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1. 10 All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted 11 If the equipment is not used for a long time disconnect it from the power source to avoid damage by transient overvoltage 12 Never pour any liquid into an opening This may cause fire or electrical shock 13 Never open the equipment For safety reasons the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel 14 If one of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by service personnel a The power cord or plug is damaged b Liquid has penetrated into the equipment c The equipment has been exposed to moisture d The equipment does not work well or you cannot get it to work according to the user s manual e The equipment has been dropped and damaged f The equipment has obvious signs of breakage DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN UNCONTROLLED ENVIRON MENT WHERE THE STORAGE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 20 C 4 F OR ABOVE 60 C 140 F THIS MAY DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT The sound pressure level at the operator s position according to IEC 704 1 1982 is no more than 70dB A About this User s Manual This User s Manual provides general information and installation instructions about the Box PC This User s Manual is intended for experienced users and integrators with hardware knowledge of personal computers If you are not sure about any description in this User s Manual please consult your vendor before further handling Orderin2. BPC 500 5820 User s Manual This product is warranted to be in good working order for a period of one year from the date of purchase Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this period we will at our option replace or repair it at no additional charge except as set forth in the following terms This warranty does not apply to products damaged by misuse modifications accident or disaster Vendor assumes no liability for any damages lost profits lost savings or any other incidental or consequential damage resulting from the use misuse of or inability to use this product Vendor will not be liable for any claim made by any other related party Return authorization must be obtained from the vendor before returned merchandise will be accepted Authorization can be obtained by calling or faxing the vendor and requesting a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA number Returned goods should always be accompanied by a clear problem description 30
3. USER S MANUAL BPC 500 5820 Copyright 2004 All Rights Reserved The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve the reliability design and function It does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be liable for any direct indirect special incidental or consequen tial damages arising from the use or inability to use the product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer FCC Class A This equipment has been tested and found to comply with limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference 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 interference 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 determi ned by turning the equipment off and on the
4. Test Timer Counter 2 Test 8259 1 Mask Bits Test 8259 2 Mask Bits Test Stuck 8259 s Interrupt Bits Test 8259 Interrupt Functionality Test Stuck NMI Bits Parity IO Check Reserved Set EISA Mode Enable Slot 0 Enable Slots 1 15 Test DMA Page Registers Test 8254 Timer O Counter 2 Verify 8259 Channel 1 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Verify 8259 Channel 2 masked interrupts by alternately turning off and on the interrupt lines Turn off interrupts then verify no interrupt mask register is on Force an interrupt and verify the interrupt occurred Verify NMI can be cleared Display CPU clock If EISA non volatile memory checksum is good execute EISA initialization If not execute ISA tests an clear EISA mode flag Test EISA Configuration Memory Integrity checksum amp communication interface Initialize slot O System Board Initialize slots 1 through 15 BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 30 31 32 33 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F BF 40 41 42 43 44 Size Base and Extended Memory Test Base and Extended Memory Test EISA Extended Memory Reserved Initialize amp Install Mouse Setup Cache Controller Reserved Chipset Initialization Initialize Floppy Drive amp Controller Initialize Hard Drive amp Controller Detect amp Initialize Serial Parallel Ports Reserved Size base memory fro
5. according functions are executed at PC startup If you have access to a POST Card reader you can watch the system perform each test by the value that s displayed If the system hangs if there s a problem the last value displayed will give you a good idea where and what went wrong or what s bad on the system board CODE CHECK CO Turn Off Chipset 01 Processor Test 1 02 Processor Test 2 03 Initialize Chips 04 Test Memory Refresh Toggle 05 Blank video Initialize keyboard 06 Reserved 07 Test CMOS Interface and Battery Status BE Chipset Default Initialization DESCRIPTION OF CHECK OEM Specific Cache control Cache Processor Status 1FLAGS Verification Tests the following processor status flags carry zero sign overflow The BIOS sets each flag verifies they are set then turns each flag off and verifies it is off Read Write Verify all CPU registers except SS SP and BP with data pattern FF and 00 Disable NMI PIE AIE UEI SQWV Disable video parity checking DMA Reset math coprocessor Clear all page registers CMOS shutdown byte Initialize timer O 1 and 2 including set EISA timer to a known state Initialize DMA controllers O and 1 Initialize interrupt controllers O and 1 Initialize EISA extended registers RAM must be periodically refreshed to keep the memory from decaying This function ensures that the memory refresh function is working properly Keyboard controller initialization Verifies CMOS is worki
