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1. The Thermal Cable User s Manual E 2 Appendix E BE6 II BX 133 Overclocking Guide F 1 Appendix F BX 133 Overclocking Guide Notice All suggestions are only for reference ABIT doesn t guarantee any hardware configuration beyond its specification Again ABIT makes it possible ABIT is a company at the forefront of innovation In the past ABIT has developed SoftMenu which brought jumperless technology to motherboards ABIT was also the first company which brought the Ultra DMA 66 technology to BX motherboards ABIT is now bringing forth the latest technological advancement for motherboards 133 MHz for All With special hardware designs and SoftMenu III technology ABIT now provides users a higher chance for 133 MHz We also tested some hardware devices with the 133 MHz FSB setting Please see Support List And another reference test was processed by the NSTL the leading independent microcomputer testing laboratory All of these reports are obtainable for reference We are glad to share these results to our users but won t guarantee 133 MHz due to chipset or other devices limitations We hope you will enjoy the feeling of finding out the best performance of your system What is PC133 PC133 is the latest memory standard increasing bus speeds 33 when compared to the PC100 In the past 133MHz speed was only available when users overclocked their BX system But users have
2. Ny G aans SB Link Chapter2 There is a specific orientation for pins 1 through 5 attach the connector from the IR KIT or IR device to the IR header This motherboard supports standard IR transfer rates Note Watch the pin position and the orientation If your PCI audio adapter supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the audio adapter to this header SB LINK combines Intel s PC PCI and Serialized IRQ protocols These technologies can be found in Intel s TX LX BX and newer core logic chipsets This technology provides the DMA and IRQ signals present in ISA Bus today but not available on the PCI Bus The SB LINK serves as a bridge between the motherboard and PCI sound card to deliver Sound card for real mode DOS games Check to see if your card supports this Note Watch the pin position and the orientation WOR Wake On Ring Header My Gans Fama E WOR BE6 II If you have an internal modem adapter that supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the internal modem adapter to this header This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through the modem Note Watch the pin position and the orientation Installing the Motherboard WOL Wake on LAN Header PS 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard pper rina My G I ans WOL If you have a Network ada
3. CD ROM Drive Indicate the brand and specifications of your CD ROM drive Specify if it uses O IDE1 or OIDE2 gt and check v LI in case you give no indication we will consider that your CD ROM is MIDE2 Master Example In the CD ROM drive space check the box in the Brand space write Mitsumi in the Specifications space write FX 400D System Memory DRAM Indicate the brand and specifications SIMM DIMM of your system memory For example In the Brand space write Panasonic in the Specifications space write SIMM FP DRAM 4MB 06 Or in the Brand write NPNX in the Specifications space write SIMM EDO DRAM 8MB 06 Or in the Brand space write SEC in the Specifications space write DIMM S DRAM 8MB G12 ADD ON CARD Indicate which add on cards you are absolutely sure are related to the problem If you cannot identify the problem s origin indicate all the add on cards inserted into your system Note Items between the are absolutely necessary BE6 II Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 5 Technical Support Form Company name T Phone Contact Fax BIOS ID Motherboard DRIVER REV Model No x Specifications JIDE C IDE2 System Memory DRAM ADD ON CARD ZS Problem Description User s Manual H 6 Appendix H BE6 II
4. Press 1 up down and right to choose the option you want to confirm or to modify in the main menu Press the Enter key to select the item you want Simply move the highlight to the field you want to select and press Enter Press F10 when you have completed setting up the BIOS parameters to save them and exit the BIOS Setup menu Press Esc to Exit the BIOS Setup Press F1 to display the General Help screen In addition to the Item Help window more information can be provided for the alternate BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 3 function by pressing the F1 key in any menu in the BIOS Press F5 to reset current screen settings to their Setup Default values Press F6 to return to the Fail Safe Default setting i e if you use the wrong settings causing a system boot failure use this function key to quickly return to the system default settings Press F7 to quickly set the system to the Optimized Defaults setting CHOS Setup Utility Copyright CC 1984 1999 AW Power Management Setup In some setup menu screens you can see the ACPI Suspend Type S1CPOS scroll bar on the right side of the window Video Off Method DHS Sne J t Merea e Hig e rii You can use the M and keys or the up and Suspend Type Stop Grant Palle 3 down arrow keys to scroll the screen to view uspend Mode Disables HDD Power Down Disabled 3 A Soft Off by PWR BTTH Instant Off more help information or functions to select Wak
5. This header is used to Disable or Enable keyboard mouse wake up function This Upper PS 2 Mouse sete function has to cooperate with the BIOS setting see section 3 5 Short pin 1 2 Disable keyboard mouse Wake Up Enable keyboard mouse Wake Up default P This header is used to Disable or Enable power recovery function This function has to cooperate with the BIOS setting see section 3 5 Short pin 1 2 Disable power recovery ouo Short pin 2 3 Enable power recovery os oe default a a G1 TANS If you enable the power recovery function and connect a ZIP device to the LPT port you have to turn off the power of your ZIP device after you shutdown your computer Otherwise the onboard battery will run down CCMOS CMOS Discharge Jumper Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory When you install the motherboard make Upper PS 2 Mouse Loe a sure this jumper is set for normal operation pin 1 and 2 shorted See figure 2 6 T Ca EMS po E a E Gomon ke BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 11 Pin 1 2 L n ie Pin 2 3 oL E 1 2 3 1 2 3 Normal Operation Default Discharge CMOS Figure 2 6 CCMOS jumper setting Before you clear the CMOS you have to turn the power off first including the 5V standby power Otherwise your system may work abnormally or malfunction PN1 and PN2 Headers PN1 and PN2
6. Yes to restart your computer System Properties Step 10 After your system has restarted you can enter Control Panel gt System E Ub nputer 2 CDROM and then select Device Manager gt Disk drives ae a SCSI Controllers If Ultra ATA 66 driver Hard disk controllers R parai is installed correctly you will see the figure z M rath adapters on the left Ports COM amp LPT ST controllers HPT366 Ultra DMA Controller lt a HPT 366 Ultra DMA Controller iy 4 edd ga 4 petenge es 2 Universal serial bus controller Windows NT 4 0 Installing drivers during Windows NT installation CD ROM disk Install The following instructions explain how to install the Ultra ATA 66 driver while installing Windows NT 4 0 Step 1 When you power the computer on you will see the following message appear briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP Please press the DEL key immediately to enter the BIOS setup utility duick Paver Un Golf Te i Step 2 Select ADVANCED BIOS ee i FEATURE SETUP after you enter BIOS setup utility Then set the First Boot Device as CDROM refer to figure left After you finished the setting please Tae ae remember to save it BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 7 NOTE If you have a SCSI CDROM you have to set the Boot Sequence as EXT C A
7. yes 8 After the system restarts the yellow mark should be gone 4 De Installation To uninstall XStore Pro from your system run Uninstall from the HighPoint XStore Pro program group This uninstall utility will deactivate CD Xpress if CD Xpress is active remove the buffer space and uninstall XStore Pro and CD Xpress from the system After uninstalling XStore Pro the hard disk will return to its original status We suggest users to reboot the system after finishing uninstalling 5 The ATAPI LS 120 device will be recognized as a removable device in retail Windows 95 4 00 95 and OSR1 Windows 95 4 00 95 A after the XStore Pro driver is installed 6 This driver might lock on certain motherboards Please check HighPoint Technology first if you encounter problems For more detailed information please check the read me file stored in the XStore Pro Program Group If you want to upgrade to a new version of driver or want to know more about XStore Pro products please go to the HighPoint Technologies Inc s company WEB site the URL is http www highpoint tech com BE6 II Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility B 3 This CD ROM Or floppy diskette has the HighPoint XStore Pro drivers Version 1 2 The following procedure describes how to install the HighPoint XStore to your system If you have a floppy diskette but not the CD ROM just insert the diskette and run the Setup exe file to start installation Step 1 In Win
8. Appendix D Windows 98 Step 1 Install Windows 98 normally System Properties Display adapters Floppy disk controllers Sy Hard disk controllers ee Keyboard Monitors Mouse Network adapters nib gt PCI Mass Storage Controller Properties m brirzere etas x _ cme Update Device Driver Wizard Step 2 After you have finished installation and entered Windows 95 please enter Control Panel gt System and then Other select Device Manager gt Devices Select one of the PCI Mass Storage Controllers and then click Properties Step 3 Select Driver and then click Update Driver Step 4 Click Next BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 5 Update Device Driver Wizard Step 5 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next Step 6 Select Specify a Location and then type A Win95_98 in the text box Click Next oO MIGTESGTE Wino s Update Vv __ lt Back J Nest J _ Cancel Step 7 Click Next Step 8 Click Finish User s Manual D 6 Appendix D Step 9 Click No to continue updating another PCI Mass Storage Controller driver The installation procedure is the same as Steps 3 to 10 After updating another controller driver the system will ask you to restart your computer Click
9. To return to the previous screen without specifying an additional mass storage device for use with Windows HNT press ESC a kL M et Other requires disk provided by a hardware manufacturer ZEL ENTER Se lect F3 Exit ESC Cancel colitis Step 4 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A then press ENTER Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer supplied hardware support disk into drive A Press ENTER when ready F3 Exit ENTER Cont inue ESC Cancel BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 11 Windows HT Workstation Setup You have chosen to install a SCSI adapter CD ROM drive or special disk controller provided by a hardware manufacturer To selec a mass storage device from the following list use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the highlight to the mass storage device you want and then press ENTER To return to the previous screen without specifying an additional mass storage device for use with Windows NT press ESC a ENTER Select ESC Cancel Windows HT Workstation Setup Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer IDE CD ROM lt ATAPI 1 2 gt PCI IDE Controller High Point Technology Inc HPT366 IDE Controller To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows NT including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press
10. connector IDE1 and IDE2 Connectors An IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable has 40 wires and two connectors to provide a Upper PS 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard connection for two IDE hard disk drives After connecting the single end to the IDE1 or IDE2 connect the two connectors on the other end to the IDE hard disk drives or CD ROM drive LS 120 etc las IDE2 IDE1 Before you install a hard disk there are some things you need to be aware of Primary refers to the first connector on the motherboard that is the IDE connector on the motherboard Secondary refers to the second connector on the motherboard that is the IDE2 connector on the motherboard Two hard disks can be connected to each connector The first HDD is referred to as the Master BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 15 The second HDD is referred to as the Slave For performance issues we strongly suggest you don t install a CD ROM drive on the same IDE channel as a hard disk Otherwise the system performance on this channel may drop how much depends on your CD ROM drive performance The Master or Slave status of the hard disk drive is set on the hard disk itself Please refer to the hard disk drive user s manual A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 You need to align the wire pin 1 to the IDE1 or IDE2 connector pin 1 then insert th
11. gt SETUP When you choose Setup a password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup If you have not set a password in the PASSWORD SETTING option this option is not available To disable security select Set Supervisor Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter password Do not type anything and just press the Enter key and it will disable security Once security is disabled the system will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely Don t forget your password If you forget the password you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system But by doing this you will have to reset all previously set options User s Manual 3 18 Chapter3 OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB When the system memory is bigger than 64MB the communication method between the BIOS and the operating system will differ from one operating system to another If you use OS 2 select OS2 if you are using another operating system select Non OS2 The default setting is Non OS2 Report No FDD For WIN 95 When using Windows 95 without a floppy drive please set this item to Yes Otherwise set it to No The default setting is No Video BIOS Shadow This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses the shadow feature or not You should set this option to Enabled otherwise the display performance of the system will greatly decrease Sh
12. If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage device for use with Windows NT press ENTER Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue O F3 Exit Windows HT Workstation Setup Please insert the disk labeled HighPoint HPT 366 Diskette into drive A Press ENTER when ready F3 Exit ENTER Continue _ ESC Cancel Step 5 Please press ENTER to continue setup Step 6 The setup program will display a message see left figure to inform you NT setup has recognized the Ultra ATA 66 controller Press ENTER to continue setup Step 7 After you configure your hard disk and specify the installation path the NT setup will ask you to insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A again Insert the driver disk and then press ENTER to continue setup If you have followed the steps described above you should be finished installing your Ultra ATA 66 controller For the rest of Windows NT installation steps please follow the instructions displayed in the NT setup program User s Manual D 12 Appendix D Installing drivers with existing Windows NT If there is an existing NT 4 0 file system you can install the Ultra ATA 66 into the existing system by following procedure BEES z an ss as 8 Step 1 Open Control Panel and then ve Console CSNW Date Time Devices Display Fonts Intel PROS Internet 5 s sa enter
13. Please contact the reseller from whom you bought the product You should be able to get RMA service there 6 Reporting Compatibility Problems to ABIT Because of tremendous number of email messages we receive every day we are forced to give greater weight to certain types of messages than to others For this reason any compatibility problem that is reported to us giving detailed system configuration information and error symptoms will receive the highest priority For the other questions we regret that we may not be able to reply directly But your questions may be posted to the internet news group in order that a larger number of users can have the benefit of the information Please check the news group from time to time Thank you ABIT Computer Corporation http www abit com tw BE6 II Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 1 Appendix H Troubleshooting Need Assistance If you have a problem during operation and in order to help our technical support personnel to quickly find out what the problem of your motherboard is and to give you the answers you need before filling in the technical support form eliminate any peripheral that is not related to the problem and indicate on the form the key peripherals Fax this form to your dealer or to the company where you bought the hardware in order to benefit from our technical support You can refer to the examples given below Example 1 With a system including motherboard wit
14. and the Boot Sequence EXT Means as SCSI in the BIOS Features Setup Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration Windows NT Setup Setup could not determine the type of on or more mass storage devices installed in your system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently setup will load support for the following mass storage device s Qlogic PCI SCSI Adapter AMD PCI SCSI Controller Ethernet Adapter Buslogic Flashpoint Compaq 32 Bit Fast Wide SCSI 2 E To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows NT including those for which you have a device wupport disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks form a mass storage deivce manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows NT press ENTER Olivetti ESC 1 ESC 2 SCSI Host Adapter Qlogic PCI SCSI Host Adapter MKEPanasonic CD ROM Controller Sony Proprietary CD ROM Controller UltraStor 14F 14FB 34F 34FA 34FB SCSI Host Adapter aSton 24F 24FA SCSI Host f Adapter CE Windows NT Setup Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer suplied hardware support disk into Drive A Press ENTER when ready Step 3 Insert the Windows NT installation CD must be bootable into your CD ROM Press the F6 key immediately when the message Setup is ins
