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Contents

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF POWERPRO LX ..................... 4

SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................ 4

LAYOUT DIAGRAM ................................................................................. 6

THE SYSTEM BLOCK DIAGRAM............................................................... 8

CHAPTER 2 INSTALLING THE MAINBOARD ................................. 9

INSTALLING THE MAINBOARD TO THE CASING ................................ 10

STANDARD EXTERNAL CONNECTORS ................................................. 11

JUMPER SETTINGS................................................................................... 17

INSTALLATION OF THE CPU ................................................................. 19

INSTALLING SYSTEM MEMORY ............................................................ 20

CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCTION OF BIOS .......................................... 21

CPU SETUP [CPU SOFT MENU™] .................................................. 23

STANDARD CMOS SETUP MENU......................................................... 27

BIOS FEATURES SETUP MENU............................................................. 29

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU........................................................ 36

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP MENU.................................................. 38

PCI & ONBOARD I/O SETUP ................................................................. 43

LOAD BIOS DEFAULTS ......................................................................... 48

LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ........................................................................ 48

PASSWORD SETTING .............................................................................. 49

IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION................................................................ 50

CHAPTER 4 BUS MASTER IDE DRIVER .......................................... 50

APPENDIX A QUICK INSTALLATION ......................................................... 50

APPENDIX B HDD INSTALLATION........................................................... 56

APPENDIX C TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................................................... 63

APPENDIX D FLASH BIOS INSTRUCTIONS............................................. 69

APPENDIX E INSTALL THE PCI BRIDGE BATCH FILE............................. 71

APPENDIX F USB SUPPLEMENT FILE INSTALLATION............................ 75

Chapter 1 Introduction of PowerPro LX

The mainboard is designed for the new generation of CPU. It supports the Intel CPU SLOT1(Pentium® II), up to 1GB of memory, super I/O, and Green PC functions. The mainboard provides high performance for the server system and meets the requirements of the desktop system for multimedia in the future.

Specifications

1. CPU

❖ CPU SOFT MENU™eliminates the need for jumpers or

DIP switches needed to set CPU parameters

❖ Employs switching type regulators to stabilize CPU

operation

❖ Supports 66, 75* and 83*MHz CPU external clock

speeds

❖ Supports Pentium® II 233 ~ 300 MHz processor cartridge

2. Chipset

❖ Intel 440LX chipset (82443LX and 82371AB) ❖ Supports Ultra DMA/33 IDE protocol ❖ Supports Advanced Configuration and Power

Management Interface(ACPI)

❖ Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP

66MHz/133MHz (Sideband) 3.3V device

3. Cache Memory

❖ Level 1 and Level 2 cache built into Intel Pentium II

processor card

4. Memory(DRAM)

❖ Three 168-pin DIMM sockets support SDRAM and EDO

DRAM modules (more slots - optional)

❖ Supports up to 512MB (EDO DRAM up to 1GB) ❖ ECC support

5. System BIOS

❖ Award Plug and Play BIOS supports APM, DMI, and

ACPI

6. Multi I/O Functions

❖ Floppy port supports up to 2.88MB, and 3 mode floppy ❖ Ultra DMA/33 bus master IDE supports up to 4 IDE

devices ( Including LS-120 MB floppy drive )

❖ Built-in Standard/EPP/ECP parallel port connector ❖ Two built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port

connectors

❖ Built-in PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors

❖ Built-in standard IrDA TX/RX header ❖ Two built-in USB connectors

7. Miscellaneous

❖ ATX form factor ❖ One AGP slot, Four PCI slots and Three ISA slots ❖ Reserved circuitry for LDCM feature ❖ PC97 / PC98 Compliant ❖ Board size: 30.5 x 19mm

Note: All brand names and trademarks are the property of their

respective owners.

*Above 66MHz bus speed supported but not guaranteed due to the PCI

specs.

Layout Diagram

Figure 1-1 Component Locations - PCB rev.B

(Other revisions of PCB layout may not as same as shown.)

USB 1

KEYBoard/Mouse

ATXPWR

PIIX4

IDE 1

IDE 2

FDC

SLOT 1

SLOT 2

SLOT 3

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

IR 1

Winbond

CPU SLOT1

COMM / LPT PORTS

443LX

BAT

AGP SLOT

CCOMS 1

1 3

DIMM 1

DIMM 2

DIMM 3

DIMM 4

BIOS

SP-LED SPEAKER RST

SMI POW-ON HD-LED KEYLOCK

1 1

The System block diagram

Figure 1-2 System Block diagram

CPU-SLOT

PMC

82443LX

Main

Memory

(DRAM)

AGP

SLOT

PIIX4

83977F

Buffer

Serial

LPT

IrDA

KBC

RTC

FLASH BIOS

FDCX BUS

ISA SLOT(s)

PCI SLOT(s)

Control

Address

Data

Address

Control

PCI BUS

USB 1 USB 2

Universal Serial BUS

PCI IDE

HEADER

ISA BUS

Chapter 2 Installing the Mainboard

This PowerPro LX mainboard not only provides all standard equipment for classic personal computers, but also provides great flexibility for meeting future upgrade demands. This chapter will introduce step by step all the standard equipment and will also present, as completely as possible future upgrade capabilities. This mainboard is able to support all Intel Pentium® II processors now on the market. (For details, see specifications in Chapter 1.)

This chapter is organized according the following features: Installing the Mainboard to the Casing Standard external connectors Jumpers and switches Installing of the CPU. Installing the system memory.

Before proceeding with the installation

Before installing the mainboard please be sure to turn off or disconnect the power supply unit. Before making any modifications to the hardware configuration of the mainboard, the power supply to any areas of the mainboard you plan to modify should be turned off to avoid unnecessary damage to the hardware.

User friendly instructions

Our objective is to enable the novice computer user to perform the installation by themselves. We have attempted to write this document in a very clear, concise and descriptive manner to help overcome any obstacles you may face during installation. Please read our instructions carefully and follow them carefully step-by-step.

Installing the Mainboard to the Casing

Most computer cases will have a base on which there will be many mounting holes that allows the mainboard to be securely attached and at the same time, prevents short circuits.

There are two ways to attach the mainboard to the base.

 with spacers  or with bolts

In principle, the best way to attach the motherboard is with bolts, and only if you are unable to do this should you attach the board with spacers. Take a careful look at the mainboard and you will see many mounting holes on it. Line these holes up with the mounting holes on the base. If the holes line up, and there are screw holes this means you can attach the mainboard with bolts. If the holes line up

and there are only slots, this means you can only attach the mainboard with spacers. Take the tip of the spacers and insert it into the slots. After doing this to all the slots, you can slide the mainboard into position aligned with the slots. After the mainboard has been positioned, check to make sure everything is OK before putting the casing back on. Note: If the mainboard has mounting holes, but don’t line up with the holes on the base and their are no slots to attach the spacers,

don’t panic, you can still attach the spacers to the mounting holes.

Just cut the spacers (along the dotted line) (the spacer may be a little hard so be careful of our hands). In this way you can still attach the mainboard to the base without worrying about short circuits.

Standard External Connectors

Inside the case of any computer several cables and plugs have to be connected. These cables and plugs are usually connected oneby-one to connectors located on the mainboard. You need to carefully pay attention to any connection orientation the cables may have and, if any, notice the position of the first pin of the connector. In the explanations that follow, we will describe the significance of the first pin.

