TS-AVE3/B USER`S MANUAL IntelSocket 370 Celeron/ Pentium III
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1. IRQ9 and IRQ10 TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 36 e SB DMA Select Assign Sound Blaster resources We recommend you leave this field on default Options re DMA 0 DMA 1 DMA 2 and DMA 3 e MPU 401 Select Enabled to use a MPU 401 device e MPU 401 I O Address Assign MPU 401 I O resource Options are 300 303H 310 323H 320 323H and 330 333H e Game Port 200 207H Select Enabled to assign Game Port to 200 207H 3 7 Power Management Setup Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system to minimize energy consumption according to your own style of computer use MOS Setup Utility Copyright LEJ 1904 2001 Award afiware Power Hansgereat Setup Ja Funtt ia TTE Item Help Power Hanagenen AGP Suspend Type PH entrel by APH Video OTF Uption U idi m THEY HADEH Use TAI Saft TI by FURETH State After Power Failure t Wake Up Events en ET et E TEE a d R FETT FiO Saw ESE Exit Firbeneral TA Waren ENDER HET TTL Default lh EI ry pi imir red TETTE e ACPI Function This item allows the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI to be Enabled or Disabled e Power Management Press Enter to access the submenu shown on the next page which allows you to select either minimum or maximum power saving or to manually define the power saving parameters Transcend Information Inc 37 BIOS SETUP MIS etop Utility2. TS AVE3 B INTRODUCTION 2 e Battery Replacement The battery which holds the system settings memory CMOS RAM on your motherboard should not require replacement for at least five years and probably much longer In picture 2 2 it is located near the center of the motherboard Incorrect computer time and or loss of time may indicate a weak motherboard battery Please replace your battery only with the same type or a similar type recommended by the battery manufacturer If the battery is replaced incorrectly there is a risk of a short circuit or explosion Used batteries should be disposed of in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions and local environmental regulations e Electric Screwdrivers To reduce the risk of damage to the motherboard due to excessive torque avoid setting electric screwdrivers above 7 5 kg cm 1 2 Package Contents This motherboard package should contain the following items Please check them as soon as you unpack If you find any damaged or missing items please contact your retailer e TS AVE3 B motherboard e 1x CD ROM e 1xFDD cable e User s Manual e Ultra DMA 66 100 cable x 1 e External USB connector Optional x 1 1 3 Specifications and Features e CPU Supports Intel Pentium IIl Celeron Tualatin Supports Intel Pentium III FC PGA Celeron Supports VIA C3 e Chipset VIA694T 686B Transcend Information Inc 3 INTRODUCTION e DRAM Memory Supports Sy
3. CPU PCI Concurrency When Disabled the CPU bus will be occupied during the entire PCI operation period Fast R W Turn Around This is a DRAM optimization feature Ifa memory read is addressed to a location whose latest write is being held in a buffer before being written to memory the read is satisfied through the buffer contents and the read is not sent to the DRAM The choices are Enabled and Disabled System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS This action can increase system performance Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video RAM This action can increase system performance AGP Aperture Size Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside ina Graphics Aperture We suggest you leave this field on the default setting AGP 4X Mode Select Enabled if you use a AGP 4X VGA card Transcend Information Inc 31 BIOS SETUP e AGP Driving Control This function allows you to adjust the AGP driving force Choosing Manual allows you key in an AGP Driving Value We recommend that you set this field to Auto to avoid errors e AGP Driving Value This field allows you to adjust the AGP driving parameters from 0000 00FF e AGP Fast Write Options are Enabled or Disabled e OnChip USB Select Enabled if you intend to use any USB device e USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if you want to use a USB keyboard e USB Mo
4. Ee e Intel Pentium IIl Celeron Tualatin 2x COM Ports amp 1 x Parallel Port Intel Pentium III FC PGA Celeron 2 x USB Ports e VIA C3 PS 2 KB Port A PS 2 Mouse Port Switching Reg Intel VRM 8 5 Compliant Memory 3 x 168pin DIMM Sockets 8MB 1 5GB SDRAM FDD Connector North Bridge PCI IDE Connectors Bus Master PIO Mode 3 4 DMA Mode 2 e Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Expansion Slots 1 x AGP Slot 5 x PCI Slots 1x AMR Slot 1 Xx ISA Slot Shared with AMR Audio Connectors South Bridge AC97 CODEC AC97 V2 1 Audio CODEC Flash EEPROM WOL Header Award BIOS PnP DMI e ACPI compliant USB Connector Panel Connectors TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 6 2 2 Layout of Transcend TS AVE3 B Motherboard KB MOUSE PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB USB T Port 1 B Port 2 Power Connector CPU FAN Game Port L a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a E SCHEER LEE m BEEEEENEENEENENENENENENEEENENM AGP Slot VIDEO AUX PCI Slot 1 1E Beo a El movem cai PCI Slot 3 South Bridge PCI Slot 4 mx WOL PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 2 ooo p ses 2M bit Flash AMR Slot BIOS EEPROM ISA Slot NN Panel Connectors HHHHHHHHHH Transcend Information Inc 7 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 3 CPU Central Processing Unit Installation So far you have familiarized yourself with the handling precautions che
5. any activity on the PCI Master wakes up the system TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 40 e Ring WOL Resume Select Enabled to Power On your system when the external modem and LAN card receives a call NOTE This function requires an external modem and LAN card which supports the Ring Wake Up function e RTC Alarm Resume Select Enabled if you wantto Power On your system at a certain time on the same day every month or at a certain time every day e Date Time Set the Date and Time to Power On the system These fields are activated only when the RTC Alarm Resume field is Enabled e Primary INTR IRGs Activity Monitoring If you select ON for Primary INTR the IRQs Activity Monitoring submenu will be activated allowing you to enter the submenu to select IRQs to be monitored by being Enabled The system will wake up if activity occurs associated with monitored IRQs MN Setop Utility Copyright E 1984 2001 Award Safivare Ads Botiwity Honitering GEM 7 Enabled Item He lp EM 1 i CLT 2 CF leppy Diski t LFT Th CATE Alarm TED Hedir H n Chegeroed Ing11 WITT IDEEN ETE House IRI Gapraeesaar Agi Hard Disk nie heserwed kas Have Enlerifeleet af lt fPRSPO Salie FIDISase ESE Exe FIzbeneral Bel p FS Previous ILLI ee LETE re LEGILE Befaolis Transcend Information Inc 41 BIOS SETUP 3 8 PnP PCI Configuration Setup DOS Setup Utility Copyright LE 1994 2001 Award aftware F appr
6. Me Right Audio Channel VIDEO White CT Channel Se Audio Channel AUX Green GND Fron Audio Channel hal Audio Channel CD2 White Leit Audio Channel WW Audio Channel CD1 Blac p In Voice to Modem odem Out ris from Modem MODEM White Transcend Information Inc 19 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 16 External Back Panel UO Ports There are 9 kinds of external I O connectors on the motherboard The drawing shown below depicts the back panel of the TS AVE3 B motherboard 1 2 3 oon Oo Om PS 2 PS 2 Keyboard PS 2 Mouse Port Green 6 pin MOUSE PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 6 pin KB USB Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 and 2 Black two 4 pin USBs See 2 17 Inter nal USB Port Connector regarding USB Ports 3 and 4 Parallel Port Burgundy 25 pin Printer Serial Ports COMA and COMB Turquoise two 9 pin COMA and COMB Game Port MIDI Port Gold 15 pin GAME Line out Lime Green 1 8 LINE OUT Line in Light blue 1 8 LINE IN MIC in Pink 1 8 MIC 4 Parallel Port Le Eg 7 Line out 9 MIC in External Back Panel I O Ports TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 20 2 17 Internal USB Port Connector 10 Pin USB3 4 You can use the optional USB port bracket to add two USB ports for additional USB devices Regarding the external USB Ports 1 and 2 please refer to 2 16 External Back Panel I O Ports NOTE Please make sure that the two red stripes