15. it is in Normal mode In this mode the Power Management Program will control access to video parallel ports serial ports and drives and the operating status of the keyboard mouse and other device These are referred to as Power Management Events If none of these events occur the system enters the power saving mode When one of the controlled events occurs the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption Doze Mode Standby Mode and Suspend Mode The four modes proceed in the following sequence Normal Mode gt Doze Mode gt Standby Mode gt Suspend Mode to d S Eh The system consumption is reduced according the following sequence Normal gt Doze gt Standby gt Suspend 1 In the Main Menu select Power Management Setup and press Enter The following screen is displayed CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Power Management Setup ACPI function Enabled Item Help Power Management PH Control by APM Video Off Method Video Off After MODEM Use IRQ Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down Throttle Duty Cycle Soft Off by PWR BTTN PowerOn by Ring Resume by Alarm Date of Month Alarm Time Hour Alarm Time WHin Alarm Time Sec Alarm Resume by LAN xx PM Timer Events xx IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI YGA Active Monitor IRQ 8 Break Suspend IDE Primary Master
16. 1984 98 Award Software Inc GREEN PCI ISA SYSTEM CELERON lt TM MMX CPU at 488MHz Memory Test 32768K OK Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1i A Copyright lt C gt 1998 Award Software Inc Detecting IDE Primary Master Press DEL to enter SETUP 12 83 9 8 1446BX W 977 2A69KAILC 88 00 is the BIOS ID number 2A69SKA1LC is the BIOS part number 4 DRIVER REV Note the driver version number indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk if have as Release For example m IDE Device Driver CD Title Rev No Drivers Diskette Belease L Y B3 154E Floppy Disk Driver Rev No User s Manual 5 J io H 4 Appendix H OS APPLICATION Indicate what are the operating system and the applications your are running on the system Example MS DOS 6 22 Windows 95 Windows NT CPU Indicate the brand and the speed MHz of your CPU Example A In the Brand space write Intel in the Specifications space write Pentium II MMX 300MHz HDD Indicate the brand and specifications of your HDD s specify if the HDD is using OIDE1 or OIDE2 If you know the disk capacity indicate it and check v LI in case you give no indication we will consider that your HDD is MIDE1 Master Example In the HDD space check the box in the Brand space write Seagate in the Specifications space write ST31621A 1 6GB
17. 2 2 shows you the way to affix the motherboard using studs or spacers Mainboard Chassis Base Figure 2 2 The way we fixed the motherboard BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 3 If the motherboard has mounting holes but they don t line up with the holes on the base and there are no slots to attach the spacers don t worry you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes Just cut the bottom portion of spacers the spacer may be a little hard to cut off so be careful of your hands In this way you can still attach the motherboard to the base without worrying about short circuits Sometimes you may need to use the plastic springs to isolate the screw from the motherboard PCB surface because the circuit wire may be near by the hole Be careful don t let the screw contact any printed circuit wire or parts on the PCB that are near the fixing hole otherwise it may damage the board or cause board malfunctioning 2 2 Installation of the Pentium II III Celeron CPU The installation method for the CPU is printed on the package of the retention mechanism that comes with the motherboard You can refer to it while you install the CPU This motherboard also supports the Celeron PPGA processor If you want to install the Celeron PPGA processor you have to use an additional adapter that allows you to use a Celeron PPGA processor in a slot 1 board For this ABIT makes the SlotKET adapter Insta
18. 2 5 INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD TO THE CHASSIS INSTALLATION OF THE PENTIUM II III CELERON CPU INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY CONNECTORS HEADERS AND SWITCHES CPU FREQUENCY SETTINGS CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION OF THE BIOS 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 SOFTMENU III SETUP STANDARD CMOS FEATURES SETUP MENU ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS PC HEALTH STATUS LOAD FAIL SAFE DEFAULTS LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS SET PASSWORD SAVE amp EXIT SETUP EXIT WITHOUT SAVING MN 171 2A2 71 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 6 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 6 2 19 3 1 3 4 3 9 3 14 3 20 3 24 3 29 3 37 3 42 3 43 3 43 3 44 3 45 3 46 Rev 1 02 APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D APPENDIX E APPENDIX F APPENDIX G APPENDIX H BIOS FLASHING USER INSTRUCTIONS INSTALLING THE HIGHPOINT XSTORE PRO UTILITY HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION INSTALLING THE WINBOND HARDWARE DOCTOR UTILITY INSTALLING THE DRIVER FOR ULTRA ATA 66 THE THERMAL CABLE BX 133 OVERCLOCKING GUIDE HOW TO GET TECHNICAL SUPPORT TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE Introduction of BE6 II Features 1 1 Chapter 1 Introduction of BE6 II Features 1 1 Features of This Motherboard The motherboard is designed for a new generation CPUs It supports the Intel SLOT1 structure Pentium II III and C
19. BIOS support For Ultra DMA 66 devices please refer the requirements mentioned in page 2 18 Default setting Disabled If you encounter a problem in using Ultra DMA devices you can try to disable this item Onboard IDE 2 Controller Description is same as the Onboard IDE 1 Controller USB Keyboard Support Two options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Disabled If your system contains a USB keyboard set it to Enabled Init Display First This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI slot or AGP slot VGA first Ultra DMA 66 IDE Controller This item allows you to Enable or Disable onboard Ultra DMA 66 controller When you select Enabled two additional channels provide the capability of adding high performance device s to the system IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write If your IDE hard drive supports block mode most new drives do select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read writes per sector the drive can support The default setting is Enabled User s Manual 3 26 Chapter3 Power On Function This item allows you to select which way you want your system to power on Five items are available Button Only gt Keyboard 98 gt Password gt Hot Key gt Mouse Left gt Mouse Right Default setting is Button Only The power on function has to cooperate with the JP
20. CPU Level 2 Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Processor Number Feature First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting Typematic Rate Cars Sec Typematic Delay Msec Security Option OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Report No FDD For WIN 95 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled C8000 CBFFF Shadow CCOBB CFFFF Shadow DOGBBB D3FFF Shadow D4606 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DCOBB DFFFF Shadow Delay IDE Initial Sec Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Yalue F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Screen Shot Quick Power On Self Test After the computer has been powered on the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order to check the system and its peripherals If the Quick Power on Self Test feature is enable the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process The default setting is Enabled BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 15 Virus Warning This item can be set to Enabled or Disabled the default setting being Disabled When this feature is enabled if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access the hard disk CPU Level 1 Cache This item i
21. Figure F 3 will then appear Awdf lash 7 22 C Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved Usage AWDFLASH FileName1 FileName2 Z lt sw gt lt sw gt 1 FileNamel New BIOS Name For Flash Programming FileName BIOS File For Backing up the Original BIOS lt Sutches Show Help Messages DY Program Flash Memory pn No Flash Programming y Backup Original BIOS To Disk File sn No Original BIOS Backup Sb Skip BootBlock programming sd Save DMI data to file cp Clear PnP ESCD Data After Programming cd Clear DMI Data After Programming Clear CHOS Data After Programming RESET System After Programming cks Show update Binfile checksum Occupy lesser memory Return to DOS When Programming is done Use Flash Routines in Original BIOS For Flash Programming LD Destroy CHOS Checksum And No System Halt For First Reboot After Programming cksKKKK Compare Binfile CheckSum with KXKK Example AWDFLASH 2a591000 bin py sn cd cp cks2635 Figure F 3 Award Flash Memory Writer V7 22 Flash Commands Screen BE6 II BIOS Flashing User Instructions A 3 The BIOS file name in the figure shown is only an example You should check which bin file is to be used with your motherboard Don t flash with the wrong bin file otherwise you may cause system malfunctions Even the same model BIOS according to their release dates and which problems have been fixed have different bin names Please read the BIOS file description before you downloa
22. IDE Controller message about installing mass storage devices see figure left while you install NT4 0 Please press S to install Ultra To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special ATA 66 driver disk controllers for use with Windows NT including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device mannfacturer press If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additiona mass storage device for use with Windows NT press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit There are two suitable times to press S to install the Ultra ATA 66 driver One is before the setup program autodetects your hardware The other is after setup program autodetects your hardware If you choose the former you will need to install every device s driver manually Therefore we suggest you letting the setup program autodetects your hardware first then press S to install the Ultra ATA 66 driver Windows HT Workstation Setup Step 3 Select Other requires disk You have asked to specify an additional SCSI adatper CD ROM drive or special disk controller for use with windows HT provided by a hardware manufacturer To selec a mass storage device from the following list use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to move the highlight to and then press ENTER i the mass storage device you want and then press ENTER
23. IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Floppy Disk Serial Port Parallel Port House Break Suspend CPUFAN off In Suspend Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 8 Power Management Setup Screen Shot User s Manual 3 30 Chapter3 2 Use the arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure To change the settings use AY and Enter key 3 After you have configured the power management feature press Esc to go back to the Main Menu We are now going to briefly explain the options in this menu ACPI Function Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI gives the operating system direct control over the power management and Plug and Play functions of a computer There are two options that can be selected Enabled and Disabled You can select Enabled to enable ACPI functions If you want ACPI functions to work normally you should notice two things One is your operating system must support ACPI as of now only Microsoft Windows 98 supports these functions The second thing is that all devices and add on cards in your system must fully support ACPI both hardware and software drivers If you want to know if your devices or add on cards support ACPI or not please contact the device or add on card manufacture for more information If you want to know more about ACPI
24. Most current HDDs have already been subjected to low level format at the factory so you can probably skip this operation Remember though the primary IDE HDD must have its partition set to active within the FDISK procedure If you are using an old HDD that is already formatted auto detection can not detect the correct parameters You may need to do a low level format or set the parameters manually and then check if the HDD is working L IDE Primary Master Three settings are available Auto Manual and None If you choose Auto the BIOS will automatically check what kind hard disk you are using If you want to set the HDD parameters yourself make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters and be sure to refer to the manual provided by the HDD manufacture to get the settings right L7 Access Mode Since old operating systems were only able to support HDDs with capacities no bigger than 528MB any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable AWARD BIOS features a BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 11 solution to this problem you can according to your operating system choose four operating modes NORMAL gt LBA gt LARGE Auto The HDD auto detection option in the sub menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported gt Auto Just let the BIOS detect your HDD access mode and make the decisions gt Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard disks of up to 5
25. Pro utility Otherwise software may works not properly User s Manual B 6 Appendix B BE6 II Hardware Monitoring Function C 1 Appendix C Hardware Monitoring Function Installing The Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility Winbond Hardware Doctor is a self diagnostic system for PCs and must be used with the Winbond chipset W83781D W83782D W83783S IC series products It will protect PC hardware by monitoring several critical items including power supply voltages CPU amp system fan speeds and CPU and system temperatures These items are important for the operation of the system errors may result in permanent damage of the PC Once any item is out of its normal range a warning message will pop up and remind the user to take proper measures The following description will tell you how to install the Hardware Doctor and use it This CD ROM Or floppy diskette has the Winbond Hardware Doctor utility If you have a floppy diskette and not the CD ROM just insert diskette 1 and execute the Setup exe file to start installation HWDoctor Setup Step 1 In Windows 95 98 place the CD ROM into the computer The main menu will show up Click the Hardware Doctor Install button then the HWDoctor Setup Setup cannot install system files or update shared files if they are in use Belore proceeding we recommend that you close any applications you may e running casa screen will show up please refer the to figure b
26. fan speeds and power supply voltages of your computer system The features are useful for monitoring all the important parameters within your computer system We call it the PC Health Status CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Shutdown Temperature CPU Warning Temperature System Temperature 1 System Temperature 2 CPU Temperature CPU Fan Fan 1 Speed Power Fan Fan 2 Speed CPU Core Voltage YTT 1 5 I 0 Voltage 3 3 5 VCC25 2 5V Stanby Voltage 5 PC Health Status 79 C7 167 F 43 C 109 F O CZ 32 F 60 C7140 F 4900 RPH 4300 RPH 1 98Y 1 93V 3 39V 2 09Y 12 16 Y et Paes E IN 2 48V 0 5 Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save Serie F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults Optimized Defaults Figure 3 13 PC Health Status Screen Shot Shutdown Temperature This item lets you select the limit for the system shutdown temperature If the temperature extends beyond the limit the system will shut down The default setting is 75 C 167 F CPU Warning Temperature This item lets you select the temperature at which you want the system to send out a warning message to the PC speakers of when the temperature goes beyond either limit You can select the temperatures you want The ranges are from 30 C 86 F to 120 C 248 F default setting is 70 C 158 F All Voltages Fans Speed and Thermal Monitoring These items
27. flash your BIOS One is to directly type the full line commands that are described in this section The utility will then flash your BIOS When you finish the flash operation you will see the screen as in Figure F 2 Note F 1 The other method is to just type awdflash under Award flash BIOS utility directory then press enter The Flash Memory Writer V7 22 screen will appear Please refer to Figure F 1 Note F 1 You need to type NEWBIOS the file name or you can use another name if you choose into the File Name to Program then press enter FLASH MEMORY WRITER 2 C Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved For 1440BK W97 2A69KALJC H DATE 87 13 1999 Flash Type File Name to Program BES Error Message Figure F 1 Award Flash Memory Writer V7 22 Start Screen When you have finished updating your BIOS you will see the screen as in Figure F 2 You then need to press the F7 key to reset the system or press the F70 key to exit the writer User s Manual A 2 Appendix A FLASH HWEMORY WRITER 2 C Award Software 1999 All Rights Reserved For 1440BK W97 7 2A69KALJC H DATE 0771371999 Flash Type File Name to Program BES Checksum 69B4H Erase Flash Memory FEGHUK Ho Update Write Fail 7 CA Figure F 2 Award Flash Memory Writer V7 22 Complete Screen Figure F 3 shows you what commands you can use for the flashing program You need to go into the pure DOS environment and type awdflash
28. from a floppy and type WINNT B to install the Windows NT 4 0 the installation steps are similar to the above steps You only have to pay attention to two things Firstly don t format your hard disk with the FAT32 file system Otherwise you will not be able to install Windows NT Secondly after the files have been copied to the hard disk the system will reboot On the reboot press F6 immediately when the message Setup is inspecting your computer s hardware configuration appears If you install a general drive to IDE1 or IDE2 and an Ultra ATA 66 drive to IDE3 or IDE4 we suggest you don t format your general drive with FAT32 file system Otherwise you will encounter some problems when you install Windows NT on Ultra ATA 66 drive because the Windows NT have to write some data to the drive that connect to the primary IDE connector But Windows NT can t access the drive that format with FAT32 file system Floppy Install If the NT 4 0 is first installed on the ATA 66 drive connected to IDE3 or IDE4 follow the following installation procedure Step 1 Set your system to boot from Drive A and then insert the Windows NT installation diskette 1 3 Power on your computer User s Manual D 10 Appendix D Windows NT Workstation Setup Step 2 The setup program will display a Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer IDE CD ROM lt ATAPI 1 2 gt PCI
