Shuttle HOT-591 HOT-591 User Manual

HOT-591
Pentium™ processor
Based AGP MAIN BOARD

User's Manual

FCC Notice:

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

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/television technician for help and for additional suggestions.
The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission helpful "How to Identify and

Resolve Radio-TV Interference Problems." This booklet is available from the U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington,
DC 20402, Stock 004-000-00345-4

FCC Warning

The user is cautioned that changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the users authority
to operate this equipment.

Note : In order for an installation of this product to maintain compliance with the limits for a Class B device, shielded cables
and power cord must be used.

CE Notice:

Following standards were applied to this product, in order to achieve compliance with the electromagnetic compatibility :

- Immunity in accordance with EN 50082-1: 1992

- Emissions in accordance with EN 55022: 1987 Class B.

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Manual Ver 1.0
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notification by the manufacturer.
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commitment to update the information contained herein.

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holders.

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PREFACE ........................................................................................................................3

CHAPTER 1 FEATURES......................................................................................................4

Accessories of HOT-591 .......................................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION.............................................................................7

Jumper Setting........................................................................................................................................... 7

CPU Clock Configurations - DIP Switch SW2........................................................................................8

System Clock and CPU Multiplier Setting Manually - SW2 ................................................................ 12

CPU Voltage Setting Manually - SW1...................................................................................................13

CPU Burst Mode Jumper- JP3................................................................................................................14

Flash EEPROM Vpp - JP13................................................................................................................... 14

Clear CMOS - JP6................................................................................................................................... 14

Connectors............................................................................................................................................... 15

CHAPTER 3 MEMORY CONFIGURATION ..............................................................................14

CHAPTER 4 FLASH UTILITY .............................................................................................18

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 5 VIA VXD AGP D RIVER INSTALLATION............................................................20

CHAPTER 6 BIOS S ETUP ...............................................................................................23

Main Menu .............................................................................................................................................. 24

Standard CMOS Setup............................................................................................................................ 26

BIOS Features Setup............................................................................................................................... 28

Chipset Features Setup............................................................................................................................ 30

Power Management Setup ...................................................................................................................... 32

PCI Configuration Setup......................................................................................................................... 35

Integrated Peripherals ............................................................................................................................. 38

Password Setting ..................................................................................................................................... 41

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PREFACE

HOT-591 mainboard is a highly integrated IBM PC/AT compatible AT form-factor system
board designed to meet the industry's most demanding desktop applications. Based on the
VIA's VP3 chipset.

HOT-591 accept AMD K5, K6, Intel Pentium P54C, Pentium MMX, IDT-C6 and Cyrix/
IBM 6x86, 6x86L, 6x86MX processors and also features high-performance pipelined burst
secondary cache memory support with size of 512KB. The memory subsystem is designed
to support up to 256MB of EDO RAM, Standard Fast Page DRAM and SDRAM in standard
72-pin SIMM socket and 168-pin 3.3 V DIMM socket.

HOT-591 is equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot, a high performance
interconnect for graphic-intensive application, such as 3D applications. The AGP is inde­pendent of the PCI bus and is designed to exclusively use with graphical-display devices.

HOT-591 provides a new level of I/O integration. VIA VP3 chipset provides increased
integration and improved performance over other chipset designs.

The VIA's VP3 chipset provides an integrated Bus Mastering IDE controller with two high
performance Ultra 33 DMA IDE interfaces for up to four IDE devices.

The onboard I/O controller provides the standard PC I/O functions: floppy interface, two
FIFO serial ports, an IrDA device port and a SPP/EPP/ECP capable parallel port.

Up to three PCI local bus slots provide a high bandwidth data path for data-movement
intensive functions such as graphics, and up to three ISA slots complete the I/O function.

HOT-591 provides the foundation for cost effective, high performance, highly expandable
platforms, which deliver the latest in Pentium processor and I/O standard.

HOT-591 Mainboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high
performance and many intelligent features in a compact package:

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Chipset

Features VIA's 82C597AT VP3 AGP Chipset with I/O subsystems

Main Processor

AMD K6 166~266 MHz, K5 PR75~PR166,
Intel Pentium (P54C) 75~200 MHz, Pentium MMX (P55C) 166~233 MHz,
Cyrix/IBM 6x86 P120+~P200+, 6x86L P200+, 6x86MX PR166~PR233,
IDT-C6 150~200MHz

Secondary Cache

Onboard 512KB Pipelined Burst Cache

Versatile Memory Supports

Equipped with two SIMM and two DIMM sockets for (8, 16, 32, 64 or 128MB) 72-pin EDO or
FPM and 168-pin SDRAM memory modules up to 256 MB

Expansion Slots

One AGP slot
Three PCI slot
Three ISA slot

AGP Support (Accelerated Graphics Port)

HOT-591 main board equipped with an AGP slot for an AGP VGA card that supports 133MHz
2X mode for texture mapping z-buffering and alpha blending. AGP allows 3D applications to run
faster and smoothly.

