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1. Pin No Description 1 Input Input JP5 Disk On Module Power Connector Pin No Description 1 5V 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 5V JP6 Keyboard Connector Pin No Description 1 Clock 2 Data 3 NC 4 Ground 5 5V Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Chapter 2 Switches and Connectors This chapter gives the definitions and shows where to locate the positions of switches and connectors J3 RIMM_B2 J4 RIMM_B1 o aeg aeg Specifications 1 19 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup Award s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration This type of information is stored in battery backed RAM CMOS RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off Entering Setup Power on the computer and press lt Del gt immediately will allow you to enter Setup The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer when the below message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press lt Del gt key or simultaneously press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Esc gt keys TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS lt CTRL ALT ESC gt OR lt DEL gt KEY If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Se2. BIOS Setup 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Standard CMOS Features The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories Each category includes no one or more than one setup items Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the lt PgUp gt or lt PgDn gt keys to select the value you want in each item CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 award Software Standard CHOS Features Date Cmmidd yy Jun 23 2000 Item Help Time Chhimm 55 i 2 23 Henu Level r IDE Primary Master Press Enter 8455 MB IDE Primary Slave Press Enter Hone Change the day month IDE Secondary Master Press Enter Hone year and century IDE Secondary Slave Press Enter Hone Drive 1 48M 3 5 in Drive B Hone Floppy 3 Hode Support Disabled LCODECRT Auto Halt On AlL But Disk Rey tie sHove EntertSelect PUSPDiUalue Fil ave ESC Exit FirGeneral Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F rOptimized Defaults Date The date format is lt day gt lt date gt lt month gt lt year gt Press lt F3 gt to show the calendar Day The day of week from Sun to Sat determined by the BIOS is read only The date from 1 to 31 or the maximum allowed in the month can key in the numerical function key The month Jan through Dec The year depend on the year of BIOS BIOS Setup 3 7 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Time The time format is lt hour gt lt minute gt lt s
3. ON BOARD DRAM SYSTEM BIOS FFFFF F0000 EFFFF Memory address E0000 EFFFF q may reserve for free space may be free after BIOS completing boot E0000 DFFFF li FREE D4000 D3FFF q LAN BIOS D0000 ON BOARD SCSI BIOS VIDEO BIOS VIDEO RAM i 640K l 0 Memory Mapping Al 52
4. e If any of these items is missed or damaged please contact your vendor for what you want Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 2 1 Switches Switches on the CPU board are used to select options for different functions used The switch on or off is to accommodate the variations of the following table Switch Setting Table default setup Serial Port 2 S3 S4 Mode 4 5 4 6 4 7 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 S3 7 3 8 RS232 ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON RS422 OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF RS485 OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF U20 DiskOnChip Configuration Table S4 Active Address 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 CO00H ON OFF OFF OFF C800H OFF ON OFF OFF DOOOH OFF OFF ON OFF D800H OFF OFF OFF ON RTC Clearing S2 Mode 2 5 2 6 Clear RTC OFF ON Normal ON OFF BIOS Hardware Protection S4 8 Mode 4 8 Disable protection ON Enable Protection OFF Specifications 1 8 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Approval Panel Model List Model Type Resolution Panel Switch LM12S40 DSTN 800X600 1 4 Note 1 LM12S49 DSTN 800X600 3V 4 LM12S402 DSTN 800X600 1 3 3V 4 P64CV1 TFT 18Bit 640X480 A 5 6 P64CV2 TFT 18Bit 64
5. 12V 12V Vtt and Vcore x2 e Two Fan speed For CPU e Three temperature eDrivers support Windows 95 98 Windows NT4 0 2000 Specifications 1 5 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Bracket Connector MODEL ITEM 96M27810 96M27910 PS 2 connector for keyboard mouse 2 15 pin D type connector for VGA 1 9 pin D type connector for serial port 1 ISAMAX Support eMaximize ISA signals to support ISA cards up to 20 Watchdog Timer e1 2 4 64 seconds time out intervals Dimensions 340mm L x 122mm W Power Requirements e 5V 20A Max e 12V 500mA Max e 12V 50mA Max Environments eOperating temperatures 0 C to 60 C eStorage temperatures 20 C to 80 C eRelative humidity 10 to 90 Non condensing Certification eCE approval eFCC Class A Model Available e 96M27810 Full size Dual Socket 370 Pentium III CPU Card w VGA RDRAM e 96M27910 Full size Dual Socket 370 Pentium III CPU Card w RDRAM Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 1 2 What you ll have from the package In addition to this manual the SBC package includes the following items CPU Card IDE Cable ATA66 FDD Cable Serial Port 2 Cable Parallel Port Cable Keyboard Cable Rambus RIMM Continuity Module Driver Source CD Manual User s Guide Thermal Resistor Connector ATX 2 03 Power Supply cable Converter N
6. 5Eh Reserved 5Fh Reserved 60h Okay to enter Setup utility i e not until this POST stage can users enter the CMOS setup utility 61h Reserved 62h Reserved 63h Reserved 64h Reserved 65h Initialize PS 2 Mouse 66h Reserved 67h Prepare memory size information for function call INT 15h ax E820h 68h Reserved 69h Turn on L2 cache 6Ah Reserved 6Bh Program chipset registers according to items described in Setup amp Auto configuration table 6Ch Reserved 6Dh 1 Assign resources to all ISA PnP devices 2 Auto assign ports to onboard COM ports if the corresponding item in Setup is set to AUTO 6Eh Reserved 6Fh 1 Initialize floppy controller 2 Set up floppy related fields in 40 hardware 70h Reserved 71h Reserved 72h Reserved 73h Optional Feature Enter AWDFLASH EXE if AWDFLASH is found in floppy drive ALT F2 is pressed 74h Reserved 75h Detect amp install all IDE devices HDD LS120 ZIP CDROM 76h Reserved BIOS Setup 3 49 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex Description 77h Detect serial ports amp parallel ports 78h Reserved 79h Reserved 7Ah Detect amp install co processor 7Bh Reserved 7Ch Reserved 7Dh Reserved 7Eh Reserved 7Fh 1 Switch back to text mode if full screen logo is supported If errors occur report errors amp wait for keys If no errors occur or F1 key is pressed to continue Clear EPA or customization logo 80h Rese
7. 8 Index Pulse Input 9 Ground 10 Motor On 0 11 Ground 12 Drive Select 1 13 Ground 14 Drive Select 0 15 Ground 16 Motor On 1 17 Ground 18 Step Direction 19 Ground 20 Step Pulse 21 Ground 22 Write Disk Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 0 27 Ground 28 Write Protected 29 NC 30 Read Disk Date Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 31 Ground 32 Head Select 33 NC 34 Disk Change J18 Parallel Connector Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 Strobe 2 Data 0 3 Data 1 4 Data 2 5 Data 3 6 Data 4 7 Data 5 8 Data 6 9 Data 7 10 Acknowledge 11 Busy 12 Paper Empty 13 Printer Select 14 Auto Form Feed 15 Error 16 Initialize 17 Printer Select IN 18 Ground 19 Ground 20 Ground 21 Ground 22 Ground 23 Ground 24 Ground 25 Ground 26 NC J19 Serial Port 2 Pin No Description 1 Data Carrier Detect DCD 2 Receive Data RXD 3 Transmit Data TXD 4 Data Terminal Ready DTR 5 Ground 6 Data Set Ready DSR 7 Request To Send RTS 8 Clear To Send CTS 9 Ring Indicator RI 10 Ground J19 Optional to RS422 485 Pin No Description Transmit Data Positive Transmit Data Negative Receive Data Negative RS 422 AIOIN gt Receive Data Positive RS 422 Specifications 96
