Maxtium Computer MagicLX, MagicEX User Manual

MagicLX/MagicEX

®

Pentium II

User's Manual

Mainboard

Model : MagicLX/MagicEX
Manual version : English, version 1.0
Release Date : August 29, 1998

Copyright

Copyright  1998 by this company. All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed,
stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by
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without the prior written consent of the copyright holders.

User’s Notice

The contents of this publication are subject to change. This company reserves
the right to alter the contents of this publication at any time and without
notice. The contents of this publication may contains inaccuracies or
typographical errors and is supplied for informational use only.

Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.
OS/2 and IBM are registered trademarks of International Business Machines.
Windows and MS-DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
AWARD is a registered trademark of Award Software Inc.

Other brand, corporate, and product names may or may not be registered
trademarks or copyright of their respective companies.

II

FCC & & DOC Compliance

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and
This device must accept any interference received, including

interference that may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
manufacturer
communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:

Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Warning! The use of shielded cables for the connection of the monitor to
the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations
Changes or modifications to this authority to operate this equipment.

III

CONTENTS

SECTION 1: PRODUCT INFORMATION

1-1 Manual Features.......................................…1-1

1-2 Package Check List ...................................1-1

1-3 Mainboard Specifications.........................1-2

1-4 Mainboard Layout ....................................1-5

SECTION 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION

2-1 Jumper Settings.........................................2-1

2-1.1 CMOS Clear Setting ................................ ...........................2-1

2-1.2 CPU Type & CPU Clock Setting ................................ ........2-2

2-2 Connectors ................................................2-3

IV

2-2.1 Panel Connector ................................ ................................ ..2-3

2-2.2 ATX Power Connector ................................ .........................2-4

2-2.3 AT Power Connector ................................ ........................... 2-4

2-2.4 Fan Connectors ................................ ................................ ...2-5

2-2.5 PS/2 Mouse Connector ................................ ....................... 2-5

2-2.6 Keyboard Connector ................................ ............................ 2-6

2-2.7 USB Device Connector ................................ ....................... 2-6

2-2.8 Serial Device(COM1/COM2) Connector ............................. 2-7

2-2.9 Printer Connector ................................ ................................ 2-7

2-2.10 Floppy Drive Connector ................................ ....................... 2-8

2-2.11 IDE Hard Disk and CD-ROM Connector. .......................... 2-8

2-2.12 IrDA Connector ................................ ................................ ...2-9

2-2.13 Audio Connector ................................ ............................... 2-10

2-2.14 Wake On LAN Connector ................................ ................ 2-11

2-3 System Memory Installation ...................2-11

2-3.1 Type ................................ ................................ ................ 2-11

2-3.2 Speed ................................ ................................ .............. 2-11

2-3.3 Buffered and Non-buffered ................................ .............. 2-12

2-3.4 2-clock and 4-clock ................................ .......................... 2-12

2-3.5 Parity and Non-parity ................................ ...................... …2-13

2-3.6 Suggested SDRAM combination ................................ ...... 2-13

SECTION 3: CMOS SETUP UTILITY

3-1 BIOS Setup Main Menu..............................3-1

3-2 Standard CMOS Setup...............................3-2

3-3 BIOS Features Setup .................................3-5

3-4 Chipset Features Setup...........................3-10

3-5 Power Management Setup.......................3-14

3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration............................3-20

3-7 Load Setup Defaults ................................3-24

3-8 Load Turbo Defaults................................3-25

3-9 Integrated Peripherals .............................3-26

3-10 Password Setting....................................3-31

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3-11 IDE HDD Auto Detection .........................3-32

3-12 Save & Exit Setup....................................3-32

3-13 Exit with Saving ......................................3-32

SECTION 4: BIOS/SOFTWARE UTILITY

4-1 Flash Utility Maxflash.exe..........................4-1

4-2 BIOS Flash/Upgrade Protection................4-2

SECTION 5: Audio Driver & Utility Installation

5-1 Windows 95/98 Driver&Utility Installation 5-1

5-2 Windows NT Driver Installation.................5-5

5-3 DOS/Windows 3.1 Driver Installation........5-6

5-4 OS/2 Driver Installation..............................5-6

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SECTION 1.
PRODUCT INFORMATION

Thanks for purchasing EX/LX Pentium II mainboard.
This user’s manual contains all the information and features that show you

how to use the EX/LX mainboard. Please take a moment to familiarize
yourself with the design and organization of this manual.

1-1 Manual Features

This manual is divided into the following four sections:

Section 1: Product Information

A brief overview of what comes in the mainboard package, the mainboard
layout and the specification it appears.

Section 2: Hardware Installation

Tell you the usage of the mainboard jumpers and the connectors.

Section 3: CMOS Setup Utility

A summary of the mainboard CMOS (BIOS) Setting.

Section 4: BIOS/Software Utility

Introductions of mainboard BIOS flash utility.

Section 5: Audio Driver & Utility Installation

Install Audio Driver & Utility

1-2 Package Check List

This EX/LX mainboard package contains the following items. Please
inspect the package contents and confirm that everything is there. If

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I. PRODUCT INFORMATION

anything is missing or damaged, call your vendor for instructions before
operating.

The package includes:

One EX/LX Mainboard
One Pentium II Retention Module
One Floppy Interface Cable
One IDE Interface Cable
One CD Title including Bus Master IDE Driver and Utilities
One User’s Manual
One serial port bracket
One parallel port & PS/2 Mouse bracket

1-3 Mainboard Specifications

Form Factor
Board Size
CPU
System Memory

Chipset
Expansion Slots

Serial Port

Parallel Port

Baby AT form factor
22 cm x 22 cm
Supports Pentium II/Celeron CPU up to 333 MHz
For LX mainboard, DIMM 168-pin x 3 , SDRAM

added maximum up to 384MB

For EX mainboard, DIMM 168-pin x 2 , SDRAM

added Maximum up to 256MB
Supports 64M-bit SDRAM technology
Intel 440LX/EX AGP Chipset
1 x AGP bus
2 x ISA bus

3 x PCI bus with Bus master/slave mode
Two serial ports UART 16C550 compatible
Sets serial port 2 to operate in normal mode , IrDA

or ASKIR

One parallel port supports :

