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
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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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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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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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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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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 Ratioaccording 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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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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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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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
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HSS PIN (HSSPIN): 2 PCS
HSS TOP BAR (HSSTOP): 1 PC
2. MAKE SURE THAT THE POWER SUPPLY IS TURNED OFF.
3. INSERT THE RMAM UP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE
MOTHERBOARD.
4. INSERT THE 2 PINS OF THE HSSPIN DOWNWARD THROUGH THE
MOTHERBOARD TO SECURE. TAKE NOTE THAT THE 2 PINS ARE OF
DIFFERENT SIZES. YOU CANNOT INSERT THE LARGER PIN INTO THE
SMALLER HOLE .
5. PUT THE RM DOWN ON SLOT ONE AND FASTEN UP THE 4 SCREWS.
TAKE NOTE THAT ONE TIP OF THE SLOT ONE HAS A SMALL
PROTRUSION, SO YOU CAN ONLY INSERT IT ONE WAY.
6. CLIP THE HSSTOP INTO THE HSSBASE.
7. INSERT THE P-II CPU ALONG THE RM INTO SLOT ONE TILL ITS TOP
CLICKS INTO THE 2 HOLES ON THE TOP OF THE RM.
8. SLIDE THE HSSTOP INTO T HE HSSBASE THROUGHT THE FINS ON
THE ATX HEATSINK.
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CHAPTER 3. BIOS SETUP
3-1. AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP
THE MENU DISPLAYS ALL THE MAJOR SELECTION ITEMS AND
ALLOW USER TO SELECT ANY ONE OF SHOWN ITEM. THE SELECTION
IS MADE BY MOVING CURSOR( PRESS ANY DIRECTION KEY ) TO T HE
ITEM AND PRESS <ENTER> KEY. AN ON-LINE HELP MESSAGE IS
DISPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN AS CURSOR IS MOVING
TO VARIOUS ITEMS WHICH PROVIDES USER BETTER
UNDERSTANDING OF EACH FUNCTION. WHEN A SELECTION IS MADE,
THE MENU OF SELECTED ITEM WILL APPEAR. SO THE USER CAN
MODIFY ASSOCIATED CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS.
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3-2. STANDARD CMOS SETUP
CHOOSE "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY
MENU (FIGURE3-1). THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP ALLOWS USER TO
CONFIGURE SYSTEM SETTING SUCH AS CURRENT DATE AND TIME,
TYPE OF HARD DISK DRIVE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM, FLOPPY
DRIVE TYPE, AND THE TYPE OF DISP LAY MONITOR. MEMORY SIZE IS
AUTO DETECTED BY THE BIOS AND DISPLAYED FOR YOUR
REFERENCE. WHEN A FIELD IS HIGHLIGHTED (DIRECTION KEYS TO
MOVE CURSOR AND <ENTER> KEY TO SELECT). THE ENTRIES IN THE
FIELD WILL BE CHANGED BY PRESSING <PAGEDOWN> OR <PAGEUP>
KEY OR USER CAN ENTER NEW DATA DIRECTLY FROM THE
KEYBOARD.
NOTE:
IF HARD DISK PRIMARY MASTER/SLAVE AND SECONDARY
MASTER/SLAVE WERE USED AUTO, THEN THE HARD DISK
SIZE AND MODEL WILL BE AUTO DETECTED ON DISPLAY
DURING POST.
NOTE:
THE "HALT ON:"FIELD IS TO DETERMINE WHEN TO HALT THE
SYSTEM BY THE BIOS IF ERROR OCCURRED DURING POST.
Base Memory: 640K
Extended Memory: 64512K
Other Memory: 384K
Total Memory: 65536K
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3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP
SELECT THE "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" OPTION IN THE CMOS SETUP UTILITY MENU
ALLOWS USER TO CHANGE SYSTEM RELATED PARAMETERS IN THE DISPLAYED MENU.
