Protech ProX-1688 User Manual

USER’S
MANUAL

ProX-1688

For Socket 370
Full-size CPU Card
With VGA / Sound / LAN

Prox-1688 M2

Prox-1688 Dual Socket 370

Full-size Embedded Card

With VGA / Dual LAN

OPERATION MANUAL

COPYRIGHT NOTICE

This operation manual is meant to assist both Embedded Computer
manufacturers and end users in installing and setting up the system. The
information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.

This manual is copyrighted March 4, 2003. (Revised Edition: October 21

2003). You may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means,
electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying and recording.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of
their respective owners.

CE NOTICE

This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may cause
radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate
measures.

Copyright Notice

Copyright Notice

FCC NOTICE

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a
Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment
generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed
and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful
interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a
residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference at his own expense.

You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment not
expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could void your
authority to operate such equipment.

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1-1 About This Manual ....................................................... 1-2

1-2 System Specification ..................................................... 1-3

1-3 Safety Precautions ......................................................... 1-6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION

2-1 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table ............... 2-2

2-2 Component Locations ................................................... 2-3

2-3 How to Set the Jumpers ................................................ 2-4

2-4 COM Port Connector ………………………………… 2-6
2-5 COM Port RI & Voltage Selection ………………….. 2-7

2-6 RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection ............................... 2-8

2-7 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector .....................…... 2-9

2-8 Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection .......................…... 2-9

2-9 External Keyboard Connector ....................................... 2-10

2-10 Reset Connector ............................................................ 2-10

2-11 Hard Disk Drive LED Connector .................................. 2-10

2-12 External Speaker Connector .......................................... 2-11

2-13 Power Led Connector ………………………………… 2-11
2-14 ATX Power Button …………………………………… 2-12
2-15 IrDA Connector …..………………………………….. 2-12
2-16 Clear CMOS Data Selection ………………………….. 2-13
2-17 CPU Fan Connector ………………………………….. 2-13
2-18 System Fan Connector ……………………………….. 2-14
2-19 Universal Serial Bus Connector ……………………… 2-14
2-20 Wake-On-LAN Connector …………………………… 2-15
2-21 Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection ……………….. 2-16
2-22 VGA Connector ………………………………………. 2-17

2-23 Hard Disk Drive Connector .......................................... 2-18

2-24 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ....................................... 2-20

2-25 Printer Connector .......................................................... 2-21

2-26 LAN Connector ………………………………………. 2-22
2-27 Compact Flash Power Selection ……………………… 2-22
2-28 Compact Flash Master/Slave Selection ……………… 2-23
2-29 ATX Power Signal Connector ……………………… 2-23
2-30 Power Connector ……………………………………... 2-24
2-31 ATX/AT Power Selection ………………………… 2-25
2-32 EPCI Connector ………………………………………. 2-26
2-35 EPPCI IRQ Selection ………………………………… 2-27

Contents

2-34 Memory Installation ………………………………….. 2-27
2-35 LCD Connector ……………………………………… 2-28

CHAPTER 3 SOFTWARE UTILITIES

3-1 Introduction …………................................................... 3-2

3-2 VGA Driver Utility ………………………………….. 3-2

3-3 Flash BIOS Update ....................................................... 3-3

3-4 LAN Driver Utility …................................................... 3-6

3-5 Sound Driver Utility …………………………….……. 3-7

3-6 Watchdog Timer Configuration .................................... 3-8

CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP

4-1 Introduction ................................................................... 4-2

4-2 Entering Setup ............................................................... 4-3

4-3 The Standard CMOS Setup ………............................... 4-4

4-4 The Advanced BIOS Features ....................................... 4-8

4-5 Advanced Chipset Features ........................................... 4-12

4-6 Integrated Peripherals …............................................... 4-17

4-7 Power Management Setup ............................................ 4-21

4-8 PNP/PCI Configuration …............................................. 4-25

4-9 PC Health Status ……................................................... 4-27

4-10 Frequency/Voltage Control ........................................... 4-28

4-11 Load Fail-Safe Defaults ................................................ 4-30

4-12 Load Optimized Defaults .........................................…. 4-30

4-13 Password Setting …………………………………….. 4-31

4-14 Save & Exit Setup ......................................................... 4-32

4-15 Exit Without Saving ………………………………… 4-33

APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS

ISA Bus Pin Assignment .......................................................... A-2

PCI Bus Pin Assignment .......................................................... A-3

Contents

APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Block Diagram ......................................................................... B-2

Interrupt Map ............................................................................ B-3

RTC & CMOS RAM Map ....................................................... B-4

Timer & DMA Channels Map .................................................. B-5

I/O & Memory Map ................................................................. B-6

APPENDIX C TROUBLE SHOOTING

Trouble Shooting for Error Messages ...................................... C-2

Trouble Shooting for POST Codes .......................................... C-8

Contents

INTRODUCTION

This chapter gives you the information for Prox-1688. It also outlines
the System specification.

Section includes:

z About This Manual

z System Specifications

z Safety precautions

Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for
Quick Start.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1-1. ABOUT THIS MANUAL

Thank you for purchasing our Prox-1688 Socket 370 Full-size CPU Card

equipped with VGA / LAN, which is fully PC / AT compatible. Prox-1688
provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more
task than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set
up the system. It contains four chapters. The user can apply this manual for
configuration according to the following chapters :

Chapter 1 Introduction

This chapter introduces you to the background of this manual, and the
specification for this system. Final part of this chapter will indicate you how
to avoid damaging this Embedded Card.

Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration

This chapter outlines the component locations and their functions. In the end
of this chapter, you will learn how to set jumper and how to configure this
card to meet your own needs.

Chapter 3 Software Utilities

This chapter contains helpful information for proper installations of the VGA
utility, LAN utility, and BIOS update. It also describes the Watchdog timer
configuration.

Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup

This chapter indicates you how to set up the BIOS configurations.

Appendix A Expansion Bus

This Appendix introduces you the expansion bus for ISA Bus and PCI Bus.

Appendix B Technical Summary

This section gives you the information about the Technical maps.

Appendix C Trouble Shooting

This section outlines the error messages and offers you the methods to solve
the problems.

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z CPU TYPE:

Single Intel® Celeron™ / P-III / Tualatin, VIA C3 processors.
566MHz ~1.26 GHz clock generator.
Auto detect voltage regulator.

z MEMORY :

Up to 2GB SDRAM.
Two 184-pin DDR (PC200/266) DIMM socket.

z CACHE :

Depended on CPU.

z SYSTEM CHIPSET :

VIA CLE266 & VT 8235

z REAL-TIME CLOCK / CALENDAR :

Built-in VT 8235.

z BIOS :

Phoenix-Award Flash BIOS for plug & play function.
Memory size 512KB with VGA BIOS.
Support Green Function.
Support S/IO Setup.

z KEYBOARD/MOUSE CONNECTOR :

One Mini DIN connector, selectable for Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, or Y-Cable.
One 5-pin External keyboard connector.

z UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS :

Universal Serial Bus Connector on board.
Supports up to 4 USB2.0 ports.

z BUS SUPPORT :

External ISA/PCI BUS (PICMG Spec.); EPCI BUS
External Compact Flash Bus.

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z DISPLAY :

Built-in VIA CLE 266
Onboard 15-pin CRT connector, support resolutions up to 1600 x 1200.
Fully support multi-display of CRT, and TTL interfaces.

z WATCHDOG :

I / O port 0443H to Enable watchdog.
I / O port 0441H to Disable watchdog.
Watchdog function is selectable for Reset or NMI function.
Time-out timing select 0 / 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 / 40 / 48 / 56 / 64 / 72 / 80 / 88 / 96 /
104 / 112 / 120 sec +/- 25%.

z IDE INTERFACE :

Two IDE ports, Support up to four IDE devices.
Support Ultra DMA33/66/100/133.

z FLOPPY DISK DRIVER INTERFACE :

Support up to two Floppy Disk Drives, 3.5" and 5.25" (360K / 720K / 1.2M /

1.44M / 2.88M ).

z LAN INTERFACE :

Realtek RTL8100BL fast Ethernet.
Single port, support for 10BaseT/100 BaseTx Ethernet.
Support Wake-On-LAN function when use ATX power.

z SERIAL PORT :

Two high speed 16550 Compatible UARTs with Send / Receive 16 Byte
FIFOs.
COM1 for RS232.
COM2 for RS232/422/485.

z PARALLEL PORT :

SPP, ECP, EPP Function.
Bi-directional parallel port.

z HARDWARE MONITORING FUNCTION :

Monitor Voltage, CPU Temperature and Cooling Fan.

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z IRDA PORT :

5-pin Infrared port.
Support IrDA v1.0 SIR protocol.

z LED INDICATOR :

System power.
Hard Disk access.
Power LED indicator.

z DMA CONTROLLER :

82C37 x 2

z DMA CHANNELS :

7

z INTERRUPT CONTROLLERS :

82C59 x 2

z INTERRUPT LEVELS :

15

z OPERATING TEMPERATURE :

0 to 60°C.

z SYSTEM POWER REQUIREMENT :

DC Voltage: +5V, minimum +4.75V, maximum +5.25V.
DC Ampere: 6.1A. (P-III 1.266 GHz)
DC Voltage: +12V, minimum +11.4V, maximum +12.6V.
DC Ampere: 500mA.

z BOARD DIMENSION :

338.5mm x 122mm, 13.33” x 4.8”

z BOARD NET WEIGHT :

375 grams

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Chapter 1 Introduction

1-3. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Follow the messages below to avoid your systems from damage:

1. Avoid your system from static electricity on all occasions.

2. Prevent electric shock. Don‘t touch any components of this card when the
card is power-on. Always disconnect power when the system is not in use.

3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance,
when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may
damage the electronic components or the whole system.