7. PCI 2 Access 1 Retry Options are Enabled and Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Selecting Enabled will implement a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability AGP Master 1 WS Read This implements a single delay when reading to the AGP Bus By default two wait states are used by the system allowing for greater stability Memory Parity ECC Check When parity DRAM modules are installed select Enabled to correct 1 bit memory errors in the memory Otherwise select Disabled Transcend Information Inc 33 BIOS SETUP 3 6 Integrated Peripherals Choose this option and the following display appears CHUS Setup Utility Coperight CG 1994 2001 Award atiware Integrated Peripherals BaGhip IDE Channel Emah led BnEhip IDE Chaane Emah led IDE Prefetch Hede rania Item Helg Primary Haster FIG m Primary Slave WI data Secondary Haster FID fata fecamdary Slawe FIG Frimary Haster ug Frimary Slave WIHA Fecasdary Haster WHA Secondary Slawe WHA Init Display First IDE MU Block Hode Pnbaard F D Gaatraller Bnbaard Serial Fart 1 Babaard Serial Port 7 DART fata IL ETE ETEN asic Auto acr Enabled Enabled data CHEM HE EI Standard Pnbaard Parallel Part Bnbaard Farallel Wade EEP Hode Bee OHA Farallel Fort EPP Type Inbasrd Legacy Audis Sound Blaster SR 10 Base Address SE TE
8. 0 025V 0 050V 0 075V 0 100V 0 125V 0 150V 0 175V e Auto Detect PCI Clk Enabled can stop the frequency output for unused DIMM PCI slots e Spread Spectrum If Enabled you may manually input settings for the fields Linear Spread Model and Linear Spread Range e CPU Host PCI Clock This function allows you to set the FSB frequency of the CPU and the speed of the PCI bus When JP4 is set to 66MHz you can select a system bus and PCI bus frequency from 66 33MHz to 95 31 MHz When JP4 is set to 100MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 100 33MHz to 124 31MHz When JP4 is set to 133MHz you can select a system bus and PCI bus frequency from 133 33MHz to 150 37MHz Transcend Information Inc 45 BIOS SETUP 3 11 Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM NOTE These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features CMOS Setop Utility Cageraght LE 1904 2001 Award afiware Stamdard CMOS Fealores be Fregueaevr Valtage Control Advanced BIOS Features fidvanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Hanagenent ee ee PE Wealth Status Ewe Pari F Mena i BIDS 1 Select Item a Save amp Exit Setep Load Fail Gate Detaslis 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to the system con
9. 15 E Een E Ee ee 16 2 14 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector oooo WWW Wa 17 2 15 Internal Audio Connectors Lura eee moins o em D rode 18 2 16 External Back Panel I O Ports i iioo o o o mo mmm 19 2 17 Internal USB Pot Connectors acie eI aeneis ana asa 20 TS AVE3 B CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 21 51 BIOS SAP 21 39 2 IN huit AE 21 55 Standard CMOS Peatureg ces pausene 23 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features ioooo oo oo Wo Woo Wana 26 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features oooooooWo Wooo W Wo oom om 29 3 6 Integrated Perpligrals 1 RR 33 3 7 Power Management Setup Woo ea 36 3 8 PAP PG I Configuration Setup so eed cad stata tee area 41 39 MRC Healt Status aa 43 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control EE 44 ENER MER 45 3 12 Load Optimized Defaults anses an eeu ee eh ana dete 45 3 13 Supervisor Password NN di b dd D Ac LM d DM E 46 3 14 User PASSWOIG vare 47 315 SAVE amp EXIESSOLUD seen 47 3 16 Exit Without Saving 2 2 tecto etya eebe HEP ie adnd ie els 48 CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE 49 41 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version ssssssssssessssssnnnnrressrrrrnnnnessne 49 42 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site 49 4 3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS o ooWo W Woo W W WWW 50 Transcend Information Inc 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Essential Handling Precautions IMPORTANT Read this page before unpackin
10. BIOS support Init Display First This item allows you to decide which to activate first depending on the location of your video card the PCI Slot or the AGP slot IDE HDD Block Mode Block Mode is also called Block Transfer Multiple Commands or Multiple Sector Read Write 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 that the drive can support Onboard FDD Controller You can use this function to enable or disable the onboard FDD controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and the corresponding interrupt for each of the first and second serial ports The choices are Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 and Auto The second serial port shares resources address and IRQ with the IrDA UART 2 Mode Choose the right type of infrared device Standard Normal operation HPSIR IrDA compliant serial infrared port ASKIR Amplitude Shift Keyed Infrared Port If HPSIR or ASKIR are selected you must make the correct selections for the following two parameters IR Function Duplex and TX RX Inverting Enable Transcend Information Inc 35 BIOS SETUP e IR Function Duplex Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the setting for IR Half or Full duplex function e TX RX Inverting Enable Consult your IR peripheral documentation
11. mode A HDD CD ROM or other IDE device can have either setting depending on device s jumper Please refer to the device s manual for more information NOTE The connectors must be attached to the IDE channels in the correct direction Make sure that the red stripe on one edge of the ribbon cable this may be faint and could also be a dotted line is nearest to PIN1 on the left for IDE1 and IDE 2 as the motherboard is shown in the following picture Note Orient the red stripe to Pint Secondary IDE Connector HEEEEEEEE See IDE BEE EER RRR Primary IDE Connector IDE2 IDE Connectors TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 12 2 8 Flo Disk Drive Connector 34 pin FDC This connector supports up to two floppy disk drives FDDs A FDD ribbon cable is provided in your motherboard package After connecting the single end to the board connect the plug s at the other end to the FDD s Remember the red stripe on the edge of the ribbon cable must be the nearest to PIN1 or your connection won t work Note Orient the red stripe to Pint Floppy Drive Connector Flo Disk Drive Connector 2 9 Fan Power Connectors There are two fan power connectors on the motherboard the CPU FAN and the CASE FAN Each connector provides 12V power The cables can only be attached the correct way If you try to put them in the wrong way they won t fit These connectors support co
12. on the cable are seated on Pin1 and Pin2 USB3 USB4 VCC USB4 USB4 GND GND Internal USB Port Connector Congratulations You have completed Hardware Setup You may now continue with Chapter 3 BIOS Setup and turn on your PC Transcend Information Inc 21 BIOS SETUP CHAPTER 3 BIOS SETUP 3 1 BIOS Setup Award BIOS has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This information is stored in CMOS RAM so it can retain the Setup information when the power is turned off If the battery for CMOS fails these data will be lost If that happens please set up your configuration parameters again after replacing the battery Please refer to Section 1 1 Essential Handling Precautions for instructions on replacing the battery 3 2 The Main Menu As you turn on or reboot the system the BIOS is immediately activated It will read the system configuration information and check the system through the Power On Self Test POST During the POST process pressing the Del key allows you to enter the Award BIOS configuration system The following screen will appear CMS Setop Utility Copyright E 1944 2001 Award Saftware e Eiamdard CMOS Fealeres Mail IR Henn i BIOS t a Select teem Ewe 3 FAB Save amp Exit Setep In the Award BIOS system you can use the arrows 1 4 to highlight an item and then enter its submenu by pressing the E
