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1. 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 Installing a heat sink and cooling fan is necessary for proper heat dissipation from your CPU Failing to install these2. I ir TTC NO Oo e I j n 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 the computer s cover can be replaced Or you can continue to install other devices and add on card
3. Resume by Alarm Disabled X DateCof Month Alarm 0 K TimeChh imm iss Alarm 0 0 CHOS Setup Utility Copyrig You may see the right cursor symbol appear uM on the left side of some items indicating that Date Cmmidd yy additional information or options can be Aime Chhimmiss uM select in a Sub Menu for this item IDE Primary Haster WOE Primary Slave TOE Secondary Haster FIDE Secondary Slave Drive 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 ABIT SoftMenu III The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch CPU SOFT MENU HD 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 specifications CHOS Setup Utility Copyright C 1984 1999 Award Software BIT SoftMenu III Setup
4. 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 PINS Ground p PIN 10 Suspend LED active HDD active Ground Power On Off signal PIN 10 3V Standby PIN 11 Suspend signal PIN 11 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 j x drive you can even connect a 3 Mode g n floppy disk drive it s a 3 1 2 drive used in ro Japanese computer systems ru o 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 FDCI connector IDE1 and IDE2 Connectors An IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable has 40 wire
5. System Processor Type Intel Pentium II MMX CPU Operating Frequency 266 66 CPU FSB Clock CPU Multiplier Factor SEL100 66W Signal Default PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock 1 2 AGP Clock CPU FSB Clock 1 1 CPU Core Voltage M RI I 0 Voltage 3 30V In Order Queqe Depth 8 Level 2 Cache Latency Default JM cue cMe QS 3 X cu s Spread Spectrum Modulated Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Preuious Values F6 Fail Safe Defaults F Optimized Defaults Figure 3 2 CPU Soft Menu III Screen Shot System Processor Type Intel Pentium III MMX Intel Pentium II MMX 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 MMX processors you can choose the following settings BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 5 233 66 266 66 300 66 300 100 333 66 350 100 3066 66 400 66 400 100 433 66 450 100 2 466 66 500 66 500 100 2550 100 600 100 0650 100 gt 700 100 User Define CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs User defined external clock and multiplier factor User Defined When you choose the User Define you will be able to set the foll
6. 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 COMI 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 be set to OFF DIP SW DS1 DS3 DIP Switch for Setting CPU Frequenc The following t
7. 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 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 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 2A1 61 1 1 l 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 01 APPENDIX A APPENDIX B APPENDIX C APPENDIX D APPENDIX E APPENDIX F 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 TROUBLESHOOTING NEED ASSISTANCE Introduction of BE6 II Features I 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 SLOTI structure Pentium II III and Celeron processors up to 768MB of memory super I O and Green PC functions The motherbo
8. 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 PCT 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 IDEA User s Manual 2 16 Chapter2 40 Conductor Cable amp o Conductor Cable 4CO 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 Mode 2 33 Mbytes sec or PIO Mode 4 16 6 Mbytes sec Ultra ATA 66 hard drives are 100 perce
9. 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 1s 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 JP1 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 eft 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
10. 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 options are available Enabled and Disabled The default setting is Enabled You can enable or disable the onboard FDC controller BE6 II
11. 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 On At boot up the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode Default Settings gt Off 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 opti
12. cause the system to halt Five options are available All Errors gt No Errors All But Keyboard gt All But Diskette 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 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 CC000 CFFFF Shadow D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 DFFFF Shadow Delav IDE Initial Sec Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ES
13. 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 7 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 Q 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 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 O 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 automatic
14. 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 e gt 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 Auto If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA 33 select Auto to enable 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
15. C 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 I5 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 is 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 1s 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 i
16. 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 2 2 2 3 2 4 2
17. IR F7 Pit E TSYS2 ptu 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 ema 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 QM ats SB Link Chapter2 There is a specific orientation for pin
18. M 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 select Enabled or Disabled The default setting 1s 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 1s 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 Disabl
19. T 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 Above 66MHz 100MHz bus speeds are supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specifications 3X 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 1 iei FAH1 DIMM1 ME TT DIMM2 II TIT DIMM3 Ill TIT umma 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 ANVONO 23S Idi HI3004 FW82371EB E TDEDATA TOXLHO O ISA BUS i TI GNMEINET TINI par BUS Winbond ISA CONN WS3977EF BERIA CONN MOUSE rg FLOPPY PARALLE CONN CONN SERIA CONN Figure 1 3 System diagram of the 440BX chipset Winbond W83782D BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 1 Chap