8. cylinder without LBA support in some cases user do not want LBA The Award BIOS provides another alternative to support these kinds of HDD Example of LARGE mode CYLS HEADS SECTOR _ MODE 1120 16 59 NORMAL 560 32 59 LARGE BIOS tricks DOS or other OS that the number of cylinders is less than 1024 by dividing it by 2 At the same time the number of heads is multiplied by 2 A reverse transformation process will be made inside INT13h in order to access the right HDD address the right HDD address Maximum HDD size no Cyclinder 1024 x no Head 32 x no Sector 63 x_bytes per sector 512 1 Gigabytes BIOS Setup 3 37 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 3 Remarks To support LBA or LARGE mode of HDDs there must be some softwares involved All these softwares are located in the Award HDD Service Routine INT 13h It may be failed to access a HDD with LBA LARGE mode selected if you are running under a Operating System which replaces the whole INT 13h BIOS Setup 3 38 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Power On Boot After you have made all the changes to CMOS values and the system cannot boot with the CMOS values selected in Setup restart the system by turning it OFF then ON or Pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys Upon restart the system immediately press lt Insert gt to load BIOS default CM
9. security Once the security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PCI VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not Enabled When PCI VGA working with MPEG ISA VESA VGA Card Disabled When PCI VGA not working with MPEG ISA VESA VGA Card OS Select for DRAM gt 64MB This segment is specifically created for OS 2 when DRAM is larger than 64MB If your operating system is OS 2 and DRAM used is larger the 64MB you have to select OS 2 otherwise non OS2 default is NON OS2 Video BIOS Shadow It determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM however it is optional from chipset design Video Shadow will increase the video speed Enabled Video shadow is enabled Disabled Video shadow is disabled BIOS Setup 3 14 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide C8000 CFFFF Shadow D8000 DFFFF Shadow These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte or 32K byte per unit and the size depends on chipset Enabled Optional shadow is enabled Disabled Optional shadow is disabled Note 1 for C8000 DFFFF option ROM on PCI BIOS BIOS will automatically enable the shadow RAM User does not have to select the item 2 IDE second channel control Enable enable secondary IDE port and BIOS will assign IRQ15 for this port Disable disable secondary IDE port and IRQ15 is available for other device The item is optional only
10. 0X480 A 5 6 LQ64D341 TFT 18Bit 640X480 A 5 6 LQ10D42 TFT 18Bit 640X480 4 5 6 12181 105 TFT 18Bit 800X600 1 3 3V 8 9 LQ12S41 TFT 18Bit 800X600 1 3 3V 8 9 LTM12C257A TFT 18Bit 800X600 1 8 9 18Bit 36Bit 36Bit 36Bit LQ12S56A_ TFT 18Bit 800X600 1 3 3V 10 1024X768 8 13 1024X768 i 13 1024X768 H 13 LQ14X03E TFT 36Bit LQ15X01W_ TFT 36Bit LQ15X1DG1 TFT 36Bit 1 LT133X1 104 LVDS 1024X768 13 3 13 36Bit LT150X1 151 TFT 36Bit 1024x768 15 13 1 8 MSB 1 5 LSB ON OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON JP7 Panel Power Switch Voltage 1 2 2 3 3 3 V Open Short 5V Short Open Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 2 2 Connectors Jumper Connector Define Connecto Function Remark r J1 CPU2 FAN Connector J2 CPU1 FAN Connector J3 RIMM_B2 J4 RIMM_B1 J6 RIMM_A2 J7 RIMM_A1 J8 PANEL Connector J10 IR Connector J11 Key Lock Connector J12 Speaker Connector J13 Reserved J14 Reset J15 Primary IDE Connector J16 Secondary IDE Connector J17 Floppy Connector J18 Parallel Connector J19 Serial Port 2 J20 USB Connector J21 CRT Connector J22 PS 2 Mouse Connector J23 Serial Po
11. 12 Speaker Connector Pin No Description Low Active Signal Ground Ground AJOIN gt 5V J14 Reset Connector Pin No Description 1 Reset Signal Ground J15 Primary IDE Connector Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 Reset 2 Ground 3 Data 7 4 Data 8 5 Data 6 6 Data 9 7 Data 5 8 Data 10 9 Data 4 10 Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 NC Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide J16 Secondary IDE Connector Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 Reset 2 Ground 3 Data 7 4 Data 8 5 Data 6 6 Data 9 7 Data 5 8 Data 10 9 Data 4 10 Data 11 11 Data 3 12 Data 12 13 Data 2 14 Data 13 15 Data 1 16 Data 14 17 Data 0 18 Data 15 19 Ground 20 NC 21 DMA REQ 22 Ground 23 IOW 24 Ground 25 IOR 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 28 Pull Down 29 DMA ACK 30 Ground 31 Interrupt 14 32 NC 33 Disk Address 1 34 DMAG66 Detect 35 Disk Address 0 36 Disk Address 2 37 HDC CS100 38 HDC CS300 39 HDD Active Led 40 Ground J17 Floppy Connector Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 Ground 2 Drive Density Select 0 3 Ground 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Drive Density Select 1 7 Ground
12. 27810 96M27910 User s Guide Integrated Peripherals CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software Integrated Peripherals On Chip Primary PCI IDE On Chip Secondary PCI IDE IDE Primary Master PIO IDE Primary Slave PIO IDE Secondary Master PIO IDE Secondary Slave PIO IDE Primary Master UDMA IDE Primary Slave UDMA IDE Secondary Master UDMA IDE Secondary Slave UDMA USE Controller USB Keyboard Support Init Display First IDE HDD Block Hode Onboard FDC Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 UART Mode Select UR Duplex Mode TxD RxD Polarity fictive Use IR Pins Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode ECP Hode Use DHA Enabled Enabled Auto uto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Auto Enabled Disabled PCI Slot Enabled Enabled 3F6 IRQS Menu Level Half Lo Hi IR Rx2 Tx 3 7 tt tHove Enter elect f PUZPD alue Fil ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately The choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup 3 19 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE i
13. 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 96M27810 96M27910 Single Board Computer User s Guide Specifications 1 1 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Chapter 1 Introduction Welcome to the Dual Pentium III with socket 370 single board computer The SBC is a brand new generation of advanced technologies It s built with high performance Dual Pentium Ill CPU running 133 MHz Front Size Bus high performance 64bit 66 MHz PCI Bus huge memory support 2 GB and complies with the new PICMG standard It s excellent to the system integrators VARs or turnkey vendor demanding high performance computing high performance I O high data availability and great system expandability The SBC is a powerful engine best for the applications such as CTI servers image animation video on demand and any specialized servers needing top computing power top I O bandwidth The SBC can run with Dual Intel Pentium III processor up to 1 GHz memory support up to 2 GB RDRAM and the memory bus bandwidth could be 3 2 GB per second This generates great computing power The SBC also supports ECC not only at the main memory the ECC capability also extends up to the L2 Cache in the Pentium III CPU so the data integrity is further enhanced One extremely important feature of the SBC is its 64 bit 66 MHz PCI bus The PCI bus could boost the PCI bandwidth up to 533 MB per second quadrupling the traditional 32bit 33MHz PCI bus This makes the SBC most balanced in comp