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HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION

** QUICK START **

Helpful information describes the jumper & connector settings, and
component locations.

Section includes:

 Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table

 Component Locations

 Configuration and Jumper settings

 Connector’s Pin Assignments

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2-1. JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE

COM Port Connector ....................…..................………. COM1, COM2

COM Port RI & Voltage Selection ……………………… JP1

RS232/422/485 (COM2) Selection .....................……….. JP2

Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector ..........….......……… DIN1

Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection .........…...........…….. JP12

External Keyboard Connector .............................………. EXKB1

Reset Connector .........................…....................……….. JP3 (18,20)

Hard Disk Drive LED Connector .......................……….. JP3 (10,12)

External Speaker Connector ....…........................………. JP3 (2,4,6,8)

Power LED Connector …………………………………. JP3 (1,3,5)
ATX Power Button ……………………………………… JP3 (13,15)
IrDA Connector ………………………………………… IR1
Clear CMOS Data Selection ……………………………. JP5

CPU Fan Connector ..................…....................……… CPUFAN1

System Fan Connector ………………………………….. SYSFAN1

Universal Serial Bus Connector ...........................…..….. JUSB1, JUSB2

Wake-on-LAN ………………………………………….. WOL1
Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection .………….……… JP11

VGA Connector .....................…................…………….. VGA1

Hard Disk Drive Connector …..............…….........……. IDE1, IDE2

Floppy Disk Drive Connector ….............…….......…… FDD1

Printer Connector …............................…….........……… LPT1

LAN Connector …....................................……....……… LAN1

Compact Flash Power Selection ……………………….. JCF1
Compact Flash Master/Slave Selection ………………… JCF2
ATX Power Signal Connector …..……………………… JP13
Power Connector ………………………………………. ATXPWR1
ATX / AT Power Selection ……..………………………. JP6
EPCI Connector ……………..………………….………. PPCI1
EPPCI IRQ Selection …………………………………… JP14

Memory Installation ..................................…......………. DIMM1, DIMM2

LCD Connector …………………………………………. LCD1
Reserved Pin ……………………………………………. JP8, JP10

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COM2

1

2

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D
D
F

3

4

3

3

2

1

1
E
D

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9

0

3

4

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COM1

5

6
2

2

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9
3

9

5

6110

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5
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LAN1

1

6

1

2

0

9

1

F
H
7
9
6
3
8

8

6

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P

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2-3. HOW TO SET THE JUMPERS

You can configure your board by setting jumpers. Jumper is consists of two or
three metal pins with a plastic base mounted on the card, and by using a small
plastic "cap", Also known as the jumper cap (with a metal contact inside), you
are able to connect the pins. So you can set-up your hardware configuration
by "open" or "close" pins.

The jumper can be combined into sets that called jumper blocks. When the
jumpers are all in the block, you have to put them together to set up the
hardware configuration. The figure below shows how this looks like.

JUMPERS AND CAPS

If a jumper has three pins (for examples, labelled PIN1, PIN2, and PIN3), You
can connect PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting and shorting. You can either
connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are
applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual
diagrams look and what they represent.

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JUMPER DIAGRAMS

Jumper Cap
looks like this

2 pin Jumper
looks like this

3 pin Jumper
looks like this

Jumper Block
looks like this

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2 pin Jumper close(enabled)

Looks like this

1

3 pin Jumper

2-3 pin close(enabled)

Looks like this

1

Jumper Block

1-2 pin close(enabled)

Looks like this

1

2

1

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2-4. COM PORT CONNECTOR

COM1 : COM1 Connector, fixed as RS-232.
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 NDCDA
2 NSINA
3 NSOUTA
4 NDTRA
5 GND
6 NDSRA
7 NRTSA
8 NCTSA
9 JNRIA

10 NC

COM2 : COM2 Connector, selectable as RS-232/422/485.
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 NDCD2 TX- TX­2 NRXD2 TX+ TX+
3 NTXD2 RX+ RX+
4 NDTR2 RX- RX­5 GND GND GND
6 NDSR2 RTS- NC
7 NRTS2 RTS+ NC
8 NCTS2 CTS+ NC
9 RI2/+12/+5V CTS- NC

10 NC NC NC

 All COM port’s pin 9 is selectable for RI, +5V and +12V.

For more information, please refer to our “COM Port RI &
Voltage Selection”.

RS-232 RS-422 RS-485

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COM1

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2-5. COM PORT RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION

JP1 : COM Port RI & Voltage Selection
The selection are as follows :

COM1

COM2

Selection

+5V

+12V

RI

+5V

+12V

RI

Jumper Settings

(pin closed)

1-3

3-5

7-9

2-4

4-6

8-10

***Manufacturing Default --- RI function.

Jumper

Illustrations

10

2

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2

1

2

1

2

1

2

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2

1

JP1

JP1

JP1

JP1

JP1

JP1

9

10

9

10

9

10

9

10

9

10

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2-6. RS232/422/485 (COM2) SELECTION

JP2 : RS-232/422/485 (COM2) Selection
The COM2 Function selections are as follows :

Jumper

COM 2

Function

RS-232

RS-422

RS-485

*** Manufactory default --- RS-232.

 To select RS422 or RS485, COM2 must be set at RI function.

Settings

(pin closed)

Open

1-2, 5-6, 7-8
9-10, 11-12,

13-14, 15-16

17-18, 19-20

1-3, 4-6, 7-8

9-10, 11-12

13-14, 15-16

17-18, 19-20

19

20

19

20

19

20

Jumper

Illustrations

JP2

JP2

JP2

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2-7. KEYBOARD OR PS/2 MOUSE CONNECTOR

DIN1 : Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Connector
DIN connector can support keyboard, Y-cable, or PS/2 Mouse, user may
select the right device to used on “Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection”.
The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

Keyboard PS/2 Mouse

1 KBDATA MSDATA
2 MSDATA MSDATA
3 GND GND
4 IOVSB IOVSB
5 KBCLK MSCLK
6 MSCLK MSCLK

2-8. KEYBOARD OR PS/2 MOUSE SELECTION

JP12 : Keyboard or PS/2 Mouse Selection
For Y-Cable user, please set the jumper same as AT keyboard.
The jumper settings are as follows:

*** Manufactory default -- AT Keyboard

DEVICE

TYPE

KEYBOARD

PS/2 MOUSE

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

3-5
4-6

1-3
2-4

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

2

JP12

2

JP12

3

5

1
2

6

4

DIN1

6

51

6

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2-9. EXTERNAL KEYBOARD CONNECTOR

EXKB1 : External Keyboard Connector
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 KBCLK
2 KBDATA
3

C
4 GND
5 VCC

2-10. RESET CONNECTOR

JP3 (18,20) : Reset Connector.
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

18 HWRSTJ
20 GROUND

2-11. HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR

JP3 (10,12) : Hard Disk Drive LED Connector
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

10 VCC
12 HD LED

2
1

2
1

EXKB1

JP3

HDD_LED

JP3

1

RST

20
19

20
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2-12. EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR

JP3 (2,4,6,8) : External Speaker Connector
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

2 VCC
4 GND
6 NC
8 P_SPK

2-13. POWER LED CONNECTOR

JP3 (1,3,5) : Power LED Connector
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 PW_LED
3 PW_LED
5 GND

2-14. ATX POWER BUTTON

JP3 (13,15) : ATX Power Button
The pin assignment is as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT

13 PW_BN1
15 PW_BN2

EXT_SPEAKER

2
1

JP3

2
1

POWER_LED

2
1

JP3

20

19

20

19

JP

20
19

POWER BUTTON

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2-15. IRDA CONNECTOR

IR1: IrDA (Infrared) Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2 NC
3 IRRX
4 GND
5 IRTX

2-16. CLEAR CMOS DATA SELECTION

JP5 : Clear CMOS Data Selection
The selections are as follows :

IR1

1

FUNCTION JUMPER SETTING

Normal

Clear CMOS

*** Manufacturing Default is set as Normal.

Note: To clear CMOS data, user must power-off the computer and set the jumper to

“Clear CMOS” as illustrated above. After five to six seconds, set the jumper back
to “Normal” and power-on the computer.

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1-2

2-3

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

1

JP5

1

JP5

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2-17. CPU FAN CONNECTOR

CPUFAN1 : CPU Fan connector
The pin assignment is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 FAN1
2 +12V
3 GND

2-18. SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR

SYSFAN1 : System Fan connector
The pin assignment is as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 FAN2
2 +12V
3 GND

2-19. UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR

JUSB1: Universal Serial Bus Connector
This connector can connect up to two USB port.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2
3 USBP0+
4 GND
5 GND
6 VCC
7
8 USBP1+
9 GND

10 GND

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JUSB2: Universal Serial Bus Connector
This connector can connect up to two USB port.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 VCC
2

USBP2−
3 USBP2+
4 GND
5 GND
6 VCC
7

USBP3−
8 USBP3+
9 GND

10 GND

2-20. WAKE-ON-LAN CONNECTOR

WOL1: Wake-On-LAN Connector.
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 5VSB
2 GND
3 LWAKE

6

1

JUSB2

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WOL1

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2-21. RESET/NMI/CLEAR WATCHDOG SELECTION

JP11 : Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection
The selections are as follows:

CLEAR WATCHDOG

***Manufacturing Default is set as NMI.

 User may select to use the Reset or NMI watchdog. NMI, also known as Non-

Maskable Interrupt, is used for serious conditions that demand the processor’s
immediate attention, it cannot be ignored by the system unless it is shut off
specifically. To clear NMI command, user should short the “Clear Watchdog”
pin via push button.