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Floppy Interface

IDE Interface

USB Interface

PS/2 Mouse
Keyboard

Fuse
RTC and Battery

Wake up function

Synchronous
Switching Regulator

Hardware Monitor
(Optional)

Sound Function

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SPP-standard parallel port
EPP-enhanced parallel port
ECP-extended capabilities port

Supports drives inches/format with:

3.5 inches—720KB/1.44MB/2.88MB

5.25 inches—360KB/1.2MB
Dual PCI IDE interface support up to 4 x IDE HDD

or CDROM
Supports PIO mode 4 , DMA mode 2 and Ultra

DMA 33
Two USB ports supported
USB legacy keyboard function supported
PS/2 mouse supported by connector onboard
AT keyboard onboard connector supported
PS/2 keyboard connector (optional)
Supports recoverable fuse for USB and KB/Mouse
RTC build in chipset (south bridge PIIX4)
Lithium (CR-2032) battery
Modem ring wake up
LAN wake up
RTC Alarm wake up
High efficient synchronous switching regulator for

CPU core voltage from 2.0V to 3.5V
Supports over-voltage / over-current protection

function
Fan speed monitor--Two fan connectors , warning

when CPU or Housing fan is malfunction
Voltage monitor—Warning when system voltage

(5V,12V,3.3V,VCORE) are abnormal
CPU and system thermal monitor—Warning when

CPU and system temperature is higher than a

predefined value
Integrated sound controller compatible with:

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- Sound Blaster Pro

- Adlib

- Microsoft Windows System

Power connector

BIOS

LED Indicator

Supports ATX(20-pin) power connector
Supports AT(12-pin) power connector
Award BIOS
Year 2000 Compliance
PCI 2.1 Compliance
PnP BIOS v1.0a Compliance
APM v1.2 Compliance
DMI 2.0 compliance
Flash/Upgrade BIOS protection
Supports ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power

Interface) and OS Directed Power Management
Supports SOFT power
Virus warning supported
Floppy drive swapping function supported
System power LED
HDD activity LED
System Suspend LED

1-4 Mainboard Layout

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Jumpers

1. JP1

2. JP2

Expansion Sockets

1. DIMM 1 to DIMM 3

Expansion Slots

1. CPU

Clear CMOS (Real Time Clock)
CPU Clock Ratio & CPU Type

Support DIMM Memory

Slot 1 for supporting Pentium II/Celeron CPU

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2. ISA Slot 1 & Slot 2

3. PCI Slot 1 to Slot 3

Connectors

1. KB

2. PS/2 Mouse

3. USB

4. COM1/COM2

5. PRINTER

6. ATX POWER

7. AT POWER

8. CPUFAN

9. CHAFAN

10. Floppy

11. Primary IDE

12. Secondary IDE

13. IR

14. Wake on LAN

15. Audio connector

16. CD audio in

17. Mic in

18. Panel:

- PWR LED

- KBLCK

- SLP

- SPEAKER

- GRN LED

- HDD LED

- RESET

- PWR ON

16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot
32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slot

AT Keyboard Connector (6 pins)
PS/2 Mouse Connector (6 pins)
Universal Serial BUS Port 1 and Port 2
(10 pins)
Serial Port 1 / Serial Port 2 (9 pins)
Printer (Parallel) Port Connector (25 pins)
ATX Mainboard Power Connector (20 pins)
Baby AT Mainboard Power Connector (12 pins)
Pentium II CPU 1 Fan Connector (3 pins)
Chassis Fan Connector (3 pins)
Floppy Drive Connector (34 pins)
Primary IDE Connector (40 pins)
Secondary IDE Connector (40 pins)
Infrared Port Connector (5 pins)
LAN wake Up Connector(3 pins)
Audio input/output connector
CD audio in connector
Microphone in connector

Power LED Connector (3 pins)
Keyboard Lock Switch Connector (2 pins)
Suspend Switch Connector (2 pins)
Chassis Speaker Connector (4 pins)
Green Status LED Connector (3 pins)
HDD LED Connector (4 pins)
Reset Switch Connector (2 pins)
Power Switch Connector (2 pins)

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SECTION 2.
HARDWARE INSTALLATION

This section gives you a step-by-step procedure on how to install your
system. Follow each section accordingly.

2-1 Jumper Settings

Please refer the following figures for the locations of the jumpers on the
mainboard.

2-1.1 CMOS Clear Setting

JP1 CMOS

Default

1 2 3

(Normal)

Clear CMOS

1 2 3

To clear CMOS, please follow the steps below:

1. Power off the system and unplug the chassis AC power cord.

2. Short JP1 at pin 2-3 for few seconds.

3. Set JP1 back to its Normal position at pin 1-2.

4. Plug the AC power cord to the chassis.

5. Power on the system and load the BIOS setup default.

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2-1.2 CPU Type & CPU Clock Setting

JP2

2
1

CPU Type JP2
Default: 266MHz 3-4 & 5-

6

This mainboard supports Pentium II / Celeron CPU up to 333MHz. Install your
CPU type with the following jumper settings.

8
7

Clock Ratio CPU Type

3.5X 233MHz 1-2
4X 266MHz 3-4 & 5-6

4.5X 300MHz 3-4
5X 333MHz 5-6

JP2 Setting

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+

+-+-++-+--+

2-2 Connectors

2-2.1 Panel Connector

LCK

GRN
LED

HDD
LED

RESET

PWR

- PWR LED

- KBLCK

- SLP

- SPEAKER

- GRN LED

- HDD LED

- RESET

- * PWR ON

Power LED Connector (3 pins)
Keyboard Lock Switch Connector (2 pins)
Suspend Switch Connector (2 pins)
Chassis Speaker Connector (4 pins)
Green Status LED Connector (3 pins)
HDD LED Connector (4 pins)
Reset Switch Connector (2 pins)
ATX Power Switch Connector and Suspend Switch

Connector (2 pins)

* PWR ON: ATX Power Switch and Suspend Switch Connector

Attach the ATX power button or suspend switch cable to this connector.
In the ATX power system, this connector will be not only an ATX power

button, but a suspend switch as well. Details are describes as below:
When the system is off, push the power button to turn the system on. When

the system is on, push the power button rapidly within 4 seconds to switch the
system to the suspend mode, and, by pushing and holding the button for
more than 4 seconds, it will turn the system completely off. When the system
is in the suspend mode, push the power button rapidly to turn the system on.

