User`s Manual - BCM Advanced Research
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1. CLEAR CMOS IPASSWARD POWER CPU SPEED ATXPOWER BUZZER Eum BATTERY lt FRONT SIDE USB KEYBOARD 2 FLOPPY lt SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE lt EISA SLOT CPU 370 SOCKET CPU FAN DIMM2 DIMM1 28888 888888888 AUDIO MIDI RING IN WOL SPEAKER FRONT PANEL PORT PORT CPU CLOCK 3 Installation Significant Parts List Front Panel Connectors Power Switch Sec 3 5 9 Power LED Sec 3 5 10 Speaker Sec 3 5 11 Reset Sec 3 5 6 Sleep Sec 3 5 8 HDD LED Sec 3 5 7 Back Panel Connectors PS 2 style keyboard and mouse connectors Sec 3 5 13 USB connectors Sec 3 5 14 Two serials ports Sec 3 5 16 One parallel port Sec 3 5 15 Expansion Slots Sockets SEC CPU Slot Sec 3 3 DIMM Sockets Sec 3 4 Power IDE FDD Connectors IDE connectors Sec 3 5 1 3 5 2 Power connector Sec 3 5 4 FDD connector Sec 3 5 3 Additional Connectors Clear CMOS Sec 3 5 25 Front Side USB Sec 3 5 20 USB Select Sec 3 5 20 VGA Select Sec 3 5 23 Ring In Sec 3 5 22 CPU Fan Sec 3 5 25 Modem IN Sec 3 5 27 WOL Connector Sec 3 5 21 14 3 Installation Precaution Before Start Static Electricity Damage 4 N Static electricity can easily damage your motherboard Observing a few N basic precautions can help safeguard against damage that could result 4 N in expensive rep2. Num ps The FDC sub system can control three types of floppy drives 1 2 1 44 and 2 88MB or compatible tape drives The connection to the floppy drive is via a header J24 The floppy disk interface includes 48mA drivers and inputs on the drive interface 3 5 4 Power Input Connector J1 and J2 20 pin block AT Power J1 Ooo oo 2912 25 ATX Power J2 20 11 86585 10 1 520 BER cro This connector supports one standard AT Power and one standard ATX power supply When connecting make sure the lock key matches the hook attached on a power supply cable The power cord should be unplugged when you connect it 24 3 Installation 3 5 5 Front Panel connectors J23 15 pin Front Panel includes headers for the following six I O connectors Power Switch Power LED Speaker Reset Sleep and HDD LED PWR SW PWR LED SLEEP NJ g LED RESET IRDA 111 SPEAKER 3 5 6 Reset Switch Connector J23 2 pin This connector supports the front panel case mounted re
3. E AR EE E E A 47 4 0 17 VGAA CVI Y 47 4 6 18 IRO 13772 9 IRR 48 4 6 19 Power Button Over Ride eese eene nnne 48 4 6 20 Ring Power Up control 48 4 0 21 LAN Power Up seti eet ete 48 4 6 22 Power Up by Al rm iii esset itt nnt edo trt tek Ee Ee in 48 4 7 PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 72 2 2 0200000000000000 48 ZLZIPNPUOSIitalled ect easi ento iei ierit ace bct ego tein d 49 4 7 2 Resources Controlled By eese nennen nennen 49 4 7 3 Reset Configuration 49 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 49 4 5 1 Internal PCVIDE iecit Rn 49 4 6 2 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO eese 50 4 6 3 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA esee 50 4 8 4 IDE HDD Block Modessa E EAEE 50 4 6 5 Onboard FDD Controller eese nennen 50 4 8 6 Delay For HDD 5 5 50 Zo DMI EO citis ELSE 50 4 6 8 Clear All DMI Event nennen neret 50 4 5 9 View DMI Event Log uei pt tree M ptis eee 50 4 6 10 Mark DMI Events as Read esee eene nee eene nnne 50 4 0 1 Event Log Cap city uet eet tette tibiae sepe e epe 51 45 12 Event Log Validity au TI
4. gt The SL620 motherboard Lo gt 1 IDE ribbon cable a gt 1 floppy ribbon cable 222 gt 1 with drivers of Audio and SiS AGP Driver gt 1 User s Manual 1 Introduction 10 2 Features 2 Features 2 1 Features Of The Motherboard This product is based on the LPX form factor It features the advanced Multimedia function and provides support for business PC maker This motherboard incorporates SIS new Socket 370 AGP PCI ISA 100MHz chipset Providing features such as integrated 3D AGP Graphic controller Ultra DMA 33 66 IDE Interface ACPI power management and PCI 3D sound support Processor gt Socket 370 mechanism gt Support 66 100 MHz FSB Chipset gt 515 620 5595 AGP PCI ISA Chipset gt Winbond 83877TF Super I O Controller System Memory gt Two 168 pin DIMM sockets gt Minimum 8MB up to maximum 256MB gt Support 66MHz 100MHz SDRAM DIMM module Graphics Support Integrated H W 3D AGP Graphic controller 2X Mode Share Frame Buffer Architecture PCI Bus Master IDE Controller gt Two PCI Bus Master IDE Ports Up to 4 IDE Devices for Tape Backup machines and CD ROMs Either the 5 25 inch or 3 5 inch 1 44MB or 2 88MB floppy drives can be used without requiring an external card Additionally Floppy 3 mode Japanese standard 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120MB 1 44MB 720K are also suppor
5. Both Onboard Serial Port 3F8 IRQ4 Menu IDE Primary Master Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Parallel Mode Bi Dir EPP IDE Secondary Master Auto IDE Secondary Salve PIO Auto Parallel Port EPP Type EPP 1 9 Primary Master UDMA Auto PS 2 mouse function Enabled Primary Salve UDMA Auto USB Controller Enabled Secondary Master Auto USB Keyboard Support Disabled Secondary Salve UDMA Auto Init Display First AGP IDE Burst Mode Enabled VGA Shared Memory Size 8MB IDE HDD Block Mode _ Enabled Onboard Audio Enabled Onboard FDD Controller Enabled Spred Spectrum Disabled Delay For HDD Sees 16 DMI Event Log Disabled ESC Quit Exit to Main Clear ALL DM Event Log No FI Help St Saha Theta Menu View DMI Event Log Enter F5 Old value PU PD 4 Modify Modify values Mark DMI Events as Read Enter F6 Load BIOS Settings Event Log Capacity Space Availabe F7 Load Setup Defaults Event Log Validity Valid Figure 7 Integrated Peripherals Setup Menu 4 8 1 Internal PCI IDE This item specifies the IDE channel used by the onboard IDE controller The choices are Disabled Primary Secondary and Both 49 4 BIOS Setup 4 8 2 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onbo
6. PCIASA BIOS 2A69KB3M 3 CMOS SETUP UTILITY 2 AWARD SOFTWARE INC Move to items Enter Sub PNP OS Installed No Menu Resource Controlled By Auto Reset Configuration Data Disabled i P ESC Quit e ug s F1 Help Select Item Exit to Mai F5 Old value PU PD 4 Modify to Main F6 Load BIOS Settings Menu F7 Load Setup Defaults Modify values Figure 6 PNP PCI Configuration Setup Menu 48 4 BIOS Setup 4 7 1 PNP OS Installed The default setting is No when a non PNP OS installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt setting for some of non PNP cards installed Select Yes if the OS is PNP aware e g Windows 95 4 7 2 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 assign them 4 7 3 Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Date 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 4 8 Integrated peripherals Menu BIOS 2A69KB3M zi CMOS SETUP UTILITY 2 AWARD SOFTWARE INC Move to items Enter Sub Internal
