AAEON MB-668 MB-668 User Manual 2nd Edition

MB-668

LPX- size Intel FC-370 Pentium III

CPU Card with LCD, LAN, Audio,
4 COMs & SSD.

MB-668 2nd. Edition Printed in Taiwan Oct., 2002

CD-ROM Part No. 2087668011

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Acknowledgements

AMD is a trademark of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
AMI is a trademark of American Megatrends, Inc.
Award is a trademark of Award Software International, Inc.
IBM, PC/AT, PS/2, and VGA are trademarks of International Busi­ness Machines Corporation.
Intel and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.
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A Message to the Customer

AAEON Customer Services

Each and every AAEON product is built to the most exacting
specifications to ensure reliable performance in the harsh and
demanding conditions typical of industrial environments. Whether
your new AAEON equipment is destined for the laboratory or the
factory floor, you can be assured that your product will provide the
reliability and ease of operation for which the name AAEON has
come to be known.

Your satisfaction is our primary concern. Here is a guide to
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our services, please follow the instructions below carefully.

Technical Support

We want you to get the maximum performance from your products.
So if you run into technical difficulties, we are here to help. For the
most frequently asked questions, you can easily find answers in
your product documentation. These answers are normally a lot
more detailed than the ones we can give over the phone.

So please consult this manual first. If you still cannot find the
answer, gather all the information or questions that apply to your
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to get the most from your AAEON products. In fact, most problems
reported are minor and are able to be easily solved over the phone.

In addition, free technical support is available from AAEON
engineers every business day. We are always ready to give advice
on application requirements or specific information on the installa­tion and operation of any of our products.

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Product Warranty

AAEON warrants to you, the original purchaser, that each of its
products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for
two years from the date of shipment.

This warranty does not apply to any products which have been
repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel autho­rized by AAEON, or which have been subject to misuse, abuse,
accident or improper installation. AAEON assumes no liability
under the terms of this warranty as a consequence of such events.

Because of AAEON's high quality-control standards and rigorous
testing, most of our customers never need to use our repair service.
If an AAEON product is defective, it will be repaired or replaced at
no charge during the warranty period. For out-of-warranty repairs,
you will be billed according to the cost of replacement materials,
service time, and freight. Please consult your dealer for more
details.

If you think you have a defective product, follow these steps:

1. Collect all the information about the problem encountered. (For
example, CPU type and speed, AAEON products used, other
hardware and software used, etc.) Note anything abnormal and
list any on-screen messages you get when the problem occurs.

2. Call your dealer and describe the problem. Please have your
manual, product, and any helpful information readily available.

3. If your product is diagnosed as defective, obtain an RMA
(return material authorization) number from your dealer. This
allows us to process your return more quickly.

4. Carefully pack the defective product, a fully-completed Repair
and Replacement Order Card and a photocopy proof of pur­chase date (such as your sales receipt) in a shippable container.
A product returned without proof of the purchase date is not
eligible for warranty service.

5. Write the RMA number visibly on the outside of the package
and ship it prepaid to your dealer.

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C&T is a trademark of Chips and Technologies, Inc.
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All other product names or trademarks are properties of their
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Packing list

Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that the
following materials have been shipped:

• 1 MB-668 LPX- size Single Board Computer Card

• 1 Quick Installation Guide

• 1 Support CD contains the followings:

-- User's Manual (this manual in PDF file)

-- Ethernet drivers and utilities

-- VGA drivers and utilities

• 1 hard disk drive (IDE) interface cable (44-pin, pitch 2.0mm)

• 1 floppy disk drive interface cable (34-pin, pitch 2.0mm)

• 1 IDE hard disk drive cable (40-pin, pitch 2.00mm)

• 1 parallel port (26-25-pin, pitch 2.0mm) and serial port (10-9 pin,
pitch 2.0mm) adapter kit.

• 1 bag of screws and miscellaneous parts

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your distribu­tor or sales representative immediately.

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Notice

Dear Customer,
Thank you for purchasing the MB-668 board. This user's

manual is designed to help you to get the most out of the MB-668,
please read it thoroughly before you install and use the board. The
product that you have purchased comes with an two-year limited
warranty, but AAEON will not be responsible for misuse of the
product. Therefore, we strongly urge you to first read the manual
before using the product.

To receive the lastest version of the user manual, please visit our
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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction..................................................................1

Introduction.................................................................................2

Features...................................................................................3

Specifications..........................................................................4

Board layout............................................................................7

Board dimensions....................................................................8

Chapter 2: Installation.....................................................................9

Location of Jumpers.............................................................10

List of Jumpers........................................................................11

Location of Connectors.........................................................12

List of Connectors................................................................13

Setting Jumpers....................................................................14

Installing CPU......................................................................15

Installing DRAM ..................................................................17

Clear CMOS Selection (JP1)..............................................18

COM2 RS-232/422/485 Selection (JP4, JP5)....................18

LCD Panel Voltage Setting (JP6).............................................19

LCD Clock Signal Selection (JP7).....................................19

Ethernet Tx/Rx/Link LED Connector (JP8)........................19

COM3, COM4 RS-232/422/485 Selection (JP9)...............20

COM3/COM2RI Function/Voltage Selection (JP10)..........20

Speaker/Buzzer (JP12)........................................................21

System Status LED Pin Header (JP13)..............................21

DiskOnChip Address Selection (JP15)...............................22

IR Touch Screen Power Pin Header (JP16).......................23

100/66 MHz Frequency Selection (JP17)..........................23

ATX Power Connector (CN2)................................................24

Parallel Port Connectors (CN10, 21)...........................................24

Serial Port COM2, COM3, and COM4 Connectors (CN5,19,20)...26

USB Connector (CN6, 26)....................................................27

Floppy Drive Connector (CN7, 9)........................................28

IrDA Connector (CN8)..........................................................29

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Floppy Drive Connector (CN9)....................................................30

Display Connectors (CN3,12)................................................30

VGA Display Connector (CN3)..............................................31

LCD Display Connector (CN12)................................................32

Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN11, 27)....................................33

CPU and System Fan Power Connector (CN13, 24)....................34

RJ-45 Ethernet Connector (CN14).......................................35

IDE Hard Drive Connectors (CN15, 16, 17) ................................35

Serial Port COM1 Connector(CN22)....................................38

LCD Backlight Power Connector(CN25).............................38

Audio Connector (CN28)......................................................39

Digital I/O Connector (CN29).................................................39

Chapter 3: Award BIOS Setup.......................................................40

Starting setup.........................................................................41

Setup keys.............................................................................42

Getting help...........................................................................43

In case of problem................................................................43

Main setup menu...................................................................44

Standard CMOS setup............................................................46

BIOS features setup.............................................................52

CHIPSET features setup........................................................57

Power management setup......................................................62

PNP/PCI congfiguration setup................................................67

Load BIOS defaults/Load setup defaults.....................................69

Integrated peripherals setup................................................70

Supervisor/User password setting ...............................................74

IDE HDD auto detection..............................................................76

Save & exit setup....................................................................77

Chapter 4: Flat Panel/CRT controller Display Drivers and Utilities

...........................................................................................78

Software drives......................................................................79

Hardware configuration........................................................79

Necessary prerequisites........................................................80

Before you begin...................................................................80

Windows 95............................................................................81

Driver installation.................................................................81

Windows 3.1...........................................................................89

OS/2........................................................................................90

Windows 3.51........................................................................92

Windows 98............................................................................93

Windows NT 4.0....................................................................94

Driver installation.................................................................94

Chapter 5: Ethernet Software configuration....................................95

Windows 98 Driver Installation...........................................96

Ethernet software configuration.............................................97

Chapter 6: Audio Software configuration.................................98

Audio Software configuration..............................................99

Windows 98............................................................................99

Windows NT 4.0..................................................................102

Appendix A: Programming the Watchdog Timer.......................103

Programming the watchdog timer ...........................................104

Watchdog timer....................................................................104

Configuration register........................................................105

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General
Information

This chapter gives background
information of the mainboard.

Sections Include:

• Board Specifications

• Layout and Dimensions

1

CHAPTER

Chapter 1 General Information 1

Introduction

The MB-668 is an all-in-one Celeron/Pentium III FC-chip processor
based LPX-size single board computer (MB) with a PCI Flat Panel
controller, a PCI 100Base-T Ethernet interface. When using an Intel
Pentium III processors, the MB-668 achieves outstanding perfor­mance that surpasses any other SBC in its class. In addition, the
onboard SSD interface supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000
series, memory capacity up to 288 MB.