29. list the current states of the CPU and environment temperatures as well as fan speeds CPU fan and chassis fan It can not be changed by the user The following items list the voltage states of the system power It is also unchangeable BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 43 3 9 Load Fail Safe Defaults CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N IS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS oe Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 3 14 Load Fail Safe Defaults Screen Shot When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the BIOS default values for the most stable minimal performance system operations 3 10 Load Optimized Defaults CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Load Optimized Defaults Load Optimized Defaults Y N N IS Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS oe Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 3 15 Load Optimized Defaults Screen Shot User s Manual 3 44 Chapter3 When you press lt Enter gt on this item you get a confirmation dialog box with a message similar to Load Optimized Defaults Y N N Pressing Y loads the default values that are factory settings for optimal performance system operations 3 11 Set Password This option allows you to set a password req
30. previously found that they could not overclock their system to 133MHz successfully due to set CPU chipset and memory restrictions The highest CPU FSB clock was 100MHz Chipsets and memory also only supported up to a 1OOMHz system bus clock The 133MHz CPU front side bus is now available and the memory standard has been advanced to the higher 133MHz speed The 133 MHz system is now ready for market What ts SoftMenu ITI technology SoftMenu II is ABIT s newest BIOS offering The ABIT SoftMenu III technology not only lets users configure CPU settings easily but also allows the user greater freedom in the setting of the CPU FSB Front Side Bus clock settings How does SoftMenu ITI help to provide a possibility of 133 MHz system ABIT SoftMenu II provides the user with more CPU setting items including settings for I O voltage PCI CPU FSB Clock AGP CPU FSB Clock AGP Transfer Mode and 120 settings for the FSB clock All of these setting items are adjustable thereby giving the user User s Manual F 2 Appendix F the power to adjust according to system demands We will detail these setting items in the following E Unlimited Front Side Bus FSB In addition to the default settings for each processor speed SoftMenu III provides 120 user defined settings on the FSB clock Settings are at 66 75 and from 83 to 200 MHz The settings from 83 MHz to 200MHz can be altered in increments of 1 giving the user the power to find the best FSB s
31. specifications please go to the address below for more detailed information http www teleport com acpi acpihtml home htm Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup the SMI function will not work ACPI requires an ACPI aware operating system ACPI features include Plug and Play including bus and device enumeration and APM functionality normally contained in the BIOS Power management control of individual devices add in cards some add in cards may require an ACPI aware driver video displays and hard disk drives A Soft off feature that enables the operating system to power off the computer Support for multiple wake up events see Table 3 6 1 Support for a front panel power and sleep mode switch Table 3 6 2 describes the system states based on how long the power switch is pressed depending on how ACPI is configured with an ACPI aware operating system If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup the SMI switch function will not work BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 31 System States and Power States Under ACPI the operating system directs all system and device power state transitions The operating system puts devices in and out of low power states based on user preferences and knowledge of how devices are being used by applications Devices that are not being used can be turned off The operating system uses information from applications and user settings to put the system as
32. the CPU document to make sure your CPU core voltage before you want to adjust this item Incorrect CPU core voltage settings in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage I O Voltage This item lets you select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset and AGP You can change values in the I O Voltage option lists by using the arrow up and down keys BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 7 1 Warning Using a higher voltage may result in the shortening of your computer components life We strongly suggest you leave this item on default setting In Order Queue Depth Two options are available 1 and 8 This item lets you set cache buffer for CPU data processing If you are not well acquainted with this item setting please leave it on the default setting 8 Level 2 Cache Latency Sixteen setting are available Default and 1 to 15 This item can let you adjust the processor L2 cache speed the larger the value the faster the L2 cache will run You have to be aware that if you set the L2 cache speed too fast it will cause the L2 cache to fail If the L2 cache fails it will cease to run until you reset the value but the processor and L1 cache will still function just not as well To make sure your L2 cache functions properly please choose an appropriate setting The default setting is Default Normally we do not recommend that you use the User Define option to setup CPU speed and multiplier fa
33. your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well They integrated and sold the system to you They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem They should have reasonable return or refund policies How they serve you is also a good reference for your next purchase 5 Contacting ABIT If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department First please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you They will be more familiar with local conditions and problems and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services Due to the huge number of emails coming in every day and other reasons such as the time required for problem reproduction we will not be able to reply to every email Please understand that we are selling through distribution channels and don t have the resources to serve every end user However we will try to do our best to help every customer Please also remember that for many of our technical support team English is a second language you will have a better chance of getting a helpful answer if your question can be understood in the first place Be sure to use very simple concise language that clearly states the problem avoid rambling or flowery language and always list your system components Here is the contact in
34. 1 setting see section 2 4 The mouse wake up function can only be used with the PS 2 mouse not with a mouse that uses the COM port and USB connection Mouse Left Mouse Right means you need to double click the mouse left right button for the computer to power on You also need to note the compatibility issue with your PS 2 mouse Some PS 2 mice cannot wake up the system because of compatibility problems Also if the specs of your keyboard are too old it may fail to power on Keyboard 98 If you are using Windows 98 and you have a keyboard that is designed for the Windows 98 operating system You can enable this item and use your keyboard wake up key to wake up your computer KB Power ON Password If your Power On Function is set to Password then you need to enter the password for keyboard wake up When your computer is shutdown and you want to wake it up you only need to type the correct password then you can power on Hot Key Power On There are twelve options are available Ctrl F1 to Ctrl F12 You can select this item and using the Ctrl plus the one of each function key F1 to F12 to power on the computer The default setting is Ctrl F1 KBC input clock This item allows you to change the keyboard clock if you have a keyboard problem like keyboard failure slow typing response time etc You may try to change the keyboard clock settings for optimal result Onboard FDD Controller Two optio
35. 2300 Pass Leadtek 3D S3500ZX Pass ASUS V3400 Pass Creative TNT Pass DIAMOND Viper V550 Pass ELSA ErazorlI Pass Leadtek 320 Pass STB Velocity4400 Pass TOP Solution Pass ABIT GT2 Pass ASUS V3800 Pass Creative TNT2 Pass Diamond V770 Pass FLSA ERAZOR III Pass Leadtek 325 Pass Leadtek 320 II Pass Leadtek 325 Pass ASUS V3800 Pass Creative 3D Blaster Pass Diamond V770 Pass ASUS V3000 Pass Diamond Rival28 Pass Creative Savage4 Pass Diamond Virge GX2 Pass Cardex 6326 Pass ENN YAH Pass ENN YAH Trident Blade 3D Pass User s Manual F 6 Appendix F E Memory Modules Configuration CPU Coppermine 667MHz FSB 133MHz OS Windows NT4 0 Warkstation BIOS beh_qj bin VGA DIAMOND RIVA TNT2 Ultra HDD Quantum fireball CX6400AT Power Supply Seventeam ST 301HR ea Ee Ea el ee a Ee CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75B ECC SPDIV_ Jy W TT CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC16M4A2 75 B ECC SPD V CRUCTAL MICRON MT48LC16M4A2 75 B SPD_ V IBUFFALO MICRON MT48LC8MB8A2 SPD LV IKINGMAX KSV884T4A1A O7 SPD_ IN TWINMOS MOSEL V54C365804VBT75 SPD_ SN W JV I J CT I CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75 B ECC SPD V Jy W J FJ F J J CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75 BIECC SPD V Jy W o So S o o o CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 75 B SPD _ V W W J J I J APACER SIEMEMS HYB39S64800AT 7 5 SPD IV _ W p T 1 1 1 J APACER LGS GM72Vo6841ET75 SPD_ _ DWO Wo bW I J I Cap
36. 28MB or less This mode directly uses positions indicated by Cylinders CYLS Heads and Sectors to access data LBA Logical Block Addressing mode The earlier LBA mode can support HDD capacities of up to 8 4GB and this mode uses a y different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed It translates Cylinders CYLS Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data is located The Cylinders Heads and Sectors displayed in this menu do not reflect the actual structure of the hard disk they are just reference values used to calculate actual positions Currently all high capacity hard disks support this mode that s why we recommend you use this mode Currently the BIOS can support the INT 13h extension function enabling the LBA mode to support hard disk drive capacities exceeding 8 4GB Large Mode When the number of cylinders CYLs of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it or if your operating system does not support LBA mode you should y select this mode L7 Capacity This item auto displays your HDD size Note that this size is usually slightly greater than the size given by a disk checking program of a formatted disk All the items below are available when you set the item Primary IDE Master to Manual L Cylinder When disks are placed directly above one another along the shaft the circular vertical slice consisting of all the tracks located in a particular position is c
37. 40BX chipset Winbond W83782D BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 1 Chapter 2 Installing the Motherboard This BE6 II motherboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands This chapter will introduce step by step all the standard equipment and will also present as completely as possible future upgrade capabilities This motherboard is able to support all Intel Pentium II II processors and Intel Celeron processor now on the market For details see specifications in Chapter 1 This chapter is organized according the following features 2 1 Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis 2 2 Installation of the Pentium II III Celeron CPU 2 3 Installing System Memory 2 4 Connectors Headers and Switches 2 5 CPU Frequency Settings amp 3 3 Before Proceeding with the Installation 3 3 Before you install or unplug any connectors or add on cards please remember to turn the ATX power supply switch off fully turn the 5V standby power off or take the power cord off Otherwise you may cause the motherboard components or add on cards to malfunction or be damaged User Friendly Instructions Our objective is to enable the novice computer user to perform the installation by himself We have attempted to write this document in a very clear concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacle
38. 65 gt x7 gt x75 gt x8 amp SEL100 66 Signal Two options are available Default and Low The default setting is Default amp PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Three options are available 1 2 1 3 and 1 4 This item lets you set the PCI bus clock It correlates with the CPU FSB clock you set For example if you set the CPU FSB clock to 1OOMHz and choose 1 3 here the PCI bus clock will be 33 3 MHz amp AGP Clock CPU FSB Clock Two options are available 1 1 and 2 3 This item lets you set the AGP clock It correlates with the CPU FSB clock you set The default setting is 1 1 In this case the AGP clock will equal to the CPU FSB clock If you choose 2 3 the AGP clock will be the CPU FSB clock divided by 3 and times 2 Generally if you set the CPU FSB clock to 66MHz you ought to select 1 1 If you set the CPU FSB clock to 100Mhz or higher you ought to select 2 3 AGP Transfer Mode This function allows the user to determine the capability of the AGP device Selecting Default gives optimized performance The video driver will decide the data transfer mode automatically If the CPU FSB clock exceeds 125MHz setting AGP Transfer Mode to Normal will result in a more stable system amp CPU Core Voltage This item lets you select the CPU core voltage manually You can change values in the CPU Core Voltage option lists by using the arrow up and down keys 1 Warning You must check
39. A and INTB USB used PIRQ 3 PCI slot 5 and HPT 366 IDE controller uses the same bus master control signals therefore if the HPT 366 IDE controller see section 3 5 is enabled you can t install a PCI card that will occupy the bus master signals into PCI slot 5 What kind of PCI card needs to use the bus master signal Generally speaking most of the PCI cards need to use the bus master signal but some Add on cards such as the Voodoo series of graphics cards and some PCI VGA and LAN cards don t occupy the bus master signal PCI slot 3 shares IRQ signals with the HPT366 IDE controller Ultra ATA 66 The driver for HPT 366 IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with other devices into PCI slot 3 you may encounter some problems Furthermore if your Operating System doesn t allow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other Windows NT for example you can t install a PCI card into PCI slot 3 PCI slot 1 shares IRQ signals with the AGP slot PCI slot 2 shares IRQ signals with the PCI slot 5 If you want to install two PCI cards into those PCI slots that share IRQ with one another at the same time you must make sure that your OS and PCI devices driver support IRQ sharing User s Manual 3 42 Chapter3 3 8 PC Health Status You can set the warning and shutdown temperatures for your computer system and you can check the
40. CMOS and EXIT Y N Y Pressing Y stores the selections made in the menus in CMOS a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After saving the values the system is restarted again User s Manual 3 46 Chapter3 3 13 Exit Without Saving CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Quit Without Saving Y N N Saving Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS oe a Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 3 17 Exit Without Saving Screen Shot Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Quit without saving Y N Y This allows you to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any change The previous selections remain in effect This exits the Setup utility and restarts your computer BE6 II BIOS Flashing User Instructions A 1 Appendix A BIOS Flashing User Instructions When your motherboard needs to be upgraded with new features or some compatibility problems in the BIOS need to be fixed you will need to use this BIOS flash utility This utility is provided by Award Software makes it easy to flash by yourself However please read all the information in this section before flashing Before you can flash the BIOS you need to go into the pure DOS environment by rebooting your system and going directly into DOS Basically there are two ways to
41. Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual No warranty or representation either expressed or implied is made with respect to the quality accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are property of their respective owners This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws All rights reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual If you do not properly set the motherboard settings causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail we cannot guarantee any responsibility BE6 II Motherboard User s Manual Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF BE6 II FEATURES l 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 FEATURES OF THIS MOTHERBOARD SPECIFICATIONS LAYOUT DIAGRAM THE SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE MOTHERBOARD 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4
42. Min gt 20 Min gt 30 Min 40 Min gt 1 Hour The default setting is Disabled Disabled gt 1 Min gt 2 Min gt 3 Min 4 Min gt 5 Min gt 6 Min 7 Min 8 Min gt 9 Hour gt 10 Min gt 11 Min gt 12 Min 13 Min 14 Min 15 Min The default setting is Disabled When these two saving modes are enabled the system is set up for minimum power savings Doze Mode 1 Hour Standby Mode 1 Hour Suspend Mode 1 Hour HDD Power Down 15 Min gt Max Saving When the two saving modes are enabled the system is set up for maximum power savings Doze Mode 1 Min Standby Mode 1 Min Suspend Mode 1 Min HDD Power Down 1 Min PM Control by APM Power Management is completely controlled by the APM APM stands for Advanced Power Management it is a power management standard set by Microsoft Intel and other major manufacturers BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 33 Video Off Method Three video off methods are available Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank and DPMS The default is VVH SYNC Blank If this setting does not shut off the screen select Blank Screen If your monitor and video card support DMPS standard select DPMS Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer 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 DPMS Initial display power man