14. B keyboard when you shut down the computer in S3 mode The choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup 3 27 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide CPU THRM Throttling Select the CPU THRM Throttling rate The choice 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 75 0 87 5 PM Events PM events are I O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode In effect the system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as Enabled even when the system is in a power down mode Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 FDD COM LPT Port PCI PIRQ A D BIOS Setup 3 28 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide PnP PCI Configuration This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Peripheral Component Interconnect is a system which allows I O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that only experienced users should make any changes to the default settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CE 1984 2000 Award Software PoPfPCI Configurations PHP OS Installed Yes Item Help Reset Configuration Data Resources Controlled By H System Hemory Base PCI UGA Palette Snoop USE Assign IRQ For Disabled Autot ESCI H A Disabled Enabled Menu Level IHT Pin 1 A
15. Description 3Eh Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 1 3Fh Reserved 40h Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for channel 2 4th Reserved 42h Reserved 43h Test 8259 functionality 44h Reserved 45h Reserved 46h Reserved 47h Initialize EISA slot 48h Reserved 49h 1 Calculate total memory by testing the last double word of each 64K page 2 Program write allocation for AMD K5 CPU 4Ah Reserved 4Bh Reserved 4Ch Reserved 4Dh Reserved 4Eh 1 Program MTRR of M1 CPU 2 Initialize L2 cache for P6 class CPU amp program CPU with proper cacheable range 3 Initialize the APIC for P6 class CPU 4 On MP platform adjust the cacheable range to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each CPU are not identical 4Fh Reserved 50h Initialize USB 51h Reserved 52h Test all memory clear all extended memory to 0 53h Reserved 54h Reserved 55h Display number of processors multi processor platform 56h Reserved 57h 1 Display PnP logo 2 Early ISA PnP initialization Assign CSN to every ISA PnP device 58h Reserved 59h Initialize the combined Trend Anti Virus code 5Ah Reserved 5Bh Optional Feature Show message for entering AWDFLASH EXE from FDD BIOS Setup 3 48 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex Description optional 5Ch Reserved 5Dh 1 Initialize Init_Onboard_Super_lO switch 2 Initialize Init_Onbaord AUDIO switch
16. M27810 96M27910 User s Guide J20 USB Connector Pin No Description 1 5V 2 Data 0 Negative 3 Data 0 Positive 4 Data 1 Negative 5 Data 1 Positive 6 Ground J21 CRT Connector Pin No Description PIN No Description 1 Red 2 Green 3 Blue 4 5V Pull High 5 Analog Ground 6 Analog Ground 7 Analog Ground 8 Analog Ground 9 5V 10 Analog Ground 11 NC 12 DDC Data 13 Horizontal Sync 14 Vertical Sync 15 DDC Clock J22 PS 2 Mouse Connector Pin No Description 1 Data 2 NC 3 Ground 4 5V 5 Clock 6 NC J23 Serial Port 1 Pin No Description Data Carrier Detect DCD Receive Data RXD Transmit Data TXD Data Terminal Ready DTR Ground Data Set Ready DSR Request To Send RTS Clear To Send CTS CO N gt 01 B Go Po gt Ring Indicator Rl Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide J24 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Pin No Description Data NC Ground 5V Clock O 01 B GO PO gt NC JP2 HD LED Pin No Description 1 5V Low Active Signal JP3 SMBUS Connector Pin No Description 1 SMBUS Data 2 SMBUS Clock JP4 System Thermal Connector
17. O Disabled Primary IDE 1 Disabled Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Secondary IDE 1 Disabled FOOD COM LPT Port Disabled PCI PIRQ A D Disabled ti esMove Enter Select PUSPDUalue FI0 Save ESC Exit FirGeneral Help FS Previous Walues F Fail Safe Defaults Ff Optimized Defaults AGP Aperture Size MB This item will allow you to select the ACPI suspend type You can select S3 STR for suspending to DRAM or S1 POS for power on suspend under Windows 98 ACPI mode The choice 1 POS S3 STR BIOS Setup 3 25 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Power Management This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Doze Mode 3 Suspend Mode There are four selections for Power Management three of which have fixed mode settings Disable default No power management Disables all four modes Min Power Saving Minimum power management Doze Mode 1 hr Standby Mode 1 hr Suspend Mode 1 hr and HDD Power Down 15 min Max Power Saving Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL CPU s Doze Mode 1 min Standby Mode 1 min Suspend Mode 1 min and HDD Power Down 1 min User Defined Allows you to set each mode individually When not disabled each of the ranges are from 1 min to 1 hr except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min to 15 min and disable Video Off Method This determines the manner
18. OS value for boot up BIOS Setup 3 39 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide BIOS Reference POST Message During the Power On Self Test POST if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do something to fix it will either sound a beep code or display a message If a message is displayed it will be accompanied by PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE CTRL ALT ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP POST Beep Currently there is only one beep code in BIOS This code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps Error Messages One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST This list includes messages for both the ISA and the EISA BIOS CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED CMOS battery is no longer functional It should be replaced CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Check the battery and replace if necessary DISK BOOT FAILURE INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER No boot device was found This could mean that either a boot drive was not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files Insert a system disk into Drive A and press lt Enter gt If you assumed the system would boot from the hard drive make sure the controller is ins
19. P use If ESCD is valid take into consideration of the ESCD s legacy information 4 Onboard clock generator initialization Disable BIOS Setup 3 46 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex Description respective clock resource to empty PCI amp DIMM slots 5 Early PCI initialization Enumerate PCI bus number Assign memory amp I O resource Search for a valid VGA device amp VGA BIOS and put it into CO00 0 24h Reserved 25h Reserved 26h Reserved 27h Initialize INT 09 buffer 28h Reserved 29h 1 Program CPU internal MTRR P6 amp PII for 0 640K memory address 2 Initialize the APIC for Pentium class CPU 3 Program early chipset according to CMOS setup Example onboard IDE controller 4 Measure CPU speed 5 Invoke video BIOS 2Ah Reserved 2Bh Reserved 2Ch Reserved 2Dh 1 Initialize multi language 2 Put information on screen display including Award title CPU type CPU speed 2Eh Reserved 2Fh Reserved 30h Reserved 31h Reserved 32h Reserved 33h Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 34h Reserved 35h Reserved 36h Reserved 37h Reserved 38h Reserved 39h Reserved 3Ah Reserved 3Bh Reserved 3Ch Test 8254 3Dh Reserved BIOS Setup 3 47 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex
20. condary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 When HDD type is in user type the MODE option will be opened for user to select their own HDD mode 2 HDD Modes The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes NORMAL LBA amp LARGE NORMAL mode Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make any transformations during accessing The maximum number of cylinders head amp sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024 16 amp 63 no Cyclinder 1024 x no Head 16 x no Sector 63 x no per sector 512 528 Megabytes If user set his HDD to NORMAL mode the maximum accessible HDD size will be 528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that LBA Logical Block Addressing mode A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck The number of cylinders heads amp sectors shown in setup may not be the number physically contained in the HDD During HDD accessing the IDE controller will transform the logical address described by sector head amp cylinder number into its own physical address inside the HDD BIOS Setup 3 36 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The maximum HDD size supported by LBA mode is 8 4 Gigabytes which is obtained by the following formula no Cyclinder 1024 x no Head 255 x no Sector 63 x_bytes per sector 512 8 4 Gigabytes LARGE mode Extended HDD access mode supported by Award Software Some IDE HDDs contain more than 1024
21. detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller FDC installed on the system board and you wish to use it If you install and in FDC or the system has no floppy drive select Disabled in this field The choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports The choice 3F8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select This item allows you to select UART mode The choice Enabled Disabled RxD TxD Active This item allows you to determine the active of RxD TxD The Choice Hi Hi Lo Lo Lo Hi Hi Lo IR Transmission delay This item allows you to enable disable IR transmission delay The choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup 3 21 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide UR2 Duplex Mode This item allows you to select the IR half full duplex funcion The choice Half Full Use IR Pins This item allows you to select IR transmission routes one is RxD2m TxD2 COM Port and the other is IR Rx2Tx2 The choice IR Rx2Tx2 RxD2 TxD2 Onboard Parallel Port This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with which I O address The choice 3BC IRQ7 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Select an
22. e Page 4 16 to Page 4 20 for details Power Management setup This category determines how much power consumption for system after selecting below items Default value is Disable See Page 4 21 to Page 4 25 for details PNP PCI Configuration This category specifies the assignment of all the IRQ s and DMA s See Page 4 26 to Page 4 27 for details Load _ BIOS defaults BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system parameter which the system would be in minimum performance The OEM manufacturer may change the defaults through MODBIN before the binary image burn into the ROM Load Setup defaults Chipset defaults indicates the values required by the system for the maximum performance The OEM manufacturer may change to defaults through MODBIN before the binary image burn into the ROM Integrated Peripherals System Environment This category allows you to set up all the on board I O controllers like IDE SCSI FDC etc See Page 4 28 to Page 4 30 Password Setting Change set or disable password of supervisor or user It allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup See Page 4 31 for details BIOS Setup 3 5 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide IDE HDD auto detection Automatically configure hard disk parameters See Page 4 32 to Page 4 35 Save amp Exit Setup Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup Exit without saving Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup
23. ebooted This would prevent unauthorized use of your computer You determine when the password is required within the BIOS Features Setup Menu and its Security option see Section 4 If the Security option is set to System the password will be required both at boot and at entry to Setup If set to Setup prompting only occurs when trying to enter Setup BIOS Setup 3 34 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide IDE HDD Auto Detection The Enhance IDE features was included in all Award BIOS Below is a brief description of this feature 1 Setup Changes lt I gt Auto detection BIOS setup will display all possible modes that supported by the HDD including NORMAL LBA amp LARGE if HDD does not support LBA modes no LBA option will be shown Users can select a mode which is appropriate for them ROM PCI ISA BOPS 2XXXXXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE Primary Master Select Primary Master Option N Skip N OPTION SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE 1 Y 516 1120 16 65535 1119 59 NORMAL 2 516 524 32 0 1119 63 LBA lt ll gt Standard CMOS Setup CYLS Heads Precom Landzon Sector Mode e Primary Master User 516MB 1120 16 65535 1119 59 Norma Primary Slave None 684 16 65535 685 38 203MB BIOS Setup 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Secondary None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Master Se
24. econd gt which accepts both function key or numerical key The time is calculated based on the 24 hour military time clock For example 1 p m is 13 00 00 Primary Master Primary Slave The categories identify the types of drives that have been installed in the computer There are 45 predefined types and 2 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined Type User is user definable Press PgUp lt gt or PgDn lt gt to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press lt Enter gt Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually If you select Type User related information is asked to be entered to the following items Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press lt Enter gt This information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI the selection shall be Type 1 If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI the selection shall be None If the controller of HDD interface is CD ROM the selection shall be None CYLS number of cylinders HEADS number of heads PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE HDD access mode If a hard disk has n
25. elect Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result BIOS Setup 3 17 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The Choice Enabled Disabled Video RAM Cacheable Select Enabled allows caching of the video RAM resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The Choice Enabled Disabled You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM When this area is reserved it cannot be cached The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually discusses their memory requirements The Choice Enabled Disabled 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 The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Fast Write This item will enable the AGP model into fast write mode The Choice Enabled Disabled AGP Aperture Size MB Select the size of the Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aperture The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation See www agpforum org for AGP information The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 BIOS Setup 3 18 96M
26. erted correctly and all cables are properly attached Also be sure the disk is formatted as a boot device Then reboot the system BIOS Setup 3 40 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR RUN SETUP Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS definition Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup Determine which setting is correct and then either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Since last powering off the system the display adapter has been changed You must configure the system for the new display type EISA Configuration Checksum Error PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The EISA non volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly read the EISA slot This can indicate either the EISA non volatile memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot EISA Configuration Is Not Complete PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non volatile memory is incomplete Note When either of these errors appear the system will boot in ISA mode w
