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1. DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 FDC C CN3 COM 1 Serial Port 1 Connector CN4 COM 2 Serial Port 2 Connector Ping assignment of serial port connector 1 6 Signal name Pin Signal name DCD Data Carrier Detect 6 DSR Data Set Ready 2 RD Received Data 7 RTS Request To Send 3 TD Transmit Data 8 CTS Clear To Send 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 9 RI Ring Indicator 5 Ground 5 9 I O address 3F8H 2F8H 3E8H 2E8H IRQ3 IRQ4 selected by CMOS setup 3 4 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP D CN5 Parallel Port Connector CN5 Parallel Port Pin assignment of parallel port 1 14 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 STROBE 14 AUTO FEED 2 Data Bit 0 15 ERROR 3 Data 16 INIT 4 Data Bit 2 17 SLCTIN 5 Data Bit 3 18 Ground 6
2. FDC L CN13 CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector CN13 CPU Cooling Fan Ground 12V DC Fan Sense Signal d ic DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FDC 3 8 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP M CN14 AT Power Connector CN14 4 AT Power Connector 2 ESS ny 0 mom n Ic DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 FDC Pin Assignment 1 1 Povver Good Orange 216 2 5VDC Red 3 12VDC Yellow 416 4 12VDC Blue 5 5 Ground Black 6 6 Ground Black y 7 Ground Black 8 8 Ground Black 3 9 le 9 White 0 10 5VDC Red 11 5VDC Red 12 06 12 5VDC Red Note There are two connectors from the switching power supply P8 amp P9 Wrong connection will cause permanent damage to the mainboard Be sure to make the power connector correctly all the time Joint the black cable and then have the conn
3. DIMENSION 4 layers PCB 220mm x 240mm Baby AT Form Factor ENVIRONMENT LIMIT 1 Operating Temperature 10 1040 50 104 2 Required Airflovv 50 linear feet per minute across CPU 3 Storage Temperature 40 1070 40 to158 4 Humidity 0 to 90 non condensing 5 Altitude 0 to 10 000 feet 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 INSTALLATION 21 UNPACRING The mainboard contains the following components in the package Please inspect the following contents and confirm that everything is there in the package If anything is missing or damaged call your supplier for instructions before proceeding This mainboard One USER S MANUAL One Cable set for peripheral devices One Pentium I Processor Retention Mechanism RM One CD diskette for device drivers and utility programs This mainboard contains electrostatic sensitive components and it can be easily damaged by static electricity So please leave it sealed in the original packing until when installing A grounded anti static mat is recommended when unpacking and installation Please also attached an anti static wristband to your wrist and have it grounded to the same point as the anti static mat After the opening of the mainboard carton please observe the mainboard carefully to make sure there is no shipping and handling damage before you can start to install the PC system 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION 2 22 AMAZING
4. DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 FDC 1 240 3 10 Normal Setting Clear CMOS JP 6 Note Improper BIOS setting may cause PC system hang up In case that it happened use JP4 to clear the CMOS information and get the PC system back to normal Improper connection may cause permanent damage to the mainboard Please refer to the following steps to clear the CMOS 1 Unplug the AC power cable from the PC system 2 Put the mini jumper on pin 2 3 of JP4 around 3 to 5 seconds and then return it to the original position pin 1 2 3 Re connect the AC power cable E JP7 JP8 JP9 JP10 CPU Clock Ratio Selection CPU Speed Ratio 1 8 233 350 2 3 5X 266 400MHz Short 300 450MHz 4 5X Short 333 500MHz 5X Open 366 550 2 5 5X Open 400 600MHz 6X Short 433 650MHz 6 5X Short 466 700MHz 7X Open 500 750MHz 7 5X Open 533 800MHz 8X Short 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Basically there are two parameters whic
5. FDC 3 16 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 0 2 OnNow Function Selection optional When JP2 is installed on the board it will support the OnNow function The OnNow function will allow you to use Keyboard and PS 2 mouse key click to power on the PC system Because some certain keyboard does not support OnNow function and it will cause trouble to your PC system should it happened please use JP2 to disable the OnNow function so that your PC system will work normally OnNow Disabled JP 2 OnNow Enabled m DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 FDC 1 2 USB function enabled on CN7 USB2 default 2 3 USB function enabled on AGP slot 5 JP4 JP3 DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FDC 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP D JP6 CMOS Data Clear Button
6. DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMMI FDC Battery Socket Battery Positive Ground 3 2 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP A Keyboard Connectors Either the PS 2 CN20 type or the AT CN1 type keyboard connector can be installed here only one connector can be installed The factory default is the AT type connector installed on the board When the AT type K B installed on the board the PS 2 type CN20 become invisible K B CONNECTORS Either PS 2 or AT type K B connector can be installed on the mainboard Basically these two connectors share the same space so there is only one connector can be installed Default AT type connector installed H DIMM 3 BAT1 DIMM 2 H DIMM 1 1 IDE 1 FDC Pin assignment of PS 2 connector CN20 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 Reyboard Data 3 Ground 5 Keyboard Clock 2 No Connection 4 5 DC 6 Pin assignment of keyboard connector CN1 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 Keyboard clock 3 No connection 5 Keyboard Clock 2 Keyboard data 4 Ground 6 5V DC 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP B CN2 PS 2 Mouse Connector Mouse Data No Connection Ground 5V DC Mouse Clock
7. 5V 8 Bit I O Recovery Time 1 1 16 Bit I O Time 1 ESC Quit Select Item Memory Hole at 15M 16M Disabled Help PU PD Modify Passive Release Enabled F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color Delayed Transaction Disabled F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 5 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items CPU Host Clock CPU PCT default setting Default This field allows you to select different clock speed for your CPU and PCI bus The default setting will leave the mainboard to detect the CPU type and assign the proper frequency automatically SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay default setting 3 You can select RAS to CAS Delay time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 Do not change the 4 26 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP values in this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU The Choice 2 3 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time default setting 3 This field defines the length of time for Row Address Strobe is allowed to precharge The Choice 2 3 SDRAM CAS latency Time default setting 3 You can select CAS latency time in HCLKs of 2 2 or 3 3 Do not change the values in
8. AUN Ground 3 15 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 3 JUMPERS This section will discuss the jumper setting on this mainboard In order to let you have better idea of the jumper setting please see below for the explanation of jumper settings before you start this section open 00 000 1 1 1 1 1 A jumper is a set of two three or more jumper pins which allows users to make different system configuration by putting the plastic connector plug mini jumper on it The following jumpers which labeled with optional means they are optional on the mainboard and the related components are normally not populated on the board In order to make the mainboard works properly please make sure all jumper settings are at correct before installing this mainboard A JP1 Power Supply Selection optional This mainboard provides two power connectors to support both the AT and ATX Switching Power Supply SPS JP1 will be used to select the type of SPS If you can not find the JP1 on the mainboard than the mainboard will detect the type of SPS automatically 110 2 IE 5 5 5 5 SE ic DIMM 3 0 DIMM 2 DIMM 1