20. 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 STANT 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 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 1 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
21. 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 360K 5 25 in gt 1 2M 5 25in gt 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Four options are available Disabled Driver A Driver B 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
22. ables will present the adjustment for the CPU frequency and multiplier factor The default settings are all OFF NT External Frequency 66 OFF OFF OFF OFF Kms ON o 100 OFF O 3103 ON O FL u2 foro Ej 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 III 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 Ill all DIP switches must be set to OFF DS10 Disable Soft Menu III Enable Soft Menu III BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 1 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 the motherboard and interface cards parameters including simple parameters such as time date har
23. ally 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 Normal mode Standard normal mode supports hard disks of up to 528MB 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 p
24. 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 B 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 LCD 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 Kevboard Connector E TPT Pat Attach a PS 2 keyboard connector to this 6 TONS 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 Connectors PS 2 LPT Port G o GENS o beara PS 2 USB COMI COM2 Keyboard Mouse XE
25. ard 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 Menu III The ABIT CPU Soft Menu III technology not only lets you configure CPU settings eas
26. cc 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 Short pin 2 3 Enable power recovery ie EEGNESTUEXmunmum default ea 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 EMS po E a d Gomon B BE6 II Installing the Motherboard 2 11 Pin 1 2 L ag 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 are for switches and indicators for the chassis s front panel there are several functions tha
27. d 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 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 is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it is the key factor for system stabili
28. e 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 4 523 62 7 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 VO Recovery Time Five options are available NA gt 4 gt 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 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 enabl
29. e 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 8 16 32 64 128 256 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 memory 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 ward Software Integrated Peripherals Onboard IDE 1 Controller Enabled Master Drive PIO Mode Slave Drive PIO Mode Master Drive Ultra DMA Slave Drive
30. er 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 TSYS2 header then tape the other end of thermal cable on the device thermal comes you want to detect its temperature Users Manual 2 10 Chapter2 P1 Header Disable or Enable Keyboard Mouse Wake U This header Is used to Disable or Enable keyboard mouse wake up function This Upper PS 2 Mouse N
31. fore 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 Shadowing 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 D0000 D3FFF Shadow D4000 D7FFF Shadow D8000 DBFFF Shadow DC000 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 cop
32. g 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 AGP 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 install a PCI card into PCI slot 3 PCI slot 5 shares IRQ signals with the PCI slot 2 HP
33. his item lets you set the PCI clock It correlates with the CPU FSB clock you set For example if you set the CPU FSB clock to 100MHz and choose 1 3 here the PCI clock will be 33 3 MHz 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 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 Warning You must check 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 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 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 n Order Queue De
34. ies 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 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 ward 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 B
35. ify 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 C 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 MS Sne J t D EET e UM You can use the 4 and VV keys or the up and Suspend Type Stop Grant eiae ria 3 down arrow keys to scroll the screen to view uspend Hode Disables HDD Pouer Doun Disabled 3 I Soft ff by PUR BTTH Instant ff more help information or functions to select Wake Up by PCI card Disabled Power On by Ri Enabled ng CPU Thermal Throttling 50 0
36. ily 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 IMhz by IMHZz 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 known Y2K issues however it may still fail the 2000 exe test Award has modified its BIOS
37. irection 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 esie sls Sev v e SMI POW ON TkEYLOCK 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 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 T I into pin 9 and pin 10 If you install it in the POW ON nib Lodi nd wrong direction the LED light will not SP LED SPEAKER RESET ll illuminate correctly PN2 11 o e ejoje e e ejoje e f Note Watch the HDD LED pin position
38. it I 0 Recovery Time 16 Bit IZO Recovery Time Memory Hole At 15H 16M Passive Release Delayed Transaction AGP Aperture Size MB SDRAM Leadoff Command Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 10 Save 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 VV 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 of the data held in the slower memory chips SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Two options are available 2 and 3 The default setting is 5 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 DRA