13. to set this field The item Yes means Low Active and No means High Active Options are No No No Yes Yes No and Yes Yes e Onboard Parallel Port Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel printer port The choices are 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 SBC IRQ7 and Disabled e Onboard Parallel Mode This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Normal Allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP Allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP Allows DMA and bidirectional operation It is faster than EPP mode ECP EPP Allows normal speed operation in two way mode e ECP Mode Use DMA Assign DMA channel 1 or 3 to the port for ECP mode operation e Parallel Port EPP Type Select EPP port type EPP1 7 or EPP1 9 e Onboard Legacy Audio This field controls the onboard legacy audio related selection If Disabled all of the following selections will be disabled Select Enabled if you want to use the onboard audio e Sound Blaster Select Enabled to use Sound Blaster e SB I O Base Address Assign Sound Blaster resources We recommend you leave this field on default Options are 220H 240H 260H and 280H e SB IRQ Select Assign Sound Blaster resources We recommend you leave this field on default Options are IRQ5 IRQ7
14. you should turn off your computer s power and put Jumper JP5 in the CMOS CLR position as shown below for at least 10 seconds Return the jumper to Default and reboot Default e CMOS CLR Clear CMOS Jumper 2 6 Onboard Audio Setting 9 Pin JP6 The onboard audio CODEC can be enabled or disabled via this jumper Please disable the onboard audio CODEC if you want to use an external AMR Sound Card NOTE If you want to use a PCI Sound Card with audio controller on it please disable the OnChip Sound function in Advanced Chipset Features Please reference Page 32 Disable onboard Audio Enable Audio Selection Jumpe onboard Audio Transcend Information Inc 11 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 pin IDE This mainboard supports two 40 pin IDE connectors marked as IDE1 primary IDE channel and IDE2 secondary IDE channel Each channel supports two IDE devices for a total of four devices Connect your Hard Disk the main one if you are using more than one to the Master connector at the end of the cable and connect it to IDE 1 see important note below If your HDD supports UltraDMA 66 100 you must use an 80 wire cable otherwise the HDD won t be able to reach the higher speeds If you intend to operate two IDE devices from the same channel one device must be set to Master mode the other to Slave
15. 15 Setup Utility Copyrighti CE 1984 2001 Award Safiware AQ Besoarces Assiri ta lisa He lp Assigard ta Bastanrd Ia Assigned ta ssiqard ta Hasiqard ta Designed ta xsigned ta Arrigned ta Hesigned te Og a a Traa hee Fler iSelect afefPOPO Male FUDSSaue ESEDERat Fisbeneral T FS Previous Values FerFail Safe LET EE Fitigiimired befaolis e DMA Resources Utility Coperaght LE 1994 2001 Award Safiyare IMA besources Asa igned Item He lp Assigned i Assigned to Aseigned ta d fiseigned ta 158 Pak A F Nasiqned rF t Pal EX Hewes Fler iSelect af fPOPO Male FIDITase ESE DExat Ficbentral Dela FS rFrevinus Values F rFail Safe Default re LEGER Pefaulis e RQ n Assigned to DMA n Assigned to Select Legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification Select PCI ISA PnP for devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Transcend Information Inc 43 BIOS SETUP e PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards might not show colors properly Select Enabled to correct this problem If you don t have such problems leave this field at Disabled e Assign IRQ For VGA Select Enabled only if your VGA card requires an assigned IRQ Most ordinary cards do not but some high end cards with video capture function do Consult your VGA documentation to set this fi
16. Copyright E 1984 2001 Award Saftware Power Management Fowrr Haaaqerrnil Beer Beli Item He lp Suspend Mode trae thease ZITAT af lt fPESPO Malie WT RTUT ESEERat FIlGeneral II Es Frevious LETER F Fail Safe Defaults F7 zHIIBEJH red METTE The Power Management submenu allows you to select the type or degree of power saving In addition to allowing you to set the inactivity period resulting in HDD Power Down inactivity periods can be set for the Doze and Suspend modes The HDD can be set to Power Down after inactivity periods of from 1 min to 15 min or the parameter can be Disabled keeping the HDD powered up at all times There are three selections for Power Management Two of them have fixed mode settings 1 Min Power Saving Minimum power management mode Inactivity period is defined below Suspend Mode 1 hr HDD Power Down 1 hr 2 Max Power Saving Maximum power management mode Inactivity period is defined below Suspend Mode 1 min HDD Power Down 1 min 3 User Define Allows you to set each mode individually Select the time out period for each mode shown above ACPI Suspend Type Select the ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS or S3 STR If your expansion cards do not support the STR Suspend to RAM function you must leave this field on S1 POS setting The STR is an energy saving feature It takes only a few seconds to wake up the system and return to the previous situation
17. D Select TB OMA S leel HF Ap Disab led HPU 4S01 170 Address Bent Lane Fort 200 2070 Enabled Vi ICH UI LAT RTL ESCIENIE Flibeneral Help Fe lect F Fail Safe Defaults SETTET ET ETT FSFrevieus Values e OnChip IDE Channel 0 Channel 1 The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface which supports two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate the first and or second IDE interface Select Disabled to deactivate this interface if you install a primary and or secondary add in IDE interface IDE Prefetch Mode The Onboard IDE drive interface supports IDE prefetching for faster drive access If your IDE drive has add in IDE interface and doesn t support prefetching please set this field to Disabled 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 TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 34 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 66 100 implementation is possible only if your IDE HDD s can support it and if the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or higher or a third party IDE bus master driver If both your HDD s and your system software can support Ultra DMA 33 66 100 select Auto to enable
18. OST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Disk Key If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors except keyboard or the disk drive POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 26 3 4 Advanced BIOS Features This Advanced BIOS Features option allows you to improve your system performance and setup system features according to your preferences CHES Setup Btiluty Copyright CC 1994 2001 beard Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disab led Item Belp EFU Internal Cathe Enabled External Cache _ Enabled CPU L Cache ECC Checking Disabled Processor Hember Feature Disabled Deich Fewer On Self Test Enabled Firsi d A Device F Happy Second Zoot Device una n Third boot Device Lena Bent Other Bevice Enabled Suap Floppg Drive Disabled Hoot Op Flappy Seek Enabled fant Up Wed ach Etater In Gate AFO Option Fast a rnimg MESTE Inpematic Bale Setting Disabled sereen bhi slark Security Option US Select Fer DEM Wideo BIE d Ce U CE E LEDD E Sha Disab le LTD E Disabled LESTIE E 1 Disabled NEDDD BEFFE She Disabled ircagg amp Eh aie Delay For B D Secs ties tAHoue EntertSelect E TEE d A HIT FIDtSaee ESCrExil FitGeneral Help PSiPreviogs Values KHMER ae FIsOptimized Defaults e Virus Warning When this function is enabled you will receive a warning message if a program specifically a virus attempts to write to th
19. TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 38 NOTE STR requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA and 5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI functions Otherwise the system will fail to return from suspend mode e VIDEO Off Option This function lets you set the VGA adapter for power saving modes Options are Always On Monitor will remain on during all power saving modes Suspend Off Monitor blanked when the system enters the suspend mode All Modes Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode e Video Off Method Defines the Video Off features Blank Screen Only blanks the screen Use this for monitors without power management and green features V H SYNC BLANK Blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS The DPMS Display Power Management System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature e PM Control by APM When Yes an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock e MODEM Use IRQ You can select one of the following interrupt resources for modem use N A 3 4 5 7 9 10 or 11 e Soft Off by PWRBTN When set to Instant off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system Power Off button When set to Delay 4 seconds you need to press the ATX switch down fo
20. TS AVE3 B USER S MANUAL Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III Tualatin Series Transcend Your Supplier Your Partner Your Friend TS AVE3 B Motherboard Supporting Intel Socket 370 Celeron Pentium III FC PGA Series Processor 66 100 133 MHz Front Side Bus Frequency AGP 4X VIA Apollo Pro 133T Chipset Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of this great value motherboard with its range of special features and innovative onboard functions built around the advanced architecture of the VIA Apollo Pro 133T Chipset More details will follow later in this manual Our Website Please come and visit us at our website on http www transcendusa com You ll find plenty of interesting information about this and many other quality Transcend products Your User s Manual This User s Manual is designed to help end users and system manufacturers to setup and install the motherboard All of the information within has been carefully checked for accuracy However Transcend Information Inc hereafter referred to as Transcend carries no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies which this manual may contain This includes references to products and software In addition the information and specifications are subject to change without prior notice Disclaimer Transcend provides this manual as is without any warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to implied warran
21. TUP 28 Gate A20 Option Choose Fast default or Normal Fast allows RAM access above 1MB to use the fast Gate A20 line Typematic Rate Setting When this function is Disabled keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in your system When this function is Enabled you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the Typematic Rate setting is Enabled you can select a typematic rate the rate at which a character repeats when you hold down a key of 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 or 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the Typematic Delay setting is Enabled you can select a typematic delay the delay before key strokes begin to repeat of 250 500 750 or 1000 milliseconds Security Option If you have set a password you can select whether the password is required while the system boots System or only when you enter Setup OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB Select OS2 only if you are running the OS 2 operating system with more than 64 MB of RAM in your system Otherwise select Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Select Enabled to change the video BIOS location form ROM to RAM where the CPU can read data through the 64 bit DRAM bus This can enhance system performance C8000 DFFFF Shadow You can shadow the ROM on other expansion cards by setting
22. cked that you have all of the necessary hardware for building your system inspected the motherboard package contents and looked at the layout of the motherboard This chapter will take you step by step through the process of installing the different hardware devices onto the motherboard Caution 1 Remember to always make sure the system power is off before installing or removing any devices 2 Don t forget the static electricity precautions See Section 1 1 3 Be careful Incorrectly inserting hardware onto your motherboard can permanently damage the motherboard The motherboard has a ZIF Socket 370 which houses the CPU Afan is necessary to cool the CPU to prevent overheating Ifthere is no fan installed on the CPU please purchase one before you turn on your system Warning CPUs generate tremendous heat while operating Make sure to install a CPU fan with enough heat dissipation grease to cover the CPU die before powering up the computer Never run the processor without the heatsink properly and firmly attached PERMANENT DAMAGE COULD RESULT Please follow the steps below to install the CPU Step 1 To install the CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards at a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU into the socket in the correct orientation Install the CPU fan if you haven t already done so With the a
23. d Li Tile iMowe EmteriSelect TECH TATTA ET TT Enit Flibeneral hele WH Values e DRAM Timing By SPD This controls the SDRAM performance default is Enabled SPD information of the Memory Module and choose the proper setting Fb baail Safe Defaults LEREIITISUTEITZM Defaults BIOS will auto detect the Disabled allows the timing to be set manually e DRAM Clock Set the clock frequency of the DRAMs The default value is Host CLK You can select HCLK 33M if your DRAM modules are faster than the CPU a 66MHz FSB CPU with a PC100 SDRAM or a 100MHz FSB CPU with PC 133 SDRAM or select HCLK 33M for a faster CPU with slower SDRAMs e SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the SDRAM performance default is 3 clocks If your SDRAM DIMM specification is 2 CAS latency change 3 to 2 for better performance TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 30 Bank Interleave Options are Disabled 2 Bank and 4 Bank DRAM Drive Strength Selecting Manual instead of Auto allows you to set the DRAM Drive Value DRAM Drive Value This field allows you to adjust the DRAM diving force from 0000 00FF Memory Hole 15M 16M reserves memory address space between 15 and 16MB to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting This makes between 15 and 16MB of memory unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default setting is Disabled
24. d the DOS operating system from drive A floppy disk Therefore IBM PC compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system first on drive A and then on drive C HDD 0 However the BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these fields In addition to Floppy and HDD 0 options include LS120 HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 CDROM ZIP100 a LAN drive plus a SCSI hard drive If your boot device is not included in the list you can set the Boot Other Device field to Enabled and let the system detect the drive automatically 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 When you select Enabled the BIOS tests seeks floppy drives to determine whether they have 40 or 80 tracks Only 360KB floppy drives have 40 tracks drives with 720KB 1 2MB and 1 44MB 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 and Off to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots When toggled On the numeric keypad area of the keyboard generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations TS AVE3 B BIOS SE