PN1(Pin 1-2) - Hardware Reset Connector

Attach the cable from the case’s Reset switch to this

connector. Press and hold the reset button for at least one second to reset the system.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Ground

Reset input

PN1(Pin 4-5-6-7) - Speaker Connector

Attach the system speaker to connector PN1.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

+ 5VDC

Ground

Speaker data

RST

SPEAKER

SP-LED

POWER LED

KEYLOCK

HD-LED

POW-ON

SMI

PN1

PN2

PN1 (Pin 9-10) - SP LED (Green LED)

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

LED Power

Green LED Active

PN2(Pin 1-2-3-4-5) - Keylock and Power LED Connector

Attach the case’s keylock to the connector.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

+5VDC

No connection

Ground

Keylock inhibit signal

Ground

PN2(Pin 6-7) - HDD LED Connector

Attach the cable from the case’s HDD LED to this connector.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

LED power

HDD active

PN2 (Pin 8-9) - Power Switch

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Ground

Power Switch signal

PN2(Pin 10-11) - Hardware Suspend Switch (SMI Switch)

Attach the cable from the case’s suspend switch (if there is one) to this switch. Use this switch to enable/disable the power management function by hardware.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Ground

Suspend signal

MOUSE - PS/2 Mouse Connector

Attach a PS/2 mouse to this 6-pin Din-connector.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Mouse data

No connection

Ground

+5VDC

Mouse clock

No connection

KB - PS/2 Keyboard Connector

Attach a keyboard to this 6-pin Din-connector.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Keyboard data

No connection

Ground

+5VDC

Keyboard clock

No connection

ATX PWR - ATX Power Input Connector

Caution: If power supply connectors are not properly attached to

ATXPWR, the power supply or add-on cards may be damaged.

Attach the connectors from the power supply to ATX PWR.

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

+3.3V

Ground

+5V

Ground

+5V

Ground

Powered( Power Good)

+5V

+12V

+3.3V

-12V

Ground

ON/OFF control signal

Ground

-5V

+5V

FAN1, FAN2 , FAN3 - DC-FAN Power Connector

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

Ground

+12V

Sense

IR - IR Connector(Infrared)

Pin number

Name or significance of signal

+5V

FIRRX

IR_RX

Ground

IR_TX

I/O port connectors

Name

No. of pins

Description

IDE1

IDE channel 1 connector

IDE2

IDE channel 2 connector

FDC

Floppy disk connector

LPT

Parallel port

COM1

Serial port COM1 connector

COM2

Serial port COM2 connector

USB

Universal serial Bus

Notes: *IDE1, IDE2 are high performance PCI IDE connectors.

Up to four IDE interface devices are supported.

Jumper settings

You can set jumper settings on the mainboard to configure various hardware options. See Figure 1-1 for jumper locations.

Throughout this section, the following symbols are used to indicate jumper settings.

For 3-pin jumpers, the symbols below are used:

For 2-pins jumpers, the following symbols are used:

ON OFF

PIN 1-2

PIN 2-3

Note: To avoid losing jumper caps, attach the removed

jumper cap to one of the jumper pins.

CCMOS 1 - CMOS Discharge Jumper

Jumper CCMOS discharge CMOS memory. When you install the mainboard, make sure this jumper is set for Normal Operation(1-2). See the jumper below.

Setting

CCMOS

Normal Operation

(Default)

Discharge CMOS

Installation of the CPU

The mainboard is equipped with a CPU-SLOT slot to accommodate Intel Pentium® II CPU or above. The default clock rate setting for Pentium® II CPU is 233MHz and depends on auto detect from BIOS. But there is a better way

to set up the menu. For details please refer the chapter 3 “ BIOS Setup”.

Installing System Memory

The mainboard provides four 168-pin DIMM sites for memory expansion.. The DIMM socket supports 1Mx64(8MB), 2Mx64(16MB), 4Mx64(32MB), 8Mx64(64MB), 16Mx64(128MB), and 32Mx64(256MB) or double sided DIMM modules. Minimum memory size is 8MB and maximum memory size is 512 MB SDRAM and 1GB EDO.

There are four banks of Memory on the system board. In order to create a memory array, certain rules must be followed.

The following set of rules allows for optimum configurations.

❖ The memory array is 64 or 72 bits wide. (Without parity

or with parity)

❖ Those modules can be populated in any order. ❖ Support single and double density DIMMS.

The following is the valid memory configuration:

Bank

Memory Module

Total Memory

Bank0

8MB,16MB, 32MB,64MB, 128MB

x 2

8MB~256MB

Bank1

(DIMM2)

8MB,16MB, 32MB,64MB, 128MB

x 2

8MB~256MB

Bank3

(DIMM3)

8MB,16MB, 32MB,64MB, 128MB

x 1

8MB~256MB

Bank4

(DIMM4)

8MB,16MB, 32MB,64MB, 128MB

x 1

8MB~256MB

Total System Memory

(+)=

8MB~512MB

x 2 = Double Sided Memory Modules. x 1 = Single Sided Memory Modules.

Chapter 3 Introduction of BIOS

The BIOS is a program located on a Read-Only Memory chip on the mainboard. This program will not be lost when you turn the computer off. This program is also referred to as the boot program. It is the only channel for the hardware circuit to communicate with the operating system. Its main function is to manage the setup of the mainboard and interface cards parameters, including simple parameters such as time, date, hard disk drive, as well as more complex parameters such as hardware synchronization, device operating mode, CPU SOFT MENU™ techniques, setup of CPU voltage and speed. The computer will operate normally, or will

Don’t change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you

know what you are doing

The parameters inside the BIOS are used to setup the hardware synchronization or the device operating mode. If the parameters are not correct, they will produce errors, the computer will crash, and sometimes you will even not be able to boot the computer after it has crashed. We recommend that you do not change the parameters inside the BIOS unless you are familiar with them. If you are not able to boot your computer anymore, please refer to the section “Erase CMOS data” in Chapter 2.

operate at its best, only if all these parameters are correctly configured through the BIOS.

When you start the computer, it is controlled by the BIOS program. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic for all the necessary hardware, configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization, and detects all the hardware. Only when these tasks are completed does it give up control of the computer to the program of the next level, which is the operating system. Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate, it will be the key factor to system stability, and to ensure that your system performs at its best. After the BIOS has achieved the auto-diagnostic and auto-detection operations, it will display the following message:

PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP

Three to five seconds after the message is displayed, if you press the Del key, you will access the BIOS Setup menu. At that moment, the BIOS will display the following message:

Fig 3 BIOS Setup main menu

In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here:

❖ Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup.

❖ Press ➔(up, down, left, right) to choose, in the

main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.

❖ Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS

parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.

❖ Press Page Up/Page Down or +/- keys when you want

to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.

CMOS DATA

Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost. What is the CMOS? Is it important? The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you can also store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is turned off. Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power and if doing that, you will loose all CMOS data, therefore, we recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.

CPU Setup [CPU SOFT MENU™]

The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU SOFT MENU™), that replaces traditional manual hardware configuration. This feature allows the user to complete more easily the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without

configuring any jumpers or switches. The CPU must be setup according its specifications.

In the first option, you can press <F1> at any time to display all the items that can be chosen for that option.

Fig 3-1 CPU SOFT MENU™

CPU Name Is:

Intel Pentium II MMX

CPU Operating Speed:

This option sets the CPU speed.

