6V693 AT Form Factor Main Board
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1. Off Over clocking 13 2 3 Connectors There are many connectors on this main board Refer to the following pages for details 2 3 1 Front Panel Front panel has connectors as EXTSMI PW BT HDD LED RESET SPEAKER TURBO and PW LED Please refer to details as below ACO eles tes eS Telo PW LED SPEAKER HD LED EXTSMI TB ESET PW BT 14 PW LED is a 3 pin connector It is used to connect to the LED on the case front panel The LED shows the status of the power TB LED is a 2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current speed status of system SPEAKER is a 4 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to the case speaker to the main board for sound purpose RESET is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip connected to the push button reset switch on the case s front panel Shorting both pin amp pin 2 can reset the system which is similar to the power off and then on again HD LED Hard Disk activity LED connector is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip It is used to connect to front panel Hard Disk LED PW BT with a 2 pin Berg strip on case front panel indicates the current power status of system It is used to conne2. 39 Bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 DRAM Timing This will determine the timing of SDRAM The user can separately adjust the timing of bank 0 1 2 3 4 5 SDRAM 10ns default 10 nano second SDRAM 8ns normal medium fast turbo SDRAM Cycle Length control the DRAM page missing and row miss leadoff timing 32 3 default DRAM Clock Host CLK default System shows the actual DRAM speed the system uses 66 MHz System DRAM clock is fixed at 66 MHz Memory Hole this field enable a memory hole in main memory space CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI note that a selected can not be changed while the L2 cache is enabled Disabled default 15M 16M Video RAM Cacheable Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may occur Disabled default AGP Aperture Size To select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 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 128M default 64M 32M 16M 8M 4M 40 OnCHip USB Enabled default Enabling this function adds the function of USB Keyboard Support Disabled USB Keyboard Support Disabled default Enabled enable this function when using USB keyboard 41 3 5 P
3. However if your hard disk cyclinder is more than 1024 and does not support the Iba function you have to set at LARGE Select NORMAL if your hard disk supporting cylinder is below 1024 Notel if hard disk primary master slave and secondary master slave were set to auto the hard disk size and model will be auto detected on display during POST E Note2 halt on is to determine when to halt the system by the BIOS if error occurs during POST 34 G3 SS 3 BIOS Features Setup Menu below shows all of the manufacturer s default values of this main board Move the cursor by pressing direction keys and lt PageDown gt or lt PageUp gt key to modify the parameters pressing F1 key to display help message of the selected item This setup program also provide 2 convenient ways to load the default parameter data from BIOS F6 or CMOS F7 area if shown data is corrupted This provides the system a capability to recover from any possible error ROM PCIVISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS CPU Internal Cache C8000 CBFFF External Cache CC8BB CFFFF CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking D8888 D3FFF Processor Number Feature D4888 D FFF Quick Power On Self Test D8888 DBFFF Boot Sequence DCBB88 DFFFF Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Gate AZB Option Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Chars Sec Typematic Delay M
4. 54 The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA amp LARGE 1 Normal mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing The maximum number of cylinders head amp sectors for normal mode are 1024 16 amp 63 No Cylinder 1024 X No Head 16 X No Sector 63 X No Per Sector 512 528 MB If user set this HDD to normal mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 MB even though its physical size may be greater than that 2 LBA Logical Block Addressing Mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 MB bottleneck The number of cylinders heads amp sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD During HDD accessing the ide controller will transform the logical address described by sector head amp cylinder into its own physical address inside the HDD The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8 4 GB which is obtained by the following formula No Cylinder 1024 X No Head 255 X No Sector 63 X No Bytes Per Sector 512 8 4 GB 55 3 Large Mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award software Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024 cylinder without LBA support in some cases user do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of large mode Cyls Head Sector Mode 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS or othe