25. dded weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 8 Step 2 Next Connect the CPU s fan cable to the CPU FAN connector indicated on the diagram below Ensure that the cable is connected correctly It will be obvious which way it fits CPU_FAN AS IT Socket 370 CPU Top View Socket 370 CPU Installation Bottom View Transcend Information Inc 9 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 4 66 100 133 MHz System Configuration This jumper JP4 allows you to set the FSB Front Side Bus for Auto 66 100 or 133MHz configuration When you set the FSB to 66MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 66MHz to 95MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock in Frequency Voltage Control Please refer to page 43 When you set the FSB to 100MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 100MHz to 124MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock When you set the FSB to 133MHz you can select a system bus frequency from 124MHz to 150MHz through CPU Host PCI Clock NOTE If you are not familar with this feature we recommend you set this jumper to AUTO 66 100 133MHz BELTE AUTO 66MHz 100MHz Gs ent 133MHz 66 100 133MHz FSB Configuration Jumper TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 10 2 5 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS To clear the CMOS data
26. e Motherboard icon which is the third item down on the far left Then click on the BIOS icon At the next page click on Update your BIOS manually The BIOS page contains important information Please take the time to read this page carefully Choose your motherboard model Your BIOS file name must absolutely match the one shown on our web site Download the suitable version to your disk or other storage device TS AVE3 B SOFTWARE SETUP 50 Warning Your system could be damaged if the wrong BIOS version is accidentally used If you are not sure what version you should choose please contact us at techsupport transcend com tw 4 3 How to Upgrade Your Motherboard BIOS Please follow the 5 steps listed below to upgrade your BIOS Step 1 Make a record of your original or existing BIOS Setup parameters Press Del during the Power On Self Test to enter the BIOS Setup Program when you start your system Write down the value of each parameter in order to re configure your system after BIOS updating Step 2 Make a System Disk Putaclean 3 5 disk in Drive A MS DOS Key in Format A S and press Enter Windows O S Select the My Computer icon Click 3 5 Floppy A Select File Format from Command Bar Under Format 3 5 Floppy A Menu select Format type Full item and Other Options Copy system files Click Start button Step 3 Download the updated Bios exe file from the web site to a floppy disk or other sto
27. e boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive You should then execute an anti virus program Keep in mind that this feature protects the boot sector only not the entire hard drive NOTE Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the virus warning message If you plan to run such a program we recommend that you disable the virus warning first e CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type and up contain internal cache memory Most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not have external cache memory Transcend Information Inc 27 BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Select Enabled to make sure the data are accurate Processor Number Feature Enabled makes the CPU Serial number function active Only for PIII CPUs Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run POST The Quick POST skips certain steps We recommend that you normally disable Quick POST Itis better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work First Second Third Other Boot Device The original IBM PCs loade
28. eld Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens the system e Assign IRQ For USB When Enabled BIOS will assign an IRQ channel for the USB controller 3 9 PC Health Status This menu provides a hardware monitoring center These features let you know the health status of your PC There are no user selectable parameters in this menu MOS Setop Utility Caperight CE 1904 2001 Award Safiware PC Health States Item He lp Thee Mae EnleriSeleet HEET Pi Talus FUSSaen ATTEN Fi Ginsral CAT EAR Previous Values FirFail Safe Defaults i Ue LUZ e Current CPU Temperature This field displays the current CPU temperature e Current CPU FAN Speed Current CASE FAN Speed These fields display the speeds of the CPU and Case fans TS AVES B BIOS SETUP 44 e VCORE This field displays the CPU working voltage e 2 5V 3 3V 5V 12V These fields show the power supply voltages 3 10 Frequency Voltage Control MOS Setop Utility Copyright LE 1704 200 Award Safiware Frequency Voltaye Castrol CPU Weare Seleci lisa He lp CPU Ucara Seleci Rute Detect DIMM PET Eik Spread Spectren CPU Host FOI Clock EL thew Fler iSelect oafefPOFPO Male WT RTUT ESEDERGt Fisbeneral II FScFrevasus Values F rFail Safe Defaulis ZA LEGILE LET TELE e CPU Vcore Select This option adjusts the CPU voltage Available selections depend on CPU type 1 PII and Celeron CPU Default 0 05V 0 10V 0 15V 0 20V 0 25V 0 30V 0 35V 2 Tualatin CPU Default
29. es FirFail Safe Defaults HIT Befaolis TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 24 IDE HDD Auto Detection Detect the HDD on this channel If the detection is successful it fills the remaining fields on this menu IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave We recommand that you select AUTO for all drives The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications during POST while the system boots You can also choose Manual to set the specifications yourself None indicates that there is no device installed on this IDE channel Access Mode CHS LBA Large or Auto CHS Maximum number of cylinders heads and sectors supported are 1024 16 and 63 respectively LBA Logical Block Addressing During drive access the IDE controller transforms the data address described by sector head and cylinder number into a physical block address This will significantly improve data transfer rates for drives with more than 1024 cylinders Large For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024 cylinders Auto The BIOS automatically determines the optimal access mode Capacity Disk drive capacity Note that this size is slighty greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk checking program Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precompensation cylinder Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors Drive A Drive B Select the correct types of diskette drive s
30. figuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system DOS Setup Utility Copyright LE 1994 2001 Award afiware Stamdard CMOS Featores e Feronencnifeltaar Control Advanced BIOS Features Laud Fail Safe Defaults danced Ehipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management FaP ZFEI Cont ajara FE Wealth Status Sawing Est ii F Aen i BIDS a Select li i a Save amp Exit Setep Load Optimized Def sults TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 46 3 13 Supervisor Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system MOS Setup Utility Copyrigt EI 1984 2001 Award afiware Set Supervisor Password Eater Fasswerd fett FY Aen i BIDE t a Select li i Save Exot Setep The password prevents any unauthorized use of your computer If you set a password the system prompts for the correct password before you boot or access Setup To set a password 1 At the prompt type your password Your password can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters When you type the characters they appear as asterisks on the password screen box 2 After typing the password press the Enter key Atthe next prompt re type your password and press the Enter key again to confirm the new password After password entry the screen automatically reverts to the main menu To disable the password pres
