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ATC6310V Mainboard Chapter 1 System Description

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II CPUs 450Mhz to 733MHz,

CHAPTER 1

System Description

Welcome to use 6310V mainboard. It runs with VIA 693/693A chipset to support
66MHz ~ 150MHz Bus Frequency, and PentiumII/III CPUs.

1-1 ATC6310V Mainboard Specifications

: CPU Support

u Slot 1 on board supporting Intel PentiumI

PentiumII CPUs 233MHz to 450MHz and Intel Celeron CPUs 266MHz to

533MHz.
u Model ATC6310V-00 supports up to 100MHz CPU Clock;
Model ATC6310V-01 supports up to 133MHz CPU Clock.

u Built-in Switching Voltage Regulator.(VRM 8.4 SPEC.)
u Auto-detect CPU core voltage range 1.3V to 3.5V.

: Memory Support:

u Three 168-pin DIMM sockets for three banks of 64-bit wide path up to 1280MB

unbuffered SDRAM / Virtual Channel Memory.

: I/O System:

u On-board VIA Chipset: VIA693+596A for Mode ATC6310V-00;

VIA693A+596B for ATC6310V-01.

u Bus Frequency: 66MHz, 100MHz for ATC6310V-00;

66MHz, 100MHz, 133MHz for ATC6310V-01.

u One AGP slot compliant to AGP 2.0 1x/2x mode, three PCI revision 2.1

interface compliant and two 16-bit ISA slots.

u Dual Master IDE connectors support Ultra DMA33/66, up to four devices in two

channels: UDMA33 for 6310V-00; UDMA66 for 6310V-01.

u USB (Universal Serial Bus) Header.
u PS/2 Keyboard Connector and PS/2 Mouse Header.

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u Winbond 83977 high-speed Ultra Multi-I/O chipset.
u Infrared Transfer (IrDA TX/RX) Connector.
u One FDD port supporting two devices up to 2.88MB.
u Two 16550A fast UARTs compatible serial ports.
u One EPP/ECP mode parallel printer port.
u Optional Hardware Health Monitoring chip.

: BIOS Support:

u AWARD BIOS, providing CMOS Setup Utilities:

- Standard CMOS Features Setup for Date, Drives and VGA ;

- Advanced BIOS Features Setup for CPU Cache, Self Test, Boot Device,
Typematic Rate , and Security Options etc.;

- Advanced Chipset Features Setup for SDRAM CAS, RAS, System BIOS

Cacheable, and Video BIOS Cacheable etc.;

- Integrated Peripherals Setup for IDE Mode, USB, Audio, and Modem etc.;

- Power Management Setup on Video, HDD, CPU etc.;

- PnP/PCI Configurations Setup for PnP, Reset, Resources etc.;

- PC Health Status Control and Setup;

- Frequency / Voltage Control on CPU, SDRAM, PCI & SSC etc.;

- Load Fail-Safe Defaults ;

- Load Optimized Defaults ;

- Set Supervisor/User Password;

: Board Dimension : 225mm x 230mm .
: Baby AT form factor ; ATX & AT power connectors.

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1-2 Features Highlight

1-2-1 System Differentiation :

Model ATC6310V-00 Model ATC6310V-01

1. Chipset VIA 693 +596A 1. Chipset VIA 693A +596B

2. Support 66/100MHz Bus Frequency

3. Support Ultra DMA/33 3. Support both Ultra DMA33/66

2. Support 133MHz Bus Frequency

##Ultra DMA 66 Cable for Model 6310V-01

Ultra DMA 66 cable (40-pin connector & 80-line cable) is packaged while utilizing
VIA596B chip which supports both UDMA 33 & UDMA 66 on the mainboard . ( Ultra
DMA 33 cable is provided with VIA569A chip supporting only Ultra DMA 33.)

Ultra DMA 66 Cable Diagram

Blue to

Grey to
Slave

Black to
Master

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1-2-2 Software Power Off Control

This mainboard supports Software Power Off Control under ATX power supply,
through the SMI code in the BIOS under Windows 95/98, and MS-DOS operation
system environment.

First, you should connect the power switch cable to the connector “PS-ON” on the
mainboard. In the BIOS screen of POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP’, choose “User
Define” (or “Min. Power Saving” or “Max. Power Saving”) in ‘Power Management’.
In Windows 95/98, if you want to power off the system, you just need to choose
“shutdown the computer?” in the “Shut Down Windows” of Windows 95/98. Then the
system will be powered off directly and stays at the stand-by status. If you want to
restart the system, just press the power switch button..

If you are going to leave your system idle for several days, we suggest you use
hardware power off (pull the power cord out)to shut down your system.

When system is software powered off , the ATX power supply will yet provide a low
power of 5V to your mainboard. At that time, Power LED will flash with JP5 set to
Pin1-2 closed. The performance of Power LED is as below:

JP5 Power LED(at stand -by system)
Pin1-2 Power LED to flash
Pin2-3 Power LED Light Off

ATC6310V

Slot 1

JP5

PS-ON

To locate “PS-ON” header and JP5, please see “Page A Quick Jumper & Connector
Setting”.

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1-2-3 Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power On (W/JP9 Setting)

With ATX Power Supply and Jumper 9 set to Pin 2-3 closed, 6310V Mainboard is
enabled to Keyboard & PS/2 Mouse Power on functions :

JP 9 KB & PS/2 Mouse Wakeup

Slot 1

1-2 Disabled
2-3 Enabled

JP9

The default Power On function is “Button Only”. That means, we can only turn our
computer on and off by pressing the “Power Button”. If we want to enable KB & PS/2
Mouse Power On function, we first have to set JP9 Pin 1-2 closed, and then go to
“Power On Function” in “Integrated Peripherals” of Award BIOS Setup. At the line
“Power On Function”, we can press “Page Up” or Page Down” to make the following
selections:

1. Password (via Keyboard):

When you selects “Password”, screen will display “Enter Password:”. After you
have typed the password, screen will show “ Confirm Password :” and you have to
type the same password to confirm it. Save your selection and shut down system.
Now computer will only be powered on by entering correct password.
In case the set password is forgotten, carry out “Clear CMOS” to clear password,
or computer can not be powered on.