FEATURES

Onboard I/O Chip

One Floppy port
One PS/2 mouse and Keyboard connector
Two high-speed UART compatible serial port
Serial Port 2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections
One parallel port with ECP and EPP capabilities

Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE Controller

Two Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE Ports supports four IDE devices up to 33 MB/sec
IDE transfers and supports Enhanced PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA
Mode 2 devices

Onboard 12-pin AT and 20-pin ATX Power Supply

ATX power supports soft-on/off function

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System BIOS

Licensed BIOS with additional feature:
* Flash EEPROM (128KB) for BIOS update
* ISA Plug & Play extension
* Power management
* Support DMI (Desktop Management Interface) function

ACPI:

Support ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) function. ACPI provide
more Energy Saving Features for the future operating system supporting OS Direct
Power Management (OSPM) functionality.

Board Size:

AT form factor size 220mm x 220mm.

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ACCESSORIES OF HOT-591

Figure 1 : Accessories of HOT-591

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This chapter is designed for explaining how to configure the HOT-591's hardware. After you install the
main board, you can set jumpers, install memory on the main board, and make case connectors. Refer to
this chapter whenever you upgrades or reconfigure your system.

Hardware Configuration

Jumper Setting

This section describe the necessary proce­dures and proper jumper settings to configure
the HOT-591 main board.

Jumper pin headers and DIP Switch show on
right side are used to configure system clock,
CPU multiplier and CPU voltages.

System Clock ­Pin Header 1~6 of Jumper JP1

Pin header 1~6 are used to adjust System
Clock from 50MHz to 83 MHz.

CPU Multiplier ­Pin Header 7~12 of Jumper JP1

Pin header 7~12 are used to adjust CPU core
multiplier from 1.5X to 5.5X.

CPU Voltages Auto/Manual
Jumper- J19

HOT-591 automatically detects and adjusts the voltage to the proper voltage.
Jumper block J19 is used to set Automatically or Manually adjust onboard voltages output
from Switching type regulators to CPU by inserting or removing mini jumper from pin
headers. (please also refer to page 13)

Those hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins on
the main board.

The following examples show the conventions used in this chapter.

Insert mini jumpers on pin 1-2, 3-4
of JP1

Insert mini jumpers on pin 1-2, 7-8
and 9-10 of JP1

Figure 2-1 : SW1 & SW2 location

Insert a jumper pack on SW 1
Row B-C to set CPU voltage
auto-detecting

Remove jumper pack from SW1
and insert mini on pin 1, 3, 4 or
Row A-B to set voltage on 3.3V

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CPU Clock Configuration - Jumper JP1

Jumper JP1 and Jumper Block J19 are the Jumpers that you need to set for your CPU on HOT-591.
Make sure that you know the type of CPU that you are installing and refer to the proper settings which
are listed below. Normally, CPU voltage is auto-detected on HOT-591 and is set to Auto-detected when
HOT-591 is delivered. If you have a higher frequency CPU or you want to set CPU frequency and
voltage manually, please refer to next two sections.

Intel Pentium (P54C) Series CPUs Settings

Proces sor Speed

Frequency Settings

200 MHz

166 MHz

150 MHz

133 MHz

Intel Pentium

(P54C)

120 MHz

100 MHz

Jumpe r J P 1

Table 2-1

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

3.3V/3.3V

90 MHz

75 MHz

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Intel Pentium MMX (P55C) Series CPUs Settings

Table 2-2

Proces sor Speed

233 MHz

Intel Pentium

MMX(P55C)

200 MHz

166 MHz

AMD-K6 Series CPUs Settings

Proces sor Speed

266 MHz

Freque ncy S ett ings

Jumper JP 1

Freque ncy S ett ings

Jumper JP 1

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

2.8V/3.3V

Table 2-3

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

AMD-K6

233 MHz

233 MHz

2.2V/3.3V

3.2V/3.3V

200 MHz

166 MHz

Note :The voltage of AMD-K6 233MHz may vary from market and CPU core. Please ask your
CPU provider for detail.

2.9V/3.3V

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AMD-K6 Series CPUs Settings

Table 2-4

Proces sor Speed

PR166

PR133

PR120

AMD-K5

PR100

PR90

PR75

Freque ncy S ett ings

Jumper JP 1

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

3.52V/3.52V

IDT-C6 Series CPUs Settings Table 2-5

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

Proces sor Speed

Freque ncy S ett ings

Jumper JP 1

200 MHz

IDT-C6

180 MHz

150 MHz

3.52V/3.52V

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Cyrix/IBM 6x86/6x86L/6x86MX Series CPUs Settings

Table 2-6

Proces sor Speed

P166+

Cyrix/IBM

6x86L

P150+

P166+

Cyrix/IBM

6x86

P150+

P120+

PR266

Freque ncy S ett ings

Jumper JP 1

Jumper Block J19

Vcore/Vio

Auto-dete ct

2.8V/3.3V

3.52V/3.52V

Cyrix/IBM

6x86MX

PR233

PR200

2.9V/3.3V

PR166

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System Clock and CPU Multiplier Setting Manually - JP1

For whom like to set up system manually, listed tables show all the System Clock and CPU
Multiplier that HOT-591 can offer. Pin header 1~6 are used to adjust System Clock from
50MHz to 83 MHz. Pin header 7~12 are used to adjust CPU core multiplier from 1.5X to

5.5X.
Table 2-7 shows the System Clock from 50 MHz to 83 MHz.
Table 2-8 shows CPU Multiplier from 1.5X to 5.5X.