7. 1 and 3 2 2 10 8 3 3 1 Install CPU Please follow the below steps to install your CPU and configure the types and speed in accordingly to the Processor Jumper Setting List Step 1 Pull the handling bar of the socket upward to the other end to loosen the socket s openings Step 2 Place the CPU on the middle of the socket orienting its beveled corner to line up with the socket s beveled corner Make sure the pins of the CPU fit evenly to the socket openings Handling Bar 17 3 Installation Step 3 Press the handling bar downward to fasten the CPU to the socket Warning It is strongly recommended that a heatsink and CPU cooling fan be used to prevent the CPU from overheating Applying a thermal of jelly between the CPU and the heatsink fan will further cool the CPU 3 3 2 Set CPU Frequency Speed For different CPU speeds you have to configure the jumper settings for your CPU Refer to the figures and tables below to complete this installation JP6 JP9 JP1 settings are for CPU Ratio Refer to Table 1 below for correct configuration JP6 JP9 settings are for CPU SDRAM and Speed settings Refer to Table 2 below for correct configuration 18 3 Installation Refer to the following table to configure your CPU settings CPU BU
8. Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A and physical drive A to logical drive B or 80 tracks Only 360 KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720 KN lt 1 2MB and 1 44MB capacity all have 80 tracks Because very few modern PCs have 40 track 4 4 9 Boot Up Floppy Seek When Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 floppy drives we recommend that you set this field to Disabled to save time 4 4 10 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 4 4 11 Memory Parity Check Leave it on default setting 4 4 12 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 a rate and typematic delay 4 4 13 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 characters per second 4 4 14 Typematic Delay When the typematic rate setting is enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds 4 4 15 Security Option If you have se
9. ettet etit 30 3 5 26 Clear CMOS Password 7 2 3 sse 3l 3 5 27 MODEM IN Header J13 4 pin Green eene 3l 4 BIOS SETUP socrus roD ENIM 33 4 1 BIOS SETUP 33 41 Setup 33 412 Geiting Help tes tete 34 4 1 3 In Case 34 42 MAIN SETUP MENU eese pieno 34 4 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 36 431 E M 36 4 32 TEE 36 4 3 3 Hard M 37 4 3 4 Drive iei a etta d eite 38 4 3 5 Floppy 3 Mode Support 38 4 30 SUMMAFY SCFEEn tnde a 38 4 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 39 Vir s 40 4 4 2 CPU ce e aeo ed ea 40 4 4 3 External Cache eese eene enne nne 40 4 4 4 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking 20 002240 000000000000 enne nne 40 4 4 5 Quick Power On Self eene nennen nnne nnne 40 4 4 6 Boot From Lan First eene enne enne 40 E MALIN THU 40 4 4 8 Swap Floppy Drive 41 4 4 9 Boot Up Floppy Seek eene nennen nere neren neret 41 4 4 10 Boot Up NumLock Status eese nennen nenn
10. header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a modem Ring In requires an add in modem card with remote wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup header on the add in modem card must be connected to the onboard Ring In header A connector is available for Modem In from PCI ISA Modem drives 3 5 23 On Board VGA Select JP4 3 pin This header is used for selection of onboard port or Add in card To use the onboard function please leave the jumper uncapped 3 5 24 Digital Flat Panel Support Select JP5 3 pin This header is used for selecting LCD Panel Support To activate the LCD Panel function leave the jumper uncapped 3 5 25 CPU Fan 18 3 pin Your CPU may have an attached heatsink and Fan this connector is the power source for the CPU Fan Clear C CMOS Password 877 E sis personen MODEM Headerand CD In Header J5 515 L 1 30 3 Installation 3 5 26 Clear CMOS Password JP2 3 pin You can insert a cap over this header to clear the CMOS data password and reload the default settings 3 5 27 MODEM IN Header J13 4 pin Green A connector is available for Modem In from PCI ISA Modem devices such as speakerphones fax modems and answering machines Ready To Turn On Power Check Again A N 1 15 the CPU insta
11. or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters 38 Halt On 4 BIOS Setup During the power on self test POST the computer stops if the BIOS detect a hardware error You can tell the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process These are the selections All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key POST does not stop for any errors 4 4 BIOS Features Setup Menu This screen Figure 3 contains industry standard options additional to the core PC AT BIOS This section describes all fields offered by Award Software in this screen Some fields may vary from those in your Setup program Your system board designer may omit or modify some fields 5 Move to items Modify values If the BIOS detect any non fatal error POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action POST does not stop for a keyboard error but stops for all other errors POST does not stop for diskette drive errors but stops for all other errors POST does not stop for a keyboard or disk error but stops for all other errors Enter Sub Menu Exit to Main Menu ROM BIOS 2A69KB3M CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Disabled Video BIOS Shad
12. period is 1 minute in each mode 45 4 BIOS Setup User Set each mode individually Select time out periods in the PM Timers Define section following Minimum power savings Inactivity period is 1 hour in each mode except the hard drive 4 6 3 PM Control by APM If Advanced Power Management APM is installed on your system selecting Yes gives better power savings 4 6 4 Video Off Option When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Suspend Off Monitor blanked when the systems enter the Suspend mode Susp Stby gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby All Modes gt Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode 4 6 5 Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked V H System turns off vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and SYNC Blank writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power Management Signaling DPMS standard of the Video Electronics Standards Association VESA Use the software supplied for your video subsystem to select video power management values Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video buffer 4 6 6 Switch Function You can choose whether or not to permit your system to enter complete Suspend mode Suspend mode offer
