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1. P 30 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP um Mo MM AGP amp P2P Bridge Control The fields related to AGP amp P2P Bridge Control and their respective default settings include AGP Aperture Size 64M AGP Mode 2X AGP Driving Control Auto AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Disabled and AGP Master 1 WS Read Disabled AGP Aperture Size The field sets aperture size of the graphics 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 The default setting is 64M AGP Mode This option sets the AGP Mode AGP Driving Control This is the period between when the chipset requests data from memory and when the memory is ready to send the data across the bus AGP Driving Value This decides how multiple memory modules communicate It will only make a difference if you have more than one memory module AGP Fast Write This accelerates memory write transactions from the chipset to the AGP device AGP Master 1 WS Write When enabled this changes the default from a 2ws to a 1ws which will increase AGP Writing AGP Master 1 WS Read By default the AGP busmastering device waits for at least 2 wait states before it starts a write transaction When enable this option se2. Signal Name 6 Hostdata9 8 HostdatalO Hostdatad 9 DRQO 2 ST268 User s Manual 15 INSTALLATIONS J15 CON 8 F Card Reader Pin Signal s o pear 5 ES evo T Beye eve i J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports J17 is a 40 pin connector for the COM3 4 5 6 serial ports on ST268 Haca M M H Q U 2 16 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J18 Scanner Device Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name IST 8 KBDAT KBCLK2 9 J19 CON 6 F VFD Connector Lm Signal Name J20 Audio Connector J20 a 12 pin header connector supports an optional external connector supporting 3 sockets for Line Out Line In and Mic functions The following table shows the pin assignments of this connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name tine 5 Linea op 7 8 omo wi 3 39 Bas J21 CD in Connector J21 is the 4 pin CD in connector Pin Signal Name ST268 User s Manual 17 INSTALLATIONS J22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Signal Name 5i EX Keyboard data BT We 97 14 KB Datal t gt GND 5V 0 KB CIk1 J23 PS 2 Mouse Connector Pin Signal Name HE SE eS RSEN 4 Pp 6 TNC NC J24 COM1 Serial Port The COMI serial port uses a typical RJ45 connector as its interface connector Signal Name Pin
3. Pin Signal Name DCDI 6 1 VDSR DTRI 7 2 GND VCTS 8 3 GND RTSI 9 4 VTXD RII 10 5 RXDI J25 Line Out Connector The line out connector comes in a phone jack type connector 18 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector The following table describes the pin out assignments of this connector Signal Name Pin Signal Name Line printer strobe 1 14 AutoFeed PDO parallel data 0 15 Error 16 Initialize PD2 parallel data 2 PDA parallel data 4 PD5 parallel data 5 2 3 4 PD3 parallel data 3 3 6 7 8 17 Select PD6 parallel data 6 21 GND PD7 parallel data 7 9 22 GND ACK acknowledge 10 23 GND Paper empty Select J27 RJ45 Connector for LAN VGA1 VGA CRT Connector eevee v Oe eee e ecc Signal Name ST268 User s Manual 19 INSTALLATIONS USB1 USB Connector USBI consists of a two stacked USB ports Refer to the section below for the respective pin assignments Signal Name 5VSB L4 S GND 4 JX1 USB3 4 Connector JX1 is the onboard USB pin header that supports an external USB connector with two ports LSS as 20 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP BIOS Setup This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the board The topics covered in this chapter are as follows BIOS Introd ction 1 ege thee rete cree eR ee N 22 BIOS Setup gone uod e
4. essere enne 20 10 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS n R s eee Connector Locations on ST268 7 I mi IE Nu a Connectors on ST268 iaa ee ERR ERO RE ERER S EUR SERVER EXR AR HERE EENE Page P1 Power Connector s 12 CNI CompactFlash Socket 12 J1 LCD Inverter Connector 12 J3 LCD TTL Output Connector 22x2 pin essere 12 J5 System Function Connector eese tette A ninos sE 13 J6 Touch Screen Connector J7 Floppy Drive Connector J9 J8 1st and 2nd Channel LVDS Connector DF13 20 pp 14 J11 System Fan Power Connector J12 CPU Fan Power Connectors uiae creer ent rer ae 113 Con IR CODDECUOE uicit oto ri CHEAPER YET REM RHET HO EE kE EYE T J14 J2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connector J15 CON 8 F Card Reader J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports JIS Scanner Device Contectot 9 7 rerit e E tne eR EU Enea eL S EVEN ERE 17 J19 CON 6 E VED Comnectot yess aiii o od een pi EE eerta 17 J20 Audio Connector J21 CD in Connector J22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector sse 18 J23 PS 2 Mouse Connector 18 J24 COMI Serial Port 18 J25 Line Out Connector 18 J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector sse 19 J27 RJA5 Connector for LAN resi net tree creer eren e re ee epe eere dd VGA1 VGA CRT Connector USB1 USBI 2 Connector sorsien g