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2-2.2 ATX Power Connector

Connect the 20-pin ATX power supply cable to this power connector. Make
sure the right plug-in direction and the power supply is off before connecting
or disconnecting the power cable.

ATX Power

2-2.3 AT Power Connector

Connect the 12-pin AT power supply cable to this power connector. Make sure
the right plug-in direction and the power supply is off before connecting or
disconnecting the power cable.

AT Power

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FAN CONNECTOR

3 1 2 4

GND

2-2.4 Fan Connectors

Connect the CPU and Chassis Fan cables to the 3-pin fan connectors shown
below. The fan connectors are marked as CPUFAN and CHAFAN on the
mainboard.

CPUFAN
CHAFAN

SENSE
+12V

2-2.5 PS/2 Mouse Connector

Connect the PS/2 mouse to the onboard 6-pin Mini-Din connector marked as
PSMS1.

PSMS1

5 6

Pin

1
2
3
4
5
6

Description

MS DATA
NC
GND
+5V
MS CLK
NC

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USB

2-2.6 Keyboard Connector

Connect the AT keyboard to the onboard keyboard connector marked as

KB1.

KB1

2-2.7 USB Device Connector

Connect your USB device(s) to the onboard USB connector marked as USB.

1

9

Pin

Description

1

V0

3

D0-

5

D0+

7

GND

9

NC

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2

10

Pin

2
4
6
8
10

Description

V1
D1­D1+
GND
NC

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2-2.8 Serial Device(COM1/COM2) Connectors

Connect your serial device(s) to the onboard 9-pin serial connectors marked
as COM1 and COM2.

1

2

COM1

9

10

1

2

COM2

9

10

2-2.9 Printer Connctor

Connect your local printer to the onboard 25-pin printer connector marked as
Printer.

Printer

1

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FDD

2-2.10 Floppy Drive Connector

Connect the floppy drive cable to the onboard 34-pin floppy drive connector
marked as FDD.

2-2.11 IDE Hard Disk and CD-ROM Connector

Connect your IDE devices to the onboard 40-pin IDE connectors marked as
Primary and Secondary.

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Secondary

Primary

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Secondary IDE Cable

Secondary

Primary

It is suggested that you connect the IDE devices to your IDE cables as the
figure shown above. Each IDE channel, either Primary or Secondary, supports
two IDE devices which must be set differently to master mode and slave
mode.

(Refer to your hard disk and CD-ROM user s manual for detailed settings of
IDE master and slave mode.)

Slave

Primary IDE Cable

Slave Master

Master

2-2.12 IrDA Connector

Connect your IR device to the onboard IrDA connector marked as IR.

1

Pin Description

2

1 +5V

3

2 NC

4
5

3 IRRX

IR

4 GND
5 IRTX

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2-2.13 AUDIO Connector

This mainboard supports Sound Funtion.

Line-in(Audio in)
Mic-in(Microphone in)
Line-out(Audio out)

Gameport(Joystick in)

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From CD-ROM
“Audio-out Port”

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2-2.14 Wake on LAN Connector

This mainboard supports wake up on LAN function. To use this function, you
need a Wake on LAN supported network card and software.

Wake on LAN

1 2 3

Pin Description

1 +5V Standby
2 GND
3 Signal

2-3 System Memory Installation

There are 3 pcs 168-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) sockets on the
mainboard which support SDRAM and EDO DRAM memory.

For LX mainboard, there are 3
168-pin DIMM sockets (DIMM1,
DIMM2 & DIMM3) that allow you
to install system memory up to
384MB SDRAM.

For EX mainboard, there are 2
168-pin DIMM sockets (DIMM 2 &

DIMM 1
DIMM 2

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DIMM3) that allow you to install
system memory up to 256MB
SDRAM.

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2-3.1 Type

This mainboard supports SDRAM DIMM and EDO DIMM.
For every single DIMM socket, maximum is 128MB if SDRAM is installed, and

maximum is 256MB if EDO is installed.

2-3.2 Speed

For SDRAM, the memory speed normally marked as: -15, -12, -10, -8, -7.
The meaning is,

-15 = 15ns, and the maximum clock is 66MHz

-12 = 12ns, and the maximum clock is 83MHz

-10 = 10ns, and the maximum clock is 100MHz

-8 = 8ns, and the maximum clock is 125MHz

-7 = 7ns, and the maximum clock is 142MHz

For EDO, the access time can be 50ns, 60ns.

2-3.3 Buffered and Non-buffered

Only the non-buffered DIMM can be used in this mainboard. The difference
between buffered and non-buffered DIMM can be identified by the notch
position shown below.

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2-3.4 2-clock and 4-clock signal

Both 2-clock and 4-clock SDRAM DIMM supported by this mainboard.

2-3.5 Parity and Non-parity

This mainboard supports 64 bit Non-parity and 72 bit Parity DIMM modules.

2-3.6 Memory Auto detection by BIOS

This mainboard BIOS can automatically detect the DIMM memory size and
type, so you do not need to adjust any hardware or software settings.

2-3.7 Suggested Memory combination

This mainboard supports the following SDRAM combination.

DIMM
Data Chip

1M by 16 1M X 64 Single side 4 8MB
1M by 16 1M X 64 Double side 8 16MB
2M by 8 2M X 64 Single side 8 16MB
2M by 8 2M X 64 Double side 16 32MB
4M by 4 4M X 64 Single side 16 32MB
2M by 32 2M X 64 Single side 2 16MB
2M by 32 2M X 64 Double side 4 32MB
4M by 16 4M X 64 Single side 4 32MB
4M by 16 4M X 64 Double side 8 64MB
8M by 8 8M X 64 Single side 8 64MB

Bit size
per side

Single/Double
side

No. of
chip

DIMM size

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8M by 8 8Mx64 Double side 16 128MB
16M by 4 16Mx64 Single side 16 128MB

This mainboard supports the following EDO combination.

