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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION
1-1 OVERVIEW 1
1-2 UNPACKING 1
1-3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD 2
SOFTWARE DRIVERS
1-4 SPECIFICATIONS 3
3-1 AWARD BIOS CMOS SETUP 11
3-2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP 12
3-3 BIOS FEATURES SETUP 13
3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP 17
3-5 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP 20
3-6 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP 22
3-7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 23
3-8 SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD 25
3-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 26
3-10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS 29
3-11 SAVE & EXIT SETUP 29
3-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 29
3-13 I/O & MEMORY MAP 30
3-14 TIME & DMA CHANNELS MAP 32
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP 32
3-16 RTC & CMOS RAM MAP 33
1
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11
III
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1-1 OVERVIEW
THE I440EX® MAIN BOARD IS DESIGNED WITH INTEL®
82440EX AGPSET 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 AND
EXTENSION FOR THIS BOARD.
IT SUPPORTS INTEL® PENTIUM® II CPUS (CPU FREQUENCY
66MHZ), AND IS IS IDEAL FOR MS-DOS, WINDOWS, WINDOWS95,
WINDOWS NT, NOVELL, OS/2, UNIX..
THE PERFORMANCE, SPEED AND EXTENSIBILITY OF I440EX ®
MAIN BOARD MAKE IT THE PERFECT CHOICE FOR BUILDING A
LAN SERVER, A HIGH-END WORKSTATION OR A MULTI-USER
SYSTEM.
1- 2 UNPACKING:
THE MAIN BOARD PACKAGE CONTAINS:
* I440EX® 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
I440EX® MAIN BOARD IN ITS ORIGINAL PACKING UNTIL YOU
ARE READY TO INSTALL IT.
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1.3 QUICK REFERENCE FOR CD SOFTWARE DRIVERS
THIS CD CONTAINS DRIVERS FOR
I430TX®, VIA® VP3 MAIN BOARDS, SIS 6326 AND TRIDENT®
9850 AGP VGA CARDS.
FLASH ROM
1.
USING AWARD BIOS.
A. READ
B. MOVE ANY MEMORY MANAGEMENT (EMS) FILES LIKE
EMM 386, HIMEM…,
C. EXCUTE
I440LX/I440EX®
2.
AT/ATX MAIN BOARD
BMIDE FILES:
A.
(33MB/SEC.) MODE IDE HARD DISK. READ
FILE FIRSTLY & MOVE ICON TO «SETUP» THEN SYSTEM
WILL INSTALL THESE DRIVERS AUTOMATICALLY. FILE
«DEINSTBM»
B. «PIIX4INF» FILE:
DRIVERS, SO AFTER WIN95 INSTALLATION SYSTEM, IT
WILL PROMPT «?» MARKS. THIS FILE IS USED REBOOT
SYSTEM TO COMPLETE.
: TO UPDATE ANY MAIN BOARD BIOS BY
«AWDFLASH. DOC»
«AWDFLASH. EXE»
THE DIRECTORIES ARE:
FROM ROOT DIRECTORY.
: DRIVERS FOR ANY I440LX/EX- BASED
PROVIDE DRIVERS FOR ULTRA DMA
IS USED FOR RE-INSTALLATION.
WIN-95 DOESN’T SUPPORT TX-CHIP
I440EX®, I440BX®, I440LX®,
FIRSTLY.
UNDER DOS, NOT WIN-95.
«README»
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1-4 SPECIFICATIONS
CPU
MEMORY
EXP. SLOT
CHIPSET
BIOS
I/O FUNCTION
BOARD SIZE
GREEN
FUNCTION
SPECIAL
FEATURES
INTEL® PENTIUM® II CPU (66 MHZ
FREQUENCY)
PROFESSSIONL PC:
A.
KLAMATH
233-333 MHZ WITH 512K INTERNAL CACHE
BASIC PC :
B.
CELERON
1. MENDOCINO WITH 128K INTERNAL CACHE
2. COVINGTON WITHOUT INTERNAL CACHE
DIMM: 2 OF 168-PIN DIMM, WHICH ACCEPTS
EITHER 5V OR 3.3V.
A. SDRAM: THE MEMORY IS UP TO 256MB.
B. EDO RAM: THE MEMORY IS UP TO 512MB.
3X ISA, 3 X PCI SLOTS AND 1X A.G.P. SLOT
INTEL®
I440 EX
CHIPSET----A. INTEL® 82443EX PCI AND A.G.P
CONTROLLER.