In this field, the CPU speed is indicated like this: CPU speed

(external clock x multiplier factor)

Select the CPU speed according the type and the speed of

your CPU.

[Note 1] For Intel Pentium II MMX CPUs, you can choose

the following settings:

233 (66x3.5) 266 (66x4) 300 (66x4.5)

[Note 4] User define external clock and multiplier factor:

User Define

External Clock:

66MHz 75MHz 83MHz

Multiplier Factor:

You can choose the following multiplier factors:

2.0 2.5

3.0 3.5

4.0 4.5

5.0 5.5 However, differences will exist because of the various brands and types available.

Normally, we do not recommend that you use the “User

Define” option to setup CPU speed and multiplier factor. This

option is for setup of future CPUs whose specifications are still unknown. The specifications of all present CPUs are included in the default settings. Unless you are very familiar with all CPU parameters, it is very easy to make mistakes when you define by yourself the external clock and the multiplier factor.

Turbo Frequency:

This item will only be displayed if your CPU external clock supports Turbo mode. The Turbo mode allows you to speed up the external clock by approximately 2.5%. This feature is used to verify the design flexibility. It is a very important tool for test units to verify CPU stability. Do not use this feature.

Disable: CPU external clock is operating

within the normal limits.

Enable: CPU external clock is operating

within the limits of the Turbo mode.

Solution in case of booting problem due to invalid clock setup:

Normally, if the CPU clock setup is wrong, you will not be able to boot. In this case, turn the system off than on again. The CPU will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS Setup again and set up the CPU clock. If you can’t enter BIOS setup , you must try turning the system on a few times (3~4 times) and the system will automatically use its standard parameters to boot. You can then enter BIOS SETUP again and set up the new parameters.

When you change your CPU:

The mainboard have been designed in such a way that you can turn the system on after having inserted the CPU in the socket without having to configure any jumpers or DIP switches. But if you change your CPU, normally, you just have to turn off the power supply, change the CPU and then, set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT MENU™. However, if the CPU brand and type is the same, and if the new CPU is slower than the old one, we offer you two methods to successfully complete the CPU change operation.

Method 1: Setup up the CPU for the lowest speed for its

brand. Turn the power supply off and change the CPU. Then turn the system on again, and set up the CPU parameters through CPU SOFT MENU.

Method 2: Since you have to open the computer case when

you change the CPU, it could be a good idea to use the CCMOS jumper to erase the parameters

of the original CPU and to enter BIOS Setup to set up CPU parameters again.

Note : The increase by 2.5% of the CPU speed is not a

standard feature of this product. It is only for use by our development department to verify that the CPU is able to work normally when CPU speed, operating temperature and power supply are

2.5% higher or lower than the standard values. This is to guarantee product stability. We require the manufacturer of the Clock Generator to meet the demands of our development department and to add a TURBO Frequency feature used for testing purposes by our R&D department. Of course, you can use this feature to test the stability of your own system, but after you have tested the product, we recommend that you set it back to its normal value in order to guarantee system stability.

Attention: After setting up the parameters and you leave the BIOS

SETUP, and you have verified that the system can be booted, do not press the Reset button or turn off the power supply. Otherwise the BIOS will not read correctly, the parameters will fail and you must enter CPU SOFT MENU™ again to set up the parameters all over again.

Standard CMOS Setup Menu

It is the basic configuration parameters of the BIOS. These parameters include the settings of date, hour, VGA card, FDD and HDD.

Fig 3-2 Standard CMOS Setup Menu

❖ Set up of HDD operating mode [NORMAL,

LBA, LARGE]

Since old operating systems were only able to support HDD whose capacity was not bigger than 528MB, any hard disk with more than 528MB was unusable. AWARD BIOS features a solution to this problem: you can, according to your operating system, choose three operating modes: NORMAL, LBA or LARGE.

Normal mode:

Standard normal mode supports hard disks of 528MB or less. This mode directly uses positions indicated by Cylinders (CYLS), Heads, and Sectors to access data.

LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode:

LBA mode supports hard disk drives up to 8.4Giga. This mode uses a different method to calculate the position of disk data to be accessed. It translates Cylinders (CYLS), Heads and Sectors into a logical address where data are located. The Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors displayed in this menu do not reflect the actual structure of the hard disk, they are just reference

values used to calculate actual positions. Currently, all

high capacity hard disks support this mode, that’s why

we recommend you use this mode. The HDD AUTODETECTION option in the Main Menu will automatically detect the parameters of your hard disk and the mode supported.

LARGE Mode:

When the number of cylinders (CYLs) of the hard disk exceeds 1024 and DOS is not able to support it, or if your operating system does not support LBA mode, you should select this mode.

❖ FDD supporting 3 Mode:

3 Mode floppy disk drives (FDD) are 3 1/2” drives used in

Japanese computer systems. If you need to access data stored in this kind of floppy, you must select this mode, and of course you must have a 3 Mode floppy drive.

 For further information about HDD installation, refer to appendix E.

BIOS Features Setup Menu

BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use default values.

In each item, you can press <F1> at any time to display all the options for this item.

Fig 3-3 BIOS Features Setup

Virus Warning:

This item can be set as Enable or Disable. When this feature is enabled, if there is any attempt from a

software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table, the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access to the hard disk.

CPU Internal Cache:

This item is used to Enable or to Disable the CPU internal cache. When the cache is set at Disable, it is much slower, so the default setting for this item is Enable. Some old and very bad programs will make the computer malfunction or crash if the system speed is to high. In that case, you should Disable this feature.

CPU External Cache:

This item is used to enable or to disable the CPU external cache. When the external cache is enabled, the system works faster. The default is Enable.

Quick power on self test:

After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the mainboard will run a series of tests in order to check the system and its peripherals. If the Quick power on self test feature is Enable, the BIOS will simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process. The default is Enable.

Boot Sequence:

When the computer boots up, it can load the operating system from floppy drive A:, hard disk drive C:, SCSI disk drive or CD-ROM. There are many options for the boot sequence:

A, C, SCSI

C, A, SCSI C, CD-ROM, A CD-ROM, C, A D, A, SCSI (at least 2 IDE HDD can be used) E, A, SCSI (at least 3 IDE HDD can be used) F, A, SCSI (at least 4 IDE HDD can be used) SCSI, A, C SCSI, C, A A, SCSI, C LS120, C

Swap Floppy Drive:

This item can be set as Enable or disable.

When this f eature is enabled, you don’t need to open the

computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A: can be set as drive B:, and drive B: can be set as drive A:.

Boot Up Floppy Seek:

When computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has FDD or not. When this item is enabled, if the BIOS detects

no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test.

Boot Up NumLock Status:

On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode.

Off: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control

mode.

IDE HDD Block Mode:

This item can be set as Enable or Disable. Most of new hard disk drives (IDE drives) support multi-

sector transfers. This feature speeds up hard disk drive access performance and reduces the time necessary to access data. When this item is enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect if your hard disk drive supports this feature or not, and will choose the right settings for you.

For further details about hard disk drive installation, refer to appendix E.

Typematic Rate Setting:

This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When enabled, you can set the two keyboard typematic control that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If this item is disabled, the BIOS will use the default setting.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):

When you press a key continuously, the keyboard will repeat the keystroke according to the rate you have set. (Unit: characters/second)

Typematic Rate Delay (Msec):

When you press a key continuously, if you exceed the delay you have set here, the keyboard will automatically repeat the keystroke according a certain rate. (Unit: milliseconds)

Security Option:

This option can be set to System or to Setup. After you have created a password through PASSWORD

SETTING, this option will deny access to your system (System) or modification of computer setup (BIOS Setup) by unauthorized users.

