Gigabyte 6VXE User Manual

R-40-01-090812

6VXE

USER'S MANUAL

1. System power on by PS/2 Mouse: First, enable this function
in CMOS Setup, then you can power on the system by
double clicking the right or left button of your PS/2 Mouse.

2. System power on by Keyboard: If your ATX power supply
supports larger than 300 mA 5V Stand-By current (depends
on the specification of keyboards), you can power on your
system by entering password from the keyboard after
setting the “Keyboard power on” password in CMOS Setup.

3. Supports 3 steps ACPI LED.

4. Modem Ring-On. (COM A , B).

5. Wake-Up on LAN. (The ATX power supply supports larger
than 720 mA 5V Stand-By current)

For Intel Pentium II / III / CeleronTM Processor MAINBOARD

REV. 4.0First Edition

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The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions which may
appear in this document nor does it make a commitment to update the
information contained herein.

Third-party brands and names are the property of their respective owners.
Sound Blaster is a registered trademark of Creative Technology Ltd in the

United States and certain other countries. Sound Blaster-LINK and SB-LINK
are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd.

August 12, 1999 Taipei, Taiwan

Quick Installation Guide

2

I. Quick Installation Guide :
CPU SPEED SETUP

The system bus speed is selectable between 66 / 100 / 133MHz. The user can
select the system bus speed (SW1) and change the DIP SWITCH (SW2)
selection to set up the CPU speed for 233 - 650MHz processor.

Set System Bus Speed
SW1:

CPU JP15 1 2 3 4

66 ON ON OFF OFF ON
75 ON ON ON OFF ON

83 ON ON OFF ON ON
100 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF
112 ON OFF ON OFF OFF
124 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF
133 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF
140 OFF OFF ON ON OFF
150 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF

The CPU speed MUST match with the frequency RATIO. It will cause
system hanging up if the frequency RATIO is higher than that of CPU.
SW2:

DIP SWITCH

FREQ. RATIO

1 2 3 4

X 3

ON OFF ON ON

X 3.5

OFF OFF ON ON

X 4

ON ON OFF ON

X 4.5

OFF ON OFF ON

X 5

ON OFF OFF ON

X 5.5

OFF OFF OFF ON

X 6

ON ON ON OFF

X 6.5

OFF ON ON OFF

X 7

ON OFF ON OFF

X 7.5

OFF OFF ON OFF

X 8

ON ON OFF OFF

X 8.5

OFF ON OFF OFF

X 9

ON OFF OFF OFF

X 9.5

OFF OFF OFF OFF

6VXE

3

F

For 133MHz Jumper Setting:

CPU

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

6VXE

1

Pin No. Function
1-2 short For 100 MHz
2-3 short

Auto Frequency

1-2-3 open For 133 MHz

JP12

CPU JP15
66 ON
100 ON
133 OFF

JP15

«

Note: We don’ t recommend you to set up your system speed to 75, 83,

112, 124, 140, 150 MHz because these frequencies are not the
standard specifications for CPU, Chipset and most of the
peripherals. Whether your system can run under 75, 83, 112, 124,
140, 150 MHz properly will depend on your hardware
configurations: CPU, SDRAM, Cards, etc.

+ The black part in the picture is the white extruding piece of the
DIP switch.

1. Pentium II /Celeron 233 / 66 MHz FSB

CPU

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

6VXE

ON

OFF

SW 2

1234

ON

OFF

SW 1

1234

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2. Pentium II /Celeron 266 / 66 MHz FSB

3. Pentium II /Celeron 300/Celeron 300A / 66 MHz FSB

4. Pentium II /Celeron 333 / 66 MHz FSB

5. Pentium II /Celeron 366 / 66MHz FSB

6. Pentium II /Celeron 400 / 66MHz FSB

7. Pentium II /Celeron 433 / 66MHz FSB

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

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8. Pentium II 350 / 100 MHz FSB

9. Pentium II 400 / 100 MHz FSB

10. Pentium III 450 / 100 MHz FSB

11. Pentium III 500 / 100 MHz FSB

12. Pentium III 550 / 100 MHz FSB

13. Pentium III 600 / 100 MHz FSB

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

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14. Pentium III 650 / 100 MHz FSB

II. Jumper setting :

SPK : Speaker Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

+

1

1

+

Pin No. Function

1 VCC
2 NC
3 NC
4 Data

SW2

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

SW1

ON

4 3 2 1

OFF

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RST : Reset Switch

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

Pin No Function

Open Normal

Operation

Close For Hardware

Reset System

PW LED : Power LED Connector (As 3 steps ACPI LED)

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

1

Pin No.

Function
1 LED anode(+)
2

LED cathode(-)

3

LED cathode(-)

Quick Installation Guide

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HD : IDE Hard Disk Active LED

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

1

Pin No.

Function
1 LED anode(+)
2 LED cathode(-)
3

LED cathode(-)

4 LED anode(+)

IR : Infrared Connector (Optional)

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

Pin No. Function

1 IR Data output
2 GND
3 IR Data input
4 NC
5 POWER(+)

6VXE

9

GN : Green Function Switch

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

Pin No. Function

Open Normal

Operation

Close Entering

Green Mode.

GD : Green LED

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

1

Pin No.

Function
1 LED(+)
2

LED(−)

Quick Installation Guide

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Soft POWER : Soft Power Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

Pin No. Function

Open Normal Operation
Close Power On/Off

1

1

POWER1 : Power Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

Pin No. Function
3,5,7,13,
15-17

GND

1,2,11 3.3V
4,6,19,20 VCC
10 +12V
12 -12V
18 -5V
8 Power Good
9 5V SB stand by+5V
14 PS-ON(Soft On/Off)

1

11

6VXE

11

PS/2 Mouse / Keyboard Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PS/2 Mouse/ Keyboard
Pin No. Function
1 Data
2 NC
3 GND
4 VCC(+5V)
5 Clock
6 NC

PS/2 Keyboard

PS/2 Mouse

CPU FAN : CPU Cooling Fan Power Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No.

Function

1 GND
2 +12V
3 SENSE

1

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Power FAN : Power Fan Power Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No.

Function

1 GND
2 +12V
3 SENSE

1

System FAN : System Fan Power Connector

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No. Function

1 GND
2 +12V
3 SENSE

1

6VXE

13

IDE1: For Primary IDE port

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

IDE2: For Secondary IDE port

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

Quick Installation Guide

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FLOPPY : FLOPPY PORT

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

LPT PORT / COM A / COM B

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

COM A COM B

LPT PORT

6VXE

15

JP1 : Keyboard Power On Selection

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No.