13. ERRA 51 4 6 15 Onboard Serial Port ete teret Vela trac ab beste 51 4 6 14 Onbo rd Parallel Port i taa cede ce 51 4 6 15 Onboard Parallel Mode eese nennen nennen 51 4 8 16 Parallel Port EPP Type esses 000 51 4 817 PS2 mouse fUncti ni sisse ete imponi 51 4 6 16 USB Controller cdd p ade duced 51 4 6 19 USB Keyboard Support eese eene nennen 51 4 8 20 Init Display 51 4 6 21 VGA Shared Memory 52 48 22 VIde0 Leo HER d HER e dtu aede 52 4 8 23 Spredd SDECIYUm uta itte emt rt 52 4 9 IDE HDD 52 4 1 0 55 Om 52 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1 1 How To Use This Manual This manual provides information necessary for Original Equipment Manufactures OEMs and home users to build AB a PC AT compatible system using the AGP PCI ISA motherboard Follow the installation procedure presented on the Easy Installation Page and refer to the section 4 number following each step if you require more detailed instructions 1 2 Check Your Device Items The standard package should contain the following items If you find any of these items be missing or damaged please contact your retailer
14. Enabled CPU Pipeline Control Enabled Starting Point fo Paging 1T Ea SDRAM WR Retire Rate 1 1 1 Esc CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR Enabled PCI Delay Transaction Enabled ISA Bus Clocl Frequency PCICLK 4 Exit to Main SDRAM CAS Latency 3T Menu System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Enabled ESC Quit o Modify values Memory Hole At 15 16 Disabled FL Pra iSelect Item AGP Aperture Size MB 64MB F5 Old value PU PD Modify Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled F6 Load BIOS Settings F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 4 Chipset Features Setup Menu 42 4 BIOS Setup 4 5 1 Auto Configuration This item allows you to select pre determined optimal values for DRAM cache and timing according to CPU type amp system clock The choice Enabled Disabled Note When this item is enabled the pre defined items will become SHOW ONLY 4 5 2 RAS Pulse Width Refresh Leave on default setting 4 5 3 RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting which is controlled by SPD 4 5 4 RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting which is controlled by SPD 4 5 5 Concurrent function MEM If each bus master cycle does not take the same path it allows the multiple bus master cycles to be acted at the same time 4 5 6 Concurrent fun
15. NC Move to items ACPI Function Disabled Reload Blobal Timer Events Power Management User Define PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Disabled Video Off Option Susp stby gt Off IRQ 8 Break Suspend Disabled Video Off Method DPMS Supported Power Button Over Ride Delay 4 Sec Switch Function Break Wake Ring Power Up Control Disabled Doze Speed div by 2 8 LAN Power Up Control Disabled Stdby Speed div by 18 Power Up by Alarm Disabled MODEM Use IRQ 3 HDD Off After 15 Min Doze Mode 10 Min Standby Mode 30 Min Suspend Mode Hour SEL ESC Quit Modify values PM Events y HDD Ports Activity Disabled F1 Help mw eg T COM Ports Activity Enabled F5 Old value Select Item LPT Ports Activity Disabled F6 Load BIOS Settings pU PD Modify VGA Activity Disabled2 F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 5 Power Management Setup Menu 4 6 1 ACPI function Enter Sub Menu Exit to Main Menu The choices are Enabled and Disabled This item allows you to enable disable the Advanced Configuration and Power Management ACPI 4 6 2 Power Management This option allows you to select the type or degree of power saving for Doze Standby and Suspend modes See the section PM Timers for a brief description of each mode This table describes each power management mode Global Power Management will be disabled Maximum power savings Only Available for SL CPUs Inactivity
16. S Ratio o Oo v ajo v 0 v Ooo Bj v Jo T 0 n v Oo ojoj v v 91909 v EIE DE UD ili v 90 El 515 v ojo oll v n v 90 v 90 Table 1 Setting CPU BUS Ratio 19 3 Installation HOST SDRAM Speed MHz 66 66 66 100 gt El El gt El 00 JI 100 100 ic EIER oo 100 66 v Oo Table 2 Setting CPU Speed and SDRAM 3 4 System Memory DRAM 3 4 1 DIMM Dual Inline Memory Module The IN620 features two 168 pin DIMM sockets share memory module If you have only one DIMM RAM note that you must insert it into DIMM 1 You can configure the system memory size from 8MB to 1GB in a variety of ways by using different combinations of the two 168 pin DIMM 877 ENS 5 A E DIMM2 m DIMMI 20 3 Installation 3 4 2 Installation Procedure Stepl sure Pin 1 of the DIMM match with pin 1 of the DIMM socket Step2 Ins
17. Socket 370 AGP PCI ISA M otherboard SL620 User s Manual CEFE e Declaration Declaration Rights No part of this manual including but not limited to the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribes stored in a retrieval system or translated in any form or by any means without the expressed written permission of the manufacture Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation purposes without intent to infringe Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Award is a registered trademark of AWARD Software International Inc SiS is a registered trademark of Silicon Integrated System Corp ESS is a registered trademark of ESS Technology Inc Responsibility This manual is provided As is with no warranties of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of this product s fitness for any particular purpose In no event shall we be liable for any loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business or indirect special incidental or consequential damages of any kind even the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product We re
18. airs Follow the simple measures below to protect 4 N your equipment from static electricity damage CAUTION 1 Keep the motherboard and other system components in their anti static packaging until you are ready to install them 2 Touch a grounded surface before you remove any system component from its protective anti static packaging Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti static mat The operator should be wearing an anti static wristband grounded at the same points as the anti static mat 3 After removing the motherboard from its original packaging only place it on a grounded anti static surface component side up Immediately inspect the board for damage Due to shifting during shipping it is suggested that the installer press down on the entire socket ICs to ensure they are properly seated Do this only with the board placed on a firm flat surface 4 During configuration and installation touch a grounded surface frequently to discharge any static electrical charge that may have built up in your body The best precaution is to wear a grounded wrist strap Avoid touching the components When handling the motherboard or an adapter card Handle the motherboard and adapter cards either by the edges or by the adapter card case mounting bracket Misplaced Jumper Damage There are critical headers used for connectors or power sources These are clearly marked separately from the jumpers listed in Mother