SYSTEM: When you choose System, a password is

required each time the computer boots up. If the correct password is not given, the system will not start.

SETUP: When you choose Setup, a password is required

only when accessing the BIOS Setup. If you have not set a password in the PASSWORD SETTING option, this option is not available.

Notice: Don’t forget your password. If you forget the

password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But doing this, you have to reset all the options you had set up before.

PCI /VGA Palette Snoop:

This option allows the BIOS to preview VGA Status, and to modify the information delivered from the Feature Connector of the VGA card to the MPEG Card. This option can solve the display inversion to black after you have used the MPEG card.

Delay IDE Initial:

This item is using for support some old model or special type of hard disks or CDROMs . Because the BIOS may not detect those kinds of devices during system booting .

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB:

When the system memory is bigger than 64MB, the communication method between the BIOS and the operating system will differ from one operating system to another. If you use OS/2, select OS2; if you choose another operating system, select Non-OS2.

Video BIOS Shadow:

This option is used to define whether the BIOS on the video card uses shadow feature or not. You should set this option to Enable, otherwise the display performance of the system will greatly decrease.

Shadowing address ranges (C8000-CBFFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address C8000-CBFFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option.

Shadowing address ranges (CC000-CFFFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address CC000-CFFFF uses the

shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option.

Shadowing address ranges (D0000-D3FFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address D0000-D3FFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this

memory block, don’t enable this option.

Shadowing address ranges (D4000-D7FFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address D4000-D7FFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option.

Shadowing address ranges (D8000-DBFFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address D8000-DBFFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option.

Shadowing address ranges (DC000-DFFFF Shadow):

This option allows you to decide if the memory block (BIOS) of an interface card at the address DC000-DFFFF uses the shadow feature or not. If you have no interface card using this memory block, don’t enable this option.

SHADOW

What is the SHADOW? The BIOS of standard video or interface cards is stored in ROM, and it is often very slow. With the Shadow feature, the CPU reads the BIOS on the VGA card and copies it into RAM. When the CPU runs this BIOS, the operation is speeded up.

Chipset Features Setup Menu

The Chipset Features Setup Menu is used to modify the contents of the buffers in the chipset on the mainboard. Since the parameters of the buffers are closely related to hardware, if the setup is not correct or false, the mainboard will become unstable or you will

not be able to boot up. If you don’t know the hardware very well,

use default values (use the LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS option).

Fig 3-4 Chipset Features Setup

You can use the arrow keys to move between the items. Use "PgUP", "PgDn", "+" and "-" to change the values. When you have finished setting up the chipset, press "ESC" to go back to the main menu.

Auto Configuration:

This option allows (Enable) or prevents (Disable) the BIOS from using default values for Auto Configuration. The BIOS default is Enable.

When you select Enable, the BIOS will automatically use

the values related to DRAM. You will not be able to set up the following options.

When you select Disable, you can manually set up

DRAM options.

Attention: Unless you are very familiar with your

computer and with the DRAM configuration and speed, we recommend you not change the DRAM options but enable this option.

DRAM settings:

The other DRAM settings are all closely related to hardware.

If you do not understand this very well, don’t make any

changes. Our BIOS is able to autodetect the characteristics of your DRAM and to choose the best settings.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M:

This option is used to free up the 15M-16M memory block. Some special peripherals need to use a memory bloc located between 15M and 16M, and this memory block has a size of 1M. We recommend that you disable this option.

There are small differences in the chipset feature setup according to different mainboard models, but this has no influence upon performance. Our default setup should be the best one. That is the reason why we do not describe all the features of this menu.

Power Management Setup Menu

The difference between Green PCs and traditional computers is that Green PCs have a power management feature. With this feature, when the computer is powered on but inactive, the power consumption is reduced in order to save energy. When the computer operates normally, it is in Normal mode. In this mode, the Power Management Program will control the access to video, parallel ports, serial ports and drives, and the operating status of the keyboard, mouse and other device. These are referred to as Power Management Events. In cases where none of these events occur, the system enters the power saving mode. When one of the controlled events occurs, the system immediately returns to normal mode and operates at its maximum speed. Power saving modes can be divided into three modes according to their power consumption: Doze Mode, Standby Mode , and Suspend Mode. The four modes proceed in the following sequence:

Normal Mode===> Doze Mode===> Standby Mode===> Suspend Mode

The system consumption is reduced according the following sequence: Normal > Doze > Standby > Suspend

1. In the Main Menu, select "Power Management Setup" and press

"Enter". The following screen is displayed:

Fig 3-5 Power Management Setup Menu

2. Use arrow keys to go to the item you want to configure. To

change the settings, use "PgUP", "PgDn", "+" and "-".

3. After you have configured the Power Management feature,

press “Esc” to go back to the Main Menu.

We are now going to briefly explain the options in this menu:

Power Management:

Four options: User Define

User Define defines the delay for accessing the power modes.

Min Saving

When the three saving modes are enabled, the system is set up for minimum power savings. Doze = 1 hour Standby = 1 hour Suspend = 1 hour

Max Saving

When the three saving modes are enabled, the system is set up for maximum power savings. Doze = 1 minute Standby = 1 minute Suspend = 1 minute

PM Control by APM:

Power Management is completely controlled by the APM. APM stands for Advanced Power Mangement, it is a power management standard set by Microsoft, Intel and other major manufacturers.

Video Off Method:

Three video off methods are available: "Blank", "V/H SYNC+Blank" and "DPMS". The default is "V/H SYNC+Blank".

If this setting does not shut off the screen, select “Blank”. If

your monitor and video card support DMPS standard, select “DPMS”.

Video Off After:

Select the saving mode in which the video is switched off. NA

The video will never be switched off in no saving mode.

Doze

The video will be switched off in all saving modes.

Standby

The video will only be switched off in Standby or Suspend mode.

Suspend

The video will only be switched off in Suspend mode.

IDE HDD Power Down:

If the system has not accessed data on the hard disk drive during the specified time period, the engine of the HDD will stop in order to save electricity. You can set 1 to 15 minutes or select Disable according to your use of the HDD.

Doze Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning that computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Doze power saving mode. If this mode is disabled, the system will enter the next mode in the sequence (Standby or Suspend mode).

Standby Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Standby power saving mode. If this mode is disabled, the system will enter the next mode in the sequence (Suspend mode).

Suspend Mode:

When the setting selected for "Power Management" is "User Define", you can define for this mode any delay from 1 minute to 1 hour. If no power management event occurs during this time period, meaning the computer is inactive during this period, the system will enter the Suspend power saving mode. The CPU stops working completely.

If this mode is disabled, the system will not enter the Suspend mode.

Throttle Duty Cycle:

This is used to specify the CPU speed in saving mode. Seven options are available: 12.5%, 25.0%, 37.5%, 50.0%,

62.5% or 75.0% .

CPU Fan Off In Option:

CPU fan can be turn off in suspend mode.

Power Button Override:

Support ACPI Power Button Over-ride. The user presses the power button for more then four seconds while the system is in the working state, then the system will transition to the soft-off(Power off by software). This is called the power button over-ride.

IRQ8 Break Suspend :

Support RTC alarm wake up from suspend function (via IRQ8).