31. g your motherboard e Power Supply Be careful Always ensure that the computer is disconnected from the power supply when working on the motherboard and its components Static Electricity Static electricity may cause damage to the delicate integrated circuit chips on your motherboard Before handling the motherboard outside of its protective packaging ensure that there is no static electrical charge in your body A static discharge sufficiently strong enough to damage computer components is not perceptible by a human To avoid this risk please observe these simple precautions while handling the motherboard and other computer components If possible wear an anti static wrist strap connected to a natural earth ground Touch a grounded or anti static surface or a metal fixture such as a pipe or the chassis of your system before touching the motherboard When you have removed the motherboard from its anti static packaging try to hold it only by the edges without touching any components Avoid contacting the components on add on cards motherboards and modules with the gold colored connectors which plug into the expansion slots 5 Itis safest to handle system components only by their mounting brackets 6 Keep components which are not connected to the system in the anti static packaging whenever possible These precautions help to reduce the risk of static build up and ensure any static discharge is harmless to your equipment
32. hant Faby PCL Configurations Faf DE Isetalled Hr lisa He lp Reset Camfigeralian Data Ressurces Controlled By FELIVGA Falette Sasop Design TED Far Uba fissign TED kar USB Flaa thew FolersSelect oafefPESPO Malan WT RTUT ESEDERGt Fizbeneral Belp F5 Frewinus Palurs HEGEL Defaults EH IB Befanlis PnP OS Installed This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP OS to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected To prevent reassigning of interrupt settings when a non PnP OS is installed select the default setting of No Reset Configuration Data Normally leave this field on Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD if you have just installed a new add on card and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot The setting will automatically be set back to Disabled when the system reboots Resources Controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play PnP compatible devices If you select Auto ESCD the Interrupt Requests IRQs and DMA assignment fields will be deactivated as the BIOS automatically assigns them If you select Manual you may enter the IRQ Resources and DMA Resources submenus to make manual assignments TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 42 e IRQ Resources
33. installed in the computer None No diskette drive installed 360K 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch standard drive 360 kilobyte capacity 1 2M 5 25 in 5 1 4 inch high density drive 1 2 megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity 1 44M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 1 44 megabyte capacity 2 88M 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 2 88 megabyte capacity Transcend Information Inc 25 BIOS SETUP e Video Select the type of primary video subsystem in your computer The BIOS will detect the correct video type automatically EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter powers up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter powers up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter including high resolution e Halt On During POST the computer stops if the BIOS detects a hardware error You can set the BIOS to ignore certain errors during POST and continue the boot up process The following are the available selections All Errors If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action No Errors POST does not stop for any error All But Keyboard If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors except keyboard POST stops and prompts you to take corrective action All But Diskette If the BIOS detects any nonfatal errors except the disk drive P
34. it Without Saving Abort current changes and exit the BIOS utility CMOS Setup Utility Gapyrught UE 1994 2001 Award aftware Transcend Information Inc 49 BIOS SETUP CHAPTER 4 BIOS UPGRADE Caution Only users familiar with the upgrade procedure are recommended to update the BIOS of the motherboard and only when there is a need to do so Please note that you have to download and install the right file for your motherboard Otherwise you might cause some serious system malfunctions 4 1 How to Check Your BIOS File Name and Version Please turn on your PC The first screen will display as follows For example Award Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally 4A copyright C 198 Award Software Inc TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS AVE3 B Ver 1 0111 01 01 Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright C 1998 Award Software Inc TRANSCEND MODULAR BIOS AVE3 B Ver 1 01 11 01 01 You can see the BIOS description on the third line AVE3 B Ver 1 01 11 01 01 BIOS Generation Date BIOS Version 1 01 V11 for Version 1 1 You can upgrade to a newer version if your BIOS version is older than this version BIOS File Name Make sure these charactors are exactly the same as your own version if you want to upgrade your BIOS 4 2 How to Download the Correct BIOS File from Our Web Site Please enter the Transcend website at http www transcendusa com On the front page click on th
35. n a wakeup packet or signal is received from the LAN card NOTE This function requires that the Ring WOL Resume function be set ON in Wake Up Events in POWERMANAGEMENT SETUP and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power WOL 5 Volt Standby GND PME rar EEE H Wake On LAN Connector Transcend Information Inc 17 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 14 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IrDA The IrDA connector can be configured to support a wireless infrared module With this module and application software such as Laplink or Win95 Direct Cable Connection users can transfer files to or from laptops notebooks PDAs and printers You must also configure settings through UART 2 Mode in Integrated Peripherals in BIOS IrDA LI 5V D NC D RRX DI GND DL IRTX IrDR Connecotr TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 18 2 15 Internal Audio Connectors These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface a voice modem card with a matched connector It also allows the sharing of mono in such as a phone and mono out such as a speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card I res Internal Audio Connecotrs au Audio Channel
36. nchronous DRAM Supports Virtual Channel Memory 3x slots for 168 pin DIMM module 8MB 1 5GB memory capacity 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM DIMM Supports ECC 64 data bits structure only PC100 PC133 SDRAM compliant e UO Bus Slot 1x AGP slot 5x Master Slave PCI Bus slots PCI 2 2 compliant 1 x ISA slot 1 x AMR slot Shared with ISA slot e Award BIOS Supports Plug and Play PC99 Supports ACPI APM DMI Green Features Easy BIOS Recovery e 1 O Functions Supports PIO Mode 3 4 5 ATAPI devices and Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Supports 2 high speed UART 16550 COM ports Supports SPP EPP ECP LPT port Supports 1 44 2 88 MB floppy drive Supports PS 2 Mouse and PS 2 Keyboard Supports IrDA port Supports 4 USB ports e Wake Up Features Supports Wake on LAN function Remote Ring Wake Up Time Wake Up TS AVE3 B INTRODUCTION 4 Switching Voltage Regulator Intel VRM 8 5 compliant Other Features Supports Transcend ezBIOS Year 2000 compliant Anti Virus Boot up System voltage monitoring for CPU Vcore 2 5V 3 3V 5V and 12V CPU temperature monitoring CPU and CASE FAN speed monitoring PCB Dimensions ATX form factor 4 layer PCB 19cm x 30 5cm 8 in x 12 in Transcend Information Inc 5 HARDWARE INSTALLATION CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 1 Transcend s TS AVE3 B Motherboard 1 0 Port CPU i k