19. ard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device 4 8 3 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UltraDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and you system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support 4 8 4 IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read wire If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support 4 8 5 Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install an add in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select disabled in this field 4 8 6 Delay For HDD Secs Setting Boot from Hard disk wait timming 4 8 7 DMI Event Log When any error occurs to the system accessories such like keyboard mouse it will be automatically record in the BIOS 4 8 8 Clear All DMI Event Log This is to clear all the error messages in the BIOS 4 8 9 View DMI Event Log This is to check if any device error in the BIOS record 4 8 10 Mar
20. board N Layout Incorrect setting jumpers and connectors may lead to damage to your motherboard Please pay special attention not to connect these CAUTION headers in wrong directions 15 3 Installation 3 2 Slots And Connectors This motherboard requires jumper setting for CPU speed Please refer to Jumper setting List in sec 3 2 2 Sei APIN 1 Note In the following pages the triangle A mark stands for pin 1 of connectors Slots Connectors List J12 EISA Slot J23 Front Panel DFP Connector JP2 Clear Cilios Password JP1 CPU Speed Ratio Select J16 MIDI Port J17 Audio Port J13 MODEM IN JP4 Select on Board VGA Enable Disable JP5 DFP Enable Disable J5 Keyboard J8 Mouse 14 Front Side USB J3 USB JP1 JP2 JP3 Host Frequency select JP6 9 CPU Clock Select 16 J7 Primary IDE Connector J9 Secondary IDE Connector J6 Floppy Connector J10 Serial Port COM 1 J11 Serial Port COM 2 J14 Parallel Port LPT 1 J19 VGA Connector J22 WOL Wake On LAN J20 Ring IN WOR Wake On Ring J18 CPU FAN J2 ATX Power Connector J21 Speaker J1 AT Power Connect 3 Installation 3 3 CPU Central Processing U nit This motherboard support a Socket 370 Intel Celeron PGA family processor To complete CPU installation please install CPU to socket firmly and arrange jumper settings carefully presented in sec 3 2
21. ction PCI If each bus master cycle does not take the same path it allows the multiple bus master cycles to be acted at the same time 4 5 7 CPU Pipeline Control Enable disable the CPU pipeline control The choice Enabled Disabled 4 5 8 Starting Point of Paging This value controls the start timing of memory paging operations The choice 1T 2T 4T 8T 4 5 9 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 X 1 1 1 X 2 2 2 4 5 10 CPU to PCI Burst Mem WR Select enabled permits PCI burst memory write cycles for faster performance When 43 4 BIOS Setup disabled performance is slightly slower but more reliable Choices are Enabled Disabled 4 5 11 PCI Delay Transaction The shipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 The choice Enabled Disabled 4 5 12 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 PCICLD 4 4 5 13 SDRAM CAS latency You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 The system board designer should set the values in this field depending on the DRAM installed Do not change the values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or t
22. dividuals requiring more specific information please refer to the more detailed descriptions located within the latter chapters of this manual Note You must keep your power cable unplugged until the following installation steps are completed Getting Start Touch a grounded metal surface to release static electricity stored in your body before unpacking your motherboard For details please refer to Precaution section in Chapter 3 Install the CPU by correctly aligning the CPU with the Slot as noted in the motherboard diagram Once aligned press down on the CPU gently but firmly and lock it Next install the 3 3 volt unbuffered SDRAM into the 168 pin DIMMs See Sec 3 4 Set CPU speed in according to Sec 3 3 2 After completing the above steps install any expansion Card EISA into riser card and have the riser card installed firmly into the slot for riser card on board Plug in all cables included in the package except for the power cord Please see Sec 3 5 Please recheck all steps to ensure no mistakes have been made and then plug in the power cord and turn on the power to enter the BIOS setup Chapter 4 INSTALLATION I A Release Static Electricity Insert CPU amp RAM Set Jumpers of CPU Install All Expansion Slots A Couple Connectors of HDD FDD Contents DECLARATION 55 65 5 05559905 5 eer SUP ee Pese ase S Uee PSU error ET STETE S 2 COMPLIANCE amp CERTIFICATE c
23. elay Transaction 0 44 4 5 12 ISA Bus Clock 44 4 5 13 SDRAM CAS latency 44 4 5 14 System BIOS Cacheable eese eene 44 4 5 14 Video RAM Cacheable eese eene nnne 44 4 5 15 Memory Hole at 15 16 44 4 5 10 AGP Aperture Size iai eB 44 4 5 17 Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk eese eene 45 4 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 9 999 45 Z0 ACPIfunclion i esee 45 4 6 2 Power 1 eene nennen een tenere nnne rennen nenne 45 4 0 3 PM Control by APM isi Ree R 46 4 0 4 Video EE 46 4 0 5 Video Off Method cdd p d Rad 46 4 O O SWUCH BOTH m 46 4 6 7 Doze Speed div Dy REPE e 46 4 6 8 Stdby Speed nennen 47 4 6 9 MODEM Use IRO x etait mese deste He dra ER edu 47 A 47 4 6 11 Doze Mode iui uU GUEST Niels 47 4 0 12 Standby Mode t 47 4 6 13 Suspend Mode uitis eadeni i Rea conus ge ene 47 40 14 HDD Ports ACUVIY sioiias eenei 47 Contents 4 0 15 Potts ACUVIDy tette uter 47 4 0 10 LPT
24. en enne enne 41 4 4 11 Memory Parity 41 44 12 Typematic Rate Seting siisii te tb 41 4 4 13 Typematic Rate Chars Sec eese eene nennen nennen enne 41 4 4 14 Typematic Delay lt 41 Contents 44 15 Security Option est et Er IHE t aee tre rele tuii temet eh 41 4 4 16 PCI VGA Palette Snoop d eie 41 44 17 OS Selectfor DRAM o 42 4 4 18 Report No FDD For WIN 95 42 4 4 19 Video BIOS euet t decree e pee eI Seen dee 42 4 4 20 C8000 CBFFF to 2 000 42 4 5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU cccccccccsssssseecccceeceeseseeeeecceessaaaaeeeeeess 42 4 5 1 Configuration ic d Re E I UE 43 4 5 2 RAS Pulse Width Refresh eese eene 43 4 5 3 RAS Precharge Time istos tees iip 43 4 5 4 RAS to CAS 2 2 2 0 2 00000000 43 4 5 5 Concurrent 43 4 5 6 Concurrent function PCI eese eene nnne nennen 43 4 5 7 CPU Pipeline Gontrol cec etes t eet te ias 43 4 5 8 Starting Point of Paging 43 4 5 9 SDRAM WR Retire Rate nne 43 4 5 10 CPU to PCI Burst Mem nene 43 4 5 11 PCI D
25. end or normal operation 3 5 11 Speaker Connector J21 4 pin It is used to drive a chassis mounted speaker if desired Or this header will be removed and replaced with an integrated Buzzer 26 3 Installation 3 5 12 Back Panel Connectors USBI Keyboard COM1 DFP rage P IL USB2 Mouse Parallel Port VGA Connector 3 5 13 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports J5 amp J8 The motherboard offers 1 PS 2 Keyboard and 1 PS 2 Mouse port 9 Ws Keyboard Mouse 27 3 Installation 3 5 14 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports J3 The motherboard has two USB connectors USB devices provide a more convenient operating environment and improve data transferring capacity True Plug amp Play This new bus technology will support over 127 different peripherals through a Hub D USB1 USB2 3 5 15 Parallel Port Printer J14 The SL620 includes a parallel port EPP ECP compatible The parallel port is capable of being disabled or remapped to either the secondary LPT address or the primary LPT address through BIOS if another parallel port is installed mm 6 0 Lr s e Parallel port 3 5 16 Serial Port COM1 J10 COM2 J11 The motherboard has two serial ports one on rare panel one on board The electrical characteristics are compliant with the EIA 232 D Serial Communications S