Function

1-2

close

Keyboard Power on
Enabled

2-3

close

Keyboard Power on
Disabled (Default)

1 2 3

USB : USB Port

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No.

Function
1 USB V0
2 USB D0­3 USB D0+
4 GND
5 USB V1
6 USB D1­7 USB D1+
8 GND

Quick Installation Guide

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J15: System After AC Back

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

1

Pin No.

Function
1 Signal
2 GND

Open: Soft Off
Close: Full On

JP7: Wake On LAN

CPU

6VXE

JP7

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No. Function

1 +5V SB
2 GND
3 Signal

3

2

1

6VXE

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JP8:SB-LINK Creative PCI Sound Card Support

CPU

6VXE

JP8

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No. Function

1 Signal
2 GND
3 NC
4 Signal
5 GND
6 Signal

1

JP10 : System Acceleration

CPU

6VXE

BAT1

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

Pin Function

1-2

close

Turbo (for 100MHz Turbo and
other frequencies)

2-3

close

100MHz Normal(Default)

1

Quick Installation Guide

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JP11:CLEAR CMOS FUNCTION

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No. Function

1-2 close Clear CMOS
2-3 close Normal (Default)

3

2

1

Internal Ring Power On FUNCTION

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No.

Function

1 +5V SB
2 GND

1

6VXE

19

JP13/ JP14 : Close for Voodoo III

CPU

6VXE

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

PIN No. Function
Open Normal (Default)
Short Close for Voodoo III

VGA Card

JP13
JP14

Open

Short

BAT1 :BATTERY

CPU

6VXE

BAT1

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

+

MDanger of explosion if battery is

incorrectly replaced.

M

Replace only with the same or

equivalent type recommended by the
manufacturer.
MDispose of used batteries according

to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Quick Installation Guide

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III. Top Performance Test Setting:

The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular
benchmark testing programs.

Users have to modify the value for each item in chipset features as follow
for top performance setting.

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These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for
different testing data values gotten by users. (Different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

• CPU

Pentium III processor

• DRAM 128MB SDRAM (Winbond 902WB W986408BH-8H)

• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU

• DISPLAY GA-630 (16MB SGRAM)

• STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DJNA-371800)

• O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0

• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz.

VIA Bus Master IDE Driver 4.00

Intel Pentium III

Processor

500MHz(100x5)

Winbench99(Ver 1.1)

CPU mark99

37.2

FPU Winmark

2560

Business Disk 5660

Hi-End Disk

12800

Business Graphics 58.5

Hi-End Graphics 79.5

Winstone99

Business

26.3

Hi-End

24.1

Table of Contents

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE ......................................................................................................1-1

1.2. KEY FEATHERS............................................................................................1-1

1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST..................................................................................1-2

1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM.........................................................................................1-3

1.5. INTRODUCE THE PENTIUM II/ III PROCESSORS .................................1-4

1.6. WHAT IS AGP?..............................................................................................1-5

2. SPECIFICATION

2.1. HARDWARE..................................................................................................2-1

2.2. SOFTWARE...................................................................................................2-2

2.3. ENVIRONMENT ............................................................................................2-2

3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

3.1. UNPACKING.................................................................................................. 3-1

3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT .................................................................................3-2

3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS..........................3-2

3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION .................................................................................3-6

3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.....................................................................................3-6

3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.........................................................3-7

3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION..................................................3-8

3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................3-8

3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION............................................. 3-8

3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION......................................................3-8

3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION....................................................3-8

3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...........................................3-8

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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION

4.1. ENTERING SETUP....................................................................................... 4-1

4.2. CONTROL KEYS........................................................................................... 4-2

4.3. GETTING HELP.............................................................................................4-3

4.3.1. Main Menu .....................................................................................4-3

4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu.......................4-3

4.4. THE MAIN MENU.......................................................................................... 4-3

4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU..............................................................4-5

4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP............................................................................. 4-9

4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP......................................................................4-14

4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP................................................................. 4-17

4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................4-21

4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS .............................................................................4-23

4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS .........................................................4-24

4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ................................................................... 4-25

4.13. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD ...........................................................4-30

4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION.....................................................................4-31

4.15. SAVE & EXIT SETUP..................................................................................4-32

4.16. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING............................................................................4-33

APPENDIX A: VIA Chipset Driver installation ................................. A-1

Introduction

1-1

1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. PREFACE

Welcome to use the 6VXE motherboard. It is a Pentium II / III Celeron
Processor based PC / AT compatible system with AGP / PCI / ISA Bus, and
has been designed to be the fastest PC / AT system. There are some new
features allow you to operate the system with just the performance you want.

This manual also explains how to install the motherboard for operation, and
how to set up your CMOS CONFIGURATION with BIOS SETUP program.

1.2. KEY FEATURES

q Intel Pentium



II / III / Celeron Processor based PC / AT compatible main

board.

q Slot 1 supports Pentium



II / III / Celeron processor running at 233-650

MHz.

q VIA Apollo chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA/33 IDE /

Keyboard and PS/2 Mouse Power On / ACPI features.

q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM / EDO DIMM module.
q Supports EDO 16MB ~ 384 MB, SDRAM 16MB ~ 768MB (128Mb DRAM

technology) memory on board.

q Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM module.
q 1xAGP slot, 5xPCI Bus slots, 2xISA Bus slots.
q Supports 2 channels Ultra DMA/33 IDE ports for 4 IDE Devices.
q Supports 2xCOM (16550), 1xLPT (EPP / ECP), 1x1.44MB Floppy port.
q Supports 2xUSB ports, 1xPS/2 Mouse & 1xPS/2 Keyboard.
q Licensed AWARD BIOS, 2M bits FLASH RAM.
q 30.5 cm x 18 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.

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1.3. PERFORMANCE LIST

The following performance data list is the testing results of some popular
benchmark testing programs.

These data are just referred by users, and there is no responsibility for
different testing data values gotten by users. (Different Hardware & Software
configuration will result in different benchmark testing results.)

• CPU

Pentium III processor

• DRAM 128MB SDRAM (Winbond 902WB W986408BH-8H)

• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU

• DISPLAY GA-630 (16MB SGRAM)

• STORAGE

Onboard IDE (IBM DJNA-371800)

• O.S. Windows NT™ 4.0

• DRIVER Display Driver at 1024 x 768 x 64K colors x 75Hz.

