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AP5TC
User's Guide
Printed in Taiwan
PART NO.: 49.87907.001 DOC. NO. : AP5TC-1-E9801A
AP5TC
Mainboard
User's Guide
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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.
Other brand and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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Organization
Chapter 1, Overview, covers the introduction and specifications of the system board.
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.................................................................................3
1.2 SUSPEND TO HARD DRIVE ..................................................................5
1.3 CPU THERMAL PROTECTION ..............................................................8
1.4 PCI SOUND CARD CONNECTOR...........................................................9
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2.1 JUMPERS AND CONNECTOR LOCATIONS..............................................2
2.2 JUMPERS........................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Setting the CPU Voltage ............................................................5
2.2.2 Selecting the CPU Frequency....................................................8
2.2.3 Clearing the CMOS..................................................................12
2.3 CONNECTORS ..................................................................................13
2.3.1 Power Cable.............................................................................13
2.3.2 CPU Fan...................................................................................14
2.3.3 PS/2 Mouse..............................................................................14
2.3.4 Serial Devices (COM1/COM2).................................................15
2.3.5 USB Device (optional)..............................................................15
2.3.6 Floppy Drive.............................................................................16
2.3.7 Printer.......................................................................................16
2.3.8 IDE Hard Disk and CD ROM....................................................17
2.3.9 Hard Disk LED .........................................................................18
2.3.10 Panel Connector.....................................................................19
2.3.11 Keyboard................................................................................20
2.3.12 IrDA Connector ......................................................................21
2.3.13 SB-LINK .................................................................................22
2.4 INSTALLING THE SYSTEM MEMORY....................................................23
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........................................................... 17
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3.6 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP ....................................................22
3.7 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ...................................................................26
3.8 LOAD TURBO DEFAULTS...................................................................26
3.9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS...............................................................27
3.10 PASSWORD SETTING ......................................................................32
3.11 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ...........................................................32
3.12 SAVE & EXIT SETUP.......................................................................33
3.13 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING....................................................................33
3.14 NCR SCSI BIOS AND DRIVERS .....................................................33
3.15 BIOS FLASH UTILITY......................................................................34
APPENDIX A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
APPENDIX B TROUBLESHOOTING
APPENDIX C JUMPER TABLE SUMMARY
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