Onboard features include four serial ports (one RS-232, three RS­232/422/485), one multi-mode parallel (ECP/EPP/SPP) port, pin
header for two USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports, a floppy drive
controller, and a keyboard/PS/2 mouse interface. The built-in high
speed PCI IDE controller supports Ultra DMA/33 mode. Up to four
IDE devices can be connected, including large hard disks, CD­ROM drives, and tape backup drives, etc.

The MB-668 also features power management to minimize power
consumption. It complies with and supports three types of power
saving features: Doze mode, Standby mode, and Suspend mode. In
addition, the board's watchdog timer can automatically reset the
system or generate an interrupt in case the system stops due to a
program bug or EMI.

Highly integrated LPX-size SBC

The MB-668 is a highly integrated LPX-size SBC that combines,
video, and network functions on a single computer board. It
provides up to 1024 x 768 resolution @ 64K colors with on-chip
2MB SDRAM display memory. Major onboard devices adopt PCI
technology to achieve outstanding computing performance making
the MB-668 one of the world's best and most powerful LPX-size
Main Board Computer.

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Features

• Supports Intel Celeron /Pentium III FC-370

• Supports DiskOnChip (SSD) up to 288MB

• C&T 69000 LCD controller supports 36-bit TFT Panels

• 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet

• Supports H/W status monitoring

Chapter 1 General Information 3

Specifications

Standard LPX-size SBC functions

• CPU: FC-370 Pentium III (Coppermine), Celeron, and compatible CPUs
(With system bus frequencies of 66/100MHz).

• CPU socket: 370 pins Socket

• BIOS: A ward 256KB Flash BIOS

• Chipset: Intel 440BX

• I/O chipset: ITE IT8661F / Winbond W83977A TF .

• Memory : Onboard two 168 pins DIMM socket supports up to
512Mbytes SDRAM.

• Enhanced IDE: T wo EIDE channels. Supports up to 4 Ultra DMA/ 33
devices with data transfer rate of 33MB/sec.. With two 44-pin IDE con­nectors power enhanced.

• FDD interface: Supports two floppy disk drives, 5.25" (360KB and

1.2MB) and/or 3.5" (720KB, 1.44MB, and 2.88MB), with one standard
type connector and one FPC connector.

• Parallel port: Two bi-directional parallel ports. Supports SPP , ECP, and

EPP modes. One external 25-pin D-sub connector and one 13x2 pin

header for LPT1.

• Serial port: One RS-232 and three RS-232/422/485 serial port with +5/+12
power capability. Ports can be configured as COM1, COM2, COM3,
COM4, or disabled individually. 16C550 serial UAR T s. 3 external D-sub
connectors, 1 internal 5x2 pin header supporting COM2.

• IR interface: Supports one IrDA Tx/Rx header (FIR/SIR, IrDA 1.0 spec.).

• KB/Mouse connector : 6-pin mini-DIN connector supports PC/A T

keyboard and PS/2 mouse.

• USB connectors: 6-pin onboard conn. supports dual USB external ports.

• Battery: Lithium battery for data retention

• CMOS Backup: CMOS data backup in flash memory, auto system reload
when data is loss.

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• W atchdog timer: Can generate a system reset, IRQ15, IRQ10, and IRQ11.
Software selectable time-out interval (1 sec. ~ 255 min., 1 sec./step)

• DMA: 7 DMA channels (8237 equivalent)

• Interrupt: 15 interrupt levels (8259 equivalent)

• Power management: I/O peripheral devices support power saving and
doze/stanby/suspend modes. APM 1.2 ocmpliant. Supports ATX power

supply , PC 97 and modem ring-in function.

• H/W status monitoring: Winbond W83781D H/W status monitoring IC
supports power supply voltages, fan speed control and temperature

monitoring.

• LED status pin header: LED status indicator for power, CPU fan, Aux.
fan, HDD, low temperarature, high temperature and LAN.

Flat Panel/CRT Interface

• Chipset: C&T 69000

• Display memory: 2MB SDRAM built in chip

• Display type: Supports non-interlaced CRT and LCD (TFT , DSTN, and

Mono) displays. Can display both CRT and Flat Panel simultaneously.

• Resolution: Up to 1024x768@64K colors.

Audio Interface

• Chipset: ESS ES1938 (Solo-1)

• Audio interface: 16-bit stereo VLSI chip, PCI based AC 97 Digital Audio
Processor, Sound Blaster / Pro emulation.

Ethernet Interface

• Chipset: Realtek R TL8139C 10/100Base-T Fast Ethernet controller .

• Ethernet interface : Onboard 10/100Base-Tx RJ-45 connector optional
Remote Boot ROM Function.

Chapter 1 General Information 5

SSD Interface

• One 32 pins DIP socket supports M-Systems DiskOnChip 2000 series up
to 288MB.

Expansion Slots

• PCI/ISA slot L VDS: One PCI/ISA slot onboard. Reserved for Aaeon's
PCM-3524 L VDS module.

Mechanical and environmental

• Power supply voltage: +5V (4.75V to 5.25V),

+12V (11.4V to 12.6V)

• Operating temperature: 32 to 140o F (0 to 60o C)

• Board size: 8.9"(L) x 8.7"(W) (225mm x 220mm)

• Weight: 1.2 lb. (0.52 Kg)

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Board Layout

Chapter 1 General Information 7

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AAEON

MB-668 Rev.A2.1Mechanical Drawing

UNIT: mm

Board Dimensions

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CHAPTER

Installation

This chapter describes how to set up the
main board hardware, including instruc­tions on setting jumpers and connecting
peripherals, switches, and indicators. Be
sure to read all the safety precautions
before you begin the installation proce­dure.

Chapter 2 Installation 9

Location of Jumpers

JP13

JP17 JP12

JP3

JP7

JP16

JP6
JP8
JP5

JP4

JP2

JP10

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JP9

JP14

JP15

JP1

List of Jumpers

Jumpers allow users to manually customize system configurations
to their suitable application needs.

The following chart consist the list of each jumper function:

Jumpers

Label Function

JP1 Clear CMOS Selection
JP2 Power ON Switch
JP3 Panel Type Selection
JP4,JP5 COM2 RS-232/422/485 Selection
JP6 LCD Panel Voltage Setting
JP7 LCD Clock Signal Selection
JP8 Ethernet Tx/Rx/Link LED Connector
JP9 COM3/COM4 RS-232/422/485 Selection
JP10 COM3/COM2 RI Function/Voltage

Selection
JP12 Speaker (external) / Buzzer
JP13 System Status LED Pin Header
JP14 Power Reset Connector
JP15 DiskOnChip (DOC) Address Selection
JP16 IR Touchscreen Power Pin Header
JP17 100/66 Mhz Frequency Select

Check Point: JP6 LCD Panel Voltage Setting
The voltage setting of MB-668 is default at 5V. Please make sure

the supportive voltage of the LCD panel PC before starting the
installation.

Chapter 2 Installation 11

Location of Connectors

CN13

CN9

CN7

CN24

CN29
CN17
CN15

CN16

CN25

CN2

CN26

CN27

CN6 CN11

CN28

CN12

CN8

CN5

CN21

CN20 CN19 CN22 CN10 CN3 CN14

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List of Connectors

Connectors on board access link to external devices such as hard
disk drives, a keyboard, or floppy drives.

The following consist the list of each connector function:

Connectors

Label Function

CN2 ATX Power Connector
CN10, CN21 Parallel Port 1 and 2 Connectors
CN5,CN19,CN20 Serial Port COM2, COM3 and COM4 Conn.
CN6, CN26 USB Connector
CN7 Floppy Drive Connector
CN8 IrDA Connector
CN9 (FPC) Floppy Drive Connector
CN3, CN12 Display Connectors (CRT and LCD)
CN11, CN27 Keyboard and Mouse Connector
CN13 CPU Fan Power Connector
CN14 RJ-45 Ethernet Connector
CN15 IDE LS-120 Connector
CN16 Primary IDE Hard Drive Connector
CN17 Secondary IDE Hard Drive Connector
CN22 Serial Port COM 1 Connector
CN24 System Fan Power Connector
CN25 LCD Backlight Power Connector
CN28 Audio Connector
CN29 Digital I/O Connector

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Setting jumpers

You can configure your card to match the needs of your application
by setting jumpers. A jumper is the simplest kind of electrical
switch. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often
protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect
them . To lose? a jumper you connect the pins with the clip. Toc

pen? a jum per you remove the clip. Sometimes a jumper will haveo

three pins, labeled 1, 2, and 3. In this case you would connect either
pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3.