Note: On HOT-591 75 and 83 MHz is for over-clock usage, it is not a recommended
general practice.

Table 2-7

Syste m

Clock

Clock

P1 ~ P6

Multiplier

JP1

P7 ~ P12

Multiplier

JP1

P7 ~ P12

PCI

JP1

50MHz 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz

25MHz 30MHz 33MHz 37.5MHz 41.5MHz

Table 2-8

1.5 X 2 X 2.5 X 3 X 3.5 X

4 X 4.5 X 5 X 5.5 X

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Figure 2-2 : JP1 Jumper location

CPU Voltage Setting Manually - J19

HOT-591 automatically detects and adjusts the voltage
to the proper voltage.
Jumper block J19 is used to set Automatically or Manu­ally adjust onboard voltages output from Switching type
regulators to CPU by inserting or removing mini jumper
from pin headers.

The voltage settings are made through the use of jumper
caps to connect jumper pins on the pin set 1~4 of
Jumper block J19.

Figure 2-3 : SW1 Jumper Block location

Voltage J1 9 Voltage J19

2.8 V

Auto

-setting

2.7 V

3.52 V 2.6 V

3.4 V 2.5 V

3.3 V 2.4 V

3.2 V 2.3 V

3.1 V 2.2 V

3.0 V 2.1 V

2.9 V 2.0 V

Table 2-9

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Power Supply Type Jumper - JP3

Due to different designs, there are two Power Supply Type : 12-pin AT Power Supply and
20-pin ATX Power Supply. HOT-591 support both type of Power Supply. Select the correct
type according to the Power Supply you are using.

JP8

AT/ ATX Power Selection

12-Pin AT Power Supply

20-Pin ATX Power Supply

Flash EEPROM Vpp - JP5

HOT-591 mainboard supports two types of
Flash EEPROM:
5 volt and 12 volt. By setting up jumper JP13,
the main board can use both 5V or 12V flash
EEPROM with new system BIOS files as they
come available.

JP5 Pin 2-3 Close for 12V Flash EEPROM
JP5 Pin 1-2 Close for 5V Flash EEPROM

Figure 2-4: JP8 AT/ATX Power Jumper location

CMOS Clear - JP2

HOT-591 mainboard supports jumper JP6 for
discharging mainboard’s CMOS memory.

This jumper can clear the CMOS data stored
in the subsystem chip. To clear the CMOS data
please follow listed steps:

1) Turn off the PC,

2) Remove the jumper cap from JP2 pin 1-2,

3) Insert the jumper cap to JP2 pin 2-3
for a brief while,

4) Remove the jumper cap from JP2 pin 2-3,

5) Reinsert the jumper cap to JP2 pin 1-2,

6) Turn on the PC.

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Figure 2-4: Flash Type Jumper
JP5 location

Figure 2-4: Clear CMOS
Jumper JP2 location

Connectors

Front Panel Connectors (JP6)

Hardware Reset Connector - RST

Attach 2-pin hardware reset switch to it. Closing the
reset switch restarts the system.

KeyLock Connector

- PW-LED Key-Lock

KeyLock & Power LED connector is a 5-pin connector
for a lock that may be installed on the system case for
enabling or disabling the keyboard. It also attached to
the case's Power LED. Pin 1 and 3 are for power LED
and pin 4 and 5 are for keylock, pin 2 is useless.

Speaker Connector - Speaker

PC speaker connector may attach a 4-pin PC speaker
cable from the case to this connector.

SMI Connector - SMI

Hardware System Management Interface connector may attach a 2-pin momentary switch to it.
When push it will force system get into power saving mode, and the system will resume when
switch is pushed again.

Figure 2-5: Front Panel Con­nector location

GLED Connector - GLED

Attach a 2-pin Green LED cable to it. The Green LED lights when the system get into power
saving mode. The Green LED off when the system resume back to normal mode.

HD LED Connector - IDE

Attach a 2-pin IDE drive LED cable to this connector. The LED lights when an IDE device is
active.

ATX Power On/Off Switch Connector - PWR_BT

Attach a 2-pin momentary type switch to this connector for turning on or off your ATX power
supply.

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Back Panel Connectors

COM1/COM2 Connectors - J9/J10

Attach COM1/COM2 connector cables to these connectors.

PS/2 Mouse Connector - J6

The main board provides a 5 pins PS/2 mouse connector for an optional PS/2 mouse
cable. Diagram on the right side indicates the pinout of pin header.

HOT-591 mainboard supplies two types of optional PS/2 mouse adapter
cable, type 1 have 6-holes plug with hole 2 and hole 6 wireless; type 2
have 5 holes plug with hole 2 wireless.