THIS MENU SHOWS ALL OF THE MANUFACTURER'S DEFAULT VALUES OF i440LX MAIN
BOARD. AGAIN, USER CAN MOVE THE CURSOR BY PRESSING DIRECTION KEYS AND
<PAGEDOWN> OR <PAGEUP> KEY TO MODIFY THE PARAMETERS, PRESSING [F1] KEY
TO DISPLAY HELP MESSAGE OF THE SELECTED ITEM. THIS SETUP PROGRAM ALSO
PROVIDE 2 CONVINENT WAYS TO LOAD THE DEFAULT PARAMETER DATA FROM BIOS
[F6] OR CMOS [ F7] AREA IF SHOWN DATA IS CORRUPTED. THIS PROVIDES THE SYSTEM
A CAPABILITY TO RECOVER FROM ANY POSSIBLE ERROR.
EXTERNAL CACHE:
THIS OPTION SELECTS THE TYPE OF CACHING ALGORITHM USED BY
BIOS AND THE COMPUTER FOR L2 (EXTERNAL) SECONDARY CACHE
MEMORY. THE SETTINGS ARE ENABLED OR DISABLED
.
ENABLED:
ENABLE CACHE
DISABLED:
DISABLE CACHE
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QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:
THIS CATEGORY SPEEDS UP POWER ON SELF TEST. (POST) AFTER
YOU POWER ON THE COMPUT ER, IF IT IS SET TO ENABLE, BIOS WILL
SHORTEN OR SKIP SOME CHECK ITEMS DURING POST.
ENABLE :
ENABLE QUICK POST
DISABLED:
NORMAL POST
BOOT SEQUENCE:
THIS CATEGORY DETERMINES WHICH DRIVE COMPUTER SEARCHES
FIRST FOR THE DOS (DISK OPERATING SYSTEM). DEFAULT VALUE IS
A,C.
A,C:
SYSTEM WILL FIRST SEARCH FOR FLOPPY DISK DRIVE THEN
HARD DISK DRIVE.
C,A:
SYSTEM WILL FIRST SEARCH FOR HARD DISK DRIVE THEN
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.
SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE:
THE SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE. DEFAULT VALUE IS DISABLED.
ENABLED:
FLOPPY A&B WILL BE SWAPPED UNDER THE DOS
DISABLED:
FLOPPY A&B WILL BE NOT SWAPPED.
BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:
DURING POST, BIOS WILL DETERMINE IF THE FLOPPY DISK DRIVE
INSTALLED IS 40 OR 80 TRACKS. 360K TYPE IS 40 TRACKS WHILE
720K, 1.2M AND 1.44M ARE ALL 80 TRACKS. THE DEFAULT VALUE IS
ENABLED.
BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS:
THE DEFAULT VALUE IS ON.
ON:
KEYPAD IS NUMBER KEYS.
OFF:
KEYPAD IS ARROW KEYS.
BOOT UP SYSTEM SPEED:
IT SELECTS THE DEFAULT SYSTEM SPEED-THE SP EED THAT THE
SYSTEM WILL RUN AT IMMEDIATELY AFTER POWER UP.
HIGH:
SET THE SPEED TO HIGH.
LOW:
SET THE SPEED TO LOW.
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NOTE:
THE BOARD DEFAULT VALUE IS LOW IN THE FIELD. BOOT
THE SYSTEM TO CONTROLLER TURBO OR DE-TURBO BY
ON-BOARD (TURBO SWITCH).
GATE A20 OPTION:
THE DEFAULT VALUE IS FAST.
NORMAL:
THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD
CONTROLLER OR CHIPSET HARDWARE.
FAST:
DEFAULT: FAST. THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY
PORT 92 OR CHIPSET SPECIFIC METHOD.
TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING:
THIS DETERMINES THE TYPEMATIC RATE.
ENABLED:
ENABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING.
DISABLED:
DISABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING, THE SYSTEM BIOS WILL USE DEFAULT
VALUE OF THIS 2 ITEMS AND THE DEFAULT IS
CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD.