B. INTEL® 82371AB I/O BRIDGE
AWARD® FULL
PNP
(PLUG & PLAY) BIOS.
1. ON BOARD 2 X PCI IDE DEVICES
2.1 X FDC,2 X SERIAL PORTS(16550 FAST COM)
3.1X PARALLEL PORT DEVICE /EPP/ECP,
OPTIONAL USB CONNECTOR
4. I.R. (INFRARED) CONNECTOR
22 CM X 22 CM
COMPLIED WITH
M
ANAGEMENT).
APM (A
DVANCED POWER
M78 SUPPORTS HARDWARE MONITORING
IS OPTIONAL.
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CHAPTER 2. INSTALLATION
2-1 LAYOUT REFERENCE
IR
17
BIOS
SLOT2
SLOT 3
PCI 1
PCI 2
PCI 3
I/O
AG
P
SLOT
I/O
PRINTER
DIMM2
DIMM3
COM2/4
COM1/3
USB
KB
FLOPPY
ATX POWER
AT POWER
PS/2
MOUSE
1
5
SLOT 1
J3
INTEL®
JP4
1
PRIMARY
5 6
SECONDARY
12
RTC
1
JP5
JP6
FAN
2
SW PWR
SMI
TB-LED
HD-LED
RESET
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1 2
7 8
DIMMVSL
SPEAKER
INTEL®
I440EX
KEY-LOCK
FAN1
PW-LED
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2-2 JUMPER SETTINGS
1. SETTING «CPU CLOCK RATIO«
PLEASE MODIFY
SETUP
PROPER
SETUP»
.» FIRST, GO TO «
«CPU CLOCK RATIO.»
AND SAVE THE CHANGE. THE USER DOES NOT HAVE TO SET
JUMPERS.
«CPU CLOCK RATIO»
3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP»
IN «
3-4 CHIPSET FEATURES
THEN, GO TO «
AND SET
3-1 AWARD BIOS
2.
RTC1
*CPU CLOCK RATIO
Press
«+»
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
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.
: BATTERY SELECTOR
RTC1
« to choose CPU Clock Ratioaccording to your CPU
or
«
«
5.0/333MHZ»
υ
(BLACK JUMPER CAP)
NORMAL
1-2
(DEFAULT)2-3
CLEAR CMOS
NOTE: CUSTOMERS NE ED TO CLEAR CMOS, T H EN RECONFIGURE
IT IF FORGET PASSWORD FOR BIOS SETUP.
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3. SOFTPWR : ATX POWER SWITCH
THE SYSTEM POWER IS CONTROLLED BY A MOMENTARY SWITCH
(WHEN "POWER SWITCH T YPE " IS SET T O MOMENT ARY) CONNECT ED
TO THIS LEAD. PUSHING THE BUTTON ONCE WILL TURN ON THE
SYSTEM AND PUSHING ANOTHER TIME WILL TURN OFF T HE SYSTEM.
THE SYSTEM POWER LED
POWER. THIS CONNECTION DOES NOT HAVE A FUNCTION WHEN A
STANDARD POWER SUPPLY IS USED.
SHOWS THE STATUS OF THE SYSTEM'S
4. FAN1, FAN2
: CPU FAN CONNECTOR
CPU FAN PIN OUT
PIN1
5. DIMM VSL: DIMM VOLTAGE SELECTOR
6. IR : I.R. (INFRARED) CONNECT OR
PIN 1
RX
NOTE : I.R HAS THE SAM E I/O PORT AS COM2. THE RE 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 "INTEG RATED PERIPHERALS."
SENSOR
DIMM VSL3.3V DIMM5V DIMM
1-2, 3-45-6, 7-8
PIN 2
GND
PIN 3
PIN2
+12V
I.R . CONNECTOR
PIN 4
TX
+5V
PIN 5
RXH
PIN3
GND
PIN 6
VCC
PIN 7
GND
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7. OTHER JUMPER SETTINGS AND CONNECTORS :
PRIMARY
SECONDARY
FLOPPY
PRINTER
COM1/3
COM2/4
MOUSE
KBD
USB
J3
JP4
DETECT
THIS IS AN OPTIONAL FUNCTION. THE USER MAY CONTACT THE
SUPPLIER FOR THIS IF INTERESTED.
