Electronic Emission Notices
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits 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 instructions contained in this manual, may cause harmful interference
to radio and television 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:
- REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA
- INCREASE THE SEP ARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER
- CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM
THAT OF THE RECEIVER
- CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO/TELEVISION
TECHNICIAN
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NOTE: Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B
requirements, or using an unshielded peripheral data cable, could also result
in harmful interference to radio or television reception.
The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved
by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to
operate this equipment.
To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference, it is
necessary to use shielded I/O cables.
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Table of Contents
HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ............................................................. 3
Key Features .............................................................................................. 3
Motherboard Layout (Model Code No. - 35880801) .................................. 5
Jumper Settings ......................................................................................... 6
CPU Speed Selection ........................................................................... 6
CMOS Clear - JP4................................................................................. 6
Memory Configuration ................................................................................ 7
Installing the Retention Mechanism .......................................................... 8
Installing the Processor ............................................................................. 8
Installing the Spacer .................................................................................. 9
BIOS SETUP ............................................................................................... 1 0
Starting Setup .............................................................................................. 10
Main Menu ................................................................................................... 10
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................................ 12
BIOS Features Setup................................................................................... 13
Chipset Features Setup .............................................................................. 14
Integrated Peripherals ................................................................................ 14
Supervisor/User Passward Setting ............................................................ 1 4
Power Management Setup .......................................................................... 15
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup ..................................................................... 15
Flash Update Procedure ............................................................................. 1 6
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HARDWARE CONFIGURATION
The Pentium® II motherboard is based on the Intel® 82440BX chipset. The
chipset is a highly integrated solution for a cost-effective and compact
motherboard. The motherboard supports SDRAM, Registered SDRAM.
Features on-board include super-I/O, Ultra DMA33, PCI bus master IDE, AGP
Ver 1.0, PCI Ver 2.1 compliance, USB, VRM 8.2 compliance, ECC, A TX ver . 2.0
compliance, LM79/75 system monitoring & Creative® sound subsystem
(optional).
Key Features
Processor
• Full support for the Pentium II processors using Slot 1.
• SLOT 1 connector for Intel® Pentium® II microprocessors.
• Supports 66 and 100MHz bus speed including all Pentium® II processors
operating from 233MHz to 450MHz.
VRM (Voltage Regulator Modules) on Board
• Flexible motherboard design with on-board VRM 8.2, easy to upgrade
with Intel’s Future Overdrive processors.
Cache
• Processor built-in L2 cache.
System Memory
• Up to 512MB (SDRAM) or 1GB (Registered SDRAM).
• A total of four 168-pin DIMM sockets.
• Supports SDRAM (Only for 66MHz Bus speed).
• Supports PC-100, Registered SDRAM (for 100MHz Bus speed).
Memory Organization
Four 168-pin DIMM Socket
• Supports single-density DIMMs of 1MB, 2MB, 4MB, 8MB and 16MB depth
(x64 or 72).
• Supports double-density DIMMs of 2MB, 4MB, 8MB, 16MB and 32MB
depth (x64 or 72).
• Supports error checking correction (ECC) using parity DRAM modules.
• Banks of different DRAM types depths can be mixed.
On-Board I/O
• Two PCI fast IDE ports supporting up to 4 A T A2, Ultra DMA 33 IDE devices.
• Supports bus master IDE, PIO mode 4 (up to 16M bytes/sec) and Ultra
DMA 33 (up to 33M bytes/sec) transfer.
• One ECP/EPP parallel port .
• Two 16550-compatible UART serial ports.
• One floppy port supporting two FDDs of 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB
or 2.88MB formated capacity.
• Two USB ports.
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• PS/2 keyboard port.
• PS/2 mouse port.
• Infrared (IrDA) support (via a header).
• Speaker-out, Mic-in, Line-in and MIDI/Gameport (optional).
System BIOS
• 1MB or 2MB flash BIOS supporting PnP , APM, AT API, ACPI and Windows® 95.
• Jumper selection for 5V or 12V flash memory voltage.
• Auto detects and supports LBA hard disks with formatted capacities
over 8.4GB.