2

1

Open Closed Closed 2-3

The jumper settings are schematically depicted in this manual as
follows:

Open Closed Closed 2-3

A pair of needle-nose pliers may be helpful when working with
jumpers.

1 2 3

3

If you have any doubts about the best hardware configuration for
your application, contact your local distributor or sales representa­tive before you make any changes.

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CPU installing and upgrading

You can upgrade to a more powerful Celeron CPU at any time.
Simply remove the old CPU, install the new one, and set the
jumpers for the new CPU speed.

Warning! Always disconnect the power cord from your

chassis when you are working on it. Do not
make connections while the power is on as
sensitive electronic components can be dam­aged by the sudden rush of power. Only experi­enced electronics personnel should open the
system chassis.

Caution! Always ground yourself to remove any static

charge before touching the system board.
Modern electronic devices are very sensitive to
static electric charges. Use a grounding wrist
strap at all times. Place all electronic components
on a static-dissipative surface or in a static­shielded bag when they are not in the chassis.

Install a CPU in the FC-370 socket

MB-668 Series provides a Flip-Chip (FC) socket for easy CPU
installation.

1. Make sure the FC-370 socket lever is in the upright position. To

raise the lever, pull it out to the side a little and raise it as far as
it will go.

2. Place the CPU in the empty socket. Follow the instructions that

came wth the CPU. If you have no instructions, do the follow­ing: Carefully align the CPU so it is parallel to the socket and
the notch on the corner of the CPU corresponds with the notch
on the inside of the socket. Gently slide the CPU in. It should
insert easily. If it doesn't, pull the lever up a little more.

Chapter 2 Installation 15

3. Press the lever down. The plate will slide forward. You will feel
some resistance as the pressure starts to secure the CPU in the
socket. This normal and won't damage the CPU.

When the CPU is installed, the lever should snap into place at the
side of the socket.

Note: To remove a CPU, pull the lever out to the side a

little and raise it as far as it will go. Lift the
CPU chip out.

When you install a new CPU, be sure to adjust the board settings,
such as CPU type and CPU clock. Improper settings may damage

the CPU.

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Installing SDRAM (DIMMs)

System Memory

The upper edge of the MB-668 contains two sockets for 168 pins
dual inline memory module (DIMM). The socket uses 3.3 V
unbuffered synchronous (SDRAM). DIMM is available in capaci­ties of 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256 MB. The socket can be filled in the
DIMM of any size, giving your SBC-658 single board computer
between 16 and 512 MB of memory.

Supplementary information about DIMM

Your MB-668 can accept both regular and PC-100 SDRAM DIMM
Module(with or without parity). The MB-668 can only accept PC­100 SDRAM DIMM Module.

Single-sided modules are typically 16 or 128 MB; double-sided
modules are usually 32 or 256 MB.

Memory Installation Procedures

To install DIMM, first make sure the two handles of the DIMM
socket are in the "open" position. i.e. The handles remain outward.
Slowly slide the DIMM module along the plastic guides on both
ends of the socket. Then press the DIMM module right down into
the socket, until you hear a click. This is when the two handles
have automatically locked the memory module into the correct
position of the DIMM socket. (See Figure below) To take away the
memory module, just push both handles outward, and the memory
module will be ejected by the mechanism in the socket.

Chapter 2 Installation 17

Clear CMOS Selection (JP1)

Safety precautions in setting up clear CMOS must be taken, always
place jumper on protect mode. In clearing CMOS, place jumper for

just a second (follow clear CMOS illustration) then, immediately
return jumper to protect mode.

* Protect Clear CMOS
1 2 3 1 2 3

* Default

COM2 RS-232/422/485 Selection (JP4,JP5)

JP4 and JP5 provides the user easy accessibility in manually setting
RS-232/422/485 in COM2 configuration. Just follow the illustration
for both JP4 and JP5 shown below:

* RS-232 RS-422 RS-485

1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10 1 4 7 10

JP4

3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12 3 6 9 12

* RS-232 RS-422 RS-485

1 3 5 1 3 5 1 3 5

JP5

2 4 6 2 4 6 2 4 6

* Default

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LCD Panel Voltage Setting (JP6)

The LCD panel driving voltage is set by using JP6 jumper settings
illustrated as follows:

* 5V 3.3V
1 2 3 1 2 3

* Default

LCD Clock Signal Selection (JP7)

The LCD clock control signal is set by using JP7 jumper settings
illustrated as follows:

Shift Clock * AShift Clock
1 2 3 1 2 3

* Default

Ethernet Tx/Rx/Link LED Connector (JP8)

With ethernet Tx/Rx/Link LED indicator, the ethernet status can be
trace up through LED indicator readings. The pin definitions are
listed as follows:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Rx-LED 2 Vcc
3 Link LED 4 Vcc
5 Tx-LED 6 Vcc

Chapter 2 Installation 19

COM3/COM4 RS-232/422/485
Selection (JP9)

By manually setting JP9, configurations for COM3/COM4 can be
set corresponding with RS-232/422/485 selection. Please see illus­tration as follows:

* RS-232 RS-422 RS-485
1 3 5 7 1 3 5 7 1 3 5 7

2 4 6 8 2 4 6 8 2 4 6 8
* Default

COM3/COM2 RI Function/Voltage
Selection (JP10)

RI function or voltage selection configurations for COM3/COM2
can be set manually through jumper JP10. Jumper settings are
illustrated as follows:

* RI Function +5Vout +12Vout
1 3 5 1 3 5 1 3 5

COM3

2 4 6 2 4 6 2 4 6
7 9 11 7 9 11 7 9 11

COM2

8 10 12 8 10 12 8 10 12
* Default

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Speaker/Buzzer (JP12)

This onboard jumper provides users easy manual settings for on
board buzzer and external speaker. By just following the illustration
of the settings below:

* on board buzzer external speaker
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

* Default

System Status LED Pin Header (JP13)

LED indicator for system status, it serves as an early warning
indicator and as well as a quick troubleshooting indicator. Just
follow the pin definition for each 7 LEDs illustrated below:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Power_ON LED 2 Vcc
3 CPU_fan LED 4 Vcc
5 System_fan LED 6 Vcc
7 HDD_access LED 8 Vcc
9 Low_temperature LED (option) 10 Vcc
11 High_temperature LED (option) 12 Vcc
13 LAN_access LED 14 Vcc

Chapter 2 Installation 21

DiskOnChip (DOC) Address
Selection (JP15)

The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products provides a single chip
solid-state flash disk in a standard 32-pin DIP package. The
DiskOnChip 2000 is a solid-state disk with no moving parts,
resulting in a significant reduction in power consumption and an
increase in reliability. The DiskOnChip is a small plug and play
Flash disk. It is easy to use. And it saves integration overhead.

The DiskOnChip 2000 family of products is available in capacities
ranging from 16MB up to 288MB, unformatted. In order to manage
the disk, the DiskOnChip 2000 includes the TrueFFS, M-Systems
Flash File System proprietary software. The DiskOnChip 2000
package is pin-to-pin compatible with a standard 32-pin EPROM
device.

D400 D800 DC00 * Disable
1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3

2 4 2 4 2 4 2 4
* Default

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IR Touch Screen Power Pin Header (JP16)

This plug in jumper connection provides quick installation for the
optional use of IR touch screen on display panels. Just refer to the
pin definitions below:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc 2 GND
3 N/C 4 N/C
5 N/C 6 N/C

100/66 Mhz Frequency Selection (JP17)

The end user can manually select the operating frequency with
the use of jumper JP17. Illustrated setting as follows:

* 66 Mhz Frequency 100 Mhz Frequency
1 2 1 2

* Default

Note:
FC-PGA CPUs?frequency ratio are pre-locked
within the CPUs. These CPUs run at fixed speed
(frequency) regardless of the configurations listed above.
If the CPU you are using requires a ratio higher than 5.5X, it
is most likely pre-locked. This table is provided for those who
are using older PPGA Celeron processors that do not have
pre-locked multiplier.