9. Supports or 2x AGP graphics cards PCI Slots 32 bitx4 Master Slave PCI 2 1 Compliant ISA Slots 16 bitx2 One of the slot is PCI ISA shared 1 3 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION VVOL PORTS One WOL connector supports Wake On LAN WOL up designed SB LINK PORTS One SB LINK feature connector to support PCI sound cards such as CreativeTM Labs EMU8008 sound chip USB PORTS Two Universal Serial Bus USB ports IDE PORTS Two channels of Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE ports which will support up to 4 IDE devices like IDE hard disk ATAPI CD ROM etc The IDE ports can be programmed to support PIO Mode 4 DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA 33 SUPER I O PORTS 1 Two high speed NS16C550 compatible serial ports UARTS 2 One parallel port supports SPP EPP ECP mode 3 One Floppy Disk Control port IR PORT One HPSIR and ASKIR or FasterIR optional compatible IR port One Consumer IR port optional MOUSE AND KEYBOARD One PS 2TM mouse connector One AT type keyboard connector PS 2TM type keyboard connector is optional HARDWARE DOCTOR TM optional Winbond W83783S U2 is designed on the board to monitor hardware healthy status like system voltage system temperature and cooling fans When the CPU is over heated the system BIOS will tell the system board to give a series of beeping alarm and then slow down the CPU speed so that you can take proper action to prevent damage to your system When you hear the beeping ala
10. When Enabled an event occurring on each device listed below restarts the global time for Standby mode IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Primary IDE 0 Primary IDE 1 Secondary IDE 0 Secondary IDE 1 Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port 4 34 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE INC IDE HDD Block Mode KBC input clock 8 MHz IDE Primary Master PIO Auto Onboard FDC Controller Enabled IDE Primary Slave PIO Auto Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRQ4 IDE Secondary Master PIO Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8 IRQ3 IDE Secondary Slave PIO Auto UART Mode Select Normal IDE Primary Master UDMA Auto IDE Primary Slave UDMA Auto Onboard Parallel Port 378 IRQ7 IDE Secondary Master UDMA Auto Parallel Port Mode SPP IDE Secondary Slave UDMA Auto On Chip Primary PCI IDE Enabled On Chip Secondary PCIIDE Enabled USB Keyboard Suppport Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot ESC Quit Select Item F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 5 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS setup screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background don t attempt to make any change except the following items IDE HDD Block M
11. 4 28 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP AGP Aperture Size MB default setting 64 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 Please see www agpforum org for AGP information The choice 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Default setting Enabled When you select Enabled the mainboard will detect the presence of devices on DIMM and PCI slots When there is no device presented the clock on the related DIMM and PCI slot will be disabled to reduce the electro magnetic interference EMI Spread Spectrum Default setting Disabled When you select Enabled the special feature designed in the system chipset will be triggered and reduce the EMI as mentioned above Hardware Doctor Optional valid when W83783S is installed CPU Warning Temperature Current CPU Temperature Current Chassis FAN Speed Current CPU FAN Speed System Voltages Vcore 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V The hardware monitoring device Winbond W83783S optional is designed on the board When installed you may use this field and the fields below to monitor the system healthy status These selection fields will be invisible unless you have the Winbond W83783S U2 installed on the board
12. 8 4GB that use Logic Block Addressing LBA mode Large For IDE HDD which is above 528MB and does not support LBA mode Note large mode may not be fully supported by all operation systems It is suggested to be used with the MS DOS such HDD is not very popular nowadays Auto This mode will auto detect your IDE driver during boot up Note Some certain operation systems such as SCO UNIX only NORMAL mode is allowed when installation Floppy 3 Mode Support Default setting disabled This mode is for the Japanese 3 5 inch floppy disk drive If you have such drive installed in your PC system please select enable otherwise use the default setting 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX 4 23 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Virus Warning Video BIOS Shadow Enabled CPU Internal Cache Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow Disabled External Cache Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled CC000 CFFFF Shadow Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled D4000 D7FFF Shadow Disabled Boot Sequence A C SCSI D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Gate A20 Option Fast Typematic Rate Setting Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup PCI VGA Palette
13. Snoop Disabled OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Non OS2 ESC Quit Select Item Report No FDD For WIN 95 Yes F1 Help PU PD Modify F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color PS 2 mouse function control Enable F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 4 BIOS FEATURES SETUP screen Virus Warning Basically The default setting of this feature is Disabled In order to avoid virus infection happens on your PC system this mainboard provides the virus warning features in the BIOS During and after the operation system is loaded any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table on the IDE hard disk drive will trigger this feature and give you some warning messages on the screen and then halt the system When you find the message on your screen please run the anti virus program to see whether your system is infected by a virus or not Enabled A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table Disabled No warning message will appear on the screen when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table CPU Internal External Cache default setting Enabled These fields allow you to turn on or turn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that built inside the Pentium II processors 4 24 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking default setting Enabled This option will enable or disable the ECC ch
14. detect FSB clock JP100 3 23 66MHz FSB clock Open 100MHz FSB clock When select 1 2 setting the system board will detect the FSB clock automatically When select 2 3 setting the FSB clock will be always 66MHz despite of CPU type When no jumper on JP100 FSB clock will be always 100MHz despite of CPU type 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 20 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 41 GETTING STARTED When the system is first time powered on or reset by user the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test routines POST which will display a copyright message on the screen and execute a diagnostics and initialization procedure In case that there is any error or malfunction detected the BIOS will give a series of beep sound or display the error message on screen When the system is normal the simulate figure Fig 5 1 will be displayed on the screen when the system is powered on Award Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C 1984 97 Award Software Inc CPU at xxxMHz EPA POLLUTION Memory Test OK Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1 0A Copyright C 1997 Award Software Inc Press DEL to enter SETUP ESC to skip memory test xxbxboci440LX5ooc2A59J 00 Fig 4 1 Initial Power On screen During the power on self testing POST the following message appears at the lower left corner of the screen P
