5 Diskette Options Disabled Default Both Drive A B Video This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select their type in Setup EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters Halt On Determines if t
29. ay touch a grounded anti static surface such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis for a few seconds to discharge any built up static electricity Handle add in cards and modules by the edges or mounting bracket Installing the CPU Y WARNING Use of a CPU Cooling Fan is required to prevent CPU from overheating The Fan should be installed first before inserting the CPU into its socket 1 Locate the ZIF Zero Insertion Force Socket 7 2 First open the socket by pulling the lever sideways then upwards Notice how the lever locks in place when pressed all the way down 3 The CPU must be inserted with the correct orientation One corner of the CPU has a 2393205 Notch and looks different that the other three This corner is also missing a pin unlike the other three and is marked with a white dot on T top of the CPU Align this corner towards the Lock end of the lever as shown in the figure below Insert the CPU press it down and close the tevai lever until it locks into place White Dot i User s Manual 1 1 INSTALLATION ee Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on this mainboard to select various settings and features A 2 pin jumper has two settings Open and Short or Closed The jumper is closed by placing the Jumper Cap across the two pins thereby connecting them 3 pin jumpers can be set to pins 1 2 or 2 3 connected Pin 1 is labeled on the circu
30. cted Integrated Peripherals Setup This menu is used to configure the integrated IDE subsystem and other peripherals OnChip IDE First Channel Enabled ECP Mode Use DMA OnChip IDE Second Channel Enabled Parallel Port EPP Type IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto Init Display First PCI Slot Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Auto ESC Quit lt Select Item Onboard Serial Port 2 Auto Fl Help PU PD Modify InfraRed COMQ Selected UART COM2 F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 Load BIOS Defaults Onboard Parallel Mode ECP EPP Load Setup Defaults OnChip IDE First Channel Enables or Disables the primary controller Situations where this controller would be disabled are a You are not using any IDE Drives or b You are using an add on IDE controller in a PCI Slot 49 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP OnChip IDE Second Channel Enables or Disables the secondary controller Situations where this PIO Mode controller would be disabled are a You are not using 0 any IDE Drives or b You are using IDE Drives ONLY on the primary controller or c You are using an add on
31. d I O 1xFDC Port LS120 Features 1xParallel Port EPP ECP Port 2xSerial Port 16550 Fast UART Compatible 2XUSB ports 1xIrDA TX RX Header 1xWake On LAN connector Advanced 1 Wake up on LAN Features 2 Modem Ring in Remote Power on 3 Hardware Monitoring Fan Temperature Voltage PCI Bus Master 2xPCI Bus Master IDE Port IDE UltraDMA 33 Mode up to 33MB s transfer rate Connector Expansion Slots 1x32 bit AGP slot 4x32 bit PCI Slots 2x16 bit ISA Slots ATX Size 185mm x 305mm User s Manual INTRODUCTION Board Level Feature 20 i C 2 8 4 19 mem 5 6 17 7 B 5 5 a 16 10 15 a 9 SES 1 0 1213 14 ISA slots 11 USB connectors Mainboard BIOS 12 PS 2 Mouse connector top PCI slots 13 PS 2 Keyboard connector bottom AGP slot 14 ATX power connector 1 2 3 4 5 Infrared IR connector 15 CPU socket Socket 7 6 DRAM DIMM sockets 16 Floppy connector 7 DRAM SIMM sockets 17 Secondary IDE connector 8 2 connector 18 Primary IDE connector 9 Printer port connector 19 Via MVP3 AGPset 10 COMI connector 20 Wake up On
32. dy to receive the data PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled data transfers on the PCI bus where possible make use of the high performance PCI bust protocol in which greater amounts of data are transferred at a single command PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are command 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 Master Read Prefetch This item allows you enable disable the PCI Master Read Prefetch PCI 2 Access 1 Retry This item allows you enable disable the PCI 2 Access 1 Retry 47 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP AGP Master 1 WS Write This implements a single delay when writing to the PCI Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the PCI Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability PCI IRQ Actived By This sets the method by which the PCI bus recognizes that an IRQ service is being requested by a device Under all circumstances you should retain the default configuration unless advised otherwise by your system s manufacturer The choice Level default and Edge SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS When set to Auto Default the system will automatically se