2. Hot Key (via Keyboard):

When user selects this option, screen will show another line : “Hot Key Power ON :
Ctrl -F1”. User can select from “Ctrl-F1” to “Ctrl-F12” as “Hot Key” by pressing
PageUp / PageDown. After fixing Hot Key, save selection and shut down system.
Now computer will only be powered on by pressing the correct Hot Key.

3. Mouse Left, Mouse Right (via PS/2 Mouse):

This function is available via PS/2 mouse only. You can select either “Mouse Left”
or “Mouse Right” from the “Power On Function” line. After picking either option,
save selection and shut down system. Now computer will only be powered on by
double-clicking the correct PS/2 Mouse button.

Do not slide the mouse when you click; or you can’t power on the system.

4. Button Only (via Power Button): “Button Only” is default setting, at which

computer can only be on/off via Power Button.

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1-2-4 CPU Base Clock Autodetection and Overclock

ATC6310V-01 provides Jumper 11 and Jumper 14 to allow you to set your CPU
host clock and perform CPU overclock function.
As illustrated in the table below, you can try to overclock a 66MHz CPU to 100MHz
by setting JP11 open and JP14 closed. Or you can try to overclock a 66/100MHz
CPU to 133MHz by setting both JP11 and Jp14 open.

Please note that the default setting of Jumper 11 and 14 are ‘closed’.

JP 11 JP14

Closed Closed 66/100MHz By Autodetection

Open Closed For 100MHz Overclocking
Open Open For 133MHz Overclocking

CPU BASE CLOCK

JP14

JP11

SLOT 1

ATC6310V-00 does not provide JP14 nor supports 133MHz overclocking. By
setting JP11 open, it supports 100MHz overclocking.

In view of Intel’s specific design, overclocking to 100MHz or higher is not
necessarily successful. If you want to overclock your CPU base, please set “CPU
Clock Frequency” in “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” in the BIOS setup
screen.

After set to higher base, if the system cannot boot up , you should shut down your
computer, and restart it with the ‘Insert” key pressed down to clear up the set
frequency. It will then operate at the default setting.

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1-2-5 Wake -On-LAN

The remote Wake-On-LAN (WOL) mode of operation is a mechanism that uses
Advanced Micro Device Magic Packet technology to power on a sleeping workstation
on the network. This mechanism is accomplished when the LAN card receives a
specific packet of information, called a Magic Packet addressed to the node on the
network. For additional protection, “Secure ON” is an optional security feature that can
be added to the Magic Packet that requires a password to power on the sleeping
workstation. When LAN card is in remote Wake-On-LAN mode, main system power is
to be shut down yet leaving enough power on the mainboard for the LAN card and
auxiliary power recondition.

The LAN card performs no network activities while in the remote Wake-On-LAN
mode of operation. It only monitors the network for receipt of a Magic Packet. If a
Magic Packet is addressed to the LAN card on the network, the LAN card wake up the
system. If the Secure ON feature has been enabled, the password added to the Magic
Packet is also verified prior to waking up the system.

There are two kinds of PCI Ethernet cards with WOL function. One is Intel and
the other is with PME signal supporting. And you can set “PCI PME# Function”
enabled through “ Power Management Setup” from the BIOS setup screen.

Attention: For Wake-On-LAN, the +5V standby power line fixed to the ATX power
supply should be capable of delivering +5V ± 5% at 720mA. Failure to provide
adequate standby current when implementing Wake-On-LAN will cause system shut
down or even damage the system.

WOL ISA slots

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1-2-6 SB-Link Sideband Signals

In order to migrate the legacy Sound Blaster compatible audio to the PCI bus,

EMU8008 incorporates a pair of SB-Link request/grant sideband signals (PCPCIR
EQN and PCPCIGNTN) to interface to the PCI bus. SB-Link is a mechanism that was
defined and developed by Creative as a docking solution which allows ISA slots to
exist in docking station, so it can be connected to desktop PC PCI bus.

ISA Slots PCI Slots SB-Link 2x3 sideband header, sound will also
has a 2x3 header and a cable.

GND

REQ#

SIRQ

GNT#A

1-2-7 Thermister (option)

When setting up the thermister, the BIOS will load the CPU temperature
automatically. There is a choice of the warning beep sound if the user sets the option
on. If the CPU is overheated, the user will get the signal from the thermister. And you
should shut down computer and check your devices then. If problem persists, you
should contect with you dealer.

Protecting and monitoring the CPU temperature is the thermister’s job.

GND

Thermister (option)

DIMM slots

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1-2-8 LDCM

The mainboard built-in controller support Intel LDCM. LDCM can satisfy users
who want manageable systems that can interact automatically with the user. Client
manager is the answer, enabling both administrators and clients to manage systems.
The features of LDCM are as following :



LANDesk Client Manager(option)



View system inventory

Client Manager enables you to view hundreds of inventoried items. Some of these

items are software related, while many others are hardware related.



View DMI-compliant component information

Client manager enables you to view component information that is compliant with the

Desktop Manager InterfaceDMI. This means you can manage third-party
DMI-compliant components which did not include Client manager.



Back up and restore system configuration files.

Client Manager enables you back up and restore system configuration files. Whenever

you plan on changing the system configuration , you can make a backup set. If the
system no longer works correctly, after you the change the system configuration ,
you can simply restore the system configuration with the backup set.



Troubleshoot

Since Client manager enables you to view the system inventory, you can easily

troubleshoot system problems.



Receive notifications for system events

Client manager enables you to receive notification of certain system events. For

example, if the system is running low on virtual memory, you are notified of the
potential problem.



Transfer files to and from client workstations

As an administrator, you have the ability to transfer files to and from client workstation.

This is helpful, for example, when you need to update a clie nt workstation driver.