DIMM
Data Chip

1M by 4 1M X 64 Single side 4 8MB
1M by 4 1M X 64 Double side 8 16MB
1M by 16 2M X 64 Single side 8 16MB
1M by 16 2M X 64 Double side 16 32MB
2M by 8 4M X 64 Single side 16 32MB
2M by 8 2M X 64 Single side 2 16MB
2M by 32 2M X 64 Single side 2 16MB
2M by 32 2M X 64 Double side 4 32MB
4M by 4 4M X 64 Single side 16 32MB
4M by 4 4M X 64 Double side 32 64MB
4M by 16 4M X 64 Single side 4 32MB
4M by 16 4M X 64 Double side 8 64MB
8M by 8 8M X 64 Single side 8 64MB
8M by 8 8M X 64 Double side 16 128MB
16M by 4 16Mx64 Single side 16 128MB
16M by 4 16Mx64 Double side 32 256MB

Bit size
per side

Single/Double
side

No. of
chip

DIMM size

For LX mainboard,
Total Memory Size = DIMM1 + DIMM2 + DIMM3
For EX mainboard,
Total Memory Size = DIMM1 + DIMM2

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SECTION 3.
CMOS SETUP UTILITY

3-1 BIOS Setup Main Menu

This section tells you how to configure the system by changing BIOS setup
options. To enter the BIOS Setup Utility, press DEL key during POST
(Power-On Self Test). The BIOS Setup Main Menu will appear as shown
below.

The main menu displays a table of items which defines basic information
about your system. Below are the keyboard function keys you can use under
the menu.

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Menu function keys:

E S C

F 1
S H I F T + F 2
F 1 0
ENTER

3-2 Standard CMOS Setup

This "Standard CMOS Setup" sets the basic system settings such as the date,
time, and the hard disk type, Video display type and error handling. Use the

arrows keys to highlight an item and use Page Up / Page
Down or + - to set the value for each item.

To close the BIOS Setup Utility.
To move around the screen. An item is highlighted

if it is selected.
To displays information about the highlighted item

you selected.
To Change the color scheme.
To save the changes before exit the BIOS Setup

Utility.
To select or enter a submenu.

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Date

To set the date, highlight the date area. Press + / - or Page Up / Page

Down to set the current date. The date format is month: Jan. ~ Dec ., date:
1 ~ 31, and year: 1994 ~ 2079.

Time

To set the time, highlight the time area. Press + / - or Page Up / Page

Down to set the current time. The time format is hour: 00 ~ 23, minute: 00 ~
59, and second: 00 ~ 59.

Hard Disks Primary Master
Hard Disks Primary Slave
Hard Disks Secondary Master
Hard Disks Secondary Slave

TYPE:

- Auto

- User

- None

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This item lets you set your system IDE hard disk type.
Select Auto to let BIOS automatically detect the installed
hard disk when system boot up. Select User if you prefer
manually enter the hard disk type. The available
parameters are SIZE(HDD Size), CYLS(No. of Cylinder),
HEAD(No. of Head), PRECOMP(Pre-compensation),
LANDZ(Landing Zone), SECTOR(No. of Sector) and
MODE(HDD Mode). Select None if there is no hard disk
connected to the system.

Default: Auto

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MODE:

- AUTO

- NORMAL

- LBA

- LARGE

Select NORMAL for IDE HDD smaller than 528MB.
Select LBA for IDE HDD over than 528MB and support
LBA(Logical Block Addressing) mode. Select LARGE
for IDE HDD over than 528MB and do not support LBA
mode.

Note: We recommend that you set both IDE HDD TYPE
and MODE to AUTO to let BIOS automatically detect
the hard disk drives for you

Floppy Drive A
Floppy Drive B

Drive A / B:

- None

- 360KB - 5.25"

- 1.2MB 5.25"

- 720KB 3.5"

- 1.44MB 3.5"

- 2.88MB 3.5"

Select the floppy drive type installed in your system.
The available options for Drive A and Drive B are:
360KB 5.25”, 1.2MB 5.25”, 720KB 3.5”, 1.44MB 3.5”,

2.88MB 3.5” and None.

Video

Video:

- EGA/VGA

- CGA40

- CGA80

- Mono

Select the video display card type installed in your system.
The available types are: EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA 80 and
Mono.

Default: Auto

Default: Drive A => 1.44MB 3.5 ”

Drive B => None

Default: EGA/VGA

Halt On

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Halt On:

- All Errors

- No Errors

- All, But Keyboard

- All, But Diskette

- All, But Disk/Key

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This item defines the operation of the system
POST(Power On Self Test). You can use this item to
select which kind of errors will cause the system to halt
during POST.

Default: All Errors

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3.3 BIOS Features Setup

This "BIOS Features Setup" option allows you to setup and improve your
system features and performance.

Virus Warning

Virus Warning:

- Enabled

- Disabled

When this item is enabled, it provides some protection
against viruses which try to write to the boot sector and
partition table of your hard disk drive. The default setting is
Disabled so that you can install an operating system or
software application. We recommend that you enable Virus
Warning as soon as you have installed an OS in your hard
disk drive.

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Default: Disabled

External Cache

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External Cache:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item controls Enable/Disable the external L2 cache.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

CPU L2 Cache ECC
Checking:

- Enable

- Disabled

This item can be used to enable ECC (Error Checking and
Correcting) function of the CPU level-2 cache memory.
When the item is enabled, BIOS will automatically check if
CPU support L2 ECC function. This item will not be
displayed if CPU does not support L2 ECC.

Power-On Self-Test

Quick Power-on
Self-test:

- Enable

- Disabled

This item can be used to start operating system quickly by
skip some normal POST checking items.

Boot Sequence

Boot Sequence:

- A,C,SCSI

- C,A,SCSI

- C,CDROM,A

- CDROM,C,A

- D,A,SCSI

- E,A,SCSI

- F,A,SCSI

- SCSI,A,C

- SCSI,C,A

- C only

- LS/ZIP,C

This item defines where the system will look for an
operating system, and the order of priority. The boot up
search sequence shown as left.

Default: Enabled

Default: Enabled

Default: Enabled

Default: A, C, SCSI

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Swap Floppy Drive

Swap Floppy Drive:

- Enabled

- Disabled

If you have two floppy drives in your system, This item
allows you to swap around the assigned drive letters so
that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive
A. Default:

Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up Floppy
Seek:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item controls the system to seek floppy drive during
boot up POST.

Boot Up NumLock Status

Boot Up NumLock
Status:

- On

- Off

This item defines if the keyboard NumLock key is active
when your system is started.

