EUPA VXZA User Manual

VXZA

Socket 370 ATX

Motherboard

USER’ S MANUAL

Model : VXZA
Manual Version : English, version 1.2
Release Date : July 28th , 2000

Copyright

Copyright 2000 by this company. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed,
stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, manual or otherwise,
without the prior written consent of the copyright holders.

User’s Notice

The contents of this publication are subject to change. This company
reserves the right to alter the contents of this publication at any time and
without notice.The contents of this publication may contain inaccuracies or
typographical errors and is supplied for informational use only .

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

OS/2 and IBM are registered trademarks of Intemational Business Machines.

Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

A WARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc.

Other brand, corporate, and product names may or may not be registered
trademarks or copyright of their respective companies.

FCC & DOC Compliance

Federal communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:

! This device may not cause harmful interference.
! This device must accept any interference received, including interference

that may cause undesired operation.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
This equipment generatesm uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful
interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful inter­ference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equip­ment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more
of the following measures:

! Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
! Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver .
! Connect the equipment to 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.

Warning

The use of shielded cables for the connection of the monitor to the graphics card is re­quired to assure compliance with FCC regulations changes or modifications to this a
uthority to operate this equipment.

Contents

General Description.....................................................................................1-1

Check Your Items.......................................................................................... 1-1

VXZA Specifications.....................................................................................1-2

VXZA Components........................................................................................1-3

Motherboard Layout................................................................1-5

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

Set Jumpers...................................................................................................2-2

Install CPU................................................................................................2-3

CPU Setting..................................................................................................2-4

Clear CMOS.................................................................................... 2-4

Jumperless setting............................................................................2-5

Jumper setting......................................................................................2-8

System Memory Installation...........................................................................2-9

Install DIMM.......................................................................................2-10

Removing a Memory Module...........................................................2-10

Install Expansion Cards..................................................................................2-11

Connector Devices........................................................................................2-12

Panel Connector.................................................................................2-12

Power Connector.................................................................................2-12

PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Connectors................................................2-13

Fan Connector......................................................................................2-13

USB device Connector........................................................................2-14

Serial Device (com1, com2), VGA & Printer Connectors................2-14

Floppy drive Connector......................................................................2-15

IrDA Connector...................................................................................2-15

IDE Hard Drivers Connector..............................................................2-16

AMR & AC97 Connector...............................................................2-16

LAN & MODEM Wake Up Connectors...........................................2-17

Game/Audio & CD_IN Connectors...................................................2-17

Chapter 1 Overview

Contents

Chapter 3 CMOS Setup Utility

CMOS Setup Main Menu............................................................................3-1

Standard CMOS Setup...................................................................................3-3

Advanced BIOS Features...............................................................................3-5

Advanced Chipset Features............................................................................3-8

Integrated Peripherals.....................................................................................3-14

Power Management........................................................................................3-18

PnP / PCI Configurations...............................................................................3-24

PC Health Status........................................................................................... 3-26

Frequency / Voltage Control..........................................................................3-27

Load Fail-Safe Defaults.................................................................................3-28

Load Optimized Defaults...............................................................................3-28

Set Supervisor / User Password....................................................................3-29

Save & Exit Setup..........................................................................................3-28

Exit Without Saving.......................................................................................3-28

Chapter 4 Software Utility

Installing Interface..........................................................................................4-1

Installing Drivers Location.............................................................................4-2

Installing ADOBE Acrobat Read Driver........................................................4-2

Chapter 1 Overview

General Description

Thanks for purchasing VXZA Socket 370 motherboard.VXZA is based on VIA chipset
(North Bridge VT82C694X & South Bridge VT82C686A). Its new features include that it
support AGP 2x/4x, super I/O, and voltage, temperature, and fan speed hardware monitoring,
and there are four USB connectors on board as well. It includes all of the required specifica­tions like Ultra DMA 66 interface, meanwhile it supports PC 133 system memory. VXZA
provides you perfect function to be the same with your system operation and end user. This
user’s manual contains all the information and features that show you how to use the VXZA
motherboard. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the design and organization
of this manual.

Check Your Items

This VXZA motherboard package contains the following items. Please inspect the package
contents and confirm that everything is there. If anything is missing or damaged, call your
vendor for instructions before operating.

The Package includes:

! One VXZA motherboard
! One Floppy Interface Cable
! One IDE Interface Cable
! One Motherboard Resource CD
! One User’s Manual

1-1

VXZ A Specifications:

Overview

Form Factor

Board Size

CPU

System Memory

Chipset

Expansion Slots

Serial Port

Parallel Port

Floppy Interface

IDE Interfa ce

USB Port

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 keyboard

Sound Function

Fuse

RTC and Battery

Power Connector

Wake up Function

Hardware Monitor

BIOS

LED Indicator

ATX form factor

•

.5cm x 19.7cm

• 30

Supports Socket 370 Intel P!!! & Celeron (PPGA), Celeron (FC-PGA ) and VIA

•

Cyrix III

Supports CPU Clock Frequency: 66/100/133MHz

•

DIM M 168-pin x 3 SDRAM maximum1.5G

•

Supports 64M-bit SDR AM technology

•

VIA Chipset including:

•

- V IA VT82C694X (North bridge)

- VIA VT82C686A (South bridge)

1 x AGP Slot

•

x PCI Slots

• 5

x ISA Slot.

• 1

1 x AMR Slot

•

Two serial ports UART 16550 compatible

•

One parallel port supports:

•

- SPP-standard parallel port

- EPP-enhanced parallel port

- ECP-extended capabilities port

Support drivers inches / format with

•

- 3.5 inches-720KB/1.44MB/2.88MB

- 5.25 inches-360KB/1.2MB

The VT82C 686A includes dual channel m aster mode PCI support 4 IDE devices.

•

Support PIO M ode 4, ULTRA D MA /33 & ULTRA DM A/66

•

Four USB ports supported

•

Support USB Legacy Keyboard function

•

PS/2 mouse supported by connector onboard

•

PS/2 keyboard supported by c onnector onboard

•

On-board A C'97 System

•

VT1611A Audio Codec

•

Supports Recoverable fuse for USB , KB & MOUSE

•

Built in South Bridge

•

Lithium (CR-2032) battery

•

AT X

•

Modem ring wake up

•

LAN wake up

•

RTC Alarm wake up

•

System fan speed monitor

•

Voltage monitoring

•

Over temperature monitoring

•

Award BIOS

•

Supports Suspend TO RAM (optional)

•

Supports APM, DMI and A CPI

•

Supports virus warning

•

Supports Flash / Upgrade BIOS functions

•

System Power LED

•

HDD activity LED

•

1-2

Overview

VXZA Components:VXZA Components:

VXZA Components:

VXZA Components:VXZA Components:

15

17

16
14

14

13

12

11

1

2

3

4

5

6

1-3

7

8
9

10

Overview

Please refer to next two pages about each component, and this manual will
explain every important one at the following chapter .