5. It is a two chip set consisting of the VT8623 North Bridge Controller and VT8235 South Bridge Controller ST268 supports the Socket 370 processors with speeds of up to 1 4GHz and with front side bus of up to 133MHz Two 184 pin DDR DIMM sockets supports can accommodate a total memory size of 1GB Combining a fully integrated video processing feature set Integrated UniChrome 2D 3D graphics engine and ultra efficient VIA DDR memory controller the VIA Unichrome CLE266 Chipset is designed to enable high quality digital video streaming and DVD playback in a new generation of small form factor PCs and IA devices One 10 100mbps Ethernet is supported by the Realtek 8100C single chip Ethernet controller With a secondary LPC I O chip the board supports six RS232 COM ports With dimensions of 270mm by 160mm ST268 has other features and connectors such CF card socket two IDE channels and four USB 1 2 0 compliant ports Fa P U M ME c E s ST268 User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION Specifications Product Name CPU Type CPU Voltage System Speed CPU External Clock Green APM CPU Socket Chipset BIOS Cache Memory VGA LCD Interface LAN Sound LPC I O Secondary LPC I O Uart 16550A 6 ports RTC CMOS Battery Keyboard Mouse Parallel IDE 44 pin CF card connector USB Operating Temperature Storage Temperature Relative Humidity Dimensions ST268
6. Socket 370 Intel PIII Celeron 1 1V 1 8 5V 533MHz 1 4GHz 66 100 133Mhz APM1 2 Socket 370 VIA CLE266 North Bridge 548 pin BGAVT8623 2D 3D South Bridge 487 pin VT8235 Award BIOS 2Mbit supports ACPI function CPU integrated Two 184 pin DDR DIMM socket DDR200 266 DIMM modules Max 1GB VT8623 integrated AGP 4X VGA controller Support 18 bit LVDS panel DF13 20 Realtek RTL8100C 10 100Mb single chip Ethernet controller AC97 Winbond 83697HF Parallel x1 COM1 COM2 FDC 1 44MB slim type hardware monitor 3 thermal inputs 8 voltage monitor inputs Fintek F81216D COMB 4 5 6 RS232 COM1 2 3 4 5 6 RS232 Built in VT8235 Lithium Batter Built in VT8235 Built in VT8235 IDE1 IDE2 UDMA 33 66 100 133 One port share IDE2 slave 4 ports USB 1 1 2 0 D Sub x2 Pin header x2 0 C 60 C 32 F 140 F 20 C 80 C 68 F 176 F 10 90 non condensing 270mm x 160mm Ha H 2 ST268 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Board Dimensions Fam O fi ST268 User s Manual 3 INSTALLATIONS HI M Installations This section provides information on how to use the jumpers and connectors on the ST268 in order to set up a workable system The topics covered are Installing the Memory DDR DIMM eee 5 Setting the Jumpers a e ae A EE nennen
7. AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Features Press Enter ITEM HELP Press Enter Menu Level Press Enter Disabled Disabled Disabled 16M CRT_LCD 02 DRAM Clock Drive Control This field provides settings related to DRAM The fields and their respective default settings include DRAM Clock By SPD DRAM Timing By SPD DRAM CAS Latency 2 5 Bank Interleave Disabled Precharge to Active 3T Active to Precharge 6T Active to CMD 3T and DRAM Command Rate DRAM Clock The default setting of the DRAM clock is SPD DRAM Timing This option refers to the method by which the DRAM timing is selected The default is By SPD DRAM CAS Latency This is the period between when the chipset requests data from memory and when the memory is ready to send the data across the bus Bank Interleave This decides how multiple memory modules communicate It will only make a difference if you have more than one memory module Precharge to Active The amount of time from a bank precharge request to when it can be activated Active to Precharge The Active to Precharge timing controls the length of the delay between the activation and precharge commands the length of time after activation can the access cycle be started again Active to CMD This is the time between a row access request and a column access request DRAM Command Rate This is the time to wait after a chip select before activate and read can be started Ha
8. BIOS SETUP uE o M Ho A Frequency Voltage Control This section shows the user how to configure the processor frequency Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Frequency Voltage Control VIA C3 Clock Ratio Default ITEM HELP Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Disabled Menu Level Spread Spectrum Disabled VIA C3 Clock Ratio This field sets the clock ratio of the C3 processor The default setting is Default This means that the clock ratio uses the clock ratio that is default with the processor Auto Detect DIMM PCI CIk This field enables or disables the auto detection of the DIMM PCI clock The default setting is Disabled Spread Spectrum This field sets the value of the spread spectrum The default setting is Disabled This field is for CE testing use only Fa M J d f 7fi ST268 User s Manual 41 BIOS SETUP m Load Fail Safe Defaults This option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values to your system configuration These default settings are optimal and enable all high performance features Set Supervisor User Password These two options set the system