27. for PCI BIOS 3 Some of the sound cards have an onboard CD ROM controller which uses IDE Secondary Port In order to avoid PCI IDE conflict 4 the IDE secondary channel control has to select disable then CD ROM can work BIOS Setup 3 15 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu Since the features in this section are related to the chipset in the CPU board and all are optimized you are not recommended to change the default settings in the setup table unless you know very detailed of the chipset features CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CE 1984 2000 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features RORAM Bus Frequency 300 HHz Item Help DRAM Data Integrity Hode Hon E C System BIOS Cacheable Enabled Menu Level P Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Video RAM Cacheable Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Delayed Transaction Enabled AGP Aperture Size HB 64 ti sMove Enter Select PUSPO Nalue Fil ave ESC Exit Fi General Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults FFrOptimized Defaults This section allows you to configure the system based on the specific features of the installed chipset This chipset manages bus speeds and access to system memory resources such as DRAM and the external cache It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA bus and the PCI bus It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered The default settings have been chosen because
28. for those clock ratio haven t been locked The choice X3 0 X8 0 BIOS Setup 3 33 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Supervisor User Password Setting You can set either supervisor or user password or both of then The differences between are supervisor password can enter and change the options of the setup menus user password just can enter but do not have the right to change the options of the setup menus When you select this function the following message will appear at the center of the screen to assist you in creating a password ENTER PASSWORD Type the password up to eight characters in length and press lt Enter gt The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from CMOS memory You will be asked to confirm the password Type the password again and press lt Enter gt You may also press lt Esc gt to abort the selection and not enter a password To disable a password just press lt Enter gt when you are prompted to enter the password A message will confirm the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup freely PASSWORD DISABLED When a password has been enabled you will be prompted to enter it every time you try to enter Setup This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration Additionally when a password is enabled you can also require the BIOS to request a password every time your system is r
29. ftware PE Health Status Warning Beep Enabled Item Help CPU Warning Temperature 120 Henu Level k t Move Enter elect PUZPD alue Fil aye E C Exit Fi General Help F5 Preyious Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item will prevent CPU from overheating The choice 30 120 Current System Temp Show you the current system temperature Current CPU1 Temperature Show you the current CPU1 temperature Current CPUFAN 1 2 3 Speed Show you the current CPUFAN operating speed BIOS Setup 3 31 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide INO 1 2 V Show you the voltage of Vin 0 1 2 5V 12V 12V 5V Show you the voltage of 5V 12V 12V 5V PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choice Disabled 60 C 140 F 65 C 149 F 70 C 159 F 75 C 167 F BIOS Setup 3 32 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Frequency Voltage Control CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CE 1984 2000 Award Software Frequency Voltage Control CPU Clock Ratio Item Help Menu Level P ti esMove Enter elect 7 7PUZPD alue Fil ave E C Exit Fi General Help F5 Previous Ualues F Fail afe Defaults F7 ptimized Defaults PCI VGA Palette Snoop This item allows you to set up the CPU clock ratio but this function depends on different CPU performance It is only effective
30. hich allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE Hard drive cannot be initialized Be sure the adapter is installed correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached Also be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup BIOS Setup 3 41 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER Cannot initialize controller Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly installed in the bus Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller make sure the controller is installed correctly and firmly If there are no floppy drives installed be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE Invalid EISA Configuration PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The non volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt Re run EISA configuration utility to correctly program the memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT Cannot initialize the keyboard Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot If you are purposely configurating the
31. in which the monitor is blanked V H SYNC Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer DPMS Initial display power management signaling Video Off In Suspend This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked The choice Yes No Suspend Type BIOS Setup 3 26 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Select the Suspend Type The choice PWRON Suspend Stop Grant MODEM Use IRQ This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use The choice 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 NA Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off The choice Enabled Disabled HDD Power Down When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active The choice Enabled Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung The choice Delay 4 Sec Instant Off PowerOn by Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator RI line in other words an incoming call on the modem awakens the system from a soft off state The choice Enabled Disabled USB KB Wake Up From 3 This item will enable you to wake up the system by US
32. ive type as they are all 80 tracks Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K BIOS Setup 3 12 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Boot Up NumLock Status The default value is On Keypad is number keys Keypad is arrow keys Typematic Rate Setting This determines the typematic rate Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay programming Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay programming The system BIOS will use default value of this 2 items and the default is controlled by keyboard Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Gcharacterspersecond __ _ 8 8characters per second __ Typematic Delay Msec When holding a key the time between the first and second character displayed 1000 1000 msec BIOS Setup 3 13 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup or just to Setup System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Setup The system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt Note To disable security select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press lt Enter gt it will disable