Reload Global Timer Events

When one of the speficied occurs, the count down made for entry in power saving mode goes back to zero.

Since the computer will enter a power saving mode only after an inactivity delay specified (time speficied for Doze, Standby and Suspend modes) and after it has no activity, during this time period, any event will cause the computer to

re-count the time elapsed. Resume events are operations or signals that cause the computer to resume time counting.

Resume by Ring:

To connect a external modem with the onboard serial port, the system will be turned on when telephone ring-up.

Resume by Alarm :

RTC alarm can turn on the system . You can set date ( of

month ) and time ( hour , minute , second ) .

PCI & Onboard I/O Setup

In this menu, you can change the INT# and IRQ of the PCI bus and the onboard I/O device, I/O port address and other hardware settings.

Fig 3-6 PCI & Onboard I/O Setup

PnP OS Install :

Device resource assigned by PnP OS or BIOS.

Force Update ESCD:

If you want to clear ESCD data next time you boot up, and ask the BIOS to reset the settings for the Plug & Play ISA Card and the PCI Card, select Enabled. But the next time you boot up, this option will automatically be set as Disabled.

ESCD (Extended System Configuration Data)

The ESCD contains the IRQ, DMA, I/O Port, Memory information of the system. This is a specification and a feature specific to Plug & Play BIOS.

Resources Controlled By:

When you select Auto, the BIOS will automatically assign the IRQ and DMA to PCI / ISA PnP . When this option is Manual, you can choose which IRQ or DMA can assign to PCI / ISA PnP .

PCI IDE Card 2nd Channel:

This option can be enabled or disabled. BIOS default is Enable. Since this channel uses IRQ15, if you want to use this channel, you have to enable this option to make the BIOS assign IRQ15 to this channel.

PCI IDE Card IRQ Map to:

Three options are available for this item: PCI Auto, PCI-slotX and ISA.

PCI-Auto: The onboard BIOS auto-detects which PCI

slot has an IDE card inserted in.

PCI-slotX: Some old PCI IDE cards cannot be detected

by the BIOS. If the onboard BIOS cannot detect a PCE IDE card, you have to specify on which PCI slot the IDE card is inserted, to make the BIOS assign IRQ14 for use by the interrupt number (INT#) of this PCI slot.

ISA: If you select ISA, it means that your PCI IDE card

features a “paddleboard” and a cable that can be

connected to IRQ on the ISA slot, because the BIOS will not assign any IRQ to this PCI slot.

Attention: Primary Channel and Secondary Channel : The

BIOS needs two independent interrupt number (INT#) lines to be allocated to the PCI IDE card. Be careful not to choose twice the same interrupt number (INT#).

Assign IRQ for PCI VGA :

You can assign IRQ for PCI VGA or not .

On Board FDD Controller:

This is to Enable or Disable the Onboard FDD Controller.

On board Serial Port 1:

This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Serial Port

1. Ten options are available: Disable, 3F8h/IRQ4, 2F8h/IRQ3, 3E8h/IRQ4 or 2E8h/IRQ3.3F8h/IRQ10, 2F8h/IRQ11, 3E8h/IRQ10, 2E8h/IRQ11, and AUTO.

On board Serial Port 2:

This is used to specify the I/O address and IRQ of Serial Port

2. Ten options are available: Disable, 3F8h/IRQ4, 2F8h/IRQ3, 3E8h/IRQ4 or 2E8h/IRQ3. 3F8/IRQ10, 2F8/IRQ11, 3E8/IRQ10, 2E8/IRQ11, and AUTO.

Onboard IR function:

Three options are available: IrDA (HPSIR)mode. ASK IR (Amplitude Shift Keyed IR)mode. Disabled.

RxD , TxD Active:

Set IR transmission/reception polarity as High or Low.

IR Transmission Delay:

Set IR transmission delays 4 character-time(40 bit-time) when SIR is changed form RX mode to TX mode.

On board Parallel Port:

Set the I/O address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port. Four options are available: Disable, 3BCh/IRQ7, 278h/IRQ5 and 378h/IRQ7. Default is 378h/IRQ7.

Parallel Port Mode:

Can be set as ECP, EPP , ECP+EPP, or Normal (SPP) mode. Default is Normal (SPP) mode.

ECP Mode Use DMA:

When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is ECP, the DMA channel selected can be Channel 1 or Channel 3.

EPP Mode Select:

When the mode selected for the onboard parallel port is EPP, two EPP version options are available: EPP1.7 or EPP1.9 .

On board IDE-1 Controller:

Onboard PCI IDE 1 controller can be set as Enable or Disable.

Master drive PIO Mode:

Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of

the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)

Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode

of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate.

Slave drive PIO Mode:

Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of

the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)

Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode

of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate.

On board IDE-2 Controller:

The onboard IDE-2 controller can be set at Enable of

Disable.

Master drive PIO Mode:

Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of

the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)

Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode

of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate.

Slave drive PIO Mode:

Auto: the BIOS can auto-detect the PIO mode of

the HDD installed in order to set its data transfer rate. (Default)

Mode 0~Mode 4: User can specify the PIO mode

of the HDD in order to set its data transfer rate.

MODE 0~4 reflects the HDD data transfer rate. The higher the MODE value is, the better is the HDD data transfer rate. But it does not mean that you can select the highest MODE value just as you

like, you first have to be sure that your HDD supports this MODE, otherwise the hard disk will not be able to operate normally.

For further information about HDD installation, refer to Appendix E.

Load BIOS Defaults

BIOS defaults are the reference settings that allow your system to work at a comparatively low performance. When you choose the option, the following message is displayed:

“Load BIOS Defaults (Y/N)? N”

If you want to use BIOS default values, press “Y”, than <Enter>.

Load Setup Defaults

Setup defaults are the settings that allow your system to operate at its highest performance. When you choose this option, the following message is displayed:

“Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? N”

If you want to use BIOS Setup default values, press “Y”, than <Enter> to complete the loading of the settings for best performance.

You should first load the best settings, than enter the CPU Soft Menu to set up CPU parameters, otherwise the BIOS will replace set parameters by default parameters.

Password Setting

This option allows you to set a password required to start the system (System) or to access to the BIOS (Setup).

After you have set a password through the PASSWORD SETTING option, you can enter the Security Option in the “BIOS Features

Setup Menu” to select the security level in order to prevent any

unauthorized access.

Password setting procedure:

When you choose the Password setting option, the following message is displayed:

“Enter Password:“

Type your password. When complete, press <Enter>. The following message is displayed:

“Confirm Password:“

Type your password again. When complete, press <Enter>. The password setting is completed.

Password clearing procedure:

When you select the Password setting option, the following message is displayed:

“Enter Password:“

Press <Enter>, the message “Password Disable” is displayed.

Press a key. The password clearing procedure is completed.

Notice: Do not forget your password. If you forget it, you

will have to open the computer case, clear the

contents of the CMOS, and boot the system up again. But doing this, you must reset all your settings.

IDE HDD Auto Detection

After you have installed the hard disk, in old systems, you had to know the hard disk specifications, such as the number of cylinders, heads and sectors, and to enter the relevant information into the hard disk information section. If the CMOS data were erased, and you had forgotten the hard disk specifications, it was a great problem. But now, you can use this option to autodetect the hard disk type and specifications, and the BIOS will automatically detect all the relevant information and place them in the Hard Disk data section of the Standard CMOS Setup Menu, in order to allow you to use your hard disk.