Caution : When a PS/2 mouse is used, make sure connect PS/2 mouse
adapter cable hole 1 to the pin 1 of onboard PS/2 connector (J6). Reversed
connecting may cause damage to your PS/2 mouse.

Parallel Port Connector - J8

A 26-pin male pin header is located at the rear of the main board. Plug the parallel port connec­tor cable into this connector.

USB1/USB2 Port Connectors - J14

The USB pin headers located at the rear of the board. Plug the USB
connector cable into this connector.

Other Connectors

ATX Power Supply Connector - J3

It is a twenty-pin male header connector. Plug the connector from the power directly onto the
board connector while making sure the pin 1 is in its position. The main board requires a power
supply with at least 200 watts and "power good signal.

Figure 2-6: ATX Power Supply Connector Figure 2-7: AT Power Supply Connector

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AT Power Supply Connectors - J2

It is a twelve-pin male header connector. Plug the connector from the power directly onto the
board connector while making sure the pin 1 is in its position. The main board requires a power
supply with at least 200 watts and "power good signal.

IR Connector - JP3

Infrared device connector may attach a 5-pin infrared device cable to this connector for enabling
the infrared transfer function. This mainboard meets the specification of ASKIR and HPSIR.

CPU, Chassis(or AGP) cooling Fan connectors - Fan1 & 2

The main board provides three onboard 12V cooling fan power connectors for CPU (Fan 2),
AGP device (Fan 1) cooling fan. Depending on the fan maker, the wiring and plug may be
different. The red wire should be connected to +12V and black wire should be connected to
ground (GND)

Wake-On-LAN Connectors - J12

Attach a 3-pin connector from the LAN card which supports the Wake-On-LAN (WOL) func­tion. This function lets users wake up the connected system through the LAN card.
( Note: Recently, only Intel LAN card support Wake-On-LAN function)

Figure 2-8: FAN 1, FAN 2 & WOL (J12)

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The HOT-591 mainboard provides two 72-pin SIMM sockets and two 168-pin DIMM
sockets that make it possible to install up to 256MB of RAM. The SIMM socket support
4MB, 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB 5V single- or double-side fast page or EDO
DRAM modules, and DIMM socket support 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB, and 128MB 3.3V
single- or double-side SDRAM, fast page, or EDO modules.

The two SIMM sockets are arranged in a single bank, the two DIMM sockets are arranged in
two banks of one socket each. Each bank provides a 64/72-bit wide data path.

Note:

The memory configuration tables on next page list the SIMMs and DIMMs memory configu­ration.

Memory Configuration

Maximum memory size is 256MB total for all SIMM or DIMM sockets.
If using SIMM modules, each bank must be filled with a pair of same
modules.
The user should not populate both 5V SIMM modules & 3.3V DIMM
modules at the same time.

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Figure 2-9: SIMMs & DIMMs socket location

SIMM 1 SIMM 2 DIMM 1 DIMM 2 TOTAL

4 MB 4 MB —— —— 8 MB

8 MB 8 MB —— —— 16 MB
16 MB 16 MB —— —— 32 MB
32 MB 32 MB —— —— 64 MB
64 MB 64 MB —— —— 128 MB

128 MB 128 MB —— —— 256 MB

—— —— 8 MB —— 8 MB
—— —— 8 MB 8 MB 16 MB
—— —— 16 MB —— 16 MB
—— —— 16 MB 16 MB 32 MB
—— —— 32 MB —— 32 MB
—— —— 32 MB 32 MB 64 MB
—— —— 64 MB —— 64 MB
—— —— 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB
—— —— 128 MB —— 128 MB
—— —— 128 MB 128 MB 256 MB
—— —— 8 MB 16 MB 24 MB
—— —— 8 MB 32 MB 40 MB
—— —— 8 MB 64 MB 72 MB
—— —— 8 MB 128 MB 136 MB
—— —— 16 MB 32 MB 48 MB
—— —— 16 MB 64 MB 80 MB
—— —— 32 MB 64 MB 96 MB
—— —— 32 MB 128 MB 160 MB
—— —— 64 MB 128 MB 192 MB

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This chapter briefly discusses Award Flash utility provides instructions to guide you through
updating your old BIOS. The file name we use to program here is test.bin, and the file name
to save old BIOS is 591.OLD. Please note that those file names are not absolute. They are
only examples to let you have a more clear understanding of the updating process.

How to Begin

1. Please type "awdflash" and press the ENTER key to begin the updating process.

2. Once you enter, you will see a main menu displaying:

3. Move the cursor to "File Name to Program:"

4. Type the program name "test.bin", and then press the ENTER key.

5. At the bottom of the menu, you will be requested to answer:

Flash Utility

"Do You Want to Save BIOS (Y/N)? "

The following manual is intended to guide you through the process of both "No" and "Yes"
cases respectively.