Chapter 2 Installation 23

ATX Power Connector (CN2)

For ease and reliability, a standard 20-pin ATX power supply con­nector is onboard. Which also provide positive plugging through
it's guided and locking mechanism. Pin definitions as follows:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 N/C 11 N/C
2 N/C 12 -12V
3 GND 13 GND
4 +5V 14 PON
5 GND 15 GND
6 +5V 16 GND
7 GND 17 GND
8 N/C 18 -5V

9 5VSB 19 +5V
10 +12V 20 +5V

Parallel Port 1 Connector (CN10) and
Parallel Port 2 Connector (CN21)

The mainboard is designed to support two parallel ports. Port 1
connector (CN10) also designated as LPT1 is a standard 25-pin
D-sub connector specially prepared for external interface. And
port 2 connector (CN21) designated as LPT2 in the form of a 13x2
pin header connector for embedded connection purposes. Both
can be enabled and disabled in the BIOS system setup. For exam­ple if LPT1 is disabled, LPT2 or LPT3 is enabled. And if LPT2 is
disabled, LPT1or LPT3 is enabled. The pin definitions for both

CN10 and CN21 are listed as follows: ( Please turn to next page).

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Parallel Port 1 Connector (CN10), 25-pin D-sub

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 /STB 2 DO
3 D1 4 D2
5 D3 6 D4
7 D5 8 D6
9 D7 10 /ACK
11 BUST 12 PE
13 /SLCT 14 /AUTOFD
15 ERR 16 /INIT
17 /SLCTINI 18 GND
19 GND 20 GND
21 GND 22 GND
23 GND 24 GND
25 GND 26 GND

Parallel Port 2 Connector (CN21), 13x2 pin header

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 /STB 2 /AUTOFD
3 DO 4 ERR
5 D1 6 /INIT
7 D2 8 /SLCTINI
9 D3 10 GND
11 D4 12 GND
13 D5 14 GND
15 D6 16 GND
17 D7 18 GND
19 /ACK 20 GND
21 BUST 22 GND
23 PE 24 GND
25 SLCT 26 N/C

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Serial Port COM2, COM3 and COM4
Connectors (CN5), (CN19) and (CN20)

The availability of this interface allows connection of serial devices
such as mouse, printer, etc.. Pin definitions as follows:

COM2 RS-232/422/485 (CN5)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 CM2-1 6 NDSR2
2 CM2-2 7 NRTS2
3 CM2-3 8 NCTS2
4 CM2-4 9 INRI2
5 GND 10 N/C

COM3 RS-232/422/485 (CN19)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 DCDA 10 ATXD+
2 RXDA 11 ATXD­3 TXDA 12 ARXD+
4 DTRA 13 ARXD­5 GND 14 GND
6 DSRA 15 N/C
7 RTSA 16 N/C
8 CTSA 17 N/C
9 RIA 18 GND

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COM4 RS-232/422/485 (CN20)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 DCDB 10 BTXD+
2 RXDB 11 BTXD­3 TXDB 12 BRXD+
4 DTRB 13 BRXD­5 GND 14 GND
6 DSRB 15 N/C
7 RTSB 16 N/C
8 CTSB 17 N/C
9 RIB 18 GND

USB Connector (CN6) and (CN26)

MB-668 is equipped with a dual port USB onboard connector.
It acquires the new generation of plug and play ( Hot Plugging )
feature, for both low speed and high speed devices. It could also

be expanded up to 127 connections through USB hub. CN26 can
be disabled in the BIOS system setup. Refer pin definitions as
follows:

USB Connector (CN6)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc 5 Vcc
2 USBD1- 6 USBD0­3 USBD1+ 7 USBD0+
4 GND 8 GND

USB Connector (CN26), Pin header

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc 4 GND
2 USBD1- 5 USBD0+
3 USBD1+ 6 USBD0-

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Floppy drive connector (CN7), FPC (CN9)

You can attach up to two floppy drives to the mainboard controller.
You can use any combination of 5? (360 KB and 1.2 MB) and/or
3? (720 KB, 1.44 MB, and 2.88 MB) drives.
A 34-pin daisy chain drive connector cable for (CN7) is required for
a dual-drive system. On one end of the cable is a 34-pin flat cable
connector. On the other end are two sets of floppy disk drive con­nectors. Each set consists of a 34-pin flat-cable connector (usually
used for 3? drives) and a printed-circuit board connector (usually
used for 5? drives). Plus an additional Flexible Printed Circuit
(FPC) connector (CN9), extra drive means extra memory for your
system. An ideal way for cost effective design.

Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue, and the other
wires are usually gray.

Connecting the floppy drive

1. Plug the 34-pin flat-cable connector into CN7. Make sure that

the red or blue wire corresponds to pin 1 on the connector. No wor­ries for CN9 FPC connector, it's guided design for error free con­nection.

2. Attach the appropriate connector on the other end of the cable

to the floppy drive(s). You can use only one connector in the set.
The set on the end (after the twist in the cable) connects to the A:
drive. The set in the middle connects to the B: drive.

3. If you are connecting a 5? floppy drive, line up the slot in the

printed circuit board with the blocked-off part of the cable connec­tor.

If you are connecting a 3? floppy drive, you may have trouble
determining which pin is pin number 1. Look for a number printed
on the circuit board indicating pin number 1. Also, the connector
on the floppy drive connector may have a slot.When the slot is up,
pin number 1 should be on the right. Check the documentation that
came with the drive for more information. If you desire, connect the
B: drive to the connectors in the middle of the cable as described
above.

Please refer to the pin definitions on the next page.

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Floppy Drive Connector (CN7)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 GND 2 DENSITY SELECT
3 GND 4 N/C
5 GND 6 DRIVE TYPE
7 GND 8 INDEX
9 GND 10 MOTOR 0
11 GND 12 DRIVE SELECT 1
13 GND 14 DRIVE SELECT 2
15 GND 16 MOTOR 1
17 GND 18 DIRECTION
19 GND 20 STEP
21 GND 22 WRITE DATA
23 GND 24 WRITE GATE
25 GND 26 TRACK 0
27 GND 28 WRITE PROTECT
29 GND 30 READ DATA
31 GND 32 HEAD SELECT
33 GND 34 DISK CHANGE

Note: Please refer to the next page for (CN9) pin definitions.

IrDA Connector (CN8)

How to install infrared module:

1.) Plug infrared module into IrDA connector. Caution must be
taken with the connector's orientation before plugging into
IrDA connector.

2.) Enable infrared function in the BIOS system setup.

IrDA connector pin definitions:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc 4 GND
2 FIrRx 5 IrTx
3 IrRx 6 CIrRx

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(FPC) Floppy Drive Connector (CN9)

(FPC) Floppy Drive Connector (CN9)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 Vcc 2 INDEX
3 Vcc 4 DRIVE SELECT 2
5 Vcc 6 DISK CHANGE
7 N/C 8 Vcc
9 DENSITY SELECT 10 MOTOR 0
11 N/C 12 DIRECTION
13 Vcc 14 STEP
15 GND 16 WRITE DATA
17 GND 18 WRITE GATE
19 GND 20 TRACK 0
21 GND 22 WRITE PROTECT
23 GND 24 READ DATA
25 GND 26 HEAD SELECT

Display Connectors (CN3) and (CN12)

The MB-668's PCI SVGA interface can drive conventional CRT
displays and is capable of driving a wide range of flat panel
displays, including electroluminescent (EL), gas plasma, passive
LCD, and active LCD displays. The board has two connectors to
support these displays, one for standard CRT VGA monitors and
one for flat panel displays. ( See pin definitions, next page ).