Chapter 4 Bus Master IDE Driver

The Intel PIIX4Bus Master IDE is now include in the mainboard. OS Support: Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows NT 3.5/3.51/4.0,

OS/2 V2.x & Warp 3.0

Installation: Each OS has different install procedure, please check

README.TXT file under each OS’s directory.

Appendix A Quick Installation

Appendix A will give you a simplified installation procedure, in order to allow you to install tour mainboard quickly and correctly.

If you need further information or if you need to change some other settings, read from Chapters 1.

Lift up the lever of the CPU socket, insert your CPU on the

socket, and lower the lever back in position. Don’t worry, if you don’t respect the correct orientation, you will not be able to insert

the CPU.

According to

your CPU speed, set up the CPU in the CPU SOFT MENU™ of the BIOS SETUP.

DIMM1 ~ DIMM4

FDC- Connect one end of the 34-pin

cable that comes with the drive to the FDD connector, and the other end of the cable to the FDC pin connector on the mainboard.

Note: Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors.

IDE1- Connect one end of the 40-pin

cable that comes with the drive to the HDD connector, and the other end to IDE1 pin connector on the mainboard.

Note: Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors.

Installing the CPU:

Adjusting CPU voltage and speed:

Installing DRAM:

Installing FDD:

Installing HDD:

IDE2- Connect one end

of the 40-pin cable that comes with the drive to the CD-ROM connector, and the other end to the IDE2 pin connector on the mainboard.

Note: Be sure that the red line on the cable connects to the first pin of the connectors.

Watch the pin position and the orientation

PN1 - There is a specific orientation for pin 1 to pin 5. Insert the five-threads keylock cable into correct pins of connector on the mainboard.

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

+5VDC

No connection

Ground

Keyboard inhibit Signal

Ground

Watch the pin position and the orientation PN1 - There is a specific orientation for pin 7 and pin 8. Connect

the two-threads IDE LED connector to the connector on mainboard.

Installing CD-ROM Drive:

Installing Keylock connector:

Installing HDD LED connector:

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

HDD LED signal [LED Cathode ]

HDD LED signal [LED Anode ]

PN1 -

There is a specific orientation for pin 10 and pin 11. Connect the two-threads suspend switch connector of the computer case to correct pins of connector on the mainboard. You can ignore this connector since most of computer cases do not support this feature (the mainboard itself supports it).

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

Suspend signal

Ground

PN2 - This connector has a specific orientation. Connect the twothreads LED connector on the mainboard.

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

LED’s Cathode

LED’s Anode

Installing Suspend switch connector:

Sleep LED connector:

PN2 - There is no specific orientation for pin 4 to pin 7. Connect the four-threads speaker cable to the PN2 connector pins on the mainboard.

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

+5VDC

Ground

Sound Signal

PN1 : Connect the two- threads switch connector on the mainboard.

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

Power on/off

Ground

Watch

the pin

position and the orientation

ATXPWR - Connect the power supply unit to the correct connectors on the mainboard.

Installing speaker connector:

Installing Power ON/OFF switch connector :

Installing ATX Power input connector:

number

Name of the signal or

signification

number

Name of the signal or

signification

+3.3VDC

-12VDC

Ground

+5VDC

PS_ON

Ground

+5VDC

Ground

POWERGOOD

-5VDC

+5VDC

+12VDC

+5VDC

KB1 - There is an orientation pin. Connect your keyboard connector to connector on the mainboard.

Mouse - There is an orientation pin. Connect

your mouse connector to connector on the mainboard.

FAN - There is a

specific orientation. Connect the three-threads CPU Fan power cable to the Fan connector on the mainboard.

CPU FAN/FAN2/FAN3

Pin number

Name of the signal or signification

Sensor

Installing Keyboard connector:

Installing PS2 Mouse:

Installing CPU Fan Power connector:

+12V

Control on/off

Some jumpers are

reserved for future functions or are not to be adjusted in normal operation. Adjust them according to the following recommendations.

CCMOSPut jumper on pin 1 and pin 2.

Parameters and CPU settings After you have followed the steps described above

and completed the installation, when you power the computer on, you will see the following message displayed.

PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP

Press immediately Del key to enter BIOS Setup. Select Load Setup Defaults, than enter CPU Soft Menu to set CPU parameters.

Appendix B HDD Installation

General Discussion➢

Most of the present HDDs use IDE interface. Installing an IDE hard disk does not require a huge amount of intelligence like installing the driver for a SCSI hard disk, but this means that the user often must install the hard disk by himself and cope with all the problems he may encounter. Here, we will try to help you solve these possible problems.

The data stored in the hard disk are accessed through a chipset located on the mainboard. You probably often hear about the PIO mode, Master mode or DMA mode of HDD. These modes reflect

Adjusting other jumpers:

BIOS Setup:

the way data is transferred from and to the IDE drive and the mainboard.

What is the PIO mode? When the system needs to access hard disk data, the CPU delivers input/output (I/O) orders through the chipset on the mainboard to the hard disk drive, and than puts these data into the system memory. This is the PIO mode.

What is the Master mode? When the system needs to access hard disk data, these data are directly accessed from the hard disk by the chipset on the mainboard (using a DMA or a PIO mode), and then the data is put into the memory. In this case, the CPU does not participate in the data transfer.

What is the DMA mode? Usually, DMA mode refers to accessing the hard disk data by the chipset, it does not refers to data transfer mode.

Here are some examples of data transfer rates for IDE HDD with PIO interface:

PIO Mode 0 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

3.3Mbyte/sec

PIO Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

5.2Mbyte/sec

PIO Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

8.3Mbyte/sec

PIO Mode 3 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

11.1Mbyte/sec

PIO Mode 4 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

16.6Mbyte/sec

The higher the MODE value is, the best is the hard disk data transfer rate. But this does not mean that you can select the highest mode value as you like. You must be sure that your hard disk supports that type of fast data transfer, otherwise your hard disk will not be able to operate correctly.

Here are some examples of data transfer rates for IDE HDD with DMA mode:

DMA Mode 0 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

4.16Mbyte/sec DMA Mode 1 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

13.3Mbyte/sec DMA Mode 2 The fastest data transfer rate reaches

16.6Mbyte/sec

Usually, PIO mode means that the hard disk data are accessed by the CPU through the chipset and placed into memory, and the chipset is using PIO mode to access hard disk data.

MASTER mode means that hard disk data are accessed by the chipset, and that the chipset places the data into memory. The chipset is using DMA or PIO mode to access data stored in the hard disk drive. The Master mode can reduce the CPU load, especially in a Multi-task environment. This can help system performance.

Installing a hard disk:

In the Standard CMOS Setup Menu,

 Primary means the first connector on the mainboard,

that is, connector IDE1 on our mainboard.

 Secondary means the second connector on the

mainboard, that is, connector IDE2 on our mainboard.

 Two HDDs can be connected to the each connector:

❖ The first HDD is referred to as Master, ❖ The second HDD is referred to as Slave.

The Master or Slave status of the hard disk drive is set on the hard disk itself. Refer to the hard disk drive manual.

Installing one HDD :

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Be sure that your hard disk drive is set at Master. Actually,

most hard disk drives are set at Master as a default, so you

don’t need to adjust any setting. Just connect one end of the

40 pin cable on the drive connector, and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard.