If "No"

If you do not wish to save the old BIOS:

1. Please type "N", and then press the ENTER key.

2. Then you will be requested to answer:

"Are You Sure to Program? "

3. Answer ôNö if you do not want to program, and then it will exit.

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If "Yes"

To save the old BIOS:

1. Please respond "Y", and then press the ENTER key.

2. Move the cursor to "File Name to Save: "

3. Type file name "591.OLD", and then press the ENTER key. (Your old BIOS will be
saved in the file name you create. In this case, the old BIOS is saved in the file name,

591.OLD).

4. Then you will be requested to answer:

"Are You Sure to Program (Y/N)? "

5. Type "Y" to begin programming, and press the ENTER key.

6. When the programming is finished, the showing message will appear:

7. Once you see the showing message "Power Off or Reset System", please restart
your system.

8. When you power on the computer again, you will find your old BIOS has already
been successfully updated.

To view a complete usage of FLASH utility, please type "awdflash /?" and press the
ENTER key.

Notes About Award Flash Utility

Please note that Award Flash Utility cannot run under EMM386 or QEMM. Thus, when
executing the command "awdflash", an error message will appear:

"Error Message: Fail ù Due to EMM386 or QEMM !"

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This section describe the installation of VIA VxD Driver which supports Accelerated
Graphics Port (AGP) functionalists.

System Requirements

This driver should be installed on a system with the HOT-591 main board which based on
VIA AGP chipset VT82C597, and others’ main board will not be supported. The VIA
VxD Driver is only supported by Windows 95 OSR 2.1 (4.00.950 B) or later version.
You may find the VxD Driver on attached CD-ROM in \Driver\VxD directory.

For Win95 users, you will need to

1. Get “USBSUPP.EXE” from Microsoft, which includes the USB supplement and a

2. Get DirectX 5.0 from Microsoft. DirectX 5.0 is the first DirectX version that supports

3. Get AGP Master (i.e., AGP VGA) Driver from VGA Supplier.

4. Get “VIAGART.VXD”, a virtual device manager which usually will be installed in

For WinNT users, you will have to wait until WinNT 5.0 is released.

VIA VxD AGP Driver Installation

new memory manager (VMM32.VxD) needed for the AGP DIME (Direct Memory
Execute) feature.

AGP’s DIME.

the following installation procedure of the Windows 95 card driver.

Installation Instructions

Run program “SETUP.EXE” in the directory of \Driver\VXD\ on attached CD-ROM, and
it will install the VIA VxD Driver automatically onto your Windows 95 system.

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HOT-591 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic
system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM so that it
retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

Entering Setup

Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter Setup. The
other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer, when the below message appear briefly
at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self Test), press <Del> key or
simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Esc> keys.

“TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL KEY”

If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the
system to try again by turning it OFF the ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system
case. You may also restart by simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you
do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will
be displayed and you will again be asked to,

BIOS Setup

“PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP”

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Main Menu

Standard CMOS setup

This setup page includes all items in a standard compatible BIOS.

BIOS features setup

This setup page includes all items of Award special enhanced features.

Chipset features setup

This setup page includes all items of chipset features.

Power Management Setup

This setup page includes all items of Power Management features.

PnP/PCI Configuration

This item specifies the value (in units of PCI bus blocks) of the latency timer for the
PCI bus master and the IRQ level for PCI device. Power-on with BIOS defaults

Load BIOS Defaults

BIOS defaults loads the values required by the System for the maximum performance.
However, you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu.

Load Setup Defaults

Setup defaults loads the values required by the system for the O.K. performance.
However, you can change the parameter through each Setup Menu.

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Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all items of peripheral features.

Supervisor Password

Change, set, or disable supervisor password. It allows you to limit access to the system
and Setup, or just to Setup.

User Password

Change, set, or disable user password. It allows you to limit access to the system and
Setup, or just to Setup.

IDE HDD auto detection

Automatically configure IDE hard disk drive parameters.

Save & Exit setup

Save CMOS value change to CMOS and exit setup

Exit without saving

Abandon all CMOS value changes and exit setup.

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Standard CMOS Setup

Date

The date format is <day>, <month> <date> <year>. Press <F3> to show the calendar.

Time

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24­hour military-time clock. For example. 5 p.m. is 17:00:00.

Hard Disks Type

This item identify the types of hard disk drives that has been installed in the computer.
There are 46 predefined types and a user definable type.

Press PgUp or PgDn to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press
<Enter>. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table.
The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this item.
If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define
your own drive type manually.

If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following
items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Those
information should be provided in the documentation from your hard disk vendor or the
system manufacturer.

The user may also set those items to AUTO to auto configure hard disk drives param­eter when system power-on.

If a hard disk drive has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

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Drive A type/Drive B type

This item specifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in
the system.

Video

This item selects the type of adapter used for the primary system monitor that must
matches your video display card and monitor. Although secondary monitors are sup­ported, you do not have to select the type in Setup.

Error halt

This item determines if the system will stop, when an error is detected during power up.

Memory

This item is display-only. It is automatically detected by POST (Power On Self Test) of
the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory
installedin the system. The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with
512K memory installed on the mainboard, or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory
installed on the mainboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST. This is the
amount of memory located above 1MB in the CPU’s memory address map.