33. nd Boot Device Disk boot sector Third Boot Device protection If this Boot Other Device function is enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled and someone attempt to Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled write data into this Boot Up HumLock Status On area BIOS will show a Gate AZ0 Option Fast warning message on Typematic Rate Setting Enabled screen and alarm beep Typematic Rate Chars Sec 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup HPS Version Control For O 1 1 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Hon 0 2 HOD M ALR T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CEOO0 CBFFF Shadow Disabled COOOO CFFFF Shadow Disabled DOOOO D3FFF Shadow Disabled D4ad00 D7FFF Shadow Disabled D amp 000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DCOOO DFFFF Shadow Disabled t Hoye EntertSelect PU POUalue FI0sSave E Exit FitGeneral Help FS Previous Values F Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Virus Warning This category flashes on the screen During and after the system boots up any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will appear in the mean time you can run an anti virus program to locate the problem WARNING Disk boot sector is to be modified Type Y to accept write or N to abort write Award Software Inc Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot secto
34. ns 1 4 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide On Board VGA 96M27810 only eC amp T 69000 69030 VGA controller PCI mode e TFT LCD DSTN LCD CRT control e2 4MB SDRAM on die eMaximum Res Color amp Refresh Rate Resolution Colors Refresh Rate Hz 1280x1024 256 60 1024x768 16bits High color 85 75 65 800x600 24bits True color 85 75 65 eDriver support Windows 95 98 Windows NT4 0 e15 pin D type connector x1 50 pin LCD panel connector x1 On Board I O eSMSC LPC47B272 Enhanced Super I O on board eSIOx2 with 2x16C550 UARTs 10 pin header x1 9 pin D type connector x1 Optional RS422 485 x1 ePIOx1 bi directional EPP ECP support 26 pin connector x1 eFloppy Disk controller 5 25 360KB 1 2MB 3 5 720KB 1 2MB 1 44MB 2 88MB support 34 pin connector x1 eOn chip enhanced IDE x 2 PIO up to mode 4 DMA master up to mode 2 Ultra DMA 66 support 40 pin connector x 2 total 4 E IDE devices support eOn chip Keyboard mouse controller 5 pin connector x 1 for other keyboard 6 pin mini DIN connector x1 for PS 2 keyboard mouse eOn board USB port x2 6pin header x1 eOn Board buzzer x1 eOn board 2 pin header for C eOn board 4 pin header for IrDA eOn Board 2 pin header for reset SW 4 pin for speaker 5 pin for keylock On Board Solid State Disk Socket eOn board reserved socket for DOC of M systems 2MB 288MB etc System Monitor eWinbond W83782D system monitor controller eSeven voltage For 3 3V 5V
35. nterface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device The choice Auto Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Ultra DMA 33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver Windows 95 OSR2 or a third party IDE bus master driver If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable BIOS support The Choice Auto Disabled USB Controller Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have USB peripherals The choice Enabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus USB controller and you have a USB keyboard The choice Enabled Disabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on chip VGA first The choice PCI Slot Onboard AC97 Audio Modem This item allows you to decide to enable disable the 810 chipset family to support AC97 Audio Modem BIOS Setup 3 20 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The choice Enabled Disabled 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
36. old down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL Wrong Board In Slot PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non volatile memory NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility BIOS Setup 3 44 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide BIOS Reference POST Codes POST hex Description CFh Test CMOS R W functionality COh Early chipset initialization Disable shadow RAM Disable L2 cache socket 7 or below Program basic chipset registers Cih Detect memory Auto detection of DRAM size type and ECC Auto detection of L2 cache socket 7 or below C3h Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM C5h Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 amp F000 shadow RAM 0h1 Expand the Xgroup codes locating in physical address 1000 0 02h Reserved 03h Initial Superio_Early_Init switch 04h Reserved 05h 1 Blank out screen 2 Clear CMOS error flag 06h Reserved 07h 1 Clear 8042 interface 2 Initialize 8042 self test 08h 1 Test special keyboard controller for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips 2 Enable keyboard interface 09h Reserved OAh 1 Disable PS 2 mouse interface optional 2 Auto detect ports for keyboard amp mouse followed by a port amp interface swap optional 3 Reset keyboard for Winbond 977 series Super I O chips OBh Reserved OCh Reser
37. operating mode for the onboard parallel printer port Select Normal Compatible or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support one of the other available modes The choice SPP EPP ECP ECP EPP EPP Mode Select Select EPP port type 1 7 or 1 9 The choice EPP1 7 1 9 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode The choice 3 1 This item allows you to select the Game Port Address The choice Disabled 201 209 BIOS Setup 3 22 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide BIOS Setup 3 23 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Midi Port Address This item allows you to select the Midi Port Address The choice Disabled 330 300 Midi Port IRQ This item allows you to select the Midi Port IRQ The choice 5 10 BIOS Setup 3 24 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup allows you to configure you system to most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1994 2000 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI Function Enabled Item Help Power Management User Define Wideo Off Method DPHS Henu Level k Video Off In Suspend Yes Suspend Type Stop Grant HODEH Use IRQ 3 Suspend Mode Disabled HOD Power Down Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTH Instant Off Wake Up by PCI card Disabled CPU THRH Throttling 50 0 Primary IDE
38. ot been installed select NONE and press lt Enter gt BIOS Setup 3 8 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Drive A type Drive B type The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that have been installed in the computer No floppy drive installed capacit megabyte capacity 720K 3 5 in 3 1 2 inch double sided drive 720 kilobyte capacity capacity capacit Video The category selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must match your video display card and monitor Although secondary monitors are supported you do not have to select the type in Setup You have two ways to boot up the system 1 When VGA as primary and monochrome as secondary the selection of the video tape is VGA Mode 2 When monochrome as primary and VGA as secondary the selection of the video type is Monochrome Mode EGA VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter Video Graphics Array For EGA VGA SEGA or PGA monitor adapters CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter power up in 80 column mode MONO Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters BIOS Setup 3 9 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Error Halt The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up system will be stopped and you will be prompted may be detected Keyboard stop for all other errors for all othe