33. e AGP slot For the card that complies with the AGP 1 specifications a slightly more force may be required to fully insert the card into the slot For cards that comply with AGP 2 0 and later specifications the installation should be relatively easy Note 2 Before installing the AGP drivers under Windows 95 98 specific software support must be included in your system first For detailed driver installation procedure please refer to Appendix A 28 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP About the BIOS The Mainboard BIOS Basic Input Output System acts as the bridge between your Hardware CPU Disk Drives Video etc and Operating System Software Windows 95 OS 2 and so on The BIOS Setup also called CMOS Setup is where many hardware configuration options are set and stored This configuration information will remain in the BIOS until it is changed or cleared by removing the battery for a while and then putting it back CMOS Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor refers to the chip in which the BIOS information is stored This mainboard features Award BIOS which provides an easy to use Setup program to aid in hardware configuration In this section we will look at the various menus and options contained in the Award BIOS
34. e system boots Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above Mbytes Initially the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard Normal Today while keyboards still provide this support it is more common and much faster for the system chipset Fast default to provide support for gate A20 Memory Parity ECC Check When Disabled Default there will be no memory errors shown on the monitor for Memory parity SERR When parity DRAM modules are used select Parity or ECC Error Checking and Correcting to correct bit memory errors in the memory Typematic Rate Setting Determines if the typematic rate is to be used When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance In other words the BIOS will only report that the key is down When the typematic rate is enabled the BIOS will report as before but it will then wait a moment and if the key is still down it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly This feature is used to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated Options are 6 default 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this selection allows you to select the de
35. e through secondary cache Cache Rd CPU Wt Pipeline This item allows you to enable disable the cache timing Options are Disabled Enabled default Cache Timing This item determines the SRAM timing Options are Fast default and Fastest Video BIOS Cacheable When Enabled the Video BIOS cacheable will cause access to the video BIOS addressed at to C7FFFH to be cached Enabled is the default System BIOS Cacheable When Enabled the Video BIOS cacheable will cause access to the System BIOS addressed at FOOOOH to FFFFFH to be cached Enabled is the default Memory Hole At 15M 16M In order to improve compatibility certain space in memory can be reserved for old style ISA cards that map memory between 15M 16M Do not enable this feature unless you use the old style ISA card otherwise the memory size may be reduced to 15 MB for some operating systems Disabled is the default AGP Aperture Size Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www apgforum org for AGP information The Choices 4M 8M 16M 32M 64M 128M 256M default AGP 2X Mode Set to Enabled if your AGP card supports the 2X mode which uses a double clocked data technique to transfer twice the data per each AGP clock OnChip USB
36. ed to re program the BIOS The first is AWDFLASH EXE which is the FLASH BIOS Programming Utility The second file needed is the updated BIN file which contains the actual BIOS code This file will have the extension bin such as P598GH BIN Make sure these files are on the diskette or hard drive in the same directory 3 Start the AWDFLASH Utility by changing to the directory where the two required files exist and typing AWDFLASH and pressing ENTER 4 The AWDFLASH Utility Screen appears You will be asked for the file name to program Type in the name of the new BIOS bin file and hit ENTER FLASH MEMORY WRITER 5 26 Copyright lt C gt 1993 Award Software Inc For 5185 850471 14865 26 DATE 64 26 94 Flash Type File to Program Error Message 5 The program will then ask if you want to backup the old BIOS This is recommended in case there are any problems with the new file Enter the name of the new backup file such as backup bin and press ENTER 57 User s Manual FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY 6 At this time the system will prompt you for final confirmation before beginning programming The Utility can be aborted at this time by hitting n To begin programming hit When the Flash programming starts a bar indicator will show the progress of the programming operation After successful completion hit the reset button or power off the comp