15. the default value simply highlight the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS field and then press the Enter key when you see the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS Y N displayed on the screen response to it with Y and then press the Enter key the SETUP default values will be loaded Basically the SETUP default settings are the best case values that will optimize system performance and increase system stability In case that the CMOS data is corrupted the SETUP DEFAULTS settings will be loaded automatically when you press the Del key and enter the main setup screen So you may select SAVE amp EXIT SETUP to leave setup program and the system is loaded with the default settings 4 41 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 411 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER PASSWORD ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk The password entry in these field is different to what was mentioned in page 2 2 The password setting in the previous pages is used to power on your PC system However the SUPERVISOR PASSWORD and USER PASSWORD will be u
16. this field unless you change specifications of the installed DRAM or the installed CPU The Choice 2 3 DRAM Data Integrity Mode default setting Non ECC Select Parity or ECC error correcting code according to the type of installed DRAM The Choice Non ECC ECC System BIOS Cacheable default setting Disabled Select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled BIOS access cached Disabled BIOS access not cached Video BIOS Cacheable default setting Disabled Select Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h F7FFFh resulting in better video performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Enabled Video BIOS access cached Disabled Video BIOS access not cached Video RAM Cacheable default setting Disabled 4 27 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 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 8 Bit I O Recovery Time default setting 1 The recovery time is the length of time measured in CPU clocks which the system will delay after the completion of an input output request This delay takes place because the CPU is operating so much faster than the inp
17. this will be preset to No 4 31 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Video Off Method Default setting Blank screen This determines the manner 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 After Default setting Standby When enabled this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode Monitor will remain on during power saving modes Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend mode Standby Monitor blanked when the system enters Standby mode Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode Modem Use IRQ Default setting 3 This mainboard has the ACPI feature designed on the board and it will wakeup automatically when it detects the incoming modem Ring in signal Before you can use the Ring in signal to wakeup your PC system you have to install the External modem to your PC system and tell the PC system which serial port connects to the modem by selecting the IRQ in this field officially COMI uses IRQ4 and COM2 uses IRQ3 The choices NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined P
18. to Section 4 7 for the settings Having completed the BIOS setup you have to reboot the PC system so that BIOS can verify the setting the DMI pool data will be verified by the BIOS when loading the operating system Simply speaking shut down the PC system and then re start the system The modem ring in feature will be enabled when the operation system has been loaded Note This function is not available when using the internal MODEM card O WAKE ON LAN VOL There is a WOL connector CN14 see Section 3 2 on the mainboard which is designed to connect to the signal from a LAN card which supports the Wake On LAN feature When such LAN card is installed you may turn on the PC system from your remote server and monitor the PC status To enable this feature you will have to use the BIOS setup utility to enable the Resume by Ring or LAN it is located at POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 for the settings Having completed the BIOS setup you have to reboot the PC system so that BIOS can verify the setting the DMI pool data will be verified by the BIOS when loading the operating system Simply speaking reboot the PC system the Wake On LAN feature will be enabled when the operation system has been loaded 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION Note This function will be disabled if you turn off the power before the system can verify the DMI pool data 2 3 POWER OFF THE PC SYSTEM 1 When ATX power supply is
19. 5 CN9 IDE1 J CN11 SB LINK Connector For PCI bus sound cards such as Creative Labs EMU8008 sound chip CN 11 1 SB LINK pnl m ic m PHs DIMM 3 DIMM 2 DIMM 1 FDC Pin assignment of SB LINK Connector 1 2 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 GNT 2 Ground 3 Key 4 REQ Z 5 Ground 6 SERIRQ 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AVARD BIOS SETUP CN12 IR Infrared Rays Connector Consumer IR Connector Consumer IR connector is active only vvhen W83977CTF AW I O Chip is installed on position U10 IR FIR INFRARED RAYS CONSUMER IR 45VDC 1 6 5VDC NO CONNECTION 2 7 IR TRANSMIT IR RECEIVE 3 8 COSUMER IR RECEIVE GROUND 4 9 GROUND IR TRANSMIT 5 CN 12 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1
20. BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 5 b When this mainboard has the AT power supply connected According to the setup in CMOS the PW connector has two functions It can be the Reset button or Suspend Switch of your PC system please refer to Section 2 2 and section 4 7 for BIOS setup A When the BIOS setup is Delay 4 sec The PW switch can be used as a suspend switch When it is first pressed the PC system will be turned into suspend mode when clicked again the PC system will be back to the normal state B When the BIOS setup is Instant off The PW switch can be used as a reset button in the PC system When you click on this button the PC system will be reset and restart again 3 14 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP R Speaker LED and Key Lock Connector IDE2 IDE 1 08094 DDOQQ Speaker LED and Key Lock Connector SPK Speaker connector Pin Signal name 1 1 SV DC Speaker Data Signal Speaker Data Signal Speaker Data Signal 5 BS UN PWR LED KBLOCK Panel Power LED and Key Lock Connector Pin Signal name 1 Pullup 5V DC for Power LED Ground Ground Keyboard Lock 5
21. CPU cooling fan connector When Enabled is selected the CPU cooling fan will stop in Suspend mode to decrease the system power consumption and noise When Disabled the CPU cooling fan keeps on working when the system is in Suspend mode Resume by Ring or LAN Default setting Enabled When Enabled you can resume the system from Sleep or Suspend mode by using MODEM Ring in or a LAN signal In order to make this feature works normally there are some requirement need to be noticed please see Section 2 2 for details 4 33 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Resume by Alarm Default setting Disabled When Enabled the following two selection fields Date of Month Alarm and Time hh mm ss Alarm will appear on the screen You can use these two fields to set the date and time which you want to resume the system from Sleep or Suspend mode The Time must be set in a 24 hour format for more detail information please refer to Section 2 2 Thorttle Duty Cycle Default setting 62 520 When there is the Winbond W83783S U2 installed on the board the CPU speed will be slowed down Throttling Speed when the W83783S detects over heating on the CPU Slowing down the CPU speed will be the best way to cool down the CPU temperature and it will protect the CPU from damaged Use this option to select the Throttling Speed to protect your CPU when over heating Reload Global Timer Events
