NA-0043 Series
Hardware Installation Guide
For service person only
Disclaimers
The information in this manual has been carefully checked and is believed to be
accurate. AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd. assumes no responsibility for any infringements of
patents or other rights of third parties, which may result from its use.
AXIOMTEK assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in
this document. AXIOMTEK makes no commitment to update or to keep current the
information contained in this manual.
AXIOMTEK reserves the right to make improvements to this document and/or
product at any time and without notice.
No part of this document may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of AXIOMTEK Co.,
Ltd.
Copyright 2005 by AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd.
All rights reserved.
Version A1 July 2005
Printed in Taiwan
ii
Safety Approvals
CE Marking
FCC Class A
FCC Compliance
This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a
Class A digit al device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection a gainst harmful
interference in a residential installation. If not installed and used in
accordance with proper instructions, this equipment might generate or
radiate radio frequency energy and cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equip m ent
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 measurers:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to
which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with
emission limits.
iii
Safety Precautions
Before getting started, read the following important cautions.
1. Be sure to ground yourself to prevent static charge when
installing the internal components. Use a grounding wrist strap
and place all electronic components in any static-shielded
devices. Most electronic components are sensitive to static
electrical charge.
2. Disconnect the power cords from the NA-0043 before making any
installation. Be sure both the system and the external devices are
turned OFF. Sudden surge of power could ruin sensitive
components. Make sure the NA-0043 is properly grounded.
3. Do not open the system’s top cover. If opening the cover for
maintenance is a must, only a trained technician is allowed to do
so. Integrated circuits on computer boards are sensitive to static
electricity. To avoid damaging chips from electrostatic discharge,
observe the following precautions:
9 Before handling a board or integrated circuit, touch an unpainted
portion of the system unit chassis for a few seconds. This will help
to discharge any static electricity on your body.
9 When handling boards and components, wear a wrist-grounding
strap, available from most electronic component stores.
Trademarks Acknowledgments
AXIOMTEK is a trademark of AXIOMTEK Co., Ltd.
Other brand names and trademarks are the properties of their
respective owners.
iv
Table of Contents
C h a p t e r 1........................................................................................1
1.1 General Description....................................................1
1.2 Standard Features......................................................3
1.3 System Specifications.................................................4
1.3.1 Hardware............................................................4
1.4 Dimensions.................................................................6
1.5 Front Panel Outlets.....................................................7
1.6 Rear Panel Outlets.....................................................8
1.7 Indications of Front Panel...........................................9
C h a p t e r 2 ...................................................................................11
2.1 Preinstallation Checklist ...........................................11
2.2 Setting up the appliance.......................................... 12
2.2.1 Removing and Replacing the Top Cover........ 12
2.2.2 Installing a memory module (DIMM)............... 12
2.2.3 Installing a ATA66/100/133 hard drive............ 12
2.2.4 Connectors & Jumpers ................................... 13
2.2.5 Installing Display Interface.............................. 15
2.2.6 Installing Serial Port Interface......................... 15
2.2.7 Installing Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse
Connectors
2.2.8 Installing USB Connector (Optional)............... 17
2.2.9 Enabling LAN by-pass feature........................ 18
C h a p t e r 3..................................................................................... 21
3.1 BIOS Introduction .................................................... 21
3.2 BIOS Setup.............................................................. 21
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup............................................ 23
....................................................................... 16
v
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features........................................ 27
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features.................................... 31
3.6 Integrated Peripherals............................................. 35
3.7 Power Management Setup...................................... 40
3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration............................................ 41
3.9 PC Health Status ..................................................... 44
3.10 Load Optimized Defaults......................................... 45
3.11 Set Supervisor/User Password................................ 46
3.12 Save & Exit Setup.................................................... 48
3.13 Quit Without Saving................................................. 49
A p p e n d i x A............................................................................... 51
vi
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
C h a p t e r 1
Introduction
This chapter contains the general information and the detailed
specifications of the NA-0043 series Network Appliance server.
Chapter 1 includes the following sections:
General Description Mechanical Dimensions
Features I/O Outlets
System Specifications
1.1 General Description
NA-0043A and NA-0043C Front View (slim type)
Introduction 1
NA-0043G Front View (1U type)
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Model
Number
Form Factor Number of
LAN Ports
MiniPCI
CPU Compact
Flash
Fanless
NA-0043A Slim 4
x10/100Mb
ps (Realtek
8100C)
NA-0043C Slim 4 x
10/100Mbp
s (Intel
82551)
NA-0043G 1U,
Desktop
* Intel Ultra Low Voltage Celeron M, 600MHz, Zero Cache
** Intel 479-pin socket for Pentium M FSB400 processor
4 x
10/100Mbp
s (Intel
82551)
x
x
3
* x
* x
**
3
3
3
x
The NA-0043 series server is designed for network software solution
providers those have data secure, voice over IP, video streaming,
network bandwidth controller and another networking appliance
requirements across this stable and reliable multiple LAN device.