6. 4 If you feel it s hard to pull up the top cover just loose the screws that secure the main unit on each side a little bit Then you may pull up the top cover easily BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 7 Installing CPU 1 Slide the CPU to the sideways of CPU cooler lets the corners of CPU to match that of CPU cooler 2 Screw on the screws on CPU cooler to secure CPU BPC 500 5820 User s Manual z a wa p E eye E o ne Tas i por o no E al C EL E T EL PR A ou P a Je ah m rs 4 a e mi do E ma th uk a e ah e aten fig ee H oF Po E ta ee 3 Direct the PIN A1 Corner of CPU to that of socket on CPU borad 4 Install the CPU module onto CPU board 5 Connect the CPU coller power Installing Memory Module 1 Locate the two DIMM SDRAM sockets on the main board of the main unit 3 Align the DIMM on the socket and let the notches on 3 the DIMM meets the break on socket Firmly insert 7 Side ta ake slips the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips outward snap on and the DIMM is properly positioned Then lock the socket Note Please note to install the memory module into DIMM1 if you have only one 2 BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 3 Secure the drive with side screws Installing Hard Disk Drive 1 Reverse the top cover into inner side You may see two tabs which use to house Hard Disk Drive a
7. Compatible Mouse Port r di T pm 13 Numeric data processor DiskOnChip A Emo RTL 8133A 14 Primary IDE controller dual fifo socket o 10 100 Mbps H 14 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Ji 15 Secondary IDE controller dual fifo P8 Power 2x EIDE 15 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Connector 1x FDD 1x Printer Port i RNG ell nda Direct Memory Access DMA 2x USB PS 2 SIR COM1 2 3 4 GAME me Description 2 Standard Floppy Disk Controller Keyboard RS 485 Audio Port 4 Direct memory access controller ESS Solo 1 Mouse Note For further information please refer to PIM 582 User s Manual BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 12 Ports Input Output TO I O Address 0020 0021 0040 0043 0060 0060 0061 0061 0064 0064 0070 0071 0081 0083 0087 0087 0089 008B 008F 0091 00A0 00A1 00C0 00DF OOFO OOFF 0170 0177 0170 0177 01F0 01F7 01F0 01F7 0201 0201 0290 029F 02F8 02FF 0376 0376 0376 0376 0378 037F 03B0 03BB 03C0 03DF 03F2 03F5 03F6 03F6 03F6 03F6 Description Programmable interrupt controller System timer Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard System speaker Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard System CMOS real time clock Direct memory access controller Direct memory access controller Direct memory access controller Direct memory access controller Programmable interrupt controller Direct memory access controller Numeric data processor SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller du
8. Fan power connector the board can deduct the actual rounds per minute RPM of the installed CPU Fan 12 V Measured external power for Serial port FAN etc should be 12 V VAY Measured external power supply to board should be 5 V VV Measured power to DIMM Chipset and Slot 1 Cache should be 3 5 V V cone V Measured power to CPU core depends on type of CPU and jumper settings BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Integrated Peripherals PIM 582 version ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD Internal PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UltraDMA Primary Slave UltraDMA Secondary Master UltraDMA Secondary Slave UltraDMA IDE Burst Mode Enabled IDE Data Port Post Write Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode Enabled INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 4 AWARD N Onboard Parallel Mode ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard Serial Port 3 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Port 4 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ PS 2 mouse function Enabled USB Controller Esc Quit TLoe Select It F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD Internal PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO Auto IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto Primary Master UltraDMA Auto Primary Slave UltraDMA Auto Secondary Master UltraDMA Auto INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ARD SOFTWAR N Onboard Parallel Mode
9. a system which has been powered down LPT Port Activity When set to On default any event occurring at a LPT printer port will awaken a system which has been powered down VGA Activity BPC 500 5820 User s Manual When set to On default any event occurring at VGA will awaken a system which has been powered down IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI The following is a list of IRQ s Interrupt ReQuests which can be exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can When an I O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service As above the choices are On and Off When set On activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management mode nor awaken it IRQ 8 Break Suspend You can Enable or Disable monitoring of IRQ8 the Real Time Clock so it does not awaken the system from Suspend mode 21 PNP PCI Configuration ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC Manual _ Disabled Resources Controlled By Reset Configuration Data PCI IRQ Activated By Level IRQ 3 IRQ 4 IRQ 5 IRQ 7 IRQ 9 assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to IRQ 10 assigned to IRQ 11 assigned to IRQ 12 assigned to IRQ 14 assigned to IRQ 15 assigned to DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 3 DMA 5 DMA 6 DMA 7 assigned to assigned
10. gt Off Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank causes the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchroniza tion ports and write blanks to the video buffer This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Initial display power management signaling Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode Blank Screen DPMS Switch Function You can choose whether or not to permit your system to enter complete Suspend mode Suspend mode offers greater power savings with a correspondingly longer awakening period The choice Deturbo Break Break Wake Disabled Doze Speed div by Sets the CPU s speed during Doze mode The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 The choice 1 8 Stdby Speed div by Select a divisor to reduce the CPU speed during Standby mode to a fraction of the full CPU speed The speed is reduced to a fraction of the CPU s normal speed The divisors range from 1 to 8 0 The choice 1 8 Modem Use IRQ Name the interrupt request IRQ line assigned to the modem if any on your system Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system Hot Key Function As Select Enabled if your system has a hot key for soft power off The choice Enabled Disabled 20 PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Man