43. Mode 2 33 Mbytes sec or PIO Mode 4 16 6 Mbytes sec Ultra ATA 66 hard drives are 100 percent backward compatible with both Ultra ATA 33 and DMA and with existing ATA IDE hard drives CD ROM drives and host systems The Ultra ATA 66 protocol and commands are designed to be compatible with existing ATA IDE devices and systems Although a new 40 pin 80 conductor cable is required for Ultra ATA 66 the chip set pin connector remains the same at 40 Hard drives that support Ultra ATA 66 also support Ultra ATA 33 and legacy ATA IDE specifications There are four requirements for attaining Ultra ATA 66 The drive must support Ultra ATA 66 The motherboard and system BIOS or an add in controller must support Ultra ATA 66 The operating system must support Direct Memory Access DMA Microsoft Windows 98 and Windows 95B OSR2 support DMA The cable must be 80 conductor the length should not exceed 18 inches If all the above requirements are met you can enjoy the Ultra ATA 66 features of your computer system Figure 2 9 Photo of an Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cable BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 17 How to install the Ultra ATA 66 Cable Assembly E The BLUE connector MUST be plugged into the motherboard or your system will not 40 Pin IDE Plug On The Motherboard Blue Connector work E Each connector on the Ultra ATA 66 cable assembly has a small polarization tab centrally located on the body of the plast
44. SCSI Adapters Mouse Multimedi Network ODBC pene Ports Printe Pl Z S amp Services Sounds System Tape Devices Telephony UPS SCSI Adapters KE Step 2 Select Drivers and then click Add IDE CD ROM JATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Co Started Install Driver Step 3 Click Have Disk Adapt Advanced Micro Devices AMI BusLogic Compaq Install From Disk Step 4 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A and then click OK BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 13 Install Driver Step 5 Click OK HPT 366 Ultra DMA Controller Windows NT Setup Step 6 Enter A in blank space and then click Continue System Settings Change EJ Step 7 Click Yes to restart your computer User s Manual D 14 Appendix D BE6 II The thermal cable E 1 Appendix E The thermal cable We provide a thermal cable in the motherboard package see the figure below This thermal cable is for you to detect the temperature in the location of your choice You can attach one end of the two threaded thermal cable A that comes with the motherboard to the TSYS2 header then tape the other end of the thermal cable B onto the location you want to detect the temperature After you have installed the thermal cable you will see the detected temperature in the BIOS Setup and Winbond Hardware Doctor Utility TSYS2
45. U E AGP Transfer Mode This function allows the user to determine the capability of the AGP device Selecting Default gives optimized performance The video driver will decide the data transfer mode automatically If the CPU FSB clock exceeds 125MHz setting AGP Transfer Mode to Normal will result in a more stable system BE6 II BX 133 Overclocking Guide F 3 E In Order Queue Depth This item determines the command queue depth between processor and chipset Selecting 8 gives optimized performance Selecting 1 results in a more stable system E Level 2 Cache Latency This item allows the user to set CPU L2 cache speed Selecting Default gives the most stable performance Smaller latency gives faster performance but may cause system instability Our Suggestion We strongly suggest that you use our default settings for each processor speed when you want to configure your CPU settings We meticulously and repeatedly test these default settings Adopting these settings will give you the optimum system for stability The following table lists all of the CPU default settings CPU Speed FSB Clock PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock AGP Clock CPU FSB Clock P2333 NH P2063 NH E8002 6 E gt ee 333 6G 233 NH 366 HY NH 400 3 NO p 433 6G 233 NH 406 B NH Ee o nB y OO O 53 EXD y O 60 10 f B33 23 66 67 60 B3 148325 2 3 88 67 User s Manual F 4 Append
46. a whole into a low power state Table 3 6 1 Wake Up Device and Events The table below describes which devices or specific events can wake the computer from specific states These device events can wake up the computer Sleeping mode or power off mode RTC alarm Sleeping mode or power off mode Sleeping mode or power off mode Table 3 6 2 Effect of Pressing the Power Switch If the system is in this and the power switch is pressed for the system enters this Less than four seconds More than four seconds Soft off Suspend Less than four seconds Fail safe power off Less than four seconds Wake up Power Management This item allows you to select the type or degree of power saving and is directly related to the following modes 1 Doze Mode 2 Standby Mode 3 Suspend Mode 4 HDD Power Down There are three options for power management three of which have fixed mode settings User s Manual 3 32 gt User Define Chapter3 User Define defines the delay for accessing the power modes Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode HDD Power Down gt Min Saving Disabled gt 1 Min gt 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min gt 12 Min gt 20 Min gt 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour The default setting is Disabled Disabled gt 1 Min gt 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min gt 12 Min gt 20 Min gt 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour The default setting is Disabled Disabled gt 1 Min gt 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min gt 12
47. acity 32MB CRUCIAL MT48LC4M16A2 75 B SPD n d d d d d U a pO Capai 5MB S S S S O Capacity 256MB TWINMOS SEC KM44816030BT GL SPD_ W Wo bW d J J I I Capacity 128MB CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 8E ECC SPD V _ I W J J S S So TWINMOS TOSHIBA TC59S6408BFT 80 ECC SPD V y W J J I J J CORSAIR SEC KM48S8030BT GL ECC SPD_ IV Y W d J J I I Capacity 64MB APM APM F880488CT 8 SPD NV p S S S y y i CRUCIAL MICRON MT48LC8M8A2 8C SPD_ JV VV S S S y o i TOSHIBA TOSHIBA TCS59S6416BFT 80 SPD_ N W pp T 1 1 3 J BUFFALO SEC KM48S8030BT GH SPD__ WO W pPI I CORSAIR SEC KM48S8030BT GL ECC SPD_ Y W W P GENUINE NEC D4564841G5 A80 9JF SPD_ WO Wo p F FJ J f J GENERIC SIEMENS HYB39S64800AT 8 SPD IV W pp T 1 1 3 J TWINMOS M TEC TBS6408B4E 8 SPD_ WO Wo bW I J J I I Capacity 32MB ARMAS NEC D4564163G5 A80 9JF SPD d d d d d d BE6 II How to Get Technical Support G I Appendix G How to Get Technical Support From our website http www abit com tw In North America http www abit usa com In Europe http www abit nl Thank you for choosing ABIT products ABIT sells all our products through distributors resellers and system integrators we have no direct sales to end users Before sending email for tech support please check with your resellers or integrators if you need any services they are the ones who sold you your system and they should know best as to what can be do
48. adowing address ranges This option allows you to decide if the ROM BIOS area of an interface card at a specific address uses the shadow feature or not If you have no interface card using this memory block don t enable this option You have six address ranges you can select C8000 CBFFF Shadow CC000 CFFFF Shadow DOOOO D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DCOOO DFFFF Shadow Computer Knowledge SHADOW What is the SHADOW The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM and it is often very slow With the Shadow feature the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM When the CPU runs this BIOS the operation is speeded up Delay IDE Initial sec This item is used to support some old models or special types of hard disks or CD ROMs They may need a longer amount of time to initialize and prepare for activation Since the BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 19 BIOS may not detect those kinds of devices during system booting You can adjust the value to fit such devices Larger values will give more delay time to the device The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 15 The default setting is 0 User s Manual 3 20 Chapter3 3 4 Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu The Advanced Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the motherboard Since the parameters of the buffers are closely
49. agement signaling Video Off After Select the saving mode in which the video is switched off gt NA The video will never be switched off in no power saving mode gt Suspend The video will only be switched off in Suspend mode gt Standby The video will only be switched off in Standby or Suspend mode gt Doze The video will be switched off in all power saving modes Modem Use IRQ You can specify the IRQ for modem use Eight options are available N A gt 3 gt 49 59 7 gt 9 gt 10 gt 11 The default setting is N A Doze Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from minute to hour If no power management event occurs during this time period meaning that the computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Doze power saving mode If this mode is disabled the system will enter the next mode in the sequence Standby or Suspend mode User s Manual 3 34 Chapter3 Standby Mode When the setting selected for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from minute to hour If no power management event occurs during this time period meaning the computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Standby power saving mode If this mode is disabled the system will enter the next mode in the sequence Suspend mode Suspend Mode When the setting selected
50. alled a cylinder You can set the number of cylinders for a HDD The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 65536 L7 Head This is the tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to create and read back the magnetic patterns on the disk also called the read write head You can configure the User s Manual 3 12 Chapter3 number of read write heads The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 255 L7 Precomp The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 65536 Warning Setting a value of 65536 means no hard disk exists 7 Landing Zone This is a non data area on the disk s inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned off The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 65536 7 Sector The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data Sectors usually are grouped into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit You can configure this item to sectors per track The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 255 Driver A amp Driver B If you have installed the floppy disk drive here then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support Six options are available None gt 360K 5 25 in gt 1 2M 5 25in gt 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in gt 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support F
51. are for switches and indicators for the chassis s front panel there are several functions that come from these two headers You have to watch the pin position and the orientation or you may cause system malfunctions Figure 2 7 shows you the PN1 and PN2 functions of the pins HDD LED PN1 11 aoon unano 1 Figure 2 7 The definition of PN1 and SMI POW ON TKEYLOCK POWERLED PN2 pins SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 COn CANAI 1 PNI Pin 1 2 3 4 5 Power LED and Keylock Switch Headers KEYLOCK Power LED There is a specific orientation for pins 1 ey a through 3 Insert the three threaded power 9 oo o l LED cable to pins 1 3 and the two threaded PN111 0 ele o ee ele os SMI POW ON KEYLOCK POWERLED keylock cable into pin 4 and pin 5 Check to SPLED SPEAKER RESET make sure the correct pins go to the correct PN2 11 GUIU l connectors on the motherboard If you install them with the wrong direction the power LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the power LED pin position and orientation User s Manual 2 12 Chapter2 PN1 Pin 6 7 HDD LED Header HDD LED KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 UNEN 1 PN1 Pin 8 9 Power on Switch Header Power On Switch HDD LED PN1 11 e efe eje oje 6 1 a a 4 CO C SMI POW ON KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 EUZEN 1 Attach the cable from the cas
52. available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Disabled This option is used to reserve the memory block 15M 16M for ISA adapter ROM Some special peripherals need to use a memory block located between 15M and 16M and this memory block has a size of 1M We recommend that you disable this option Passive Release Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Set the option to enabled or disabled passive release for the Intel PIIX4 chip Intel PCI to ISA bridge This function is used to meet the latency of the ISA bus master if you have an ISA card compatibility problem you can try to enable or disable this option for optimal result Delayed Transaction Two options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Disabled Set the option to enabled or disabled PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction for the chipset This function is used to meet the latency of PCI cycles to or from the ISA bus This option must be enabled to provide PCI 2 1 compliance If you have an ISA card compatibility problem you can try to enable or disable this option for optimal results BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 23 AGP Aperture Size MB Seven options are available 4 gt 8 gt 16 gt 32 gt 64 gt 128 gt 256 gt Back to 4 This option specifies the amount of system memory that can be used by the AGP device The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics m
53. be set as Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE interface with support for two IDE channels If you choose Disabled it will effect the settings of four items not available For example if you disabled the Onboard IDE I Controller you will also disable the Master Slave Drive PIO Mode and Master Slave Drive Ultra DMA Master Slave Drive PIO Mode Six options are available Auto gt Mode 0 gt Mode 1 Mode 2 gt Mode 3 gt Mode 4 gt Back to Auto The four IDE PIO Programmed Input Output items 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 default setting the system automatically determines the best mode for each device BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 25 Master Slave Drive Ultra DMA Two options are available Auto and Disabled The default setting is Auto Ultra DMA is a DMA data transfer protocol that utilizes ATA commands and the ATA bus to allow DMA commands to transfer data at a maximum burst rate of 33 MB sec Ultra DMA 33 or Ultra DMA 66 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 gt Auto If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable
54. correctly PN2 11 of ejole e e ejole efi f Note Watch the HDD LED pin position Suspend LED and the orientation For the PN1 and PN2 pin s count name list please refer to table 2 2 Table 2 2 PN1 and PN2 pin count name list PIN Name Significance of signal PIN Name Significance of signal PIN 4 Keyboard inhibit Signal PIN5 Ground Hi i PIN 10 Suspend LED active HDD active Ground Power On Off signal PIN 10 3V Standby PIN 11 Suspend signal PIN 1 Let s now see the I O connectors that BE6 II uses and what their functions are User s Manual 2 14 Chapter2 FDC1 Connector This 34 pin connector is called the floppy disk drive connector You can connect a 360K 5 25 1 2M 5 25 720K 3 5 1 44M 3 5 or 2 88M 3 5 floppy disk 3 drive you can even connect a 3 Mode g uo floppy disk drive it s a 3 1 2 drive used in Beo Japanese computer systems a A floppy disk drive ribbon cable has 34 wires and two connectors to provide for the connection of two floppy disk drives After connecting the single end to the FDC1 connect the two connectors on the other end to the floppy disk drives In general people only install one floppy disk drive on their computer system A red mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 You need to align the wire pin 1 to the FDC1 connector pin 1 then insert the wire connector into the FDC1
55. ct Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled When you select Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh resulting in better system performance However if any program writes to this memory area a system error may result Video BIOS Cacheable You can select Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled When you select 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 User s Manual 3 22 Chapter3 Video RAM Cacheable You can select Enable or Disable When you select Enabled you get faster video RAM executing speed via the L2 cache You must check your VGA adapter manual to find out if any compatibility problems will occur 8 Bit I O Recovery Time Nine options are available NA gt 8 gt 1 gt 2 gt 3 gt 4 5 6 D7 Back to NA This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 8 bit I O operations For an earlier 8 bit Add on card sometimes you need to adjust its recovery time to make it work normally 16 Bit I O Recovery Time Five options are available NA gt 4 gt 1 gt 2 gt 3 gt Back to NA This option specifies the length of a delay inserted between consecutive 16 bit I O operations For an earlier 16 bit Add on card sometimes you need to adjust its recovery time to make it work normally Memory Hole At 15M 16M Two options are
56. ctors This option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters it is very easy to make mistakes when you define the external clock and the multiplier factor by yourself Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup Normally if the CPU clock setup is wrong you will not be able to boot In this case turn the system off then on again The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You can then enter the BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock If you can t enter the BIOS setup you must try turning the system on a few times 3 4 times or press INSERT key when turning on and the system will automatically use its standard parameters to boot You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new parameters When you change your CPU This motherboard has been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted a CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches But if you change your CPU normally you just have to turn off the power supply change the CPU and then set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU III However if the new CPU is slower than the old one and is same brand and type we offer you two methods to successfully complete the CPU change operation User s Manual 3 8 Chapte
57. d it Example 1 To update the BIOS and create a backup of the current system BIOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS PY SAVEBIOS SY Example 2 To update the BIOS create a backup of current system BIOS and clear the CMOS execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS CC Example 3 To update the BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SN CP Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS execute the following command AWDFLASH NEWBIOS PN SAVEBIOS NEWBIOS indicates the file name for the new BIOS which can be downloaded from our web site at http www abit com tw the user can choose a different file name in place of NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS indicates the filename of the old system BIOS the user can choose a different file name in place of SAVEBIOS Explanation of parameter names CC Clears CMOS data CP Clears PnP data CD Clears DMI data CKS Compare Binfile Checksum User s Manual A 4 Appendix A Remarks 1 When executing AWDFLASH EXE do not run HIMEM SYS and EMM386 EXE in the CONFIG SYS 2 Please take the following actions to solve problems caused by power shortages or other non preventable malfunctions during BIOS updating that lead to update failures First it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS updating you will be able to us