They have slim type with FAN less and 1U type with high computing
design form factor. There can be deployed up to four LAN ports
combinations for customer selection in the maximum for application.
They also can support LAN by-pass features (for NA-0043A,
NA-0043Cand NA-0043G) which can isolate the defective segment s.
NA-0043 series has pretty good enclosure management interface to
be implemented in the factory default. It can support P.O.S.T (Power
On Self Test) feature through hyper-terminal by console port. And
clear LED indicators is available for statu s t racking by customer.
2 Introduction
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
And it has room space for one 2.5” hard drive deployment. Customer
can implement system log and monitoring functions through this
hardware specification. With its
design, the NA-0043 series (for NA-0043G) server provides one mini-PCI
expansion slot for VPN encryption / decryption adapter board and another
special functions enabling. It cans
process performance and off loads the CPU loading.
The NA-0043 series is an excellent networking application platform for
network secure in the SOHO (Small Office and Home Office) market.
innovative mechanical and electrical
enhancement network security
1.2 Standard Features
z Ultra Low Voltage In tel® Celeron® M processor , low
power consumption and high computing power Æ For
NA-0043A, NA-0043C. And Intel® Pentium® M processor
is for NA-0043G.
z
Supports four Ethernet ports
z
Supports LAN bypass and BIOS redirected to COM port
features
z
Completely fanless or 1U desktop system design.
z
Supports accelerate IPsec and incorporates security
engines through Mini PCI socket
z
Supports RS-232, 2 USB ports and CF (For NA-0043G)
z
Suitable for network appliances: VPN, Network Bandwidth
Controller, SSL/TLS, Firewall, etc,.
Introduction 3
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
1.3 System Specifications
1.3.1 Hardware
z Form Factor:
Slim type FAN less design and 1U desktop
z Capacity:
It is from 0 to 250GB and beyond, depending on the 2.5” hard
disk drive capacity.
z Power Supply:
External power adapter 12V, 5A (60W)
z Hard Driv e:
Spacing for 1 x IDE HDD ( 2.5”)
z Front Connector :
1 x Console port
z Front Panel LED:
1 x LED for HDDs
8 x LED for LANs (Four of them are for per port Link and Activit y,
other of them are for per port transfer rate)
1 x Power LED for System
z Rear Connector:
4 x Ethernet LAN port
1 X DC-in power connector
z Processor:
Intel ULV Celeron M processor
Zero cache and 600MHz Æ For NA-0043A, NA-0043C,
Pentium M processor Æ For NA-0043G
Intel
4 Introduction
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
z BIOS:
Award 4MB Flash BIOS Plug & Play
z Main Memory:
One DDR266 SODIMM memory can be up to 1GB in the
maximum
z IDE Interface:
Support two ATA 66/100/133 EIDE channels (44-pins)
z Serial Port:
One DB9 connector, other one is Pin reserved
z Ethernet:
Totally has four LAN port connections are available.
Two ports of them support LAN by-pass feature Æ For
NA-0043A, NA-0043C and NA-0043G,
z Expansion:
One Mini-PCI slot is for security encryption card or specialize
functions expansion Æ For NA-0043G
z Compact-FlashTM:
One IDE interface CompactFlash
(Optional, upon for customer requirement)
TM
socket for embedded use
z Dimensions:
214mm (W) x 30mm (H) x 150.8mm (D) Æ NA-0043A,
NA-0043C,
214mm (W) x 44mm (H) x 150.8mm (D) Æ NA-0043G
z Operation environment:
Air temperature: 10° C – 45°C (50°F – 113°F)
Humidity: 10% – 95%
z Storage environment:
Air temperature: -20° C – 7 0°C
Humidity: 10% – 95%
Introduction 5
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
1.4 Dimensions
Unit: mm
6 Introduction
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
1.5 Front Panel Outlets
Located at the front panel of the NA-0043 series server are the I/O
outlets for connections of serial and Ethernet interface-supported
devices.
The NA-0043 Series Server Front Panel
LAN link / transfer rate
Console port – DB-9 RS-232 Console port for command line
interface and diagnostic support by P.O.S.T (Power On Self
Test).
Console Port
Power – Lights when the NA-0043 is powered up and
performing diagnostic tests to check for proper operation.