Remotely reboot client workstations

Administrator also have the ability to remotely reboot a workstation. This is helpful

when you want your system configuration changes to take effect.

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ATC6310V Mainboard Chapter 2 Installation

CHAPTER 2

INSTALLATION

2-1 MAINBOARD INSTALLATION

Before installing the computer, please prepare all components such as CPU and
DRAM; peripherals such as hard drive, keyboard, CD-ROM; and accessories such as
cables. Then, install the system as following:

1. Plug CPU/ heat sink (refer to Pentium®II/III installation guide), and
DRAM modules on the mainboard.

2. Set DIP switch based on your CPU configuration.

3. Plug add-on cards into PCI/ISA slots, if needed.

4. Connect the power supply.

5. Connect I/O and other cables to the system, especially for Sound connector.

6. Make sure all components and devices are well connected, turn on the power and
setup System BIOS based on your configuration.

7. Install peripheral devices, add-on card drivers and test them.
Power on your just installed system. If all parts run well, turn it off and screw the
chassis cover to the system, and then connect other necessary external devices.

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1-1

1-2

1-3

1-4

2-2 CPU Configuration

The mainboard has built-in VID (Voltage Identify) function to auto detect CPU

voltages. Hence you do not have to set the CPU voltage setting.

To configure your CPU speed, you only have to set up the DIP Switch SW1 so as
to select the corresponding frequency ratio for the CPU. Following sections are
illustrations of SW1 settings vs various CPU base clocks. As for the CPU voltage
application, VID will automatically do the job for you.

2-2-1 CPU Base Clock Ratio vs SW1 Setting :

Clk. Ratio SW1 Pin Settings

3.0x ON ON OFF OFF

3.5x ON ON ON OFF

4.0x OFF OFF OFF OFF

4.5x OFF OFF ON OFF

5.0x OFF ON OFF OFF

5.5x OFF ON ON OFF

6.0x ON OFF OFF ON

6.5x ON OFF ON ON

7.0x ON ON OFF ON

7.5x ON ON ON ON

8.0x OFF OFF OFF ON

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2-2-2 SW1 Setting vs CPU Base Clock

A. For Intel Pentium II 233~333MHz & Cel eron 266~533MHz CPUs.

CPU Base Clk. 66MHz SW1

ON

233MHz (66x3.5)

OFF

1 2 3 4

ON

266MHz (66x4.0)

1 2 3 4

OFF

ON

300MHz (66x4.5)

1 2 3 4

OFF

ON

333MHz (66x5.0)

366MHz (66x5.5)

400MHz (66x6.0)

433MHz (66x6.5)

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

ON

466MHz (66x7 .0)

500MHz (66x7.5)

533MHz (66x8.0)

1 2 3 4

OFF

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

2 3 4

2 3 4

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1 2 3 4

1 2 3

On

2

3

B. For Intel Pentium II 350~450MHz and Pentium III 450~733MHz CPUs.

CPU Base Clk. 100MHz SW1

350MHz (100x3.5)

400MHz (100x4.0)

450MHz (100x4.5)

500MHz (100x5.0)

550MHz (100x5.5)

600MHz (100x6.0)

ON
OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

ON

OFF

Off

1 2 3 4

1 2 3 4

4

650MHz (100x6.5)

700MHz (100x7.0)

533MHz (133x4.0)

600MHz (133x4.5)

677MHz (133x5.0)

733MHz (133x5.5)

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

On

Off

1

2 3

2 3 4

2 3 4

2 3 4

2 3 4

2 3 4

4

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2-3 SYSTEM MEMORY INSTALLATION

The mainboard provides three 168-pin DIMM sockets for system memory
expansion from 8MB to 640MB SDRAM. These three DIMMs are arranged to three
banksas below:( please also refer to Component Location Diagram).

Bank/DIMM Memory Module Total Memory

Bank0/DIMM1 8/16/32/64/128/256/512MB 8MB~512MB
Bank1/DIMM2 8/16/32/64/128/256/512MB 8MB~512MB
Bank2/DIMM3 8/16/32/64/128MB 8MB~256MB

Total System Memory 8MB~1280MB

DRAM type, Size, parity supported:

6 SDRAM/Registered SDRAM: 66MHz~100MHz; Bank 0 and Bank 1sup porting

Up to 512MB respectively, Bank 2 supporting 256MB max.

u For 66MHz host bus CPUs use 12ns or faster DIMM module;
u For 100MHz host bus CPUs use 10ns or faster and PC-100 compliant modules .

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2-4 VIA IDE DRIVER SETUP

The VIA IDE drivers are enclosed into the VIA Utility CD. Use this CD ROM for
installation of the VIA drivers.

2-4-1 Setup for Windows 9x :

1. Starting Windows system.

2. Insert the VIA Utility CD ROM into your CD-ROM Drive. If the VIA Driver Setup
Main Menu does not appear automatically, just point to “My Computer” and click the
CD ROM icon to open the VIA Utility CD ROM directly.

3. In a second, the “VIA Service Pack v.xx main menu shows up.

4.To start VIA drivers setup, point to the “VIA Integrated Setup” and click on it.

5. User-friendly Setup screens will appear one by one , guiding you to finish the

complete setup.

6. Among the guiding screens, the “Select Components” screen (as shown below)will

show you the programs to be installed into your system. New users are
recommended to in stall all of them

7. When the “Setup complete” screen appears, click “Finish” to restart your computer
so as to put the just installed drivers into effect.

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2-4-2 Setup for Windows NT 4.0

The VIA IDE drivers for WinNT are also enclosed into the VIA Utility CD. Use this
CD ROM for installation of the VIA drivers for WinNT.

1. Starting Windows NT 4.0.

2. Insert the VIA Utility CD ROM into your CD-ROM Drive , point to “My Computer”
and click the CD ROM icon to open the VIA Utility CD ROM directly.