TYPEMATIC RATE(CHARS/SEC):
6 : 6 CHARACTERS PER SECOND 8 : 8 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
10: 10 CHARACTERS PER SECOND 12 : 12 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
15: 15 CHARACTERS PER SECOND 20 : 20 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
24: 24 CHARACTERS PER SECOND 30 : 30 CHARACTERS PER SECOND
TYPEMATIC DELAY (msec):
WHEN HOLDING A KEY, THE TIME BETWEEN THE FIRST AND
SECOND CHARACTER DISPLAYED.
250 : 250 msec
500 : 500 msec
750 : 750 msec
1000 :1000 msec
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VIDEO BIOS SHADOW:
IT DETERMINES WHETHER VIDEO BIOS WILL BE COPIED TO RAM,
HOWEVER, IT IS OPTIONAL FROM CHIPSET DESIGN. VIDEO SHADOW
WILL INCREASE THE VIDEO SPEED.
ENABLED :
VIDEO SHADOW IS ENABLED
DISABLED:
VIDEO SHADOW IS DISABLED
C8000-CBFFF SHADOW:
CC000-CFFFF SHADOW:
D0000-D3FFF SHADOW:
D4000-D7FFF SHADOW:
D8000-DBFFF SHADOW:
DC000-DFFFF SHADOW:
THESE CATEGORIES DETERMINE WHET HER OPTIONAL ROM WILL BE
COPIED TO RAM BY 16K BYTE OR 32K BYTE PER/UNIT AND THE SIZE
DEPENDS ON CHIPSET.
ENABLED :
OPTIONAL SHADOW IS ENABLED.
DISABLED:
OPTIONAL SHADOW IS DISABLED.
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3-4. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
AUTO CONFIGURATION
[THE BIOS will automatically detect the CPU
speed and will auto-configurate the bus frequency, DRAM speed, cache and
read/write cycle.]
DRAM RAS# Precharge Time
[The DRAM Precharge time by RAS.]
: 4
: 3 (default)
RAS TO CAS Delay
[Control the DRAM page miss and row miss leadoff
timing.]
: 2
: 3 (default)
DRAM Read Burst (B/E/F)
[The timing used depends on the type of DRAM
on a per-basis. The DRAM read burst timing are controlled by register.]
: X2222
: X3333
: X4444 (default)
DRAM Write Burst (B/E/F)
[Slower rate may be required in certain system de signs to support layo ut with longer trace length or
slower DRAM. The DRAM write burst timing are
controlled by register.]
: X2222
: X3333
: X4444 (default)
System BIOS Cacheable
[Define whether system BIOS area cacheable or not.]
:Enabled
:Disabled (default)
Video BIOS Cacheable
[Define whether video BIOS area cacheable or not.]
:Enabled
:Disabled (default)
3
3
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8 BIT I/O RECOVERY TIME:
THIS FIELD DEFINES THE RECOVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 8 FOR 8-BIT
I/O.
16 BIT I/O RECOVERY TIME:
TO DEFINE THE RECOVERY TIME FROM 1 TO 4 FOR 16-BIT I/O.
Memory Hole AT 15M-16M
[T his fi eld enable a memory hole in main memory
space. CPU cycles matching an enabled hold are passed on to PCI.
Note that a selected can not be
changed while the L2 cache is enabled.]
:Enabled
:Disabled (default)
ADDING IC «GL518M» ON BAORD, THE SCREEN WILL SHOW THE
BELOW ITEMS: «CURRENT CPU TEMPERATURE,» «CURRENT
CPUFAN1 SPEED,» «CURRENT CPUFAN2 SPEED,» «CURRENT VIN(V).»
AGAIN, IF THE USER IS INTERESTED IN THOSE FUNCTIONS, PLEASE
CONTACT THE SUPPLIER OF THIS MOTHER BOARD.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
3
Current CPU Temperature :
Current CPUFAN1 SPEED :
Current CPUFAN2 SPEED :
Current Vin (V) :
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3-5.