: PRIMARY IDE CONNECTOR
: SECONDARY IDE CONNECTOR
: FLOPPY DISK CONNECTOR
: PARALLEL PORT CONNECTOR
: SERIAL PORT 1 /PORT 3 CONNECTOR
: SERIAL PORT 2 /PORT4 CONNECTOR
: PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR
: AT KEYBOARD CONNECTOR
: USB (UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS) CONNECTOR
: SB-LINK CONNECTOR
: WITH THE IC
CPU TEMPERATURE, VOLTAGES AND FAN SPEED,
, «GL518M»
ON BOARD, BIOS CAN
TOO.
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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. THE FOLLOWING CHART IS FOR
REFERENCE ONLY. THE USER MAY INSERT DIMM MODULES IN
DIMM2 OR DIMM3.
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 T OP
CLICKS INTO THE 2 HOLES ON THE TOP OF THE RM.
8. SLIDE THE HSSTOP INTO THE 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 THE
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 DISPLAY 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.
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
AUTO
Base Memory: 640K
Extended Memory: 64512K
Other Memory: 384K
Total Memory: 65536K
NOTE: IF HARD DISK PRIMARY MASTER/SLAVE AND SECONDARY
MASTER/SLAV E WERE USED AUTO, THEN TH E 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.
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3-3. BIOS FEATURES SETUP
SELECT THE "BIOS FEATURES SETUP" OPTION IN T HE 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 I440EX 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 DAT A FROM
BIOS [F6] OR CMOS [F7] AREA IF SHOWN DATA IS CORRUPTED. THIS
PROVIDES THE SYSTEM
ERROR.
A CAPABILITY TO RECOVER FROM ANY POSSIBLE
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
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ENABLED:
DISABLED:
QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:
THIS CATEGORY SPEEDS UP POWER ON SELF TEST. (POST) AFTER
YOU POWER ON THE COMPUTER, IF IT IS SET TO ENABLE, BIOS WILL
SHORTEN OR SKIP SOME CHECK ITEMS DURING POST.
ENABLE :
DISABLED:
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:
FLOPPY DISK DRIVE.
SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE:
THE SWAP FLOPPY DRIVE. DEFAULT VALUE IS DISABLED.
FLOPPY A&B WILL BE SWAPPED UNDER THE DOS
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.
ENABLE CACHE
DISABLE CACHE
ENABLE QUICK POST
NORMAL POST
SYSTEM WILL FIRST SEARCH FOR HARD DISK DRIVE THEN
ENABLED:
DISABLED:
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 SPEED THAT THE
SYSTEM WILL RUN AT IMMEDIATELY AFTER POWER UP.
HIGH:
LOW:
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SET THE SPEED TO HIGH.
SET THE SPEED TO LOW.
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NOTE: THE BOARD DEFAULT V AL UE IS LOW IN THE FIELD. BOOT
GATE A20 OPTION:
THE DEFAULT VALUE IS FAST.
NORMAL:
FAST:
PORT 92 OR CHIPSET SPECIFIC METHOD.
TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING:
THIS DETERMINES THE TYPEMATIC RATE.
ENABLED:
DISABLED:
VALUE OF THIS 2 ITEMS AND THE DEFAULT IS
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
THE SYSTEM TO CONTROLLER TURBO OR DE-TURBO BY
ON-BOARD (TURBO SWITCH).
THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD
CONTROLLER OR CHIPSET HARDW ARE.
DEFAULT: FAST. THE A20 SIGNAL IS CONTROLLED BY
ENABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING.
DISABLE TYPEMATIC RATE AND TYPEMATIC DELAY
PROGRAMMING, THE SYSTEM BIOS WILL USE DEFAULT
CONTROLLED BY KEYBOARD.
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 W I LL BE COPIED TO RAM,
HOWEVER, IT IS OPTIONAL FROM CHIPSET DESIGN. VIDEO SHADOW
WILL INCREASE THE VIDEO SPEED.
THESE CATEGORIES DETERMINE WHETHER OPTIONAL ROM WILL BE
COPIED TO RAM BY 16K BYTE OR 32K BYTE PER/UNIT AND THE SIZE
DEPENDS ON CHIPSET.
ENABLED :
DISABLED:
VIDEO SHADOW IS ENABLED
VIDEO SHADOW IS DISABLED
OPTIONAL SHADOW IS ENABLED.
OPTIONAL SHADOW IS DISABLED.
