AX6B PLUS
User's Guide
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DOC. NO.: AX6BP-1-E98010C
AX6B Plus
Mainboard
User's Guide
Document Number : AX6BP-1-E98010C
Model and revision : For AX6B Plus rev 1.xx
Manual version : English, rev C
Release Date : Oct 29, 1998
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Copyright
Copyright 1998 by this company. All rights reserved. No part of this
publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval
system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or
by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise,
without the prior written permission of this company.
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Disclaimer
This company makes no representations or warranties, either expressed or
implied, with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any
warranties, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. Any software
described in this manual is sold or licensed "as is". Should the programs prove
defective following their purchase, the buyer (and not this company, its
distributor, or its dealer) assumes the entire cost of all necessary servicing,
repair, and any incidental or consequential damages resulting from any defect
in the software. Further, this company reserves the right to revise this
publication and to make changes from time to time in the contents hereof
without obligation to notify any person of such revision or changes.
Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
XT/AT is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
AMI is a registered trademark of American Megatrends Inc.
AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc.
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.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
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FCC Class B Radio Frequency
Declaration of Conformity
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
Subassembly -CPU Board device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful
interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including
interference that may cause undesired operation.
Equipment Classification : FCC Class B Subassembly - CPU Board
Type of Product : Intel Pentium II Micro ATX Motherboard
Chipset(s) : Intel 82440BX
AX6B Plus
Test To Comply
With FCC Standards
FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE
The limits of FCC Part 15 Class B are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is
no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment
does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help.
Notice 1:
The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for
compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
Notice 2:
Shielded interface cables, if any, must be used in order to comply with emission limits.
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Organization
Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system
board and special features.
Chapter 2, Hardware Installation, describes hardware jumpers, connectors and
memory configuration. There are user friendly drawings to locate jumper and
connector.
Chapter 3, AWARD BIOS, explains the system BIOS and tells how to configure
the system by setting the BIOS parameters.
Appendix A, Frequently Asked Question, collects most frequently asked
question of this product.
Appendix B, Troubleshooting Guide, includes first aid information you need if
you meet trouble, the WWW address and worldwide service telephone/fax are
also included.
Appendix C, Jumper Table Summary, gives you a tabular summary of the
jumper settings discussed in Chapter 2.
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Conventions
The following conventions are used in this manual:
Text entered by user,
default settings,
recommended selections
<Enter>, <Tab>,<Ctl>, <Alt>,
<Ins>, <Del>, etc
Represent text input by the user, default
settings and recommended selections
Represent the actual keys that you
have to press on the keyboard.
Note:
Gives bits and pieces of additional
information related to the current topic.
Warning:
Alerts you to any damage that might
result from doing or not doing specific
actions.
Caution:
Suggests precautionary measures to
avoid potential hardware or software
problems.
Important:
Reminds you to take specific action
relevant to the accomplishment of the
procedure at hand.
Tip:
Tells how to accomplish a procedure
with minimum steps through little
shortcuts.
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Contents
Chapter 1 Overview
1.1 Specifications..................................................................4
1.2 Suspend to Hard Drive...................................................6
1.3 Zero Voltage Modem Wake Up......................................9
1.4 System Voltage Monitoring..........................................11
1.5 Fan Monitoring..............................................................11
1.6 CPU Thermal Protection ..............................................12
1.7 Multi-language BIOS.....................................................12
1.8 Battery-less Design ......................................................13
1.9 Sound Blaster Link.......................................................13
chapter 2 Hardware Installation
2.1 Jumper and Connector Locations ................................2
2.2 Jumpers...........................................................................4
2.2.1 Selecting the CPU Frequency ..................................4
2.2.2 Setting the CPU Voltage...........................................5
2.2.3 Clearing the CMOS...................................................5
2.2.4 AGP Ratio.................................................................6
2.3 Connectors......................................................................7
2.3.1 Power Cable .............................................................7
2.3.2 ATX Soft-Power Switch Connector...........................7
2.3.3 Fan 8
2.3.4 PS/2 Mouse ..............................................................8
2.3.5 Keyboard...................................................................9
2.3.6 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2)..................................9
2.3.7 Printer .....................................................................10
2.3.8 USB Device.............................................................10
2.3.9 Floppy Drive............................................................11
2.3.10 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM ................................11
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2.3.11 SCSI Devices........................................................12
2.3.12 Hard Disk LED......................................................13
2.3.13 SB-LINK................................................................13
2.3.14 Panel Connector...................................................14
2.3.15 IrDA Connector.....................................................15
2.3.16 Modem Wake-up Connector.................................16
2.3.17 LAN Wake-up Connector......................................16
2.4 Configuring the System Memory.................................17
chapter 3 Award BIOS
3.1 Entering the Award BIOS Setup Menu .........................2
3.2 Standard CMOS Setup....................................................3
3.3 BIOS Features Setup......................................................6
3.4 Chipset Features Setup................................................11
3.5 Power Management Setup...........................................16
3.6 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup......................................23
3.7 Load Setup Defaults.....................................................28
3.8 Load Turbo Defaults.....................................................28
3.9 Integrated Peripherals..................................................29
3.10 Password Setting........................................................34
3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ............................................34
3.12 Save & Exit Setup .......................................................34
3.13 Load EEPROM Default ...............................................35
3.14 Save EEPROM Default................................................35
3.15 Exit without Saving.....................................................35
3.16 BIOS Flash Utility........................................................36
Appendix A Frequently Asked Question
Appendix B Troubleshooting
Appendix C Jumper Table Summary
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