VIA Bus Master IDE Driver 4.00

Intel Pentium III

Processor

500MHz(100x5)

Winbench99(Ver 1.1)

CPU mark99

37.2

FPU Winmark

2560

Business Disk 5660

Hi-End Disk

12800

Business Graphics 58.5

Hi-End Graphics 79.5

Winstone99

Business

26.3

Hi-End

24.1

Introduction

1-3

3.3V SDRAM

DIMM Sockets

Floppy Port

1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM

14.318MHz

33 MHz

33MHz

Ultra

DMA/33/66

IDE Ports

IDE Bus

PCI Bus

ISA Bus

AGP Bus

LPT Port

Keyboard

COM Ports

PS/2 Mouse

USB Bus

14.318MHz

48MHz

14.318MHz

I/O

CHIPSET

ITE 8671

AGP

Host Bus

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

ICS 9148-26

SLOT 1

66MHz

66 /

100 MHz

66 /

100 MHz

33 MHz

66 /

100 MHz

24MHz

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1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium II / III Processors

Figure 1: Universal Retention Mechanism & attach Mount

Figure 2:OEM Pentium II Processor

Introduction

1-5

Figure 3: OEM Pentium III Processor

1.6 What is AGP

?

The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) is a new port on the Host-To-PCI bridge
device that supports an AGP port. The main purpose of the AGP port is to
provide fast access to system memory.

The AGP port can be used either as fast PCI port (32-bits at 66MHz vs.32-Bits
at 33MHz) or as an AGP port which supports 2x data-rate, a read queue, and
side band addressing. When the 2x-data rate is used the port can transmit
data at 533MB/sec (66.6*2*4). The read-queue can be used to pipeline reads
– removing the effects of the reads-latency. Side band addressing can be
used to transmit the data address on a separate line in order to speed up the
transaction.

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2. SPECIFICATION

2.1. HARDWARE

• CPU

− Pentium



II / III /Celeron processor 233 – 650 MHz.

− 242 pins 66 / 100MHz slot1 on board.

• SPEED

− 66/100/133 MHz system speed.

− 66 MHz AGP bus speed. (2X mode 133MHz)

− 33 MHz PCI-Bus speed.

− 8 MHz AT bus speed.

• DRAM MEMORY

− 3 banks 168 pins DIMM module sockets on board.

− Use 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 MB DIMM module

DRAM.(128Mb DRAM technology)

− Supports EDO 16MB ~ 384 MB,

SDRAM 16MB~768MB.
(128Mb DRAM technology)

− Supports 3.3V SDRAM / EDO type DRAM.

− Supports ECC or Non-ECC type DRAM.

• CACHE MEMORY

− 32 KB L1 cache memory included in CPU.

− 256KB / 512 KB L2 cache memory included in CPU.

− Supports DIB speed mode for L2 Cache.

• I/O BUS SLOTS

− 5 33MHz Master / Slave PCI-BUS.

− 2 8MHz 16 bits ISA BUS.

− 1 66MHz / 133MHz AGP bus.

• IDE PORTS

− 2 Ultra DMA/33/66 Bus Master IDE channels

onboard. (Using IRQ14,15)

− Support Mode 3,4 IDE & ATAPI CD – ROM.

• I/O PORTS

− Supports 2 16550 COM ports.

− Supports 1 EPP/ECP LPT port.

− Supports 1 1.44 / 2.88 MB Floppy port.

− Supports 2 USB ports.

− Supports PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard.

Specification

2-2

• GREEN FUNCTION

− Suspend mode support.

− Green switch & ACPI LED support.

− IDE & Display power down support.

− Monitor all IRQ / DMA / Display / I/O events.

• BIOS

− 2M bits FLASH RAM.

− Supports Plug & Play, DMI Function.

• DIMENSION

− ATX Form Factor, 4 layers PCB.

2.2. SOFTWARE

• DRIVER − TUCD (Bus Master + AGP Driver + Utilities)

• BIOS − Licensed AWARD BIOS.

− AT CMOS Setup, BIOS / Chipset Setup, Green

Setup, Hard Disk Utility included.

• O.S.

− Operation with MS-DOS



, Windows95,

Windows98,WINDOWS NT™, OS/2, NOVELL and
SCO UNIX.

2.3. ENVIRONMENT

• Ambient Temp.

− 0°C to +50°C (Operating).

• Relative Hum. − 0 to +85% (Operating).

• Altitude − 0 to 10,000 feet (Operating).

• Vibration − 0 to 1,000 Hz.

• Electricity − 4.9 V to 5.2 V. (Max. 20A current at 5V.)

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3. HARDWARE INSTALLATION

3.1. UNPACKING

The main board package should contain the following:

• The 6VXE main board.

• The Retention Mechanism & Attach Mount

• USER’ S MANUAL for main board.

• Cable set for IDE, Floppy devices.

• Diskette or CD for main board Utility.(Bus Master + AGP Driver + Utilities)

The main board contains sensitive electric components, which can be easily
damaged by static electricity, so the main board should be left in its original
packing until it is installed.

Unpacking and installation should be done on a grounded anti-static mat. The
operator should be wearing an anti static wristband, grounded at the same
point as the anti-static mat.

Inspect the main board carton for obvious damage. Shipping and handling
may cause damage to your board. Be sure there are no shipping and handling
damages on the board before proceeding.

After opening the main board carton, extract the system board and place it
only on a grounded anti-static surface component side up. Again inspect the
board for damage. Press down on all of the socket IC's to make sure that they
are properly seated. Do this only on with the board placed on a firm flat
surface.

M

DO NOT APPLY POWER TO THE BOARD IF IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED.

Hardware Installation

3-2

3.2. MAINBOARD LAYOUT

CPU

VIA

82C693

VIA

82C596B

J15

SW 2

BIOS

6VXE

SLOT1

SLOT2

SLOT3

SLOT4

PCI 1PCI 2PCI 3PCI 4

AGP

DIMM 1

DIMM 3

DIMM 2

BANK 0
BANK 1
BANK 2

IDE 2

IDE 1

FLOPPY

COM A COM B

LPT

USB

PS/2

ATX Power

JP1

SW 1

CPU FAN

JP7

JP8

BAT1

JP9

SPK RST1PWR

11 1 1 1 1 1

HD IR GN

SOFT
PWR

GD

JP10

PWR FAN

SYS FAN

RING PWR ON

Clear CMOS

PCI 5

JP12

JP13
JP14

JP15

×Figure 3.1Ø

3.3. QUICK REFERENCE FOR JUMPERS & CONNECTORS

t I/O Ports Connector

USB USB port.
IDE 1 For Primary IDE port.
IDE 2 For Secondary IDE port.