11. keys have been pressed during the keyboard tests Be sure no objects are resting on the keyboard Memory Test This message displays during a full memory test counting down the memory areas being tested Memory test fail lf POST detects an error during memory testing additional information appears giving specifics about the type and location of the memory error Override enabled Defaults loaded If the system cannot boot using the current CMOS configuration the BIOS can override the current configuration is a set of BIOS defaults designed for the most stable minimal performance system operations Press TAB to show POST screen System OEMs may replace the Award BIOS POST display with their own proprietary display Including this message in the OEM display permits the operator to switch between the OEM display and the default POST display BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Primary master hard disk fail POST detects an error in the primary master IDE hard drive Primary slave hard disk fail POST detects an error in the secondary master IDE hard drive Secondary master hard disk fail POST detects an error in the primary slave IDE hard drive Secondary slave hard disk fail POST detects an error in the secondary slave IDE hard drive 26 POST Code Error Messages The following codes are not displayed on the screen They can only be viewed on the LED display of a so called POST card The codes are listened in the same order as the
12. to assigned to assigned to assigned to assigned to PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp PCI ISA Pnp Quit Thee Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Select Item Load Setup Defaults This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components Resources Controlled By The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them Choice Auto and Manual Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot Choice Enabled and Disabled BPC 500 5820 User s Manual IRQ n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device usi
13. to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive CPU Internal Cache amp CPU External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power on self test POST A quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable BPC 500 5820 User s Manual quick POST Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during your work Boot Sequence The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk so IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C hard disk However modern computers usually load the operating system from the hard drive and may even load it from a CD ROM drive Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B Boot Up Floppy Seek Wh
14. values back to RAM and clear screen Enable parity checker Enable NMI Enable cache before boot Initialize any option ROMs present from C8000h to EFFFFh NOTE When FSCAN option is enabled ROMs initialize from C8000h to F7FFFh Initialize time value in 40h BIOS area Setup virus protect according to Setup Set system speed for boot Setup NumLock status according to Setup Set low stack Boot via INT 19h If interrupt occurs in protected mode If unmasked NMI occurs display Press F1 to disable NMI F2 reboot BPC 500 5820 User s Manual E1 Page 1 E2 Page 2 etc Howto Flash the BIOS What do you need To flash your BIOS you ll need 1 a xxxxx bin file that is a file image of the new BIOS 2 AWDFLASH EXE a utility that can write the data file into the BIOS chip The procedure Create a new clean DOS 6 or higher bootable floppy with format a s Copy flash utility and the BIOS image file to this disk Turn your computer off Insert the floppy you just created and boot the computer As it boots up hit the DEL key to enter the CMOS setup Go to LOAD SETUP or BIOS DEFAULTS and then save and exit the setup program Continue to boot with the floppy disk Type AWDFLASH to execute the flash utility When prompted enter the name of the new BIOS image and begin the flash procedure Note If you reboot now you may not be able to boot again After the flash utility is complete reboot the system
15. E e ua tee pao 25 POST Code Error MESSAGES 2 ma on A eli mewn 27 Howto Flash Ne BIOS scisco asnapa aaa 30 Vile Le UN Gee O een a a oes mee Meer renee 30 Introduction Box PC is targeted at many different application fields By adopting Box PC you can pinpoint specific markets such as Thin Client KIOSK information booth GSM Server environment critical and space critical applications Box PC is specially designed for 3 5 and 5 25 Miniboards The modular design of the Box PC is prepared for any OEM projects Modular Box PC can be easily modified to fit many different applications according to customers requests Compact sized The kernel of BPC 500 5820 is PIM 582 which is a 5 25 drive size single board computer The whole system consumes only a few space CRT SVGA BPC 500 5820 can support super 2D video performance and consumes minimal power Advanced storage solution BPC 500 5820 comes with DiskOnChip 2000 a new generation of high performance single chip Flash Disks This unique data storage solution offers a better faster and more cost effective Flash Disk for applications with limited space and modest disk capacity requirements Trustworthy The onboard Watchdog Timer can invoke an NMI or system RESET when your application loses control over the system BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Getting Started This section will help you have your BPC 500 5820 up and running smoothly For further information please
16. ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard Serial Port 3 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ IRQ11 Onboard Serial Port 4 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ IRQ10 PS 2 mouse function Enabled Esc Quit Tl Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color 23 Internal PCI IDE This chipset contains an internal PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels The choice Primary Secondary Both IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA UDMA Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB s When you select Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields for each of up to four IDE devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports the system automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each IDE device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Burst Mode Selecting Enabled reduces latency between each drive read write cycle but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance If y