22. DIMM 2 BANK2 BANK3 DIMM 1 BANKO BANK There is no DIMM3 for 440ZX mainboard DRAM Subsystem Diagram This mainboard has the new technology called SPD Serial Presence Detect designed in the DRAM subsystem The SPD technology is introduced to make the system more stabile and compatible When there is the DIMM module with SPD populated on the mainboard the system BIOS will fetch the SDRAM information such as DRAM type size access timing etc stored in the DIMM module and then the system BIOS will use those information to determine what operating parameters will be used for the individual populated DIMM module 3 1 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP In order to increase of the system performance and steability two suggestions are recommended when you are installing the DIMM modules 1 Always use PCI00 DIMM modules which support the SPD function 2 Always install DIMM module starting from DIMM 1 first and then DIMM2 and DIMM3 3 2 CONNECTORS The connectors on mainboard will be used to connect the accessories or peripheral devices such as power mouse printer etc Followings are the connectors with its description and pin assignment which is designed on the mainboard Battery Socket Use the 3 Volts Lithium battery CR2032
23. Data Bit 4 19 Ground 7 Data Bit 5 20 Ground 8 Data Bit 6 21 Ground 9 Data Bit 7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 BUSY 24 Ground 12 PE 25 Ground 13 SLCT 26 N C 13 25 3 5 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP E CN6 USB 1 Universal Serial Bus Connector F CN7 USB 2 Universal Serial Bus Connector DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM 1 FDC Pin assignment of USB connector CN 7 CN 6 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 5 Ground BLACK WIRE 0 1 5V DC RED WIRE 4 Ground BLACK WIRE 2 DATA WHITE WIRE 3 DATA GREEN WIRE 16 3 DATA GREEN WIRE 2 DATA WHITE WIRE 4 Ground BLACR VVIRE 1 5 RED VVIRE el 5 Ground BLACR VVIRE a ic DIMM3 G CN8 Floppy Disk Control Port Connector using IRQ6 DMA 2 DIMM 1 IDE 1 CN8 FDC Connector 8 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP H CN9 IDE 1 Connectors Primary IDE Port 1F0H IRQ 14 I CN10 IDE 2 Connectors Secondary IDE Port 170H IRQ 1
24. P and then press the Enter key Confirm with the and Enter keys to the screen prompt and the setup information will be stored in the CMOS memory The setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 44 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 414 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This item exit the setup routine without saving any changed values to CMOS RAM When you do not want to save your change to the CMOS memory you may choose to run this option and the setting what you made in the BIOS setup routine will be given away Move the selection bar to EXIT WITHOUT SAVING and click on the Enter key then you will be asked to confirm the action to exit press the Y and Enter key the setup program will be terminated and the system will start to reboot 4 45
25. PT 6VBT PENTIUM II AT MAINBOARD USER S MANUAL VER 2 X DOC NUMBER UM VBT El PRINTED IN TAIWAN 440BX ZX AT PENTIUM IT MAINBOARD VER 2 X USER S MANUAL DOC NUMBER 02 PRINTED IN TAIWAN _440 7 MAINBOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter amp Section Page SIN PRODUC ceto tiennent teg datae to kehrte nonton ona aod aaa sessioissa 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 L3 SPECIFICATIONS 1 3 Zs INSTALLA TION 55 2 1 21 UNPACKING rec 2 1 2 2 AMAZING WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC 2 2 2 3 POWER 5 8 2505 5 mente ant 2 5 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 31 INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES eere eene 3 1 3 2 poitea osito eden iac usui ae Da es 3 2 3 9 JUMPERS 3 16 4 AWARD BIOS 4 20 4 1 GETTING S
26. TARTED 4 21 4 2 MAIN MENU ai beer Par team ei etes 4 21 42 3 CONTROL KE VS Ene ae D irit dM rds 4 22 44 STANDARD CMOS SETUD 54 4 22 4 5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 4 23 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP novio tira nni 4 26 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP im2aicnandsosanadonsmaen otzeaseiconozs7ni comcsss 4 30 4 8 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 1 1 4 35 49 PNP PCI 4 38 410 LOAD SETUP 5250 4 41 411 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD USER 4 42 4 12 IDE HDD AUTO 2 2022 2020004 4 43 4 13 4 44 414 EXIT WITHOUT SAV UNG 4 45 440BX ZX MAINBOARD SOMETHING IMPORTANT TRADEMARKS trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS is the function which will have the BIOS default settings loaded into the CMOS memory these default settings are the best case values that should optimize system performance and increase system stability This function will be necessitated when you receive this mainboard or when the system CMOS data
27. WAYS TO POWER ON THE PC SYSTEM Basically you can connect either AT or ATX power supply to this mainboard When the ATX power supply is connected there are many ways to power on the system Please read the following description for the details POWER BUTTON The power button on the front panel is not only for power on and power off the PC system It can be programmed by COMS setup program and it has different features Please refer to Section 3 2 for the detail of function description O KEYBOARD PASSWORD or HOT KEY optional JP11 This mainboard allows you to enter your personal password or a combination of hot key so that you can use it to power on your system When the system power is off This mainboard has the stand by 5V voltage active and it will keep scanning the keyboard status waiting for the correct password or hot key input to turn on the system power Without the correct password or hot key no one else can turn on the PC system neither by the power button There are two ways to power on the PC system by keyboard they are Password and Hot KEY Please refer to Section 4 8 for the BIOS setup When the Password and Hot KEY is selected you will have to reboot the PC system to activate the setting when you see the POST Power On Self Test is completed the setting is changed and stored in the CMOS memory Having finished the procedure you may turn the power off and then you can use the keyboard to powe
28. and you have enable the Throttle Duty Cycle in the Power Management Setup please see section 4 7 There is a CD comes with the mainboard You will find the hardware doctor program in the CD When the program is installed it will let you have a bodyguard in your PC system It will keep monitoring the CPU temperature Cooling fan speed system voltage etc Whenever it detects the abnormal condition occurs it will give you the warning message or slow down the CPU to avoid system damage 4 29 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Power Management User Define Reload Global Timer Events PM Control by APM Yes IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI Enabled Video Off Method Blank Screen Primary IDE 0 Disabled Video Off After Standby Primary IDE 1 Disabled MODEM Use IRQ DES Secondary IDE 0 Disabled Doze Mode Disable Secondary IDE 1 Disabled Standby Mode Disable Floppy Disk Disabled Suspend Mode Disable Serial Port Enabled HDD Power Down Disable Parallel Port Disabled PCI VGA Act Monitor Enabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Instant Off CPUFAN Off In Suspend Enabled Resume by Ring or LAN Enabled Resume by Alarm Disabled ESC Quit Select Item Help PU PD Modify Throttle Duty Cycle 5 Old Values Shift F2 Color F7 Load Setup Defaults Fig 4 6 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP scree
29. connected There are two ways to power off the system They are Shut Down by Power Button and Shut Down by OS such as Windows 95 and Windows 98 you can choose the Shut Down from the file menu and the system will be powered off immediately 2 When AT power supply is connected You can not use the OS to shut down the PC system you can use only the power button PW switch to turn the system power off 2 5 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 Before you can start to install this mainboard some hardware settings is required to make sure it will work perfectly with the component which you are going to install in your PC system To configure this mainboard is a simple task only a few jumpers connectors cables and sockets need to be selected and configured Please refer to the following sections for the settings INSTALLING THE DRAM MODULES This mainboard integrates a main memory controller that supports a 64 bit DRAM interface The DRAM controller supports the following features 1 DRAM type Synchronous SDRAM DRAM 2 Memory size 8MB to 384MB 256MB for 440ZX mainboard 3 Memory modules supported Single and double density 3 3V DIMMs DIMM 3 BANK4 BANKS