3. In a sec ond, the “VIA Service Pack v.xx main menu shows up as below:

4. Point to “VIA Integrated Setup” and click on it to start setup right away.

5. Successive screens with user-friendly instructions will appear to guide you through
the whole setup.

6. When the “Setup complete” screen appears, click “Finish” to restart your computer
so as to put the just installed drivers into effect.

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ATC6310V Mainboard Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup

CHAPTER 3

AWARD BIOS SETUP

Award BIOS manufacturer provides access to the system BIOS through the hardware
and software on the mainboard. The hardware consists of a Flash ROM and the
software is a group of programs installed in the ROMBIOS along with all the other data
the BIOS must contain.

After the BIOS is updated, if you want to clear the old setup data stored in the CMOS,
then you can clear CMOS.

NOTE : In case CMOS should be cleared, unplug the power cord, set Jumper 8 2-3
closed for at least 5 seconds, set it back to 1-2 closed position and plug the power
cord again.

JP8

Normal 1-2
Clear CMOS 2-3

Normal (Pin 1-2 closed) Clear CMOS (Pin 2-3 closed)

ISA slots JP8

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3-1 UPDATE BIOS PROCEDURE

3-1-1 Updating BIOS

If the BIOS needs to be updated, you can get a CD or diskette with the updated BIOS
utility in the package. The BIOS-update diskette or All-In-One CD includes two files:
“awdflash.exe” -- and “awdflash.doc”.
And the new or updated Award BIOS file should be obtained from your system
manufacturer or dealer.

The updating procedure is as the following:

1. Before updating your BIOS, please load the above-mentioned files to root directory

“C” or a floppy drive diskette.

2. Boot the system to DOS mode in a normal manner.

3. Under “C” or Drive “A” (where your BIOS update files should be), type

awdflash.e xe and press “Enter”

4. The following screen will inatantly appear, on which you should enter the file name

of the new or updated BIOS.

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5. After you have entered the file name, press “Enter”. And on the “Error Message”

row shows “Do you want to save BIOS (Y/N)”.

6. Type “N“ but do not press “Enter”. And the message : " Are you sure to

program (Y/N) ?" will appear at once.

7. Type “Y” but do not press “Enter”.

8. BIOS updating process will start at once until you see the message “Reset System

or power off to accomplish update process”.

9. Press “F1” button to restart your system, and the updating process is complete.

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3-1-2 UPDATE MICROCODE API

Intel also provides MICROCODE API(Applications Programming Interface) for
PentiumII/III processor-based mainboard-users to update data block in BIOS quickly
and easily. (You can find this utility in the diskette or All-In-One CD in the package.)

The BIOS code on the PentiumII/III processor-based mainboard contains data
that is specific to each silicon stepping of the processor. Integrators must ensure that
this BIOS stepping data matches the processor stepping used. When the BIOS does
not contain stepping data that matches the processor stepping, integrators must update
the data in the BIOS before shipping the system. Usually, System is updated by
replacing the entire BIOS with a new revision of BIOS that contains the correct stepping
data.

Intel‘s BIOS updating API allows just the stepping data within the BIOS to be
updated as needed. Mainboards that contain a BIOS with the Intel-defined BIOS
updating API can be quickly and easily updated, if required, without obtaining a
complete BIOS upgrade. Using this utility, integrators can easily verify that the correct
stepping data is present in all mainboards. However, if the stepping data requires
updating, the mainboard BIOS must contain the Intel-defined BIOS updating API,
otherwise a complete BIOS upgrade is required from the mainboard vendor.

Since API program can only be executed under DOS Real Mode, you must enter

Real Mode first and load the API program to Drive C.

To load the program to C by following steps:

(1) Type “ md c:\ api ” and press Enter. Directory “api” is made in Drive C now.
(2) Insert the Driver/Utility diskette or CD into Drive A or CD ROM Drive E.
(3) Then type “copy a:\api\*.* c:\api” or “ copy e:\api\*.* c:\api ” and press Enter.

(API program is loaded to Drive C now.)

(4) Type “ C:\ api \checkup ” to execute this program.

The main menu should now be displayed, showing the following four options :

1) Check and load updated

2) Specify stepping data file [current : pep.pdb]

3) Help

4) Quit without loading updated

Select 1 to know the stepping filename, select 2 to load right patch code, then
select 1 to update proper patch code. Then cold boot (mechanical power off) system
to continue. For more information, please refer to “CHECKUP.HLP“ file.

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3-2 SYSTEM BIOS CONFIGURATION SETUP

The following sections show how to set up the BIOS configuration under the
Award BIOS. The SETUP program is stored in the Read -Only-Memory (ROM) on the
mainboard. To do the BIOS SETUP , press the <Del> key when the system is booting
up. The following main menu will appear. Please first select " STANDARD CMOS
SETUP".

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 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC: Quit áâàß:Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type .....

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3-2-1 STANDARD CMOS SETUP This screen records some basic hardware

information, and sets the system clock and error handling. These records can be lost or corrupted if
the on-board battery has failed or is weak.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Wed, May 5 1999
Time(hh:mm:ss) : 13 : 37 : 14
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B : None Base Memory : 640K
Floppy 3 Mode Support : Disabled Extended memory : 7168K
Other Memory : 384K
Video : EGA/VGA -----------------------------------------------­Halt On: All Errors Total Memory : 8192K
ESC : Quit áâàß:Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Date The date format is <day>,<date>,<month>,<year>. Press<F3> to show
the calendar.

day The day, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is displayed-only
date The date, from 1 to 31
month The month, Jan. through Dec.
year The year, from 1900 to 2099

Time The time format is <hour><minute><second>. The time is calculated based on
the 24-hour military-ti me clock. For example, 1p.m. is 13:00:00.

Primary Master Primary; Slave Secondary Master Secondary Slave
These categories identify the types of the 2 channels that have been installed in the
computer. There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable typ es for Enhanced IDE
BIOS. Type 1 to 45 which are predefined. Type ‘user’ which is user-definable. Press
PgUp/PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press <Enter>.