LAN Link – Lights up with a Twisted pair connection is made to
another Ethernet device on the port.
Transfer Rate – Show network transfer rate while make
connections
Activity – Lights up when the NA-0043 transmits or re ceives a
packet through the twisted pair port
Introduction 7
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
1.6 Rear Panel Outlets
Located at the rear panel of the NA-0043 server are the I/O outlets.
12V, 5A
DC power
input
LAN Ports USB Ports
8 Introduction
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
1.7 Indications of Front Panel
I. Power on LED
1. System and power on
II. HDD LED
Link/Active LED (single color)
1. The green LED is on when the HD has connection normally
2. The LED flashes when the re is transmit or receive activity
III. Link/Active LED (Single color)for LAN port #1, port#2,
port#3 and port#4
1. The yellow LED is on when there is an active con nection on
the LAN port
2. The LED flashes when there is transmit or receive activity to
or from the appliance
3. The LED is dark when it of f line.
IV. Transmitted LED for LAN port #1, port#2, port#3 and port#4
1. The green L ED light is on 10/100Mbps transfer rate
2. The LED is dark if the Link/Active LED is light or flash in the
Introduction 9
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
same time; It’s on 10Mbps transfer rate
3. The LED is dark if the Link/Active LED is dark also.
There is no any networking device was attached.
10 Introduction
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
C h a p t e r 2
Installation Procedures
2.1 Preinstallation Checklist
In addition to this installation guide, make sure you have the following
items,
The NA-0043 series network appliance hardware platform
Power cord
Utility CD (including this installation guide)
Mounting screws for disk drive and screws used in this
appliance for spare
Hardware Installation Guide
NA-0043 cable kits (1 x 44-pin IDE, 1 x console cable, 1 x
PS/2 keyboard and mouse cable, 1 x VGA cable)
Plastic stand for stack–up x 4
If you ordered options for the appliance, this package might contain
additional hardware or publications for those options.
.
Installation Procedures 1 1
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
2.2 Setting up the appliance
This section provides the information about the initial installation to
setup the NA-0043
2.2.1 Removing and Replacing the Top Cover
To gain access into the internal components of the NA-0043, you
must follow the instructions given below to remove the top cover.
Please release the screws of lower case and left with right side first,
XMain Board
2.2.2 Installing a memory module (DIMM)
The main board can supports one SODIMM DDR socket for a
maximum total memory up to 1GB
The device can support Single-Channel Operation
None-ECC unbuffer Memory.
1. In single-channel operation DIMM2 is disabled. Only DIMM1 need
be added.
Attention: X When you handle electrostatic discharge-sensitive
(ESDs), take precautions to avoid damage from static
electricity.
Y The memory can support DDR266.
2.2.3 Installing a ATA66/100/133 hard drive
To accommodate the fast transfer rate of Ultra ATA/66/100/133, a
cable (with 44 pin connectors on both ends) is necessary when
12 Installation Procedures
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
installing Ultra DMA/66/100/133 drives. The NA-0043, on this aspect,
can support IDE hard drive and DOM (Disk on Module) deployment. It
is through the IDE Connector (CN15, CN16)
2.2.4 Connectors & Jumpers
The connectors allow the CPU card to connect with other parts of the
system. Some problems encountered by your system may be a result
from loose or improper connections. Ensure that all connectors are in
place and firmly attached. The following table lists the function of each
connector on the main board.
Connectors Label Connectors Label
Ethernet Connector 1 CN3 Primary IDE Connector CN15
Ethernet Connector 2 CN4 Secondary IDE Connector CN16
Ethernet Connector 3 CN5 COM1 CN17
Ethernet Connector 4 CN6 COM2 CN11
Power Connector CN1 VGA Connector CN8
Mini-PCI Connetcor J1 USB Port 1, 2 Connector USBA2
Internal Keyboard / Mouse
Connector
SODIMM DDR Memory
Socket
Internal Battery BT1 Compact Flash Card Slot
Internal Buzzer BU1 LVDS Connector 1 CN9
LVDS Connector 2 CN10 Clear CMOS Data JP6
Select CF voltage JP7 LAN by-pas s Function JP10
Power LED, HD LED,
Reset, Speaker Connector
Select Panel VoltageLVDS
Connector 2
CN14 PCI Slot-12V In CN26
J2 System BIOS U25
J3
(Option)
PLRS1 Select CF Master / Slave JP9
JP8 FDD Slim Socket CN25
Installation Procedures 13
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Jumper Default Setting
PLRS1 Power LED: Normal Mo de Short 1-2
HDD LED: Normal Mode Short 4-5
Reset Switch: Normal M ode Short 6-7
External Speaker : Normal Mode Short 8-11
JP6 CMOS Clear Jumper: Normal Mode Short 1-2
JP7:Select CF voltage
Jumper Setting
Description
3.3V(Default) 1-2
5V 2-3
JP9: Select CF Master/Slave
Description
Slave (Default) OFF
Master ON
JP7
JP9
14 Installation Procedures
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
escriptio
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
2.2.5 Installing Display Interface
2.2.5.1 CRT Interface
In general, the customer need to have VGA display features while
they making the software porting.