30. default setting shown above if you are using the normal display card OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB default setting Non OS 2 When you are using the OS 2 operating system and the system memory is more than 64MB you will have to select the setting to 052 otherwise leave this on the default setting Non OS2 for all other operating systems PS 2 mouse function control default setting Enabled This mainboard built in a PS 2TM mouse port In case that you prefer to connect your mouse to the serial port instead of using the PS 2TM mouse you may choose 4 25 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Disable in this field so that the IRQ12 can be released for the other devices If you are using the PS 2TM mouse leave this field Enabled 4 6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC CPU Host Clock CPU PCI Peu AGP Aperture Size MB 64 Auto Detect DIMM PCI Clk Enabled Spread Spectrum Disabled SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 96 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3 CPU Warning Temperature Disabled SDRAM CAS latency Time 2 2 Current CPU Temperature XX SDRAM Precharge Control Disabled Current CHASSIS FAN Speed xxxx RPM SDRAM Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Current CPU FAN Speed XXXX RPM System BIOS Cacheable Disabled Vcore x xxV T3 3V x xxV Video BIOS Cacheable Disabled 5V xxxV 12V xx xxV Video RAM Cacheable Disabled 12V
31. e Pentium M II PentiumTM or CeleronTM processor 233 MHz 266 MHz 300 MHz 333MHz 366MHz 400MHz 450 and up to 500MHz This mainboard is the AT form factor with A G P Accelerated Graphics Port and PCI Local Bus on board it is designed based on the VIA VT82C692 or VIA VT82C693 system chipset Basically the only difference between VT82C692 and VT82C693 is the pin assignment on the chipsets So the feature and performance are the same Since this mainboard is designed for both 82C692 and 82C693 so you will see one of the above chipset installed on the mainboard There are two channels PIO and Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master mode PCI IDE ports one Floppy Disk control port two high speed Serial ports UARTS and one multi mode Parallel port and supports PS 2TM mouse IR and USB ports are built on the board The Pentium II Pentium III and CeleronTM processors are the 64 bit processors with RISC technology which offer several key features such as built in 128 256 512 L2 cache some Celeron does not have L2 cache 12 stage super pipeline architecture out of order execution etc In order to optimize of its performances the 32 bit Operating System such as Windows NT and OS 2 and 32 bit applications are recommended The Accelerated Graphics Port A G P on the mainboard is designed for AGP 3D video display card Unlike PCl based display cards the AGP technology provides lightning data throughput to fully faci
32. ecking on the CPU L2 cache The ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache Quick Power on Self Test default setting Enabled The Quick Power On Self Test will skip some test and speed up the boot process If you find the system is working normally you can always enable this feature so that you don t have to wait too long on the POST Boot Sequence default setting A C SCSI This field allows you to use some other device to boot the operating system The options available A C SCSI C A SCSI C CDROM A CDROM C A 5 65 E A SCSIY F A SCSI SCSLA C SCSLC A only and LS ZIP C When select to load the OS from CDROM C A or LS ZIP C you must select the HARD DISK TYPE and MODE properly the Auto selection is recommended so that you can use CDROM or LS ZIP device to load the OS into your system You can find these items in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP Swap Floppy Drive default setting Disabled When enable this option the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped For example drive A will be treated as drive B and drive B as Drive A PCI VGA Palette Snoop default setting Disabled Some display cards are non standard VGA card such as graphics accelerator or MPEG Card which may not display color properly on your screen Enable the setting in this field may correct this problem Please leave it Disabled as the
33. ectors connected to the mainboard 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP N CN15 Power Connector ny oe ic DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMMI FDC Pin assignment of ATX power connector IH 1 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 11 3 3V DC 1 3 3V DC 12 12VDC 2 33V DC 13 Ground 3 Ground 14 PS ON 4 SV DC 15 Ground 5 Ground 16 Ground 6 5VDC 17 Ground 7 Ground 18 SV DC 8 PVV OR 19 5VDC 9 SV SB 20 5VDC 10 12V DC 20 10 3 10 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP O CN16 WOL Wake On LAN Connector Pin assignment of WOL Connector 12 3 Pin Signal name Pin Signal name Pin Signal name 1 5 standby 2 Ground 3 Signal P CN17 Chassis Fan Power Connector Ground 12V DC Fa
34. h will decide the CPU speed the Front Side Bus FSB speed and CPU clock ratio When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the CPU type and decide the FSB speed automatically please refer to section 4 6 CPU Host Clock CPU PCI As for the clock ratio it is selected by the jumper setting on JP7 JP8 and JP9 as shown above In simple word FSB will be used to decide what type of processor is installed on the mainboard JP7 JP10 will be used to decide the system speed The following formula is the simple rule to calculate your CPU frequency FSB Clock x Clock Ratio CPU Frequency SELECTION OF FSB CLOCK please refer to section 4 6 Different processors may have the different FSB clock When you have installed the processor onto the mainboard the system BIOS will detect the type of the processor and decide the proper FSB clock automatically The FSB clock for different processors are shown as followings 66MHz FSB processors Pentium 233 266 300 and 333MHz processors Celeron 266 300 300A 333 and 366MHz processors 100MHz FSB processors Pentium 350 400 450 and 500MHz processors Celeron 350 and 400MHz processors HOW TO SELECT THE CPU CLOCK RATIO Please modify the formula mentioned mentioned above and we will get CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio Now we can use the formula above to calculate the CPU clock ratio Please refer t
35. is corrupted Please refer to the Section 4 10 for the details DISCHARAGE CMOS DATA Whenever you want to discharge the CMOS data or open the system chassis Make sure to disconnect the AC power first because there is always the 5V standby voltage connected to this mainboard when using an ATX switching power supply Without disconnecting the AC power connector from the PC system the mainboard may be damaged by any improper action Please refer to the Section 3 3 for details WAKE ON LAN In order to support the Wake On LAN feature the system requires a ATX type SPS switching power supply Such power supply must be able to provide at least 700 mA of driving capability on the SV standby voltage Please refer to the Section 3 3 for details WARNING The Static Electricity may cause damage to the components on the mainboard In order to avoid the damage to the mainboard accidentally please discharge all static electricity from your body before touching this mainboard NOTICE Information presented in this manual has been carefully checked for reliability however no responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 OVERVIEW This Mainboard is a high performance Pentium I personal computer mainboard with 100MHz ultra high Front Side Bus FSB frequency It is designed for the high performanc