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BIOS Features Setup

Virus Warning

When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition
table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If an attempt it made, the
BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will appear. Afterwards, if
necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the
problem before any damage is done.

CPU Internal/External Cache

This item enables CPU internal cache and external cache to speed up memory access.

Quick Power On Self Test

This item speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on the computer.
If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

Boot Sequence

This item determines which drive computer searches first for the disk operating system.
Default setting is A, C, SCSI.

BIOS also support system boot from CD-ROM drive or SCSI hard disk drive.

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Swap Floppy Drive

When this item enables, the BIOS will swap floppy drive assignments so that Drive A:
will function as Drive B: and Drive B: as Drive A:.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks.

Boot Up NumLock Status

When this option enables, BIOS turns on Num Lock when system is powered on.

Boot Up System Speed

This option sets the speed of CPU at system boot time. The settings are High or Low.

Gate A20 Option

This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device
used to address memory above 1 Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin
on the keyboard. Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common,
and much faster, set to Fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.

Memory Parity/ECC Check

This item allows you to set memory error checking, Enabled or Disabled.

Typematic Rate Setting/Typematic Rate/Typematic Delay

This determines if the typematic rate and typematic delay are to be used. When the
typematic rate setting is enabled, typematic rate allows you select the rate at which the
keys are accelerated and typematic delay allows you to select the delay between when
the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins.

Security Option

This item allows you to limit access to the System and Setup, or just to Setup.
When System is selected, the System will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if
the correct password is not entered at the prompt.

When Setup is selected, the System will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.

PCI / VGA Palette Snoop

This item must be set to enabled if there is a MPEG ISA card installed in the system,
and disabled if there is no MPEG ISA card installed in the system.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB

This item allows you to access the memory that over 64 MB in OS/2.

Video BIOS Shadow/XXXXX-XXXXX Shadow

These items determine whether Video BIOS or optional ROM will be copied to RAM.

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Chipset Features Setup

DRAM Auto Configuration

This item auto configures the item of DRAM Timing Control. DRAM Timing
Control will be set to “Auto” when this item set to 60 ns or 70 ns. DRAM Timing
Control may be set to “Normal”, “Medium”, “Fast” or “Turbo” when this item set to

Disabled.

DRAM Timing Control

This value in this field is set by the system board manufacturer, depending on whether
the board has paged DRAMs or EDO DRAMS.
The choice: 70ns, 60ns.

SDRAM Cycle Length

This field allows you to set the SDRAM latency timer.
The Choice: 2, 3.

SDRAM Bank Interleave

This item allows you to set how many banks of SDRAM support in your mainboard.
The Choice: 2 Bank, 4 Bank, Disabled.

Sustained 3T Write

This item allow you to enable or disable direct map write back / write through second­ary cache.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Cache Rd+CPU Wt Pipeline

This item allows you to enable/disable the cache timing.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Read Around Write

This item allows you enable/disable the read around write function (system performance
timing)
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Cache Timing

This item allows the user to set the cache timing. The options are Fast and Fastest.

Video BIOS Cacheable

When enabled. The Video BIOS cache will cause access to video BIOS addressed at
C0000H to C7FFFH to be cached, if the cache controller is also enabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

System BIOS Cacheable

As with caching the Video BIOS above, enabling this selection allows accesses to the
system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H ~ FFFFFH to be cached, provided that the cache
controller is enabled.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Memory Hole At 15MB Addr

In order to improve performance, some space in memory can be reserved for ISA cards.
This memory must be mapped into the memory space below 16 MB.
This Choice: Disabled, 15M-16M, 14M-16M.

AGP Aperture Size

Select the size of Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) aperture. The aperture is a portion of
the PCI memory address range dedicated for graphics memory address space. Host cycles
that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation.
See www.apgforum.org for AGP information.
The Choice: 4M, 8M, 16M, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M

AGP-2x Mode

This item allows you to enable/disable AGP-2x function. See www.apgforum.org for AGP
information.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

OnChip USB

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you
have a USB peripheral.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

USB Keyboard Support

Select Enabled if your system contains a Universal Serial Bus (USB) controller and you
have a USB Keyboard.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Spread Spectrum Modulated

This item allows the user to enable Spread Spectrum Modulated to reduce the EMI.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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Power Management Setup

Power Management

This item determines the options of the power management function. Max Saving puts
the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity; Min
Saving is the same as Max Saving except the time of the system inactivity period is
longer; Disabled disables the power saving feature; User Defined allows you to set
power saving options according to your preference.

PM Control by APM

When enabled, and Advanced Power Management device will be activated to enhance
the Max. Power Saving mode and stop the CPU internal clock. If Advance Power
Management (APM) is installed on your system, selecting Yes give better power
savings.
If the Max. Power Saving is not enabled, this will be preset to No.

Video Off Option

When enabled, this features 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 mode.
Susp, Stby-->Off : Monitor blanked when the system enters either Suspend or Standby

modes.
All Modes-->Off : Monitor blanked when the system enters any power saving mode.

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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 and

horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer.

Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.
DPMS Allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS

feature.

Conserve Mode

This item allows you to enable/disable the Conserve Mode.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

MODEM Use IRQ

This determines the IRQ in which the MODEM can use.
The choice: 1,3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, NA.

Soft-Off by PWRBTN

When Enabled, turning the system off with the on/off button places the system in a very
low-power-usage state, with only enough circuitry receiving power to detect power
button activity or Resume by Ring activity.

The choice: Delay 4 Sec, Instant Off.

HDD Power Down

When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, the hard disk drive will be
powered down while all other devices remain active.

Doze Mode, Suspend Mode

These items set the period of time after which each of these mode activate, the periods
are from 1 min to 1 hour.

Doze Mode When enabled and after the set time of system inactivity, CPU clock will
run at slower speed while all other devices still operate at full speed.

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

** PM Events **

PM events are I/O events whose occurrence can prevent the system from entering a
power saving mode or can awaken the system from such a mode. In effect, the system
remains alert for anything occurs to a device which is configured as On, even when the
system is a power down mode.

VGA

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a VGA port will awaken a system
which has been powered down.

LPT & COM

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a COM (Serial)/LPT port will awaken
a system which has been powered down.

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HDD & FDD

When set to On (default), any event occurring at a hard or floppy drive port will
awaken a system which has been powered down.

DMA/master

When set to On (default), any event occurring to the DMA controller will awaken a
system which has been powered down.

LAN Resume (Wake-ON-LAN)

This item determine the system will resume by activity of LAN. If enabled this feature
system will power-on itself from power off when the activity of LAN.

Note : The mainboard support Wake-ON-LAN function with Intel LAN card only.

Modem Ring Resume

When set to Enabled, any event occurring Modem Ring will awaken a system which
has been powered down.

RTC Alarm Resume

When set to Enabled RTC Alarm Resume, you could set the date (of month) and timer
(hh:mm:ss), any event occurring at RTC will awaken system which has been powered
down.

Primary INTR

When set to On (default), any event occurring at will awaken a system which has been
powered down.

The following is a list of IRQ, Interrupt ReQuests, which can be exampled much as the
COM ports and LPT port 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.

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As above, the choices are On and Off.
When set On, activity will neither prevent the system from going into a power manage-

ment mode nor awaken it.

- 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 (Reserved)

- IRQ15 (Reserved)

PCI Configuration Setup

PNP OS Installed

When this item is set to Yes, it will allow the PnP OS(Windows 95) control the system
resources except PCI devices and PnP boot devices.
The Choice: Yes and No.

Resources Controlled By

The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capability to automatically configure all of the
boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely
nothing unless you are using a Plug and Play operating system as Windows 95.
The Choice: Auto and Manual.

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 reconfiguration has caused such a serious conflict that the operating
system can not boot.
The Choice: Enabled and Disabled.

ACPI I/O Device Node

This item allows the user to set ACPI I/O Device Node Enabled or Disabled.

IRQ 3/4/5/7/9/10/11/12/14/15, assigned to

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system interrupt as one of the
following types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt:

Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a
specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant
with the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.
The Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

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DMA 0/1/3/5/6/7 assigned to

When resources are controlled manually, assign each system DMA as one of the following
types, depending on the type of device using the interrupt:

Legacy ISA Devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification, requiring a
specific interrupt (such as IRQ4 for serial port 1). PCI/ISA PnP Devices compliant with
the Plug and Play standard, whether designed for PCI or ISA bus architecture.
The Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

These items allow you to determine the DMA assigned to the ISA bus and is not available
for PCI slot.

The Choice: Legacy ISA and PCI/ISA PnP.

CPU to PCI Write Buffer

When enabled, up to four D words of data can be written to the PCI bus without interrupt­ing the CPU. When disabled, a write buffer is not used and the CPU read cycle will not be
completed until the PCI bus signals that it is ready to receive the data.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Dynamic Bursting

When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where possible, make use of the high­performance PCI burst protocol, in which greater amounts of data are transferred at a single
command.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Master 0 WS Write

When Enabled, writes to the PCI bus are command with zero wait states.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI Master Read Prefetch

This item allows you enable/disable the PCI Master Read Prefetch.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

PCI #2 Access #1 Retry

This item allows you enable/disable the PCI #2 Access #1 Retry.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Write

This implements a single delay when writing to the AGP Bus. By default, two-wait states
are used by the system, allowing for greater stability.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

AGP Master 1 WS Read

This implements a single delay when reading from the AGP Bus. By default, two-wait
states are used by the system, allowing for greater stability.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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PCI IRQ Activated by

This item sets the method by which the PCI bus recognize that an IRQ service is being
requested by a device. You should never change the default configuration unless advised
otherwise by your System's manufacturer.
The Choice: Level(default) and Edge.

PCI IDE IRQ Map to

This items allows you to configure your system to the type of IDE disk controller in use.
By default, Setup assumes that your controller is an ISA device rather than a PCI control­ler.

If you have equipped your system with a PCI controller, changing this allows you to
specify which slot has the controller and which PCI interrupt (A, B, C or D) is associated
with the connected hard drives.