5. This error may result from a weak BIOS so exchange a new BIOS if necessary 5 Hard disk initialize Please wait a moment Some hard drives require more time to initialize 67 6 Hard disk install failure The system can not find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Check if the controller is set correctly If no hard disk is installed Hard drive selection must be set to none 7 Keyboard error or no keyboard present This means the system can not initialize the keyboard Check if the keyboard is plugged well and be sure no keys are pressed during power on self test 8 Keyboard is lock out Unlock the key Normally when this message comes out check if there is anything mis placed on the keyboard Be sure nothing touches the keys 9 Memory test fails There will be more information to specify the type and location of the memory error 10 Primary master hard disk fail The BIOS find an error in the primary master hard disk drive 11 Primary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the primary slave hard disk drive 12 Secondary master hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave master hard disk drive 13 Secondary slave hard disk fail The BIOS finds an error in the secondary slave IDE hard disk drive 68 5 2 Frequently Asked Questions Below are question users always come out with Q is for question A is for answer Q Why can t my AGP card work under W
6. Ens eden eer ee ee pub p Le oe ae eT EN NEe 67 5 1 Error Messages During Power On Self Test eese 67 5 2 Frequently Asked Questions eee nennt 69 II Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Main Board Overview The main board is a new generation Pentium II and Pentium III main board based on VIA VT82C693 chipset The main board has integrated the latest advances in processor memory I O technologies into an ATX form factor The main board utilizes VIA 693 chipset designed for Pentium II and Pentium III CPUs and supports new architects such as high speed AGP graphic port SDRAM Ultra DMA 66 bus master IDE and USB port It has three Dual In line Memory Modules DIMM which can be installed with SDRAM memory The memory subsystem supports up to either 384 MB SDRAM or 384 MB EDO RAM The main board using the Slot 1 socket accepts Intel amp Pentium II 66 100 MHz amp Pentium III 100 133 MHz processors Built in second level L2 cache in CPU there is no cache necessary in this system board The main board has implemented VIA VT82C686A high performance I O Controller utilizes with fully Plug and Play device which supports 2 88 MB Floppy Dual 16550 Compatible with 16 bytes FIFO up to 460K baud rate Serial Port ECP Enhanced Capabilities Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port parallel port Infrared IrDA HPSIR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR ASKIR port and Audio The main board supports 3 PCI 2 IS
7. Please go to SMVP4 directory to install drivers A G P cards S 6326 and T985 Solo 1 ESS solo 1 sound driver Pccillin anti virus protection software XStore Pro IDE Driver IDE Bus Master Driver for Ultra DMA 33 Dn e t 2 1 6 XStore Pro IDE Driver Our corporation has integrated High Point s new invented software technology XStore Pro to our valued customers as a free service Developing the technique of read ahead caching after seeking XStore Pro increases hard disk performance More concretely it effectively enhances hard disk performance up to 5096 and system performance up to 1046 System requirement Under the below environments the driver will perform its best in your system No extra computer components are required a Windows 95 or Windows 98 environment a Recommended system memory 32 MB or above Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Layout Reference E com2 J8 S1 S2 ea AMR1 PCI3 PCI2 PCI JPI ral oa cra Govan NO VI E 690C8LA PGA370 ee Ez DDTITIPPMPIIIMI l DIMMI l DIMM2 DIMM3 IDE2 IDE1 10 2 2 Jumper Setting 2 2 1 JBAT1 CMOS Status JBATI is a 3 pin connector Clear CMOS if system password is forgotten Below is details t
8. Status On default Off Gate A20 Option Normal default Fast Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled default disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system bios will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 6 Characters Per Second default 8 8 Characters Per Second 10 10 Characters Per Second 12 12 Characters Per Second 15 15 Characters Per Second 20 20 Characters Per Second 24 24 Characters Per Second 30 30 Characters Per Second Typematic Delay Msec This is the interval between the first and second character displayed 250 250 msec default 500 500 msec 37 750 750 msec 1000 1000 msec Security Option Setup default security protection in CMOS setup menu Setting password in BIOS CMOS Supervisor Password or User Password the user needs to key in password if entering BIOS CMOS setup System security protection in system boot up amp BIOS setup This function secures the system under system boot up and BIOS setup PCI VGA Pallette Snoop Enabled it allows you to install an enhanced graphics adapter card Disabled default If your graphics adapter card does not support the pallette snoop function please set at Disabled to avoid system malfunction OS Select For DRAM 64MB This option
9. Trademarks e Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation e Microsoft is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation e PCI is a registered trademark of PCI Special Interest Groups e AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners Table of contents Chapter 1 Introduction cscecscececcccccccscccecccsccsssecsscscecseeees 1 1 1 Main Board Overview cccscssscsccssccsccccssccsscssccsccsccsccescsssces 1 1 2 Reference for Pentium II CPUS ccccscscsscsscescecccsssssscesces 3 1 3 Mjuselic IP 4 1 4 Notice of Hardware Installation ceeee eee eee eee eee nnne 7 1 5 Notice of CD Driver Installation eeeee eee eee eene 8 1 6 Xstore Pro IDE DriV6E Lee esa ree see nsus Co evene en Ee sinees 9 Chapter 2 Installation eeeeeeeeeee eene eene eren enne hene hee nn ene 10 2 1 Layout Reference 5 eee erre eeu eror e rsono ree an Exe ER NES HS io 10 2 2 Jumper Setting eeeeeeeeeeeeee esee eene eene nennen nnne 11 2 2 1 JBATI CMOS Status ccssssssseeeeene eene 11 2 2 2 JPlI Audio Function Selector cccccccccccccceccecscuccscusueucuscuseusesuees 12 2 2 3 J10 Turbo66 Over clocking Setup esee 13 2 3 Connectors ree usse ue noe tua Ue ae sere