26. er for Standby mode 4 6 15 COM Ports Activity When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode 4 6 16 LPT Ports Activity When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode 4 6 17 VGA Activity When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode 47 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 18 IRQ 3 7 9 15 You can individually Enable or Disable each IRQ to include in the sleep function IRQ8 RTC Alarm is usually set to Disable so that any software alarm clock or event calendar can wake up the system 4 6 19 Power Button Over Ride This is to setup the function of Power Button Your system could be shut down by pressing the button 4 seconds or immediately 4 6 20 Ring Power Up control Allows either settings of Enable or Disable for power up the computer turns the AXT power supply on when the modem begins receiving or transmitting data while the computer is off 4 6 21 LAN Power Control This option specifies whether the computer responds to an incoming call or not Wake On LAN requires a PCI add in network interface card with remote wakeup capabilities 4 6 22 Power Up by Alarm This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday or on the 1 through the 31 by selecting the RTC Alarm Data 4 7 PCI Configuration Setup Menu t
27. ert the DIMM module into the DIMM socket vertically After inserting the DIMM module completely into the socket push up on the socket latches securing the DIMM into place If the pin 1 of the DIMM module does not line up with pin 1 of the socket the DIMM module will not be inserted correctly into the socket Be careful not to misfit the DIMM Module into DIMM sockets in wrong direction This module can be inserted into the socket only one way To release the memory module push both latches down and carefully rock the module forward and backward while slowly lifting it upward 21 3 Installation 3 4 3 DIMM Module Combinations Each DIMM socket can be inserted with 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB DIMM For example the following figure shows you one way to insert your DIMM Select Empty 8MB 16MB 32MB 64NIB 128MB 256MB 512MB DIMM 1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB DIMM 2 Select DIMM 1 16MB Total DIMM 2 64MB m 164 64 80MB Select 1 out of 7 Choices 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB in DIMMI Then repeat again in DIMM2 for 8 choices Empty 8 16 32 64 128MB 256MB 512MB to go through your own path Please note that the total memories in DIMMI DIMM2 not exceed 1GB Note Never leave the DIMM 1 empty If you have only one DIMM module you still have to install DIMM module o
28. he installed CPU 4 5 14 System BIOS Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result 4 5 14 Video RAM Cacheable Select 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 result 4 5 15 Memory Hole at 15M 16M In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When that area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements 4 5 16 AGP Aperture Size Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www agpforum org for AGP information 44 4 5 17 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk When enabled selected the system will close all the clocks that you had never used 4 BIOS Setup 4 6 Power Management Setup Menu It ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KB3M zi CMOS SETUP UTILITY i AWARD SOFTWARE I
29. is appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST Power On Self Test Press DEL if you want to enter SETUP If the above message disappears before you have responded and you still wish to enter Setup reboot the system to try again by pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP 4 1 1 Setup Keys The keys below help you navigate in Setup lt T gt lt gt Move to previous next item lt gt lt gt Move to the item in the left or right hand 33 4 BIOS Setup lt Esc gt Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Other Pages Exit current page and return to Main Menu lt PgUp gt lt gt Increase the numeric value or make changes lt PgDn gt Decrease the numeric value or make changes Fl General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select Shift F2 color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 Calendar only for Status Page Setup Menu F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup Menu F7 Load the Setup default lt F10 gt Save all the CMOS changes only for Main Menu 4 1 2 Getting Help Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted i
30. k DMI Events as Read This is to Mark all the errors in the BIOS for analyze 50 4 BIOS Setup 4 8 11 Event Log Capacity This is to pre set space in BIOS for error messages loading 4 8 12 Event Log Validity This is to confirm the safety of the space for error record 4 8 13 Onboard Serial Port 1 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports 4 8 14 Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port 4 8 15 Onboard Parallel Mode Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal unless your hardware and software require one of the other modes offered in this field SPP Standard parallel port mode Default EPP Bi directional mode ECP Fast buffered ECP EPP Bi directional and buffered 4 8 16 Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The choices EPP 1 7 1 9 4 8 17 PS 2 mouse function Select Enabled or Disabled to set up your PS 2 mouse 4 8 18 USB Controller Select Enabled if yours system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller The choice Enabled Disabled 4 8 19 USB Keyboard Support This is to select if the system is going to support USB keyboard or not 4 8 20 Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or AGP first The choices PCI Slot AGP 51 4 BIOS Setup 4 8 21 VGA Shared Memory Size This is to selec
31. lled exactly and firmly into the socket Sec 3 2 2 Are all the DRAM modules installed properly Sec 3 3 3 S N An Did you insert the expansion card VGA Sound etc already Sec 3 4 Are you sure that all the connectors described in Sec 3 5 have been connected to their variable devices Sec 3 5 Yes have checked and assured the above steps A 7 Now get ready to turn on your device by following the steps below LY 1 Mount your motherboard to the chassis frame and close the case cover CAUTION 2 Switch off all power 52 Connect the power supply cord into inlet of the system case 4 Connect the power supply cord into an outlet of power supply 5 Connect Monitor signal cable to the system VGA port and the monitor power cord to power outlet 6 Now turn on the monitor and system power After Power on The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The system will then do a power on tests item by item and additional messages will appear on screen If the screen blinks or the tests stops more than 30 seconds the system may have failed the power on test If so please recheck the above steps or call your retailer for assistance 31 3 Installation If the power on test goes well hold down lt F2 gt button on the keyboard to enter BIOS Setup Next follow the instructions i
