Intel I440 LX User Manual

I440 LX CHIPSET

AT FORM FACTOR

MOTHER BOARD

USER'S MANUAL

( VER : 6LX2 )

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION

1

1-1 OVERVIEW 1
1-2 UNPACKING 1
1-3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD 2
SOFTWARE DRIVERS
1-4 SPECIFICATIONS 3

CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION

4

2-1 LAYOUT REFERENCE 4
2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS 5
2-3 MEMORY INSTALLATION 7
2-4 ASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 8

CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP

10

3-1 AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP 10
3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 11
3-3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 12
3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 16
3-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 18
3-6 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETU P 20
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 21
3-8 SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD 23
3-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 24
3-10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 26
3-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP 26
3-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 26
3-13 I/O & MEMORY MAP 27
3-14 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP 29
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP 29
3-16 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP 30

Ver.6LX2

I440LX 1

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

THE I440 LX MAIN BOARD IS DESIGNED WITH INTEL® 82440LX
PCISET WHICH PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED IDE CONTROLLER
WITH TWO HIGH PERFORMANCE IDE INTERFACES FOR UP TO
FOUR IDE DEVICES ( HARD DEVICES , CD-ROM DEVICES , ETC ),
AND USB ( UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS ) FEATURES ENHANCES
THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE ANDE EXTENSION FOR THIS
BOARD.

IT SUPPORTS INTEL PENTIUM® II CPUS FAMILY RUNNING AT
233-333 MHZ SPEED, CPU SUPPORTS INTERNAL 512K L2 CACHE
MEMORY IS IDEAL FOR MS-DOS, WINDOWS, WIN95, WINDOW
NT, NOVELL, OS/2, UNIX., SOFTWARES.

THE PERFORMANCE, SPEED AND EXTENSIBILITY OF I440LX
MAIN BOARD MAKE IT THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR BUILDING A
LAN SERVER, A HIGH-END WORKSTATION OR A MULTI-USER
SYSTEM.

THE MAIN BOARD PACKAGE CONTAINS:
* I440LX MAIN BOARD
* MANUAL
* CABLES
* DRIVER & UTILITY / CD
* RETENTION MODULES
IF ANY OF THESE ITEMS IS MISSING OR DAMAGED,CONTACT
THE DEALER FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASED. LEAVE THE
I440LX IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKING UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO
INSTALL IT.

1- 2 UNPACKING:

1-1 OVERVIEW

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I440LX 2

1.3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD SOFTWARE DRIVERS

THIS CD CONTAINS DRIVERS FOR

I440LX, I430TX, VIA VP3 MAIN BOARDS,

SIS 6326 AND TRIDENT 9850 AGP VGA CARDS.

THE DIRECTORIES ARE:

1.

FLASH ROM

: TO UPDATE ANY MAIN BOARD BIOS BY USING AWARD
BIOS.
A. READ

«AWDFLASH. DOC»

FIRSTLY.

B. MOVE ANY MEMORY MANAGEMENT (EMS) FILES LIKE

EMM 386,

HIMEM…,

FROM ROOT DIRECTORY.

C. EXCUTE

«AWDFLASH. EXE»

UNDER DOS, NOT WIN-95.

2.

I430TX

: DRIVERS FOR ANY I430TX- BASED AT/ATX MAIN BOARD

A.

BMIDE FILES:

PROVIDE DRIVERS FOR ULTRA DMA (33MB/SEC.)

MODE IDE HARD DISK. READ

«README»

FILE FIRSTLY & MOVE
ICON TO «SETUP» THEN SYSTEM WILL INSTALL THESE DRIVERS
AUTOMATICALLY. FILE

«DEINSTBM»

IS USED FOR RE-

INSTALLATION.

B.

«PIIX4INF» FILE:

WIN-95 DOESN’T SUPPORT TX-CHIP DRIVERS, SO
AFTER WIN 95 INSTALLATIO N SYSTEM, IT WILL PROM PT «?» MARKS.
THIS FI LE IS USED REBOOT SYSTEM TO COMPLETE.

3.

I440LX

: DRIVERS FOR I440LX MAIN BOARDS WITH THE SAME

PROCEDURE AS I430TX.

4.

S-6326

: DRIVERS FOR SIS 6326 AGP VGA CARD. PLEASE REFER TO

CHAPTER 3, 4, & 5 OF SIS 6326 AGPVGA «MANUAL.»

***NOTE: «ADI42» & «ET» DIRECTORIES ARE USED FOR CHINESE ET
SYSTEM ONLY.

5.