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
POWER SUPPLY TYPE:
AT: AT power supply (Default)
ATX: ATX power supply
Please select right option for the system’s power supply.
POWER MANAGEMENT:
Disabled :Global Power Management will be disabled.
User Define:Use rs can configure their own power management.
Min.Saving :Pre-define timer value are used such that all timers are in
their MAX . value
Max.Saving :Pre-define timer values are used such that all timers are in
their MIN . value.
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PM Control by APM :
NO : System BIOS will ignore APM.
Yes : System BIOS will wait for APM's prompt before it
enter any PM mode, e.g. DOZE, STANDBY or SUSPEND.
**** NOTE **** : 1. IF APM is installed, and there is a task running,
even if the timer is time out, the APM will not prompt
the BIOS to put the system into any power saving mode!
2. IF APM is not installed, this option has no effect.
Video Off Method :
Blank Screen : The system BIOS will only blanks off the screen when
disabled.
V/H SYNC+Blank : BIOS will also turn off the V/H SYNC signal from VGA
card to monitor.
DPMS: Display Power Management by VGA Card support.
Doze Mo de : disabled , 1 Min --- 1 Hour
Standby Mode : disabled , 1 Min --- 1 Hour
Suspend Mo de : disabled , 1 Min --- 1 Hour
HDD Power Down : disabled , 1 Min ---15 Min
Wake-up Event : TO IRQ3, IRQ4 , IRQ8 , IRQ12 check point.
Any activity. The system will wake up.
Power down Activities : To COM ports, LPT ports and Drive ports
IRQ3.......IRQ15 check point Then Into Green function.
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3-6. PNP / PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP
IRQ-3 ASSIGNED TO---- IRQ-15 ASSIGNED TO:
: PCI/ISA PNP
: LEGACY ISA
DMA-0 ASSIGNED TO--- DMA-7 ASSIGNED TO
: PCI/ISA PNP
: LEGANCY ISA
ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB & ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA
DEFAULT VALUE FOR
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB»
IS DISABLE AND
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA»
ENABLE. FOR VGA CARDS OF GOOD
QUALITY, IRQ ADDRESS IS REQUIRED, BUT NOT FOR SOME LOW-END
VGA CARDD. THEREFORE, PLEASE CHECK
VGA CARD’S FEATURE
BEFORE
SETTING
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB»
AND «
ASSIGN IRQ FOR
VGA.»
*FOR WINDOWS 95 OSR2.0, IF AGP FUNCTION IS REQUIRED, PLEASE INSTALL «USB
SUPPORT» FILE TO ENABLE THIS FUNCTION. YET, WINDOWS 95 OSR2.0 CANNOT
RECOGNIZE USB, AND A QUESTION MARK «?» WILL APPEAR. AFTER REMOVING «?, « IT
CHANGE S T O »
!
.» PLEASE RESET THE SYSTEM, GO TO CMOS, AND ENABLE
«ASSIGN
IRQ FOR USB.»
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3-7. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
IDE HDD Block Mode
[This featur e enhances hard di sk performance by making
multi sector transfer, instead of one sector per transfer,
Most of IDE drivers, except very early designs ,can use
this feature.]
:Enabled (default)
:Disabled
IDE Primary Master PIO
[Detect your Primary Master hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
IDE Primary Slave PIO
[Detect your Primary Slave hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
IDE Secondary Master PIO
[Detect your Secondary Master hard disk device.]
:AUTO (default)
:Mode 0,1,2,3,4
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IDE Secondary Slave PIO
[Detect your Secondary Slave hard disk device.]
: AUTO (default)
: Mode 0,1,2,3,4
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
[Select use Chip support Primary PCI IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE
[Select use Chip support Secondary PCI IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
PCI slot IDE 2nd Channel
[Use external IDE. AS ISA IDE or PCI IDE.]