39. r errors Disk Key error it will stop for all other errors Memo The category is display only which is determined by POST Power On Self Test of the BIOS Base Memory The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base or conventional memory installed in the system The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard Extended Memory The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU s memory address map Other Memory This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address space This is memory that can be used for different applications DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base memory free for application programs Most use for this area is Shadow RAM Total Memory System total memory is the sum of basic memory extended memory and other memory BIOS Setup 3 10 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide BIOS Features Setup Menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CE 1984 2000 fward Software Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning Disabled Item Help CPU Internal Cache Enabled External Cache Enabled Henu Level k CPU L Cache EGG Checking Enabled Processor Humber Feature Enabled Allows you to choose Quick Power On Self Test Disabled the VIRUS warning First Boot Device feature for IDE Hard Seco
40. r or hard disk partition table access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Note This function is available only for DOS and other OSes that do not trap INT13 BIOS Setup 3 11 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide CPU Internal Cache External Cache These two categories speed up memory access However it depends on CPU chipset design The default value is Enable If your CPU without Internal Cache then this item CPU Internal Cache will not be show Enabled Enable cache Disabled isable cache Quick Power On Self Test This category speeds up Power On Self Test POST after you power on the computer If itis set to Enable BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST Enabled Enable quick POST Disabled Normal POST Boot Sequence This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system i e DOS Default value is A C C A System will first search for hard disk drive then floppy disk drive A C System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive Note This function is only available for IDE type For SCSI type is always boot from A Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K 1 2M and 1 44M are all 80 tracks Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K 1 2M or 1 44M dr
41. rt 1 J24 PS 2 Keyboard Connector JP2 HD LED JP3 SMBUS Connector JP4 System Thermal Connector JP5 Disk On Module Power Connector JP6 Keyboard Connector JP7 PANEL Power Switch U20 DiskOnChip J1 J2 CPU2 FAN Connector Pin No Description 1 GND 2 12V 3 Sense Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide J8 Panel Connector Pin No Description PIN No Description 1 Back light control 2 12 V 3 Horizontal Sync 4 Data enable 5 Clock 6 Vertical Sync 7 Datad 8 Panel power 3 5V 9 Data2 10 Data 11 Data24 12 Data3 13 Data4 14 Data25 15 Data6 16 Data5 17 Data26 18 Data7 19 Data8 20 Panel power 3 5V 21 Data10 22 Data27 23 Ground 24 Data9 25 Data28 26 Data11 27 Data12 28 Data29 29 Data14 30 Panel Voltage Bias Enable 31 Data30 32 Data13 33 Ground 34 Data15 35 Data16 36 Data31 37 Data18 38 Data17 39 NC 40 Ground 41 Data32 42 Data19 43 Data20 44 Data33 45 Data22 46 Data21 47 Data34 48 Data23 49 Ground 50 Data35 J10 IR Connector Pin No Description 1 5V 2 NC 3 Received Data 4 Ground 5 Transmit Data Specifications 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide J11 Key Lock Connector Pin No Description 5V NC Ground Key Lock Signal on BR OO Pho gt Ground J
42. rved 81h Reserved E8POST ASM starts 82h 1 Call chipset power management hook 2 Recover the text fond used by EPA logo not for full screen logo 3 If password is set ask for password 83h Save all data in stack back to CMOS 84h Initialize ISA PnP boot devices 85h 1 USB final Initialization 2 NET PC Build SYSID structure 3 Switch screen back to text mode 4 Set up ACPI table at top of memory 5 Invoke ISA adapter ROMs 6 Assign IRQs to PCI devices 7 Initialize APM 8 Clear noise of IRQs 86h Reserved 87h Reserved 88h Reserved 89h Reserved 90h Reserved 91h Reserved 92h Reserved 93h Read HDD boot sector information for Trend Anti Virus code 94h 1 Enable L2 cache BIOS Setup 3 50 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex Description Program boot up speed Chipset final initialization Power management final initialization Clear screen amp display summary table Program K6 write allocation Program P6 class write combining 95h Program daylight saving Update keyboard LED amp typematic rate 96h 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 Build MP table Build amp update ESCD Set CMOS century to 20h or 19h Load CMOS time into DOS timer tick Build MSIRQ routing table FFh Boot attempt INT 19h BIOS Setup 3 51 96M27810 96M27910 Users Guide Appendix Memory Mapping 1MB 100000
43. s F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item To exit the Help Window press lt F1 gt or lt Esc gt BIOS Setup 3 3 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The Main Menu Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility the Main Menu Figure 1 will appear on the screen The Main Menu allows you to select from ten setup functions and two exit choices Use arrow keys to select among the items and press lt Enter gt to accept or enter the sub menu CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award Software Standard CHOS Features Frequency UYoltage 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 PoP PCI Configurations Save amp Exit Setup PC Health Status Exit Without Saving Ese Quit F Menu in BIOS t z Select Item Fil Save amp Exit Setup Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS setup This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS See Page 4 7 to Page 4 10 for details BIOS features setup This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features See Page 4 11 to Page 4 15 for details BIOS Setup 3 4 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Chipset features setup This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features Se
44. ssignment Auto IHT Pin 2 Assignment huto IHT Pin 3 Assignment Auto IHT Pin 4 amp Assignment Auto ti e Move Enter Select PU PDUalue FI0 Save ESC Exit FizGeneral Help FS Previous Ualues F Fail Safe Defaults FirOotimized Defaults Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system can not boot The choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup 3 29 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices However this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95 If you set this field to manual choose specific resources by going into each of the sub menu that follows this field a sub menu is preceded by a gt The choice Auto ESCD Manual IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt PCI VGA Palette Snoop Leave this field at Disabled The choice Enabled Disabled BIOS Setup 3 30 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide PC Health Status CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 2000 Award So
45. st speed in CPU memory as well as the PCI bandwidth Moreover the major operating environments such as Windows NT 4 0 Windows 2000 SCO Open Server 5 and Novell Netware 4 can run with our SBC without any modifications The emerging new Unix based operating systems like the Red Hat Linux Free BSD and the well established SUN Solaris are also running well with the SBC Specifications 1 3 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide 1 1 Specifications Specification System Architecture eFull size SBC with 64bit PCI ISA Golden finger elntel Socket 370 Pentium III with 100 133MHz FSB ePCI V2 2 complied ePICMG 1 0 Rev 2 0 complied elntel MPS1 1 1 4 specification complied CPU Support elntel Pentium II CPU with 256K cache on die eBrand New Socket 370 FC PGA CPU running at 100 133MHz FSB up to 1GHz eDual CPU support eSupport streaming SIMD instruction Main Memory eSupport RDRAM up to 2GB Max e184 pin RIMM socket x4 eECC support single bit error correction multiple bit errors reporting BIOS eAward System BIOS ePlug amp Play support eAdvanced Power Management support eAdvanced Configuration amp Power Interface support e4M bits flash ROM Chip Set elntel 840 Chipset support up to 2 way configurations e64 bit and 66MHz PCI interface e82840 x1 Memory Controller Hub MCH e82801 x1 I O Controller Hub ICH e82802 x1 Firmware Hub FWH 082806 x1 64 bit PCI Controller Hub P64H elTE 8888F x1 PCI to ISA Bridge Specificatio