37. eters and assured consistency between the old and new parameters is desired Mode One of Enhanced IDE s most important features is LBA Logical Block Addressing Mode This feature allows the use of larger hard drives by providing a way to bypass the cylinder limitations imposed by many Operating Systems LBA Mode is used to extend a hard drive s useable capacity by remapping the cylinders in a way that is acceptable to these operating systems For instance a hard drive with the parameters of 2100 Cylinders 16 Heads and 63 Sectors would be represented by LBA Mode as 525 Cylinders 64 Heads and 63 Sectors Notice that the Cylinders have been divided and the Heads have been multiplied by a factor of 4 On hard drives smaller in capacity than 528MB LBA support is not needed The option on these devices is ignored even if enabled For hard drives greater than 528MB LBA mode should be enabled The following rules apply e Operating Systems that do not use the FAT file system do not need LBA Mode and can use the Normal or Large Modes Examples would be Netware and Unix User s Manual 33 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP e When configuring a new hard drive greater than 528MB in capacity always make sure LBA mode is enabled e If you are using a hard drive that is over 528MB in capacity but was already formatted without using LBA mode LBA support will be ignored even if it is enabled This assures correct access to the drive s d
38. f the contents of the 32KB of Video ROM beginning at the memory location The settings Enabled The contents of C0000h C7FFFh are written to the same address system memory RAM for faster execution ROM cannot be read from or written to cache memory C8000 DFFFF Shadow These options control the location of the contents of the 16KB expansion card ROMs beginning at the specified memory location If no adapter ROM is using the named ROM area this area is made available to the local bus Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose The settings are Enabled Disabled User s Manual 39 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Chipset Features Setup This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system Bank 0 1 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70 ns OnChip USB Enabled Bank 2 3 DRAM Timing FP EDO 70 ns USB Keyboard Support Disabled B
39. he system will prompt you if an error is detected during POST 34 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP be detected will be stopped and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error it will stop for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error Disk Key it will stop for all other errors Memory This category is display only All memory detected by the POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS is shown as the following types Base Memory is the amount of conventional memory installed in the system This value is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard The Extended Memory is the amount of memory located above IMB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory refers to the memory located in the region between 640K and 1MB This region can be used for shadowing as well as expanded memory in DOS User s Manual 35 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup This menu provides access to more advanced BIOS configuration settings that deal with overall performance of the system and peripheral setup This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation You have the opportunity to select the system s default speed boot up sequence keyboard operation shadowing and security
40. is oriented towards Pin 1 Notice the twist between the sets of connectors on the floppy cable The floppy drive A position is at the END of the cable whereas floppy drive is hooked to one of the connectors on the other side of the twist The cable provides both Edge and Pin connectors for both the A and B positions to match the connector on your floppy drives mo lt ome ale H 24 User s Manual INSTALLATION IDE Hard Drives and CD ROMs The on board Enhanced IDE controller can support up to 4 IDE hard drives or other ATAPI devices such as CD ROMs This controller as with all Enhanced IDE controllers consists of both Primary and Secondary ports Each port has an associated connector and cable which can support up to 2 ATAPI devices each All IDE devices have jumpers which allow the user to configure the device as either Master or Slave A Master device is one that is ALONE on the IDE cable whereas a Slave device is installed as a SECOND device on the same cable Keep in mind that the Master device will appear before the Slave device in the CMOS Setup as well as the Operating System softw