1. Socket 370 processors socket

2. ATX Power Port

3. North Bridge VIA VT82C694X

4. DIMM sockets

5. Floppy Port

6. IDE Ports

7. BIOS

8. South Bridge VIA VT82C686A

9. Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) Slots

10. Industry Standard Architecture(ISA)

11. Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot

12. Audio Modem Riser Card (AMR) slot

13. Audio Port --Mic in(pink), Line in(blue), Line out(green)
& Joystick Game Port

14. COM1 & COM2

15. Printer Port

16. USB devices ports

17. PS/2 Keyboard (purple) / Mouse (green)

1-4

Overview

Motherboard Layout:Motherboard Layout:

Motherboard Layout:

Motherboard Layout:Motherboard Layout:

1-5

Overview

Jumpers

1. JP4 Clear CMOS

2. JP2, JP18 Select CPU’s type

3. JP12, JP19 CPU Clock Frequency

4. JP5 AMR & AC97 jumper setting

Expansion Slots

1. AGP AGP Expansion slot

2. PCI slot1 to slot5 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion slot

3. ISA slot 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion slot

4. AMR AMR Expansion Slot for AC’97 and MC’97

5. DIMM 1 to DIMM 3 Support 168-pin DIMM Memory

Connectors

1. IDE 1/ IDE 2 Primary IDE Connector / Secondary IDE Connector

2. Floppy Floppy Drive Connector

3. IrDA (JP11) Infrared Ray Port Connector

4. SYS Fan (JP17) System Fan Connector

5. CPU Fan (JP10) CPU Fan Connector

6. Chassis Fan (JP8) Chassis Fan Connector

7. Wake on LAN LAN Wake Up Connector

8. Wake on MODEM MODEM Wake Up Connector

9. ATX Power ATX Power Connector

10. COM1/COM2 Serial Port1/Serial Port2 Connector

11. CD_IN (JP1) Audio CD-IN Connector

12. Audio/Game Port Audio / Game Port Connector

13. Printer Printer (Parallel) Port Connector

14. USB Universal Serial Bus Port1 and Port2

15. PS/2 connectors PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard Connectors

16. JP9 USB Connector 3/4

17. Panel

-PowerOn ATX Power on / off switch (2-pin)

-Reset Reset Switch Connector (2-pin)

-HDD LED HDD LED Connector (3-pin)

-Power LED ATX Power LED Connector (3-pin)

-Speaker Chassis Speaker Connector (4-pin)

-KBLCK Keyboard Lock Switch Connector(2-pin)

1-6

Chapter 2 Hardware Installation

This chapter gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your system and

set jumper. The motherboard has several user-adjustable jumpers on the board that

allow you to configure your system to suit your requirements.

Cautions: Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge

Static electricity can harm delicate components inside your system. To prevent static

damage, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your

motherboard electronic components,such as the microprocessor.Observe the follow-

ing precautions:

- Do not removes the motherboard from its anti-static packaging until you

are ready to install it into a computer case.

- Before you handle the motherboard in any way, touch a grounded, antistatic

surface, such as an unpainted portion of the system chassis, for a few

seconds to discharge any built-up static electricity.

- Handle add-in cards and modules by the edges or mounting bracket.

2-1

Hardware Installation

Set Jumpers:

Jumpers are used to select the operation modes for your system. Some jumpers on

the board have three metal pins with each pin representing a different function.A

1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins. To set a jumper, a black

cap containing metal contacts is placed over the jumper pin/s according to the

required configuration. A jumper is said to be shorted when the black cap has been

placed on one or two of its pins. The types of jumpers used in this manual are

shown below:

Jumper Cap

2

3

2-pin Jumper

1

Open

3-pin Jumper

3

Jumper Block

1

2

Short

Note:

Users are not encouraged to change the jumper settings not listed in this manual.

Changing the jumper settings improperly may adversely affect system performance.

2-2

Hardware Installation

Install CPU

The CPU module resides in the socket 370 on the motherboard.Please following the

steps introduced below to complete the CPU installation.

1) Locate the new processor you are installing over the socket so that the notched

corner on the processor (pin 1) can be aligned with the blank corner on the

socket. Then gently push the processor straight into the socket until its pins

are completely inserted into the holes of the socket.

Caution:

If you install the processor chip in the wrong orientation, you may burn the chip
and void your warranty . So you should install it careful deeply.

2) Press the ZIF handle back to close it.

3) Attach the heat sink to the processor socket and then connect a fan connector

cable from the CPU fan to the CPU fan connector.

2-3

Hardware Installation

CPU Setting CPU Setting

CPU Setting (jumperless & jumper setting)

CPU Setting CPU Setting

After installing the CPU, you must set the clock selection jumpers to match the
frequency of the CPU. There are two ways for CPU setting: jumper setting and
jumperless. Find the jumpers labeled JP12, JP19, set these jumpers according to
the figure below and table for CPU Clock Frequency.

Caution: we dont recommend user to try overclock, it may damage your

CPU and result in a slower speed. Please think carefully before

you use overclock function.

W e introduce you how to clear CMOS, and enter into system BIOS, it could help you
accomplish CPU setting in BIOS easyly.

Clear CMOS: Clear CMOS:

Clear CMOS: JP4

Clear CMOS: Clear CMOS:

JP4 CMOS

Default

(Normal)

Clear

CMOS

To Clear CMOS, please follow the steps below:

1. Power off the system and unplug the chassis AC power cord.

2. Short JP4 at pin 2-3 for few seconds.

3. Set JP4 back to its Normal position at pin1-2

4. Plug the AC power cord to the chassis.

5. Power on the system and load the BIOS set up default.

2-4

Hardware Installation

Jumperless setting: JP19

Caution:

JP12 must be open when adjusting CPU setting by jumperless(JP19).

2-Pin Jumper

OPEN

SHORT

Auto Detect is default for CPU of JP19. You need not

set this jumper except you want to over-clock.

We recommend you to keep the default, it will guaran-

tee your system working stability.