10. Universal Serial Bus Universal Serial Bus connector marked as USB1 is used to connect USB devices There are 2 USB connectors on this main board USB 18 AT Keyboard AT keyboard is a 5 pin connector AT K B S3 Cy 19 PS 2 Mouse PS 2 Mouse is a 5 pin connector to connect to mouse connector 20 PS 2 MOUSE 1 MOUSE CLK lt gt 2 MOUSE DATA 3 NONE lt gt 4 GROUND 5 vec 2 3 3 ATX Power Supply Connector ATX power supply connector has 20 pins which is designed for ATX case especially The ATX power supply supports the function of the Soft Power On Momentary switch which connects on the front panel switch to the 2 pin PW BT on the system board While the power switch on the back of ATX power is turned on the full power will not go into the system board until the front panel switch is momentarily pressed Push the switch again to turn off the power to the system board ATX Power Connector 8
11. amp CPU L2 cache code A 450 500 MHz 350 450 MHz 233 333 MHz 300 amp 333 MHz 266 300 MHz IR Notel CPU is not enclosed in the package re Note2 Celeron has 2 models One is with internal cache and one without The one with cache has a CPU code A such as Celeron 300A 1 3 Specifications e PCB board size 30 5 cm x 18 00 cm e PCB layer 4 layers e Slot 1 socket Support Intel Pentium II CPU at 66 MHz amp 100 MHz amp 133MHz F S B and Pentium HI 100MHz F S B MR CPU is not enclosed in the package e Memory DIMM 3 of 168 pin 3 3V DIMM Professional PC 100 MHz freq PC 100 DIMM 66 MHz freq SDRAM up to 384MB E DIMM is required for 100 MHz F S B CPUs e Basic PC 66 MHz freq SDRAM up to 384MB e Expansion Slot 2x ISA 3 x PCI slots 1x A G P slot and 1 x AMR e Chipset e VIA VT82C693 e VIA VT82C686A e BIOS flash EEPROM for BIOS Award full PnP Plug amp Play BIOS e T O function e 2 x PCI IDE devices e x FDC 2 x serial ports 16550 fast com e 1x parallel port device EPP ECP SPP e 2x USB connector e IrDA infrared connector e Audio function e Green function Complied with APM Advanced Power Management e ATX form factor The ATX form factor has been defined to address four major areas of improvement required of today s predominant form factors Enhance PC ease of use with all built in I O connector e Better support for current and future I O e Reduce
12. is especially set for OS2 operating system Set Non OS2 for RAM memory over 64MB and set Non OS2 for other operating systems like Windows 95 98 or NT Non OS2 default OS2 Video BIOS Shadow It determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM However it is optional from chipset design Video shadow will increase the video speed Enabled Video Shadow is enabled default Disabled Video Shadow is disabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7F FF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFF Shadow These are categories determining whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16KB or 32KB per unit and the size depends on chipset Enabled Disabled default 38 G3 SS 4 Chipset Features Setup ROM PCI VISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Bank 871 DRAM Timing SDRAM ins Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Bank 2 73 DRAM Timing Spread Spectrum Bank 4 5 DRAM Timing CPU Host Clock CPU PCI SDRAM Cycle Length Current CPU Temp DRAM Clock Current System Temp Memory Hole 8 Current CPUFAN1 Speed Read Around write Current CPUFANZ Speed Concurrent PCI Host Vcore pany System BIOS Cacheable es E 5U Video RAM Cacheable 12U AGP Aperture Size AGP 2X Mode MALZ 131 WE Drive OnChip USB USB Keyboard Support OnChip Sound Quit Tlee Select Item OnChip Modem H Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults
13. 6V693 AT Form Factor Main Board User s Manual Copyright Copyright 1999 by this company No part of this document may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language or computer language in any form or by any means without prior written permission This manual and the information contained herein are protected by copyright All rights reserved Manual version 1 0 Ref No 3053216 Published in 1999 Warning and disclaimer This manual is designed to provide information about the Pentium II system board Every effort has been made to make this manual as accurate as possible but no warranty or fitness is implied AII the information is provided on an as is basis The author and his corresponding publishing company shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damages arising from the information contained in this manual or from the use of the system board that accompanies it Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice The manufacturer of the main board will not be held responsible for technical or editorial omissions made herein nor for the incidental or consequential damages resulting from its furnishing performance functionality or use Subsequent changes to this manual will be incorporated into the next edition We welcome any suggestion regarding this manual or our computer products
14. 8 21 2 3 4 AT Power Supply Connector The main board supports standard AT and ATX power supply AT Power supply has 12 pins AT Power Supply Connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 POWER GOOD 7 GROUND 2 5V DC 8 GROUND 3 12V DC 9 5V DC 4 12V 10 5V DC 5 GROUND 11 5V DC 6 GROUND 12 5V DC 22 2 3 5 IR Connector IR connector supports wireless infrared module With this module and application software like LAPlink or WIN95 Direct Cable Connection user can transfer data to or from laptops notebooks PDA and printers This connector supports HPSIR ASKIR and Fast IR Attach Infrared module to IR connector and enable BIOS Infrared function Be sure to put in the right orientation during attachment IR Connector 23 2 3 6 CPU Fan Connectors CPU fan is a 3 pin connector and the main board supports 2 FAN connectors As the main board supports hardware monitoring the system can detect fan