41. it board 3 pin Jumper 2 pin Jumper Pin 1 2 i Open D Dn in Pin 2 3 Short Cfi B c EN CPU Voltage Selection Jumper JP13 and JP14 Locate Jumper blocks JP13 and JP14 on the mainboard Set these jumper blocks in accordance with your specific CPU type The Intel MMX CPU is an example of a dual supply chip 2 8V amp 3 3V When single supply CPUs are used this setting is not relevant and should be left on the default Refer to the CPU documentation CPU Voltage JP14 JP13 Vere MEM S W lt lt lt lt lt lt Vcc _ ofoyoye nn 22V 18 Raa l 2 8v NI a 5 3 5V 29v BEA d 3 2V WW UB 1 2 User s Manual INSTALLATION e If you are uncertain about the speed or voltage requirements of your particular CPU you should obtain Technical Documentation from the manufacturer Such information is available via the Intel Cyrix and AMD WWW sites Refer to the following table for more CPU Vcore Voltage Selection jumper setting JP14 Jumper Setting 55 a c 8 BISSEN aja 5 6 0 2 ofo as GG DD DD 55 ele gud na oe niu
42. ithout Saving Select Save amp Exit Setup to save into the CMOS memory all modifications specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight this option in the main menu and press ENTER The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press the key and then Enter Press the N key and then the Enter key to abort The Exit Without Saving option allows the user to exit the BIOS Setup without updating any changes made during the current session 54 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PCI Device Listing This list of installed PCI devices appears after the System Configuration screen PCI device listing Bus No Device No Func No VenderID Device ID Device Class IRQ 0 0 0 Bus No Device No Func No Vender ID Device ID Device Class 7 1 8086 7010 IDE Controller 14 15 7 2 8086 8829 Serial bus controller 11 9 0 1013 7333 Display controller _ Encoded value indicating 1 of 256 possible buses in a system Encoded value indicating 1 of 32 possible devices on a given bus Encoded value indicating of 8 possible functions on a multifunction device Identifies the manufacturer of the device Valid vendor identifiers are allocated by the PCI SIG Special Interest Group to ensure uniqueness Identifies the particular device This identifier is allocated by the vendor Specifies one of the following device classes Mass storage controller Ne
43. lay in msec between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins Options are 250 default 500 750 and 1000 38 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Security Option This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every time BIOS Setup is executed If System is chosen a user password prompt appears every time the computer is turned on If Setup is chosen the password prompt appears only when the BIOS Setup program is executed Refer to the section Supervisor Password for more information PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option must be set to Enabled if any ISA MPEG card installed requires VGA palette snooping The settings are Disabled or Enabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB This should be set to OS2 if you are running IBM OS 2 with more than 64MB of RAM in the system Otherwise the setting should be Non OS2 HDD S M A R T Capability Enables disables Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology by which HDD within a computer can communicate it s predicted reliability status to its user and system administrator to provide comprehensive protection that can prevent system downtime and even the loss of valuable data Report No FDD For WIN 95 With the FDD in STANDARD CMOS SETUP set to NONE set this option to Yes to release IRQ6 for passing Win95 logo This option is irrelevant under normal operation Video BIOS Shadow This option controls the location o
44. lease refer to page 43 This allows the modem to remotely power on the system or return it to full power out of suspend standby mode eege D dm Parallel Port a Jo PARA fu d Umm 5 COM 1 COM2 22 User s Manual INSTALLATION IrDA compliant infrared module connector IRRX KE 9 O 55105505 1 GND NC The IrDA connector bracket hooks directly to this connector on the mainboard This connector provides support for the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module You must first configure through UART2 Mode in INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS SETUP where UART2 is directed COM2 IrDA To M B Infrared 2 PN Connector 4 i i 4 4 _ S 5 pin socket DB 9 female d i DB 9 mao IR Adapter 23 User s Manual INSTALLATION Floppy drives The on board floppy controller supports 2 floppy disk drives with the floppy ribbon cable provided Make sure the RED stripe on the ribbon cable
45. lt Init Display First When your system has an AGP card coexisting with other PCI or ISA display cards choosing this option tells your system to use the AGP card PCI card is default Onboard FDD Controller Enables or Disables the on board Floppy Disk Controller If you want to use a separate controller card to connect the floppy disk drives change this setting to Disabled 50 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Onboard Serial Port 1 With this option the on board Serial Port 1 can be Disabled or set to Auto default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 2 With this option the on board Serial Port 2 can be Disabled or set to Auto default 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 or 2E8 IRQ3 InfraRed COM2 Selected By default this field is set to UART COM2 which directs the second serial port UART to support the serial port Choosing SHARP IR ASKIR or IrDA SIR HPSIR will activate the on board infrared feature and redirect the second serial port UART to support the infrared module connector on the mainboard Onboard Parallel Port With this option the on board Parallel Port can be Disabled or set to 378 IRQ7 Default 3BC IRQ7 278 IRQS Onboard Parallel Mode Sets the operating mode of the parallel port Options are Normal EPP Enhanced Parallel Port Normal ECP Extended Capability Port and ECP EPP default ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel
46. mplementation is simplified Fully Plug amp Play compatible via an Award BIOS this mainboard facilitates easy system configuration and peripheral setup Advanced BIOS features include Temperature Monitoring and Alert functions designed to prevent the CPU from overheating Also the Award BIOS supports ACPI Readiness and is compatible with the PC 97 specification With support for up to 512KB or 1MB Pipelined Burst SRAM L2 cache and 512MB of EDO or SDRAM System RAM this mainboard is the ideal foundation for high end computer systems Item Checklist Your mainboard package should include the items listed below Damaged or missing items should be reported to your vendor The mainboard M CD ROM containing ET VIA PCI Bridge driver Floppy disk drive ribbon VIA VxD driver VIA PCI Mini port driver IDE ribbon cable Bus Master IDE driver support software for updating the Fan adaptive cable FLASH BIOS and IDE drivers This User s Manual Trend PC cillin Anti Virus Software User s Manual INTRODUCTION Specifications Processor ZIF socket 7 support AMD K6 6 2 FSB 100MHz up to 400 MHz CYRIX MII up to PR300 INTEL Pentium MMX up to 233 MHz VIA MVP3 AGPset BIOS Award BIOS support DMI Green PC Plug and Play ACPI Boot from CD ROM LS 120 120MB F D D ZIP Devices Support Symbios SCSI BIOS System Memory 4XSIMM42XDIMM MAX 512MB TT ee EDO FPM DRAM modile 2 On boar
47. n DMA master When set to On any event occurring to DMA controller will awaken a system which has been powered down Default is OFF Power on by Ring LAN When set to Enable any event occurring to the modem or the LAN card will power on the system or return it to full power out of suspend mode Note Your LAN card must support Magic Packet in order to use the LAN Resume function Power on by RTC Alarm When enabled the system will automatically power on or returns to full power out of suspend mode at the time and date of the month 0 for daily specified Primary INTR When set to On default any primary interrupt request see below will awake the system which has been powered down Following this option is a list of IRQs Interrupt ReQuests You can set each IRQ 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 awaken it 45 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP PNP PCI Configuration Setup The PCI Personal Component Interconnect Bus was developed by Intel and other industry leader partners primarily to address two important issues faced by PC hardware designers today a How to allow peripheral devices to take the fullest advantage of the power of Pentium and Pentium Pro chip technology and b Provide a simpler installation process for peripheral devices such as Network cards EIDE or SCSI controllers
48. n order to use the Wake On LAN function 20 User s Manual INSTALLATION USB Connector This 8 pin connector permits connection of two USB peripheral devices directly to the system without an external hub B USB el unused 5 2 Keyboard and Mouse Connectors These two connectors are located on the back panel of the mainboard KN PS 2 Mouse PS 2 0 e Keyboard User s Manual 21 INSTALLATION Serial and Parallel Ports 25 pin D Sub header is provided on the back panel for a multi mode bi directional parallel port Two 9 pin D Sub headers are also provided on the back panel for Serial ports Modem Ring In Power On Install a modem normally to COM2 and enable Power on by Ring LAN function from BIOS setup P
49. nse the presence of any SCSI adapter that uses a Symbios SYM53C8XX SCSI chip If the SCSI adapter installed has its own The on board SCSI BIOS will not be loaded BIOS on board The adapter s own SCSI BIOS will be used If the SCSI adapter installed doesn t have The on board SCSI BIOS will load and its own BIOS and the card uses or is control the SCSI adapter compatible with the SYM53C8XX chip Disabling the onboard SCSI BIOS prevents it from being active in any way Assign IRQ For USB When disabled the BIOS will not assign an IRQ for USB Assign IRQ For VGA The Enabled option allows the BIOS to auto route an IRQ for use by a VGA card While most of the VGA cards do not need the IRQ assignment certain VGA cards may need it 48 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Load BIOS Defaults Loads Fail Safe settings into the BIOS Setup program These options are designed to slow the system down for troubleshooting purposes To load the default values highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y in the confirmation screen and press ENTER again User defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affected Load Setup Defaults Loads the default values for best system performance into the BIOS Setup program To load the default values highlight this option and press ENTER Enter Y in the confirmation screen and press ENTER again User defined options in the Standard CMOS Setup are not affe