37. nter key The following keys help you navigate in Setup Esc Main Menu Quit without saving changes into CMOS RAM Other pages Exit the current page and return to the Main Menu PgUp Increase the numeric value or make changes PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 22 F1 F5 F6 F7 F10 Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeric value or make changes General help on Setup navigation keys Load previous values from CMOS Load the Fail Safe Defaults from the BIOS default table Load the Optimized Defaults Save all the CMOS changes and exit The Following is a brief summary of each Setup category e Standard CMOS Features Options in the original PC AT compatible BIOS e Advanced BIOS Features Award enhanced BIOS options e Advanced Chipset Features Available options specific to your system s Chipset e Integrated Peripherals I O subsystems that depend on the integrated peripheral controllers in your system e Power Management Setup Advanced Power Management APM and Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI options e PnP PCI Configurations Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus configuration options e PC Health Status To display the status of the fans CPU temperature and voltage monitoring e Frequency Voltage Control To control the frequency and voltage of the CPU e Load Fail Safe Defaults To load the most basic BIOS default values required fo
38. oling fans of 500 mA 6W or less CPU FAN CASE FAN L1 GND 12V Rotation Fan Power Connectors Transcend Information Inc 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2 10 Memory Configuration This motherboard must be installed with DIMMs Dual Inline Memory Modules The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt synchronous DRAM modules The VIA Apollo Pro 133T chipset supports PC100 PC133 and Virtual Channel Memory VCM It also supports ECC Error Checking and Correcting modules You can install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168pin DIMM SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB NOTE Different types of DRAM modules should not be installed on one motherboard at the same time 3 3v Position Unbuffered Position d 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM1 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM2 168Pin SDRAM Module DIMM3 168Pin DIMM Sockets TS AVE B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 14 2 11 Panel Connectors POWER LED SPEAKER S LED HD LED SLEEP RESET SOFT OFF Panel Connectors Power LED Lead 3 pin POWER LED This 3 pin connector attaches to the power LED Pint 5V Pin3 NC Pind GND Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Pin13 5V Pin15 GND Pin17 NC Pin19 SPK S
39. r more than 4 seconds if you want to Power Off the system Transcend Information Inc 39 BIOS SETUP e State After Power Failure On After a power failure the system will automatically reboot as soon as power is restored Off After a power failure the system will not reboot when power is restored The system needs to be turned on again manually Auto After a power failure the system will automatically reboot as soon as power is restored if the PC was turned on when the power failed If the PC was turned off when the power failed the system needs to be turned on again manually e Wake Up Events Press Enter to access the following submenu which allows you to determine what events will wake up the system DOS Setup Utility Gapyrught LE 1904 2001 Award aftware Frag Wake Up Ewents UGA lisa He lp LPT amp CUH Wn amp Foe PEI Haster Kun MIL EIS RIC Alarm Kesan Primary IHTH Lis fictivity Honstor ima Press pas Have baleriteloci oaf lt fPRSPO aloe AT KTCT ESE Exit FIsbeneral ISI _FScFrevious Values F tFail S afe ITTE Fitipiimnired Befaolis e VGA If you select ON you can set the VGA to wake up the system e LPT amp COM Select LPT COM or LPT COM to wake up the system when activity occurs associated with the selected I O Port s e HDD amp FDD If you select ON any activity from any HDD or FDD wakes up the system e PCI Master If you select ON
40. r your system to operate e Load Optimized Defaults To load the BIOS default values that are factory settings for optimal system performance Transcend Information Inc 23 BIOS SETUP e Set Supervisor User Password To change set or disable a password e Save amp Exit Setup To save settings in nonvolatile CMOS RAM and exit Setup e Exit Without Saving To abandon all changes and exit Setup 3 3 Standard CMOS Features MOS Setop Utility Copyrighti CC 1904 2001 Award Sefiware Standard US Feateres Date Cmmiddigg thu Hew EF 70041 lisa He lp Time ETE HET r kg r FT IDE Primary Hester IDE Frinary Slave i IDE Secamdary Haster Stat ahd conlury INE Secamdary Slave Drive 1 444 2 5 in Drive H H ne Viden BRAS IGG Halt On all But Eeybasrd ce Me j ASOKE rade trary ESA IFK otal Menory LET A Flaa Hae Fler iSelect ar POSPO Nalue FIDISave ESEERGt FIlGeneral Belp FS rFrevinus Values F rFail Safe Defaulis ZA LEGILE Befaolis e Date mm dd yy Time hh mm ss Highlight the items and use PageUp PageDown to change the value of Date Time e IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave Press Enter to enter the submenu shown below HOS Setup Utility Copyright LE 1984 2001 Award Sefiwire DE Primary Hirter IDE BOD bita Beleet ion Friss Enter Item He lp IDE Primery Hester P uto Rootes Hede bata Capacity HE EL Hau Enters Select fs P FI Palus FIDITase ESEDExat FUGeneral SI Fo Frevicus Valu
41. rage device Ref 4 1 and 4 2 Step 4 Type Bios exe to decompress it Step 5 Please read the Readme txt file carefully and follow the instructions step by step Continue upgrading BIOS and reconfigure your system Transcend Information Inc
42. s the Enter key when prompted to enter the password The screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled Forget the password If you forget the password you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM with jumper JP5 To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Set JP5 to Clear CMOS for about 10 seconds Return JP5 to NORMAL 3 4 Hold down the Delete key during POST Enter BIOS setup to re configure the settings Turn on your computer Transcend Information Inc 47 BIOS SETUP 3 14 User Password This option allows you to set a password to prevent others from changing the BIOS settings of your system This operation is the same as Supervisor Password Standard GHIS Features t Frequency oltage bantral Bduagcrcd RIDE Freaiures Laad Fati Safe GET TELE Advanced Chipset Features Load Bptinized Befaglis Integrated Peripherals fet Supervisor Fasswerd Fower Hanagreent Setep Set User Fassward FnP FEI Cat z it Setup Enter Password FE Health i onl Saving Esc duit F Beau io BIOS uS Seleat Item FIF gt Sawe amp Exit Setup Change Set Disable ETE 3 15 Save amp Exit Setup Save the settings and exit the BIOS utility MIS Setup Utility Copyright LE 1904 2001 Award Sef tware SAVE ta CHOS and EXIT CY ROT M riip Ewe ail FY Kena i BIDE elect tem FID Save amp Exot Setmp TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 48 3 16 Ex