58. dows 95 98 place the CD ROM into the computer The main menu will show up Click the HighPoint XStore Pro Install button then you will see the XStore Pro installer is preparing the InstallShield Wizard When it is done the Welcome screen will show up Step 2 Press the Next key you will see the screen below You then need to choose whether you want to install XStore Pro only or if you want to install both XStore Pro and CD Xpress Press the Next key to continue User s Manual B 4 BE6 II Appendix B Step 3 Press the Next key you will see the license screen Step 4 Press Yes to the continue screen below Step 5 When installation process is done you will see the screen below This screen will show up only when you install both XStore Pro and CD Xpress If you want to see the ReadMe file you can click on the circle Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility XStore Pro Installation Complete Setup has installed Xstore Pro successfully on your system and you need to reboot system to start XStore Pro Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Click Finish button to leave setup ER B 5 Step 6 Choose the Yes I want to restart my computer now button then system will restart Or you can choose the No I will restart my computer later You must restart your computer after you installed the XStore
59. e s front panel HDD LED to this header If you install it in the wrong direction the LED light will not illuminate correctly Note Watch the HDD LED pin position and the orientation Attach the cable from the case s front panel power switch to this header SMI POW ON KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 CUER 1 Attach the cable from the case s front panel suspend switch if there is one to this header Use this switch to enable disable the power management function by hardware Note If you enable the ACPI function in the BIOS setup this function will not work PN2 Pin 1 2 Hardware Reset Switch Header HDD LED PN1 11 Sale ols seg se SMI POW ON TKEYOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET Hardware Reset Switch BE6 II Attach the cable from the case s front panel Reset switch to this header Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system Installing the Motherboard 2 13 PN2 Pin 4 5 6 7 Speaker Header HDD LED Attach the cable from the system speaker to 11 1 PN1 F this header SMI POW ON KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 BED AI 1 PC Speaker PN2 Pin 9 10 Suspend LED Header HDD LED Insert the two threaded suspend LED cable PN11 i into pin 9 and pin 10 If you install it in the POW ON NEES ee ical FEND wrong direction the LED light will not SP LED SPEAKER RESET peng illuminate
60. e Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ri Enabled ng CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0 Resume by Alarm Disabled X DateCof Month Alarm 0 X TimeChh imm iss Alarm 0 0 CHOS Setup Utility Copyrig You may see the right cursor symbol appear ASUkb on the left side of some items indicating that Date Cmmidd yy additional information or options can be Aime Chhimmiss o select in a Sub Menu for this item IDE Primary Haster ADE Primary Slave TOE Secondary Haster FIDE Secondary Slave Drive fl Drive B Maybe you have heard of someone losing CMOS DATA What is the CMOS Is it important CMOS is the memory in which the BIOS parameters that you have configured are stored This memory is passive you can both read its data and store data in it But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid data loss when the computer is turned off If the CMOS battery dies you will loose all CMOS data We therefore recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware or you put a label with these parameters on your hard disk User s Manual 3 4 Chapter3 3 1 SoftMenu III Setup The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch CPU SOFT MENU III that replaces the traditional manual hardware configuration This feature allows the user to more easily complete the installation procedures You can install the CPU without configuring any jumpers or switches The CPU must be setup according its specification
61. e set to OFF DIP SW DS1 DS8 DIP Switch for Setting CPU Frequenc The following tables will present the adjustment for the CPU frequency and multiplier factor The default settings are all OFF Seles External Frequency 66 OFF OFF OFF OFF 100 ono 100 OFF O OS ON 0 FL u2 foro Ie AGP Frequency The DS9 lets you set the frequency ratio between AGP clock and the Front Side Bus CPU Bus Generally if you set the CPU FSB clock to 66MHz you ought to set this switch to OFF 1 1 If you set the CPU FSB clock to 100Mhz or higher you ought to set this switch to ON 2 3 User s Manual 2 20 Chapter2 DS9 AGP Clock Front Side Bus 2 3 AGP Clock Front Side Bus 1 1 Soft Menu III The DS10 lets you enable or disable Soft Menu II The Soft Menu III allows you to configure the CPU settings easily through BIOS setup refer to section 3 1 When you enable Soft Menu III all DIP switches must be set to OFF DS10 Disable Soft Menu III Enable Soft Menu III BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 Chapter 3 Introduction of the BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory chip on the motherboard This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off This program is also referred to as the boot program It is the only channel for the hardware circuit to communicate with the operating system Its main function is to manage the setup of t
62. e this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update The content of the disk should be as follows 1 Startup system files COMMAND COM MSDOS SYS IO SYS 2 AWDFLSH EXE 3 The NEWBIOS file which can be download from ABIT web site 4 AUTOEXEC BAT which has the following content A AWDFLASH NEWBIOS PY SN CC CD For example to update the BE6 II BIOS version to MJ BE6 II_MJ BIN you need to type A AWDFLASH BE6 ILMJ BIN PY SN CC CD CKS 3 If you try to flash an incorrect version of a BIOS i e for another motherboard the following message will appear The program file s part number does not match with your system Please do not use the Award flash flash memory writer version that earlier than Version 7 22 to flash your WX6 motherboard BIOS Otherwise it may cause flash fail or anticipate problems BE6 II Install HighPoint XStore Pro Utility B 1 Appendix B Installing the HighPoint XStore Pro Utility We provide a useful and powerful utility in our product package HighPoint XStore Pro What does XStore do The XStore Pro is a hard disk enhancement utility which can improve system performance The basic concept is using a read ahead caching algorithm to improve the hard disk performance With a market trend where most system s standard configurations are moving towards 48 MBytes memory size or beyond HighPoint s XStore Pro provides higher system performance XStore Pro is a new generatio
63. e wire connector into the IDE1 or IDE 2 connector IDE3 and IDE4 ATA 66 Connectors The BE6 II supports the Ultra ATA 66 Also known as Ultra DMA 66 specification It enhances existing Ultra ATA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity This new high speed interface doubles the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec The result is maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus environment Figure 2 8 shows you the different between the Ultra ATA 33 and Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cable NOTE HPT 366 IDE controller is designed to support high speed mass storage Thus we don t suggest you connect non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as CD ROM to HPT 366 IDE connector IDE3 amp IDE4 User s Manual 2 16 Chapter2 40 Conductor Cable 0 Conductor Cable 4A pin IDE Interface Figure 2 8 The difference between Ultra ATA 33 and Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cables Figure 2 9 shows you a photo of an Ultra ATA 66 Conductor Cable An Ultra ATA 66 capable cable is a 40 pin 80 conductor cable with a black connector on one end a blue connector on the other end and a gray connector in the middle In addition line 34 on the cable should be notched or cut this may be difficult to see Ultra ATA 66 is backwards compatible with all Ultra ATA 33 systems but it will be limited in its transfer mode to the Ultra ATA 33 Ultra DMA
64. edale Device eee Step 5 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 driver disk into drive A and then click Other Locations Select Other Location Step 6 Enter A Win95_98 in blank space and then click OK Afers x e Update Device Driver Wizard Step 7 Click Finish BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 Copying Files 4 Copying Files 4 System Properties LOE Computer H CDROM a Disk drives a Display adapters aS Floppy disk controllers 5 5 Hard disk controllers 2 Keyboard SF Network adapters Other devices Ports COM amp LPT SCSI controllers sectaptec AH cap 294 U i HPT 366 Ultra DMA Controller lt amp HPT366 Ultra DMA Controller D E ETETEN Step 8 Type A Win95_98 in the Copy files from text box and then click OK Step 9 Select A Win95_98 and then click OK Step 10 Click No to continue updating another PCI Mass Storage Controller driver The installation procedure is the same as Steps 3 to 10 After updating another controller driver the system will ask you to restart your computer again Click Yes to restart your computer Step 11 After your system has restarted you can enter Control Panel gt System and then select Device Manager gt SCSI Controllers If Ultra ATA 66 driver is installed correctly you will see the figure on the left User s Manual
65. elect HighPoint Technology Inc HPT 366 IDE controller Step 8 Press ENTER Windows NT 4 0 installation to continue If you have followed the steps described above you should be finished installing your Ultra ATA 66 IDE controller For the rest of Windows NT installation steps please follow the instructions displayed in the NT setup program Step 9 After the first stage installation of Windows NT 4 0 is finished you will need to restart your computer Please enter the BIOS setup utility again when your system is rebooting refer to step 1 Select ADVANCED BIOS FEATURE SETUP after you enter BIOS setup utility Then set NOTE Don t remove your Windows NT installation CD after the first reboot because Windows NT setup is not finished yet and still needs to copy files from the CD ROM BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 D 9 SCSI Adapters 24 x Step 10 After you have finished Windows NT installation and entered Windows NT you can enter Control Panel gt SCSI Devices Drivers SCSI adapters and connected devices are listed below amp IDE CD ROM ATAPI 1 2 Dual channel PCI IDE Controller Sp aibeenmnonnmtnieintiddual channel PCI IDE Controller Adapters If the Ultra ATA 66 IDE CF HPT 366 Ultra DMA Controller 3 controller is installed correctly you will see the figure on the left Properties NOTE If you boot
66. eleron processors up to 768MB of memory super I O and Green PC functions The motherboard provides high performance for server systems and meets the requirements for desktop system for multimedia in the future The BE6 II has the HPT366 Ultra ATA 66 Chipset built in This means the BE6 II will support Ultra ATA 66 IDE devices Ultra ATA 66 is the new standard for IDE devices It enhances existing Ultra ATA 33 technology by increasing both performance and data integrity This new high speed interface doubles the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec The result is maximum disc performance using the current PCI local bus environment Another benefit is you can connect another four IDE devices in your system either Ultra ATA 33 IDE devices or Ultra ATA 66 IDE devices You will have more flexibility to expand your computer system The BE6 II has built in hardware monitoring functions you can refer to Appendix C for detailed information they can monitor and protect your computer insuring a safe computing environment The BE6 II also supports the PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse password and hot key wake up features you can refer to section 3 5 for detailed information letting you easily wake up your system by these devices The motherboard can provide high performance for workstations and meets the requirements for desktop systems for multimedia in the future The BE6 II uses the ABIT newest BIOS technology CPU Soft Men
67. elow HWDoctor Setup Step 2 Click the OK button then see the screen below 4 HWDoctor Setup Begin the installation by clicking the button below j i Click this button to install HwDoctor software to the specified destination i directory Directory C Program Files HWDoctor Change Directory Exit Setup User s Manual C 2 HWDoctor Setup Destination File C AWINDOWS SYSTEM COMCT232 00 HWDoctor Setup HWDoctor Setup gt HwDoctor Setup was completed successfully 2 Accessories Adobe Acrobat Matrox PowerDesk Online Services A Sound Blaster PCIG4 StartUp a Microsoft NetMeeting HB MS DOS Prompt Q Windows Explorer gt 4 5 13AM BE6 II Appendix C Step 3 You can specify the program install path by clicking Change Directory button Or if you want to use the default path click the the install process Now the screen icon to continue will show you the percentage of installation progress Step 4 When the progress finishes click the OK button Step 5 Go to the Windows toolbar and click the Start button then the program gt HWDoctor See the arrow mark on figure below choose Hardware Monitoring Function C 3 Once any item is out of its normal range a warning message will pop up The figure below shows the warning message windows Waring Ignore this warn
68. emory address space SDRAM Leadoff Command Two options are available 3 and 4 This item lets you set the SDRAMs access speed You can leave it on the default setting 3 If you want to adjust this item you must check out your SDRAM SPD values first User s Manual 3 24 Chapter3 3 5 Integrated Peripherals In this menu you can change the onboard I O device and other hardware peripheral settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE 1 Controller Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Slave Drive PIO Mode Master Drive Ultra DMA Slave Drive Ultra DMA Onboard IDE 2 Controller Master Drive PIO Mode Slave Drive PIO Mode Master Drive Ultra DMA Slave Drive Ultra DMA USB Keyboard Support Init Display First Ultra DMA 66 IDE Controler IDE HDD Block Mode POWER ON Function KB Power ON Password Hot Key Power ON KBC input clock Onboard FDD Controller Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8 IRO04 Onboard Serial Port 2 Onboard IR function UR2 Duplex Mode RxD TxD Active IR Transmission delay Onboard Parallel Port Parallel Port Mode EPP Mode Select ECP Mode Use DMA PWR ON After PWR Fail Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Sayve ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 7 Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen Shot Onboard IDE 1 Controller The onboard IDE 1 controller can
69. esn t have such add on cards or switches you can ignore some special feature connectors JP2 TR Pit E TSYS2 ane SB Link WOL WOR Figure 2 5 All Connectors and Headers for the BE6 II First Let s see the headers that BE6 II uses and what their functions are BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 7 ATX ATX Power Input Connector If the power supply connectors are not properly attached to the ATX power supply the power supply or add on cards may be damaged Attach the connector from the power supply acon to the ATX connector here Remember you have to push the connector from the ATX power supply firmly to the end with the ATX connector insuring that you have a good connection Note Watch the pin position and the orientation Attach the connector from the individual CPU fan to the header named FANI and attach the connector from the chassis fan to FAN2 or amp FAN3 header Upper PS 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard You must attach the CPU fan to the processor or your processor will work C Tas abnormally or may be damaged by FAN3 FAN2 FAN1 overheating Also if you want the computer case s internal temperature to be kept steady and not too high you had better connect the chassis fan to reach this goal Note Watch the pin position and the orientation User s Manual 2 8 IR IR Header Infrared
70. etting resulting in the best system performance This technology equips ABIT s products with the most flexibility and greatest compatibility to current and future specifications E CPU Multiplier Factor From 2 to 8 Increment 0 5 A total of 13 sets of multiplier factors support all current CPUs and allows for support of future CPUs The CPU operating frequency equals FSB clock times the multiplier factor m PCI CPU FSB Clock 1 2 1 3 and now 1 4 is also a selection option It correlates with the CPU FSB clock you set For example if you set the CPU FSB clock to 1OOMHz and choose 1 3 here the PCI bus clock will be 33 3 MHz We suggest you choose the ratio which brings the PCI bus clock as close to 33MHz as possible m AGP CPU FSB Clock 1 1 and 2 3 options let the user adjust the AGP clock We suggest you choose the ratio which brings the AGP clock as close to 66MHz as possible CPU Core Voltage 1 3 3 5 V manually adjustable but protected by SoftMenu III from damaging the CPU If the CPU Operating Frequency is not set to User define BIOS will automatically set the voltage required by the CPU E I O Voltage Adjustable 8 sets 3 2 3 9 V This function allows the user to adjust the voltage supplied to DRAM AGP and the Chipset thus greatly increasing the possibility of higher performance If the CPU Operating Frequency is not set to User define BIOS will automatically set the voltage required by CP
71. f the data held in the slower memory chips SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Two options are available 2 and 3 The default setting is 3 This item lets you insert a timing delay between the CAS and RAS strobe signals used when DRAM is written to read from or refreshed Fast gives faster performance and Slow gives more stable performance This item applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 21 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Two options are available 2 and 3 The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to accumulate its charge before DRAM refreshs If insufficient time is allowed refresh maybe incomplete and the DRAM may fail to retain data This field applies only if synchronous DRAM is installed in the system SDRAM CAS Latency Time Two options are available 2 and 3 The default setting is 3 You can select SDRAM CAS Column Address Strobe latency time according your SDRAM specification SDRAM Precharge Control This option determines the action taken when a page missing occurs SDRAM only When select Disabled means SDRAM issue precharge on all command and gives more stable performance DRAM Data Integrity Mode Two options are available Non ECC or ECC This option is used to configure the type of DRAM in your system ECC is Error Checking and Correction when your memory is ECC memory choose the ECC option System BIOS Cacheable You can sele