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3-4. CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
3
3
AUTO CONFIGURATION
THE CPU SPEED AND WILL AUTO-CONFIGURATE THE BUS
FREQUENCY, DRAM SPEED, CACHE AND READ/WRITE CYCLE.]
DRAM RAS# PRECHARGE TIM E
RAS.]
: 4
: 3 (DEFAULT)
RAS TO CAS DELAY
MISS LEADOFF TIMING.]
: 2
: 3 (DEFAULT)
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[THE B IOS WI LL AUTOM ATICALLY D ETE CT
[THE DRAM PRECHARGE TIME BY
[CONTROL THE DRAM PAGE MISS AND ROW
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DRAM READ BURST (B/E/F)
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)
CERTAIN SYSTEM DE SIGNS TO SUPPORT LAYOUT WITH LONGER
TRACE LENGTH OR SLOWER DRAM. THE DRAM WRITE BURST
TIMING ARE CONTROLLED BY REGISTER.]
: X2222
: X3333
: X4444 (DEFAULT)
SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE
CACHEABLE OR NOT.]
:ENABLED
:DISABLED (DEFAULT)
VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE
CACHEABLE OR NOT.]
:ENABLED
:DISABLED (DEFAULT)
[THE TIMING USED DEPENDS ON THE
[SLOWER RATE MAY BE REQUIRED IN
[DEFINE WHETHER SYSTEM BIOS AREA
[DEFINE WHETHER VIDEO BIOS AREA
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
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)
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[THIS FIELD ENABLE A MEMORY HOLE
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3
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
ADDING
BELOW ITEMS:
IC «GL518M»
«CURRENT CPU TEMPERATURE,» «CURRENT
ON BAORD, THE SCREEN WILL SHOW THE
CPUFAN1 SPEED,» «CURRENT CPUFAN2 SPEE D, » «CURRENT V I N(V). »
AGAIN, IF THE USER IS INTERESTED IN THOSE FUNCTIONS, PLEASE
CONTACT THE SUPPLIER OF THIS MOTHER BOARD.
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: USERS 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 BE FORE
ITENTER 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 M O DE!
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 MODE : DISABLED , 1 MIN --- 1 HOUR
STANDBY MODE : DISABLED , 1 MIN --- 1 HOUR
SUSPEND MODE : 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
(1-3) AVAILABLE IRQ : ( NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
PCI IRQ ACTIVED BY : LEVEL
PCI IDE IRQ MAP TO : PCI-AUTO (PCI-SLOT 1, 2, 3)
PRIMARY IDE INT# : A (B, C, D)
SECONDARY IDE INT# : B (C, D, A)
PCI SLOTS ROUTING METHOD:
PCI 1: A, B, C, D
PCI 2: B, C, D, A
PCI 3: C, D, A, B
ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB & ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA
DEFAULT VALUE FOR «ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB» IS DISABLE AND «ASSIGN IRQ
DEFAULT VALUE FOR
FOR VGA»
REQUIRED, BUT NOT FOR SOME LOW-END VGA CARDD. THEREFORE,
PLEASE CHECK
USB»
*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
CHANGES TO » !.» PLEASE RESET THE SYSTEM, GO TO CMOS, AND ENABLE
IRQ FOR USB.»
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ENABLE. FOR VGA CARDS OF GOOD QUALITY, IRQ ADDRESS IS
ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA.»
AND «
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB»
VGA CARD’S FEATURE BEFORE
IS DISABLE AND
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SETTING
«ASSIGN IRQ
«ASSIGN IRQ FOR
«ASSIGN
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3-7. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
IDE HDD BLOCK MODE
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 MAST ER PIO
DISK DEVICE.]
:AUTO (DEFAULT)
:MODE 0,1,2,3,4
IDE PRIMARY SLAVE PIO
DISK DEVICE.]
:AUTO (DEFAULT)
:MODE 0,1,2,3,4
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 22
).
[THIS FEATURE ENHANCES HARD DISK
[DETECT YOUR PRIMARY MASTER HARD
[DETECT YOUR PRIMARY SLAVE HARD
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IDE SECONDARY MASTER PI O
MASTER HARD DISK DEVICE.]
:AUTO (DEFAULT)
:MODE 0,1,2,3,4
IDE SECONDARY SLAVE PIO
HARD DISK DEVICE.]