17. SE User Define Always On Enabled Enabled Disabled VGA Activity IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI IRQ 8 Break Suspend 15 Min 4 Hours ACPI Function Select Enabled only if your comp uter sperating system supports the Advanced Configu ration and Power Interface ACPI specification Currently Windows 98 and Windows NT 5 0 beta support ACPI Power Management There are 4 selections for Power Management 3 of which have fixed mode Disable default Min Power Saving No power management Disables all four modes Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU S Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min Max Power Saving BPC 500 5820 User s Manual User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend gt Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode Susp Stby gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby modes All Modes
18. a LUI IR FU 4 Connect IDE cable to the IDE connector on the drive E oN 2 Place Hard Disk Drive into suitable position let the drive screw holes to meet the screw holes on securing tabs of top cover BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 10 5 Connect the other end of IDE cable into the IDE connec tor of the board on main unit Installing Wall Mount Bracket 1 Locate the two screw holes on each side of Box PC and match the screws on the wall mount kit 6 Connect the power connector to the power connector of Hard Disk Drive 2 Screws onto the main unit BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 11 Box PC Kernel Information 16 bit 2x Fan System Resources Digital 1 0 Power Interrupt Request IRQ 2 DIMM IRQ Address Description a a iad S sockets 0 System timer ea 1 Standard 101 102 Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard wet Lad an TE 1 2 Programmable interrupt controller E ms 3 Communications Port COM2 mao CPU up to 4 Communications Port COM1 LA E _ a p e AMD K6 3 6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller SiS 530 E No at 550 MHz Soe eT Sis 5595 ARE Blanes E pgs rinter Port LPT1 b E PCI Slot 8 System CM OS real time oe Be 10 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering sr do at 10 ESS Solo1 PCI AudioDrive WDM al T ak f 1E C amp T 69000 11 Realtek RTL8139 810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC im nn 11 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering PC 104 eats 1 q ae Gennccne GER ue i r 12 PS 2
19. agement has been selected See above for available selections HDD Off After By default this item is Disabled meaning that no matter the mode the rest of the system the hard drive will remain ready Otherwise you have a range of choices from 1 to 15 minutes or Suspend This means that you can elect to have your hard disk drive be turned off after a selected number of minutes or when the rest of the system goes into a Suspend mode 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 Standby Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off PM Events You may disable activity monitoring of some common I O events and interrupt requests so they do not wake up the system The default wake up event is keyboard activity When On or named in the case of LPT amp COM any activity from one of the listed system peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system HDD Ports Activity When set to On default any event occurring at a HDD serial port will awaken a system which has been powered down COM Port Activity When set to On default any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will awaken
20. al fifo Primary IDE controller dual fifo SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Gameport J oystick PCI bus Communications Port COM 2 SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Secondary IDE controller dual fifo Printer Port LPT1 Chips and Tech 69000 PCI Chips and Tech 69000 PCI Standard Floppy Disk Controller Primary IDE controller dual fifo SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 03F8 03FF 0480 048F 04D0 04D1 OCF8 OCFF 4000 400F 4000 4007 4008 400F 5000 503F DO00 DOFF D400 D43F D800 D80F DC00 DCOF E000 E003 E400 E403 Communications Port COM1 PCI bus PCI bus PCI bus SiS 5513 Dual PCI IDE Controller Primary IDE controller dual fifo Secondary IDE controller dual fifo Motherboard resources Realtek RTL8139 810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC ESS Solol PCI AudioDrive WDM ESS Solol PCI AudioDrive WDM ESS Solol PCI AudioDrive WDM ESS Solol PCI AudioDrive WDM ESS Solol PCI AudioDrive WDM lt p J YS 0000 000F Direct memory access controller 13 AWARD BIOS Setup The PIM 582 uses the Award PCI ISA BIOS for the system configuration The Award BIOS setup program is designed to provide the maximum flexibility in configuring the system by offering various options which could be selected for end user requirements This chapter is written to assist you in the proper usage of these features To access AWARD PCI ISA BIOS Setup program press lt Del gt key The Main Menu will be displayed a
21. allel Port USB LAN Display Keyboard Mouse Audio LEDs Switch Power Adapter DC Power Output AC Power Input 582 Realtek RTL8139 Generates system RESET or NMI 1 2 10 20 110 220 seconds timer interval ESS Solo 1 ES 19385 3D sound on board 1 x DiskOnChip 2000 socket up to 288MB bytes PCI 32 bit PC 104 16 bit 3 x RS232C 1 x RS232C 485 COM2 SPP EPP and ECP mode 2 x USB ports 12Mb s 1 5Mb s Windows 95 98 NT Linux 1 x DB9 RS232C 1 x DB25 SPP EPP and ECP 2 x USB ports 12Mb s 1 5Mb s 1 x RJ45 Port 10 100Mbps 1 x DB15 Port 1 x PS2 mini DIN connector 1 x PS2 mini DIN connector Mic in Line in Line out 1 x Power 1 x HDD 1 x Power ON OFF V1 5VDC 5 7A max V2 12VDC 10 3Amax load 60W 100 240V 50 60Hz 1 5A max Mechanical amp Environment Operating Temp Storage Temp Dimension WxDxH Weight Mounting O to 40 degree C 20 to 75 degree C 242 x 232 x 72mm 9 6 x 9 2 x 2 8 2 2 kgs 4 84 lbs Wallmount or Desktop Hardware Installation p Sr j ee PL a Basic installation 1 CPU 2 Memory module 3 Hard Disk Drive 4 Wall mount kit Removing Top Cover 1 On the both sides locate the two screws that secure the top cover to the chas SIS 2 Use screw drvier to remove the top cover screws Keep the screws safely for later use 3 Pull the top cover slightly upward the main unit until the side tabs are disen gaged from chassis
22. consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips Refresh Rate Control Select the period required to refresh the DRAMs according to DRAM specifications BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Ref Act Command Delay Set the DRAM clock of the refresh command to refresh active command delay Refresh Queue Depth Set the depth of refresh queue RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data The Choice 2T 3T 4T 5T RAS to CAS Delay TWhen DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The choice 2T 3T 4T 5T ISA Bus Clock Frequency You can set the speed of the AT bus at one third or one fourth of the CPU clock speed The choice 7 159MHz PCICLK 3 PCICLK 4 Starting Point of Paging Thi
23. en Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KB 1 2 MB and 1 44 MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations Memory Parity Check Parity is a measure of the consistency of your system s RAM memory chips Plus there is both parity and non parity memory At boot the Award BIOS both sizes and tests all memory Normally when a parity error is detected the BIOS will display a message describing the problem as well as the problem s location if possible The boot process will then terminate and you will not be able to continue until the bad chip or SIMM is located and replaced Disabling the Memory Parity Check allows the system to by pass the test and allow your system to boot You then have a choice of continuing to operate your system or attempt ing the remedying the problem Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled the following two items Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay are irrelevant Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typema
24. g Information BPC 500 5820 Intel Pentium MMX AMD kKe lll BOX PC with CRT amp Fast Ethernet BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Table of Contents INTHOQUCTION osiris aiaa aa 4 Getting Started zns a a 4 DIMENS ON aE a A e I EEE ATA 5 SPECINCA NON Ersen A ar TDT RAD 6 CNC a ii ad e laren ade a a E a E 6 Hardware Installation ccccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeseeesnenees 7 WAS FAUNA CEU a SO 8 Installing Memory Module caia certo eciteerrt ede cdiveitwacs tenes eel evel awed end 9 INS TANI Hard DISK DANO acres e a pa neta apa a ral ab 10 Installing Wall Mount Bracket cccccccceeeeeeseeeeesesseeeeeeeeeeeesessaeeeasseeeeeeeeess 11 Box PC Kernel Information ccccecseeseeeeeeeeeeneeeeeesneeeeeseees 12 System RESQUICOS ea solic sacs Usem RO weaned 12 AWARD BIOS SQUID soeia aroei Ea aE 14 Standard GMOS SCLUP oieta E a a E ud 14 BIOS Features Set arrini AE A TET O 16 Chipset Features Setup s aiee ee aia ie e e a aai 18 Power Management Setup ccccccccceeseseeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeesseeeesennaeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeseeees 20 ENPIPCI Configuraon eeri aa E EEE 22 Hardware Monto ae e a scp EEE E E E De Sd 23 Integrated Peripherals PIM 582 version e rerrrena 23 Integrated Peripherals PIM 582C version a erreaa 23 POST GOdeS ias soul Gini a Gio SG ans as lan 25 Audible Error Messages rreran Bact eveecticds aninhos Toa Tagus Ea Das E 25 Visibl Error WIESSAGSS ss as vis svesviwne nr da hein r
25. ify the size of system memory to allocate for video memory from 1 MB to 8 MB The choice 1MB 2MB 4MB 8MB POST Codes During the power on self test POST the BIOS either sounds a beep code or displays a message when it detects a correctable error An error message may be followed by a prompt to press F1 to continue or press DEL to enter Setup Audible Error Messages Currently the only implemented beep code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps Visible Error Messages BIOS ROM checksum error System halted The checksum of the BIOS code in the BIOS chip is incorrect indicating the BIOS code may have become corrupt Contact your system dealer to replace the BIOS CMOS battery failed CMOS battery is no longer functional Contact your system dealer for a replacement battery CMOS checksum error Defaults loaded Checksum of CMOS is incorrect so the system loads the default equipment configuration A checksum error may indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary CPU at nnnn Displays the running speed of the CPU Display switch is set incorrectly The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This message indicates the switch is set to a differe
26. ill allow overlay cards to adapt to the changing palette colors OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Non OS 2 OS 2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Select Yes to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy drive for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification In the Integrated Peripherals menu screen select Disabled for the Onboard FDC Controller field If your operating system is not OS 2 If system DRAM is more than 64MB and if your operating system is OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled this copies the video BIOS from ROM to RAM effectively enhancing perfor mance and reducing the amount of upper memory available by 32KB the C0000 C7FFF area of memory between 640 KB and 1 MB is used BPC 500 5820 User s Manual C8000 CBFFF Shadow Enabling any of the C8000 DFFFF segments allows components to move their firmware into these upper memory segments However your computer can lock up doing so because some devices don t like being shadowed at those particular 16 KB segments of upper memory Note In Windows 95 double click Computer within Device Manager and select Memory This will tell you what segments if any are being shadowed For DOS you can use MSD EXE to see what segments are claimed CC000 CFFFF D0000 D3FFF D4000 D7FFF D8000 DBFFF and DC000 DFFFF Same as above Cyrix 6x86 MII CPUID When using a Cyrix CPU this option should be enabled to correctly determine the Cyrix CPU type 17 Chipset Features Se