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
On-board FDD Controller
: Enabled (default)
: Disabled
On-board Serial Port 1
: COM1 (default)
: COM2
: COM3
: COM4
: Disabled
On-board Serial Port 2
: COM1
: COM2 (default)
: COM3
: COM4
: Disabled
On-board Parallel Port
: 378H (default)
: 278H
: 3BCH
: Disabled
On-board Parallel Mode
: SPP(default)
: EPP
: ECP
: ECP+EPP
USB KEYBOARD SUPPORT:
DEFAULT VALUE IS DISABLE. IF THE SYSTEM USES USB KEYBOARD,
PLEASE SET «ENABLE.» IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO SET THIS ITEM FOR
USB MOUSE. ONLY SET
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB»
(REFER TO PAGE
20).
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3-8. SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD
The " SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SET TING " utility sets the password.
The mainboard may be shipped with the default password "award_sw" , or with
the password disabled. If you want to change the password, you must first enter
the current password (" award_sw " in this case). Then at the prompt, type your
new password. The password is case sensitive and you can use up to 8
alphanumeric characters. Press <Enter> after the password . At the next prompt,
confirm the new password by typing it and pressing <Enter> again. when you use
this feature, the " security option" line in BIOS FEATURES SETUP will
determine whether the password will be required. To disable the password,
press the <Enter> key instead of entering a new password when the " Enter
password" dialog box appears. A message will appear confirming that the
password is disable. You may receive your mainboard set up this way.
THERE are two kinds of password functions in the setup menu : one is
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
, and the other is
USER PASSWORD.
THE differences between them are:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
:THE supervisor pa ssword functio n allows you the
right to change the options of setup menu once
you enter the setup menu.
USER PASSWORD
:THE user password function only allows you to enter the
setup menu but do not have the right to change the options
of the setup menu except user password, save & exit setup,
and exit without saving.
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3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
THE "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" UTILITY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH KIND OF HARD DISK
TYPE YOU ARE USING. YOU CAN USE THIS UTILITY TO DET E CT THE
CORRECT DISK TYPE INSTALLED IN THE SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY
OR YOU CAN SET HARD DISK TYPE TO AUTO IN THE STANDARD
CMOS SETUP. YOU DON'T NEED THE "I DE HDD AUT O DETECTION"
UTILITY. THE BIOS WILL AUTO-DETECT THE HARD DISK SIZE AND
MODEL ON DISPLAY DURING POST.
NOTE:
HDD MODES
THE AWARD BIOS SUPPORTS 3 HDD MODES: NORMAL, LBA & LARGE
NORMAL MODE
GENERIC ACCESS MODE IN WHICH NEITHER THE BIOS NOR THE IDE
CONTROLLER WILL MAKE ANY TRANSFORMATIONS DURING
ACCESSING.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, HEAD & SECTORS FOR
NORMAL MODE ARE 1024, 16 & 63.
no. CYLINDER (1024)
X no. HEAD ( 16)
X no. SECTOR ( 63)
X no. PER SECTOR ( 512)
528 MEGABYTES
IF USER SET THIS HDD TO NORMAL MODE, THE MAXIMUM
ACCESSIBLE HDD SIZE WILL BE 528 MEGABYTES EVEN THOUGH ITS
PHYSICAL SIZE MAY BE GREATER THAN THAT!
LBA (LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESSING) mode
A NEW HDD ACCESSING METHOD TO OVERCOME THE 528 megabyte
BOTTLENECK. THE NUMBE R OF CYLINDERS, HEADS & SECTORS
SHOWN IN SETUP MAY NOT BE T HE NUMB E R PHYSICALLY
CONTAINED IN THE HDD.
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DURING HDD ACCESSING, THE IDE CONTROLLER WILL TRANSFORM
THE LOGICAL ADDRESS DESCRIBED BY SECTOR, HEAD & CYLINDER
INTO ITS OWN PHYSICAL ADDRESS INSIDE THE HDD.
THE MAXIMUM HDD SIZE SUPPORTED BY LBA MODE IS 8.4
GIGABYTES WHICH IS OBTAINED BY THE FOLLOWING FORMULA:
no. CYLINDER (1024)
X no. HEAD ( 255)
X no. SECTOR ( 63)
X no. BYTES PER SECTOR ( 512)
8.4 GIGABYTES
LARGE MODE
EXTENDED HDD ACCESS MODE SUPPORTED BY AWARD SOFTW ARE.