9. If you still wish to enter Setup restart the system by pressing the Reset button or simultaneously pressing the Ctrl Alt and Delete keys You can also restart by turning the system Off and back On again The following message will appear on the screen Press lt DEL gt to Enter Setup In general you press the arrow keys to highlight items Enter to select the lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt keys to change entries F1 for help and lt Esc gt to quit When you enter the Setup utility the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions and exit choices Haa P A2 l 22 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP ET Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password Power Management Setup Set User Password PnP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving ESC Quit V 2 Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the control keys for this menu At the bottom of the Main Menu just below the control keys section there is another section which displays
10. Off Option This option decides when to shutdown video for power saving You can select it as always on or turn off video when system enters suspend mode Video Off Method This field defines the Video Off features There are three options V H SYNC Blank Default setting blank the screen and turn off vertical and horizontal scanning DPMS Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer Ba R A M MP 11 ST268 User s Manual 37 BIOS SETUP Ii S Qur Modem Use IRQ This field sets the IRQ used by the Modem By default the setting is 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN This field defines the power off mode when using an ATX power supply The Instant Off mode allows powering off immediately upon pressing the power button In the Delay 4 Sec mode the system powers off when the power button is pressed for more than four seconds or enters the suspend mode when pressed for less than 4 seconds The default value is Instant Off AC Loss Auto Restart This field sets the auto restarting function of the system when there is AC power loss IRQ Event Activity Detect The items under this field are I O events that can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode When an I O device wants to g
11. a set of I O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device The following table lists the I O port addresses used Network Ports EGA adapter 1FOh 1F7h IDE Interface SSS Se aaa 44 ST268 User s Manual APPENDIX B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board ST268 User s Manual 45 APPENDIX C Panel Type Selection The table below shows the different panel ID and corresponding resolution number of channels and dithering feature Channel Dithering 640x480 Enable Enable Enable Enable Enable Enable 6 1600x200 Enable Enable 8 800x480 Enable 9 1024x768 Enable Disable B 1024x768 Disable Disable D 1280x1024 Disable Disable Disable Note Dithering Enable is for 18 bits panel and Disable is for 24 bits panel bj PP Hem 9 M H JP a i 46 ST268 User s Manual APPENDIX Im M M PEE Zug This page is intentionally left blank Fa R H A 1 ST268 User s Manual 47
12. nene 6 Connectors on ST268 sss E ERRE 10 Ham O M P R O 4 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS Installing the Memory DDR DIMM The ST268 board supports two 184 pin DDR DIMM socket for a maximum total memory of 1GB in DDR DRAM type The memory module capacities supported are 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB Installing and Removing DIMMs To install the DDR DIMM locate the memory slot on the board and perform the following steps 1 Hold the DIMM so that the two keys of the DIMM align with those on the memory slot 2 Gently push the DIMM in an upright position until the clips of the slot close to hold the DIMM in place when the DIMM touches the bottom of the slot 3 To remove the DDR module press the clips with both hands Lock DDR Module lt Lock O O Lock Lock Top View of DIMM Socket S ST268 User s Manual 5 INSTALLATIONS H Ow x Xasm Setting the Jumpers Jumpers are used on ST268 to select various settings and features according to your needs and applications Contact your supplier if you have doubts about the best configuration for your needs The following lists the connectors on ST268 and their respective functions Jumper Locations on ST268 sss 7 JP2 CF Card Master Slave Selection sess 8 JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection 8 JP4 LCD Power Sele
13. ST268 CLE266 Embedded Board USER S MANUAL Version 1 1 Acknowledgments Award is a registered trademark of Award Software International Inc PS 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation All other product names or trademarks are properties of their respective owners ii ST268 User s Manual Table of Contents Introduction sss 1 Product Descriptions iieri teet rte reed 1 SDECIfICtIOLS 2 eter Hoop e He at GR LIE edet Oed 2 Board Dimensions eee 3 Installations ee 4 Installing the Memory DDR DIMM ee 5 Setting the Jumpers essere ener 6 Connectors on ST268 00 0 ceseceseceseceseceseceeeeeseeeeeeeeneeeaes 10 BIOS SQ Ul istoc tee niti nter 21 Append ieu d onte doen 44 A I O Port Address Map see 44 B Interrupt Request Lines IRQ ueessss 45 C Panel Type Selection Ne 46 ST268 User s Manual iii This page is intentionally left blank Ha i UU RR UEESUNENUY iv ST268 User s Manual INTRODUCTION Introduction Product Description ST268 is a high performance flexible embedded board based on the VIA CLE 266 chipset The chipset is based on an innovative and scaleable architecture with proven reliability