32. me hh mm ss 8 53 11 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECOTR MODE Primary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto ES Primary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Secondary Slave Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Exit to Main DriveA 1 44M 3 511 BIOS Version OK Drive B None MAIN PROCESSOR INTEL R Modify values 1 Mode Support Disabled PROCESSOR SPEED 466 2 Summary Screen Disabled CACHE RAM 128K Video EGA VGA TOTAL MEMORY 131072M Halt on All But keyboard Esc Quit B 9 Select Item PU PD Modify F10 Help Figure 2 Standard CMOS Setup 4 3 1 Date The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date information This field is for information only Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field date month year Press the PgUp or PgDn key to increment the setting or type the desired value into the field 4 3 2 Time The time format is based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Press the left or right arrow 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 36 4 BIOS Setup 4 3 3 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 drives NOTE We recommend that
33. mp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Figure 1 Main Menu Following is a brief summary of each Setup category Options in the original PC AT compatible BIOS Award enhanced BIOS options Options specific to your system chipset Advanced Power Management APM options PnP PCI Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options Configuration Integrated subsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals Peripherals controller in your system Supervisor User Change set or disable a password In BIOS versions that allow Password Setting separate user and supervisor passwords only the supervisor password permits access to Setup The user password generally allows only power on access IDE HDD Auto Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters Detection Load Setup Defaults Setup defaults are factory settings for optimal performance system operations Save amp Exit Setup Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup 35 4 BIOS Setup 4 3 Standard CMOS Setup Menu In the Standard CMOS Menu Figure 2 you can set the system clock and calendar record disk drive parameters and the video subsystem type and select the type of errors that stop the BIOS POST PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KB3M CMOS SETUP UTILITY 2 AWARD SOFTWARE INC Move to items mm dd yy Wed Jun 4 1997 Enter Sub Menu Ti
34. much faster than conventional DRAM system memory Some CPU integrate a build in Cache memory to speed up the data transfer This item allows you to enable or disable the inter Cache 4 4 3 External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory 4 4 4 CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Enabled to allow CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking function 4 4 5 Quick Power On Self Test When enabled allows the BIOS to bypass the extensive memory test The options are Enabled Default Disabled 4 4 6 Boot From Lan First When the system installs Lan Card with BootROM the options enable could be boot from Network 4 4 7 Boot Sequence The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk so IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C hard disk However the BIOS now offers 10 different boot sequences options of three drive each In addition to the traditional drives A and C options include IDE hard drives D E and F plus a SCSI hard drive and a CD ROM drive 40 4 BIOS Setup 4 4 8 Swap Floppy Drive This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives Selecting
35. n DIMM 1 22 3 Installation 3 5 Connectors This motherboard contains IDE floppy power input front panel back panel and additional connectors 19 Secondary IDE 555505010 oop IDIOT O O O O 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 OOOO mg rp oln 17 Primary IDE m3 pu 3 5 1 Primary IDE Connector J7 39 pin block Black This connector supports two primary channel IDE devices via a ribbon cable When two IDE devices are installed using the primary IDE connector make sure that the second IDE device is set to slave mode as indicated in the device s manual 3 5 2 Secondary IDE Connector J9 39 pin block White This connector supports two secondary channel IDE devices as well as the 120MB Floppy drives via a ribbon cable When two IDE devices are installed using the secondary IDE connector make sure that the second IDE device is adjusted to slave mode as indicated in the device s manual Warning When you connect a ribbon cable to these ports you must orient the cable connector so that the PIN 1 edge of the cable is at the PIN 1 edge of the onboard connector 23 3 Installation 2
36. n the next chapter BIOS SETUP 32 4 BIOS Setup 4 BIOS Setup The IN620 motherboard uses AWARD BIOS which is stored in a Flash EEPROM and can be upgraded by a floppy disk based program The BIOS has a built in Setup Program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration settings The settings are then stored in a dedicated battery backed memory called CMMOS RAM that retains the information when the power is turned off Q The BIOS provides critical low level support for the system s central processing memory and I O subsystems The AWARD BIOS has been customized by adding important nonstandard features such as virus and password protection power management and detailed fine tuning of the chipset which controls the system The remainder of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using the BIOS Setup 4 1 BIOS Setup The AWARD BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on the computer The BIOS reads system configuration information in CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking the system and configuring it through the power on self test POST When these preliminaries are finished the BIOS seek an operation system on the data storage devices hard drive floppy drive etc The BIOS launches the operating system and hands over control of system operation to it To start Setup press the Del key during boot up before or while a message similar to th