SOME IDE HDDS CONTAIN MORE THAN 1024 CYLINDER WITHOUT
LBA SUPPORT (IN SOME CASES, USER DO NOT WANT LBA).
THE AWARD BIOS PROVIDES ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE TO SUPPORT
THESE KINDS OF LARGE MODE:
CYLS. HEAD SECTOR MODE
1120 16 59 NORMAL
560 32 59 LARGE
BIOS TRICKS DOS (OR OTHER OS) THAT THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS
IS LESS THAN 1024 BY DIVIDING IT BY 2. AT THE SAME TIME, THE
NUMBER OF HEADS IS MULTIPLIED BY 2. A REVERSE
TRANSFORMATION PROCESS WILL BE MADE INSIDE INT 12H IN
ORDER TO ACCESS THE RIGHT HDD ADDRESS THE RIGHT HDD
ADDRESS!
MAXIMUM HDD SIZE:
no. CYLINDER (1024)
X no. HEAD ( 32)
X no. SECTOR ( 63)
X no. BYTES PER SECTOR ( 512)
1 GIGABYTES
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NOTE:
TO SUPPORT LBA OR LARGE MODE OF HDDS, THERE MUST
BE SOME SOFTWARES INVOLVED. ALL THESE SOFTWARES
ARE LOCATED IN THE AWARD HDD SERVICE ROUTINE
(INT 13H). IT MAY BE FAILED TO ACCESS A HDD WITH LBA
(LARGE) MODE SELECTED IF YOU ARE RUNNING UNDER AN
OPERATING SYSTEM WHICH REPLACES THE WHOLE INT 13H.
UNIX OPERATING SYSTEMS DO NOT SUPPORT EITHER LBA
OR LARGE AND MUST UTILITY THE STANDARD MODE. UNIX
CAN SUPPORT DRIVES LARGER THAN 528MB.
3-10 .LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
"LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS" loads optimized settings which are stored in
the BIOS ROM.
THE AUTO-CONFIGURED SETTINGS ONLY AFFECT
THE BIOS FEATURE SETUP AND CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP SCREENS.
THERE IS NO EFFECT ON THE STANDARD CMOS SETUP. TO USE THIS
FEATURE, HIGHLIGHT IT ON THE MAIN SCREEN AND PRESS THE
<ENTER> KEY. A LINE WILL APPEAR ON SCREEN ASKING IF YOU
WANT TO LOAD THE SETUP DEFAULT VALUES. PRESS THE <Y> KEY
AND THEN PRESS THE <ENTER> KEY . THE SETUP DEFAULTS WILL
THEN LOAD. PRESS <N> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO
3-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP
THE "SAVE & EXIT SETUP" OPTION WILL BRING YOU BACK TO BOOT
UP PROCEDURE WITH ALL THE CHANGES, YOU JUST MADE WHICH
ARE RECORDED IN THE CM OS RAM.
3-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
THE "EXIT WITHOUT SAVING" OPTION WILL BRING YOU BACK TO
NORMAL BOOT UP PROCEDURE WITHOUT SAVING ANY DATA INTO
CMOS RAM. ALL OF THE OLD DATA IN THE CMOS WILL NOT BE
DESTROYED.