PS/2 For PS/2 Keyboard port.

PS/2 For PS/2 Mouse port.

Floppy For Floppy port
COM B For Serial port2 (COM B).[Support External Modem ring on.]
COM A For Serial port1 (COM A).[Support External Modem ring on.]

LPT For LPT port.
ATX

Power

For ATX Power connector.

t Slot 1

For Pentium II / III / Celeron Processor installed

6VXE

3-3

t CPU FAN : CPU cooling FAN Power Connector

Pin No. Function

1 GND.
2 +12V
3 SENSE

t Power FAN : Power FAN Power Connector

Pin No. Function

1 GND.
2 +12V
3 SENSE

t System FAN : System FAN Power Connector

Pin No. Function

1 GND.
2 +12V
3 SENSE

t J15 : System After Ac Back

Open Soft Off
Close Full On

t JP1 : Keyboard Power On Selection

Pin No. Function

1-2 Enabled Keyboard power on.
2-3 Disabled Keyboard power on (Default).

t JP10 : System Acceleration

1-2 close For 100MHz Turbo and other frequencies
2-3 close For 100MHz Normal (Default)

t JP7 : Wake on LAN Connector

Pin No. Function

1 +5VSB
2 GND
3 Signal

t CLEAR CMOS Function

Pin No. Function

1-2 close CLEAR CMOS Function
2-3 close Normal Operation.(Default)

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t Ring Power on

Pin No. Function

1 +5VSB
2 GND

t JP8 : For PCI Sound Card Connector

Pin No. Function

1 Signal
2 GND
3 NC
4 Signal
5 GND
6 Signal

t IR: INFRARED Connector (OPTIONAL)

Pin No. Function

1 IR DATA OUTPUT
2 GND
3 IR DATA INPUT
4 NC
5

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t JP13/JP14:Close for Voodoo III

Pin No. Function

Open Normal (Default)
Close Close for Voodoo III VGA Card.

JP9 : 2*11PIN Jumper

JP9

PWR

P+P−P−HD

RES

SPKR

GN

GD

1

1

1

1

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PWR: Soft Power Connector

Open: Normal Operation
Short: Power On/Off

RES: Reset Switch

Open: Normal Operation
Short: For Hardware Reset System

P+P−P−: Power LED

PIN 1 : anode (+)
PIN 2 : cathode (−)
PIN 3 : cathode (−)

SPKR: Speaker Connector

PIN 1 : VCC (+)
PIN 2 : NC
PIN 3 : NC

PIN 4 : Data (−)

HD: IDE Hard Disk Active LED

PIN 1: LED anode (+)
PIN 2: LED cathode (−)

GN: Green Function Switch

Open : Normal operation
Short : Entering Green Mode

GD: Green LED

PIN 1 : LED anode (+)
PIN 2 : LED cathode (−)

1

1

1

1

+

−

+

−

−

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3.4. DRAM INSTALLATION

The main board can be installed with 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 / 128 / 256 MB 168 pins
DIMM module DRAM, and the DRAM speed must be 67~100 MHz for SDRAM
when system bus speed is set to 66MHz. When system bus speed is set to
100MHz, 100MHz SDRAM is required. The DRAM memory system on main
board consists of bank 0, 1& bank 2.

Since 168 pins DIMM module is 64 bits width, therefore 1 piece of DIMM
module may match a 64 bits system. The total memory size is 8 MB ~ 768MB
SDRAM. The DRAM installation position refer to Figure 3.1, and notice the Pin
1 of DIMM module must match with the Pin 1 of DIMM socket. Insert the
DRAM DIMM module into the DIMM socket at Vertical angle. If there is a
wrong direction of Pin 1, the DRAM DIMM module could not be inserted into
socket completely.

3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP

The system bus speed can be set to 66 / 100/ 133MHz form the DIP SWITCH
(SW1). The user can change the DIP SWITCH (SW2) selection to set up the
CPU speed for different processors. The CPU speed must match with the
frequency RATIO and Front Side Bus (FSB) speed. It will cause system
hanging up if the frequency RATIO and FSB Speed do not match with the
CPU.

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DIP SWITCH (SW2)

1 2 3 4

FREQ.
RATIO

(SW2)

EXT.CLK.

MHz

(SW1)

AGP

INT.CLK.

MHz

CPU Type

OFF OFF ON ON 3.5

66 66

233

Pentium II 233 MHz
(Celeron 233MHz)

ON ON OFF ON 4

66 66

266

Pentium II 266 MHz
(Celeron 266MHz)

OFF ON OFF ON 4.5

66 66

300

Pentium II 300 MHz
(Celeron 300MHz)

ON OFF OFF ON 5

66 66

333

Pentium II 333 MHz
(Celeron 333MHz)

OFF OFF OFF ON 5.5

66 66

366

Pentium II 366 MHz
(Celeron 366MHz)

ON ON ON OFF 6

66 66

400

Pentium II 400 MHz
(Celeron 400MHz)

OFF ON ON OFF 6.5

66 66

433

Pentium II 433 MHz
(Celeron 433MHz)

OFF OFF ON ON 3.5

100 66

350

Pentium II 350 MHz

ON ON OFF ON 4

100 66

400

Pentium II 400 MHz

OFF ON OFF ON 4.5

100 66

450

Pentium II / III 450
MHz

ON OFF OFF ON 5

100 66

500

Pentium II / III 500
MHz

OFF OFF OFF ON 5.5

100 66

550

Pentium II / III 550
MHz

ON ON ON OFF 6

100 66

600

Pentium II / III 600
MHz

OFF ON ON OFF 6.5

100 66

650

Pentium II / III 650
MHz

M

The CPU is a sensitive electric component and it can be easily
damaged by static electricity, so users must keep it away from metal
surface when the CPU is installed onto main board.

3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM

There're RTC & CMOS SRAM on board; they have a power supply from
external battery to keep the DATA inviolate & effective. The RTC is a REAL­TIME CLOCK device, which provides the DATE & TIME to system. The CMOS
SRAM is used for keeping the information of system configuration, so the
system can automatically boot OS every time. Since the lifetime of internal
battery is 5 years, the user can change a new Battery to replace old one after
it cannot work.