Auto Detect

Meanwhile, the jumperless mode allow processor settings to be made through the

BIOS setting. (Frequency / Voltage Control)

How to enter the BIOS?

While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated by pressing the

<Del>key during the POST (Power On Self-Test).

2-5

Hardware Installation

1. If your CPU is 66MHz clock frequency (Celeron), you may select CPU

host clock from the BIOS for overclock.

Frequency / Voltage Control

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)

Default....................( )

66/33 MHz..............( )

75/37.5MHz.................( )

83/41.7MHz.................( )

Menu Level

Item Help

!

Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk
Spread Spectrum.
CPU Host Clock (CPU / PCI)

Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save
F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Enabled
Disable d
Default

2. If your CPU is 100MHz clock frequency (FC-PGA Coppermine & VIA

CyrixIII), you may select CPU host clock from the BIOS for over-clock.

Frequency / Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk
Spread Spectrum.
CPU Ho st Clock (CPU / PCI)

Enabled
Disabled
Default

Menu Level

Item Help

!

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)

Default....................( )

100/33 MHz..............( )

103/34MHz.................( )

E nter: Se lect F 5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/ PD: Value F10: Save
F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

112/37MHz.................( )

124/41MHz...................( )

If you decide to make 66MHz CPU over-clock to 100MHz CPU, you may set

JP19 pin 3-4 short as following:

Caution!!

Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications

for the CPU and are not guaranteed to be stable and

results in damanging your peripheral devices.

2-6

Hardware Installation

3. If your CPU is 133MHz clock frequency (FC-PGA Coppermine & CyrixIII),

you may select CPU host clock from the BIOS for over-clock.

Frequency / Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM / P CI C lk

Spre ad Spe ctrum.

CPU Host Clock (CPU / PCI)

Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Enabled

Disabled

Default

Menu Level

Item Help

!

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)

Default....................( )

133/33 MHz..............( )

140/35MHz.................( )

150/37MHz.........................( )

If you decide to make 66MHz CPU or 100MHz CPU to 133MHz CPU or high, you

may set JP19 pin1-2 short as following:

Caution!!

Frequencies above133MHz exceed the specifications
for the CPU and are not guaranteed to be stable and
results in damanging your peripheral devices.

CPUType Selection: JP18,JP2

JP2

JP18

2-7

JP2 JP18 CPU TYPE

2-3 1-2 Intel, CyrixIII

1-2, 3-4 2-3 Joshua

Hardware Installation

Jumper setting: JP12

You can set JP12 to adjust the frequency manually according to the figure below

and table which is fit for you most.

Note: Jumperless mode(JP19) must be opened when adjusting CPU

setting manually.

JP12

open

JP12

7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2

Open Open Open Open 133.3 33.3 (CPU/4)

Open Open Open Short 124 31 (CPU/4)

Open Open Short Open 150 37.5CPU/4)

Open Open Short Short 140 35 (CPU/4)

Short Open Open Open 100 33.3 (CPU/3)

Short Open Open Short 133.3 44.43 (CPU/3)

Short Open Short Open 112 37.3 (CPU/3)

Short Open Short Short 103 34.3 (CPU/3)

Short Short Open Open 66.8 33.4(CPU/2)

Short Short Open Short 83.3 41.7 (CPU/2)

Short Short Short Open 75 37.5 (CPU/2)

Short Short Short Short 124 41.3 (CPU/3)

CPU Freq

(MHz)

PCI Freq (M Hz)

2-8

Hardware Installation

System Memory InstallationSystem Memory Installation

System Memory Installation

System Memory InstallationSystem Memory Installation

There are 3 pieces 168-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) sockets on the
motherboard which support SDRAM and EDO DRAM memory.

♦ To ensure reliability, it is recommended to use PC 100 SDRAM or PC 133 SDRAM

for your high clock SDRAM performance requirement.

♦ If you are using low clock SDRAMs, you should set the SDRAM clock option of

the BIOSs Chipset Feature Setup to HCLK-33 to ensure stability.

♦ DIMM Sizes supported: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB.
♦ Total Memory Size = DIMM1 + DIMM2 + DIMM3, maximum up to 1.5GB.

There are 3x168-pin DIMM

slots (DIMM1, DIMM2, DIMM3)

that allow you to install the system

memory max up to 1.8GB SDRAM.

2-9

Hardware Installation

1. Install DIMM

1) After remove the cover, install the DIMM in the sockets marked with

DIMM2, if the DIMM has been installed in the DIMM1 socket. Release the

plastic retaining clips at each end of the socket by pressing the clips outward

until they snap open.

2) Orient a DIMM to the socket so the two notches in the DIMM connector are

aligned with the crossbars in the socket.

3) Press the DIMM straight into the socket until the retaining clips snap into place

around the ends of the DIMM.

2 Removing a Memory Module

To remove memory modules, press the retaining clips outward simultaneously

until the DIMM disengages from the socket and then carefully remove the

DIMM from the socket.

2-10

Hardware Installation

Install Expansion CardsInstall Expansion Cards

Install Expansion Cards

Install Expansion CardsInstall Expansion Cards

This section describes how to connect an expansion card to one of your system’s
expansion slots. Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that, when connected to
the mainboard, increase the capabilities of your system.VXZA features 5 PCI bus,
one AGP bus, one AMR and 1 ISA bus expansion slots.

Caution:

Adjust any switches or jumpers on the expansion card, if necessary. When you
handle the card, be careful not to touch any components on the circuit board or the
gold-edged connector.

1) After removing the cover, insert a flat blade screwdriver into a hole of the slot

cover you wish to remove.

2) Move the screwdriver up and down until the slot cover breaks away from the

chassis. Then lift the slot cover out of the chassis.

3) Hold the card along the top corners and guide it into the slot. When the

expansion card reaches the slot on the motherboard, push the card in firmly
to insert it fully.

4) Secure the end of the card to the computer with retaining screw.

# Connect any cables that should be attached to the card, and replace the system

cover.

2-11

Connector DevicesConnector Devices

Connector Devices

Connector DevicesConnector Devices

1. Pannel Connector

- PWR ON ATX Power Swith Connector(3 pins)

- RESET Reset Swith Connector (2 pins)

- HDD LED HDD LED Connector (2 pins)

- PWR LED ATX Power LED Connector (3 pins)

- SPEAKER Chassis Speaker Connector (4 pins)

- KEY LOCK Keyboard Lock Connector (2 pins )

Hardware Installation

2. Power Connector

Connect the 20-pin ATX power supply cable to this power connector. Make
sure the right plug-in direction and the power supply is off before connecting

or disconnecting the power cable.