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If you select ‘Auto’, the BIOS will detect the HDD & CD-ROM Drive automatically at
the POST stage and show the IDE for HDD & CD-ROM Drive. If you select ‘user’,
you will need to know the information listed below. This information should be from
your hard disk vender or dealer. Then enter the figure directly and press <Enter>. If the
controller of the HDD interface is ESDI, the selection shall be ‘Type 1’; if SCSI, the
selection shall be ‘None’. If no device is installed select ‘NONE’ and press <Enter>.

Type drive type
SIZE automatically adjusts
CYLS number of cylin ders
HEAD number of heads
PRECOMP write precom
LANDZ landing zone
SECTOR number of sectors
MODE mode type

Drive A, Drive B This category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B
that has been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed
360K, 5.25 in 5.25“ PC-type 360KB capacity

1.2M, 5.25 in 5.25“ AT-type 1.2MB capacity
720K, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 720KB capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 1.44MB capacity

2.88M, 3.5 in 3.5“ double-side 2.88MB capacity

Floppy 3 Mode Support This is the Japanese standard floppy drive. This standard
stores 1.2MB in a 3.5” diskette.

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 the
type in Setup.

EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA,

SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters

CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapters, power up in 40 column mode
CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapters, power up in 80 column mode
MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution monochrome adapters

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by POST (Power On

The POST will determine the amount of base (or conventional)

memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K or

How much extended memory is present during the POST. This

This refers to the memory located in the 640K to 1024K address

be used for different applications. DOS uses this area
to load device drivers in an effort to keep as much base memory free for application
programs. The BIOS is the most frequent user of this RAM area since this is where it

Halt On This category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is
detected during power up.

No errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error that may be detected.
All errors When the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system will be stopped

and you will be prompted.
All, But
Keyboard
All, But
Diskette
All, But
Disk/Key

The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error. It will stop for all

other errors.

The system boot will not stop for a disk error. It will stop for all other

errors.

The system boot will not stop for a disk or keyboard error. It will stop

for all other errors.

Memory This category is displayed only which is determined
Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

640K based on the memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU‘s memory address map.

Other Memory

space. This is memory that can

shadows RAM.

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When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot

sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt of modification. If an

halt the system and the following error message will

virus program to locate and

3-2-2 BIOS FEATURES SETUP This screen is a list of system configuration options.

Some of them are defaults required by the mainboard's design, others depend on the features of your
system.

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Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
CPU L1 Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
CPU L2 Cache : Enabled CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
Processor Number Feature : Enabled D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Enabled D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : On
IDE HDD Block Mode : Disabled
Gate A20 Option : Fast
Memory Parity /ECC Check : Disabled
Security Option : Setup
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled
Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled
OS Select for DRAM>64MB : Non-OS2 Esc : Quit áâàß:Select Item
HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability : Disabled F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Report No FDD For WIN 95 : No F5 : Old Values (SHIFT) F2 : Color
RTC Y2K Compliance : Enabled F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Virus Warning

attempt is made, the BIOS will
appear.
Afterwards, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti­remove the problem before any damage is done.

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These two categories speed up memory access.

led, it means the system

supports Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) memory which can guard against data

The Processor Serial Number serves as an identifier for

em security features. When this
feature is “Enabled”, the Processor Serial Number is detectable and can be utilized in
information Management etc. When “Disabled”, the Processor Serial Number is not

This category speeds up Power On Self Test after you

power up the computer. If you set “Enabled”, BIOS will shorten or skip some items

rch first for the Disk

C,

System will first search for hard disk drive then CDROM drive, and the

slave; E is secondary master, F is secondary

! WARNING !

Disk boot sector is to be modified

Type ‘Y’ to accept write or ‘N’ to abort write

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Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts

to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a
warning message to appear.

Disabled No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the

boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can
cause the above warning message. If you will be running such a program, we
recommend that you first disable Virus Protection beforehand.

CPU L1 Cache, L2 Cache

However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. The default value is ‘enabled‘.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking When this item is enab

corruption.

Processor Number Feature

the Processor and its system and thus adds to the syst

detectable. This feature is built in Pentium®III Processor only.

Quick Power On Self Test

under check during POST.

Boot Sequence This category determines which drive to sea
Operating System (i.e., DOS). The system will search those drives in order, Ex.:
CDROM, A:
last is floppy disk drive.
Note: C is primary master; D is primary
slave.

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This item allows you to determine whether to enable the swap

oppy disk drive

This allows you to determine the default state of the

use the fast block mode to

Swap Floppy Drive

floppy drive or not. The choice : Enabled/ Disabled.

Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, the BIOS will determine if the fl
installed is 40 tracks (360K) or 80 tracks (720K, 1.2M, 1.44M)

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks.
Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number.

Boot Up Nu mLock Status

numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on.

On Keypad is for numeric keys .
Off Keypad is for arrow keys .

IDE HDD Block Mode This allows your HD controller to
transfer data to and from your HD drive.

IDE controller uses block mode .
IDE controller uses standard mode.

Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The
gate A20 is a device used to ad dress memory above 1 MB. Initially, the gate A20 was
handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it
is more common and much faster for the system chipset to provide support for gate
A20. Normal is keyboard; Fast is chipset.

Memory Parity/ECC Check This event is to support SDRAM which has the
Memory Parity/ECC Check function. Choices: Enabled/Disabled.

Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup,
or just to Setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct

password is not entered at the prompt

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct

password is not entered at the prompt

To disable the security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu, and then you
will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just press <Enter>, it will
disable the security. Once the security is disabled, the system will boot and you can
enter Setup freely.

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m will assign an IRQ for

This item allows you to access the memory that is

Set this item to Yes, BIOS will report FDD to Win95. If

in standard CMOS setup, set Drive A to none and set this item to yes. Inside Win95,

Initial Display

Switch back to

Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM.

However it is optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the

These categories determine

whether option ROMs will be copied to RAM. An example of such option ROM

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop It determines whether the MPEG ISA/VGA cards can work
with PCI/VGA or not.