FUNCTION

RESET

NMI

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

1-2

3-4

5-6

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

2

6

1

JP11

2

1

JP11

2

JP11

5

6

5

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VGA1 : VGA Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 RED
2 GREEN
3 BLUE
4 VCC
5 GND
6 GND
7 GND
8 GND
9 VCC

10 GND
11 VCC
12 5VDDCDA
13 HSYNC
14 VSYNC
15 5VDDCCL

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2-23 HARD DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR

IDE1: Hard Disk Drive Connector
The Prox-1688 possesses two HDD connectors, which support ATA-100.
The pin assignments are as follows:

39

IDE1

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 IDERST 2 GND
3 PDD7 4 PDD8
5 PDD6 6 PDD9
7 PDD5 8 PDD10
9 PDD4 10 PDD11

11 PDD3 12 PDD12
13 PDD2 14 PDD13
15 PDD1 16 PDD14
17 PDD0 18 PDD15
19 GND 20 NC
21 PDREQ 22 GND
23 PDIOW# 24 GND
25 PDIOR# 26 GND
27 PIORDY 28 PULL LOW
29 PDDACK# 30 GND
31 IRQ14 32 NC
33 PDA1 34 P66 DETECT
35 PDA0 36 PDA2
37 PDCS#1 38 PDCS#3
39 IDEACTP# 40 GND

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The pin assignments are as follows:

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240

IDE2

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 IDERST 2 GND
3 SDD7 4 SDD8
5 SDD6 6 SDD9
7 SDD5 8 SDD10
9 SDD4 10 SDD11

11 SDD3 12 SDD12
13 SDD2 14 SDD13
15 SDD1 16 SDD14
17 SDD0 18 SDD15
19 GND 20 NC
21 SDREQ 22 GND
23 SDIOW# 24 GND
25 SDIOR# 26 GND
27 SIORDY 28 PULL LOW
29 SDDACK# 30 GND
31 IRQ15 32 NC
33 SDA1 34 S66 DETECT
35 SDA0 36 SDA2
37 SDCS#1 38 SDCS#3
39 IDEACTS# 40 GND

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2-24. FLOPPY DISK DRIVE CONNECTOR

FDD1 : Floppy Disk Drive Connector
You can use a 34-pin daisy-chain cable to connect two-FDDs. On one end of
this cable is a 34-pin flat cable to attach the FDD on the board, and the other
side is attaches two FDDs.
The pin assignments are as follows :

33

1

34

FDD1

2

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 GND 2 DENSEL#
3 GND 4 NC
5 GND 6 NC
7 GND 8 INDEX#
9 GND 10 MOTEA

11 GND 12 DRVB
13 GND 14 DRVA
15 GND 16 MOTEB
17 GND 18 DIR
19 GND 20 STEP
21 GND 22 WDATA
23 GND 24 WGATE
25 GND 26 TK00
27 GND 28 WPT
29 GND 30 RDATA#
31 GND 32 SIDE1
33 GND 34 DSKCHG

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LPT1 : Printer Connector
As to link the Printer to the card, you need a cable to connect both DB25
connector and parallel port.
The pin assignments are as follows :

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LPT1

25

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 STB 14 AFD1J
2 PD0 15 ERR1J
3 PD1 16 PINIT1J
4 PD2 17 SLIN1J
5 PD3 18 GND
6 PD4 19 GND
7 PD5 20 GND
8 PD6 21 GND
9 PD7 22 GND

10 ACK1J 23 GND
11 BUSY1 24 GND
12 PE1 25 GND
13 SLCT1 26 NC

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2-26. LAN CONNECTOR

LAN1: LAN Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 TX+
2 TX­3 RX+
4 ISOLATED GND
5 ISOLATED GND
6 RX­7 ISOLATED GND
8 ISOLATED GND
9 SPEED LED

10 5VSB
11 LI LED
12 ACTIVE LED

2-27. COMPACT FLASH POWER SELECTION

JCF1: Compact Flash Power Selection.
The selections are as follows:

POWER

SELECTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

ILLUSTRATION

JUMPER

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2-28. COMPACT FLASH MASTER/SLAVE SELECTION

JCF2: Compact Flash Master/Slave Selection.
The selections are as follows:

POWER

SELECTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

Master

Slave

close

open

2-29. ATX POWER SIGNAL CONNECTOR

JP13 : ATX Power Signal Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 +5V SB
2 GND
3 PS_ON

JCF2

1

JCF2

1

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2-30. POWER CONNECTOR

ATXPWR1: Power Connector
The pin assignments are as follows:

PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 3V3
2 3V3
3 GND
4 5V
5 GND
6 5V
7 GND
8 PW-OK
9 5VSB

10 12V
11 3V3
12 -12V
13 GND
14 PS-ON
15 GND
16 GND
17 GND
18 -5V
19 5V
20 5V

20

10

11

1

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2-31. ATX / AT POWER SELECTION

JP6 : AT / ATX Power Selection
The selections are as follows:

SELECTION

JUMPER SETTING

(pin closed)

JUMPER

ILLUSTRATION

AT

1-2, 3-4

2

6

51

ATX

*** Manufactory default --- ATX.

5-6

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2

JP6

6

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 The default is set as ATX, if you wish to use the AT Power, you must remember to change

the “Power Supply Type” in Advanced Chipset Features. And also you must disable the
ACPI Function in the Power Management found in BIOS.

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2-32. EPCI CONNECTOR

PPCI: You will find a EPCI connector in our Prox-1688. This connector

is used to connect our daughter boards.
The pin assignments are as follows:

B30

B1

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

A10 AD14 B10 AD15
A11 AD16 B11 AD17
A12 AD18 B12 AD19
A13 AD20 B13 AD21
A14 AD22 B14 AD23
A15 VCC B15 VCC
A16 AD24 B16 AD25
A17 AD26 B17 AD27
A18 AD28 B18 AD29
A19 AD30 B19 AD31
A20 SCSILED B20 PAR
A21 PCICLKA B21 IRDYJ
A22 ID SEL B22 TRDYJ
A23 CBEJ0 B23 CBEJ1
A24 CBEJ2 B24 CEBJ3
A25 GNTJ0 B25 REQJ0
A26 SERRJ B26 PERRJ
A27 INTDJ B27 PCIRSTJ
A28 STOPJ B28 LOCKJ
A29 DEVSELJ B29 FRAMEJ
A30 GND B30 GND

 The EPCI expansion connector of this Card is designed based on PCI Bus

Master. That means when the EPCI expansion connector is used, the 4
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A1 GND B1 GND
A2 AD0 B2 AD1
A3 AD2 B3 AD3
A4 AD4 B4 AD5
A5 AD6 B5 AD7
A6 AD8 B6 AD9
A7 AD10 B7 AD11
A8 VCC B8 VCC
A9 AD12 B9 AD13

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JP14: EPPCI IRQ Selection
The selections are as follows:

SELECTION

JUMPER SETTING

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ILLUSTRATION

PCI_IRQB

PCI_SERIRQ

2-34. MEMORY INSTALLATION

Prox-1688 CPU Card is enhanced with two DIMM socket.

DIMM 2

DIMM 1

DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION

DIMM 1 DIMM 2 TOTAL MEMORY

128MB 128MB 256MB
256MB 256MB 512GB
512MB 512MB 1GB

1GB 1GB 2GB

1-2

2-3

1

1

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2-35. LCD PANEL CONNECTOR

LCD1 : LCD Panel Connector
The pin assignments are as follows :

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

1 FD20 2 GND
3 FD16 4 VCC5
5 FD21 6 FD0
7 FD17 8 FD8

9 NC 10 FD1
11 FD18 12 FD9
13 NC 14 FD2
15 FD19 16 FD10
17 VCC 18 FD3
19 FLM 20 FD11
21 DEN 22 FD4
23 LP 24 FD12
25 SHIFT 26 FD5
27 VCC3.3 28 FD13
29 VCC3.3 30 NC
31 ENBKL 32 NC
33 VDDSAFE 34 NC
35 VBIASEN 36 NC
37 GND 38 12VSAFE
39 GND 40 12VSAFE
41 NC

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UTILITIES

This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver,
LAN driver, sound driver, and Flash BIOS update. It also describes
how to install the watchdog timer configuration.

Section includes:

z VIA 4 IN 1 Service Pack Driver

z VGA Driver Utility

z Flash BIOS Update

z LAN Driver Utility

z USB 2.0 Chipset Software Installation Utility

z Watchdog Timer Configuration

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3-1. INTRODUCTION

Enclosed with our Prox-1688 package is our driver utility, which may comes
in a form of a CD ROM disc or floppy diskettes. For CD ROM disc user,
you will only need some of the files contained in the CD ROM disc, please
kindly refer to the following chart:

Filename

(Assume that CD ROM drive is D:)

D:\Utility For VIA Hyperion 4 in 1 449
D:\VGA For VGA driver installation
D:\Flash\ For BIOS update
D:\LAN Realtek RTL8100BL

For LAN Driver installation

D:\USB 2.0 USB 2.0 Software Installation

Utility
For Win 98SE, 2000, ME, XP

3-2. VIA 4IN1 SERVICE PACK DRIVER

3-2-1. Introduction

The 4-in-1 drivers are a collection of periodically updated drivers that
provide enhanced VIA chipset to support under Microsoft Windows.
This drivers should be installed after the OS is fully installed, to improve
performance, fix issues, and minimize any incompatibilities.

The VIA 4 In 1 driver includes four system drivers to improve the
performance and maintain the stability of systems using VIA chipsets.
These four drivers are: VIA Registry (INF) Driver, VIA AGP VxD
driver, VIA ATAPI Vendor Support Driver and VIA PCI IRQ Miniport
Driver

Purpose

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3-3. VGA DRIVER UTILITY

The VGA interface embedded with our Prox-1688 can support a wide range

of display mode, such as SVGA, STN, TFT .....etc. You can display CRT,

LVDS and PanelLink simultaneously with the same mode.