ATX Power

2-12

Hardware Installation

3. PS/2 Mouse & Keyboard Connectors

Connect the PS/2 mouse and keyboard to the onboard 6-pin Mini-Din connector
marked as MOUSE and KB.

4 FAN Connectors

Connect the CPU and SYS fan cables to the fan connectors shown below. The
fan connectors are marked as: CPUFAN, SYSFAN and CHS FAN on the
motherboard.

CPU Fan
SYS Fan

JP8
CHS FAN

JP10
CPU FAN

JP17
SYS FAN

CHS Fan

2-13

Hardware Installation

5. USB Connectors: JP9

Connect your USB devices to the USB connector onboard marked as USB.

JP9
USB 3/4

Top: USB1
Botton: USB2

6. Serial Device (COM1/COM2) and Printer Connectors

Connect your serial device(s) to the onboard 9-pin serial connectors marked
as COM 1 and COM 2. Connect your local printer to the onboard 25-pin
printer connector marked as PRINTER.

PRINTER

COM1 COM2

2-14

Hardware Installation

7. Floppy Drive Connector

Connect the floppy drive cable to the onboard 34-pin floppy drive connector
marked as FDD.

FLOPPY

8. IrDA Connector

Connect your IR device to the IrDA connector onboard marked as JP11.

2-15

5
4
3
2
1

IR

JP11 IrDA

Pin Description
5 IRTX
4 GND
3 IRRX
2NC
1 +5V

Hardware Installation

9. IDE Hard Drives Connector

Connect your IDE devices to the 40-pin IDE connectors onboard marked as
IDE1 and IDE2.

IDE1

IDE2

Each IDE channel, either Primary or Secondary, supports two IDE devices
which must be set differently to master mode and slave mode. (Refer to your
hard disk and CD-ROM user manual for detailed settings of IDE master and
slave mode.)

10. AMR & AC97Connectors: JP5

Connect the AMR card to the onboard AMR connector marked as JP5.
According to the following table, sets JP5 jumper.

JP5

1

4

JP5 1-2 3-4

AC97 Enabled Disabled
AMR Disabled Enabled

2-16

Hardware Installation

10. LAN & Modem Wake Up Connectors

This motherboard supports LAN wake up and MODEM wake up functions.

To use these two functions, you need a LAN Wake Up & Modem Wake Up

supported network cards and softwares. (Wake on LAN & Wake on Modem

functions should be supported by Network Card and Modem Card.)To use

the functions, you must enable the Power On By Ring/LAN field in the

Power Management Setup of the Award BIOS.

LAN WAKE UP

MODEM WAKE UP

11 . Game / MIDI & CD_IN Connectors:JP1

Connect the game device to the onboard Game / Audio connector marked as

GAME PORT. The onboard CD_IN connector marked as CD-IN JP1.

Game Port

Line

Line

Mic

out

in

in

2-17

JP1 CD_IN

Chapter 3 CMOS Setup Utility

The rest of this manual is intended to guide you through the process of configuring

your system using Setup. While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be

activated by pressing the <Del>key during the POST (Power On Self-Test).If the

message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the

system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the  RESET  button on

the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>,

and <Delete> keys.

CMOS Setup Main Menu

Once you enter the BIOS setup utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen.

The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions . the arrow keys

to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the submenu.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

!""Standard CMOS Features ! Frequency/Voltage Control

!""Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe De faults

!""Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

Integrated Periphera ls Set Super visor Password

!""

!""Power Manageme nt Setup

!""PnP / PCI Configuratio n

!""PC Health Status

Esc : Quit !"#$: Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Abandon all datas



Set User Passoword



Save & Exit Setup



Exit Without Saving

3-1

CMOS Setup Utility

The main menu includes the following main setup categories, which defines basic

information about your system. Below are the keyboard function keys you can use

under the menu.

Menu function keys:

↑↑

↓↓

↑

↓

↑↑

↓↓

F1

F10

ENTER

ESC

←←

←

←←

: To Move around the screen. An item is highlighted if it is selected.

→→

→

→→

: Help.

: Save CMOS Changes & Exit.

: To select or enter a submenu.

: To quit the BIOS Setup Utility.

3-2

CMOS Setup Utility

Standard CMOS Setup

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu are divided in 10 catagories. Each

catalogue includes one or more than one setup items. Use the keys to highlight

the item and then use the / <PgUp> / <PgDn> keys to select the value

you want in each item.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

↑ ↓ ← →

Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy):

Time (hh:mm:ss):

!

IDE Primary Master

!

IDE Primary Slave

!

IDE Secondary Master

!

IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A

Drive B

Video

Halt On

Base Memory

Extended Memory

Total Memory

: M ove E nter: Select F 5 : Previous Values +/-/PU /PD: Value F10: S ave

!"#$

F6: Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Mon, Mar 29 2000

16:19:20 Item Help

Menu Level

Change the day, month, year

and century

1.44M. 3.5in

None

EGA / VGA

All, But Keyboard

640K

65472K

1024K

!

Date & Time

To set the date and time, highlight the date area.Press /<PgUp>/ <PgDn>

↑ ↓ ← →

to set the current date. The date format is month: Jan. ~ Dec; date: 1 ~ 31; year:

1994 ~ 2079; hour: 00 ~ 23; and second: 00 ~ 59.

! Hard Disks → IDE Primary Master
! Hard Disks → IDE Primary Slave
! Hard Disks → IDE Secondary Master
! Hard Disks → IDE Secondary Slave

3-3

CMOS Setup Utility

Access Mode

Choose the access mode for this hard disk.

The optional are: Normal, LBA, Large, Auto (Default).

Capacity

Disk drive capacity (approximated). Note that this size is usually slightly greater

than the size of the formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

The optional are: Auto display your drive size.

Drive A / Drive B

Select the floppy drive type installed in your system. The available options for

Drive A and Drive B.

The optional are: 360K 5.25 in, 1.2M 5.25 in, 720K 3.5 in, 1.44M 3.5 in(Drive A

default), 2.88M 3.5 in and NONE (Drive B default).

Video

Select the video display card type installed in your system.

The optional are: EGA/VGA (Default), CGA 40, CGA 80 and Mono.

Halt On

This item defines the operation of the system POST (Power On Self-Test). You can

use this item to select which kind of errors will cause the system to halt during

POST.