: AUTO (DEFAULT)
: MODE 0,1,2,3,4
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 SET UP W ILL DETERMINE
WHETHER THE PASSWORD WILL BE REQUIRED. TO DISABLE THE
PASSWORD, PRESS THE <ENTER> KEY INSTEAD OF ENTERING A NEW
PASSWORD WHEN THE " ENTER P ASSWORD" DIALOG BOX APPEARS.
A MESSAGE WILL APPEAR CONFIRMING THAT THE PASSWORD IS
DISABLE. YOU MAY RECEIVE YOUR MAINBOARD SET UP THIS WAY.
: 378H (DEFAULT)
: SPP(DEFAULT)
"SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD SETTING"
UTILITY SETS THE
THERE ARE TWO KINDS OF PASSWORD FUNCTIONS IN THE SET UP
MENU : ONE IS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
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THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM ARE:
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
ALLOWS YOU THE
RIGHT TO CHANGE THE OPTIONS OF SET UP MENU ONCE YOU ENTER
THE SETUP MENU.
USER PASSWORD
YOU TO ENTER THE
CHANGE THE OPTIONS OF THE SETUP MENU EXCEPT USER
PASSWORD, SAVE & EXIT SETUP, AND EXIT WITHOUT SAVING.
:
THE USER PASSWORD FUNCTION ONLY ALLOWS
: THE SUPERVISOR PASSWORD FUNCTION
SETUP MENU BUT DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO
3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
"IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION"
THE
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW WHICH KIND OF HARD DISK
TYPE YOU ARE USING. YOU CAN USE THIS UTILITY TO DETECT 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 "IDE HDD AUTO 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, L BA &
LARGE
UTILITY IS A VERY USEFUL TOOL
NORMAL MODE
GENERIC ACCESS MODE IN WHICH NEITHER THE BIOS NOR THE IDE
CONTROLLER WILL MAKE ANY TRANSFORMATIONS DURING
ACCESSING.
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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 NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, HEADS &
SECTORS SHOWN IN SETUP MAY NOT BE THE NUMBER PHYSICALLY
CONTAINED IN THE HDD.
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 SOFTWARE.
SOME IDE HDDS CONTAIN MORE THAN 1024 CYLINDER WITHOUT
LBA SUPPORT (IN SOME CASES, USER DO NOT WANT LBA).
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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
NOTE: TO SUPPORT LBA OR LARGE MODE OF HDDS, THERE MUST
BE SOME SOFTWARES INVOLVED. ALL THESE SOFTWARES
ARE LOCATED IN THE AWARD HDD SERV ICE ROUTINE (INT 13H).
IT MAY BE FAILED TO ACCESS A HDD WITH LBA (LARGE) MODE
SELECTED IF YOU ARE RUNNING UNDER AN PERATING 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.
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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 CMOS RAM.
3-12 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
THE "EXIT WIT HOUT 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 RANGESIZE DESCRIPTION
00000-7FFFF512K CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
80000-9FBFF127K EXTENDED CONVENTIONAL MEMORY
9FC00-9FFFF1KEXTENDED BIOS DATA AREA IF PS/2
MOUSE IS INSTALLED
A0000-C7FFF160K AVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY
C8000-DFFFF96KAVAILABLE FOR HI DOS MEMORY AND
ADAPTER ROMS
E0000-EEFFF 60K AVAILABLE FOR UMB
EF000-EFFFF 4KVIDEO SERVICE ROUTINE FOR
MONOCHROME & CGA ADAPTER
F0000-F7FFF32KBIOS CMOS SETUP UTILITY
F8000-FCFFF20KBIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (2)
FD000-FDFFF4KPLUG AND PLAY ESCD DATA AREA
FE000-FFFFF8KBIOS RUNTIME SERVICE ROUTINE (1)
2F8-2FFSERIAL PORT 2
360-36FNETWORK PORTS
378-37FPARALLEL PORT 1
3B0-3BFMONOCHROME & PARALLEL PORT ADAPTER
3C0-3CFEGA ADAPTER
3D0-CDFCGA ADAPTER
3F0-3F7FLOPPY DISK CONTROLLER
3F8-3FFSERIAL 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
3-15 INTERRUPT MAP
AVAILABLE
NIMI: NON-MASKABLE INTERRUPT
IRQ(H/W): 0 SYSTEM T IMER 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
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15 ONBOARD HARD DISK (IDE2) CHANNEL
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 MEM O RY 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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