39. 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 SMB 2Mx64 16MB 4Mx64 32MB 8Mx64 64MB 16Mx64 128MB and 32M x64 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 SMB 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 module looks like Unlike installing SIMMs DIMMs may be snapped directly into the socket
40. nt 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 B The BLUE connector MUST be plugged into the motherboard or your system will not 40 Pin IDE Plug On The Motherboard Blue Connector work B X Fach connector on the Ultra ATA 66 cable assembly has a small polarization tab centrally located on the body of the plastic This fits into the matching slot on the mating Oa oe plugs on the motherboard
41. ons are available 6 gt 8 gt 10 gt 12 gt 15 gt 20 gt 24 gt 30 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 250 500 750 1000 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 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 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 be
42. ositions 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 7 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 called 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 7 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 7 Precomp The minimum number you can enter is 0 the maximum number you can enter is 65536
43. owing five items 2 9 9 9 Warning 8 9 S9 9 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 of this 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 66MHz 1 2 75MHBz 1 2 gt 83MHz 1 2 gt 84Mhz 200MHz CPU bus speed above 66MHz 100MHz supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI and chipset specs Multiplier Factor You can choose the following multiplier factors User s Ma 3 6 Chapter3 y gt x 2 x25 x3 x35 gt x4 x45 x5 x55 x6 x65 x7 x7 5 x8 SEL100 66 Signal Two options are available Default and Low The default setting is Default PCI Clock CPU FSB Clock Three options are available 1 2 1 3 and 1 4 T
44. pth 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 BE6 II Introduction of the BIOS 3 7 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 factors 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
45. s 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 III 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 sequence 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 0 Third Boot Device Description is same as the First Boot Device the default setting is LS ZIP Boot Other Device Two options are
46. s 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 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 rena My ss WOL If you have a Network adapter that supports this feature then you can connect the specific cable from the network adapter to this head
47. s and two connectors to provide a Upper P5 2 Mouse Lower PS 2 Keyboard connection for two IDE hard disk drives After connecting the single end to the IDEI or IDE2 connect the two connectors on the other end to the IDE hard disk drives or CD ROM drive LS 120 etc X 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 IDE1 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 1s 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 he 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 IDEI or IDE2 connector pin 1 then insert the wire connector into the IDE1 or IDE 2 connector IDE3 and IDEA ATA 66 Connectors The
48. s that are mentioned in the following section When you install 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 ll 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 doesn t have such add on cards or switches you can ignore some special feature connectors ena JP2
49. 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 CPU Supports Intel Pentium III 450 700 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 100MHz CPU external clock speeds e o0 0 m 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 e eo o o e t Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 1x and 2x mode Sideband 3 3V device 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 EN System BIOS CPU SOFT MENU Ill can easily set the processor parameters AWARD 6 0 Version BIOS BE6 II e 0000 eee 0000090 0 gt 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 up to four Ultra DMA 33 66 devices 2x Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supportin
50. t 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 ese sie see eee 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 HOD ins nlsi through 3 Insert the three threaded power je eje e e l LED cable to pins 1 3 and the two threaded PN1 1 e ele e e 9 o ele e 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 eos sss ss 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 Users Manual 2 12 Chapter2 PNI Pin 6 7 HDD LED Header HDD LED KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 c es es j 1 PN1 Pin 8 9 Power on Switch Header Power On Switch HDD LED PN111 e eje eje eje 0 e e NL U CO C SMI POW ON KEYLOCK POWER LED SP LED SPEAKER RESET PN2 11 EUZEN 1 Attach the cable from the case s front panel HDD LED to this header If you install it in the wrong d
51. ter 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 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 Before Proceeding with the Installation 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 obstacles you may face during installation Please read our instructions carefully and follow them step b
52. 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 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 User s Manual 3 8 Chapter3 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 b
53. ty 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 O 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 ward Software gt ABIT SoftMenu III Setup Esc Quil F9 Menu 1n 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 Press 1129 up down and right to choose the option you want to confirm or to mod
54. utton 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 Memory 64512K Total Memory 65536K Tle Move Enter Select PU PD Value F 0 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help F5 Preuious 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
55. y 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 it Line these holes up with the Figure 2 1 The outline of stub and spacer mounting 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 2 2 shows you the way to affix the motherboard using studs or spacers Mainboard Chassis Base
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