27. m 256K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB Test base memory from 256K to 640K and extended memory above 1MB using various patterns NOTE This test is skipped in EISA mode and can be skipped with ESC key in ISA mode If EISA Mode flag is set then test EISA memory found in slots initialization NOTE This test is skipped in ISA mode and can be skipped with ESC key in EISA mode Setup Enabled Detect if mouse is present initialize mouse install interrupt vectors Initialize cache controller Program chipset registers with Setup values Display virus protect disable or enable Initialize floppy disk drive controller and any drives initialize hard drive controller and any drives Initialize any serial and parallel ports also game port 28 45 46 47 48 4D 4E AF 50 51 52 53 60 61 62 63 BO B1 Detect amp Initialize Math Coprocessor Reserved Reserved Reserved Manufacturing POST Loop Display Messages Security Check Write CMOS Pre boot Enable Initialize Option ROMs Initialize Time Value Setup Virus Protect Set Boot Speed Setup NumLock Boot Attempt Spurious Unclaimed NMI Initialize math coprocessor E1 EF Setup Pages FF Boot Reboot if Manufacturing POST Loop pin or is set Otherwise display any messages i e any non fatal errors that were detected during POST and enter Setup Ask password security optional Write all CMOS
28. nchronous SDRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer The choice 2T 3T SDRAM WR Retire Rate The system designer must select the correct timing for data transfers from the write buffer to memory according to DRAM specifications The choice OWS 1WS DRAM Opt RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data The choice Enabled Disabled PCI Peer Concurrency Peer concurrency means that more than one PCI device can be active at a time The choice Enabled Disabled 19 Power Management Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC ACPI Function Power Management Video Off Option Video Off Method V H SYNC Blank Switch Function Break Wake Doze Speed div by 2 8 Stdby Speed div by 1 8 Modem Use IRQ us Hot Key Function As Poer Off PM Timers HDD Off After Doze Mode Standby Mode 4 Hours Suspend Mode 4 Hours PM Events Quit Tle Select Item HDD Ports Activity Enabled Help PU PD Modify COM Ports Activity Enabled Old Values Shift F2 Color LPT Ports Activity Enabled Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults
29. ng correctly detects bad battery Program chipset registers with power on BIOS defaults BPC 500 5820 User s Manual C1 C5 C6 08 09 OA 0B 0C OD OE OF 10 Memory presence test Early Shadow Cache presence test Setup low memory Early Cache Initialization Setup Interrupt Vector Table Test CMOS RAM Checksum Initialize keyboard Initialize Video Interface Test Video Memory Test DMA Controller O Test DMA Controller 1 OEM Specific Test to size on board memory OEM Specific Early Shadow enable for fast boot External cache size detection Early chip set initialization Memory presence test OEM chip set routines Clear low 64K of memory Test first 64K memory Cyrix CPU initialization Cache initialization Initialize first 120 interrupt vectors with SPURIOUS INT HDLR and initialize INT 00h 1Fh according to INT TBL Test CMOS RAM Checksum if bad or insert key pressed load defaults Detect type of keyboard controller optional Set NUM_LOCK status Detect CPU clock Read CMOS location 14h to find out type of video in use Detect and Initialize Video Adapter Test video memory write sign on message to screen Setup shadow RAM Enable shadow according to Setup BIOS checksum test Keyboard detect and initialization 27 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1A 1B 1E 1F 20 21 2F Test DMA Page Registers Reserved
30. ng the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCIISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture DMA n Assigned to When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCIISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture PCI IRQ Activated 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 configura tion unless advised otherwise by your system s manufacturer The choice Level Edge 22 Hardware Monitor ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD CPU FEATURE SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC 40 104 Current CPU Temperature Current CPUFAN1 Speed O RPM 12 V 12 49 V Vio V 3 42V Vec V 5 12 V Vcore V 2 22 V Quit Tloe Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Current CPU Temperature A onboard sensor underneath the CPU monitors the current CPU temperature Current CPU Fan Speed When using the onboard CPU
31. nt setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection Press ESC to skip memory test The user may press Esc to skip the full memory test Floppy disk s fail Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller or the drive Make sure the controller is BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 25 installed correctly If no floppy drives are installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE or AUTO HARD DISK initializing Please wait a moment Some hard drives require extra time to initialize HARD DISK INSTALL FAILURE Cannot find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive Make sure the controller is installed correctly If no hard drives are installed be sure the Hard Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE Hard disk s diagnosis fail The system may run specific disk diagnostic routines This message appears if one or more hard disks return an error when the diagnostics run Keyboard error or no keyboard present Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are pressed during POST To purposely configure the system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD The BIOS then ignores the missing keyboard during POST Keyboard is locked out Unlock the key This message usually indicates that one or more
32. ops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Keyboard POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors All But Diskette POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors All But Disk Key POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors 15 BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache Quick Power On Self Test Boot Sequence Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Memory Parity Check Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Char Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option PCI VGA Palette Snoop OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Report No FDD For Win95 ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled A C SCSI Disabled Enabled On Disabled Disabled 6 250 Setup Disabled Non 0S2 Yes Video BIOS Shadow C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CEFEF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DEFFF Shadow Cyrix 6x86 MII CPUID Quit e Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Enabled Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write