The optional are: All Errors, No Errors, All But Keyboard (Default), All But Diskette

and All But Disk / Key

3-4

Advanced BIOS Features

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Advanced BIOS Features

CMOS Setup Utility

Virus Warning
CPU Internal Cache
External Cache
CPU L2 C ache ECC Checking
Processor Number Feature
Quick Power On Self Test
First Boot Device
Second Boot Devi ce
Third Boot device
Boot other device
Swap Floppy Driv e
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up Numlock Status
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
* Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
* Typematic D elay (Mse c)
Security Option
OS Select For D RAM > 64MB
Video BIOS shadow
C8000-CBFF F shadow
CC000-CFFFF shadow
D0000-D3FFF shadow
D4000-D7FFF shadow
D8000-DBFFF shadow
DC000-DFFFF shadow

!"#$

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Disabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Enabled
Disabled
Floppy
HDD-0
LS/ZIP
Enabled
Disabled
Enabled
On
Normal
Disabled
6
250
Setup
Non-OS2
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled

Menu Level !

Allows you to choose the VIRUS
warning feature for IDE Hard Dis k
boot sector prot ection. I f this
function is enabled and someone
attempt to write data into this area,
BIOS wi ll s how a wa rning mess age
on screen and alarm beep.

Item Help

Virus Warning

If this function enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will

automatically show a warming message on screen and alarm beep.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled (Default)

CPU Internal / External cache

These two items controls Enable / Disable the CPU internal / external cache.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

This item allows you to enable / disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

3-5

CMOS Setup Utility

Processor Number Feature

This item allows you to enable / disable Processor Number.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

Quick Power On Self Test

This item speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the computer.

If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled (Default)

First / Second / Third Boot Device

The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence

selected in these items.

The optional are: Floppy (First Default), HDD-0(Second Default), LS /ZIP

(Third Default), HDD-1/2/3, ZIP 100, SCSI, CDROM, LAN, Disabled.

Boot Other Device

Select your Boot Device Priority.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, choose enable to assign physical drive B to

logical drive A and vice-versa.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled (Default)

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Seeks disk drives during boot up.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

Boot Up NumLock Status

Selects power on state for NumLock.

The optional are: Off, On (Default)

3-6

CMOS Setup Utility

Gate A20 Option

Normal-a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.

Fast- lets chipset control Gate A20.

The optional are: Normal(Default), Fast

Typematic Rate Setting

Keystrokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller, when enabled,

the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you hold the key

down.

The optional are: 6 (Default), 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Select the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the key

strokes.

The optional are: 250 (Default), 750, 1000

Security option

Select whether the password is required every time when you enter setup.

Setup -- The system will boot up.

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

password is not entered at the prompt.

The optional are: Setup (Default), System

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64MB

of RAM on the system.

The optional are: Non-OS/2 (Default), OS/2

3-7

CMOS Setup Utility

Video BIOS Shadow

This item defines if you leave default setting, video BIOS memory will be copied

from ROM into DRAM area to enhance system performance as DRAM access time

is faster than ROM

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFFF Shadow

Set Enabled if you know the address that your add on card ROM used to shadow

them. If the item is Enabled, BIOS will copy the selected area from ROM to RAM

to increase system performance.

The optional are: SDRAM 10ns(De

Turbo

.

fault), SDRAM 8ns, Normal, Medium, Fast,

Advanced Chipset Features

This item allows you to configure the system based on the specific features

of the chipset. This chipset manages bus speed and access to system memory

recources, and external cache. It must be stated that these items should never

need to be altered.The default settings have been chosen because they provide

you the best operating conditions for your system. The only time you might

consider making any changes if you discovered that the datas were being lost

while control your system.

3-8

CMOS Setup Utility

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Advanced Chipset Features

Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing

Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing
Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing
SDRAM Cycle Le ngth

DRAM Clock
Memory Hole

P2C/C2P Concurrency
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM Cacheable

AGP Aperture Size
AGP-4x Mode
AGP Driving Control

* AGP Driving Value
AGP Fast Write
Onchip USB

USB Keyboard Support
USB Mouse Support

Onchip Sound
Onchip Modem
CPU to PCI Write Buffer

PCI Dynamic Bu rsting
PCI Master 0 WS Writ e
PCI Delay Transac tion

PCI#2 Access #1 Retry
AGP Master 1 WS Write

AGP Master 1 WS Read
Memo ry Parity / ECC Check

!"#$

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : F ail-safe defa ults Esc :Exit F1: Gene ral Help F7 : O ptimized D efaults

SDRAM 8/10ns

SDRAM 8/10ns
SDRAM 8/10ns
3

Host CLK
Disabled

Enabled
Disabled
Disabled

64M
Enabled
Auto

DA
Disabled
Enabled

Disabled
Disabled

Auto
Auto
Enabled

Disabled
Enabled
Disabled

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled
Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

!

Bank 0/1 2/3 4/5 DRAM Timing

This item allows you to select the value in this field, depending on whether the

board has paged DRAMs or EDO (extended data output) DRAMs.

The optional are: SDRAM 8/10ns(Default), Normal, Medium, Fast, Turbo

SDRAM Cycle Length

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS

latency depends on the DRAM timing. Do not reset this field from the default

value specified by the system designer.

The optional are: 3(Default), 2

3-9

CMOS Setup Utility

DRAM Clock

This item allows you to control the DRAM speed.

The optional are: Host CLK(Default), Host-33M, Host+33M

Memory Hole

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA cards.

This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB.

The optional are: 15M-16M, Disabled(Default)

P2C/C2P Concurrency

This allows you to enable/disable the PCI to CPU, CPU to PCI concurrency.

The optional are: Enabled(Default), Disabled

System BIOS Cacheabled

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh,

resulting in better system performance. However, if any program writes to this

memory area, a system error may result

.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

Video RAM Cacheabled

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the Video RAM, resulting in better system

performance. However, if any program writes to this memory area, a system error

may result.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

AGP Aperture Size

Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port(AGP) aperture. The aperture is a

portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address

space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any

translation.

The optional are: 128M

, 64M(Default), 32M, 16M, 8M, 4M

3-10

CMOS Setup Utility

AGP - 4X Mode

This item allows you to enable / disable the AGP - 4X mode.

The optional are: Enabled(Default), Disabled

AGP Driving Control

This item allows you to adjust the AGP Driving force. Choose Manual to key in a

AGP driving Value in the next selection. This field is recommended to set in Auto

for avoiding any error in your system.