14. ain the attention of the operating system it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur When the operating system is ready to respond to the request it interrupts itself and performs the service Rx Se eae 38 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP PNP PCI Configurations This option configures the PCI bus system All PCI bus systems on the system use INT thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PnP PCI Configurations PNP OS Install No ITEM HELP Reset Configuration Data Disabled Menu Level Default is Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled ESCD when you exit Resources Controlled By Auto IRQ Resources Press Enter Assign IRQ for VGA Enabled Setup if you have installed a new add on Assign IRQ for USB Enabled and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the OS cannot boot PNP OS Install Enable the PNP OS Install option if it is supported by the operating system installed The default value is No Reset Configuration Data This field allows you to determine whether to reset the configuration data or not The default value is Disabled Resources Controlled by This PnP BIOS can configure all of the boot and compatible devices automatically with the use of a use a PnP operating system such as Windows 95 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Some non standard VGA disp
15. ction pt 8 JP5 Clear CMOS Content pp 9 JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection pt 9 a H M 6 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS ee __ Jumper Locations on ST268 Jumper Locations on ST268 ps 7 JP2 CF Card Master Slave Selection eene 8 JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection RN 8 JP4 LCD Power Selection Ne 8 JP5 Clear CMOS Content sse 9 JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection Ne 9 Fa f1 ST268 User s Manual 7 INSTALLATIONS JP2 CF Card Master Slave Selection Setting Master Slave eq swe JP3 FDD Pin 1 3 5 Power Selection Setting Voltage E Pin 1 2 Y Short Closed Pin 2 3 GND MC Short Closed Default JP4 LCD Power Selection Pin 1 2 3 3V Le Short Closed Default Pin 2 3 45V MC Short Closed Ha e P it 8 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS JP5 Clear CMOS Content Setting Function Pin 1 2 Normal Operation Short Closed E Pin 2 3 Clear CMOS Content Aes Short Closed JP7 VFD s DSR CTS Selection Pin 1 2 Short Closed No VFD Pin 1 3 2 4 Short Closed VFD Enable ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS H 4r Connectors on ST268 The connectors on ST268 allows you to con
16. e mer e ERE EO RR RS EER 22 Standard CMOS Setup et 24 Advanced BIOS Features pe 27 Advanced Chipset Features pp 30 Integrated Peripherals ene 33 Power Management Setup sese 36 PNP PCI Configurations 39 PC Health Status 4 nci eere debeo eto querere ed 40 Frequency Voltage Control pp 41 Load Fail Safe Defaults eese 42 Load Setup ef 42 Set Supervisor User Password RN 42 AN 42 Exit Without Saving eeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeen eene 42 ST268 User s Manual 21 BIOS SETUP mI J BIOS Introduction The Award BIOS Basic Input Output System installed in your computer system s ROM supports VIA C3 processors The BIOS provides critical low level support for a standard device such as disk drives serial ports and parallel ports It also adds virus and password protection as well as special support for detailed fine tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system BIOS Setup The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and settings The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the Award BIOS is immediately activated Pressing the Del key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the Del key POST Power On Self Test will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from invoking the Setup
17. e drive information manually You will be asked to enter the following items CYLS Number of cylinders HEAD Number of read write heads PRECOMP Write precompensation LANDZ Landing zone SECTOR Number of sectors The Access Mode selections are as follows Auto Normal HD lt 528MB Large for MS DOS only LBA HD gt 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing Drive A Drive B These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer The available specifications are 360KB 1 2MB 720KB 1 44MB 2 88MB 525in 525in 35in 3 5in 3 5in Fa M E 1 ST268 User s Manual 25 BIOS SETUP _ Video This field selects the type of video display card installed in your system You can choose the following video display cards EGA VGA For EGA VGA SEGA SVGA or PGA monitor adapters default CGA 40 Power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters Halt On This field determines whether or not the system will halt if an error is detected during power up No errors The system boot will not be halted for any error that may be detected All errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non fatal error the system will stop and you will be prompted All But Keyboard The system boot will not be halted for a keyboard error it will sto