15. A 1 A G P and 1 AMR for highest performance I O add on adapter cards The main board is also strengthened with Power Management Wake up Event such as WOL Wake up on LAN Modem ring on which are the new inventions to enable PCs to be turned on over the network These are also key benefits in PC operation asset management new system setup and power conservation In conclusion the main board is a combination of the highest in performance flexibility efficiency and ease of use that meets a variety of price performance levels The main board is an ideal platform for the increasing requirements of today s and future s desktop application 1 2 Reference For Pentium II CPUs The main board supports Intel Pentium II and Pentium III microprocessors The Pentium II and Pentium III processors deliver more performances than previous generation processors such as Pentium Pentium MMX M etc through an innovation called Dynamic Execution Architecture It is improved by 3D visualization and interactive capabilities required by present high end commercial and technical applications and future s emerging applications as well Below is the reference for Pentium II CPUs accomodating this main board Intel Processors for Slot 1 Pentium II Pentium II 100 MHz F S B_ 100 MHz F S B 66MHz F S B Katmai Deschutes Klamath Celeron Celeron w o W 512K w 512K w 512K w 128K
16. I ISA PnP default Legacy ISA DMA 0 Assigned To DMA 7 Assigned To PCI ISA PnP default Legacy ISA CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled default Disabled 46 AGP Master 1 WS Write Enabled default Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Enabled Disabled default Assign IRQ for USB Enabled default Disabled Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled default Disabled 47 3 7 Integrated Peripherals ROM PCI VISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC OnChip IDE Channel Enabled Onboard Parallel Port OnChip IDE Channeli Onboard Parallel Mode IDE Prefetch Mode IDE HDD Block Mode Primary Master PIO Onboard Legacy Audio Primary Slave PIO Sound Blaster Secondary Master PIO SB Iv0 Base Address Secondary Slave PIO SB IRQ Select Primary Master UDMA SB DMA Select Primary Slave UDMA MPU 481 Secondary MasterUDMA MPU 481 I 0 Address Secondary Slave UDMA FM Port 388 38BH Init Display First Game Port 288 287 H Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 gt Quit Ti Select Item Onboard Serial Port 2 Help PU PD 7 Modify UART 2 Mode 8 Old Values Shift F2 Color Load Setup Defaults OnChip IDE Channel 0 Disabled Disable Primary Master PIO Primary Salve PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Enabled Enable Primary Master PIO Primary Salve PIO Primary Master UDMA
17. Primary Slave UDMA 48 OnChip IDE Channel 1 Disabled Disable Secondary Master PIO Secondary Salve PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA Enabled Enable Secondary Master PIO Secondary Salve PIO Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE HDD Block Mode This feature enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer Most of IDE drivers except very early designs can use this feature Enabled default Disabled Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO This feature detects your primary master hard disk device Auto default Mode 0 1 2 3 4 Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO This feature detects your secondary master hard disk device Auto default Mode 0 1 2 3 4 Primary Master UDMA Auto default Disabled Primary Slave UDMA Auto default Disabled Secondary Master UDMA Auto default Disabled 49 Primary Master UDMA Auto default Disabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled default Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled On Board Serial Port 2 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto default Disabled UART 2 Mode Standard default HPSIR ASKIR Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 default 3BC IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Disabled 50 3 8 Supervisor User Password The Supervisor User Password s
18. TION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed CPU to PCI Write Buffer Resources Controlled By PCI Delay Transaction Reset Configuration Data AGP Master 1 WS Write AGP Master 1 WS Read IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to PCI IRQ Actived By IRQ 5 assigned to Assign IRQ For USB IRQ assigned to Assign IRQ For VGA IRQ 9 assigned to IRQ 18 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to DMA assigned to DMA 1 assigned to Quit Tlee Select Item DMA 3 assigned to Help PU PD 7 Modify DMA S assigned to Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned to Load Setup Defaults DMA assigned to 45 PNP OS Installed No default OS will not recognize PnP devices Yes OS will arrange the setup of PnP devices Resources Controlled By Manual default The table will show the below items Reset Configuration Data IRQ 3 assigned to DMA 0 assigned to The user can adjust the shown items as required Auto The table will not show the above items and the system will automatically assign the above setup Reset Configuration Data Disabled default Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit setup if you have installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot up IRQ 3 Assigned To IRQ 15 Assigned To PC