The customer can plug in the VGA cable with CN8 (External VGA
connector).
2.2.6 Installing Serial Port Interface
The serial interface onboard consists of COM1 port (CN17), COM2
(CN11), supports RS-232. The COM1 (CN17) is a D-sub connector as
a console communication port.
As for the COM2 (CN11), it’s pin header (2x5 pin). It could be another
specifies features and defined by customer.
.
RS-232 PIN Assignment: COM2 (CN11)
D-SUB
1 1 Data Carrier Delect(DCD
2 6 Data Set Ready(DSR
3 2 Receive Date(RXD
4 7 Request to Send(RTS
5 3 Transmit Data(TXD
6 8 Clear to Send(CTS
7 4 Data Terminal Ready (DTR
8 9 Ring Indicator(RI
9 5 GND
10 X NC
Installation Procedures
D
RS-232
nCOM1
15
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
CN17: RS-232 Serial Port #1 Connector ( D-Sub )
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 Data Carrier Detect ( DCDA # )
2 Receive Data ( RXDA )
3 Transmit Data ( TXDA )
4
Data Terminal Ready ( DTRA # )
5 Ground ( GND )
6 Data Set Ready ( DSRA # )
7 Request To Send ( RTSA # )
8
Clear To Send ( CTSA # )
9 Ring Indicator ( RIA # )
1 5
6 9
CN17
2.2.7 Installing Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Connectors
The NA-0043 provides External keyboard / Mouse (CN14) interface
with a 10-pin connectors for porting software easily by customer.
16
Installation Procedures
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 VCC 2 KBDATA
3 KBCLK 4 GND
5 VCC 6 VCC
7
9
MSDATA
GND
8
10
MSCLK
NC
2
10
1
CN14
9
2.2.8 Installing USB Connector (Optional)
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector on the main board is for
installation of peripherals supporting the USB interface. USBA1 /
USBA2 are the 10-pin USB connector on the main board.
PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION
1 USB_VCC 2 USB Port#2 Ground
3 NC 4 USBD1+
5 USBD0- 6 USBD17 USBD0+ 8 NC
9
USB Port#1Ground
10 USB_VCC
Installation Procedures
17
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
2
10
1
9
2.2.9 Enabling LAN by-pass feature
What’s the LAN by-pass means for NA-0043 series? That doesn’t
have any down time in network connections for other specify two
network segments (LAN1 and LAN2) while it has any fetal errors for
this device.
We are define three levels for the LAN by-pass features,
They are,
1. Power lost
While the AC power lost for this device, the LAN1 and LAN2
still can communicate with each other through hardware
relay which like as a short cut between the two segments. If
the power inlet can be normally done, the relay will turn to
other right position.
2. GPIO control
That like as a switch of your application software. You can
enable the hardware relay feature through the GPIO control
from your application programs. Then the software solution
provider can have more flexibility make it closely with their
program.
18
Installation Procedures
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
3. WDT (Watch Dog Timer)
We have supported the WDT (Watch Dog Timer) feature in
our hardware. While the time out in the default value of timer,
it can do the system reset or do a short cut for two specify
segments by hardware relay.
We have supported the sample code for above mention features
in the CD title for customer reference.
For instance,
8A806 Test T ool
Directory 24 For Linux Kernel 2.4.X
Directory 26 For Linux Kernel 2.6.X
GPIO25 Test For LAN Bypass
Usage: ./gpio25l X
X=0,1
0=Low;1=High
WhatchDog Test
Usage : ./83627hf Y XXX
Y=0(Second),1(Minute) X=1-255,0 for Disable.
Installation Procedures
19
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
This page does not contain any information.
20
Installation Procedures
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
C h a p t e r 3
Award BIOS Utility
Chapter 4 describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS
that comes with the NA-0043. Also contained here are instructions on
how to set up the BIOS configuration.
