6VX
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 PROCESSOR & AGP.............................1-4
1.6. WHAT IS AGP?..............................................................................................1-6
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 .................................................................................3-5
3.5. CPU SPEED SETUP.....................................................................................3-5
3.6. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM.........................................................3-6
3.7. SPEAKER CONNECTOR INSTALLATION..................................................3-7
3.8. HARDWARE RESET SWITCH CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.................3-7
3.9. POWER LED CONNECTOR INSTALLATION.............................................3-7
3.10. IDE & ATAPI DEVICE INSTALLATION...................................................... 3-7
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3.11. PERIPHERAL DEVICE INSTALLATION....................................................3-7
3.12. KEYBOARD & PS/2 MOUSE INSTALLATION...........................................3-7
4. BIOS CONFIGURATION
4.1. ENTERING SETUP.......................................................................................4-1
4.2. CONTROL KEYS........................................................................................... 4-1
4.3. GETTING HELP.............................................................................................4-2
4.3.1. Main Menu .....................................................................................4-2
4.3.2. Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu.......................4-2
4.4. THE MAIN MENU..........................................................................................4-2
4.5. STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU..............................................................4-5
4.6. BIOS FEATURES SETUP............................................................................. 4-9
4.7. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP......................................................................4-13
4.8. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP................................................................. 4-16
4.9. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION........................................................................4-20
4.10. LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS .............................................................................4-23
4.11. LOAD SETUP 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
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6VX
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PREFACE
Welcome to use the 6VX motherboard. It is a Pentium II 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 Processor based PC / AT compatible main board.
q Slot 1 supports Pentium
q VIA VT82C691 chipset, Supports AGP / SDRAM / Ultra DMA33 IDE/
II processor running at 200-633 MHz.
Internal/External Modem Ring on.
q Supports 3xDIMMs using 3.3V SDRAM DIMM module.
q Supports 16 MB – 768 MB SDRAM 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 17 cm ATX SIZE form factor, 4 layers PCB.
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Introduction
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
• DRAM 128 MB SDRAM (TOSHIBA TC59S6408FTL-80H)
• CACHE SIZE 512 KB included in CPU
• DISPLAY
• STORAGE Onboard IDE (IBM DHEA-38451)
• O.S. Windows 98
• DRIVER
Pentium II processor
ATI 3D RAGE PRO 2X AGP Display Card (4MB
SGRAM)
ATI Display Driver 5.20a
1024X768X64K colors 75Hz
Direct X6 for Windows98
VIA BUS Master IDE Driver 2.9
Processor
Intel Pentium II
333MHz(66x5) 350MHz(100x3.5)
Winbench98
CPU mark32
FPU Winmark
Business Disk 1390 1370
Hi-End Disk 4080 3890
Business Graphics 150 167
Hi-End Graphics 169 192
835
1720
Winstone98
Business 25.1 26.8
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920
1800
6VX
VIA
33 MHz
1.4. BLOCK DIAGRAM
AGP Bus
AGP
Ultra DMA/33
IDE Ports
66MHz
PCI Bus
IDE Bus
ISA Bus
SLOT 1
82C691
VIA
82C596
Host Bus
100 MHz
66 /
100 MHz
33MHz
66 /
33 MHz
48MHz
14.318MHz
USB Bus
14.318MHz
14.318MHz
3.3V SDRAM
DIMM Sockets
66 /
100 MHz
ICS 9148-58
USB Ports
24MHz
COM Ports
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I/O
CHIPSET
Winbond
W83877TF
LPT Port
Floppy Port
Keyboard
PS/2 Mouse
1.5. INTRODUCE THE Pentium II Processor & AGP
Figure 1:Retention Mechanism & attach Mount
Introduction
Figure 2:OEM Pentium II Processor
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