The optional are: Auto(Default), Manual

AGP Fast Write

This item allows you to enable / disable the AGP Fast Write.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

On Chip USB

This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board and

you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add higher performance control-

ler, you will need to disable this feature.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus Controller and you

have a USB keyboard.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

USB Mouse Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus Controller and you

have a USB Mouse.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

3-11

CMOS Setup Utility

Onchip Sound

This item allows you to control the onboard AC97 audio.

The optional are: Auto (Default), Disabled

Onchip Modem

This item allows you to control the onboard MC97 modem.

The optional are: Auto (Default), Disabled

CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are buffered, to

compensate for the speed difference between the CPU to the PCI bus. When

Disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU must wait until the write is

complete before starting another write cycle.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

PCI Dynamic Bursting

When Enabled, every write transaction goes to the write buffer. Burstable trans-

actions then burst on the PCI bus and nonburstable transactions do not.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

PCI Master 0 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait state.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support delay transactions

cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with PCI specification version 2.1.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

3-12

CMOS Setup Utility

PCI #2 Access #1 Retry

When disabled, PCI#2 will not be disconnected until access finishes (default).

When enable, PCI#2 will be disconnected if max retries are attempted without

success.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

AGP Master1 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to AGP(Accelerated Graphics Port) are executed with one

wait states.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

AGP Master1 WS Read

This item enabled to detect the memory parity and error checking & Correcting.

The optional are: Disabled (Default), Enabled

Memory Parity / ECC Check

E nable adds a parity check to the boot-up memory tests. Select Enabled only if the

system DRAM Contains parity.

The optional are: Disabled(Default), Enabled

3-13

CMOS Setup Utility

Integrated Peripherals

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

OnChip IDE Channel 0
OnChip IDE Channel 1
IDE Prefetch Mode

Primary Ma ster PIO
Primary Slave PIO

Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Primary Master UDMA

Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA

Secondary Slave UDMA
Init Displ ay F irst

IDE HDD Block Mode
Onboard FDD Controller
Onboard Serial Port1

Onboard Serial Port1
UART 2 Mode

* IR function Duplex
* TX, RX inverting enable
Onboard Parallel Port

Onboard Parallel Port M ode
ECP Mode Use DMA

Parallel Port EPP Type
Onboard Legacy Audio

Sound Blaster
SB I/O Base Address
SB IRQ Select

SB DMA Select
MPU-401

MPU-401 I/O Address
Game Port (200-207)

!"#$

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals

Enabled
Enabled
Enabled

Auto
Auto

Auto
Auto
Disabled

Disabled
Disabled

Disabled
PCI Slot

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

Auto
Standard

Half
No, Yes
378/IRQ7

Normal
3

EPP1.9
Enabled

Disabled
220H
IRQ 5

DMA 1
Disabled

330-333H
Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level

!

On-Chip IDE Channel 0 / 1

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select

Enabled to activate the primary IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this

interface.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

IDE Prefetch Mode

The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching for faster drive accesses.

If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to

Disabled if the interface does not support prefetching.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

3-14

CMOS Setup Utility

Primary / Secondary Master / Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let 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 optional are: Auto (Default), Mode 0, Mode 1, Mode 2, Mode3, Mode 4

Primary / Secondary Master / Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/66 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it

and the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 98 OSR2 or a

third-party IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both

support Ultra DMA/66, select Auto to enable BIOS support.

The optional are: Auto, Disabled(Default)

Init Display First

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot of VGA card or AGP first.

The optional are: PCI Slot (Default), AGP

IDE HDD Block Mode

Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector

read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select

Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read/writes per-

sector the drive can support.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

Onboard FDD Controller

Select Enabled if your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on the

system board and you want to use it. If you install add-in FDC or the system has no

floppy drive, select Disabled in this field.

The optional are: Enabled (Default), Disabled

3-15

CMOS Setup Utility

Onboard Serial Port 1/2

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second serial ports.

The optional are: Auto (Port 1 & Port 2 Default), Disabled, 3F8 / IRQ4, 2F8 /

IRQ3, 3E8 / IRQ4, 2E8 / IRQ3

UART 2 Mode

This item allows you to select which mode for the Onboard Serial Port 2

The optional are: Standard (Default), HPSIR, ASKIR

IR Function Duplex

This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function.

The optional are: Half (Default), Full

TX, RX

This item allow you to enable the TX, RX inverting which depends on different

H/W requirement. This field is not recommended to change its default setting for

avoiding any error in your system

The optional are: No & No, No & Yes(Default), Yes & No, Yes &Yes.

inverting enable

.

Onboard Parallel Port

Select a logical LPT port address and corresponding interrupt for the physical

parallel port.

The optional are: 378/IRQ7(Default), 278/IRQ5, 3BC/IRQ7, Disabled

Onboard Parallel Mode

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port. Select Normal,
Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your hardware and software both support

one of the other available modes.

The optional are: Normal (Default), EPP, ECP, ECP/EPP

3-16

CMOS Setup Utility

ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.

The optional are: 3 (Default), 1

EPP Parallel Port EPP Type

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

The optional are: EPP 1.9(Default), EPP 1.7

Onboard Legacy Audio

This field controls the onboard legacy audio.

# Sound Blaster : Disabled(Default)

# SB I/O Base Address : 220H(Default)

# SB IRQ Select : IRQ 5(Default)

# SB DMA Select : DMA 1(Default)

# MPU-401 : Disabled(Default)

# MPU-401 I/O Address : 330-333H(Default)

# Game Port (200-207H) : Enabled(Default)

3-17

CMOS Setup Utility

Power Management Setup

The Power Management Setup allows you to configure your system effectively save

energy while operating in a manner consistent with your own style of computer use.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Power Management Setup

ACPI function

%

Power Management
PM Control by APM
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
MODEM Use IRQ
Soft-Off b y PWR-BTTN

%

Wake up event

!"#$

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Enabled
Press Enter
Ye s
Suspen

&

Off
V/H SYNC+ Blank
3
Instant-Off
Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level

!

ACPI Function

This item allows you to enable/disable the Advanced Configuration and Power

Management (ACPI).

The optional are: Enabled(Default), Disabled

Power Management

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Power Management

Power Management

HDD Power Down

Doze Mode

Suspend Mode

User Define

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

!

3-18

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

!"#$

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

CMOS Setup Utility

This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is

directly related to the following modes:

1. HDD Power Down

2. Doze Mode

3. Suspend Mode

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 optional are: Disable (Default), 1 Min--15 Min

Doze Mode

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

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

The optional are: Disable(Default), 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 6Min, 8Min, 10Min,

20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour

Suspend Mode

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

will be shut off.