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VGA Display Connector (CN3)

A standard conventional D-sub connector is equipped to interface
with conventional CRT displays. Refer to pin definitions as follows:

Pin Signal

1 RED
2 GREEN
3 BLUE
4 N/C
5 Chassis GND
6 Chassis GND
7 Chassis GND
8 Chassis GND
9 Vcc
10 Chassis GND
11 N/C
12 DDDA
13 H-SYNC
14 V-SYNC
15 DDCK

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LCD display connector (CN12)

CN12 is a 50-pin, dual-in-line header used for flat panel displays.
When the MB-668's power is applied, the control signal is low until

just after the relevant flat panel signals are present.
Configuration of the VGA interface is done completely via the

software utility. You do not have to set any jumpers.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 +12 V

DC

3 GND 4 GND
5 +5 V

DC

6 +5 V
7 ENAVEE 8 GND
9 P0 10 P1
11 P2 12 P3
13 P4 14 P5
15 P6 16 P7
17 P8 18 P9
19 P10 20 P11
21 P12 22 P13
23 P14 24 P15
25 P16 26 P17
27 P18 28 P19
29 P20 30 P21
31 P22 32 P23
33 P24 34 P25
35 SHF CLK 36 FLM (V SYS)
37 M 38 LP (H SYS)
39 GND 40 ENABKL
41 P26 42 P27
43 P28 44 P29
45 P30 46 P31
47 P32 48 P33
49 P34 50 P35

2 +12 V

DC

DC

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Keyboard and Mouse Connector
(CN11) and (CN27)

The MB-668 provides a keyboard connector which supports both a
keyboard and a PS/2 style mouse. But in most cases, especially in
embedded applications, a keyboard is not used. The standard PC/
AT BIOS will report an error or fail during power-on-self-test
(POST) after a reset if the keyboard is not present. The mainboard
BIOS Advanced setup menu allows you to select "Present" or
"Absent" under the "System Keyboard" section. This allows no­keyboard operation in embedded system applications without the
system halting under POST (power-on-self-test). Take note that
both can't be used simultaneously. Please refer to the pin defini­tions of both CN11 and CN27 listed below:

Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN11), Dual mini-din connector

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 KB DATA 7 MS DATA
2 MS DATA 8 N/C
3 GND 9 GND
4 Vcc 10 Vcc
5 KB CLOCK 11 MS CLOCK
6 MS CLOCK 12 N/C

Keyboard and Mouse Connector (CN27), 6-pin connector

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 KB DATA 4 MS DATA
2 MS DATA 5 N/C
3 GND 6 GND

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CPU and System Fan Power Connector
(CN13) and (CN24)

Two 3-pin plug in and error free onboard connectors are located
accessibly for trouble-free connection and disconnection. For CPU
fan it is labeled CN13 and CN24 for system fan. Both pin defini-

tions
are listed below:

CPU Fan Power Connector (CN13)

Pin Signal

1 GND
2 +12V
3 fan speed sensor

System Fan Power Connector (CN24)

Pin Signal

1 GND
2 +12V
3 fan speed sensor

RJ-45 Ethernet Connector (CN14)

MB-668 is outfitted with a standard RJ-45 LAN connector. With
support from Realtek RTL8139C chipset using either 10Mbs or
100Mbs are possible through it's N-way auto-negotiation featured
operation. Refer to the pin definitions on the next page.

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RJ-45 Ethernet Connector (CN14)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 TX+ 5 N/C
2 TX- 6 RX­3 RX+ 7 N/C
4 N/C 8 N/C

IDE Hard Drive Connectors

IDE LS-120 Connector (CN15)
Primary IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN16)
Secondary IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN17)

You can attach up to three Enhanced Integrated Device Electronics
hard disk drives to the mainboard's internal controller. The main­board's IDE controller uses a PCI local-bus interface. This advance
interface supports faster data transfer and allows the IDE hard
drive to exceed 528 MB.

Connecting the hard drive

Connecting drives, their done in a daisy-chain fashion and requires
one of the three cables, depending on the drive size. 1.8" and 2.5"
drives need one 44-pin to two 44-pin flat cable connector. 3.5"
drives use one 44-pin to two 40-pin connector.

Wire number 1 on the cable is normally red or blue, and the other
wires are usually gray.

1. Connect one end of the cable to CN15, CN16 or CN17. Make
sure that the red (or blue) wire corresponds to pin 1 on the con­nector, which is marked and connectors are slotted.

2. Plug the other end of the cable to the Enhanced IDE hard drive,
with pin 1 on the cable corresponding to pin 1 on the hard
drives. (see your hard drive's documentation for the location of
the connector).

Connect a second drive as described above.
continue to the next page

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Unlike floppy drives, IDE hard drives can be connected to
either end of the cable. The pin definitions for this section
are listed below:

( Both CN15 and CN16 share the same pin definitions.)

IDE LS-120 Connector (CN15) and Primary HDD Connector (CN16)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 IDE RESET 2 GND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10
9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 SIGNAL GND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GND
23 IO WRITE 24 GND
25 IO READ 26 GND
27 IO CHANNEL READY 28 ALE
29 N/C 30 GND
31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16
33 ADDR 1 34 N/C
35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2
37 HARD DISK SELECT 0 38 HARD DISK SELECT 1
39 IDE ACTIVE 40 MGND
41 Vcc 42 MVcc
43 GND 44 N/C

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Secondary IDE Hard Drive Connector (CN17)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 IDE RESET 2 GND
3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8
5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9
7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10
9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11
11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12
13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13
15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14
17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15
19 SIGNAL GND 20 N/C
21 N/C 22 GND
23 IO WRITE 24 GND
25 IO READ 26 GND
27 IO CHANNEL READY 28 ALE
29 N/C 30 GND
31 IRQ14 32 IOCS16
33 ADDR 1 34 N/C
35 ADDR 0 36 ADDR 2
37 HARD DISK SELECT 0 38 HARD DISK SELECT 1
39 IDE ACTIVE 40 MGND

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Serial Port COM1 (CN22)

This port is also readily availiable for quick connect and disconnect
of serial devices like mouse, printer and etc.. Pin definitions are list­ed as follows:

Serial Port COM1 RS-232 (CN22)

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 NRLSD1 6 NDSR1
2 NRXD1 7 NRTS1
3 NTXD1 8 NCTS1
4 NDTR1 9 NRI1
5 GND 10 GND

LCD Backlight Power Connector (CN25)

CN25 enables power transmission when connected from the main­board to the LCD panel for backlight lighting. Refer to the pin de-

finitions below:

Pin Signal

1 +12V ENB
2 GND
3 N/C
4 N/C
5 +5V ENB

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Audio Connector (CN28)

MB-668 comes with an integrated 14-pin flat audio cable connector.
Which provides major audio signal connections with the main-

board. Below are the pin definitions for (CN28):

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 MIC_IN 2 MIC_Vcc
3 GND 4 CD_GND
5 LINE_IN Left 6 CD_Left
7 LINE_IN Right 8 CD_GND
9 GND1 10 CD_Right
11 Audio OUT Left 12 Audio OUT Right
13 GND 14 GND

Digital I/O Connector (CN29)

MB-668 offers digital I/O functions connector for easy access and
link with digital devices. (Input 4031: GPI15 [bit7]; Input 4032:

GPI17 [bit1], GPI18 [bit2], GPI19 [bit3]; Output 4036: GPO17 [bit1],
GPO 18 [bit2], GPO19 [bit3], GPO20 [bit4] ) The pin definitions are
illustrated below:

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 DIO_IN1 2 DIO_IN2
3 DIO_IN3 4 DIO_IN4
5 DIO_OUT1 6 DIO_OUT2
7 DIO_OUT3 8 DIO_OUT4
9 Vcc 10 GND

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3

CHAPTER

Award BIOS Setup

This chapter describes how to configure
the BIOS for the system.

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Starting setup

The A ward BIOS is immediately activated when you first turn on
the computer. The BIOS reads system configuration information in
CMOS RAM and begins the process of checking out the system
and configuring it through the power-on self test (POST).

When these preliminaries are finished, the BIOS seeks an operating
system on one of the data storage devices (hard drive, floppy drive,
etc.). The BIOS launches the operating system and hands control of
system operations to it.

During POST , you can start the Setup program in one of two ways:

1.By pressing Del immediately after switching the system on, or

2.By pressing Del or pressing Ctrl-Alt-Esc when the following

message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during POST:

TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS DEL KEY

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to
enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then
ON or pressing the RESET button on the system case. You may
also restart by simultaneously pressing Ctr-Alt-Del. If you do not
press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an
error message appears and you are again asked to

PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP

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Setup keys

These keys helps you navigate in Award BIOS:

Up arrow Move to previous item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand
Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand
Esc Main Menu: Quit and not save changes into

CMOS RAM

Other pages: Exit current page and return to

Main Menu
PgUP/+ Increase the numeric value or make

changes

PgDn/- Decrease the numeric value or make

changes

F1 General help, only for Status Page Setup

Menu and Option Page Setup Menu

F2 Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to

select color forward, Shift-F2 to select color

backward
F3 Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu
F4 Reserved
F5 Restore the previous CMOS value from

CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu
F6 Load the default CMOS RAM value from

BIOS default table, only for Option Page

Setup Menu
F7 Load the default
F8 Reserved
F9 Reserved
F10 Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main

Menu

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Getting help

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appro­priate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted
item. T o exit the Help Window press Esc or the F1 key again.