46. system without a keyboard set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL BUT KEYBOARD This will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot Memory Address Error at Indicates a memory address error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips Memory parity Error at Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location You can use this location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the bad memory chips BIOS Setup 3 42 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT Memory has been added or removed since the last boot In EISA mode use Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration In ISA mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields Memory Verify Error at Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory Use the location along with your system s memory map to locate the bad chip OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem cannot be isolated OFFENDING SEGMENT This message is used in conjunction with the I O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has been isolated PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT This will be displayed at the bo
47. they provide the best operating conditions for your system The only time you might consider making any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while using your system BIOS Setup 3 16 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to dynamic random access memory DRAM The default timings have been carefully chosen and should only be altered if data is being lost Such a scenario might well occur if your system had mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity of the data held in the slower memory chips RDRAM Bus Frequency This item defines the RDRAM bus frequency The Choice 400MHz 356MHz 300MHz 266MHz SDRAM CAS Latency Time When synchronous DRAM is installed the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing The Choice 2 3 RDRAM Device Napdown Select Disabled to increase 5 system performance or select Enabled to enter the RDRAM device power save mode The Choice Enabled Disabled RDRAM Data Integrity Mode Select Parity or ECC error correcting code according to the type of installed DRAM The Choice Non ECC ECC System BIOS Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at FOOOOh FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result The choice Enabled Disabled Video BIOS Cacheable S
48. ttom screen when an error occurs that requires you to reboot Press any key and the system will reboot PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI F2 TO REBOOT When BIOS detects a Non maskable Interrupt condition during boot this will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot or you can reboot the system with the NMI enabled RAM PARITY ERROR CHECKING FOR SEGMENT Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory BIOS Setup 3 43 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configurated as having no board ID NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Should Have EISA Board But Not Found PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY The board installed is not responding to the ID request or no board ID has been found in the indicated slot NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility Slot Not Empty Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration Utility actually contains a board NOTE When this error appears the system will boot in ISA mode which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility SYSTEM HALTED CTRL ALT DEL TO REBOOT Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must be rebooted Press and h
49. tup restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case You may also restart by simultaneously pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt and lt Delete gt keys If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to PRESS lt F1 gt TO CONTINUE lt CTRL ALT ESC gt OR lt DEL gt TO ENTER SETUP BIOS Setup 3 1 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Control Keys E Move to next item Move to the item in the left hand Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu key PgDn Decrease the numeric value or make changes E PST Ie F1 key General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup W ie aie ave Shift F2 key Change color from total 16 colors F2 to select color forward Shift F2 to select color backward F3 key Reserved F4 key Reserved F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS only for Option Page Setup ae F6 key Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table only for Option Page eae aad Reserved Reserved BIOS Setup 3 2 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide Getting Help Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Pres
50. uting power as well as I O performance The on board VGA is SMI721 which is 2XAGP based graphics video accelerator with the on chip memory from 2 MB 4 MB up to 16 MB depending on models The SBC could also be used as the powerful graphic video platform It also supports TFT panel The on board enhanced PCI IDE interface can support up to mode 4 PIO and Mode 2 DMA master and the new ATAG6 transfer The SMSC LPC47B272 integrates the floppy controller two serial ports and one parallel port The two on chip UARTs are compatible with NS16C550 and the parallel port support EPP ECP The keyboard mouse controller is also supported on chip Specifications 1 2 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide The PICMG standard makes the SBC work with the legacy ISA back plane and brand new PCI ISA back plane and the ISA MAX feature is also built in for ISA add ons up to 20 boards The SSD solution the socket for Disk On Chip of M systems is reserved It can support the DOC up to 144 MB The flash ROM is used to make the BIOS update easier and the additional keyboard connector is reserved for connecting to the keyboard connector on the back plane The brand new Universal Serial Bus USB is also supported by this product for more advanced applications The high precision real time clock calendar is built in for accurate scheduling and the watchdog timer is also the standard feature The SBC uses the latest generation Intel 840 chipset which delivers the faste
51. ved ODh Reserved OEh Test FOO0h segment shadow to see whether it is R W able BIOS Setup 3 45 96M27810 96M27910 User s Guide POST hex Description or not If test fails keep beeping the speaker OFh Reserved 10h Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R W codes into the run time area in F000 for ESCD amp DMI support 11h Reserved 12h Use walking 1 s algorithm to check out interface in CMOS circuitry Also set real time clock power status and then check for override 13h Reserved 14h Program chipset default values into chipset Chipset default values are MODBINable by OEM customers 15h Reserved 16h Initial Early_Init_Onboard Generator switch 17h Reserved 18h Detect CPU information including brand SMI type Cyrix or Intel and CPU level 586 or 686 19h Reserved 1Ah Reserved 1Bh Initial interrupts vector table If no special specified all H W interrupts are directed to SPURIOUS_INT_HDLR amp S W interrupts to SPURIOUS_soft_HDLR 1Ch Reserved 1Dh Initial EARLY _PM_INIT switch 1Eh Reserved 1Fh Load keyboard matrix notebook platform 20h Reserved 21h HPM initialization notebook platform 22h Reserved 23h 1 Check validity of RTC value e g a value of 5Ah is an invalid value for RTC minute 2 Load CMOS settings into BIOS stack If CMOS checksum fails use default value instead 3 Prepare BIOS resource map for PCI amp Pn
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