Enabled When PCI/VGA working with MPEG ISA/VGA Card
Disabled When PCI/VGA not working with MPEG ISA/VGA Card

Assign IRQ for VGA When this items is enabled, the syste
VGA. If disabled, VGA occupies no IRQ.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

over 64MB in OS/2. The choice : Non-OS2, OS2

HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability Choose “Enabled” if your system support “SMART”
(Safe Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology).

Report No FDD For WIN 95

My Computer and File manager Disk(A:) will show Removable Disk (A:).

RTC Y2K Compliance Full Y2K system compliance supported.

Hit <TAB> Message Display This item is enabled when the setting of

Mode is Silent. If you set Yes, you can see the message: “<TAB> ­POST screen, <DEL> - to run SETUP” show on the screen.

Video BIOS Shadow

video speed. The choice : Enabled/Disabled

C8000 – CBFFF Shadow; DC000 – DFFFF Shadow

would be the support of onboard SCSI. The choice : Enabled/Disabled

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Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing
Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing
Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing
SDRAM Cycle Length

3-2-3 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP This screen controls the setting for the chipset

on the mainboard.

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: SDRAM 10ns Auto Detect DIMM/PCI ClK : Disabled

DRAM Clock : Host Clock
Memory Hole : Disabled
Read Around Write : Disabled
Concurrent PCI/Host : Disabled
System BIOS Cacheable : Enabled
Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled
AGP Aperture Size (MB) : 128
AGP-2X Mode : Enabled
OnChip USB : Enabled
USB Keyboard Support : Disabled
Esc: Quit áâàß : Select Item
F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

: SDRAM 10ns Spread Spectrum Modulated : Disabled
: SDRAM 10ns CPU Host/PCI Clock : 66/33MHz
: 3

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Choices are: 10ns, 8ns, Normal, medium, fast and Turbo. In case a faster choice
cannot bring about a smooth system run, a slower choice should be taken. Default is

16M is reserved for choice. If “Disabled”

16M”

to enable this item will optimize DRAM read & write. If a

a buffer

Disabled, the CPU bus will be occupied(BPRI asserted)

during the entire PCI operation. Enabled, the CPU bus is only requested before

Selecting “Enabled” allows the caching of the system

FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if

aching of the video RAM,

Select the size of the AGP aperture. The aperture is a

portion of the PCI memory dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycle

are forwarded to the AGP without any translation. The

Bank 0/1 , 2/3, 4/5 DRAM Timing Each item is for selection of SDRAM speed.

the slowest 10ns.

SDRAM Cycl e Length There are 3 cycle lengths for choice: 1,2,3.

DRAM Clock This item is for selecting the desired DRAM Clock:

“Host Clock” means CPU Host Clock is chosen as the DRAM Clock.
“HClock – MHz” means CPU Host Clock is lowered down.
“Hclock + MHz” means CPU Host Clock is raised.
Note: For VIA 693A+596B , the “DRAM Clock” is provided with only two choices:
“Host Clock/66MHz”.

Memory Hole A memory block at 15M –
is chosen, it means this memory block is not res erved for special use. If “15M­is chosen, it means, this memory block is reserved for other devices.

Read Around write

memory read is addressed to a location where a memory write is held in
content, the memory read will not be sent to DRAM then.

Concurrent PCI/Host

ADS#assertion

System BIOS Cacheable

BIOS ROM at F0000h­any program writes to this memory area, a system error may result .

Video RAM Cacheable Selecting Enabled allows the c
resulting in better system performance.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

that hit the aperture range
choice 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128.

AGP-2X Mode “Disabled”, the AGP-2X Mode(2 times in speed) is not supported.
“Enabled”, this function is supported.

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Enable / Disable this item, the BIOS will Enable / Disable the

set CPU base clock frequency which

,

rt,

OnChip USB If “Enabled”, “USB Keyboard Support” will be provided for choice.

USB Keyboard Support If “OnChip USB” is enabled, this item will appear for

choice.

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI ClK If this item is enabled, the unused DIMM and PCI slot
clock will be disabled. If this item is disabled the unused DIMM and PCI slot will still
give out the active clock signal.

Spread Spectrum
clock generator spread spectrum for rounding up the clock cycle peak.

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI) Use this item to

includes 66/33MHz, 75/37MHz, 83/41MHz, 100/33MHz, 103/34MHz, 112/37MHz
124/41MHz,133/44MHz,124/31MHz, 133/33MHz , 140/35MHz, 150/37 and default.

Note: After you change the CPU Clock Frequency and the system can not sta
please do the following procedures:

1. Turn the system off first.

2. Turn on the system again. Then press and hold the “ Insert ” key at boot.

3. Select the lower frequency in the item of “CPU Host Clock”.

4. Save and Exit Setup.

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Help

F5 : Old Values

Power

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of

power saving. Choices are: User Defined, Min Saving, Max Saving. And it is directly

3-2-4 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP This screen controls the 'green' features

of this mainboard.

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ACPI function : Disabled Primary INTR : On
Power Management : User Define IRQ 3 (COM 2) : Primary
PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ 4 (COM 1) : Primary
Video Off After : Suspend IRQ 5 (LPT 2) : Primary
Video Off Method : DPMS IRQ 6 (Floppy Disk) : Primary
IRQ 7 (LPT 1) : Primary
Modem Use IRQ : 3 IRQ 8 (RTC Alarm) : Disabled
Soft-off by PWRBTN : Instant-off IRQ 9 (IRQ2 Redir) : Secondary
HDD Power Down : Disabled IRQ10 (Reserved) : Secondary

ACPI function This item is to set the ACPI ( Advanced Configuration
Interface ) function enabled or disabled. The default setting is disabled.