19. allows the user to set the soft off power button to turn off the system or set to 4 seconds holding the power and system will shut down in 4 seconds 43 HDD Power Down Disabled default 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 15 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Doze Mode Disabled default 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 15 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Suspend mode Disabled default 10 Sec 20 Sec 30 Sec 40 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 15 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 hour Modem Ring Resume Enabled modem ring on function system can be turned on through modem Disable default disble this function Note this function only works when the system is turned off from Windows mode and doze mode will not function RTC Alarm Resume auto power on at the appointed date and time Enabled key in the date of current month and time of the day System will turn on then Disabled default disable this function 5 38 Note this function only works when the system is turned off in Windows mode and Doze mode will not function Primary INTR on default Select on it adds the following functions IRQ3 COM2 IRQIS Reserved off Select off IRQ3 COM2 IRQ15 Reserved will not show 44 6 PNP PCI Configuration Setup SO Go A ROM PCIZISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F PNP PCI CONFIGURA
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21. ct to the Power Button on the front panel of the case if there is EXTSMI is a 2 pin keyed Berg strip which is also called green or sleep connector When SMI is turned from open to close and back to open the system will enter sleep mode immediately This function is to make sure power saving is working well In PC system it is used to connect to the push button SMI switch located on the case front panel if there 1s The system can be forced to power saving mode by pressing the SMI switch SMI Operation Open Normal Close System will enter sleep mode 15 2 3 2 Back Panel There are COM1 2 LPT USB and AT keyboard PS 2 mouse on the case back panel Please refer to more details as below COM1 COM2 The onboard serial port 1 and port 2 are the 9 pin D subminature male connector COMI and COM2 COMI and COM2 can be disabled in BIOS setup Please refer to Chapter 3 Integrated Peripherals for more information 16 LPT Parallel Port The onboard parallel port is a 25 pin female connector marked as LPT LPT 9090906000000060 9990900909009999 9 26 17 USB1
22. el 1 DRAM refresh request Timer channel 2 speaker tone generator DMA channel 0 available DMA channel 1 onboard ECP option DMA channel 2 floppy disk Winboand chip DMA channel 3 onboard ECP default DMA channel 4 cascade for DMA controller 1 DMA channel 5 available DMA channel 6 available DMA channel 7 available 62 4 4 Interrupt Map INMI Non Maskable Interrupt IRQ H W 69u9uwR oM coO system timer interrupt from timer 0 keyboard output buffer full cascade for IRQ 8 15 serial port2 serial port parallel port 2 floppy disk Winbond chip parallel port 1 RTC clock available available available PS 2 mouse math coprocessor onboard hard disk IDE1 channel onboard hard disk IDE2 channel 63 4 5 RTC amp CMOS RAM Map 00 Seconds 01 Seconds Alarm 02 Minutes 03 Minutes Alarm 04 Hours 05 Hours Alarm 06 Day of Week 07 Day of Month 08 Month 09 Year 0A Status Register A OB Status Register B 0C Status Register C OD Status Register D OE Diagnostic Status Byte OF Shutdown Byte 10 Floppy Disk Type Drive Type Byte 12 Hard Disk Type Byte 13 Reserved 14 Equipment Type 15 Base Memory Low Byte 16 Base Memory High Byte 17 Extension Memory Low Byte 18 Extension Memory High Byte 19 2D 2E 2F 30 Reserved for Extension Memory Low Byte 31 Reser
23. etting utility sets the security protection There are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu one is Supervisor Password and the other is User Password Their difference is Supervisor Password this function allows you the right to change the options of setup menu User Password this function only allows you to enter the setup menu but not to change the options of the setup menu except USER PASSWORD SAVE amp EXIT SETUP and EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 1 How to set Supervisor Password amp User Password The setup of Supervisor Password and User Password have the same steps Step 1 Enter Password Press Enter after appointing the password Select Item Esc Quit a F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 51 Step 2 Confirm Password Typing the password again and pressing lt Enter gt Select Item Esc Quit ble F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color LUN Note If you forget password please clear CMOS Please refer to JBAT1 Step 3 Set Security Option in BIOS Features Setup After setting password enter Security Option in BIOS Features Setup There are 2 options Setup amp System Setup secures CMOS setup System secures PC sytem and password is required during system boot up and CMOS setup 52 2 How to Disable Supervisor Password amp Use
24. highlighted direction keys to move cursor and Enter key to select The entries in the field will be changed by pressing lt PageDown gt or lt PageUp gt key or user can enter new data directly from the keyboard ROM PCI VISA BIOS 2A6LG11F STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd yy Thu Aug Time hh mm ss d H HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Video Halt On ESC Quit TL Select Item PU PD Modify Ei Help GGhift F2 Change Color 33 Hard Disk Configurations 1 TYPE 2 SIZE 3 CYLS 4 HEAD 5 PRECOMP 6 LANDZ 7 SECTOR 8 MODE Select USER to fill the remaining fields Select AUTO to detect the HDD type automatically Selecting NONE the system will not detect hard dsk type the hard disk size The unit is mega byte MB the cylinder number of the hard disk the read write head number of hard disk The range is from 1 to 16 the cylinder number at which the disk drive changes the write timing the cylinder number that the disk drive heads read write are seated when the disk drive is parked the sector number of each track defined on the hard disk The range is from 1 to 64 select AUTO to detect the mode type automatically If your hard disk supports the LBA mode select LBA or LARGE