Installing one HDD + one CD-ROM drive:

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Method 1: Set the HDD at Master, and the CD-ROM drive at

Slave. Connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the hard disk, another one to the CD-ROM drive, and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard.

Method 2: Set the HDD as Master and connect one end of the

40-pin cable to the HDD, and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. You can ignore the setting of the CD-ROM drive, just connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the CDROM drive, and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard. We recommend you use this kind of connection, which has no influence on HDD speed.

Installing two HDDs:

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Method 1: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master,

and the other drive at Slave. Connect one of the connectors of the 40-pin cable to the first drive, another connector to the second drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard.

Method 2: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master,

connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard.

Set the other hard disk drive at Master, connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard.

Installing two HDDs + one CD-ROM drive:

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Method 1: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up as Master,

set the other HDD at Slave, connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the first drive, another connector to the second drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. You can ignore the setting of the CD-ROM drive. Connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard. We recommend you use this method, which has no influence on HDD speed.

Method 2: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master,

connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. Set the other hard disk drive at Master, and be sure that the CD-ROM drive is set at Slave. Most of CD-ROM drives are set at Slave as a default, so you will normally not have to set the CD-ROM drive. After you have verified the settings, connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the HDD, another connector to the CD-ROM drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard.

Installing three HDDs:

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Method 1: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master,

set the second drive at Slave. Connect one

connector of the 40-pin cable to the first drive, another connector to the second drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. Set the other (the third) drive at Master, and connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive, and the other end to connector IDE2 on the mainboard.

Method 2: Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master,

and connect one end of the 40-pin cable to the drive and the other end to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. Set another drive (the second drive) at Master and the third drive at Slave, connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the second drive, another connector to the third drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard.

Installing three HDDs + one CD-ROM drive:

The red line on the connection cable must be lined up with pin 1 on the connector.

Set the hard disk drive used for boot up at Master, set

another HDD (the second) at Slave, connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the first drive, another connector to the second drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE1 on the mainboard. Set the third hard disk drive at Master, set the CD-ROM drive at Slave, connect one connector of the 40-pin cable to the third HDD, another connector to the CD-ROM drive, and the other end of the cable to connector IDE2 on the mainboard.

BIOS Setup:

❖ If all your HDDs are new, you can use the IDE HDD

Auto Detection option in the CMOS to autodetect the

parameters of all your drives. You don’t need to set

any hard disk parameter.

❖ If one or several of your HDDs are old, and if you don’t

know their parameters, and you want to reconfigure your drives, you can also use the IDE HDD Auto Detection option in the CMOS to autodetect the drives parameters.

❖ If one or several of your HDD are old, and if you don’t

want to erase the data stored in your drives, you will have to remember the parameters (Type, Cylinders,

Heads, Sectors, Mode) of the drive(s) you don’t want

to erase. After you have used the IDE HDD Auto Detection option in the CMOS, enter the Standard CMOS Setup Menu to change the settings of the related hard disk drive.

Software use:

The basic step in using a hard disk drive is to make a HDD Low Level Format, than run FDISK, and than FORMAT

the drive. Most of present HDD have already been subjected to low level format at the factory, so you probably can skip this operation.

Boot with a bootable floppy disk, then enter FDISK.

Using FDISK: (DOS command)

This command is found in the DOS disks. FDISK is a tool used to organize and to partition the hard disk. The hard disk must have been partitioned before use. You can create one unique partition on the hard disk, or create several partition and use a different

Operating System on each partition. Just don’t forget

that you have to specify an Active partition, otherwise

your hard disk will not be bootable. For further information about FDISK, refer to the FDISK section in the DOS user’s manual.

After you have partitioned the hard disk with FDISK, the system will reboot automatically. Boot from a system floppy disk, and type FORMAT C:/S

Using FORMAT: (DOS command)

This command is found in the DOS disks. FORMAT is used to format the hard disk. The HDD have to be formatted before use. Don’t forget to add /S after C:, otherwise the hard disk will not be bootable after formatting.

Appendix C Technical Support

 When you have a problem during operation...

In order to help our technical support personnel to quickly find out what is the problem of your mainboard and to give you the answers you need, before filling in the technical support form, eliminate any peripheral that is not related to the problem, and indicate on the form the key peripherals. Fax this form to your dealer or to the company where you bought the hardware in order to benefit from our technical support. (You can refer to the examples given below.)

Example 1: With a system including: mainboard (with CPU,

DRAM, COAST...) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, VGA

CARD, MPEG CARD, SCSI CARD, SOUND CARD..., after the system is assembled, if you cannot boot up, check the key components of the system using the procedure described below. First remove all interface cards except the VGA card and try to reboot.

If you still cannot boot up:

Try installing another brand/model VGA card and see if the system will start. If it still does not start, note the VGA card model, mainboard model, BIOS identification number, CPU on the technical support form (refer to main instructions), and describe the problem in the problem description space provided.

If you can boot up:

Insert back the interface cards you have removed one by one and try to start the system each time

you insert a card, until the system doesn’t start

anymore. Keep the VGA card and the interface card that causes the problem inserted on the mainboard, remove any other card or peripheral, and start again. If you still cannot start, note down the information related to both cards in the add-on Card space provided, and don’t forget to indicate the mainboard model, version, BIOS identification number, CPU (refer to main instructions), and give a description of the problem.

Example 2: With a system including the mainboard (with CPU,

DRAM, COAST...) HDD, CD-ROM, FDD, VGA CARD, LAN CARD, MPEG CARD, SCSI CARD, SOUND CARD, after assembly and after having installed the Sound Card Driver, when you restart the system, when it runs the Sound Card Driver, it resets

automatically. This problem may be due to the Sound

Card Driver. During the Starting DOS… procedure,

press SHIFT (BY-PASS) key, to skip CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT; edit CONFIG.SYS with a text editor, and in front on the line that loads the Sound Card Driver, add a remark REM, in order to disable the Sound Card Driver. See the example below.

CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE HIGHSCAN DOS=HIGH,UMB FILES=40 BUFFERS=36

REM DEVICEHIGH=C:\PLUGPLAY\DWCFGMG.SYS

LASTDRIVE=Z Restart the system. If the system starts and does not

reset, you can be sure that the problem is due to the Sound Card Driver. Note down the Sound Card model, mainboard model, BIOS identification number on the technical support file (refer to main instructions), and describe the problem in the space provided.

Main instructions...

To fill in this “Technical Support Form”, refer to the step-bystep instructions given below:

*1. MODEL: Note the model number given in your user’s

manual.

Example: PT5R2, PR5R2...

*2. Mainboard model number (REV): Note the

mainboard model number labeled on the mainboard as “REV:*.**”. Example: REV:2.11

*3.BIOS ID# : See below:

Example:

“3R” is the “BIOS” ID number

“2A59GA1EC” is the “BIOS” part number

4. DRIVER REV: Note the driver version number

indicated on the DEVICE DRIVER disk as “Release *.**”.

Example: IDE Device Driver

Drivers Diskette Release 1.09A

*5. OS/APPLICATION: Indicate what are the

operating system and the applications your are running on the system.

Example: MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 3.1....

*6. CPU: Indicate the brand and the speed (MHz) of your

CPU. Example: (A) In the “Brand” space, write “Intel”, in the

“Specifications” space, write “150MHz”

(B) In the “Brand” space, write “Cyrix”, in

the “Specifications” space, write

“P166+”

the “Specifications” space, write “P75”.