Power Management

Doze Mode : Disabled IRQ11 (Reserved) : Secondary
Suspend Mode : Disabled IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse) : Primary

“ PM Events” IRQ13 (Coprocessor) : Disabled
VGA : Off IRQ14 (Hard Disk) : Primary
LPT & COM : LPT/COM IRQ15 (Reserved) : Disabled
HDD & FDD : On
DMA/Master : Off Esc: Quit áâàß :Select Item
Modem Ring Resume : Disabled F1 :
RTC Alarm Resume : Disabled
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
Wake Up On LAN : Disabled F7 : Load Setup Defaults

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

(Shift) F2: Color

related to the following modes : Doze; Standby; Suspend; HDD Power Down.

Min. Power
Saving

Max. Power
Saving

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Minimum power management. Doze =1hr.; Standby=1hr.;
Suspend=1hr.; HDD Power Down=15min

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. Power Saving Mode and stop the CPU internal

off Control function, you should select

is to provide choices after system entering power saving

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the CPU

User
Define

Allows you to set each mode individually. Each of the ranges is from
1min. to 1hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 to
15min.

PM Control by APM When enabled, an Advanced Power Management mechanism
will be activated to enhance the Max
clock. If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be shown as Yes.

If you would like to use Software Power­“Yes” in PM Control by APM.

Video Of After This item
mode:

“NA”: Monitor remains on.
“Suspend”: Monitor is blank while system is in Suspend Mode.
“Standy”: Monitor is blank while system is in Standby Mode.
“Doze”: Monitor is blank while system is in Power Saving Mode

Video Off Method This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC
+ Blank

This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and

horizontal sync. ports and write blanks to the video buffer.
Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Initial of “Display Power Management Signaling”.

Modem-Use IRQ This item determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can be used.
The choices are: 3,4,5,7,9,10,11,NA

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN Instant-off : When you push the power button, the system
power will be off immediately. Delay 4 sec : when you push the power button, it will
enter suspend mode. We need to push the power button and hold it for 4 seconds to
turn off the power.

The Following 3 modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user
configurable when ‘User Define’ power management has been selected.

ØØ Doze Mode

clock will run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.

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When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the

m inactivity, all

Events included herein are I/O events whose occurance can prevents

the system from entering a power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a

alert for anything which occurs on a device which is
configured as “ON”, even when the system is in a password down mode. When an
I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it signal this need by

occur. When the operating system is ready to
respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the service. When set to “Off”,
device activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power management

This item is to provide setting for IRQ3 to IRQ15. If this item is

ØØ HDD Power Down

hard disk drive will be powered down while all other devices remain active.

ØØ Suspend Mode When enabled and after the set time of syste

devices except the CPU will be shut off.

PM Events:

mode. In fact, the system remains

causing an “IRQ” (Interrupt Request) to

mode nor awaken the system.
The I/O events included herein are:

VGA, LPT & COM, HDD & FDD, DMA/Master, Modem Ring Resume,
RTC Alarm Resume.

Wake Up On LAN This event is to “Enable” or “Disable”

Primary INTR

“ON”, you can set the IRQs with three choices: Primary, Secondary, and Disabled,

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F1 : Help

This item allows you to determine PnP OS or not. Choices are

ay BIOS has the capability to

devices. However,

this capability means absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play OS such

This item allows you to determine whether to reset the

3-2-5 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION This screen configures the PCI Bus slots.

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PNP OS Installed : No CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled
Resources Controlled by : Auto PCI Dynamic Bursting : Disabled
Reset Configuration Data : Disabled PCI Master 0 WS Write : Enabled
PCI Delay Transaction : Disabled
PCI#2 Access #1 Retry : Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Write : Disabled
AGP Master 1 WS Read : Disabled
Assign IRQ for USB : Enabled

Esc: Quit áâàß :Select Item

F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2: Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

PNP OS Installed

Yes or No.

Resource Controlled by The Award Plug and Pl
automatically configure all of the boot and Plug & Play compliant

as Windows 95. Choices are Auto and Manual.

Reset Configuration Data

configuration data or not.

CPU to PCI Write Buffer Enable/Disable CPU to PCI POST Write.

PCI Dynamic Bursting Enable/Disable PCI Burst operation.

PCI Master 0 WS Write Enable/Disable PCI Master 0 Wait State Mode.

PCI Delay Transaction This VIA chipset supports delay transaction cycles. Select

“Enabled” to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.

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Enabled, PCI#2 will be disconnected if maximum retries

PCI#2 Access #1 Retry Disabled, PCI#2 will be disconnected until access finished.

are attempted without success.

AGP Master 1 WS Write Enable/Disable AGP Master 1 Wait State Write”.

AGP Master 1 WS Read Enable/Disablew AGP Master 1 Wait State Read.

Assign IRQ For USB When this item is enabled, the system will assign an IRQ for

USB use. If disabled, no IRQ will be assigned for USB use.

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Programmed Input/Output, it allows the BIOS to tell the controller what it wants

and then let the controller and the CPU to complete the task by themselves. This is

rily differ in

3-2-6 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS This section page includes all the items of

IDE hard drive and Programmed Input/Output features. See also Section “Chipset Features Setup”.

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OnChip IDE Channel 0 : Enabled UART Mode Select : Normal
OnChip IDE Channel 1 : Enabled UART 2 Duplex Mode : Half
IDE Prefetch Mode : Disabled RxD , TxD Active : Hi, Lo
Primary Master PIO : Auto IR Transmission Delay : Enabled
Primary Slave PIO : Auto Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7

Secondary Master PIO : Auto Parallel Port Mode : ECP

Secondary Slave PIO : Auto ECP Mode Use DMA : 3
IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto EPP Mode Select : EPP1.7
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto PWRON After PWR-Fail : Off
IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto
Init Display First : PCI Slot
Power On Function
KB Power On Password : Enter
Hot Key Power On : Ctrl-F1 Esc: Quit áâàß : Select Item
KBC input clock : 8 MHz F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled F5 : Old Values (Shift) F2: Color
Onboard Serial Port 1 : 3F8/IRQ4 F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
Onboard Serial Port 2 : 2F8/IRQ3 F7 : Load Setup Defaults

OnChip IDE Channel 0; OnChip IDE Channel 1 This setup item allows you to
either enable or disable the primary/secondary IDE controller. You might choose to
disable the controller if you want to add higher performance or specialized controller.