25. in 95 A Windows 95 OSR2 0 does not support AGP function You must install USB support file to enable this function After installing choose enable for ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB in BIOS PNP PCI configuration setup Q Why can t the CPU frequency be adjusted to 100 MHz A The BIOS will automatically detect the CPU frequency 66MHz or 100 MHz Therefore if your CPU frequency cannot be adjusted to 100 MHz then your CPU may be 66 MHz In BIOS speed setup there are other frequencies like 75 MHz 83 MHz 103 MHz 102 MHz 112 MHz 133MHz These are for internal test only No guarantee is provided since this is not included in chipset specification Q Why is my system not stable with 100 MHz CPU A There are many reasons for this condition One of the most common is that SDRAM does not match PC 100 specification When system is operated under 100 MHz in addition to 100 MHz CPU SDRAM must be PC 100 DIMM too 69
26. m board IDE1 is primary channel and IDE2 is secondary channel Each channel supports 2 IDE devices and 4 devices in total for this main board i IDE1 IDE2 riss Liz PEE 40 3932 40 28 2 3 11 Wake up on LAN Wake up on LAN marked as WOL is a 3 pin connector To support this feature a network card is required for the system and in addition network management software must be installed too WOL y 1 SVSB Li O 2 GND e 5 PME WOL Wake up on LAN function requirement Power supply should offer at lest 750mA to the signal 5VSB to support WOL function 29 2 4 DIMM Memory Installation The main board has 3 DIMMs on board Either DIMM1 DIMM2 or DIMM3 supports 8 MB 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB and 128MB Maximum memory for SDRAM is up to 384MB EDO RAM is up to 384 MB DIMMI umm umm mum bum m oo i 30 Insert the module as shown Due to different number of pins on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orienta
27. o show how to clear CMOS JBAT1 CMOS Status Procedure to clear CMOS Step 1 Shut down the system and disconnect the power supply from AC power Step 2 Pull out the ATX cable from ATX connector ATX1 Step 3 Short the CMOS jumper by putting jumper cap on Pin 2 3 for a few seconds Step 4 Return to pin 1 2 for normal setup Step 5 Link ATX power cable to ATX connector amp connect AC power to power supply Step 6 Turn on system power If you d like to set password press Del Key during system bootup to enter CMOS setup and establish a new password 11 2 2 2 JP1 Audio Function Selector JP1 is a 6 pin selector Please select the right functions as below JP1 Onboard Audio Function JP1 Audio Function Selector AC97 1 2 3 4 MC97 AMR 5 6 AC97 MC97 1 2 3 4 5 6 default 12 2 2 3 J10 TURBO66 Over clocking Setup TURBO66 is a 2 pin jumper which allows 66MHz F S B CPUs to over clock up to 100 F S B This jumper is for internal test only No guarantee is provided for over clocking setup i 2 TURBO66 over clocking LU setup _ On Normal
28. osea veveusut ext Ue enu e uo dos ede 14 2 3 I Front Panel 5 ree ete ree eee ero ee n ene nonae area pao Sed eee npe nisus eres el ave 14 2 3 2 Back Panel css cscs cccesdecsswsevisesestecs evs evesseescetensededsvssecsctseadcases 16 COMO e EE soe ae hare A hae ia se oth ae rc ne SS 16 EPT Paralel Port ise ertet YER v Eddy 17 ERY AEE A EAEE E E Se So MEI LA a mee E m 18 AT Keyboard 5i iis A GR RR REN RE SU EN TERR 19 PS2 MOUSE eee ete ee saecu ven PEE nete ois aee eoe ves t bte 20 2 3 3 ATX Power Supply Connector eeeee eee ee eene enne 21 2 3 4 AT Power Supply Connector eeeeeeeeeeeee eee 22 2 3 5 IR Connector eoe eoe eene e eye rese yere ense x sous ee e pose exa ves rayetesevs 23 2 3 6 CPU Fan Connectors es vs nee 1e ete re eee Eoo RE Nes eT ERES eR TEE 24 2 3 77 Floppy l1 iti iot cones ra e eoo bade nr renta Co redox EE Eg en EN Un an cua 25 2 3 8 J2 Audio Connectors amp Game Port c eee eene 26 2 3 9 Internal Audio Connectors Lecce eee eee eene eee eee eee nne 27 2 3 10 IDEL and IDEJ2 5 cie vese ie eo esee ao eae Pod eo en eie n Ea Ee Noon 28 2 3 11 Wake up on LAN ceeeeeeeeeeeee ener sees nnn 29 2 4 DIMM Memory Installation eee eee eene eene nnne 29 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup ccccecsccee cocscsccsccccscscccccecsccscescssescssees 32 3 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup cccsccscsccscsccs
29. ower Management Setup ACPI function Power Management PM Control by APM Video Off After Video Off Method MODEM Use IRQ Soft Off by PWRBTN HDD Power Down Doze Mode Suspend Mode i x PM Events s Disabled UGA LPT amp COM HDD amp FDD DMA master Modem Ring Resume RTC Alarm Resume Primary INTR IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQS IRQ6 IRQ IRQ8 IRQ9 IRQ18 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 COM 2 COM 1 LPT 2 1 Floppy Disk LPT 1 i RTC filarm CIRQ2 Redir Reserved Reserved PS 72 Mouse Coprocessor Hard Disk Reserved Select Item Modify Color Quit Help Old Values Load Setup Defaults Thee PU PD 7 Shift F2 42 ACPI function Enabled Disabled default Power Management User Define default users can configure their own power management Min Saving Max Saving PM Control By APM No system BIOS will ignore APM Yes default system BIOS will wait for APM s prompt before it enter any PM mode e g Doze standby or suspend ua Note 1 If APM is installed and there is a task running even if the timer is time out the APM will not prompt the BIOS to put the system into any power saving model ua Note2 If APM is not installed this option has no effect Video Off Method DPMS Support Blank Screen V H Sync Blank default MODEM Use IRQ 3 default 24 5 7 9 10 11 NA Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant off default Delay 4 sec This