In Case of Problems

If, after making and saving system changes with Setup, you
discover that your computer no longer is able to boot, the Award-
BIOS supports an override to the CMOS settings that resets your
system to its default configuration.

You can invoke this override by immediately pressing Insert; when
you restart your computer. You can restart by either using the ON/
OFF switch, the RESET button or by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

The best advice is to alter only settings that you thoroughly
understand. In particular, do not change settings in the Chipset
screen without a good reason. The Chipset defaults have been
carefully chosen by A ward Software or your system manufacturer
for the best performance and reliability. Even a seemingly small
change to the Chipset setup may cause the system to become
unstable.

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Main setup Menu

Standard CMOS Options in the original PC AT-compatible

BIOS.
BIOS Features Award Software enhanced BIOS options.
Chipset Features Options specific to your system chipset.
Power Advanced Power Management (APM)

Management options.
PnP/PCI Plug and Play standard and PCI Local Bus

Configuration configuration options.
Integrated I/O subsystems that depend on the inte-

Peripherals grated peripherals controller in your

system.
Supervisor/User Change, set, or disable a password. In

Password Setting BIOS versions that allow separate user and

supervisor passwords, only the supervisor

password permits access to Setup. The

user password generally allows only

power-on access.
IDE HDD Auto Automatically detect and configure IDE hard

Detection disk parameters.

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Load BIOS BIOS defaults are factory settings for the
Defaults most stable, minimal-performance system

operations.

Load Setup Setup defaults are factory settings for
Defaults optimal-performance system operations.

Save & Exit Save settings in nonvolatile CMOS
Setup RAM and exit Setup.

Exit Without Abandon all changes and exit Setup.
Save

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Standard CMOS setup

When you choose the ST ANDARD CMOS SETUP option from
the INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is dis­played.

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This standard setup menu allows users to configure system
components such as the date, time, hard disk drive, floppy drive,
display, and memory. Online help for each field can be accessed
by pressing F1.

Date and Time Configuration

The BIOS determines the day of the week from the other date
information. This field is for information only.

Press the left or right arrow key to move to the desired field (date,
month, year). Press the PgUp/- or PgDn/+ key to increment the
setting, or type the desired value into the field.

The time format is based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For
example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Press the left or right arrow key to
move to the desired field. Press the PgUp/- or PgDn/+ key to
increment the setting, or type the desired value into the field.

HARD DISKS

The BIOS supports up to two IDE drives. This section does not
show information about other IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM
drive, or about other hard drive types, such as SCSI drives.

NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives.

The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal
operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select
type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications
during POST , every time the system boots.

If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of

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selecting the drive type are available:

1.Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with
the preprogrammed values for drive types 1 through 45.

2.Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.

3.Use the IDE HDD AUTO DECTECTION function in Setup.
Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:

•Type

cylinders, number of heads, write precompensation
whose specifications do not accommodate any pre-

:

The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types.

Each defined drive type has a specified number of
factor, landing zone, and number of sectors. Drives
defined type are classified as type USER.

•Size: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is

usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk
given by a disk-checking program.

• Cyls:Number of cylinders

• Head: Number of heads

• Precomp: W rite precompensation cylinder

• Landz: Landing zone

• Sector: Number of sectors

• Mode: Auto, Normal, large, or LBA

- Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

- Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors

supported are 1024, 16, and 63.

- Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more

than 1024 cylinders.

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- LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the

IDE controller transforms the data address described
by sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical
block address, significantly improving data transfer

rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders.

Drive A
Drive B

Select the correct specifications for the diskette drive(s) installed in
the computer.

None No diskette drive installed
360K, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360

kilobyte capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2
megabyte capacity

720K, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte

capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 mega
byte capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 mega
byte capacity

LCD & CRT

This field may appear as an alternative to The Video field. select
your video display device:

LCD Liquid crystal display
CRT Auxiliary monitor
Both Display on both devices

Pannel:

This selection item allow user to select LCD BIOS to match the
LCD types.

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Halt On

During the power-on-self-test (POST), the computer stops if the
BIOS detects a hardware error. You can tell the BIOS to ignore
certain errors during POST and continue the boot-up process.
These are the selections:

• No errors: POST does not stop for any errors.

• All errors If: the BIOS detects any non-fatal error, POST

stops and prompts you to take corrective action.

• All, But Keyboard: POST does not stop for a keyboard

error, bus stops for all other errors.All, But DiskettePOST does
not stop for diskette drive errors, but stops for all other errors.

• All, But Disk/Key: POST does not stop for a keyboard

or disk error, but stops for all other errors.

Memory

You cannot change any values in the Memory fields; they are only
for your information. The fields show the total installed random
access memory (RAM) and amounts allocated to base memory,
extended memory , and other (high) memory. RAM is counted in
kilobytes (KB: approximately one thousand bytes) and megabytes
(MB: approximately one million bytes).

RAM is the computer's working memory, where the computer
stores programs and data currently being used, so they are accessi­ble to the CPU. Modern personal computers may contain up to 64
MB, 128 MB, or more.

•Base Memory

T ypically 640 KB. Also called conventional memory. The DOS
operating system and conventional applications use this area.

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•Extended Memory

Above the 1-MB boundary. Early IBM personal computers could
not use memory above 1 MB, but current PCs and their software
can use extended memory.

•Other Memory

Between 640 KB and 1 MB; often called High memory . DOS may
load terminate-and-stay-resident (TSR) programs, such as device
drivers, in this area, to free as much conventional memory as
possible for applications. Lines in your CONFIG.SYS file that start
with LOADHIGH load programs into high memory.

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BIOS features setup

By choosing the BIOS FEATURES SETUP option from the
INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed.

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The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP
DEF AUL TS settings.

Virus Warning

When enabled, you receive a warning message if a program
(specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the
partition table of the hard disk drive. You should then run an anti­virus program. Keep in mind that this feature protects only the boot
sector, not the entire hard drive.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector
table can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run
such a program, we recommend that you first disable the virus
warning.

CPU Internal Cache/External Cache

Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than
conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up
contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs
have additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests
data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM
into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU.

The External Cache field may not appear if your system does not
have external cache memory.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the
external cache contains ECC SRAMs.

Quick Power On Self Test

Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the
power-on-self-test (POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We
recommend that you normally disable quick POST . Better to find a
problem during POST than lose data during your work.

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Boot Up from LAN

When enabled, the BIOS attempts to boot from a LAN boot image
before it attempts to boot from a local storage device.
The Choice: Disabled, Enabled

Boot Sequence

The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from
drive A (floppy disk), so IBM PC-compatible systems are designed
to search for an operating system first on drive A, and then on
drive C (hard disk). However, the BIOS now offers many boot
sequence options.

Swap Floppy Drive

This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives.
Selecting enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and
physical drive A to logical drive B.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine
whether they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives
have 40 tracks; drives with 720 KB, 1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB
capacity all have 80 tracks. Because very few modern PCs have
40-track floppy drives, we recommend that you set this field to
Disabled to save time.

Boot Up NumLock Status

T oggle between On or Of f to control the state of the NumLock key
when the system boots. When toggled On, the numeric keypad
generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations.

Gate A20 Option

Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1
MB (extended memory). When set to Fast, the system chipset
controls Gate A20. When set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard
controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves
system speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows.

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Typematic Rate Setting- Key strokes repeat at a rate

determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the
typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

The choice: Enabled/Disabled

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)- Sets the number of

times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key
down.

The choice: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30

Typematic Dealy (Msec)- Sets the delay time after

the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke.
The choice: 250, 500, 750, 1000

Security Option

If you have set a password, select whether the password is
required every time the System boots, or only when you enter
Setup.

OS Select For DRAM>64MB-Select the operating

system that is running with greater than 64MB or RAM on the
system.

The choice: Non-OS2, OS2

Report No FDD For WIN 95- Wheather report no

FDD forWIn 95 or not.
The choice: Yes, no

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Shadow

Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a
device is called firmware. The A wardBIOS permits shadowing of
firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and similar
operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals,
such as, for example, a SCSI adaptor.

Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM, where
the CPU can read it through the 16-bit or 32-bit DRAM bus.
Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the 8­bit X-bus. Shadowing improves the performance of the system
BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals, but it
also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB)
available for loading device drivers, etc.

Enable shadowing into each section of memory separately. Many
system designers hardwire shadowing of the system BIOS and
eliminate a System BIOS Shadow option.