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3-13 I/O & MEMORY MAP
MEMORY MAP
ADDRESS RANGE SIZE DESCRIP TION
00000-7FFFF 512K CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
80000-9FBFF 127K EXTENDED CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
9FC00-9FFFF 1K EXTENDED BIOS DATA AREA IF PS/2
MOUSE IS INSTALLED
A0000-C7FFF 160K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY
C8000-DFFFF 96K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY AND
ADAPTER ROMS
E0000-EEFFF 60K AVAILABLE FOR UMB
EF000-EFFFF 4K VIDEO SERVICE ROUTINE FOR
MONOCHROME & CGA ADAPTER
F0000-F7FFF 32K BIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY
F8000-FCFFF 20K BIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (2)
FD000-FDFFF 4K PLUG AND PLAY ESCD DATA AREA
FE000-FFFFF 8K BIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (1)
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I/O MAP
000-01F DMA CONTROLLER (MASTER)
020-021 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (MASTER)
022-023 CHIPSET CONTROL REGISTERS. I/O POSTS
040-05F TIMER CONTROL REGISTERS
060-06F KEYBOARD INTERFACE CONTROLLER (8042)
070-07F RTC PORTS & CMOS I/O PORTS
080-09F DMA REGISTER
0A0-0BF INTERRUPT CONTROLLER (SLAVE)
0C0-0DF DMA CONTROLLER (SLAVE)
0F0-0FF MATH COPROCESSOR
1F0-1FB HARD DISK CONTROLLER
278-27F PARALLEL PORT 2
2B0-2DF GRAPHICS ADAPTER CONTROLLER
2F8-2FF SERIAL PORT 2
360-36F NETWORK PORTS
378-37F PARALLEL PORT 1
3B0-3BF MONOCHROME & PARALLEL PORT ADAPTER
3C0-3CF EGA ADAPTER
3D0-CDF CGA ADAPTER
3F0-3F7 FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER
3F8-3FF SERIAL PORT-1
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3-14 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP
TIME MAP:
TIMER CHANNEL 0 SYSTEM TIMER INTERRUPT
TIMER CHANNEL 1 DRAM REFRESH REQUEST
TIMER CHANNEL 2 SPEAKER TONE GENERATOR
DMA CHANNELS:
DMA CHANNEL 0 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 1 ONBOARD ECP (OPTION)
DMA CHANNEL 2 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP)
DMA CHANNEL 3 ONBOARD ECP (DEFAULT)
DMA CHANNEL 4 CASCADE FOR DMA CONTROLLER 1
DMA CHANNEL 5 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 6 AVAILABLE
DMA CHANNEL 7
AVAILABLE
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP
NIMI:
NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPT
IRQ(H/W):
0 SYSTEM TI MER INTERRUPT FROM TIMER 0
1 KEYBOARD OUTPUT BUFFER FULL
2 CASCADE FOR IRQ8-15
3 SERIAL PORT2
4 SERIAL PORT1
5 PARALLEL PORT 2
6 FLOPPY DISK (SMC CHIP)
7 PARALLEL PORT 1
8 RTC CLOCK
9 AVAILABLE
10 AVAILABLE
11 AVAILABLE
12 PS/2 MOUSE
13 MATH COPROCESSOR
14 ONBOARD HARD DISK (IDE1) CHANNEL
15 ONBOARD HARD DISK (IDE2) CHANNEL
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3-16 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP
RTC & CMOS:00 SECONDS
01 SECOND ALARM
02 MINUTES
03 MINUTES ALARM
04 HOURS
05 HOURS ALARM
06 DAY OF WEEK
07 DAY OF MONTH
08 MONTH
09 YEAR
0A STATUS REGISTER A
0B STATUS REGISTER B
0C STATUS REGISTER C
0D STATUS REGISTER D
0E DIAGNOSTIC STATUS BYTE
0F SHUTDOWN BYTE
10 FLOPPY DISK DRIVE TYPE BYTE
12 HARD DISK TYPE BYTE
13 RESERVE
14 EQUIPMENT TYPE
15 BASE MEMORY LOW BYTE
16 BASE MEMORY HIGH BYTE
17 EXTENSION MEMORY LOW BYTE
18 EXTENSION MEMORY HIGH BYTE
19-2D
2E-2F
30 RESERVED FOR EXTENSION MEMORY LOW BYTE
31 RESERVED FOR EXTENSION MEMORY HIGH BYTE
32 DATE CENTURY BYTE
33 INFORMATION FLAG
34-3F RESERVE
40-7F RESERVED FOR CHIPSET SETTING DATA
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