Boot Up System Speed

Boot-up System
Speed:

- High

- Low

This item allows the system boot up with High or Low
speed.

Default: Disabled

Default: On

Default: High

Typematic Rate Setting

Typematic Rate
Setting:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To Enable or Disable the speed of keyboard to send
repeat keystrokes.

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Default: Disabled

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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)

Typematic
Rate:

- 6

- 8

- 10

- 12

- 15

- 20

- 24

- 30

This item provides typematic rate setting, which allows you to
control the repeated keystrokes speed.

Typematic Delay (Msec)

Typematic Delay:

- 250

- 500

- 750

- 1000

This item provides typematic delay setting, which
allows you control the delay time between the first and
the second keystroke.

Security Option

Security Option:

- Setup

- System

The setup option for password request in entering setup.

The system option for password request in entering setup

& boot up. Default:

Default: 6

Default: 250

Setup

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

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PCI/VGA Palette
Snoop:

- Enabled

- Disabled

Set this item to Enabled to reduce display problem when
both PCI VGA and some graphic accelerator devices
such as MPEG/Video capture cards are installed in your
system.

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

OS Select for
DRAM > 64MB:

- OS/2

- Non-OS/2

This item is to patch that can not report correct
memory size for more than 64 MB. Set it to OS/2 if you
have an OS/2 installed and have over 64MB system
memory.

Video BIOS Shadow

Video BIOS
Shadow:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item defines if you leave default setting, video
BIOS memory will be copied from ROM into DRAM
area to enhance system performance as DRAM access
time is faster than ROM.

C8000-CBFFF Shadow to DC000-DFFFF Shadow

C8000-CBFFF to
DC000-DFFFF
Shadow:

- Enabled

- Disabled

Set Enabled if you know the address that your add on
card ROM used to shadow them. If the item is Enabled,
BIOS will copy the selected area from ROM to RAM to
increase system performance.

Default: Disabled

Default: Non-OS/2

Default: Enabled

Default: Disabled

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3-4 Chipset Features Setup

This option display a table of items which define timing parameters of the
mainboard components including the graphic system, memory, and the
system logic. In general rule, you should leave the items on this page at the
default values unless you are familiar with the technical specifications of your
hardware. If you change the values, you may introduce fatal errors or
recurring instability into your system.

Auto Configuration

Auto Configuration:

- Enabled

- Disabled

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Leave this item at the default value Enabled. This will
automatically install the correct values for the system
DRAM timing. Set Disabled if you want to specify
your own DRAM timing.

Default: Enabled

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DRAM Speed Selection

DRAM Speed
Selection:

- 50ns

- 60ns

This item allows you set your DRAM speed, 50ns or
60ns.

MA Wait State

MA Wait State:

- Slow

- Fast

This item defines DRAM MA (Memory Address) wait
state. Set it to Fast when DRAM loading is heavy or
the speed is lower.

EDO RAS# To CAS # Delay

EDO RAS# To CAS#
Delay:

- 2

- 3

This item defines the delay state between DRAM Row
Address Strobe (RAS) and Column Address Strobe
(CAS).

EDO RAS# Precharge Time

EDO RAS#
Precharge:

- 3

- 4

This item defines the waiting time after issuing a
precharge command to EDO.

Default: 60ns

Default: Slow

Default: 3

Default: 3

EDO DRAM Read Burst

EDO DRAM Read
Burst:

- X222

- X333

This item defines the four continuous memory
reading from EDO DRAM within one read burst cycle.

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EDO DRAM Write Burst

EDO DRAM Write
Burst:

- X222

- X333

This item defines the four continuous memory writing
to EDO DRAM within one write burst cycle.

SDRAM(CAS Lat/RAS-to-CAS)

SDRAM(CAS
Lat/RAS-to-CAS):

- 2/2

- 3/3

SDRAM CAS Latency defines the latency between
SDRAM read command and the actual data time.

SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay defines the latency
between SDRAM active command and the read/write
command.

It is an important SDRAM parameter. If your SDRAM
has unstable problem, try set this item to 3T.

SDRAM RAS Precharge Time

SDRAM RAS
Precharge:

- 2T

- 3T

This item defines the waiting time after issuing a
SDRAM Precharge command.

DRAM ECC Function

Default: X333

Default: 3/3

Default: 3T

DRAM ECC
Function:

- Enabled

- Disabled

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This item enables/disables ECC(Error Checking and
Correction) for the main memory. We recommend
that you leave this item at Disabled if you have not
verified that your memory modules support ECC. To
use this function, you need 72 bits(64+8 bit parity)
DIMM.

Default: Disabled

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CPU-To-PCI IDE Posting

CPU-To-PCI IDE
Posting:

This item defines CPU to IDE posting cycle. Set it to
disabled if you have any IDE compatibility problem.

- Enabled

- Disabled

Video BIOS Cacheable

Video BIOS
Cacheable:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item allows the video BIOS to be cached for
faster video performance.

Video RAM Cacheable

Video RAM
Cacheable:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item allows the Video RAM to be cached for
faster video performance.

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time

8 Bit I/O Recovery
Time:

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- 5

- 6

- 7

- 8

- NA

16 Bit I/O Recovery Time:

- 1

- 2

- 3

- 4

- NA

This two items set timing parameters for 8-bit and 16­bit ISA expansion cards.

Memory Hole At 15M-16M

Default: Enabled

Default: Disabled

Default: Disabled

Default: 8-Bit I/O Recovery Time => 4

8-Bit I/O Recovery Time => 2

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Memory Hole At
15M-16M:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item can be used to reserve memory space for
some ISA cards that require it.

Passive Release
Delayed Transaction

Passive Release,
Delayed Transaction:

- Enabled

- Disabled

These two items make the PCI Bus Compliant with
the PCI Specification ver. 2.1.

AGP Aperture Size (MB)

AGP Aperture Size
(MB):

- 4

- 8

- 16

- 32

- 64

- 128

- 256

This item defines the effective memory size of the
AGP Aperture.

Default: Disabled

Default: Enabled

Default: 64

Pentium II Micro Codes

Pentium II Micro
Codes:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item defines the Pentium II Micro Codes which
are used to resolve Pentium II CPU bugs. We
recommend that you leave this item at the default
value for better reliability.