IDE Prefetch Mode Enable/Disable IDE Read Prefetch Buffer.

Primary Master/Slave PIO ; Secondary Master/Slave PIO

PIO -

simpler and faster. Your system supports five modes, 0 - 4, which prima
timing. When Auto is selected, the BIOS will select the best available mode.

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Auto, will

video card

function is available with ATX power only. User

can power on the system by setting a password via keyboard. Please refer to

On “ function.

This item will enable or disable the floppy disk

User can select serial port IRQ. If set to Auto, system will

User can select serial port IRQ. If set to Auto, system will

This lets you select the Infrared mode. Choices are Normal,

and ASKIR. If you choose IrDA or ASKIR mode, the screen will show another

R

port When Disabled, the

l. This item is not

IDE Primary Master/Slave UDMA; IDE Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

support the Ultra DMA function. Disabled, will not support the Ultra DMA function.

Init Display First If you set this item to PCI Slot, it will activate the PCI
first in the multi-displayed environment. The choice: PCI Slot, AGP.

Power On Function The following are choices of Power On functions:

ØØ KB Power On Password: This

Page 5 “ Password (via Keyboard) for setting the “Password Power­If a set password is forgotten or can not be retrieved, please refer to Page 15
“Clear CMOS” to clear old password and set a new one.

ØØ Hot Key : This is also an ATX Power supported function. Please refer to Page 5

“Hot Key (via Keyboard)” for setting this Hot Key Power-on function.

KBC input clock Let user change the keyboard working clock.

On Board FDC Controller

controller.

On Board Serial Port 1

assign an IRQ for it. Note : set to Auto is not recommended.

On Board Serial Port 2

assign an IRQ for it. Note : set to Auto is not recommended.

UART Mode Select

IrDA,
two lines to let you choose ‘RxD TxD Active’ (Hi Lo; Lo Hi; Hi Hi; Lo Lo), and ‘I
Transmission Delay’ (Enabled/Disabled).

On Board Parallel Port Let user select IRQ for parallel
parallel port will be disabled.

Parallel Port Mode Let user select parallel port protoco
recommended to change except user has special request.

ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel for the port. Choices are 3, 1.

EPP Mode Select Let user select EPP version.

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PWRON After PWR-Fail When you set “Former State”, this allows you to set

whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted.
Otherwise, “Off” leaves your system off after reapplying power.

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3-2-7 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION In CMOS Setup Utility Menu, highlight “IDE

HDD Autodetection, and the following screen will show up. If you choose Y from the Y/N choice, the
detection result will be printed on the top of the table.

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Hard Disks Type Size CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE

Primary Master :

Select Primary Master Option (N=Skip) : Y/N

Options Size CYLS Head PRECOMP LANDZ Sector Mode

2(Y) 1337 648 64 0 2594 63 LBA
1 1339 2595 16 65535 2594 63 NORMAL
3 1338 1297 32 65535 2594 63 LARGE

Note : Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use “Normal” for installation

ESC : Skip

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3-2-8 SAVE & EXIT SETUP

The last second item of the main menu is 'save and exit'. If you select this item and press 'Y', then these
records will be saved in the CMOS memory on the mainboard. It will be checked every time you turn
your computer on.

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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 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC: Quit áâàß:Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type .....

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STANDARD CMOS SETUP INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP PASSWORD SETTING
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N):Y

ESC: Quit áâàß:Select Item
F10: Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color
Save Data to CMOS & Exit SETUP

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If you forget your password, you must clear CMOS first and restart

3-2-9 LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS When your mainboard has problems and needs to
trouble shoot the system, you can use this function. The default values loaded only
affect the BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup
and PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup.
To use this function, select it from main menu and press <Enter>. A line will appear on
the screen asking if you want to load the BIOS default values. Press <Yes> and
<Enter> then the BIOS default values will be loaded.

3-2-10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS This allows you to load optimal settings
which are stored in the BIOS ROM. The default values loaded only affect the
BIOS Features Setup, Chipset Features Setup, Power Management Setup and
PNP/PCI Configuration Setup. There is no effect on the Standard CMOS Setup. To
use this function, select it from main menu and press <Enter>. A line will appear on
the screen asking if you want to load the Setup default values. Press <Yes> and
<Enter> then the Setup default values will be loaded.

3-2-11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD / USER PASSWORD This allows you to set
the password. The mainboard defaults with password disabled. If you set both
supervisor and user passwords, only the supervisor password allows you to enter
the BIOS SETUP program.
Enter/Change password : Enter the current password. And at the prompt, key-in your
new password (up to eight alphanumeric characters), then press <Enter>. At the next
prompt, confirm the new password by typing it again and press <Enter>.
Disable password : Press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when
the ‘Enter Password’ dialog box appears. A message will appear for confirming that
the password is disabled.

CAUTION:
system in order to set up password again. (See “Clear CMOS” ).

3-2-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING This allows you to exit the BIOS setup utility
without recording any new values or changing old ones.

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 Control Key Description 

UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
LEFT ARROW
RIGHT ARROW

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



Move to previous item
Move to next item
Move to the item in the left hand
Move to the item in the right hand

Esc KEY Esc Main Menu : Quit and not save changes

Setup menu : Exit current page and return to

main menu
PgUp KEY Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn KEY Decrease the numeric value or make changes
F1 KEY Help General help
F2 KEY

Shift +F2

Change color from total 16 colors
F5 KEY Old Value Restore the pervious CMOS value from

CMOS
F6 KEY Load BIOS

default

F7 KEY Load setup

Load the default CMOS value from BIOS

default table

Load Setup default

default

F10 KEY Save & Exit

Setup

Save all the CMOS changes and Exit setup,

only for Main Menu

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