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1. Win 95 program

2. Win NT program

3. Win 2000 program

4. Win 98/SE program

5. Win ME program

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3-4. FLASH BIOS UPDATE

3-4-1. System BIOS Update:

Users of Prox-1688 can use the program “Awdflash.exe” contained in
the Utility Disk for system BIOS and VGA BIOS update.

3-4-2. To update VGA BIOS for LCD Flat Panel Display:

As Prox-1688 user, you have to update the VGA BIOS for your specific
LCD flat panel you are going to use. For doing this, you need two files.
One is the “Awdflash.exe” file and the other is the VGA BIOS for LCD
panel display. Both file must be provided by the vendor or manufacturer.
When you get these two files ready, follow the following steps for
updating your VGA BIOS:

1. Install “Awdflash.exe” from Utility Disk to Drive C.

2. Insert the VGA BIOS file you have obtained from the vendor.

3. Type the path to Awdflash.exe and execute the VGA BIOS update
with file B75xxxxx.bin
C:\UTIL\AWDFLASH>AWDFLASH B75xxxxx.bin

4. The screen will display the table below:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved

Flash Type - MXIC 29F004T /5V

File Name to Program: B88bxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

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Error Message : Do You Want To Save BIOS (Y/N)

If you want to save up the original BIOS, enter "Y" and press < Enter > .
If you choose "N", the following table will appear on screen.

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FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved

Flash Type - MXIC 29F004T /5V

File Name to Program: B88bxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

Error Message : Are You Sure To Program (Y/N)

Select "Y", and the BIOS will be renewed. When you are refreshing the
BIOS, do not turn off or reset the system, or you will damage the BIOS.
After you have completed all the programming, the screen displays the
table below:

FLASH MEMORY WRITER v7.XX

(C) Award Software 2000 All Rights Reserved

Flash Type - MXIC 29F004T /5V

File Name to Program: B88bxxxx.bin

Checksum: XXXXX

Reset System or Power off to

accomplish update process!

F1: Reset F10: Exit

Please reset or power off the system, and then the Flash BIOS is fully
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3-5. LAN DRIVER UTILITY

3-5-1. Introduction

Prox-1688 Embedded Board is enhanced with LAN function that can
support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN
drivers are listed as follows:

1. Win 98SE program

2. Win ME program

3. Win NT4.0 program

4. Win 2000 program

5. Win XP program

3-5-2. Installation Procedures of LAN Driver

1. Install LAN Driver to Windows 98SE/2000/XP

Executing Windows 98SE/Windows 2000/Windows XP, it will auto­detect your system configuration and find the adapter hardware.
(1) Ask you to select which driver you want to install, select “Driver

from disk provided by hardware manufacturer”.

(2) Insert the Realtek RTL8100BL driver disk into the drive A or

CD drive and specify the setup file pathname, ex: A:\ .

(3) Win 98/ Win 2000/ Win XP will appear some messages to insert

Windows 98/Win2000/Win XP system disk to complete setup
step.

(4) Windows 98/Windows 2000/ Windows XP will finish the other

installation procedure automatically, and then restart the system.

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2. Install LAN Driver to Windows NT4.0

(1) In the Main group of NT, select the “Control Panel” icon.
(2) In the Control Panel window, choose the “Network” icon.
(3) In the Network Settings dialog box, choose the “Add adapter”

button. The Add Network Adapter dialog box appears.

(4) In the list of network cards, select “<other> Requires disk from

manufacturer”, and then press <Enter> button.

(5) Insert the LAN driver utility, and enter the filename (ex. A:\

pathname) where the setup file OEMSETUP.INF is located, and
then choose OK button.

(6) The screen will appear “Select Line Speed” dialog box, which is

provided by RTL8100BL.SYS driver. The default value is
“auto” so that the line speed can be auto detected as 10MB or
100MB, while the RTL8100BL.SYS is loading.

(7) The screen will appear “Input Ethernet ID” dialog box, which is

provided by RTL8100BL.SYS driver. This option is only
required when you have more than one RTL8100BL PCI Fast
Ethernet adapters on this computer. Select “SKIP” if only one
adapter is installed on this computer.

(8) “Bus Location” displayed in next screen. Your machine

contains more than one hardware bus, please select the Bus Type
and Bus number on which your network adapter card is installed.

(9) NT will then perform the binding process. If any additional

network software options were installed, you may be prompted
for specific information for these packages.

(10) Re-starting your system you will acquire network service.

 Note: For Installing Multiple LAN Adapters:

Enter Windows NT and follow above setup procedure step 2, in
the “Network Settings” dialog box, choose the “Configure...”
button. The “Input Ethernet ID” dialog box appears and input
adapter’s Ethernet ID. Last step to select OK and close
NETWORK SETUP. Select SKIP if only one adapter is
installed on this computer.

For more information on installation procedure, please refer to TXT
directory found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY.

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3-6. USB2.0 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION UTILITY

3-6-1. Installation of Utility for Windows 98SE/ 2000/XP

Intel USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller driver can only be used on
Windows 98SE, Windows 2000 and Windows XP on Intel Desktop
boards. It should be installed right after the OS installation, kindly
follow the following steps:

1. Place insert the Utility Disk into Floppy Disk Drive A/B or CD

ROM drive.

2. Under Windows 98SE, 2000, and XP system, go to the directory

where Utility Disc is located.

3. Start the “System” wizard in control panel. (Click

Start/Settings/Control Panel).

4. Select “Hardware” and click “Device Manager ” button.

5. Double Click “USB Root Hub”.

6. Select “Driver”.

7. Click “Install” to install the driver.

8. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

9. Click “Finish” after the driver installation is complete.

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3-7. WATCHDOG TIMER CONFIGURATION

This board has watchdog timer function for monitoring whether the system
is still work or not after a period of time. The user can select watchdog
timer to system reset or NMI (Non Maskable interrupt) depending on the
jumper set in “Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection” found in chapter 2.
This is defined at I/O port 443H. When you want to enable the watchdog
timer, please write I/O port 443H, and then the system will either reset itself
or perform the NMI function. Likewise, when you want to disable the
function, write I/O port 441H, the system will run the command to stop the
Watchdog function.

In Prox-1688 watchdog function, you must write your program so when it
writes I/O port address 443 for enable watchdog and write I/O port address
441 for disable watchdog. The timer's intervals have a tolerance of 25% so
you should program an instruction that will refresh the timer about every
second.

The following program shows you how to program the watch timer in your
program.

Watchdog enable program:

MOV AX, 000FH (choose the values you need; start from 0)

MOV DX, 443H

OUT DX, AX

Watchdog disable program:

MOV AX, 000FH (this value can be ignored)
MOV DX, 441H
OUT DX, AX

The Watchdog Timer control table is as follows:

Level Value Time/sec Level Value Time/sec

1 F 0 9 7 64
2 E 8 10 6 72
3 D 16 11 5 80
4 C 24 12 4 88
5 B 32 13 3 96
6 A 40 14 2 104
7 9 48 15 1 112
8 8 56 16 0 120

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BIOS SETUP

This chapter shows how to set up the Award BIOS.

Section includes:

 Introduction

 Entering Setup

 The Standard CMOS Features

 The Advanced BIOS Features

 The Advanced Chipset Features

 Integrated Peripherals

 Power Management Setup

 PNP/PCI Configuration

 PC Health Status

 Frequency/Voltage Control

 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

 Load Optimized Defaults

 Password Setting

 Save and Exit Setup

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4-1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the
features of your system. The Prox-1688 Dual Socket 370 Full-sized CPU
Card is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc.
This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special
features of your system. The following pages describe how to use the BIOS
for system chipset Setup menu.

Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and
games) rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage such
things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and memory.

The operating system relies on the BIOS (Basic Input and Output system), a
program stored on a ROM (Read-only Memory) chip, to initialize and
configure your computer's hardware. As the interface between the hardware
and the operating system, the BIOS enables you to make basic changes to
your system's hardware without having to write a new operating system.

The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the
system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program:

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4-2. ENTERING SETUP

When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self
Test (POST) routines and the following message will appear on the lower
screen:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP, ESC TO SKIP MEMORY TEST

As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the <Del>

key (the one that shares the decimal point at the bottom of the number
keypad) to access the Setup program. In a moment, the main menu of the
Award SETUP program will appear on the screen:

Phoenix – Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

►Standard CMOS Features

►Advanced BIOS Features

►Advanced Chipset Features

►Integrated Peripherals

►Power Management Setup

►PnP/PCI Configurations

►PC Health Status

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type .…

Setup program initial screen

You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu
items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted
selection will appear at the bottom of the screen.

►Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

Set User Password

Save & Exit Setup

Exit Without Saving

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4-3. THE STANDARD CMOS FEATURES

Highlight theňSTANDARD CMOS FEATURESʼnand press the <ENTER>
key and the screen will display the following table:

Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility

Standard CMOS Features

Date (mm:dd:yy)
Time

(hh:mm:ss)

▶ IDE Primary Master
▶ IDE Primary Slave
▶ IDE Secondary Master
▶ IDE Secondary Slave

Drive A
Drive B

Video
Halt On

Base Memory
Extended Memory
Total Memory

Thu, Mar 6 2003

9 : 48 : 26

[Maxtor 6L040J2]
[None]
[None]
[Pioneer DVD-ROM ATAP]

[1.44M, 3.5 in.]
[None]

[EGA/VGA]
[All, But Keyboard]

640K
1014784K
1015808K

Item Help

Menu Level ►

Change the day,
month, year and
century

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

CMOS Setup screen

In the above Setup Menu, use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use
the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to select the value you want in each item.

Date:

< Month >, < Date > and <Year >. Ranges for each value are in the CMOS
Setup Screen, and the week-day will skip automatically.

Time:

< Hour >, < Minute >, and < Second >. Use 24 hour clock format, i.e., for PM
numbers, add 12 to the hour. For example: 4: 30 P.M. You should enter the
time as 16:30:00.