Default: Enabled

CPU Clock Frequency

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CPU Clock
Frequency:

- 66.8 MHz

- 68.5 MHz

- 75.0 MHz

- 83.3 MHz

This item allows you set CPU external clock.

Default: 66.8 MHz

3-5 Power Management Setup

This option displays a table of items which lets you control the power
management of the system. Modern operating system take care of much of
the routine power management. This mainboard supports ACPI (Advanced
Configuration and Power Interface).

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Power Management

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Power Management:

- Max Saving

- Mix Saving

- User Define

- Disabled

Mode Doze Standby Suspend HDD Power Down
Min Saving
Max Saving

This item allows you to set the default parameters of
power-saving modes. Set to Disable to disable power
management function. Set to User Define to define
your own parameters.

Default: User Define

1 hour 1 hour 1 hour 15 min
1 min 1 min 1 min 1 min

PM Controlled by APM

PM Controlled by
APM:

- Yes

- No

Set to Yes to transfer power management control to
APM (Advanced Power Management) and enhance
power saving function.

Default: Yes

Video Off After

Video Off After:

- N/A

- Doze

- Standby

- Suspend

To select the power down mode option to turn off
video monitor.

Default: Standby

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Doze Mode

Doze Mode:

- Disabled

- 1 Min

- 2 Min

- 4 Min

- 8 Min

- 12 Min

- 20 Min

- 30 Min

- 40 Min

- 1 Hour

Standby Mode

Standby Mode

- Disabled

- 1 Min

- 2 Min

- 4 Min

- 8 Min

- 12 Min

- 20 Min

- 30 Min

- 40 Min

- 1 Hour

This item lets you set the timer after which the system
enters into Doze mode from working mode. The
system event is detected by monitoring the IRQ
signals or other I/O events.

Default: Disabled

This item lets you set the timer after which the system
enters into Standby mode from Doze mode.

In this mode, the monitor power-saving feature
activates. Any activity detected returns the system to
normal full power mode. The system activity is
detected by monitoring the IRQ signals or other I/O
events.

Default: Disabled

Suspend Mode

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Suspend Mode:

- Disabled

- 1 Min

- 2 Min

- 4 Min

- 8 Min

- 12 Min

- 20 Min

- 30 Min

- 40 Min

- 1 Hour

HDD Power Down

HDD Power Down:

- Disabled

- 1 Min

- .....

- 15 Min

Modem Wake Up

Modem Wake Up:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item lets you set the time after which the system
enters into Suspend mode from Standby mode. The
system activity is detected by monitoring the IRQ
signals or other I/O events.

Default: Disabled

This item allows you specify the IDE HDD idle time
before the device enters the power down state. This
item is independent from the power states, Standby
and Suspend Mode.

Default: Disabled

To enable or disable Modem Wake Up function.

Default: Disabled

LAN Wake Up

LAN Wake Up:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable LAN Wake Up function.

Default: Disabled

VGA Active Monitor

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VGA Active Monitor:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable the detection of VGA activity for
power saving mode.

Power Button Override

Power Button
Override:

- Enabled

- Disabled

When set to Enabled, the power switch on the front
panel can be used to control power On/Suspend/Off.

Press switch System status
Less than 4 seconds Suspend mode
Longer than 4 seconds Power off

When set to Disabled, the power switch is only used
to control On/Off, no Suspend mode function.

RTC Wake Up Timer

RTC Wake Up
Timer:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable the RTC Wake Up function.

Default: Enabled

Default: Enabled

Default: Disabled

WakeUp Date (of Month)

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WakeUp Date (of
Month):

- 0

- 1

- .....

- 31

This item displayed only when you enable the RTC
Wake Up Timer item.

You can use this item to specify the date you want to
wake up the system. For Example, if you set to 18,
the system will wake up on the 18th day of every
month. If set to 0, the system will wake up on the
specified time every day.

WakeUp Time (hh:mm:ss)

WakeUp Time
(hh:mm:ss):

- hh:mm:ss

This item is displayed only when you enable the RTC
Wake Up Timer item. You can use this item to specify
the time you want to wake up the system.

IRQ 8 Clock Event

IRQ 8 Clock Event:

- Enabled

- Disabled

OS/2 has periodically IRQ8 RTC(Real Time Clock)
event. When set this item to enabled, OS/2 may has
problem to go into Doze/Standby/Suspend mode.

IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI

IRQ [3-7,9-15],NMI:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable the detection of IRQ3-7, IRQ9­15 or NMI interrupt events for power saving mode.

Default: Disabled

Default: Enabled

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Primary IDE 0
Primary IDE 1
Secondary IDE 0
Secondary IDE 1
Floppy Disk
Serial Port
Parallel Port

Primary/Secondary
IDE 0/1, Floppy,
Serial & Parallel
Port:

- Enabled

- Disabled

These items enable or disable the detection of IDE,
Floppy, Serial and Parallel port activities for power
saving mode.

Default: Serial Port => Enabled

Others => Disabled

3-6 PNP/PCI Configuration

This option display a table of items that configures how PNP (Plug and Play)
and PCI expansion cards operates in your system.

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PnP OS Installed

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PnP OS Installed:

- Yes

- No

Normally, BIOS will allocate the PnP resources during
POST (Power-On Self Test). Set this item to Yes if
you have a PnP operating system such as Windows
95, BIOS will bypass PNP device initial except of boot
device (VGA/IDE or SCSI) and PNP operating system
will do these PNP devices resource allocation. If this
item is set to No, BIOS will handle all PNP devices.

Resources Controlled By

Resources Controlled
by:

- Auto

- Manual

Basically, BIOS will allocate the IRQ/DMA resources
automatically for these PNP/PCI and onboard
devices. The exception might be encountered when
legacy ISA devices are installed, which occupies
resources that BIOS can not know. Therefore, this
option is for BIOS to know in advance that IRQ/DMA
is occupied by legacy ISA devices if Manual is
selected.

Reset Configuration Data

Reset Configuration
Data:

- Enabled

- Disabled

When this item is set to Enabled, BIOS will turn it
Disabled again in the next boot up. This item is for
clearing ESCD data. The only reason to clear is the
data loosing the confidence. The engineering test is a
good reason to change the default setting.