3.1 BIOS Introduction
The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your
computer system’s ROM supports Intel Celeron processors in a
standard IBM-AT compatible I/O system. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial and
parallel ports. It also adds virus and password protection as well as
special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the
entire system.
3.2 BIOS Setup
The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the
system configurations and settings. The BIOS ROM of the system
stores the Setup utility. When you turn ON the computer, the Award
BIOS is immediately activated. Pressing the <Del> key immediately
allows you to enter the Setup utility. If you are a little bit late pressing
the <Del> key, POST (Power On Self Test) will continue with its test
routines, thus preventing you from invoking the Setup. If you still wish
to enter Setup, restart the system by pressing the ”Reset” button or
simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. You can
Award BIOS Utility
21
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
also restart by turning the system OFF and back ON again. The
following message will appear on the screen:
Press <DEL> to Enter Setup
In general, you press the arrow keys to highlight items, <Enter> to
select, the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for
help and <Esc> to quit.
When you enter the Setup utility, the Main Menu screen will appear on
the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from various setup
functions and exit choices.
The section below the setup items of the Main Menu displays the
control keys for this menu. Another section located at the bottom of
22
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
the Main Menu, just below the control keys section, displays
information on the currently highlighted item in the list.
NOTE:
If you find that your computer cannot boot after making
and saving system changes with Setup, the Award BIOS,
via its built-in override feature, resets your system to the
CMOS default settings.
We strongly recommend that you avoid making any changes to the
chipset defaults. These defaults have been carefully chosen by both
Award and your system manufacturer to provide the absolute
maximum performance and reliability.
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup
“Standard CMOS Setup” allows you to record some basic hardware
configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and
error handling. If the motherboard is already installed in a working
system, you will not need to select this option. You will need to run the
Standard CMOS option, however , if you change your system
hardware configurations, the onboard battery fails, or the configuration
stored in the CMOS memory was lost or damaged.
Award BIOS Utility
23
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu. If
you need any help in each item field, you can press the <F1> key. It
will display the relevant information to help you. The memory display
at the lower right-hand side of the menu is read-only. It will adjust
automatically according to the memory changed. The following pa ges
describe each item of this menu.
Date
The date format is <day>, <date> <month> <year>. Press
<F3> to show the calendar.
24
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
day
date
month The month, Jan through Dec.
year The year, depends on the year of BIOS
The day of week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS,
is read only
The date, from 1 to 31 (or the max imum allowed in th e
month), can key in the numerical / function key
Time
The time format is <hour> <minute> <second> accepting
either function key or numerical key. The time is calculated
based on the 24-hour military-time clock. For example, 1
p.m. is 13:00:00.
Primary Master/Primary Slave/Secondary
Master/Secondary Slave
The categories identify the types of one channel that have
been installed in the computer. There are 45 predefined
types and 2 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE
BIOS. Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined. Type User is
user-definable.
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 the
drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter
improper information within this category. If your hard disk
drive type does not match or is not listed, you can use
Type User to define your own drive type manually.
If you select Type User, related information is asked to be
entered to the following items. Enter the information
directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. This
Award BIOS Utility
25
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
information should be provided in the documentation from
your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, select “T ype 1”.
If the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, select “None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, select
“None”.
CYLS. number of cylinders LANDZONE landing zone
HEADS number of heads SECTORS numb er of sectors
PRECOMP write precom MODE HDD access mode
If there is no hard disk drive installed, select NONE and
press <Enter>.
Halt On
This field determines whether the system will halt if an
error is detected during power up.
No errors
All errors
All, But
Keyboard
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key
26
The system boot will halt on any error
detected. (default)
Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal
error, the system will stop and you will
be prompted.
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
keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all
other errors.
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
3.4 Advanced BIOS Features
This section allows you to configure and improve your system and
allows you to set up some system features according to your
preference.
Award BIOS Utility
27
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Virus Warning
This item protects the boot sector and partition table of
your hard disk against accidental modifications. If an
attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and display
a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the
operation to continue or run an anti-virus program to locate
and remove the problem.
NOTE:
Many disk diagnostic programs, which attempt to access
the boot sector table, can cause the virus warning. If you
will run such a program, disable the Virus Warning feature.
Quick Power On Self Test
This option speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after
28
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
you turn on the system power. If set as Enabled, BIOS will
shorten or skip some check items during POST. The default
setting is “Enabled”.
Enabled En a b l e Q u i c k P O S T
Disabled Normal POST
First/Second/Third Boot Device
st
These items allow the selection of the 1
, 2nd, and 3rd
devices that the system will search for during its boot-up
sequence. The wide range of selection includes Floppy,
LS120, ZIP100, HDD0~3 and CDROM.