72. ff At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode Typematic Rate Setting This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate When set to Enabled you can set the two keyboard typematic controls that follow Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 17 Delay If this item 1s set to Disabled the BIOS will use the default setting The default setting is Enabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec When you press a key continuously the keyboard will repeat the keystroke according to the rate you have set Unit characters second Eight options are available 6 gt 8 gt 10 gt 12 gt 15 gt 20 gt 24 gt 30 gt Back to 6 The default setting is 30 Typematic Delay Msec When you press a key continuously if you exceed the delay you have set here the keyboard will automatically repeat the keystroke according to a certain rate Unit milliseconds Four options are available 250 gt 500 gt 750 gt 1000 gt Back to 250 The default setting is 250 Security Option This option can be set to System or Setup The default setting is Setup After you have created a password through PASSWORD SETTING this option will deny access to your system System or modification of computer setup BIOS Setup by unauthorized users gt SYSTEM When you choose System a password is required each time the computer boots up If the correct password is not given the system will not start
73. for Power Management is User Define you can define for this mode any delay from minute to hour If no power management event occurs during this time period meaning the computer is inactive during this period the system will enter the Suspend power saving mode The CPU stops working completely If this mode is disabled the system will not enter the Suspend mode HDD Power Down If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the specified time period the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save electricity You can set 1 to 15 minutes or select Disable according to your use of the HDD Throttle Duty Cycle This is used to specify the CPU speed in power saving mode Six options are available 12 5 25 0 37 5 50 0 62 5 or 75 0 Soft Off by PWR BTTN Two options are available Instant Off and Delay 4 Sec The default setting is Jnstant Off Pressing the power button for more than four seconds forces the system to enter the Soft Off state when the system has hung Power On by Ring Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Default setting is Disabled If you connect an external modem to the onboard serial port the system will be turned on when a telephone ring up occurs BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 35 Resume by Alarm Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Default setting is Disabled The RTC alarm can turn on the system You can set Date of month and Ti
74. formation for our branch offices BE6 II How to Get Technical Support G 3 In North America and South America please contact ABIT Computer USA Corporation 46808 Lakeview Blvd Fremont California 94538 U S A sales abit usa com technical abit usa com Tel 1 510 623 0500 Fax 1 510 623 1092 In the UK and Ireland ABIT Computer Corporation Ltd Caxton Place Caxton Way Stevenage Herts SGI 2UG UK abituksales compuserve com abituktech compuserve com Tel 44 1438 741 999 Fax 44 1438 742 899 In Germany and Benelux Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg countries AMOR Computer B V ABIT s European Office Van Coehoornstraat 5a 5916 PH Venlo The Netherlands sales abit nl technical abit nl Tel 31 77 3204428 Fax 31 77 3204420 All other territories not covered above please contact Taiwan Head Office When contacting our headquarters please note we are located in Taiwan and we are 8 GMT time In addition we have holidays that may be different from those in your country User s Manual G 4 Appendix G ABIT Computer Corporation 3F 7 No 79 Sec 1 Hsin Tai Wu Rd Hsi Chi Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C sales abit com tw market abit com tw technical abit com tw Tel 886 2 2698 1888 Fax 886 2 2698 1811 RMA Service If your system has been working but it just stopped but you have not installed any new software or hardware recently it is likely that you have a defective component
75. gned assigned assigned assigned assigned Tle Move Enter Select PU PD VYalue F10 Save Si Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 11 PnP PCI Configurations DMA Resources Setup Screen Shot Memory Resources This sub menu can let you control the memory resource CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Memory Resources Reserved Memory Base TE Item Help x Reserved Memory Length L tele Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 12 PnP PCI Configurations Memory Resources Setup Screen Shot User s Manual 3 40 Chapter3 gt Reserved Memory Base Reserved a low memory for the legacy device non PnP device Seven options are available N A C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 and DCOO0 gt Reserved Memory Length Reserved a low memory length for the legacy device non PnP device Four options are available 8K 16K 32K and 64K PCI VGA Palette Snoop This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used the MPEG card Assign IRQ For VGA You can assign an IRQ for the PCI VGA or Disabled Assign IRQ For USB You can select enabled if your system has a USB controller and y
76. h CPU DRAM COAST HDD CD ROM FDD VGA CARD MPEG CARD SCSI CARD SOUND CARD etc After the system is assembled if you cannot boot up check the key components of the system using the procedure described below First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot If you still cannot boot up Try installing another brand model VGA card and see if the system will start If it still does not start note the VGA card model motherboard model Bios identification number CPU on the technical support form refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the problem description space provided If you can boot up Insert back the interface cards you have removed one by one and try to start the system each time you insert a card until the system doesn t start anymore Keep the VGA card and the interface card that causes the problem inserted on the motherboard remove any other card or peripheral and start again If you still cannot start note down the information related to both cards in the add on Card space provided and don t forget to indicate the motherboard model version BIOS identification number CPU refer to main instructions and give a description of the problem Example 2 With a system including the motherboard with CPU DRAM COAST HDD CD ROM FDD VGA CARD LAN CARD MPEG CARD SCSI CARD SOUND CARD after assembly and after having installed the Sound Card Driver when you re
77. he motherboard and interface cards parameters including simple parameters such as time date hard disk drive as well as more complex parameters such as hardware synchronization device operating mode CPU SOFT MENU III features and setup of CPU speed The computer will operate normally or will operate at its best only if all these parameters are correctly and optimally configured through the BIOS oe Do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you fully understand their meanings and consequences The parameters inside the BIOS are used to setup the hardware synchronization or a device s operating mode If the parameters are not correct they will produce errors the computer will crash and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are very familiar with them If you are not able to boot your computer anymore please refer to the CMOS Discharge Jumper in Section 2 4 Chapter 2 When you start the computer it is controlled by the BIOS program The BIOS first operates an auto diagnostic test called POST Power On Self Test for all the necessary hardware it then configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization and detects all the hardware Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level which is the operating system OS Since the BIOS i
78. ic This fits into the matching slot on the mating Oa oe plugs on the motherboard and the drives thus assuring positive mating pin 1 to pin Figure 2 10 How to connect an ATA 66 1 Cable to the Motherboard E The red line on the cable should be aligned with pin 1 On the drives this will result in the red line facing the power connector Attach the BLUE connector to the appropriate 40 pin IDE plug on the motherboard E Attach the BLACK connector to the mating plug on the master hard drive Attach the GREY connector to the mating plug on the slave drive secondary hard drive CD ROM or tape drive Please refer figure 2 10 PS 2 LPT Port Mouse See Ske ea PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Keyboard Figure 2 11 BE6 II back panel connectors Figure 2 11 shows the BE6 II back panel connectors these connectors are for connection to outside devices to the motherboard We will describe which devices will attach to these connectors below KBM Lower PS 2 Keyboard Connector TPT Pat Attach a PS 2 keyboard connector to this 6 ee pin Din connector If you use an AT keyboard you can go to a computer store to purchase an AT to ATX converter adapter then you can connect your AT keyboard to PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Keyboard this connector We suggest you use a PS 2 keyboard for best compatibility User s Manual 2 18 KBM Upper PS 2 Mouse Connector PS 2 LPT Port PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Keyboard USB Port Co
79. ind out which setting is correct RxD TxD Active Set IR transmission reception polarity as High or Low IR Transmission Delay Set IR transmission delays 4 character time 40 bit time when SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode User s Manual 3 28 Chapter3 Onboard Parallel Port Sets the I O address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port Four options are available Disable 3BCh IRQ7 278h IRQS5 and 378h IRQ7 Default is 378h IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode Can be set as ECP EPP ECP EPP or Normal SPP mode Default is Normal SPP mode Q ECP Mode Use DMA When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is ECP the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3 Q EPP Mode Select When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is EPP two EPP version options are available EPP1 7 and EPP1 9 PWR ON After PWR Fail This setting lets you set the system action after a power failure Three options are available Off gt On gt Former Sts The default setting is Off NOTE This function has to cooperate with the JP2 setting see section 2 4 BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 29 3 6 Power Management Setup Menu The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature With this feature when the computer is powered on but inactive the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy When the computer operates normally
80. ing Message Disable No more monitor this item Shut D own Exit Windows Help More Information Ignore You can ignore the warning message of the item this time but it will still pop up when the error of the same item happens again Disable The chosen item will be no longer monitored thereafter unless you activate it in the Configuration page Shutdown Choosing this button will shutdown the computer Help You can read more information and self diagnose simple problems If the warning message pops up due to the wrong warning limit you can adjust it in the Configuration option For example if you set the temperature high limit to 40 C you are easy to exceed proper temperature Please pay attention to two things when you want to make any changes in the Configuration option Firstly you have to make sure your new setting is in the proper range Secondly after you finished the configuration you have to save it Otherwise the program will start with the default value the next time If you meet any problems or have any questions about the software settings and adjustments please use the Winbond hardware doctor on line help it should give you enough information to answer your questions User s Manual C 4 Appendix C BE6 II Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 Appendix D Installing the driver for Ultra ATA 66 In this section we will detail the Ultra ATA 66 driver installation proced
81. ix F If you want to choose user define and configure every setting manually please pay attention to the following First when you are selecting the PCI CPU FSB Clock please refer to the CPU FSB clock you set and choose the ratio which brings the PCI clock as close to 33MHz as possible Second when you are selecting the AGP CPU FSB clock please refer to the CPU FSB you set and choose the ratio which brings the AGP clock as close to 66MHz as possible Finally for the PC133 system we recommend the setting of the PCI CPU FSB Clock to 1 4 the AGP CPU FSB Clock to 2 3 the AGP Transfer Mode to Normal and the Tn Order Queue Depth to 1 BE6 II BX 133 Overclocking Guide F 5 Supporting List E AGP Cards Testing Equipment CPU Intel Coppermine 733 MHz 133 MHz FSB OS Win98 SE Memory TWINMOS Winbond 128M 3 PC 133 HDD IBM DMVS 950 CD ROM Mitsumi 40X SCSI Card Adaptec AHA 2940UW Pro Sound Card FIC Hi Five Power Supply High Power HPC 250G2 BIOS beh_qj bin Vender Model Name Result Leadtek 310 Pass 3Dfx Voodoo3 2000 Pass 3Dlabs Oxygen VXI Pass ATI 3D Range Pro Pass ATI Xpert 98 Pass ASUS V264GT3 Pass ATI XPERT 128 Pass ABIT GF 256 Pass ASUS V6600 Pass Creative CT6940 Pass ASUS 2740 Pass Cardex 1740 Pass Leadtek S900 Pass Matrox G100 Pass Matrox Mystique Pass Matrox Millennium Pass 4Matrox Millennium II Pass Leadtek L
82. l a PCI card into PCI slot 3 PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the PCI slot 2 HPT 366 IDE controller is designed to support high speed mass storage Thus we amp don t suggest you connect non disk devices that use ATA ATAPI interfaces such as CD ROM to HPT 366 IDE connector IDE3 amp IDE4 Above 66MHz 100MHz bus speeds are supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specifications Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd in the United States and certain other countries Sound Blaster LINK and SB LINK are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice All brand names and trademarks are the property of their respective owners BE6 II Introduction of BE6 II Features 1 5 1 3 Layout Diagram Upper PS 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard ENSTR Wie FAN DIMM ME zal DIMM2 IMB Tail DIMM3 MS Tail EE i Figure 1 2 Motherboard component location User s Manual 1 6 Chapter1 1 4 The System Block Diagram Pentium ILII Celeron Processor SEE SYSTEM BUS SYSTEM BUS 2 USB CONN a A AMVQNODdS Idi HIYNOA FW82371EB anova TOMLW0A ISA BUS E PE ZEE TINI par BUS Winbond ISA CONN W83977EF SERIA CONN MOUSE mouse FLOPPY PARALLE CONN CONN PERIA CONN Figure 1 3 System diagram of the 4
83. lling a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Failing to install these items may result in overheating and damage of your CPU Please refer to your boxed processor installation or other documentation attached with your CPU for detailed installing instructions 2 3 Installing System Memory This motherboard provides three 168 pin DIMM sites for memory expansion The DIMM sockets support 1Mx64 8MB 2Mx64 16MB 4Mx64 32MB 8Mx64 64MB 16Mx64 128MB and 32Mx64 256MB or double sided DIMM modules Minimum memory size is 8MB and maximum memory size is 768MB SDRAM There are three Memory module sockets on the system board Total six banks User s Manual 2 4 Chapter2 In order to create a memory array certain rules must be followed The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide depending on with or without parity Those modules can be populated in any order Supports single and double density DIMMS Table 2 1 Valid Memory Configurations Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 1 SMB 16MB 32MB Bank 2 3 SMB 16MB 32MB DIMM2 64MB 128MB 256MB 8MB 256MB Bank 4 5 8MB 16MB 32MB DIMM3 64MB 128MB 256MB 8MB 256MB Total System Memory 8MB 768MB Generally installing SDRAM modules to your motherboard is an easy thing to do You can refer to figure 2 3 to see what a 168 pin PC100 SDRAM mod
84. me hour minute and second when you set this item to Enabled Resume by LAN Two options are available Enabled and Disabled When select Enabled an input signal from a local area network LAN awakens the system from a soft off state PM Timer Events When one of the specified events occur the count down made for entry in power saving mode goes back to zero Since the computer will enter a power saving mode only after an inactivity delay specified time specific for Doze Standby and Suspend modes and after it has no activity during this time period any event will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Resume events are operations or signals that cause the computer to resume time counting gt IRQ 3 7 9 15 NMI If any IRQ or NMI Non Mask Interrupt activities occur this will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed gt VGA Active Monitor If there is any VGA data transfer or any I O activities this will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IRQS Break Suspend Supports the RTC alarm wake up from suspend function via IRQ8 IDE Primary Master If any IDE primary master I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IDE Primary Slave If any IDE primary slave I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed IDE Secondary Master If any IDE secondary master I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re cou
85. n of XStore MMX Accelerator for Storage XStore Pro utilizes the bigger system memory size to enhance memory management by working with Windows 95 and 98 XStore Pro optimizes higher system performance by read ahead caching after seeking with large block sizes of hard disks And best of all XStore Pro supports several PCI Bus Master Controllers such as Intel SiS Ali Via and others When you install XStore Pro you can choose to install CD Xpress at the same time Why do you need CD Xpress We ll tell you more about it CD ROM technology is growing fast but its performance is still unacceptable compared to today s hard drives The transfer rates of today s hard drives can exceed 18MB sec with access times below 12ms However transfer rates for the fastest CD ROM drives on the market are below 2MB sec with access times over 100 ms CD Xpress was created to accelerate the accessing speed of the CD ROM drive by utilizing the hard drive s high performance CD Xpress reads and buffers data from the CD ROM to an area in the hard drive With CD Xpress when you access CD ROM data you are actually accessing data from a swap file in the hard drive This results in a tremendous increase in CD ROM performance without penalties Before you install this utility there are several things you need to know Important Note 1 You can only install one Bus Master Driver at a time in your system or the drivers will result in conflict a