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M Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly replaced.
M Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the

manufacturer.

M Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’ s instructions.

3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION

There is a speaker in AT system for sound purpose. The 4 - Pins connector

SPKR is used to connect speaker.

3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION

The RESET switch on panel provides users with HARDWARE RESET
function. The system will do a cold start after the RESET switch is pushed and
released by user. The RESET switch is a 2 PIN connector and should be
installed to RST on main board.

3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION

System has Power LED lamp on the panel of case. The Power LED will light
on off or flash to indicate which step on the system. The connector should be
connected to PWR of main board in correct direction.

3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION

There are two-Enhanced PCI IDE ports (IDE1, IDE2) on board, which following
ATAPI standard SPEC. Any one IDE port can connected to two ATAPI devices
(IDE Hard Disk, CD-ROM & Tape Driver), so total four ATAPI devices can exist
in a system. The HD is the active LED port for ATAPI devices.

3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION

After the I/O device installation and jumpers setup, the main board can be
mounted into the case and fixed by screw. To complete the main board
installation, the peripheral device could be installed now. The basic system
needs a display interface card. If the PCI - Bus device is to be installed in the
system, any one of four PCI - Bus slots can be used.

3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION

The main board supports PS/2 Mouse . The BIOS will auto detect whether the
PS/2 Mouse is installed or not & assign IRQ12 for PS/2 Mouse port if it is
installed. After installing the peripheral device, the user should check
everything again, and prepare to power-on the system.

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4. BIOS CONFIGURATION

Award's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify
the basic system configuration.

This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS SRAM so that it
retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

4.1. ENTERING SETUP

Power ON the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter
Setup.

The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer, when the below
message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power
On Self Test), press <Del> Key or simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and
<Esc> keys.

Ÿ

Press DEL to enter SETUP.

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" bottom on the system case.

You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Del> keys.

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4.2. CONTROL KEYS

Up arrow Move to previous item.
Down arrow Move to next item.
Left arrow Move to the item in the left hand.
Right arrow Move to the item in the right hand.
Esc key

Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu -

Exit current page and return to Main Menu.
PgUp key Increase the numeric value or make changes.
PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes.
F1 key

General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option

Page Setup Menu.
F2 key Change color from total 16 colors.
F3 key Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu.
F4 key Reserved.
F5 key Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for

Option Page Setup Menu.
F6 key

Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only

for Option Page Setup Menu.
F7 key Load the default.
F8 key Reserved.
F9 key Reserved.
F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu.

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4.3. GETTING HELP

4.3.1. Main Menu

The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the
bottom of the screen.

4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu

Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys
to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help
Window press <Esc>.

4.4. THE MAIN MENU

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 4.1)
will appear on the screen.

The Main Menu allows you to select setup functions and exit choices. Use
arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter
the sub-menu.

Figure 4.1: Main Menu

• Standard CMOS setup

This setup page includes all the items in a standard compatible BIOS.

• BIOS features setup

This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced
features.

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• Chipset features setup

This setup page includes all the items of chipset special features.

• Power management setup

This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

• PNP/PCI configuration

This setup page includes all the items of PNP/PCI configuration features.

• Load BIOS defaults

BIOS defaults indicates the most appropriate value of the system
parameter which the system would be in safe configuration.

• Load Performance defaults

Performance Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which
the system would be in best performance configuration.

• Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all the items of peripherals features.

• Supervisor Password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the
system and Setup, or just to Setup.

• User Password

Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the
system.

• IDE HDD auto detection

Automatically configure hard disk parameter.

• Save & exit setup

Save CMOS value changes to CMOS and exit setup.

• Exit without save

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU

The items in Standard CMOS Setup Menu (Figure 4.2) are divided into 9
categories. Each category includes no, one or more than one setup items.
Use the arrows to highlight the item and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn>
keys to select the value you want in each item.

Figure 4.2: Standard CMOS Setup Menu

• Date

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

Day The day, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is

display-only

Date The date, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the

month)
Month The month, Jan. through Dec.
Year The year, from 1994 through 2079

• Time

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

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• Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs

The category identify the types of hard disk from drive C to drive F
4 devices that has been installed in the computer.
There are three options for definable type; User, Auto and None .
Type User is user-definable; and type Auto means automatically detecting

HDD's type and None means No IDE HDD installed.
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>.
Those information should be provided in the documentation from your

hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer.

CYLS. number of cylinders
HEADS number of heads
PRECOMP write precomp
LANDZONE landing zone
SECTORS number of sectors

If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

• Drive A type / Drive B type

The category identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has
been installed in the computer.

None No floppy drive installed
360K, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 inch PC-type standard drive; 360 kilobyte

capacity.

1.2M, 5.25 in. 5-1/4 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2 megabyte

capacity (3-1/2 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).

720K, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 720 kilobyte capacity

1.44M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 1.44 megabyte

capacity.

2.88M, 3.5 in. 3-1/2 inch double-sided drive; 2.88 megabyte

capacity.

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• Video

The category detects the type of adapter used for the primary system
monitor that must match your video display card and monitor.

Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to select
the type in setup.

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

EGA, VGA, SVGA, or PGA monitor adapters
CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode
CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode
MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution

monochrome adapters

• Halt on

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

NO Errors The system boot will not be stopped for any error

that may be detected

All Errors Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the

system will be stopped and you will be prompted

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error;

it will stop for all other errors

All, But Diskette The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will

stop for all other errors

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or

disk error; it will stop for all other errors

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• Memory

The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On
Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or
conventional) memory installed in the system.

The value of the base memory is typically 512 K for systems
with 512 K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640 K for
systems with 640 K or more memory installed on the
motherboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present
during the POST.

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

Expanded Memory

Expanded Memory in memory defined by the Lotus / Intel /
Microsoft (LIM) standard as EMS.

Many standard DOS applications can not utilize memory above
640, the Expanded Memory Specification (EMS) swaps memory
which not utilized by DOS with a section, or frame, so these
applications can access all of the system memory.

Memory can be swapped by EMS is usually 64K within 1 MB
or memory above 1 MB, depends on the chipset design.

Expanded memory device driver is required to use memory as
Expanded Memory.

Other Memory

This refers to the memory located in the 640 to 1024 address
space. This is memory that can be used for different
applications.

DOS uses this area to load device drivers to keep as much base
memory free for application programs. Most use for this area is
Shadow RAM.

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4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP

Figure 4.3: BIOS Features Setup

R System will detect automatically and show up when you install the Pentium

III processor.