36. isk is connected to the mainboard by giving a set of hard disk parameters Sometimes it is not easy for users to find the proper parameters for their IDE hard disk drive In order to help users to find the parameters the system BIOS provides a convent way the auto detection of IDE hard disk drive To run the auto detection program is extremely easy Move the selection bar to IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION and then press Enter the system BIOS take over the job and try to detect the type of IDE hard disk If it succeeds you will see a list of hard disk with its related parameters You may press on the key or select one of the hard disk type listed on the screen The system BIOS will transfer the parameters to the corresponding fields in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP menu and you have completed the IDE hard disk setup 4 43 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 413 SAVE amp EXIT SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type This option will save all setup value to CMOS memory and then exit the SETUP routine Move the selection bar to SAVE amp EXIT SETU
37. litate the 3 Dimensional and multimedia graphics display The data transfer rate on AGP can be up to 133Mhz and which is much faster than the traditional 33MHz PCI VGA card 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 2 MAINBOARD LAYOUT Lema p 10 CN7 CN6 USB2 USBI FLA ATX POWER ATX POWER SE i 0014 Com DIMM 3 DIMM 2 5 sold SAS DIMM 1 p NN 1 2 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION 1 3 SPECIFICATION CPU Intel PentiumTM II PentiumTM and Celeron processors processor 233 266 300 333 350 366 400 433 450 466 and up to SOOMHz CPU VCC Switching mode Voltage Regulator onboard supports 1 30V DC through 3 5V DC CPU Core Voltage Note The CPU Core Voltage will be Detected and adjusted automatically by the mainboard so there is no jumper setting required to select the CPU voltage WORD SIZE Data Path 8 bit 16 bit 32 bit 64 bit Address Path 32 bit PC SYSTEM CHIPSET VIA 82C692 or 82C693 chipset SUPER I O CHIPSET W83977EF TF or CTF ATF optional FRONT SIDE BUS FREQUENCY 66 MHz 100 MHz MEMORY DRAM three 168 pin DIMM sockets onboard Maximum memory size can be up to 384 MB with Parity ECC Error Checking and Correcting CACHE 512KB L2 Cache in Pentium or Pentium III processor or 128 L2 Cache memory in Celeron processor BIOS AWARD Plug amp Play System BIOS 128KB x 8 Flash ROM EXPANSION SLOTS AGP Slots 32 bitx1
38. m the MAIN MENU The following pages show all the screens which you will find in the CMOS SETUP program each picture will contain the selection items and its default settings At the bottom of some screen you will find the description of all function key which can be used to change the settings If you are not quite sure of the definition for some specific items please consult with other technician for details 4 4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 4 22 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE INC Date mm dd Thr Time hh mm ss 14 59 21 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE rimary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto rimary Slave None 0 0 0 0 00 Secondary Master Auto 0 0 0 0 0 Secondary Slave None 0 0 0 0 0 0 Drive A 1 44M 3 5 in Drive None Base Memory Floppy 3 mode support Disabled Extended Memory xxxxxx Video EGA VGA Other Memory xxxxxx K Halt On All Errors Total Memory XXXXXX K Select Item PU PD Modify Shift F2 Change Color Fig 4 3 STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen MODE The BIOS on the mainboard is the updated one and which provides three different modes to support both normal IDE HDD and the one which is above 528MB NORMAL For IDE hard disk drives which is smaller than 528MB LBA For IDE hard disk drive which is above 528MB ideally it can be as big as
39. n WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change except the following items Power Management Default setting User Define This category allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 4 30 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 1 Doze Mode 2 Standby Mode 3 Suspend Mode 4 HDD Power Down 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 PM Control APM Default setting Yes When enabled an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance the Max Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock If the Max Power Saving is not enabled
40. n Sense Signal 3 11 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AVARD BIOS SETUP Q Push buttons and LED connectors A series of connectors are designed on the board to connect the push buttons and LED indicators Followings the details Emi zm B g DIMM3 1 DIMM2 DIMM 1 BAT IDE 1 FDC L E 5 eli HL HDD LED connec tor TL Turbo LED SL Sleep LED conneci tor EST R PW Power On Off Suspend switch W LL S 1 RS Reset Button Connector Pin Signal name Pinl amp 2 Function 1 Reset Control Open No action 2 Ground Short System Reset 2 HL IDE HDD LED Connector Pin Signal name 1 5 DC Pull up 2 HDD Active Signal 3 TL TURBO LED Connector Pin Signal name 1 5V DC Pull up 2 Ground 4 SL Sleep LED Connector valid only with ATX power supply This LED will be lightened when the AC power is connected and the system is power off darkened when the AC power is disconnected or the system is powered on Pin Signal name 1 Signal Pin 2 Ground 3 12 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 5 PW Power On Off and External Suspend Switch Connector 5 a When this mainboard has the ATX power s
41. nd No 4 38 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Resources Controlled default setting Manual The Award Plug and Play BIOS can automatically configure all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices If you select Auto all the interrupt request IRQ and DMA assignment fields disappear as the BIOS automatically assigns them The choice 4uto and Manual Reset Configuration Data default setting Disabled Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to reset Extended System Configuration Data ESCD when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add on and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot The choice Enabled and Disabled IRQ assigned to default setting PCI ISA PnP When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt such as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture assigned to default setting PnP When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel as one of the following types depending on the type of device using the interrupt Legacy ISA Devices compliant with
42. o the following illustration for the calculation For example if you are installing the 300MHz Pentium II processor onto the mainboard You may look into the data sheet which comes with the processor or 3 19 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP the information in the previous page and you will see the FSB clock is 66 6MHz Now you may introduce these parameters into the formula and get 300MHz CPU Frequency 66 6MHz FSB Clock 4 5X Clock Ratio According to the example above you can see that it is very easy to calculate the CPU clock ratio when you have the information of your information of CPU frequency and its FSB speed In order to let you have a better picture of the calculation the procedures are summarized as following l Check the data sheet for your CPU frequency 2 Check the data sheet and get the FSB clock of your CPU 3 Use the following formula to calculate the CPU clock ratio CPU Frequency FSB Clock Clock Ratio G JP100 FSB Clock Selection JP100 is designed on the board for some special purpose You can use the setting on JP100 to force the FSB clock at 66 100MHz despite of the CPU type D 1 2 Auto
43. ode Default setting Enabled This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer data to and from your hard disk drive HDD Enabled IDE controller uses block mode Disabled IDE controller uses standard mode IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave PIO Default setting Auto 4 35 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance In Auto mode the system automatically determines the best mode for each device IDE Primary Secondary Master Slave UDMA Default setting Auto 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 On Chip Primary Secondary PCI IDE Default setting Enabled The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels Select Enabled to activate each channel separately USB Keyboard support Default setting Disabled 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 Defa