86. nce selected in these items floppy disk drive A LS ZIP devices hard User s Manual 3 16 Chapter3 drive C SCSI hard disk drive or CD ROM There are ten options for the boot sequence that you can choose The default setting is Floppy Floppy gt LS ZIP gt HDD 0 gt SCSI gt CDROM gt HDD 1 gt HDD 2 gt HDD 3 gt LAN gt UDMA66 Second Boot Device Description is the same as the First Boot Device the default setting is HDD O Third Boot Device Description is same as the First Boot Device the default setting is LS ZIP Boot Other Device Two options are available Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Enabled This setting allows the BIOS to try three kinds of boot devices that set from the above three items Swap Floppy Drive This item can be set as Enabled or Disabled The default setting is Disabled When this feature is enabled you don t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A Boot Up Floppy Seek When the computer boots up the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not When this item is enable if the BIOS detects no floppy drive it will display a floppy disk drive error message If this item is disabled the BIOS will skip this test The default setting is Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status gt On At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode Default Settings gt O
87. nd cause system hangs Please make sure you don t have any Bus Master Driver installed in your system before you install XStore Pro You must remove all components of the previous Bus Master Driver before you install XStore Pro to your system For example you cannot install both the Intel bus master driver and HighPoint User s Manual B 2 Appendix B XStore Pro in your system otherwise it will cause system conflict when you install the second bus master driver 2 This Windows 95 98 driver does not support CD ROM Changers If you have an ATAPI CD ROM Changer installed in your system please do not install this driver 3 We have found that the Windows 95 OSR2 Windows 98 version would fail to load the driver on some systems using the Bus Master chipset after you install and restart the system The following step could solve this problem if it happens 1 Go to My Computer and double click Control Panel 2 Double click System then go to Device Manger and View Devices by Type 3 Go to hard disk controllers 4 Double click PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Ultra DMA supported There should be a yellow mark besides this item 5 Click Resources and you should see a box near the bottom of the screen that says Set Configuration Manually 6 Click on Set Configuration Manually and you will see a check next to Use automatic setting 7 Uncheck the box and when the system asks you to reboot click
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89. nnectors PS 2 LPT Port o CD o beara PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Keyboard Mouse a Chapter2 Attach a PS 2 mouse to this 6 pin Din connector This motherboard provides two USB ports Attach the USB connector from the individual device to these connectors You can attach USB devices such as a scanner monitor mouse keyboard hub CD ROM joystick etc to one of each USB connector You must make sure your operating system supports this feature and you may need to install an additional driver for individual devices Please refer to your device user s manual for detailed information Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connector PS 2 Mouse LPT Port PS 2 Keyboard USB Parallel Port Connector PS 2 Mouse LPT Port PS 2 Keyboard USB BE6 II This motherboard provides two COM ports you can connect an external modem mouse that this communication protocol or other devices support This parallel port is also called an LPT port because it usually connects to the printer You can connect other devices that support this communication protocol like a scanner M O drive etc Installing the Motherboard 2 19 2 5 CPU Frequency Settings The BE6 II provides two ways to configure CPU settings One uses the ABIT CPU Soft Menu III technology the other uses DIP Switches You can use the DS10 to enable or disable Soft Menu III NOTE When you enable Soft Menu III all DIP switches must b
90. ns are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Enabled You can enable or disable the onboard FDC controller BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 27 Onboard Serial Port 1 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 gt 2F8 IRQ3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 gt AUTO The default setting is 3FS IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Six options are available Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 gt 2F8 IRQ3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 gt AUTO The default setting is 2FS IRQ3 Onboard Serial Port 1 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Ten options are available Disable 3F8h IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 or 2E8h IRQ3 3F8h IRQ10 2F8h IRQ11 3E8h IRQIO 2E8h IRQ11 and AUTO Onboard Serial Port 2 This is used to specify the I O address and IRQ of Serial Port 1 Ten options are available Disable 3F8h IRQ4 2F8h IRQ3 3E8h IRQ4 or 2E8h IRQ3 3F8h IRQ10 2F8h IRQ11 3E8h IRQIO 2E8h IRQ11 and AUTO Onboard IR Function Three options are available gt Normal gt IrDA HPSIR mode gt ASK IR Amplitude Shift Keyed IR mode amp UR2 Duplex Mode Two options are available Full and Half The default setting is Full This item lets you choose the operation mode for your IR KIT Some IR device only can work at half duplex mode Refer to your IR KIT user s guide to f
91. nt the time elapsed IDE Secondary Slave If any IDE secondary slave I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed User s Manual 3 36 Chapter3 gt Floppy Disk If any floppy disk I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Serial Port If any serial port I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Parallel Port If any Parallel port I O activity occurs it will cause the computer to re count the time elapsed Mouse Break Suspend Four options are available Yes gt No COM1 gt No COM2 gt No PS 2 Back to Yes CPU FAN Off In Suspend Two options are available Enabled and Disabled When select Enabled the CPU fan turns off during Suspend mode BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 37 3 7 PnP PCI Configurations This section describes configuring the PCI bus system PCI or Personal Computer 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 C 1984 1999 Award Software PnP PCI Configurations Force Update ESCD Resources Controlled By IRQ Resources Press Enter DMA Resources Press Enter Memory Resources Pre
92. on our website to check to see if you have the latest BIOS They are developed over periods of time to fix bugs or incompatibilities Also please make sure you have the latest drivers from your peripheral cards makers 3 Check the ABIT Technical Terms Guide and FAQ on our website We are trying to expand and make the FAQs more helpful and information rich Let us know if you have any suggestions For hot topics check out our HOT FAQ User s Manual G 2 Appendix G 4 Internet Newsgroups They are a great source of information and many people there can offer help ABIT s Internet News group alt comp periphs mainboard abit is an ideal forum for the public to exchange information and discuss experiences they have had with ABIT products Many times you will see that your question has already been asked before This is a public Internet news group and it is reserved for free discussions Here is a list of some of the more popular ones alt comp periphs mainboard abit comp sys ibm pc hardware chips alt comp hardware overclocking alt comp hardware homebuilt alt comp hardware pc homebuilt Ask your reseller Your ABIT authorized distributor should be able to provide the fastest solution to your technical problem We sell our products through distributors who sell to resellers and stores Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could After all
93. ory 64512K Total Memory 69936K Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 3 Standard CMOS Setup Screen Shot Date mm dd yy You can set the date in this item month mm date dd and year yy Time hh mm ss You can set the time in this item hour hh minute mm and second ss IDE Primary Master Slave and IDE Secondary Master Slave These items have a sub menu to let you choose further options You can refer to the follow figure to check what options are available User s Manual 3 10 Chapter3 CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto Detection Press Enter IDE Primary Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 4 IDE Primary Master Setup Screen Shot L7 IDE HDD Auto Detection Press the Enter key for the BIOS to auto detect all detailed parameters of the hard disk drivers HDD If auto detection is successful the correct values will be shown in the remaining items of this menu A new IDE HDD must be first formatted otherwise it can not read write The basic step in using a HDD is to make a HDD low level format then run FDISK and then FORMAT the drive
94. ou have one or more USB devices connected If you are not using your system USB controller you can select Disabled to free the IRQ resource PIRQ 0 3 Use IRQ No Eleven options are available Auto 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 Default setting is Auto This item allows the system to automatically specify the IRQ number for the device installed on PCI slots Which means the system can specify the fixed IRQ number for the device installed on the PCI slots PCI slot 1 to PCI slot 5 This is a useful function when you want to fix the IRQ for a specific device For example if you want to move your hard disk to another computer and don t want to re install Windows NT then you can specify the IRQ for the device installed on the new computer to fit the original computer settings If you specify the IRQ in this item then you cannot specify the same IRQ to the ISA bus otherwise it will cause a hardware conflict BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 41 This feature is for the operating system which will record and fix the PCI configuration status if you want to change it For the relations between the hardware layout of PIRQ the signals from the PIIX4 chipset INT means PCI slot IRQ signals and devices please refer to the table below Signals PCI slot 1 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 HPT 366 AGP Slot I I I I Each PCI slot has four INT s INT A INT D and the AGP slot has two INT INT
95. our options are available Disabled Driver A gt Driver B gt Both The default setting is Disabled 3 Mode floppy disk drives FDD are 3 1 2 drives used in Japanese computer systems If you need to access data stored in this kind of floppy you must select this mode and of course you must have a 3 Mode floppy drive Video You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter four options are available EGA VGA gt CGA 40 gt CGA 80 gt MONO The default setting is EGA VGA BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 13 Halt On You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt Five options are available All Errors gt No Errors gt All But Keyboard gt All But Diskette gt All But Disk Key You can see your system memory list in the lower right box it shows the Base Memory Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system It is detected by the system during boot up procedure User s Manual 3 14 Chapter3 3 3 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item you can press lt Enter gt at any time to display all the options for this item Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu we recommend you use the default values CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Advanced BIOS Features Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Virus Warning CPU Level 1 Cache
96. own Y2K issues however it may still fail the 2000 exe test Award has modified its BIOS source code to accommodate the requirements of 2000 exe Award BIOS source code issued later than 18 November 1996 passes the NTSL 2000 exe test program 1 2 Specifications 1 CPU Supports Intel Pentium III 450 800 MHz Processor cartridge Supports Intel Pentium II 233 450 MHz Processor cartridge Supports Intel Celeron 266 533MHz processors Based on 66MHz PPGA package Supports 66 and 1OOMHz CPU external clock speeds Chipset Intel 440BX chipset 82443BX and 82371EB HPT366 Ultra DMA66 IDE controller supports four Ultra DMA66 devices Supports Ultra DMA 33 IDE protocol Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface ACPI Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 1x and 2x mode Sideband 3 3V device 0e 0 0 0o N Memory System Memory Three 168 pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM modules Supports up to 768MB MAX 8 16 32 64 128 256 MB SDRAM Supports ECC eee V A System BIOS CPU SOFT MENU III can easily set the processor parameters AWARD 6 0 Version BIOS BE6 II 0e 0 0000o ui eee E E E EE E NA Introduction of BE6 II Features 1 3 Supports Plug and Play PnP Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI Supports Desktop Management Interface DMI Year 2000 compliant Multi I O Functions 2x Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting u
97. p to four Ultra DMA 33 66 devices 2x Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33 devices PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Connectors 1x Floppy Port up to 2 88MB 1x Parallel Port EPP ECP 2x Serial Ports 2x USB Connectors Miscellaneous ATX form factor One AQP slot five PCI slots and one ISA slot Supports PS 2 keyboard PS 2 mouse password and hot key wake up functions Built in Wake on LAN header Built in IrDA TX RX header Built in SB Link header Built in Wake On Ring header Built in two SMBus headers Hardware monitoring Included fan speed voltages CPU and system environment temperature One Thermal Sensor Cable included Board size 305 200mm User s Manual 1 4 Chapter1 Supports Wake On LAN Keyboard or Mouse but your ATX power supply 5V standby power must be able to provide at least a 720mA current capacity Otherwise the functions may not work normally PCI slot 5 and HPT 366 IDE controller use the same bus master control signals PCI slot 3 shares IRQ signals with the HPT366 IDE controller Ultra ATA 66 The driver for HPT 366 IDE controller supports IRQ sharing with other PCI devices But if you install a PCI card that doesn t allow IRQ sharing with other devices into PCI slot 3 you may encounter some problems Furthermore if your Operating System doesn t allow peripheral devices to share IRQ signals with each other Windows NT for example you can t instal
98. pecting your computer s hardware configuration appears Step 4 Press S to specify an additional device Ultra ATA 66 IDE controller Step 5 Press ENTER to select Others Step 6 Insert the Ultra ATA 66 Driver diskette into drive A and press ENTER User s Manual D 8 Appendix D Windows NT Setup Setup Will load support for the following mass storage device s AMD PCI SCSI Controller Ethernet Adapter Buslogic Flashpoint Compaq 32 Bit Fast Wide SCSI 2 E HighPoint Technology Inc HPT366 IDE Controller To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or special disk controllers for use with Windows NT including those for which you have a device wupport disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks form a mass storage deivce manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows NT press ENTER Quick Power On Self Test Virus Warning CPU Internal Cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Processor Number Feature First Boot Device Second Boot Device Third Boot Device Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Typematic Rate Setting UDMA66 Security Option OS Select For DRAM gt 64MB Report No FDD For WIN 95 the First Boot Device as UDMA66 Step 7 Press ENTER to s
99. pter that supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this header This feature lets you wake up your computer via remote control through a local area network You may need a specific utility to control the wake up event like using the Intel LDCM utility or other similar utilities Note Watch the pin position and the orientation SMB1 amp SMB2 header System Management Bus Connector SMB1 SMB2 master gets priority This connector is reserved for system management bus SMBus The SMBus is a specific implementation of an IC bus PC is a multi master bus which means that multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating a data transfer If more than one master simultaneously tries to control the bus an arbitration procedure decides which Note Watch the pin position and the orientation TSYS2 header TSYS2 Upper PS 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard The TSYS2 is for you to connect an additional thermistor to detect the temperature in the location of your choice You can attach one end of the two threaded cable that with the motherboard to the TS YS2 header then tape the other end of thermal cable on the device thermal comes you want to detect its temperature User s Manual 2 10 Chapter2 P1 Header Disable or Enable Keyboard Mouse Wake U
100. r3 Method 1 Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its brand Turn the power supply off and change the CPU Then turn the system on again and set up the CPU parameters through SOFT MENU III Method 2 Since you have to open the computer case when you change the CPU it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again Attention After setting up the parameters and leaving the BIOS SETUP and having verified that the system can be booted do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly the parameters will fail and you must enter SOFT MENU III again to set up the parameters all over again Spread Spectrum Modulated For EMC Electro Magnetic Compatibility Test testing you maybe need to adjust this item for optimal results we do not recommend you change the default except for special reasons BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 9 3 2 Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu This contains the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS These parameters include date hour VGA card FDD and HDD settings CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Standard CMOS Features Time hh mm ss IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave Drive A Drive B Floppy 3 Mode Support Video Halt On Base Memory 640K Extended Mem