43. tection Transcend s motherboards come with a new hardware monitoring function that can prevent any unauthorized BIOS updating caused by viruses Only ezBIOS the BIOS updating program developed by Transcend can update a Transcend motherboard BIOS Updating Confidence Beyond preventing viruses ezBIOS allows BIOS updating with confidence In the past any failure or incorrect operation during BIOS updating could crash the whole system Normally the user wouldn t have the capability to retrieve and reestablish the system they could only return the computer to the supplier for costly time consuming repairs With the enhanced security of ezBIOS Transcend s motherboards can completely avoid these problems No matter what happens during BIOS updating the user s system can still boot from the floppy drive allowing the updating command to be executed again One Click On Line BIOS Updating For users of Windows 9x NT 4 0 2000 Me XP ezBIOS allows you to use Transcend s innovative on line updating technology Just one click can detect the BIOS version of your system download the latest version and execute all the updating commands automatically from the Internet Restarting the computer completes the BIOS updating This feature should be very handy for users who need to update BIOS repeatedly especially MIS staff The online updating program is included on the drivers CD ROM included in the box with your motherboard Following the step b
44. these fields If you install other expansion cards with ROMs you need to know specifically which address the ROMs use Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K depending on the used amount Delay For HDD Secs Default is 0 You may need to increase the delay time for BIOS to detect the right type of HDD for some older HDDs Transcend Information Inc 29 BIOS SETUP 3 5 Advanced Chipset Features This option will change the values of the chipset registers and the system settings will alter Do not change any values if you are unfamiliar with the chipset ECHOS Setup Utility Copyright GY 1984 7001 beard Software Adwanced Chipset Feateres BRAM Timing By SPO PRAH Drive Strength Hesarg Hale oc FET Cancurrency Fast EN Turn round System DIES Cacheable Fides KAM Cacheable ALF dpertare Sire amp BP 4 r BGP brivieg fastral AGP Fast Write BaChip USE BSE Eeyboard Teppart USD House Suppert BnEh ip Fora nChip Moder cru is P I Write Buffer FEL Benapnir Bursting FECI Master H WS Write FEL Malay Transact isn FED Haster Read Caching Flat fowess 31 Retry ALP Haster 1 WS Write BGP Hasier 1 WS Read Hesary Pariiy ECC Check Emab Led Item Belp Mann leve Auto TETEN Emab led Disabled Disabled Hr Enabled e l Disabled Eaab led Enabled Enabled m E le Enabled Enabled Eaab led Enabled Enabled Enabled Disabled Disabled Disab le
45. ties conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose Transcend its management employees distributors and agents are in no way liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including loss of profits loss of business etc This freedom from liability remains in effect even if Transcend has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Trademarks All brands product names and trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners or companies and are used solely for identification or explanation It is Transcend policy to respect all product rights Copyright This manual may not in whole or in part be photocopied reproduced transcribed translated or transmitted in whatever form or language without the written consent of the manufacturer except for copies retained by the purchaser for personal archiving purposes Manual Version 3 0 Release Date November 2001 Copyright O 2001 Transcend Information Inc TS AVE3 B ezBlOS Motherboard Shield and Upgrade Utility ezBlOS One Click is All it Takes Transcend is proud to inform you that your new motherboard comes with ezBIOS from Transcend This BIOS updating program developed by Transcend will make BIOS updating easy and enhance the security and stability of systems built with your Transcend motherboard ezBIOS Features Anti Virus BIOS Pro
46. use Support Select Enabled if you want to use a USB mouse e OnChip Sound Select Auto to enable the OnChip Audio Controller which lets you use Onboard CODEC or Add On CODEC on an AMR card depends on the JP6 setting If you use an Add On Audio Card with an Audio Controller built in please set this field to Disabled e OnChip MODEM Select Auto to enable the OnChip MODEM Controller which lets you use Add On MODEM CODEC on an AMR card If you use an Add On card with a MODEM Controller built in please set this field to Disabled e CPU to PCI Write Buffer If Enabled is selected writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and the PCI bus If Disabled the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle e PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled every write transaction goes to the write buffer Burstable transactions then burst on the PCI bus while nonburstable transactions will write to the PCI bus immediately TS AVE3 B BIOS SETUP 32 PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions cycles Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2 1 PCI Master Read Caching Options are Enabled and Disabled
47. uspend Mode LED Lead 2 pin S LED The S LED will light when the system is in suspend mode Pin2 5V Pind GND Hard Disk LED Lead 2 pin HD_LED This 2 pin connector connects to the LED of the hard disk The LED lights up when the HDD is active Pin6 5V Pin8 GND Transcend Information Inc 15 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Sleep Button Lead 2 pin SLEEP Pin10 SLEEP Pin12 GND Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without turning off your power switch Pin14 RESET Pin16 GND Soft Power Off Lead 2 pin SOFT OFF Attach the PW BTTN Switch of the panel to this connector Use the switch to power On Off your system Set Soft Off by PWR BTN in Power Management Setup in BIOS to either Instant Off or Delay 4 Sec Pin18 SOFT OFF Pin20 GND 2 12 Power Connector 20 pin PWR CONN Make sure to plug the ATX power supply into the connector properly The pin definition is shown below Make sure that your ATX power supply can support at least 720mA 5V standby power for the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI functions Power Connector 5 0V GND Power Good 5 0V Standby PSON Power Supply on Power Connector TS AVE3 B HARDWARE INSTALLATION 16 2 13 Wake on LAN Connector 3 pin WOL This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake on LAN WOL output The system can Power up whe
48. y step instructions you can easily update or backup your BIOS If you have a different OS see Chapter 4 BIOS Upgrade for your BIOS updating procedure Linear Overclocking ezBIOS also provides a linear overclocking function Users can fine tune the Front Side Bus FSB by increasing or reducing it by as little as 1 0MHz to find the optimum FSB setting for the system Should the FSB be set too high the system can be returned to the default setting by pressing the INS key Transcend Information Inc Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 Essential Handling Precautions oooooooooWooW Woo aaanaaaaa 1 12 Package Conten Sen MA ARIE NA NN BEE NE EN aka 2 1 3 Specifications and NEE 2 CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION 5 2 1 Transcend s TS AVE3 B Motherboard srrnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnennnnnnnennnne 5 2 2 Layout of Transcend TS AVE3 B Motherboard W oo WWW WW W XXX 6 20 GPU NSA eee 7 2 4 66 100 133 MHz System Configuration ooWo oo WWW 9 2 5 Using Jumper JP5 to Clear CMOS mantan ae aa an ala 10 2 6 Onboard Audio Setting madrassen texit oie NN sner 10 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors octo aot i ior a o ang 11 2 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector enne nennen 12 2 9 Fan Power Connectors Han ANA NA AN en mana an aan ata 12 2 10 Memory Configuration WEE 13 2 bi Panel GOMnGClOrs ienga a EN BB BBB NMR 14 2 12 Power Connector eege KA ai bee ai ee ena
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