T-9850:

DRIVERS FOR TRIDENT 9850 AGP VGA CARD. PLEASE REFER TO

CHAPTER 3 OF «3D IMAGE 985» MANUAL.

6.

VP3:

DRIVERS FOR ANY VP3-BASED AT/ATX MAIN BOARD.

A.

586XIRQ:

AFTER INSTALLING THIS DRIVER, USER CAN CHANGE IRQ

ADDRESS OF PCI DEVICE.

B.

IDE FILES:

TO SUPPORT ULTRA DMA (33MB/SEC.) , HARD DISK

DRIVER. MOVE ICON TO "SE TUP» TO INSTALL THIS FILE.

C.

OSR2VXD:

TO SUPPORT AGP CARDS. SO FAR ONLY TRIDENT 9750 &

9850 ARE NEEDED.

D.

VIAINF:

TO ELIMINATE «?» MARKS IN WIN-95. USER NEEDS TO USE

«REMOVE»

FUNCTION BAR TO MOVE

«?» PCI BRIDGE

LINE

FIRSTLY. THEN RUN

«SETUP»

UNDER VIAINF DIRECTORY TO

INSTALL THI S FILE.

7.

VPX

: DRIVERS FOR ANY VPX-BASED AT/ATX MOTHER BOARD MAIN
BOARD. THE PROCEDURE IS SIMILAR TO VP3 WITHOUT «OSR2VXD»
SINCE VPX DOESN’T SUPPORT AGP PORT.

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I440LX 3

1-4 SPECIFICATIONS

: 233 - 333 MHZ INTEL® PENTIUM® II CPU.

: 3 OF 168-PIN DIMM, WHICH ACCEPTS EITHER 5V
OR 3.3V. FOR SDRAM, THE MEMORY IS UP TO
384MB. FOR EDO RAM, THE MEMORY IS UP TO
768MB.

: 2 X ISA, 3 X PCI SLOTS AND 1X A.G.P. SLOT

: INTEL®

I440 LX

CHIPSET
INTEL® 82443LX PCI AND A.G.P CONTROLLER.
INTEL® 82371AB I/O BRIDGE

: NONE (CPU INTERNAL L2 CACHE 512K).

: AWARD® FULL

PnP

(PLUG & PLAY) BIOS.

: ON BOARD 2 x PCI IDE DEVICES , 1 x FDC , 2 x
SERIAL PORTS(16550 FAST COM),1x PARALLEL
PORT DEVICE /EPP/ECP, OPTIONAL USB
CONNECTOR, I.R. (INFRARED) CONNECTOR

: 22 CM x 22 CM.

: COMPLIED WITH

APM (A

DVANCED POWER

M

ANAGEMENT)

.

*LM78 SUPPORTS HARDWARE MONITORING
IS OPTIONAL.

CPU

MEMORY

EXP.SLOT

CHIPSET

CACHE

BIOS

I/O FUNCTION

BOARD SIZE

GREEN FUNCTION

SPECIAL FUNCTION

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I440LX 4

CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION

2-1 LAYOUT REFERENCE

KEY-LOCK

SPEAKER

RESET

HD-LED

TB-LED

SMI

BIOS

JP5

FAN

2

FAN1

RTC

1

I/O

SLOT 1

KB

JP4

J3

I.R

.

AT POWER

PS/2
MOUSE

USB

ATX POWE R

FLOPPY

COM2/4
COM1/3

PRINTER

ISA2

ISA1

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

AG

P

SLOT

INTEL®

I440LX

INTEL®

82371AB

DIMMVSL

SECONDARY

PRIMARY

JP6

DIMM3

DIMM2

DIMM1

I/O

S1
BUFFER

PW-LED

SW PWR

1 2

7 8

1

12

1 2

5 6

17

1
5

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I440LX 5

2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS

1. SETTING «CPU CLOCK RATIO«

Please modify

«CPU Clock Ratio»

in «

3-4 Chipset Features Setup

.» First,

go to «

3-4 Chipset Features Setup»

and set proper

«CPU Clock Ratio.»

Then,

go to «

3-1 Award BIOS Setup»

and save the change. The user d oes not ha ve to

set jumpers.

2.

RTC

: BATTERY SELE CTOR

(BLACK JUMPER CAP)

NORMAL

CLEAR CMOS

RTC

1-2

(DEFAULT) 2-3

NOTE: CUSTOMERS NEED TO CLEAR CMOS, THEN RECONFIGURE
IT IF FORGET PASSWORD FOR BIOS SETUP.