Default: No

Default: Manual

Default: Disabled

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IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ12, IRQ14,

IRQ15

IRQ 3-5, 7, 9-12,
14-15:

Legacy ISA
PCI/ISA PnP

DMA 0
DMA 1
DMA 3
DMA 5
DMA 6
DMA 7

DMA 0,1,3,5-7:

- Legacy ISA

- PCI/ISA PnP

Set the selected DMA channel to Legacy ISA if your ISA
card is not PnP compatible card and requires a special DMA
channel to make it function.

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PCI IDE IRQ Map To

Set the selected IRQ to Legacy ISA if your ISA card is
not PnP compatible card and requires a special IRQ
to make it funtion.

These options provide IRQ resources allocation for
Legacy ISA or PCI/ISA PnP card.

Default: IRQ 3~4 => Legacy ISA

Others =>PCI/ISA PnP

Default: PCI/ISA PnP

PCI IDE IRQ Map
To:

- ISA

- PCI-Slot1

- PCI-Slot2

- PCI-Slot3

- PCI-Slot4

- PCI-Auto

This is a complement for the case that an ISA or PCI
add-on IDE card is installed. Since most of PCI add­on IDE cards are not PCI Compliant, a location and
INT# inputs are necessary for acknowledging to
BIOS.

Set this item to PCI-Auto to allow BIOS to
configure the installed PCI IDE card automatically .

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Default: PCI-Auto

Primary IDE INT#
Secondary IDE INT#

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Primary/Secondary
IDE INT#:

- A

- B

- C

- D

Each PCI slot has four PCI interrupts (INT) aligned as
listed , A, B, C, D. You should specify the slot in the
"PCI IDE IRQ Map To", and set the PCI interrupt
(INT) here to the interrupt connection on the card.

Use this item to specify the interrupt of the primary/
secondary channel of the PCI IDE add-on card.

Used MEM Base Addr

Used MEM base
addr:

- N/A

- C800

- CC00

- D000

- D400

- D800

- DC00

Used MEM Length

Used MEM Length:

- 8K

- 16K

- 32K

- 64K

Default: Primary IDE INT# => A

Secondary IDE INT# => B

This item lets you set a memory space for non-PnP
ISA card and specifies the memory base of the
reserved memory space.

Default: N/A

This item is displayed when the above Used MEM
base addr option is not set to N/A.

If your ISA card is not PnP card and requires special
memory space to make it function, use item to set
the memory size to inform the PnP BIOS to reserve
the specified memory space for installing legacy ISA
card.

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PCI Slot4 IRQ (Right)
PCI Slot3 IRQ
PCI Slot2 IRQ
PCI Slot1 IRQ (Left)

PCI Slot 1 to PCI
Slot4 IRQ:

- 3

- 4

- 5

- 7

- 9

- 10

- 11

- 12

- 14

- 15

- Auto

These items allow you manually assign an specified
IRQ to each PCI slot.

Leave this item at default “Auto”, BIOS will
automatically assign an available IRQ to the device
on each PCI slot.

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This option allows you load BIOS optimized settings for optimum system
performance. We recommend you to use the Optimal settings if your system
has large memory size and fully loading with add-on cards.

To load Setup Default, press Y key to confirm the operation when you see the
above display.

3-8 Load Turbo Defaults

This option provides better performance than optimal setup values. Load the
turbo values if you have light system loading, that is, few add-on cards and
memories.

If your system has heavy loading (more add-on cards and memories), you
may manually set the parameters in the "Chipset Features Setup" to get
proper setting to get the best system performance. Before changing any
settings in the "Chipset Features Setup", be sure that you understand the
functions of every item.

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3-9 Integrated Peripherals

This option allows you to configure the I/O features.

IDE HDD Block Mode

IDE HDD Block
Mode:

- Enabled

- Disabled

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This BIOS supports the enhanced IDE specification
and allow multiple sectors access in a time when
read/write. If set this item to disabled, IDE runs in
single sector access.

Default: Enabled

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IDE Primary Master PIO
IDE Primary Slave PIO
IDE Secondary Master PIO
IDE Secondary Slave PIO

IDE
Primary/Secondary
Master/Secondary
PIO:

- Auto

- Mode 1

- Mode 2

- Mode 3

- Mode 4

Set these items to Auto to auto-detect the HDD
speed. The PIO mode specifies the data transfer rate
of HDD.

IDE HDD Mode Transfer Rate
Mode 0 3.3MB/s
Mode 1 5.2MB/s
Mode 2 8.3MB/s
Mode 3 11.1MB/s
Mode 4 16.6MB/s.

Set to slower mode if your hard disk performance
becomes unstable.

IDE Primary Master UDMA
IDE Primary Slave UDMA
IDE Secondary Master UDMA
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

IDE
Primary/Secondary
Master/Slave UDMA:

- Auto

- Disabled

These items allows you to set the Ultra DMA/33 mode
supported by the IDE hard disk drive installed in your
system.

Default: Auto

Default: Auto

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On-Chip Primary PCI IDE
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE

On-Chip
Primary/Secondary
PCI IDE:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable the IDE device connected to the
Primary/Secondary IDE connector.

USB Legacy Support

USB Legacy Support:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This BIOS simulates USB keyboard in legacy mode,
which means during POST or under operating
system, you can use a USB keyboard without loading
USB driver. Note you can not use both USB driver
and USB legacy keyboard at the same time. Set
disabled if you have USB driver in the operating
system.

USB IRQ Released

USB IRQ Released:

- Yes

- No

This item allows you to release USB controller IRQ if
you do not have any USB device or your system IRQ
are not enough for add-on cards allocation.

Default: Enabled

Default: Disabled

Default: No

Flash/Upgrade BIOS

Flash/Upgrade BIOS:

- Enabled

- Disabled

This item allows you to protect your mainboard BIOS
being flashed/upgraded by MAXFLASH.EXE flash
utility if you set this item disabled.

You can specify the BIOS password to avoid that
someone can change your setting.

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Default: Enabled

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Onboard FDC Controller

Onboard FDC
Controller:

- Enabled

- Disabled

To enable or disable the onboard floppy disk
controller. Set to disabled if you want to use a
separate floppy disk controller card.

Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2

Onboard Serial Port
1 & 2:

- Auto

- 3F8/IRQ4

- 2F8/IRQ3

- 3E8/IRQ4

- 2E8/IRQ3

- Disabled

This item allows you to select the I/O port and IRQ
used by the onboard serial ports.