18. econdary Slave Drive A None Drive B None Video EGA VGA Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 129024K Total Memory 130048K At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu If you need any help in each item field you can press the F1 key It will display the relevant information to help you The memory display at the lower right hand side of the menu is read only It will adjust automatically according to the memory changed The following describes each item of this menu Date The date format is Day Sun to Sat Month 1 to 12 Date 1 to 31 Year 1994 to 2079 To set the date highlight the Date field and use the PageUp PageDown or keys to set the current time Hac PH SEXY 24 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP Time The time format is Hour 00to23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 To set the time highlight the Time field and use the lt PgUp gt lt PgDn gt or keys to set the current time IDE Primary HDDs IDE Secondary HDDs The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first is the Master and the second is the Slave Press lt Enter gt to configure the hard disk The selections include Auto Manual and None Select Manual to define th
19. eri reve Lex e eR TENOR e SR EN RE eee IX US B3 4 Cone CLOES en TEE REPRE OE Ets M EEEAM EES SULM ST268 User s Manual 11 INSTALLATIONS P1 Power Connector Signal Name Pin Pin 4 Signal Name CN1 CompactFlash Socket J1 LCD Inverter Connector Pin Signal Name J3 LCD TTL Output Connector 22x2 pin Signal Name Pins Pins Signal Name 2 12V GND 5V 3 3V ENAVEE 7 GND Bor 2g Pl P3 P5 P7 P9 P11 P13 P15 P17 P19 P21 P23 GND FLM LP ENABKL NC 5V 3 3V 12 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J5 System Function Connector GND E GND p J7 Floppy Drive Connector Signal Name Pin Pin Signal Name 5VGND 1 2 RMAC 5VGND 5 6 NC GND 7 8 Index GND 9 10 MotorenableO GND GND GND ST268 User s Manual 13 INSTALLATIONS J9 J8 1st and 2nd Channel LVDS Connector DF13 20 Signal Name i Signal Name TXO TXI 5V 3 3V J11 System Fan Power Connector J11 is a 3 pin header for the system fan The fan must be a 12V fan GND J12 CPU Fan Power Connector J12 is a 3 pin header for the CPU fan power GND a SSS o i 14 ST268 User s Manual INSTALLATIONS J13 Con IR Connector 1 We sa 12 DCUM us ELNC I 35 o amp We oon se NOT SAO alls 20 SNC X J14 J2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connector Signal Name Pin Pin
20. hat the system searches first for an operating system The options available include Floppy LS ZIP HDD 0 SCSI CDROM HDD 1 HDD 2 HDD 3 LAN and Disable Boot Other Device These fields allow the system to search for an operating system from other devices other than the ones selected in the First Second Third Boot Device Swap Floppy Drive This item allows you to determine whether or not to enable Swap Floppy Drive When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A By default this field is set to Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled the BIOS will seek whether or not the floppy drive installed has 40 or 80 tracks 360K type has 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M all have 80 tracks Boot Up NumLock Status This allows you to activate the NumLock function after you power up the system Gate A20 Option This field allows you to select how Gate A20 is worked Gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB Ra R M P 1 j 28 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP E ___ Typematic Rate Setting When disabled continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next By default this field is set to Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When the typematic rate is enabled the system registers repeated
21. information on the currently highlighted item in the list Note If the system cannot boot after making and saving system changes with Setup the Award BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your system to its default Warning It is strongly recommended that you avoid making any changes to the chipset defaults These defaults have been carefully chosen by both Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute maximum performance and reliability Changing the defaults could cause the system to become unstable and crash in some cases Fa Mr M q LH MH EX 1i ST268 User s Manual 23 BIOS SETUP m Standard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup choice allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error handling If the board is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option You will need to run the Standard CMOS option however if you change your system hardware configurations the onboard battery fails or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Date mm dd yy Tue Mar 26 2000 Item Help Time hh mm ss 00 00 00 Menu Level IDE Primary Master Change the day month IDE Primary Slave Year and century IDE Secondary Master IDE S