*CPU CLOCK RATIO

Press

«+»

or

«



« to choose CPU Clock Ratioaccording to your CPU

frequency. The screen will show the following choices:
P-II 133 υ «2.0/133MHZ» P-II 166 υ «2.5/166MHZ»
P-II 200υ «3.0/200MHZ» P-II 233 υ «3.5/233MHZ»
P-II 266 υ «4.0/266MHZ» P-II 300υ «4.5/300MHZ «

P-II 333

υ

«

5.0/333MHZ»

Also note that wrong «CPU Clock Ratio» leads to wrong system setup.

*CLOCK TURBO MODE

If this item is modified to «ENABLED,» CPU BUS SPEED may increase
from 66MHZ to 75MHZ, but interface card for PCI SLOT must bear a higher
frequency over 33MHZ. Without the card, this functioned is not suggetsd to
be used.

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I440LX 6

3. SOFTPWR : ATX POWER SWITCH

The system power is controlled by a momentary switch (when "power switch

type" is set to momentary) connected to this lead. Pushing the button once
will turn on the system and pushing another time will turn off the system.
The system power LED shows the status of the system's power. This

connection does not have a function when a standard power

supply is used.

4. OTHER JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTO R S :
PRIMARY

: PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR

SECONDARY

: SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR

FLOPPY

: FLOPPY DISK CONNECTOR

PRINTER

: PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR.

COM1/3

: SERIAL PORT 1 /PORT 3 CONNECTOR

COM2/4

: SERIAL PORT 2 /PORT4 CONNECTOR

MOUSE

: PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR

KBD

: AT KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

USB

: USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) CONNECTOR

J3

: SB-LINK

JP4

: IT SUPPORTS THE IC, «GL518M,» WHICH CAN

DETECT

CPU TEMPERATURE, VOLTAGES AND FAN

SPEED,

TOO. THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FUNCTION.
THE USER MAY CONTACT THE SUPPLIER FOR THIS
IF INTERESTED.

5. FAN1, FAN2

: CPU FAN CONNECTOR

CPU FAN PIN OUT

PIN1

SENSOR

PIN2

+12V

PIN3

GND

NOTE : USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) AND IRCON CONNECTOR
ARE OPTIONAL.

6. DIMM VSL: DIMM VOLTAGE SELECTOR

DIMM VSL 3.3V DIMM 5V DIMM

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

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I440LX 7

7. I.R.1 : I.R. (INFRARED) CONNECTOR

I.R . CONNECTOR PIN OUT

PIN 1RX PIN 2

GND

PIN 3

TX

PIN 4

+5V

PIN 5

RXH

PIN 6

VCC

PIN 7

GND

NOTE :

I.R.1 USES THE SAME I/O PORT AS COM2. THERE IS NO ANY

HARDWARE JUMPER SETTING FOR IRCON/COM2 ON THIS

MAIN BOARD BUT CUSTOMERS NEED TO SET PROPER BIOS

SETTING FOR "

IRDA1.0

","

ASKIR

" OR "

standard

"(DEFAULT)

UNDER "INFRA RED (IR) FUNCTION" OF "INTEGRATED

PERIPHERALS"

2-3 MEMORY INSTALLATION

THE USER CAN USE EITHER 5V DIMM OR 3V DIMM. ONLY SET THE
JUMPER, «DIMMSVL» TO «1-2, 3-4» FOR 3.3V DIMM AND «5-6, 7-8» FOR
5V. «DEFAULT» IS FOR 3.3V DIMM.

TOTAL DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3
8MBytes 8MB --- --­16MBytes 8MB 8MB --­24MBytes 8MB 8MB 8MB
32MBytes 8MB 8MB 16MB
32MBytes 16MB 16MB --­32MBytes 32MB --- --­40MBytes 16MB 16MB 8MB
48MBytes 16MB 16MB 16MB
64MBytes 64MB --- --­64MBytes 32MB 32MB --­96MBytes 32MB 32MB 32MB
128MBytes 64MB 64MB --­128MBytes 128MB --- --­192MBytes 64MB 64MB 64MB
256MBytes 128MB 128MB --­384MBytes 128MB 128MB 128MB

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I440LX 8

2-4 ASSEMBLING PROCEDURE

1. CHECK IF ALL THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS ARE INCLUDED IN
YOUR PACKAGE, TOTALLY 5 SEPERATE PIECEPARTS.

RETENTION MECHANISM (RM): 1 PC

RM ATTACH MOUNT (RMAM): 2 PCS

HEAT SINK SUPPORT BASE (HASSBASE): 1 PC