• Virus Warning

This category flashes on the screen. During and after the system boots
up, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard
disk drive will halt the system and the following error message will
appear, in the mean time, you can run anti-virus program to locate the
problem.

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled

Activate automatically when the system boots up causing a
warning message to appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

Disabled

No warning message appears when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

• CPU Internal Cache / External Cache

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU / chipset design.

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled

Enable cache function.

Disabled

Disable cache function.

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• CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
Disabled Disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

• Processor Number Feature

This item will show up when you install the Pentium III processor.

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Pentium III Processor Number Feature.
Disabled Disable this function

• Quick Power On Self Test

This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on
the computer. If it set to Enable, BIOS will skip some check items during
POST.

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable quick POST.
Disabled Normal POST.

• Boot From LAN First

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable Boot From LAN First
Disabled Disable Boot From LAN First

• Boot Sequence

This category determines which drive computer searches first for the disk
operating system (i.e., DOS). Default value is A, C, SCSI.

X1, X2, X3 System will first search for X1 disk drive then X2 disk

drive and then X3 disk drive.

• Swap Floppy Drive

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Floppy A & B will be swapped under DOS.
Disabled Floppy A & B will be normal definition.

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• VGA Boot From

The default value is PCI Slot

AGP System will boot from AGP Display Card
PCI Slot System will boot from PCI Slot VGA Card

• Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or
80 tracks. 360 K type is 40 tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80
tracks. The default value is Enabled.

Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or

80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or

1.44 M drive type as they are all 80 tracks

Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by

track number. Note that there will not be any warning
message if the drive installed is 360 K

• Boot Up NumLock Status

The default value is On.

On Keypad is number keys.
Off Keypad is arrow keys.

• Memory Parity/ECC Check

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Enabled Memory Parity/ECC Check Function.
Disabled Disabled Memory Parity/ECC Check Function.

• Typematic Rate Setting

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Enable Keyboard Typematic rate setting.
Disabled Disable Keyboard Typematic rate setting.

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• Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec.)

The default value is 6.

6-30 Set the maximum Typematic rate from 6 chars. Per second

to 30 characters. Per second.

• Typematic Delay (Msec.)

The default value is 250.

250-1000 Set the time delay from first key to repeat the same key in

to computer.

• Security option

The default value is Setup.

Setup The system will boot and access to Setup will be denied if

the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

M

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

• PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

The default value are Disabled.

Enabled For having Video Card on ISA Bus and VGA Card on PCI

Bus.

Disabled For VGA Card only.

• Assign IRQ For VGA

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA
Disabled Not assign IRQ For VGA

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• OS Select For DRAM>64MB

The default value is Non-OS2.

Non-OS2 Using non-OS2 operating system.
OS2 Using OS2 operating system and DRAM>64MB.

• HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

The default value is Disable.

Enable Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
Disable Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability

• Report No FDD For WIN 95

The default value is No.

No Assign IRQ6 For FDD.
Yes FDD Detect IRQ6 Automatically.

• Video BIOS Shadow

It determines whether video BIOS will copied to RAM, however, it is
optional from chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video
speed.

The default value is Enable.

Enabled Video shadow is enabled.
Disabled Video shadow is disabled.

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4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

Figure 4.4: Chipset Features Setup

• Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing

The default value is SDRAM 10ns.

SDRAM 10ns For SDRAM 10ns DRAM timing operation.

Turbo For Turbo DRAM timing operation.

• Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing

The default value is SDRAM 10ns.

SDRAM 10ns For SDRAM 10ns DRAM timing operation.

Turbo For Turbo DRAM timing operation.

• Bank 4/5 DRAM Timing

The default value is SDRAM 10ns.

SDRAM 10ns For SDRAM 10ns DRAM timing operation.

Turbo For Turbo DRAM timing operation.

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• SDRAM Cycle Length

The default value is Auto.

3 For Slower SDRAM DIMM module.
2 For Fastest SDRAM DIMM module.

Auto CAS latency time will be st automatically if you have SPD

on SDRAM.

• DRAM Clock

The default value is HCLK-33M.

Host CLK Set DRAM CLK equal to Host CLK.
HCLK-33M Set DRAM CLK to HCLK-33M.

• Memory Hole AT 15-16M

The default value is Disabled.

15M-16M Set Address=15-16MB relocate to ISA BUS.
Disabled Normal Setting.

• Read Around write

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled

When set Enabled this feature speeds up data read
performance.

Disabled Normal operation.

• Concurrent PCI/Host

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled

Enabled Concurrent PCI/Host.

Disabled Disabled Concurrent PCI/Host.

• Video RAM Cacheable

The default value is Disabled

Disabled Disable this function.

Enabled Enable this function to get better VGA performance; while

some brands of VGA must be disabled this function

(e.g.ET4000W32P).

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• AGP Aperture Size

The default value is 64MB.

64MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 64MB.
32MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 32MB.
16MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 16MB.
8MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 8MB.
4MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 4MB.
128MB Set AGP Aperture Size to 128MB.

• Spread Spectrum

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Normal

0. 50% Set Spread Spectrum 0. 50%

0. 25% Set Spread Spectrum 0. 25%

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4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

Figure 4.5: Power Management Setup

• Power Management

The default value is User Define.

User Define For configuring our own power management features.
Min Saving Enable Green function.
Man Saving Disable Green function.

• PM Control by APM

The default value is Yes.

Yes Enabled software APM function.
No Disabled software APM function.

• Video off Option

The default value is Suspend->Off.

Suspend->Off Set Video off if system enter Suspend Mode.
Always On Set Video always on.
All Modes->Off Set Video All Modes.

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• Video Off Method

The default value is DPMS Support.

V/H SYNC + Blank BIOS will turn off V/H-SYNC when gets into

Green mode for Green monitor power saving.

Blank Screen BIOS will only black monitor when gets into

Green mode.

DPMS Support BIOS will use DPMS Standard to control VGA

card. (The Green type VGA card will turn of V/H­SYNC automatically.)

• Soft-off by PWRBTN

The default value is Instant-off.

Instant-off Soft switch ON/OFF for power ON/OFF.
Delay 4 sec Soft switch on 4sec for power OFF.

• System After AC Back

The default value is Soft-Off.

Memory This function depends on computer status
Soft-Off Set System Soft-Off Status.
Full-On Set System Full-On Status.

• CPU FAN In Suspend

The default value is Off.