Boot Other Device
This item allows the user to enable/disable the boot device not
listed on the First/Second/Third boot devices option above. The
default setting is Enabled.
Notice: The boot from LAN feat ure is upon for differ ent OEM
customer requirement accordingly. The feature isn’t opening for
standard in default.
Boot Up NumLock Status
This option enables and disables the numberlock function
of the keypad. The default value is “On”.
On Keypad functions confine with numbers
Off
Keypad functions convert to special functions (i.e.,
left/right arrow keys)
.
Security Option
This item allows you to limit access to the system and
Setup, or just to Setup. The default value is “Setup ”.
Award BIOS Utility
29
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
System
Setup
The system will not boot and access to Setup will be
denied if the incorrect password is enter ed at the
prompt.
The system will boot, but access to Setup will be
denied if the correct password is not entered at the
prompt.
NOTE: To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at
Main Menu and then you will be asked to enter
password. Do not type anything, just press <Enter>
and it will disable security. Once the security is
disabled, the system will boot and you can enter
Setup freely.
MPS Version Control For OS
This item allows you to select the version of MPS table for
NT 4.0.
The choice: 1.1, 1.4
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This segment is specifically created for OS/2 when DRAM
is larger than 64MB. If your operating system is OS/2 and
DRAM used is larger the 64MB, you have to select “OS 2”,
otherwise (under non-OS2), default is NON-OS2. The
default value is “Non-OS2”.
Agent Connect via
This item is just highlight the routing between console port
with PC client. The default value should be Null.
Agent Waiting Time
This item is just highlight the polling timer. If the console
port doesn’t receive the inquiry from PC client in the time
frame. It will be cut out the monitoring path for BIOS
booting from console. The default value should be 1
30
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
minutes.
The choice: 1, 2, 4 and 8
3.5 Advanced Chipset Features
Since the features in this section are related to the chipset on the
CPU board and are completely optimized, you are not recommended
to change the default settings in this setup table unless you are well
oriented with the chipset features.
Console Redirection
This item allows you to enable or disable the BIOS boot up
and redirect to console port feature. The choice: Enable,
Disable
Award BIOS Utility
31
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Baud Rate
This item allows you to setup the data transfer rate for the
console port. The default value is 9600.
The choice: 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200
Agent After Boot
This item allows you to enable or disable the agent after
boot.
The choice: disable, enable
DRAM Timing Control
Press “Enter” setting DRAM timing as below.
CAS Latency Time
When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock
cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.
The Choice: 1.5, 2, 2.5.
Active to Precharge Delay
This item controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS.
The Choice: 7, 6, 5.
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay
This field let’s you insert a timing delay between the CAS
and RAS strobe signals, used when DRAM is written to,
read from, or refreshed. Fast gives faster performance;
and Slow gives more stable performance. This field
applies only when synchronous DRAM is installed in the
system.
32
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
The Choice: 3, 2.
DRAM RAS# Precharge
If an insufficient number of cycles is allowed for the RAS
to accumulate its charge before DRAM refresh, the
refresh may be incomplete and the DRAM may fail to
retain data. Fast gives faster performance; and Slow
gives more stable performance. This field applies only
when synchronous DRAM is installed in the system.
The Choice: 2, 3.
System BIOS Cacheable:
The ROM BIOS can be mapping to the addresses as F0000h
to FFFFFh pass through buffer cache; it can speed up access
time of BIOS. But most of OS doesn’t inquiry through BIOS in
operating, and some of programs maybe occupied the segment
of address. so we recommend the default value should be
disabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled
Memory Hole at 15M-16M:
(Reserved segment of memory for memory.)
Some of expansion adapter card will allocate some segment of
memory in operating. We can release 15M address above to
task progressing if we enabled the function. But, the most of
OS doesn’t use the segment of memory in progressing. The
factory default should be disabled.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Award BIOS Utility
33
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Delay Prior to Thermal:
When the CPU over heating than temperature setting of factory
default, the clock will be postponed. Then the temperature
monitoring function also will be enabled right away. The clock
module of thermal diode also be trigged which way to keeping
the temperature limitation.
The choice: 4 Min，8 Min，16 Min，32 Min
AGP Aperture Size(MB):
(AGP Local memory spacing, MB）
The AGP will share addressing of system memory for display
purpose. We suggest the AGP local memory doesn’t beyond
64MB to 128MB.
The choice: 4、8、16、32、64、128、256
Init Display First:
We can select the VGA device in booting which is from on
board VGA chipset or AGP or other PCI slots, If the interface
default setting doesn’t have VGA device. The BIOS will
automatically switch to another VGA devices.