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IDE Secondary Master / Slave:

The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating
mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a hard
drive, the BIOS detect its specifications during POST, every time system
boots.

If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting
drive type are available:

1. Match the specifications of your installed IDE hard drive(s) with the
preprogrammed values for hard drive types 1 through 45.

2. Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.

3. Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Setup.

Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:

Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each
defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads,
write precompensation factor, landing zone, and number of sectors.
Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefine type are
classified as type USER.

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• Size: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually
greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking
program.

• Cyls: number of cylinders.

• Head: number of heads.

• Precomp: write precompensation cylinders.

• Landz: landing zone.

• Sector: number of sectors.

• Mode: Auto, Normal, Large or LBA.

Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.

 Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, sectors

supported are 1024, 16 and 63.

 Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more

than 1024 cylinders.

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 LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the

IDE controller transforms the data address described by
sector, head and cylinder number into a physical block
address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For
drives greater than 1024 cylinders.

DRIVE A AND DRIVE B:

Select the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. The available
options are 360KB 5.25in, 1.2KB 5.25in, 720KB 3.5in, 1.44MB 3.5in,

2.88MB 3.5in and None.

VIDEO:

This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system
monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to
select the type in Setup. Available Options are as follows:

EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array.

For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor

adapters.
CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode.
CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode.
MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution

monochrome adapters.

HALT ON:

This category allows user to choose whether the computer will stop if an error
is detected during power up. Available options are “All errors”, “No errors”,
“All, But keyboard”, “All, But Diskette”, and “All But Disk/Key”.

BASE MEMORY:

Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up.

EXTENDED MEMORY:

Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up.

TOTAL MEMORY:

Displays the total memory available in the system.

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HARD DISK ATTRIBUTES:

Type Cylinders Heads V-P comp LZone Sect Capacity

1 306 4 128 305 17 10
2 615 4 300 615 17 20
3 615 6 300 615 17 30
4 940 8 512 940 17 62
5 940 6 512 940 17 46
6 615 4 65535 615 17 20
7 642 8 256 511 17 30
8 733 5 65535 733 17 30

9 900 15 65535 901 17 112
10 820 3 65535 820 17 20
11 855 5 65535 855 17 35
12 855 7 65535 855 17 49
13 306 8 128 319 17 20
14 733 7 65535 733 17 42
15 000 0 0000 000 00 00
16 612 4 0000 663 17 20
17 977 5 300 977 17 40
18 977 7 65535 977 17 56
19 1024 7 512 1023 17 59
20 733 5 300 732 17 30
21 733 7 300 732 17 42
22 733 5 300 733 17 30
23 306 4 0000 336 17 10
24 977 5 65535 976 17 40
25 1024 9 65535 1023 17 76
26 1224 7 65535 1223 17 71
27 1224 11 65535 1223 17 111
28 1224 15 65535 1223 17 152
29 1024 8 65535 1023 17 68
30 1024 11 65535 1023 17 93
31 918 11 65535 1023 17 83
32 925 9 65535 926 17 69
33 1024 10 65535 1023 17 85
34 1024 12 65535 1023 17 102
35 1024 13 65535 1023 17 110
36 1024 14 65535 1023 17 119
37 1024 2 65535 1023 17 17
38 1024 16 65535 1023 17 136
39 918 15 65535 1023 17 114
40 820 6 65535 820 17 40
41 1024 5 65535 1023 17 42
42 1024 5 65535 1023 26 65
43 809 6 65535 852 17 40
44 809 6 65535 852 26 61
45 776 8 65335 775 33 100

47 AUTO

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4-4. THE ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES

Choose theňADVANCED BIOS FEATURESʼnin the main menu, the screen
shown as below.

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Advanced BIOS Features

Virus Warning

CPU Internal Cache

External Cache

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Processor Number Feature

Quick Power On Self Test

First Boot Device

Second Boot Device

Third Boot Device

Boot Other Device

Swap Floppy Drive

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Boot Up NumLock Status

Gate A20 Option

Typematic Rate Setting

X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
X Typematic Delay (Msec)

Security Option

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Video BIOS Shadow

Small Logo (EPA) Show

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
Floppy
[HDD-0]
[LS120]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[On]
[Fast]
[Disabled]
6
250
[Setup]
[Non-OS2]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]

Item Help

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Allows you to choose
the VIRUS warning
feature for IDE Hard
Disk boot sector
protection. If this
function is enabled and
someone attempt to
write data into this area,
BIOS will show a
warning message on
screen and alarm beep

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

BIOS Features Setup Screen

The “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” allow you to configure your system for
basic operation. The user can select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.

A brief introduction of each setting is given below.

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VIRUS WARNING :

This item allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard
Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone
attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on
screen and alarm beep.

CPU INTERNAL CACHE:
EXTERNAL CACHE:

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU/chipset design.

CPU L2 CACHE ECC CHECKING:

When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the external
Cache contains ECC SRAMs.

PROCESSOR NUMBER FEATURE:

This option is for Pentium® III processor only. During Enabled, this will
check the CPU Serial number. Disabled this option if you don’t want the
system to know the Serial number.

QUICK POWER ON SELF-TEST:

This item allows you to speed up Power On Self Test (POST) after power-up
the computer. When enabled, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items
during POST.

FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/OTHER BOOT DEVICE:

The BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.

SWAP FLOOPY DRIVE:

This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting
Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to
logical drive B.

BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:

You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for
a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk
drive.

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BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS:

Select power on state for NumLock.

GATE 20A OPTION:

This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. When Normal
was set, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. And when Fast
was set, the chipset controls Gate A20.

TYPEMATIC RATE SETTING:

Enable this item if you wish to be able to configure the characteristics of
your keyboard. Typematic refers to the way in which characters are entered
repeatedly if a key is held down. For example, if you press and hold down
the "A" key, the letter "a" will repeatedly appear on your screen on your
screen until you release the key. When enabled, the typematic rate and
typematic delay can be selected.

TYPEMATIC RATE (CHARS/SEC):

This item sets the number of times a second to repeat a key stroke when you
hold the key down.

TYPEMATIC DELAY (MSEC):

The item sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to
repeat the keystroke.

SECURITY OPTION:

This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to
Setup.

System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered at the
prompt.

Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be

denied if the correct password is not entered at the
prompt.

 To disable security, select PASSWORD SETTING at Main Menu and

then you will be asked to enter password. Do not type anything and just
press <Enter>, it will disable security. Once the security is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

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OS SELECT FOR DRAM > 64MB:

Select the operating system that is running with greater than 64MB of RAM
on the system.

VIDEO BIOS SHADOW:

Determines whether video BIOS will be coped to RAM. However, it is
optional depending on chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the
video speed.

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4-5. ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES

Choose theňADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURESʼnfrom the main menu,

the screen shown as below.

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Advanced Chipset Features

DRAM Clock/Drive Control
AGP & P2P Bridge Control
CPU & PCI Bus Control
Memory Hole
System BIOS Cacheable
Video RAM Cacheable
VGA Share Memory Size
Select Display Device
Panel Type
IO Channel Check NMI

[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]

[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[16M]
[CRT]
[ 0A]
[Disabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

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F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Chipset Features Setup Screen

This parameter allows you to configure the system based on the specific
features of the installed chipset. The chipset manages bus speed and
access to system memory resources, such as DRAM and the external cache.

It also coordinates communications between conventional ISA bus and the
PCI bus. It must be stated that these items should never need to be altered.
The default settings have been chosen because they provide the best opera­ting conditions for the system. The only time you might consider making
any changes would be if you discovered that data was being lost while
using your system.

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DRAM CLOCK/DRIVE CONTROL:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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DRAM clock / Drive Control

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Current FSB Frequency
Current DRAM Frequency
DRAM Clock

DRAM Timing
X DRAM Cas Latency
X Bank Interleave
X Precharge to Active (Trp)
X Active to Precharge (Tras)
X Active to CMD (Trcd)
DRAM Command Rate

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

100 MHz
133MHz
[By SPD]
[By SPD]

2.5
Disabled
3T
6T
3T

[2T Command]

Item Help

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Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. Current FSB Frequency

This item shows the CPU front-side Bus Frequency

2. Current DRAM Frequency

This item shows the DRAM frequency

3. DRAM Clock

This item allows you to control the DRAM speed at either equal to or
one-half of the SYSCLK (system clock signal) speed. While speed is
always desirable, choosing the higher setting may prove to be too fast
for some components.

4. DRAM Timing

The value in this field depends on performance parameters of the
installed memory chips (DRAM). Do not change the value from the
factory setting unless you install new memory that has a different
performance rating than the original DRAMs.

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5. DRAM CAS Latency

When synchronous DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of
CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing.

6. Bank Interleave

7. Precharge to Active (Trp)

8. Active to Precharge (Tras)

This item controls the number of DRAM clocks for TRAS.

9. Active to CMD (Trcd)

10. DRAM Command Rate

This item set the DRAM command rate.

AGP & P2P BRIDGE CONTROL:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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AGP & P2P Bridge Control

AGP Aperture Size

AGP Driving Control
X AGP Driving Value
AGP Fast Write
AGP Master 1 WS Write
AGP Master 1 WS Read

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. AGP Aperture Size

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[64M]
[Audo]

Item Help

DA
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]

Menu Level ►

This field determines the effective size of the Graphic Aperture used
for a particular GMCH configuration. It can be updated by the
GMCH-specific BIOS configuration sequence before the PCI standard
bus enumeration sequence takes place. If it is not updated then a
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2. AGP Mode

This item allows you to set the AGP mode.

3. AGP Driving Control

This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force. Choose
Manual to key in an AGP Driving Value in the next selection. This
field is recommended to set in Auto for avoiding any error in your
system.

4. AGP Driving Value

This item allows you to adjust the AGP driving force.