The optional are: Disable(Default), 1Min, 2Min, 4Min, 6Min, 8Min, 10Min,

20Min, 30Min, 40Min, 1Hour

There are four selections for Power Management, three of which have fixed mode

settings.

Minimum power management. Doze Mode = 1 hr. Standby

Min. Power Saving

Max. Power Saving

User Defined

Mode = 1 hr., Suspend Mode = 1 hr., and HDD Power Down

= 15 min.

Maximum power management ONLY AVAILABLE FOR SL

CPU'S. Doze Mode = 1 min., Standby Mode = 1 min.,

Suspend Mode = 1 min., and HDD Power Down = 1 min.

Allows you to set each mode individually. When not disabled,

each of the ranges are from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD

Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min. and disable.

3-19

CMOS Setup Utility

PM Control by APM

When enabled, an Advanced Power Management device will be activated to

enhance the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance

Power Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes gives better

power savings.

The optional are: No, Yes(Default)

Video Off Option

When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving

mode.

Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.

Off

&

Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend
mode.

Monitor blanked when the system enters any power

Off

saving mode.

&&

&off (Default), All Modes &Off

&&

Suspend

All Modes

'&

The optional are: Always On, Suspend

Video Off Method

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

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

V/H SYNC+Blank

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS Support

horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video
buffer.

Select this option if your monitor supports the Display Power
Management Signaling (DPMS) standard of the Video
Electronics Standards to select video power management values.

The optional are: V/H SYNC + Blank (Default), Blank Screen, DPMS Support

3-20

CMOS Setup Utility

MODEM User IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.

The optional are: NA, 3(Default), 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11

Soft-Off by PWRBTN

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to enter the

Soft-Off state when the system has hung..

The optional are: Delay 4 sec, Instant-Off (Default)

Wake Up Events(PM events)

PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a

power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the

system remains alert for anything which occurs to a device which is configured as

On, even when the system is in a power down mode.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Wake Up Events

VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
PCI M aster
Wake Up on LAN
Modem Ring Resume
RTC Alarm Resume
* Date (Of Month)
* Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)
Primary INTR
IRQs Activity Monito ring

Off
LPT/COM
On
Off
Disabled
Disabled
Disabled
0
0 4 11
On
Press Enter

Item Help

Menu Level !

!"#$

: M ove Enter: Select F5 : P revious Va lues + /-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fa il-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: G eneral Help F7 : O ptimized Defaults

VGA

When On, you can set the VGA awakens the system.

The optional are: Off (Default), On

LPT & COM

When On of LPT & COM, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral

devices or IRQs wakes up the system.

The optional are: NONE, LPT, COM, LPT/COM (Default)

3-21

CMOS Setup Utility

HDD & FDD

When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral

devices wakes up the system.

The optional are: On(Default), Off

PCI Master

When On of PCI Master, any activity from one of the listed system peripheral

devices wakes up the system.

The optional are: Off(Default), On

Wake Up on LAN

The item lets you select Wake Up on LAN.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

Modem Ring Resume

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming

call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off state.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

RTC Alarm Resume

When Enabled, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock)

alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

Primary INTR

This item lets you on / off primary INTR.

The optional are: On(Default), Off

3-22

CMOS Setup Utility

IRQs Activity Monitoring

The following is a list of IRQs, interrupt ReQuests, which can be exempted much as

the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When an I/O device wants to gain the

attention of the operating system, it signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When

the operating system is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and per-

forms the service.

When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power

management mode nor awaken it.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

IRQs Activity Monitoring

IRQ3 (COM2)

IRQ4 (COM1)

IRQ5 (LPT 2)

IRQ6 (Floppy disk)

IRQ7 (LPT 1)

IRQ8 (RTC Alarm)

IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)

IRQ10 (Reserved)
IRQ11 (Reserved)

IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse)

IRQ13 (Coprocessor)

IRQ14 (Hard Disk)

IRQ15 (Reserved)

!"#$

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

Disabled

Disabled

Disabled
Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Item Help

Menu Level

!

3-23

CMOS Setup Utility

PnP / PCI Configurations

This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI- Peripheral

Component Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at

speeds nearing the speed of CPU itself using when communicates 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.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

PnP / PCI Configuration

PNP OS Installed

Reset Configuration Data

Recources Controlled By

* IRQ Recources

* DM A Recources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Assign IRQ For VGA

Assign IRQ For USB

No

Disabled

Auto(ESCD)

Press Enter

Press Enter

Disabled

Enabled

Enabled

Item Help

Menu Level

Select Yes if you are using a

Plug and Play capable

operating system. Select No

if you need the BIOS to

configure non-boot devices

!

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

!"#$

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1 : General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

PNP OS Installed

This item allows you to determine PnP OS is installed or not.

The optional: Yes, No (Default)

Reset Configuration Data

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended System

Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have installed a new add-on

and the system reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating

system cannot boot.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

3-24

CMOS Setup Utility

Resources 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 Windows98.

The optional are: Auto(ESCD) (Default), Manual

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Leave this field at Disabled.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

Assign IRQ For VGA & USB

Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for VGA & USB.

The optional are: Enabled(Default), Disabled

3-25

CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

This section helps you to get more information about your system including

CPU temperature, FAN speed and voltages. It is recommended that you

contact with your motherboard supplier to get proper value about your

setting of the CPU temperature.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

PC Health Status

Current CPU Temp.
Current System Temp.
Current CPUFAN1 Speed
Current CPUFAN2 Speed
Vcore

2.5V

3.3V
5V
12V

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

!"#$

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Current CPU Temp.

Show you the current CPU temperature.

Current System Temp.

Show you the current system temperature.

Current CPU FAN1 Speed

Show you the current CPUFAN 1 speed.

Current CPU FAN2 Speed

Show you the current CPUFAN2 speed.

Item Help

Menu Level

!

Vcore

Show you the current system voltage.

3-26

Frequency / Voltage Control

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Frequency / Voltage Control

CMOS Setup Utility

Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk
Spread Spectrum.
CPU Host Clock (CPU / PCI)

: Move Enter: Select F5 : Previous Values +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save

!"#$

F6 : Fail-safe defaults Esc:Exit F1: General Help F7 : Optimized Defaults

Enabled
Disabled
Default

Menu Level

Item Help

!

Auto Detect DIMM / PCI Clk

To reduce the occurrence of electromagnetic interference (EMI), the BIOS detects

the presence or absence of components in DIMM and PCI slots and turns off

system clock generator pulses to empty slots.