30. r OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside int 12h in order to access the right HDD address the right HDD address 4 Maximum HDD Size No Cylinder 1024 x No Head 32 X No Sector 63 X No Bytes Per Sector 512 1 GB To support LBA or large mode of HDDs there must be some softwares involved All these softwares are located in the Award HDD service routine int 13h It may be failed to access a HDD with LBA large mode selected if you are running under an operating system which replaces the whole int 13h Unix operating systems do not support either LBA or large and must utility the standard mode Unix can support drives larger than 528MB 56 3 10 Load Setup Defaults ROM PCIVISA BIOS 2A6LG11F CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC LOAD SETUP DEFAUL Esc Quit Tlo e Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Load Setup Defaults loads optimized settings which are stored in the BIOS ROM The auto configured settings only affect BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup screens There is no effect on the standard CMOS setup To use this feature highlight it on the main screen and press the lt Enter gt key A line will appear on screen asking if you want to load the setup default values Press the lt Y gt key and
31. r Password Step 1 Go to CMOS Setup Menu need to key in password first Step 2 Enter Supervisor Password or User Password After enter it shows Enter Password Press the lt Enter gt key instead of entering a new password when ENTER PASSWORD appears It will inform PASSWORD DISABLED PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUNE Thus press any key as instructed to disable the password SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Select Item Esc Quit tire F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 53 3 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection ROM PCI ISA BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISK TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE 2 Y 4302 523 255 0 8893 63 LBA 1 4303 8894 15 65535 8893 63 NORMAL 3 429 6555 2405 65535 8893 63 LARGE Note Some Oses like SCO UNIX must use NORMAL for installation The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility is a very useful tool especially when you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using You can use this utility to detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically or you can set hard disk type to auto in the standard CMOS setup You don t need the IDE HDD Auto Detection utility The BIOS will auto detect the hard disk size and model on display during post
32. requirement Special features e Wake up on LAN ATX power supply is required e Modem ring on e Windows 95 98 power off ATX power supply is required e AMR Audio on board Power supply should offer at lest 750mA to the signal 5VSB to support WOL function 1 4 Notice of Hardware Installation Before hardware installation make sure you have checked the following things A Check the package If any of these items is missing or damaged contact the dealer from whom you purchase Leave this main board in its original package until you are ready to install it In the package there are the main board manual cables driver amp utility CD retention mechanism B Make sure power is off During hardware installation be sure there is no power connected at this period C Avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge While working with the main board wear a grounded wristband or ankle strap to avoid ESD Electrical Static Discharge 1 5 Notice of CD Driver Installation 7 This CD contains drivers as below Read Index before installing required drivers Index file is HTML format 6vbx2 Flsshrom Gl518sm 1430tx 1440bx 5 6326 Solol T 9850 README README MR CD driver is always updated with the latest version so the actual CD content may have some difference with the above picture 1 Main boards i440ZX i440BX i440EX i440LX i430TX VIA VPX VP3 691BX 692BX Pro and 693 based main boards
33. sec Security Option i PCI UGR Palette Snoop E Quit OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Help Shadow Shadow Shadow Shadow Shadow Shadow Shadow Old Values Load Setup Defaults Tlee Select Item PU PD hif t F2 Color Modify 35 Virus Warning Enabled Disabled default CPU Internal Cache Enabled default enable L1 cache Disabled disable L1 cache External Cache Enabled default enable L2 cache Disabled disable L2 cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled default enable L2 cache ECC checking Disabled disable L2 cache ECC checking Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up power on self test Enabled default BIOS will shorten or skip some check items Disabled normal speed Boot sequence This category determines which drive the system searches first Take A C SCST for example System will search in turn for floppy disk drive second is hard disk drive and finally SCSI drive Default value is A C SCSI Options are as below A C SCSI C A SCSI CCDROM A CDROM C A D ASCSE E A SCSI F A SCSI SCSLA C SCSLC A C Only LS ZIP C Swap Floppy Drive Enabled floppy A amp B will be swapped Disabled default floppy A amp B will be not swapped 36 Boot Up Floppy Seek BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive is 40 or 80 tracks 360k type is 40 tracks while 720K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Enabled Disabled default Boot Up Numlock
34. speed automatically The user may refer to Chapter 3 3 4 Chipset Features Setup to see the CPU fan speed Fan Signal SENSE 12V GROUND 24 2 3 7 Floppyl FDD1 with 34 pins is used to attach the floppy drive cable 069000609009000001 9 9099906000909990014 25 2 3 8 J2 Audio Connectors amp Game Port J2 is a 26 pin connector connecting to the enclosed cable for Game MIC Line in Line out O M P J2 Audio Connectors i is amp Game Port 26 2 3 9 Internal Audio Connectors J3 J4 JS are internal audio connectors providing functions like AUX IN VIDEO IN CD IN nou J3 AU X IN JA VIDEO IN 7 J5 CD IN 27 2 3 10 IDE1 and IDE2 IDE 1 IDE 2 both have 40 pins There are 2 IDE connectors supported on this syste