5. AGP Fast Write

This item will enable the AGP model into fast write mode.

6. AGP Master 1 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are
executed with one wait state.

7. AGP Master 1 WS Read

When Enabled, reads to the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) are
executed with one wait state.

CPU & PCI BUS CONTROL:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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CPU to PCI Write Buffer

PCI Master 0 WS Write

PCI Delay Transaction

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CPU & PCI Bus Control

[Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]

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Descriptions on each item are as follows:

1. CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When this field is Enabled, writes from the CPU to the PCI bus are
buffered, to compensate for the speed differences between the CPU and
the PCI bus. When Disabled, the writes are not buffered and the CPU
must wait until the write is complete before starting another write cycle.

2. PCI Master 0 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states.

3. PCI Delay Transaction

The chipset has an embedded 32-bit posted write buffer to support
delay transactions cycles. Select Enabled to support compliance with
PCI specification version 2.1.

MEMORY HOLE:

In order to improve performance, certain space in memory is reserved for ISA
cards. This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16MB.

SYSTEM BIOS CACHEABLE:

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h­FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

VIDEO RAM CACHEABLE:

Selecting Enabled allows caching of the video BIOS ROM at C0000h to
C7FFFh, resulting in better video performance. However, if any program
writes to this memory area, a system error may result.

IO CHANNEL CHECK NMI:

This field allows you to enable or disable IO channel check NMI. Before
selecting this function, the user should check first that NMI function is
enabled as described in chapter 2 (Reset/NMI/Clear Watchdog Selection).

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4-6. INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

ChooseňINTEGRATED PERIPHERALSʼnfrom the main setup menu, a
display will be shown on screen as below:

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Integrated Peripherals

VIA OnChip IDE Device

VIA OnChip PCI Device
SuperIO Device

Init Display First

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Integrated Peripherals Setup Screen

By moving the cursor to the desired selection and by pressing the <F1> key,
the all options for the desired selection will be displayed for choice.

 If bios setup menu item supports USB device boot, it will cause Win9x detects

the same storages twice when the system is rebooted, and USB HDD will fail.
Note: this cause just happen under Win9x, the phenomenon is a limitation.

[Press Enter]

[Press Enter]
[Press Enter]

[PCI Slot]

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VIA ONCHIP IDE DEVICE:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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VIA OnChip IDE Device

OnChip IDE Channel0
OnChip IDE Channel1
IDE Prefetch Mode
Primary Master PIO
Primary Slave PIO
Secondary Master PIO
Secondary Slave PIO
Primary Master UDMA
Primary Slave UDMA
Secondary Master UDMA
Secondary Slave UDMA
IDE HDD Block Mode

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. OnChip IDE Channel 0 / 1

2. IDE Prefetch Mode

3. Primary Master/Slave PIO

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[Enabled]
[Enabled]

Item Help

[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]

Menu Level ►

[Auto]
[Auto]
[Auto]
[Enabled]

The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE
channels. Select Enabled to activate the secondary IDE interface.
Select Disabled to deactivate this interface.

The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE pre-fetching for faster
drive accesses. If you install a primary and or secondary add-in IDE
interface, set this field to Disabled if the interface does not support pre­fetching.

Secondary Master/Slave PIO

The four IDE PIO fields allow you to set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of
the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes
0 through 4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto
mode, the system automatically determines the best mode for each
device.

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4. Primary Master/Slave UDMA
Secondary Master/Slave UDMA

Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive
supports it and the operating environment includes a DMA driver
(Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party IDE bus master driver). If you
hard drive and your system software both support Ultra DMA/33,
select Auto to enable BIOS support.

VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

USB 2.0 Support
OnChip USB Controller
USB Keyboard Support

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. OnChip USB Controller

This should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the
system board and you want to use it. Even when so equipped, if you
add a higher performance controller, you will need to disable this
feature.

2. USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB)
controller and you have a USB keyboard.

SUPER IO DEVICE:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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VIA OnChip PCI Device

[Enabled]
[All Disabled]
[Disabled]

Item Help

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SuperIO Device

Onboard FDC Controller
Onboard Serial Port 1
Onboard Serial Port 2
UART Mode Select
X RxD, TxD Active
X IR Transmission Delay
X UR2 Duplex Mode
X Use IR Pins
Onboard Parallel Port
Parallel Port Mode
X EPP Mode Select
X ECP Mode Use DMA

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. Onboard FDC Controller

2. Onboard Serial Port 1/2

3. UART Mode Select

4. RxD, TxD Active

5. IR Transmission Delay

6. UR2 Duplex Mode

7. Use IR Pins

8. Onboard Parallel Port

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[Enabled]
[3F8/IRQ4]

Item Help

[2F8/IRQ3]
[Normal]
Hi, Lo
Enabled
Half
IR-Rx2Tx2

Menu Level ►

[378/IRQ7]
[SPP]
EPP1.7
3

Select Enabled if the system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed
on the system board and you wish to use it. If you install and-in FDC or
the system has no floppy drive, select Disabled.

Select an address and corresponding interrupt for the first and second
serial ports.

This item allows you to select UART mode.

This item allows you to determine the active of RxD, TxD.

This item allows you to enable/disable IR transmission delay.

This item allows you to select the IR half/full duplex function.

This item allows you to select IR transmission routes, one is RxD2m,
TxD2 (COM Port) and the other is IR-Rx2Tx2

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port

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controller with which I/O address.

9. Parallel Port Mode

Select an operating mode for the onboard parallel (printer) port.
Select Normal, Compatible, or SPP unless you are certain your
hardware and software both support one of the other available modes.

10. EPP Mode Select

Select EPP port type 1.7 or 1.9.

11. ECP Mode Use DMA

Select a DMA channel for the parallel port for use during ECP mode.

INIT DISPLAY FIRST:

This item allows you to decide to active whether PCI Slot or on-chip VGA
first.

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4-7. POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ChooseňPOWER MANAGEMENT SETUPʼnoption on the main menu, a
display will be shown on screen as below :

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Power Management Setup

ACPI function

Power Management Option

Suspend Mode
Video Off Option
Video Off Method
MODEM Use IRQ
Soft-Off by PWRBTN
Ac Loss Auto Restart

IRQ/Event Activity Detect

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Power Management Setup Screen

The “Power Management Setup” allows the user to configure the system to
the most effectively save energy while operating in a manner consistent with
your own style of computer use.

ACPI FUNCTION:

Users are allowed to enable or disable the Advanced Configuration and
Power Management (ACPI).

POWER MANAGEMENT OPTION:

This item allows you to select the Power Management mode.

SUSPEND MODE:

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, all devices except
the CPU will be shut off.

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[Enabled]
[User Define]
[Disable]
[Suspend -> Off]
[V/H SYNC+Blank]
[3]
[Instant - Off]
[Off]
[Press Enter]

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VIDEO OFF OPTION:

When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power
saving mode.

Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes.
Suspend --> Off Monitor blanked when the systems enters the Suspend

Susp,Stby --> Off Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or

All Modes --> Off Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving

VIDEO OFF METHOD:

This determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked.

V/H SYNC+Blank This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

DPMS Select this option if your monitor supports the Display

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mode.

Standby modes.

mode.

and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the
video buffer.

Power Management Signalling (DPMS) standard of the
Video Electronics Standards to select video power
management values.

MODEM USE IRQ:

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.

SOFT-OFF BY PWR-BTTN:

Pressing the power button for more than 4 seconds forces the system to
enter the Soft-Off state when the system has “hung”. The choices are
Delay 4 Sec and Instant-Off.

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IRQ/EVENT ACTIVITY DETECT:

The options for these items are found in its sub menu. By pressing the
<ENTER> key, you are prompt to enter the sub menu of the detailed options
as shown below:

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IRQ/Event Activity Detect

VGA
LPT & COM
HDD & FDD
PCI Master
PowerOn by PCI Card
Modem Ring Resume
RTC Alarm Resume
X Date (Of Month)
X Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)
IRQs Activity Monitoring

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Descriptions on each item above are as follows:

1. VGA

2. LPT & COM

3. HDD & FDD

4. PCI Master

5. PowerOn by PCI Card

6. Modem Ring Resume

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[OFF]
[LPT/COM]
[ON]
[OFF]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
0
0 : 0 : 0
[Press Enter]

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When Enabled, you can set the VGA awakens the system.

When On of LPT & COM, any activity from one of the listed system
peripheral devices or IRQs wakes up the system.

When On of HDD & FDD, any activity from one of the listed system
peripheral devices wakes up the system.

When On of PCI Master, any activity from one of the listed system
peripheral devices wakes up the system.

An input signal from PME on the PCI card awakens the system from a
soft off state.

An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words,
an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft off
state.

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7. RTC Alarm Resume

When Enabled, your can set the date and time at which the RTC (real­time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode.

8. IRQ Activity Monitoring

By entering this section, you will find a list of IRQ’s, which can be
exempted much as the COM ports and LPT ports above can. When
an I/O device wants to gain the attention of the operating system, it
signals this by causing an IRQ to occur. When the operating system
is ready to respond to the request, it interrupts itself and performs the
service.

When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a
power management mode nor awaken it.

• Primary INTR

• IRQ3 (COM 2 )

• IRQ4 (COM 1)

• IRQ5 (LPT 2)

• IRQ6 (Floppy Disk)

• IRQ7 (LPT 1)

• IRQ8 (RTC Alarm)

• IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)

• IRQ10 (Reserved)

• IRQ11 (Reserved)

• IRQ12 ( PS / 2 Mouse )

• IRQ13 (Coprocessor)

• IRQ14 (Hard Disk)

• IRQ15 (Reserved).