The optional are: Enabled(Default), Disabled

Spread Spectrum

when the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the pulse generate

excess EMI. Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation changes the extreme

values from spikes to flat curves, thus reducing EMI. This benefit may in some

cases be out weighedby problemswith timing-critical devices, such as a clock-

sensitive SCSI device.

The optional are: Enabled, Disabled(Default)

CPU Host Clock (CPU/PCI)

Setup CPU Host Clock (CPU / PCI).

The optional are: Default(Default), 66/33, 75/37, 83/41, 100/33, 103/34, 112/37,

124/41, 133/33, 140/35, 150/37

3-27

CMOS Setup Utility

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This option allows you load Fail-Safe Defaults settings. To load setup default,

press <Y> key to confirm the operation when you see the below display.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

!""

Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults

!""

Advanced Chipset Features Load Optimized Defaults

!""

Integrated Peripherals

!""

Load Fail - Safe Defaults (Y / N)? N

Power Management Setup

!""

PnP / PCI Configuration

!""

PC Health Status

!""

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Abandon all datas

Frequency / Voltage Control

!""

Set Supervisor Passord

Set User Passoword

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

: Select Item

!"#$

Load Optimized Defaults

This option allows you load Optimized Defaults settings to optimize your

system. To load optimized default, press <Y> key to confirm the operation

when you see the below display.

CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1984-2000 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features

!""

Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail-Safe Defaults

!""

Advanced Chipset Fea tures Load Optimized Defaults

!""

Integrated Peripherals

!""

Load Optimized Defaults (Y / N)?

Power Ma nagement Setup

!""

PnP / PCI Configuration Save & Exit Setup

!""

PC Health Status Exit Without Saving

!""

Esc : Quit

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Abandon all datas

Frequency / Vol tage Contr ol

!""

Set Supervisor Passord

Set User Passoword

: Select Item

!"#$

3-28

CMOS Setup Utility

Set Supervisor / User Password

Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password, the

system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to setup. The main

difference between Supervisor Password and User Password is the privilege.

Because Supervisor Password allows you to modify all CMOS setup but User

password only some of them.

Their steps all as follows:

1. Highlight the item Set Supervisor Password / Set User Password on the main

menu and press ENTER.

2. The password dialog box will appear.

3. If you are installing a new password, carefully type in the password. Press

ENTER after you have typed in the password. If you are deleting a password

that is already installed just press ENTER when the password dialog box

appears.

4. The system will ask you to confirm the new password by asking you to type

it in a second time. Carefully type the password again and press ENTER, or

just press ENTER if you are deleting a password that is already installed.

5. If you typed the password correctly, the password will be installed.

[NOTE]

If you forget your password, or you want to cancel your password, you can do the
steps as the following:

(1) Password forgotten:

i. Turn off the system.
ii. Short JP4 at Pin 2-3 for a few seconds to clear CMOS.
iii. Set the JP4 back to Pin 1-2.
iv . Power on the system.

(2) Clear Password:

Clear your password by key in the password you installed
before, then go to password setting to press ENTER twice.

3-29

CMOS Setup Utility

Save & Exit Setup

Highlight this item and press ENTER to save the changes that you have

made in the setup utility and exit the setup program. When the Save and Exit

dialog box appears, press <Y> to save and exit, or press <N> to return to the

setup main menu.

Exit Without Saving

Use this option to exit setup utility without saving the CMOS value changes.

3-30

CMOS Setup Utility

How to Update YHow to Update Y

How to Update Y

How to Update YHow to Update Y

1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMAT A:/S] from the DOS

prompt without creating

2. Copy AWDFLASH.EXE to the just created boot disk.

3. Download an updated EUPA BIOS file from the Internet and save to the disk

you created earlier.(EUPA web site:

4. Boot from the disk you created earlier.

5. At the "A:\" prompt, type AWDFLASH and then press <Enter>. The screen

will displays the following window:

our Motherboard’our Motherboard’

our Motherboard’

our Motherboard’our Motherboard’

"AUTOEXEC.BAT" and "CONFIG.SYS" files.

www.eupacomputer.com)

s BIOS?s BIOS?

s BIOS?

s BIOS?s BIOS?

6. Type the new BIOS filename and the path, for example, A:\VXA.BIN and

then press <Enter>. Then prompt: Do you want to save BIOS?(Y/N) Press

<Y> to save current BIOS to file.Type the file name to save, then press

<Enter>.Prompt: Now backup system BIOS TO file!

3-31

CMOS Setup Utility

7. After the backup,prompt: Are you sure to program?(Y/N) Press <Y> to start

to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. When the pro-

gramming is finished.You may press <F1> to reset the PC or <F10> to Exit

the AWDFLASH.

WARNING!!!

If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS, DO NOT turn off

your system since this might prevent your system from booting up. Just repeat

the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS file you

saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to

successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to

boot up. If this happens, your system will need service.

NOTE!!!

The previous screen displays are provided as example only and may not

reflect the screen contents displayed on your system.

3-32

Chapter 4 Software Utility

The support software for this motherboard is supplied in a CD. All the support pro-

grams are stored in separate folders, so you can find the program you need easily

enough. We recomend you to choose the program which you need most, it will assist

your computer system to high performance.

wwwwww

Note: For update driver, please visit EUPA web site:

Installing InterfaceInstalling Interface

Installing Interface

Installing InterfaceInstalling Interface

After you insert CD driver, it runs automaticly and appear the interface as below:

.eupacomputer.eupacomputer

www

.eupacomputer

wwwwww

.eupacomputer.eupacomputer

.com.com

.com.

.com.com

4-1

Software Utility

Installing Driver Location:

To using software, youd better find chipset driver location: IDE / VIA, then install

contents step by step.

VXZA integrates AC97 audio system, providing perfect audio quality to users.

(AC97 system is the very popular with audio system in the world. According to the

most of users requirement, we design the function in the motherboard to increase

system practicability.)

Also the product integrates audio codec function as well, to use the function, we

provides its location: 

\audio\via161\audio\via161

\audio\via161

\audio\via161\audio\via161

1\setup.exe1\setup.exe

1\setup.exe

1\setup.exe1\setup.exe

Installing ADOBE Acrobat Read Driver

Insert CD Driver to the CD-ROM, driver runs by itself, and appear the following

interface, please refer to the procedure, then finish installing.

4-2

Software Utility

4-3

This Page Is Left For Note