Video BIOS shadows into memory area C8000-DFFFF. The
remaining areas shown on the BIOS Features Setup screen may be
occupied by other expansion card firmware. If an expansion
peripheral in your system contains ROM-based firmware, you need
to know the address range the ROM occupies to shadow it into the
correct area of RAM.

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CHIPSET features setup

By choosing the CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP option from the
INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed.

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The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP
DEF AUL TS settings.

This section allows you to configure the system based on the
specific features of the installed chipset. This chipset manages bus
speeds and access to system memory resources, such as SDRAM.
It also coordinates communications between the conventional ISA
bus and the PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should
never need to be altered. The default settings have been chosen
because they provide the best operating conditions for your system.
The only time you might consider making any changes would be if
you discovered that data was being lost while using your system.

Because of the complexity and technical nature of some of the
options, not all of the options are described here.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay

This field lets you control the number of DCLKs between a Row
Activate command and a read or write command.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

The precharge time is the number of cycles it takes for the RAS to
accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh. If insufficient time is
allowed, refresh may be 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

When synchronous DRAM is installed, you can control the number
of CLKs between when the SDRAMs sample a read command and
when the contoller samples read data from the SDRAMs. Do not
reset this field from the default value specified by the system
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SDRAM Precharge Control

When Enabled, all CPU cycles to SDRAM result in an All Banks
Precharge Command on the SDRAM interface.

DRAM Data Integrity Mode

Select Non-ECC or ECC (error-correcting code), according to the
type of installed DRAM.

System BIOS Cacheable

Selecting 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

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at
C0000h to C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. Howev­er, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error may
result.

Video RAM Cacheable

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video memory (RAM) at
A0000h to AFFFFh, resulting in better video performance.
However, if any program writes to this memory area, a memory
access error may result.

8/16 Bit I/O Recovery Time

The I/O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI­originated I/O cycles to the ISA bus. This delay takes place
because the PCI bus is so much faster than the ISA bus.

These two fields let you add recovery time (in bus clock cycles) for
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Memory Hole at 15M-16M

You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM.
When this area is reserved, it cannot be cached. The user informa­tion of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory
usually discusses their memory requirements.

Passive Release

When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus accesses are allowed during
passive release. Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another PCI
master access to local DRAM.

Delayed Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support
delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance
with PCI specification version 2.1.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk

When the Auto Detect DIMM/PCI clk enable, the Utility will
automatically detect the DIMM/PCI clock in your system.

Spread Spectrum

When the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the
pulse generate excess EMI. Enabling pulse spectrum spread
modulation changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves,
thus reducing EMI. This benefit may in some cases be outweighed
by problems with timing-critical devices, such as a clock-sensitive
SCSI device

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High Limit Temperature Warning

When the single board computer exceeds the high limit
temperature warning level, the buzzer will sound and the LED will

flash.

Low Limit Temperature Warning

When the single board computer exceeds the low limit temperature
warning level, the buzzer will sound and the LED will flash.

IN0, IN1, IN2, +5V,-5V,+12V,-12V

These fields display the current voltage of up to seven voltage
input lines, if your computer contains a monitoring system.

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Power management setup

By choosing the POWER MANAGEMENT option from the
INITIAL SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed.

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The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP
DEF AUL TS settings.

Power Management

This option allows you to select the type (or degree) of power
saving for Doze, Standby, and Suspend modes.

This table describes each power management mode:

Max Saving Maximum power savings. Only Available for

SL CPUs. Inactivity period is 1 minute in
each mode.

User Define Set each mode individually. Select time-out

periods in the section for each mode,
below.

Min Saving Minimum power savings. Inactivity period is

1 hour in each mode (except the hard
drive).

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PM Control by APM

If Advanced Power Management (APM) is installed on your
system, selecting Y es gives better power savings.

Video Off Method

Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank System turns off vertical and horizontal

synchronization ports and writes blanks to

the video buffer.

DPMS Support Select this option if your monitor supports

the Display Power Management Signaling
(DPMS) standard of the Video Electronics

Standards Association (VESA). Use the
software supplied for your video subsystem
to select video power management values.

Blank Screen System only writes blanks to the video

buffer.

Video Off After

As the system moves from lesser to greater power-saving modes,
select the mode in which you want the monitor to blank.

MODEM Use IRQ

Name the interrupt request (IRQ) line assigned to the modem (if
any) on your system. Activity of the selected IRQ always awakens
the system.

Doze Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity, the CPU clock
throttles to a small percentage of its duty cycle between 10
percent and 25 percent for most chipsets. All other devices still
operate at full speed.

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Standby Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity, the CPU clock stops,
the hard drive enters an idle state, and the L2 cache enters a power­save mode. All other devices still operate at full speed.

Suspend Mode

After the selected period of system inactivity, the chipset enters a
hardware suspend mode, stopping the CPU clock and possibly
causing other system devices to enter power management modes.

HDD Power Down

After the selected period of drive inactivity , any system IDE
devices compatible with the ATA-2 specification or later power
manage themselves, putting themselves into an idle state after the
specified timeout and then waking themselves up when accessed.

Throttle Duty Cycle

When the system enters Doze mode, the CPU clock runs only part
of the time. You may select the percent of time that the clock runs.

PCI/VGA Act Minus Monitor

When Enabled, any video activity restarts the global timer for
Standby mode.

Soft-OFF by Power Button

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the
system to enter the soft-off state when the system has "hung"

THe Choice: Delay 4 seconds, instant off

CPU FAN off in Suspend

During the suspend mode the CPU fan can be turned off.
The Choice: Enabled, disabled

Power on by Ring

An input signal on the serial ring indicator (in other words an
incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off
state.

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Wake Up On LAN

The motherboard enabled or disabled will execute a wake up
process whenever LAN (Realtech 8139C) receives a wake up event
such as a magic packet.

The Choice: Disabled, Enabled

IRQ8 Break [Event From] Suspend

You can select Enabled or Disabled for monitoring of IRQ8 (the
Real Time Clock) so it does not awaken the system from Suspend
mode.

Reload Global Timer Events

When Enabled, an event occurring on each device listed below
restarts the global timer for Standby mode.

IRQ3-7, 9-15, NMI
Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel Port

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PNP/PCI configuration setup

By choosing the PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP option
from the initial SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is
displayed.

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The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP
DEF AUL TS settings.

NOTE: This chapter describes all fields offered by Award Software
in this screen. Your system board designer may omit or modify
some fields.

PNP OS Installed

Select Y es if the system operating environment is Plug-and-Play
aware (e.g., Windows 95).

Resources Controlled By

The Plug and Play A wardBIOS can automatically configure all the
boot and Plug and Play-compatible devices. If you select Auto, all
the interrupt request (IRQ) and DMA assignment fields disappear,
as the BIOS automatically assigns them.

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset
Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup
if you have installed a new add-on and the system reconfiguration
has caused such a serious conflict that the operating system cannot
boot.

Assign IRQ for VGA

If you are not using your system's VGA controller, select Disabled
to free the IRQ resource.

Assign IRQ for USB

Select Enabled if your system has a USB controller and you have
one or more USB devices connected. By selecting Disabled setting
there is no IRQ resource for USB controller.

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Load BIOS defaults/Load setup defaults

LOAD BIOS DEF AULTS loads the default system values directly
from ROM. The BIOS DEF AULTS provides the most stable
settings, though they do not provide optimal performance. LOAD
SETUP DEF AULTS, on the other hand, provides for maximum
system performance. If the stored record created by the setup
utility becomes corrupted (and therefore unusable), BIOS defaults
will load automatically when you turn the system on.

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Integrated peripherals setup

By choosing the INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS option from the
initial SETUP SCREEN menu, the screen below is displayed.

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The displayed configuration is based on the manufacturer's SETUP
DEF AULSTS settings.

IDE HDD Block Mode

Select Enabled only if your hard drives support block mode.

IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA

UDMA (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/s. When you select
Auto in the four IDE UDMA fields (for each of up to four IDE
devices that the internal PCI IDE interface supports), the system
automatically determines the optimal data transfer rate for each
IDE device.

On-Chip PCI IDE Primary

The system chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for
two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the primary and/or
secondary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this
interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE
interface.

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus
(USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.

Init Display First

This item allows you to active PCI slot or onboard first.
The choice: PCI slot, onboard

KBC input clock

The system designer must select the correct frequency for the
keyboard controller input clock. Do not change this from the
default value.

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Onboard FDC Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC)
installed on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install
an add-in FDC or the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled
in this field.