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4-8. PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

Choose ňPNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONʼn from the main menu, a display
will be shown on screen as below:

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PnP/PCI Configurations

PNP OS Installed
Reset Configuration Data

Resources Controlled By
X IRQ Resources
X DMA Resources

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop

Assign IRQ for VGA

Assign IRQ for USB

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

PNP/PCI Configuration Setup Screen

The PNP/PCI Configuration Setup describes how to configure PCI bus system.
PCI, also known as Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system, which
allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself
uses when communicating with its own special components.

This section covers technical items, which is strongly recommended for
experienced users only.

PNP OS INSTALLED:

This item allows you to determine install PnP OS or not.

RESET CONFIGURATION DATA:

Normally, you leave this field Disabled. Select Enabled to reset Extended
System Configuration Data (ESCD) when you exit Setup if you have
installed a new add-on and the system configuration has caused such a
serious conflict that the operating system cannot boot.

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[No]
[Disabled]

[Auto(ESCD)]
Press Enter
Press Enter

[Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Enabled]

Item Help

Menu Level ►

Select Yes if you are
using a Plug and Play
capable operating
system Select No if
you need the BIOS to
configure non-boot
devices

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RESOURCE CONTROLLED BY:

The Award Plug and Play Bios can automatically configure all of the booth
and Plug and Play-compatible devices. However, this capability means
absolutely nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system
such as Windows 95. By choosing “manual”, you are allowed to
configure the IRQ Resources and DMA Resources.

IRQ RESOURCES:

You may assign each system interrupt a type, depending on the type of
device using the interrupt.

DMA RESOURCES:

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA channel
a type, depending on the type of device using the DMA channel.

PCI/VGA PALETTE SNOOP:

Leave this field at disabled.

ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA:

This item Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for VGA.

ASSIGN IRQ FOR USB:

This item Enable/Disable to assign IRQ for USB.

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4-9. PC HEALTH STATUS

Choose ňPC HEALTH STATUSʼn from the main menu, a display will
be shown on screen as below:

Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility

PC Health Status

System Temperatrue

CPU Temperature

CPU Fan Speed

System Fan Speed

VCORE

3.3V

+5V

+12V

-12V

-5V

VBAT (V)

5BSB (V)

Shutdown Temperature

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

PC Health Status Setup Screen

The PC Health Status Setup allows you to select whether to choose between
monitoring or to ignore the hardware monitoring function of your system.

CPU WARNING TEMERATURE:

This item will prevent CPU from overheating.

SYSTEM TEMPERATURE:

This item shows you the current system temperature.

CPU TEMPERATURE:

This item shows you the current CPU temperature.

CPU FAN SPEED:

This item shows you the current CPUFAN speed.

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[Disabled]

39˚C /102˚F

49˚C /111˚F
5273 RPM

0 RPM

1.72V

3.28V

4.94V

11.85V

-12.28V

- 4.99V

3.34V

5.40V
[Disabled]

Item Help CPU Warning Temperature

Menu Level ►

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SYSTEM FAN SPEED:

This item shows you the current SYSTEMFAN speed.

VCORE:

This item shows you the current system voltage.

VCC3 / VCC5 / VCC12 / VCC12- / VCC5SB:

Show you the voltage of 3.3V/+5V/+12V/-12V/+5VSB.

SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE:

This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature. This
function is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode.

4-10. FREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROL

Choose ňFREQUENCY/VOLTAGE CONTROLʼn from the main menu,
a display will be shown on screen as below:

Phoenix – Award CMOS Setup Utility

Frequency/Voltage Control

Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
Spread Spectrum
CPU Clock
Intel CPU Ratio

↑↓→←:Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults

Frequency / Voltage Control Setup Screen

This setup menu allows you to specify your settings for frequency/voltage
control.

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[Enabled]
[Disabled]
[100]
[Default]

Item Help

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AUTO DETECT DIMM/PCI CLK:

When enabled, this item will auto detect if the DIMM and PCI socket have
devices and will send clock signal to DIMM and PCI devices. When
disabled, it will send the clock signal to all DIMM and PCI socket.

SPREAD SPECTRUM:

When the system clock generator pulses, the extreme values of the pulse
generate excess EMI. Enabling pulse spectrum spread modulation
changes the extreme values from spikes to flat curves, thus reducing EMI.
This benefit may in some cases be outweighed by problems with timing­critical devices such as a clock-sensitive SCSI device.

CPU HOST / PCI CLOCK:

Select Default or select a timing combination for the CPU and the PCI bus.
When set to Default, the BIOS uses the actual CPU and PCI bus clock
values.

CPU RATIO:

This item allows you to set up the CPU clock ratio, but this function depends
on different CPU performance. It is only effective for those clock ratio
haven’t been locked.

4-11. LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS

By pressing the <ENTER> key on this item, you get a confirmation dialog
box with a message similar to the following:

To use the BIOS default values, change the prompt to "Y" and press the
<Enter > key. CMOS is loaded automatically when you power up the
system.

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N

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4-12. LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS

When you press <Enter> on this category, you get a confirmation dialog
box with a message similar to the following:

Load Optimized Defaults ( Y/N ) ? N

Pressing "Y" loads the default values that are factory setting for optimal
performance system operations.

4-13. PASSWORD SETTING

User is allowed to set either supervisor or user password, or both of them.
The difference is that the supervisor password can enter and change the
options of the setup menus while the user password can enter only but do not
have the authority to change the options of the setup menus.

TO SET A PASSWORD

When you select this function, the following message will appear at the
center of the screen to assist you in creating a password.

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Type the password up to eight characters in length, and press < Enter >.
The password typed now will clear any previously entered password from
CMOS memory. You will be asked to confirm the password. Type the
password again and press the < Enter > key. You may also press < Esc >
to abort the selection and not enter a password.

 User should bear in mind that when a password is set, you will be

asked to enter the password everything you enter CMOS setup Menu.

TO DISABLE THE PASSWORD

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To disable the password, select this function (do not enter any key when
you are prompt to enter a password), and press the <Enter> key and a
message will appear at the center of the screen:

PASSWORD DISABLED!!!

Press any key to continue...

Press the < Enter > key again and the password will be disabled. Once the
password is disabled, you can enter Setup freely.

4-14. SAVE & EXIT SETUP

After you have completed adjusting all the settings as required, you must
remember to save these setting into the CMOS RAM. To save the settings,
select “SAVE & EXIT SETUP” and press <Enter>, a display will be shown
as follows:

Phoenix – Award WorkstationCMOS Setup Utility

►Standard CMOS Features

►Advanced BIOS Features

►Advanced Chipset Features

►Integrated Peripherals

►Power Management

►PnP/PCI Configura

►PC Health Status

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Save to CMOS and EXIT Y/N)? Y

►Frequency/Voltage Control

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

word

etup

Saving

Save Data to CMOS

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When you confirm that you wish to save the settings, your system will be
automatically restarted and the changes you have made will be implemented.
You may always call up the setup program at any time to adjust any of the
individual items by pressing the <Del> key during boot up.

4-15. EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

If you wish to cancel any changes you have made, you may select the
“EXIT WITHOUT SAVING” and the original setting stored in the CMOS
will be retained. The screen will be shown as below:

Phoenix – Award WorkstationCMOS Setup Utility

►Standard CMOS Features

►Advanced BIOS Features

►Advanced Chipset Features

►Integrated Peripherals

►Power Management

►PnP/PCI Configura

►PC Health Status

Esc : Quit ↑↓→← : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup

Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

Abandon all Datas

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Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Load Optimized Defaults

Set Supervisor Password

word

etup

Saving

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EXPANSION BUS

This appendix indicates the pin assignments.

Section includes:

z ISA BUS Pin Assignment

z PCI BUS Pin Assignment

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Appendix A Expansion Bus

A

ISA BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT

There are two edge connector (called “gold fingers“) on this CPU Card, on the
right hand is the connector of ISA Bus, followed up by PCI BUS connector. The
ISA-bus connector is divided into two sets: one consists of 62 pins; the other
consists of 36 pins.
The pin assignments are as follows :

D18

B31

D1

B1

31

C1C18

B A D C

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

B1 GND A1 -I/O CH CHK D1 -MEMCS16 C1 SBHE
B2 RESET A2 SD07 D2 -I/OCS16 C2 LA23
B3 +5V A3 SD06 D3 IRQ10 C3 LA22
B4 IRQ9 A4 SD05 D4 IRQ11 C4 LA21
B5 NC A5 SD04 D5 IRQ12 C5 LA20
B6 NC A6 SD03 D6 IRQ15 C6 LA19
B7 -12V A7 SD02 D7 IRQ14 C7 LA18
B8 OWS A8 SD01 D8 -DACK0 C8 LA17
B9 +12V A9 SD00 D9 DRQ0 C9 -MEMR
B10 GND A10 -I/O CH RDY D10 -DACK5 C10 -MEMW
B11 -SMEMW A11 AEN D11 DRQ5 C11 SD08
B12 -SMEMR A12 SA19 D12 -DACK6 C12 SD09
B13 -IOW A13 SA18 D13 DRQ6 C13 SD10
B14 -IOR A14 SA17 D14 -DACK7 C14 SD11
B15 -DACK3 A15 SA16 D15 DRQ7 C15 SD12
B16 -DRQ3 A16 SA15 D16 +5V C16 SD13
B17 -DACK1 A17 SA14 D17 -MASTER C17 SD14
B18 -DRQ1 A18 SA13 D18 GND C18 SD15
B19 -REFRESH A19 SA12
B20 BCLK A20 SA11
B21 IRQ7 A21 SA10
B22 NC A22 SA09
B23 IRQ5 A23 SA08
B24 IRQ4 A24 SA07
B25 IRQ3 A25 SA06
B26 NC A26 SA05
B27 T/C A27 SA04
B28 BALE A28 SA03
B29 +5V A29 SA02
B30 OSC A30 SA01
B31 GND A31 SA00