101. related to hardware if the setup is not correct or is false the motherboard will become unstable or you will not be able to boot up If you don t know the hardware very well use default values i e use the Load Optimized Defaults option The only time you might consider making any changes is if you discover that data is being lost while using your system CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software Advanced Chipset Features SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM CAS latency Time SDRAM Precharge Control DRAM Data Integrity Mode System BIOS Cacheable Video BIOS Cacheable Video RAM Cacheable 8 Bit I 0 Recovery Time 16 Bit IZO Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15M 16M Passive Release Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size MB SDRAM Leadoff Command Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Sayve ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features Setup Screen Shot You can use the arrow keys to move between the items Use Y and Enter key to change the values When you have finished setting up the chipset press Esc to go back to the main menu The first chipset settings deal with CPU access to 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 has mixed speed DRAM chips installed so that greater delays may be required to preserve the integrity o
102. s CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software SoftMenu III Setup System Processor Type Intel Pentium II MMX CPU Operating Frequency 266 66 CPU FSB Clock CPU Multiplier Factor SEL160 66 4 Signal Default PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock 1 2 AGP Clock CPU FSB Clock 1 1 AGP Transfer Mode Default CPU Core Voltage 2 05 I 0 Voltage 3 30 V In Order Quege Depth 8 Level 2 Cache Latency Default pread Spectrum Modulated x x x x x x x x x x Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Sayve ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 2 CPU Soft Menu ITI Screen Shot System Processor Type gt Intel Pentium II MMX gt Intel Pentium I MMX gt Intel Celeron MMX CPU Operating Frequency This option sets the CPU speed In this field the CPU speed is indicated like this CPU speed External clock Multiplier factor select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of your CPU For Intel Pentium II and Celeron PPGA MMxX processors you can choose the following settings BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 5 gt 233 66 gt 266 66 300 66 333 66 300 100 gt 350 100 gt 400 100 450 100 366 66 400 66 gt 433 66 466 66 500 66 533 66 533 133 gt 500 100 550 100 gt 600 100 600 133 650 100 gt 667 133 700 100 750 100 800 100 733 133 gt 800 133 User Define CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz
103. s the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it is the key factor for system stability and in insuring that your system performs at its best After the BIOS has achieved the auto diagnostic and auto detection operations it will display the following message PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP The message will be displayed for three to five seconds if you press the Del key you will access the BIOS Setup menu At that moment the BIOS will display the following screen User s Manual 3 2 Chapter3 To improve stability and functions BIOSes are constantly improving therefore the BIOS screens in this chapter may not fully match your current BIOS screen All default setting is use the Load Optimized Defaults settings If you use the Load Fail Safe Defaults some items default values will be changed CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software SoftMenu III Setup Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS ae Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 3 1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen Shot This motherboard uses a totally different operating interface so the Award BIOS screens are different than in other versions It provides more functions with increased user friendliness In the BIOS Setup main menu in Figure 3 1 you can see several options We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here
104. s used to enable or to disable the CPU level 1 cache When the cache is set to Disabled it is much slower so the default setting for this item is Enabled since it will speed up memory access Some old and very poorly written programs will make the computer malfunction or crash if the system speed is too high In this case you should disable this feature The default setting is Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU level 2 cache When the external cache is enable it will speed up memory access and the system works faster The default setting is Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU level 2 cache ECC Error Correction Code checking function The default setting is Enabled Processor Number Feature This feature can let the program read the data inside your processor This feature only works with Intel Pentium III processors When you install a Pentium II processor into your motherboard and when your system boots up then this item will show up in BIOS Two items will be available Enabled and Disabled When you choose Enabled the specific program can read your processor s serial number When you choose Disabled it will not allow the program to read your processor s serial number The default setting is Disabled First Boot Device When the computer boots up the BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the seque
105. s you may face during installation Please read our instructions carefully and follow them step by step User s Manual 2 2 Chapter2 2 1 Installing the Motherboard to the Chassis Most computer chassis will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the motherboard to be securely attached and at the same time prevents short circuits There are two ways to attach the motherboard to the base of chassis with studs or with spacers Please refer to the figure 2 1 that shows the studs and spacers they may have several types but all look like the figures below In principle the best way to attach the motherboard is with studs and only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers Take a careful look at the motherboard and STUD you will see many mounting holes on SPACER f it Line these holes up with the Figure 2 1 The outline of stub and spacer OVnting holes on the base If the holes line up and there are screw holes this means you can attach the motherboard with studs If the holes line up and there are only slots this means you can only attach the motherboard with spacers Take the tip of the spacers and insert them into the slots After doing this to all the slots you can slide the motherboard into position aligned with the slots After the motherboard has been positioned check to make sure everything is OK before putting the casing back on Figure
106. ss Enter PCI YGA Palette Snoop Assign IRQ For YGA Assian IRO For USB Use IRQ No Use IRQ No Use IRQ No Use IRQ No Tle Move Enter Select PU PD VYalue F1 Sayve ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Previous Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 9 PnP PCI Configurations Setup Screen Shot PNP OS Installed The device resource assigned by PnP OS e g Windows 95 or BIOS Force Update ESCD Two options are available Enabled and Disabled Default setting is 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 card and the system reconfiguration has caused a resource conflict that the operating system can not boot Resources Controlled By Two options are available Auto ESCD and Manual Default setting is Auto ESCD When the setting is Auto ESCD the IRQ Resources and Memory Resources can not be changed User s Manual 3 38 Chapter3 manually When resources are controlled manually the JRO Resources DMA Resources and Memory Resources can then be changed Computer Knowledge ESCD Extended System Configuration Data The ESCD contains the IRQ DMA I O port memory information of the system This is a specification and a feature specific to the Plug amp Play BIOS Legacy ISA devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification requiring a specific interrupt s
107. start the system when it runs the Sound Card Driver it resets automatically This problem may be due to the Sound Card Driver User s Manual OO Appendix H During the Starting DOS procedure press SHIFT BY PASS key to skip CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT edit CONFIG SYS with a text editor and in function the line that loads the Sound Card Driver add a remark REM in order to disable the Sound Card Driver See the example below CONFIG SYS DEVICE C DOS HIMEM SYS DEVICE C DOS EMM386 EXE HIGHSCAN DOS HIGH UMB FILES 40 BUFFERS 36 REM DEVICEHIGH C PLUGPLAY DWCFGMG SYS LASTDRIVE Z Restart the system If the system starts and does not reset you can be sure that the problem is due to the Sound Card Driver Note down the Sound Card model motherboard model BIOS identification number on the technical support file refer to main instructions and describe the problem in the space provided OGY Main instructions To fill in this Technical Support Form refer to the step by step instructions given below 1 MODEL Note the model number given in your user s manual Example BE6 II BX6 BH6 etc 2 Motherboard model number REV Note the motherboard model number labeled on the motherboard as REV Example REV 1 01 3 BIOS ID and Part Number See next page example BE6 II Troubleshooting Need Assistance H 3 Award Modular BIOS v4 51PG An Energy Star Ally Copyright C
108. supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs User defined external clock and multiplier factor gt User Defined When you choose the User Define you will be able to set the following five items 29333 Warning 29333 The wrong settings of the multiplier and external clock in certain circumstances may cause CPU damage Setting the working frequency higher than the PCI chipset or processor specs may cause abnormal memory module functioning system hangs hard disk drive data lose abnormal functioning of the VGA card or abnormal functioning with other add on cards Using non specification settings for your CPU is not the intention ofthis explanation These should be used for engineering testing not for normal applications If you use non specification settings for normal operation your system may not be stable and may effect system reliability Also we do not guarantee the stability and compatibility for settings that are not within specification and any damage of any elements on the motherboard or peripherals is not our responsibility CPU FSB Clock gt 66MHz 1 2 gt 75MHz 1 2 83MHz 1 2 gt 84Mhz 200MHz CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs User s Manual 3 6 Chapter3 amp Multiplier Factor You can choose the following multiplier factors x2 x25 gt x3 gt x35 gt x4 gt x45 gt x5 amp x55 gt YxG x
109. the computer s cover can be replaced Or you can continue to install other devices and add on cards that are mentioned in the following section When you install a DIMM module fully into the DIMM socket the eject tab should be locked into the DIMM module very firmly and fit into its indention on the both sides User s Manual 2 6 Chapter2 2 4 Connectors Headers and Switches Inside the case of any computer several cables and plugs have to be connected These cables and plugs are usually connected one by one to connectors located on the motherboard You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and if any notice the position of the first pin of the connector In the explanations that follow we will describe the significance of the first pin We will show you all connectors headers and switches here and tell you how to connect them Please pay attention and read the whole section for necessary information before attempting to finish all of the hardware installation inside the computer chassis Figure 2 5 shows you all of the connectors and headers that we II discuss in the next section you can use this diagram to visually locate each connector and header we describe All connectors headers and switches mentioned here will depend on your system configuration Some features you may or may not have and need to connect or configure depending on the peripheral If your system do
110. u III The ABIT CPU Soft Menu III technology not only lets you configure CPU settings easily but also lets you have a greater choice of CPU FSB clock settings It provides 120 different CPU FSB clock settings From 84 to 200 MHz the increment for CPU FSB clock settings is 1Mhz by 1MHz you can refer to section 3 1 for detailed information Sets You Free From the Y2K Threat The potential threat of Year 2000 Y2K problems are making everyone very nervous The Y2K issue applies to almost any device firmware or software that operates on or with year based dates This problem is caused by a design flaw in the Real Time Clock RTC unit The RTC only changes the last two digits of the year code but not the century information As a result when it comes to 12 00 AM January 1 2000 the RTC will switch from December 31 11 59 PM 1999 to 12 00 AM January 1 1900 User s Manual 1 2 Chapter1 Y2K compliance deals with the date change over from 31 December 1999 to 1 January 2000 and with recording and reporting of all dates from the RTC including leap year dates This motherboard is free from the Y2K problem because its BIOS are Y2K compliant Please Note If the operating system or application software cannot handle Year 2000 dates you will still be facing the Y2K threat because it is not a hardware problem that relates to the motherboard itself According to Award BIOS it is BIOS source code released after 31 May 1995 complies with all kn
111. uch as IRQ4 for serial port 1 PCIJISA PnP devices compliant with the Plug and Play standard whether designed for the PCI or ISA bus architecture The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the boot and PnP compatible devices If you select Auto ESCD The IRQ DMA and Memory Resources items will be disabled as the BIOS automatically assigns them But if you have trouble in assigning the interrupt resources automatically you can select Manual to set which IRQ and DMA are assigned to PCI ISA PnP or legacy ISA cards 7 IRQ Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system interrupt a type depending on the type of device using the interrupt CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software IRQ Resources assigned PCI ISA PnP Item Help assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned assigned Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F1 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help PH y j Val F6 Fai lts F Optimi Previous Values Fail Safe Defau Optimized Defaults Figure 3 10 PnP PCI Configurations IRQ Resources Setup Screen Shot BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 39 lt 7 DMA Resources When resources are controlled manually assign each system DMA channel a type depending on the type of device using the DMA channel CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software DMA Resources assigned PCIZISA PnP Item Help assi
112. uired to start the system System or to access to the BIOS Setup After you have set a password through the Set Password option you can enter the Advanced BIOS Features refer to 3 3 to set the Security Option In this way you can prevent unauthorized access Password setting procedure When you choose the Set Password option the following message is displayed Enter Password Type your password When complete press lt Enter gt The following message is displayed Confirm Password Type your password again When complete press lt Enter gt The password setting is completed Password clearing procedure When you select the Set Password option the following message is displayed Enter Password Press lt Enter gt the message Password Disabled is displayed Press a key The password clearing procedure is completed Do not forget your password If you forget it you will have to open the computer case clear the contents of the CMOS and boot the system up again By doing this you must reset all your parameters BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 45 3 12 Save amp Exit Setup CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software SAVE to CHOS and EXIT Y N Esc Quit F9 Menu in BIOS E a Select Item F10 Save amp Exit Setup Figure 3 16 Save amp Exit Setup Screen Shot Pressing lt Enter gt on this item asks for confirmation Save to
113. ule looks like Unlike installing SIMMs DIMMs may be snapped directly into the socket O nnn nq mN NO Oo So Note Certain DIMM sockets have minor Figure 2 3 PC100 Module and Component Mark physical differences If your module doesn t seem to fit please do not force it into the socket as you may damaged your memory module or DIMM socket The following procedure will show you how to install a DIMM module into a DIMM socket Step 1 Before you install the memory module please place the computer power switch in the off position and disconnect the AC power cord from your computer Step 2 Remove the computer s chassis cover Step 3 Before touching any electronic components make sure you first touch an unpainted grounded metal object to discharge any static electricity stored on your clothing or body Figure 2 4 Memory module installation BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 5 Step 4 Locate your computer s 168 pin memory expansion DIMM socket Step 5 Insert the DIMM module into the expansion socket as shown in the illustration Note how the module is keyed to the socket You can refer to figure 2 4 for the details This insures the DIMM module will be plugged into the socket in one way only Firmly press the DIMM module into the DIMM socket making certain the module is completely seated in the DIMM socket Step 6 Once the DIMM module has been installed the installation is complete and
114. ure when used with various operating systems DOS The Ultra ATA 66 BIOS supports DOS 5 x or above and Windows 3 1x without software driver Windows 95 Step 1 Install Windows 95 normally System Properties Gener Device Manager J ardware Profiles Performance l View devices by connection View devices by type 9 Disk drives Display adapters amp Floppy disk controllers amp Hard disk controllers F Keyboard Monitor Sy Mouse SY Network adapters Other devices Ty Re FE V PCI Universal Serial Bus Ports COM amp LPT SCSI controllers System devices Yv Refresh Remove Print Cen kai ES Ff PCI Mass Storage Controller Properties Gener Resources l Provider Date Yersion Not available No driver files are required or have been loaded for this device Driver hie Details OK Cancel Step 2 After you have finished installation and entered Windows 95 please enter Control Panel gt System and then select Device Manager gt Other Devices Select one of the PCI Mass Storage Controllers and then click Properties Step 3 Select Driver and then click Update Driver User s Manual D 2 Appendix D Update Device Driver Wizard Step 4 Select Yes Recommended and then click Next m

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