44. ower Management has been selected See above for available selections Doze Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the CPU clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed 4 32 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Standby Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the fixed disk drive and the video would be shut off while all other devices still operate at full speed Suspend Mode Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity all devices except the CPU will be shut off HDD Power Down Default setting Disable When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active PCI VGA Act Monitor Default setting Enabled When Enabled any video activity restarts the global timer for Standby mode The Choice Enabled Disabled Soft Off by PWR BTTN Default setting Instant Off When Enabled turning the system off with the on off button places the system in a very low power usage state with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power button activity or Resume by Ring activity The Choice Instant Off Delay 4 Sec CPUFAN Off In Suspend Default setting Enabled This selection allows user to controls the function of the CN13
45. r on the PC system afterward In case that you forget the Password or Hot Key disconnect the AC power for 30 60 seconds then re connect the AC power to the PC system the power button will be activated again and you can use the power button to turn on the system Input your personal password again in the BIOS setup program and then you may use the new password to power on the PC system afterward 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION Ll PS 2 MOUSE KEY CLICK optional When you have a PS 2TM mouse connected to the system you may change the setup in the BIOS and use the mouse click to turn on the PC system power Please refer to section 4 7 for the BIOS setting To use the mouse key to turn on the PC system power the mouse click must be done quickly and continually Basically 2 5 quick clicks on the mouse key left key or right key will turn the power immediately In order to activate the mouse key feature you will have to reboot the PC system after the BIOS setting and wait until the POST Power On Self Test is completed Having finished the procedure you may use the mouse key to power on the PC system afterward Note This feature is not available on the COM serial port mouse RTC ALARM PC system can be waked up by the RTC setting in the CMOS You can set the alarming date and time in the memory When alarms the PC system will be triggered and wakes up automatically Enable the Resume by Alarm
46. ress DEL to enter SETUP To execute the Award amp BIOS CMOS Setup program please press the DEL key The STANDARD CMOS SETUP screen as shown in figure Fig 5 2 will be triggered 4 2 MAIN MENU 4 21 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type Fig 4 2 CMOS SETUP MAIN MENU screen 4 3 CONTROL KEYS Listed below is the explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screens which will be used in the CMOS SETUP program Arrow Keys Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item Enter Select the desired item F1 Display the help screen for the selected feature Shift F2 To change the screen color total 16 colors ESC Exitto the previous screen PgUp PgDn To modify or change the content of the highlighted item F5 Retrieves the previous value from CMOS data only the current page setup will be retrieved F7 Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table only the current page setup will be loaded F10 Save all changes to CMOS RAM fro
47. rm be sure to turn the power off and open the chassis immediately check on the cooling fans especially the CPU cooling fan to see whether it is working properly or not If you don t know how to handle it send the PC system to your dealer for technical support 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INTRODUCTION This mainboard also provides the hardvvare monitoring program so that you can monitor the healthy status of your PC system VVhen you find there is the VVinbond W83783S U2 is installed on the board you can run the hardware monitoring program and then it will inform you the system status all the time ACPI This feature is valid only when ATX power supply is connected Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI function is strongly recommended by PC 98 because it will let you have many additional features and that will make your PC system becomes very friendly and convenient Followings are the ACPI features designed on the board Power on the system by panel switch Power on the system by RTC alarm Power on the system by modem Ring in signal Power on the system by LAN signal Wake On LAN Power on the system by Keyboard Optional Power on the system By PA 2 Mouse key click Optional CPU cooling fan auto off during Suspend state Resumed by Modem ring in RTC alarm etc Supports Full On Doze Standby Suspend operahig modes 0 Power off soft off by OS active with ATX SPS only or Panel switch KF
48. s do not need to have the IRQ signal 2 If you can not find the feature connector on your VGA card than it is quite possible that your VGA card does not need the IRQ signal 3 If your VGA card has the feature connector on the VGA card but it has nothing connected to it In this case you still may have the IRQ disabled 4 If you have another add on card video capture card vvhich is connected to the feature connector on the VGA card In this case you can not disable the IRQ signal because the IRQ signal vvill be connected to the video capture card Used MEM base addr and Used MEM Length Select a base address for the memory area used by any peripheral that requires high memory The Choice C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 N A 4 40 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 410 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING PNP PCI CONFIGURATION LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type If you lost the CMOS data or you don t know how to complete the setup procedure you may use this option to load the SETUP default values from the BIOS default table It is easy to load
49. sed to check the authority when power on Whenever there is the password stored in either of these fields the correct password will be requested so that the PC system will continue to load the operation system You can enter up to eight alphanumeric characters here When you have typed in the password and pressed the Enter key you will be asked to reconfirm your password again to complete password setup If you press the Enter key twice without any alphanumeric character entered the PASSWORD will be disabled If the User Password and the Supervisor Password are both enabled and they have different password setup Supervisor Password is always has the higher priority Basically an User is only authorized to change the content of User Password while a Supervisor has the authorization to dominate all settings 4 42 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 12 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE INC STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE amp EXIT SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS PNP PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ESC Quit Select Item 10 Save amp Exit Setup Shift F2 Change Color Time Date Hard Disk Type In order to make the IDE hard disk known to the system you need to tell the system what kind of hard d