• Easily upgradable by end-user.
Plug-and-Play
• Supports plug-and-play specification 1.1.
• Plug-and-play for DOS, Windows® 3.X as well as Windows® 95.
• Fully steerable PCI interrupts.
Power Management
• Supports SMM, APM and ACPI.
• Break switch for instant suspend/resume on system operation.
• Energy star “Green PC” compliant .
• Supports WAKE-ON-LAN (WOL).
• Supports Wake on Ring for internal(External) Modem.
Expansion Slots
• Supports SB-LINK Port for creative Sound interface Card.
• 1 AGP slot (ver. 1.0, 1x/2x mode supported).
• 4 PCI bus master slots (rev. 2.1 compliant, with 1 PCI slot sharing with
1 ISA slot).
• 3 ISA slots (1 ISA slot sharing with 1 PCI slot).
PC97/98
• PC97/98 ready.
System monitoring (optional)
• LM79/75 or Compatibles hardware monitoring circuitry is supported,
provides voltages, temperature, fan speeds etc. monitoring.
Sound Sub-system (optional)
• Creative Vibra 16XV .
• Sound Blaster 16 Compatible.
• Full-duplex 16-bit record & playback
• Roland MPU401 UART mode compatible
• Integrated COM and FM synthesizer.
• PNP and APM 1.2 support.
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Motherboard Layout (Model Code No. - 35880801)
The following diagrams show the relative positions of the jumpers, connectors,
major components and banks on the motherboard.
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Jumper Settings
This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before
using your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set
correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt.
JP4
CPU Speed Selection
In this motherboard, jumperless feature is implemented such that no jumper is required to
be set for different type of CPU installed.
The CPU speed is set in “CPU Speed Setting” of CMOS Setup.
Notice:
1. Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS.
2. When you use 350Mhz, 400MHz and 450Mhz CPU, DIMM RAM must be PC100
standard.
3. When the system is turned on the first time or the CPU is changed, a Pentium
II-133 or -200 (depends on the CPU bus speed) will be recognised and a
warning message of “CPU has been changed” will appear. Please enter the
CMOS setup menu to reconfigure the CPU speed.
CMOS Clear - JP4
JP4 Selection
1-2* Normal*
2-3 CMOS Clear
* = Default setting.
Close Open
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Memory Configuration
You can install up to 512MB(SDRAM) or 1GB(EDO) of memory in the
motherboard DIMM sockets. The board has DIMM sockets arranged as banks
0, 1, 2, and 3. You can install DIMMs in any of the four banks, and use different
size DIMMs in different banks. The BIOS detects the size and type of installed
memory.
To install DIMMs,
1. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the computer. Turn off the
computer.
2. Remove the computer cover and locate the DIMM sockets.
3. Holding the DIMM by the edges, remove it from its antistatic package.
4. Make sure the clips at either end of the socket are pushed away from the
socket.
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Clip
DIMM Socket
Notch
DIMM
Clip
5. Position the DIMM above the socket. Align the two small notches in the
bottom edge of the DIMM with the keys in the socket.
6. Insert the bottom edge of the DIMM into the socket.
7. When the DIMM is seated, push down on the top edge of the DIMM until the
retaining clips at the ends of the socket snap into place. Make sure the
clips are firmly in place.
8. Replace the computer cover.
9. If you installed a DIMM with ECC memory, start the computer and use the
ECC Configuration feature in Setup to enable the use of ECC.
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Installing the Retention Mechanism
To install the retention mechanism, follow these steps:
1. Locate Slot 1 and the four attachment studs on the motherboard.
2. To position the mechanism, orient it as shown in figure. The tab on the
connector fits into a notch in the base of the mechanism. When properly
seated, the base of the mechanism is flush with the motherboard.
Studs
Tab
Retention Mechanism
Captive Nuts
Slot 1
3. Finger tighten all four captive nuts to make sure they start correctly on the
threads of the attachment studs.
4. To secure the mechanism, tighten the captive nuts.
Installing the Processor
To install the processor, follow these steps:
1. Insert the processor in the retention mechanism.
2. Press down on the processor until it is firmly seated in the Slot 1 connector
and the latches on the processor lock into place.