35. then press the lt Enter gt key The setup defaults will then load If not press the N key 57 3 11 Save amp Exit Setup The Save amp Exit Setup option will bring you back to boot up procedure with all the changes you have made which are recorded in the CMOS RAM ROM PCI VISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC SAVE to CMOS and EXIT Y N N Quit Tle Select Item Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 hange Col 58 3 12 Quit Without Saving The Quit Without Saving option will bring you back to normal boot up procedure without saving any data into CMOS RAM AII of the old data in the CMOS will not be destroyed ROM PCIZISA BIOS 2A6LG11F CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Quit Without Saving Y SAVING Esc Quit LE ux Select Item F18 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 59 Chapter 4 Appendix 4 1 Memory Map Address range 00000 7FFFF 512K 80000 9FBFF 127K_ Extended conventional memory 9FC00 9FFFF 1K Extended BIOS data area if PS 2 mouse is installed A0000 C7FFF 160K Available for hi DOS memory C8000 DFFFF Available for hi DOS memory and adapter ROMs E0000 EEFFF Available for UMB EF000 EFFFF 4K Video service routine for monochrome amp CGA adapter 60 4 2 I O Map 61 4 3 Time amp DMA Channels Map a ime map DMA channels Timer channel 0 system timer interrupt Timer chann
36. tion as shown There is no jumper setting for memory configuration DIMM cc MUR Chipset only allows synchronuos operation for DIMM and CPU Therefore to have a stable system the system must use 100 MHz PC 100 SDRAM memory DIMM 3 3V for 100 MHz Deschutes CPUs For 66 MHz CPUs Klamath and Celeron Covington amp Mendocino the user may use either 3 3V EDO RAM or SDRAM 31 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3 1 Award BIOS CMOS Setup P AN The menu displays all the major selection items and allow user to select any of shown item The selection is made by moving cursor press any direction key to the item and press lt Enter gt key An on line help message is displayed at the bottom of the screen as cursor is moving to various items which provides user better understanding of each function When a selection is made the menu of selected item will appear So the user can modify associated configuration parameters ROM PCI VISA BIOS Z2A6LG11F CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP Esc Quit Ti Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color 32 3 2 Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup allows user to configure system setting such as current date and time type of hard disk drive installed in the system floppy drive type and the type of display monitor Memory size is auto detected by the BIOS and displayed for your reference When a field is
37. total system cost e Better support for future processor technology ATX is an evolution of the popular Baby AT form factor By mounting the power supply on its side the processor is relocated away from the expansion slots and the longer side of the board is used to host more on board I O connector this placing of I O on the board reduces cabling inside the box lower costs and improves reliability and ease of use A flexible I O panel allows ATX to support all current and future I O requirements The ATX power supply will directly suck the air out of chassis that will save the cost of a secondary fan in the system System cost is further reduced by the higher integration of PC components onto the system board itself saving materials inventory holding and assembly cost e Power supply regulation Onboard switching voltage that supports appropriate power to the CPU and future upgraded CPUs e Over current protection circuit With AIC 1569CS AH10 protect CPU from accident short circuit if system current is over loaded the system will break down to protect direct damage of the main board e Electrical Typical power supply Below is reference for ATX case requirement on power supply Voltage Tolerance Current 230W 250W 300W 5V 5 23A 25A 30A 3 3V 5 14A 14A 14A 12V 10 9A 10A 12A 5V 5 0 5A 0 5A 0 5A 12V 5 0 8A 0 8A 0 8A 5VSB 5 1A 1A 1A WOL Wake up on LAN function
38. ved for Extension Memory High Byte 33 Information Flag 34 3F Reserved 40 7F Reserved for Chipset Setting Data 64 4 6 ISA I O Address Map Cluster 3A0 3AF 65 T O Address HEX T O device 3C0 3CF Enhanced Graphics Adapter 3D0 3DF Color Graphics Monitor Adapter 3F0 3F7 Diskette Drive Controller 6E2 6E3 Data Acquisition Adapter 1 790 793 Cluster Adapter 1 AE2 AE3 Data Acquisition Adapter 2 3F8 3FF Serial Port 1 RS 232 C 66 Chapter5 Q amp A 5 1 Errors Messages During Power On Self Test During power on self test post BIOS will automatically detect the system devices Below is the questions that users may always meet The user may press Esc key to skip the full memory test 1 Beep sound On power on the system make beep sound to offer different messages If the system is configured correctly it prompts a short beep to show correct the devices configuration is done correctly When VGA card and DIMM modules are not plugged well the system makes longer and constant beep sounds 2 BIOS ROM checksum error It indicates the checksum of the BIOS code is not right and system will always halt on power on screen Contact the dealer to exchange a new BIOS 3 CMOS battery fails It indicates the CMOS battery does not work Contact the dealer to exchange a new battery 4 CMOS checksum error It indicates the CMOS checksum is incorrect Load the default values in BIOS to solve this problem
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