50. selection in the BIOS setup utility and then input the accurate date and time in following fields the Resume by Alarm is located in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer to Section 4 7 Having stored the RTC alarm setting the PC system will be turned on automatically according to the date and time which is recorded in the CMOS memory When you have finished the BIOS setting you have to reboot the PC system and wait for the POST Power On Self Test is completed to enable the RTC alarm 2 3 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD INSTALLATION Ll MODEM RING IN This mainboard can be triggered by a modem ring in signal When you have external modem installed you can use it to povver on the PC system VVhen there is the incoming message from te external modem the PC system will be triggered by the ring in signal and wake up automatically to receive the message for you In order to use the ring in signal to wake up your PC system you will have to use the EXTERNAL MODEM and have it connected to one of the Serial Ports COMI or COM2 When the system power is off this mainboard will continue to detect the serial port status When it detects the ring in signal from the serial port the system power will be turned on and start to receive the incoming messages automatically To enable the Modem Ring In feature you have to run the BIOS setup utility and enable the Resume by Ring or LAN option it is in the POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP please refer
51. t EPP or ECP mode The choice SPP ECP EPP1 7 EPP1 7 SPP EPP1 9 SPP ECP ECP EPP1 9 and Normal 4 37 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4 9 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI ISA BIOS 2A69JXXX PNP PCI CONFIGURATION AWARD SOFTWARE INC PNP OS Installed Assign IRQ For VGA Enabled Resources Controlled By Manual Assign IRQ For USB Enabled Reset Configuration Data Disabled Used MEM base addr N A IRQ 3 assigned to IRQ 4 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 5 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 7 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 9 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 10 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 11 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 12 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 14 assigned to PCI ISA IRQ 15 assigned to PCI ISA DMA 0 assigned to PCI ISA DMA 1 assigned to PCI ISA ESC Quit Select Item DMA 3 assigned to PCI ISA Help PU PD Modify DMA 5 assigned to PCI ISA F5 Old Values Shift F2 Color DMA 6 assigned to PCI ISA F7 Load Setup Defaults DMA 7 assigned to Fig 4 8 PNP PCI CONFIGURATION setup screen WARNING The selection fields on this screen are provided for the professional technician who can modify the Chipset features to meet some specific requirement If you do not have the related technical background do not attempt to make any change PNP OS Installed Default setting is No Select Yes if the system operating environment is Plug and Play aware e g Windows 95 The Choice Yes a
52. the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific DMA channel PCI ISA PnP Devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture Assign IRQ For VGA USB default setting Enabled The system s IRQ signals are limited and sometimes you may feel like to some more IRQ signals for your add on cards The system BIOS of this mainboard allows you to disable the IRQ which is supposed to be connected to VGA and USB ports When you have choose to disable the IRQ on VGA or USB port the IRQ on the related port will be released and becomes available for other devices 4 39 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP Before you decide to proceed with the change please make sure that your USB and VGA adapter will not use the IRQ signal Otherwise your PC system will become abnormal and the devices connected to these ports may not be working at all It is very simple to tell the difference If you are going to disable the IRQ on the USB port check whether is any device connected to the USB port If you can not find any device you may feel free to disable the IRQ on the USB port and have the IRQ used by other device As for VGA adapter it will be a little difficult You may try to find whether your VGA card requires the IRQ signal or not If you can not find the information from the user s manual of your VGA card You may use the following information to make your choice Most VGA card
53. ult setting PCI Slot When you have both the AGP and PCI VGA card installed in the system you can use this field to decide the display priority AGP Slot the display will be active on the AGP adapter PCI Slot The display will be active on the PCI VGA adapter Onboard FDD Controller Default setting Enabled This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive FDD installed on the system board and you wish to use it Even when so equipped if you add a higher performance controller you will need to disable this feature The Choice Enabled Disabled Onboard Serial Port 1 Port 2 Default setting 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1 port 2 controller with which I O address The Choice 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 Disabled Auto UART Mode Select Default setting Normal 4 36 440BX ZX AT MAINBOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP This item allows you to determine which Infra Red IR function of onboard I O chip The Choice Normal ASKIR HPSIR Onboard Parallel Port Default setting 378 IRQ7 Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel port The choice 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 3BCH IRQ7 Disabled Parallel Port Mode Default setting SPP Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel port Select Compatible or Extended unless you are certain both your hardware and software suppor
54. upply connected According to the setup in CMOS the PW connector has two functions It can be the Power Switch or Suspend Switch of your PC system please refer to Section 4 7 and section 4 8 for BIOS setup If the setup in CMOS is Delay 4 Sec the switch function will be A When system is power off Press this switch the system will power on when password 15 selected in the CMOS setup program you will be unable to use the PW button to turn on the power of the PC system please see Section 2 2 and Section 4 7 for more details B When system power is on a The system is in Full ON mode 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will be turned into Suspend mode get into a GREEN mode a 2 Press and hold this switch for more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off b When the system is in Suspend mode b 1 Click on this switch less than 4 seconds the system will return to Full ON mode b 2 Press and hold this switch more than 4 seconds the system will be powered off The setup in CMOS is Instant off A When system power is off Click on this switch the system will be powered on when password is selected in the CMOS setup program you will be unable to use the PW button to power on the PC system please see Section 2 2 and Section 4 7 for more details B When system power is on Click on this switch the system will be powered off instantly 3 13 440
55. ut output bus that the CPU must be delayed to allow for the completion of the I O This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 8 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 8 CPU clocks 16 Bit I O Recovery Time default setting 1 This item allows you to determine the recovery time allowed for 16 bit I O Choices are from NA 1 to 4 CPU clocks Memory Hole at 15M 16M default setting Disabled Some specific add on cards may require a 1MB address space between 15MB and 16MB area Please refer to the user s manual of your add on card carefully to see whether you will have to enable this field or not when you are installing a add on card to the system Memory Hole at 15M 16M default setting Disabled In order to improve performance certain space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB Enabled Memory hole supported Disabled Memory hole not supported Passive Release default setting Enabled When Enabled CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during passive release Otherwise the arbiter only accepts another PCI master access to local DRAM The Choice Enabled Disabled Delayed Transaction default setting Disabled 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

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