Onboard UART Mode

Onboard UART
Mode:

- Standard

- IrDA

- ASKIR

This item is selectable only when the onboard serial
port 2 is enabled. The available mode selections for
the serial port 2 are Standard, IrDA, and ASKIR.

Standard: Configures serial port as normal mode.
IrDA: Set to this setting if there is an infrared device

connected on the onboard IrDA connector. The
maximum baud rate of this setting is: 115K baud.

ASKIR: Set to this setting if there is an infrared device
connected on the onboard IrDA connector. The
maximum baud rate of this setting is: 19.2K baud.

Default: Enabled

Default: Onboard Serial Port 1=>3F8/IRQ4

Onboard Serial Port 2=>2F8/IRQ3

Default: Standard

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Onboard Parallel Port

Onboard Parallel
Port:

- 3BC/IRQ7

- 378/IRQ7

- 278/IRQ7

- Disabled

Parallel Port Mode

Parallel Port Mode:

- SPP

- EPP

- ECP

- ECP + EPP

ECP Mode Use DMA

This item controls the onboard parallel port address
and interrupt.

Default: 378/IRQ7

This item allows you to set the parallel port mode.

1. SPP (Standard Parallel Port): IBM AT and PS/2
compatible mode

2. EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port): To enhances the
parallel port by directly write/read data to/from
parallel port without latch.

3. ECP (Extended Parallel Port): ECP supports DMA
and RLE (Run Length Encoded) compression and
decompression.

Default: SPP

ECP Mode Use DMA:

- 3

- 1

This item displayed when select the ECP mode above
for the parallel port. You can set the DMA channel of
ECP mode.

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3-10 Password Setting

Password prevents unauthorized use of your computer. If you set a password,
the system prompts for the correct password before boot or access to Setup,
the steps as follows,

1. Highlight the item Password Setting on the main menu and press ENTER.

2. The password dialog box will appear.

3. If you are installing a new password, carefully type in the password.
Press ENTER after you have typed in the password. If you are deleting a
password that is already installed just press ENTER when the password
dialog box appears.

4. The system will ask you to confirm the new password by asking you to
type it in a second time. Carefully type the password again and press
ENTER, or just press ENTER if you are deleting a password that is
already installed.

5. If you typed the password correctly, the password will be installed.

[Note]

If you forget your password, or you want to cancel your password, you can do
the steps as the following,

(1) Password forgotten:

i> Turn off the system
ii> Short JP1 at Pin 2-3 for a few seconds to clear CMOS.
iii> Set the JP1 back to Pin 1-2.
iv> Power on the system.

(2) Clear Password:
Clear your password by key-in the password you installed before,
then go to PASSWORD SETTING to press ENTER twice.

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3-11 IDE HDD Auto Detection

This item automatically detects and installs any hard disk drives installed on
the primary and secondary IDE channel. Most modern drives can be detected.
If you are using a very old drive that can not be detected, you can install it
manually using the Standard CMOS Setup option. Setup will check for two
devices on the primary IDE channel and then two devices on the secondary
IDE channel. At each device, the system will flash an N in the dialog box.
Press Enter to skip the device and proceed to the next device. Press Y, then
Enter to tell the system to accept the BIOS auto-detected device type.

3-12 Save & Exit Setup

Highlight this item and press ENTER to save the changes that you have made
in the setup utility and exit the setup program. When the Save and Exit dialog
box appears, press Y to save and exit, or press N to return to the setup main
menu.

3-13 Exit without Saving

Use this option to exit Setup Utility without saving the CMOS value changes.

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SECTION 4.
BIOS/SOFTWARE UTILITY

4-1 Flash Utility MAXFLASH.EXE

This section tells you a step-by-step procedure on how to use the flash utility,
“maxflash.exe”, upgrade your mainboard BIOS.

To upgrade your motherboard BIOS, please follow the following:

1. For Win95 system, press F8 before Win95 boot-up, and select “Safe

mode command prompt only”.
For Non-Win95 system, boot-up the system into DOS prompt with a
bootable floppy disk.

!!!DO NOT load any memory manager like EMM386.EXE,
QEMM386.EXE under config.sys.!!!

2. Run A:>maxflash biosfile.bin

3. After loading the new BIOS code, the utility will prompt you to save

original BIOS code into your HDD or floppy. Please press "Y" to
store it as "BIOS.OLD".

4. After the old BIOS has been successfully saved, press "Y" to replace

BIOS.

5. After the flashing process, reboot the system by turn off the power.

!!! DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER DURING THE FLASHING
PROCESS. !!!

6. Press "DEL" key to enter BIOS setup during POST. Reload the

"BIOS SETUP DEFAULT" and reconfigure other items as your previous

set

7. Then save and exit.

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4-2 BIOS Flash/Upgrade Protection

This mainboard supports BIOS Flash/Upgrade protection which allows you
protect your system BIOS being flashed by flash utility. We suggest you use
this feature with Password Setting in BIOS to prevent your BIOS being flashed
by flash utility.

To active the BIOS Flash/Upgrade protection, follow the steps below:

1. When the system boot up at POST (Power On Self- Test), press <Del> key

to enter BIOS Setup Utility.

2. Set the “Flash/Upgrade BIOS” item in the “Integrated Peripherals” to

Disabled.

3. Save the changes and exit Setup Utility.

4-3 Remove Question Marks “?” in Win95
Device Manager

Since some of Intel 440LX/EX latest technologies, like “ACPI”, “USB” & “Ultra
DMA/33”, are so new, Win95 did not support them on Aug. of 1995 which is
the moment Win'95 formal released.

To solve this problem, please use the Win95 patch utility – winp2x4.exe. You
can find this utility in the bundled CD title.

For using this utility, run winp2x4.exe in the Win95 DOS prompt and refer the
proper Windows directory for the updated files to be copied.

4-4 Install Bus Master IDE (Ultra DMA/33)
Driver

The Bus Master IDE(Ultra DMA/33) driver is available in the bundled CD title.
You may run setup.exe directly to install the driver.

After installation, you will see following devices under Win95 Device Manager:

--- Hard Disk Controllers

Intel 82371AB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
Primary Bus Master IDE Controller
Secondary Bus Master IDE Controller

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