Latches
Retention
Mechanism
Retaining Pins
Support Bar
3. Slide the top heatsink support bar onto the retaining pins of the support’s
base as shown in figure.
Setting the Processor Speed
After you install the processor and install the motherboard, set the processor
speed by COMS setup.
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Installing the Spacer
When installing the 440BX Pentium II motherboard (ATX), you need to
insert the SP ACER at the corner near the IDE to provide better support for
connect the IDE connector and future DRAM modules.
DIMM Socket
Spacer
IDE Connector
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BIOS SETUP
This chapter discusses Award’s Setup Program built into the ROM BIOS. The
Setup Program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This
special information is then stored in battery-backed RAM, which retains the
setup information when the power is turned off.
Starting Setup
The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you turn on the computer. The
BIOS reads the system information contained in the CMOS and begins the
process of checking out the system and configuring it. When it finishes, the
BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch and
turn control over to the operating system .
While the BIOS is in control, the Setup Program can be activated :
1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or
2. By pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears briefly at
the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test )
Press DEL to enter SETUP
If the message disappears before you can 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 the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys . If you do not press the keys at
the correct time and the system does not reset, an error message will be
displayed and you will again be asked to ...
PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP
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. To exit the Help
Window press <Esc> or the F1 key again.
In Case of Problems
If, after making and saving system changes with the Setup Program, you
discover that your computer does not reset, use the Award BIOS defaults to
override the CMOS settings.
Main Menu
Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility , the Main Menu will appear
on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup functions
and two exit choices. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press
<Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu.
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ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE. INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
Esc : Quit éêèç : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color
Time. Date. Hard Disk Type
(Note : The figures of BIOS Setup Menu included here only show a typical
case, and may not be exactly the same as the one on your unit.)
Note that a brief description of each highlighted item will appear at the bottom
of the screen.
Standard This setup page includes all the items of Award™ special standard
CMOS Setup features.
BIOS Features This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced
Setup features.
Chipset This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.
Features Setup
Power This entry only appears if your system supports Power
Management Management “Green PC” standards.
Setup
PNP / PCI This entry appears if your system supports PNP/PCI.
Configuration
Setup
Load BIOS The BIOS defaults have been set by the manufacturer and
Defaults represent settings which provide the minimum requirements
for your system to operate.
Load Setup The chipset defaults are settings which provide for maximum
Defaults system performance. While Award has designed the
custom BIOS to maximize performance, the manufacturer
has the right to change these defaults to meet its needs.
Integrated This section page includes all the items of IDE hard drive
Peripherals and Programmed Input / Output features.
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Supervisor / Changes, sets , or disables password. It allows you to limit access
User Password to the system and the Setup Program.
Setting
IDE HDD Auto Automatically detects and configures the hard disk parameters. The
Detection Award BIOS includes this ability in the event you are uncertain of
your hard disk’s parameters.
HDD Low Level If supported by your system, this provides a hard disk low level
Format format utility .
Save & Exit Saves value changes to CMOS and exits setup.
Setup
Exit Without Abandons all CMOS value changes and exits setup.
Save
Standard CMOS Setup
The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided into 10 categories. Each
category includes, one or more setup items. Use the arrow keys to highlight
the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> key to select the desired value
in each item.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE. INC.
Date (mm:dd:yy) : Mon, 01 Jan 1990
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 00:00:00
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS. HEADS PRECOMPLANDZ SECTORS Mode
Primary Master : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Primary Slave : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Secondary Master : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 --Secondary Slave : None 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Drive A : 1.2M, 5.25" Base Memory : 640K
Drive B : None Extended Memory : 15360K
Video : EGA/VGA Other Memory : 384K
Halt on : No Errors T otal Memory : 16384K
Esc : Quit éêèç: Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color
(Note : The figures of BIOS Setup Menu included here only show a typical
case, and may not be exactly the same as the one on your unit.)
Date The date format is <day-of-the-week>. <day> <month> <year>. Press
<F3> to display the calendar.