50. r Vendor Name Award Software International Inc Memory Controller BIOS Version 4 51 PG Memory module BIOS starting Address Segment E000 Memory module BIOS Build Date 10 07 96 Memory module BIOS Characteristics Press ENTER for detail Memory module Size of BIOS ROM 0128K Cache Cache Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector Port Connector System slots V 2 Move cursor Enter Accept DEL Delete ESC Abort amp Exit Note The DMI utility must be run in real mode without the EMM386 memory manager loaded 56 User s Manual FLASH BIOS PROGRAMMING UTILITY Updating the Award BIOS Code is made easy with the AWDFLASH Utility Since this mainboard features FLASH BIOS it is not necessary to change the actual BIOS chip in order to upgrade the System BIOS The user can simply re program the old BIOS using the AWDFLASH Utility as follows 1 First boot the system with DOS or to Safe Mode under Windows 95 If you are booting DOS from a hard drive or floppy disk press F5 when the message Starting MS DOS appears on the screen If you are booting Windows 95 press the F8 key and select the Safe mode command prompt option This will assure that the system is running in real mode with no device drivers loaded This is the only correct way to run the AWDFLASH Utility program 2 There are 2 important files need
51. rding the system clock IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section To enter the Standard CMOS Setup press the ENTER key with this menu highlighted Upon entering the Standard CMOS Setup screen you will see a screen like that below Date mm dd yy Fri Apr 7 1998 Time hh mm ss 00 00 00 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Drive A 1 44M 3 5in Drive B None Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360 Other Memory 384K HCE ees Total Memo 16384K ESC Quit T 4 5 Select Item Help Shift F2 Change Color Modify First let s set the system Date Use the arrow keys to move to and highlight the Date option Select the Month by using the PgDn and PgUp keys This is how most settings will be configured Then move to the day year and time via the arrow keys to finish setting the system date and time Keep in mind that the system time is set in 24 hour time With this method 1PM is represented as 13 00 2PM as 14 00 and so on with 00 00 corresponding to Midnight Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave These four options relate to the 4 IDE hard drives CD ROMs or other ATAPI devices that can be controlled vi
52. ssigned PCIASA PnP F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned PCI ISA PnP Load BIOS Defaults DMA 7 assigned PCI ISA PnP F7 Load Setup Defaults PNP OS Installed Set to Yes if your operating system supports Plug amp Play such as Windows 95 so that the resources are allocated by the O S instead of the BIOS 46 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices This capability is specifically designed for a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 Choices are Auto and Manual default Reset Configuration Data In case of conflict after you configure your system enable this option to clear ESCD Extended System Configuration Data This setting will automatically be set back to Disabled when the system reboots IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 DMA0 1 3 5 6 7 assigned to By default all resources are assigned to the PCI Bus If an ISA card requires a particular IRQ or DMA channel those resources should be set to Legacy ISA so that the PCI Bus will not try to use them Choices are Legacy ISA and PCI ISA PnP CPU to PCI Write Buffer When enabled up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupting the CPU When disabled a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be completed until the PCI bus signals that it is rea
53. ssword 2 Enter a 1 8 character password using letters numbers or a combination of both The specific characters are not shown as you enter them Press ENTER 3 A confirmation box appears asking you to re enter the password Enter the password again Press ENTER Follow the same procedure to set the User Password Changing a Password Select the appropriate password option Supervisor or User from the main menu and press ENTER Enter the current password and press Enter The screen does not display the characters entered Enter in the new password then the confirmation You cannot change the current password unless you know it Erasing a Password If you know the current password but want to disable password checking follow the procedure for changing the password When Setup prompts for the new password simply press ENTER You will see a message indicating that the password is disabled 52 User s Manual MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP If you do not know the current password the CMOS must be cleared by removing the battery for a while then re installing it back This will clear all user defined BIOS Setup options User s Manual 53 MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP IDE HDD Auto Detection Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters The Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk s parameters See also Standard CMOS Setup Save amp Exit Setup Exit W