The choice: Onboard, AGP, PCI Slot.
DRAM Data Integrity Mode:
。
The ECC（Error Chec king and Correction）mode adopted extra
72-bit to check the data integrity. It can correct one bit error. We
can make the system stability and reliability by this way
accordingly. If you doesn’t have ECC memory deployment, you
34
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
can set the value to be Non-ECC.
The choice: ECC, Non-ECC
Spread Spectrum
This item allows you to enable/disable the spread
spectrum modulate.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
3.6 Integrated Peripherals
This option sets your hard disk configuration, mode and port.
On-Chip Primary/Secondary PCI IDE
The integrated peripheral controller contains an IDE
interface with support for two IDE channels. Select
Award BIOS Utility
35
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Enabled to activate each channel separately.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields le t you
set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of the four IDE devices that
the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through 4
provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode,
the system automatically determines the best mode for
each device.
The choice: Auto, Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode 3, Mode
4.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE
hard drive supports it and the operating environment
includes a DMA driver (Windows 98 or a third-party IDE
bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system
software both support Ultra DMA/33, select Auto to enable
BIOS support.
The Choice: Auto, Disabled.
USB Controller
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus (USB) controller and you have USB peripherals.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
USB 2.0 Controller
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus V2.0 (USB2.0) controller and you have USB2.0
36
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
peripherals.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
USB Keyboard Support
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB keyboard.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
USB Mouse Support
Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial
Bus (USB) controller and you have a USB Mouse.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first
and second serial ports.
The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,
Disabled, Auto.
UART Mode Select
This item allows you to select UART mode.
The choice: IrDA, ASKIR, Normal.
UR2 duplex mode
This item can control the progressing mode for
transmission and receive for IR. The setting should have
the full duplex and half duplex. In full duplex mode, it can
be allowed sync, two way transmission and receive. In half
duplex mode, it only supports the async, two way
transmission and receives.
Award BIOS Utility
37
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
POWER ON Function
This option allows users to select the type of power ON
sequence for the system to follow. The default value is
“Button-Only”.
BUTTON-ONLY Follows the conventional w ay of turning O FF system p ower
Password
Hot KEY
(via power button).
Upon selecting this opti on, the KB POWER ON Password line
appears. Press <Enter> and you’ll be prompted to enter and
confirm a password of your choice.
After setting the password, succeeding attempts to power ON
the system will result to null. For system to activate, user
must input the password via keyboard then press <Enter>.
This option is very similar with that of Passwor d. Hot-key
combinations range from Ctrl-F1 to Ctrl-F12. User may define
this combination from the Hot key Power ON option.
KB Power ON Password
This item allows you to set the keyboard power on
password.
38
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Hot Key Power On
This item allows you to select the hot key of the keyboard
power on.
The choice: Ctrl-F1~F12.
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2
Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first
and second serial ports.
The choice: 3F8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3,
Disabled, Auto.
UART Mode Select
This item allows you to select UART mode.
The choice: IrDA, ASKIR, Normal.
RxD, TxD Active
This item allows you to determine the active of RxD, TxD.
The Choice: “Hi, Hi”, “Lo, Lo”, “Lo, Hi”, “Hi, Lo”.
PWRON After PWR-Fail
This item allows you to select if you want to power on the
system after power failure.
The choice: Off, On, Former-Sts.
Award BIOS Utility
39
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
3.7 Power Management Set up
The Power Management Setup allows you to save energy of your
system effectively. It will shut down the hard disk and turn OFF video
display after a period of inactivity.
ACPI Function
This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced
Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The choice:
Enabled, Disabled.
Power Management
This item allows you to select the Power Management
mode.
The choice: User Define, Min Saving, Max Saving.
40
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Video Off Method
In suspending, this item allows you to select the CRT
closed method under APM mode.
The choice: Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS
Video Off In Suspend
In suspending, this item allows you to select if you want to
close the CRT under APM mode.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Suspend Mode
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity,
all devices except the CPU will be shut off.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
HDD Power Down
When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity,
the hard disk drive will be powered down while all other
devices remain active.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Resume by Alarm
When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the
RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from
Suspend mode.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
FDD, COM, LPT Port The default value is “Disabled”.
3.8 PNP/PCI Configuration
This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or
Award BIOS Utility
41
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O
devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed the CPU itself uses
when communicating with its own special components. This section
covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended that
only experienced users should make any changes to the default
settings.