33. ou are getting disk drive errors try setting this value to Disabled This field does not appear when the Internal PCI IDE field above is Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled IDE Data Port Post Write Selecting Enabled speeds up processing of drive reads and writes but may cause instability in IDE subsystems that cannot support such fast performance If you are getting disk drive errors try setting this value to Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled IDE HDD Block Mode The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the primary and or secondary IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE interface Enabled Secondary HDD controller used Disabled Secondary HDD controller not used Onboard FDD Controller This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The choice Enabled Disabled BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with which I O address The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto IR Address Select This item allows you to determine access onboard IR port controller with which I O addre
34. re 1024 16 and 63 Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders Applicable to only a few drives LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive accesses the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address significantly improving data transfer rates For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders Drive A B Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed BPC 500 5820 User s Manual 360K 5 25 in5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 1 2M 5 25 in5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 720K 3 5 in3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44M 3 5 in3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88M 3 5 in3 1 2 inch double sided drive Floppy Mode 3 Support Enables support for 1 2 MB format capacity on 3 disk drives This format is commonly used Japan Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS usually detects the correct video type automatically The BIOS supports a secondary video subsystem but you do not select it in Setup Halt On During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections No errors POST does not stop for any errors All errors If the BIOS detects any non fatal error POST st
35. refer to PIM 582 User s Manual Packing List Before up and running please make sure the package contains all of following accesso ries Part Number Manual PIM 582 Ver 1 2 4011058200120 Arbor Driver CD 4311013300220 PAD PW 060A 2YD 5490106021900 CDROM IDE CABLE 3432061000000 IDE Flat Cable 3432061000430 Rubber Foot 3820761202000 1U CPU Cooler 2610500502000 Zipper bag No 8 4111101241700 Note If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your vendor immediately SIM Card BPC 500 6250 Dimension i ofl o De BA C Jos Deo 0 NACLRE DT 00 UM E Unit mm BPC 500 5820 BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Overview Rear Panel Power HDD LED LED USB1 USB2 LPT UER MD REJI LAH S W DC IN LAN VGA COM1 K B Mouse Specification BPC 500 5820 Intel Pentium MMX AMD K6 lll BOX PC with CRT amp Fast Ethernet System Board CPU System Memory System Chipset BIOS Display Support socket 7 AMD Ke lll Up to 500MHz VIA Cyrix MII Intel Pentium MMX Default 233MHz Up to 1GB SDRAM in two 168 pin DIMM sockets Default 32MB SIS530 Host PCI 3D AGP Video Graphic AWARD PCI ISA PnP system BIOS C amp T 69000 2MB DRAM on die HiQVideo Accelerator PIM 582C SiS 530 AGP 2x AGP 8MB shared memory PIM BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Fast Ethernet Watchdog Timer Audio Flash Disk Expansion Slot Serial Ports Parallel Ports USB Support OS External I O Serial Port Par
36. s NOTE recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives When you select type AUTO for a hard drive the BIOS detects its specifications during POST every time the system boots If you do not want to select drive tyoe AUTO other methods of selecting the drive type are available 1 Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive s with the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45 14 2 Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field 3 Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications Type The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precom pensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER Size Disk drive capacity approximate Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cyls Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landz Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Mode Auto Normal large or LBA Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode Normal Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported a
37. s value controls the start timing of memory paging operations The choice 1T 2T 4T 8T NA Enable Selecting Enabled permits pipelining in which the chipset signals the CPU for a new memory address before all data transfers for the current cycle are complete resulting in faster performance The choice Enabled Disabled L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle These timing numbers are the pattern of cycles the CPU uses to read data from the cache The choice Normal Delay 1T Asyn Sync Mode CPU DRAM This feature can only be enabled when the frequency of CPU clock and the frequency of DRAM clock are the same and the skew between these two clocks should be zero The choice Asynchronous Synchronous SDRAM CAS Latency When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing Do not reset this field from the default value specified by the system designer The choice 2T 3T 18 SDRAM WR Retire Rate The system designer must select the correct timing for data transfers from the write buffer to memory according to DRAM specifications The choice OWS 1WS DRAM Opt RAS Precharge The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data The choice Enabled Disabled PCI Peer Concurrency Peer concurrency means that more than one PCI device can be ac