On Disable this function.
Off Stop CPU FAN when entering Suspend mode.

• HDD Power Down

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Disabled HDD Power Down mode function.
1-15 mins. Enabled HDD Power Down mode between 1 to 15 mins.

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• Suspend Mode

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Disabled Suspend Mode.
1 min - 1 Hour Setup the timer to enter Suspend Mode.

• VGA

The default value is OFF.

OFF Disable monitor VGA activity.
ON Enable monitor VGA activity.

• LPT & COM

The default value is LPT/COM.

LPT/COM Enabled LPT/COM Ports Activity.
NONE Normal Operation.
LPT Enabled LPT Ports Activity.
COM Enabled COM Ports Activity.

• HDD & FDD

The default value is ON.

ON Enabled HDD & FDD Ports Activity

OFF Disabled HDD & FDD Ports Activity

• DMA/master

The default value is OFF.

ON Don’ t detect DMA/master PM event.
OFF Normal Operation.

• Wake Up On LAN/Ring

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled

Enable Wake Up On LAN/Ring
Disabled Disable Wake Up On LAN/Ring

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• RTC Alarm Resume

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Disable this function.
Enabled Enable alarm function to POWER ON system.

If the “RTC Alarm Resume” is Enabled.

Date ( of Month) Alarm : 0~31
Time ( hh: mm: ss) Alarm : (0~23) : (0~59) : (0~59)

• Primary INTR

The default value is ON.

ON Primary INTR function is on.
OFF Normal Operation.

• IRQ [3-7,9-15]

The default value is Primary/Secondary/Disabled.

Disabled Disable this function.
Primary The resource is used by Primary device .
Secondary The resource is used by Secondary device .

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4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

Figure 4.6: PCI Slot Configuration

RThese item will show up when “Resources Controlled By :Manual” is select.

• PNP OS Installed

The default value is No.

Yes Enable PNP OS Installed function.
No Disable PNP OS Installed function.

• Resources Controlled by

The default value is Auto.

Manual User can set the PnP resource (I/O Address, IRQ & DMA

channels) used by legacy ISA DEVICE.

Auto BIOS automatically use these PnP rescuers.

• Reset Configuration Data

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Disable this function.
Enabled Enable clear PnP information in ESCD.

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• IRQ (3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15), DMA(0,1,3,5,6,7) assigned to

The default value is "PCI/ISA PnP".

PCI/ISA PnP The resource is used by PCI/ISA PnP device (PCI or ISA).

• Assign IRQ For USB

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Assign a specific IRQ for USB

Disabled No IRQ is assigned for USB

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4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS

Figure 4.7: Load BIOS Defaults

• Load BIOS Defaults

To load BIOS defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter "Y". If not, enter "N".

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4.11. LOAD PERFORMANCE DEFAULTS

Figure 4.8: Load Performance Defaults

• Load Performance Defaults

To load Performance defaults value to CMOS SRAM, enter "Y". If not,
enter "N".

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4.12. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

Figure 4.9: Integrated peripherals

RWhen OnChip USB select “Enabled” , “USB Keyboard Support” will show up.

• This item will show up when “Keyboard Power On: Multikey” is selected.

• OnChip IDE Channel 0

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port.
Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port.

• OnChip IDE Channel 1

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable onboard 1st channel IDE port.
Disabled Disable onboard 1st channel IDE port.

• IDE Prefetch Mode

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode.
Disabled Disabled IDE Prefetch Mode.

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• IDE HDD Block Mode

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable IDE HDD Block Mode
Disabled Disable IDE HDD Block Mode

• Primary Master PIO (for onboard IDE 1st channel).

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode.

• Primary Slave PIO (for onboard IDE 1st channel).

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode.

• Secondary Master PIO (for onboard IDE 2nd channel).

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode.

• Secondary Slave PIO (for onboard IDE 2nd channel).

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Mode0~4 Manually set the IDE Accessing mode.

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• Primary Master UDMA.

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Disabled Disable UDMA function.

• Primary Slave UDMA.

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Disabled Disable UDMA function.

• Secondary Master UDMA.

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Disabled Disable UDMA function.

• Secondary Slave UDMA.

The default value is Auto.

Auto BIOS will automatically detect the IDE HDD Accessing

mode.
Disabled Disable UDMA function.

• OnChip USB

The default value is Disabled

Enabled Enabled OnChip USB Controller.

Disabled Disabled OnChip USB Controller.

• USB Keyboard Support

The default value is Disabled.

Enabled Enabled USB Keyboard Support.

Disabled Disabled USB Keyboard Support.

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• Onboard FDC Controller

The default value is Enabled.

Enabled Enable onboard FDC port.
Disabled Disable onboard FDC port.

• Onboard Serial Port 1

The default value is 3F8/IRQ4.

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 1 address.
3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3F8.
2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2F8.
3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 3E8.
2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 1 and address is 2E8.
Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 1.

• Onboard Serial Port 2

The default value is 2F8/IRQ3.

Auto BIOS will automatically setup the port 2 address.
3F8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3F8.
2F8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2F8.
3E8/IRQ4 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 3E8.
2E8/IRQ3 Enable onboard Serial port 2 and address is 2E8.
Disabled Disable onboard Serial port 2.

• Onboard Parallel port

The default value is 378/IRQ7.

378/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 378/IRQ7.
278/IRQ5 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 278/IRQ5.
3BC/IRQ7 Enable onboard LPT port and address is 3BC/IRQ7.
Disabled Disable onboard LPT port.

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• Parallel Port Mode

The default value is SPP.

SPP Using Parallel port as Standard Printer Port.
EPP Using Parallel port as Enhanced Parallel Port.
ECP Using Parallel port as Extended Capabilities Port.
ECP+EPP Using Parallel port as ECP & EPP mode.

• PS/2 Mouse Power on

The default value is Disabled.

Disabled Disable PS/2 Mouse Power on .
DblClick Double click twice on PS/2 left or right bottom.

• Keyboard Power on

The default value is POWER Key.

POWER Key If your keyboard have “POWER Key” button, you can

press the key to power on your system.
Disabled Disable Keyboard Power on .
Multikey Enter multikey combination to Power on system.

• KB Power ON Multikey

Enter

Enter from 1 to 5 characters to set the Keyboard Power
On Password.

M You can power on your system by entering the keyboard power on

password. If your password consists of more than one character,
you have to press the ENTER key after entering the password.