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PCI BUS PIN ASSIGNMENT

Like ISA-BUS connector, the PCI-BUS edge connector is also divided into two
sets: one consists of 98-pin; the other consists of 22-pin. The standard of PICMG
32-bit PCI-ISA connector contains 218 pins in total.
The pin assignments are as follows :

F52F62

F49

F1

E62

E52

E49

F E F E

PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT PIN ASSIGNMENT

F1 -12V E1 TRST# F31 NC E31 AD18
F2 TCK E2 +12V F32 AD17 E32 AD16
F3 GND E3 TMS F33 C/BE2# E33 NC
F4 TDO E4 TDI F34 GND E34 FRAME#
F5 +5V E5 +5V F35 IRDY# E35 GND
F6 +5V E6 INTA# F36 NC E36 TRDY#
F7 INTB# E7 INTC# F37 DEVSEL# E37 GND
F8 INTD# E8 +5V F38 GND E38 STOP#
F9 REQ3# E9 CLKC F39 LOCK# E39 NC
F10 REQ1# E10 +5V(I/O) F40 PERR# E40 SDONE
F11 GNT3# E11 CLKD F41 NC E41 SB0#
F12 GND E12 GND F42 SERR# E42 GND
F13 GND E13 GND F43 NC E43 PAR
F14 CLKA E14 GNT1# F44 C/BE1# E44 AD15
F15 GND E15 RST# F45 AD14 E45 NC
F16 CLKB E16 +5V(I/O) F46 GND E46 AD13
F17 GND E17 GNT0# F47 AD12 E47 AD11
F18 REQ0# E18 GND F48 AD10 E48 GND
F19 +5V(I/O) E19 REQ2# F49 GND E49 AD09
F20 AD31 E20 AD30 F52 AD08 E52 C/BE0#
F21 AD29 E21 NC F53 AD07 E53 NC
F22 GND E22 AD28 F54 NC E54 AD06
F23 AD27 E23 AD26 F55 AD05 E55 AD04
F24 AD25 E24 GND F56 AD03 E56 GND
F25 NC E25 AD24 F57 GND E57 AD02
F26 C/BE3# E26 GNT2# F58 AD01 E58 AD00
F27 AD23 E27 NC F59 +5V(I/O) E59 +5V(I/O)
F28 GND E28 AD22 F60 ACK64# E60 REQ64#
F29 AD21 E29 AD20 F61 +5V E61 +5V
F30 AD19 E30 GND F62 +5V E62 +5V

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TECHNICAL
SUMMARY

This section introduce you the maps concisely.

Section includes:

z Block Diagram

z Interrupt Map

z RTC & CMOS RAM Map

z Timer & DMA Channels Map

z I / O & Memory Map

APPENDIX

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BLOCK DIAGRAM

VRM 8.5
HARRIS
HIP6004

CRT DISPLAY

VGA DSUB

CRT DISPLAY

DVI/LVDS

ID E ATA1 00/13 3

USB 1~4

COMPACT FLASH

CPU

SOCKET

370

CLE 266

VT8623

North Bridge

V-L IN K
BUS

VT8235

S Bouth ridge

LPC SIO

W83697HF

CLOCK
SYNTHESIZER

ICS 94227

TERMINATOR

DDR
Moudles

DDR

CLOCK BUFFER

PCI/ISA

IT888F/BF

KB/MS

LAN

RTL8100BL

ISA ROM

DDR

Ter mi na to r

WATCHI NG

DOG

FDD UART 1,2

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LPT1

H/W MONITOR

CPU FAN

Tem pe ra tu re

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INTERRUPT MAP

IRQ ASSIGNMENT

0 System TIMER
1 Keyboard
2 Cascade
3 Serial port 2
4 Serial port 1
5 Available
6 Floppy
7 Parallel port 1
8 RTC clock

9 Available
10 Available
11 Available
12 PS/2 Mouse
13 Math coprocessor
14 IDE1
15 IDE2

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RTC & CMOS RAM MAP

CODE ASSIGNMENT

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

11 Reserve

12 Hard Disk type byte

13 Reserve

14 Equipment byte

15 Base memory low byte

16 Base memory high byte

17 Extension memory low byte

18 Extension memory high byte

30 Reserved for extension memory low byte

31 Reserved for extension memory high byte

32 Date Century byte

33 Information Flag

34-3F Reserve

40-7f Reserved for Chipset Setting Data

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TIMER & DMA CHANNELS MAP

Timer Channel Map

Timer Channel Assignment

0 System timer interrupt
1 DRAM Refresh request
2 Speaker tone generator

DMA Channel Map

DMA Channel Assignment

0 Available
1 Available
2 Floppy
3 Available
4 Cascade
5 Available
6 Available
7 Available

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I/O & MEMORY MAP

Memory Map :

MEMORY MAP ASSIGNMENT

0000000-009FFFF System memory used by DOS and

application

00A0000-00BFFFF Display buffer memory for VGA/ EGA /

CGA / MONOCHROME adapter

00C0000-00DFFFF Reserved for I/O device BIOS ROM or

RAM buffer.
00E0000-00EFFFF Reserved for PCI device ROM
00F0000-00FFFFF System BIOS ROM
0100000-FFFFFFF System extension memory

I/O Map :

I/O MAP ASSIGNMENT

000-01F DMA controller (Master)
020-021 Interrupt controller (Master)
022-023 Chipset controller registers I/O ports.
040-05F Timer control regsiters.
060-06F Keyboard interface controller (8042)
070-07F RTC ports & CMOS I/O ports

080-09F DMA register
0A0-0BF Interrupt controller (Slave)
0C0-0DF DMA controller (Slave)

0F0-0FF Math coprocessor

1F0-1F8 Hard Disk controller

278-27F Parallel port-2
2B0-2DF Graphics adapter controller

2F8-2FF Serial port-2

360-36F Net work ports

378-37F Parallel port-1
3B0-3BF Monochrome & Printer adapter
3C0-3CF EGA adapter

3D0-3DF CGA adapter

3F0-3F7 Floppy disk controller

3F8-3FF Serial port-1

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TROUBLE
SHOOTING

This section outlines the errors may occur when you operate the
system. It also gives you the suggestions on solving the problems.

Section includes:

z Trouble Shooting for Error Messages

z Trouble Shooting for POST Code

APPENDIX

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TROUBLE SHOOTING FOR ERROR MESSAGES

The following information gives you the error messages and the trouble­shooting. Please adjust your systems according to the messages below. And
make sure all the components and connectors are in proper position and
firmly attached. If the errors still encountered, please contact with your
distributor for maintenance.

POST BEEP :

Currently there are two kinds of beep codes in BIOS. One code indicates
that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video
screen to display any additional information. This beep code consists of a
single long beep followed by two short beeps. The other code indicates that
your DRAM error has occurred. This beep code consists of a single long
beep repeatedly.

CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED :

This message informs you that the CMOS battery is no longer functional.
The user should replace it.

CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR :

This message informs you that the CMOS is incorrect. This error may
have caused by a weak battery. Check the battery and replace if necessary.

DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER :

No boot device was found. This could mean that either a boot drive was
not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files. Insert a
system disk into Drive A: and press < Enter >. If you assumed the system
would boot from the hard drive, make sure the controller is inserted
correctly and all cables are properly attached. Also make sure the disk is
formatted as a boot device. Then reboot the system.

DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP :

Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the CMOS
definition. Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly.

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DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY :

Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or
color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in
Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either turn off the
system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change the VIDEO
selection.

DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT :

Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed.
You must configure the system for the new display type.

EISA CONFIGURATION CHECKSUM ERROR
PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY :

The EISA non-violatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly
read the EISA slot. This can indicate either the EISA non-volatile
memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly.
Also be sure the card is installed firmly in the slot.

EISA CONFIGURATION IS NOT COMPLETE
PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY :

The slot configure information stored in the EISA non-volatile memory is
incomplete.
Note: When either of these errors appear, the system will boot in ISA mode,
which allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.

ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE :

Hard drive cannot be initialized. Be sure the adapter is installed correctly
and all cables are correctly and firmly attached. Also be sure the correct
hard drive type is selected in Setup.

ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER :

Cannot initialize controller. Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly
installed in the bus. Be sure the correct hard drive is selected in Setup. Also
check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the hard drive.

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FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT :

Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. Make sure the
controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy drives
installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE.

INVALID EISA CONFIGURATION
PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY

:

The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was
programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt. Re-run EISA configuration
utility to correctly program the memory.
Note: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which
allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.

KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT

:

Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure that the keyboard is properly
attached and no keys being pressed during the boot.
If you are purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the
error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. This
will cause the BIOS to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot.

MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR AT ... :

Indicates a memory address error at a specific location. You can use this
location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the
bad memory chips.

MEMORY PARITY ERROR AT ... :

Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location. You can use this
location along with the memory map for your system to find and replace the
bad memory chips.

MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT :

Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use
Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration. In ISA
mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields.

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MEMORY VERIFY ERROR AT ... :

Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory. Use the
location along with your system's memory map to locate the bad chip.

OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND :

This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and
RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the
problem cannot be isolated.

OFFENDING SEGMENT :

This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and
RAM PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the
problem has been isolated.

PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT :

This will be displayed at the bottom screen when an error occurs that
requires you to reboot. Press any key and the system will reboot.

PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI, F2 TO REBOOT :

When BIOS detects a Non-maskable Interrupt condition during boot, this
will allow you to disable the NMI and continue to boot, or you can reboot
the system with the NMI enabled.

RAM PARITY ERROR – CHECKING FOR SEGMENT :

Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory.

Should be Empty But EISA Board Found
PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY :

A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no
board ID.
Note: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which
allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.

Should Have EISA Board But Not Found
PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY :

The board installed is not responding to the ID request, or no board ID has
been found in the indicated slot.
Note: When this error appears, the system will boot in ISA mode, which
allows you to run the EISA Configuration Utility.

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