38. ss The choice 3F8 2E8 3E8 2F8 and Disabled IR Mode Offers a selection of two different types of infrared ports IrDA Standard Infra Red Port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port IR IRQ Select Select Interuppt for IR port Options 3 4 10 11 Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port Parallel Port Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP E PP ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The choice 3 1 Onboard Serial Port 3 Port 4 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 3 port 4 controller with which I O address The choice for both ports I O Address 3F8 2E8 3E8 2F8 IRQ 3 4 10 11 PS 2 mouse function If your system has a PS 2 mouse port and you install a serial pointing device select Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The choice Enabled Disabled 24 USB Keyboard Support Choice enable disable Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active which bus first PCI Slot or AGP first The choice PCI Slot AGP VGA Shared Memory Size PIM 582 only Spec
39. t this time ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP HARDWARE MONITOR BIOS FEATURES SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP USER PASSWORD PNP PCI CONFIGURATION IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE amp EXIT SETUP LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITOUT SAVE Esc Quit ise F10 Save amp Exit Setup Select Item Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Standard CMOS Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD Date mm dd yy Mon 21 Time hh mm ss 20 37 12 HARD DISKS MODE TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOM LANDE SECTOR DriveA 1 44M 3 5 in Drive B None Floppy Mode 3 Support Disabled Video EGA VGA Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 31744K Other Memory 384K Esc Quit Tse Select Item PU PD Date The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information this field is for information only Time The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the or key to move to the desired field Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field Hard Disks The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives This section does not show information about other IDE devices such as a CD ROM drive or about other hard drive types such as SCSI drive
40. tic delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 16 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before key strokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds Security Option If you have set a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press Enter it will disable security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PCI VGA Palette Snoop Normally this option is always disabled Nonstandard VGA display adapters such as overlay cards or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting PCI VGA Palette Snoop to Enable should correct this problem If the PCI VGA Palette Snoop is Enabled any I O access on the ISA bus to the VGA card s palette registers will be reflected on the PCI bus This w
41. tive at a time The choice Enabled Disabled RAS Precharge Time The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshes If insufficient time is allowed refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data The Choice 2T 3T 4T 5T RAS to CAS Delay TWhen DRAM is refreshed both rows and columns are addressed separately This setup item allows you to determine the timing of the transition from RAS row address strobe to CAS column address strobe The choice 2T 3T 4T 5T ISA Bus Clock Frequency You can set the speed of the AT bus at one third or one fourth of the CPU clock speed The choice 7 159MHz PCICLK 3 PCICLK 4 Starting Point of Paging This value controls the start timing of memory paging operations The choice 1T 2T 4T 8T NA Enable Selecting Enabled permits pipelining in which the chipset signals the CPU for a new memory address before all data transfers for the current cycle are complete resulting in faster performance The choice Enabled Disabled L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle These timing numbers are the pattern of cycles the CPU uses to read data from the cache The choice Normal Delay 1T BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Asyn Sync Mode CPU DRAM This feature can only be enabled when the frequency of CPU clock and the frequency of DRAM clock are the same and the skew between these two clocks should be zero The choice Asynchronous Sy
42. tup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A5IMTPD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Refresh Rate Control EMGEA Video BIOS Cachable Ref Act Command delay 6T Memory Hole at 15 16M Refresh Queue Depth 12 PCI Post Write Buffer RAS Precharge Time 3T PCI Delayed Transaction RAS to CAS Delay 3T ISA Bus Clock Frequency PCICLK 4 Starting Point of Paging 1T NA Enable Disabled L2 Cache Burst RD Cycle Delay 1T Asyn Sync Mode CPU DRAM Asynchron SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM WR Retite Rate DRAM Opt RAS Precharge PCI Peer Concurrency Read Prefetch Memory RD Assert TRDY After Prefet CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR Disabled CPU to PCI Post Write Disabled AGP Aperture Size 64MB System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Disabled Disabled Enabled 2 QWs Select Item Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Quit Tise This Chipset Feature Setup screen 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
43. user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Move the equipment away from the receiver Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate such equipment BPC 500 5820 User s Manual Important Safety Instructions 1 Read these safety instructions carefully 2 Keep this User s Manual for later reference 3 Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning Use a damp cloth Do not use liquid or spray detergents for cleaning 4 For plug in equipment the power outlet socket must be located near the equipment and must be easily accessible 5 Keep this equipment away from humidity 6 Put this equipment on a reliable surface during installation Dropping it or letting it fall may cause damage 7 The openings on the enclosure are for air convection Protect the equipment from overheating DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS 8 Make sure the voltage of the power source is correct before connecting the equipment to the power outlet 9 Position the power cord so that people cannot step on it Do not place anything over the power cord
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