22. keystrokes speeds Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second Typematic Delay Msec When the typematic rate is enabled this item allows you to set the time interval for displaying the first and second characters By default this item is set to 250msec Security Option This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup The default value is Setup When you select System the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up When you select Setup the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up OS Select for DRAM 64MB This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when used with OS 2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory The default setting is Non OS 2 Video BIOS Shadow This item allows you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Video Shadow will increase the video speed Small Logo EPA Show This field enables the showing of the EPA logo located at the upper right of the screen during boot up Fa P dU O 1 ST268 User s Manual 29 BIOS SETUP Advanced Chipset Features This Setup menu controls the configuration of the chipset DRAM Clock Drive Control AGP amp P2P Bridge Control CPU amp PCI Bus Control Memory Hole System BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable VGA Share Memory Size Select Display Device Panel Type Phoenix
23. lay cards may not show colors properly This field allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA VESA VGA cards can work with PCI VGA When this field is enabled a PCI VGA can work with an MPEG ISA VESA VGA card When this field is disabled a PCI VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA VESA card Assign IRQ for VGA USB By default this fields are Enabled Ba P LA M 1 ST268 User s Manual 39 BIOS SETUP um AI G PC Health Status This section shows the parameters in determining the PC Health Status These parameters include temperatures fan speeds and voltages Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PC Health Status CPU Warning Temperature Disabled ITEM HELP Current System Temp Current CPU Temp Current System Fan Speed Current CPU Fan Speed Vcore V Vcc3 5V 12V 12V VBAT V 5VSB V Shutdown Temperature Disabled CPU Warning Temperature This field sets the temperature threshold that when it is reached the system would give an audible warning Temperatures Fan Speeds Voltages These fields are the parameters of the hardware monitoring function feature of the board The values are read only values as monitored by the system and show the PC health status Shutdown Temperature This field sets the temperature threshold that when it is reached the system shuts down automatically 40 ST268 User s Manual
24. lel Port These fields allow you to select the onboard serial and parallel ports and their addresses UART 2 Mode UART Mode Select enables you to select the in frared communication protocol Parallel Port Mode This field allows you to determine parallel port mode function SPP Standard Printer Port EPP Enhanced Parallel Port ECP Extended Capabilities Port Init Display First This field allows the system to initialize first the VGA card on chip or the display on the PCI Slot By default the PCI Slot VGA is initialized first Fa R P E RM 1 ST268 User s Manual 35 BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to Save energy of your System effectively Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled ITEM HELP ACPI Suspend Type S1 POS Menu Level Power Management User Define HDD Power Down Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method V H Sync Blank Modem Use IRQ 3 Soft Off by PWRBTN Instant Off Ac Loss Auto Restart Otf IRQ Event Activity Press Enter Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IRQ Event Activity Detect VGA OFF ITEM HELP LPT amp COM LPT COM Menu Level HDD amp FDD ON PCI Master OFF Modem Ring Resume Disabled RTC Alarm Resume Disabled IRGs Activity Monitoring Press Enter Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utilit
25. nd partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications If an attempt is made the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti virus program to locate and remove the problem CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPUs from 486 type on up contain internal cache memory and most but not all modern PCs have additional external cache memory When the CPU requests data the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory for even faster access by the CPU These items allow you to enable speed up memory access or disable the cache function By default these items are Enabled ST268 User s Manual 27 BIOS SETUP Hm M CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This field enables or disables the ECC Error Correction Checking checking of the CPU level 2 cache The default setting is Enabled Processor Number Feature When enabled this feature allows external systems to detect the processor number type of the CPU Quick Power On Self Test When enabled this field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST after the system is turned on If it is set to Enabled BIOS will skip some items First Second Third Boot Device These fields determine the drive t