37. onnector 76 33 block eese 24 3 5 4 Power Input Connector 71 and J2 20 pin block 24 3 5 5 Front Panel connectors J23 15 sse 25 3 5 6 Reset Switch Connector J23 2 pin 25 3 5 7 HDD IDE LED Connector 23 2 25 3 5 8 Sleep Switch J23 2 pin nnne 25 3 5 9 Power Switch 23 2 eene 26 3 5 10 Power LED 235 2 0 nennen eene nnns 26 3 5 11 Speaker Connector J21 4 pin seen eene nenne 26 3 5 12 Back Panel Connectors eese eene enne 27 3 5 13 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Ports J5 amp J8 essere 27 3 5 14 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports J3 sss eene 28 3 5 15 Parallel Port Printer 14 ener 28 3 5 16 Serial Port COMI J10 2 11 eene 28 5 Contents 3 5d7 DEP Conn ctor DEP teen edet ite 28 3 546 VGA A9 iie RE RU EE ERR ete Hebel en 29 3 53 19 Additional eae te in tiet tp tte 29 3 5 20 Front USB Header 6 esee 29 3 5 21 WOL Wake On LAN J22 3 pin eese eene 30 3 5 22 Ring In J20 2 pim ssi n AREE EPOR pan 30 3 5 23 On Board VGA Select JP4 3 pin eese 30 3 5 24 Digital Flat Panel Support Select 3 pin sese 30 3 53 25 CPU Fan 3
38. ow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled 000 Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled D0000 D3FFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot From LAN First Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence CDROM A DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status Memory Parity Check Enabled Typematic Rate Settings Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option System PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled iSelect Item OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 FS Old value PU PD 4 Modify Report No FDD For WIN95 F6 Load BIOS Settings F7 Load Setup Defaults Figure 3 BIOS Features Setup Menu 39 4 BIOS Setup 4 4 1 Virus Warning When enabled you receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then run an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot sector not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you first disable the virus warning 4 4 2 CPU Internal Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is
39. pecifications The serial ports may be remapped over other installable serial ports or disabled through the BIOS mins 6 00 oss e 1 3 5 17 DFP Connector DFP The DFP Connector is served for connecting Digital Monitor russo cw S DFP Connector 28 3 Installation 3 5 18 VGA J19 The Accelerated Graphics Port AGP or A G P is a high performance interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications kwa VGA Connector 3 5 19 Additional Connectors USB Select jumper VGA Select JP4 and DFP Select JP5 CPU Fan Ring In WOL 3 5 20 Front USB Header JP3 6 pin You can use either this Front USB or Back Panel USB by setting the USB Select jumper The following table shows the jumper settings USB Select Jumper USB Select Front USB Back USB A 29 3 Installation 3 5 21 WOL Wake On LAN J22 3 pin This header is used for remote wakeup of the computer through a network WOL requires a PCI add in network interface card NIC with remote wakeup capabilities The remote wakeup header on the NIC must be connected to the onboard Wake on LAN header For Wake on LAN the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of delivering 5 5 at 720mA 3 5 22 Ring In J20 2 pin This
40. s greater power savings with a correspondingly longer awakening period The choice Bread Wake Disabled 4 6 7 Doze Speed div by Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode The range is from minute t 1 hour If any item defined is enabled amp active STANDBY timer will be 46 4 BIOS Setup reloaded 4 6 8 Stdby Speed div by 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 4 6 9 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 4 6 10 HDD Off After After the selected period of drive inactivity 1 to 15 minutes the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active 4 6 11 Doze Mode Defines the continuous idle time before the system entering DOZE mode The range is from 1 min to 1 Hr If any item defined is enabled amp active STANDBY timer will be reloaded 4 6 12 Standby Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour the fixed disk drive and the video shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed 4 6 13 Suspend Mode After the selected period of system inactivity 1 minute to 1 hour all devices except the CPU shut off 4 6 14 HDD Ports Activity When Enabled any video activity restarts the global tim
41. serve the right to modify and update the user manual without prior notice 1999 07 Compliance amp Certificate Compliance amp Certificate ISO 9001 Certificate This device was produced in our plant with advanced quality system certified by DNV QA Ltd in according to ISO 9001 This Certificate is valid for DESIGN amp MANUFACTURE OF MOTHER BOARDS AND PERSONAL COMPUTERS CE Declaration CE marking is a visible declaration by the manufacturer or his authorized representatives that the electrical equipment to which it relates satisfies all the provisions of the 1994 Regulations FCC Compliance FCC stands for Federal Communications Commission This product complies with FCC Rules Part 15 and has been tested and complied with the EMI rules by a certified body In normal operation there shall be no harmful interference caused by this device nor shall this devise accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation of this product Year 2000 Compliance This product is tested to be qualified to bear the NSTL Year 2000 Compliant logo Year2000 problem is mainly a problem of computer software OS and the hardware issue With the support of BIOS on motherboard the Y2K problem can be thoroughly conquered Easy Installation Easy Installation Easy Installation Steps The following Easy Installation steps are for users accustomed to the assembly of a computer system For those in
42. set button It is advised that the reset switch be used for rebooting the system in order to extend the life of the system s power supply 3 5 7 HDD IDE LED Connector J23 2 pin The IN620 supports one straight 4 pin header for connecting to front Panel Hard Disk activity LED indicator 3 5 8 Sleep Switch J23 2 pin When the APM Advanced Power Management feature is enabled in the system BIOS and the operating system s APM driver is loaded the system can enter the sleep standby mode in one of the following ways gt Optional front panel sleep resume button gt Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature 25 3 Installation The 2 pin header supports a front panel sleep resume switch which must be a momentary SPST type that is normally open 3 5 9 Power Switch J23 2 pin This connector supports the ATX case mounted Power Switch which in turn supports System Suspend function When the BIOS sets the Power Button function to Delay 4 sec the system can be set to the suspended mode once you push the power switch for no longer then 4 seconds If the power switch is pushed down for over 4 seconds the system will be totally Power Off When the BIOS setting sets the Delay 4 second to Instant off then Power Switch function work as regular power switch 3 5 10 Power LED J23 2 pin This header can be connected to a 2 color LED that will light yellow or green when the computer is in susp