Reset Configuration Data
Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to
reset Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when
you exit Setup or if you have installed a new add-on and
the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious
conflict that the operating system can not boot. The options
42
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
available are Enabled and Disabled.
Resource controlled by
The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to
automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play
compatible devices. However, this capability means
absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play
operating system such as Windows98. The options
available are Auto and Manual.
IRQ Resources
When resources are controlled manually, assign each
system interrupt a type, depending on the type o f device
using the interrupt.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Leave this field at Disabled.
Award BIOS Utility
43
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
3.9 PC Health Status
This option configures the PCI bus system. All PCI bus systems on
the system use INT#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this
value.
Current System Temp.
Show you the current system temperature.
Current CPU1 Temperature
Show you the current CPU1 temperature.
Current FAN1/FAN2/FAN3 Speed
44
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
These optional and read-only fields show the current
speeds in RPM (revolution per minute) for the CPU fan and
chassis fan as monitored by the hardware monitoring IC.
Vcc3/Vcore/2.5V/VCC/VBAT/5VSB/+12V
Show you the voltage of
Vcc3/Vcore/2.5V/VCC/VBAT/5VSB/+12V.
3.10 Load Optimized Defaults
This option allows you to load the default values to your system
configuration. These default settings are optimal and enable all high
performance features.
Award BIOS Utility
45
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
To load SETUP defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter “Y”. If not, enter
“N”.
3.11 Set Supervisor/User Password
You can set either supervisor or user password, or both of then. The
differences between are:
46
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
supervisor pass word: can enter a nd change the options of the
setup menus.
user password: just can enter but do not have the right to
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 p assword with eight characters at most, and press <Enter>.
The password typed will now clear any previously entered password
from 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 not enter a password.
To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to
enter password. A message will confirm the password being disabled.
Award BIOS Utility
47
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can
enter Setup freely.
PASSWORD DISABLED.
When a password is enabled, you have to type it every time you enter
Setup. This prevents any unauthorized p erson from changing your
system configuration.
Additionally when a password is enabled, you can also require the
BIOS to request a password every time the system reboots. This
would prevent unauthorized use of your computer.
You determine when the password is required within the BIOS
Features Setup Menu and its Security option. If the Security option is
set to “System”, the password is required during boot up and entry
into Setup. If set as “Setup”, prompting will only occur prior to entering
Setup.
3.12 Save & Exit Setup
This allows you to determine whether or not to accept the
modifications. Typing “Y” quits the setup utility and saves all changes
48
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
into the CMOS memory. Typing “N” brigs you back to Setup utility.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
` Standard CMOS Features ` Frequency/Voltage Control
` Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults
` Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults
` Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password
` Power Man
` PnP/PCI Con
` PC Health Status Exit Without Saving
SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Esc : Quit Ç È Æ Å : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Save Data to CMOS
3.13 Quit Without Saving
Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the changes
you have made in this session. Typing “Y” will quit the Setup utility
without saving the modifications. Typing “N” will return you to Setup
utility.
Award BIOS Utility
49
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
` Standard CMOS Features ` Frequency/Voltage Control
` Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults
` Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults
` Integrated Peripherals Set Supervisor Password
` Power Man
` PnP/PCI Con
` PC Health Status Exit Without Saving
Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N
Esc : Quit Ç È Æ Å : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Abandon all Datas
50
Award BIOS Utility
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
A p p e n d i x A
Warning
z This is a class A Product. In a domestic Environment this
Product may cause radio interference in which case the user
may be required to take adequate measures.
z It will be danger if battery is incorrectly replaced. Replacing only
with the same or equivalent type is highly recommended by the
manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.
z Warning for Hard Disk Drive Selection:
TUV approved Hard Disk Drive is preferred for TUV compliance
Hard Disk drive-Optional, (NWGQ2), generic, Input Voltage rated 5V
dc/1.0A, 12V dc/1.8A maximum. Minimu m clearance from uninsulated
live parts 4.0 mm.
“The equipment is to be installed in an environment with
maximum ambient temperature must not exceed 40C.”
“The openings on the enclosure are for air convection
hence protected the equipment from overheating. DO NOT
COVER THE OPENINGS.”
Award BIOS Utility
51
NA-0043 Hardware Installation Guide
“Lay this equipment on a reliable surface when install.
A drop or fall could cause injury.”
“The equipment shall be installed according to
specification as nameplate. Make sure the voltage of
the power source when connect the equipment to the power
outlet. The current of load and output power of loads
shall be not over the specification.”
“This equipment must be connected to the reliable earthing
before using.”
Electric shock hazard inside the redundant power supply
The exchange of modules shall be done by service
52
person.
Warning
Loading...