UART Mode Select

Select an operating mode for the second serial port:
Normal RS-232C serial port
Standard RS-232C serial port
IrDA 1.0 Infrared port compliant with IrDA 1.0

specification
IrDA SIR IrDA-compliant serial infrared port
IrDA MIR 1 MB/sec infrared port
IrDA FIR Fast infrared standard
FIR Fast infrared standard
MIR 0.57M 0.57-MB/sec infrared port
MIR 1.15M 1.15-MB/sec infrared port
Sharp IR 4-MB/sec data transmission
HPSIR IrDA-compliant serial infrared prot
ASK IR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port

UART2 Duplex Mode

In an infrated port mode, this field appears. Full-duplex mode
permits simultaneous two-direction transmission. Half-duplex
mode permits transmission in one direction only at a time. Select
the value required by the IR device connected to the IR port.

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Onboard Serial Ports (1, 2, 3, 4)

Normally, the main board’s I/O chips will occupy a certain portion
of memory space. For each I/O device the computer provides an
I/O address. The more devices attached the more address needed
to organize the memory storage areas. If all the I/O devices were
run through the same address, your devices would come to a near
halt. By providing the end user with four serial ports this allows
devices to run more efficiently if needed.

Selections of logical COM port addresses are as follows. ( 3F8,
3E8H, 2F8, 2E8H)

RxD, TxD Active

Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct
setting of the TxD and RxD signals.

Parallel Port Mode

Two bi-directional parallel ports. Supports SPP, ECP, EPP,
ECP + EPP.

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the port.

EPP Mode select

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

IR Transmission Delay

Disable setting will have no transmission delay when SIR is
changed from RX mode to TX mode.

Enabled setting will delay transmission for 4 characters time when
SIR is changed from RX mode to TX mode.

Onboard Parallel Port

Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for
the physical parallel port

The Choice: 278H, 378, disabled

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Supervisor/User password setting

You can set either SUPERVISOR or USER PASSWORD, or both
of them. The difference between the two is that the supervisor
password allows unrestricted access to enter and change the
options of the setup menus, while the user password only allows
entry to the program, but not modify options.

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When you select this function, a message appears at the center of
the screen:

ENTER P ASSWORD:

T ype the password, up to eight characters, and press Enter. Typing
a password clears any previously entered password from CMOS
memory.

Now the message changes:

CONFIRM P ASSWORD:

Again, type the password and press Enter.
T o abort the process at any time, press Esc.
In the Security Option item in the BIOS Features Setup screen,

select System or Setup:

System Enter a password each time the system boots and

when ever you enter Setup.

Setup Enter a password when ever you enter Setup.

NOTE: To clear the password, simply press Enter when asked to
enter a password. Then the password function is disabled.

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IDE HDD auto detection

The IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility can automatically
detect the IDE hard disk installed in your system. You can use it to
self-detect and/or correct the hard disk type configuration. You
need to repeat the setup for each of the IDE combinations:

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Save & exit setup

If you select this option and press <ENTER>, the values entered in
the setup utility will be recorded in the chipset's CMOS memory.
The microprocessor will check this every time you turn your
system on and compare this to what it finds as it checks the system.
This record is required for the system to operate.

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4

CHAPTER

Flat Panel/CRT
Controller Display
Drivers and Utilities

This chapter provides information about:

• Driver types and installation

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Software Drivers

This chapter describes the operation and installation of the display
drivers supplied on the Supporting CD-ROM that are shipped with
your product.

The onboard VGA adapter is based on the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel/CRT
controller and is fully IBM VGA compatible. This controller offers a
large set of extended functions and higher resolutions. If you intend to
use your VGA adapter in standard VGA modes only, you do not need
to install any of these drivers. Since your VGA adapter is fully compat­ible, it does not require any special drivers to operate in standard
modes.

The purpose of the enclosed software drivers is to take advantage of
the extended features of the CHIPS VGA Flat Panel/CRT controller.

Hardware configuration

Some of the high-resolution drivers provided in this package will
work only in certain system configurations. If a driver does not
display correctly, try the following:

1. Change the display controller to CRT-only mode, rather than flat
panel or simultaneous display mode. Some high-resolution
drivers will display correctly only in CRT mode.

2. If a high-resolution mode is not supported on your system, try
using a lower-resolution mode. For example, 1024 x 768 mode
will not work on some systems, but 800 x 600 mode is supported
on most.

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Necessary prerequisites

The instructions in this manual assume that you understand elementa­ry concepts of MS-DOS and the IBM Personal Computer. Before you
attempt to install any driver from the Supporting CD-ROM, you
should:

• Know how to copy files from a CD-ROM to a directory on the hard
disk

• Understand the MS-DOS directory structure

If you are uncertain about any of these concepts, please refer to the
DOS or OS/2 user reference guides for more information before you
proceed with the installation.

Before you begin

Make sure you know the version of the application for which you are
installing drivers. The Supporting CD-ROM contain drivers for several
versions of certain applications. For your driver to operate properly ,
you must install the driver for your version of the application program.

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Windows® 95

These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows. Y ou
can install these drivers through the Windows operating system.

Driver installation

1. Install Windows 95 as you normally would for a VGA display .
Click the Start button, go to Settings and click on Control
Panel. Choose the Display icon and double click on the icon.
In the Display Properties window, show as figure 1:

figure 1

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Click the setting button, then click the Advanced Properties icon
into the Advanced Display properties windows, show as figure2:

figure 2

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click on Change Display T ype. In the Change Display Type
window, click on the Change button under Adapter Type into the
select Device window show as figure 3: This will bring up the
Select Device window.

figure 3

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2 . Place the Supporting CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

figure 4

In the Select Device window , click on Have Disk, Select Browse,
and find the Win95 driver "chips95.inf" in the Supporting CD-
ROM:

cd-rom: \CD ROM\model name\driver\vga driver
\win95\chips95.inf and then click OK.

"cd-rom" : the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive
"model name" : the model number of your product

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The name of the Chips And T ech "69000 PCI " driver will appear
highlighted in the Models list boxfhow as figure. Click OK to start
the driver installation show as figure 5:

figure 5

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3. Once the installation is complete, the Advanced display Properties
window will reappear. Show as figure 6:

figure 6

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Click on close to close the window. Then the Display Properties
window will reappear. Show as figure 7:

figure 7

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Click on Apply. Restart the system for the new settings to take
effect, show as figure 8:

figure 8

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Windows® 3.1

These drivers are designed to work with Microsoft Windows Version

3.1. You should install these drivers through Windows.

Driver installation

1 . Install Windows as you normally would for a VGA display. Run

Windows to make sure that it is working correctly.

2 . Place the Supporting CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive. In

Windows Program Manager, choose File from the Options Menu.
Then from the pull-down menu, choose Run. At the Command Line
prompt, type.

cd-rom:\CD ROM\model name\driver\vga driver\win31\setup.exe
Press the <ENTER> key or click OK to begin the installation.
"cd-rom" : the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive
"model name" : the model number of your product

At this point the setup program locates the directory where Windows
is installed. For proper operation, the drivers must be installed in the
Windows subdirectory.

3 . Press <ENTER> to complete the installation. Once completed, you

can find the icon Chips CPL under the Control Panel. The icon
allows you to select and load the installed drivers.

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OS/2

These drivers are designed to function with the OS/2 V ersion 4.0, 3.0
and 2.11 operating systems.

T o install this driver , do the following steps:
1 . Open an OS/2 full screen or windowed session.
2 . Place the Supporting CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3 . At the OS/2 command prompt, type the following commands to

copy the files to the OS/2 drive:
cd-rom :\CD ROM\model name\driver\vga driver\os2\setup.cmd
"cd-rom" : the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive
"model name" : the model number of your product

When the Setup Program is completed, you will need to perform a
shutdown and then restart the system in order for changes to take
effect.

A log of the information output during the install can be found
in <root>:\OS2\INST ALL\DISPLA Y .LOG
4 . After restarting the system, perform the following steps:

1. Open the OS/2 System folder.

2. Open the System Setup folder.

3. Open the Display Driver Install Object.

This step will execute the Display Driver Installation (DSPINSTL)
utility program to finish installation of the new drivers.

4. When the Display Driver Install window appears, select
Primary Display and then select OK.

5. When the Primary Display Driver List window appears, select
"Chips and T echnologies 69000" from the list of adapter types,
then select OK or install the video driver.

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