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44. t a password select whether the password is required every time the System boots or only when you enter Setup 4 4 16 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some display cards that are not standard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG cards may not show the correct colors the setting can correct this problem once you set it to Enable To default setting leave at Disabled 41 4 BIOS Setup 4 4 17 OS Select for DRAM Select OS2 only if you are running OS 2 operating system with greater than 64MB of RAM on your system 4 4 18 Report No FDD For WIN 95 Leave on default setting 4 4 19 Video BIOS Shadow This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM 4 4 20 C8000 C BFFF to DC000 DFFFF These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB and 102KB by the amount used for this purpose 4 5 Chipset Features Setup Menu It ROM BIOS 2A69KB3M zi CMOS SETUP UTILITY 2 AWARD SOFTWARE INC Move to items Enter Sub Auto Configuration Enabled Menu RAS Pulse Width Refrest SSF RAS Precharge Time 3T RAS to CAS Delay 3T Concurrent function MEM Enabled Concurrent function PCI
45. t the size of VGA Memory 4 8 22 Onboard Video This is to select onboard video choices are Enabled and Disabled 4 8 23 Spread Spectrum This feature is used to set the spread Spectrum to be center spread type or down spread type The options are Enabled Disabled Default 4 9 IDE HDD Auto Detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including NORMAL LBA amp LARGE If HDD does not support LBA modes no LBA option will be shown If no of cylinders is less than or equal to 1024 no LARGE option will be show Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them 4 10 Password Setting When you select this function a message appears at the center of the screen ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters and press Enter Typing a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS memory Now the message changes CONFIRM PASSWARD Again type the password and press Enter To abort the process at any time press Esc In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen select System or Setup gt System Enter a password each time the system boots and whenever you enter Setup gt Setup Enter a password whenever you enter Setup NOTE To clear the password simply press Enter when asked to enter a password Then the password function is disabled 52
46. ted gt Support Ultra DMA 33 66 MB sec ATA33 ATA66 Support PIO Mode 4 run in 17 MB sec Max 11 2 Features Integrated 1 0 1 Floppy Port up to 2 88 MB 1 Parallel Port ECP EPP 2 Serial Ports 16C550 Fast UART Compatible 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard connector 2 Standard USB Connector 48MHz 1 VGA port System BIOS gt 2MB Flash EPROM gt IDE Hard Disk Driver Auto configuring gt Plug amp Play support steerable DMA Channels and Interrupts ISA Plug amp Play PC98 and ACPI compatible Multi Boot PCI Add In card Auto Configure gt Boot Up from CD ROM supported VVVVVV Green Features gt Power Management APM 2 1 gt Additionally with support for ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface feature and On Now your system will become more wise in power management Sound System 0 ptional gt 5 SOLO 1 PCI 3D Audio Chip gt 3 Audio Phone Jacks Line out Line in Mic In gt 1 MIDI Game port 1 CD In 1 Modem In 1 AUX In header Additional features gt Wake On LAN header gt Modem Ring In function gt Front side USB header gt Hardware Monitor Support Expansion Slots gt 1 EISA expansion slot Mechanical gt This motherboard complies with the LPX Form Factor specifications and is a four layers with dimensions of 8 86 x 10 12 3 Installation 3 INSTALLATION 3 1 Motherboard Layout amp Main Parts
47. tem To exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again 4 1 3 In Case of Problems If after making and saving system changes with Setup you discover that your computer no longer is able to boot the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default configuration The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly understand In particular do not change settings in the Chipset screen without a good reason BCM Advanced Research Inc or your system manufacturer for the best performance and reliability has carefully chosen the Chipset defaults Even a seemingly small change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become unstable 4 2 Main Setup Menu When you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility a Main Menu Figure 1 appears on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from several Setup functions and two exit choices Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press Enter to accept and enter the sub menu A brief description of each highlighted selection appears at the bottom of the screen 34 4 BIOS Setup ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69KB3M CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STAND CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUPDEFAULTS ESC QUIT B 9 iSelect Item F10 Save a
48. ylinders heads and sectors supported are gt 1024 16 and 63 gt Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders gt Logical Block Addressing During drive accesses the IDE controller 37 4 BIOS Setup gt Transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number gt intoa physical block address significantly improving data transfer rates For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders 4 3 4 Drive A B type Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive s installed in the computer No diskette drive installed 5 1 4 inch PC type standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 5 1 4 inch AT type high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity 4 3 5 Floppy 3 Mode Support This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1 2MB opposed to 1 44MB in a 3 5 inch diskette The configuration options are Disabled Drive A Drive B Both 4 3 6 Summary Screen 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 EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA
49. 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 type 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 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 gt The BIOS contains a table of pre defined drive types Each defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders number of heads write precompensation factor landing zone and number of sectors Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any pre defined type are classified as type USER gt 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 gt Number of cylinders gt Head Number of herds gt Precomp Write precompensation cylinder gt Landing zone gt Number of sectors gt Mode Auto Normal large LBA gt Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode gt Normal Maximum number of c
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