26. nect external devices such as keyboard floppy disk drives hard disk drives printers etc The following table lists the connectors on ST268 and their respective functions Connector Locations on ST268 pp 11 P1 Power Connectoren nre a a a 12 CN1 CompactFlash Socket pp 12 J1 LCD Inverter Connector pp 12 J3 LCD TTL Output Connector 22x2 pin eee 12 J5 System Function Connector eese 13 J6 Touch Screen Connector sse 13 J7 Floppy Drive Connector eene 13 J9 J8 1st and 2nd Channel LVDS Connector DF13 20 14 J11 System Fan Power Connector eene 14 J12 CPU Fan Power Connector eese 14 J13 Con IR Conn ctor a terere tcrtia 15 J14 J2 Primary and Secondary IDE Connector 15 J15 CON 8 F Card Reader sse 16 J17 COM3 4 5 6 Serial Ports pe 16 J18 Scanner Device COnnectOT 17 J19 CON 6 F VED Connector pp 17 J20 Audio Connector sese eene 17 J21 CD in ConnectOor enne enne enne 17 J22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector pp 18 J23 PS 2 Mouse Connector pp 18 J24 COMI Serial Port nennen 18 J25 Line Out Connector pp 18 J26 Primary Parallel Port Connector esses 19 J27 RJ45 Connector for LAN seeeeeneeenene 19 VGA1 VGA CRT Connector pp 19 USB1 USB Connector pt 20 JX1 USB3 4 Connector
27. o Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device All Enabled Menu Level ITEM HELP Enabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Menu Level Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select RxD TxD Active IR Transmission Delay UR2 Duplex Mode Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Onboard Parallel Mode EPOP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA Onboard Serial Port 3 Serial Port 3 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Port 4 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Port 5 Serial Port 5 Use IRQ Onboard Serial Port 6 Serial Port 6 Use IRQ Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SuperlO Device Enabled ITEM HELP 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Normal Hi Lo Enabled Half IR Rx2Tx2 378 IRQ7 SPP EPP1 7 3 3E8 IRQ 2E8 IRQ 3E0 IRQ 2E0 IRQ Menu Level ST268 Users Manual 33 BIOS SETUP HD OnChip IDE Channel 0 1 The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately IDE Prefetch Mode These field enables disables the prefetch buffers in the PCI IDE controller The prefetch buffers are used as a temporary storage place as data is transferred from one location to another IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO These fields allow your system hard disk controller to work faster Ra
28. p for all other errors All But Diskette The system boot will not be halted for a disk error it will stop for all other errors All But Disk Key The system boot will not be halted for a key board or disk error it will stop for all others Ha SSS Saas 26 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP Advanced BIOS Features This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled ITEM HELP CPU Internal Cache Enabled Menu Level External Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled Allows you choose Processor Number Feature Enabled the VIRUS warning Quick Power On Self Test Enabled feature for IDE Hard First Boot Device HDD 0 Disk boot sector protection If this Second Boot Device HDD 0 function is enabled Third Boot Device CDROM and someone Boot Other Device Enabled attempt to write data Swap Floppy Drive Disabled into this area BIOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled will show a warning Boot Up Numlock Status On message on screen Gate A20 Option Fast and alarm beep Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup MPS Version Control for OS 1 4 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Small Logo EPA Show Enabled Virus Warning This item protects the boot sector a
29. password Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system To specify a password highlight the type you want and press Enter The Enter Password message prompts on the screen Type the password up to eight characters in length and press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically returns to the main screen To disable a password just press the Enter key when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password to be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely Save amp Exit Setup This option allows you to determine whether or not to accept the modifications If you type Y you will quit the setup utility and save all changes into the CMOS memory If you type N you will return to Setup utility Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes you have made in this session Typing Y will quit the Setup utility without saving the modifications Typing N will return you to Setup utility Hac PH EY 42 ST268 User s Manual a ST268 User s Manual 43 APPENDIX Appendix A I O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned
30. that is supported by the system Below are the selections for the different panel types Channel_ Dithering eoo 1 Enable 1 8ox6o Enable 2 1024x768 Enable 3 1280x768 Enable 4 1280x1024 Enable 5 1400x1050 Enable 6 16001200 Enable Enable 8 800x480 Enable 9 1024x768 Enable Disable B 104x768 Disable Disable D 1280x1024 Disable Disable Disable Note Dithering Enable is for 18 bits panel and Disable is for 24 bits panel 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 32 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP u CC Integrated Peripherals This section configures IDE and PCI devices and other peripherals VIA OnChip IDE Device VIA OnChip PCI Device SuperlO Device Init Display First On Chip IDE Channel 0 On Chip IDE Channel 1 IDE Prefetch Mode Primary Master PIO Primary Slave PIO Secondary Master PIO Secondary Slave PIO Primary Master UDMA Primary Slave UDMA Secondary Master UDMA Secondary Slave UDMA IDE HDD Block Mode OnChip UsB Controller OnChip EHCI Controller USB Device Function USB Keyboard Support USB Mouse Support Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Integrated Peripherals Press Enter ITEM HELP Press Enter Press Enter PCI Slot Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip IDE Device Enabled Menu Level ITEM HELP Enabled Enabled Aut
31. ther than have the BIOS issue a series of commands that transfer to or from the disk drive PIO Programmed Input Output allows the BIOS to communicate with the controller and CPU directly The system supports five modes numbered from 0 default to 4 which primarily differ in timing When Auto is selected the BIOS will select the best available mode IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA These fields allow your system to improve disk I O throughput to 33Mb sec with the Ultra DMA 33 feature The options are Auto and Disabled OnChip USB Controller By default the USB controller is enabled for all devices However the USB devices keyboard and USB mouse support options must be enabled separately for them to function OnChip EHCI Controller By default the EHCI Enhanced Host Controller Interface Controller is enabled IDE HDD Block Mode This field allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive Onboard FDD Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller installed on the 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 This option allows you to select the onboard FDD port Hac e M H J t 34 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP u d Inn T Onboard Serial Paral
32. ts the delay to 1 wait state CPU amp PCI Bus Control The fields related to CPU amp PCI Bus Control and their respective default settings include CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write Enabled and PCI Delay Transaction Disabled CPU to PCI Write Buffer This controls the CPU write buffer to the PCI bus PCI Master 0 WS Write This determines whether the chipset inserts a delay before any writes from the PCI bus PCI Delay Transaction This is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to and from the ISA bus Fa Mr P A 1 ST268 User s Manual 31 BIOS SETUP Em Memory Hole In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards By default this field is disabled System BIOS Cacheable The setting of 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 Video RAM Cacheable The field allows the copying RAM of the video controller into RAM for faster access By default this field is disabled VGA Share Memory Size The field sets memory size that can be shared as VGA memory The default setting is 16M Select Display Device The field selects the display device or devices that the system users The default setting is CRT LCD Panel Type This field sets the panel type
33. y IRGs Activity Monitoring Primary INTR ON ITEM HELP l IRQ3 COM2 Enabled Menu Level IRQ4 COM1 Enabled IRQ5 LPT 2 Enabled IRQ6 Floppy Disk Enabled IRQ7 LPT 1 Enabled IRQ8 RTC Alarm Disabled IRQQ IRQ2 Redir Disabled IRQ10 Rserved Disabled IRQ11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled 36 ST268 User s Manual BIOS SETUP u OoC ET ACPI Function By default the ACPI function is enabled ACPI Suspend Type By default the ACPI Suspend Type is set to SI POS Power Management This field allows you to select the type of power saving management modes There are four selections for Power Management Min Power Saving Minimum power management Max Power Saving Maximum power management User Define Each of the ranges is from 1 min to Ihr Default Except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min Under this option you can also configure other features such HDD Power Down Doze Mode and Suspend Mode HDD Power Down After the selected period of drive inactivity the hard disk drive powers down while all other devices remain active Control of this mode is independent of the Power Management mode selected previously Suspend Mode This option decides when to shutdown video for power saving You can select it as always on or turn off video when system enters suspend mode Video
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