Remember that this setting refers to the hard disk drive itself, rather than individual parti­tions. Since each IDE controller supports two separate hard disk drives, you can select the
INT# for each. Again, you will note that the primary has a lower interrupt than the second­ary as described in
“Slot x Using INT#” above.

Selecting “PCI Auto” allows the system to automatically determine how your IDE disk
system is configured.

Assign IRQ for USB

This item allows the user to set BIOS IRQ Routing table Enabled or Disabled.

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Integrated Peripherals

OnChip IDE First Channel

This item is used to defined on chip Primary PCI IDE controller is Enable or Disable
setting.

OnChip IDE Second Channel

This item is used to defined on chip secondary PCI IDE controller is Enable or Disable
setting.

IDE Prefetch Mode

Enable prefetching for IDE drive interfaces that support its faster drive accesses. If you
are getting disk drive errors, change the setting to omit the drive interface where the
errors occur. Depending on the configuration of your IDE subsystem, this field may not
appear, and it does not appear when the Internal PCI/IDE field, above, is Disabled.

The choice: Enabled, Disabled.

IDE HDD Block Mode

This item is used to set IDE HDD Block Mode. If your IDE Hard Disk supports block
mode, then you can enable this function to speed up the HDD access time. If not,
please disable this function to avoid HDD access error.

IDE Primary Master PIO

In these items, there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode.
There are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and AUTO is the default settings for on board Primary Master
PIO timing.

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IDE Primary Slave PIO

In these items, there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode.
There are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and AUTO is the default settings for on board Primary Slave
PIO timing.

IDE Secondary Master PIO

In these items, there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode.
There are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and AUTO is the default settings for on board Secondary Master
IDE PIO timing.

IDE Secondary Slave PIO

In these items, there are five modes defined in manual mode and one automatic mode.
There are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and AUTO is the default settings for on board Secondary Slave
IDE PIO timing.

IDE Primary Master UDMA

On this mainboard, VIA chipset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are
Disabled and Auto, and Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Master
UltraDMA33.

IDE Primary Slave UDMA

On this mainboard, VIA chipset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are
Disabled and Auto, and Auto is the default settings for on board Primary Slave
UltraDMA33.

IDE Secondary Master UDMA

On this mainboard, VIA chipset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are
Disabled and Auto, and Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Master
UltraDMA33.

IDE Secondary Slave UDMA

On this mainboard, VIA chipset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master
UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/sec. The options are
Disabled and Auto, and Auto is the default settings for on board Secondary Slave
UltraDMA33.

Onboard FDC Controller

This item specifies onboard floppy disk drive controller. This setting allows you to
connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy connector. Choose the
“Disabled” settings if you have a separate control card.

Onboard Serial Port 1/2

This item is used to define onboard serial port 1/Port2 to 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/
IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto or Disabled.

IR Address Select

This item is used to define onboard serial port 1/Port2 to 3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/
IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, Auto or Disabled.

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IR Mode

The main board support IrDA(HPSIR) and Amplitudes Shift Keyed IR(ASKIR)
infrared through COM2 port. When IR is enable, the onboard COM2 port will be
disabled. This item specifies onboard Infra Red mode to IrDA 1.0, ASKIR, MIR

0.57M, MIR 1.15M, FIR or Standard (Disabled).
Note : FIR is not supported currently.

IR IRQ Select

This item is used to set IR Interrupt Request Line.

Onboard Parallel Port

This item specifies onboard parallel port address to 378H, 278H, 3BCH or Disabled.

Parallel Port Mode

This item specifies onboard parallel port mode. The options are SPP (Standard Parallel
Port), EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port), ECP (Extended Capabilities Port), and EPP+ECP.

ECP Mode Use DMA

This item specifies DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel when ECP device is in use.
The options are DMA 1 and DMA 3. This item will not show up when SPP and EPP
printer mode is selected.

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Password Setting

This section describes the two access modes that can be set using the options found on the
Supervisor Password and User Password.

Supervisor Password and User Password

The options on the Password screen menu make it possible to restrict access to the
Setup program by enabling you to set passwords for two different access modes:
Supervisor mode and User mode.

In general, Supervisor mode has full access to the Setup options, whereas User mode
has restricted access to the options. By setting separate Supervisor and User password,
a system supervisor can limit who can change critical Setup values.

Enter Password

Type the password, up to eight characters, 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 <Enter>. You may also
press <Esc> to abort the selection and not enter a password.

To disable password, just press <Enter> when you are prompted to enter password. A
message will confirm the password being disabled. Once the password is disabled, the
system will boot and you can enter Setup freely.

Password Disable

If you select System at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu , you will be
prompted for the password every time the system is rebooted or any time you try to
enter Setup. If you select Setup at Security Option of BIOS Features Setup Menu, you
will be prompted only when you try to enter Setup.

Warning : Retain a record of your password in a safe place. If you forget the pass­word, the only way to access the system is to clear CMOS memory, please refer to
“Clear CMOS”.

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