54. twork controller Display controller Multimedia device Bridge device Simple communication controller Base system peripherals Input device Docking station Processor and Serial bus controller The PCI device listing is useful for troubleshooting purposes More detailed information for each field may be obtained through the PCI specification documentation 55 User s Manual DESKTOP MANAGEMENT INTERFACE This mainboard supports the Desktop Management Interface DMI which is new method of providing enterprise management for personal computers The main component of DMI is the Management Information Format Database MIF which contains information about the computer system and its components such as BIOS version vendor CPU speed type memory size type L1 L2 cache port connectors IDE floppy 2S 1P USB keyboard mouse slots etc Using DMI remote PC management software is able to obtain various information about the system including hardware profiles capabilities operational status installation dates and other information about the system and its components This DMI utility DMICFG EXE allows you to add additional information such as serial numbers vendor information and enclosure chassis configurations into the MIF Edit DMI Add DMI Load DMI FILE Save DMI FILE BIOS System E Display Component Base Board Type BIOS Information Enclosure Chassis Handle 0000 Processo
55. uter 58 User s Manual HARDWARE MONITORING UTILITY Your mainboard has an advanced built in hardware monitoring feature to keep track of CPU temperature system board voltage and CPU fan speed When an abnormal condition occurs the system speaker will BEEP to warn the user to trouble shoot the failed part of the system Note When an application is using the speaker the user may LOSE the WARNING BEEP The Hardware Monitor utility included with your mainboard is designed for Windows 95 Windows NT With this utility installed an error message will pop up under Windows 95 Windows NT in addition to the warning beep to alert the user when problem occurs The utility includes the following files e Hardware monitor utility HMINSTALL EXE Hardware monitor utility installation program e Readme file Installation Un installation procedure e Run HMINSTALL EXE under Windows 95 Windows NT to install MONITOR EXE to your fixed disk MONITOR EXE will then be executed automatically every time with Windows 95 bootup User s Manual 59 APPENDIX VIA MVP3 Driver Installation For AGP Implementation Before installing the AGP drivers under Windows 95 98 specific software support must be included in your system first Note If your AGP card uses Intel 1740 AGP chip its driver must be v1 5 or later to be compatible with this mainboard Windows 95 A Though Windows 95 OSR2 0 supports AGP it is
56. ver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The FCC requires the user to be notified that any change or modifications to the equipment by the user not expressly approved by the grantee or manufacturer could void the user s authority to operate such equipment The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations yw gt di lt lt A 0 5 User s Manual Table of Contents INTRODUCTION itso coherence 5 Product Descriptioti ae tes 5 Checklist n D ER 5 SpecifiCatlobs xig e em te tieni b Der e e deno dei terna ts 6 Board Ee tute i gie gto edet ded 7 Comprehensive Mainboard View 10 INSTALLATION rettet Rin 11 Installing the CPU n ice eR eH E edere Taa 11 Setting the JUMPpPers 12 Connections guinis ei ated 16 System Memory DRAM SIMMIDTMM eene 26 Installing AGP Card Eessen teneat 28 MAINBOARD BIOS 11 1 1 29 About the 29 lan 31 Standard CMOS E nie ete ped edet oe dee 32 BIOS Features Setup eed regere EES Ee LESS 36 Chipset Features Setup bendi 40 Power Management
57. ystem is powered on when the BIOS message is not yet appear When CPU hangs 1 IDE LED JP10 5 5j 8 Soft Power JP9 17 User s Manual INSTALLATION Power Supply Connector This mainboard features an ATX Power Connector This connector is keyed to prevent connection in the wrong direction Line up the locking mechanism on the connector from the ATX Power Supply with the tab on the mainboard connector Press down until the two connectors are locked H 12V ay 5VSB o PowerGood P o 4 5v 4 Pole ES GND P o oq GND lt gt PW ON GND gt o o 12 3 3V ly e o 33V 1 8 User s Manual INSTALLATION System Functions Jumper Block 19 Keyboard Lock O Oo O Turbo LED _ a o 0

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