Time The time format is <hour> <Minute> <second> displayed in 24-hour
military-time clock. For example, 1 p. m. is displayed as 13:00:00.
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Primary These categories identify the types of the two channels that
Master/Primary have been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined types
Slave/Secondary and four user definable types are BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are
Master/Secondary predefined. Type “user” is user-definable.
Slave
Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type
the number and press <Enter>. Note that the specifications of your
drive must match with those of the drive table. The hard disk will
not work properly if your enter improper information for this
category . If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you
can select Type “User” to define your own drive type manually.
If you select T ype “User” ,you will need to know the information
listed below. Enter the information directly from the keyboard
and press <Enter>. This information should be included in the
documentation from your hard disk vendor or the system
manufacturer.
If the controller of the HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be
“T ype1”.
If the controller of the HDD interface is SCSI, the selection shall be
“None” .
If you select Type “Auto”, the BIOS will auto-detect the HDD and
CD-ROM drive at the POST stage and show the IDE for the HDD
and CD-ROM drive.
TYPE -Drive type
CYLS -Number of cylinders
HEADS -Number of heads
PRECOMP -Write precom
LANDZONE -Landing zone
SECTORS -Number of sectors
MODE -Mode type
If a hard disk has not been installed, select, NONE and
press <Enter> .
Drive A T ype / This category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B
Drive B Ty pe that has been installed in the computer.
Video This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary
system monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported,
you do not have to select them in Setup.
BIOS Features Setup
This section allows your to configure you system for basic operation. Y ou have
the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence,
keyboard operation, shadowing and security.
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Chipset Features Setup
The Chipset Features Setup option is used to change the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control most of the system options in the computer.
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 DRAM and the external cache. It must be
stated that these items should not be altered. The default settings have been
chosen because they provide the best operating conditions for your system.
Integrated Peripherals
The Integrate Peripherals Setup allows the user to configure the onboard IDE
controller, floppy disk controller, the printer port and the serial ports.
Supervisor/User Password Setting
Y ou can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The differences
between are:
Supervisor Password : You can enter the Setup Program and
change the options of the setup menus.
User Password : Y ou can enter the Setup Program but cannot
change the options of the setup menus.
When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center
of the screen to assist you in creating a password.
ENTER PASSWORD:
Type the password, up to eight characters in length, and press<Enter>. The
new password will clear the previously entered password from the CMOS
memory . You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the password
again and press <Enter>. You may also press <Esc> to abort the selection
and operate without a password.
To disable a password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter
the password. A message will be displayed to confirm that the password is
disabled.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
Once the password is disabled , the system will reset and you can enter the
Setup Program freely.
When a password is enabled, you will be prompted to enter it every time you
try to enter setup. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any
setting of your system configuration.
In addition, when a password is enabled, you can require the BIOS to request
a password every time your system is rebooted. This would further prevent
unauthorized use of your computer.
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The password requirement is defined by the Security Option of the BIOS
Features Setup Menu. If the Security Option is set to “System”, the password
will be required both at resetting and at entering setup . If the option is set to
“Setup”, the prompt only appears when you try to enter setup.
Power Management Setup
The Power Management Setup Menu allows you to configure you system save
most energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of
computer use .
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup
This section describes how to configure the PCI bus system. This section
covers some very technical items and it is recommended that only experienced
users should make any changes to the default settings.
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Flash Update Procedure
A program AWDFLASH.EXE is included in the utility diskette. The user is
recommended to follow the procedure below to update the flash BIOS.
1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained
or downloaded) and the utility program AWDFLASH.EXE to the diskette.
2. Allow the PC system to boot from the DOS diskette.
3. At the DOS prompt, key in
AWDFLASH
and hit <ENTER>
4. Enter the file name of the new BIOS.
5. The question: “Do you want to save file?” is displayed.
Key in “N” if there is no need to save the existing BIOS content..
Key in “Y” if a backup copy of the existing BIOS is needed.
(A file name has to be assigned to the existing BIOS binary file.)
6. The question : “Are you sure to program?” is displayed.
Key in “Y”
7. Wait until the flash-update is completed.
8. Power down the PC system.
9. Restart the PC.
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