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4.13.SUPERVISOR / USER PASSWORD

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the center
of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

Figure 4.10: Password Setting

Type the password, up to eight characters, and press <Enter>. The password
typed now will clear 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.

Once the password is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter Setup
freely.

PASSWORD DISABLED
If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you
will be prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any
time you try to enter Setup.

If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you will
be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

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4.14. IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

Figure 4.11: IDE HDD Auto Detection

Type "Y" will accept the H.D.D. parameter reported by BIOS.

Type "N" will keep the old H.D.D. parameter setup. If the hard disk cylinder
NO. is over 1024, then the user can select LBA mode or LARGE mode for
DOS partition larger than 528 MB.

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4.15.SAVE & EXIT SETUP

Figure 4.12: Save & Exit Setup

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC
CMOS SRAM.

Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

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4.16.EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

Figure 4.13: Exit Without Saving

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS SRAM.
Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

VIA Chipset Driver Installation

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APPENDIX A: VIA Chipset Driver Installation

When loading the VIA drivers for the system, the Windows version should
be OSR 2.1 or later or Windows 98 Bata3 or later.

If your system version is Win95 or OSR 2.0, You must use the USB
support update (make sure the update language is the same with your
system language) to upgrade your system to OSR 2.1.

M You can found the USB support update in the April 1997 MSDN

Disc1\OSR2\USBSUPP.

Select the “Chipset Driver” item.

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A.1 VIA Patch 95/98 Driver Ver1.1 (Win95/98 ONLY)

Step By Step Installation
Step 1:

Step 2:

Select the “ VIA Patch 95/98 Driver
Ver1.1 “ item.

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Step 3:

Step 4:

Press the “Next” button.

Press the “ Next”
button.

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Step 5:

Step 6:
System will restart and start up using the VIA chipset driver.

Press the ”Finish”

button.

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A.2 VIA AGP Driver Ver.3.2 (Win95/98 ONLY)
Step 1:

Step 2:

Select the “

VIA AGP

Driver Ver.3.2” item.

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Step 3:

Step 4:

Press the “Next” button.

Press the “Next” button.

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Step 5:

Step 6:

System will restart and start up using the VIA chipset driver.

Press the “Finish”
button.

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A.3 VIA PCI Routing Miniport Driver Ver.1.3 (Win98 ONLY)
Step 1:

Step 2:

Select the ”

VIA PCI Routing

Miniport Driver Ver.1.3”

item.

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Step 3:

Step 4:

Step 5:

System will restart and start up using the VIA chipset driver.

Press the “Next” button.

Press the “Finish”

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A.4 Bus Master IDE Driver

We support two kinds of high performance IDE Bus master (Ultra DMA)
Drivers. You could install one of them to enable the DMA operation of your
hard disk/CD-ROM drives.

Select the

“Xstore Pro IDE Driver

Ver.1.10”or “VIA Bus Master IDE
Driver Ver2.3.15 item.

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FCC Compliance Statement:

This equipment has been tested and found to comply
with 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 residential installations. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy, and if not installed and used in accordance
with the instructions, may cause harmful interference
to radio communications. However, there is no
guarantee that interference will not occur in a
particular installation. If this equipment does cause
interference to radio or television equipment

reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one
or more of the following measures:

-Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

-Move the equipment away from the receiver

-Plug the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected

-Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for additional
suggestions

You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not expressly
approve by the party responsible for compliance could void Your authority to operate
such equipment.

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subjected to the
following two conditions 1) this device may not cause harmful interference and 2) this
device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC Part 2 Section 2. 1077(a)

Responsible Party Name: G.B.T. INC.

Address: 18305 Valley Blvd., Suite#A

LA Puent, CA 91744

Phone/Fax No: [phone]/ [phone]

hereby declares that the product

Product Name:

Model Number:

Mother Board

Conforms to the following specifications:

FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Section 15.107(a) and Section 15.109(a),
Class B Digital Device

Supplementary Information:

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) this device must accept any inference received, including interference
that may cause undesired operation.

Representative Person's Name: ERIC LU

Signature:

Date: Jan. 16, 1999

Eric Lu

GA-6VXE

Declaration of Conformity

We, Manufacturer/Importer

(full address)

G.B.T. Technology Trading GMBH

Ausschlager Weg 41, 1F, 20537 Hamburg, Germany

declare that the product

( description of the apparatus, system, installation to which it refers)

Mother Board

GA-6VXE

is in conformity with

(reference to the specification under which conformity is declared)

in accordance with 89/336 EEC-EMC Directive

EN 55011 Limits and methods of measurement EN 61000-3-2* Disturbances in supply systems caused

of radio disturbance characteristics of EN60555-2 by household appliances and similar
industrial, scientific and medical (ISM electrical equipment “Harmonics”
high frequency equipment

EN55013 Limits and methods of measurement EN61000-3-3* Disturbances in supply systems caused

of radio disturbance characteristics of EN60555-3 by household appliances and similar
broadcast receivers and associated electrical equipment “Voltage fluctuations”
equipment

EN 55014 Limits and methods of measurement EN 50081-1 Generic emission standard Part 1:

of radio disturbance characteristics of Residual, commercial and light industry
household electrical appliances,
portable tools and similar electrical EN 50082-1 Generic immunity standard Part 1:
apparatus Residual, commercial and light industry

EN 55015 Limits and methods of measurement EN 55081-2 Generic emission standard Part 2:

of radio disturbance characteristics of Industrial environment
fluorescent lamps and luminaries

EN 55020 Immunity from radio interference of EN 55082-2 Generic immunity standard Part 2:

broadcast receivers and associated Industrial environment
equipment

EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurement ENV 55104 Immunity requirements for household

of radio disturbance characteristics of appliances tools and similar apparatus
information technology equipment

DIN VDE 0855 Cabled distribution systems; Equipment EN 50091- 2 EMC requirements for uninterruptible
part 10 for receiving and/or distribution from power systems (UPS)
part 12 sound and television signals

CE marking (EC conformity marking)

The manufacturer also declares the conformity of above mentioned product
with the actual required safety standards in accordance with LVD 73/23 EEC

EN 60065 Safety requirements for mains operated EN 60950 Safety for information technology equipment

electronic and related apparatus for including electrical business equipment
household and similar general use

EN 60335 Safety of household and similar EN 50091-1 General and Safety requirements for

electrical appliances uninterruptible power systems (UPS)

Manufacturer/Importer

Signature

:

Rex Lin

(Stamp)

Date : Jan. 16, 1999 Name : Rex Lin