7. HDD: Indicate the brand and specifications of your

HDD(s), specify if the HDD is using IDE1 or IDE2. If you

know the disk capacity, indicate it and check (“ ”) “”; in

case you give no indication, we will consider that your

HDD is “IDE1” Master.

Example: In the “HDD” space, check the box, in the Brand

space, write “Seagate”, in the Specifications

space, write “ST31621A (1.6GB)”.

8. CD-ROM Drive: Indicate the brand and specifications

of your CD-ROM drive, specify if it uses IDE1 or IDE2

and check (“”) “”; in case you give no indication, we will

consider that your CD-ROM is “IDE2” Master. Example: In the “CD-ROM drive” space, check the box, in

the Brand space, write “Mitsumi”, in the

Specifications space, write “FX-400D”.

9. System Memory (DRAM): Indicate the brand

and specifications (SIMM/DIMM) of your system memory.

Examples:

In the Brand space, write “Panasonic”, in the

Specifications space, write “SIMM-FP DRAM 4MB-06”.

Or, in the Brand, write “NPNX”, in the

Specifications space, write “SIMM-EDO DRAM 8MB-06”.

Or, in the Brand space, write “SEC”, in the

Specifications space, write “DIMM-S DRAM 8MB- G12”.

10. COAST: Indicate the brand and specifications of your

COAST.

Example: In the Brand space, write “Winbond”, in the

Specifications space, write “256KB” or

“W25P010AF-8”*

11. ADD-ON CARD: Indicate which add-on cards you

are “absolutely sure” are related to the problem. If you cannot identify the problem origin, indicate all

the add-on cards inserted into your system.

Note: Items between the “*” are absolutely necessary.

Appendix D Flash BIOS Instructions

Example 1 To update BIOS and create a backup of the current

system BIOS execute this command:

AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Py SAVEBIOS /Sy

Example 2 To update BIOS, create a backup of current system

BIOS, and clear the CMOS, execute this command:

AWDFLASH NEWBIOS SAVEBIOS /CC

Example 3 To update BIOS and clear PnP settings execute this

command:

AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Sn /CP

Example 4 To make a backup of the current system BIOS

execute the following command:

AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Pn SAVEBIOS

Notes: “NEWBIOS” indicates file name for the new BIOS

which can be downloaded from our WEBsite at

http://www.jaton.com (user can choose a different file name in place of NEWBIOS).

“SAVEBIOS” indicates the filename of the old

system BIOS (user can choose a different file name in place of SAVEBIOS).

Explanation of parameter names:

/CC: Clears CMOS data /CP: Clears PnP data

Remarks:

When executing AWDFLASH.EXE, do not run

HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE in the CONFIG.SYS.

Please take the following actions to solve problems

caused by power shortage or other un-preventable malfunctions during BIOS update that lead to update failure. First, it is strongly suggested that you format a disk that can boot your computer before you update your BIOS. If the above mentioned problem occurs during BIOS update you will be able to use this disk to automatically execute a BIOS update. The

content of the disk should be the following: a. Startup system files (COMMAND.COM, MSDOS.SYS, IO.SYS...) b. AWDFLSH.EXE c. The NEWBIOS file which can be downloaded from JATON’s WEBsite.

d. AUTOEXEC.BAT, which has the following

content:

A:\AWDFLASH NEWBIOS /Py /Sn /CC .

When a version of BIOS that is for the incorrect

mainboard model the following message will

appear:

“The program file’s part number does not

match with your system!”

Appendix E Install the PCI Bridge Batch File.

Jaton’s mainboard CD has attached Intel’s 82371xB INF update drive

version 3.0.

It can actually be used to update both 430TX and 440BX chipset, if your motherboard uses one of these Intel chipsets.

The following procedure will describe how to install and update the PCI bridge.

Steps:

Step1. Check your Windows®95 Device Manager, and find the question

mark showing the PCI Bridge.

Step2. Insert Jaton’s Mainboard CD into the CD-ROM drive, a

“Welcom e” screen pops-up by autorun from Windows®95. Click on PCI Bridge bottom on that screen menu:

Step 3. Click ‘Next’ to start.

Step 4. Click on ‘Yes’ on License agreem ent dialog screen.

Step 5. Click ‘Next’, then wait a while, until the installation complete

screen pops-up.

Step 6. Restart your computer, then check the Device Manager again.

First, you can check Hard disk Controller, make sure if the system device is recognized.

Step 7. Also check System Device, to verify if three devices are

identified them as well. If your screen just like one below, then the PCI bridge driver is installed appropriated.

Appendix F USB Supplement File Installation.

Windows® 95 does not recognize the PIIX4 controller built into your motherboard, you have to perform the steps as described below before you can use the devices, such as USB devices, controlled by PIIX4 under Windows®

95.

Condition 1: Windows® 95 and USB Supplement Release 2.1

(OSR2.1) are installed.

1. Make a backup copy of the MACHINE.INF, MSHDC.INF and

USB.INF files under INF directory of your Windows® 95. Then replace them with the files of the same names provided on the "PIIX4 DRV. for Win95 OSR 2.x" software diskette.

2. Run the Control Panel and then select System.

3. Select Device Manager.

4. Select View Device by Connection.

5. Select Plug and Play BIOS.

6. Select PCI Bus.

7. Select Remove.

8. Select Yes to restart the system.

9. Windows® 95 will display messages when various hardware

components in the system are recognized. When prompted to install a driver, select the Windows default driver or

appropriate device drivers from diskette by the hardware manufacturer if needed. (You may have to repeat Steps 8 and 9

several times.)

10. Select Yes to restart the system.

11. Re-install the custom drivers provided by the hardware

manufacturer if needed.

Condition 2: Only Windows® 95 is installed

1. Run USBSUPP.EXE (SR2.1) from the "PIIX4 DRV. for Win95

OSR 2.x" software diskette and follow the instructions.

2. Go to Step 1 of Condition 1 and follow the remaining steps.

Condition 3: Both Windows® 95 and USB SR2.1 are not installed

1. You are recommended to install Windows® 95 from your hard

disk.

• Find the directory containing the .CAB, .INF and the other

installation files on the Windows® 95 distribution CD.

• Make a new directory on your hard disk.

• Copy the files from the directory to the new directory of

your hard disk.

2. Copy MACHINE.INF and MSHDC.INF from the "PIIX4 DRV.

for Win95 OSR 2.x" software diskette to the new directory of your hard disk.

3.Run SETUP.EXE from the hard disk to install Windows® 95.

4.Run USBSUPP.EXE (SR2.1) from the "PIIX4 DRV. for Win95 OSR 2.x" software diskette and follow the instructions.

5.Make a backup copy of USB.INF under the INF directory of your Windows® 95. Then replace it with the file of the same name provided on the "PIIX4 DRV. for Win95 OSR 2.x" software diskette.

6.Run the Control Panel and then select System.

7.Select Device Manager.

8.Select View Device by Connection.

9.Select Plug and Play BIOS.

10.Select ? PCI Universal Serial Bus.

11.Select Remove.

12.Select Yes to restart the system.

13.Windows® 95 will display messages when various hardware components in the system are recognized. When prompted to install a driver, select the Windows default driver or appropriate device drivers from diskette by the hardware manufacturer if needed. (You may have to repeat Steps 12 and 13 several times.)

14.Select Yes to restart the system.

15.Re-install the custom drivers provided by the hardware

manufacturer if needed.

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